Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 4 September 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 211.

LEFT HER HUSBAND Mrs. David Bodie Caused a Sensation at Pleasant Mills IT’S A DISGRACE Did Not Like Her Man So She Took Another One Domestic peace and happiness is no longer a known quantity at the David Bodie home at Pleasant Mills. Antagonism has ruled supreme in the Bodie household for several weeks, and as a climax to their domestic troubles, Mrs. Bodie yesterday gathered three of their five children and proceeded to the home of one Joseph Comer, where she contends her future abode will be. Comer is a widower residing a square distant from the Bodie home, and who, it is said, has paid some attention to the Bodie woman. After being comfortably located in her new home Mrs. Bodie had the effrontery to inform her husband in person that she intended living with Comer ever after. No vigorous protestations have arisen from the wifeless Bodie, but the citizens of Pleasant Mills have arisen in their indignity over the disgraceful affair and undoubtedly prosecutions will follow. The five Bodie children are being woefully neglected, in fact they are scarcely clothed and seldom given sufficient food to satisfy their hunger hence the public will institute such an action as to give to these forlorn children the attention they deserve and simultaneously impose punishment upon those who have neglected them. It is said that Mrs. Bodie has not been blessed with an unusual amount of brilliancy, and that she could be scarcely be held accountable for her actions, but the existence of such circumstances would only more indicatively demand some sort of an action which would at least tranfser the custody of the innocent children into better keeping.

LEAVES TONIGHT Mr. L. C. Helm to Attend Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World MEETS AT SEATTLE It Will Be a Great Trip and a Great Time in That Country Mr. L. C. Helm will eave tonight over the Clover Leaf for St. Louis, and there he will join a party of Odd Fellows and with them he will journey to Seattle, where they will attend a session of the sovereign grand lodge of the world. Indiana has four representatives to this meeting, they being John W. Cockrum of Indianapolis, Jacob Joel of Crawfordsville, Elmer E. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Helm of this city. They will be thirteen days going to Seattle, going by the way of Kansas City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake, the Yellowstone Park, through the Dalles to Portland, Oregon, Tacoma to Seattle. The meeting of the sovereign grand lodge lasts for a week and besides entertaining representatives from every state in the union, there will be delegates from Alaska, Argentine, Cuba, France, Hawaii, Japan, Mexico, Newfoundland, Panama, Philippines, Porto Rico and Yukon. The meeting -will be interesting and Mr. Helm wul have the time of his life they returning by the Canadian Pacific line and will visit the interesting places m British Columba and other parts Canada. ' Jc.hn Brake will arrive home tomorrow from Cairo, Hl., to attend funeral of his father, which will be held Monday. .< • -

national letter carriers a Muncie Carrier Lands the Vice Presidency. St. Paul, September 3.—The National Association of Letter Carriers elected the following officers: President, William E. Kelley, Brooklyn, N. Y.; vice president, Edward J. Gainor, Muncie, Ind.; secrelar,, Lu ward J: Cantwell, Brooklyn, N. Y.; treasurer, < harles D. Duffy, Chicago; executive board, Michael T. Finnan, Bloomington, II].; Richard F. Quinn, Philadelphia; A. L. Tharp, New York city; Fay S. Trafton, Cleveland, O.; committee on laws and constitution, Thomas S. McKeever, San Francisco; Josiah Roark, Portland, Ore.; chief collector M. B. A., William Dunn, Nashville, Tenn.; board of trustees, S. E. Graham, Kansas City, Mo.: and Chris Longhead, Detroit, Mich.; chief clerk retirement association, John T. Mugavin; board of directors of retirement association, John J. Goodwin,Providence, R. I.; Edward J. Scully, Pittsburg, Pa. — —o—THREE BALL GAMES

Old Decatur Players Will Gather Here for Contest Against Bluffton WILL BE GOOD ONES Lineup Includes a Number of the Boys—Burns and Fisher the Battery Famished base bail fans who have longed all summer for a view of the national game in Decatur will hail with delight the announcement that they are to have three days of this sport the latter part of this month. L. A. Holthouse has concluded arrangements for the gathering here of a number of the old players who made a reputation for Decatur a few years ago. They will meet for three consecutive days, September 24th, 25th and 26th. the Bluffton Northern league team in which are Webber and

Pierce, also former Decaturites. The battery for the Decatur club will be Otto Bums, now with the Decatur, 111., league club, and Bud Fisher, of the Des Moines club, who formed the battery in the famous game played at Decatur a few weeks ago which went twenty-six innings and broke the world’s record for of innings in one game. Others who will be in the lineup will be OscaY Way, Dutch Linderbeck, and others, including perhaps Tom Railing and any others who can be secured. The places not filled will be cared for fro mmembers of the Union City aggregation, a salaried team now beating everything they meet. It will be base ball from the word go for our old enemy Bluffton, has one of the strong teams of the Northern league and look like pennant winners. The affair will be well advertised and no doubt large crowds will attend each game. WEDDING WILL OCCUR MONDAY Miss Niblick of Craigville, Will Wed Mr. Hebbie of this City. The wedding of Miss Stella Niblick the sixteen- year-old daughter of Chas. B. Niblick of near Craigville, Ind. to Mr. John Hebbie a young man of this city will occur Monday, the ceremony according to present plans, to occur at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Irvin Breiner on High street. Rev. Paine will officiate and the affair will be a quite one, only the immediate relatives being present. The bride and groom are well known young people and they will make their future home in this city. o A fast and furious ball game will beplayed at Steele’s park tomorrow afternoon between the Shamrocks of this city and the Curryville team. The locals have defeated the Curryville club once this season, and they are after revenge. An admission fee of I fifteen cents will be charged.

A PRETTY WEDDING Was That of Miss Case to Mr. Annen at Indianapolis on Thursday THE DECATUR GUESTS A Number Were Present— The News Gave an Account of the Ceremony One of the early September weddings was that of Miss Mina Case and Frank Annen, which took place Thursday night at the hoAe of the bride s parents, Mr .and Mrs. Robert Case, 1930 Central avenue, says the Indianapolis News. The ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. Edgar Jones, of Ossian. The bride's four brothers — George, Ralph, Alman and Irvin Case —carried the ribbons that formed the aisle, and Mary Annen, the little niece of the bridegroom, carried the wedding ring. The bride entered with her father, who gave her away. As the bridal party approached Miss Elizabeth Schrock of Decatur, played the wedding march. The bride wore a white lace robe and earned a bouquet of white roses with lilies of the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Annen left last evening for a wedding trip before going to Chicago where they will live. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers, Mrs. M. Schrock, Mr. Wiliam Schrock, Miss Lucy Fruand Bessie Schrock, Miss Lucy FTuechte, Mrs. John Bower, Mr. and Mrs. Don Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Annen, of Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Annen, of Columbus. O.; Miss Gusta Markley, of Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kolter, of Tocsin; Miss Aldine Annen, of Magley; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Annen and children, Ardeth and Forest, of Washington; Mrs. Christian Ashbaucher, of Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Arnold, of Scipio; Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold, of Liberty Center; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mosiman, of Kokomo; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mosure and children, Gladys, Forest and Raymond, of La Cruz, and Mrs. Martin Jacqumar, of Mitchell, S. D.

UNDER RIGHT NAME Postoffice Inspector Says Patrons Must Not Have Fictitious Name GET MAIL UNDER He States That Too Many Married Women Have More than One Name Married women who apply to the general delivery windows of the postoffice hereafter for mail which has been sent to them under assumed names will be disappointed. According to an order issued by Postoffice Inspector William T. Fletcher the law which compels persons to have their mail sent to them in their own names will be enforced in Indiana, in view of breaking up the practice employed by a few married women to receive mail from persons to whom their husbands would object if they knew. The postoffice officials report that the general delivery service is being abused. “When a woman has a home address her mail must be sent to that place,’’ said Mr. Fletcher, "for this practice which married women have of receiving their mail at the general delivery window, addressed to names which the clerks know are not their own, must be broken up.” The law which Postoffice Inspector Fletcher insists in having rigidly enforced has been dormant for many years. Tne local general delivery clerks say that often women will ask for their mall matter under their right names and other mail under their assumed names. o MAKES AN APPOINTMENT Washington, Sept. 4.—The president has appointed Roland B. Harvey of Maryland, secretary of the legation and consul general to Roumania and , Servia and secretary of the diplomatic agency in Bulgaria.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, September 4, 1909.

WHILE AT TARGET PRACTICE Washington, September 4. —What may be a mater of enough seriousness to cause official correspondence between this country and Italy has just been brought to light in naval circles here. The incident occurred during target practice of the Atlantic fleet off Cape Henry, on Saturday morning last, when the Italian cruiser Aetna a school ship now ’at Baltimore, steamed through the fleet and went close enough to the targets to observe them. The American officers became indignant when the Aetna's officers were seen to put their glases on the various devices used by the fleet. As the news that the fleet was at target practice has received no little publicity it is assumed that the officers of the Aetna knew of the fact. The Aet-. na went out of her course to go over the anchorage grounds. Naval etiquette demanded the avoidance of a fleet when it is at target practice, as it is then that the secret of all navies is on exhibition—-that of operating their guns. It is regarded as a deliberate affront in Europe for a foreign vessel to intrude on a fleet when it is known publicly that it is at target practice. ITCOMESMONDAY Labor Day Will Be Duly Observed—Governor Marshall’s Proclamation NOTHING SPECIAL Here—Banks Will Close But There Will Be No Proi gram Rendered Here

Monday is Labor Diay, and the event will be duy celebrated in all the larger cities and manufacturing towns of the country. The day isnever observed here, except by the closing of’the banks and such places as the law requires. In regards to the day, Governor Marshall has issued the following proclamation: “From the beginning of time it has been part of the economy of life that man should labor. He who fails to do his share shirks a duty and imposes a burden upon his fellowman. And yet this worldwide custom has nowhere been dignified as it deserves save in the United States of America. Elsewhere it is not thought wrong that many should toil to create while few should exist to destroy. In Indiana the honest son of toil who does an honest day’s labor is a peer of our realm and should gather all the fruit of his toil untithed by adverse legislation. Such citizens should be esteemed and honored. The republic can survive loss of wealth and name, but honest toil of hand and brain and heart is vital to it. To the end that those who love labor may not think their work forgotten, and in accordance with law and custom. I proclaim Monday, September 6, 1909, a holiday. On that day let those who toil with their hands exult in their high calling; let those who toll with their brains seek the highest and best that truth can offer; and let all who love a country the chief asset of which is the character of its citizenship and sturdiness of its manhood, give every heartbeat to the prayer that the hour may soon come when industrial troubles will be settled, not by the law of the land, but by the law of universal brotherhood. May the day promote justice, charity and peace. “Intestimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Indiana, at the capitol in the city of Indianapolis, this 31st day of August, A. D., 1909. “THOMAS R. MARSHALL, “Governor.” o TYPHOID CLAIMS YOUNG MAN William Fuhrman, aged twentythree, and son of Mrs. Christian Fuhrman, residing in the north part of Preble township, died at eight o'clock Thursday night after an illness of two weeks with typhoid fever. His mother, two brothers, Charles and Martin, survive. The funeral services will be held Monday morning at eleven o'clock at the Freidheim church, Rev. I Preuss officiating.

THEY DON’T LIKE IT Canadian Government Do Not Like Wood Pulp Tariff * TAKE NO ACTION Thy Will Not Retaliate But Await Their Time Montreal, Sept. 4.—While it is true that there is resentment in this country over the new provisions of the Payne tariff affecting the pulp and paper industry it is felt both at Ottawa and Quebec that nothing can be gained by the imposition of export duties. The federal government, it is announced officially, will not take any action of a retaliatory nature in this direction and any legislation it may enact will be directed rather to a final settlement rather than an aggravation of the difficulties at present in the way. It can be authoritatively announced that the future ac tion of the Quebec provincial government will be in line with the policy most acceptable to the dominion as a whole, rather than any calculated to meet only the immediate situation as it is found in the province of Quecbec. The existing timber leases in that province expire at the end of the current year. The government will have to decide upon its policy soon that it may be carried into effect with the granting of the new leases. It is certain that the provincial government will elect to follow the example of Ontario and make it a stipulated essential condition of all new leases that here shall be absolutely no exportation of unmanufactured pulp wood to the United States in so far as crown lands are concerned. It would require an act of the dominion government to prohibit exportation from other than crown lands. Considerably more than 50 per cent, of the unmanufactured pulp wood sent from Quebec province to the United States is exported by farmers from their own lands. countyTeunion « Os All Old Soldiers Will Be Held at Maple Grove Park OCCURS THIS MONTH

In Honor of the EightyNinth Regiment—Many Will Attend The soldiers, their wives and children residing in Adams county will be royally entertained on the twentyninth and thirtieth of this month at Maple Grove nark when a county reunion will be held in honor of the eighty-ninth Indiana regiment, but for the enjoyment of every soldier and his family in the county. The eightyninth regiment will be represented by a number of silver haired venerable gentlemen whose patriotism and loyalty to tneir country won for them and their regiment a great rseognition the country over. Many of the members of the regiment have passed to the great beyond and but a little company remain to celebrate the anniversary at the Maple Grove park and a very interesting program will be rendered and if it is possible to secure him, the state staff officer will be here to deliver an address. Music will be furnished and the chief amusement will be reminiscences of the war time. All Decatur should aid in making this event most memorable. o BANKS AND P. O. CLOSE MONDAY Due to the fact that Monday is Labor Day, a national holiday, the Old Adams County Bank and the First National Bank of this city will be closed on that day. The postoffice will also be closed excepting between the hours of eight and nine. Patrons of these places will govern themselves j accordingly.

A CORN STORY FROM KANSAS How the Crop Appeared to an Eastern Tourist. This is the tallest corn story of the season and is being told among the traveling men over the state. It is said to have been in a letter written home by an eastern visitor: “Most of the Kansas streets are paved, grains of cprn being used for cobblestones, while the cobs are hollowed gut for sewer pipe. The husk, when taken off whole and stood on end, makes a nice tent for the children to play in It sounds queer to hear the feed man tell the driver to take a dozen grains of horse feed over to Jackson’s livery stable. If it were not for soft, deep soil here I don’t see how they would ever harvest the corn, as the stalks would grow up as high in the air | as a Methodist church steeple. However, when the ears get too heavy their weight presses the stalk down in the ground on an average of nine-ty-two feet; and this brings the ear near enough to the ground to be chopped off with an ax.” —Kansas City Journal.

A SOCIAL SESSION Methodist Ministers Enjoyed a Day at Robison Park Fort Wayne HAD A GOOD TIME Rev. Powell Was Present and Assisted in the Music for Occasion

The northern Indiana conference of Methodists held a social session at Robison park Thursday, and although no business was discussed, a number of talks were given on the different phases of Methodism. The musical program was filled by the northern Indiana conference' quartet, which is composed of ,the following: Revs. Fred Thornberg, of Knightstown, Ind.; L. J. Naftzger, of Muncie, Ind.; Sherman Powell, of Decatur, Ind : and Dan Guild, of Wabash, Ind. The meeting was opened by Dr. Wade, the chairman. Rev. Charles Rowand, formerly of the First church of this city, but now of Marion, gave a half hour’s talk, in which he spoke of the relation of the Bible study to the churdfi. The quartet closed the morning session with a song. At dinner time the people, of which there were about twen-ty-five hundred, adjourned to the grove, where they partook of the basket lunches which they brought along. In the afternoon the quartet opened the second meeting with a rendition after which talks were made by Rev. B. F. Hollopeter, of Wabash, who spoke on “Methodism from Wesley to this Hour,” Rev. L. J. Naftzger, who spoke on “Methodism in Its World-Wide Aim,” Rev. C. C. Cissell in a discourse on “Methodism and Its Faith in Baptism,” Rev. S. Light on “The Methodist and His Evangelistic Spirit," Rev. T. S. Guild, who spoke on “The Future of Methodism.” The quartet closed the meeting with a sung. —Fort Wayne News.

MAIL CARRIER HAMRICK BETTER Suffering from Appendicitis at Camp* bell Home East of Steele. Postmaster Dyke Frisinger and Deputy J. S. Peterson drove out to the home of C. F. Campbell, about ten miles southeast of the city this morning to see Warren Hamrick, the mail carrier who was taken very sick there on Thursday of this week. Mr. Hamrick is suffering from appendicitis, and his condition has been very serious. He was some improved today and there Is hopes tnat ne will be sufficiently recovered to be brought home the first of the week. Mrs. Hamrick ( is with him and is caring for the pa-l tient. Mrs. Biggs is acting as sub- ( stitute on the route. The Campbell home is located a mile east of Steele.; — -o | Bismark was in town this afternoon < but as far hs we knoW OauSed no dis- i turbance.

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THE SCHOOL BOOKS Quite a Number of Changes in the Texts to Be Used this Year THE EXCHANGE PRICE And the List as Sent Out by State Superintendent Robert J. Aley The schools of Decatur and Geneva open Monday and of course one of the most important items of interest, especially to the parents of school children just at his time, Is the subject of books necessary. State Superintendent R. J. Aley has notified the various school boards, county superintendents and trustees of what changes are made in the use of textbooks for the coming school year, and the new books are on sale. In some cases the pupils owning old style books will be allowed to exchange them for the new by paying the difference in price. The list is as follows: In the high school there will be new zoologies and German grammars. The grade changes will comprise primers, sale price 15 cents, exchange price 8 cents; first readers, price 15 cents, exchange 8 cents; second readers, price 20 cents, exchange 10 cents 1 : third rentiers, price 25 cents, exchange, 13 cents; fourth readers, 30 cents, exchange 15 cents, fifth readers, 40 cents, exchange 20 cents; New Era system of writing (1 to 5), price 5 cents, no exchange; Walsh's New Grammar School arithmetic, price 45 cents, no exchange; W'alsh’s New Primary arithmetic, price 22 cents, no exchange. If an exchange is wanted the old book must be taken to the dealer and the difference in price paid. Exchanges must be made before October 1, 1911, after which only the full price will be charged. The text books changed have all been in use for the five years required by law, and the new ones are improvements on the old style. o RELATIVES COME < Mother and Sister of Late August Fischbach Want Body Held UNTIL THEY COME The Funeral Will Be Held Wednesday or Thursday The untimely demise of the late August Flschbaugh occurring yesterday morning, has caused universal sorrow. He was a widely beloved young man, an efficient school teacher and ideal in every respect. A message was sent to California apprising his mother, Mrs. August Fischbach and sister, Mrs. Anna Marquardt of the sad death and they asked that the body be held until they come and consequently the funeral will not be held until next Wednesday or thursday. The decedent was born in Germany September 22, 1880, and when about six years of age came with , his parents to America. They took t up their abode in South Bend, where the deceased was reared to manhood. ! He graduated from the Addison college of Illinois and immediately afterward. which was nine years ago, , he came to Adams county and accepted the position of teacher in the Freidheim school. He has taught at this same school continuously since, where he had won the admiration of all who knew him. Besides the widfow, who is bedfast from a severe 'case of typhoid fever, three children, 1 Gerhart five years, Freda three, and Martha one, survive to mourn their loss. Also a mother, sister and brother. The funeral services will be held from the Friedheim church with services in charge z‘ Rev. Preuss.