Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI.

Number 207.

CONVENTION DAY Republicans Met Today and Selected a County Ticket DISTRICT MEETING Adams-Allen District Convened this Afternoon— Judge Vesey Named The republicans ot Adams county gathered at the court house this morning to nominate the county ticket and although enthusiasm was n ot at a high pitch, the veterans of the party created interest among the assemblage, nominating each candidate presented by acclamation. County secretary Ferd Litterer, in the absence ot Chairan John M. Frisinger, called the meeting to order and called for the nomination of a permanent chairman. ! R. S. Peterson was nominated and the motion seconded in double quick time. Mr. Peterson delivering a short | address prior to his acceptance. He I the n proceeded to name the various offices for which nominations were to be made and asked for the suggestion of a man for representative. The name of Jesse C. Sutton of this city was presented and upon a seconded motion his selection was made by acclamation. Attorney C. L. Walters was then named as prosecuting attorney. and his nomination was likewise made unanimous as were the following: Surveyor, John A. Teeple, of St. Marys township; John H. Walters, assessor; C. D. Kunkle, auditor; N. B. treasurer; D. W. Beery, sheriff; Dr. Noah Lehr, of Berne, coroner; Emery E. Mallonee, of Root township, commissioner of First district and Emanuel Hocker, of Berne, commissioner of second district. In the nomination of commissioners, how rever, the names of James Teeters and William Farlow, of Wabash township were presented, the same being declared out of order on account of their residing in the third district. W. A. Lower was selected as permanent secretary. At the close of the nomina- | tions, Chairman Peterson introduced N. B. Hawkins, of Portland, candidate for congressman from the eighth district, who delivered a six minute speech n which he referred to some of the issues of the campaign. Mr. Hawkins began his short discourse by saying: Gentlemen and fellow citizens, I will endeavor to deliver a short speech. I will make it short for the reason that I am unable to give a long one. He boastfully told of his record as a senator and in fact consumed the major portion of his time in saying nice things about himself, leaving the big issues to be discussed by Leander Andrews, who followed j with a well prepared talk on temperance and the meaning of the platform of the two great parties. Beginning in the times of Andrew Jackson, Mr. Andrews traced party affiliations to the present day and was greeted by vociferous applause as he would peg a humorous expression in his address. A crowd estimated to be one hundred and fifty were present to hear the spell binding talks. The icon vention adjourned at 11:35 o’clock A delegation of about 150 from Fort Wayne, headed by a band and drum corps, arrived at 2:15 this afternoon and at 2:30 the meeting was called to order at the court room by Ferd Litterer, secretary of the Adams county central committee. C. G. Egly, of Berne, was chosen as permanent chairman and the republican newspaper editors of the district were named as assistant secretaries. Judge William J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne is the only candidate for the job and will be named by acclamation. Charles R. Lane, of Fort Wayne, delivered an able address, during which he named Judge Vesey and asked for his nofination by acclamation. Attorney Jesse C. Sutton, the brilliant young attorney from this city will second the nomination which will go through in a well greased manner. In his speech Mr. Lane opened with a patriotic word picture of Allen, Wayne. Adams and Decatur. “A galaxy of names to conjure with before a gathering of American sovereigns assembled to exercise one of their prerogatives of power,” said Mr. Lane. He asked that party prejudice be laid aside and that the people vote j

for Judge Vesey because his opponent, said the speaker, is a young and vigorous boss who wears the livery of his party and bends it to his own purposes. Mr. Lane praised Mr, Fleming's private character and spoke of him highly as a husband, father and a private citizen entitled to the respect of his fellows. His praises for Judge Vesey were of the kind that any man could well be proud to have bestowed and a life sized smile went the rounds of the convention hall when he said: “He beban here the practice of law before the courts of your county in the daytime and the result shows that he spent, his evenings in a successful suit for the hand and heart of one of the best young women.” Mr. Lane closed by saying that the Judge is the man for a place of power and with thanks for the half hour’s time required to deliver his eloquent speech, proceeded to nominate. Judge Vesey was called for and delivered the big speech of the day, his campaign keynote dealing principally with the local option plank. Attorney General Bingham, of Indianapolis, is here for the convention,' and will deliver a speech this afternoon. o—— HORSES ARE GONE Warren Reed Lost Horse and Buggy Thursday Evening WAS STOLEN HERE Oscar Sprague is Missing a Four Months’ Old White Colt Warren Reed, a young man who lives north of the city, came to town Thursday and hitched his horse on the vacant lot at the rear of Niblick & Co.’s storte. nine o'clock, that evening he went to get his rig and it was gone. He reported to the police who have made a diligent search since and Warren has traveled all over this part of the coutnry but ■ with no result and it is presumed the j rig was stolen, though it seems queer that the thief should have selected this outfit when there were a number of better ones there. The horse was a dark brown color, the harness old and the buggy an open one in fair condition. A reward is offered for return of the outfit. A white colt, owned by Oscar Sprague, strayed or was stolen from a lot on Eleventh street, Thursday night. The colt is four months’ old and has its sides clipped. Oscar | will reward any person who phones information concerning the colt to , Mike Bogner’s phone 175. o WILL PETITION FOR FRANCHISE Berne and Geneva Both Want Traction Line. The fight for the new traction line to the east out of this city promises to become quite warm between the towns of Berne and Geneva. The backers of the effort to land the east line for Geneva will file a petition before the Adams county commissions next .month, asking that subsidy elections be called in two townships iri Adams county to give an opportunity to vote a subsidy to the line, while it is reported that Berne promoters will likely seek to secure a subsidy from three townships to get the line for that place. —Bluffton News. The Williams Stock Co. presented another good show again at the Bosse opera house last evening. The show was “What Happened to Smith.’’ The piece was a farce comedy and kept the many present in an uproar from beginning to end. This afternoon they are presenting a bargain matinee and tonight they will put on that old western play “Jesse James.” The South Side base ball team and the Shamrocks will play again at Steele's park tomorrow afternoon and a good game Is expected. This is the last game of the year that Marty Ault, the star catcher of the Shamrocks will play, and that team is hoping for the long end of the score. Graham, of the Shamrocks, will also resign after the game tomorrow and In all probability the club will disband for the season.

AUTO CARRIERS May Soon Deliver Mail on Adams County Rural Routes A LETTER RECEIVED — Asking for Information from Postmaster Frisinger Along that Line Postmaster Dyke Frisinger has received a letter from the fourth assistant postmaster at Washington asking information concerning the trial of automobiles for the rural route deliveries. No experiments have been made by Decatur carriers, but elsewhere in the state there are a number in use. It is stated that one carrier out of Daleville has a machine and that it has proven a success. There are but few routes in this county but that automobiles could be used. The roads are in excellent shape and Adams county is in a shape to have automo- j bile mail service. It is stated that the postal depart-1 ment is adverse to the use of motorcycles as one day the mail comes early and on the next, on account of inclement weather, does not come until much later in the day. The authorities hope to so organize the service that in a short time rural route carriers may yet be at the same place each day. It is believed that the present in- ' vestigation is to determine if delivery of mail by autos is desirable. If i is, it is probable that the department will adopt a machine that will be ser-I viceable in all kinds of weather. It is believed that a solid rubber tire on the high wheel machines would be selected. In this way each carrier would be able to cover twice as much ground and therefore would receive extra. o A SERIOUS CHARGE Has Been Filed Against David Moser, an Adams County Bachelor ENTICED YOUNG GIRL From Her Home and Mistreated Her—ls in Jail at Bluffton Bluffton, August 29. David Moser, aged about forty-five, and aresident of Adams county, was arrested by Sheriff Lipkey In the Clark saloon on Mailn street at 10 b’clock yesterday. Filed against him is an affidavit for rape upon Els'.o Pear! Martin, the child whose disappearance nearly three weeks ago, caused such a commotion. Moser is in ’til, and his preliminary in court of Justice R’jiehart will take piste tonight or toncTow. Il was suspected firm the first that M.ner might ,>e th ? man who enticed i the f< urteen-yew-cld girl frrfm her ; h ,ne with Mr. and Mrs. Levi W'tillman o n the Eugene Morrow fa’nt :nui bof town, and it ok her to Keystone ord Montpelier along the Intel- | urban tracks. Her description fitted 'he int=n, and in fact she mentioned his name in connection with the affa'.r. A cl ire watch has been kept by Sheriff < Lipkey, who suggested the theory that t the guilty party was probably sone t one fom the former home of Wulli- f man’s and when Moser was seen bee f Thursday afternoo” he was on wat ‘h ] and captured lais man Where Moser j spent the night is unknown, but it is j likely that he was in the vicinity of ■ the Morrow farm for the girl says that he told her he would be back as ■ soon as the matter of her running ’ away with him had blown over. ] Moser is a bachelor between forty- < five and fifty year of age, more than ' average size. He is a wandering farm ] hand and sheep shearer and hunter, < and spends much time in the woods 1 and along the river, or working from

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 29, 1908.

BY FANNIE M LOTHROP J IKS S ■' iHu-i its * ’t IWjl v S ; A ■' ' ■ A' rr iMllWwaWW’ Photo, by EHiott A Fry Loudon SIR HIRAM MAXIM The Inventor of the Automatic Gun The man who has invented more deadly instruments of war than any °tber inventor in the world s history is Sir Hiram S. Maxim, an American, ♦ °c. i his native country about twenty years ago in a burst of indignation, at the lack cf recognition of his genius shown by this government at Washington. Lord Salisbury said of him: “He has prevented more men from dying of old age than any other man who ever lived." This mechanical genius who has added to the horrors of war was the i son of a wood turner in Maine, where he was born in 1840. He “began life,” he says, “with a common school education and a jack knife.” He showed more skill in handling the knife than the education, and the mechanical turn of his mind soon becoming evident, he was apprenticed when he was fourteen to a carriage builder. After four years of this service he studied metal working and before he was twenty-one was foreman in a machine shop preparatory to a better position in the extensive works of his uncle. In 1873 he took up the problem of his famous automatic gun. which was not perfected until eleven years later. The inspiration of this invention o£ destruction came from the kick of an old musket he was using; it was so severe a kick that it threw him over and bruised his cheek. When the stars that he then saw faded away, it occurred to his bright mind that the energy ot I the recoil might be caught and utilized to reload, the rifle, and the result of his experiments was the Maxim automatic machine gun. a death-dealing affair that murders humanity in war at the rate of three thousand shots a minute. This is but one of his many improvements in ordnance and explosives. In 1877 his attention was turned to electricity, and some of the earliest electric lights In America were invented by him. ; In 1883 he took up his permanent residence in England, and became a British subject and was knighted by Queen Victoria some years ago. Thei latest invention of Sir Hiram, who, it is said, has never failed to solve any problem he has attempted, is an airship that really does fly—so many of the recent airships, though beautiful in theory, have failed’ in this one particular. The persistence of Sir Hiram is shown by his carrying the flying machine problem through thirteen years of his busy life, during a large part of which time he has been a member of the firm of Vickers’ Sons & Maxim which employs 14,000 men. Copyright transferred to Wm. C. Mack, 1906.

place to place in the east part of Wells county and the west part of Adams county. He makes his home when he is at home with his cousin, Mrs. Ellebarger, two miles east of Linn Grove. He was well known to the Wullimans, wno had lived near Linn Grove, for three years, and he knew where they lived. The girl, a slight, frail child, kept persisting in her story that she had been enticed away by a man and mistreated and the latter part of her story was borne out. When Moser was arrested he was not told the charge. He was j taken on suspicion, but at noon today, an affidavit charging the serious crime of rape was sworn to before Prosecutor Dailey in the court of Rinehart. Moser had nothing to say when taken and seemed unconcerned. It had been noticed by the Wullimans that Moser seemed to be hanging about their house, while at Linn Grove. He seared sheep for several days for them, was seen about the house on one occasion and on another he went to the woods where the girl was. but Mrs. Wulliman was with her at the time. The penalty for the crime Is very severe. For rape upon a child under twelve years the sentence is life, over twelve, from two to fourteen years. Should Moser be found guilty he would suffer under the last named clause, as the Martin girl is fourteen years of age. 1 ——o — SPECIAL PROGRAM TOMORROW Epworth League Will Have Special ' Exercises. The Epworth League of the M. E. church will give a special program f tomorrow evening. The program is . to be given by girls only and is as i follows: Song by league. » Reading of the lesson. i Prayer Irene Meyers ; Instrumental Solo ....Electa Glaney “History of the Cross” 1 Josephine Krick i "Women in the Bible”. .Leota Bailey i Vocal Solo Marie Beery i References. : Song by league. 1 “Ruth” Bessie Boyers Duet . .Vera Hower and Nellie Nickles Song by league. 1 David’s Prayer. ! Mrs. C. L. Walters, Leader. J*

IS AGAIN IN TOILS Frank Cotton Was Captured In Decatur Yesterday Morning TAKEN TO BLUFFTON He is Charged With Having Cashed a Fraudulent . Check at Bluffton Frank Cotton is again in the toils. He -was arrested this morning at Decatur, and will be brought here this evening by Deputy Pierece to answer to a grand jury indictment charging him with issuing a forged check on Calvin Ditzler. Frank has been driving a ’bus in Decatur for some months, and was seen there by Sheriff Lipkey yesterday, The warrant was turned over to Sheriff Meyers, as Frank had made his disappearance when he saw the Bluffton officer, and Meyers caught his Iman early this morning. Frank was in Bluffton last spring, broke, consumed by thirst and ready to prey on his friends. He offered “Doc” Derr a check for $5.00 but that gentleman was too foxy to cash it. Cal Ditzler, proprietor of the place, was more obliging and he gave Frank the (money, only to be duped. The grand jury took up the matter, agd an infor issuing a fraudlent check was the result. Young Cotton generally escapes by some means, but this time it looks like a clear case against him. If any other person in Bluffton had been tn as many forgery and other scrapes as Franklin he would have had sentences enough to last a lifetime. This time it looks as though he would make a successful race for penitentiary honors.—Blnffton Banner. 0 The many Decatur people who have , been enjoying an outing at Rome City j and other places, will return this week f from ths same. 5

A PATERNITY SUIT WAS FILED — By a Jay Ccunty Girl—Two Notaries Appointed. A paternity suit was filed in circuit court, Daisy Butcher, of Bear Creek .township. Jay county, being the complainant. She accuses Oliver Wade, of Wabash township, of being the cause of her trouble. The case was first heard before Squire Veley. of Geneva, who bound Wade over to court in the sum of S6OO. Frank D. Brewster, of Jefferson township, has received his appointment as a notary public and filed bond for SI,OOO. A similar appointment was also received by Jesse A. Buckmaster, also of Jefferson township. John C. Cowen has deeded to Salina Barnett part of lot 24 Pleasant Mills for S3OO. Fred Scheiman transferred part of outlot 18, Decatur, to Samuel Simison for $1,400. Charles Lehman deede to Fred Welty part of inlot 349 Berne for $2,500. Daniel Welty deeded 60 acres in Monroe township to Claude Lehman for $7,455. JOKE ON LADIES Who Engaged Seabold Automobile Came to Decatur Fair THE TIRE BURSTED Near Henpeck and Several Hours’ Time Was Lost on Journey There are three or four gentlemen around this town who pass each other with a wink, and then chuckle harshly down their coat sleeves. Firmly denying the allegation, Mesdames Del Locke, Lizzie Ashbaucher, Abram Simmons and Amos Cole, are putting up what the gentlemen call a colossal "bluff.” They came in sailing last night in the Seabold car which they had secured from their husbands, and over which feat they were highly elated. Pride goeth before the fall, so some authority in Bible days proclaimed with an air of wisdom. The car left Decatur at 5 o’clock last night and by 6 o’clock the party expected to be i n Bluffton. Chris Seabold was at the helm, and the good ship was sailing along nicely until the little town of Henpeck was reached when a tire burst with a report like a cannon. It was send for a new tire nothing else doing. A carriage from the Seabold livery with Walter Grove and a new tire aboard, hustled to the scene, and while the work was being done the ladies desired to return in the carriage expecting to beat the machine home. They had reached the Wasson farm, two miles east of Bluffton where the Clover Leaf crosses the pike, and there Mr. Seabold overtook them. They climbed aboard the machine, and reached Bluffton at half past nine, serene as though nothing had ever happened, and with a compact never to tell a word. None of them did, for -women always keep a secret, but it leaked out, and about three gentlemen in Bluffton are still grinning at frequent intervals and are j asking the ladies how they enjoyed the trip, whether the automobile ran fast enough to suit them, and other leading and pertinent questions.— Bluffton Banner. HAS HIS LEGS CRUSHED. Noble County Farmer Receives Severe Injury to His Legs. Kendallville, Ind., Aug. 27. —Shortly before noon today John M. Hess, who resides southwest of Avilla, had one leg broken and the other badly bruised in being run over by a separator. He was with a party of threshers, who had just finished a job and started to move their machine. Hess was standing on the tongue of the separator and in some tnanner lost hi s balance and fell in front of the wheels of the machine, which passed over his legs. One leg was broken between the knee and the hip and the other badly mangled. He was taken to Avilla for taiedical attention. It is not known at this time just how serious the accident may result. W. L. Lehne, the popular jewelry- : man, is very ill at the home of Fred 1 Hoffman. He has been in poor health | ’ for several weeks and a case of ty- i < phold fever has now developed. |t

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NEWTRACK RECORD The 2:15 Pace on Friday Eclipsed All Former Races in Decatur THE FAIR IS OVER Best in History Was the Verdict of the Many Who Attended Another successful fair to the credit of the Great Northern association I closed last evening with the last heat of the five-eighths mile run, just as the sun sank on schedule time 6:23. F ridaj s crowd, while not as large as Thursday’s, was a fairly good one, and every one enjoyed the event. We are unable to state at this time whether or not the 1908 fair has been a success financially, but we do know that they gave us a great show and that those who were not satisfied are taighty hard to please. It was clean, in every detail. The only bugaboo was the balloon ascension and that was no fault of the association as they contracted with Hogan Bros, for this feature each day and they received no pay, excepting for Wednesday,when the wind prevented the start. Just why they four-flushed as they did is not known, but they apparently never intended to send up the big balloon. In the first event of yesterday's ’ race, the 2:15 pace, the track record was broken when Lady D, owned by Allen, of Indianapolis, went the long mile in 2:12% and in the second heat this mark was equalled by Maconder, owned by Albin, of Springfield. Ohio. By the way this was the greatest race ever witnessed here. There were eight starters and six of them lasted four heats, and four finished. Maconda stumbled and fell in the fourth heat but won the race because Stephen Decatur, who took the fourth and fifth heats, had been in seventh place in two previous heats and thus fell short in the summary. The 2:30 trot went to Victorene in straight heats but was chased all the way around each time. The 2:16 trot failed to fill, two drivers refusing to start at the last minute and the race was called off, disappointing many who especially wished to see Alacer, a Bluffton horse, go down the pine. However, the management were in no way to blame. The five-eighth mile run and repeat was changed to a dash, because of the approaching shades of night and was taken by Blue Satin in a game finish o nthe streth. The judges for Friday's races were A. A. Boch, J. M. Miller and H. A. Worden, of Marion, and the timekeepers, J. W. Zizzard. D. D. Clark and J. C. Grandstaff. THE SUMMARY. 2:15 Pace—Purse s3so—- — 51 1 4 1 ■ Stephen Decatur ..4 77 11 2 Lady D 1 2 3 3 2 3 Fanny Bowers ....2 3 2 2 3 4 ■Jay Co. Boy S 4 « Jr. M. F. V 7 5 4 dr. L. M. Williamson. .3 6 4 5 dr. Rex R 8 dis. Best time 2:12%. 2:30 trot, purse s3oo——l 11 1 Ladey Vancedor ....3 2 2 2 Alvin Jr 4 3 4 4 Best time 2:25%. Five-eighths mile run, sloo—- — Satin I Fay ? Belle of Rockford 4 Oswego 4 Sea Gull 5 Time 1:02. 0 —— TWO PUMPERS BUY OIL LEASE Bluffton. Ind.. Aug. 27.—Two young hien who have spent their lives in the oil field pumping, today embarked as oil producers. They have bought of the Louis Oil company, of Cleveland. Ohio, the leases on the Nathan Lancaster farm in this county, and have taken charge. There are nine wells making six pr lefgflit barrels a day, and they will operate them as long as gas bolds out. The leases were bought at J’ ,nk P rices ' aboUt ' OOO.and ail the oil the yean secure is that much profit