Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 133.

all in readiness ———l State Sunday School Con- ” vention to Convene at Ft. j Wayne on Thursday. OF THIS WEEK 1 - < The Program For Two Days Published Today—Re- ( mainder Tomorrow. ( Great la the preparation being' made by Fort Wayne, and particular- I ly so by the church workers of the various churches, wno are planning for the entertainment of the State Sunday school convention, which on Thursday will open its annual session in that city. It will be one of the largest gatherings of church and Sunday school workers that has ever assembled in Fort Wayne and nearly every city in the state will send her delegates to represent its Sunday schools in the convention. The following is the program to be, carried out the first two days of the session: I THURSDAY, JUNE 8. Morning. Registration of delegates. Afternoon. 2:00 to 3:25 —Simultaneous confeiences Elementary — Advanced — Temperance. ELEMENTARY DIVISION. (Plymouth Congregational Church.) Presiding, Miss Hazel A. Lewis, I state superintendent elementary division. Program. Prayer—Mrs. Frank Matthews, Anderson ] Topics of conference: 1. What Records Should the County Elementary Superintendent Have? The Township Superintendent? 2. How Can Reports be Gathered? What Vse Should be made of the Re- 1 suits? 3. What Relations Should be Maintained by the County and Township i Ruperintendens? By t>e Towrship Superintendents and the Teachers of the Sunday Schools? Afternoon. 4. What are the Characteristics of a Successful Leader? 5. How May Elementary Work be Presented in Conventions? g. What May the County Superintendent Do Toward Starting a Graded Union 7. Our Goals—The Standard of Excellence. The Front Line Standards. Local Standards. Survey of the State Map. ADVANCED DIVISION. (Plymouth Congregational Church.) Presiding, Mrs. H. L. Huston, state superintendent advanced division. Program—2:oo to 3:25* Devotion—Miss Lulu Buskirk, advanced division superintendent Allen county. Report of county superintendents— State map decorated. Report of township superintendents —State map decorated. Round Table Discussion—Text, Information Leaflet 11: 1. How Did You Secure Your Cabinet? 2. Cabinet Meetings. 3. Convention Addresses and Conferences. 4. Visiting Schools. 5. County Map. 6. What Has Helped You Most in Your Work 7. What is your Greatest Problem? 8. How Did You Secure Convention Speakers? 9. Is it Difficult to Get Reports? 10 What Shall IDo Next? Afternoon. TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. (Christs Lutheran Church.) Presiding, Miss Laura A Caraway, Warsaw, state superintendent temperance department. Temperance Department Aims: 1. Teaching. 2. Demonstration. 3. Illustration. 4. Pledge. 5. Literature. Round Table Hour: 1. What Special Features Have You Emphasized in Sunday School Temperance? 2. What Methods Have You Used. GENERAL SESSION. (First Baptist Church.) 3-30 Preparatory service of song and Prayer-Rev. C. Claud Travis, pastor Wayne Street M E. church, Fort Wayne.

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Evening. i (First Baptist Church.) ( 7:3o—Opening: Music—Prof. E. O. Excell, director. Scripture Reading and Prayer. 8:00 —Address of Welcome —Mr. C. * H. Worden, Rev. J. F. Vichert, pastor First Baptist church. 8:15 —Response—Mr. W. C. Hall, state president. B:3o—Music. B:4o—Address—“Religious Verifications"—Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, of Rc- • Chester, N. Y. FRIDAY, JUNE 9. Morning. 8:30 to 9:55 —Simultaneous Conferences. Home —Teacher Training — County Officers. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR BACK TO FT. WAYNE Two Wanderers, Man and Wife, Were Sent to us by Fort Wayne Police. BOTH WERE DRUNK Created Disturbance Which Caused Their Arrest— Resisted Police. An old man and woman were picked up Monday evening, after they alighted from the 9 o’clock car, by Night Policeman Melchi, who was called to quiet the disturbance they were creating. They were drunk and had been sent down here by the Fort Wayne police, and even before they had gotten off the car quite a crowd had collected, watching their actions. The old lady, in her hallucinations, imagined herself a church worker and harrangued the crowd, only to start off cursing in the next moment. Being unable to quiet them, the night ■policeman was forced to arrest them, and in taking them to jail the man showed fight, and despite his age put up a clever defense, compelling the policeman to club him in order to handle both of them. This morning an order was secured from the trustee for two tickets to Fort Wayne, and in the examination prior to granting them, the man gave his name as Cornelius Daley, years ago from Kentucky, Irish-American by descent, and lately from Fort Wayne, age, sixty-eight. He claimed to be a laborer, and was dressed for the part, in a fairly good suit. The woman’s name was Rebecca Daley and she did not know how old she was, only that she remembered that there was a big war several years ago. She was dressed in calico, and wore an old sunbonnet. Their luggage consisted of several bundles, probably all they owned in the world, one large bundle containg bed clothes, a bucket full of various utensils, a basket which contained some assorted crockery, a piece of bacon, a loaf of dry bread, a quart whiskey bottle about half full, which was confiscated by the police, and a bundle of old rags. Another bucket contained stove utensils. Tbfey were put on the 10 o’clock car this morning and sent back to Fort Wayne, although desiring to go to Lima, Ohio. It has been determined that about six years ago they landed in town and wer£ handled by Ed Green, who was marshal at that time. This is their first offense against the peace, and the officers determined it would be both cheapest and best to buy them a ticket and send them back from whence they came. ——— OR. SIMONDS TO SPEAK. State Health Board Man to Attend Adams County Association. Dr. C. C. Rayl of Monroe, secretary of the Adams County Medical association, announces that the regular meeting will be held Friday evening at 8 o’clock, June 9th, at the office of Dr. J. M. Miller in this city. Dr. J. P. Simonds of the state board of health will be present and read a paper on “Recent Knowledge of Anbrio Poliomyelitis.” He will also give some suggestions in regard to midal tests, tubercular tests, etc. There will also be papers by Drs. Miller and Covertele of Decatur. All members please be present at 8 o’clock sharp. Miss Mamie Teeple went to Fort Wayne this morning.

Decatur, Ind. Tuesday Evening, June 6, 1911.

SUFFERS APOPLEXY George W. Rupright, Former Preble Township Man, Quite Sick in HIS KANSAS HOME Message Comes to His Sister, Mrs. John Rftx, of This City. Mrs. John Rex this morinng received a letter from the family of her brother, George W. Rupright. of Burdette, Kansas, formerly of Preble township, this county, bringing the news of the serious illness of Mr. Rupright, who on May 31st suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He remained unconscious from 7 o’clock that night until 3 or 4 o'clock the next morning The letter was written June Ist and at that time they stated that he was somewhat better, though they did not state just what the doctor considered the probable outcome. The family lives sixteen miles from a doctor and though he was called, he stated that the attack would have to run its course, and that he would get along just as well without medical attention as with it. Mr. Rupright went to Kansas a year ago last August and purchased a section of land, five of his children going with him there He has lived there since, but only last March returned here to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rupright, and at that time was in seemingly perfect health. He is a man sixty years of age, and he lived here the greater part of his life. He was at one time trustee of Preble township and a man of prominence in that section. Four of his children reside in this vicinity,they being Elkton Rupright of Preble township, Mrs. John Kreigh of Bluffton and Forest and Jerry Rupright of Wells county.

EDITOR IS FINED Charles A. Reeves, Hartford City Politician, Fined SSOO For Libel. CHILDREN CREMATED While Missouri Farmer Saved His Horses—Attempt on Medero’s Life. (United Press Service.) Hartford City, Ind., June 6-—(Spec-ial to Daily Democrat) —Charles A. Reeves, editor of the Hartford City Journal, and former candidate for congress in the Eleventh district, was today fined SSOO, when the jury in the case of Marshall Sauer against the editor ‘for criminal libel returned a verdict to that effect after being out several hours. St. Louis, Mo., June 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Urftware that his two small children were in the hay loft of his burning barn, William Amptman. a farmer near here, today rescued two horses and his children were cremated. Amptman is wild with grief. Salonika, Turkey, June 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A $75,000 ransom was today demanded by bandits who last week kidnaped Professor Ritcher, the German explorer. Ritcher sent a letter to the Turkish government as well as his own asking that the amount be paid. Aguas Calientas, Mexico, June 6 — (Special to Daily Demosratrf—That an attempt on the life of Francisco Medero was made here last night and frustrated is the belief of his friends. Escorted to a banquet in his honor, as Mr. and Mrs. Medero entered the room, all the lights were suddenly extinguished. Friends spirited him away and took him to his private car. ———I 11 Scott Hughes of Fort Wayne, who has been here for several days, attending to business matters .returned this morning from Geneva, where he was looking after some business transactions.

WILL OPEN OFFICE TOMORROW. Dr. Finkhousen Leases Rooms Over Hyland Plumbing Shop. Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Finkhousen were in the city today, making arrangements for the opening of the doctor’s office for the practice of Chiropractic in this city. He has leas ed the rooms over the P. J. Hyland plumbing establishment on Monroe street will open his office Wednesday. Dr. Finkhousen graduated June Ist from the Grand Rapids (Mich.) college of Chiropractic in a class of seventy-nine. He is a well known young man, having formerly resided near Wren, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Finkhousen will reside In this city. WITH THE BOARD Commissioners Have Busy Session—Action on Macadam Roads. SURVEYOR’S OFFICE Will be Moved Into Court House—Sheriff’s Office Goes Up Stairs. The commissioners were busy this afternoon allowing bills. They will meet Wednesday to close up the session's work and will then make a trip over the McElhaney road in Blue Creek township. The lease of the county for the rooms in the Interurban block, used as the surveyor s office, expires July Ist and the board this morning decided to remove the office to the court house. Mr. Ernst will probably be installed in the room now used by the sheriff, and his office will be arranged in one of the upstairs rooms. The quarterly reports of the sheriff, treasurer, asditor, recorder and superintendent of the county infirmary were filed and approved. John W. Kleinhenz was granted a license /is a wholesale dealer in intoxicating liquors, filed his bond and is now privileged to conduct the business. The petition for the Mud Pike Macadam road was found sufficient. J. H. Steele and A. Q. Durbin named as viewers and C. C. Ernst-as engineeer. They will meet at the auditor's office Junt 12th. On the Stahl road Phil Schug and Jonas Neuenschwander are viewers and C. C. Ernst enginwr, meet at the office of S. A. M. Butcher, Geneva, June 10th. John Engle road —Oscar Chrsam and Frank Heller, viewers, and Ernst engineer, meet at auditor’s office June 10th. Joseph M. Peel road found sufflfcient, continued. Paul Baumgartner road —Jacob Fuelling and William Meshberger, viewers, Ernst engineer, meet at auditor’s office June 10th. The petition of John J. Meyers et al. to change township line was dismissed. ‘ Theswditor was ordered to give notice for receiving bids for coal at the next term of commlssionars. The drainage commiss|friers pn the David Berger ditch w-ere granted an extension of time until the next term to their report. The auditor was ordered to advertise Water street in Berne and to post notices as required by law. Auditor O. D. Garrett of Walls county filed a certified copy of the proceedings before the Wells county board of commissioners regarding the John Schafer macadam road on the county line. o COUNCIL MEETING. The city council will meet in regular session this evening, and from present indications the councilmen will have their hands full of business for sever hours. The selection of a new member of the city school board will be made, and is one of the principal items of business on the program, besides the regular routine of business, which will require the usual time as on previous occasions.

A FULL CARLOAD Frisinger & Sprunger Ship a Full Car Load of West- ' ern Horses Here. • i J ■ - ln ALL HEAVY STOCK I To be Offered at the Sale on Thursday—Sale Will be Well Attended. :-rMr. B. B. Teeple of the firm of Frisinger & Sprunger has just returned from the Dakotas, where he, with Mr. Sprunger, purchased eighteen head of horses for the sale here. They are been gone several weeks, and have had a most delightful trip throughout the west. The horses they are bringing are of the ordinary commercial stock and will be offered for sale at the First street stables Thursday of this week at the regular horse sale. The horses arrived this morning and were at once unloaded and taken to the barns, where they will be given a good rest.tas they have been in transit over four days. The majority of the horses will Weigh sixteen hundred pounds and are not western ponies, but the product of heavy draft stock, which has been shipped into the west. Mr. Sprunger will arrive in the city Wednesday, he having remained behind to complete several business deals pertaining to the shipment of stock. This will be the last chance to secure horses at public auction this season and all the farmers should attend the sale if they have any necessary needs to fill. The very wet condition of the ground will probably give the sale a big bunch of spectators and the sale will be well attended by buyers desiring different kinds of stock. o CENSUS REPORT Shows Adams County Lost 1.8 Per Cent During the Past Ten Years. THE STATE LOST TOO Adams County Now Has Population of 21,840 — State Populace. County Clerk James P. Haefling is in receipt a pamphlet from the census department at Washington, D. C., that contains some very interesting information tar Adams county folks. The pamphlet contains the census of every county in every state in the United States for the past twenty years, giving the report for 1910, 1900 and 1890. The report for Adams county is as follows: 1918 ....21,840 1900 .........................v22.232 1890 20,181 This shows that the county made a gain of W. 2 per cent in population from 1890 to 1900 but lost 1.8 per cent from 1900 to 1910. This loss seems not to have been confined to Adams county atone, of all the counties in the state, as the total for the state from 1900 to 1910 shows a loss of .3 per cent, while from 1890 to 1900 it made a gain of 16.7. The population for the entire state for the three last reports is: 1910 2,224,771 1900 2,231,853 1890 1,912,297 —Q — ANNUAL MEETING. June 12th the Day Set For Stockholders of German Telephone Co. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the German Telephone Company of Craigville will be held on June 12th and will begin at 1 o'clock. All votes by proxy are to be in writing and to be filed with the secretary previous to the voting. Other business pertaining to the company will be attended to as oa former occasions, and the meeting will be a® important one, which requires the attendance of each and every member.

MINISTERIAL MEET Held Monday Was a Good ah* Profit'/ able One. The ministerial meeting held Monday at the library was one of much interest and a profitable one throughout. The meeting was opened by the president, Rev. I. Imler, followed with devotions, led by the Rev. D. O. Wise. The paper on "Prayer,” and in charge of the Rev. Hessert was very important, and his outlined points appealed greatly to those in attendance. He stated that for prayer to be beneficial in the sight of the Almighty God it must be reverent, intelligent and sympathetic. His remarks on his subject were interesting and the close attention of those present was held. LODGES ARE BUSY The Rebekahs and Modern Woodmen Issue Call For Tuesday Meetings. ft K. OF C. LAST NIGHT :. I * —— . ( Much is Doing in Spite of the Warm Weather That Now Prevails. A very interesting meeting of the Knights of Columbus was held Monday evening and the usual line of bus■in ess was carried out as on former occasions. Owing to the extremely warm weather nothing in the way of amusements are at present being held and the meeting itself was cut as short as possible, after the business matters are taken care of.

All members of the Royal Neighbors are earnestly requested to be at their hall this evening at 7:30, and especially the degree staff, for drill work in preparation fqr the trip to Tocsin on June 12th. The Rebekahs are requested to be at the hall this evening in full attendance, as there will be initiatory work. Walter Johnson and Frank Engle being candidates. Tuesday evening the Modern Woodmen will hold another of their interesting gathering at which time the degree work will be conferred upon . several candidates. Ben Elzey, Lawrence Green and John Beel will receive the second degree and the first will be given Albert Williams. Members of the forestry tearm are earnestly requested to be present in uniform, and to be prepared to render the work. POSTMASTERS GOT INCREASE. 1 — (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., June 6 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The readjustment of salaries of postmasters fn Indiana resulted in SIOO increases for the postmasters at Crawfordsville, Ft. Wayne, Lebanon, Logansport, Jeffersonville. Michigan City, New Albany, Richmond, Vincennes, Washington, Evansville and West Terre Haute, while the Gary postmaster was boost- ’ ‘ed S2OO. - —o ATTEND CONVENTION. Rev. D. O. Wise and Rev. E. B. Jones went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the joint convention of the district Y. P. A. and laymen’s and ministers' association of the Evangelical church to be held today and tomorrow. Many noted speak4hs are on the program. WILL SELL BONDS. Trustee Butler of Washington township will on Wednesday of next week sell $7,500 worth of bonds for the new school house, in Dist. No. 7. The bonds will be sold in the office of Attorney D. B. Erwin. GALLMEYER BABE DEAD. Velma, twelve days old, daughter of August Gallmeyer, died Monday night at 1 o’clock at the home near St. John’s, and a short funeral service, with prayer by the Rev. H. C. Jaus, wiM be held at lhe home Wednesday morning, with burial in the St. John’s cemetery. The mother of the babe died Thursday night, the funeral being belt Monday morning.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS Will of Malinda Baker Admitted to Probate This Morning. CURRENT REPORTS Filed in Guardianships— Alta Pontius Declared of Unsound Mind. The will of Malinda Baker, wife of J. T. Baker, wuose death occurred May 31st, was probated today. The will was written May Sth. To her husband she leaves all of her real estate, the same to be his during his life, he to have the rents, profits and income therefrom as long as he lives, he to pay her debts and funeral expenses. After his death the real estate is to be sold to the best advantage, without sacrifice or forced sals, and the proceeds divided among the children and grandchildren as follows: To the children, Jonas E. Baker, Sarah E. Beery, Franklin F. Baker, Samuel C. Baker and John D. Baker, each one eighth of the net proceeds; to Rosa A. Andrews, one-fourth; to the grandchildren. Mary Helen Baker and Jennie Shiners, each one-six-teenth. Rosa A. Andrews is names as executrix, with power to sell the land and carry out the terms of the will, without order of court or the giving of bond. Elizabeth and Ben P. Rice vs. Henry H. Hart et al., partition, D. B. Erwin, commissioner for sale of real estate, filed JB.OOO bond, which court approved.

John M. Wells vs. Alta C. Pontius, appointment of guardian. Cause submitted, finding for plaintiff that defendant, Alta C. Pontius, is a person of unsound mind and incapable of managing her own estate. Attorney for plaintiff allowed $25 and the prosecuting attorney. $lO. The same is ordered paid by the guardian as costs. John Wells is ordered to be appointed guardian upon filing proper application and bond. The costs of this action are ordered paid by the guardian. The board of review has gotten down to work in short order. They .began looking over the assessor s personal property books and have completed the township, taking up the towns and corporations today. They i expect to finish in time to commence on the real estate books tomorrow. ( The report and resignation of F. S. Armantrout, administrator of the Sylvester Pontius estate, were filed. Report approved, resignation accepted and administrator discharged. Susan Pontius ftien qualified as administratrix. John M. Wells qualified as guardian of Alta C. Postius, person of unsound mind. Bond. SBOO, with O. L. Vance and Jofcn S. Falk as sureties. John A. Cook, guardian of Jessie Cook et al., filed current report, which court allqwed. o— WILL NOT OPBRATE. Physicians treating Johnny, five-jear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scheiman, at the Hope hospital. Fort Wayne, atate that it will not be necessary to operate upon him as at first feared. The lad had beea suffering from wh/it was thought to be tuberculosis of the hip bone and he was taken to Fort Wayne for examination. An X-ray exignlnation revealed a better condition of the bone than was thought and no operation will be necessary. _—_ o SPANISH WAR VETERANS MEET. Lafayette, Ind., June 6 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —It was announced here today that William Reineke of Fort Wayne would be elected department commander and Frank Walsh of Lafayette, senior vice commander of ‘the United Spanish War Veterans. The 1912 meeting will be held in Terre . Haute. o — — DAILY CENSUS REPORT. i ■ Mr. and Mrs. John Staker of Adams - street are happy over the arrival of a big baby girl, born Monday night.