Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 100.

THE SULTAN DETHRONED His Brother Mehemmed Rechad Effendi Proclaimed New Ruler ABDUL IS PRISONER His Punishment Not Decided Upon—Wildest Scenes Prevail Today Constantinople, April 27. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, has been deposed from his throne. His dethronement is the joint act of the national assembly which secretly voted in favor of his deposition and a religious edict by the Shiek Islam, approving and legalizing the dejmsition. The sultan was moved from Yildiz Kiosk today. Immediately following the deposition of Abdul Hamid ,his brother, Mehemmed Rechad Effendi was proclaimed the new sultan amid scenes of the wildest enthusiasm. “The tyrants have fallen, hail to Rechad,” was the cry that repeatedly sounded through the streets of this city. The ceremony of the Rechad's enthronement followed. Abdul remains a prisoner of the young Turks. He insists and constantly wears his ecclesiastical dress as the head of the church and hopes that it (Continue don page 4.) o— MOST NOBLE WORK Captain Annie E. Strohl of the Salvation Army is Working Here SOLICITING FUNDS Has Devoted Nineteen Years of Her Life to this Work for Others The Salvation Army lady is in the city, Captain Annie E. Strohl, of Indianapolis, soliciting money for the use of the army, at such places as they need aid. In very few of the [cities do zney receive enough cash to keep them going, and so this lady Is sent out to gather up what money she can. She has the proper credentials and is no grafter. Any money you give her, you may feel assured will go to a mighty good place. Captain Strohl has been in the work for nineteen years, beginning in the city ;of New York. She has worked in the slums of that great city, as well as In the worst parts of a dozen otlier barge cities of the east. Seven years ago she came to Indiana and for some time has been the principal solicitor over the state. She is a neat little lady and can tell many interesting stories of her life, among the Boor. She is courteous and has a (good word and a “God bless you ■whether you aid her or not. She is (devoting her life to a noble cause, (sacrificing everything to aid the fallen and poor, can we all say as much? fThink of this when she appeals to Bon for money not for herself, but (for the unfortunates of this state, and be liberal. She has been fairly well treated here, but says there is a feeling of distrust which she doesn't (like, and doesn’t deserve. — o ■ Miss Emma Terveer was hostess at the regular meeting of the Embroidery Club, Monday evening. Refreshhtaenta were served.

CROSSING TROUBLE IS SETTLED Was Compromised—Work Will Begin Tomorrow Morning. The officials of the Chicago & Erie railway, including the general counsel, W. O. Johnson, of Chicago, are here today, and at two o’clock went into conference with the officials of the Fort Wa+ne & Springfield Traction company, in an effort to effect a settlement concerning the contract to let the interurban tracks cross the Erie, without further interference. *At 3130 the session adjourned and it was announced that the affair had been arranged without difficulty, the meeting being a friendly one, and work will begin tomorrow morning. The two injunction cases filed during the scrap last week will be dismissed at once. o A BUSY CONCERN The Schafer Sadlery Company Has a Modern Plant Located Right Here HAVE BIG CONTRACT Are Turning Out Five Hundred Sets of Light Harness—Ten Men Working We were very much surprised this morning when we took a few moments squint at the harness factory, known as tne Schafer Sadlery company’s plant. We say we were surprised and still we knew that an institution of this kind existed In Decatur, but we had no idea thgt it was as extensive as it is. It is strictly a wholesale concern, where harness is manufactured in a first class manner and is turned out rapidly. At this place are employed nine harness makers, in charge of the manager of the department, Mr. Walter Kauffman. Today they began on a contract to turn out five hundred sets of light harness and ten men with all the modern machinery ot this age will put that bunch of harness on the market in a .mighty big hurry. Mr. Wilda Watts, represents the company on the road, and it is not a matter of securing orders so much as it is to manufacture the goods fast enough to keep up with the sales. It is a great concern and one that will grow to be a monster one if the present gait keeps up. Good goods and at the right prices has been the company’s motto, in the few years they have engaged in this trade, and it has made them a line of customers who will prove faithful in the future. If any one thinks this factory is a joke, they would change their minds very quickly if they were to visit the busy room. The plant occupies the entire second floor of the north room of the Schafer block, known as the Patterson building. o WILL GRADUATE AT GENEVA Commencement Will Be Held at M. E. Church on May 3. Geneva, Ind., April 27. —The commencement of the Geneva high school will be held May’ 3 at the M. E. church. There are five graduates this year. The graduates and their subjects are as follows: “The Privilge of Paying the Price,” Leah Miller; “The Prospect,” Roscoe Glendening; “Lights and Shades;,’’ Gertrude Brayton; ’Success,’’ Gladys Fike; “The Choice of a Chariot,” Hazel Barr. The alumni banquet will be held just after the graduation exercises are over. The juniors will give the seniors a reception April 28. o MAY HAVE TO DECLINE ANOTHER Washington, April 27. —James E. Watson may have to decline another office if he adheres to his determination not to accept any place in the federal service. Speaker Cannon would like to see him made one of the "outside’’ members of the tariff board which is to be provided for in the tariff bill. The place will pay SIO,OOO a year if present plans are carried out. Mr. Watson has said repeatedly that he would decline anything offered, as he desired to return Ito Indiana and praetlce jaw.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, April 27, 1909.

A FAMILY TANGLE The Watkins Are All Mixed Uj>—a New Feature in Their Difficulties HAS NOW ARISEN Nellie Watkins, Wife of Homer, Will Seek a Divorce in Pennsylvania John Watkins, of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, formerly of this county, and who is interested in several law suits in the courts of this locality, has taken up the fight for his daugh-ter-in-law, Nellie Watkins, as against his own son, Homer Watkins. Nellie is to give her deposition here tomorrow in a case now ready for trial, and will then return to McKees Rocks, where she will begin suit for a divorce and will also, so she and Mr. Watkins say, stir up some old and nastycharges against Homer, that will cause him some very serious annoyance. John was in town yesterday with the papers showing that Nellie and Homer were legally married four years ago. The latter neglected his wife, and about a year ago his wife brought suit against him for support, the court rendering judgment for two dollars a week. Homer has paid just a dpllar on this account. it is said, and the law-s of Pennsylvania are very strict, Nellie has been living at the Watkins home at Pleasant Mills for some time, but will return to h»r parents' home in the east this week. John Watkins has a divorce suit on, Also a suit for alienation of his wife's affections, and is being sued by his wife for the money she has spent during the past years for the support of their children, besides he is busy settling his father’s estate, in which he has an interest. All together it is doubtful if there has a case of so much legal tangle in one family m this locality for some time. DOINGS AT GENEVA Senior Class Will Graduate

on Evening of May Third FIVE IN CLASS Many Interesting Happenings in and About Geneva Geneva, Ind., April 27. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —About forty men began work here this morning removing the pipe line which for years transmitted natural gas from the Pennville field to Geneva, Berne and Decatur. The line will be taken up and used in constructing the line to be laid between Decatur and Bluffton by the Indiana Heat and Lighting company. The members of the local I. O. O. F. lodge observed memorial services in their spacious hall last Sunday, where a program of interest was carried out. Rev. Chamness, of Muncie, in a pleasing manner delivered a sermon, which favorably appealed to all and musical selections were also rendered. Mrs. John Pingry, of Silver Dale, Kansas, daughter of Solomon Clay, the venerable gentleman who has the distinction of being one of the oldest men in the county, has arrived in the city for a visit with her father and other relatives. She will remain for some time. As,G. Briggs, Ed Kraner and Samuel Egley have purchased new automobiles, and are now sporting them in the streets. Will Hale and Clarence Rayn will be the possessors of machines next week. Rev. C. J. Graves, new pastor for the M. E. church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class of the high school last Sunday night and his discourse was a scholarly one, enlisting the admiration of his every

hearer. Rev. Graves has during his short stay in Geneva very favorably impressed the people and the Geneva people are giving him their loyal support. On next Wednesday evening in the parlors .ot the M. E. church, a royal reception will be given for Rev. Graves and family. The church and the public in general will, on this occasion, extend to the able minister and family the hand of welcome. The event is to be one long to be remembered, and everybody is invited to attend. Thelma, the little daughter of the Rev. G. M. Myers, pastor of the local U. B. church, has been seriously illfor several from a complication of ailments. The illness was of such a nature that the physician asked that the church bell should not be sounded, and that perfect quietude must be kept, else chances for her recovery would be slight. The child is reported as being some better today, although the danger line has not yet been passed. Rev. Myers began protracted services last Sunday night, and is assisted in the work by Rev. O. E. Shannon, home missionary evangelist of this district. o — TWO MORE ARE DRY Jackson and White Counties Are Against the Saloon EYES ON MUNCIE Delaware County is Voting Today After Spectacular Campaign Seymour, Ind., April 27. —Jackson county yesterday voted to oust the saloons by a majority of 370, according to complete unofficial returns. The result does not show so large a majority as had been hoped for by the “drys” but they are supremely satisfied. Only two townships gave “wet” majorities. These were Jackson township, including Seymour, which gave a “wet” majority of 303, and Washington township, jvhich gave a “wet’> majority of 105. The townships giving “dry” majorities, together with the figures for each, are as follows: Brownstown township, 121; Carr, 118; Driftwood, 53; Grassy Fork, 9; Hamilton, 75; Owen, 117; Redding, 47. As soon as the result was known the church bells began to ring and there was. general rejoicing among the temperance forces. Twenty-five saloons, twenty-four of which are in Seymour, will be closed as a result of the election. Monticello, Ind., April 27—The local option contest here yesterday resulted in a victory for the temperance people, the “drys’’ winning by approximately 1,439 votes. This is about 85 per cent of the vote cast for secretary of state in 1908. Only one precinct in the county gave a “wet" majority, that being No. 1 of Honey Creek township with a majority of 9, but this was sufficient to throw the township “wet” by two votes. The fourth precinct of Union township, which includes Monticello, where there have been no saloons for two years, gave the largest majority for the “drys” with a total of 254. Two saloons are affected by this election, both of which were licensed after the local option law was passed. They will go out of business in ninety days. Muncie, Ind., April 27. —Delaware county, with Muncie, the largest city in Indiana yet to decide the question, will declare for or against the licensed saloon by local option vote today. Eighty-two saloons will be affected, and the fight which has been waged fiercely here for two weeks between two big organizations of taxpayers is expected to be close and eventful. Leaders of each of the organizations are confident of victory-. o There will be a meeting tomorrow evening at the Ben Hur hall of the interested Lady Maccabees. Mrs. Brayman will be present at the meeting. With the new members that will soon be taken in, the interest has been growing in the Decatur order. For years the Maccabees have been one of the most prominent lodges in the state.

CHANGE OF HEART Earl Lyon of Randolph County, Confesses He Lied on Witness Stand HE HAS REPENTED Joined Church and Now Trying to Right Himself With Man He Wronged The Monday evening Portland Sun said: Deliberately lying on the witness stand for the sole purpose of v, eakening the testimony of Ira W. Porter, convicted in the Jay circuit court a year ago for the murder of his wife, Earl Lyons, of Randolph county, hafe undergone a change of heart, joined church and to right himself in the eyes of God, has written a letter to the man he so grossly wronged, telling him of the false statement that has weighed his soul and begging forgiveness. The letter has been forwarded by Porter to his attorneys in this city, and, if a newtrial is granted, the disclosure mayhave considerable effect upon the outcome. At the time the testimony of Lyons appeared inConsequential.except that it gave the impression that Porter had told two different versions of minor points leading up to the death of his wife. Porter, on the stand, said that, while working in the barn, he looked out■ through a crack and saw a chicken hawk sitting on a fence. He called to his wife to bring him his shotgun, and, as she started to carry the weapon out the door, one barrel was discharged, the leaden shot blowing off the top of her head and killing her instantly. Lyons swore, however, that Porter, while in jail in Winchester, had told him that the hawk was in a tree instead of on the fence and the jury was left to decide which of the two men was not telling the truth. O NINTH HORSE SALE Another Job Lot of Horses to Be Sold Here on Friday of this Week SOME GOOD ONES Three More Sales Will Be Held During the Remainder of the Season The ninth sale of the Decatur Horse Sale company will take place at the company’s bam on First street on FTiday of this week, the date of their sale being April 30. At this time as the Schafer Sadlery company's the highest and best bidder twp hundred and fifty head of big draft, good brood mares and three year old colts. They will also have some cheap work horses. The management of the company are working hard to make this the banner sale of the year, and at this time it iooks as though they might succeed. This is quite an undertaking in view of the fact that they have had some of the banner sales this year, and establishes the fact that they are among the big commission barns in the country. They will have three more sales during the year, May 14 and 28, and June 11, and at the latter date will end a most successful year, and in that time will have handled many hundred thousands of dollars, and been a real benefactor to the business interests of I this city. The Democrat wauts them, ; as it wants every other business interest to understand, that they are appreciated, and it is the hope of every one that the company will finish the year with a good fat bank account to their credit. They have well earned it. They have been more than devoted to the business, have traversed this part of the state over in the search for good horses, brought them here and then sold them under the hammer to the eastern buyers. They deserve to succeed and they wilt. Their next sale is Friday of this week.

DR. SMITH MADE US A CALL He Says the New Bank Will Open at Hoagland About June 15th. Dr. Smith, of Hoagland, was in the city last evening to attend the I. O. O. F. celebration and while here took occasion to call at this office. The doctor is one of the substantia, citizens of Hoagland and of Allen county, and it is always a pleasure to meet him. He informs us that tlfv new bank, of which he is the president, is getting ready for business as rapidly as possible. The foundation for the building has been put in and it is hoped to open this institution by June 15th. There are twenty-six stockholders in the concern and committees have been appointed to look after the various necessary arrangements. The building will be constructed of cement block, and John Bollinger has the contract, and will begin work at once. — — o OUT CAMPAIGNING Clark J. Lutz Spoke in Tippecanoe County Sunday in Option Campaign A CLOSE FIGHT The Result is in Doubt— Much Interest in Delaware County Election Clark J. Lutz is home from Lafayette, where he spent two days campaigning with the drys in their local option campaign there, and which, by the way, is about the warmest baby that ever came trotting down the pike. Sunday morning he spoke to a large audience at Dayton, located a few miles from Lafayette, and the reception accorded him was the sort to inspire a speaker in any cause in which he labors. Several churches abandoned their regular services and turned out in great numbers to hear Mr. Lutz and to root for the drys. The option campaign, however, is at its best in Lafayette, where two local brewers and many hundreds of sympathizers are working to save their own lives and the existence of one hundred and five saloons, which now do business in that city. Lafayette is a city of twenty thousand, is the home of Purdue and yet has more saloons for the ratio of its population than had Decatur. The election is Friday, and at this time the wets have hired the opera house for all the week, have engaged every public automobile and livery rig in the city, and are working all the games that go in the usual political warfare. The result is in doubt. The local option election is on in all its fury in Delaware county today. The drys there nave made a wonderful campaign, and have alligned on their side many elements of strength. For instance, Ball Bros, the millionaire manufacturers, are leaders in the dry movement. Others who are prominent are the mayor of the city, the chairmen of both the Democratic and Republican organizations, Walter I. Lotz, candidate <»n the Democratic ticket fcr attorney general at the last election, James F. Bingham the present attorney general of Indiana, and many other prominent and influential men. There is much interest being manifested here in the result, and if you will call the Democrat about eight o’clock this evening we will endeavor to give you the election returns. o TO MANUFACTURE SILK HOSIERY Fort Wayne, Ind., April 27.—Thieme Bros., four in number, prominent local business men who are identified with the Wayne Knitting mills, have announced the organization of the Thieme Bros.’ company, which will manufacture silk hosiery and knit goods. The concern is capitalized at $150,000, and will immediately erect a three-story factory building. One hundred hands will be employed as soon as the concern begins running. o- —■ —— Chas. Niblick and Daniel Donivan/ went to Fort Wayne this afternoon, 1 where they will visit Jim Touhey and | also Fr. Von Schwedler, who has un-1 dergone an operation In the hospital. 1 1 Fr. Von Schwedler was pastor of St. j Marys church this city quite a number of years ago. 11

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WOLFF. CASE POSTPONED Account of the Absence of Tom Hillyard, an Important Witness OTHER COURT NEWS D. B. Erwin Special Judge in Partition Suit—Many Transfers Recorded The case against Charles Wolfe, charged with assault and intent to murder Jacob Mangold, has been continued until the next regular term of court, which means that the young man will not have to face a jury until next September as a long vacation follows this term. The motion for a continuance was filed by the defendant, who says he cannot go safely into the trial without the testimony of Thomas P. Hillyard, who is now working at Hudson, Michigan. Wolfe sets up the belief that said Hillyard would, testify that Wolfe struck in self defense. It is claimed that due diligence has been exercised to secure the presence of the witness, but he has not replied, but it is believed he can be secured by the next term. The court held the written motion sufficient and granted the continuance, exceptions being taken by attorneys for the state. In the case of the Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. William G. Spencer suit on contract, the defendant is ruled to answer within five days. Rebecca Stauffer et al vs. John B. Duer et al, partition, final report approved and commissioner discharged. Dore B. Erwin has been appointed special judge to hear the cause of Norman G. Lenhart vs. A. R. Bell et (Continued on Page Two) o A WISE OLD OWL * Prosecutor Pettee Tries to Get Gay With the Governor TESTIMONY WANTED Subpoened to Testify Before the Grand Jury at South Bend South Bend, Ind., April 27. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —South Rend officers are getting gay, Prosecutor Pettee having issued a subpoena for Governor Marshall and Editor Perry

of the Hammond Times, to appear before the grand jury in South Bend and testify as to their knowledge of prize fighting. The Hammond editor wrote the governor saying that prize ■ fighting was permitted in Indianapolis and South Bend, and the governor sent I 1 the letter on to the South Bend prosecutor. That official disclaims any ’ knowledge of such infractions of the 1 t law, and in order to show just the t sort of a short skate he was he has t » now subpoenaed the governor to tes1 tify before the grand jury. No subI poena has arrived at Indianapolis, and it ft does the governor will pay no atI tention to it. It is a safe bet, however, that the governor makes that South Bend prosecutor look like thirty cents before the controversy is ended.