Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

olume VII. Number 199.

WEEK OF INTEREST — Secretary’s Report of the Last Half Day at the Teachers’ Institute IT CLOSED, FRIDAY Teachers Leave for Their Homes After Five Profitable Days Friday Afternoon. | Song “My Old Kentucky Home.” i ■•Relation of the Teacher to the Parent, by Dr. Ferris. The teacher spend the major part If not |*ll her time in the district in which ■®be teaches. Get into relation with I Fthe parents. Never put yourself in gwritlng, but take every excuse to go Onto the homes. Visit the children in : their sickness. Show every little {kindness you possibly can. Inside of one month, if I was a school officer, I I would ask you to resign, if you hadn’t | visited each and every family in the , district. After words of thanks to |the institute ,and words of encour-1 | agememt to the teachers, Dr. Ferris * bid his new friends goodby. Rest. I | Music, Dr. Hanson. The institute jippent fifteen minutes in reviewing some of the work of the week, and pn taking up some new work. At the dose of the exercises the doctor {dropped a few words of kind advice and bid the teachers goodby. | “Literature and Life,’* by Prof. (Thomas. The power of appreciating ’literature is expanded according to fthe study we have given it. Do not spoil the beauty of literature by over- : dissection. Study tjie setting of the [piece. Study the plot. The significance of incidents is pleasing to Qte mind, yet these come better when we i understand the plot. Character is portrayed in fiction first, by what he says or fails to say. Second, by what Is said about him. Third, what he does, or does not do. Fourth, what he causes others to do. There is only one person in a novel you can trust, and that is the author. Those who can analyze character in the novel ■are the ones fllho are able to analyze in the school room. Wishpng the teachers success and joy in gtheir work, and bidding them goodby, the Phot closed the week’s work f The week’s work, just closed, has ■been of great benefit to the teachers, i Inspiration has been the keynote all the week. The teachers will ( go to their work better qualified to ( | go before the children of the county,

T>y having associated with/ such men •as Dr. W. N. Ferris, Prof. Charles Swain Thomas and Dr. S. C. Hanson. o — NOTICE, .AUTOMOBILE DRIVERfS Marshal Butler has secured a time I “watch and from now on will arrest every auto driver who exceeds the I time limit as prescribed by the law ' -of Indiana, eight miles an hour. It twill not be guess work with him, for I Tie is going to find out whether or not the drivers are going faster than the PJaw allows. He and Officer Fisher will also measure the downtown blocks so they can tell the exact £ speed. Be careful if you don’t want | to pay a fine. I crFIND MARSHAL IN “TIGER” Kendallville Raiders Uncover “Blind Pig” and a Sensation. ! Kendallville, Ind., Aug. 21.—1 n a | blind tiger raid by the Good Citizens’ I league here yesterday City Marshal E O. F. Rimtnel was found among others J seated at drinking tables. The dis- | covery caused a sensation and w ill ! likely result in charges being filed I against the officer. Kendallville went | “dry” June 1 and this raid caused much excitement. a. o — IS IMPROVING Mrs. Margaret Meibers in the north I part of the eity, who has been sick "with stomach trouble for the last week is slowly improving and it is I hoped by her many friends that she ‘ will soon recover. o Fair week promises to be a busy ; time socially as well as in business i way. Already a number of people ' have spoken of entertaining relatives I and friends during next week, and , there will be several picnics given at - the fair grounds, as usual.

THE ORPHEUM STOCK CO. They Want to Know—“ How .Can It Be Done?" How in th eworld can they do it? That is the question that seems to baffle the minds of many intelligent people who try to solve how Edward Doyle can give the public the same plays and the same actors during the engagement of the orpheum Stock Co. that they have been accustomed to Paying as high as one dollar, to see for ten, twenty and thirty cents, yet it is easy to figure out When one considers that mail used to cost three cents to send a letter, now it is two. Newspapers used to cost 5 cents now you can secure the latest city edition | for one cent. Railroads used to cost . three cents a mile, now it is two, and all the above make money. But they do a greater amount of business than before, profits are small but numerous, and that is why Edward Doyle ; can give a dollar show for ten, twenty and thirty cents. The profit is small, but the Orpehum Stock company always plays to standing room, and that accounts for the “quality ' of the performances. This company begins an engagement in your city at the Bfsse theater starting Monday Aug. 23rd. Opening play “A Soldier of the Empire.” Ladies’ free Monday ■ night. Seats on sale at Holthouse 'Drug Co. Prices, 20c, 30c and 50c. o HE PAID A FINE Gus Uhl, Well Known Here, Arrested by Marshal Butler FOR FAST DRIVING On the Streets of the City— Fine Was Promptly Paid Five dollars and costs, in other words fifteen dollars is the sum total ,of a fine paid by Gus Uhl of Toledo, in Mayor France’s court this noon after a plea of guilty was entered to 'the charge of operating his automobile at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles per hour. Uhl who is manager 'of the Standard garage, Toledo, accompanied by Jacob Gerold, proprietor of the Hong Kong Case and a Mr.

Beddin, who represents the Firestone Tire company, had gone to Indianapolis to attend the big races and returning drove thirty miles out of their way to pass through Decatur that Mr. Uhl could make a short visit with his many relatives here. The Meibers are his relatives. The party came down Second street and when near the Democrat office Marshal Butler hailed the driver and placed him under arrest upon the charge of fast driving. The case was scheduled before Mayor France, who assessed a fine of fifteen dollars subsequent to a plea of guilty. Uhl claims that he was not going at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles but inasmuch as he was compelled to be in Toledo by three o’clock he would plead guilty and avoid further delay. “The eng'ne was making a lot of noise,’’ Mr. Uhl said, but I had opened the cutoff valve to clean the motor and that was the 'reason for it. The party left for To- ‘ ledo. WoUds passed between Uhl and Butler after the trial and Gerold let loose on the officer unmercifully just before they left the town. —o A RESTAURANT DEAL AT OSSIAN A. S. Elzey Sells Out for a Snug Sum of Cash. j By a deal completed at Ossian, this I morning Mrs. Dora Hoover purchased ■the old Quackenbush restaurant Which has been owned during the past year by A. S. Elzey, and under the management of Mrs. Niblack and a baker. Mrs. Hoover bought the place from Mr.Elzey and will retain the baker and Mrs. Niblack in her employ and her son Joseph, will also assist in running the place of business. Mrs. Hoover will conduct both a rooming and eating house. She has been conducting a boarding house in West Ossian for i several years with marked success, I making mosey and accumulating pro- . perty s! ,e paid Mr. Elzey $2,500 the restaurant. —Bluffton News.

HE FELL 24 FEET Cal Robison Sustained Serious Injuries this Afternoon AT THE GAS TANK Fell from a Scaffold a Distance of Twenty-Four Feet This afternoon at two o’clock while working on the gas tank located in ,the Nuttman addition, Cal Robison, i son of Perry Robison, became overI balanced and fell from a scaffold to 'the bottom of the tank, a distance of j twenty-four feet, and as a conse- , quence thereof he sustained injuries which may prove fatal, his right kidney being b/dly injured. The young man was engaged in extricating pieces of timber from the floor of the scaffold when in some inconceivable manner he became overbalanced, falling forcibly to the hard floor of the interior of the tank. Jacob Eady and John Good who were working near heard the crash and hurrying to the spot where he lay they found Cal unconscious, in fact they 7 thought hi rr dead. Fellow workmen wept as they gazed'upon the motionless form and an ambulance and a physician were hastily engaged. Within fifteeen minutes the young man partially regained consciousness and he was conveyed to the home of his parents, where a thorough examination was instituted. This revealed a large and dangerous appearing bruise over his right kidney which threatens serious illness. Other than this the injuries are not thought to be of a serious nature and the family members are entertaining hopes for his early and ultimate recovery. o Miss Daisy Andrews of Monroe, is visiting friends at Marion. M.’ss Sylvia Droppieman who has been visiting in the city for the past few weeks, will go to Rome City this evening, rwhere she will spend a short time at that place with C. L. Meibers and family. POSTPONE TRIAL Adultery Case Will Not Be Tried for Two Weeks

HAS BEEN PUT OFF Sensational Evidence Will Likely Be Introduced •*/ ■ / The case entitled State of Indiana vs. Charles Grim and Mrs. Howard Louthan in which living in adultery is charged, and which was set for trial yesterday in Squire Smith’s court, has been indefinitely postponed and probably will not come to trial until week after next, if ever. Officer Butler was out of town yesterday afternoon,hence the prosecution was not in a position to prosecute the case properly. Should the charge be proven it will mean a severe sentence for the defendants, as the law demands unusual stringent punishment in cases such as this. The defendants are represented by Attorney D. E. Smith. It is hinted that when the case comes to trial other sensational evidence will be introduced bearing upon occurrences before and after the arrest of the parties which will tend to prove the charge. Mrs. Louthan is desirous of a legal separation from her husband, Howard, with whom she lived for ten iong years. The husband does not object to her getting the divorce but the court does. It is obvious that before the matter comes to a close Mr. and Mrs. Louthan and Grim will have a merry timet Four children of the Louthans are in an orphan home and two have died. o Miss Mary Palmer went to Fort Wayne today to spend Sunday with a friend, Mrs. Mayme Johnson.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, August 21, 1909.

HAS MADE FIVE ATTEMPTS Eighteen-Year-Old Girl Drinks Carbolic Acid —May Be Saved. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 21. —Hovering between life and death, with but slight chance of recovery, Elizabeth 'Harris, age 18, of Crawfordsville, lies in her room at 603 east Colfax avenue, where she swallowed a quantity of carbolic aedi and chloroform in her fifth attempt to die. Despite her serious condition the attending physician states that he hopes to save her life. Despondency is believed to have caused Miss Harris to attempt suicide Her home life at Crawfordsville was not pleasant. It is said, and six weeks ago Miss Harris came to South Bend. For the last two weeks she has been employed in a local clothiing store. If she recovers from her 'attempt at self destruction, it is said, the young woman Will be an invalid. o OLD SOLDIER’S DAY Next Wednesday Will Be a Happy Time for the Veterans at the Fair PROGRAM IS GOOD Addresses by Congressman Adair, D. E. Smith and Others—a Good Time The old soldiers day at the Great Northern 'lndiana fair next week promises to b<| a most enjoyable affair for the veterans and their fam- , ilies. Wednesday has been set aside by the fair management as a soldiers day and the boys iu. blue have arranged to make the day a happy reunion. Arriving at the fair grounds i early on the day-named, all soldiers will register at the gate, and where each soldier, as well as all soldiers : widows, and all soldiers wives will be presented with a badge which will entitle them to admission to the park and to the west grandstand. From nine to twelve o’clock the time will be spent in reunion and in enjoying the various attractions. At on 4 o’clock Walter Johnson will sound assembly on the bugle and those wearing badges will gather in the west grandstand. There they will be called to order by R. D. Patterson, commander of Sam Henry post number 63, G. A. R. of Decatur. The following program will then be rendered, while those who so desire may view the races and be rarely entertained in the meantime: Martial music Drum corps Vocal music ...Male quartet Reading. Miss Goldine Fink of Geneva Solo Dr. J. Q. Neptune Address... .Hon. J. A. M. Adair, Hon. D. E. Smith. Recitation Miss Faye Smith Short speeches by comrades. Vocal music Male quartet Martial music Drum corps Song "Marching Through Georgia” Led by Dr. J. Q. Neptune o THOUGHT IT WAS AN AIRSHIP Mr. Frank J. Keenan, operator for the Ohio Oil Co., at Preble, who last spring was well contented with his biciycle he had then purchased, but later took a desire to own a Motorcycle (which he did not get), has now given up the motorcycle idea and is very much Interested in airships since he saw the one crossing Preble Wednesday night. But if Mr. Keenan intends to fly only half as high as the ship he saw he will be going a few, as we are not sure whether it was Venus or only our neighbor Mars that he located. Mr. Keenan is a very progressive young man. o — MORE HOMESTEAD LANDS Additional 631,680 Acres to Be Opened in New Mexico. Washington, Aug. 21. —The secretary of the interior has designated 631,680 acres in the vicinity of Portales, Taibon Yeso creek and in the Estrancia Valley, New Mexico, together with 60,320 acres in other parts of the territory as coming with- ■ in the enlarged homestead act. This i makes a total of 15,523,520 acres so designated in New Mexico.

SPANGLER REUNION Eighty-Five Gathered at Maple Grove Park for the Annual Picnic NEW OFFICER CHOSEN Jacob Spangler is President —List of Those Who Enjoyed the Event Yesterday was an ideal day and a great day for all the Spanglers and their connections. At 8:40 a. m. the friends began to gatther in the Maple Grove park and continued to come in groups until the noon hour, when a sumptuous picnic dinner was spread and of course, a real plenty was done to the.dinner. Immediately after the picnic dinner a business meeting was called, and letters from W. F. Brittson, Dallas, Tex., and Wm. W. Spangler, of Auburn, Ind., were read followed by reorganiaztion which is as follows: Pres., Jacob Spangler, Decatur; vice pres., Matt Kirsch, Decatur; sec., Rev. D. D. Spangler, Elkhart, Ind ; cor, sec., Mrs. Sylvester Spangler and Mrs. J. B. Rice, Decatur, and Mrs. J. Schafer, Dallas, Tex. Program and invitation committees were also appointed. The following is a list of the Spanglers and relatives from out ot the city: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hobrock and Frank Hobrock, Fort Wayne;, Mrs. E. F. Myers, Fort Wayne; Wesley and Arthur Selby, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Spangler, Poe, Ind.; Nellie Bicknell, Fort Wayne; Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Spangler and children, Irvin, Olive, Ralph and Lucile Spangler, Peru, Ind.; Dorothy S. Brittson, Dallas Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schaefer, -Dallas, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Miller, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Jameson, Chicago; John and Lillie Wilhelm, Poe, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. John Sargent, Poe, Ind.Rev. D. O. Wise, Decatur; Rev. D. D. .Spangler, Elkhart; M|grle Hobrock, Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Melchlng, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Margaret Myers, Fort Wayne. Eighty-five in all were present. o INSTALLING A BELL • • ——— Modern Alarm Being Placed ' at Eleventh Street Crossing in this City ’l BY CHICAGO & ERIE Clover Leaf Will Install Similar Device at Thirteenth Street The Chicago & Erie railroad company yesterday afternoon began the work of installing the electric bell at the Eleventh street crossing and within a few days this gong will sound the approach of all trains. It will be remembered that Councilman Isaac Chronister of the first ward, fought for several months to secure better protection at the Eleventh amj Thirteenth street crossings, at first insisting on a watchman and the council ordered such action, but later I compromised when representatives of the companies appeared and agreed to put in bells. This was delayed for some reason or other and at the Tuesday meeting the city clerk was ordered to hurry them up. The electric bell is the latest and best one made and when installed can be heard for several' blocks, and should do away with all danger which has heretofore threatened the lives of many at these crossings. It is said the Clover Leaf will soon begin the work of installing a bell at Thirteenth street. o After Sunday, August 29th the special excursion train which has been operated on the Clover Leaf between Delphos and Marion on Sundays will be discontinued. The regular Sunday excursion fares will continue, however, on all regular trains. t

YOUNG KERN IS IMPROVING After Another Serious Attack from Old Trouble. Mrs. J. Oscar Henderson yesterday received a letter from Mrs. John W. Kern, who is at Bay View, Mich., saying that the health of John W. Kern Jr., the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kern, had improved somewhat since the little fellow collapsed on last Friday. The entire Kern family went to Bay View one week ago Tuesday in order to avoid the hay fever from which the boy suffers each year. The attack was feared more than ever this year because for several months the boy has been suffering from Infantile paralysis and his condition has been regarded as serious. He was in a critical condition last fall when John W. Kern, the father, was called home from a tour of the country in the interest of his candidacy for vice president. On the way to Bay View the hay fever attack came and the boy’s condition grew worse from that time until last Friday, when he co''apsed. Immediately after this there was a consultation of physicians and the first word which had been received in Indianapolis was the letter to Mrs. Hender-, son saying that the boy’s condition had improved slightly and that'' he was able to takq some nourishment. —lndianapolis News. o DEATH HAS COMEi Daughter of Mrs. Theodore Smith Has Passed Away WAS IDEAL GIRL Death Occurred at Fondulac, Wisconsin, Today Miss Clara Smith, of whom an article appeared in last evening’s issue as being very seriously 111, is dead. | A telegram from Fondulac, Wis., was , received by Mrs. H. Berling, which stated that she passed away this | morning at four o’clock, and who * broke the sad news to the children as best she could. Just one week ago today she left for that place intending to enter the convent of the sisters of St. Agnes. But on last Sunday took a very severe headache with fever later on, and which from day to day grew steadily worse until death occurred. Mrs. Smith and son Martin left yesterday for that place and arrived just a few hours before she died. The untimely demise of Miss Smith will cause much sorrow to her many friends in and about Deca tur, as she was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. The deceased was but twenty-six years of age and all during her lifetime was a devoted member of St. Marys I church. She was also a member of I the St. Agnes Sodality who will have' charge of the funeral. The funeral services will be held from St. Marys church on Tuesday morning, the ex-1 act time not being known, and inter- , ment will be made at St. Joseph’s cemetery. O s

AUTO DROPS TWENTY FEET Three Women and One Man Killqd at “Dead Man’s Curve,” Seattle. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 20. —Miss Agnes Cowen, Miss Maggie Paul, Mrs. J. Colvin and Ira Passey, the chauffeur, were killed early today when Qjeir automobile, going at a high speed, crashed through the railing along the trestle over Tide Pass Flats lane, known as “Dead Man’s Cureve.’ The car dropped twenty feet. Miss Mary Paul, a sister o? Miss Maggie • and Miss Kate Hiscock were also ic ' the machine but escaped with serious s injuries. They tyere rescued by a t boatman who found them clinging to i the wrecked car. The victims all belong to prominent Vancouver families. o C. B. Schmuck has shipped .bls i chairs and other paraphernalia* to I Auburn, where tonight he will open a moving picture show to the people of- that city. Elgin King will officiate as pian’st for Mr. Schmuck and Wilbur Drake as Vocalist and trap player.

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COURTHOUSE NEWS A Litte Probate Business Was Transacted at Clerk’s Office Today SOME OTHER AFFAIRS Business Will Soon Begin at Treasurer’s and Auditor’s Office O. N. Tyndall, administrator of the James W. Jones estate, filed a petition to sell oats and clover seed. The sale was" ordered as petitioned for, at private sale, without notice and for cash. The September term of the Adams ’ circuit court will convene two weeks from next Monday. The dockets are ready and the officials waiting for the day. Treasurer Lachot did some business today at his office, quite a number of I the early boys coming in to pay the fall installment of taxes, and a few ! delinquents from last spring paying up. From now on the business will be constantly on the increase and another month or two will find the treasurer and deputies in the midst of I the regular fall rush, which closes the first Monday In November. Auditor Michaud is ready for the busy season which will come two weeks from Monday, when the county commissioners meet. The next day, on Tuesday, September 7th, the county council will meet in annual session to fix the tax levy and maks the appropriations for the next year. This with the regular business of the office will give the auditor plenty to do. The only real estate transfer recorded since yesterday was that of the M. R. E. cemetery association to C. D. Sheets, lot 185 at cemetery, S4O. A marriage license was issued to Will Evans, aged 23, a farmer to Dessie Butler aged 20, daughter of Benjamin Butler. — o THREEDEADBODIES Police Working on a Tragedy at Horse Shoe Lake Near St. Louis AUTOMOBILE RACES Oldfield Smashes Another Record —Chicago Boy Gets Amateur Honors St Louis, Mo., August 21. —(Special , to Daily Democrat) —The bodies of a woman and a baby, both of whom had | been shot through the head were found lying along the shore of Horse Shoe Lake today. An hour later the , body of a well dressed man was found floating in the lake. The police believe all three were connected with the same tragedy, but so far ' there has been no Identification and I ■ there has been no theory advanced . which will clear the awful tragedy. II 5 . Indianapolis. Ind., August 21. —Bars ney Oldfield in a Benz car, smashed s the world’s record for a kilometer. ’ Time 26.2; Christie second; Beegel a s third. Eddie Hene of Chicago won j the amateur championship of Amer ■ ica making a mile in nine minutes and forty-four seconds. —* D. J. Bailey, of Ossian, returned to bis home today after settling business with the French township insurance agency pertaining to his barn which was recently burned following an electrical storm.