Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 75.

GENEVA SHOCKED George Hartman One of Their Best Known Business Men is Dead. DIED OF CANCER He Died at an Early Hour This Morning in Indianapolis. Geneva, Ind., March 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Geneva was shocked this morning when messages were received from Indianapolis, announcing the death of George Hartman, one of the best known business men of southern Adams county. He had been suffering with cancer for a year or more, and two weeks ago went to Indianapolis, where he was being treated at a private sanitarium, and which it was thought might improve if not entirely cure him, but his weak condition was such that treatment was of no avail. He died there at an early hour this morning. The deceased was born in Orville, Ohio, in December, 1850. He came to Geneva in 1881 and opened a general store, which he conducted until 1905, when he sold the grocery stock and has since that time retailed nothing but dry- goods, and to his credit he has about as good a store as there is in Adams county. Mr. Hartman was a batchelor and for many years lived with his sister here, but for the last several years he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barnes. His only family relatives are his sister, Mrs. Susie Kirk of Cleveland, Ohio, and his half sister, Mrs. C. Burghalter, living near this place . No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it is expected that he will be brought back here tomorrow for burial, and the flinerpl will likely be held the following day. Mrs. Lena Sipe and daughter of Kendallville are here on an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Maurice Wells, living at the corner of Hale (Continued on page 2.) o SOCIAL FUNCTION Men’s Club Celebrates Second Anniversary of ReOrganization Toight. S. P. KALER TO SPEAK On “Pilate’s Wife and Her Dream” —Musical Program Will be Given. One of the most important functions of the social organizations of the Presbyterian church will be that of the Men’s club at the church parlors this evening, when they entertain their families and friends in celebration of the second anniversary of their reorganization. The sessions will be opened at 7:30 by the president, W. A. Lower, after which the following program will be rendered: Music—" The Dons.” Vocal Solo —W. P. Schrock. Vocal Solo—Miss Florence Sprunger Organ Solo—Miss Edna Hoffman. Address—" Pilate's Wife and Her Dream"—S. P. Kaier of Columbia City. Vocal Solo—Miss Marie Patterson. The social period that will follow the program has been arranged for with elaborate preparation by the committee on entertainment, including Dr. Fred Patterson. C. J. Lutz, Wesley Hoffman, W. L. Lehne, Hugh Hite and Charles Steele, and a part of the entertainment will be the serving : of refreshments. The speaker, S. P. Kaier, has an exi cellent reputation as a Christian gen tieman and a speaker, and only a fe<v weeks ago, upon invitation oi Govern or Marshall, spoke before an organiza tion of the Presbyterian church in In dianapolis. The local society deems it a great privilege in thus securing him for the address this evening.

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| RECEIVED INJURIES. David Steele, trustee of Kirkland township, and a well known farmer, met with an accident while working t last Saturday, and as a result is , confined to his bed. He was in the act of prying out a stump in a field, when the pry worked out, forcing him to fall forwards to the ground. It is thought that he may have received ( some internal injuries. His physician . ‘ was unable to state just ,how serious his injuries are. His son, Charles Steele, of this city received word Mon- • day evening that he was not resting any easier and his friends are becoming somewhat alarmed. AS GLASS WORKERS ) Fifteen or Twenty Monroe i Young Men Accept Work at Dunkirk. i 1 i , A BRANCH OFFICE > ' i Opened by Dr. Knoff—Carl ; Shamp to Move to Decatur This Week. ’ ( Monroe, Ind., March 29 —(Special to 1 ! Daily Democrat) —Ott Uhrick of Dun- " kirk arrived Saturday and at once ' proceeded to engage a number of our ' J young men to work in a glass factory there. He succeeded in rounding ' up about fifteen, who accompanied : him back Sunday evening, with three 1 or four more following Monday. i i Dr. Ray Knossos Berne has estab- ' ’ lished a branch dental parlor here, ' his office being over the Hocker drug I ’ store, where he will be found each Tuesday to do all kinds of dental 1 work. Dr. Knoff comes well recommended. He will be at his office for the first time on Tuesday, April 12th. 1 ’ O. F. Lobenstein returned to Fort Wayne Monday after a visit with Mr. . and Mrs. L. L. Lobenstein. I The bargain sale at the Variety store still continues. All ten cent goods are sold at eight cents and all five cent goods at three cents, while this sale lasts. I Sd Oliver, son of Marion Oliver, I is quite sick at his home with heart trouble. , Brice True, Ted Sowers and Alpheus Roop of Decatur drove down to this place Sunday afternoon, calling i on J. Fred Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. William Scherer en- ■ tertained about twenty-four of their relatives at an Easter dinner Sunday, and otherwise entertained the crowd. Carl Shamp, who has been head miller at the Monroe Grain, Hay & Milling company’s plant for some time, has resigned his position and will move to Decatur Wednesday. 3 —O NATIONALISTS MUCH EXCITED. 5 Made a Demonstration in Front of s Colonel Roosevelt’s Hotel. r t (United Press Service.) Cairo, Egypt, March 29 —(Special to Daily Dem|ocrat)— Several thousand Nationalists made a demonstration in front of the Shepherd hotel, where Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is stopping, this afternoon. The feeling is great against the colonel on account r of his speech yesterday and his interviews in the papers. Many of the r guests fled, fearing violence, but Ted- ' dy paid but little attention to the i. demonstration. The colonel has rev ceived many messages from various r countries, congratulating him upon e his speech. This was a quiet day for 1- the Roosevelts. They visited bazaars s, and secured souvenirs, were invited h by the commander of the Japanese >f fleet, dined with Count Hatzzelt at g the German embassy, and the colonel spent the latter part of the day going x- over his mail. 1- —— <> <v Hltesman & Gerard of the Fair store ii- furnished the large stock of dishes 1- for the Parrish restaurant, which a- opened its doors for business this is morning, after being closed several ig weeks for repairs on account of the fire.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 29, 1910.

PLEAD NOT GUILTY Joe Volmer and Otto Reynolds Appeared Before U. S. Commissioner. HEARING APRIL STH When It Will be Decided Whether or Not Evidence is Sufficient. South Bend, Ind., March 29—Joseph Volmer and Otto Reynolds, the two men arrested here last Friday afternoon by Detectives Cassidy and Cutting, were Monday taken before United States Commissioner T. M. Talcott, when they waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty to charges of robbing the mails and were placed under bonds of $2,500 each, in default of which they were remanded to the county jail. Their hearings were set for April sth, and at that time it will be determined whether or not there is sufficient evidence against them to hold them to the federal court. The two men had agreed to the local police to waive arraignment in this city and go direct to Indianapolis and it was with this view in mind that they left the police station in company with United States Marshal T. E. Martin, who did not reach this city until Sunday night. When the men reached the outside of the station Martin told them that unless they desired they need not go to Indianaiolis until after they had been arraigned here and they immediately expressed a desire to appear before Commissioner Talcott. Alfred Volmer, a brother of one of the accused men, came here Sunday from his home in Decatur, Ind., to intercede in his brother’s behalf and employ attorneys in this city to defend him. COUNTYASSESSORS Met With State Tax Commissioner in Court House at Ft. Wayne Today. TO COMPARE RATES Os Assessment in Order to Decide Upon Uniform Rate For State. Henry Gentis, county assessor, went to Fort Wayne this morning, where he will attend a meeting of the comty assessors of Adams, Wells, Allen, Whitley, Steuben and others. The meeting is to be held at the court house and the state tax commissioner wil be in attendance. This is for the purpose of comparing the various tax assessments and striking an average which will be the uniform rate of assessment over the state. Another similar meeting will be held tomorrow at Muncie, and the assessors were given the privilege of attending either of the two, whichever proved the more convenient. Each county has held three meetings of the township assesors for the purpose of- getting an average assessment rate for the county, and these averages will be reported at these district meetings and an average decided upon for the state. o— ■ — — THE ANTIS IN IT IN WELLS. While Wells county followed the dictates of George W. Cromer in the convention which was heid at Muncie and a district chairman elected, the anti-Cromerites turned the tale Saturday night when delegates were selected to the state convention. The delegates from Harrison township are all men who have always opposed the former boss. Jack Edmunds, who has been Cromer’s right hand man in this city, was given the consolation of being an alternate, but that was all. The delegates from Harrison are: Frank Gorden, Clayton Shaffer and Ferd Rogers, while the alternates are Homer Kapp, Harry Swisher and E. B. Edmunds.—Bluffton Banner.

THE MARKERS SENTENCED. William Gets Ten Years and Noah Seven Year* at Leavenworth. % Indianapolis, Ind., March 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —William Marker, cashier, and Noah Marker, assistant cashier of the First National bank of Tipton, Ind., charged with the embezzlement of $103,000 of the bank funds, were today sentenced by Judge Anderson in the federal courts here, to serve ten and seven years respectively in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. W. H. Marker was found guilty by a jury last Saturday and Noah pleaded guilty today. THE DEDICATION Will Occur at the Methodist Memorial Home For the Aged at Warren. ’ • THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH Big Crowd is Expected— Bishop Cranston Will Deliver an Address. The sixty-seventh session of the North Indiana conference will convene in Bluffton April 6th. On the 7th day of April, second day of conference, at 2 o’clock p. m., will occur at Warren, fifteen miles distant, the dedication of the Methodist memorial home for the aged. This dedication will be a significant event to the conference, and in the history of Indiana Methodism. With her great schools, her great hospitals, and now a home for the aged, Indiana will have a still larger place in the attention of the church. Three years ago an aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chopson, residing in Warren, offered $25,000 for the purpose of providing a home for the worthy aged. The North Indiana conference accepted the gift on condition of duplicating a like sum for the same purpose. The faith of the friends of this movement arose to the occasion, and now on the third anniversary of the movement the dedication and formal opening of the home will take place. The event will bring together a large company of people deeply interested in the work of the institution and whose faith will be • stimulate! by the fact that this humanitarian movement meets a long felt need, and has the hearty encouragement to make it soon a possibility for gracious service. Bishop Cranston, who presides over the conference and Biship McDowell, who presided when the conference inaugurated the work of securing the funds for the home, will be present and deliver addresses and officiate in the dedication. Special arrangements are made to convey the entire conference from Bluffton to Warren and return at reduced rates. From all directions will come the people to attend the historic occasion. It is a matter of universal regret that Mr. William Chopson, one of the principal founders of the home, was called to his eternal reward so near the day of dedication. His declining health for months past has caused intense anxiety on the part of the .church. The hopes and prayers of his many friends were stimulated by periods of convalesence giving encouragement that he might be spared co attend and participate in the eventful service of dedication. It was not to be so, but his generosity will live in the good of the many who will have the comfort and care provided by his, and the gifts of many others, in this benefaction. o GOODWIN ANGOLA MILL BURNED Allen Goodwin, one of the most prominent lumbermen of the state, with mills located at many places over northern Indiana, was in the city this afternoon on business with Smith & Bell. Mr. Goodwin tells of 1 a piece of misfortune which occurred to him .when a large mill of his at : Angola burned last night with its coni tents, comprising a large amount of i lumber, logs and other raw material. • The loss is several thousand dollars, . but it is thought it is nearly covered by insurance. The cause of the fire I is unknown, though it is thought to > have originated from a spark from . a railroad train. Mr. Goodwin is known to many here.

THE MARKERS SENTENCED.

ONE IN NEW YORK . Special Election to be Held in the Thirty Second District. IT IS REPUBLICAN • District is Over Ten Thousand Republican and Never Elected a Democrat. Washington, D. C„ March 29 —All eyes are now turned to the Thirty-sec-ond congressional district of the state of New York, where a special election will be heid on April 19th to elect a successor to the late Representative James Breck Perkins. The leaders of the lower house of congress are on the qui vive over this forthcoming election, which is expected to furnish another index to popular thought on the Payne-Aldrich tariff. Coming so closely after the election in the Fourteenth Massachusetts district, where a normal plurality of over 13,000 was changed to a rout because the people were'dissatisfied with the new 7 tariff, this coming event in politics will be awaited with keen anticipation. Borrowing a legal phrase, “since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary," no democrat has been elected to congress in the thirty : second New York district. Mr Perkins was serving his fifth term when he died. His majority over his democratic opponent. one year ago last November was 10,167. I Washington, March 29 —Tomorrow Senator Beveridge will introduce a bill increasing the limit of cost of a site and new building at Goshen from | $70,000 to SIOO,OOO. The supervising I architect of the treasury states that the amount already appropriated is not sufficient to construct such a building as Goshen should have. o , — MONTHLY REPORT Os Prof. E. E. Rice of Attendance at the Public Schools of City. THE WEST WARD — ► ■ Leads in Highest Rate of Attendance —Forty Visitors During Month. J ■■ The average attendance of the pubi . lie schools of the city for the past . month, according to the monthly rel port of Prof. E. E. Rice, was 96.7 per ‘ cent, with the west ward school leading with 97.25 per cent. The highest t rate of attendance was that of the j second and third year pupils of the 3 west ward, their per cent being 99.1 r The per cent of attendance at the ’ various buildings for the month was 1 as follows: North ward, 97.15; West 3 ward, 97.25; South ward, 96.5; Cen 3 tral, 96.7; high school, 95.8. There are now 407 boys and 366 girls en rolled in the city public schools, and ’ of this number 475 were not absent during the month. Forty visitors 1 have registered during this time. a ATTENDS STATE MEETING. I, S Mrs. L. G. Ellingham left today noon for Marion, where she wil] be the guest of friends and will attend the Tucker musical recital this evening. Wednesday she will go tb Indianap--1 oils to attend the meeting of the ’’ board of trustees of the Indiana girls' 3 school, of which she is a member. She e will also represent the local library 3 board at a state convention of librar f ians and members of library boards. 1 which will also be in session. t HEDGE FENCE. 1 A number of the employees of th< ( G. R. &I. are busy putting In a hendg: 1 fence around the lot extending fron e the depot to Monroe street and the: o east 'to Seventh street, ’fhey al read n have a beautiful lawn and other in s provements made, which will make 1 much more attractive.

> NO CLUE TO P. O. SAUTBINE. A letter has been received from W. H. Ward of this city and Charles Sautbine of Craigville, who went to Spol kane, Washington, two weeks ago to seek information concerning the "strange disappearance of Philip O. Sautbine, formerly of this county, who formerly Jived here, but who for several years had been on the detective force in Spokane. So far no clue has been obtained to his sudden and strang dlsappehrance. The letters were written just after the men arriv- . ed there and they had gained no further information than that already given. RECALLS OLD DAYS l Cast of Home Talent Given Twenty-Three Years Ago In Decatur. “THE UNION SPY” I I ’ Some of the Players Are Still Well Known Citizens of the Old Town. i ’ Events of the long ago are always ! of interest. Monday while going over I aome old records at the clerk's of- . flee Deputy Clerk Dan Roop came . across a big third-sheet bill, advefitis- ■ ing a home talent play, “The Union Spy,” given at the Meibers opera house, May 27 and 28, 1887, twent- , three years ago. It was given under i the auspices of the G. A. R. and at i that time quite an event. The cast I is given on the bill and we find in ' glancing over it that the last curtain , on the play of life has rolled down for several. Others have moved to other cities and states, and the old cast printed below will no doubt bring to ! mind incidents of that time: Edwin Dalton, Union Spy—J. Fred France. Edward St. Clair, a Southern Villain —Link Hall. Park St. Clair, Edward’s Father — P. L. Andrews. Charlie Dalton, Son of Fanner Dalton —Ed Bailey. Jake Schneider, a Fat Dutchman— J. Q. Neptune. Capt. Mason, U. S. A. —J. F. Mann. i Pete, a Colored Gem’men —H. L. Conter. Gen. McPherson, U. S. A. —Will : Schirnaeyer. Gen. Sherman, U. S. A. —Harry Kirby. Major Wilbur, U. S. A.—C. T. Dorwin. Col. Harrison, U. S. A. —Homer Moses. '■ Corporal Ogden, U. S. A. —Benjamin t Pillars. • Sergeant Bates, U. S. A. —C. S. Niblick. r Maud Dalton, Wife of Edwin —Mrs. l " J. D, Hale. t Carrie Dalton, Sister of Edwin — e Dollie Corbin. e Mrs. Dalton, Wife of Farmer Dalton —Mrs. J. Q. Neptune. Little Willie, Drummer Boy—French 0 Quinn. 8 Nannie Dalton, Daughter of Erwin ;t and Maud —Genevieve Hale. It Is needless to add that the play e was a howling success and the hall >■ was to the doors each evend ing . it ■ -Q- 1 ■ S YOUTH’S RELEASE DELAYED. Efforts Being Made in Behalf of Jesse McCollum. II Portland, Ind., March 29 —Jesse Mce Collum, the Geneva young man who ’ Tuesday, March Bth, entered a plea of J. guilty in the circuit coure to a charge e of larceny, admitting to taking a bii’ cycle belonging to James W. Moran e in front of the Hotel Adair annex, a ' few days before!, is anxious to again secure his freedom from the county ” jail. When he, a couple of days following his arrest, was arraigned before ,ludg< e LaFollette, his sentence of from on< to eight years was suspended, but h< was returned to jail awaiting the ar m rival of the reformatory officer. Al »n though nearly three weeks is passei ly the expected release is still delayed u- A letter has been written the wardei it at Jeffersonville in the hope thht th, man's coming here may be expedited

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THE SHOW IS ON , “The Parish Priest" Will Delight Large Audience at Opera House. SEAT SALE LARGE Cast of Home Players is a Strong One—A Very Pleasing Play. The seat sale for the Catholic Benevolent Legion's presentation of “The Parish Priest," at the Bosse this evening opened at the Hoithouse drug store at 8 o'clock this morning and indications point to a record-breaking crowd. Arrangements have been made to put in extra chairs and every effort will be made to accommodate their patrons. If you haven’t secured your ticket yet, do it now. Tonight’s program: Father Whalen, the Parish Priest — Henry Thomas. Dr. Cassiday (who has followed his profession for forty years)—Otto Wemhoff. Dr. Edward Welsh (successor to Dr. Cassiday)—Howard Wlsehaupt. Jim Welsh, the Doctor's Brother — Hugh Hite. Michael Sullivan, Doctor Cassiday’s Man of Affairs—Martin Mylott. Frank Dougher, for Shea & Co. —Jay Falvey. Agnes Cassiday, the Doctor's Daughter—Miss Ada Murray. Nellie Durkin, Father Whalen's Niece —Miss Verena Niblick. Katherine Corrigan, a Visitor From Ireland- —Mrs. Louis Holthouse. Pianist —Miss Naomi Niblick. Synopsis of Events. Act I—Lawn of Dr. Cassiday’fe home in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania.— Faith. Act II —Place the same.—Hope. Act III —Parsonage of St. Marys church, Father Whalen's study.— Charity. Note —Between acts one and two one minute is supposed to elapse, and between two and three, two hours. The between-act waits will be filled with clever specialties. Admission, 25 cents. One night only. DEATH IN THE WEST « Mrs. Bell Christy Meyers > Died at Home in Colorado City, Colo. WIFE OF P. MEYERS 1 Was Born and Reared in Blue Creek Township— Funeral Monday. i. A letter received late Monday afternoon by Sheriff Eli Meyers brings 1 the announcement of the death of his brother's wife, Mrs. Peter Meyers, which occurred last Friday, March , 25th, at Colorado City, Colo. Mrs. I Meyers was formerly Miss Bell Christy and was born and reared to young womanhood in Blue Creek township, this county. She was about fifty years of age at death. About twenty years ago she and her husband went to Colo- , rado to make their home and have lived there since. The first visit here in that time was made last spring by Mr. Meyers, who came here hoping to benefit his health, having long been a sufferer from rheumatism, and also F to visit with his father, Abraham s Meyers. At that time his wife was i- in 111 health, and she gradually grew n worse until death. She was a sister of a Dr. Samuel Christy of Willshire, Ohio. Mrs. Robert Peoples and John Chris* n ty, whose deaths have occurred withy in the past year, were also her sister and brother. Mr. Meyers ’s a brothR er to Eli and John Meyer and Mrs. io John Glancy of this city and the famie ily has many other relatives and ie friends here who will receive this r- news with regret. The funeral was il- held Sunday. »d o — d- Miss Minnie Schroeder was the m guest Monday of Misses Clara and ie Lydia BultemeJer at their home on d. North Third street.