Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 243.

LOOKS LIKE THE TIGERS Detroit Starts Off With a Kush in the Fourth of the Word’s Series SCORE FIVE RUNS In First Four Innings While the Pirates Were Blanked Each Round Detroit, Mich., October 12.—(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Huddled together to keep warm, wrapped in heavy winter garments, and with the thermometer registering below freezing, fifteen thousand fans paid their admission and cheered each play this afternoon while they watched each move in the fourth of the world's series of base ball between Detroit and Pittsburg. The batteries are Mullen and Schmidt for Detroit, aigj Leifield and Gibson for Pittsburg. The game .started off like a good one, neither side scoring in the first inning. In the second Pittsburg was blanked, but Detroit scored two runs on hits by Moriarty, Jones and Stanage. Both (Continued on Page Two) ■o SENSATIONAL SUIT Miss Leota Ross Demands $5,000 from Homer Raudenbush of this City BREACH OF PROMISE Defendant is a Popular Young Man and fe Student in the High School Attorney L. C. DeVoss had filed a sensational suit in the Adams circuit court, in which the plaintiff is Miss I-eota ttoss, a daughter of Al Ross of this city, and the defendant is Homer Raudenbush, a high school student. The case is one wherein Miss Ross alleges that Raudenbush promised, to marry her and has now forsaken her and in which she asks for damages amounting to $5,000. The complaint recites that Miss Ross is nineteen years old, that early in the present year Mr. Raudenbush began paying her attentions, that he frequently met and walked with her on the streets of Decatur, called at her home, took her to places of amusement and to social events, and paid her such attentions as caused her to become deeply in love with him, that in the month of August they agreed to marry, and that under this promise Miss Ross allowed him to pay her many attentions that would have not been otherwise permitted. But Mr. Raudenbush proved fickle and has now declined to fulfill his promts.', though the plaintiff is stid wining so to do, wherefore this suit and the uecnand that he pay her the sum of money asked for her wounded affections. The young people are well known and respected. The Sunday school convention of Washington township, which was held in the city on last Sunday, elect, ed the following officers to serve during the coming year. They are president, Thomas S. Perkins; vice president, John F. Lachot; secretary, J. Chas. Brock; treasurer, Matt Kirsch: teachers’ training secretary, Howard Wisehaupt and primary secretary, Mrs. Artman. *

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

WILL AID THE HOSPITAL Emergency Fund to Help the Tuberculosis Hospital. ( k Indianapolis, Oct 12.--Governor p Marshall stated that he will consent to use a part of his emergency fund to aid in opening and maintaining the tuberculosis hospital, now in course of construction at Rockville, provided the committee of physicians selected by the Indiana State Medical Association at Terre Haute last week, succeeds in raising enough money by subscription so as not to make too great a drain on his fund. The governor did not say what amount he would be willing to give. The hospital will be completed, it is estimated, in April, but the general ! assembly failed to make any appropriation to operate the institution. In order that the hospital may not stand idle between the date of com- - pletion and the time that any appropriation which may be made by d the general assembly becomes available, the committee will seek to 1 raise the required amount by subp scriptions from physicians and from ►other public spirited citizens. HELD CONVENTION 3 Republicans Met at Court f House Last Night to * Name City Ticket * i 3 WAS WELL GREASED r » i Everything Went Along Smoothly—J. W. Teeple Named for Mayor i The Republicans held a mass coni vention at the court house Monday night for the purpose of nominating a city ticket. The meeting was called to order at 7:50 and twenty min- ( utes later it was all over. The session was smooth, in fact so smooth that it looked to an outsider as though some pre-arranged affair was being carried out. At the stated time Mr. Ferd bitterer, announced ■ that the city chairman was detained ’ by a very severe headache and asked who was wanted for permanent, chairman. Hon. R. S. Peterson was named by acclamation and W. A. Lower was elected secretary. The chairman without any iprelimmarj fuss or feathers, asked for nominations for mayor. Judson W. Teeple was quickly named and Mr. bitterer. moved that the nominations be clos--1 ed and the nominee chosen by ac- '■ clamation. It carried. For clerk T. I C. Corbett was named and Mr. blti terer made the same motion as before which 'again carried. For treasurer Earl B. Adams was nominated by acclamation, after Mr. bitterer, working over time, had again made the motion to do so. S. B. Fordyce and Jacob Atz were selected as nominees for councilmen at large, without opposition and the convention then broke ’ into three divisions while each ward selected a nominee resulting in Sylfester Peterson being chosen in the first, James Bain in the second and Erastus Fritzinger in the third. This concluded the business and the convention after hearing the reports from the wards, stood adjourned. -o RICHEST woman in the world 1 — New York, October 12—The New York Evening World today says that • E. H. Harriman left an estate of 1267,000,000 to his wWow, making her the richest woman in the world. The World declares this information , oomes from an intimate friend of : the family, and is authoritative. Aci ceding to this friend, Harriman was, ’ until a short time before his death, worth $300,000,000, but he gave $«,- I 000,000 to each of his five chi'dren and $3,000,000 to othe- relative, leaving $267,000,000 to his widow. ’ It is said Mrs. Harriman knew every business move of her husband, and will follow out his plans and policies to the letter in the handling of the vast estate. — _ o— — American Day was not observed in Decatur, except in the school ; i rooms. In Illinois and a number of J other states the day is a state holijday, and all business houses close.

DIED IN THIS CITY Mrs. J. W. Bowers of Allen County, Succumbed to Heart Failure FUNERAL THURSDAY The Services Will Be Held from the East Liberty U. B. Churcn A very sudden and sad death occurred in this city last evening when Mrs. J. W. Bowers succumbed to heart failure and within thirty minutes after making a complaint of distress, she was dead. She had accompanied her aged mother to Bluffton, and on returning on the eight o'clock Clover beaf was met by her husband, it being their Intention to drive to their home in Allen county, near Monroeville. She complained of a pain in her heart and instead of starting home drove to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Anna McDaniels on bine street, and after being assisted into the house she became unconscious and lived but a few minutes. The deceased had long been a sufferer from asthma and a weak heart, and at times suffered great pain, and the 'attack coming last evening was too much for her weakened condition. Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Elias and Catharine Smifh, was born in Monroe township Allen county, March 16, 1866, and was fifty-three years, six months and twenty-five days old. §he was married to J. W. Bowers December 21, 1872, also a resident of Monroe township, in Allen county, and they have happily lived there every since. Ten children with the bereaved husband mourn the loss and companionship of a most devoted wife and mother. The children are Mrs. Elnora Fisher, Mrs. Anna McDaniels. Mrs. Sarah Elida Ross of this city. Mrs. Minnie DeWitt of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Bessie Hey, living near Monroeville, and Miss Daisy Bowers, who is at home. The sons are Jesse, Will, Frank and Earl, two of whom also live in Fort Wayne. The funeral party left the city late this afternoon for their home near Monroeville, and the funeral will occur from there on Thursday morning, leaving the house at ten o’clock, the services being held from the East biberty U. B. church, of which the deceased had long been a devoted member. The services will be in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. W. bower, and interment will take place in the Brown cemetery. COURT HOUSE NEWS Jury Returns Verdict for Defendant in Case of Reed vs. Tague OUT TWO HOURS Judge Merryman Goes to Bluffton to Hear Blind Tiger Cases Today Viewers on the Fred Bracht drain, filed their report and the court fixed Monday, October 27th for the hearing thereof. Notice issued for William Gerber, Elijah Pease, Reuben Beery, Cassius Andrews, George Bright, Jacob E. Henchen to appear on that day. John R. Peoples et al vs. Robert W. Scott et al. quiet title, proof of publication of notice to non-residents filed. W. A. bower, admr. of the Cassius M. Daiiey estate, filed proof of publication cf notice of final report. Martin Kirchner, admr. of the William R. Kirchner estate, filed proof 'of final settlement, approved and distribution ordered. The case of the E. P. Reed Shoe company vs. Fred Tague, for an ac- ■ count of shoes, amounting to $175.80, which never arrived here, was concluded last evening, the attorneys on (Continued on page four.)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, October 12, 1909.

> HE cancelled the contract Any Contract with a Teacher Harboring Tuberculosis Is Void. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the I state board of health, has informed the state superintendent of public Instruction that according to the rules of the state board of health, upheld by supreme court decisions, any contract made between a township trustee and a teacher who is afflicted with tuberculosis at the time the contract was signed is null and void. The rules of the board provide [ against Mie employment of any teach, er so afflicted. The question came to the state superintendent from Montgomery county where a teacher holding a three-years license, contracted with a trustee for the present school year. Shortly after school ‘ began It became evident that the 1 teacher was afflicted with tuberculosis in dangerous form, and the pa- ' trons of the school demanded his ' removal. The teacher sought to col- ' lect his pay for the year because of ' the contract. The matter has been 1 called to the attention of the Montgomery county health official, who ’ has power under the law to prevent ’ the teacher’s retaining control of 1 the school. o_ • ROMANTIC WAGON • There is One in Washington Which Has Hauled the World’s Millions • A QUARTER CENTURY; i i Brings the Currency from Printing Bureau to the i U. S. Treasury i f ’ Visitors to Washington who have • their eyes open may see, once or twice day, a big closed wagon t drawn by three sturdy white horses ' drive up Fifteenth street and back ' up against the curb at one of the s entrances to the treasury depart- > ment. There is nothing especially • to distinguish this wagon from lots ‘ of others, except that thejse are us- ' ually two men on the front seat 1 beside the driver and two other men standing on the back step. But , when the visitor notices the number of packages that are taken off the. 1 wagon this extra complement of at-j ' tendants ceases to occasion comment ’ or surprise. It seems to be quite • natural, and the comings and goings of the wagon attract little attention. Yet there is a romance about that van which reaches out to every man, i wt>man and child in the country who | has spent a dollar bill or any other amount in currency for that matter, In the last twenty-six yearn For every piece of paper money that has been issued in the United States du. - ing that time has first ridden in that wagon, and the total equals all the money there is in the world today. A irecent calculation produced some rather remarkable comparisons. For instance the report says: “It I would take a string of hay wagons twenty miles long to hold the money that has passed through this old van. i If the packages were piled one on - top of the other they would make a monument fifteen miles high. If the bills were placed end to end the string would be 250,000 miles long, or equal to ten times the distance around the world. They would carpet a road fifty feet wide from New York to San Francisco. Their weight j jn coal would supply the average , family with fuel for 250 years. Had ( an expert begun counting this money in the days of Columbus he would 1 have been half through when Pres- I ident Taft was inaugurated.” It is j because of the value of its loads that ( the old wagon is accompanied by . four men, two in front and two behind, besides the driver. Uncle Sam 1 is not taking any chances on a < ‘‘hold up” even if the driv: 13 so | short. Each of those men is heavi’v , armed and ready to tackle any man, < or party of men, that should attempt a “wild west” display in the neigh- ' borhood of the wagon. — —o — Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Busche and two children returned home on last Saturday from Hanover, Germany, where they have been for the past two months visiting with relatives. Besides being at Hanover they also visited several other places of interest an dreport their trip a most delightful one.

MOTOR BOAT TRIP St. Marys Men Will Start Soon on Journey of Nine Thousand Miles FOUR IN THE PARTY Will Launch Boats at Twin Lakes, Mich., and Go to Cuba for Winter St. Marys, Ohio, Oct. 12.—A motor boat voyage of 9,000 miles, beginning on the St. Joseph river, across the southern end of Lake Michigan,>down the Illinois and Michigan canal and Illinois river to the Father of Waters, emerging at New Orleans and crossing the Gulf to Yucatan, then to Cuba and Florida to spend the winter before returning byway of the Atlantic seaboard, the Hudson river, Welland canal and great lakes, the start to be made on the 15th inst, by ‘Claude Rockey and I three in two boats, is the' consummation of nine years’ planning and expense on the part of Mr. Rockey, whose local relatives have full faith in his determinatioa and abiity to carry out his intentions. The boats which will be launched at Twin Lakes, Mich., are regarded as the highest development of the marine builders’ science. The largest craft is the one with • which Mr. Rockey has won two cups from Chicago, competing in one race with thirty-six competitors. It was built by Charles Binkley, now- with the United States navy at Seattle, Wasn. The frame is of selected oak, the remainder of the wood being imported Spanish cedar. It is thirty feet long and easily carries a ton. The engine was built especially for Mr. Rockey by a firm in Milwaukee. The motive power is iu charge of Walter Hanley, an experienced gas engine man. The second boat is for utility purposes. It is nineteen feet in length and carries a four-horse power engine, has an eighteen-foot sail a»d is fitted with oars. Both craft are provided with air chambers and are practically unsinkable The larger one has a speed of twenty knots per hour, but will be confined to twelve knots to permit the smaller one keeping pace. The crossing of the open sea from New Orleans to Yucatan is regarded as the only dangerous portion of the voyage. A WEDDING SUNDAY Ernest F. Danner to Wed an Indianapolis Girl Next Sunday BOTH ARE POPULAR They Will Live in Indianapolis Where Former Has Good Position Mr. Ernest F. Danner, a former resident of Adams county, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Danner living south of Decatur, who for the past two years has been employed as bookkeeper with the Big Four railroad at Indianapolis, is to wed Miss Mildred Cragun of that city. Miss Cragun is skilled in the painting of scenery and fine china, and is a society lender. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Cragun, 1308 north Capitol avenue, Indianapolis, on Sunday, October 17, at 4 o’clock p. m Immediately after the wedding the young couple will leave on their honeymoon for Detroit, Mich., and the lakes, where they will spend a few days. On their way home they will stop off with Mr. Danner's parents for a short time, and then return to their already furnished home at 29 | wet 30th street, Indianapolis, where they will be at home to their jnany j friends.

THEY WILL BOOST HIM J. B Merriman a Candidate for Grand Junior Warden. The Bluffton lodge of Odd Fellows will send a larger bunch of delegates to the grand encampment at Indianapolis next month than ever before in their history , for the reason that they will have a candidate for Grand Junior Warden, in the person of Representative J. B. Merriman. The latter was placed in nomination at the last grand encampment meeting and the local lodge has been doing some hustling for him, and have many pledges of support. The local lodge will be entitled to two representatives, while members who have attended as delegates before this and therefore are members of the Grand Encampment will be entilted to vote. The Bluffton lodge only once before this nominated a member for office in the grand encampment, Col. J. B. Plessinger. He was almost sure of election, but died suddenly of heart disease before the state meeting was held. —Bluffton News. o THE CENTRAL BANK It’s a Question That Will Excite Much Interest Here AFTER GERMANY That Country Has Been Discriminating Against Our Meats Washington, October 12. —The signs multiply tnat tne central bank issue I in due time will become a question I of acute interest throughout the United States. Twice before the government has gone into the banking business. The first bank of the United States was chartered for twenty years in 1791, George Washington signing the act of incorporation. The second bank of the United States was authorized by congress also for twenty years in 1816. Congress did not renew the charter of either bank. The first went into liquidation in 1811 and its banking house and most of the assets whic i were in Philadelphia, were bought by Stephen Girard, who at once started the Girard bank, which still does business, having come under the national bank act in 1865. The second bank, fought to its finish by Andrew Jackson in 18361, was removed to Philadelphia and finally wrecked. Both United States banks went to pieces on the rock of politics. Neither had actual power to control the currency of the country, but both exerted an influence which reduced depreciation to a minimum, and according to the majority of historians, maintained better currency conditions than could have existed without them at that time. Washington, October 12.—-The new tariff board will, by direction of the i president, take up shortly the alleged discrimination against American meats by some of the European countries, particularly Germany and France. It develops that Alvin H. Sanders, of Chicago, editor of the Breeders’ Gazette, was made a member of the board because he has given years of study to this particular branch of the government’s trade relations. Treasury officials who are in a position to know what instructions have been given the tariff board say that in all probability the max-1 imum tariff rate will be applied to Germany and France unless they revoke some of the regulations which now discriminate against American meats. It is pointed out that in Germany, particularly, under existing i it is nearly impossible for American meats to find entry. o • NEW RULE FOR BISHOPS 1 Rome, Oct. 12.—New rules affecting - the bishops throughout the world ? wore made known at the Vatican. ■’ These prescribe that the bishops 1 shall be allowed two years following i their appointment in which to ar- , rang e the canonical visitations in i their diocese. Five years after that j 'they must satisfy the obligation of I 1 visiting the pope, such visits to be re. < Ipeated once in every five years. h

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HE STILL IMPROVES The Condition of Mr, Anson Van Camp Grows More Hopeful HE RESTS WELL The Serious Complications Are Submitting to Treatment Chicago, October 12. —(Special to the Dally Democrat) —The condition of Mr. Anson Van Camp still continues to improve, and Dr. Moyer the great nerve specialist, already states that it is his belief that he will get well, providing, however, that nothing new develops to retard recovery. The patient and his serious complications have submitted to treatment, he rests well, and every indication at this Ume points to recovery. It will be several days yet, however, be. fore any definite news can be given, but his many friends at home will no doubt rejoice in the bright outlook. The treatment afforded at the St. Elizabeth hospital seems to have been the one thing needed and it is hoped that the good news will continue and that Mr. Van Camp will recover his old time vigor. MONROE COLUMN George H. Martz, Well Known Pioneer, Taken 11l Suddenly THE MAYER STORE Will Open Next Saturday— Other Items from South of Here George H. Martz was taken suddenly ill last Saturday night and has been very sick since, but today is somewhat improved. The many friends of Mr. Martz here hope that he may speedily recover from his illness. The stock of goods of J. J. Mayer have arrived and will be arranged this week. The store will open next Saturday, Oct. 16. Mr. Mayer invites the public to call and inspect the line of goods he handles. There are many bargains for you. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mills of this place died Monday morning at 8 o’clock after an illness of one day. The babe was one week old, and being the only son in a family of five girls, makes it very sad for the parents, and sisters and friends. The funeral was held today. Miss Susie Kerke, of Hammond, was a guest at the Lewellen horns last Saturday evening while enroute to Berne, where she will make a short visit with Dr. Ray Knoff and i wife. Charley Gross, of the Becker Paper ' Co., of Fort Wayne, was here Monday looking after the interests of his flrm. Misses Harriet Mayer and Anna Smith were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Macy at Decatur j— o — FUNERAL HEID THIS MORNING The funeral of little Robert Sylvester Mills was held this mora’ng at Monroe from the house. Rev. McNary of the Methodist church had charge of the services. Interment was made at the Ray cemetery.