Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 190.

THE MONROE NEWS ■■■ Mrs. Amos Brandyberry Digs Up Curiosity While Digging Potatoes. NEW SCHOOL HOUSE Several Changes Being Made at Present in the Business Line. Monroe, Ind.. Aug. 13—(Special to' Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Amos Brandy-1 berry, while digging some potatoes the j other day, dug out a curiosity from from one of the hills, it being a potato which had grown through the hole of a bone, taken from a piece of round eteak, and resembled a brownie, which could not have been carved by hand to make it look more natural. Mrs. Brandyberry exhibited the find up town and it was quite an attraction. She is now gethig it ready to petrify and will keep it as a relic. The brick work of the Monroe school house is now about completed and carpenters are busy getting ready for the roofing. Mr. Everle, the contractor, certainly deserves great credit for the manner the building is being constructed, he saving neither labor nor expense in making it one of the most, handsome school buildings in this part of the state, and when completed will be one of the best equipped and up-to-date buildings for convenience and comfort ever erected here. Mr. Everle has a warm spot in the hearts of all those who have been under his employ for his kind treatment and sociability. The Badders and Bahner business rooms are now completed and occupied. one as a candy kitchen and the other as an up-to-the-minute barber shop. They are quite an improvement to the town of Monroe, and we hope the good work of constructing more store rooms will continue. John Hocker, formerly of Monroe, but now of Fort Wayne, has concluded that Monroe is good enough for himself and family and accordingly has let a contract to Linn & Patten of Decatur, who have had a force of men at work here excavating for one of the finest residence properties here. It will be modern, with all tho conveni- | ences in a first-class home. Mr. Hock- | er will also put up the latest improved garage. A deal has been closed whereby Ben Brown became the owner of the Pence restaurant and grocery, Mr. Brown taking immediate possesion, and things are on the hustle at that place. Our elevators are strained to their fullest capacity and hundreds of bushels of grain are taken in daily. The first load of new wheat taken in this year was that of Mrs. Rupert, living just east of town. Monroe pays the highest prices for grain, hence the rush of business they are enjoying. The new home of John Urick, section boss on the G. R. & 1., is nearing completion, and Mr. Urick and family will soon be comfortably located in their new home. An interurban meeting was held at the John Badders store room Friday night and considerable enthusiasm was manifested by the crowd present. Messrs. Clark J. Lutz and Alf Graham of Decatur were present to enlighten our citizens on the subject. Menno Leichty was chosen chairman of the meeting and it seems probable that Monroe people will get to ride on interurban cars within a short time. Put your shoulder to the wheel, boys, and help push the proposition along. It will be a good thing for the already booming town of Monroe. Sealed bids will be received by Jeff Leichty of the hardware store, up till 12 noon on Friday, September 1, for the letting of the contract to the lowest bidder to carry in coal for heating the room stove. No bids will be accepted outside of the Never-sweat club. A bond of S2OO must accompany the bid, with freehold bondsmen. Mrs. C. E. Bell and mother, Mrs. W. T. Howard, of LaFontaine left this morning for Benton Harbor, Mich.. tor a week’s visit. Mrs. Howard has been visiting here several days with her daughter.

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EXCURSION PLANS REVIEWED. E. H. Ayer, excursion manager of the White Star Line Steamship company of Detroit arrived In Decatur this morning and with local parties interested therein, again today took up the matter of an excursion to Toledo and Detroit over the Clover Leaf and byway of the steamship route from Toledo to Detroit. The excursion proposition had about been dropped by the K. of P. lodges of this city and Bluffton, because of an inability to get a satisfactory date, but this matter has been *aken up and ft will be arranged to run the excursion August 23rd. o_. ■—- TEACHERS NAMED By Trustee Otis J. Suman to Serve in St. Mary’s Township. •/ — FOR THE NEW YEAR Which Opens September 11 —Corps is a Very Strong One. Trustee Otis J. Suman of St. Mary's township announces the selection of his corps of teachers who will serve for the coming year, the selection showing a remarkably strong corps. The list includes the following: District Number One —Matie Chronister. District Number Two — Bernice Dailey. District Number Three — William Noll. District Number Four —Ben S. Colter, Bertha Bunner. District Number Five (Pleasant Mills) —W. F. Beery, Mabel Winans, Mary Cowan. District Number Six —Dale Cowan. District Number Seven —Mary McCullough. Among the list are two young ladies, the Misses Matie Chronister and Bernice Dailey, who graduated last spring from the Decatur high school, and whote training there has been supplemented by a course this summer of normal training. The schools in St. Marys township will open September 11th for the term, as will the majority of those in the county. TO SOUTH DAKOTA I Edward C. Opliger Appointed Superintendent of Schools in City There. LEAVES AUGUST 24TH To Take Up New Position---Graduates Next Week From Marion Normal. Edward C. Opliger, a well known young man of Linn Grove, is here for a few days’ visit with his brother, County School Superintendent L. E. Apliger and family. He will graduate next week from the normal college at Marion, where he has been a student the past two years, and will then leave for a city in South Dakota, where he has received an appointment as superintendent of the schools. The position is an excellent one, the term being of nine months, the position carrying with it a salary of eighty-five dollars per month. He expects to leave here August 24th, for South Dakota, to be there in readiness for the opening of the school September Ist. He is a young man of excellent natural ability, supplemented with fine educational training and the schools to which he goes can be well pleased with their selection. He is a son of Samuel Opliger of Linn Grove. A SON TO THORNBERG. A son has been born to Rev. and Mrs. M. M. Thornberg of New Haven. Rev. Mr. Thornberg until last June w’as office manager of the incandes cent lamp works of the General Electric company, but he gave up that position to accept a Methodist ministry at New Haven.—Fort Wayne News.

A GRAND SUCCESS. Was the Celebration of the German Reformed Or- 1 phans’ Home at FT. WAYNE THURSDAY More Than a Thousand Dollars Was Realized From Day’s Outing. That the German Reformed Orphans' home celebration at Ft. Wayne on Thursday was a success financially as well as socially, is evidenced from the report which was given out after the expense relative to the day, was turned over to the committee in charge, along with the money which had been obtained by collections, donations and otherwise. A success from the very beginning was assured when a crowd of six thousand people gathered on the grounds to take part in the day's celebration, and to thus show their appreciation for the great amount of good yielded from the institution. Rev. B. Ruf is well pleased with the way the people of Fort Wayne and surrounding towns lent their aid toward the children of the home. The collection which was taken up amounted to sllO, and when all debts contracted for the celebration will be paid off, fully a thousand dollars more will be added to the fund. The ladies of the Salem and St. John's churches served meals and conducted stands, for which the home is most grateful. The financial condition of the institution is in excellent shape, the debts having been greatly reduced in the past year and with the extra fund just derived it will aga'a be reduced somewhat. All speak in high terms of the success of the 1911 celebration and all connected with the institution show their appreciation byextending to one and all their heartfelt thanks. AR? ADVERTISING City Improvement Company Started Ball to Rolling Today. FOR CONTRACT BIDS And Construction Will Begin as Soon as Possible on the Building. \ At a meeting of the City Improvement company, whose charter arrived but recently, held at the Ward Fence company offices Friday night definite action was taken in reference to the building of the new city tall, they making a resolution to advertise for bids on the construction of the build-! ing today. It is the iiitention of the' company to push the construction of ( the hall as rapidly as possible and the corhmittee in charge hopes to have the building ready for occupancy within sixty days. The new building as now planned will have a cellar under the entire structure, which will be used for storage, furnace, etc. The first floor will accommodate the fire apparatus exclusively and the second floor is arranged to give a Separate office for the clerk, treasurer, and an 18x25 foot court room for the mayor. Just back of this is the room reserved for the firemen's sleeping quarters and on the other side of the hall is the tower in which the hose will be dried. The front will be laid in pressed brick, and will offer a pretty perspective] when finished. —-— o '■ — TAFT PREPARES DRAFTS. (United Press Service.) Beverly, Mass., Aug. 12 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Convinced that congress will be ready Monday to hear from Taft, the president spent this afternoon in preparing the preliminary drafts of the veto messages on the statehood and wool measures. He expects to have them completed when he leaves Beverly tomorrow night. This morning the president played j golf.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, August 12, 1911.

“MOTHER” CALDERWOOD GONE. I “Mother” Vic Calderwood, deposed queen of the Calderwood resort on Calhoun street, has shaken the dust of Fort Wayne from her feet and in the future will hold forth In Toledo. YesI terday the furnishings at the hotel belonging to Mrs. Calderwood were ! packed and shipped to Toledo, although Mrs. Calderwood was not here In person to supervise the packing.— Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Yogo AT WEST POINT. (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y., Aug. 12—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Escorted by his naval aid and a representative of the United States, Admiral Togo started early this morning for West Point in President Taft’s yacht, the Mayflowe Togo will review the cadet corps and also inspect the military academy. He returned to New York this afternoon. ABOUT THE SICK Miss Hilda Reinking of Preble Township Operated Upon This Morning I FOR APPENDICITIS J ■ Aunt Rosa McLaughlin, I Well known Lady, Remains Quite 111. i i Miss Emma Smith of Piqua. Ohio, : sister of Mrs. Sam Doak of this city, i ■ is gaining strength day by day, though i her condition is still critical. It is ,j thought she will be removed from the i; hospital to her home the first of the • week, where with home surroundings ■ ’ she will regain strength more rapidly. •j It will be three months before she will have regained sufficient strength ' to undergo the third operation which is necessary. II Dr. Grandstaff of Preble took his son to the St. Joseph hospital, Fort j Wayne, where he submitted to an operation for the removal of adenoids. Mrs. Rost McLaughlin, and known to all as “Aunt Rosa,” is very sick ' from infirmities brought on from old ’ age. She has been ill for a number I of weeks and there is no change for the better noticed as yet. Hilda Reinking, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bieberich of Preble, at 2 this morning underwent a successful operation for appendicitis and from which she has been suffering for some time. Drs. Clark of this city and McOscar of Fort Wayne were in charge of the ordeal, which was well withstood by the patient. It is believed she will get along from 1 now on, being relieved of the former difficulty. C. E. Bell will go to LaFontaine tomorrow to call on William Beik of this city, who went there several weeks ago to his old home for treatment for liver trouble, which many specialists 1 pronounced incurable, but which his home physicians thought could be cured. He is reported as being no better. TAFt”" SETTLED IT. ' Fifth Thursday of November Will be Thanksgiving Day. Washington, D. C., Aug. 12 —President Taft, it was learned today, will ' designate Thursday, November 30th, l as Thanksgiving day this yeffr. It always has been the custom to fix the last Thursday in the month. This year there had been some doubt because November happened to Include five instead of four Thursdays. The white house has been besieged by theatrical managers and those in charge of college football games to 1 settle this doubt so that definite arrangements could be made for the usual array of special performances and sports that mark that day. Bankers throughout the country are said to be anxious—that the president should designate November 23rd as Thanksgiving day. They said that the making of November 30th a legal holiday would seriously interfere with their work, inasmuch as the law requires national banks to make their statements to the treasury department on the first day of every month, and a i’ holiday falling on the last of the ' month would be most inconvenient.

TO CROSS WATERS Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Leng-' erich to Leave For Germany Next Week. SET SAIL THURSDAY Will Visit Mr. Lengerich’s] Brother and Sister—Will be Absent Some Time. Mr. aad Mrs. Bernard Lengerich, prominent retired farmers of Washington township, will on Wednesday [ of next week leave for New York City, and on Thursday morning at 10 oclock ' set sail on the steamship Washington, for Germany for an extended visit with relatives. Their principal place of visit will be at Munster, where Mr. Lengerich has a brother and sister living. They are also acquainted with a number of other people there, this being his third trip, and he will again renew his acquaintance after an absence of a number of years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lengerich were born across the water, coming to this country in their younger years, and the return trip has been one long looked forward to as this is Mrs. Lengerifhs first visit back to her former home. A number of other places of interest will be included In their itinerary and they will remain for a number of weeks or until they believe they have included 1 all they desire to see, to make their trip a complete one. It will be full ! of pleasure from the very start, and one which they will remember for ' years to come. o BIG OATS YIELD. Threshing on the Sarah Ayres farm in Monroe township Thursday brought forth the remarkably good crop of 879 bushels of fine oats from twenty-five I acres. AUDITORS’ MEET Fifth Annual State Convention to be Held in Indianapolis Next Week. AT THE DENISON Program Includes Speeches by Several of the State Officers. The program for the fifth annual meeting of the County Auditors’ association of Indiana, to be held Wednes-I day and Thursday of next week at the Denison hotel at Indianapolis has been received here by H. S. Michaud, county auditor, but he will probably not attend on account of the great amount of w’ork on hand at this time. The program will include numerous addresses by state officers and others familiar with many of the weighty ! problems that confront county auditors in their every day work. William S. Ryan will speaK on tne subject of legislation; “Newly Elected Auditors" will be the subject of an address by Joel Beneflel, while Nathan G. Willace will speak on "Uniformity of Systems.” On Thursday the program will include William H. O’Brien, audi--1 tor of state and Fred A. Sims, state tax commissioner, on “An Equitable System of Appraising Property for Taxation.” William B. Gray will talk on "What I Know of the Auditor’s Office, and Charles F. Cromwell will discuss the three-mile gravel roads, while J. Francis Ixichard and John T. Morris will also speak. WHITE LEAD STOLEN. The painter who is making a sign on the building occupied by John Stoneburner had a hundred-pound keg of white lead stolen Friday night by some one who knew where it was kept. Some time during the night the thief drove up to the place and loaded the lead tn his buggy or light wagon. No trace of the lead could be ' found this morning.

SEVEN GALLONS WORMS. Taken by Decatur Fishing Party to Sturgis, Mich. Guy and Wld Dorwln, 8. E. Shamp, Roy Wolford and Waiter Johnson left this afternoon for the vicinity of Sturgis. Mich., where they expect to catch enough fish to supply Decatur. At least it looks that way from the great supply of fish worms they are taking with them—the enormous amount of ' seven gallons of worms accompanying i them oa their expedition. Get your orders in early so as to be at the head ' ] of the list. BANKRUPTCY CASE Filed in Fort Wayne Friday Against Fred B. Tague, the Shoe Man. HE HAS DEPARTED - For Parts Unknown—Suit Brought by One of Heaviest Creditors. j- ,->■ The disappearance of Fred Tague, the former Decatur shoe man, who i left Fort Wayne last week, leaving a number of creditors clammoring for his unknown whereabouts, an account of which was published in Thursday's Democrat, resulted in the bringing of I a bankruptcy case against him in the ■ Fort Wayne courts Friday, regarding I which the Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-I zette of this morning says: “An involuntary petition in bank- j ruptcy was filed in the local courts yesterday by the Wllliam-Kneeland company of South Braintree, Mass., against' Fred B. Tague, who has owned a shoe store on Calhoun street. The plaintiff alleges that Tague owes that concern the sum of $2,273; that he, committed an act of bankruptcy in ■ permitting judgment to be taken, j against him in the local courts by default, and that he has concealed and secreted the money received for the sale of goods. Tague came here from ( Decatur to open the shoe store and iti was thought he was doing a good bus- i iness. The petition also alleges that i he withdrew money from the bank, and, locking the store on August 4, left the city, his present whereabouts now , beeing unknown. The petition was filed by Judge Walter Olds as attorney for the plaintiff.” COURT HOUSE NEWS Will of Isaac Michael Was Admitted to Probate in Court Today. FOR A MONUMENT Names Sum of Fifty Dollars —Leaves Rest to His Wife—New Case. The will of Isaac Michael, late oi ' Ceylon, whose death occurred July ( 27. was probated this afternoon, S. A. M. Butcher and John H. Booker being ] the subscribing witnesses. He wants a suitable monument, not to cost most than SSO, to mark his last resting place. One hundred and fifty dollars, belonging to his wife, Eveline Michael, used in his estate, is to be paid back to her, and his said wife is to have a life estate in all the remainder of the estate, she to have the exclusive use of all personal property that he may leave, for her support, to sell the same if necessary for her to do, and in lieu or dower, she shall have absolute the same amount as she gets under the law, the one-third in fee simple. At her death the remainder of the estate is to be divided equally among the children of his first wife, Acha Michael. The wife, Eveline, is named executrix. The will was written February 15th. Real estate transfers: Augustus Schlickman to Clyde M. Rice et al., i lot 3, Decatur, $2450; Clyde M. Rice to : Augustus Schlickman, lot 854. Decai tur, $450; a correction on an erroneous I report made yesterday is; Harmon Os- > terman to Homer D. Osterman, lots 55, 34, 74, Monroe, S3OOO.

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STRIKERS TO WORK London Somewhat Relieved From Strike Peril of Several Days. MANY FOOD ‘WANTS Auburn Lady Struck and Killed by Lightning This Morning. (United Press Service.) London, Eng., Aug. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With thousands of 1 workmen returning to their work as a result of an agreement which was reached last night, there has been but very little done to relieve the great distress which has become somewhat ■ acute, as a result of the tie-up of food supplies. The main charges of the strikers were for shorter hours and an increase of wages. In the unloading of cargoes at the docks thirty-five thousand carcasses of mutton, valued at $20,000, had spoiled. Returns of settlement, including the wage increase, will amount to $3,000,000 a year ' s, —'si* Rome, Aug. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Pope Pius suffered a slight relapse during the night and physicians were hastily summoned to his bedside. An injection of caffine strengthened the pontiff’s heart and he rested more easily. He takes very little nourishment. The physicians ordered that all audiences of any kind ;be postponed and all matters of church affairs demanding his attention will be held in abeyance. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 12—(Special to aDily Democrat) —Although the weather bureau forecasted scattering showers tonight and Sunday, but ' slight hope is held out for general relief on account of the intense heat, 1 which now prevails over the state. Showers reported last night were only local and no general good resulted. Rushville faces a water famine, and ' the mayor has issued a proclamation , that no water can be used except for ' domestic purposes. Mrs. George Kel--1 ley was killed by lightning in her ' home at Auburn during an electrical storm this morning. The house was badly damaged but all other members of the home escaped injury. Wesley Faise, a farmer near Bryantown, was also killed by lightning last night. o RENEWS SALOONIST'S LICENSE. License of E. B. Boyle of Hoagland Renewed. Edward B. Boyle of Hoagland, whose application for a renewal of his license was met with a remonstrance, was granted the desired permit to sell liquor by the Allen county board of commissioners yesterday afternoon. In its findings on this case the board held that Charles Peckham and Marion Shookman were not legal voters of Madison township when they signed powers of attorney in connection with the remonstrance, and held that Joseph W. Emmenheiser did not give a legal power of attorney. With these ! three names stricken from the remonstrance, it was held that the docu--1 ment did not show a majority of the ! legal voters of the township and for that reason was inoperative.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. u — —— LAUNCHES COLLIDE. (United Press Service.) Provincetown, Mass., Aug. 12 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Eighteen officers and seamen narrowly escaped drowning from the battleship | Delaware and Nebraska, when the two launches collided headlong in a fog. The Nebraska launch sank instantly, but after heroic efforts the men were rescued by the Delaware launch. .!. " • DIES AT HOSPITAL. (United Press Service.) ■ Brazil, Ind., Aug. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Tony George, who was shot by Selin Alberts, bes cause she refused to elope with hin^ e , died at the hospital here today. where > guards about the county dou- - Alberts is being held, h£Z* e priss bled to prevent attack w . a fter - oner. Alberts nO t eX - 3 wounding Mrs ru /George. an pected to ,me