Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 57.

| A WAITING GAME I Is What the Philadelphia General Strike Has Apparently Become. TODAY A QUIET ONE All Eyes Are Turned Toward the State Meeting at New Castle. (United Press Service.) Philadelphia, Pa.. March B—(Spec!B—(Spec- ! ial to Daily Democrat) —The fourth day of the Philadelphia general strike is almost absolutely quiet. Both sides are claiming a victory an dit seems have settled to a waiting game. Labor leaders declare that 145,000 men are out of work, while the city officials say the number is less than 30,000. Only a few disorders were reported today. (United Press Service.) Philadelphia, Pa., March B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The eyes of the strikers and employers are turned toward New Castle today, where the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor is in annual session. It is reported that a determined effort will be made to put through a resolution for a state wide strike to enforce the recognition of the unionists in Philadelphia. It is conceded that if such action is taken the entire state will feel the effect. The first effort to end the Philadelphia strike was started today by the United Business Men's association, composed of 10,000 merchants and manufacturers. A conference will be called at which all the bodies which compose that organigation will be asked to have representatives. Quiet has been restored to such a point that many of the extra police will be dismissed. Many are being withdraw and fewer are riding on the cars. The Rapid Transit company announced today that they are running 1,066 cars, which is within 200 of normal. DRUGGISTS MEET f ——- Adams County Association Holds Semi-Annual Meeting—Elects Officers. FOR THE NEW YEAR Meet to Discuss Business Interests —Next Meeting at Berne. The Adams County Retail Druggists' association held its semi annual meeting in the K. of P. club roms this morning for the purpose of talking over business matters. All the drug stores of this city and two at Berne were represented, those present being Louis Rice, Page Blackburn, John Falk and Horace Callow of this city, and Andrew Gottschalk and (hris Stengel of Berne. D. M. Hensley also met with the association and put befor the members the proposition for the handling of "49 remedies" to be manufactured by the Leah Medicine company. All the drug stores will handle them. The annual election of officers was also held and resulted as follows: President, Andrew Gottschalk, Berne; vice president, Louis Falk, Decatur; secretary, Louis Rice, Decatur; treasurer, Horace (allow, Decatur. The next session will be held at Berne in October. FROZEN TO DEATH IN SLEIGH (United Press Service.) Aberdeen, 8. D. March B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Huddled together in the bottom of their sleigh, the bodies of Mrs. Gilbert Majors, her mother-in-law and her one-year-old son, were found on an Indian reserva tion this morning. They had been overcome in a ■fierce storm while dr v ing to a neighbor's, eight miles from their home, and it Is supposed t ey huddled in the bottom of the sleigh, hoping that the storm would pass.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

ROBERT PERKINS AT LA JUNTA. Mrs. Robert Perkins has received a letter from her husband announcing his safe arrival at LaJunta, Colo., last Thursday. Mr. Perkins will at once purchase a team, erect a temporary dwelling on his farm, which is but the second one out of LaJunta, and begin farming in earnest. On a prior trip he had engaged a man to do some plowing and expected to find forty acres plowed ready for cultivation. For some reason the man failed to do this, so Mr. Perkins will be obliged to attend to this now, making his work much heavier. Mr. Perkins stated that the sun was shining and the weather much like that of May here. A BENEFIT PLAY “The District Convention” Will be Given for Benefit Athletic Assn. IT IS A BURLESQUE On Modem Politics—Decatur Association Joins the North Indiana League. In preparation for the spring athletic season, the Athletic association of the Decatur high school will give its first benefit play Tuesday evening, March 29th. The proceeds will be devoted to the purchase of equipment—baseball uniforms, and other things needed to carry on the work of the association. The play will be Frank Dumont's “The District Convention," a burlesque of modern political meetings, in which the risible will be given full sway. Thirteen men representing politicians of all nationalities, and opie worman, a champion of woman's rights —American of course —wiii be the characters, and these will all be represented by the members of the high school, who have already gained quite a reputation for their histrionic skill. The boys will soon be out selling tickets for the performance and everybody should encourage them in their effort by buying. Tickets will sell for twenty-five cents. The Decatur association today joined the Northern Indiana Athletic league, and will, as soon as the weather permits, meet in contests with the various associations in the league. — ■—o —- THIEVES HAVE A PARTIALITY For the Dr. Trout Farm—Visit There Again Sunday Night, Thieves must have a partiality for the Dr. Trout farm south of this city, for they visited there again Sunday night and for the fourth time pried the locks -off the outbuildings and got away with some tools, chickens and other things of value. Among the things taken away were a saw, one double and one single brass spray nozzle, one-half-inch aguer and four chickens, the latter belonging to the tenant, Mr. Vines. It is thought that the thieves were a man and a boy. A passing neighbor noticed a horse and rig standing in front of the house about midnight Sunday. In every case of thievery here the buggy tracks ran toward Monroe. Some time ago thieves robbed four stands of bees of honey and killed the bees. Mr. Trout is justly indignant over the' lawless acts. ON TRIP THROUGH SOUTH. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith left last night on a trip through the south. Their itinery will Include Cardwell and Gideon, Mo., Jonesboro, Ark., Memphis, Tenn., Shreveport, La„ and Mobile, Ala. They will be gone about ten days or two weeks. Mr. Smith goes on business relating to the lumber firm of Smith & Bell, and large quantities of lumber will be shipped from these points, which are in great lumber districts. — c* TAKEN TO EASTHAVEN ASYLUM. Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams and Henry Carlisle left this morning for Richmond with William Fulk, who will be placed In Easthaven asylum. Fulk was adjudged insane several weeks ago and has been confined in the county jail. He Is a former resident of Adams county, serving a six years' term as surveyor there a few years ago.—Bluffton Banner.

BIDS FOR SUPPLIES The Commissioners Doing Large Amount of Business the Second Day, ROADS AND BRIDGES Four Roads and Many Bridges and Arches to be Sold. Bids were opened for supplies at the county infirmary, the successful bidders being Schafer Hardware company for hardware; Smith, Yager & Falk, drugs; Everett & Hite, refrigerator; Frank McConnell, tobacco; Niblick & Co., dry goods and groceries; C. R. Dunn, stock food; T. R. Moore, oil and gasoline; Yager Bros. & Reinking, mattress; Vance, Hite & Macklin, clothing; J. D. Hale, mill feed. The West Lawn Cemetery association was permitted to incorporate. The Magley macadam road was orderesd sold at the April term of comcourt. The auditor was Ordered to advertise for bids for bridges and arches, plans and specifications already being on file at the auditor's office. The auditor was instructed to make out a deed to Christian Christianer for school lands purchased and paid for. B. W. Sholty was refunded $5.84 in taxes, that amount being erroneous. Specifications for an arch known as the Neuenschwander arch on the township line between Monroe and Wabash townships, and bids were ordered for the same. The board spent considerable time in going through plans and specifications for a number of bridges and arches ordered at the last board meeting, and the same will be adopted and ordered sold. • Raleigh Parrish has returned from Fort Wayne, where he visited with friends and attended to business matters. —o— — — MEET AT FT. WAYNE Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association Meets There Next Month. NOTED EDUCATORS The Program Includes Some of the Best Talent in the Country. The programs are out for the meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association, which will meet in Fort Wayne April, 7th, Bth and 9th. It ,is the hope that Adams countyteachers will take advantage of the fact that the meeting is but twenty miles away and that the representation from this county will be exceeded by no other county in the state. The meeting promises to be the best in the history of the association, such noted people as Dr. George C. Vincent of Chicago, Dr. William H. Allen, Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, of New York; Dr. William Esterbrook of Norwich, Conn.; Lieut. E. H. Shackelton of the British navy; Miss Eleanor Smith of Chicago; Dr. Charles A. Bennett of Peoria, 111., and many other noted educators will grace the program and they should be heard by every one engaged in school work. This county' has always attended these meetings in great numbers but this year there should be no one missing from the Fort Wayne meeting. County superintendent Opliger is already beginning a campaign for attendance and his efforts should be rewarded with a full attendance from this county. —e Services are being conducted at the Baptist church every evening this week by Evangelist Richard, who has been here for several weeks.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, March 8, 1910.

THAT LAND DEAL IN FLORIDA. D. E. Studabaker in which he told Company Has Been Arraigned. Recently we published a letter from D. E. Stulabaker in which he told a most interesting story concerning a big land fake which has been and is being worked in that section. As considerable land was bought by parties here in this state they began investigations, and from what we have been able to learn it seems that the only part of the story that is not correct is the name of the town, Taft. At least a number of those who bought land and got lots in that town seem well satisfied with the purchase. STOLE A BICYCLE Jesse McCullum of Geneva Wanders From Straight Path. AND LANDS IN JAIL Took Wheel at Portland and Bummed a' Ride on a Freight With It. Jesse McCullum who on Thursday' night rode away the wheel belonging to James W. Moran and was taken in charge Saturday at Geneva, was returend here that evening by Marshal Flauding and is now an inmate of the county jail. McCullum admitted his guilt when arraigned in the court of Justice of the Peace A. G. Lewis and was held to answer to the charge of larceny in the circuit court. Unable to furnish bond in the sum of S2OO he was sent to jail to await the action of the higher court. McCullum said that whe he took the wheel it was not his intention to steal it but he wanted to go to Lima, Ohio, and heard a freight train whistle on the L. E. & W. railroad and thought he would ride the wheel to the vicinity of the butter tub factory and leave it there when he caught the train but upon seeing the train pulling out so slow he threw the bicycle on board and mounted a car, taking the wheel with him to Lima, where he pawned it in a second hand store for twenty-five cents. He said that he had money and that it was unnecessary for him to resort to stealing. The Lima police were telephoned to search for the wheel but they failed to find it and it looks as if Moran would not get the bicycle back—Portland Sun. o DEPORTED TWENTY-NINE GIRLS. Contracted Leprosy in the Big Department Stores. Columbia City, Ind., March B—Mrs.8 —Mrs. Will Beatty of Minneapolis, Minn., has written her cousin, Mrs. Lottie McConnell of Sidney, who was formerly Miss Lottie Compton of this county, of having witnessed the deportation of twenty-nine leper girls down the Mississippi river to the Hawaiian islands recently. Mrs. Beatty lives outside of Minneapolis, but happened to be in town on the day of the deportation. Attracted by the crowd, she followed to the river pier and there a most horrible sight met her eyes. Twentynine girls, twenty from Chicago, five from Minneapolis and four from St. Paul, were struggling with men who were putting them aboard the vessel destined to bear them far from home and loved ones to live the remainder of their lives on a lepers' isle. Each girl was clothed in a rubber sack, except her head, and the cries of the stricken young girls were heart-rend-ing. The girls were said to have been from big department stores and to have contracted the disease in the hair department, where they made the puffs, rats and turbans from imported hair, which are so popular among the women nowadays. Mrs. Beatty writes that she is now sorry to have witnessed the scene, as she cannot fefface it from her mind’s eye. ENDORSES COIN HOLDER, At a meeting of the rural carriers of Allen county, held at Fort Wayne Saturday evening, they endorsed the Gravity Coin holder, which is manufactured here and which was patented by George Wemhoff. The holder is selling rapidly now since the new government ordpr, and the penny nuisance will soon be over.

THE COURT NEWS Jim Hancock of Geneva is Pinched for Allowing Minors in Pool Room. THE PROBATE WORK R. S. Peterson- Serves as Special Judge—Real Estate Transfers. Isaac Teeple vs. Joseph Ellenberger, et al., on account, $139.87, separate demurrer to complaint by Ellenberger and Botkins overruled. Two affidavits have been filed in circuit court against James Hancock of Geneva, charging him with allowing Merle Teeple, Earl Ault, Ralph Wheeler and William Cooper, persons under twenty-one years of age, to congregate in his billiard hall. The other charges him with permitting Merle Teeple, a minor, to play a game of billiards in his room with one Bert Juday. The affidavits were sworn to by Henry Dickerson before 'Squire Armantrout. A. A. Butler, administrator of the estate of Jesse Butler, filed a report of the sale of personal property, which was approved. Final report filed. Notice ordered returnable April Ist. Before Special Judge R. S. Peterson the matter of the surviving partnership of Ray and Durbin was taken up. Durbin was ordered to appear within ten days and show cause why the final report should not be made. Real estate transfers; Rhinehart Limenstafl to John E. Johnson, 80 acres, Monroe township, $10,000; Silas Sprunger to Chris Beers, 46 acres, Monroe tp., $4500; Adda M. Hahnert and W. J. H. Hahnert to Simon Smith, 79 acres, Washington tp., $8000; Mary A. Cramer to David W. Wagoner, inlot 289, Decatur, $835. The jury in the case of Beckman vs. tlje Fort Wayne & Springfield railroad company disagreed after being out twenty-four hours and were discharged by the court. The trial was held in Huntington county. LIKES THE PAPER William Addlesperger, an Old-Time Decaturite, Appreciates It. FORMERLY HIS HOME And at One Time Knew Every One—Most Names Are Strange Now. William Addlesperger, of Toledo, Ohio, a former resident here, writes us that some kind friend is sending him the Daily Democrat, and as he don't know who to thank he wishes us to do so publicly. He says: “I enjoy the paper very much, in fact I quit my work to read it as soon as it comes in. ' Am sorry to notice so few of the old names 1 used to know. At one time I knew every man, woman and child in town. That was long ago. Many of the older residents will remember me. Will you please thank my friend for me for sending me the paper. You may also say to him that I still vote the democratic ticket, not only now, but always have and will. My wife was born and raised in your 'county, her maiden name being Emily J. Niblick. She and our youngest daughter went to Los Angeles, Cal., last Tuesday via New Orleans, where they stopped a few days. William Addlesperger, 248, the Spitzer Bld." ■ ■ —-v- ■ RECEIVED INTO MEMBERSHIP. Fourteen, converted during the recent three weeks’ revival at the Concord Lutheran church in Root township, were received into the church membership at the services Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Mumma. Rev. Mumma is a very able minister and is meeting with the best of success in his work here.

WILL REPAIR THEIR GAS LINE. Jack Monahan arrived this morning from Decatur to help remedy some trouble on the gas line north of this city, supplying only the Villa North residents at the present time. The regulator got out of order in some manner and thiere was some trouble supplying gas. Mr, Monahan is an expert on gas lines and a call was sent for him to come and get the line In good order again. Jack will be brought to this city when the work is started on getting the Bluffton gas lines in good order for the supply of artificial gas to residents of this city. This will be done just, as soon as the gas holder controversy is settled. — Bluffton News. MANY AT”WAYNE Many From Decatur Attend Methodist District Convention at Ft. Wayne. THE DECATUR LADIES Will Give Reports Today as Presidents of Mite and Missionary Societies. Many of the Methodists from this city and countyl are attending the district conference of the Fort Wayne district of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which began Monday evening at the Simpson Methodist church at Fort Wayne. The conference continued today and will close tomorrow evening. On the program this morning is the address, “Church Finance According to the Scriptures," by the Rev. Sherman Powell of this city. This afternoon in the period devoted to the hearing of reports of presidents of Ladies' Mite, and Home Missionary societies will be given the reports of Mrs. J. N. Parrish, as president and secretary of the Mite society of the Decatur Methodist church, and the report of Mrs. John Niblick, president of the Woman's Missionary society. Francis J. McConnell, president of Depauw university, will give an address this afternoon, and a lecture this evening which will be heard with much interest by all. The praise servive Wednesday morning will be conducted by the Rev. J. H. McNary of this county. o - SHORTAGE IN MADISON COUNTY. An E-Trustee There Short Fourteen Thousand Dollars. Anderson, Ind., March B—The8 —The report of Charles B. Daly and S. L. Wallace, field examiners for the state board of accounts, who have been auditing the books of Jerome Brown and Frank Hardy, former trustee for Anderson township, submitted their report to the state board of accounts today. The report o nthe face of things makes sensational disclosures, and will go a long ways toward convincing the public that the state accounting law was not enacted any too soon. Jerome Brow nwas trustee for Anderson-town-ship from November 16, 1900, to December 31, 1904. From the period of September 1, 1900, to November 16th of that year George Shreeve held the office of trustee and the field examiners say made no report covering that time. The accountants took as their basis of operation the amount of cash which the record kept by Mr. Brown showed to be in the office when he assumed charge of it. The figures of the field examiners make it appear that the ex-trustee is indebted to the township in the sum of $14,639.94. o REVIVAL AT EVANGELICAL. - - Evangelist. Klein preached another excellent sermon at the Evangelical church Monday evening to a large audience. His subject was, “Is It Nothing to You?" —naming over all the sacrifices made by the Savior for the redemption of mankind. The music is an pnjoyable and influential part of the services. A choir of eight young girls lead in the singing and the song, “Is Jesus Yours?” is rendered each evening, the pastor, the Rev. D. O. Wise, and the choir singing alternate verses, the congregation joining In the chorus. o Mrs. Irvin Syphers and daughter, Edna, arrived from Fort Wayne this morning to visit with relatives.

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GIRLS ARE CAUGHT Two Young Ladies Taking Money Under False Pretenses Admit It. MARSHAL GAVE CHASE Young Women in Tears Taken Before the Mayor and Were Released. Two young ladies were badly frightened this morning after attempting to and succeeding in securing quiate a little money under false pretenses. They gave their names as Misses Draper and May, and they came to town on an early interurban car. They solicited funds from ministers and others, saying they were helping a widow lady, Mrs. Garber, who, they said, lived east of town and was destitute. Their story was rather disconnected and resulted in an investigation by the ministers and Marshal Peterson, which proved they were not doing as they represented. The marshal sighted them and started towards them. Thev "roved they were good sprinters by Jhe way they traveled down street. They were finally captured and admitted that they had pot told the truth. The officer took them before the mayor, who gave tltem a good lecture and after they had returned the money they were given their liberty. This game has been played here often this winter, but it is safe to say that these yotfng ladies will not repeat it for some time. Miss Draper was formerly Mrs. Goldie Netman and was divorced a few weeks ago. o . — Mrs. Samuel Helm went to Fort Wayne this morning to be with her sister, Mrs. Rosa Lincoln, who has been seriously sick with tuberculosis for some time. She received word yesterday that Mrs. Lincoln was very sick and at that time was thought to be dying. DIED LAST NIGHT Mrs. Fred Harker, a Well Known Lady of Union Passes Away. SICK BUT TWO WEEKS Funeral To Be Held Thursday Afternoon at 1 at Watt. Ohio. Mrs. Mary McGill Harker, wife of Fred Harker of Union township, passed away at her home Monday night at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock. She had been sick only two weeks and just a week ago was preceded in death by an infant son of a few hours. She was united in marriage a number of years ago and a husband and three daughters are left to mourn her loss. She was a woman of many good qualities and was beloved by all who knew her. At the time of her death she was forty-one years and three months old, and her many friends will be grieved to learn of her demise. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGill, who also reside near the family home in Union township. She was well known about the city. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon and the cortege will leave the house at 1 o’clock for the church at Watt, Ohio. Interment will also be made at that place. SCHOOLS WILL NOT CLOSE. False Report Causing Much Annoyance to School Official 5 . The report that has spread over the city regarding the contemplated closing of the schools on account of scarlet fever is causing the school officials much annoyance, inasmuch as it is wholly untrue. There are but a few cases of scarlet fever and those very mild, the patients being able to be up and around, and as yet there is not the danger or necessity of closing i the schools.