Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 187, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII, Number 187.

CHILD WAS RUN DOWN I Nine-Year-Old Viola Moser I of Wren Struck by an Automobile. WAS BADLY BRUISED IMachine Drived by Nelson I Culley Struck Her—Was Cut and Bruised. — J Viola Moser, aged nine years, bright-faced little daughter of Nelson EHoser, a lumberman at Wren, Ohio, iras run down by an automobile at th*- corner of Second and Monroe streets at 9 o’clock this morning. Hundreds witnessed the accident, as the itreets were crowded at that place rith people lining up to watch the pa»de. Viola, with her two sisters and i brother, had come to the city to lee the circus. They were having the usual happy time, seeing the sights. It seems that the older sisters were in frost of the Boston store and that Viola and another sister were across the street in front of the Holthouse, Bchulte & Company clothing store. Viola and the sister darted into the street just as Wes Culley, of Willskint drove along in his touring car. The accident happened so quickly that those who witnessed it could only describe it by saying that the child simply run in front of the car. She was struck and knocked down with considerable force and the wheel pushed her under the machine; then the rear wheel hit er again and threw her around in such a manner that the car glided over her without further injury. She was picked up by Will Ward and carried to the office of Drs. Clark, where her injuries were dressed. She received an ugly gash over the right eye, another nearer the eye and a bruise about the size of a dollar just under the eye. No bones were broken and aside from a numl>er of bruises she was not otherwise (Continued page 4.) RECEIVER ASKED !» ■— "• For the Decatur Filler Company—Two Complaints Filed Against Them. ACTION IN ONE CASE Frank M. Schirmeyer Appointed and Bond Fixed at Sum of $50,000. The Old Adams County Bank as plaintiff filed a petition this afternoon against the Decatur Filler Company, asking for a receiver. The complaint alleges that the Filler Company owes the bank a note of $5,229.67, which is past due and unpaid. It also says that the company is indebted in the sum of $30,000 and cannot meet said debts. The matter was taken up before Judge Merryman this afternoon and the petition granted, the court naming F. M. Schirmeyer as receiver. The latter qualified at once by filing his bond in the sum of $50,000. The property, which is one of the finest of the kind in this section of the country, will probably be sold and th* in debtedness paid. The attorneys ar* A. P. Beatty and Heller. Sutton *<" Heller. A new case filed at the clerk s o. flee is entitled Main Bros. ,! "' i Lumber company vs. The Decatui I i ler Company, suit on account and Io appointment of receiver, deman* . $4,000. Parker and Peterson & •”- ran are attorneys for the plaintitt o— — ' Tom Railing, Decatur boy with Battle Creek, has won fifteen out of twen ty-two games. When not pitching he works in the middle garden.

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LARGE OATS ACREAGE. ’1 hs Isch brothers, living near the Wells-Adams county line, have one >f the largest oats crops in this section of the state. They had 210 acres in oats and today the threshing Is nearing completion, and the total crop on the farm will amount to over 10,000 bushels. Up to last night the oats threshed up to that time had averaged fifty-one bushels to the acre. Part of the crop Is being marketed at once and hauled directly from the machine to the elevator, while a portion of it will be stored. The Isch brothers also have one of the largest corn crops coming on of any farm in the state, and undoubtedly the largest in this immediate section. They have a total corn crop of 320 acres and most of their corn is lotiking fine.—Bluffton News. —o STILL ON WAR PATH Senator Bristow Says the Payne-Aldrich Law Repudiates Party Pledges. HAVE NO PARTY Said That Trusts Have No Party and They Should Draw No Party Lines. Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 10—Criticism of the tariff law, which he designated as a repudiation of the pledges of the republican party, praise for Senator LaFollette and severe condemnation for SenatCr Aldricii, Speaker Cannon and Attorney GenOfal Wickersham — these were the principal features of an address given here by United States Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, in opening the campaign for United States Senator R. M. LaFollette in his contest before the primaries for renomination. Mr. Bristow quoted the tariff plank in the republican platform, and said that the party pledge had been violated and he sought to call to the bar those who had "violated their obligations. He said the tariff instead of being revised for the benefit of the consumer was detrimental to the American standard of living. At this point he went into details concerning the socalled lead trust, which he said “controlled 90 per cent of the production and also controlled the cost.’’ He said ! the reason “Aldrich had secured legislation favorable to this trust was because the American Smelting company wanted it.” He also spoke in detail of the so-called rubber trust. He said Aldrich and Cannon had called him a “liar.” but that they had failed to specify wherein he had lied.” He said he was ready to meet them with proof for every statement he had made thus far in the campaign. In closing Mr. Bristow said the organized trusts had no party lines in reaching out to get control of legislation for their interests, and so the voters should draw no party lines in the coming election, but stand by the men who were trying to defend their interests. He said the conditions now were almost as serious as before the war, except that the slavery was of a different sort. Mr. Bristow also took up the railway bill and told of the fight of the insurgents to “wipe out vicious features proposed by Mr. Wickersham.” o- “ ENTIRE FAMILY SICK. The family of Joe Delinger, living two miles south of Willshire, Ohio, has been peculiarly afflicted during the past week with bowel trouble, which much resembles cholera in its attack. Four children, and finally Mr. Delinger became sick, the attacks being like cholera morbus. The children have recovered, and Mr. Delinger nearly so. Dr. Keller paid a visit to the home Tuesday and will go again Thursday. It is thought that Mr. Dellinger will have fully recovered in a few days. -— o "• THIRTY-NINE INDICTMENTS. (United Press Service.) Newark, Ohio. Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)— The grand jury, investigating the lynching of the “dry" detective here a few weeks ago, today returned thirty-nine indictments against those who participated. Fifteen indictments charge murder in the first degree. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 10, 1910.

SHOT IN THE LEGS f a Paul Van Camp is a Patient i at St. Joseph Hospital at Fort Wayne. 3 J — — ‘ STEALING APPLES } , D At St. Rochus Hospital and f r an Employee Took Shot at Him Tuesday. i Paul Van Camp, youngest son of the late Anson Van Camp of this city, is lying at the St. Joseph hospital at , Fort Wayne with his legs smarting from several bird-shot wounds. His condition is not at all serious, and he * will be able to be about no doubt within a few days. He was shot by an employee of the St. Rochus hospital, located west of Fort Wayne. Paul, his brother, Huber, and a young man named Harry Comstock, had been at Bluffton and were enroute to Kalamazoo, Mich. They stopped to rest and Paul was induced to jump the fence at St. Rochus and secure some apples. As he was picking them up he was fired upon by the employee, three or four shots taking effect in the boy’s legs. The lads were taken to the police station, where Paul’s legs were dressed, and he was then taken to the hospital, where the sisters agreed to care for him. The • other boys were released, as the man who did the shooting, and the latter’s name was withheld after he gave thq excuse tfidt It® h&d been annoyed for weeks by people stealing apples. His means of stopping the annoyance was rather drastic, but it is safe to say, it will be a permanent one, so far as the Van Camp boys are concerned. 0 LECTURE AT LINN GROVE. Mrs. S. M. Stahl of Hartford City J will deliver an address at a mothers’ ( meeting which will be held by the W. ] C. T. U. at Linn Grove Monday even- ’ ing, August 15th, at 7:30. Every moth 1 er and daughter are requested and ; urged to be present. The subject of her address will be "Social Purity Among the Young People.” Every- ‘ body invited. < o * AT MAPLE GROVE; 1 The Simpson M. E. Sunday ' School of Ft. Wayne Will ( Picnic There i ON NEXT SATURDAY : i Delightful Excursion Ar- ' ranged—School Pleased With Selection. £ ~ ( While Decatur people journey to ' the parks at Fort Wayne for picnics < and outings Fort Wayne folk find it j equally pleasant and enjoyable to t come to Adams county parks, and next 1 Saturday at Maple Grove will be held 1 the annual picnic of the Simpson M. E. Sunday school. For several years ( the Sunday school has held its picnic . in a grove near Fort Wayne, not nearly so pleasant as this one, it is said, 5 and so, hearing of the pleasant little f park in Adams county, considered the £ plan to come here this year. A rep- £ resentative of the school who was j here in July, investigating conditions f and making arrangements, returned ( a favorable report, with the result that Maple Grove was decided upon as the place for the picnic. Special interurban cars will be chartered to convey the company here, and the ride on the interurban will be one of the pleasant features of the picnic ! trip. Many of the Decatur friends ’ of the congregation will take advan- t tage of the occasion to go to the park 1 and enjoy the day in reunion with < their friertls. i - t Mrs. U. Deininger went to Fort * Wayne this afternoon to be the guest * iof her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne. *

BOYERS-JOHNSON WEDDING. Luther Boyers and Miss Winifred Johnson of Decatur were united in marriage in this city Monday evening by the Rev. Robert Little of the Presbyterian church. The young couple will leave shortly for California, where both will study in the Leland Stanford university. The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Boyers of Decatur and for more than three years has been a student in the California university. He will finish the literary coure this year and will take a four years' medical course. Miss Johnson, for several years, has been a teacher in the Decatur schools. She will also take a course in the university. She is a graduate of the Decatur high school and has attended the Indiana state university.—Win Chester Daily Herald. TO HER OLD HOME Remains of Mrs. Charles Kern Will be Brought Here For Burial. DIED IN CHICAGO Yesterday Noon After Few Days’ Illness From Peritonitis—Sad Death. i A message, sad in the extreme, bringing the news of the sudden death of her sister, Mrs. Charles Kern, of Chicago, was received late Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Leo Wilhelm of this city. The deceased was formerly Miss Cora Mumma, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mumma of Root township, and was well known here, where she was born and reared to womanhood. The family had lived in Elkhart for several years until last June, when they went to Chicago and they were just making plans to come to Fort Wayne to reside. Saturday morning Mrs. Kern became ill. violent vomiting contributing to the seriousness of the case. It was found that she was suffering from peritonitis and Tuesday morning an operation was advised. Accordingly she was conveyed to a hospital, but expired while on the way there, about 11 o’clock. Her death comes as a sad and most unexpected shock. A sad feature of the case was that the son. Homer, aged thirteen, not knowing of the seriousness of his mother's illness, had gone Tuesday on the excursion to Walbridge park, and was not at home when her death occurred. She leaves a husband and four children, Homer, Hattie, Russell and Kenneth, the eldest being thirteen years of age and the youngest seven. Mrs. Amos Lewton of Root township, Mrs. Leo Wilhelm of this city, Chas. Mumma of near Pleasant Mills, and Mrs. Josie Stewart of near Monroeville are her surviving brothers and sisters. Her parents also survive. This is the second sad and unexpected death in the Mumma family, as it was only about two years ago that the remains of another daughter. Mrs. Clara Aber, who died in New Mexico, leaving a little babe of a few days, were brought to her old home here t ->r burial. Mrs. Kern had visited here only’ast April and at that time was thought to be in good health. The body will be brought here for burial. It was thought at first tha tthe body would arrive here at 3.23 o’clock this afternoon over the Erie, but later message stated that it would not come until tomorrow. The remains of Mrs. Charles Kern will be taken, upon arrival here tomorrow afternoon, to the home of her sister, Mrs. Leo Wilhelm, on Nint' street, this city, and the funeral will be held some time Friday morning from the Evangelical church in this city, tue hour to be decided later. ATTENDS DISTRICT MEETING. The Rev. I. Imler of the United Brethren church went to Roanoke yesterday afternoon to attend the convention of the Young People’s Christian Endeavor Union of the United Brethren churches of the district including Adams, Allen, Wells, Huntington, Whitley, Steuben, Lagrange and other counties of northeastern In diana. The convention opened last evening and continued today, an interesting program having been prepared.

GAYNOR HOLDS OWF i 1 ■- “* * . Passed a Quiet Night anc Continues to Do Well Today, Say Bulletins. I WILL HURRY TRIAL Gallagher to be Tried iri New Jersey Next Week —Edwards Threatened. (United Press Service.) Hoboken, N. J., Aug. 10—(Special tc Daily Democrat) —Physicians attend ing Mayor Gaynor, issued the follow ing bulletin at 10 o’clock this morn ing: “The mayor continues to do well It is the opinion of the surgeons that no operation is necessary at thi<s time." The surgenos believe that unless infection should appear it will not be necessary to remove the fragments 01 lead from the wound. An earlier bul letin said Gaynor spent a quiet night (United Press Service.) London, Eng., Aug. 10—(Special tc Daily Democrat) —English newspapers today liken the atempted assassina tion of Mayor Gaynor to the killing of Brevier Boussgros Pasha in Egypt, which Roosevelt charged to the incapabilities of English officers. (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y., Aug. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Commissioner William Edwards, who overpower Gallagher, today received a letter in which Edwards is warned that he will be killed within twenty-four hours. The letter was signed, “A Friend of Gallagher’s." ; .- * (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y.. Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The rapidity with which criminals are punished in New Jersey will be displayed in the case of James J. Gallagher, the wouldbe murderer of Mayor Gaynor. The trial will be held in Hudson county. Prosecutor Garber will summon witnesses before the grand jury tomorrow and the trial will be held next week. The maximum penalty of assault with intent to kill is twenty years, which under all rules can be reduced to twelve years. BOOST FOR BAILEY The Texas Democracy Gives Senator Bailey a Great Ovation. STATE CONVENTION Their Declaration on the Tariff Will Set the Pace For Their Pary. Galveston, Texas, Aug. 10—United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey was given a great demonstration at the state democratic convention which opened here. The demonstration came when Clarence Ousley, temporary chairman, In his address, sounded the keynote, declaring that the convention should reaffirm the tariff plank of the state platform of 1896, which was a declaration in favor of a tariff for revenue duty, saying that this would be “fresh encouragement to that matchless statesman whose name it is hardly necessary to call.” Mr. Ousley had previously said tnat Texas should send a message to the democracy of the nation and Senator Bailey said something of the sort when he addressed the convention following the demonstration. In the meantime his friends in the convention had been acclaiming him as the party candidate for president in 1912. It is practically certain tha tthe tariff plank will go in this platform with the idea that it will set a pace for democracy of other sates and put Senator Bailey prominently before the country as presidential timber. o_— Misses Agnes Coffee and Dessk Mann were clerking at the Baugh man five and ten cent store today.

y RUSS HARRUF BURNED. While Working in the Fort Wayne Electric Works. d Yesterday Russell Harruff, a student in the electrical department at the Fort Wayne Electric works, sustained painful injuries to his eyes and a burn on one of his arms by a L flash from a short current in the incandescent testing room while he was at work. It is believed the injuries are not of a permanent or serious character and Mr. Harruff will probably be able to resume work in a few days. He resides in Decatur and may go there to stay until he is ready to resume work. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. o o ■ A NEW TOWN HALL 1. it For Geneva—Sister City a Achieves Honor Above e , Capital City. >f it. LOT IS PURCHASED Work in Progress on Building For Geneva Bank—g t. Many Go to Circus. it *•> Geneva, Ind., Aug. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Our city dads. ,1 Charles N. Brown, Clem Green and r I Art Coolman, have purchased the Mc:l Griff lot at the junction of Line and I Decatur streets, for the purpose of “ erecting a city hall, with which all of f our citizens are in hearty accord. The lot has a front of 100 feet and a depth of 132 feet, and is located di--1 rectly opposite the interurban staY tion. The consideration was $1,500, i which is deemed by all to be very a Reasonable, considering the improve- ■ ments. The front faces the brick a streets, on which all pavements have been made, as are those on the side - street, which is a good macadam. Our - town council is to be highly congratt ulated upon the move to make the • Greater Geneva. f 1 Miss Bertha Egley of Los Angeles. Cal., is making an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Egley of Line street. Mrs. S. O. Weldon and son of Elyria. Ohio, are visiting with her sister, Mrs. W. W. Briggs. > Miss Georgia Stephenson, who has been making her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Miller. left Wednesday morning for El Paso. 111., where she will visit with her father a few weeks, after which [■ she will go to Brockton, lowa, to make her future home. Miss Georgia will be missed by her associates, but all join in wishing for her the best in : life. Mrs. James L. Day of Celina, Ohio, is making a visit with her daughter, Mrs. A. G. Briggs. j Work has commenced on the repairing of the building for Geneva's new bank. The excavating and put- ? ting in of the concrete, making ready t for the laying of the tile floor, which 3 will cover the entire floor space, is ' now in progress. 2 ■ Miss Fay Connor, who has been vist iting with friends at Kendallville, re--1 turned to her home here today. t —— s Frank Filer. John E. and W. W. > Briggs have gone to South Milford, ’ for a week’s outing and to tease the • finny tripe. They have pitched their i tents and have very appropriately named the headquarters, “Camp - Filer.” i * There were 147 tickets sold at the - interurban station Tuesday for Bluffi ton, all going to see Wallace & Hag- • enbeck’s shew. Al spoke In the high- • est terms of the show. < — i Mrs. Rae Hunt, after a pleasant visY it with her father, Timothy Burns, y left Tuesday for her home in Tulsa, s Oklahoma. The Geneva Merchants’ band will e go to Fort Recovery. Ohio, Thursday h- to play at the “After Harvest" Jubilee, which is in session at that place,

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. BIG SHOWS HERE TODAY L 1 ’ 1 i The Combined Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows Arrive. PARADE WAS DANDY Biggest Crowd Which Has Been Here For Years Fills the Streets. Say, the circus cam eto town! It's here today in all its glory, just as advertised, with a doxen or more elephants. its herd of camels, zebras, the largest living hippopotamus, and all of the rest of the attractions which go to make the Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows the greatest on earth. They came in from Bluffton during the early hours this morning, and the usual crowd was there to watch them unload. The tents were pitched on the Teeple lot just east of town, and there all day a crowd- of visitors have surged. It was an oldfashioned crowd, variously estimated at from ten to twenty thousand souls, all good humored and good natured, buying the red lemonade and the small sacks of peanuts, the balloons and the crackerjack, and all the rest of the trimmings. It was an orderly crowd and there were but few reports of robberies, etc. The parade was an hour late, it being about 11 o’clock when the line of march, with big band wagon, started west on Monroe street. They went to Seventh street .thence south to Adams, east to Second, and down Second to Monroe. It was a great parade. one of the biggest and best ever witnessed in Decatur, at least a mile in length, and with many pen cages, a half dozen bands and the big steam caliope. At the rear of the parade was a wagon on which three people did unique acts during the parade. The usual free show was given at the grounds, immediately after the patContlnuetr on page 4.1 ■-- - c JOE GANS IS DEAD Famous Colored Fighter, Once Champion Light Weight of the World, DIED THIS MORNING He Made a Fortune in the Ring and Gave it to His Friends. (United Press Service.) Baltimore, Md.. Aug. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Joe Gans, former light, weight champion of the world, died here at 8:08 o'clock this morning. His family and the doctors had expected the end hourly since yesterday. In the death of Gans the prize ring loses one of its most picturesque fighters and best light weights. He was born in Baltimore in 1874. Gans' first chance at tho world’s championship came in his fight with Frank Erne in New York March 23, 1900. Erne won that battle in the twelfth round. Gans defeated Erne May 12, 1902, in Canada. In September, 1906, at Goldfield, Nevada, Gans won from Nelson on a foul. After that he defeated in quick succession Kid Hermann, Joe Menzies, Spike Sullivan and Ruddy Unholz. Nelson defeated Gans July 4, 1908, and again September 18, 1908, the training for these fights having . claimed by many. Gans was a won- . derful fighter. During his ring career he made a fortune, which he gave to his relatives and friends. I When he became ill. those relatives rallied to his assistance and did all • they could for him. He returned a few days ago from Arizona.