Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 29 September 1911 — Page 1

Volunie IX. Number 228.

■ TRIP TO DENVER I interestingly Told by Mrs. I Tennie Furman, For- ■ * I merly of Decatur. I -HIGH AND DRY” I Qr Backbone of American I Continent—Some Pretty I Views Are Described. I Denver, Colo., Sept. 25. I Editor Daily Democrat: I Dear Sir:—l thought I would write I g description of a little trip through I the west, that "me and my partner' took to recuperate our two energies." We left Marion, Ohio, Sunday morn-I ing, September 17th. over the Erie railroad. Started from Chicago Sunday evening over the Chicago & Northwestern and Union Pacific for Denver. The ride from Chicago to Denver, there is nothing of note to write about. We arrived in Denver at 9 p. tn Monday. Left Tuesday morning over the Colorado Southern, a narrow gauge railroad, running from Denver to Silver Plume, runs up an elevation of about 4,000 feet above; Denver, the canon being so narrow in | some places that rocks hang over the' road bed. With all these rocks above. I pine trees in some places clear to the top and mountain ash trees, with their yellow foliage, with now and then a waterfall and just a little strip' of sky, viewed from the observation I car attached to the rear of our train. It was a grand sight. The little engine puffs and puffs, going up grade, using al! its power, but coming back it will run from natural gravity. In going ircm Idaho Springs to Silver Plume, we go over the famous Georgetown ioop, where the railroad in order to maintain its elevation has to cross itself. Silver Plue is the starting, point of the Argentine Central road, it takes a zig-zag course up the mountain. known as a switch-back, reaching a height of 14,000 feet. At Idaho Springs we were met by Mr. Y. L. Patrick, an old friend of Mr. Rurman's, who took us to the Dorit mine, up in the mountains, of which if is manager. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick live in a bungalow about 8,000 feet above sea level and you would wonder what the people could find to live on away up there. Well! I will tell you of some of the good things we had to eat, grown in a garden this time of the year—green peas, head lettuce, turnips, beets, celery, __ cantaloups, with the finest butter and Jersey cream. The Murray House may beat it in quantity, but not in quality. One evening after supper, we went Up the creek a half mile to the dam to see ( ' 1 the beavers at work. They build day and work all night. They build their homes of the trunks of the mountain ash trees, which grow so plentifully on the mountains. They chew the trees off close to the ground, and they look as though they were chopped off with an ax. They drag their trees down to the edge of the water, jump in the water, swim underneath the tree, keeping it a Goat, until they get it to some little island, or spot of ground, then gnaw the bark off in strips, take the trunks of the trees over to their house and plaster with mud, and store the bark in their. house for their winter provision. After remaining with our friends three days, we returned to Denver, ■ and on Friday took a trip on the Mos- j fat road, named by the public in honor of its builder, David H. Moffat. Leaving Denver at an elevation of >,- 170 feet, the track rises by uniform j grade, until the back-bone of the American continent is reached at Corona. a height of 11,660 feet (the highest point reached by any standard gauge railroad.) For the first twenty miles we pass the valleys and foot hills, in some places traveling eight miles in order to gain one mile, and in a distance of twelve miles you pass through twenty-eight tunnels. Through i the tunnel district the cost of con-. struction was two hundred and fifty j thousand dollars per mile. i The grade up what is called the giant's ladder is two hundred and eleven feet to the mile. Pass Local Option Peak, named so because is is "high and dry; Mt. Epworth, named by the Epworth League; Yankee Doodle lake, 1,000 feet below us; Devils slide, 1,500 feet below, pass through 5,000 feet of snow sheds, the old Mormon trail, and so on, too many points of interest to mention in a single let-

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Iter. After a delightful day, we got back to Denver at 6 p. tn., with memories of a mountain journey we shall i never forget. It must be seen to be appreciated. And now, as the ministers say, "With these few remarks, I leave you." ‘ Remaining your friend, JENNIE FURMAN. "SIS PERKINS."’ Did you ever sit on a mossy bank and look at the sun-kissed brook as it merrily dances in glee around the protruding pebbles and feel glad that you were alive? Well, that is the same sensation that you experience when you go to see "Sis Perkins,’" the clever show that is soon to be here It is a laughing, bubbling pure heart and home story. When the curtain drops | on the last act you feel as though you ! had been refreshed by a drink of good | cool spring water. One night only. I Bosse opera house. Tuesday, October ! 3rd. AVIAToF IS NEAR C. P. Rodgers Will Put Up For the Night at Lima. Ohio, and Will be HERE SATURDAY I Sailed From Kent, Ohio, This Noon at 12:30— Making Good Time. i In vain did the many people inter I ested in seeing perhaps their first airship eagerly watch and often inquire during the day as to the whereabouts 1 of Aviator C. P. Rodgers, who is headed this way on his transcontinental flight from New York to Los Angeles, _ Cai. Ever since Thursday evening, when the first word was received here 1 that he was at Kent, Ohio, for the night, he having made a distance of " more than two hundred miles Thursday. and enjoying one of the best I trips so far during his trip, people be--1 came anxious and were ever ready to learn what the latest word received was, concerning his whereabouts and !as to the time of his arrival here. He ’■.as to have left Kent this morning at 9 o'clock, going last evening by train to Akron, where he remained for the night, and this morning was prevent- ! ed from starting on time owing to a 1 stiff, brick wind and rain which had 1 begun to fall. However, everything I was o. k. for his leaving at noon and at 12:30 he left Kent, arid expected to leach Lima by tonight, where he will put up. He will in all probability sail 1 for this city early in the morning, and is almost sure that with no accidents ' he will be here in good time tomorrow and a large crowd will no doubt be l in the city to await his arrival. Ar--1 rangements have been made to have ' the waterworks whistle to give the I alarm of his coming, and when this is i 1 heard come out and take a good look at the bird man. NEW LIBRARY BOOKS. The following books of latest fiction have been received for the rental shelf of the library: The Harvester —Gene Stratton Por1 ter. The Ne'er Do Well —Rex Beach. ! The Inner Shrine — The Iron Woman—Margaret Delano. The Goose Girl —Harold McGrath. The Log Roll —Mary Johnston. Red Pepper Burns —Grace S. Richmond. Mother Carey’s Chickens—Grace Douglass Wiggins. 1 When a Man Marries—Mary Rob1 erts Rinehart. The Winning of Barbara Walk — 1 Harold Bell Wright. A Weaver of Dreams—Myrtle Reed. The Garden of Fate —May Morton. Katrine —Elinor McCartney Lane. Margery—E. F. Benson. , Curley—Rodger Pocock. Whispering Smith—Frank H. Spear- ' man. Doctor Ellen—Juliet Wilbur Toinpkink A Circuit Rider’s Wife—Corra Harris. The Rise to Power. — —o Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lehne are moving today from the True property on Winchester street to the Archbold property on Sixth street, until recent ly occupied by Mrs. Emma Daniel.

THE TIRE WASTE Os the United States is Enormous Aggregating Quarter Billion. FIRE PREVENTION Is the Object of a League Advocated by Many Public Men. r — Considerable activity is being evidenced tn the promulgation of the fir? prevention idea and interesting book lets on the subject give statistics and facts of great interest. This idea fostered by sound thinkers is being taken up by many of our leading statesmen and public men and i is being advovated by all who have J made a study of economic conditions. The booklets issued by the committee of publicity and education at Chicago gives a pledge which is urged to be adopted and contains instructions how to avoid the common causes of fire. It is a known fact that fully half of the fires are caused by carelessness and the pledge goes to some length to insure against this. The average property loss is $250,000,(MH) and most of it is preventable. Defective flues are responsible for thirteen per cent, of all disastrous fires, and it is especially urged that all flues be inspected before being used. The adoption of the pledge generally will result in securing lower insurance rates and will prove beneficial to all property holders. With fires costing the United States SSOO per minute, the Are prevention pledge is timely and is worthy of the consideration of all property holders. NEW MANAGEMENT C. H. Hayslip to be in Charge of the Madison House From Now On. THE CHANGE MADE Mrs. Hayslip to Conduct Dining Room —Past Excellent Service Assured. A change in management took place this morning at the Madison hotel. , when C. H. Hayslip of Columbia City, | who for sometime has been employed ■ as a traveling salesman for the Smith ’ Bell Lumber company, took charge. I He has moved his family to this city, they having already taken quarters at ' I the hostelry, and putting themselves , I in readiness for the-carrying on of the , excellent accommodations which are always to be had there. Mrs. Hayslip will have charge of the dining room and will be prepared to cater to the 1 trade by Monday, when it will again be opened. Mrs. Hayslip is well quali- j fled for the conducting of this hotel, j being familiar with the work, and one who will put all her efforts toward the satisfying of the public in general. Mr. Hayslip is well known here, coming to this city nearly every week, his business with the lumber firm requiring his attention here, and is a man who makes good wherever he goes. It will be a strictly $2.00 a day house, boarding and rooms, and the best of service will be at hand to those patronizing there. o— RAISED PEANUTS. S. C. Cramer Thursday brought to this office a stock of home-grown peanuts, which he raised at his home on Mercer Avenue, and which is at trading many, owing to to the fact that they are home-grown. The stock is full of the fruit, and although they were planted merely for a trial, he has been quite successful in the initial attempt. EXTRA MAIL CARRIER. On account of pamphlet advertising of the autumnal season, the mail was unusually heavy today and Milt Lea-j veil, substitute city mail carrier, was assisting today in the delivery.

Decatur, Ind. Friday Evening,

MONDAY. Farmer Decatur Man Will be Laid to Rest Monday at Fort Wayne. The funeral of Mr. Martin Hoffman of Fort Wayne, whose death occurred Wednesday at midnight, and who is well known here, being a former resident of the county, and the brother of Trustee Daniel Hoffman and John Hoffman, of Freble township, will take place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home on Herman street. He niso leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Kirby and Mary Witte, both of Nebraska. NEW APPOINTMENT - Mrs, John Niblick Appointed by Judge Merryman to Succeed Mrs. Morrison AS THE PRESIDENT ■ -■ - ■ Os Library Board—Mrs. Morrison Active in Securing Library For City. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, who leaves tonight for Oaxaca, Mexico, where she will make her future home, today tendered her resignation as a member and president of the library board and Judge J. T. Merryman appointed as net successor Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs.’ Morrison, since the very inception of the activities in securing the Decatur public library, which were begun more than five years ago, the library having celebrated its fifth anniversary last July 20th, has been one of the leading workers, and has served during the entire time as president o’ the board. It was due chiefly to 1 her work and enterprise that the library was secured for the city, and that its great growth and prosperity have been brought about. She contributing much in a material way, as well as lending her sympathy and assistance in planning for the establishment of the institution and the carrying on o' the work. That her successor is a worthy and capable one, will be conceded hi' ah, and no better choice could have been made by the pudge I in his selection of Mrs. Niblick to car ; ry on the work, as president of this, lone of the leading educational institutions of the city. Besides many gifts made heretofore 1 by Mrs. Morrison to the library it will e much indebted to her for several more fine gifts made yesterday. On the north side of the library will be noted a handsome case I filled with curios gathered by her in j her extensive travels both here and ' abroad, which she is now contributing to the library. The gifts also include ' three fine pictures—two paintings and 1 I one steel engraving—which will oe 1 hung on the library walls. Another, ' valued gift to' the book department i are several large folios of the “Hisi tcry of the Art of Writing.” contain-1 ing illustrations and articles on orienI tai, classical, medieval and modern 1 writings, in the languages of all ages, i ; which will be of much interest and value to all students who delight in j tracing the art of writing from the | early ages to the present time. Many volumes of magazines are also included in her gifts. MISSIONARY SUPERINTENDENT AT METHODIST CHURCH.' Dr. W. L. King of India will speak at the Methodist Episcopal church ( Sunday, morning. Dr. King is superintendent of the Hyderabad district, which joins the Belgaum district of which the Rev. Mr. Ernsberger is su- ( perintendent. The Epworth and Junior Leagues contribute to the support of the work of Mr. Ernsberger and Dr. King will tell the young people something of the work they are sup- ( porting and bring them into vital touch with it. At the evening service 1 the pastor, Rev. R. L. Semans, will j speak upon the theme, "Men and Religion.” o • K. OF C. MEETING. The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held on next Monday evening and the usual routine of business will be carried out. At this time arrangements will also be made for Columbus Day, October 12th, and as this will be something on the spec--1 ial order of affairs, a good crowd Is, ] desired, and at which time urgent busI iness will come up.

September 29, 1911.

WILL LOCATE HERE Dr. Starkweather. Experienced Osteopath, to Make Headquarters Here. OVER BOWERS REALTY : s Prepared to do Business at Once—Just Returned From Europe. j Decatur- people who liaie placed their confidence in osteopathy, and . who have been taking treatments as ' tl.e occasion would permit will from now on be able to receive regular treatment. Dr. Starkweather, M. D., , D. 0., who has but recently returned fiom Europe, where he has been maki ing a special study of clinical work, has taken apartments just over the | Bowers Realty company's office, where he will practice his profession. Dr. i Starkweather is one who carries all of the necessary credentials, being a licensed osteopath, a graduate from the American School o( Osteopathy at Kirksville. Mo., in 1904, and also a 1 I>ost-graduate of the American college of Osteopathy, medicine and surgery |of Chicago, 111. He has been conduct-’ i ing a place of business at Atlantic I City, N. J., until last May, when upon I disposing of his interests there, he left i tor Europe where he spent the sum- | mer months in study. He has leased ■ the rooms over the Bowel’s Realty I company's office where he and Mrs. ,! Starkweather will make their home, , I while he will practice in the front | rooms. That there is an excellent field for this profession is known to all . i and that he will meet success is assured. —o COURTHOUSE NEWS Jury Returns Verdict For Plaintiff in Snyder-Mus-ser Note Case. REVERSES JUDGMENT Os Justice of Peace—The Mulligan Divorce Case Tried Today. The case of Amos W. Snyder, sur--1 viving partner of Snyder & Stuckv, 1 against Christ and Jacob Musser, for ' the collection of the balance of a slßl 1 note, demand $l5O, which began trial ' Thursday morning, went to the jury ■ about 11 o'clock today, and ati hour later a verdict was returned in favor of thedefendants. This reverses the ■ judgment rendered in the court of Jus- ' tice Joel Liddy of Berne, from which lit was appealed, judgment having I | been rendered there in favor of the 'plaintiff for $115.51. The court room was an animated scene today during the progress of the trial of the divorce suit brought by I Thomas F. Mulligan of Fort Wayne against Anna B. Mulligan, the case I having been venued here from Allen I county, and was heard before Special 1 Judge D. D. Heller. A large number of the friends of both parties were 1 present and testified as witnesses, returning to Fort Wayne on the 2 o'clock car. The evidence was all given today, but the matter taken under advisement by the judge.until later, when his decision will be rendered. By terms of a compromise the wife will probably be given $950 alimony. Mr. Mulligan is a machinist in the Bowser plant and gets, it is said, a 1 yearly salary of $3,000. — i Margaret Reber vs. Earl Reber, di- i vorce and alimony, demand, $1,000; I demurrer to cross-complaint of defend- < ant filed by plaintiff. Demurrer over- ; ruled and exceptions by plaintiff. An- 1 1 swer in one paragraph by plaintiff to I cross-complaint. Set for trial October I 25th. Upon petition for change of venue from the county the case of Frank H. Hilgemann et al. vs. Henry C. Fuhrman, suit on contract, demand, SI,OOO, CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE J

STRIKE TOMORROW. (United Press Service.) Chicago. 111., Sept. 29—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —Twenty-five thousand employees of the Harriman railroad system will strike tomorrow at 10 o'clock, according to official announcements of the system's officials this afternoon. It is also stated that 15,000 members of the Illinois Central system will striek at 10 o'clock Monday. The same high officials say that the strike will shortly spread to all railroad systems in the middle and extreme west. WAR WAS PRONOUNCED. (United Pres» Service.) Rome, Sept. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat! —Italy declared war with Turkey, was the official statement received at the foreign office this afternoon. The Turkish ambassador has been handed his passport and Italy is guarding against the charge of Constantinople. WALL STREET CASH Is Looked Upon as Most Dangerous Force to the American People. SAYS FR. CAVANAUGH LaFollette Says Only Big Interests Are Bnefited by Reciprocity, (United Tress Service.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The money power of Wall street was declared toj day by the Rev. Father John J. Cavanaugh. president of the Notre Dame University of Indiana, In speaking be fore the National Eucnaristic Congress- to be one of America s greatest danger forces, brutalizing and disspiritv.alizing men. Madison, Wis„ Sept. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Asserting that none oi the big business interests in the ‘United States would be benefitted from reciprocity with Canada, United States Senator LaFollette in the current issue of his weekly, commends the Canadian people for rejecting reciprocity. Akron, Ohio, Sept. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Aviator C. P. Rodgers, who last evening landed at Kent. Ohio, after a day of excellent luck, was delayed this morning from continuing his trans-continental trip owing to a rain which was falling. He was to have left Kent this morning at 9 o'clock, but owing to the stiff northwest wind and rain did not return in time for his scheduled start. — —o BUYS BALLOON. i Kora Jones Buys Professor Martin’s Big Air Bag. Kora Jones, the young man wh~, made the last balloon ascension at the fair grounds last week, taking the place of Professor Martin, who had the contract for three ascents, closed a deal with Mr. Martin, he becoming the owner of the big bag, and will, from now on will take contracts sion of cutting the air. He has an agreement to make an ascension at Muncie on the seventh of October, and fromn then on will take contracts wherever called upon. He has made but one ascension, the one here, which was regarded as the best ever seen by Decatur people. o—w. R. C. CALLED MEETING. There will be a called meeting of the W. R. C. at the hall Friday Evening, September 29th. At this time, arrangements will be made for attending the district convention at Montpelier October sth.’ Several candidates will also be initiated at this time, and a lunch and social time will follow the Initiation. All members are requested to attend this special meeting. o STAR OP BETHLEHEM. All members of the Star of Bethlehem lodge should be present at the meeting to be held in the Yeomen lodge room tonight.

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JAPANESE PARTY I 1 Mrs. E. G. Coverdale Hostess at Delightful Affair Yesterday Afternoon. THE ORIENT ISLE Was Featured in Decoration and Entertainment —A Novel Affair. / I Forty-five pretty Japanese invita tions issued the first of the week by Mrs. E. G. Coverdale for an afternoon party Thursday gave a little hint to ! the recipients of the nature of the at- * fair, but the thirty-three guests who • responded to the invitations were no doubt surprised when they passed the portals of the Coverdale home on I Third street to find themselves so realistically transported to the isle of the cherry blossoms, an,d all else dainty and pretty that is associated with the island home of the Honour- : ables. Everywhere in the rooms through which a soft twilight came, were twinkling lights gleaming through Japanese lanterns in all their pretty colors and characteristic decorations, suspended in all the rcoms from the ceilings, and surroundL ed with gaily-tinted Jap butterflies. Portieres between the rooms were looped with gay ribbons, and suspend- . ed from the opening in the middle were large Jap parasols. Great bowls of golden rod, yellow nasturtiums and chrysanthemums, on stands, banked on mantels and bookshelves, against a background of delicate Japanese screens, carried out the yellow color scheme in the front parlor. Through " the gay vistas, from the back parlor >’ came a view equally pretty, the same gay decoration in other colors being carried out there. A little alcove at the south side, with its white panels 3 and green background, was especially pretty with a large Jap lantern sus- - pended from the center, and Japanese t parasol as a background, as well as ■ the dainty panel pictures depicting Japanese life. A bowl of red salvia on a taborette, with large jardinieres > of white asters mingled with the pale > lavender and purple of petunias placed ) cn slender-legged Japanese stands, I over which hovered large butterflies, I carried out the scene more truly, and on mantels and tables were purple liti tie flowers which so truly belong to • this oriental isle. Everywhere pinned to the walls and draperies were the large white and yellow chrysanthe- ' mums, the Japanese national flower. I‘assing to this very charming orien- ■ tai setting, the guests were received by the hostess, and her guest of honor. Mrs. L. W. Cooper, of Indianapolis. The hostess was becomingly gown- ■ ed in a frock of white voile with which : she wore an embroidered coat, and ’ Mrs. Cooper wore a very handsome costume of cream silk made princess Style with low neck and with trimmings of pearl and gold. To carry out further the Jap idea, two young girls, the Misses Veda i Hensley and Glennls Mangold, dressed as Japanese girls, in pretty silken kimonas, and with other features of the orient, waited beyond, to assist the guests in finding their places. A flutter of fans and the animated conversation, with the mingling of guests added the fullest degree of life and cheerfulness to the scene, and made the affair one of the prettiest and most successful of the season. The entertainment features were very delightful. The first was a contest entitled, “On Their Honeymoon." Yellow cardboard cut in the form of and designed as an old "good luck shoe,” known to all bridal parties, were handed to each guest, and on the back of these shoes, which were looped with bows of red ribbon, were written twenty questions, to be answered with some word pertaining to a shoe or its making, the whole telling a very pretty honeymoon story. Three guests guessed eighteen questions correctly and a cut was made for the honors. Mrs. Ed Coffee won the first, a Japanese dish, and the booby prize, a dainty vase, was awarded Miss Fanny Hite. 1 Another Interesting and instructive contest was a map game. Pinned to the walls of the rooms were papers on which were drawn figures that might at first seem to be Japanese puzzles, • but which were in reality the outlines > of states, and these the guests were i asked to guess. Mrs. John Peterson CONTINUED OR PAGE TWO.