Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Number 86

Volume VI.

for information

Imigration Inspector Fluckey From Port of Toledo, Here Today

GRANTS INTERVIEW

Gives Proceedure Necessary

to Deport Ernest

Schanefeldt

J. A. Fluckey, imigration inspector

from the port of Toledo, arrived here this morning to further investigate the matter of the insanity of Ernst A.

Schauefeldt, the German, who recently

became insane and is now at East

Haven asylum at Richmond. The na-

ture of the visit of this government

officer is entierly routine in such cases

where deportation is necessary. Mr. Fluckey was sent here under orders

from Charles Earl, acting secretary of the United States department of com-

merce, who was duly notified by the

East Haven authorities. Here Mr. Fluckey secured the testimony of several witnesses and accompanied by Mr. Julius Haugk will go to Richmond where a warrant will be served upon Schanefeldt and he will be asked to show cause why he rhould not be sent to Germany, his mother country. His condition will be again reported to the commerce department, who will notify the steamship company at New York, and in due time, perhaps two or three weeks, Mr. Fluckey will be ordered to take charge of Schanefeldt and take him to New York City, where he is turned over to the steamship company and taken home. Mr. Fluckey is a very pleasant, affable gentleman. at least he so impressed the reporter. He said the idea that some way gained prominence that in such cases the foreign government had to pay the expenses is an erroneous one. The United States government pays the expenses to New York and from there on the steamship company who brought the patient here has to bear the expenses. The patient is sent back in the same class, first, second or steerage, which he used in coming here. Deportation is only possible where it is shown that the condition of the patients mind was at least affected before leaving his mother country. In this case this fact is conclusive from the short period of time he was here.

BIG DAMAGE SUIT

Frank' Burger Filed Suit Against C. & E. Railroad

Demanding $2,000

HE WAS INJURED

While Caring for a Load of Horses for Decatur Horse Company

By hist attorneys, Peterson and Moran, Frank Burger of this city has filed suit against the Chicago and Erie railroad company in which he demands $2,000 for injuries he sustained while returning from Illinois with horses belonging to the Decatur Horse

Sale company. The animals were loaded in central Illinois and after the freight train, reached Crown Point. Indiana, the complainant alleges that the train was cut into two parts and when the engine backed to make the connection, the cars collided with such force that Mr. Burger, who was sleeping in. the caboose of the train, was thrown from the place where he was sleeping to the other side of the car, where he was severely injured about the head, throat, eyes and shoulders. The complaint further alleges that he has been under the constant care of a physician since said accident which happened January 17, 1907, and that he has endured pains in his head, is totally deaf in one ear and has been to the extent of $2,000. Mr. Burger was caring for horses belong*ng to the Decatur Horse company (Continued on page 2.)

received a broken arm.

Little Marjorie Kunkle Injured While

Roller Skating.

Marjorie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kunkle, was the vic-

tim of a fall near her home Tuesday evening while roller skating with some companions, which resulted in

a badly sprained and broken arm. In some manner she lost he r footing and fell to the ground, alighting on her left arm and causing a severe break. Medical assistance was summoned and it was found that one of the bones of the forearm was broken and the other dislocated—Bluffton News.

ONLY FIFTEEN FEET

William Zellner, a Farmer Near Ossian, Was Hurled

by Explosive

POKED DYNAMITE

And it Went Off—He Was Badly, But Not Seriously,

Bruised

Bluffton, Ind., April a.—William H. Zellner, 55, a farmer 'of Jefferson township, narrowly escaped death last

evening on his farm two miles west

of Ossian, by staying ton long with a stick of dynamite which he had placed under an old stump. After lighting the fuse Zellner feared that it was

hardly far enough under the stump, and he took a handle to shove it

deeper into a hole he had drilled. The fuse burned more rapidly than he realized and the explosion occurred while he was still prodding at the dynamite. The handle was torn to slivers and Zellner was hurled flfi teen feet. His escape from instant death seems little short of miraculous. Neighbors who witnessed the accident from a distance hurried to the scene and found Zellner upon his feet vailly trying to find his way to a ditch io wash the dirt from his eyes. He was assisted home and a physician called. An examination showed that despite his frightful experience Zellner probably received no permanent injury. One cheek w'as cut and bruised and one leg bruised its full length, while it was at first feared that one eye was blinded, but today the eye had cleared and it is thought the temporary blindness was due entiiely to dirt blown into the eyes. Zellner is confined to his home, but his complete recovery is predicted.

IS MEETING WITH SUCCESS.

E. M. People Has Best Fanning Mill

on the Market.

E. M. Peoples is meeting with much success in the sale of his fanning mills. He has four traveling salesmen on the road, all of whom are doing a thriving business. One hundred mills have been completed and are ready for shipment to Illinois, where the salesmen are working. The mill manufactured by Mr. Peoples is, with the exception of one other,the only mill manufactured with an elevator attached. It is recognized to be the best device for cleaning grain on the market and ready sales are found for it. A short time after Easter Mr. Peoples will leave for Illinois, where he will assist in disposing of the machines which have been manufactured and during his absence another large number of mills will be made and ready for sale by the time he returns.

GRAVES IS ON TRIAL AGAIN.

Charged With Embezzling Funds Left

in His Hands.

John C. Graves, the Warsaw attorney who once had the township trustees in a large section of Indiana by the ears because of charges of graft that he brought against them in connection with civil suits for money the trustees were alleged to have secured by grafting methods, is now undergoing a second trial for embezzling funds that belonged to a harvester company for which he acted as collector. The first trial resulted in a verdict of guilty with SIOO fine and thirty days’ imprisonment. Graves secured a second trial and Special Judge Samuel Cook, of Huntington, is hearing the evidence.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening April, 9 1908.

BE BUILT AT ONCE

Contractor Adamson Starts

Work on Ward Fence

Buildings

ARE LAYING BRICK

And Buildings Will Be Ready for Occupancy in May

J. F. Adamson, of Hartford City, to whom the contract was awarded for

the construction of the Ward Fence

buildings, has come to the city and begun today to lay brick as the initial movement in the construction of the main building. Contractors Meyers and Davis, who contracted to build the foundation, will complete their portion of the work within a week, but in the meantime the brick masons will work on the foundation that is completed. The wet weather has caused an unavoidable delay in the construction of

the foundation and at the present time

much water lies upon the ground at that place. Mr. Adamson informs us that if nothing unforseen happens he will have the buildings completed ready for occupancy during the month of May. Henry Mayer has contracted to furnish the brick and he has already delivered 60,000 to the grounds, leaving 80,000 to yet be moulded and delivered. Six men will be busy for nearly six weeks laying this amount of brick and after they have completed their task, but ten days’ time will be required to complete the buildings. The management of the Ward Fence factory are more than anxious for their new home to be completed as I they desire to get settled so that the large demands can be met. Every person affiliated with the interests of this concern is loud in his praise over the volume of business being done. In yesterday morning’s mail $l,lOO worth of new business from a new customer arrived and this is gratifying indeed. The factory at Marion is still operating day and night and regardless of same they are snowed under with orders. Fifty men will be employed when business starts in this city and many people will then be looking for houses. The people with capital are the ones that can relieve the crammed situation, i Watch the Ward Fence people.

SOCIETY’S ROUTINE

The Helping Hand Society

of German Reformed Church Entertained

AT MILLER HOME

Thimble Club at Mrs. Roy Archbold’s —Other So-

ciety Events

Mrs. Charley Miller delightfully entertained the Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church this afternoon at her home on north Fifth street. The ladles continued making new bonnets for sale, and seeing to the

business of the society, during tee meeting, which closed with a delicious luncheon served by the hostess.

The members of the Thimble cl ib met and were charmingly entertained by Mrs. Roy Archbold Wednesday afternoon at her home on Monroe street. The afternoon hours passed very pleasantly with fancy work as the occupation until five o’clock when the ladies were joined by their husbands and friends at an elaborate six o’clock dinner which was served in an artistic manner by the hostess. The guests of the hour were: Messrs and Mesdames C. C. Schafer, Earl Adams. Don Quinn, Mrs. Fanny Cole, Miss Bessie Schrock, Dr. Earl Coverdale and Mr. Will Schrock.

The Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church will be entertained (Continued ta pars 2.)

WILL USE ONLY NEWSPAPERS.

Richmond Ind., Apnl 8. —That newspaper advertising is the modern method and has superceded the old-style of flaming posters, fence streamers, etc., is conceded by the secretaries of the Hagerstown, Middetown and Newcastle fair associations. They will make a radical departure in their advertising this year. Secretary T. S. Walker, of the Hagerstown association, F. A. Wisehart of the Middletowm association and W. L. Risk of the Newcastle association held a conference and decided that the newspapers will be depended on entirely for the advertising of the three fairs, which follow each other in August.

RE-ORGANIZE CAMP

A Vigorous Effort is Being Made to Re-Organize

Sons of Veterans

WILL HOLD MEETING

Tuesday Evening, April 14th and All Sons and Grandsons Should Be Present

Theodore Kennedy, a worthy vet-

eran of the civil war is again making a vigorous effort to reorganize a Sons of Veterans' camp in organizing a

1904 he succeeded in organizing a camp with fifty members, but they have dwindled away until there are not enough who attend to make a quorum. It is a creditable move by ■ Mr. Kennedy and the sons of veterans should answer the call and be willing and ready to re-organize. The sons should be ambitious to preserve and perpetuate the principles taught in ’6l to ’65 by their fathers. Sons of veterans apd grandsons should stand shoulder to shoulder and put forth | their best efforts to hold a meeting I once each week and assist in preserv- . ing the sacred memory of brave and patriotic men who fought and died for their ocuntry. It is a nobel cause and should inspire the praise of not only the veterans, sons and grandsons, but every loyal citizen who have come to a realization of the hardships their forefathers endured to preserve the liberty of the republic. There are more than one hundred sons and grandsons of veterans in this city, and every one should be present at the meeting that will be held Tuesday evening. The following are among the members of H. H. Hart camp No. 81: Messrs. 1.1. W. Tyndall, J. Q. Neptune, Eli Myers. Ed Green, William Teeple, John Andrews,( Colonel Foerman, B. D. Hendricks, J. C. Coverdale and Calvin Miller.

BASE BALL SEASON HERE.

Exhibition Games at Fort Wayne—

Hunt Goes to Sharon.

The famous Chicago Cubs, world's champions, will meet the Fort Wayne Central league team at the latter place tomorrow, game called at three o'clock, admission 25c and 50c and many from Decatur w-ill attend. On Saturday and Sunday the White Sox will be the attraction and a number of “Hub" Hart’s friends are going down to see the game. The regular season opens at Fort Wayne on May Ist, with Wheeling the attraction. There will be a big parade, speeches and the raising of the pennant won last year.

A ruling of the National Base Ball commission handed down at Cincinnati yesterday, deals a heavy blow to the Indiana and Ohio league. Manager Louis Hunt, of the Van Wert, Ohio, team, is awarded to the Sharon, Pa., club. Hunt, who is a pitcher of considerable reputation, must play with Sharon club or not at all. Depriving the Van Wert club of his services puts its affairs in a chaotic condition. The organization is also threatened in two or three other cities. Hunt formerly played on several several Indiana independent teams, including Portland and Frankfort. He also pitched for the Evansville Central league club. His home is at Elwood.

C. A. Wheelock, of Fargo, North Dakota, was here today to establish an agency for his farm lands for sale In that section. He contracted with D. N Erwin to handle the agency and Mr. Erwin will arrange to take a party to the northwest seme time soon.

NOT ALL FOR TAFT

Several State Conventions

Were Held This

Week

THE ONE AT CHICAGO

Many Favorite Sons rind

Uninstructed Dele-

gations

Washington, April 9. —Tuesday’s round of Republican state conventions

and state primaries for the selection of

delegates to the Chicago convention resulted about as the political prophets had said it would. The Deleware convention by an overwhelming vote refused to instruct its delegates. The sentiment of the convention was that the Chicago convention must be left free to do what seems best after the situation has been thoroughly canvassed by the representatives of the party. Wisconsin went for Senator LaFollette. The Taft people were somewhat confident of dividing the state. Men and money were sent into the state to accomplish that object. South Daktoa, which instructed her eight delegates to support Mr. Taft, had been conceded to the war secretary all along. The Massachusetts state convention will come off Friday. It seems to be conceded that it will not instruct. All the other New England states will, it is believed, follow the bay state’s example. The Virginia state convention was held today. As the negroes have been eliminated by the white federal officeholders, it was assumed that Taft instructions would be put through. Saturday the New York state convention will meet and instruct for Governor Hughes. This will mark the formal launching of his candidacy. On the same day the Republican of Pennsylvania will hold state-wide primiares. The state, Pennsylvania men say, will be solid i for Senator Knox. Observers of the game that is being played say it looks as if the trans-Mississippi states would line up pretty solidly for Taft, with the states east of the Mississippi pracI tically all against him. The south's ! delegates will nearly all be contested.

The town of Lagrange has awarded to the Moelleritig Construction company, of Fort Wayne, the contract for 10,000 yards of brick street paving or its bid of $17,527.75. Other bidders were very close in their figures.

ANNUAL SESSION WAS HARVEV — MURDERED!

Os Presbyterian Congregation Was Held at Church

Last Evening

OFFICERS ELECTED

Reports from Various De-

partments — Communion Services Next Sunday

The annual congregational meeting

of the First Presbyterian church was

held last evening. Reports from the

various departments were submitted

and all show a very satisfactory condition of the church affairs. The officers elected at this meeting were Mr. Oscar Huffman, trustee, who suc-

ceeds himself and Miss Laura Alban, who succeeds herself as clerk. On

next Sunday communion will be ob-

served at the morning service, and al-

ready quite a number have signified their intention of uniting with the

church. The ordinance of baptism

will also be observed. This service is loked forward to by the congregation with pleasure and no doubt will be of great benefit and gratification to all those who may attend. Rev. Spetnagle, the new pastor, has already endeared himself to his congregation, and has won the hearts of all those with whom he has come into contact, both in and out of his congregation. Our citizens may well congratulate themselves on acquiring his services and citizenship among us.

HEIDELBERG QUARTET COMING

Will Entertain at Bosse Opera House April 21st.

An unusually good attraction will be held at the Bosse opera house April twenty-first, when under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor society of the German Reformed church, the Heidelberg quartet of Tiffin. Ohio, will give a concert. This quartet was here two years ago and pleased a large audience. Mr. Schoepfe, the celebrated violinist and Carl Kreite, a reader of ability will be with the quartet and an interesting time is assured all who attend. The ladies are selling tickets for the event and they are deserving of the patronage ot the people.

THE SIXTH SALE

Decatur Horse Company to

Hold Another Sale

Tomorrow

AT SALE STABLES

Colonel Fred Reppert, the Veteran Auctioneer, Will Have Charge

The sixth sale of the Decatur Horse

company will be held tomorrow at

their sale stables, on First street, and i"'dications point to a most successful auction. The buyers for the company have searched every nook and corner of this and adjoining counties for good animals and about one hundred and fifty head, consisting of draft, general purpose and driving horses and brood mares with foal, are on hand ready to find new homes. The spacious stables were taxed to their capacity today and horses are still coming in. Many elegant match teams of draft horses are among the consignment, and in fact any purchaser can be suited with some of the vast variety of animals. Word has been received from a large number of foreign buyers who expressed their intention of attending the sale as they can always secure the style of horseflesh they desire at the Decatur horse sale. Farmers from far and near should attend tomorrow's sale, as excellent brood mares, farm chunks and general purpose horses will be up fo r sale and this is just what the farmer wants and this is the time of year he wants them. Colonel Fred Reppert, the veteran auctioneer, will have charge of the sale and this is sufficient evidence that it will be a success.

Investigation May Be Started by His

Friends.

Bluffton, Ind., April 8. —An investigation may be started in consequence of reports that have become circulated expressing doubt as to whether or not Harvey Jones Committeed suicide in a Fort Wayne hotel ten days ago. There are some who express a belief that he may have been murdered with robbery as an object. It is said that Jones went to Fort Wayne with $75 to SIOO, and when his body was found in a room at the Harmon hotel there was only one silver dollar found in his pockets. Death was pronounced by the coroner due to morphine poisoning, from the fact that a bottle partially filled with this drug was found in the room and while powder was found on Jones’ lips.

Harvey Jones is the man who was arrested several weeks ago charged with robbing and beating Jere Woodward, blind soldier, living north of Bluffton. Following this affair he was charged with highway robbery and assault and battery with latent to kill and was put under bond of $2,600, which amount was furnished by his father. When his body was found in the Fort Wayne hotel the suicide theory was readily accepted, as it was supposed that he had w’orried over his troubles, because of the Woodward affair, until he decided to take his own life.

The world’s greatest base ball team, the Chicago Nationals, will play the Fort Wayne Central league team at the Fort Wayne park Friday. April 10. C. W. Murphy, owner of the club, has only one aggregation traveling this season and patrons are sure of seeing the men that won the National league pennant and trimmed Detroit for the world’s championship.. The game will be called at 3 o'clock.

I Price Two Cents

THE PAPER TRUST

Congress Resolutes Against

this Nefarious

Trust

THE GAG RULE

Nearly Every Business Man

is Against Aldrich Cur-

rency Bill

Washington, April 9—By unanimous vote the house committee on the judiciary agreed to report favorably the “paper trust” resolution introduced April 2 by Speaker Cannon. One of these resolutions directs the AttorneyGeneral to inform the house what steps have been taken to investigate and prosecute the International Paper Company, of New York, and other cor-

porations or combinations engaged in the manufacture of wood pulp and print paper. Toe other resolution directs the secretary of commerce and labor to Inform the house what steps

have been taken by the bureau of corporations toward investigating the alleged “paper trust.”

Washington, April 9—To thwart the Democrats in their filibustering tactics, under the leadership of Mr. Williams, the house by a strict party vote, adopted a rule giving power to the presiding officer without a roll call to declare the house In recess every day at 5 o’clock until the following

morning at 11:30, the rule to run until Monday next. The rule further provides for the consideration of the naval appropriation bill beginning Friday morning, and that general debate on. the measure shall close at 5 o’clock

Saturday, unless debate shall be exhausted before that hour, when it will be the duty of the chair to declare a recess until Monday at 11:30 a. m. The Democrats opposed the rule and exhausted all their parliamentary moves before it was adopted.

Washington, April 9. —The house committee on banking and currency began hearing the objections of business men to the Aldrich bill. Chairman Fowler says that practically every commercial organization in the country would like to be heard in opposition to the bill. Questions asked by members of the committee at to-

day’s session indicated a desire on

the part of the committee to include

commercial paper securities for circu lation in case the bill is reported.

INSTALL OFFICERS

Elks Will Hold Important

Session Tomorrow Even-

ing—The List

OF THOSE ELECTED

W .A. Lower Exalted Ruler

—Preparations for Ladies

Entertainment

At the regular session of the Elks

lodge tomorrow evening will occur the

installation of officers, who will serve

during the ensuing year. As elected

last Friday these officials are: W. A, Lower, exalted ruler; H. J- Yager, esteemed loyal knight; Joe Berllng, esteemed lecturing knight; J. D .Rieter, esteemed leading knight; E. B. Adams, secretary; C. S. Niblick, treasurer;

Dr. E. G. Coverdale, trustee; Fred

Vaughn, tyler. With such a corp of officials the lodge will continue to move forward as it has since its foundation in Decatur.

The lodge is making preparations for a banquet and entertainment on the evening of April 21st, when the ladies will be guests of honor at a most delightful event. There will be music and talks and readings and plenty to eat and everything that goes toward a successful social session of the B. P. O. E.

The five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Reifert, at Bluffton, was playing with a loaded revolver when the weapon exploded and the bullet grazed the child's cheek.