Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 287,

FOOTBALL ACCIDENT Menno Augsburger Had His Right Cheek Bone Crushin Collision Yesterday. WAS AT LINN GROVE Lad Was Taken to Bluffton Where a Successful Operation Was Performed. Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 3. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The operation on young Menno Augsburger was performed here yesterday afternoon and was a very successful one. Drs. Severin and McKean did the work and the boy was taken home last evening. Instead of cutting in through the cheek as was at first thought necessary, the doctors made the incision through the mouth. The bones which were found to be badly crushed were worked back in their proper places and it is now thought Menno will recover and that no scar will be left to mar the face. However, it is possi- % ble that some complication may yet arise to cause him trouble. Menno Augsburger, the fifteen-year-old son of Moses Augsburger of Linn Grove was fearfully injured in foot ball practice at that place during the noon recess yesterday. The boys were practicing and two teams were lined (Continued on page 2.) THE JOLLY WIDOW Splendid Cast is Arranged for the Pythian Sister Benefit Show. *■** n NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Dr. Fred Patterson is the Leading Man. But Many Other Good Ones. The ladies in charge of the home talent play to be given next Mondaj evening for the benefit of the Pythian Sisters, who will use the proceeeds for the purpose of furnishing their part of the new Pythian home, are getting along nicely with the ticket sale. However, there will be arrangements made that all may see the big entertainment, “The Jolly Widow," a four act comedy, written to please the masses and if you haven’t bought a ticket, don't fail to do so. The cast as arranged will be: The Honorable Gussie Awlmondeley —Dr. Fred Patterson. George Fane —O. L. Vance. Rafael de Rivola—Frank Wemhoff. Hawkins—Jesse Helm. Beatrice Fane—Miss Kate Rumfelt. Liz—Miss Vera Ehinger. Jane —Miss Ada Murray. Leisy—Virginia Pratt. Mrs. Treosyrocattrer — Mary VanTromp. There will be plenty of good specialties between the acts and then not be a duU moment during the evening. Among the features will be the appearance of the High School ons > Mr. Albert Sellemeyer and Mr. ..esse SellemJeypr in cornet and trombone solos and duets, and other local favorites. Mrs. William Scherer and Miss Jessie Dickinson of Monroe left here yestjerday afternoon enroute for * ew bon, Ohio, where they were called to the bedside of the latter s mot ur w is not expected to live but asm

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FUNNIEST OF THEM ALL. , “Charley's Aunt" Tonight With Its Screaming Laughter. Decatur will be given a big production of what is recognized by compe tent critics as the funniest play ever written when Our Own Stock company from the Majestic theater at Fort , Wayne comes to this city this even- ’ ing, in “Charley's Aunt." There are comedies in profusion, but none of them have ever been able to approach the record mark set by this riot of laughter that is one continuous scream from first to last. It is not I presented by the ordinary road companies because the production is en tirely too big for the average dramat ic organization. It Is carefully pro--1 tected by stringent copyright, and calls for artistic talent of a very high order. It scored the biggest success in the long list of Our Own Stock company productions, and its screaming situations ensue when a crowd of col ( leges boys in desperation at the failure of a chaperon to appear press one i of their number into service to impersonate “Charley’s Aunt” during a dinner which they are to give to their 1 sweethearts. Mr. Jones will be seen in this role, and it is the biggest tri- • umph of his eminent career as a comej dian. The play is entirely wholesome and clean, and of the same high stan . dard which has characterized other productions by this sterling company. ; SOUNDS A WARNING 1 3 County Auditors Must Not 3 Buy Their Duplicates Ahead. t THE STATE PRINTING t j. W. B. Burford of Indianapolis Will Continue as 1 State Printer. 1 3 • Indianapolis, Dec. 3. —William A. Dehority, chief accountant of the (state board of accounts, has repeated I his warning to the county auditors of the state not to place order for tax duplicates to be made up in 1910 uni til the form to be selected by the board has been received. It has been reported to the board that a number of auditors, fearing that the new forms would not be read in time have placed orders with the- county print- • ers for books. “The state board will have the new form ready in plenty of time," said Mr. Dehority, "and any » auditor who purchases another book ' must do so at his own risk, as he has been propery warned. Work cannot properly be begun on the duplicate until after March Ist, ds the hook must show all the real estate transfers during the twelve months pre--5 ceding that date. It must also show r the value of assessable property on i that date, hence cannot be correctly made until after the final meeting of f the county board of reviews in June. 1 Some of the auditors, I understand, ? begin work on the duplicates as early . as January, but they cannot do so i with any degree of certainty. • Indianapolis, Dei. fc-William B. , Burford of this city, who has held the i state printing contract for years, got t the 1910-11 contract Wednesday by the state printing board at an estimatr ed annual total of $50,156.20 for three principal classes and of $9,904.43 for printing and publishing the .supreme court reports. The total of his bid was $66,000.63. The appropriation for Z three classes for the two years is 1.0,0... .M. toot tor th. roports for the two years is $20,000. Z Burford gave bond in the sum of w. L. Baker, of W. L. Baker & Co- a bidder, who caused the board - to adjourn Wednesday morning until I »o tl»t »< *»'•, . over HU HIM". “ "Md, a t 0 V. raf errors amounting to al- ’ Tst $19,000 in his estimated total i “ discovered, did not appear to Tnt his bid He told the clerk, how- ’ SP6 r than an error had been made • bis clerks in delivering the bid. _ ~ rrStz left this morning left today to be at his bedside,

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, December 3, 1909.

MANY ARE GOING National Rivers and Harbors Congress to Convene at Washington. ARE ENCOURAGED Working to Get an Appropropriation for a Survey. Members of the Fort Wayne delegation to the national rivers and harbors congress at Washington next week have received their credentials, and several are arranging to attend it, so that this city is certain of representation at the greatest waterways gathering in the country. The Fort Wayne delegation, selected at the recent convention in this city, is made up as follows: W. E. Mossman, S. M. Foster, H. C. Paul, T. E. Ellison, O. S. Bash, C. B. Fitch, E. F. Yarnelle, J. C. Sprankie, C. F. Bicknell, W. P. Green, W. J. Vesey, O. N. Gudlin, W. M. Griffin, R. L. Romy, J. R. McCullough, F. J. Thieme, W. P. Cooper, J. M. Landenberger, C. A. Wilding, A. J. Moynihan, Maurice N'iezer, J. B. Franke, S. F. Bowser, T. J. Logan. P. A. Randall who delivered an address Tuesday evening before the Ne wYork State Waterways association at Albany, reached home early today. Mr. Randall says the meeting was a large and enthusiastic one and he believes he was able to add considerably to the interest already shown by the east on the Lake Erie-Lake Michigan canal project. Randall is confident New York will give a substantial report to request for a congressional appropriation for a survey for the canal. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. THEY LEFT TODAY Congressman Adair Gone to Washington for the Session. | BEGINS ON MONDAY Does Not Expect Much Legislation During This Session. • r : Congressman and Mrs. J. A. M. 1 Adair and Mrs. T. S. Johnson left to- ' day for Washington, D. C„ where Mr. : Adair will represent the eighth dls- • trict during the regular session of ■ congress, which convenes in the long r session next Monday, and where his i family will remain during the winter. • Mr. Adair does not anticipate any leg- ’ islation of importance during the com- • ing session except the passage of the , general appropriation bill, believing - that the major portion of the session > will be occupied with a wrangle of the two factions of the majority side of the house—the Cannon crowd of • standpatters against the insurgents—- ' which promises to be a heated and : long drawn out affair. Congressman ’ Adair said Wednesday that the pros- - pects are riot bright for any reme- ' dial legislation but that lie was going ' to direct his efforts against the large ' army and navy appropriations which I he believes can be reduced at least ' $50,000,000 annually without impairing i the efficiency of the service. He will ■ also insist upon retrenchment in the • matter of expenditure in other gov- ’ eLnmental departments and legislation ' to restrict and curb the trusts. ReI cently Mr. Adair has visited every l county in the district and goes to s Washington with a full understandi ing of the legislation most desired ■ by his constituents. —Portland Sun. I — o ~ TOOK FIRST RANK. s The K. of P. lodge held a very inter- ! esting meeting last evening, during which ten candidates received the first rank. They will perhaps receive ! the second one next week and will l take the third with a large number of 1 others some time later. For several • months past quite a number have been ' added to the lodge and it is ranking among the best in the city.

SHE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. :A Fort Wayne Girl Attempted Suicide in Chicago. Chicago, D*'s. 3.—A young woman who says she is Beatrice Henderson, of Fort Wayne Ind. was found uriconsciou in a taxicab which he had engaged a short time before. She was suffering from poison and believed to have attempted to end her life. At . a hospital where she was revived she ■ refused to explain the circumstances surrounding her condition. Miss Henderson is the daughter of Mrs. Ida Henry living at the northwest corner or Wells street and Fairmount place, where she conducts a boarding and rooming house. She is nineteen years old and left Fort Wayne about a year ago. BUYS EQUITABLE J. Pierpont Morgan Now Owns Life Insurance Company. ' ABOUT THAT SCANDAL The Company in Which Mr. t Hyde Played Them High. ; ■ New York, Dec. of the ‘ Equitable Life Assurance Society, which was secured by Thomas F. Ryan soon after the insurance scandals > some years ago, has passed to J. Pier- . pont Morgan with the $472,000,000 of 1 assets whicr the company declared in t its last statement. The transfer, •lapart from the magnitude as a chap- • ter in the history of a complete reversal of the old order under which the insurance companies f controlled the destinies of the banks and trust companies. News of the transfer was contained in the following brief statement issued from the offioes of Morgan & Co.: “Mr. Mor- ) gan has bought the majority of the stock of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, formerly owned by Thomas F. Ryan. This purchase is subject to the trust under which Grover Cleveland, Morgan J. O’Brien and George Westinghouse were made voting trusr tees for the benefit of the policy holders, and it covers all Mr. Ryan's interests, including all the stock purchased by him from James H. Hyde. Byond these bare facts Mr. Morgan and his partners declined to give any details. The exact amount of the stock bought by them and the price they paid remain for subsequent announcement. Mr. Ryan's holdings in the Equitable were bought in large h part from James H. Hyde, although Edward H. Harriman had laid plans which, a sh esupposed, were to assure ' fii m the control which went instead f to Mr. Ryan. It was during the heari ings of the Armstrong insurance in--3 vestigation thta Mr. Harriman, when • questioned on this point, coined what ■ subsequently became a national by- - word. He was asked if he had set--3 tied scores with Mr. Ryan and an- ? swered tersely: “Not yet.” The pub--1 lie added, with ready intuition, “hut f son." At the offices of the Equitable 3 Society President Paul Morton prof fessed ignorance of the transfer and - news of the change of control seem--1 ed to come as a surprise to other offl--1 cers. It is known, however, that the - directors of the society and princi- - pals to the deal were in conference i yesterday and until late today and 3 there is authority for the statement 1 that the transfer met with with their t approval. ? a—--1 “DRY BEER" IS INTOXICATING. - A jury in the circuit court at Ma--1 rion decided that “dry” beer manu- • factured at the Indianapolis brewery •' jg intoxicating, and assessed a fine 3 of SSO and costs against Jack Sullivan - who sold two bottles o fthe beverage 1 to police officers last week. The principal testimony was offered by Harry Bishoff, attache to the office of the state chemist, and Daniel Freese a chemist of Chicago. Bishoff declared that “dry” beer is intoxicating and l the Chicago chemist took the opposite 3 view. 0 o 1 GENERAL SUDDENLY ILL. f 1 Washington, Dec. 3.—Gen. W. W. n Dudley, o£ Indiana, formerly commis--5 sioner of pensions is dangerously ill at his home here.

IS GETTING BUSY I The Enumeration to be Taken of the United States . 1 t Next Year. , i IN THIS DISTRICT ‘ __ < J. Riley Broyles, of Muncie, 1 Has Charge of This i District. i i J. Riley Broyles of Muncie, who has , been designated by Senator Bever- , idge to |take charge of th eenumeration in the eighth district is already busy on the job and will some day be drop- ; ping down in this city and indicating i who in Adams county will best do the work’here. The only feature about it is the fact that it does not last long enough to make a fellow think even that he was drawing some of Uncle Sam’s good money. It 's planred to complete the work In thirty or forty days and any one with a •good job could not afford to abandon it for a short trial with the government. The work will begin about April 15, and it will be short work from that time until the enumeration is completed. The factory districts are the ones that will get the attention of the supervisor and Delaware and Madison counties will receive most of the attention of this official. There he will divide the counties into districts and confine certain deputies to these districts. In this way the work can be well done and completed, too, in a much shorter time. We hope that the enumeration will be more thorough than the last one as there has always been much complaint about the many inacuracies that were paid for in the taking of the census at that time. RIDING ThTgOAT Eleven Candidates Take the Work of Rank of Page Last Night. THEIR NEW HOME. Their Magnificent Home on N Third Street is Nearing Completion. There was something doing at Castle Hall of Kekionga Lodge, Knights of Pythias Thursday night when eleven candidate were given the rank of page. Nothing was omitted and the aspiring Knights were given all that was coming to them. Every meeting night this order is busy exemplifying the work of the order, and they are planning for the opening of their magnificent home which will be ready for occupancy some time the first of the year. The home is already the pride of the city, and besides regular lodge quarters will contain club rooms, a banquet hall, a parlor for the ladies and with everything modern and strictly up-to-date. The increase in their membership has been going at a lively clip and by the time they get into their new home they expect to have added one hundred to their roster of membership. It is likely that the banquet hall will be used often as it will be the only place in the city for the care and comfort of this sort of entertainment. There is one thing certain, and that is, tho K. of P. boosters who have made this home a possibility, deserve the congratulation of every one in the city, and there is no doubt but that the K. of P. club rooms will soon become the most popular place in the city. o ARRIVED AT LEAVENWORTH. i — —• I Leavenworth, Kans., Dec. 3. —Si? i young men from Indiana joined tht 3 “bankers- colony" in the Fort Leav enworth prison hnu will serve flv* years for having embezzled funds oi national banks. They are Max P Emmerich, Harry C. Prinzler and Os- . car F. Cochrane of Indianapolis: E. :- N. Detzer, Fort Wayne; J. H. Phil--1 lips, Terre Haute, and Frank H. Nicolai Auburn. «

GETS IN ON CHICAGO PREMIUMS. Huntington People'are Landing Some of the Premiums. To George W. Souers & Sons of Huntington won some of the choicest awards In tl\o grand wind-up on Belgium horses at the International Live Stock show In Chicago and much fame to Huntington as a horse ( center. Besides the awards announced in the Herald Tuesday the Huntington firm of horse importers corraled some of the special prizes and defeated J. Crouch and Sons of Lafayette, the greatest rivals of the local firm. Chicago stock papers give great praise to the Souers exhibits and speak in glowing terms of their prize winners. Additional honors came to Huntington in the awards on sheep at the International show to entries of the Oxforddown breed shown by Mr. Stone of Stonington, Hi., and for Mrs. Jennie Purvlance of this city and Marshall J. Purvlance of Clearcreek township. The Purviances purchased a number of fine Oxfordown ewes ttye choice of Stone's flocks, several weeks ago and these were exhibited by the Illinois breeder and stood high in the awards. Mr. Purviance is present at the big show. — Huntington Herald. RUSHING THE WORK Making Rapid Progress on the Bowers-Niblick Elevator. BY FIRST OF YEAR They Want to Complete and be Ready for Business by That Time. Work is making rapid progress on the Bowers-Niblick elevator on the Grand Rapids tracks, and it is the hope of the company to have the same completed and ready for business by the first of the year. Os course the temper of the weather will have somthing to do with this, but they have a large force of men at work and they are being pushed to the limit in the hope of rushing the work and taking advantage of the present state of the weather. The frame work is about done and the building of the cribs for the storing of the different kinds of grain is now going on. Machinery will be installed as the building makes progress and by time the building is done its equipment will only be the matter of a fewmore days’ delay. Robert Case will hav charge of the business as soon as they open and he is now on the ground watching the progress of the work. This with other work going on ■ in the city has made considerable work for the carpenters and other , laborers and has helped make the fall work more brisk. o ATTENDED GENTIS FUNERAL. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffman and > daughter. Miss Edna, Mr. Oscar and ' Wesley Hoffman, Mrs. Eugene Run' yon, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgard- ' ner, Mr. and Mrs. John Lachot and ' Mr. H. C. Fuhrman left on the morn- ' ing train for Linn Grove where they - attended the funeral of Mrs. George ' Gentis, which was held from the ' Evangelical church at 10:30 this I morning. Rev. D. O. Wise, pastor of i this city had charge of the services t and paid a glowing tribute on hehall 5 of Mrs. Gentis, who for so long a num * her of years had been a faithful mem * her of the church. Interment wa: * made in the Linn Grove cemetery. , o i REHEARING DENIED TO WALSH Ej Chicago, 111., Dec. 3. —(Special to th Daily Democrat) —The federal court o X appeals today denied the motion mad* ,e v- by John R. Walsh’s counsel for a re- * Rearing. The appeal was from the ’- sentence of the district court. The I once millionaire hanker was immedi- * lately commitetd to the custody of a /United States marshal.

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HOME WITH HONORS Eii Sprunger Elected President of Belgium Horse Association OF UNITED STATES Was Not Candidate But is Pushed by Friends— Success as Judge. Eli Sprunger the well known horseman, arrived him this morning from Chicago, where he acted as the judge in tha Belgium department at the International stock show. He did his duty well and according to the Chicago papers the work of judging this year was the most satisfactory ever known in the association. Mr. Sprunger also brings fresh honors to Adams county, he having been elected as the president of the Importers and breeders of BelgUim Draft Horse Association of the United States. This association held its annual meeting at the Grand Pacific hotel on Wednesday night and it lasted far into the small hours. Mr. Sprunger was not an aspirant for the highest office of the association but his friends proposed his name and he won in dandy style defeating Colonel Crawford of Newark, Ohio, who has been an aspirant for the place for many years, hut who Mr. Sprunger defeated two to one after a lively campaign. This association has members in every state in the union and is one of the best stock organizations in the country. The honor of being the president is one sought by every Belgium stock man and we congratulate Mr. Sprunger on his success. While the position is mostly honorary, there is a salary connected with the office which payß the expenses. As the president Mr. Sprunger will have to sign all the certificates and pedigrees, will preside at the meetings of the association and the board of directors. COURT HOUSE NEWS Attorney Butcher Files Two New Cases for the Bank of Geneva Today. AN INSANITY INQUEST Mrs. Heiderman is Declared Insane—Two Cases Were Submitted Today. I - > . Attorney S. A. M. Butcher filed two i new cases today, the Bank of Geneva ‘ being the plaintiff in both. In the ! first case George W. and Adda Bolds, the defendants, the suit being to foreclose a mortgage; demand $850.. In the other George W. and Alexander Bolds are defendants, the suit being I on a note; demand s£,ooo. 1 j J. H. Smith, justice of the peace, - and Drs. W. E. Smith and J. M. Mili ler have filed a report of the inquest - on Mrs. Martha Heiderman recorai mending that she be sent to East Hae ven asylum. As a cause for the une fortunate woman's condition is is stats ed that ome time ago she ran a if needle into her hack, that the needle s is still in her body and working upIf wards and is believed to he a cause l- for her present condition. ais Daniel B. and Howard V. Johnson Vs. D. E. Studebaker, suit on note, default of defendant. Judgment renderH. ed for $447.50. Harriet A. Hummereskhouse et al. vs. William Maurer et al, quiet title. U Default of defendants. Finding for or plaintiffs. D. E. Smith appointed commissioner to convey real estate, le . In the Edward L. Arnold et al. peflon for drain the report of the super--81 intendent of construction was filed , and allowed and the superintendent discharged. State vs. John Harman, keeping of gaming room, cause continued. Recognizance also continued.