Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 15 June 1909 — Page 1

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DASHED INTO A FREIGHT Erie Passenger Train Number Eight Hit Freight at Ohio City ENGINEER IS HURT He and the Fireman Jumped for Their Lives—They Will Recover Erie passenger train number eight due in Decatur at about 2:15 a. m.' dashed into the rear of a freight train immediately west of Ohio City early this morning, completely demolishing the caboose and a car attached thereto. The passenger was eastward bound and had the right of track to Ohio City as per orders from the dispatcher. A freight train had arrived at Ohio City and proceeded to the west siding, where ft was being placed on the side track when the passenger approached Homer Bennett, engineer on the passenger, did not see the obstruction of the cars until his train was too close and consequently could not stop in time to prevent the crash. Consequently he and the fireman, Grant Weikel, both of Huntington, jumped for their lives, the former sustaining injuries of a serious nature, while Weikel suffered the loss of his right thumb. The freight had some trouble in getting in the clear and it was due to that unavoidable delay that the accident Engineer flennett was immediately conveyed to Decatur and was taken to the office of Dr. S. D. Beavers, where Dr. Wilson of Ohio City and Dr. Beavers of this city examined the injuries. The left shoulder was badly dislocated, the head bruised and other internal injuries inflicted which will require much attention. Bennett was taken to his home at Huntington on the 10:10 train this morning, where he resides with his son and daughter, his wife having been dead for more than one year. He will recover. After the crash the conductor of the passenger passed through the coaches taking the names of the passengers and when he entered the smoking car he was astonished to find that one cf the passengers was sound asleep. When awakened the than was dumfounded to learn that a wreck had occurred. It is fortunate indeed that no lives were lost as a consequence of the wreck and that the injured ones will recover. The wreck train was ordered and within thirty minutes’ time after the crew arrived with the derrick the track was cleared so that trains could be operated past the scene of the accident. No blame has been fixed on any one for the wreck. ______ o — -— —— Mrs. A. J. Smith and daughter Midge went to Fort Wayne this morning

an intended robbery. Nathan Mentzer, Blufftofl) Frightens Man Away. Nathan Mentzer, the drayman, had an unusual experience two or three nights ago which looks like he had been the intended victim of a footpad but that the latter lost his nerve at the last moment. Along about midnight Mr. Mentzer was aroused from his bed by a telephone call to the effect that his cow was loose and out of the barm He hurriedly dressed and went out in his stocking feet. As he stepped into the back yard he saw a man in the shadows and as he approached the mysterious stranger broke and ran. Mr. Mentzer, much mystified, went on to his barn, where he found the doors closed as usual, and the cow in her accustomed stall. Some thief probably thought Mr. Mentzer would have money from dray collections and he would make a haul by slugging him, but he lost his nerve at the critical moment—Bluffton News.

SALE OF LIQUOR Is the Question to Be Debated by Mr. McWhirter and Senator Proctor ON JUNE THIRTIETH Brewers Object to It—Proceeds Will Go to a Church at Peoria, 111. Indianapolis, June 15—The Indiana brewers are up in the air over the fact that Felix T. McWhitrer, of this city, and State Senator R. E. Proctor, of Elkhart, have agreed to debate the prohibition question at Tomlinson hall June 30. The subject under discussion will be, “Resolved, That prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages is right.” Mr. McWhirter takes the affirmative side and Senator Proctor the negative side. Special interest is added to the debate by the fact that Mr. McWhirter is one of the leading prohibitionists of the country and has been a candidate on the Prohibition ticket for governor, while Senator Proctor was the leader of the fight in the last session of the legislature for the repeal of the county option law, and since then he has made speeches in many counties of the state in which local option elections were held, urging the people to vote “wet.” The debate is engineered by the Rev. Father Sydney G. Jeffords, rector ol St. Stephen’s parish, Peoria, 111. Mr. Jeffords is endeavoring to raise money with which to promote his church work among the poor of Peoria, and some time ago he conceived the idea of arranging a debate on the prohibition question between Dan Sheen. Prohibition candidate for governor of Illinois, and Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee. The debate was held in Peoria, and was so successful that Mr. Jeffords decided to arrange for one in Indiana. Charles R. Jones, of Chicago, Prohibition national chairman, sent him to Mr. McWhirter, with a request that he take the affirmative side of the debate. Mr. McWhirter accepted At first Mr. Jeffords though of arranging for a local man to take the other side, but this plan failed for two reasons. In the first place, Mr. McWhirter preferred some man from outside of Indianapolis, and in the second place some of the local brewers objected to the local man’s engaging in the debate for the liquor side. Mr. Jeffords already had spoken to Asa H. Boulden, brewery attorney to represent the liquor side in the debate, and after Mr. McWhirter said he Preferred oUuic OutsldG man he went to Mr. Boulden’s office to tell him that it was all off. There he found Mr. Boulden and several brewers and brewery representatives who were protesting against any sffsh debates being held in Indianapolis at this time. The brewers declare they do not wish tne subject agitated because of the effect it may have on public sentiment. The possibility of a local option election being held in this county is serious enough in itself, without stirring up the situation with a debate, they say.

EDITOR WILL WED David Welty of the Berne Witness to Claim a Bride — in Kansas A JUNE WEDDING Culmination of a College Romance—Will Go to Pacific Coast on Tour David C. Welty, reporter and solicitor on the staff of the Berne Witness, and one of its proprietors, has by this time undoubtedly reached the pleasantest and most important stopping place, not only on his present itinerary through the west, but on his life’s journey, Halstead, Kansas. For there his long maintained “single blessedness” will meet its Waterloo next Thursday. Several years ago when Mr. Welty was a student in Bethel college, Newton, Kansas, he formed the acquaintance, among others, of a daughter of one of the leading families of the Mennonite community of Halstead, Just a few miles west of Newton—Miss Ida Ruth, daughter of John W. Ruth and sister to Mrs. Rev. J. W. Kliewer of this place—and that acquaintance has in course of time developed into a genuine love match. The marriage ceremony of Mr. Welty and Miss Ruth is scheduled for 9:30 a. m. next Thursday, at the home of the bride’s father at Halstead. No dtiubt it will be a typical June wedding, Rev. J. H. Langenwalter, pastor of the bride, will declare the couple man and wife. Tn the afternoon the bridal couple will leave on an extended wedding trip to the Pacific coast, where they will meet Mr. Welty’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Welty, and his sister, Mrs. Carl Bergman, in southern California, besides many friends sojourning there. They will spend several weeks on their wedding trip, taking in many points interest, chief among which is the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-cific exposition at Seattle, Washington. The groom’s uncle, Professor B. F. Welty and wife, live at Tacoma, Washington. —Berne Witness.

STORE WAS ROBBED Burglar Entered the Corbett Tobacco Store and Secured Some Booty TAPPED REGISTER Securing About Three Dollars and a Half—Also Got Some Cigars The cigar and tobacco store of Tim Forbett was burglarized last night and the burglar succeeded in getting away with a box or two of cigars, several packages of cigarettes and about three dollars and a half in coin of the realm. The thief gained an entrance by forcing a window on the south side at the rear of the store The window w r as only held by a nail and entrance was easy. After helping himself to ail the tobacco he needed, the burglar tapped the cash register and took all the money that had been left there for change. The police are working on the case and suspicion points to a man who has figured in other and similar affairs. If sufficient evidence can be secured he will he arrested. These robberies occur entirely too frequently and some of these light fingered young men are going to get themselves into very serious trouble one of these days. The footprint on the Window sill and a few other marks were all the clews left, but this was sufficient to work on, and Marshal Butler went to work at once. Developments are expected within a day or two.

Because he thought a bad wreck could not be averted, Harvey H. Ryan of Huntington, employed as a fireman on the Erie railroad, jumped from his engine near Newton Friday night and was badly injured. The engine rode a suddenly thrown switch in safety, ■and there was no wreck

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, June 15, 1909.

WILL HAVE CELEBRATION. Warren Will Have Big Time on Fourth of July. Warren will have a Fourth of July celebration. There will be horse races at the fair grounds in the afternoon and a big display of fireworks at night. Foot races of all sorts will be included in the forenoon entertainment. The board of directors of the fair association and the merchants of the town will join hands in arranging for the big day. It is believed that horses will be entered from Marion, Warren, Van Buren, Montpelier, Manchester and Huntington, and some fine racing is promised. John Click, Marcus Tam and Sam Bowman have been named as a committee to arrange for the matinee races. John Schnell, of Huntington, may give an exhibition with his hurdle horses, there will be a dash for the jumpers, a mule race and the ever popular road race. Several good steppers are in training at the Warren track and they w-ill be entered in the Fourth of July events. —Marion Chronicle.

INTEREST WANING In the Big Tariff Fight Now On in the United States Senate SUGAR THE SUBJECT Free Cigars from Philippines to Be Reduced— Brazil President Dead Washington, June 15. —Sugar was the stirring subject before the senate yesterday. During the first hour the amendment was before the senate there was some discussion of the effect of the provision on the tobacco interests of Connecticut, but an agreement looking to the introduction of Connecticut into the Philippines for wrappers had the effect of relieving the situation in that quarter. Immediate attention was then directed to the clause providing a duty on sugar admitted into the Philippines equal to that on sugar brought into the United States and exempting 300,000 tons of Philippine sugar from duty when brought into the United States. Washington, June 15. —The waning of interest in the tariff proceedings was evidenced by the small attendance in the galleries when the senate met last night. Not more than half of the membership was present. Discussion of the Philippine free trade section of the bill was resumed by Mr. Stone, of Missouri, who spoke on his amendment giving the Philippines freedom after fifteen years. He declared that congress had no constitutional right to assess import duties on products from the Philippine islands. He said the intelligent people of the islands were opposed to the legislation proposed by the bill as reported from the finance committee. Saying that there were a large number of cigarmakers out of employment, Mr. jLaFollette offered an amendment cutting down the number of cigars to be admitted free from the Philippines from 150,000,000 to 75,000,000 a year. At Mr, Aldrich's request, the vote on Mr. LaFollette's amendment was postponed until after the finance committee acts tomorrow on the free tobacco proviso of the Philippine free trade section. Washington, June 15. —Alfonso Penna, president of Brazil, died at 7:30 o'clock yesterday, according to dispatches received from the American minister at Rio de Janeiro. o EVERYTHING LOVELY IN WEST Amos Foreman Writes from His Home in State of Washington. Our old friend, Amos Foreman, writes us from Puyallup, Wash., renewing allegiance to the Democrat for another year, and incidentally states that everyone tn that locality is well and hearty and business is good. The Alaskan-Yukon fair is a grand success for he adds you know the people of the west never do things by halves. He sends best I wishes to all his friends in this secI tion.

WILL GRADUATE John Gillig Will Graduate from Ohio State University 23RD OF THIS MONTH He Has Gained a Great Recognition in the School • Commencement invitations will be received in the city within a few days announcing the fact that John Gillig, a former Decatur boy, with a class of about sixty young men will, on the twenty-third day of this month graduate from the Ohio State university, he majoring on the art of architecture. Mr. Gillig, it will be remembered worked for one year as a member of a corps of engineers on the Hocking Valley railroad and subsequently he resumed college work to complete an architectural course. He has labored industriously and will on the twenty-third, receive as his reward for his diligency a diploma from that well known school of learning. During this last year Mr. Gillig has been in college he has been in partnership with a Mr. G. Howard Broone in the architecture profession and he has drawn plans for a large number of public buildings and private dwellings. He has proven his ability in the line of work and after graduation he will return to Decatur for a visti after which he will leave for an eastern’ city to engage in his chosen profession. John has been president of the architect’s club in the university during this year, and many other worthy honors have been bestowed upon the ever progressive young man. o Remember the date of the Craigviile childrens' day exercises at the Christion Union church. Everybody is invited to attend. o— - ■ COTTON ESCAPES

Another Prison Sentence— Was Fined One Hundred and Costs GOT OFF CHEAP He Plead Guilty to Charge of Obtaining Money Under False Pretense Frank Cotton again escaped a prison sentence this morning, when his case was called at Huntington and he was arraigned for trial a second time on a charge of forging his father's name or passing a fraudulent rherk Rather than go to trial he agreed to enter a plea of guilty with the understanding that a penitentiary sentence would not be imposed and the penalty was fixed at a fine of SIOO and costs. This his father agreed to pay and Frankie is once mere out of the meshes when it appeared that escape this time would be almost impossible. There had been nineteen veniremen summoned this morning and the securing of a jury was all ready to proceed when the plea of guilty and the comparatively light sentence was imposed. He escaped here once on a similar charge with a fine of SIOO. The question is, where will he break out next. A jury at Huntington last week disagreed on Cotton's case. F. W. Gordon \fepreseuted Cotton in the proceedings today. A. L. Sharpe who represented him last week, is in North Dakota. —Bluffton News. Warren Moses and family will arrive here this evening from Great Falls, Montana, and will visit relatives and friends here for several weeks. Warren is engaged in the newspaper and real estate business in the west and this is his first trip . home since he left nine years ago.

THE ELKS WIN ANOTHER Fast Lodge Team Administer Bitter Defeat to the Woodmen. In a game replete with ragged fielding by both sides the Elks’ crack ball team defeated the Woodmen club yesterday afternon by the score of six to one. Guy Dorwin for the Elks was in excellent form, and he established a big strike out record. The contest was slow, and but little enthusiasm manifested. The Elks gained a big lead in the first of the game as a consequehce of four bases on balls being handed them by pitcher Johns. Chess Johnson succeeded Johns in the box and acquitted himself grandly. The Elks have a bunch of classy players and inasmuch as they have played four games this season they were in good form, while yesterday was the first time this season the Woodmen have participated in a contest. Another game will be played soon and in this the Woodmen expect to make the fast Elks bunch go some to beat them. A different lineup will be presented. COURTHOUSENEWS D. D. Studabaker Was on Witness Stand Many Hours Today SELLS IS RELEASED Furnished Secured Notes Covering Amount Due His Wife—Other Items Today has been taken up in the Faylor vs. Studabaker case with the cross examination of the defendant, D. D. Studabaker, which began this morning, and was still in progress ac press time this afternoon. The cross examination was conducted by C. J. Lutz, and was an interesting procedure in the case at bar. * * * The board of review continue in ' I session, busy at checking the returns of tax appraisement. Within a few , days they will begin hearing the com- . plaints from the various townships ] and corporations. . ** * , Ora Sells who was committed to ( jail a few days ago because he had i neglected to pay into court the allow- 1 ance to his former wife for the sup- j port of their child, has given secured ( notes in payment of the amount due , fpr the year past, about seventy doi- , lars, and has been released. He will ' also have to make good the future payments and this will make him a little hard up for a while. * * * There are now two attorneys by the name of John W. Macy practicing , law in the Randolph circuit court, John W. Macy Jr., son of Judge Macy, was sw’orn in by Deputy Clerk Daly Saturday, and immediately afterward tried his first case. The young man recently returned from ' Columbia university. Herbert I. Watts, court stenographer, acted as his attorney of record and performed the duties in his usual graceful but unassuming way. Young Macy is now receiving the congratulations of his friends. o MRS. CLEVELAND CALLED Widow of Former President to Testify in Brandenburg Case. New Y’ork, June 15.—Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland, widow of former President Cleveland, will be called tomorrow as a witness in the case of Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, who will be put on trial in the criminal branch of the supreme court, charged with grand larceny. On the representation that it was written by Mr. Cleveland, Brandenburg is alleged to have sold an article published in the New York Times just prior to the last national election. |Mrs. Cleveland repudiated the article after the death of her husband. - * George Flanders came home last evening from northern Michigan, where he has been assisting his father for ten days past, in the care of a big farm which they own there. I His son Carlisle will remain several (weeks, the guest of his grandparents.

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LEAVE FOR WEST The LaDelle Family Contract for a Ten Thousand Mile Trip in West AND LEFT SUNDAY The Salary Proves They Have Reached Top Notch in Their Profession Chicago, June 13, 1909. Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind.: We have just concluded two weeks’ engagement In Chicago, and leave tonight for Spokane, Wash., on a twenty weeks’ trip to the coast and back. The agent of the largest vaudeville circuit in the west saw our act and immediately signed contracts for the trip at the best salary I have ever got. I have bought round trip tickets, which by the way are nearly 40 inches long. These tickets are good till October 31st, with al! stop over privileges, and as we play Seattle, Wash week of June 27, will have a chance of seeing the world's fair now in progress there. This is quite the most pretentious trip I have ever attempted as our expeditures for fares, etc., before leaving Chicago amount to nearly S6OO. We leave here tonight by the way of St. Paul and open in Spokane, Wash., June 20. We play a week there, then a week in the following places: Seattle, Tacoma and Bellingham, Wash.: Vancouver, B. C., Portland, Oreg., San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento. Stockton San Jose, Santa Cruz, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San Diego and Sau Bernardino, Cal. Then Reno, Nev., Salt Lake City, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joe, Mo, then Chicago, making in all about ten thousand miles in less than five months. There are two things that ' I really regret, and that is I .will not be able to hear Loch’s city band during the Adams county fair, and Dave Smith will not have the opportunity of watching my trick bantam roosters out of his back office windows, a pleasure he always appreciates every time I come home. We understand that Decatur is now’ so dry that last week the ciclone scheduled to visit Decatur, after hovering over the city and seeing how dry it was changed its route and passed on. Tell all our Decatur friends we are in the best of health and (spirits)—Chicago is wet you know. Will drop you a line once in a while detailing some of our experiences in the far and woolly w’est. With best regards to yourself and all our Decatur friends, and long life to the Democrat, I remain, yours truly, FREDERIC LaDELLE. 0 THE GERKE ANNUAL REUNION Was Held in Allen County Sunday— Officers Elected. At the home of Herman F. A. Gerke who lives four miles south of the city, there assembled on Sunday the members of the Gerke family to the number of seventy-seven to assist in celebrating the second reunion of the family. A big country dinner, a program of music and out-door games for the younger members of the company were a part of the day’s program of pleasure. Officers were elected, the host, Herman Gerke, being chosen as president; C. L. Daseler, secretary; H. W. Buck, treasurer. A committee appointed to arrange for the next reunion consists of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gerke, Mr. and Mrs. ' H. H. Gerke and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gerke and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ropa. : There were present at the gathering Martin Gerke and family, Louisa I Gerke and Herman H. Gerke and fami ily, all of Decatur; Gus Hobrock and . family, of Hoagland; Miss Ella Rei- ’ denbach, of Convoy, 0., and from mis - city A. C. Gerke and family, Louis A. - Gerke and family, Max E. Richter and t family, Dietrich Arber and family, 1 Carl Speckman, Herman F. A. Gerke I and family, Fred E. C. Gerke and fam- - ily, F. A. Schultz and family,!. F. Erb ily, Fred E. C. Gerke and family, F. A. Schultz and family, J. F. Erb and family, Henry Gerberding and family, Henry Buck and family, William Ropa Sr., C. L. Raseler and family, F. W. Ropa and family, Mrs. Geo. C. Ropa and family, Henry W. Ropa and family. Miss Mary Busching.— Fort Wayne Sentinel.