Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 205.

ITS ALL OVER NOW The Great Northern Indiana Fair Closed Yesterday Afternoon RACES WERE GOOD ,Ony Two Events Friday and They Were Captured in Straight Heats The fair has come and gone, the red lemonade has been passed up for aa- ■ other year, and with it goes the toy balloons, the souvenir whips and cups the red hot peanuts and even Horace •porter's corn pones. The crowds this year were better than last year, but not as good by half as they should be. However, every one had a good time, and all the stand men did a thriving business. Friday was the last day, and the crowd was fairly good. They lingered until evening and there seemed to be some regret to quit. The exhibits by the various business men were attractive. In the art hall those who showed were Shaub, Gottemoller & Co., Gay & Zwick, Holthouse, Schulte & Co.. Elzey, Vance & Hite, Myers & Daily, Niblick & Co., True & Runyon, Boston Store, Schafer Hardware Co., Holthouse Drug Co., M. Fullenkamp, John Spoiler, Yager Bros. & Reinking, Moses & Meyers, Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson, J. H. Voglewede & Son, Singer Sewing Machine Co., and A. B. Bailey with the Saxonia lamp. On the grounds Schaub. Gottemoller & Co., Schafer Hardware Co., Atz & Steele displayed their wares in tents w’hile Laman and Lee had their line of goods in their own building. A. F. Moser & Co., of Berne, had a display of Almo gas engines, operating an electric •light plan on a small scale. E. J. Neuenschwander was in charge. A display of merit was that of the Acker Cement Works, showing their line of cement blocks in an attractive way. This firm has progressed rapidly in the past year and a year or two more will find them much larger we predict, from the strides they are making now. The Races. The two grandstands were again comfortably filled Friday, when the races started at two o'clock. This part of the program was up to the standard, with the exception that the mule race had to be called oft for want of starters. An effort was made to fill in with runners, but this could not be done ,and the race program was all over by four o’clock, as both the 2:14 pace and the 2:19 trot were won in straight heats. At that they were good and while they lasted proved as interesting as any day of the week. In the trot there were only four starters out of fifteen entries and the money was taken by Independence. He took the two first heats easily, but the last one made him travel as he broke the first turn and had to’ make up a distance of 100 yards on the last quarter, but he did it, winning by a length. The summary: Independence * X alett \ ...2 3 4-3 -4 Spot L Best time—2:22%. Vaa Brown was an easy winner o the 2:14 pace though he had to go some every heat and he three fast ones pushing him every inch of the way. The summary: _ I Van Brown * Dandy Carroll * Lady Great Heart 3 3 Peter Tranby ;•* , Prince Oyama 0 Best time—2:l3%. ’ The races were conducted m a far, and impartial manner by Judge W liam Farrer and who made no effort to plav to the grandstand. He was ably assisted by the local men and their work pleased all who interest in the horses or who witness ed the races. _____ Sheriff conS * de J: able interest in a bl er of his. The Plant w stock, and growing jail yard. The flower is a large Y shaped bloom. * nd of tbe su n lasting only until the ray }ther9 ST Banner.

GAVE CONCERT IN ART HALL Prof. Numbers and Twd Sons Proved a Splendid Attraction at Fair. j A display at the Great Northern which attracted considerable attention was that of the Packard Piano company in the Yager Bros. & Reinking booth. In charge of this department was Pro. Albert Numbers, w-ho worked faithfully and who certainly did his part toward entertaining the crowd, and he can do it too. He was assisted by his two little sons, who are stars and who delighted hundreds with their clever songs and their able work on the piano. The boys are natural born musicians, as Is their father and they can please an audience for hours. They were the target, for many j compliments. z | o THE TIPTON BANK Its President, E. W. Shirk, is Arrested for Misappropriating Funds HE GAVE BOND Claims a Credit at Bank for Amount of Defalcation Chicago, Aug. 28.— Elvert W. Shirk, president of the First National bank of Tipton, Ind., man of wealth and 1 refinement, was arrested at the Ca’umet Club, 1935 Michigan avenue, by ■the federal authorities yesterday afternoon on a charge of misappropria- ! tion of $24,252.50 of the funds of the bank, of which he is president. Not perturbed over the charge Mr. Shirk I willingly discussed it while a bond of 1 $20,000 was being prepared bfefore United States Commissioner Mark A. Foote. W. H. Marker, cashier, and his .brother, Noah Marker, assistant cashier, he said were the defaulters. “I held a note of the bank for $24,252.50," he said, “but the Markers failed to give me credit for it. I drew for the amount on the First National bank of Chicago, our correspondent here. I had left Indianapolis for Chicago before the charge became known, and it [happened that I drew the check the 'day before it was discovered. When the bank examiner came along and found an apparent shortage of $24,252.- ' 50 in my account it was the most natural thing for him to presume that I was not entitled to It. The reason for this is that the Markers, undoubt'edly because of their excitement, for

it could in no way benefit them, neglected to credit me with the bank’s 1 note. The result was that the bank examiner discovered a seeming short- '■ age in my accounts. Anyhow the usjual method of the government is to seize all within reach and thrash out the facts in court. When the shortage was discovered I contributed $50,000 to make it good, so what would it profit me to take half of that amount? Noah Marker returned after the shortage was discovered and said he had been on a fishing trip, but he was taken into custody and I have been informed that his brother was arrested (today. When the case reaches court I will be able to prove easily that my draft was only for the amount of the bank’s indebtedness to me.” The 'shortage, which was discovered July I 22, is said to reach $103,000. It was discovered immediately after the Markers had’left, and the government becoming interested, detailed Wesley M. Bennett, special bank examiner, ito make an investigation. Special Assistant District Attorney James H. Wilkerson with Assistant District At- ' torneys Shirer and Mediaris was noti- j fled of the case and acted with Mr. Bennett in the investigation. Mr. Bennett went before Commissioner Foote this morning and obtained a warrant against Mr. Shirk. George M. Myer and Miss Daisy Mavbelle Isnogle, living near Craig- ' ville, were married yesterday evening in Craigville by Justice Abbott. The marriage was private, there being no one present. For the present the couple will live with the parents of the groom, near Craigville, but later they will live on a farm, which the groom has arranged to rent. The "■room and bride are estimable young ; people and well known in the> northt eastern part of the county .-Bluffton Banner.

GONE NINE WEEKS » A Slight Trace of Blazer Girl Has Been Reported ON THE LOOKOUT Officers Have' Been Notified of the Disappearance Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Blazer have, after many letters of inquiry, at last found a slight trace of their seven-j ' teen-year-old daughter, who, nine weeks ago tomorrow mysteriously disappeared from the city and who hasn’t written a line since her departure. A Smith girl has disclosed the fact that one Miss Florence Kizer wins, for more than a year, worked in a local hotel, decoyed Miss Minnie away, stating before she did so that' she expected to take her to a summer resort where they could live easy. The Kizer woman also stated that she would never allow her to return to her parents. The parents and other relatives have been caused no little wdrry over the prolonged absence of the young girl, and the fear that she has been the victim of foul play at the hands of the woman or her confederates. The officers at all surrounding cities have Ijeen apprised of the girl's disappearance and the authorities at i ’ the various summer resorts will be | ‘notified to bit on the lookout and by this means the parents expect to recover their daughter. It is hinted that a man is also implicated in the apparent kidnaping scheme and jshould the decoyers be captured they ■will be vigorously prosecuted.

ENJOYED THE TRIP Mr. Waring Arrived Home from Month’s Vacation in Northern Michigan IN THE MANISTIQUE Fishing Was Good—Mr. Waring Has Deal on for Five Acre Island L. C. Waring arrived home today after a several weeks’ outing in the northern peninsula of Michigan. He arrived at Fort Wayne yesterday with Judge O'Rourke and family, who made up the party with Mr. Waring. Os course the trip was a pleasure from start to finish, and Mr. Waring shows that he has been spending time out of doors, and close to nature. Fisnmg was good, in fact it always is in that country, and the month passed rapidly. To prove that they were in a fish country Mr. Waring sent home at intervals shipments of delicious pike and pickerel. He has a deal on for a five acre island in that country and during the winter and spring expects to construct a summer home for his use during the hot weeks of the coming years. The same party spent their vacation last summer at the lake which is located in the interior of the Manistique country some distance from a small town known as Curtis. It is delightfully wild and an ideal place for a summer. The only regret is the usual one which accompanise a return to labors after a month of rest BIDS SIOO,OOO FOR FIGHT Jack Munroe, Mayor of Elk City, Wants Jeff-Johnson Match, New York, Aug. 27. —Jack Munroe, former heavyweight prize fighter and now mayor of Elk City, Ont., has telegraphed to a local sporting writer that the Elk City Athletic club had offered a purse of SIOO,OOO for the Jeffries-Johnson fight to take place in Canada one year from date. Munroe does not state the exact location of the battleground, but says it is less than thirty-six hours from Chicago and New York.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, August 28, 1909.

SEVERAL CRIMINAL CASES —. Wells County Will Considerable Court Business. i Ethan Secrest, prosecutor of this judicial district, was in the city this morning, arranging some details in reference to the criminal matters, which will come up at the September term of court. There will be a lot of work cut out for the grand jury at the next session, and Sesrest and I Dailey are getting ready for this business. Monday the grand jury will be drawn. It may be ordered to report at the first week es court and from that time henceforth there will be all kinds of work for the jury to do. There are a large amount of misdemeanors for the body to investigate at the coming session, despite the fact that the jury at the last term of court cleaned things up pretty well. | The alleged violations of the blind I tiger act will come up before the body and Clarence C. Clark, the civic league detective, will probably be called here to tell who he bought the large quantities of booze from, ii he bought any. The raid on the Manson Reiff place will also be investigated., I —Bluffton Banner. willmakeTcall A Cali for Advance Payment of Taxes in October A LARGE SUM The Call Will Likely be for Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars Although the state treasury will . close the present fiscal year September 30, with a large amount of cash j hand, the auditor of state is preparing to issue a call in October for advance payments of state moneys by county treasurers under the law enacted by the last general assembly. Lt is estimated at this time that the amount called for will be approximately $900,000. An unexpected flow of state warrants to be drawn against appropriations made available October 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year, will so deplete the treasury that no funds will be on hand to meet regular October bills unless the advance is received. Institutional boards, which received specific appropriations for buildings, repairs, etc., instead of waiting until October to I begin wbrk, have had their work under way for some time, it being ■ agreed by the contractors that no moneys on account should be asked before the beginning of the next sis-, ‘cal year. By such an arrangement 1 new buildings will be in such an ad- ‘ vanced state of construction by cold weather that winter will not inter-1 sere with their completion, and in: the matter of repairs an early start was taken in order that they might be completed by cold weather. o NERVY THIEVES STEAL RIG Bortland Lads Visit Winchester Carnival and Lose Horse and Buggy. Winchester, Ind., Aug. 27.—When Rolland Gray and Oliver Luellan, two young men of Farmland, came to the county seat last evening to attend the carnival, they hitched their horse io a rack on the east side of the court house, and when they returned forty minutes later, the animal was gone. 1 No trace of the horse and rig has been found. The outfit was the property of the Rev. Wesley Gray, father of one of the boys. The animal is described as a light bay mare with star in forehead, curb on right hind leg, mane and tail partly rubbed out and a little more than two years old. I The rig was a New Ross buggy, automobile seat, red running gear and arch axle. o Fred B. Tague has returned from a month’s absence in the west, having visited the big exposition at Seattle, ! saw Spokane, Tacoma, San Frantfisco, Salem, Portland and all the other . great places in that country. He also i took in the National Park and had a • delightful trip all the time he was gone.

LIKES THE SOUTH H. C. Andrews Tells About the Splendid Future for Farmers There A QUARTER SECTION Is His That will Bring in $5,000 per Year—Rice Principal Product H. C. Andrews, for many years a resident of this county, but who now resides at DeWitt, Arkansas county, I Arkansas, is here for a two week’s 1 stay with friends and relatives. He is very much in love with the south, j says his health is excellent and that he feels ten years younger than when he left here. One reason for this he says is the fact that he struck it ricly when he event there. He purchased a 170 acre farm and next year his income from this lond will be $5,000. He has opportunities to sell at an increase of $34.00 per acre, a healthy growth in values for two years, but he expects to keep it as he don’t know where he could invest the money so well. One of the big products in bis country is rice, and he has rented 110 acres of his farm for next year, and has samples of rice raised in his country, which may be seen at this office, also samples of wheat. They also raise two crops of potatoes a year and raise everything else that can be produced anywhere. He .has the agency for several good farms in his locality and will explain anything that any person may want to know about his country, if they see him while here. He is very enthusiastic over Arkansas and its future and feels that he has a right to be.

COUNT RECEIPTS Total of $2,438 Taken in at Grandstand and Gates AT THE BIG FAIR Directors Will Hold a Meeting Next Week to Allow Bills The gate and grandstand receipts of the Great Northern Indiana fair! exclusive of family tickets, were fig-' ured this morning showing the total for the two to be $2,428. The gate receipts were a little more than $2,100 and the grandstand $328. Os course the entry fees are to be added to this in reckoning the total receipts of the fair, as well as the family tickets and the privileges. The association is well pleased with the 1909 fair. They have realized a profit and the managers state that they will make a bigger effort next year than ever. The directors will hold a meeting at Secretary Adams’ office next Thursday, at which time all outstanding bills will be allowed and a settlement in full will be made with the secretary. Every one should begin to think about boosting the 1910 session of the Great Northern, for there is going to be one, and It will eclipse the one just closed. The amjount mentioned above does not include the family tickets, of which a large number were sold. o FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY Irvin Carter Who Died Friday Was a Well Known Citizen of County. The funeral services for Mr. Irvin Carter, who died yesterday, will be held Monday morning at ten o'clock from the Mt. Tabor church, the pastor officiating. An account of the death of Mr. Carter was given in our issue of yesterday. He was one of the best known citizens of the county and many expressions of regret are heard. He was ill for many weeks and suffered intensely.

MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED Myrtle Wright Left Her Home in Huntington County. There is considerable excitement at Huntington over the mysterious absence of Myrtle Wright, 14, daughter of Charles Wright, sexton of Mt. Hope cemetery. On Wednesday night she went to the city to visit friends, as her parents supposed, but when an investigation was started upon her failure to return it was learned that she had not been to see the friends and had last been seen in the company of a Jew traveling man, whom she accompanied to Fort Wayne. The couple were traced to the latter city but no further and there is a belief that’ she was enticed to Chicago and possibly lured into white slavery. Police of several cities are helping in the search. —Bluffton News. HE USED HIS CLUB Policeman Al Knavel Struck Bob Peterson Over the Head With Stick OFFICER ARRESTED Case Was Dismissed Before Mayor and Will Be Filed in Circuit Court Bob Peterson and family of Sherwood, Ohio, came over a few days ago to visit relatives and friends and to take in the Great Northern fair, i He was over at the grounds yesterday afternoon ,and between heats started across the race track with his little son. Just at that time the judges ordered the track cleared and the

officers were having some trouble in complying with the order. Al Knavel a deputy was doing his best, when he j ran across Bob, who was about half; way across, and the officer ordered, him back. Bob insisted that he was, going across, and the officer ordered; him back. Bob insisted that he was going across, and after telling sev-. eral times to get back, it is said the officer pushed him. Bob theiy i walked behind Knavel and started ‘ across, when the officer struck him over the head with his club. It was a real whack, no imitation, and cut the scalp to such an extent that Bob bled profusely, but was not injured seriously. The latter came up town ' where he filed an affidavit with Pros-, ecutor Heller, charging Knavel with assault and battery and the case was to have been heard last evening, but was postponed until this afternoon at one o’clock. My. Knavel employed | Attorneys Beatty and Smith to de-1 fenkl him and the affair attracted ! considerable interest, opinion being . divided as to a fair disposition of the case. Quite a crowd gathered at the mayor's office this afternoon when the l hour came for the trial. The defen-' dant’s attorneys filed a plea in abate-. ment on the grounds that the prosecuting witness was a relative of the mayor by marriage. The court concluded to take this under advisement until Monday, but later the attorneys agreed that the case Be dismissed with the understanding that it be filed in circuit court, and the attorneys for the defense agreed not to raise the question of previous adjudication. This was done and the affidavit will be filed in court. BLUFFTON MAN IS KILLED Casing from Oil Derrick Fell on Him

at Oakland City. Oakland City, Ind., Aug. 27. —When a heavy section of casing fell from its I fastening in a derrick in the local oil field, last night, William Shaffer, of Bluffton, was instantly killed. Shaffer and the casing crew were pulling casing from the well when the accident occurred. John Coleman, a by- ■ stander, was also hurt by the falling casing. Shaffer was about 25 years 'old and single. He had been employed for some time, and was a general favorite among the field workers. His . body will be sent to Bluffton for bur- 1 ial. This is the first serious accident | in the oil field. Shaffer's parents j were owners of the Washington hotel s at Bluffton. i

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STORMS WILL RAGE Rev. Hicks Says September Will Furnish Electric Display BEGINS ON THIRD Cool Weather Will Be Late in Arriving Says the Forecaster Parson Irl R. Hick’s forecast for the ■ month of September has been issued I and according to his prognostications the weather will be practically one continuous round of storms starting with a reactionary storm period cen- ; tral on the 3, 4 and 5. The moon being on the celestial equator on the second day of the month indicates that decided barometric fluctuations will appear in many places at that time. During the 3rd, 4th and sth these disturbances will pass eastwardly ! over most parts of the country and will be followed with rising barometer and clearing, cooler weather for sevI eral days. A regular storm period is central again on the 10th but the parson calculates that the new moon or the moon’s conjunction with the sun on the 14th will retard the final culmination of this period. The magnietic crisis occurring annually from the Bth to the 15th of September falls in this period and high temperature and low . barometer may be expected by the 10th, when storms of notable character will organize and take up an eastward march with the conditions growing in magnitude and force during the 11th, 12th and possibly to the 14th. Should the high barometer and change to cooler follow immediately behind storms about the 10th. 11th and 12th, the new moon on the 14th will lend I its perturbing power to the reaction- ' ary period immediately following. On ‘or about the 11th the earth passes 'a point in its orbit where earth cur'rents, auroral perturbations and volcaic unrest, as a rule appear in maximum intensity. This period of coyse 'according to Hicks, Is nearing the full force of the autumnal equinox and storms peculiar to this season should not be allowed to surprise and overwhelm those who are naturally most exposed to their violence. Again a reactionary storm period is central on the 15th, 16th and 17th and should the preceding period not subside before the new moon on the

14th threatening to stormy conditions will continue on and touching the 16th in a very positive and forceful disturbance. A marked change to higher barometer and cooler may reasonably ibe expected from about the 16th to 19th and frosts in the northern extremes should not surprise residents (of that section of the country. A regular storm period is central <m Lhe 21st the central day of the autumnal equinox. This period will bring prompt changes of temperature and borometric pressure as early as the 19th in western parts of the country and by the 21st the conditions will bring on storms of rain, windand thunder attended by high temperature much humidity and fitful, southerly wind storms will be severe in many localities. High barometer, stiff gales from the northwest and change to very cool nights will most probably follow the storms of this period bring - i ing frosts to numerous localities in the states to the northward. >| On the 26th, 27tli and 28th another I reactionary storm period is central which leads into the mercury disturbance beginning about the 27th and running into October. nt — o

ORPHEUM STOCK CO. SCORE HIT ij Last evening the Orpheum Stock , Co. presented their feature play of the week in Sherlock Holmes or the 1 Sign of the Four, and from the first f rise of the curtain until the last held the attention of all those present. ; Their clever acting along with the beautiful scenery and costumes makes it one of the best troops that ever played in Decatur. Tonight they will close their week’s stand with Tn the Mouth of the Cannon” and if you want to have a good laugh along with one of their best plays, don’t fall to attend this evening. The manager of the opera house deserves high praise for securing this company and should they return would be greeted with large sized audiences.