Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

• - - Volume VII. Number 150.

BIG FINNY EVENT * Is What the Log Rolling Will Be to Be Held Here July 17th AT STEELE’S PARK Everybody Invited—Make It the Biggest Holiday Ever Witnessed Perhaps but few people of this locality realize, that the celebration to be given here on juiy 17th, is to be one of the biggest events ever pulled off in this locality. It is the log rolling or annual gathering of the Modern Woodmen of this part of Indiana and Ohio, embracing eighty camps. Thousands of Woodmen are expected to be here, and every one else is invited to go to Steele s park on that day and enjoy the various festivities and contests. Take your family. It's free and you will have a good time. Remember you don t have to be a Woodman. Go any way for you are invited. The big bills being put up today give a number of features of the day, including a big military drill, various kinds of races and amusements, merry-go-rounds, etc., also a real log rolling contest between two eight-men teams, and speeches by such prominent Woodmen as Charles A. Wheelan, of Madison, Wisconsin, the king of all Woodcraft orators; John D. Volz of Indianapolis, and others. There will be several bands in attendance and music and fun will be mixed in a proper way all day. It's the largest picnic ever given in this county, and if you are aching tor a good oldfashioned, enjoyable day, get ready to go. The order will serve dinner and refreshments on the ground, and you are invited to eat with them, at a reasonable. price It looks like a big day, sure enough. During the afternoon and evening fifty candidates will be given* the degree work at the hall. Prizes are to be given for the ■dirties, meanest, shortest, longest, widest, hungriest and ugliest Woodmen.

A SOCIAL AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH The ladies of the Christian church will give an ice cream social on the church lawn, next Saturday evening, and the public is most cordially invited to come and enjoy an hour or two. Ice cream and cake will be served and the usual pleasures of a social will be there. Be sure to come. At the corner of Fourth and Monroe streets. o— — TO MAKE A SPEECH Governor Marshall Will Talk to the Evansville Car Strikers Tonight AT MIDNIGHT HOUR Will Use His Influence to Get the Big Strike Settled and at Once Indianapolis, Ind., June 24. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Thomas Marshall has decided to go to Evansville, Indiana, at once to use his personal efforts to arrange a settlement of the street car strike,which has been on there for several weeks and has practically stopped business in that usually thriving city. The governor left at noon and will address the striking car m£n at midnight tonight. Governor Marshall believes, that the company, being a public service corporation, it owes it to the community to take the men back under the same condittons of employment that existed when the strike started.

CAN’T GIVE BEER TO FRIENDS According to the Decision of an Elwood Court. In passing sentence upon James Bulger, who was convicted at Elwood of operating a “blind tiger,” at his home. Judge Zerface, of the city court gave an interpretation of the law. yesterday which if it holds good may result in sensational prosecutions in many cities. Judge Zerface holds that any person or persons who purchased beer from an agency at their home or on a pleasure trip, such as a fishing expedition, etc., and permitted their friends to drink it were subject to fine and imprisonment. According to the judge each "man must purchase his own beer individually and consume it himself. He held also that a company selling liquor to a person not having a license of a quantity more than they can themselves consume is liable to punishment. The case at Elwood showed that a number of cases of beer, more than he could consume himself, had been sold to Bulger.—Bluffton News.

WAS KNOWN HERE Frank Campbell Killed Himself at the Marsh Hotel at Van Wert HAD VISITED HERE Was Son-in-Law of H. H. Elliot, Former Proprietor of Burt House Frank M .Campbell, a wealthy and ♦ well known steel man from Philadelphia, killed himself while visiting with his father-in-law, H. H. Elliot, of the Marsh hotel at Van Wert. Tuesday. Mr Elliot formerly conducted the Burt House in this city, and Mr. Campbell visited him here at that time. The affair caused uqite a sensation at Pittsburg, where he had been connected with the big steel corporations for many years. The remains have been taken to Galion, Ohio, and the funeral services were- held from there today. He is survived by the wife and two children. Campbell had been in poor health for some months, suffering from nervous breakdown, and with his family had come to Van Wert to recuperate. The Van W&rt Times tells of the affair as follows: The first intimation that anything was wrong was when blood was seen to be dripping through a floor over a portion of the Spears store. This led F. H. McGuire, clerk in the office of the hotel to make an investigation. When he knocked at the door of the room occupied by Mr. Campbell he received no response. Not wishing to be indiscreet he first summoned Mrs. Elliot and together they entered the room. Mr. McGuire feared the worst as he detected odor of burnt Campbell was not seen in his room Campbel Iwas not seen in his room and not until looking into the toilet room adjoining was his lifeless body found. When found the unfortunate man was in sitting position, with his head leaning against the wall. The revolver was a few- inches away from his hand, which fell with the death blow. Dr. Ellis was summoned but upon his arrival the man was dead. The body was removed and as has been stated, life had flown instantly. Mr. Campbell was born in Clinton, Pa., 46 years ago, but spent most of his life at Pittsburg He was employed for several years by the Park Steel company, but left that company to go with the Jones & Laughlin company some fifteen years ago. He was connected with their city office for nine or ten years and about five years ago was made business manager of the Phildelphia branch of the steel company, which position he held at the time of his death.

FUNERAL OF MRS.MATILDA REED Mrs. Matilda Reed, aged eighty, died at her home six miles northwest of this city, Tuesday night, of a complication of ailments, common to old age. She was the widow- of the old veteran, John Reed, who died several years ago at the advanced age of 103. being the oldest man who ever lived in the county. She is survived by three sons and two daughters, also by one brother, Jacob Spangler of this city and three sisters. The funeral services were held this afternoon.

CUTTHE WEEDSNOW The County Commissioners Want the Highways Cleaned of Weeds IMPROVE THE ROADS Landowners Can Get Credit A on Their Land Tax for this Work The commissioners of Adams county want the weeds cut along all the highways in the ffimnty, and they are appealing to the landowners along the roads to clean the roads of these obnoxious growths. Any landowner can do this and get a receipt from his supervisor that will count in the payment of land or poll tax. The commissioners also want to call the attention of the township trustees and the road supervisors to this road improvement that they may see that the work is done. There Is nothing that so improves a farm and the public roads as to keep them clean and especially is this tnie as to the obnoxious weed. Adams county has the government records behind them in the possession of the best macadam roads in the country, and more miles of them at that. This being true, pride, if nothing else, should see that they are kept free from every semblance of -dirt, filth and especially weeds. In many parts of the county this work is now going on and the improvement is great in every instance. Adams county farmers should and will show their progressiveness in making her highways shine with cleanliness. It will take but little time to do this work and the result in itself will pay a big investment for the time spent.

VISITED THE CITY Two Bankers of Note Visit in the City for a Short Time DINNER AT MURRAY They Were Guests of the Officials of the Old Adams County Bank Frank P. Judson, cashier of the Bankers- National Bank of Chicago, and A. F. Mitchell, cashier of the Northern Bank of Toledo, came in from Fort Wayne on the 11:15 car and spent two pleasant hours with the officials of the Old Adams County Bank, taking dinner at the Murray with E. X. Ehinger, C. S. and Jesse Niblick. Both these gentlemen are up in the financial game, being at the head of two of the best banks in the country, besides they are known all over the central west. Their visit to this city at this time is merely a social visit, and it is quite a compliment- to those who entertained them while here. They were a* Fort Wayne attending the meeting of bankers there, and they took the time to come here while so near. Quite a large block of stock in the Bankers’ National of Chicago i£ owned in this city. It is one of the great banks of Chicago and dues a large as well as lucrative business. Os course in seeing Decatur, they see one of the best little cities in the country, a fact they were willing to testify to after but a few short hours among us. o FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON The funeral of Mrs. Mary Gnepper was held this afternoon from the Washington church, the funeral cortege leaving the house at half past one. Interement took place in the Beery cemetery, the services being in charge of Rev E. L. Jones, of Ossian, and the former pastor of the deceased at Monroe. A large concourse of the relatives and friends attended and paid their last tribute of respect to the deceased.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, June 24, 1909.

THEY HAVE THE GLUE Promoters of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Railroad Ready for Work. Although the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina traction line has been assured for several months, it was only yesterday that the uuaueial arrangements were completed so that the building of the road was made assured. Nownothing stands in the w-ay of the con struction of the line and July 1 the grading gang will be started out and will begin the construction of the grade. The promoters of the line have been working hard to launch the enterprise for several months. They have been ably assisted in their efforts by the citizens in the towns along the line, resulting in the business men of Linn Grove and Geneva raising $75,000 for the work. The job of raising the remainder of the money is what has been keeping the promoters busy and they are naturally a happy lot now that they have completed arrangements. There will be no bonds issue, as all of the work will be paid for from money w-hich is gotten from the sale of stock.—Bluffton Banner.

STILL SHOW FIGHT ~ ,1» . The Insurgents Intend to Keep Up the Fight SOME HOT SHOTS W. W. Schutz is Against Taxing Corporation Incomes • Washington, June 24. —Those Republican senators who have been fighting for downward revision of the tariff are very emphatic in saying that they do not intend to permit the real issue involved in tariff revision to be obscured by the' deploy movement for a tax on the net earnings on corporations. They realize, they say, that the attention of the country has for the time being been diverted from the schedule to the subject of special taxes. They have no doubt this was a part of the program of the high tariff advocates of the senate. But the scheme, the dow-nward revisionists assert, will hot work; the public will not be permitted to forget that there is a fight for lower duties. When the bill comes out of the committee of the whole and is taken up in the senate the progressives will renew their efforts to obtain reductions. The sugar schedules in particular will be a subject for attack.

Washington, June 24. —W. W. Schutz, president of the Wayne works of Richmond and one of Indiana's leading Republican business men, is firing some hot shots these days on the subject of ttte proposed tax on the net earnings of corporations and on the kind of tariff revision that is being ground out of the legislative mill at Washington. The large establishment of which Mr. Schutz is the head is unincorporated, so that he is not accused of being inspired by personal interest in the advice he is tendering to congress. Mr. Schutz's views, so vigorously expressed, have created an impression her; not exceeded by any other of the scathing communications that are burdening the congressional mails these days. Washington, June 24. —Senators Beveridge and, Shively have •become interested in the case of Constantinos Barilos, a Grecian, who is being held up at Ellis Island. He has a brother who is a respectable citizen of Lafayette, Ind., and Barilos was on his way to join his brother when the immigration inspectors denied him admission to this country rm the ground that he had no means and might become a public charge. At the request of George Durgan, mayor of Lafayette, the Indiana senators have taken the matter up with Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor. o W. H. Reed of Fort Wayne, is visiting among his old Decatur friends today, it being his first visit here for five years. Mr. Reed is engaged in the practice of law in Fort Wayne, and as a matter df fact is doing v ell.

GOES TO THE JURY The Faylor-Studabaker Case Completed this Afternoon at Four O’Clock THREE WEEKS’ TRIAL Arguments Closed at Three O’Clock—the Monroe Street Case Heard The Faylor vs. Studabaker case is in the hands of the jury after over three weeks of actual trial. Speeches were made yesterday afternoon by Attorneys Mock, Smith, Stine and Burns, all of them to the point, and all of them telling. This morning C. J. Lutz spoke for over an hour and was followed by Mr. Eichhorn who took up the time until noon, speaking 105 minutes by the watch, and closing for the defense. Frank Daileymade the closing speech for the plaintiffs this afternoon, speaking two hours. At about three o’clock Judge Merryman began the reading of the court’s instructions, having reduced the hundred offered to just sixty-four, and requiring about an hour's time to read. There is much speculation as to when a verdict will be returned but it is probable that the result will not be known until morning. This is the fourteenth week of actual time spent on this case at its various trials.

* * * In the Monroe street case, Jane Woods et al, the evidence was concluded before Judge O’Rourke at Fort Wayne yesterday, and the court fixed next Monday as the day when he will hear the arguments. Attorneys for each side claim a victory. * * * A marriage license w-as issued to John R. Glancy, 49, a carpenter, and Emma Robinson, 38. Each has been married once before, ON THE PROGRAM Mrs. R. C. Pifer Formerly of this City at the S. S. Convention HELD AT LAFAYETTE Adams County People There —Next Meeting to Be Held at Huntington

The Sunday school state convention has been in progress at Lafayette since Tuesday, and will close this evening. Great interest has been manifested and the attendance has exceeded any in the history of the association. This is the forty-fifth convention and the success of it speaks much for the workers to whom the credit belongs. Among those who have attained a state wide reputation for her interest in the work is Mrs. R. C. Pifer, of South Bend, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J, Myers of this city. She was on the program ,on Tuesday and gave a very interesting and worthy talk on the subject “Suggestions for Primary Teachers,” which was well spoken of by all who heard her. Among those from this county who attended the sessions were Mr. Jesse Rupp, Mr. Iras Wagoner and Rev. C. P. Maas, pastor of the Evangelical church at Berne, the two latter stopping here an hour at noon on their way home. It is believed the session for next year will be held at Huntington. o ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Anderson & Dolch Are Improving Interior of Their Restaurant. The Anderson & Dolch restaurant is undergoing some improvements which will add much to the appearance thereabouts. The display windows are being encased in glass and will be used for all kinds of fruits and vegetables. A handsome new range is being added to the kitchen and this will be used for all short orders and quick service. Several other things are under contemplation and quite soon that place of business will be as good as you will see any [place.

FUNERAL SERVICES TOMORROW Last Rites for Little Stanley Christen Will Be Held in this City. The remains of little Stanley Christen, arrived over the Erie last evening at about four o'clock, accompanied by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christen who are nearly prostrated over the loss of their only child, and by Mrs. H. L. Confer and son France. They were met at the train by a number of relatives and friends and the remains were conveyed to the home of H. L. Conter on Winchester street, from where the funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at three o’clock. The child lacked but a few weeks of being five years old and had been ill for several weeks. Death was due to a disease diagnosed as meningitis entero colitis by the physicians. The death is indeed a sad one and the sincere sympathy of the many friends of the family go out to them in this hour of grief. Stanley was a bright and charming and manly little fellow, and was popular here. TO GIVE RECITAL The Misses Smith Will Please Those Who Hear Them Next Tuesday PROGRAM ARRANGED Popular Young Ladies, Home from School Will Give Entertainment Attention of the public is again called to the Recital to be given by the Misses Smith, at the Presbyterian church on next Tuesday evening, June 29th, beginning at eight o’clock. These young ladies have taken special work in the famous Boston school, and the evening will be one of delight to those who attend. The program as announced will be as follows: Etude in A Major Wollenhaupt Op. 22, No, I. ' ' Rose Smith. ' !T '■ Her First Appearance —Richard Harding Davis. Faye Smith. Slave Song Teresa Del Riego Miss Smith. The Lady Across the Aisle Ellis Parker Butler Faye Smith. Mazurka in D Major Chopin Op. 33, No. IV. Rose Smith. Rosa Anonymous Faye Smith. I Hid My Love ....Gtiy d’Hardelot Jest A-Wearyin’ Fer You. Carrie Jacobs-Bond Miss Smith. “A New Revelation" from Romola Eliot Faye Smith. Tarantelle Dennee Op. 23, No. IV. Rose Smith. Bud’s Fairy Tale Riley Faye Smith. — o NO Camp of state militia Indiana National Guard Not to Assemble this Year. Indianapolis, Ind.. June 23.—There will be no camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison this year for the Indiana national guard, according to the order which will be mailed tomorrow by Adjutant General Oran Perry. The appropriation is inadequate and the funds available for camp purposes will be used instead to provide the officers of the guard with the olive drab service overcoats and other necessary articles of uniform before the expiration of the appropriation, September 30.

OPENED TO THE PUBLIC TODAY The Curley Case Served Their First Dinner Today. The Curley Case opened to the p ihlic at 11:30 today aiid if the business the first day is a criterion of whar is coming, the business venture will prove to be a four time winner. The tables were soon filled and the dinner was said to be excellent. Prom this time on this place will be open and will ask for their share of the busi- . ness in their line. The furniture and 1 (fixtures all look well and the place 1 is a creditable addition to the busi- < • ness interests of the city. I

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NEWS OF GENEVA Items of Interest About the Town and Some of the People There DR. SWARTZ IS BACK For a Few Days’ Visit—the Baloonist Has Been Contracted For Geneva, Ind., June 24. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Dr. Swartz, who practiced medicine here for a number of years, leaving two years ago for Wichita Falls, Texas, where he has since resided, is here looking up old friends. When he left here he was in failing health, and the change has worked well, as he is in excellent health now. Mrs. Clara Harris and Miss Nellie Pyle are visiting with friends at Winchester today. f Miss Leia Conner, accompanied by her grandmother, Mrs. Lon Frits and her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Pingry, of Kansas City, Kan., went to Marion today for a visit with H. H. Burris and family on west Third street. Miss Leia Conners is employed as chief saleslady at the Fristoe Economy store and during her absence her duties are being well looked after by her sister, Miss Fay Conners. Dave Teeple, formerly in the clothing business here with Sam Acker, now located in the shoe business at Shelbyville, 111., is calling and smiling on old Geneva friends for a few days. D. L. Bennis, the man of the air, as he is known, from Franklin, Ind., has been contracted with to make the big baloon ascension here at the celebration on Juiy 3rd. This is only one of the many attractions that will be seen there on that day, and which the live business men of the town are striving to make the best ever, Steiner & Liddy have sold their meat shop to Amos Ellenberger, of Berne. The market is closed today and no announcement has been made a# to what future course will be taken with same. Steiner & Liddy have not decided what they will do, but it is hoped by the Geneva folks that they will enter into some business here, as both are thorough gentlemen.

Rev. C. J. Graves attended the district convention of the Epworth Lea(Continued on page 2.) o MARRIED TODAY Mrs. Emma Robinson Becomes Bride of Mr. Glancy this Afternoon A TRIP TO WEST Will Visit in Nebraska and Proceed to Coast—Parties Well Known At two o’clock this afternoon at the home prepared by the groom for

I his bride, at the corner of Seventh • and Madison streets, occurred the ‘ marriage of Mrs. Emma Robinson to Mr. John Clancy. The event was wit- ; nessed by the immediate relatives and , a few friends, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. C. Hessert, pastor of the German Reformed < church. The happy couple will enjoy a wedding trip westward, going to t Nebraska for a visit, and then on to the coast, where they will probably visit the big exposition. Returning - home after a few weeks, they will 5 be located in the house on Seventh 3 street, where the wedding occurred. 1 The wedding came as rather a sur- . prise at this time, for while it was known that they were to marry soon they fooled their friends by saying that the date was near the middle of July. Both are well known here, the bride being a sister of Sheriff Eli Meyer, and the groom a bridge man employed by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company.