Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1910 — Page 1

■Volume VIII. Number 264.

■A BIG COLONY als That of the Anderson Brothers and Other Adams County Folks. ■AT GIDEON, MISSOURI ■j. Merica and Wife Return From Visit There—Visited Newt Anderson. I One of the most graphic accounts —. thoroughly interesting—of the great Hndustry of the Anderson and Mumma ( ■pothers, formerly of this county, now the vicinity of Gideon, Mo., was Stnat given to us this morning by Mr. Mrs. J. Merica, of Wren, Ohio, Hv ho stopped off at the Park hotel in city over night, enroute to their I ■ome trom a tour weeks' visit with ■their daughters, Mrs. M. S. Anderson Hind Mrs. A. B. Dunfee, at Gideon, Mo.. Band with several sisters of Mrs. Meriat Remus, Michigan, where they a week. Mr. and Mrs. Merica ■Llso visited with Mr. and Mrs. Newt while at Gideon, who sent with them at Gideon, who sent ■wishes to all their friends here, upon Hgrhom Mr. and Mrs. Merica called morning. | Newt Anderson and family left here spring for Gideon, Mo., and are remarkably well. They live in Hfcidvon. but Mr. Anderson, with his ■Brothers, own a 300-acre stock farm. and one-half miles from that town ■•here they are engaged in raising all Kinds of stock —hogs, cattle, etc., ■ewt being manager of the farm, frorty-five acres of this ranch was ■lanted in corn, and this yielded from to 2,000 bushels. All the land ' fenced with wire fence, and the ■arm is rapidly growing to be one ■:y'tot the best and most successful in ' states. \ g Newt had an experience with a wild ■ K|cg while the Mericas were there, while it was no doubt exciting the time, and Newt can now never that he has not been 'treed " —’ can well laugh with his friends O'. er the matter now. .■ln fencing in the land it seems that ■V wild hog was caught within the enwith the others. Repeated es- • Orts to get him failed. Quite recent-j , ly Newt and another man were out Hviirking on the place, when the wild I b ' with tusks three or four inches ■■tnt-, and with wide-open, frothing ■Knuth, got after them. The men si idooed to a tree, up which they HKimbed as fast as they ever did anyth in their lives, and when once ( wibsfely ensconced in the branches ot haven of safety, they shot the! Htear-t. Mrs. Merica was promised. of the tusks, but when the men ‘ Went back to “view the corpse” it. ■Eas gone. When asked about how big ' I the hog was, Newt said that if the j log had been fat he knew it would I *ve weighed 700 pounds—a frightful monster. ■The industries in which the AnArson brothers —W. P. and M. S. be--4 tag the biggest stockholders —and Kartin and H. Mumma and others, ■Krmerly from this place—are inter- > JBBteu are enormous. The company jHfrns 11,920 acres of land, timber and all. and they have also bought the. timber on 3,300 acres, paying for this timber, $47,500. ■ The Andersons are interested in a large number of industries —The Gid&,CK>Fi & Anderson Lumber Company, a handle factory planing mill, a general store, stave factory, two saw mills, | | a twenty-five mile railroad, repair Shops, in which they do all their own . repairing, an electric light plant, etc., ■gKtkfnir them practically owners ol a large colony. MElTfev employ 400 hands, at from $1.60 to $6 per day. The company a large number of houses and fiMlts, etc., in which their tenants; live and they furnish them also with supplies, from the general store. The | •tore clears them yearly an average of $12,000. About six or seven clerks cashiers, etc., are employed there. Their electric light plant clears them a large profit, besides furnishing their own light and power. The profits; from the rent cf the houses for the , tenants clears them S4OO a year. I SJBfee company owns its own rail-road—-about twenty-five miles long. They have two locomotives and a large train of cars, with which they haul their timber out. They have for-ty-flve teams of oxen at work in the ■

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woods, getting the timber (o the railroad. The latest purchase of timber on the 3,300 acres, is forty miles from the mill, and this will have to be taken by rail. About 35,000 feet of lumber are gotten out in one day, and from thirty to forty car loads of lumber are shipped each week. The Andersons have also a twofifths interest In a cooperage plant at Malden, Mo. A short time before returning home Mr. and Mrs. Merica and the Ander- ' sons took a trip in a flat car down into the timber districts, taking with them about S4OO worth of groceries from the general store to the tenants in the back-woods district. Th etrip was one of much interest. The country about Gideon is very delightful, i but they stated that some thirty or forty miles from there, in some dis- ’ tricts. the water surrounds the I houses, which are built upon stilts, to ‘ raise them above the high water mark and walks leading to the houses, are (Continue »-on page 4.) WAS ROBBED AGAIN Erie Depot Entered Again by Unknown Persons Who Take Cash. NO TRACE IS FOUND Suspicion is Laid to Tramp, Who Loafed Near Depot All Day. The Erie depot, which just a few months ago was entered by burglars who made their get-away with a sum ' of cash, was again visited Monday evening about 5 o'clock by an unknown i visitor, who secured fourteen dollars and thirty-one cents out of the cash i drawer. Roy Hart, who is the local agent, had gone to the depot a short time before 5 o'clock to check up the cash for the day, and having forgotten some papers returned to the freight house to get them. He was away not over five minutes, when he returned, to find that some person had entered during his absence, took the money, and made his escape. The drawer had been left open by the agent, and ! all the unwelcome guest had to do was to put his hand in the drawer and take out the money. An examination showed that the thief left a dollar and four cents, which in a hurry he Trad overlooked. The robbery was at once reported to Marshal Peterson, who notified Night Policeman Melchi, both ■ going to the depot,' and with Mr. Hart I made a search for the guilty party, 1 but he could not be located. A tramp s was noticed to be hanging around the 1 place all day and much suspicion is ' laid to him. It is not thought that ! the guilty one will be caught but if they should prove successful they will be made to pay the penalty in full. — ——o— —————— WEDDING WEDNESDAY. Wednesday morning at St. Mary’s church a pretty wedding will occur when Miss Anna Spangler will be united in marriage to Mr. Earl Tricker. Father Flaherty will be in charge of the services, which will be celebrated at 6:30 o’clock. Both young people are well known, coming from respected families, and their many friends are already extending congratulations and best wishes. o— STOLE JABERG’S BICYCLE. Somebody walked up on the porch of Martin Jaberg’s home Sunday night and without leave took a chainless i bicycle belonging to Martin. No clue has been found but Mart, who feels that he neds the wheel worse than the fellow who took it, will greatly appreciate any information which will aid him in its recovery. o MESSAGE OF BROTHER’S DEATH. Mrs. Henry Barkley last evening received a telegraph message of the death of her brother, Jonathan, Whittenberger, at Essex, Mo. The Barkleys will probably not be able to ati tend the funeral on account of the sickness of members of the family here. — o ————— Mrs. Martin and son, George, of Craigville were business visitors here ’ yesterday. V .'.f-.tv'..- ' • ■ ♦

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, November 8,1910.

SPOILED THE RALLY Chicago Police Broke Up a Prize Fight That Was Billed as Speech. BANK ROBBERS AGAIN The Epidemic Continues in Ohio—Teamsters Strike Postponed Again. (United Press Service.) Chicago, 111., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Some three hundred sports appeared in police court today as the result of a raid on a political rally in which the principal speakers appeared in trunks and boxing gloves. It was arranged that the debate should ihesitate every three minutes so that the speakers could be sponged and patched up, but the police spoiled the program. The sports tried to put one over on the police last night by advertising a political rally in a barn but the police attended uninvited. It has been a long time since a prize fight occurred in Chicago. (United Press service.) Jerry, Ohio, Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The vault of the Solether Banking company’s bank here was dynamited early today and $3,000 taken. The robbers escaped without interference, though several heard and saw them at work. Two explosions were necessary to break open the vault. (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y., Nov. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The election intervened today and postponed the teamsters’ strike. No meetings were scheduled for today by either the men or the companies. Tomorrow action will be taken one wa yor the other. o GO TO ANDERSON A Number of Officials of M. E. Conference Missionary Association. RESIDE IN DECATUR Conference Convention to be Held in Anderson Thursday and Friday. A number of ladies from the local Woman’s Home Missionary society of the M. E. church will leave Wednesday morning for Anderson to attend the convention of the societies of the North Indiana conference. Several of the conference and district officials reside here, and among those who will leave tomorrow morning are - Mrs. J. T. Vail, conference treasurer; Mrs. Emma Daniel, conference vice president; Mrs. John Niblick, district president, also president of the local society, and Mrs. John Parrish, who goes as a delegate from the local society. *Mrs. Niblick, who was a delegate from the North Indiana conference to the national convention held at Buffalo recently, will give her report at this meeting. The convention will be held Thursday and Friday. DR. BOYERS ON PROGRAM. The annual session of the Twelfth district medical society, a joint organization of the state body of physicians, will be held in Fort Wayne November 15th. Scientific meetings are held jointly with the business sessions, and discussions of topics which are now attracting considerable attention from the profession are held. In addition to papers read by prominent doctors of the district, Dr. A. C. Kimberlin of Indianapolis and John L. Porter of Chicago, two well-known physicians of the middle west, will be present and give discussions on two interesting subjects. Dr. Arthur R. Elliott of Chicago will conduct a clinic at Hope hospital in the morning. Dr.. Boyers of this city is named on the program in the afternoon, in a discussion on “Acute Anterior Poliomelites.”

A READY-TO-WEAR SALE. Presbyterian Ladies Are Preparing to Open Thursday. The Presbyterian ladies are getting ready to open their ready-to-wear sale Thursday morning in the Niblick building south of the Democrat office. Everything will be gotten ready in the best of shape, and a large number and variety of new articles and good ready-to-wear goods will be in stock. Everything will be in the best condition, thoroughly sanitary and arranged in an attractive way, and the public is invited to call. The ladies also expect to conduct pastry sales from time to time. H. M. Romberg and sons, Herman and Max, arrived this morning to stamp the rooster. The Rombergs have always retained this as their res- ' idence and no difference where they ' are when election time draws near • they come here to take advantage ' of the privilege of voting. ———— --o A NARROW ESCAPE ______ , The Welcher Children Came Near Meeting With Accident This Morning. WITH TRACTION CAR _____ i I Their Horse Fell Directly in 1 Front of the Car—Buggy i Pushed off of Track. The three children of S. T. Welcher, who reside just east of here, had quite an experience this morning while doing some business in the city . and those who happened to be near i can hardly figure out how they escapi ed without any injury. They were 1 driving south on Main street near the Myers-Dailey clothing store, when the 8:30 interurban car was puli ling out. When the car was a short distance from the rig the horse became frightened, and in its efforts to get away fell directly in front of the car. In an instant it was on its feet and started toward the sidewalk, where it was caught by Peter Kirsch, who was passing at that time. The rig was struck by the car and pushed off the track, which was the onlything that prevented the children from being seriously hurt, and perhaps killed. No injury was done to either the animal or the occupants, the buggy not being even damaged. The harness was soon straightened out, a few straps having been broken, and the animal again hitched to the rig and the children started on their way. o ARE IMPROVING. The grocery department of the Boston store is undergoing some improvements, which, when completed, will present a very neat and up-to-date place of business, adding much to the neatness of this place of business. The walls have been calsomined, to a certain extent, and the walls | will be finished within a few days, and ' other improvements made. It is a big - job, all the goods being moved so that the improvements can be made, and again replaced, in addition to the accomodation of the big trade the store enjoys. — o— ———— STRIKE FELT HERE. D. I. Weikel, the news dealer, received a letter from one of the largest magazine houses in New York today, stating that on account of the big strike which is now on in the east by the express drivers, they are unable to deliver their magazines, and will not be in a position to do so until these i men have gone back to their jobs and handle the large amount of express. Mr. Weikel, who has a large circle of ■ readers, wishes to announce the reason that he has not been able to ac- ■ commodate his patrons. o~ ——...— FAREWELL SOCIAL POSTPONED. i Owing to a conflict in dates, the i Lucky Twelve section of the German . Reformed church has decided to. post- : pone its farewell social to be given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest . Schlickman, from Thursday evening ■ to Saturday evening. A musical pro- ■ gram will be given, and every member of the church is invited to attend.

ELECTION MURDER One Reported From Clinton, Indiana, Today—Trouble Near Muskogee. WHITES AND BLACKS Engage in Little War—President Taft Voted—lndianians Called on Him. (United Press Service.) Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —In a street dual following a pre-election celebration in a blind tiger, Gaetro, an Italian laborer was murdered at Clinton today. Police are trailing the man who did the shooting. Clinton is a dry town, but both republicans and democrats are supplying drinks free. The murdered man leaves a large family. Muskogee, Okla., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Trouble between whites and negroes as to what negroes had a right to vote at Sussy Creek in Wagoner county, resulted in the negroes taking possession of the I polling place and throwing the whites out shortly before noon today. Two autos with fifteen deputies left here for the scene and a big scrap is expected. Others will follow. Cincinnati. Ohio, Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A delegation of Indianians headed by Addison C. Harris and Merrill Moores of Indianapolis, called on President Taft here this afternoon urging the appointment of Judge Frank Baker as supreme court justice. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Taft was number 322 to vote in Precinct 8, Ward 2, today, casting his ballot just like any other man. It took him three minutes and a half to vote. YOUNG MAN DEAD J. O. Leisure -of Monroe Passed Away at Home Last Evening. WAS SICK TEN YEARS Funeral Wednesday Morning at Methodist Church —Well Known. J. O. Leisure, nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Leisure, of Monroe, passed away at the home of his parents Monday evening at ten minutes till ten o’clock. For the past ten years he has been a sufferer from epilepsy, which was the cause of his death. He was a young man beloved by all and was well known to a wide I circle of friends who will regret to learn of his death. He leaves to mourn his death besides his father and mother- two brothers and four sisters —Edward and Clark of Monroe, Mrs. Charles Simon of Geneva, Irene and Marie, who are at home, and Mrs. B. S. Brown, also of Monroe. The funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at that place, the cortege leaving the house for the Methodist church at 10 o’clock. Interment will also be made at that place. SAMUEL JOHNSON DEAD. Well Known Monroe Man Succumbs to Paralysis. Samuel Johnson, aged sixty-seven, one of the well known men of Monroe, died at his home there at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon from paralysis. About four years ago, Mr. Johnson suffered an attack that left him in a badly crippled condition. About a week or so ago he suffered another, and his condition has been very serious since then. Last night he grew' worse and it was reported that he was dying. He leaves a wife and three children — Mrs. Fred Watkins, John Johnson and Marion Johnson, all living in the vicinity of Monroe.

MRS. TRESSELT ARRESTED AGAIN Grand Jury Indicts Her and She Furnished SIO,OOO Bond. Mrs. Rose Tresselt, indicted by the grand jury for running down and killing little Irene Cox with an automobile, has been arrested by Sheriff Refchelderfer and immediately furnished bond for her appearance in court In the sum of SIO,OOO. This was the same bond as she was required to give pending the investigation of the grandjury and the new bond is signed by the same bondsmjen. Warrants have been read to Mose Richer, charged with the murder of little Charles Coats, Charles Judy, charged with larceny and William (Chief) Bender, charged with burglary. Mrs. Tresselt is the only one arrested thus far who has been released on bond. The Richer case does not admit giving bond and it is not believed possible that the others indicted will be able to find bondsmen.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. 0 ELECTION TODAY An Ideal Day and a Rather Large Vote for an OffYear is Expected. DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL Long Campaign is Closed — Returns at Democratic Headquarters Tonight. Election day is here and workers have been out since daylight, getting in the vote. It is believed the vote over Indiana will be larger than usual for an off-year, because of the many local issues. According to Billy Blodgett, of the Indianapolis News, no man on earth can figure out the dope. He is confident, however, that the democratic state ticket will be elected, and that the democrats will elect twelve and perhaps, thirteen, congressmen. The legislative results will probably be close on joint ballot and may result in a democratic senate and a republican house, though the general opinion is that the democrats will have a majority of about ten or fifteen on joint ballot. The betting over Indiana is 100 to 70 on both the state ticket and on Kern. The (jay is perfect and there will no doubt be a large country vote out. The campaign closed over the state late last night, and bright and early this morning the real work of getting in the vote began. The returns will be received at democratic headquarters tonight and the returns from New York and the other eastern states will be in early, perhaps by 8 o’clock. The county results here will likely not be known until midnight. There is one good thing about it all and that is that the suspense will soon be over. o A TRAIL OF BLOOD. Traced From Two Large Pools on First Street. A trail of blood, beginning in two large pools on First street near the glove factory, leading towards the St Mary’s bridge, frightened early passers-by this morning, who feared that a murder or some other tragedy of the deepest dye had been committed. One of the large blood pools was on the street just at the end of the glove facory, and about ten feet further on was another. Drips of blood connected the two, and then trailed east towards the bridge. Many pas-sers-by viewed the strange thing, and commented upon it. Investigation by the police force later on brought out the fact that the blood had dripped from the fertilizer wagon Monday night, which had carted in a horse that had been shot, and standing for a while on First street, the blood had dripped from the carcass in the wagon. - n ——• S. 8. CONVENTION BEGINS. With Sessions This Evening at M. E. Church at Monroe. The Adams county Sunday school convention will open this evening with the session in the M. E. church at Monroe and continue tomorrow and tomorrow evening. The program as heretofore announced in full will be given, and many from all parts of the county will attend.

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A BOLD HOLD-UP Ralph Case Forced to Turn Over Money in Drug Store at Point 1 ;OF TWO REVOLVERS I Held in Hands of Desperadoes—Bold Deed in Indianapolis Store. Ralph Case, son of Mr. and Mrs. i Robert Case of this city, who, with his - brothers, George and Almon, are pro--1 prietors of a drug store in Indianap--1 olis, had a hold-up experience Friday X nigbt that he does not care to repeat, two masked men coming in at 11 o’clock at night, while he was closing ' up the store, and forcing him at the point of two drawn revolvers to hand over the contenls of the money drawer and cash register—just $49.53. - Prior to the robbery, while the store was still crowded, two men, supposedly these robbers, entered the store and purchased two cigars, tendering a ten dollar bill for payment. They took the change, but afterwards asked if they could not have paper money for the , silver, and it is quite likely took this way of ascertaining the resources on tap in the store. A short while prior to closing time, George took $l6O up town to deposit, and was still away, and Almon, with four boy friends, started for their rooming house a little distance down the street, thus leaving Ralph to close the store alone. Just as he was doi ing so, two men entered and asked to . buy some candy. Ralph leaned over to get the candy from the case, but raised his head again only to look into ' the muzzles of two revolvers —one in the hand or each of the candy-buyers. - The men with a vile oath, ordered him i to hold up his arms, a request, which > of course, he was prompt in complying ■ with. The robbers then marched him I to the money drawer at the rear of > the store and told him to hand over the . contents, which he did. at the point of • the revolvers, whose shining lengths - were still leveled at him; and not be- - ing content with this, the men marchI ed him to the cash register, where the I same thing was repeated, the sums i from both amounting to just $49.53. ■ The men then skiddooed. ■ The robbers were unmasked, and - though a dozen policemen were on > the scene within ten minutes after the ■ hold-up and though the patrol wagon I brought in dozens of suspicious look- ■ ing characters, the robbers were- not • caught. Ralph says that he did not have I time to feel frightened while the rob- ■ bery was going on, but after they had , left the reaction set in and he realized • the full extent of what might have i been the consequences, and it was very I little sleep he got that night. PUBLIC WEDDING. Invitations are out announcing “Maloney’s Wedding” at the Bosse opera house next Wednesday night. This is the James L. McCabe musical absurdi ity which for a number of years has ■ served to amuse thousands of theater i patrons. The bill was formerly produced by Billy Barry and Hugh Fay under the title of "McKenna's Flirtations,” which proved to be a great success. To the interesting story is hing- . ed a program of vaudeville interspers- ■ ed with musical numbers of the catchiest kind. There is such a rapid fire of funny lines with amusing situations that the audience does not recover • from one shot before there is a double discharge from another source. o NIGHT RIDERS TONIGHT. — One of the best programs ever seen ■ in the city will be given at the Crys- • tai theater tonight. “The Night RidI ers of Kentucky and Tennessee” is the - most thrilling and awe-inspiring photoplay before tho American public and is lectured by a first-class lecturer who makes it so plain that, any child may understand every situation presented. . Besides being educational this lecture and motion pictures of the “Night Riders" is highly entertaining, being re--1 plete with the most thrilling situa- < tions imagineable. Watch for the i “Night Riders” on the street. Price, I 10 cents. 3 ’ a Mrs. Dye Ferguson and Miss Bertha ? Ferguson of Pleasant Mills went to Ft. Wayne yesterday afternoon for a visit.