Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1909 — Page 1

olunie VII. Number 249.

I FUNERAL I THURSDAY I Remains of the Late Anson Van Camp Arrive at Home on First Street I LODGES IN CHARGE I Beautiful Services Will Be Mark of Respect to Well Known Citizen The Chicago & Erie train, bearing I the remains of Mr. Anson Van Camp, I and the family and relatives who I were with the well known man during I the last hours of his life, arrived last I evening at 9:42, the train being forty I five minutes late. They were met I here by a large number of relatives, I lodge brothers and friends who esI rorted them to the family resident-? j on First street. Today the gloorn I cast over our city by the death of I this esteemed man, continues. It fl seems impossible that one so useful, ;t so widely beloved, and in only middle I age should be taken away. His death I occurred at the St. Elizabeth hospital ■I at 12:30 Monday morning. During | the preceding twenty-four hours he H had been unconscious, the pains j which had racked his body for weeks, “I gradually subsiding until death claim, ed him. About the bedside were |l grouped the faithful wife, the children t and others, whose ever effort to profl long the life had been fruitless. Con. I corning his life there is but little I to add to what has been told. He was born near Maysville, in Allen I county, January 13, 1860, and was forty-nine years, nine months and live days old. He had lived in this I city about twenty years and was known all over the county as well as other places over the state. Funeral Services. The funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon, and Mayor France has issued a proclamation that all business cease from two to three During Thursday morning from nine o'clock to 12:30, the remains will lie in state at the home on First street, where those desiring to may view the body, as the casket will not be opened at the church. The guard of honor which will be in charge will consist of four members from each of the lodges to which M f r. Van Camp belonged—the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. At one o’clock there will be a private service at the house followed immediately by the Elks ritualistic work. The remains will then be conveyed to the Evangelical church, accompanied by the lodges in a body. At the church the public service will be conducted by the Rev. Jacob Wise, of Fort Wayne, presiding elder of the district, assisted by his brother, the Rev. D. O. Wise, local pastor. Following this, the Knights of Pythias will give the ritual ceremony. At Maplewood cemetery where the body will be laid to rest, the service. will be in charge of the Odd Fellows. Returning from the cemetery, the lodges will march to tne Van Camp home and then to their respective halls. The honorary pall bearers will be the mayor, councilmen and other city officials, while the serving pall bearers will be two members from each of the orders. 1 John T. Myers will have charge of | the line of. march for the orders, , while each order will also have a marshal for the day. ( SHOW LAST EVENING PLEASED The show "The Girl Thats All the Candy" which was staged at the , opera house last evening was greeted | by a large audience and were more < than pleased. It was a show of I pleasure and from the first scene to the last curtain drop received applaus from the people. They were all clever actors and actresses and gave their part in such away as to give com- i plete satisfaction. The costumes, I beautiful scenery and electrical effects were much appreciated. The i troupe is a good one and Manager : Bosse is to be complimented.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

THE CITY CAMPAIGN AT BERNe' Democrats and Republicans Have a Ticket in the Field this Fall. The Berne cmpaign for town officers is now on. The Democrats named their candidates some time ago, they being Chauncey Lautzenhizer for clerk, Fred Bentz for treasurer and William Tucker for marshal, and for councilmen Phillip Schug, Fred Wechter and Fred Eichenberger. The Republicans held a convention a few days ago and named the following candidates: For clerk Lawrence Yager; for treasurer Frank Amstutz; for marshal, John W. Marbaugh and for councilmen L. G. Btoughton, Rev. John F. Bockman /ind Samuel Lehman. The contest has not assumed a very serious phase so far and the excitement will probably not be of very large proportions in the two weeks' campaign. COURT HOUSE NEWS This Was One of Those Quiet Days at the Adams Circuit Court Room ONLY ONE ENTRY Seven Cases Set for Next Week—New Typewriter at Auditor’s Office The day was a very quiet one In the Adams circuit court room, and the regular morning session was all over by 9:30. Flint Stone Company vs. Calvin Miller et al, upon leave of court the plaintiff filed its amended complaint. Rule against defendants to answer. A new typewriter, a twenty-four inch record machine, has arrived at the county auditors office from the Elliott-Fisher Co., of Harrisburg, Pa. It is the best made and will greatly assist the county officials In their work. A representative from the factory will arrive in a day or two and arrange the machine for operation. While there is not a case set for trial this week there are seven for next, and it promises to be a rather busy one. On Monday the ArbuckleRyan vs. Marshand case is set for issues; Tuesday Droege vs. Harding; Wednesday, Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. W. G .Spencer; Friday, Bank of Commerce vs. Cardwell Box Co.; Bank of Wren vs. Cardwell Box Co.: Shoop Medicine Co. vs. Stout; Saturday Faylor vs. Studabaker, on motion for new trial. .. I 11 A marriage license was Issued to Israel B. Stoneburner, aged 26, operator at the G. R. & 1., and Beatrice B. Billman, aged 22, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Billman of this city. Both parties are well known and popular. A license has also been granted to Frank A. Lichte, aged 33, a farmer of Washington township, to Mary Viola Ulman, aged 24, of Root township. .. o THE MEN’S CJ-UB MEET TONIGHT At the Presbyterian Church for ReOrganization for the Winter. The Men's Club of the Presbyterian church will meet at the church parlors at eight o'clock this evening for the purpose of re-organizing for the winter and it is the desire that every male member of the church attend this meeting. During last year the club did excellent work in assisting the church and each of the meetings was a complete success socially and otherwise. The boys in charge for this year have some delightful ev. enings mapped out and the club promises to start off with the proper amount of enthusiasm. NOTICE All members of the Odd Fellows are requested to meev at their ball at twelve-thirty o’clock Thursdn* noon. Preparations to attend the funeral of brother Van Camp will be* made and all asked to be there. * WALTER JOHNSON.

SAYS IT’S A BLUFF Attorneys for > Mr. Krauss Are Ready to Fight Accusations Made ASKS INVESTIGATION Would Like for Grand Jury to Investigate the Charges Made Hartford City, Ind., Oct. 19. —Speak, ing for his client, William R. Krauss, Attorney Bruns stated this evening that the divorce suit recently filed by Mr. Krauss would not be dropped as a result of the sensational charges made by Mrs. Rae Krauss in the cross-complaint filed by her attorney, but that It would be pushed vigorously and would be granted at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Krauss, he says, considers the claims of his wife's attorney as a bluff, pure and simple, and invites an investigation of his actions before or after the murder of his daughter, the same to be conducted by Mr. Hindman or any other who may desire to do so. Mr. Krauss, he says, insists and demands that the present grand jury make a thorough investigation of the charges made by Mrs. Krauss in her crosscomplaint, down to the minutest detail, as he wants a complete exoneration and is opposed to there being any grounds left for suspicion. Mr. Krauss says he does not believe that Mrs. Krauss will have the courage to return to this city and take the witness stand to swear to the story which her attorney claims to be true, but which is branded as a fabric of lies by the accused man and his attorneys. The attorneys for Mr. Krauss state that he is amply prepared to prove that Mrs. Krauss is ' the murderess of his daughter and that he is prepared to prove that the insinuations cast upon him are false. Mr. Burns states that not only are the charges made in the cross-com-plait false, but that Jay A. Hindman, who prepared and filed the crosscomplaint, is aware that they are false. Mr. Krauss expects to secure a divorce and to be fully exonerated of having any part in the murder of his only daughter. — oWHY IT’S CHEAPER How a Large Rubber House Explains the Advanced Price on Its Goods IN FIFTEEN YEARS Show How It Requires Less of Farmers Produce to Buy Now Than Before Large rubber manufacturing houses take a new way to explain to the consumer of rubber goods that although the price of rubber is now much more expensive than it was fifteen years ago, yet to the farmer who is the largest consumer it is really cheaper. Here is the method the rubber man explains his problem. In 1897 a first class duck quality pair of boots cost the merchant $2.24 and retailed at $3.00. Now this same pair of boots which cost three dollars fifteen years ago and today five dollars is actually cheaper than it was then. In September of that year of 1897 he received 26 cents a bushel for corn, 18 cents for oats and barrelled pork sold, at 3% cents a pound. So he would have to sell 11% bushels of corn or 16 2-3 bushels of oats or 75 lbs of pork. Now in September of this year the price he received for his corp, oats and pork he can buy this $5.00 pair of boots for 8 bushels of corn or 8 bushels of oats or 40 lbs. of pork. Fifteen years ago rubber was as low as it ever was, but at the same time the farmer was receiving very low prices for his grain. But today he is receiving good prices for his goods and can better afford to purchase a , five dollar pair of boots than he could a three dollar pair fifteen years ago.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, October 19, 1909.

************** * * * BUSINESS TO CEASE * * —• * * The death of Anson Van Camp, * * of this city has caused the sincer- * * est sorrow throughout the com- * * munity. He was a progressive * * business man, a city official * * whose integrity, ability and hon- * * esty of purpose made for him a * * record of which any man might * * well be proud. In his death De- * ..* catur has lost one of her very * * feest citizens, and that due honor * ■ * and respect may be paid to his * * memoryJ request that during the * * funeral services to be held * * Thursday afternoon, at two * * o’clock all business houses in :< * this city be closed, and that all * * business cease for one hour from * ■ * two to three o’clock. * , * C O. FRANCE, Mayor, ,************** RECORDERS OFFICE Has Been a Busy Place During the Past Day or j Two in this County i , I MANY TRANSFERS r And Officials are Busy— J 1 Other Papers Filed In- > eluding the Routine ; The past day or two has been an • unusually busy one at the county " .recorder's office and officer H. S. Steele and his deputy, Miss Wherry, , have been kept everlastingly at the routine work necessary to dispose of • same. Articles of incorporation of the De- ■ catur Motor Car Co., with a capital > stock of $150,000 have been filed at 1 the county recorder's office. Real estate transfers: M. R. E. ' church to Julius Heichert, lot 227, f4o>; Samuel Steele to Ira Steele, tract in St. Marys township, $1.00; Fremont Bowers et al to Rufus Ram- ' sey et al, 40 acres in Union township, ' $3,100; Estella B. Peters to Theresa Cblchin, part outlot 25<J, ;Decatur $1,650; Eli Meyer sheriff to Otto Brandt et al 65 acres Jefferson townI ship, sheriff's deed, $2,017.63; Fre--1 mont Bowers et al to Emanuel Hart, 20 acres Union township, $200; Lucretia Hawkins to Fremont Bowers, I tract in Union township, $1,200; Fremont Bowers tract in Union town, ship $1,200; Ira Steele to Frank L. Masters, 40 acres in St. Marys town - ship, $3,500; John Gerber to Jeff Gerber, 20 acres in French township, S9OO. Besides these there were ; recorded a number of liens and mort. gages. —— WILL LIVE IN THE CAPITAL CITY Governor Marshall Will Practice Law There. Indianapolis, October 19 —There was considerable talk yesterday on the question of whether Governor Marshall could be induced to make u speech before the close of the campaign. Some time ago it was said that the governor would make a speech provided Senator Beveridge got into the campaign for the Republicans. The governor yesterday in discussing this matter corrected this impression. He said that Senator Beveridge’s getting into the campaign for the Republicans would not necessarily mean that he would make a speech for the Democrats. It would depend, he said, on the kind of speech , made by Senator Beveridge. The gov. ernor will not speak in the city campaign unless there is an attempt to drag the state administration into the contest. The governor does not hesitate about speaking in the Democrat. 1c campaign, because he does not ' think he will continue to be a resident of Indianapolis. He said yesterday that, when his term -as governor has ■ ended he* will begin the practice of law in Indianapolis and will continue i to make his residence here. Incideni tally he remarked that he expected . to make a great deal more money i practicing law than he does as governor. I

RANKS THINNING Forty-Eight Thousand Veterans Dropped from Pension Rolls EXPENSE OF LIVING Causes Army Officers to Ask for More Pay Washington, Oct. 19. —Death's invasion of the thinning ranks of war veterans caused 48,312 names to be dropped from the pension rolls last year. Os this number 32,831 were i survivors of the civil war. The total 1 loss to the pension roll from all causes was 51,581. The government paid out in pensions in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $161,973,-■ 703, which is the largest amount, disbursed for pensions in one year The report shows these facts: Number of pensioners at the beginning of year, 951,687; number of pensioners added to roll, 46,088; pensioners on roll at close of year, 946,194, a net decrease of 5,493. Survivors of civil war on roll, 593,961. Commissioner Warner explains that the increase was due principally to the large number of pensioners placed on the roll under the act of Feb. 6, 1907, granting sl2, sls and S2O to survivors of the war with Mexico and the civil war, on reaching the ages of 62, 70 i and 75 respectfully. The increase is also due in part to pensions granted under the act of April 19, 1908, to widows, without regard to their pe- ’ cuniary condition, and to the increase ' from $8 to sl2 a month of certain ’ widows, minor children and helpless minors. The pensions of 202,577 widows, minor children and helpless minors were increased by this act. I Washington, Oct. 19.—1 n making recommendation for an increase in salary for government clerks, Gen. Charles H. Whipple, paymaster of the army, points out that one of the ’ prominent mercantile agencies of the country recently has reported that since 1896 there has been an increase of 49 per cent, in the cost of living expenses. Consequently the burden ’ heavier on the salaried employes. No change has been made in salaries of clerks in his office since 1870. > o THE FIRST SMOKER Democrats Will Give One at Their Hall on Thursday Evening this Week PROGRAM IS GOOD Able Speakers Will Talk and There Will Be Plenty of Entertainment If you are a voter, if you are a citizen who is interested in the future welfare of Decatur, if you are a Democrat, you should not fail to attend the fir,st smoker of the season to be given by the Democratic committee under the supervision of the city chairman, James P. Haefllng, at the hall over the Star theater on Thursday. evening of this week. You will have a good time, if nothing else and you are sure to hear some interesting speeches. The program will be such that interest and please you. Henry Lankenau will preside and there will be speeches by several of the well known Democrats, including Henry > Krick, John Moran, John Tyndall and . Dan N. Erwin. It will be eld faSh- . ioned and every voter is urged to t come out and enjoy the event. Aut other similar event will be given and • the boys will do all they can to make 3 these affairs successful and of benefit f to the voters who attend. The prob- ? lems of interest to taxpayers and to - each citizen will be fully discussed, ! thus giving you the opportunity to go to the polls and vote with a thorough understanding of the issues. Be (there Thursday evening.

I PUTTING GAS AT VILLA NORTH IA Part of Bluffton Now Getting Artificial Gas. Jack Moynihan, erstwhile of this city, but who now claims Decatur as his temporary residence, came to this city today to arrange for connecting Villa North with gas. The lines have been laid as far as the suburb and now arrangements are being made by the gas company to give the people living there gas. A service line will be laid along the road, which will be connected with the main pipe in the center. There will be a two inch regulator on the pipe running from the main line. The fact that the company is not in this city yet will give the people of Villa North the benefit of all the gas they want. The connections will be made within a few days.—Bluffton Banner. THEY ORGANIZED Decatur Furnace, Foundry and Machine Company Elect Officers A GREAT CONCERN Twenty Thousand Dollars Capital and It is All Paid in The Decatur Furnace, Foundry & Machine company is the name of the new company that has taken over the holdings of the Decatur Furnace company and will continue the business with a new life. The capital of the concern is twenty thousand dollars all paid in, and they propose to get into the business and make the concern one of the best of the many in the city. They will deal in every conceivable thing that can be made out of soft iron and will thus make the machine feature a part of | their business, as it is a part of I their name. The galaxy of business and financial men at the head of this industry warrants the prediction now that the other maufacturing concerns pf the city will have to go some, if they keep within gunshot of the Decatur Furnace, Foundry & Machine company. The officers and directors are J. S. Bowers president, Dyonis 1 Schmitt vice Resident, E. Fritzinger manager and treasurer, L. A. Graham secretary, G. L. Guilfoyle and P. W. Smith. That list of successful business men means much, as it indicates that they will never permit this man. ufacturing concern to do other than succeed. Decatur is fortunate m having such men and in having them at the head of one of their manufacturing institutions. —o NOVEMBER OUTING MAGAZINE Dr. Woods Hutchinson’s article, “Bringing the Outdoor Indoors,'• is the leading feature of popular interest in the Outing Magazine for November. In t,his Dr. Hutchinson has some trenchant things to say regarding the right and the wrong ways employed by people to get good air into their houses. His suggestions are of considerable practical value. Mr. Walter Camp, probably the chief authority in the country on matters pertaining to football, contributes the first article of a series, by him, entitled "Heroes of the Bridiron,” a vivid look back at the chief football personalities of the last generation. Other features of importance are: "Taking Care ol Your Own Car,” by Robert Sloss; “Building up the Country by Rail,’ by Edward Hungerford; “In Southern Quail Fields,” by Todd Russell; ‘The I Fanny Side of Football," by Georgs I Jean Nathan; "Southward with the . Birds,’’ by E. P. Powell; “Fall Fishing in the Atlantic Surf,” by E. P. Rhead, 1 and “On Mediterranean Shores,” a fascinating glimpse of Algiers, by Al. ’ bert Bigelow Paine. Two unusually I good short stories are 'Eupnemia or (the Lingering Youth." by Emmet F. Harte, and “The Man Who Rode Purgatory,’ ” by Charles Aideu Seltzer. For sale at city news stand. Mrs. John G. Miller returned from Fort Wayne, where she visited with her daughter, Mrs. George Wiley,who has been quite sick, but is much better now. 1

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GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. William Edge Celebrate Their Fiftieth Wedding Day IN THIS CITY TODAY Respected Couple Surrounded by Family and Friends Enjoy Occasion I Fifty years ago today, in the little Methodist church at Mutual, Ohio, occurred the wedding of Miss Lucy A. Adams, daughter of Reuben and Sarah Adams of that place to Mr. William Edge, of Clifton, Green county, Ohio. It was a happy event and was followed by a big dinner at the home of the bride’s parents. Today the bride and groom of 1859 celebrated their fiftieth anniversary of that eventful day or their golden anniversary. To but few people is this privilege allotted and this highly respected couple appreciating that fact delight also in the knowledge that they are in fairly good health and that the half century during which they have been companions, have been unusually delightful. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Edge located on a farm near Piqua, Ohio, where they lived for many years. They came to this city sixteen years ago and have since lived on north Fifth street. They have many warm friends here, all of whom hope they xnay continue in the happy company of each other for years to come. Two children, Mrs. M. V. B. Archbold, of Fort Wayne, and W. A. Edge, of Springfield, Mo., were here today to assist in making ■ the affair a success. At high noon a sumptuous dinner was served, the dining room table being covered with the same cloth which was used by the bride’s mother when she spread the feast at their wedding celebration. The guests today included besides the son W. A. Edge, his wife and children, Mrs. Archbold, husband and sons, Mrs. L. H. Carpenter, stepmother of Mr. Edge, from Spring, field, Mo., Mrs. Jane Hall a sister of Mr. Edge, from Piqua, Ohio, and a number of other relatives and a few intimate friends. The house was decorated in amost attractive manner in honor of the occasion and Mr. and Mrs. Edge were the recipients of many valuable and beautiful presents. The Democrat wishes to add best wishes to those of the many .friends, for many happy (years to come. DRILLING DEEP FOR OIL Hardison 4. Company of Geneva. Testing Out for Oil. Hardison & Co., of Geneva, who hold leases on a field one and onehalf miles square, southeast of Rodkey, are drilling a test well on the Homer Steed farm, two and one-half . miles southwest of that place. Soon i after entering Trenton rock gas was ’ struck affording a heavy pressure but ? the drill was sent on deeper and is » now nearly 300 foot in the rock. Some k ' oil accompanied the flow of gas but f J the deeper the well is drilled the bets I ter the showing for oil. It is the fn>f I tention to drill 400 feet in the rock '■ 'and If a good flow of oil results the field will be rapidly developed.—Portu land Sun. —o— ~ a DIAMOND NECKLACE STOLEN 0 I — J New York, Oct. 19.—1 t became • known tonight that a diamond necklace valued at $10,900 and a ring set with four diamonds disappeared last month from the workshop of Tiffany & Co. on Fifth avenue. The necklace had been sent to the shop for repairs and was placed in cate of the ue«d jeweler in the workshop. While out for luncheon he left the jewels in a box, and w hen he returned the necklace was missing. The employes were rounded up and searched, but no clew developed. The riug disappeared in like manner a tew days later.