Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1910 — Page 1

olume VIII. Number 201.

LITTLE GIRL WAS LOST Wandered For Eighteen I Hours in Com Fields—- | Through Heavy Storm. FOUND THIS MORNING By Frank Everett and Ref stored to the Distracted Folks at Home. — | ■ Little Lavina Ehrsam, three years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Hhrsam, who reside on the Wash Kern farm, four miles south of town, had a terrible experience Thursday, night, one that caused her parents and famlb much anxiety and distress, as well as the many neighbors of that community. Thursday afternoon the lit•tle tot, with a five-year-old brother, •was playing in a terf-acre corn field Kst west of the house. The children Mere running from one corn stalk to >ther, grabbing at the silk corn tassels, when they became separated. The boy looked for his sister in vain, called to her and getting no response, ■went to the house where he reported -to his mother. That was at 3 o’clock >nd then began a search which contin®ed for eighteen hours before the child -was finally clasped again in her moth'efs arms. At first it was only thought Khe child had wandered into the field pmd could easily be found, but aa tour’s search by the olner ones of the Earnily failed to find her, and then a ■neighbor or two joined in the hunt,, /Finally eight or ten men bega>* a Bys . jftematic search for h’ e r. All night long ■they up and down every row <o f CO r a in the big field, but not a solii*hry trace of her could be found. At daylight this morning the alarm was sent around and a hundred or more men and boys from that locality and from Pleasant Mills "gathered at the Ihonie and continued the search. The territory for a mile around was careIfully gone over and unsucessfully. ’The parents of the child and the brothers and Bisters were distracted. Finally at 10 o’clock this morning, Mrs. Ehrsam went to the home of Oliver jLizar. a mile away, to telephone to her relatives of the terrible affair, and when central was called they were no--tlfied that a child had been found by ■Frank Everett. They hastened to his •Jaome and there, sure enough, was little Lavina, safe kfid well. She had spent the entire night, from 3 o'clock t Thursday afternoon until 8 this mornj ing in the corn fields and had been found at that hour by Mr. Everett on ■ the farm of Marcellus Davison. Ev•erett had not heard of the lost child -and -was out looking for some lost turkeys. He had just climbed over a fence when he heard a queer noise. ■ sounding like a kitten in distress. He ■.searched for it and found little Lavina seated on the ground, her face buried in her hands, sobbing her little heart out. She had wandered all night long, through the muddy fields, had been ■ soaked with the heavy rain Thursday ■ evening, chilled through and through, and had apparently given up and sat ■ down to rest. She was bare-footed, bare-headed and dressed only tn a little light slip, and the searchers had expected to find her chilled to deatn. Frank carried her to his home, where she was given drink and food, and soon became better. Her face was swollen from the hours of weeping and she was badly frightened. 1( had wandered south from her home from one corn field to another, until *hen found she was a mile and a ha away from home. In the meantime the searcners were still at work, when the news came along that the g ' ia been found, and they all gathered m front of the Ehrsam home. Soon. afterward a rig came along in w were the mother with her child in he arms, and with Mr. Everett driving. A shout that came from the hearts o all who were present went up. story was soon told and the paity persed. A Daily Democrat reporter was on the scene and the home-co Ing of the little girl was one of the happy kind that makes a fellow fee like crying and in fact there " er _ many with wet eyes The Ehrsam afmily has had much bad luck. M . and Mrs. Ehrsam are tbe parents (Continue rson page 4-)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

MARTIN MYLOTT SLIGHTLY HURT Mis-step on a Ladder Caused Ankle to Turn and He Got a Fall. Martin Mylott, the well known and popular city superintendent, met with a slight accident Thursday afternoon whfle out on his monthly meter reading trip. He concluding the reading of the meter at the Breiner feed barn on Monroe street and was descending the ladder. Thinking he had reached the bottom he mis-stepped and his foot turned, spraining the ankle and he rolled over on his head. He was helped to the office of a physician, where he had his ankle bandaged, and he was able to hobble around. DEMAND DAMAGES Ben Brandyberry and Levi Johnson File Suits Against R. Bowman. FALSE IMPRISONMENT Say They Were Disgraced and Caused to Suffer Great Anxiety. Attorney A. B. Bailey of Monroe filed two cases in court, exactly similar, in each of which the sum of >I,OOO is demanded from Rudolph Bowman. The plaintiffs are Benjamin Brandyberry and Levi Johnson, the two young men whom it will be remembered were arrested about three weeks ago on a charge of criminal provocation, it being alleged that they had called at the Bowman Lome and made indecent pro--1 posaltj Lq Mrs. Bowman. The complaint says that on August 7th last the defendant falsely and maliciously and willfully and without any reason or cause, appeared before 'Squire James’H. Stone and had him issue .1 warrant for their arrest, that they were falsely imprisoned in jail, required to employ an attorney at a cost of thirty dollars each, and to lose five days’ time. All this they claim greatly damaged them in credit and reputation, brought them into public scandal and disgrace and caused them suffering and great anxiety and pain in body and mind. To repay them for this they demand each the sum of one thousand dollars and all other proper relief. o Mrs. Scott Bockover returned to Ripley. Ohio, today after visiting With her mother, Mrs. Sarah Blackburn. The class of 1908 of the Decatur high school is contemplating having a reunion sometime in the near future. ■ ■ o —" • HE DIED SUDDENLY David Meshberger. one of County’s Best Known Men, Answers Call. WAS VERY WEALTHY Had Lived at Linn Grove for Years and Owned Big Stone Quarries. - » Linn Grove, Ind., Aug. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—David Meshberger, aged fifty-eight years, one of the leading men of this vicinity, and well known all over the county, died very suddenly Thursday evening. He had been in very good health and suddenly suffered an attack of some kind of lung trouble, resulting in his deathwithin fifteen minutes. The news was a terrible shock to this community. He was the owner of the large stone quarries here and a contractor of much prominence. He was born in French township in 18&2 and was reared there. In 1877 he was married to Jane Heller. He is the owner of a large tract of land in the south portion of the county, about 400 acres in all. He has been engaged in the stone business for about twenty-five years and has been very successful. He is survived by the wife, eight children, four brothers and three sisters. Three children have preceded the father in death. The funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, August 26, 1910.

OLD CITIZEN ILL > i Mrs. Magdeline Bremerkamp Very 11l at Home of Her Daughter. I ~ .A GENERAL DECLINE Children Called to Bedside Thursday—Condition Remains About the Same. 1 Mrs. Magdeline Bremerkamp, one of this city’s most estimable ladies, and without doubt the oldest person residing in Decatur, is in a serious condition at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. X. Ehinger, with whom she has been making her home for a number of years. She will be enighty-nine years old on her next birthday, which falls in October, and has been enjoy-, ing excellent health, but owing to her extreme old age her condition is becoming weak and enfeebled. She is the mother of Mrs. U. Deiningen H. H. Bremerkamp, Mary Fullenkamp and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger. Her husband owned the store now being operated by the Fullenkamps and had been in business for nearly seventy years and was known by nearly every person in the county. Her children were all called to her bedside Thursday, and this morning her condition was about the same as Thursday. She is receiving the best of care from members of the family, but as she suffers from no ailment other than the infirmities of old age, not much can be done for her. The result of her illness is being anxiously watched by her many friends. SPECIAL MEETING WHOM;. - t , Chas. Voglewede, Receiver I For Packing Company, i j Issues Call For ! , I NEXT MONDAY A. M. Will Make Arrangements to Dispose of Same—Some Parties Interested. Charles Voglewede, the receiver appointed by the court for the defunct Decatur Packing company, who some time ago tried to dispose of the same at receiver's sale, but no terms could be agreed upon, has issued a call for a special meeting to be held on next Monday. It will be held at 10 o’clock at the law office of D. B. Erwin, and only the thirteen stockholders, who hold a mortgage on the plant, will attend. At this meeting it will be decided as to how they shall dispose of the plant—whether by selling the various fixtures separately of to sell the entire plant to any party who may wish to operate it. Several parties from out of the city have been here to look over the plant and see what kind of a proposition can be made. A gentleman who operates a similar plant at ' Kokomo and another at Muncie was " in the city Thursday and called on the J receiver for information and if a 1 suitable agreement can be made to suit all concerned he would operate 1 the Decatur plant to accommodate his increasing business. It is a plant that I Decatur needs, and if run on the right *' basis would mean much to the city of ! Decatur. .. o - CONFERENCE, f 1 The ministers of the Zion Lutheran churches of Adams county held thir monthly conference at the First Na- .. tional bank today. The meeting coni sisted of devotional exercises, discusB sions-on topics pertaining to both the s church and the Bible, and a social s time. The following ministers of Adi, ams county were present: Revs. Dorne sief, Koch, Wehmeyer, Preuss, Nees, a Bauer and Deitricb. Rev. Hoile of s Schumm, Ohio, and Rev. Fuelling of Chicago were also present.

TICKETS FOR TONIGHT’S SHOW. Will Mougey was the ticket winner Thursday evening in the mis-spelled word contest” by the Democrat office and was given two reserved seats for “My Wife’s Family,” which appears at the Bosse opera house this evening. The show is one of those funny ones that we are sure will please all, and ; we hope that all those who huve secured tickets in this contest and all their friends will attend and enjoy the oc- ■ caslon. The mis-spelled word in last evening's issue was "Remnant” in Niblick & Co’s advertisement, it beings spelled "remnent." THE SCHOOL DAYS Will Soon be Here—List of Many From Here Who Will Attend College. ALL OVER THE LAND Adams County Students Will Seek Learning in Various Institutions. Only a few more days and the school houses over the city and county will again open their doors, and then away will go the little tots, and big ones, too, to their respective places with their books under their arms. But while the bells in our own county are pealing forth their joyous command to the hundreds here, some of the county will hear the chimes of bells away from home. Decatur and Adams county have never been behind in furnishing those who seek higher education, with an intention of entering the professions, business, or some other useful occupation. This year is | no exception to the rule. While onlythree members of this year's graduating class of the Decatur high school intend to go away to college this fall, nevertheless the class is making an excellent showing. Out of a class of sixteen members, thirteen of the class of 1910 will not attend college this year, but out of that number eleven have attended school during the summer and will teach this year, and ev- ’ ery member has an ambition to attend college some time in the future. The following are the names of as many i young people of the county as we have been able to secure, who are attending college or intend to do so, and in some instances the number of years they will go and their chosen professions are mentioned: Marie Allison, National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C.; three years. Frances Dugan, Vassar College; two i years; will specialize in English and . German. Bessie Boyers, Illinois Woman’s College; one year; Columbia; one year. Fred Meyers, Indiana University; : four years; will specialize in English. John Powell, graduate of Ann Arbor Law School; will study for the ministry at DePauw. Walter Baltzell, Indiana University; ' is studying law. Elizabeth Fruchte, Indiana Normal . School; two years; will specialize in ■ German. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Boyers, Leland i Stanford University; Mr. Boyers is , now studying medicine; three years. I Don Burk, DePauw four years; . seminary, three years; will study for : the ministry. i Robert Schrock, a graduate of Wa- . bash College, Cornell; is studying i medicine. > Free Frisinger, Wabash College; > four years. i Carl Weidler, mission school. Frankt lin, Wis.; will study for the ministry. ; Irvin Case, Law School, Scranton, t Pa. Almon Case, Indianapolis. Ralph Moser, Indianapolis; studying music. Arthur Holthouse, Joe Didot, Frani cis Schmitt and Felix Holthouse, Rens , salaer. Grover Miller and Fred Engle, Marian Business College. Leo Sprunger, Ralph McCrory and - Hugo Reinking, Fort Wayne Business ’ College. 1 Amos Kohne, Sacred. Heart Music • Academy, Fort Wayne. Benjamin Beavers, Wabash College; , three years; Rush Medical College; f four years. f Louis Dornsief and Mr. Lindemeyer. (Continued on page 4.)

GO TO MICHIGAN Rev. and Mrs. Mershon Are Making Arrangements For Leaving City. TO DO CHURCH WORK Left This Morning to Look . After Charge—Will Return Here Later. The many friends of Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Mershon will be sorry to learn of their intention of leaving the city, which will be in a few weeks. Mr. Mershon, being a minister of the gospel. was engaged in religious work for a number of years before coming to this city. He has accepted a charge at Riverside, Mich., and will take up the work there temporarily until further arrangements can be made. Mr. and Mrs. Mershon left this mornig for that place, where the former will remain and make the necessary preliminary arrangements for holding regular services. Mrs. Mershon will remain In that city for about a month, when they will move their household goods to that place to make their future home. Mr. Mershon is an able ■ speaker, having addressed audiences . here on several occasions, and is ( known for his winning and instructing delivery. He has been a resident of this city since last April, coming here from Howard City, Mich., where he has been engaged in this work, and it is desire of returning to the work again. While here they have made a wide acquaintance and their friends will regret to hear of their leaving. Mr. Mershon will return here in about for weeks to arrange for the shipping of their household goods. INVENTS AIR SHIP C ■’t.L: ' - - Persa Bell. Known Here. Turns Inventor and May Become Famous. WILL TEST IT SOON Son of Dow Bell Who Worked at This Office For Several Years. Persa Bell of Fort Wayne has invented a monoplane, and those who have seen it believe it will be a winner. He is' well known here, his father, Dow Bell, having worked at this office for several years previous to his death about two years ago. His home was formerly at Portland. Persa is a genius and has been employed for some time as a monotype operator at Fort Wayne. He will become famous if his air ship floats when the trial test is made in a few days. His car was partially destroyed Tuesday in a fierce wind storm and it will require ■ several days to mend it. He expects to make a flight this week. His secret is in the balancing device'on which he is obtaining a patent. His ship is fifty feet long and almost as wide, weighs 1,400 pounds, with two passengers, and ■ has twelve-foot wings. His Decatur ; friends hope he will make a success of his ‘new invention. He has already excited the populace of Fort Wayne and is receiving many press notices each day. -o 8080 QUARTERLY MEETING. The second quarterly conference of ; the Bobo circuit, M. E. church, will be held August 27th at 2:30 at Salem M. ■ E. church, five miles east of Monroe. Rev. Dr. Beatty, district superintendent, will have charge. He will preach in the evening at 7:30; also Sunday morning at 10:30. The second quarterly meeting will i be held at 10:30 Sunday morning, August 28th, at Salem. ■ We extend a cordial invitation to our members and friends to attend these services for the special good it will be to us. Dr. Beatty will have charge. Come . and hear him. D. A. J. BROWN, Pastor.

PINCHOT HANDS ONE OUT. Charges Forest Fires to Men In Congress Who Fought Service. (United Press Service.! Washington, D. C„ Aug. 26 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —Declaring that Senator Hepburn of Idaho, Senator Carter of Montana ahd Representative Mondelie of Idaho had been fighting on the side of the forest fires against the general welfare of the people, Gifford Pinchot, deposed chief forester, today issued a statement placing the blame for the disastrous fires in the northwest at the door of the men in congress who had opposed the efforts of the forest service to prepare itself to prevent just such a calamity. o - — NEW ACT ISSUED Rural Carriers Are Required to Fill Out the Pension Blanks. GIVEN MUCH POWER Can Act as Another Official But Not While on Regular Duty. Postmaster W. A. Lower is in receipt of a letter from the fourth assistant postmaster general at Washington, regarding a pension act, No. 281, approved on June 25, 1910. The act calls for the making of appropriation for payments of invalids and other pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. The following rule has been adopted: Hereafter, besides the many officers holding the power to administer oaths in such cases, the rural free delivery carriers are required to administer such oaths when the occasion offers and are to receive for their labors a fee of not less than twentyfive cents, and to be paid by the pensioner. They are also bound and requested fill out vouchers for these requirements whenever asked, but are not allowed to do when on duty, unless all their required work has been fulfilled, and then they may be permitted to do so at any time. Rural carriers cannot fill out their own vouchers, but will have to receive the assistance of another carrier before same can be done. Rural carriers who are appointed temporarily have not this power, nor has a substitute the right to do so. When this act is fulfilled by the carrier he is to sign his signature to same and send it at once"' to the pension agent immediately at Washington for further execution. .This rule is one that has never been allowed previously to a .carrier, which gives him considerable power in his position. THEDEPARTMENTS A Glance at the Premium List of the Great Northern Indiana Fair. FOR THE YEAR 1910 A List of the Superintendents and the Various Departments. Have you looked through the premium list of the Great Northern fair for this year? If not you should do so, for therein will be tound a bunch of information that will be of much intereat to you. C. D. Kunkle is the superintendent of the speed department and he and Secretary Magley, as well as several others, have been hustling for some time in their efforts to present the best race card ever given here, and they have done it. John P. Steiner will have charge of the horse department, and he knows his business. The cattle show will be in charge of William Miller, an experienced man. James Foreman will look after the sheep and swine, and M. Augsberger of the poultry and pet stock. Thomas Perkins has the agriculture and fruits, Mrs. J. S. Lower the canned fruits and culinary artii cles, while John Broadbeck is the superintendent of the art department, (Continues on page 4.) ■

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THE G.O.P. CONVENTION Republicans Met Here Today to Select Delegates and County Ticket. VISITORS WERE HERE Three Candidates Present— Endorse Taft and Beveridge. Tlie republicans of Adams county held their convention here today, adopted a plattorm and nominated a county ticket complete. The day had been rather extensively advertised and the crowd, which gathered at 10 o'clock, the hour named, was about the usual one, numbering, according to the vote taken for representative, an even 140. County Chairman P. L. Andrews called the meeting to order, and the permanent organization resulted in the selection of French Quinn of this city as chairman and E. B. Adams as secretary. The resolution committee appointed consisted of Fred Rohrer, Dr. Aspy, J. D. Beery, John Haugk and F. L. Litterer. They reported a platform, reaffirming faith in the republican party and their doctrines as taught from the time of Lincoln to Taft; endorsed the administration of President Taft, without referring to the Payne-Aldrich law; endorsed likewise the work of Senator Beveridge, and instructed the representative, if elected, to vote for him; gloried in the stand taken by republicans along moral lines and instructed the representative, if elected, not to vote for any proposition calculated to impair or repeal the present laws. The selection of delegates to the congressional convention, to be held at Bluffton next Tuesday, followed and resulted in the selection of the following: Delegates Alternates French Quinn M. F. Aspy Sam Butler J. D. Beery W. H. Teeple John Brodbeck Emory Mallonee John Evans E. W. Johnson G. A. Barnett Paul Girod Charles Jones J. E. Martin J. H. Nash C. Egley John Brown This was followed by a call for the nominations for representative. The names of Adam J. Smith and John Everett. both of this city, were presented, and a vote resulted in the selection of Mr. Everett, the vote being 71 to 69. The rest of the ticket was selected within five minutes, there being no opposition to any of the names first suggested. The ticket as chosen is as follows: Representative—John Everett, Decatur. Prosecuting Attorney—P. G. Hooper, Decatur. Clerk —W. L. Ray. Monroe Township. Treasurer —Paul Girod, Monroe. Sheriff —George Brewster. Jefferson. Surveyor —Jesse Buckmaster, Jefferson. Coroner—Dr. W. E. Smith. Decatur. Recorder —William Edwards. BlueCfceek. Commissioner. Ist Distrist—C. D. Kunkle, Root. Commissioner, 3rd District—William Farlow. Monroe. The matter of selecting candidates for the county advistory board was referred to the county central committee, with power to select. Short speeches were then made by Finley P. Miuunt of Crawfordsville, candidate for attorney general; Ed Fitzpatrick of Portland, candidate for clerk of the supreme court, and John Reed of Indianapolis, candidate for state auditor, and the meeting adjourned at noon. o. GASOLINE EXPLOSION. The fire alarm was sounded this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the blaze was found to be at the home of Aaron Stevens on Elm street. The hired girl had gone to the summer kitchen to start the gasoline stove and owing to the accumulation of the liquid an explosion followed when a match was lighted. No one was hurt. The room was badly scorched and a small hole I burned in the roof.