Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 183.

already bearing Reports at Tri-State Sheriffs’ Association Held Yesterday. SHOW GOOD RESULTS In Quick Detection of Stolen Property—Closer Bonds , Are Drawn. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 4—(Special I to Daily Democrat)—Sixteen of the i sheriffs of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, members of the Tri-State Sheriffs’ : association, met Thursday at the asI sembly room of the court bouse and perfected the details of the plan by i which the organization hopes to track down horse thieves, recover stolen i horses ano detect criminals in their territory. The greater per cent of the members were able to report a complete , organization, each in his own county showing from six to a dozen men scattered over each township, all ready, at a moment’s notice, to turn out and join in a determined search for criminals. Two sheriffs present at Thursday s meeting w-ere able to give testimony of the efficiency of the plan. Sheriff Durkin of Decatur recovered a horse early in the week that was located by Sheriff Miller of Ottawa, Ohio, througn the organization perfected some time ago. ; While at the meeting Thursday I Sheriff Bucholz of Defiance, received a telegram informing him that a rig Stolen in his bailiwick had been recov- j ered by the members of the organiza-; )ion at Bucyrus, Ohio. ; It was decided to hold the next. meeting of the association in this city bn October 12th. ....... While in session Thursday the association sent the following letter to the National Sheriffs' association, in convention at Omaha, Neb.: Van Wert, 0., Aug. 1, 1911. Mr. William A. Gerber, Secretary and I Treasurer National Sheriffs’ Asso- ■ ciation, St. Paul, Minn.: I Brother Sheriffs — The Tri-State | EBheriffs' association of northeastern | Indiana, southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio extends greetings to the National Sheriff’s association to be held at Omaha. Neb., on August 7 to 9, 1911. We assure you of a fraternal feeling on our part and a hope that your meeting will eclipse in numbers and enthusiasm any previous meeting of the association. We should be verymuch pleased were it possible to at- | tend this meeting, but under the clr- | eumstances we only hope to attend in 'the future, and wish you the un- ' bounded success that the meeting deserves. I Extending to you the well wishes of every member of the Tri-State Sheriffs' association, we are, Yours fraternally, B TRI-STATE SHERIFFS’ ASS N. H. B. Wilson, President. ■ A. M. Reichelderfer, Secretary. I The sheriffs present Thursday were ft Charles Grimm of Bryan; Nicholas P'Miller of Ottawa, Thomas Bucholz of H. B. Wilson of Van Wert, ' F. M. Watt and Deputy C. W. Baxter ■of Lima. The Indiana officers present were S. J. King of Portland, J. F. fiTilden of Portland, Pat McCary of : g Huntington, H. A. Shoemaker of Cot lumbia City. Freeman Carlisle of Bluffinn, T. J. Durkin of Decatur, Ralph J Thomas of Auburn, C. A. Kintzel of t Warsaw, P. J. Stanley and Deputy John C. Cleland of Albion. STREET CAR STRIKE. (United Press Service.) I Des Moines. lowa. Aug. 4 —(Special! Ko Daily Democrat) —Five hundred MHret car conductors and motormen Kvill strike at 1 o'clock Saturday mornKng as a result of the street car comHianys refusal to arbitrate in the disKxite over the discharge of Conductor Kliatt. Three hundred strike breakers Kkre on hand to handle the cars. —oI Latest word received from Muncie Regarding the illness of Mrs. Frank Bdann is that she is about the same, Bind no change can be noticed concerning tier improvement. Everything Khat can be done is being done, but to avail, and whether she will be able ■o pull through the long and severe BBlege with the greatly weakened conMjtion is hard to determine.

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UNLIKE OTHER LINES. Running a newspaper these days is quite a different matter from running a store, an office, or any other business. The paper has to come out every day, no matter whether there Is any news, advertising or Job work; and it’s up to the editor to get It out on each occasion, with the maximum amount of matter. The merchant, the real estate man, lawyer or other business man, can shut up shop, go fishing or hie himself to some cool, sequestered spot for a few weeks until the hot weather Is over, if he wants to; but I the editor must stay at home and grind away. No matter if there hasn’t been a news item on the street in three days, he’s got to make news, if he can't find It otherwise. As our old boss used to say in the days when we were learning the trade, "There's no I rest for the wicked.” —Ex. FEW ACCIDENTS Mar an Otherwise Perfect Show Day—The Crowds Were Orderly. LARGE ATTENDANCE At Afternoon and Evening Performances — Everybody Well Pleased. • With ideal weather for a circus day the Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch show pitched its tents in this' ■ city Thursday, the operation being | witnessed by several hundred people: who had began to arrive in the city j as early as 5 o'clock. • Early in the day it was evidenced ■ that a record-breaking crowd would be in Decatur and the merchants began to prepare to handle them. By 10 o’clock the streets were uncomfortablypacked by the people, awaiting the parade which started from the grounds near that hour. In the afternoon the large crowd wended Its way to the grounds, where over four thousand tickets were sold for the afternoon show. A slight accident occurred at | this performance when one of the cow- [ boys missed his hold on the girl whom he was to have transferred to his saddle and let her fall, himself falling near, and the horse falling on both. The other cowboys ran to their assistance and disentangled them, finding that no serious injuries were sustained. In the evening another accident happened to the woman who attempted to ride the bucking broncho, ‘Sky-Pilot.” The horse had been saddled and she mounted him, he running to the center of the ring like a flash, where he reared up and with a peculiar throw dashed the woman to the ground, where she lay until carried out of the ring. A deep gash was cut in her head by the pony’s hoofs and she was severely bruised. In the announcements the fact was made known that at the ranch farm in Oklahoma the Miller Bros, had erected an iron fence made by the Ward Fence company of this city. Investigation shows that they bought the Fence in 1910, there being 369 feet of the heaviest pattern, exclusive of the huge ornamental gates. The home which the fence surrounds is of concrete and is the most palatial home in that state. After the evening show many of the citizens went to the Clover Leaf, where they watched the show load, It going to Marion, where it showed today. FUNERAL SERVICES SATURDAY. For Mrs. Mary Ann ferryman at Late Home. The funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann Merryman, whose death occurred Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock, sun time, at the Merryman homestead, a mile north and three miles west of Monroe. Burial will take place in the (Reynolds cemetery, beside the grave of the husband, whose death occurred a number of years ago. —o — Miss Emma Gillig of the Adams County bank, who is enjoying a six weeks’ vacation from her work, writes friends that she is taking in the sights in Los Angeles, Cal., and that her trip has been one of great pleasure during her absence. 1

ABOVE THE NORMAL Average Temperature For July Was Just a Little 1 Bit Too Hot. , i BELOW LAST YEAR The Rainfall For the Month Was Also Below the Regular Average. I Figures compiled go to show that the temperature for July was little out of the normal, although there were some record-smashing days for high ranges of quicksilver in the tubes. . The mean temperature for the j month was 74.8. This was .1 of a de--1 gree below that of one year ago, and , .6 of a degree above the average for ' the last twenty-one years. The normal J for this vicinity Is 74.2. The maximum for the month was 102, recorded on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and the minimum was 47, on the 26th. The warmest July was in 1901, when the average for the month was 81.1, ■ and the coolest was in 1891, when it j was 64.4. The warmest July day was July 24, 1901, when the thermometer recorded 105. and the coolest was July 5, 1891, when it showed a minimum of 40. The rainfall for July was only about one-third the average. The total for the month was .07 inches. This was 3.13 inches below that of one year ago, and 2.10 below the average. The normal for this section is about 3.17 inches. The rainfall for July, 1902. I was 6.23 inches, and for July, 1901, but 1.16 of an inch. In July there were 12 clear days, 15 ' partly cloudy and four cloudy. Rain fell on nine days, thunder was heard on six days and rainbows were observed on two. IF YOU’RE A JOHN You Are Cordially Invited to the John’s Picnic at Eaton, Indiana. ON NEXT THURSDAY Decatur Johns Will Doubtless “Cut in” and Carry Off Some Prizes. Is your name John? If so, you are cordially invited, with your family, to attend a picnic of Johns, the most unique organization in Indiana, at Riverside park, Eaton, on Thursday, August 10th. If you were unfortunate enough to have been named Bill, Tom, Dick or Harry, by doting parents you are not eligible to “cut in" on the big doings to be pulled off along the classic Mississinewa a week from yesterday. The “John family” in this city is a large one and many members of the clan will attend the picnic.. John A. French is originator of Johns' day. John Long, Eaton, is president; John Foreman of Eaton, treas-1 urer; John Cooper Props, Eaton, secretary. An interesting program is being arranged for the picnic which will be featured by a big dinner and the awarding of prizes to the oldest John, shortest John, best looking John, ugliest John, etc. " Decatur anticipates carrying off some of the prizes. SCHWAB ON CARPET. (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y., Aug. 4—(Special to ( Daily Democrat) —Charles M. Schwab, | president of the Steel trust, and the present head of the Beckingham Steel ( company, today testified before the | Stanley steel investigating committee. Schwab said he was glad to tell of ( his connection with the trust, asserting that it had been widely misrepre-1 sented. He stated that before the for-. mation of the trust competition was ruining him. He told of the forma- 1 tion and said he recommended the ex-. change of cost sheets by competing companies. This is now done away! with: grid he asserted a willingness to | submit the Beckingham sheet to the ( committee.

Decatur, Ind. Friday Evening, August 4,1911.

THE MISSING WORD. Again no correct answer! And a five-dollar prize next Monday noon! J Now, get real busy over Sunday and ' find the words. The prize is about I high enough to pay any one for find- , Ing the words and th® words taken . out have been made very, very easy, J so that it is sure to go Monday. Nearly 250 letters swamped the editor today and only one person came near the answer; but then, it was a little hard. I Not so for Monday, however. I The words omitted were "line.”| from Schaub, Gottemoller & Co.: “guarantee," from Kirsch, Selletneycr I & Sons; “made," from Bob White ad I Not so hard, either. But everybody fell I | down on the "guarantee " The near-1 ! est to the correct solution was Miss Remona Smith, but she missed one word. So everybody get busy and get, in an answer on the big prize by finding the words which are Intentionally omitted in the issue printed tonight. CARNIVAL HERE I Crescent Amusement Company Has Closed Contract For Show Here. I I TO BE FREE FEATURES i Will Probably be on the Teepie Lot or on Court Street, This City. I Next week Decatur is to be favored' with a carnival by the Crescent Amusement company, which will ar-1 rive here Monday morning and pitch its tents on the Teeple show grounds provided the arrangements now on foot 1 i f relative to the use of Court and Third ’ streets fail. The advance man was in the city this morning and closed up l the deal for a license and ground privileges and distributed his circulars. Citizens have taken up the matter of having the show pitch its tents on ' Court street and to use a part of Third If necessary in order to confine business to the business district, and to afford a better police supervision if necessary. The company advertises plenty of good shows, free features, merry-go-round and balloon ascensions. It will | run afternoons and evenings for the entire week. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY Seven Portland Business Men Appointed to Secure Right-of-way. i I FOR THE INTERURBAN > I Between Portland and Bryant—Portland Enthusiastic Over Extension. Portland, Ind., Aug. 4—Following a i mass meeting of Portland business | I men held in the court house here last ; night, a committee of seven business | men was named to undertake the work of securing the right-of-way for the extension of the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction line between Decatur and Portland. Portland is expected to secure the right-of-way from Bryant to the city and to provide adequate depot facilities. President Koenig of the traction line, L. A. Graham, Clark Lutz and i William Auman of Decatur were pres- ] ent and explained fully the plan under i ■ w’hich it is proposed to build the ex- i tension. Eastern capitalists have agreed to finance the building of the i ' line provided the right-of-way is fur- i nished by the various cities and towns , ' along Jhe route and adequate depot i 1 facilities are provided in each place. , 1 The grade for building the line south , j of Decatur has been completed for a ; ' distance of three and one-half miles ’, 1 over the most rugged and hilly portion ,’ l of the territory, and the remainder of 1 ' the distance is over comparatively i 1 ea«y grbund. Port I apd r c.> vixens are en- ' thusiastic Iri support of the proposition and expect to encounter no troii- j 1 ' ble in getting hold of the right-of-way..

HAS NEW MANAGER T. B. Anderson Tenders Resignation With Indiana Lighting Co. e WAS A GOOD MAN — M. H. Koffman of Lafayette Will Have Charge From Now on. I T. B. Anderson, business manager for the Indiana Lighting company, with jurisdiction over Decatur, Fort Wayne and the Bluffton plants, has tendered his resignation to the company and the same has been accepted. Mr. Anderson has been holding this position since the first of the year and since the departure of B. L. VanI Camp, who acted as manager of the local plant, a few months ago, was looking after the business turns here. His resignation was tendered on ac'count of obtaining a better position which he deemed more profitable to , him financially. He will be succeeded I by M. H. Koffman, who is at present i the business manager of the Wabash. Lafayette, Kokomo and several other , plants of the company,, and who will from now on have complete charge of j the company's affairs. | Mr. Koffman resides at Lafayette, is a man well acquainted with his ’ work, and will be a valuable man in t his new territory, as he has proved to to be formerly. | Mr. Anderson was also a man of great service to his company and his , presence will be greatly missed like- , wise. Mr. Koffman arrived in the city , with his daughter. Miss Esther, and is at prssent looking after affairs at the local plant. THECARRIERSMEET Adams County Branch of the Association Held Meeting Here. OFFICERS ELECTED Louie Neaderhouser is President and E. E. Archer Vice President. The Adams county branch, No. 16, of the Indiana Rural Letter Carriers' association, met in the I. O. O. F. hall in this city Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock, where the annual election of officers took place. Carriers from Geneva, Berne, Monroe, and Decatur were nearly all present and the meeting was an enthusiastic one. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: President —Louis Neaderhouser of Berne. Vice President —E. E. Archer, Decatur. Secretary and Treasurer —H. E. Helmer of Geneva. Delegates to the state convention to' be held Labor Day at GreensburgLouis Neaderhouser of Berne and E. E. Archer of Decatur. ADMIRAL TOGO ARRIVES. (United Press Service.) New Yonk, N. Y., Aug. 4—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Admiral Togo ar- . rived here to be the chief guest of the head of the nation. Under an escort of police Togo called upon Mayor Gaynor this morning. Shortly afterward Mayor Gaynor returned a call and extended to Admiral Togo the freedom of the city. He then set to work and during the night decorating the down-town district was done in his honor. At 9:30 o'clock this morning the admiral was still sleeping and a police reserve sent out to control the crowd which surrounded his hotel. There was nothing special about his breakfast, which consisted of ham and eggs, warm rolls, fish and tea. o— —... —— - Mrs. Martin Mylott left this afternoon for Fort Wayne, where she will visit with her sister, Mrs. D. M. Reed.

| ON THE SEARCH. The disappearance of twenty-two quarters of dressed beef, valued at *.'{oo. from a car of a through eastbound Clover Leaf train, has caused the patrol force of the road to put on extra exertions to round up the guilty parties. It is strongly hinted that the work points to the labor of a well-or-ganized gang. The robbery of the car was made at a point between Madison and Ramsey, ! the open car being discovered at the I latter station, and immediate report of the loss was sent to the proper offl- ' clals. A report states that but two quarters of beef were stolen. It seems that the trainmen, on entering the car, counted twenty-two empty books, and so reported, but a statement from the packing house says that twenty hooks were left empty at the time the car 1 ■ was loaded. —Frankfort Crescent. o FOR HIGH OFFICE Bert Townsend of Peoria Slated For President of State Association. OF HOTEL CLERKS Connected With Hotel of Father, Dick Townsend, at Peoria, 111. The following from the Peoria, (Ill.) Journal will be of interest to the many , friends of Bert Townsend, son of Dick 1 Townsend, formerly of this city: “Bert Townsend, steward of the National hotel, and one of the most prominent hotel men in the state, is slated for the position of president of the Illinois State Hotel Clerks’ associa-, tion. This was announced this morn- j ing by friends of Mr. Townsend who j are preparing to wage a strenuous j campaign for his election at the annual. convention of the association which will be helld here August 4 and 5. “So far as can be learned there are ’ no other candidates for the office, although it is stated that some other j city may be planning to nominate a , man. The local clerks will lay their, plans carefully and do considerable, electioneering when the visiting dele-; gates arrive so that w’hen the ballot | is taken that Mr. Townsend’s election will be practically assured. Mr. Town send has been a member of the assoI ciation since it was organized three years ago and has held several positions on committees and the like. In these offices he has proved a hard worker for the good of the' association and is unanimously agreed upon as being among the men who are most worthy of the office. “Plans for the big convention are now complete. Reception committees will meet every incoming train to show the delegates about the city and to make their stay as comfortable as possible. As one hotel clerk expressed it, ‘We will do everything possible to entertain the visiting boys royally and to make them feel that Peoria is a place where they are welcome.’ “More than 150 clerks are expected and this number with their wives and friends is expected to total the number of visitors well over the 200 mark. A boat ride, automobile trips and a | luncheon are among the entertain meats planned, while several mem i [ bers of the national organization will speak at the convention sessions.” —- o DR. D. D. JONES WEDS. Last evening at 8 o’clock at the par i sonage of Rev. A. L. Wooten at Bryant, pastor of the bride. Dr. Daniel D. | Jones of this place joined his fortunes ] with Miss Pearl Rawley of Wabash . • township, in sacred wedlock. The bride is the second your jest daughter of William (deceased) and Mrs. Mag I gle Rawley, and has spent her maiden 1 years on the home farm, helping her mother since the death of her father, conduct the affairs of the homestead , a few miles southeast of town. The | groom, Dr. Jones, though a resident of i Berne only a few years, has built him self up a good practice. The couple will be at home to their friends in a suite of five well furnished rooms on the second floor of the People's State bank block, where his office is located. —Berne Witness. o Mrs. Henry Krick returned last evening from a two weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Louis Dolch, at Flint, Mich.

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AGAIN IN RUNAWAY I Henry Weber and Family Received Serious Injuries Last Evening. ON WAY TO TOWN Horse Frightened on Same Spot Where it Did Month or so Ago. Henry Weber, living near Williams, is certainly having his share of misfortune in the runaway line, he having ; again at 5:30 o’clock Thursday evening, while coming to this city with the expectation of attending the show, with his family, figured in a terrible mix-up and nearly all of the five or six occupants of the rig were injured. All went well until just north of the river bridge and on the same spot where their horse became frightened a few weeks ago at a passing automobile. throwing the occupants out and injuring Mr. Weber. What the horse scared at this time, no one is able to say, there being nothing to frighten I him, unless it was on account of being where the other mix-up occurred. The four of them were riding in the front seat when the horse began to kick, knocking the dash board off and striking Mr. Weber on the left hand, breaking every bone in the hand, excepting the one in the thumb and forei finger, while the upper portion was ; mashed to a pulp, the bone protrud- ' ing through the skin. A son was struck in the chest, breaking the breast-bone, throwing the collar bone out of its socket, and fracturing three of his ribs, being picked up in an unconscious condition. A daughter rej ceived a broken leg and other bruises, ’ while Mrs. Weber, who was struck ; just below both knees, was also badly ' cut and scarcely able to walk. The I other daughter escaped unhurt outI side of slight bruises, which all re- ( ceived in addition to their other in- ! juries. [ Just about a month ago Mr. Weber ! figured in a mix-up, when he was thrown from his rig and his neck dis- ' located, lying at death's door for some days. He was just able to get around i like be ought to when the accident of Thursday came, making the home one :of much sadness. Several years ago he figured in a runaway, when a portion of his skull was removed, leaving a large hole in the side of his head. A number of people witnessed the accident of Thursday evening, but were unable to lend any assistance, it coming so quick and there was no reason to expect an accident of this kind. Dr. D. D. Clark was summoned to the scene and he dressed the injuries, and then conveyed al Ito their home in his automobile. Mr. Weber wished to drive his horse home, but this was not permitted, not knowing what again might be the result. R. D. FLEMING HERE SATURDAY. All Who Want Permits to Seine Attend Meeting. R. D. Fleming, deputy fish and game commissioner, will speak in the court J house, this city, tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock, and all who want permits to seine in the St. Mary’s river should {attend this meeting. This means not ' only Decatur people, but all who live along the St. Mary’s river and are interested in this project. The project of seining the river to rid it of undesirable fish is proving to be a great one and is being taken up along the stream. An exchange tells of its success at one place: "Rodney Fleming, deputy game commissioner, is in receipt of a letter from Upland. Ind., Informing him of a big haul of 1 fish made in the river near town by a 1 seinfng party a few days ago. The I crowd was sent out one day and ' caught 147 carp and suckers and ten large turtles in its nets. The largest carp weighed thirty-five pounds and a number of game fish had to be thrown ' back into the river, because, under the ' perL.it from Fleming, only the obnox- ' lous fish could be kept.” , ■" > W. L. Hilpert still continues showing improvement, and Thursday the drainage tubes were removed from his side, he having reached this stage of ■ improvement. It is thought he may ■ be able to sit up Sunday, and next week will be put on his feet for a while at least.