Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 242.

VANCAMP IS BETTER Well Known Decatur Man Shows Some Signs of Improvement from Illness NOT OUT OF DANGER Slept Sunday for First Time Since Leaving Home— Yields to Treatment Chicago, 111., Oct. 11.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—There is a marked improvement in the condition of Anson Van Camp, the Decatur business man, who is a patient at the St. Elizabeth hospital in this city and under the care of Dr. Moyer, the noted specialist. He is, however, far from being out of danger and his condition is reported as being verv grave. Dr. Moyer says the patient is yielding nicely to the treatment and this is the cause of the renewed hope among Mr. Van Camp's friends. Sunday he slept soundly, this being really the first rest he has enjoyed since he left Decatur. Dr. Moyers says that if these favorable symptoms continue, they may be able to save him. Rest, of course, is the greatest medicine in a case of “nerves" and the fact that he has slept naturally shows that he is better. o HAD A GOOD TIME Sunday School Convention Was Greatly Enjoyed Yesterday HELD TWO SESSIONS The Afternoon and Evening Programs Were Both Good The Washington township Sunday school convention held in this city yesterday proved to be one of the most pleasant occasions of the kind ever held in the city. In the afternoon the program was carried out at the German Reformed church, the principal addresses being given by Rev. Imler and Jesse Rupp, the latter being president of the Adams County Sunday School Association. Both addresses were good and were appreciated by those in attendance. The evening session was at the Presbyterian church and a much larger membership were present and there, too, the exercises were interesting, especially to those engaged in Sunday school work. The principal address of the evening was by Rev. Powell and the other features of the program were all thoroughly enjoyed. Much interest and new life has been engendered into the Sunday schools of the county by the county organization, who have been exceedingly industrious during the last year or two. LITTLE ROBERT MILLS DEAD Robert, the eight days old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mills, of Monroe, died yesterday morning after an illness of but a day or so. The parents are heartbroken over the loss of theit* little one, and are trying to consol* themselves the best way they can. The funeral services will be held tomorrow and the interment will be made at the Ray cemetery.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

QUITE A REAL ESTATE DEAL W. J. Dustman Trades His North Dakota Farm, 1 Hale & Markley today turned the , largest farm deals ever made in Weils county at one time, in which they sold to William J. Dustman, county treasurer of Wells county, three of Wells county's best improved and finest farms, being the Odus, Elmer L. and Charles W. Hastings farms of 100 acres, four miles southeast of Bluffton, and 160 acres and 120 acres seven miles northwest of 1 luffton, at and for the aggregate I sum of $37,950; and selling to Odus, 1 Elmer L. and Charles W. Hastings ; the William J. Dustman 620 acre farm at Hannaford. N. D., at and for the sum of $37,500, which farm is said to be absolutely one of the very finest and best farms in North Dakota, and known all over the country in which it is located as a high ' class farm, and one of the best improved farms and most beautiful homes in the state, and in fact a banner farm. —Bluffton Banner. < o i 1 HE HAD TO SETTLE Schmuck, the Picture Show Man Was in Some Trouble at Auburn A FILM ATTACHED Combination Was Using the Films and Paying But One Rental for Them I C. B. Schmuck, who conducted a picture .show here for two years, j had a touch of trouble at. Auburn a day or two ago, the story being told in the Courier as follows: C. B. Schmuck, proprietor of the Lyric theater, found himself in an embarrassing predicament Thursdav when a representative of a Chicago ■ film exchange company, accompanied by the Auburn constable, appeared at his place of business and demanded a film of a war scene which Mr. Schmuck had advertised extensively over the city. The Chicago man secured a writ of attachment for the film. He stated while here that Mr. Schmuck and several other proprietors of moving picture theaters in this vicinity had been using the fl’ms for one rental and that at times the films wouud not be returned to the house for two weeks, being passed around among those who had combined. The film in question was traced to Auburn. A summons was read to Schmuck for his appearance in 'Squire Green’s court next Monday to answer to a damage suit, but subsequently the matter was settled. J. B. Verhoever, attorney for the M. & N. P. Picture Association, of Chicago, was here for several days doing detective work relative to the matter and was assisted by Attorney P. V. Hoffman, of Auburn. Schmuck it is said, has been showing licensed pictures in a non-licensed house and this will not be tolerated hereafter. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE The teachers’ institute of Bobo, was held at that place on last Saturday and a very interesting time was had by those present. A number of questions in their line were discussed and everything passed along nicely. The place selected for the next institute was Pleasant Mills and the date set for November the sixth. Miss Bertha Bunner and Mr. F. Colter en- ; tertained the teachers at their home i for dinner, and the members wish to thank them for their generosity. i o— —— FUNERAL HELD TODAY The funeral of Mr. Jacob Crist was ■ held today from the house at onethirty o'clock. Rev. Payne of the Methodist church officiated and interment was made at the Pleasant Dale cemetery. A large number of ’ his friends were present to pay their , respects to one whom they so much • loved. i o — — • Fr. Wilken went to Cincinnati this » where he will make a . few days' visit with friends. He will • pay a visit to Carl Crawford and II Lawrence Ehinger, who are studying jfor the priesthood.

IS AN EMBEZZLER Young Man Known Here is Under Arrest at Saginaw, on That Charge TYPEWRITER AGENT Worked Here Several Weeks a Year Ago—Flew High in Michigan Town It's a queer fact that about every typewriter agent who has been locat. ed in this territory for two or three years past has gone wrong. Os course there are some who are all right, but It looks as though they were the exception. The latest to get Into trouble Is R. L. Ormsby,who came here from Indianapolis, about a year ago and sold the new No. 10 I Smith-Rremlei' and also placed a number of the old style at a reduced price. He located headquarters at Fort Wayne, where he remained for a few months, when he reported to the police that a machine had been stolen from his office. His company got wise and the young man was let out. Now word comes from Saginaw, Michigan that he is in real serious trouble. When he was here he had with him a young lady whom he presented as his wife, but in Michigan he seems to have traveled single. A dispatch says: Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 10. R. L. Ormsby, a dashing young man from Fort Wayne, Ind., who made a brief hit as a social character in Saginawlast summer and was exceedingly popular with the fair sex, disappeared a month ago short in his accounts it is alleged, with the Royal Typewriter company, of Detroit, which he represented locally. The police : tracked him to Indiana and Chief , Kain has just received word that , Ormsby has been captured in Indian--1 apolis and will return without extradition to face an embezzlement charge which the company has brought against him. He is accused of embezzling S9OJ and it is said typewriter customers here also have claims against him. While here Ormsby boarded at the Vincent hotel and generally made his evening sally in high hat, pearl gloves, patent leathers and a cane. IS INTERESTING Case on Trial Before a Jury in the Adams Circuit Court Today REED vs. TAGUE Question is Who Owned a Shipment of Shoes Which Never Arrived Here A stubbornly fought case is on in the circuit court today, it being that of the E. P. Reed company of Rochester, New York vs. Fred B. Tague, to collect an account of $175.80, the demand, however, Including attornew fees, etc., being $250. The case is a peculiar one. The account in question is a part of a $1,400 order given in the spring of 1907, and when the box supposed to contain this particular shipment of oxfords arrived, it contained only the empty cartons, ever pair of shoes having been stolen enroute. The railroad company was no doubt responsible, but the question seems to have been whether the Reed company or Mr. Tague owned the shoes at the time and which should file the claim and proofs. It is a pretty law question and the suit is very interesting, each step being fought by the attorneys. A represen. tative of the Reed company is here to give their side of the case. The cause was called for trial at nine olclock this morning, a jury being selected in a short time. There are 1 only a few witnesses and the case will likely go to the jury this afternoon. The attorneys are A. P. Beatty for the plaintiff and Peterson & Moran for the defendant.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, October 11, 1909.

TALK ABOUT VOTING MACHINES Some Fear That It May Be Tabooed In thia State. Is the use of the voting machine in ' Fort Wayne and in Hooslerdom generally in danger of being tabooed? That is a question that has suggested itself recently to a number of local attorneys as a result of a recent decision of the Ohio supreme court, in which it holds that the use of these machines is unconstitutional. Its decision is based upon that clause of the constitution which provides 1 that all elections shall be by ballot. The use of the voting machine, it asserts very emphatically, does not comply with this constitutional provision. The Indiana constitution contains exactly the same provision and almost every local attorney whose attention has been called to the case ' admits that while such a contingency would be regrettable, any pestiferous 1 individual who felt so inclined might ' be able to “start things, ’’ not only in the way of knocking out the use 1 of the machines, but in contesting 1 the election of candidates who had ' been named for office in an election in which the machines were used.— 1 Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. — o STILL UNDECIDED t, Losers in the Big Van Wert i Fire Have Not DeterI mind as to Future AWAIT ADJUSTING 1 r By the Insurance Men — ' Public Still Appalled by the Disaster The Van Wert Bulletin said Saturday evening: The lapse of forty- - eight hours since the fire fiend wiped • out the Bonnewitz and the Jones & Tudor blocks has brought little 1 change in the general situation. The ‘ public is still appalled over the magnitude of the loss, curious crowds 1 continue to gaze upon the ruins and r give expression to their feeling of L regret and sympathy. The fire fighting force of the city was withdrawn from continuous service at the site 1 i this morning and now gives attention I to the smouldering mass of debris only when their services are needed to quell an occasional fresh outbreak. Several lines of hose are still r stretched from the adjacent hydrants to the outer edge of the great piles of brick in the streets, in order that streams may be promptly played upon the burning mass, resting in the basements. (The stricken firms, so > far as the future is concerned, have ‘ not attempted to arrive at definite decisions and will not consider that phase of the disaster until after the I insurance adjustments have been made. Representatives of the insurance companies, according to telegraphic advices to their local agents, will begin to arrive here Monday, and, it is expected, that all such representatives will be on the ground ‘ not later than Tuesday. Watchmen have been placed at the sites to ' guard the property and to keep back , the anxious crowds, many of whom, . small boys, venture too ' near for safety, and thus unnecessarily endanger their lives._ The fireproof safe of the Jones & Tudor 1 Co. was opened this morning and its ■ contents were in an excellent state i of preservation. The only damage to the papers and other valuables being that of a slight, water soaking. > o—- • TO INSPECT SOME ELEVATORS . Decatur Gentlemen Are Visiting Other Cities Today. C. G. Egley of Berne, J. S. Bowers I and John Niblick went to Hunting--1 ton, Delphi and several other places ’ today to inspect elevators with a r view of getting pointers for their > new elevator which they will build ? and that at once, on the ground oc--5 cupied by the Niblick elevator for so ; many years. They want to begin the j building at once and to have it comj plete within sixty or ninety days. - They have not decided as to who will - be given charge of the business, but I that will be attended to by the time they get ready for business.

POLITICAL DOPE Something About Politics the the State J Capital ’ I THE PLATFORMS ! . I 1 The Democrats to Take No 1 Reactionary Stand on Local Option Indianapolis, Oct. 11. —The lines are being formed for a battle royal within the Democratic ranks in Indiana, which may have an epochal significance in the annals of that party. The issues have been joined so quietly that the general public has hardly been aware of the pending struggle, but the indications are that the warfare will soon become acute! and the lines of demarcation sharply drawn. In a nutshell the situation lis this: Governor Marshall has accepted the leadership of an element of the Democratic party in Indiana which proposes that the party in its state convention next spring shall take no reactionary stand on the liquor question, but shall omit any declaration pledging the party to the repeal of the county option statute and pitch the battle on the twin issues of the tariff and extravagance in federal administration. Literally speaking, this is the bone of contention, but the battle lines cover a much broader field. Governor Marshall represents an element of the, party which chafes under the supremacy that Thomas Taggart and his brewery allies have long exercised over the Democracy of Indiana. It has galled the governor to hear the Democracy in this state spoken of as “the whiskey party'’ and "the beer party." He has had no open quarrel I with Taggart and the brewers, but for months it has been increasingly apparent that there was a widening breach between them. The governor would not, if he could, make the Indiana Democracy an annex of the Auti-Saloon League but he does believe thoroughly in law enforcement and he has a deep and abiding conviction that the brewers should keep their fingers out of politics. o — — “APPLE KING” HERE J. M. Zion of Clarks’ Hill, Was in the City a Short Time Today FIFTY ACRE ORCHARD He Made the Race for Governor for the Independence League J. M. Zion the Indiana apple king, and a man who devotes much time to horiticulture ,was here for a short time today, his mission being a business one. At present he is selling to the trade his pure cider vinegar, and one of his cards is that in 1906 he made and sold seven thousand gallons, all natural apple vinegar. Mr. Zion owns a 320 acre farm at Clark's Hill, fifty acres of which is orchard. In 1904 he received a gold medal for his apple exhibit at the St. Louis fair, he having there one hundred and twenty-three varieties, the largest apple measuring nineteen inches in circumference. Some of our people will perhaps remember Mr. Zion as being the candidate for governor on the ticket put out in this state bv the ' Independence league, and during the canvass made this city on his automobile trip through the state. Mr. Zion is deeply interested in hor- ■ ticulture and in having needed leg- > islation for its improvement and ; betterment. He is quite an enter- • taining talker and doubtless understands the many theories of sue ■ I cessful horticulture, and expects some time to see the state government take up the subject in a legislative way. I

THEY LIKE THE MOTOR CARS Officers of the Bluffton, Geneva <&. Celina Traction Co. Like Them. L. C. Justus, Sam Bender and A. G. Briggs, members of the Bluffton, Geneva and Celina Traction company, who went to Marlon yesterday to make a trip on the motor cars in use on the Clover Leaf express themselves as highly pleased with the showing made by the car, which is something after the pattern to be used on the new line out of this city to the east. MJr. Justus said this morning that they made 53 miles In the motor car in one hour and 45 minutes, or at the rate of about 30 miles an hour and this included a stop to wait a few minutes for another train at Kokomo. Mr. Justus says that the cars undoubtedly will prove a great success on the purely traction line, where there will be no steam trains to conflict. The new cars to be used on the BlufftonGeneva line are also to be of a later and better style than the one in use on the Clover Leaf. The local traction company is buying the latest pattern cars.—Bluffton News. IN NEW YORK CITY The Campaign There to Afford Much Speculation HEARST ACCEPTS He Will Address Mass Meeting at Carnegie Hall New York, Oct. 11—Already enlivened by two adroit Tammany tickets and the re-entrance of William R. : I Hearst as candidate for mayor, the local political campaign will be I marked with a cresendo this week which will be maintained until the grand finale on election day, Nov. 2. The speechmaking, which began last week with Democratic and Republican ratification meetings, will become general tonight, when Hearst will appear before a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall to formally accept the nomination of his new’ party and to outline the platform upon which he will make the race. The latest “issue" of the campaign is Tammany’s kidnaping, or attempted abduction at least, of the title “Civic Alliance” and the emblems thereof constituting the new party designation under which the Independents had rallied to the support of Hearst. As a result of this move the Democratic ticket may appear under the emblem of three different parties on the official ballot—the straight Democratic, the old Independence League, recently captured at the primaries and lastly the new "Civic Alliance.' While Hearst may yet qualify under an altogether new party name, the “coup,” if successful, ultimately will give Tammany a three to one advantage in the matter of publicity on the ballot and will doubtless cause some confusion to voters in the Tigers interest. A. R. BELL CAUGHT GOOD ONE — Brought Home a Monster Pickerel That Defeated Charles Colter's, Alex Bell is happy, in fact he is the best feeling fisherman we have struck this season. A few days ago Charles Colter of the Smith & Bell company was taking up some lumber at Pleasant Lake, and having an hour or two to spare, went fishing in Mud Lake. He captured a twelve pound pickerel, and a beauty, too. To prove it be brought it home and the other men around the Smith & Bell office have had no peace since, as Charlie in 1 sists on telling them about his catch ’ whenever they are together. Satu”- ’ day Mr. Bell happened to strike 3 Pleasant Lake and also decided to f try the famous Mud lake. He fished ? all afternoon with poor success and s was within a hundred feet, of his '• landing place ready to give it up, - when he got a strike that made him - set up and take notice. After a half I hour's battle he landed a whopper ■ pickerel that actually weighed thir- • teen pounds and a quarter. He brought the fish home and now it’s all off with Charlie and A. R. is doing the blowing. It’s A. J.'s turn next and you might as well get ready for a good one.

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WALLOPED THE TIGERS Pittsburg Pirates Take Third Contest in Tiger’s Own Home Lair IN DRIZZLING RAIN The Nationals Played Sensational Game and Hit Hard in First Inning Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—ln a drizzling rain, but with a crowd that taxed the capacity of the park, the Pittsburg Pirates and the Detroit Tigers opened the world’s series here at 2:30 this afternoon, the third game of the series, with one scalp to the credit of each. The players, confident, and with grim determination, chased out over the field for practice at two o'clock. Judge Phelan of this city, just before the game, walked up to the plate and presented Pitcher Summers, who leads the American league pitchers this year with a handsome bill book containing one hundred and twenty-five one dollar bills, the gift of his admirers here. ' Summers, the cold weather man, was sent in to pitch for Detroit, but before he got to going good had to be re(Contlnue don page 4.) PASTOR RESIGNS Rev. O. W. Bowman Resigned as the Pastor of the Geneva Circuit t OLD PEOPLES’ DAY There is Much Doing at the Hustling Town of Geneva Geneva, Indiana, October 11. — (Special to the Dally Democrat) —The resignation of Rev. O. W. Bowman as pastor of the Geneva circuit of the M. E. church, came as a surprise to his many friends and supporters here. He has with entire satisfaction filled the pulpits at the Ceylon, Zion Chapjel, Hartford and New Corydon I churches, where he has done good work, and where he was well liked. He has been offered a charge in Nebraska at a good church and an in- . crease in salary, but he has not fully ( decided to accept it. r Sunday was old peoples’ day at 5 the M. E. church, and their magnifi- '■ cent church was crowded to the '• doors. The church was beautiful in fk its decorations, red, green and maple n p leaves playing an important part in this feature of the entertainment. To h these were added pots of ferns and ’- flowers, and the American flag. Eveiv e one on entering were presented with o a button hole bouquet, to wnich d was attached a scriptural passage, 1 land after the sermon by Rev. Graves i Ihe announced that the oldest one in , |attendance was to be presented with 'a beautiful bouquet of carnations. I Mrs. Hawkins, the mothef of Mrs. Iw. W. Briggs, and aged seventy-two years, captured the carnations. James Rice of Decatur,was here today buying horses for the sales stables with which he is connected. < Con tinned on page 4.)