Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 288.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Two New Cases Were Filed With the Clerk in Court This Morning. s A MARRIAGE LICENSE Affairs in the Probate Court —Several Real Estate Transfers Recoded. Attorney DeVoss has filed a case, Joseph W. Hakes vs. Sarah Hakes, suit for divorce. Mr. Hakes is one of the best known men In the county. The complaint says the parties were married Novmber 28, 1906, a.\d lived together until the following October when they separated atld have not spoken to each other since. Each had been married before and had children and did not get along well. Mr. Hakes says his wife scolded him continually and refused to cook for him and did other deeds which made it impossible for them to get along. The last will and testament of Mrs. Catherine Conter was probated this afternoon. After providing for the payment of funeral expenses, debts and other usual items, she gives her property, real and personal, to the children. The will was written April 22, last Attorney D. B. Erwin filed a new case entitled Samuel J. Laman et al vs. Nicholas Wagner, suit on note; demand, $75. Attorney J.- C. Sutton filed a new case entitled Abagail and George Painter, Dora and John Merica vs. George Scholl et al. Suit for partition and accounting. Charles Heffner vs. Jacob Hunsicker, damages, $600; demurrers filed to answer and set off. A marriage license was issued to Harvey T. Kitson, aged 22, a farmer, to Mary F. Elzey, aged 18, daughter of William Elzey. Caroline . Sffrunger has been appointed guardian for Carl H. and Edna F. Sprunger and filed her bond for $1,500. John Lee, guardian for Russell and Rhea Lee, filed his current report which was allowed. William S. Weldy, guardian for Harriet A. Richards and eleven others, filed his current report which was allowed. Th® estate of William J. Craig, of which Sarah H. Craig was the administrator, was ordered left off the docket. Real estate transfers: Ephraim Baumgartner to Oscar Steiner, lot 440, Berne, $175; John Huffman to B. G. & C., Traction Co., tract in Hartford tp., $36; D. E. Smith, com., to Hariet A Hunsicker, 40 acres in St. Marys tp., SI.OO. TO BUILD TAFT MACHINE. Some of the Progressives are Beginning to Fear for Themselvs. Washington, D. C., Dec. 4.—Presi dent Taft's next move on the patron age checker-board will be w'atched with interest by “progressives" of the stamp of LaFollette, Doliver and Cummins. The Impression prevails, not without some plausible grounds of foundation, that the construction of the Taft "machine” is about to begin. To get suitable material for the “machine’’ it will be necessary to get rid of a good deal of the political timber now in office, and the understanding is that Senator LaFollette s men. Senator Cummins' men and Senator Dolliver’s men will be marked by th' guillotine. FUNERAL LARGELY ATTENDED. The last/sad rites of Mrs. Catheri Conter was held this morning at o'clock from St. Marys church in the Presence of a large number of friends and relatives who paid their respt c s Tor the last time. Fr. Wilken officiated at the services and delivered a sermon on death. A number of people from out of the city were in atendance. interment was made at St Jost i l * l s cemetery. , • . '

SMALLEST ELK IN WORLD. The Fort Wayne Lodge Now Claims That Honor. Charles Nestel, of this city, who is world-famed as "Commodore Foote," was initiated into membership In Fort Wayne lodge, No. 155, B. P. O. Elks Thursday evening and the event confers upon Fort Wayne the distinction of having in all probability the smallest Elk in the world. The ceremonies attendant upon the conferring of the degree upon Mr. Nestel were of unusual interest and tKe occasion attracted a very large attendance of the membrship, “Commodore Foote” is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, anw takes much interest in the affairs of that fraternity. Mr. Nestle Is three feet, five and three-eights inches in height and weights sixtytwo and one-quarter pounds. With his sister, Miss Eliza Nestel, professionally known as "the long career in the amusement world traveled in almost every civilized country on the globe. For the past three years they have been living quietly in their home at 927 West DeWald street, where they often entertain their friends in the most gracious fashion.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

IN FINE FETTLE ’ Senator Britow Says that 1 the Progressive Sentiment is Growing. I OUR CIRCULATION If Divided There is $34.98 for Each Man, Woman I and Child. » Washington, Dec. 4.—Senator Bristow of Kansas arrived in Washington , in fine fettle and ready to assume his ,' familiar role as a senate insurgent. • He said without doubt three fourths of all the republicans in Kansas’ are "progressives" and he assumed that was true of the western part of the [ country generally and probably of a good many states east of the Mississippi river. "Progressive sentiment is I growing all over the country. Nobody - needs be mistaken on that point,” he said. Senator Bristow was unsparing in his criticism of the monetary com- ■ mission and said that it might be as- ■ sumed that the commission is going to bring in a report recommending the creation of a great centra! bank. “It is a scheme,’’ he said, “of a few New Kork multimillionaries, aided by their friends in congress to get control of the currency of the country. They have already got the tariff fixed as they want it, and now if they can put . the currency scheme through they will be able to say in the language of Thomas H. Benton that a’l the great problems have been solved.” Washington, Dec. 4.-Every person in the United States should have a stake of $34.98 if the money in circulation December 1 were equally divided. This is based on the treasury's estimate that the population of the United States is 89,524.000 at this time. The monthly circulation statement shows that the general stock of money in the United States December 1 was $3,428,602,048, on increase of $712,935 since a month ago. Os this total there was in circulation $3,131,310 934 an increase of $6,631,877 over a month ago, and of $13,749,901 over a year ago. Os the general stock of money at present, gold coin, including bullion in the treasury, aggregate sl,644,906,223, standard silver dollars 64 294,719, subsidiary silver $161,304 633, treasury notes of 1890, 3,982ooo’ United States notes $346,681,016, an d national bank noteq $707,433,457. A GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. ; The C C. Schlatter orchestra which 1B to appear at the Bosse opera, house on Tuesday evening. December 14 will . „ ass ißted by Miss Sella L. Hoffer “”Xan,> W “..“r » ' S e fho best entertainments of Its Kina ~ now to think of being one or

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, December 4, 1909.

NOW IN CUSTODY John R. Walsh in Charge of Two United States Marshals. WITH HIM ALWAYS They Will be His Constant Companions for Some Time to Come. Chicago, Dec. 4. —John R. Walsh, convicted of criminally misapplying the funds of the Chicago National Bank, became a federal prisoner Friday. While not placed behind prison bars he will remain in the custody of two deupty United States marshals until the federal supreme court passes upon a petition for a review of his case and an application for bail. This climax in the bitter legal fight that has been waged by the financier since his arrest, March 3, 1906, following exposures of his financial methods, came today when the United States circuit court of appeals handed down a decision overruling Walsh’s petition for a rehearing of his case. Despite arguments of counsel for the . convicted banker the court held that the right to admission to bail had ended and gave the legal advisers of Walsh the alternative either of making a motion that he be taken into custody or allowing their client to begin a penitentiary sentence at once. A motion was made accordingly that Walsh be placed in “special custody,” and shortly afterward he became the prisoner of Deputy United States Marshals Thomas Middleton and Edwin Northup. Deputy Marshals Middleton and Northup will be with Mr. Walsh day and night. They will go with him to his office in the morning and remain with him throughout the day. They, will be present at the meetings between Walsh and his attorneys or any other person with whom he confers. They will live with him in his house, one of them in his chamber throughout the night and the other standing guard outside the door. Final efforts to release Walsh from this strict espionage will be made Tuesday when his attorneys will present arguments on the motion to reopen-the orcffir of the court directing that Walsh be taken Into custody.

HOLD INSTITUTE / ~ Teachers of North Part of County Met at Library Here Today. PROGRAM IS GOOD Teachers Take Part in Day’s Work —Interestnig Discussions. The teachers of the north half of the county met at the library in this city it being the occasion of the mid-winter institute. The interest was splendid, but four teachers being absent. The session was called to order by County Superintendent Oplinger, and the teacher joined In' singing, “Holy, Holy.” Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Spetnagle, of the First Presbyterian church, after which the Berne Male Quartet rendered a selection. Mrs. M. Bailey of this city opened the program proper with a discussion of “How to Secure Better English for the Graduate,” a splendid paper. The subject was ably discussed by Mr. A. Sellemeyer. The next subject yvas “What Can the Schools do for Citizenship ?’• by D. W. Horton, with the discussion by O. F. Gilliom, and each showed that he had studied the question thoroughly. After a five-minute rest G. A. Lehman rendered a bqputiful solo. Mir. Jesse Kelley then gave a good paper on “Moral Character vs. Knowledge.” Each paper was interesting and the session was productive of much god to in attendance. The institute was resumed at 1:30 this afternoon and the program was continued.

HE WAS TAKEN HOME. Menno Augsburger of Linn Grove is Getting Along Nicely. The physicians who dressed the injuries of Menno Augsburger, the Linn Grove boy injured in a football game Thursday, think that the injury to his right cheek, caused by the crushing of the prominent cheek bone in a collision with a teacher, will hem without leaving any permanent dtsfigurment. They found it possible when examination was made to raise the crushed bone by inserting instruments through his mouth and pushing the crushed bone upward until It occupied a natural position, and did not make an Incision through the outside as was at first thought to be necessary. After the bone was pushed back into place there was a wad of gause, such as physicians use, push ed into the cheek, beneath the crushed bone, to hold it in position unt4 it has time to knit and grow strong enough to support itself. Thev boy was taken to his home last evening. Bluffton News.

ASKS FOR FORTINE Mrs. William Ault Demands $20,000 in Damages from the Nickle Plate. DEATH OF HUSBAND Two Suits Filed by Former Adams County Woman Venued to Bluffton. Twenty thousand dollars is asked by Catherine Ault, widow of the late William Ault, as the result of his death by being crushed beneath a train on a trestle of the Nickle Plate railroad at Fort Wayne a few months ago. As the law will only permit the payment of ten thousand dollars in case of a death Mrs. Ault brought two different suits, one as the widow and one as the administrator of the estate. In the allegations it was claimed that the deceased was killed as a result of pure carelessness and wanton neglect on the part of an engineer running a switch engine. There is a trestle of the road, which the woman claims has been used for twenty years by employes of the road and other people as a public walk. This trestle is doubletracked, she claims. The railroad company never did anything to interfere with this public traffic over the company’s right of way in all this time. At one end of the track she alleges there is a switch, by which the engine will go on one track and the cars on another. The widow alleges that when her husband started across the track no .engine was !r view, but when he was halwya across an engine and a car came toward the switch, the car going one way and the engine the other. She alleges that there was no way for the 'deceased to escape by one or the other ends of the trestle. She alleges that he had no time to do this and that the engineer speeded up his engine, realizing the predicament of the deceased and that he made no attempt to bring the engine to a stop. The complaint alleges Ault got the side of the track the engine was on and was run down and mangled. The engineer, the cpmplaint avers, backed the engine off from the man who was under it instead of getting him out from underneath, causing his death. —Bluffton News. —o —-—————■ HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Chapel exercises were held Friday morning by Miss Johnson. She read a very interesting paper on “Examinations in High Schools.” The six week /reports were handed out Thursday and most all were satisfactory. The advance agent' of the Shakespeare company was at high school this week. The high school students will be given a reduction of twentyfive cents on each ticket. Basket ball boys wilt play a game agains the Monroe team Wednesday evening. The senior class has arranged for a lecture course, beginning December 22nd. The course is of a high grade and deserves being well supported.

TO CUT EXPENSES Govrnor Marshall Wants Bureau of Statistics Abandoned. IT IS NOT VERY GOOD It Costs the State Fifteen Thousand Dollars a Year. r Indianapolis, Dec. 4. —Governor Marshall, it is said, is considering the idea of recommending in his next message to the legislature the abolishment of office of state statistician, on the ground that the office Is useless in the administration of the state's business. The suggestion, it is said, was made to the governor by one of the republican state officials a short time ago, who declared that under the law the bureau of statistics could easily be dispensed with without Injury to the state. It is a fact that the bureau of statistics has never attracted much attention from other state officials. They have not relied on it for information, but oftimes when they want anything in the way of statistics they gather them themselves. But each year the bureau issues thousands of copies of all kinds of reports and send them out through the state at a high cost to the state. The bureau of statistics was organized in 1879. It was at first only a small affair, but it grew in size until ■it now occupies three large rooms in the state house, all on the first floor, and amploys a force of several clerks and deputies. The salaries paid are as follows: Chief of the bureau, better known as the state statistitiop, $3,000; deputy chief, $1,800; stenographer, $720; tabulator, $900; clerk hire, $2,50(M field agentfi $3,070. These are the smallest salaries fixed by law, and $1,500 is allowed for office expenses. J. L. Peetz is the present chief of the bureau, and his wife is the deputy chief. The total cost of the office per year is $15,000, and the governor has about made up his mind that this $15,000 could be saved. Os course, if the legislature should decide to abolish the office at its next session it could not take effect for two years thereafter, because a state statistion will be elected next year.

SPECIAL EVENTS Will Make the “Jolly Widow” an Entertainment That Will Please All. MUSIC AND SONGS Besides Two Hours of Splendid Entertainment With a Good Home Talent. The rehearsal of the cast in the “Jolly Widow” to appear at the Bosse opera house Monday evening under the auspices of the Pythian Sisters is progressing nicely and those who attend will see a splendid performance, one that will please. The tickets are going fast, and if you don't want to miss something good, get in the rush and secure your tickets from the Pythian ladies or at the Holthouse drug store, where the seats may be reserved at 8 o’clock Monday morning. Among the specialties for the evening besides those previously mentioned will be a piano solo by Mrs. J. Q. Neptune; violin solo, by Mr. Kintz. Mr. L. A. Hcflthouse has also consented to render vocal selections'. The evening is sure to be one of delight for all who attend and in doing so you will also be conferring a favot on the ladies in charge and will thus help a good cause o —4 MAKES SETTLEMENT. The Prudential Insurance company, through its ‘local agent, Otto Wemhoff, settled the death claim in full of the late Mrs. Jacob C. Magley,. whose death occurred some time last! week. Mrs. Magley had carried the! insurance but a short time, but re-1 ceived the entire policy in fu-1. |

DEAL IS TOO EXPENSIVE. This Section Will Not Likely Get the the Cobe Rac««. In the opinion of W. M. Griffin an expenditure of something like SIO,OOO would be necessary in the way of preparation if Fort Wayne were to secure the Cobe cup races next year, says the Sentinel. This is the event, for autos that was run last season on the Crown Point course, and the possibility of bringing the 1910 event to Fort Wayne has been under consideration by Fort Wayne auto enthusiasts. In the light of the present outlook, it is not believed the prospect for Fort Wayne securing the racing event is very bright. Mr. Griffin estimates that the cost of oiling the roadway alone would be something like $3,000, and mony other preparations entailing heavy expenditure would be necessary. The course suggested some time ago southwest of this city is, however, in the opinion of the automobollsts, much better than that at Crown Point. As outlined it extends from “the Bootjack’’ west of the Illinois road in a practically straight away course for eight and seven-eighth miles, then south two miles, thence east on the center road to the Huntington road at the MCulloch farm, and east on the Huntington road to the starting point. Distance 18 4-5 miles.

THE PAPER FILED Remonstrance is Recorded Against Granting of a License to Richey. FIFTY-ONE MAJORITY Craigville Will Not Have a Saloon —Richey Says He Not Through. The Lancaster township blanket remonstrance was filed about noon Friday by Attorney Frank W. Gordon, attorney for the anti-saloon forces of the township, and on the face of it there appears not the least doubt but that the remonstrance is fully effective and will serve to defeat Adam Richey, who gave notice of an intention to apply for a license at Craigville, or any others who may apply during the next two years, the life of the remonstrance, says the Banner. The remonstrance, circulated by several different persons, contains a total of 360 names, or a majority of seventy of the legal voters of the township as based upon the election returns which formed the working basis. Friday was the last day to file the remonstrance and there cannot be any withdrawals, because yesterday was the last day for filing withdrawals, and none were placed on file with the county auditor. Adam Richey was in Bluffton this morning and he stated to a reporter of the News that he had not yet given up. He'is “from Missiuri” and has to be “shown.” He said that ho had been told that there were some Illegal or rather some void signatures to the remonstrance, persons who are not legal voters in the township. He said that he had instructed his attorneys to prepare him a copy of the list of signers to the remonstrance and he will be in himself Monday to go over the entire list. He is said to also want to keep the list for his own personal satisfaction and perusal in the future. t o — OHIO TROOPS ORDERED OUT. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 4.— (Special to Daily Democrat)—Gov. Harmon today ordered 1,500 throops to Bridgport, because of the Aetna Standard steel mills strike. The sending of the soldiers was made b ythe request of the sheriff of Belmont county. Brigadier General John Speak is in com- , mand. The Mrs. Mclntyre will give a free trial lesson in physical culture |at the Library on Monday afteroon at 2 o’clock and an invitation is extended to those interested to attend.

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HAD A GAY TIME The Ladies’ Aid of Beaulah Chapel Were Entertained Thursday. HAD MANY VISITORS The Ladies Enjoyed Happy Social Time With Mrs. Bowman. The Ladies ’ Aid of the Beaulah church and their lady friends were royally entertained at the beautiful country home of Mrs. Em Bowman, three and one-half miles west of the city Thursday, December 2nd. The meeting opened promptly at 2:30. Opening address. President Mrs. Mary Steele; Scripture reading, Mrs. Frank Briner of Peterson; prayer, Mrs. Valentine of Preble; song, ‘ Rescue the Perishing,’’ sung by the ladles, after which the ladies spent an hour in social conversation and sewing on a wonderful patchwork quilt, which was very complicated, no two stripes running alike. The person who has the honor to sleep under this quilt will have mixed dreams. After the working hour Miss Bessje Bowman, assisted by Mrs. Philip M. Carper, served an elegant two-course luncheon, which all enjoyed, as shown by the empty plates. ■> The rooms were tastily decorated with potted plants and cat-tails. The center-piece was very much admired. It was a beautiful white kitten and was very like a wonderful masterpiece. The ladies all came, wearing their most kittenish smiles and went away carrying cattails for souvenirs of the occasion. Those present from a distance were Mrs. George Bright, Mrs. Ed Zimmermann, Mrs. John and Mrs. Cash Andrews of Hen Peck; Misses Eva and Mary' Steele, Mrs. Frank Brenier, Mrs. Liza Strop, all of Pumpkin Center; Mrs. Tomilson, Mrs. Chris Beery, Mrs. Dick Buckmaster, Mrs. William Weber, Mrs. George Weber and Mrs. Philip M. Carper, all of Hungry Hollow. All join in thanking Mrs. Bowman for the pleasant afternoon and vote her an ideal hostess.

IF ALL THE WETS HAD VOTED. DeKalb Would Have Gone Wet, Says Waterloo Editor. Waterloo, Ind.. Dec. 4.—During the recent local option election in DeKalb, when the county went dry by 959 majority, the only newspaper advocate in the county of the saloons was the Waterloo Dawn, published by Abe Kelly and edited by a Mr. Moffett, late of Hartford City, the latter coming here as a trained "wet” editor and professedly confident that he would make the county go "wet." Thursday of this week was the first issue of his paper since the election, and this is what he say of the reult: "The total vote in the county was 841 less than in the election of 1908. As the drys asserted and stil insist that they got out all their votes the conclusion is that had a full vote been recorded the wets would have carried the so-called ‘election.’ There seems to be no doubt that a majority of the voters of DeKalb county are In favor of the licensed saloon not- withstanding the large majority given the drys at Saturday's election. The drys won simply because the wets did not get cut and vote.” “There were hundreds of respectable wet voters all over the county who failed to vote; thy preferred to remain rather than to meet the taunts and insolent assumption of authority of the crowd of dry fanatics that surrounded most of the polling places in the county. Tn Waterloo this (Grant) township more than one hun--1 dred wet votes stayed away from the , polls—enough to change the dry majority to a wet majority.’’ — o— —————— ATTENDED funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Keifer left this morning tor Portland where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Herman Fueling, which was held there today. Services were first held -"* the house at 1:30 o’clock and late Lutheran church. Large at was present at both places. ' was made at that place.