Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 230.

SPECIAL SESSION The Commissioners in Session this Morning OPENED BIDS Cal Miller Lands Four Bridge Contracts Cal Miller bagged the bridge contracts at the session of the commissioners this morning, he getting the Shoemaker bridge for SB4O, Beery church bridge $367, C. J. Lutz bridge $223, Lob ditch $474. The Berne Supply Co. got the Johnson bridge for $74. Bridge superintendents were also appointed, they being Sylvester Pontius for the Shoemaker bridge, Aaron Bricker for Lob ditch, Conrad Gillig for the Borum Run, Reinhart Leimenstall for the Beery bridge. An order was made asking that the Bluffton,- Geneva & Celina Traction company comply with their franchise and leave all highways in as good condition as they found them. An order was also issued for the contractors on the French Township No. 4 and the Wafel macadam roads, be completed at once, in accordance with contract. Bids will be opened at the regular session beginning Monday for the safe and book typewriter book, necessary additions to that important office. Considerable other business will come before the board at that time. C. W. Yager the treasurer-elect, is now- in the treasurer’s office where he will stay the most of the time between this and the first of the year. During that time he will get next to the routine of the business and be ready to take up his official duties as treasurer of Adams county. o —— MANY ARE SIGNING Indiana Lighting Company Doing Lots of Business SET THE METERS Takes Lots of Time to Set Meters and Test the House Piping The Indiana Lighting company is about the busiest place in town these days. Contracts are being signed in large numbers, but the company are urging those who are contemplating using the gase to rush their names in on a contract. Before the gas can be used in any house it is necessary to set a meter and also to carefully examine and test all piping. This takes lots of time and the patron who wants to avoid delays should not spend too much time before signing up. The work of setting meters will be in the order of signing contracts, and this is another reason why the matter should not be permitted to cover too much time. The company are pushing a small heater to be used for the purpose of taking the chill from the house before it is late enough to start the furnace. They have much to say about the comfort of this feature of their stock in sale, and are giving it extensive advertising. Their demonstration room, next doer to this office is being visited by many people, and especially Saturday was a busy day for them. They have every conceivable sort of a heating stove and range and if you are in the market they can surely suit you. o- — Harry Starr, of Bluffton, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Miss Florence Sprunger.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

MRS. KNAVEL DIED LAST NIGHT Was 111 With Tuberculosis Several Months— Funeral Wednesday. A very sad death is reported today, being that of Mrs. Mary Knavel, whose soul entered into eternity at eleven o’clock last night after an illness of several months with tuberculosis. Her death occurred at the home of John Sprunger in the southwest part of town. She was born December 14. 1884, and was aged twenty-four years, nine months and twelve days. She is survived by two baby girls, twins who are but a year or so old and who, since the illness of the mother, have been cared for by the board of children’s guardians. Just before her death Mrs. Knavel united with the St. Marys church and funeral services will be held from there Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock, and interment will be made at Monroeville. o SAME OLD PRICES Some Township Trustees Buy High Priced Road Graders THEY ASK NO BIDS For Anything Only School Supplies—Claim That this is the Law • Indianapolis. Sept. 27.—Prompted by statements by a number of trustees concerning prospective purchases of township road machinery and material, and by a special notice in a number of catalogues sent out by supply houses calling the attention of the trustees specifically to the fact that the law does not require competitive bids on anything except school supplies in the annual purchases by the trustees, the state Aboard of accounts is preparing to give particular attention to this phase of township business. In this they are following a suggestion by Governor Marshall, who believes that proper examination will reveal that outrageous prices have been paid for road graders, road plows and road scrapers by trustees. Most of the trustees in the state have accepted without question the plans of the board of accounts in outlining forms for bids on school supplies, but when the matter of purchases, in addition to school supplies arose, a large number of the trustees declared they had been informed that under the law-, they were not required to ask for bids on this class of material, and that this fact had been impressed upon them by word and by letter from the township supply houses. W. A. Dehority, chief accountant, is not inclined to dispute the legal claims of tue trustees concerning this- phase of township purchases, but I is informed them that when the field examiners go into the township books, they will be required to make public the sums thus spent, as well as the sums spent on bids submitted for school supplies. And since, in the opinion of the governor and the chief accountant, the publicity resulting from the examinations is expected to revolutionize township purchasing, it is believed by them that the evils which have attended the spending of township moneys on this score will be avoided in the future. little police court business A Fight Saturday Night Resulted in an Arrest—Mike Smith up Today. Three or four young men engaged in a scuffle with a young farmer from south of town late Saturday night, and Homer Watkins was arrested. On a plea of the man assaulted he was released, but Homer got saucy with Policeman Fisher and the latter took him to jail where he remained until last evening, when he was released on his own recognizance. It was rumored that affidavits would be filed against the young man today, but so far nothing has been doing. Mike Smith was arrested by Marshal Butler last evening. The call was sent in by Mrs. Smith, who -claimed that her husband has strucu her over the head with a beer bottle. Mike was taken to jail and this mon.ing his wife plead for the court to be lenient and he was let off with a fine I of a dollar and costs.

WANTS CREAMERY 1 George Maddy is Boosting a New SIO,OOO Enter- * prise at Jonesboro ’ I THAT LOOKS GOOD ! _ 1 ( The City Needs Such a Con- ! 1 cern as They Import < Butter and Cream , 1 George Maddy of this city, now located at Jonesboro, Ark., is boosting for a big creamery for that place. The Daily News of that city recently said:’ Jonesboro may soon have a SIO,OOO creamery, to fill a long needed want in the commercial life of this city, which has for years been compelled to import enormous quantites of cream, butter, etc., when, as a shipping point for the same commodities, Jonesboro should excel any point in the state of Arkansas. George Maddy who is one of the prime movers m the move for the acquisition for such a plant, has given the matter a close 1 study and from every standpoint finds a magnificent opening for an up-to-date creamery in this section, and is associating with others of prominence in Jonesboro business affairs to make the project a reality. Mr. Maddy, at the present time, in his ice cream business, is forced to import cream to Jonesboro from outside points, to an amount aggregating $125 a week, which payments would, by the location of a creamery in this city, remain with the same merchants, and a visit to the several groceries of Jonesboro, reveals tremendous imports of creamery butter, of various grades, to this city for local consumption. The proposition for a big plant here is meeting with much favor and the organization of a stock company to conduct its business and erect the necessary building . should meet with energetic co-opera-tion. GETS AN OFFER Government Wants Martin Jaberg as a Teacher at Indian Reservation AT KLAMATH, OREGON Passed Civil Service Examination and His Grade Was One of the Best Martin Jaberg, the well known photographer of this place, has been asked by the department of the interior, if he will accept a position as a teacher in the Indian field services, with his station at the Modoc Point, Klamath, Oregon. Last April Mr. Jaberg passed the two days’ examination at Fort Wayne and shortly afterward was notified that his grade was the twentieth in the list all over ( the United States, a creditable show- . ing. Today he received the message ( asking him if he would accept such a _ place as mentioned above at asalary of $720 per year for ten months’ , work, and an additional S3OO for his . wife as an instructor in housekeep- ] ing for the Indian girls. Mr. Jaberg , is trying to arrange his affairs to t accept the offer, and if he can dis- , pose of his gallery here, will likely soon be on his way to the western- - reservations. Anyway its something to have been offered such | a place, and Martin is well pleased. He is well qualified and would make a splendid man in the department, as he holds a five year state license j here. i BOYS LOST VAN WERT GAME t ' l The high school team from this t plate went to Van Wert Saturday, ] where they played a close and excit- ( ing game with the lads of that town, ( losing by a score of two to one. It . was a well played battle. Biggs was , in the box for the Decatur boys, and . did good work, striking out six men. , A return game will be played here j next Saturday. ]

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, September 27, 1909.

WILL ABOUT SPLIT EVEN The Bluffton Street Fair Plays About ; Even. The street fair association will I split even, according to J. R. Spivey, secretary of the fair. Mr. Spivey said that with the money derived from the concessions and the committee’s share of the receipts from the shows, with the money contributed by the business men the committee ■* will about have enough to pay all expenses. There are always a large amount of incidentals, which the com- ] mittee never figure on prior to a fair of any kind and the officers will be unable to tell how the financial end of the matter will be until several days. The income from the paid attractions will help a lot, as there were 25,000 who paid their ten cents to some attraction during the week, 1 1 including the merry-go-round and | Ferris wheel. The last two days of j' the fair meant enormous crowds for; 1 the paid shows. —Bluffton Banner. 1 GREAT BIG EVENT Was the Birthday Surprise for Uncle Vince Rupright Yesterday TWO HUNDRED THERE The Dinner Was the Biggest Ever Served in this Part of the Country Tfwo hundred relatives and neighbors and friends of G. W. Rupright, the well known farmer of the west ' part of the county, gathered at his home Sunday and surprised that gentleman, by informing him that he had reached his fifty-eighth birthdav. Uncle Vince walked around proudly and happy and enjoyed every minute of the big day, the plans of which . were cleverly made by his good wife. I All of the nine children. Jerry, Frank, Elton, Forest. George, Melville, Mrs. Lilly Kreigh Mrs. Dessie Ehrett and Mrs. Ivy Archbold were there with I their families, the grandchildren numbering ' eighteen. Another honor guest, was the aged grandmother. Mrs. John Rupright. It was a big day sure enough, and the dinner was perhaps The most elaborate ever served in the county. Some idea of it may be imagined when it is known that the feast included a hundred chickens, seventy-five cakes, ten veal . loafs, two bushel baskets of cookies, fifty-five pies, thirty-six big dishes of all kinds of salads, beans, apples, pickels, celery and everything else good and on the market. Among the guests were W. H. Rupright and Alex White and A. M. Kreigh and families of Ossian; Mr .and Mrs. Sylvester Mills, Mr. and Mrs. John Snider of Bluffton: Mrs. G. Brown of Cisco, . Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jaberg and J. C. Sutton and family of Decatur; and the following from the neighbor- 1 hood, and from near Ossian and Echo: 1 Messrs, and Mesdames Pete Comer, 1 John 'Kreigh> O. Brown, Isaac ; Melching, William Melching, John M. < Beck, John H. Ferguson, Frank and 5 Martin Heckley, Barney Kreigh, V. K. I Grim, August Gallmeyer, Jacob Kei- 1 zer, Ace Ehrett, Fred Gallmeyer, Ru- t fus Monysmith, Charles Grim; also < Jacob Comer, Caroline Glock and a v party of four popular bachelors, e namely Sam Beckner, George Kei- v zer, Jim McCague and John Keizer, t besides fifty or mire neighboring n children. Photographer Jaberg of p this city was present and took four v pictures of the party. s o s TO GIVE BILLIARD EXHIBITION ii e Prof. Lewis Champion Finger Bil- a liardist at Reiter & France’s. c ——— ii Prof. Lewis, of New York, cham- t pion finger billiardist of the world, is c in Decatur for a few days and has been engaged to give an exhibition at i the Reiter & France hall this evening at eight o’clock. He is said to be the only man in the world who plays j billiards with his nose. He is also f there with the cue and will run 300 I caroms in ten minutes. He will play i against the local champions, dis- < counting them in any kind of games 1 and will show a number of fancy v shots. Everyone is invited to see the a long nosed gentleman at the billiard o hall this evening. 111I 11

SHONTS IN COURT President of Clover Leaf Sued for Alienating Another Man’s Wife FORTUNE IS ASKED Mr. Shonts Says He is Victim of Case of Mistaken Identity New York, Sept. 27. —Theodore P. 1 Shonts, president of the $225,000,000 I Ryan-Belmont Interborough Metro- . politan company, president of the Chicago & Alton railroad, president lof the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railroad, a director of many other I important companies, father of the Duchess de Chalnes and one of the most potent figures in the financial and business life of New York, has been sued for $200,000 damages by the husband of a woman whose affections he is charged with having alienated. Through his lawyer. De Lancey Nicoll, Mr. Shonts declares he is the victim of one of the strangest cases of mistaken identity on record. It would seem, according to Mr Nicoll, that the president of the “Interborough" has some evil double foi whose misdeeds Mr. Shonts is being held . responsible. Concerning who this double is there is no hint. Tht suit against Mr. Shonts is brought by Frederick Hipsh, New York man ager of the Kentucky distillery, witl offices in the Flatiron building. "H< lives at the Hotel Langham, One ‘Hundred and Third street and Broad way. Mr. Hipsh. although not a mai of large wealth, has a comfortable income. He is ranked as a success ful business man. Extreme devotioi to his business caused the only dis ■ agreement he and his wife had unti he made a discovery on August last which led to a violent scene a Allenhurst, N. J., and culminated i: ’ a separation. 1 —a 1 IT’S A BUSY WEEK l I All Candidates for Demo cratic Nominations Are Out Hustling FRIDAY LAST DAY For the Payment of Assessments and Insuring Name on Ticket This will be a busy week for the candidates before the Democratic primary, as it means that the fine work of the candidates will have been done, and everything will be ready’ for the voting on Tuesday of next week. The list of candidates is growing daily, and it looks like an old fashioned Democratic primary would be held at the time mentioned. Friday is the last day for the payment of assessments, and that means that the list of candidates will be complete nt that time. But three voting precincts will be used, one each ward, and the places of voting will be at the Linn & Patton shop in the First ward, the court house basement in the Second ward, and at the Holthouse livery barn in the Third ward. The polls will be open the same as at a regular election, from six o’clock in the morning until six in the evening, and the rules governing former primaries have been adopted for the present one. The committee have a meeting this evening at which time arrangements will be completed for all the voting precincts. o THE FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON The funeral of Mary Frances Swartz was held this afternooif. the funeral cortege leaving the house at. half past one o'clock. Services were held from the Salem Evangelical I church and quite a large congregation! many of them her life long friends, ) were present to pay their respects to, I a good citizen. Rev. Roop had charge of the services and she was buried p in the cemetery at Salem.

NED 8080 TO WED TONIGHT Claims Young Lady from Oklahoma as His Bride. Ned Bobo left last night on the’ Commercial Traveler for Parsons, Kas., where on Monday evening, he will be married to Miss Myrtle Patterson, who is a resident of that city. Immediately after the wedding ceremony he and his bride will return to this city, where they will take up their residence witn Mr. Bobo’s mother, on west Cheery street. Mr. Bobo and Miss Patterson met at Okomulgee, Okla., while Ned was employed in that city last summer, and the wedding is the result of that acquaintance. Mr. Bobo is a job print- - er employed in the Banner office, j i and is a son of the late Judge Bobo, . of Decatur. —Bluffton Banner. > o— COURT HOUSE NEWS r e e d Eighth Complaint for Dig y vorce Filed by Mrs, Malinda Fronefield g e s :- CASES ARE DISMISSED r. l * Old Criminal Suits Are >r g Wiped Off Docket—A o ie Marriage License it 1:h Attorney Beaty filed a case whict le appears new on the docket, but is e old to our readers, being the eighti 1- of its kind in seven years. It is en m titled Malinda Fronefield vs. Willian le Fronefield, and the charges are ths s- same as heretofore, failure to sup >n port, drunkenness and cruel treats' ment. The couple was first marries til in 1896. Since then five cases foi 2 divorce were filed and dismissed am at twice decrees were granted, the par in ties remarrying soon afterward. L. H. Boknecht vs. Root township account SI,OOO, motion filed by de fendant to compell plaintiff to make first and third paragraphs of complaint more specific. )- Geneva Supply Co. vs. Malan T Sumption et al, account $200; demurrer to complaint filed. John W. MlcKean vs. Mary and Noah Loch, mortgage, appearance by Teeple for Henry Colter, one of def Ifendants; rule to answer. Bessie Cronin vs. Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette Co. et al, $50,000, answer filed, motion for change of venue granted and cause sent to Wells circuit court. National Bank of Commerce vs. Cardwell Box Co., et al. note $5,000; a answers and cross complaints filed by • each defendant; cause set for trial ; October 19. Fred Bracht and William Diehl et ‘ al. petition for drain, bond filed and f approved. ; i John Merkt, charged with assault ’ and battery, with intent, was discharged, the case being nollied. State vs. Mary Fravel. perjury, nolle proseque filed and defendant discharged. State vs. Litterer Lehman, forgery, continued by agreement, and recognizance bond continued. State vs. Curtis Johnson, burglary nolle proseque and defendant discharged. Real estate transfers: Fred Scheiman to Gilbert Stuckler, lot in Decatur $225; W. H. Noble to Fred Rep- • pert, 160 acres. Root township, $lO,I 400.

A marriage license was issued to Adam Redman, aged 29. a machinist I from Elkhart, Indiana, to Alma Bie- | berich, aged 25, daughter of C. D. F. 1 j Bieberich of Preble. I

> —vv : The Aid Society of the Christian (sOTm^Se^eral^o^th er church societies have not made any further arrangement yet, but they will give the sale . in a couple of weeks. Bear the fact in mind. *

Pries Two Cents

AN UGLY RUNAWAY Mr. and Mrs. George McManama Had an Exciting Experience Here ON SUNDAY EVENING Luckily Both Escaped With Slight Injuries—the Buggy Demolished An exciting runaway occurred Sunday evening and the escape of the participants from more serious injuirfes seems Mr 1 , and J Mrs. George McManama. of St. Marys township had spent the day with County Treasurer Lachot and family and started home about five o’clock. When they reached the G. R. & I. railroad crossing, the horse became frightened and whirled around. George jumped out, expecting to grab the horse and thus stop him, but he bej came entangled in the lines and was unable to do anything. He was dragged some feet before he could extricate himself. The horse kept on - westward, Mrs. McManama in the rig helpless, the lines dragging on the ground. At Tenth street she was thrown out and alighting on the macadam street was rendered unconscious. However she soon recovered . and aside from a few bruises on the a face was uninjured. Mr. McManama s also escaped with slight bruises. The 11 buggy was completely demolished before the horse stopped. Mr. and 11 ; Mrs. McManama returned to the Lae chot home and after a short rest, " I proceeded home in the Lachot rig. o d Saturday afternoon a farmer drivr j ing east on Monroe street was trau- . ,ing a wire behind him, which in some way was caugnt to the buggy. In front of the C. E. Hitesman store a >, man, while crossing the street, came - up with the rig, and when he ate tempted to cross the street, stepped - on the wire and got tangled up in it, and was dragged fifty feet, causing quite a good deal of excitement . along that thoroughfare. o AS SPECIAL JUDGE - Judge Merryman of this City Will Hear Blind Tiger Cases IN BLUFFTON COURT Suits Are Result of the Pinkerton Detective’s Recent Raid Judge C. E. Sturgis this morning appointed Judge ,1. T. Merryman, of the Adams circuit court to sit as special judge in cases against Manson Reiff in the local circuit court. The cases are those growing out of grand jury investigations of his cigar store on east Market street resulting in charges of illegal sales of liquor and conducting a place where liquors are sold without a license. Judge Sturgis gave as a reason that he does not act as judge in the case that he is I related to the defendant. There has been no time set for trying the cases and that will depend upon the convenience of Judge Merryman. Not until he comes here to take jurisdiction in the cases will there be any- ’ thing further done in the cases. He may not be able to hear them at this | term of jeourt. Prosecutor Secrest 1 said this afternoon that he thought the cases would come to trial this term.—Bluffton News.

1 _ ' 1 DR. COOK AT STAR THEATER I J B Stoneburner has arranged for the’ newest film on the market for /Merchants- Day, Wednesday of this week It is Dr. Cook’s recent and famous trip to the north pole. John Isays that's why it is so chilly here today, that the doctor is on his way here and is bringing a part of the pole with him. This film will be of interest to all. Show afternoon and evening. Five cents.