Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 176.

SAVED HIS FAMILY By His Bravery He Saved B the Lives of His Family From Burning. STREET CAR STRIKE The National Guard pf Ohio ■ .Sent to Columbus Fully Armed, (United Press Service.) yinrtlord City, Ind . July 28 (Specia to Daily Democrat I—Fire destroyed the home of Omer Andrews, a glass of this city, during last night. (wakened by the dense smoke and Shdmg the stairway, the only avenue •Os escape, in flames, Mr. Andrews res|tie<i his wife and three children by Hkeans of a rope from one of the bedBoom windows and then himself jump*Od from the second story with no seBou> injury. The fire entirely burnladI ad the house and all the contents be■pre help arrived. (United Press Service.) ■ Berlin, July 28—(Special to Daily —A protest is being made "with the European powers against Kh- interference from Washington "With the affairs of Nicaragua. (United Press Service.) '■ Columbus. Ohio, July 28 —(Special Ko Daily Democrat) —Three companKes of the Ohio national guard were Kaken to Columbus this morning*to Kelp put down a street car strike ■Which has reached ugly proportions Ker- The troops have field equipKhents, 100 rounds of ammnuition and ■rations for five days. o | LEAVE FOR ATLANTIC CITY. I Sirs. Fred Schaffer, accompanied by ■Mrs. Chalmer Schaffer and daughter, ■Gretchen, left today for Fort Wayne" Knd from there left over the PennEy Ivan I a for Atlantic City, N. J.. ■Where they will make an extended ■visit with friends. The former has Kisited there on several occasions, (where she enjoyed the summer Kmonths. —o A NEW PARTNER I Dal Hower Purchases Inter- | est in Meat Market —Succeeds Pennington. FHOWER & BAKER I Is the Name of New Firm — Hower is a Veteran in the Business. One of the latest changes in DecaI tur's business circles is that affectI ing the Pennington & Raker n*at I market. Dal Hower purchasing I Charles Pennington s half interest in ■ this establishment, which will now be I conducted under the name of Howei i. Raker. This meat market is one of the oldest in the city and has met with abundant success. Mr. Hower, who has had eighteen years’ experiI ence in this line of business, has been with this one shop during that entire : time, and is one of the best meat cutters and meat men in the district. He began with the shop when It was located on Madison street, and when it was moved to Second street and I changed hands many times during the passing of the years, Mr. Hower, to use his own words, ''went with the blocks,” and has been a faithful attendant, courteous and jovial, abiding with the shop during all changes —which is one of the best recommendations a person can have. Charles Pennington, the retiring member, has been associated with John Raker in the business for some time, the firm meeting with much success. Mr. Pennington, wno is an experienced butcher, will remain with the new firm. Both Mr. Hower and Mr. Baker are business men of the first water and the new firm will be a strong one and will enjoy the heavy patronage which it deserves.

DECATUR DA I LY DEMOCRAT.

WERE MARRIED LAST EVENING. Ray Smith and Mas Grace Zerkel of This Township Are Married. C lerk Haefling laie Wednesday aftci noon issued a marriage license to Ray Smith and Miss Grace Zerkel, beta residents of this township. They were married Wednesday evening, Jtev. C. T. Payne performing the ceremony. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L, Smith and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zerkel. Both are among the most 1 ighly respectable young people of this community and posses innumeri ble friends who will wish them much happiness and prosperity all during their married life. They will soon go to housekeeping and will live on the Henry Buckmaster farm in the south part of Washington township. PICNIC EXCURSION Carried Large Percentage of Decatur Populace to Ft. Wayne Park. EIGHT HUNDRED Or More Took Advantage of Excursion — An Ideal Day For Picnic. v Between eight and nine hundred people from Decatur and vicinity took advantage of the Methodist picnic excursion to Robinson park today, and ever,y one of the regular morning cars and four extra chartered cars on the interurban pulled out of the station packed with an enthusiastic and cheering crowd. A large delegation left on the first car at 5:30. and then more on the three cars leaving here at 7, and still more on the three cars at 8:30. It is estimated that each one of the six special cars carried one hundred people and even standing room was at a premium. The trailer car was cauea into requisition for the carrying of the picnic dinner ■baskets and that car was literally weighted down with all that go towaid making a picnic dinner worthy of that name. Each of the chartered cars had its own conductors from the ranks of the Sunday school, those serving in this capacity being John Parrish, Charles Hocker, Joe McFarland, Harve Smith, Newton Parrish ind A. D. Suttles. The Fort Wayne * Springfield railway conveyed excursionists to the Port Wayne city limits, where they were met by the park cars and conveyed to that resort. The special rate tickets were good going only on the specials, but the excursionists could return on any regulai car. The railway company, however, provided extra return cars, two extras leaving Fort Wayne at u:3O, two at 7 and two at 8:30 this evening. The weather is ideal for a picnic and this combined with the many new pleasures of the park, will moke the picnic one of the best of the many held by the Sunday school in many years. A ball game between various classes of the school, in which the minister is also to take part, is said to be one of the leading features.

WILL GIVE CONCERT. Miss Bertha Carver, Blind Soloist, at Monroe Friday Evening. Miss Bertha Carver, the blind soloist of Salem, will give a concert at the M. E. church at Monroe, Friday evening, July 29th, at 8 o’clock. Miss Carver is a singer of remarkably fine quality. The following program will be given: Instrumental Music. Song-Spring Tide, by Becker Beckers. Song—“ Ave Maria.” Cavallerla Rusticanna. Two Short Songs. y^ng—“My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice.” by Samson et Daliia. Ten Minutes’ Rest. Instrumental Music. g on g_“O. Dry Those Tears.” by Teresadel Riego. "Four Leaf Clover.” C. Whitney Coombs. “The Holy City,” Steven Adams. “Face to Face,” Herbert Johnson. "In Sevilles Groves,” H. Martyn Van Lennep.

HE IS BOOSTING IT J. W. Bosse is Talking For a Home Coming Week in This City. BOOST IT ALONG We Move That Everybody Help Mr. Bosse Boom Such an Event. J. W. Bosse is busy booming a home-coming week, the same to take place in this city some time during September or October. He is of the o|.inion, and he is riglit. that the business men and others of the town should boost this sort of a game, and I help in the arrangements and with the finances of the enterprise. In Ohio and the east these home-coming weeks have become an annual event that are looked forward to from one year’s end to another. An invitation is cordially extended to every former citizen but now living in some other part of the state or United Stares, and when they all get back home they arc welcomed by these annual homecoming gatherings. Mr. Bosse is talking up the inauguration of a homecoming for Decatur and Adams county. and it is sure enough worthy of consideration by every citizen here, and we suggest that Mr. Bosse be given full rope and that he carry the matter to a final solution, which will end with one of the best home-coming gatherings ever held.

TO HAVE OUTING Modern Woodmen Select Labor Day For a Time of Pleasure. MANY AMUSEMENTS Maple Grove Park Will be the Scene of Much Pleas-ure-Good Program. Although about six weeks’ distant the local Modern Woodmen, at a very interesting meeting held Wednesday evening made preliminary arrangements for an outing to be given for the members, the date being set for Labor Day, Monday, September stli. ..othing definite so far has been done, but plans, to a great, extent, have been outlined as to what will take place on that day. Maple Grove park has oeen selected as the place where the event will be held and things will be put in shape and many amusements offered to entertain those present on that day. A program, consisting of several addresses, made by me officers of the order, as well as other prominent speakers, and also music, is being arranged. In the afternoon a ball game between the members of the local lodge and another visiting team will be arranged, along with a number of other sports, and will De a great attraction. The program will be completed in a few- days and wi'l then be announced to the public. EUGENE DEBS A SICK MAN. Now at Rochester, Minn., and Condition Said to be Serious. A Rochester, Minn.. July V. Debs, the socialist leader and onetime candidate for president of the United States, is in Rochester seeking medical treatment in a sanitarium. It is reported that his condition is serious, although the cause of his trouble cannot be learned, and no one is allowed to see him. Mrs. Debs is with her susband. HE IS ON BOARD THE STEAMER. (United Press Service.) Montreal, Canada, July 28—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A wireless message received here this afternoon from the Canadian and Pacific from Montrise Is to the effect that Dr. Crippen is on board the steamer Sardinian.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, July 28, 1910.

FORT WAYNE BOY SUICIDES. Fcgar H. Schrock Commits Suicide at Norfolk, Va. Nqrfolk, Va., July 28 —Disappointment in a love affair here Is assigned as the cause of the suicide today of Edgar H. Shrock. twenty-five years old. whose home is at Fort Wayn-’, Ind. He shot himself in the head. Shrock was formerly in the navy, having enlisted at Fort Wayne in March. 1906. The body is being held pending advices from Fort Wayne. Miss Maty Butler of South Norfolk today received a letter mailed to her last night by Shrock in which he said he was preparing to kill himself. The young woman said she was engaged to be married to Shrock and that the wedding was to have takea place shortly. Shrock several times before had threatened to kill himself, she said, because of troubles of which he could r'd himself, he said, only by deatn. REPLIES TO FISH Ex Congressman Watson Says Fish Slander Was Hatched in Indiana. WILL FIGHT BACK If Continued He Will Fight Those Who Inspired the Assault. Rushville. Ind., July 28—" But way did Mr. Fish assail me in New Yorg? Manifestly the people of that state are not interesiov. in my actions, and this leads me to the inevitable con elusion that he must have been inspired to this course by some residents of the Hoosier state, and th t this fabrication was uttered not for the benefit of the citizens of New York, but for consumption in Indiana. There are still some people in ths world who believe that the way to help themselves is to pull the other fellow down, and it seems as though this is the animus of the above statement. I have never believed in or indulged in personalities in any campaign, nor shall I do so unless driven to it, but these seuUhmen who do not aiiEWer argument by argument, but whose sole method of campaign is to impugn (he niqtive and assail die character of others who may not| agree with them —these gentlemen will find that, even in such a conflict, ii this method of atatek is to continue, there will be blows to take as well as blows to give. If I have any statements to make in this campaign or at any other time with reference to any citizen or citizens of Indiana, 1 shall not have them made in New York, or Louisiana, or South Dakota, but in Indiana. I shall not have them made at all, for I shall make them myself and shall back them up with evidence that is irrefutable. 1 have never believed in the argument or slander or the logicic of vinification, but, if forced into a campaign of this character, I shall 'bear it that the opposer may beware.’ When I was in public life 1 did not complain of the assaults of the enemy, whatever their nature, for I understood that to be a part of the game. But now I am a private citizen, without any other ambition than to remain so, and, should these little attacks continue in the future. I shall deem it my duty to respond in kind and respond not to the instrument used but directly to those who inspire the assault.” “JAMES E. WATSON.” GOES TO SUMMER HOME. L. C. Waring Leaves For Manistique Lake, Michigan. L. C. Waring of the Waring Glove company, left today noon for his annual trip to Lake Manistique, in the northern peninsula of Michigan, where he has a summer home and where, “far from the maddening crowd,” he will enjoy all the delights of the world. He will remain until September Ist. During his absence D. E. Laufferty of Huntington will be in charge of the local glove factory. The Misses Ruby and Iva Harvey returned this afternoon from Fort Wayne, where tney spent the day. Tom Euinger left this afternoon for Rome City, where he will join his family at their cottage there.

MORE TROUBLE Clinton Death and Philip Rash Charged With Bicycle Theft. ARRESTED TODAY Will be Given Trial Before ’Squire Smith Next Tuesday. Clinton Death of Bobo, the young man against whom a case of alleged chicken stealing is pending, and who during a preliminary hearing Wednesday was bound over to the circuit court, is again in trouble, this time charged with the theft of a bicycle. Tlie same charge is held also against Philip Rash, a young man of northwest of Bobo. The two young men were arrested this morning by Deputy Sheriff Ed Green, the charge having been made against them by Marion Case, father of one of the owners of the stolen wheels. The two wheels stolen belonged to Andrew Case and William McCullough and were taken May 28th from in front of the church at Bobo, where the owners had gone to practice for some sort of an entertainment. The Case boy's wheel has been recovered from Carey Bones at Wren, Ohio, to whom it was sold, but the other wheel has not yet shown up. Tile boys each gave a SIOO bond today for their appearance in 'Squire Smith's court next Tuesday. August 2nd, and were released. DURING NEXT WEEK The Guy Stock Company to Show Here During Next Week. ARE POPULAR HERE z They Have Been Coming to This Place For the Last Six Years. Frank J. Doherty, the advance representative of the (iuy Stock company. is in the city arranging fortheir annual visit to this city, all of next week. The Guy Stock company is well known here and they have many friends among all classes of our people. They have secured their old show grounds at the corner of Fourth and Monroe streets, and will as usual show under a big tent there. They are doing tne other advertising stunts that are necessary to attract the people and announce their coming. Their show is always entertaining and the fact that this is the sixth year they have been coming here is evidence that they are all right with the people of this city. They will open with "The Cry Raby,” and it is said to be one of the greatest western plays ever written. They will have something new for every cxening during the week, and it is a safe bet now that they will have hard work to take care of the large crowds that will invade the Guy Stock company's tent during next week. o— CENSUS “KICKING” BEGINS. Columbus, Ohio, Figures, 181,548, Declared to be 1,000 Short. Columbus. Ohio, July 28 —Census Supervisor J. E. Todd of the Twelfth congressional district today declared the report sent from Washington, giv ing the Columbus census as 181,548, to be approximately 1,000 short of the correct figure. He said that he would file a remonstrance and if necessary go to Washington to have a recanvass made there. Fred LaDelle and son, Clifford, are playing at the Majestic theater at Ft. Wayne the latter half or the week. A number of people took in the excursion over the Leaf to Beulah and Frankfort, Mich. Both places are tine resorts and where large numbers gather during 'the summer season.

NAMES THEIR STATE TICKET. Ohio Republicans End Their State Convention Late Yesterday. Columbus, Ohio, July 28 —After adopting their platform the Ohio republicans nominated Warren G. Harding for governor, Francis W. Treadway for lieutenant governor. Granville W. Mooney for secretary of state, F. Grant Denman for attorney general Rudy A. Archer for treasurer, William B. Crew and A. N. Summers for supreme judges. John S. McNutt for clerk of the supreme court. R. W. Dunlap for dairy and food commissioner. G. S. Watkins for board of public works. J. W. Zeelar for commissioner common schools. THE BLIND SINGER Miss Bertha Carver to Give an Entertainment at Monroe. . A SURPRISE PARTY Many Items of News About the People in and Around Monroe. Monroe, Ind.. July 28 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Miss Bertha Carver, the blind young lady of Salem, will entertain our people at the Monloe M. E. church Friday evening, July 29tb, at which time she will render some of her solos. Miss Carver is a line singer and has gained quite a reputation in her work, her solos are ot the highest class and are well rereived by those who have beard her. Sl.e earnestly requests all to turn out on Friday evening and you will be well paid for the time spent. The Junior League social, held at Monroe last Saturday evening, was the most successful affair ever held i ere. A large crowd attended and everything was sold out. A neat sum was realized by their efforts.

Cecil, daughter ot Mr, and Mrs. John Reckard, was agreeably surprised on last Friday night when a num- . ber of her young friends gathered at her home to remind her that she had reached the twelfth year of her life. Those present were the Misses Loma Ray, Ireta Urick, Myrtle Everhart, Rena Noffsinger, Sylvia Hendricks, Fiances Tabler, Naomi Dulin, Hazel McNary. Blanche Davis. Gladys Lee and Vedith Michaud. It is needless to say that they had a fine time. Refreshments were served, after which they departed for their homes wishing Miss Cecil many more such happy birthdays as the one just passed. Julius J. Hofer, who for the past three years has been employed at the John W. Badders-restaurant, resign ed his position Monday evening. “Jude’s” smiling face will be missed by the many patrons and friends who for that time have mingled with him daily. Mr. Hofer has not yet yet decided what he will do. Joe Dentner, engineer and general man about the Burke elevator, res’gned his position with that plant Saturday evening and will go to Gary, Ind., where he has accepted a position at the carpenter trade. Joe is a good mechanic and we "predict that he will make good in his new line of work. John Harvey is looking up some real estate business at Sheridan. Ind. W. R. McConnell and family of Champaign. 111., the the guests of William Mitchell and family of northeast of here this week. John Forbush sold his eighty-eight acre farm to John T. Price of Clinton county this week. The land brought the handsome sum of $140.00 per aero, end is considered one of the best farms in the county. Mrs. Belle Watson of Cyclone, Clinton county, who has been the guest of her brother, A. S. Keller, and family, returned to her home last Monday after a two weeks’ visit. (Contlnueff on page 4.)

Price Two Cents

IN THE CLASSIFIED Postmaster General Suggests That Postoffices be in Classified Service. IN SIXTH DISTRICT The Congressional Campaign There Getting Under Way. Washington, D. C„ July 28 —If the administration adopts a suggestion soon to be made by the postmaster general, representatives in congress may be shorn of nearly all the patronage now allotted to them. The postmaster general is going to urge that all postoffices of the second and third class, with salaries ranging from $1 • 000 to $2,900 a year, be covered into the classified service. At the same time, however, it will be pointed out to President Taft that the experiment ot applying the merit principles to the appointment of fourth-class postmasters has proved a failure. By an order issued by President Roosevelt a few months before he left the while house the Civil service Commission was empowered to appoint fourthclass postmasters in the New England and middle Atlantic states, and Indiana. Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. Mr. Roosevelt had long believed iti the classification of postmasters, and yielding to suggestions made by several reformers, consented to authorize and experiment in the states named. It has not worked out satisfactorily in the smaller communities and postal officials are convinced that in time all fourth-class postoffices will be at least partly removed from the control of the civil service commission. Richmond. Ind., July 28—That h* would start his campaign about September Ist was the statement of Representative William O. Barnard from the Sixts district, while in the city today. Finley Gray, the democratic nominee, is making an active canvass in Richmond this week.

BEING IMPROVED Several Improvements Are Being Made About Catholic Premises. FOR COMING YEAR Many Tons of Coal Being Delivered For Approaching Winter. Quite a bit of improvement has been going on about the premises of the St. Mary’s church for the pas’ week or so, and some time yet will be required before the same is completed. All of the outside woodwork on the church and school has received the first coat of paint and today the shutters and woodwork on the tower were gone over, and the other buildings will receive retouching where necessary. After this is com pkt Father Wilken’s residence and the sisters’ home will be repainted. The work is being done by Peter Gaffer and force of men, and it is a sotmwhat difficult job to work at. The contract for the coal to be used during the coming winter at the St. Mary’s church and schools has been let tb Philip H. Wagner, who is at present delivering same. The contract calls for one hundred and fifty tons, which amount will be required to run through the coming winter. Other improvements are being made so as to be in shape for the opening of the school term next September. o WILL MOVE TO MT. VERNON. F. M. Addington and family are preparing to move to Mt. Vernon, where they will make their home. Mr. Addington for five years has served as traveling salesman for the Ward Fence company, being highly successful. He intends to enter business with his brother, who is a successful I dog trainer.