Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

R r olume VII. Number 162.

THE BOYS WERE ON ■And the Fountain Pen Grafter Had a Hard Time Breaking Even ■FINALLY GOT OUT ql w ■'Worked the Old Advertising Scheme and Amused the Wise Bystanders I The fountain pen man was here ■again last night, but he did not find ■ a very fertile field. During the af■ternoon, his buggy stood on the court ■house corner, and a big flashy sign ■announced that a free exhibition would ■take place there in the evening. And ■it was a free exhibition for most of ■the boys, for they remembered being ■stung in a similar way only a few ■short months before, and on the same ■game exactly. This grafter of last ■night worked as hard as he knew how, ■giving away a number of little glass ■linen markers worth about a penny ■each, and then proceeded to try to ■sell fountain pens for a dollar each ■that weren’t worth as much as the ■markers. He failed miserably, but he ■realized quicker than any one that he ■was up against a bunch of wise ones ■end how- he did work, finally getting ■out whole as he afterwards expressed ■it and lucky to have done that. He ■sold eleven dollars worth of the pens, ■and then gave each of the boys one of ■the markers he had thrown out pro■tniscously a few minutes before. This ■just about covered his expenses. The ■game is as old as the hills and to ■work it now they will have to dig up ■gome new article. Some of the buy■ers of the pens persist in saying that ■the pens are cheap at a dollar, but R-you could perhaps buy them for less F today, even though the grafter chewr ed over and over that they sold regularly in all well regulated book stores, over the marble counter by the" marble-headed clerk for $2.50 , «ach. 0 MADE A PURCHASE I Citizens’ Trust Company Buy Furniture of an Attica Bank ■ WILL OPEN SOON ■The Bank of Tocsin Will Open for Business First of Next Week I The Citizens’ Trust company of this ■■city, have closed a deal for the dis■carded furniture of a bank at Attica, ■who are erecting a new building and S installing furniture of an especial B pattern The purchase made the ■home company is said to have been ■one along the line of economy, and ■at the same time it is very neat and ■attractive. They will not get possession until the Attica bank moves into ■ their new building, but they think ■thisiwill be in plenty of time for ■ the® opening on the first of SeptemBjber.f i The bank of Tocsin, the new bank ■there, of which C. S. Niblick is presB ident, will open for business by next ■ Monday or Tuesday. Their new fur- ■ niture has arrived and is now being ■ placed in position, and as soon as ■ everything is arranged they will open ■ the doors of Tocsin's new financial ylnstitution and begin their business ■ career. It is the only institution of B its kind near there, and as it is headB ed by good business men of that 101 l ll cality, there is no question but that ■it will succeed from the start. Toc- ■ sin is a good business point and its | citizens are all swelled up over their B latest addition. - o B You may not think about it, but this ■is an awful good time to be buying ■ your winter fuel. It’s cheaper now | than it will be when you have to ■ have it,

McCarty not examined Refused to Comply With the Summons to Appear. Attorneys for the defendant were expecting Thursday morning, at 10 o’clock to take the deposition of Rev. W. E. McCarty, in the suit brought by him against his former wife, Mrs. Isabelle Williams, on their ante-nup-tial contract. On the advice of his attorneys, Rev. McCarty refused to attend and submit to the examination it being asserted that the plaintiff’s court, but that the notice was served simply by one of the defendant’s attorneys. It is understood that the purpose of the examination out of court, was to glean facts to assist the defense in preparing their answer, which is due to be filed on the first day of the September term of court. —Portland Commercial-Review. o — HOT IRON SWINDLE Is the Latest One Now Being Worked in this Part of the Country WATCH OUT FOR IT ■ I. • And Give the Peddler the Hot Foot—Looks Good, But It’s a Real Fake The latest swindle on the housewife is the hot iron graft, and it has been successfully worked in other towns in this locality. Whep the fellow rescues Decatur he should be treated about as chilly as was the fountain pen man last night. The scheme as worked at one place was as follows: An enterprising young man made a house-to-house canvas of a hot iron. The iron was hollow and burned carbon or charcoal. It was guaranteed to run for the small price of three cents a day, besides possessing numerous other advantages. The obliging agent even allowed the skeptical to burn their fingers on the hot iron in order to assure them that it was really hot. Almost everyone purchased one for $2.90, besides sixty cents for the carbon. The agent left town quickly, leaving his victims to discover that the iron would not retain heat long enough to iron even a towel properly. When such excellent irons, heated by alcohol and electricity, are to be had at moderate cost, there is no excuse for patronizing peddlers and swindlers. The electrical irons are economical of time, labor and heat, and every housewife whose home is wired for electricity should have one. The alcohol irons are admirable for those who have not electricity. r> AGAIN CHARGED WITH PROVOKE Warrant Issued for the Arrest of Mrs. Rosa Blazer, by Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Rosa Blazer will have to appear in court again, and on the same old charge of provoke. She must be a very provoking lady for it does seem that about once a week some cf her neighbors insist that she has abused them in a provoking manner. An affidavit was filed against her this morning by a Mrs. Charley Brown and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Last week she was up for a similar reason, on a charge by Mrs. Lew Sampson, but was allowed to go free. She will probably have a hearing this evening before Mayor France. o FREED FROM PENITENTIARY Husband Released Through Wife’s Pleas With Roosevelt for Clemency. Pittsburg, Pa., July 9.—Through his wife, who secured clemency from former President Roosevelt, Edward P. MacMillan, a former bookkeeper ot the defunct Enterprise National Bank, was released today from the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary after having served two and one-half years of a six-year sentence. Lemert S. [Cook, alsdf convicted in connection ' with the failure, will be released TuesI day.

GAVEANINTERVEIW Fred Martin Tells of the Possibilities in Alaska for Young Men CAREER PUBLISHED By a Fort Paper, Where Fred Recently Visited a Few Days Fred Martin of this city and Fairbanks, Alaska, was in Fort Wayne recently, where he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter, who prints the story as follows: "I have been traveling since the 7th of last January and I have not spent over nine days in any one place, but I have never seen a place in the whole world that offers the opportunities for the young man that are offered by our own Alaska,” declared Mr. F. A. Martin, former Decatur young man, who now has large and valuable holdings in the American territory. The career of Mr. Martin is a phenomenal one. He is the son of Jacob Martin, of Decatur, and prior to leaving for Alaska eleven years ago, was located here. He was one of the first to get the gold fever and reached the country of wealth in the fall of 1898, six months after the gold fever broke. He had been wandering about with little or no success, but when he reached Alaska he saw the opportunity and he stuck. He has been there ever since. He first served as a cook and baker. Four or five years were spent in rather discouraging prospecting, but he and his partner, Mr. W. B. Coon, who visited Fort Wayne last November, struck' a find at last. The next step was to go into the hotel business and today they have the second largest combined hotel, pool and billiard, parlors, etc., in Alaska, in addition to large mining properties. Mr. Martin now ranks as one of the very rich men in Alaska, but this has all come about because he saw his opportunity a little over ten years ago and stuck by it. He thinks Alaska the greatest country in the world and is ever ready with an answer -to refute the idea that it is a land of vast wastes and ice floes. 0 ANNUAL MEETING Decatur Roof and Cement Block Company Held a Meeting DECLARED DIVIDEND —1 A Decatur Company That is Making Good in Every Way The Decatur Cement Roof and Block company held their annual meeting the other day which brought out the fact that this enterprising company ended a most profitable year and with prospects of even better times coming. They are just getting their product understood and its merits appreciated, and as their field of enterprise is unlimited, their future outlook is bright. They declared a five per cent, dividend. A board of six directors were elected, they being Tice Ullman, John Niblick, Dr. H. F. Costello, Henry Hite, A. H. Sellemeyer, J. D. Meyer and Mat Kirsch. The officers are John Everett president, A. H. Sellemeyer vice president, Mat Kirsch secretary and treasurer, J. A. Peoples yard master, and Tice Ullman manager of the shingle department. This is one of the industries of this city in which there has been given but little publicity, but which has gone on the even tenor of its way, until now it has built up a creditable business and done it with little show or bluster. They have passed the critical turn in their career and now everything is smooth sailing and in the next few years you may expect to hear much from this manufacturing enterprise. It is all home talent and the Democrat wishes them the best success in all the term implies.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 9, 1909.

PAY THIRTY-FIVE PER CENT Ossian Live Stock Association Will Be Closed Up. When the receiver of the Ossian Ifve stock association makes his report at the next term of court the creditors will get about thirty-five per cent, of what is due them. Fred Tangeman, secretary of the Union Loan & Trust company, which is receiver for the company, stated today that he was ready to make the report as soon as the attorney got a few legal points straightened out. Mr. Tangeman has been doing all that he could to collect the assessments due the company and in this manner the people who had stock die and whose claims were allowed, will get considerable more than they would have gotten otherwise. In the litigation it has been found, however, that a large number of the people who owe assessments will probably keep on owing them as it is impossible to collect from them. —Bluffton Banner. — — o— ■ PASSED IN SENATE Aldrich Wins in the Senate by a Vote of 45 to 34 GOES TO CONFERENCE It is Thought the Final Vote Will Come by- - 19 Washington, July .—The tariff bill passed the senate just after 11 o'clock tonight by a vote of 45 to 34. Republicans voting in the negative were Beveridge (Ind.), Bristow (Kan.), Brown (Neb.), Burkett (Neb.), Clapp (Minn.), Crawford (S. D.), Cummins (la.), Dolliver (la.>, LaFollette (Wis.), and Nelson (Minn.). McEnery, of Louisiana, was the only democrat recorded in the affirmative. The senate at 11:18 p. m. adjourned. Washington, July 8. —There will be no delay in sending the tariff bill to conference after it reaches the house. It is expected the bill will be sent to that body by the senate late tomorrow, and in order that no time be lost Represenattive Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, of the rules committee, obtained the adoption of an order today by which the house will meet daily from now until the end of the session. As soon as the bill is received Mr. Dalzell is expected to offer a resolution by which the house will disagree to the senate amendments en bloc and agree to a conference. If there is any disposition to debate the resolution Representative Payne, of New York, probably will move the previous question on the resolution, thereby shutting >off discussion. When Mr. Dalzell's resolution is adopted the speaker will announce the list of conferees. The secrecy which will surround the work of the conferees is indicated by the care with which the names are guarded by the speaker. Mr. Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, is reticent with regard to the time that may be required for consideration of the bill in conference, but it is generally believed that it will be reported finally from conference by Monday, July 19. While Chairman Payne has been following closely tha work of the senate, many other members of the committee have been to their homes or have traveled about the country. The latter are voicing the opinion that the people generally favor the house bill in prefernce to the senate measure. o ■-—— SALEM AND CALVARY Calvary: Sunday school at 9:30 a m. Preaching at a. m. Salem: Sunday school at 9:30 a. in. I Young Peoples’ Alliance hour at 7 p. m. Subject, “Life Lessons for Me ;from the Gospel of John.” Leader, i the pastor. At 8 p. m. sermon by the ( pastor. The preacher's theme for the ’ above services will be “A Basket of Summer Fruit.” At the above services good music and a hearty welcome. If you have not heard the Salem “Big Four” quartet you have missed a rare treat. Come and hear them. Rev. E. R. Roop Minister.

AT THE ISTHMUS Economy Now Being Practiced at the Panama Canal CENSUS SUPERVISORS They Will Be Named by Senator Beveridge in a Few Days Washington, July 9. —The wave of economy, first noticed at Washington some time after the advent of the Taft administration, is reported as? having arrived at the isthmian canal zone. Its first effect was to sweep away nearly all the government carriages used by the commissioners and other officials in the zone. Colonel Goethais, chairman of the canal commission, has issued an order discontinuing the use of these carriages and directing the chief quartermaster to sell all transportation equipment on hand, with the exception of a few surreys to be used exclusively for the transaction of public business. None of these is for the use of any member of the commission. Washington, July 9—Senator Beveridge expects to be ready in a few days to announce the names of the men he will recommend for census supervisors in the eleven Democratic congressional districts in Indiana. He is now waiting to hear from two districts. The recommendations, it is asserted, will not be made with political ends in view, but with the hope and expectation of getting the very best results possible from the work of taking the census in the state. Representative Crumpacker will recommend a man for the Tenth district and Representative Barnard for the Sixth. Washington, July 9. —Senator Shively is entertaining Judge Joseph H. Shea, of Seymour, for a few days. The two are close personal and political friends. Judge Shea is here to see the windup of the special session of congress. o WANTS A BIG FEE Topeka Lawyers File Claim for $5,000 in Bankruptcy Court AT FORT WAYNE The Largest Fee Ever Asked for in That Court—Attorneys Well Known The largest attorney fee ever asked in the bankruptcy court in Fort Wayne is that demanded in a claim just filed with Referee in Bankruptcy Sol A. Wood by the law firm of Quinton & i Quinton, of Topeka, Kan., who ask an I allowance of $5,000 for legal services I rendered the trustees in the bankruptcy case of Rollin Ellison of Lagrange. Quinton & Quinton represented S. K. Ganiard, of Lagrange, trustee of the bankrupt estate, in the ’ sale of $58,000 of federal betterment' bonds, which were a portion of the bankrupt estate. The claim for the $5,000 attorney fees is declared just and equitable in affidavits by R. W. Blair, attorney for the Union Pacific railrdnd at Topeka; Frank Doster, former chief justice of the supreme court of Kansas; Charles Curtis, now United States senator from Kansas, and H. J. Bone, United States district attorney for the district of Kansas. The claim has not yet been passed upon by Referee Wood. o IS PLAYING AT THE MAJESTIC Prof. True Fristoe, the talented young musician from this city, has accepted a position as piano player at the Majestic theater and Airdome at Fort Wayne. He began his duties last Tuesday and plays there each evening. It is needless to tell those who know him that he had made good.

FILLING WITH STRIKEBREAKERS The Elwood Factory the Scene of a Labor War. Elwood, Ind., July 9. —Strikebreakers are arriving at the local plant rs the American Sheet and Tin Plate company on every train from the east over the Panhandle, and men are getting off in the country from one to five miles out and are picked up by automobiles and carried inside the plant. Four machines are kept busy. Nineteen men in lots of four and five were brought in this morning. Three Elwood men applied for their old positions and were admitted at the gate. Some of the men arriving from the east are heavily armed. One appeared this morning with two big sixshooters strapped to his sides. It is stated that the eastern men who wc-e working in open shops, but who were locked out by the organization of the leaders |prior to the strike order by Prseident T. J. McArdle,will be transported to this city, where they will be put to work. TRAIN WENT DOWN Believed that Messrs. Fisher and Rupright Were on Santa Fe Train BOTH WERE RESCUED Telegraph Reports Give Graphic Accounts of the Terrible Disaster While no direct news further than two telegrams received yesterday by Mrs. A. M. Fisher have been received here, it is believed that the two Adams county men, A. M. Fisher and G. W. Rupright passed through the terrible experience at Pomona, Kansas, where a Santa Fe train left the track and ran into the swollen river. Messrs. Fisher and Rupright left here Monday night for the southwest on a prospecting trip and yesterday Mrs. Fisher received two telegrams, one from Mr. Rupright saying he feared Mr. Fisher had drowned and the other from Mr. Fisher himself saying he and Mr. Rupright were safe. The telegraph news from the flood stricken country gives a graphic account ot the accident in which it is believed the men were participants. They say: Kansas City, Mo., July 7.—Swollen by rains and melted snow from the mountains brought down through the Missouri valley, the rivers of this section have left their banks and caused damaging floods in Missouri and Kansas. Train 5 of the Santa Fe, which left Kansas City at 9:25 a. m. for Denver, was wrecked today at Pomona, Kan. Os the ten coaches, four, a baggage car and three day coaches, rolled into eighteen feet of water. The train had been detoured from the main line over the Emporia branch. It was running along smoothly through the water when it began to sink on the undermined tracks. The coaches sank so gradually that the passengers and crew were able to get into the Pull man cars before the other coaches toppled over and sank from view. People from the surrounding country, attracted by the cries of the 300 marooned passengers immediately tried to start rescue. Rafts were hastily constructed and the few boats available were pushed out, but by this time ’the current was so swift around the ( train that only the most venturesome .were able to reach it. It was after dark before a rescue by means of a chain of boats tied with ropes was effected. Boat trips of from one to tw-o miles were made to the nearest farmhouses free of the flood and the passengers all finally were taken to safety. A telephone message from Pomona shortly before midnight said the wreck resulted in one death, the 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. Carrie Rose of Chicago, being drowned. Another message from that section of the country says that Arthur Fiske was rescued from the depot at Gault after being marooned there for over thirty-six hours, and it is believed here that this means Arthur Fisher. Ratch Blackburn also left here the same evening for Oklahoma, but as he was detained in Chicago for a day or two, it is not believed that he went through the Jiarrowing experience. Further particulars are expected within a day or two.

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OTTO BURNS FAME Former Decatur Ball Player is Winning a National Reputation AS GREAT PITCHER Sporting News Prints His Picture and Something About His Career This weeks’ Sporting News, the official base ball paper of the world, published at St. Louis, contains a large two-column perfect likeness of Otto Burns, who took care of the left garden in the team in this city for two years, and is now playing with the Decatur team in the Three-L league. He has many friends here for he is one of the ball players who wag always a gentleman. both on and off the dtauiond. He recently pitched himself into fame by winning a twen-ty-six inning game two to one. The News has this to say of Qtto; Pitcher of the Decatur Club of the ThreeI. League, who defeated Bloomington, 2 to 1 in 26 innings, on May 31, 1909, putting to his credit the greatest feat in the history of the game, was born 22 years ago at Greenville, O. Jn that record-breaking event Burns gave only one base on balls, and that was a strategical move in the eighteenth inning. Only three times did more than one of his opponents' 13 hits come in ,an inning. Bloomington's only tally was made in the opening inning, apd for 25 rounds young Burns administered successive shutouts and was going as well at the close as in the early stages of the game. He was credited with one of his team’s runs and three of its hits. He had played the outfield for-Decatur until assigned to pitch the game that made history, and has since displayed great ability on the slab. President Childs has refused several offers for this pitching prodigy, who will soon advance to a major league. WAS BADLY HURT Fred Smith Suffers as Result of an Unusual Accident Last Night SLID 'DOWN ROPE Alighted on Upturned Prongs of Pitchfork With Serious Results Fred Smith, aged about twenty, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of east of the city, was very painfully and perhaps seriously injured about five o’clock last evening. He was at work in the barn at the farm, and had just completed some work in the haymow and was sliding down a rope to the main floor. A pitchfork was standing upright directly beneath him and the young man alighted on prongs with considerable force. The forks penetrated the low-er extremities of the body inflicting severe injuries. Dr. D. D. Clark was summoned and attended the injured ’ man. He said it was impossible to say just how bad Fred is hurt, as it could not be ascertained how deep the forks had penetrated. The young man complains of severe pains in the region of the stomach and it is feared that some vital parts may have been • punctured. However, he was resting easy this afternoon and it is be--1 lieved will get along all right. 1- ■ - JUDGE BUSKIRK MARRIES. Louisville, July 9.—License was taken out for the marriage of Miss Viola J. Vinces, of Louisville, to Thomas B. Buskirk, of Paoli, judge of the Forty-second judicial district of Indiana. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. R. Hendrix at the Methodist temple this afternoon.