Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 12 November 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 270.

FATALLY STABBED Charles Keiper, of Van Wert, Will Die from Injuries Received EARLY THIS MORNING Tramp Tailor Stabs Him with Pair of Scissors— Both Known Here Van Wert, Ohio, Nov. 12. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Charles Keiper, proprietor of a soft drink establishment, on Fourth street, in this city, was fatally injured early this morning, when he was stabbed with a pair of scissors in the hands of an old tramp tailor, named M. F. Price. Keiper and a pal named Jajolce Allen were drinking heavily all day yesterday and last night and early this morning went to the Pennsylvania depot, to take the 2:40 train to Fort Wayne. Arriving there they found the train fifteen minutes late and the only person about the station was the old tailor. They began jollying him and threatening and followed him into the street. He was badly frightened and believing so he says, that the men were going to rob him, he went to hie kit and took out a pair of large -scissors such as are used by tailors. When Keiper approached him again, he stabbed him with the scissors, the points entering the right side, just above the groin and inflicting a terrible wound, three inches wide, puncturing one intestine on the right side and two on the left. Kekper staggered away, while the old man boarded the train and proceeded to Fort Wayne. Allen fearing that his partner was badly hurt began a search for him and a half hour later found Keiper in his room over his place of business. He was lying on the bed, partially disrobed and holding a double handful of intestines which had worked out through the terrible incision. It was two hours before medical aid could be obtained and it is doubtful if his life could have been saved anyway. As it is he has not the least chance to live and his death is expected at any moment. Price was arrested at Fort Wayne this morning giving himself up as soon (Continued on page 4.)

ANOTHER ARREST Henry Alexander the Janitor at the Bank Now Under Arrest IS QUIET TODAY The Funeral of the Dead Cashier Will Take Place Tomorrow New Albany. Indiana, Nov. 12. (Special to the Daily Democrat)— Henry Alexander, the janitor at the Merchants National Bank, was ar’ rested and is in jail, his arrest being caused by the many and conflicting stories told about the attempted robbery of the bank on yesterday afternoon. The funeral of the cashier, J. H. Fawcett, who was killed will occur tomorrow. Many stories are afloat regarding the attempted robbery. Miss May Zimmerman, a clerk in a laundry in front of which the automobile stopped, said that two men sat in the machine for several minutes in a most seemingly friendly way. Employees of the bank say that they heard Alexander calling for a revolver as he ran into the back room at the end of the hall, and a moment later the shooting began. o — Misses Vida and Gladys Bowers were In Fort Wayne yesterday .where the later underwent an opera :ion tor the nose and" throat. The operation was very successful and Miss Gladjs is feeling much better.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

HOW IT’S DONE IN CHATTANOOGA Man Who Stole a Dog Was Twice Arrested. Things are still on the move at ChaTtanooga. The other day a fellow came over from Rockford and stole a dog and H. B. Cowan the undertaker, was appointed deputy constable to go over and arrest him. UndertakerConstable Cowan loaded up his paper and started after the offender. He found him, arrested him, and then on the plea that he had some business up town permitted the fellow to go with the promise that he would return in a few minutes. He did so but only after he had gone before a local justice and plqad guilty and paid his fine then came back and said "you can go home now little boy. its all over.” Cowan came home but his ire was up so the next day he went back and got him again because he had the warrant and did not know what else to do with it. —Willshire Herald. PETERMEYERDEAD One of the Wealthiest and Best Known Citizens of Near Vera Cruz WAS KNOWN HERE Had Lived in this Section of Indiana for More Than Seventy Years Peter Meyer, aged 78 years, died at his home a short distance south of Vera Cruz shortly after 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Death was due to, heart trouble and dropsy with which he had suffered for some time. His condition has not been considered serious until the last few days when on account of his advanced years his complete recovery was pronounced as doubtful by the physicians in attendance. Mr. Meyer was one of the pioneer citizens of Wells county and was well known to nearly every resident of any length of time. For several years he has resided on a farm about one half mile south of Vera Cruz, which he purchased a number of years ago. A few months ago he disposed of a part of this land to the milk condensing company, formed of Beyne men. Having reached a ripe old age and being in poor health Mr. Meyer had started advertising for a farm sale with the intention of selling off his farming implements and retiring. The sale was to have been held next Tuesday. The deceased was a native of Switzerland coming to this country with his parents, Peter and Margaret Meyer when a small boy. The family settled in Starke county, Ohio, where they resided about one year, and whence they moved to Wells county. The father died at the home of his son in the seventies. Peter Meyer .worked with hks father until he was twenty-one years of age, then taking up the carpenter trade. After completing the learning of this work he moved to Vera Cruz, where he married Miss Mary Sauers. To this union was born one child, the child and mother both dying in a few years later. In 1860 Mr. Meyer was wedded to Miss Elizabeth Mosure and to them were born eight children. Albert, Jonas, Mrs. William Frauhlger, Mrs.’ Philip Frauhlger and David, of the firm of Meyer & Klopfenstine, of this city. In the year of his second marriage Mr. Meyer purchased the farm where he made his home til called by death. He was a member of the German Reformed church of Vera Cruz. —Bluffton Banner. o— HE BOUGHT AN INTEREST ■ I ! I Will C. Colchln Purchased an Interest in the Nidlinger Store. The Snow agency closed a deal today which transfers to William C. Colchln a half interest in the Nidlinger candy kitchen and fruit store in the interurban building, the new firm to be known as Nidlinger & Colchln. The deal has been hanging fire for several days. Mr. Colchln is perhaps better familiar with this line of trade than any other man in the city, and after being idle for a short time he is now going back to his first love. This place has proved a very popular one, and will so continue under the new management.

RED CROSS STAMPS Ladies of this City Have Begun the Campaign for Sale of Them FOR XMAS TIME Receipts are Used in the Battle Against the Great White Plague Not only in Decatur, but all over I Indiana women's clubs, social organizations. health societies, committees pected that a goodly fund will be availother forces are pushing the sale of Red Cross Christmas stamps before the public. As Christmas draws nearer the public interest in the stamp becomes keener and the sales grow larger. The indications are that the stamps will be as necessary to develop genuine Christmas cheer as will Christmas gifts. The general interest is much more pronounced this year than a year ago, when the public only in some of the larger cities could obtain the stamps. During Christmas time last year, Indianapolis people bought 180,000 of these Red Cross stamps and pasted them on letters and Christmas parcels which were sent to friends. In Richmond the sales reached $265, or 26,500 stamps at one cent each. Crawfordsville bopght $283 worth of them: Connersville bought $137; Elkhart, $93; Fort i Wayne. $127; Muncie, $157; New Albany, $93; Princeton, S6O; Soqth Bend. $92; Terre Haute, $95. A total ! of over 400,000 stamps were sold in j this state. The people are not only buying the stamp for the clever idea and Christmas cheer which centers in it, but each stamp sold is contribution of one cent to the Red Cross warfare against the white plague in Indiana. The indications are that the sales will be much heavier than a [year ago. The money will be sent to Noble C. Butler, of Indianapolis, who is president of the Indiana branch of the American Red Cross, and when the funds from the whole state reach him early in the new year it is expected that agoodly fund will be available for Red Cross work. The Red , Cross hopes to sell 2,000,000, or $20,]ooo worth of stamps in Indiana, and , scores of organizations and individuals I who are promoting the sales in cities i and towns are making an energetic effort to go ov t this amount. WILLBETONIGHT An Entertainment by the “Dons” at the Presbyterian Church Tonight WILL BE EXCELLENT The Program as Arranged for the Event—Admission Fifteen Cents "The Dons” will give an entertainment at the Presbyterian church this evening and it promises to be one of the best ever offered to the Decatur public. They 'w|ll be assisted by Miss Nora Del Smith, the well known reader and you are sure to enjoy it if you go. The program will begin at eight o’clock and will be rendered as follows: “When Day Fades,” (Parks) Quartet “Sweet and Low’' (Barnaby) Quartet "Herve Riel” (Browning) Miss Smith "Until the Dawn’’ .(Parks) Quartet ’“LaSerenade” (Ad Herman) Don , Bujke. i"For God So Loved the World” fMcGranahan) Quartet. Intermission. “Fishing,” Quartet. “Tommy Atkins,’- (Kipling) Miss Smith. "Po’ Little Lamb.” (Dunbar-Parks) Quartet “Violin Solo” (selected) Don Burke “The City Choir,” (Parks) Qaurtet "Good Night,” (Parks) Quartet The entertainment promises to be one of unusual interest and should be given the support of the public. Admission will be fifteen cents. .

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, November 12, 1909.

THE EVANS ARE HAPPY AGAIN I Story of Their Estrangement it No* Denied. The Bluffton Banner said: Mr. and Mrs. Freman Evans, who it was claimed had become estranged after the sale on the farm on which they lived just across the edge of the county in Adams, are living peacefully together in Lima, 0., and there has been no domestic trouble at all. The story which was circulated and published in a Bluffton paper to the effect that Mrs. Evans had left her husband, taking with her SSOO and the notes from their recent sale is emphatically denied. Mrs. Evans did go to Lima first but her husband followed. She purchased a millinery store there and Mr. Evans went as soon as he got his business straightened up about the old farm. They are now living in that city, the wife operating a millinery store and the husband following his former business. CONVERTING THEM Senator Aldrich Talking About That Central Bank HE SAYS NOTHING About the Tariff or the Insurgents Who are Criticising Him T Omaha, Neb., Nov. 11—That Senator Aldrich is becoming rapidly westernlzed hit friends .will be convinced if he wears his new clothes when he i< turns to Washington. A recent addition to his wardrobe is a pair of ' fringed leather breaches such as ' cowboys wear and which they call “chaps.” They were presented to him here today by former United States Senator Manderson, and the presentation formed the merriest feature of a luncheon at the Omaha' Club given by Luther Drake, a bank- ] ! er. Mr. Aldrich did not make ex- , plieit promise to wear the chaps, but ] he accepted them with evident pleas-, I ure, and in doilng so made a speech I I which showed that it was possible ! for him to give attention to other I things than financial questions. In ] addition to hits informal speech at the Omaha Club in the afternoon,] Senator Aldrich delivered an address ] tonight before the Commercial Chib, j At the night function former Senator Milliard presented the chairman of the monetary commilssion. Mr. Aldrich had been preceded here <by Congressman Fowler, of New Jersey, until recently chairman of the house committee on banking and currency, who was represented to have severely cr’ticised what are supposed to be some of the Rhode Island senator’s banking ideas. The hope had been that Mr. Aldrich would give some attentibn to his opponents, but those who entertained such hope were at least partially disappointed. He did take occasion to refute the idea that his efforts as a legislator are purely in the interest of the eastern states, but he did not mentiton any of his critics by (name. He asserted his efforts had ever been to serve the interests of all section and all classes. As the night meeting Senator Aldrich again went over the work of the commission to date and agailn outlined the labor before it, appealiug, as at previous meetings, to the bankers and the business men to 'study the question of banking and I currency reform with the view of .affording intelligent assistance to the commission and to congress in framing remedial legislation. He dwelt upon the national character of the work, declaring any change must be in the Interest of the entire country not only as a matter of fair play, but las a matter of necessity. Indeed he 'declared that it would be almost, If not quite impossible, to formulate a banking law that would work wholly for the benefit of any one section. o— ■ NIECE OF P. K. KINNEY OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS Gertrude, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Goldner, of Fort Wayne, and niece of Mrs. P. K. Kinney of this city underwent an operation for appendicitis on last Wed- • nesday. Mrs. Kinney who is at Fort Wayne, sent word home that her condition today was about the same, and her chance for recovery is hopeful.

CHANGE IN SEATS How the Supreme Judges of the United States Are Now Arranged IN THEIR ROOMS Seated Next to Chief Justice According to Their Years of Service The recent death of Associate Justice Peexnam, leaving one of the places on the supreme bench vacant, has resulted in a re-arrangement of the seating of the other justices of the highest tribunal of the nation, at : Washington, D. C. With the exception of the chief justice, the members of the supreme court of the United States are seated in order of their seniority—the oldest member in point of service to the right of the chief justice, who occupies the center seat, and the next senior member to the left of the chief justice, and then alternatiely right and left. For years Justice. Harlan has had the honor of being the senior member of the court and sitting on the right hand of Chief Justice Fuller. He has had 32 years service, more than the chief justice, who has only been on the bench 21 years. Justice Brewer has likewise held the next most coveted post, as the next senior member, seated on Chief Justice Fuller's left. He has served 20 years. Justice White, who has been on the bench 15 years, occupies the seat to the right of Justice Harlan. Justice Peckham, who had served 14 years up to the time of his death, used to be seated to the left of Justice ( Brewer. Under the new seating arrangement, his chair is now occupied by Justice McKenna, who formerly sat to the right of Justice White. Justice Holmes is I moved from his old place to the left of Justice Peckham to the seat next on the right to Justice White, where 'justice McKenna formerly sat. His .old chair is now occupied by Justice Day, who former'y had the seat on the ] end furtherest from the chief justice on the right. Justice Moody, when jhe returns to court will find that his j seat from now on will be in Justice .Day's old place. Justice Moody was the junior member of the court, and formerly sat in the seat on the extreme left of the chief justice. This seat is now vacant. The new assoc.late justice whom President Taft will select will be seated there.

THEYADDANOTHER Steele & Weaver Have Purchased Third Five and Ten Cent Store AT UNION CITY Also Own Similar Stores in this City and Lagrange —Are Successful Steele & Weaver, owners and proprietors of the Racket store in this city, have added another to their list of estaßllshments, a deal having been closed yesterday whereby they became the owners of a big stock at Union City, Indiana. They are now arranging the stock and will open for business by Saturday, with Mr. Melvin Welker in charge. They hdve been negotiating for this store some time, and are elated over the bargain they secured. The firm also will do the buying for the three stores. They also have a deal on for a similar place in Michigan, but it Is probable that they will not close' this deal at present. They have- been very suc-

cessful in the line and expect to continue expanding. The purchase at Union City was the best one they ever made, buying the stock at their own price, and they will no doubt make a .nice piece of money out of It. Mr. Steele who has been at Union City all week will be home for Saturday s business. •

GAULT IS IMPROVING lYoung Man, so Badly Injured at Wabash Will Not Lose Leg. William Gault, a former Adams (county man, x who was so seriously in- | jured at the Big Four railroad yards at Wabash several days ago, is still improving very slowly but is doing as well as could possibly be expected. The blood poisoning is well under [control of the physicians at present. The physicians now say there will be no danger of having to amputate the limb unless something unforseen sets in. William seems to be in the best of spirits and has a hearty handshake for every one calling on him. His friends are all hoping for the best for him and are anxiously awaiting his ‘presence amongst thers| again, but it will probably be a month or more before he can leave the hospital, and wHI not be able to go back to work again for some time.

IT WAS A SUCCESS Deep Waterways Meeting at Fort Wayne Was a Success MANY SPEAKERS Several from Decatur Heard Shively and Adair Last Evening Several Decatu,r people were at Fort Wayne last evening and heard Senator Shively, Congressman Adair and the other speakers at the Deep ’ Waterways Convention. The Prin- | cess Rink was crowded and the speakers were enthusiastically jcheened all during their short addresses. They were loyal to the , project and those of the speakers ’ who were members of congress promised to support an appropriation I for a temporary survey, but Congressman Adair warned them that success could only be attained by getting the ear and the support of , Speaker Cannon, who is sure enough ]a Czar over everything that congress does. The two days convention was [declared to be a success in every .way, and the word is given out that , plans were made to convince congress of her duty in the appropriation necessary for the survey mentioned. A lobby will now be organized and maintained in Washington all during the coming session of congress, and many Fort Wayne people will be conspicuous thereabouts and will dream of deep waterways by the way of Fort Wayne during the months to come. Among those from Decatur who [attended the session last evening were C. C. Ernst. C. H. Elzey, E. X. Ehinger, Senator Tyndall, C. S. Niblick, J. C. Moran, C. J. Lutz and L. G. Ellingham.

THEY MADE APPROPRIATION Wells County Will Have No Local Option Election. The county commissioners.who met this afternoon at one o’c’ock, at the same time the county council met for the purpose of making a formal entry of record of the appropriation of SSOO to be oeered as a reward for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Fred Haag, also had an additional appropriation which they asked for, namely the appropriation of SI,OOO for use in improving ditches. More money has been found' necessary for ditches i than the funds previously allowed, and the commissioners think it probable will be necessary to ask the• -more again later. The matter of calling an option election, or for asking the county council for an appropriation for that purpose could not be taken up today, even had such ’been the desire. The commissioners . had not made any requisition for such an appropriation and to secure it at ! this meeting notice that such a re- '■ quisition was to be asked would have; • had to be filed five days in advance., stated one of the commissioners.— Bluffton

1 o — ’ r The “Fiddler and the Girl” which 1 i was staged at the opera house last i evening, was witnessed by a medium t . sized crowd who seemed to be welLa ■ pleased with the performance. The f i piny was written by Eugene Moore, ’ E who has a large number on the road. ]ii

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HAVE NEW OFFICES President Taft Has Both Room to Work and Receive His Friends * HAS A BUMPER CROP Indiana Has the Greatest Corn Crop in Her History Washington, November 12.—President Taft occupied for the first time the most spacious executive offices yet provided for a chief executive of the United States. The day he left Washington for his summer vacation the old executive offices were turned over to workmen, who have added a new addition which will give the president and his staff twice the amount of room they formerly had. The new addition will also give the president more privacy, and, at the same time serve to expedite the business of callers. As late as the first Roosevelt administration the executive offices were located in the white house proper, in which building the president and his family also lived. Following the Spanish-American war the business of the government so increased iu volume that its effect was felt at the white house, and it became necessary for the convenience and dignity of the chief executive to find new office quarters. After many suggestions had considered the low lying east and west wings of the White House were built, and President Roosevelt toward the end of his first administration took possession of the western end of the west wing for his executive offices. From the outset it was plain that the office space was not only too small, but that the arrangement of the offices was about as bad as could be devised. The general reception room immediately inside the main entrance afforded practically the only means of ingress and agress. The room was small and drafty, poorly furnished and ' wholly inadequate for the purpose to which It was put. The waiting room for persons having appointments with the president was a small compartment immediately outside the president's door which had a seating capacity of about ten persons. Under the circumstances the president was compelled from the first to use the cabinet room for the reception of (Continued on page 2.)

A DAYS VACATION Is Given to the Pupils of the South Ward Building in this City ROOMS DISINFECTED Arthur Roop Sick, Trouble Pronounced Scarlet Fever —Care is Taken Arthur Roop, son of Nathan Roop a student at the south ward school, took sick Wednesday of this week, and last evening his physician pronounced the ailment scarlet fever. The secretary of the board of health . and the school board, desiring to I use every precaution, to prevent the spread of the ailment, decided to . i , close the south ward school today and . .to disinfect the rooms over Sunday. , The school will reopen Monday. 1 There have been two or three similar cases in the south part of the city and while there is some dispute as to

i whether or not the disease is the real ? scarlet fever, the board and those in . 1 charge will do all in their power to prevent a spread of same. The rooms lof the school were disinfected about ! two weeks ago, and It is likely that this will be done each week for a while. There is no occasion for alarm and the board will at all times announce the exact condition of affairs in this regard, so that parents may feel assured that all possible is being done.