Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII.

JOHN RITTER DISAPPEARS Eighth Street Resident Leaves Wife With Three Cents TO HER NAME Disappeared Mysteriously Last Sunday—May Face Charge * Leaving but three paltry cents in the house for the provision of his wife, and without notifying a person as to his intentions or reasons for them, John Ritter, an Eighth street resident mysteriously disappeared Sunday and nothing has since been heard of him. Ritter h'as been in the employ of the Decatur Egg Case company for some time, and was consid-

ered a good workman. Some domestic troubles may have been the cause of his departure, although this lacks verification, and no one seems able to present an idea which will enlighten the people on the sudden disappearance. Ritter left the house Sunday as usual and his wife expected him to return at meal time. He, however, did not appear and has not as yet disclosed his whereabout. It is probable that the charge of wife desertion will be preferred against the man unless he provides support for his wife, and if convicted of the horrible charge he will be called upon to serve a term in a state institution. 0 WAS NOT LARGELY ATTENDED Only a very few attended the meeting at the office of Hooper & Lenhart last evening for the purpose of devising means for the defense of those against whom suits have been filed to collect payments on lots sold at the '‘boost for Decatur’’ sale on March 26, 1907. It is said, however, that they have secured the promise from a few others to assist them in the fight and they propose if possible to allow one suit to be tried and to pro rate the costs. IN’EARTH QUAKE Isaac Hilty, of Geneva, Confined in Adams County Jail

MIND IS UNSOUND Fright at Time of Earthquake Was the Cause Marshal E. K. Atkinson, of Geneva, came to Decatur yesterday bringing with him Isaac Hilty, who was incarcerated in the Adams county jail to await commitment to East Haven asylum, The condition of the unfortunate man is extremely pitiful and his mental unsoundness resulted from great fright he was subjected to at the time of the San Francisco earthquake. Mr. Hilty was employed in a livery barn at San Francisco when the earthquake occurred, and the fright attending the awful crash overcame his mental capacites, depriving him of rationality. The unfortunate man was taken to a hospital where he was treated and it was thought that he had ultimately recovered and he was sent to his relatives at Geneva. However, since being there he has been the victim of strange hallucinations, and it has been deemed advisable that he be entered at East Haven for treatment where he will be taken as soon as arrangements can be made for «STvy> > o ————— ' H. Burchnell, of Monroeville, returned home after transacting business in the elty. /

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Number 118.

MAY GET TERRELL RELEASED Offer to Furnish a Big Bond Will be Made. Judge Paulus, Marion, will be in the city within a short time, when an attempt will be made to get John W. Terrell out of jail and to his home near Petroleum. Since arriving here from the asylum, at Richmond, the old man has become horribly emaciated and looks like a shadow now when compared with his former self. Owing to the fact that his confinenient in jail gives him a chance to get no exercise he has grown to look years older than he really is, while he has lost flesh. The attorneys for him hav ebeen trying for several months to devise some means to get him out of jail, as his confinement at present is even worse than confinement in the asylum. It is understood that the commissioners with a number of other citizens of the city, will recommend that he be released on bond. Bond amounting to nearly ,500,000 could be raised it is claimed. —Bluffton Banner. o MAGNATES HERE Charles Dieterich, Principal Owner of the Big Gas Company WAS AMONG THEM Party Also Included Sam Murdock and Several Others Leaving Fort Wayne after breakfast at 7 o’clock in the morning, traveling hundreds of miles by automobile and train, not pausing for refreshments and turning up at the Anthony hotel at 8 o’clock in the evening for dinner, fresh and in unsurpassed humor and remarkable vigor would be an achievement of which most young men might be proud. But for a man whose hair is of the whiteness of December snows to accomplish such a feat is surprising, to say the least The gentleman who did this is Mr. Charles F. Dieterich, of New- York, principal owner of the illuminating gas properties in northern Indiana and northern Ohio. When the long and tiresome journey was finished Mr. Dieterich was ready for a chatty conversation and showed not the slightest trace of fatigue. The

party of inspection, composed of Mr. Dieterich, Mr. A. E. Dieterich, also of New York; Mr. S. T. Murdock, of Lafayette, and Mrs. S. E. Mulholland, general manager of the local proptry, left Fort Wayne in an automobile after breakfast yesterday morning and motored to Decatur, thence to Kingsland, thence to Bluffton and back to Decatur, going over the company’s pipe lines and examining the local plants at each place. At Decatur they boarded a train for Lima, 0., and inspected the property there, returning to Fort Wayne last evening. And this was only a part of the hurry up journey Mr. Dieterich has made during the past two days. Arriving in Indianapolis from New York Saturday, he went, either by autombile or electric car, to Frankfort, Lebanon and Lafayette, arriving here from the last named city Sunday evening It was a long and hurried and a tiresome trip. “But I enjoyed it all,’’ said Mr. Dieterich last evening, and he certainly bore the appearance of one who had a keen relish for such strenuous feats. —ort Wayne Joprnal-Gazette. o— MR. DEAM GETS THE JOB Will Become State Forester on His Return from South. Saturday night'at 10:42, Charles C. Deam left for St. Louis, with E. B. ■Williamson, on the way to Central America. Before he left, however, he received a telephone communication from Governor Marshall, in which the governor informed the local man that he would receive the appointment of secretary of the state forestry "board, which carries with it the position ot state forester, with an annual income of SI,BOO per annum. Mr. Deam will take on his new duties immediately upon his return from Central America. —Bluffton Banner.

THE BUICK AGENCY Payne and Waddell Open an Office Here for the Buick Auto Company BUY TEN MACHINES Will Look After • the Business in Adams and Jay Counties ■ Payne & Waddell, of Indianapolis, have secured Adams and Jay counties for the Buick autombile company and have opened an agency in this city, where they will make their headquarters. They have secured quarters at, the Fashion livery barn, and you w’lt hear about the Buick before many days. The firm is composed of F. E. Payne and G. S. Waddell, the latter having arrived here today to take charge of the business. They have contracted for ten cars, the first of which will be here by the last of this week, Mr. Waddell leaving tomorrow for Hint, Mich., to secure his first machine, which he will drive here. The rest of the cars will be be sent one or two each week during the next six weeks. Mr. Waddell is a hustling young man and will no doubt succeed in placing a number of his high class cars in this locality. The Buick is one of the best cars on the market, is made in every style and sells at prices ranging from $1,050 to $2,750. Later. it is possible *hat these men will open a garage in Decatur, though there is nothing definite about that part of the program. At present Mr. Waddell will busy himself getting a line on prospective buyers. He will also do repairing, being an expert along that line. He has had a number of years experience and has been with the Buick company for some time. I I— (J ■ ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. Thursday being Ascension Day, there will be divine services held at the church in Decatur, at 7:15 p. m. All members are requested to notify one another. A cordial invitation is extended to the public in general. 118-2 t J. H. lausing, pastor.

BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT ERECTED AT ST. JOSEPH’S 1 - ww ir ** ','”l The above shows the beautiful monument which marks the grave of the late William H. Niblick, ex-banker and public spirited citizen of Decatur. The monument is one of the handsomest to be found in Indiana, and was erected by the Wemhoff Monumetnal Works of this city, at the St. Joseph cemetery, at a cost of about $3,500. A recent issue of The Reporter, published at Chicago, and the only paper printed exclusively for the granite and marble trade, gave a reproduction of the stone and published an appropriate description of it.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May 18, 1909.

PURDUE COMMENCEMENT The Big Week at that College Begins on Saturday, June Fifth. The Daily Democrat office Is in receipt of a card showing the program for commencement week at Purdue university. As given the doings will be as follows: Saturday, June 5th —Base ball game, Purdue vs. Earlham, 3 p. m.; concert, by the Cadet band, campus, 7 p. m. Sunday, June 6th —Baccalaureate address, Rt. Rev. John Hazen White, D. D., Bishop of Michigan City, 3 p. m. Vesper song service, 6 p. m. Monday, June 7th —Concert, Theodore Thomas orchestra, 8 p. m. Tuesday, June 8th —Annual meeting of Alumni Association, 10:30 a. m. Picnic Lunch and Band Concert, campus, 12-1 p. m. Base ball game, Seniors vs. Alumni, 2:30 p. m. Faculty reception, 7:30 p. m. Senior Hop, 8:30 p. m. Wednesday, June 9th—Graduating exercises, 9:30 a. m. Abstracts of themese by members of the graduating class. Address by Andrew Sloane Draper, LL. D., commissione of education of the state of New York. Conferring of degrees. Senior banquet, 8 p. m.

BOARD RE-ELECTED Commercial Club Selects Same Men to Serve During the Ensuing Year THE NINE MEMBERS They Will Meet this Week to Select Their Officers for the Year The Decatur Commercial Club held their annual meeting last evening and there was considerable business of importance transacted, looking toward the advancement of business in Decatur. Among the principal events on the program was the election of a board of directors, who will have charge of the affairs for twelve months to come. The board as rechosen is tne same-as last year, in(Continued on page 4.)

STUDYING TARIFF President Taft Gets Busy and Submits a List to Customs Experts IN U. S. TRESURY Discloses Some Facts that May Startle Many Consumers Washington, May 17.—President Haft is studying the tariff, and that he has the long-lost consumer in mind is evidenced by the following memorandum he sent over to the customs experts in the-treasury: “Please give the approximate amount of duty on the following articles (a) under the Dingley law, (b) under the Payne bill, and (c) under the senate tariff bill.’’ The articles enumerated by the president include men’s and womens clothing, stoves, furniture, china, tinware, hams and bacon, certain vegetables and other articles found in the home or on the person of every man, woman and child in the country. In studying the list for the president the customs experts confirmed the rule so frequently applying under the Dingley act, that the goods of the poor man are taxed at a higher ad valorem rate than those of the rich man. In the matter of clothing, for example, the man who buys a sls suit pays a duty of 71 per cent, while the man who can afford to put S4O into a suit pays at the rate of only 64 per cent. Again, in the case of rugs, the rate of duty on a sls rug is 62 per cent., while on a tapestry rug, costing SSO, the duty rate would be only 54 per cent. In the case of iron knives with wooden handles, the rate of duty is 45 per cent., but if a man should want a much better knife, with shell or ivory handle and costing $6 a dozen, he would pay duty on an imported article of 47 per cdnt., or just 2 per cent, more than the rate on the cheaper knife. As the Aldrich bill does not ‘change the rates on woolens, the notorious condition whereby expensive French and German textiles pay a less rate of duty than the cheap cottons bought by the workingman is retained. Mr. Taft so far has made no public statement with reference to tariff revision since he entered the white ( houes, but that he is determined to .learn for himself what congress intends to do, or intends to neglect to do, in rearranging the duties which the poor man must pay is made evident by private investigations of this kind. In submitting his list of articles to the treasury department the president took the ordinary retail prices of these common articles as a basis for the computations he asked the experts to make for him. The experts say that slight changes in the selling price given can be made without pairing the value of the information. o REBEKAHS CHOOSE OFFICERS Odd Fellows Home Association is Organized. Indianapolis, Ind., May 18. —Officers for the ensuing year were elected yesterday by the tweiity-flfth annual Rebekah Assembly, I. O. O. F. of Indiana. Last night in the grand lodge assembly room a reception was held for the new officers. The Metropolitan degree staff of Metropolitan Encampment No. 5 gave an exemplification of degree work in the Capital Lodge hall. Today’s session will be occupied with the transaction of routine business.

In the afternoon an excursion will be run to the home at Greensburg, returning early in the evening. The new officers are: Mrs. Arnetta Brehm, Malott Park, president; Mrs. Ora E. Norris, Crawfordsville, vice president; Mrs. H. M. Kean, Jasper, warden; Mrs. Katherine I. Nichols, Elkhart, secretary, and Mrs. Ida Van Dorin, Indianapolis, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hatfield, Mr. and ; Mrs. Charles Smith and Mrs. Alice Ball were visitors in Decatur yesterday. They went to view the remains of 'William Smith, whose death oc-I curved Saturday morning at three I o’clock. —Bluffton News. ’<

C. B. L. IN SESSION TODAY Holding Ninth Annual Convention at Fort Wayne. The supreme council of the Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana will hold its ninth annual convention in Fort Wayne tomorrow, an,! the sessions will be held in Minuet hall on Washington boulevard east. This is a fraternal insurance organization formed in Fort Wayne nine years ago, to which only members of the Catholic churches are eligible. Reports of the supreme council tomorrow will show that during the past year the order has made a substantial gain in membership and in finances. Two councils have been instituted during the past year. T. J. McLaughlin is supreme president, Julian F. Franke supreme secretary and John J. Kohrman is supreme treasurer. Representatives from all the councils In the state will be present at the convention tomorrow. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. o THREE WEDDINGS Rev. Powell Officiates at Two and Rev. Valentine at the Other POPULAR COUPLES Take the Vows Which Bind Them Together During the Walk Through Life At 9:30 o'clock last evening a happy young couple, Mr. Emil Oliver Baumgartner and Miss Minnie Alice Russell called at the Methodist parsonage in this city and plighted the vows which made them man and wife. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Sherman Powell, pastor of the church, in his usual polished manner. The couple left on a short wedding tour and after returning will make their home with the bride’s uncle on Eleventh street. Both are very popular young people and have many friends who join us in congratulations. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Russell. Mr. Baumgartner is a brick mason and is in the employ of Mr. Bollinger. Rev. Sherman Powell performed a wedding ceremony at ten o’clock this morning that united the lives of Mr. Frank Patrick Carroll and Miss Idella Leah McGonagle. They are splendid young people, well known in this city and well liked. The event occurred at the Methodist parsonage and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll left soon after for a trip to Toledo and other Ohio cities. Mr. Carroll is a barber and has a large circle of friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon McGonagle, with whom the young people will make their home for the present. They have the best wishes of all who know them.

At the home of the bride's parents near Preble, at six o’clock Saturday evening occurred the marriage of Miss Laura Tumbleson, daughter of Mr. and James Tumbleson to Mr. Charles Fuhrman, a fireman at the oil station at Preble. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. C. Valentine, of the M. E. circuit. They are popular young people and will soon be at home in a cottage all ready for them at Preble. We offer our congratulations.

o BOYS’ CITY WILL BE HELD Mr. Shepherd, of Lima. Ohio, Will Be in Charge. The announcement that no Boy City would be conducted this summer at Winona Lake, as in the past, was correct at the time it appeared. At that time the authorities had decided not to attempt any camp at the lake this season. Later, however, they changed their minds and will conduct another Boy City there this season, | but on a smaller scale. 1J is deemed ; better to take care of a hundred boys than to carelessly manage five hundred. This season, neither Judge Wil- : lis Brown or his brother Fred will i 'have anything to do with the city.'l Mr. Shepherd, of Lima, Ohio, will have ' 1 charge. 1<

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MANY WILL ATTEND Old Soldiers Are Arranging to Go to Crawfordsville this Week STATE ENCAMPMENT Big Time Expected—City Has Expended Over $7,000 for the Affair A number of Decatur and Adams county veterans are arranging to go to Crawfordsville, Indiana, this week to attend the state encampment. It is expected that this will be one of the best sessions of this body for several years, and the city of Crawfordsville is expecting 30,000 visitors. Adispatch from there says: All the details have been carefully arranged and everything is now ready for the opening of the thirtieth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indiana in Crawfordsville Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week Nothing has been left undone by the executive committee and its various subcommittees to provide an enjoyable program and a splendid entertainment for the state’s civil war veterans. Practically all the decorations are now in place. Harry Lewis, a decorator, of Philadelphia, had a force of men busy all day Sunday, putting the finishing touches on the downtown decorations. Electric light wires have been strung along both sides of the main streets of the city, and in all nearly fifty blocks will be lighted with strings of electric lights on either side of the street. Besides the majority of the business houses and scores of residences, thir-ty-five city blocks have been handsomely decorated by Mr. Lewis and his men. The courthouse is to be covered with incandescent lights, and from the top of the dome to the corners of four business blocks long streamers of American flags and red, white and blue pennants have been stretched. The electrical display and the handsome decorations will be one of the features of the encampment The reviewing stands and the four stands to be occupied by school children during the parade have all been erected. They were put up, without cost, by the Carpenters - Union of the

(Continued on page 4.) 0 MAY FORM ASS’N * A Cattle Breeders’ Association May Be Formed in County A GOOD THING Col. Fred Reppert to Assist in a Great Cattle Sale Col. Fred Reppert will leave Monday for Mansfield, where on May 25th, he will asisst in selling a draft of the best Shorthorn cattle sold in the United States in many years, a large number of which are from a shipment that the great breeder and showman, Peter Ross brought from his native home iu Scotland a few months ago. they will also sell a part of their show herd that W’on more prizes than any other herd shown from coast to coast. They will also sell quite a . number of good well bred individuals that generally sell at a normal price and it is a great opportunity for r breeders and beginners to buy. Quite r a number of Adams county farmers who are lovers of good cattle are planning to attend this sale, as Mans--1 field' is located on the Chicago & ■ Erie railroad, and they can by ships ping together, get a very low rate. : Many breeders of pure bred cattle t in this county are talking strongly of , organizing a cattle breeders’ association and placing Adams county in the cattle business, where she now stands las a horse market in which it ranks las the best id the middle west. It 13 'quite probable that such an association will be organized tn the near fuI ture and it will mean much for Adams | county.