Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 107.

ALL BELIEVED DEAD Relief Parties Working Hard to Recover Bodies of Dead Miners. EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS Over 1,000 Were Killed at Curtago—Roosevelt Given New Degree. (United Press Service.) Palos, Ala., May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —State Mine Inspector Wallace today made every effort to reach the 2,300 foot level in the mines here, where 200 men are entombed, the result of an explosion late yesterday. Fifty of the men are whites and 150 negroes. All are said to be dead. The explosion was’ caused by a miner going into a pocket of gas with a lighted lamp. A number of bodies were found several hundred feet down. The rescuers were compelled to retreat without bringing the bodies out. (United Press Service.) Christiana, Norway, May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The University of Norway today conferred the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy on Colonel Roosevelt. The Roosevelts went to Stockholm at 6 o'clock on a special train furnished by the king. (United Press Service.) San Hose, Costa Rico, May 6 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Four I hundred bodies have been taken from the ruins of Cartago, where every house was destroyed by an earthquake Wednesday night. It is now believed that 1,000 people were killed. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Red Cross society today forwarded $5,000 to San Hose for the relief of the sufferers from the recent, earthquake at Cartago. So far as known no Americanwere killed. AMERICAN YEOMEN ' LJ ... -r! New Order Instituted at Pleasant Mills by the Detur Team. FOURTEEN MEMBERS District Deputy Mr. Bowman Gave Address —Banquet Closed Evening. Twenty-one members of the Decatur order of American Yeomen drove to Pleasant Mills Thursday evening, where, in the Fuller hall, they instituted an order known as the Pleasant Mills Order of the American Yeomen, No. 2508, with \ membership of fourteen. The new members are Ervin C. Schafer, Harry R. Harris, Walter A. Workinger, Edward L. Arnold, Frank W. Bauserman, Mrs. Alice Cowan, Miss Martha Fuller, Melville Fuller, Minnie Bausermin, Kit E. Cowan, Smith Mcßarnes, Winona Mcßarnes, Oscar Teeple and Myrtle A. Daniels. The institution was done in a most excellent way by the Decatur team and then came a number of speeches. District Deputy Dr. Bowman of Marion was present and. gave a speech, as did a number of the members and those from this city. The lodge is an insurance order as well as a social order and all members carry insurance ranging from SI,OOO to $2,000. A banquet closed the festivities. The menu, served in two courses, was as follows. Veal loaf sandwiches, pickles, potato salad garnished with lettuce, coffee, ice cream and cake. Those from this city who attended and took part in the organization of the lodge were Ben Garard, Hen.) Erhart, Alice Whitcomb, Sadie Cowley, U. E. Cramer, Loretta Whitman. John S. Cramer, Martha Stevens, S. E. Whitman, Jesse J. Hurst, John Conrad, Anna Yahne, John Garard, H. M. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Brown, Stella Cramer, W. Guy Brown, Can to Daniels, A. W. Garard and Alfred Daniels. •

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OHIO MEN VISIT HERE. * Guests of Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Company. Mayor O. J. ftoesel, Joseph Klanke, Henry Grothaus, William Kuerst William Nuessmeyer, William Schulenberg, C. E. Riddle, superintendent of transportation of the Western Ohio Railroad Co. —all of New Bremen, Ohio, accompanied B. A. FledderJohann to this city Thursday and were the guests of President W. H. Fledderjohann of the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction company while here, hey returned home last evening on the 4 o’clock car. > SCHOOL CHILDREN Complete Returns From the Adams County Enumer- - ators For This Year. SHOW SMALL LOSS Gains Made in Four Townships and Losses in the Others—The Table. The annual enumeration of the children of school ages in Adams county has been completed and the returns filed at the office of County Superintendent Opliger show a total of 7,178, which ia a net loss over last year of 147. The totals as may be seen from the following table skews 3,758 boys and 3,420 girls. Gains were made in four townships, Root, Monroe, French and Hartford, the only one of any consequence being in Monroe, while there were losses varying from three to forty-eight in each of the other townships and corporations. The results follow: Boys Girls Gain Loss Union 188 177 17 Root 200 201 1 Preble 176 176 9 Kirkland 154 155 30 Washington 258 217 5 St. Marys 196 167 33 Blue Creek2o9 168 6 Monroe 462 409 34 .French 210 171 3 I Hartford 206 166 15 Wabash 314 276 1 Jefferson 204 190 8 Decatur 649 625 48 Berne 164 185 3 Geneva 168 147 13 Total 3758 3420 40 187 40 Loss 147 Os — MISS VELMA SHROLL MARRIED. Weds Fort Wayne Young Man —Make Home in Fprt Wayne. Friends of Miss Velma Shroll will be surprised to learn of her marriage, which took place April 14th at Fort Wayne, where she had been employed for some time as clerk in a store. The groom was Mr. C. L. Rost, a well known young man of that city, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Bosh, pastor of the German Reformed church. Mt. and Mrs. Rost are making their home in that city, living at 451) Masteran street. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Shroll of this city and for some time was engaged as singer at the Crystal theater. Mrs. Rost has been visiting the past week at her home here and returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne. o— — * MISS JOHNS DEMONSTRATES. Miss Malley J. Johns, teacher of domestic science, arrived today from Fort Wayne, and today and tomorrow will demonstrate the use of gas and the gas ranges in cooking. Miss Malley demonstrates in a most practical way, baking and serving biscuits, cookies and boiled steak and other tempting things prepared in a most appetizing way with the gas. Very many called at the office during the day and all were enthusiastic in their praise of the gas ranges with their many appliances which reduce the house work and expense to a minimum and makes the work a pleasure. Miss Hoeval returned to Fort Wayne after a visit here with the Eiting and Meyers families. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson and son, Thomas, returned this morning from Fort Wayne, where they visited with his sister, Mrs. Guy Majors, I

NAME COMMITTEES I G. A. R. Appoint Members to Place Flags on Graves of Veterans. > ; FOR DECORATION DAY ■ Usual Observation of Day in This City and Community This Year. Commander Joshua Parrish and his assistants in the G. A. R. are completing plans for the observation of Decoration day, which occurs on Monday, May 30th. This sacred occasion will be observed as usual and the program, complete, will be announced within a short time. Today the flags, with which the graves of the dead comrades are to be marked, so that flowers may be placed there on Decoration day, were left at the Everett & Hite store in this city and the members of the committee, for the various cemeteries, may secure them by calling there, he committees are as follows: For AJpha cemetery: Jonas Cline; Backestoe, G. W. Gates and James Lowden; Beery, Daniel Ki tson: Bethel,.F. F. Freeh; Old Catholic, Jno. Colchin; Clarks, F. F. Freeh; Old Decatur, S. B. Fordyce; Fuelling, Fred Franz; Maplewood, Wash Pyle; Mt. Tabor, J. M. Archbold; Monmouth, L. N. Grandstaff; Mann, Thomas Mallonee; Martz, John Hendricks; Pleasant Mills, Jehu Smith and James Boyd; Preble, Charles Conrad; Reynolds, Thomas Mallonee; Salem, Geo. B. Cline; Smith, Robert E. Smith; Shady, Nathan Ehrman; St. Joseph, D. K. Shackley; Tricker, Emanuel Tricker; Union, R. A. Drummond: Zion, Gus Yager and Samuel Shell: Blakey, William Barrone; Roop, W. S. Weimer; Majors, W. S. Weimer. A NEW BUILDING —— MM For Decatur’s Business Section-— Henrv Knapp Will Erect One. ON MONROE STREET For Implement Business — Will be a Large Three Story Brick. Decatur will soon have a fine new business building, which will, no doubt, be one of the handsomest in the city. This will be built by Henry Knapp on the site of his present implement store on east Monroe street, east of the Winnes shoe store. It will be three stories high, built of stone and brick, and will be olcupied by Mr. Knapp with his implement business. Work on the erection of the building will probably not begin until after harvest, when his busiest season is over. Mr. Knapp has been engaged in this business in the city for more than fifteen years and has built up an extensive trade among the farming community of Adams county, and has decided that the new building is necessary for the carrying on of this business with the best, results. His daughter. Miss Alice Knapp, who has taken a course in the Fort Wayne business college, xyill serve as booKkeeper and stenographer. O REMEMBER CONCERT TONIGHT. Berne High School Chorus at Library Hall This Evening. The attendance at the concert of the Berne high school chorus to be given in the library hall this evening promises to be quite large, and up to the usual standard of excellence gained by the Berne people as musicians. The concert will be given for the benefit of the Decatur High School Athletic association and an admission fee of twenty-five cents will be charged. The public is cordially invited to be in at- ( tendance.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, May 6, 1910.

DONE THE HANDSOMETHING. Congressman Adair Secures an Appropriation for Postoffice Site. Congressman J. A. M. Adair done the handsome tiling for Portland —his home city, when, in the Indiana appropriation bill for public buildings he succeeded in having included a $60,000 appropriation for a site and new federal postoffice building for this city, and the same has been reported favorably by the sub-committee. The total amount recommended for Indiana was $475,000 for buildings and sites find while this bill has been reported favorably by the sub-committee there is a chance of its being stricken out by the revisory board but this is hardly probable. During his first term in congress Adair secured a like appropriation for an Elwood postofflee site and building, which has since been increased by something like $40,000, to complete the building and if the $60,000 appropriated for Portland proves inadequate an l additional appropriation will be in order. —Portland Sun. THE GAME WARDEN Many Applications For Zack Sweeney’s Place as Game Warden. A BRISK FIGHT A. G. Emerick of Fort Wayne is an Active Candidate. Indianapolis, Ind., May 6—Democrats have been away from the pie counter in Indiana so long that Governor Marshall is flooded with applications for appointment to office, boards and commissions. One of the greatest patronage fights ever recorded during a democratic administration in this state is on with the scram-1 ble to secure the appointment as state | fish and game commissioner to sue-1 ceed Z. T. Sweeney, republican, of Columbus, whose resignation becomes effective May 31st. There are sixtytwo applicants for this place and Governor Marshall is between Tom Walker and a hot rock in trying to decide upon a man for the place. George Schwartzkopf of Columbus is making the most aggressive canvass and is pulling wires in a most systematic manner. He has been endorsed by every county organization in the Fourth district and by the di strict itself. He has the endorsement of gun clubs and sportsmen’s organizations the state over, including that of the Indianapolis Gun club. Charles H. Wagner of Columbus was an applicant for the place, but withdrew in Schwartzkopf’s favor, and politicians who indorsed Wagner transferred their favor to Schwartzkopf. Next to the Columbus man the most active candidates are E. R. Jones of • Alexandria, Elias M. Rlnear of Bluffton and A. E. Emrick of Fort Wayne. The latter began his canvass backed by the indorsement of the League of Allen County Sportsmen. Governor Marshall contemplates requiring the appointee to devote all his time to the office. This will eliminate many aspirants who have extensive business interests. Those who know tsate that it will be the governor's desire that the commissioner shall reside in Indianapolis. The office only pays a salary of $1,300 a year. The deputy commissioner received S6O a month and traveling expenses. All fees go to the fish and game protective fund in the state treasury, out of which the expenses of the department are paid. There is abount $25,000 in this fund now. The department is self-sustaining. o ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANER. Niblick & Co. Install One and Will Rent it to Their Patrons. Niblick & Company, the well known dry goods firm, has Just secured a Duntley Electric Vacuum Cleaning machine, which they will rent to parties desiring the same. This is one of the best machines of this- kind on the market and will save you much of the burdensome labor of house cleaning. It will clean and draw the dust and dirt from your carpets, walls, rugs, curtains or other articles and is a great time saver. It will be rented at reasonable charges. Inquire a t Niblick & Co’s for further particulars.

DEAL IS CLOSED Waring Glove Company Has Accepted the Proposition From Rochester. WILL LOCATE BRANCH Will Order Machinery at Once and Expect to Operate by July 15th. The Waring Glove company, with headquarters in this city, have been notified that arrangements have been completed for their deal at Rochester, Ind., where they will establish a branch factory. They already have besides their large plant here a large factory at Huntington, and in each place they are employing all the help they can secure. The continued growth of the business and the scarcity of help made it necessary to look for another location for a branch. Rochester beard of the proposition, and investigating, found the company one of the fair and square kind that does as they promise, and offered them a five thousand dollar building as a bonus if they would come there. The city being along the Erie railroad the offer has been accepted. The building is located near the court house square in Rochester and with some little improvement will prove an idea place. The company will order their machinery at once and expect to be operating by the middle of July. The plan to be installed will be new, modern and first-class, operating by motor power. The city of Rochester will realize soon that such a plant is a splendid thing for the town, as it employes a large number of girls and women, and pays good prices. We are glad to see the company grow, and only wish it were possible for them to secure enough help that these additions might be made here instead of being scattered over the country. THE FAIR BOARD President Baltzell Met With Board for Last Time Before European Trip. JUDGES SELECTED The Geneva Band Forwards Proposition on Music Question. The Great Northern Indiana Fair association held an important meeting Thursday afternoon and as this will be the last one at which President T. H. Baltzell presides before leaving Saturday for his extended European trip, he made arangements that all the business to be transacted should be left in the hands of the managing board. A part of the number of judges for the coming fair be held September 6th, 7th, Bth and 9th, were selected, but as not nearly all have been named, the list will not be publish ed until completed. Among the propositions received for the entertainment features is one from the Geneva band for the furnishing of music for the fair and this is under consideration. The board has been a busy one and the coming fair bids fair to be far beyond the average. o WILL PLAY AT GENEVA. Decatur High School Base Ball Team Goes Tomorrow. , The Decatur higli school base ball team will go to Geneva tomorrow, where they will meet the Geneva high school team in a game that promises to be equally as fierce as the one played here a week ago. A large number of the students will accompany the team as rooters. o- - ■ ■■ ■——- THREE CANDIDATES INITIATED. Three candidates received the first degree of the Knights of Pythias lasj evening. A large number were in attendance. After the degree work exRepresentative J. W. Vizard of Pleasant Mills gave a speech, and a social session, with a smoker followed.

| TED HOHNHAUS VISITS DECATUR Teddy Hoh'nhaus, a little crippled newsboy of Fort Wayne, was In the city this morning from ten to one > o’clock, coming down on the interurban, with his sack of Saturday Evening Posts. This is his fourth or fifth trip here and he enjoys the rides into the country and smaller tpwns very much being quite well known along tne line. He is sixteen years of age, • but is not much larger than a child of nine. He has been selling papers two years last Wednesday—having ; begun on the day the Aveline hotel burned, ami has built up quite a large trade during that time. GREWSOME RELIC I - x 1 1 Al Burdg Receives Two i Pieces of Rope Which J Helped Hang Negroes. I , . I AT MARION, ARKANSAS Dr. Coverdale Witnessed Execution and Cut Ropes i From Their Necks. ■ i Al Burdg is rejoicing over two new ' additions to his grewsome collection of relics for which he has a hobby. They are notning more or less than two pieces or ropes, cut from the necks of two negroes who were hung at Marion, Arkansas, this spring, and which were brought home by Dr. J. S. Coverdale, who has just returned from a visit. Mr. Burdg had once before requested the doctor to bring him relics of this kind, and he did so last year when he was there, as hangings are nearly every-day occurrences there, so to speak. At that time Dr. Coverdale was one of the physicians who pronounced the negroes dead after tue execution. This year, during his visit two more were hung, being taken by a mob. The two hung had assisted a negro murderer to escape The murderer is still at large and those who assisted him paid the pe.ialty with their lives. The pieces of rope with whi«™ —ey were hung were cut from their neck by Dr. Coverdale and brought to Mr. Burdg as per his request. o MRS. GRIM’S WILL PROBATED. The will of the late Mrs. Zenana Grim, formerly of Monroe, whose death occured in Wells county two weeks ago, was filed in the Wells circuit court, says the Bluffton News. Special bequests mentioned are SIOO to her son, Valentine K. Grim; SSO to Valentine’s wife, May F. Grim; SSO to one grandson, Ray Nolan; and her finger ring is bequeathed to Cora Grim, a granddaughter, to whom it has long been promised. All the remainder of the estate she provides shall be divided equally between all her children or their legal heirs, as follows: Malinda Burns, Matilda Stelley, whose heir is Arthufr Gunderman, Valentine K. Grim, Magdalene Nolan, Charles, Jacob, Oliver and Dallas Grim and Mrs. Elizabeth Baumgartner, whose heirs are Otto and Milo Baumgartner. She expresses in conclusion an earnest desire and request that three sons, Valentine, Charles and Oliver, who bought her farm, be not hurried in settlement, but that they be given a full year in which to make settlement for the purchase. John S. Krewson of Ossian is named as executor of the will. o IN POLICE COURT. The court of inquiry, which was to have been held by Mayor Teeple this morning to inquire into the blind tiger charges against C. D. Murray, was postponed when Mr. Muray asked for a change of venue and tme matter was transferred to 'Squire Smith's court, where evidence will be heard next Wednesday.

The case of State vs. Porter, the Murray house clerk, on the charge of provoke preferred by John Johnson, the colored cook, was brought ' up at 2 o’clock this afternoon before Mayor Teeple. Potter pleaded guilty and was fined a dollar and costs. ; A similar charge preferred against - Johnson by Potter will be heard this - afternoon at 3 o'clock in 'Squire - Smith's court. It is said Johnson has 1 hired an attorney and will fight the case.

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MINERS IN A RIOT Foreigners Object to Americans Going to Work in Indiana Mine. POSTOFFICE ROBBERY Another Raid in South Part of State—Small Amount Secured. (United Press Service.) Clinton, Ind., May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —One thousand miners, heavily armed and carrying red banners, today stopped a car loaded with miners bound for the Crown Hill mines near here In a successful move to prevent the resumption of work, under the new agreement adopted at the Terre Haute convention. Sam Bell, thirty-five, a miner, was knocked down and severely beaten. The mob then marched to Crown Hill and drove away a number of miners who had reported for work. The foreigners are resisting the local officers and a score of Pinkerton detectives from Chicago. 1111 11 - (United Press Service.) Columbus, Ind., May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —In plain view of several citizens, who offered no interference, five yeggmen early today blew the postoffice safe in the store of Postmaster Harry Nading at Flat Rock and escaped with SIBO. The rot>bers overlooked SI,OOO in stamps and money in the safe. Nading heard the explosion from his home and hastened to the store. Because of their number he could not resist. Three blasts were exploded. In escaping the robbers terrorized the town by firing several rounds of shots in front of the store. o THE COURT NEWS • II . - , Costs Paid in Several Cases Filed by Aetna Life Insurance Co. AND ARE DISMISSED Motions Filed to Dismiss Allen County Cases For Want of Prosecution. William Mesel vs. Allen and Fletcher Ryan, account and work, $370, set for trial Friday, May 20th. The cases of Aetna Life Insurance Company vs. Cardwell Stave-Co., accounting, demand SI,OOO, Decatur Egg Case Co., SI,OOO. Cardwell Box Co., $1,200, have been dismissed and costs paid. Eliza J. Sturgeon et al. vs. William G. Young contract, $5,500. Motion by defendant for dismissal for want of prosecution. The case came here from Allen county. William A. Farlow vs. Abraham Wiel et al., demand $1,500. Motion by defendant to dismiss cause for lack of cost bond. Plaintiff ordered to silo cost bond within, ten days. Cause set for trial Tuesday, May 31st. Real estate transfers: Mathias Wirsch to August Kruetzmann, 80 acres, Preble tp., $8800; M. Kirsch to Ernst H. Kruetzman, 40 acres, Preble tp., $4400; August Kruetzmann to Mathias Kirsch, 120 acres Preble tp.,

JI 3,200. UNIFORM WAGE SCALE. (United Press Service.) Terre Haute, Ind.. May 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The fight for a uniform wage scale throughout Indiana was won today when the operators conceded the advance on the Baltimore & Ohio, for t which they have been waiting for some time. Over 3,000 men returned to work after the order.