Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 231.

family reinion Children and Relatives of Daniel Weldy Gather at His Home ON FIRST STREET To Celebrate His Eightyninth Birth Anniversary —Royally Good Time. —— In accordance with the annual custom the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Daniel Weldy. with many other relatives, gathered at his home on First street today to celebrate his birthday, this being the eighty-ninth anniversary. Mr. Weldy has I een a resident of this county many years and is one of its oldest pioneers. The day, although gloomy weather prevailed, was one long to be remembered, good cheer reigning with the ‘■.appy throng. Feasting at noon on ail the good things of the season, with happy mingling before and afterward of friends long separated, with a program of reading and music, rendered in the afternoon by Miss Mabe! Weldy and others, made the day a happy one. Those present were: Mr and Mrs. O. D. Weldy and son, Bryce, Fort Wayne; Carrie Cogswell, Van Wert, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Sloai and daughters, Spencerville. O.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Snyder, Bluffton; Adam Pease. Craigville; Ida Weldy, Marion; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Weldy. Fort Wayne;, Mrs. Irvin Elzey and children. Celina, Ohio: Sam Weldy, I Bluffton; Albert W. Weldy. Economy ' Daniel H. Weldy. Mounds. Ill.; Caroline Hartman, Peterson; Mrs. E. W., •Jackson and son, Monroe; Mr. S. A. Xysewander, Des Moines, Iowa; S. D. 1 Weldy, Bluffton; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur i Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beery, J. H. Stone, Mr. and Mrs. William Weldy, Mrs. R W. Buckmaster and daughter. Dolores. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gault ! and children, Mrs. John W. Schug and children, R. D. Patterson. Mrs. S. P. Sheets. Dr. dnd Mrs .Burt Mangold,' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mangold, Mrs. Mary Woodward, Noah Mangold and family, Mrs. Frank Aurand and children, Mrs. Mid Beavers and daughter, Mrs. John Beal and son, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mallonee. J. D. Gault and family, M. C. Andrew-s, John Baker, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Meyer, W. B. Weldy and family, Charles Meyers and family, Mr. and Mrs. French Quinn. railroaddeaths Abell Miller Killed by Interurban Near Momroville Monday Evening. G. R. & I. BRAKEMAN Killed Monday Afternoon at Kalamazoo, Mich.—Lived in Fort Wayne. Abell Miller, a farm hand residing at i Zulu, a little town near Monroeville, 1 employed by Peter Gladieux, was kill-' ed at that place at 6.30 o’clock Monday night when he was struck by an Ohio electric interurban car. When struck by the car he was lying with his head resting on the rails and bis head and body were badly mangled. The motorman, it is said, saw the man on the tracks, but was unable to bring his car to a stop before striking him. Miller was about forty years old. It, is said he had been in Monroeville in. the afternoon and when last seen, was. in an intoxicated condition. Roy J. Rowe, a brakeman who made ( his first run Monday on the G. R. & I-> | ’as instantly killed when he stepped in front of a passenger train at Kalamazoo, Mich. He was a member of the crew on the northbound freight which left the Fort Wayne yards at 3 o'clock Monday morning. He was hurled nearly one hundred feet, the body being terribly crushed. Rowe lumped off the freight to turn a switch and did not notice the coming of the Passenger. He made his home with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.. Miller, on Andrew street. Fort Wayne.

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majestic theater , Fort Wayne, to Have a Sunday Matinee. “’The Gamblers," Charles Klein's gripping new play of modern American life, which is to be presented at the Majestic theater, Fort Wayne, Sunday afternoon and evening, has been hailed on all sides as a worthy successor to "The Third Degree." and “The Lion and the Mouse," the famous playwright's sensationally successful dramas of former seasons which solidly established Mr. Klein the foreI most American writer for the stage. THE MONROE GRIST Hustling Sister Town is One of the Busiest to be Found on the Map. — SEE THE AIR SHIP Are Making Arrangements For the Ddication of Fine New School. Monroe, Inu., Oct. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat! —A force of men begon work this morning excavating for the cellar for the new business block to be erected by Mr. Graber, who recently purchased the meat market conducted by J. J. Hofer. The building will be a two-story, with modern conveniences, and will be used as a j butcher and is situated just ’ west of the Monroe State bank. When I completed it will be another drawing ; card toward the progress of the ali ready hustling town of Monroe. Let * the good work go on and within a short time this town will out-do any 'of its size in the state. Monroe has wide-awake and hustling business men, who are ever ready to lend a helping hand to any and all improvements that may come before them. What we need is more dwelling houses, and would be a good investment for some capitalists to consider. Monroe would also consider the erection of a factory or two. Let every Monroe citizen continue to boost the town and keep on making it grow. Monroe people were granted the opportunity of seeing Aviator C. P. Rodgers and his airship on last Sunday morning at 9:30 as he passed over the town and every man, woman and child were out to see a real flying machine, which was one of the greatest curiosites they had seen. The airship trav- ' eled very low while passing over here and could be plainly seen. At about 3 o’clock a report reached here that ! the airship would return to Decatur, passing through here from Geneva, where he had landed. Os course ev--1 erybody was on the look-out and such an amount of ‘‘rubbering" and stretching of necks (especially the women) ' was never seen here, and the streets were crowded gazing to the south. Many had field glasses and powerful telescopes, so as to get a better observation of the “flyer,” but after wait- ' ing for some time discovered that the supposed object of their view was stationary and could not see it move, and 1 on closer inspection found they were ’ duped by three of Monroe’s young men who_had hurriedly made a large ' box kite and carried it to the mile 1 crossing south, where they sent It up about two hundred feet. When the I crowd discovered that they had been ' duped, they were like the Arab fold-1 ing his tent and sneaking away. One prominent citizen intended to see the whole works and went south on the ' pike to meet it, but when he discover- ■ ed that he had been taken in by the ' box kite trick, returned to his home in ' a round-about way. Ask Pete Kessler, Albert Pence and ' a number of others who started, for ! Bobo Sunday morning to see the air ship, why they did not start, early ■ enough. This bunch met with bitter ’■ disappointment, when they arrived at i Bobo and found that the “bird man i had flown,” and could have seen it if they had remained at home. But such is life with the curiosity seekers. Dr. M. F. Parrish drove over to Bobo early Sunday morning in his auto and took a snap-shot of the air ship which he developed at once, and it proved to be an excellent picture, of which the doctor is very proud. Miss Ronea Simpson of Sioux City, lowa, is visiting her father, L. Cherryholmes, on North Seventh street.

TWO AUTO DRIVERS Charles Schug and Ferdinand Mettler Are Defendants in a Suit FILED IN COURT By Frederick Hanni-j Claims Horse Frightened and 'j Threw Him Down. Frederick Hanni is plaintiff in a i damage suit filed this morning against | Charles Schug and Ferdinand Mettler, in which he asks S3OO for damages , sustained when he was thrown down ( i by his horse which he says frightened i , by an automobile driven by Schug and Mettler. The suit was filed by Attorneys Heller, Sutton & Heller for the plaintiff. The affair which caused the suit, Hanni claims, happened February' 16th. as he and John Witwer were driving along the Monroe road, in a I one-horse buggy. Witwer was driving and Hanni was leading a young mare, which he was taking home. When they drew’ near the bridge over the Habeg- ' ger ditch, he claims they heard the, toot of an automobile, and looking back saw coming at high speed the auto, in which the two defendants and two other persons were riding. Hanni says he got out of the rig and neld the mare and beckoned with his hand for the auto to stop. He says, however, that they did not do so, but came on and in passing touched the mare, I which frightened and threw Mr. Hanni' to the ground, trampling on him and wounding him. His left leg between the knee and hip was injured, as was ■ his side, which was trampled on. He was also dragged fifteen rods, he al- • leges, in the muddy road, damaging a twenty-dollar suit which he had on. He says by reason of his injury, he was confined to bed two weeks, was unable to work for six weeks, his doctor bill running to fifty dollars, and his loss ( by reason of disability to work, being seventy-five dollars. INSPECTED CITY BOILERS. » T. C. Luster of Chicago, left this 1 morning after being here on business 1 inspecting boilers. He pronounced ■ them in good condition. I IT CHANGES HANDS I — Real Estate in Adams Coun- ' ty and City of Decatur Continues to Move. I — THE HAUGK FARM. — Located in Blue Creek Township Sold to David Gerber —Haugk Buys Residence. The Bowers Realty company closed two very important deals in Adams county property Monday, and the fact that they have several more big ones 1 on the way to a close further signifles the fact that things are moving j in Adams county. By the deeds given ( Monday Julius Haugk sold his big 160acre farm, located in Blue Creek town-; ship, to Daviu Get her. The sale includes the big stone quarries on the j farm, which have furnished stone for many of the macadam roads in that section. The consideration was about $15,000. In the deal Mr. Haugk took over the David Gerber residence, one of the best and most modern in Decatur, located on North Second street, the consideration for this property being $6,000. Mr. Gerber will remain in ( < Decatur it is said, and will probably ( ' continue to occupy the dwelling. Mr. • Haugk is cleaning up some of his prop- ■ ; erty preparatory to the building of | ; the handsome new block on Madison i street. He will leave for the south in ,i a day or so. o Edward Chronister went to Fort ' Wayne this morning, accompanying I his son, Robert, to that city for med- I ical treatment. The son will probably j undergo an operation for the removal < of adenoids.

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DELAYED IN HUNTINGTON. Aviator Rodgers Must Wait Until Wednesday For Repairs. As stated in Monday evening s paper C. P. Rodgers' airship was wrecked Monday noon in Huntington when he attempted to begin his flight. A Huntington dispatch says: “Aviator C, P. Rodgers will be fore-' ed to remain here until Wednesday morning because of an accident which ' befell him just after beginning his i flight yesterday morning. Mechani- ■ dans who accompany Rodgers on a special train are working in feverish haste In an effort to put on new planes and repair the wheels of his bi; lane, which were smashed by a fall from a ' height of fifty feet. “Rodgers, who landed here late Sen day evening after the most trying day j of his flight thus far, was up early this morning and the big machine was tuned up with the hope that the avia- ' tor would reach Chicago in good time A stiff, choppy wind was blowing, but Rodgers decided' to brave the elements, and at 10 o’clock gave the signal to release. His machine rose gracefully but it was apparent that the driver was having trouble in maintaining his balance in the face of th" treacherous wind. After flying half a mile the head of the machine pitched downward and Rodgers crashed to the earth. I "He was out of the wreckage in an instant, and although he limped from painful bruises, was found not td be seriously hurt, and will be ready to resume his flight as soon as his machine has been repaired. j “Rodgers is taking advantage of the mishap to recoup his strength, which was sorely taxed in his flight Sunday, ’ when he battled with three distinct storms high in the air. Every attenj tion is given to the aviator by the ( members of his party, and all are firm in the belief that they will yet win the $50,000 prize.” o I SOUNDS A WARNING. The Indiana Union Traction company is sending out to all the schools whose patrons live along their system | circular letters, regarding the dangers . incident to street cars, automobiles i and steam cars, these circulars being I read 'to the pupils by the teachers, in the hope that the number of accidents j will be lessened. The agent for the j company says: “We hope to have the 1 the scholars realize the dangers of run-1 ning in front of cars, playing about the car tracks, and crossing streets : 1 without looking for cars and automobiles. We have also asked them to warn their parents of these dangers. ' Also we call attention to the proper j ! way of alighting from cars; to always i J face the way the car is going wfren ' ! alighting from a car, as so many women are given to alighting from cars ; backward. A large percentage of the ' accidents that occur to women are on 1 account of the fact that they get <<f j the car just before it stops, and face the rear of the car instead of the I front.’’ o IN OHIO STATE. The LaDelles. who left this city : some few weeks ago on a tour of theatrical work, last week holding an engagement at the Orpheum theater, ' Zanesville, write friends here of the excellent success with which they are meeting. At Zanesville, where they filled one of the five acts on the vaudeville program, they received a great J send-off, as stated in a Zanesville paper of last Friday, they giving them 1 the honor of being perhaps the best | ever seen there. At present they have I a tour of six weeks 'to cover before they return here. The present trip, includes the following cities: Youngs- ( town, Warren, Massillon and East Liv-, erpool, Ohio; Newcastle, Franklin, Oil City, Pittsburg and Beaver Falls, Pa.; Jamestown and Olean, N. Y. Fred sends his best to all his friends, and says he will see them some time. o LAID TO REST. I The last sad rites over the remains of the late Martin Hoffman of Fort Wayne, brother of Daniel and John | Hoffmdn, of Preble township, and a former resident of this county, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from , the home in Fort Wayne, with a large number of relatives in attendance. 1 Both brothers, from Preble township, were in attendance for the sad rites. The brother, John, was present at the time of his death. Several other relatives from here were in attendance to i pay their last eartly respects. He was one of the well known men of Fort i Wayne. I

BACK TO THE FARM Is Advice Given to Young men by Government Chemist Dr. Wiley. j HIGH COST OF LIVING 1 I Says Dr. Wiley to be Result 1 of So Many Boys Coming to the City. j The present high cost of living is due to the crowded city and the deserted field, according to Hr. H. W. Wiley, government chemist, in an ad dress at the banquet of the Indiana State Medical association. He says the cost of living is likely to increase even beyond the present high poin’, unless more people leave the city and go back to the farm. “I do not blame the farmer’s son lor doing just as I did, in leaving the farm and going to the city,” he said. “The life of the country boy is one of lonesome routine, and it is only natural that he should seek a more lively field. But this matter presents a serious problem, and it looks as if it will not be solved until starvation drives the poor people from the cities. Starvation is the only thing that will do it. And starvation is almost sure to come to them, if the cost of living keeps on mounting higher and higher, i “How would I remedy this condition? By education and legislation. The people must learn to be producers. Then I would not allow a single factory in any city, and this would have to be brought about by legislation. Factories should all be in the country. The city is a place of ex- , change and should not be a place of . production. Production belongs to the country. | “I tell you, the labor situation on the farms is a mighty serious one. It is absolutely impossible for farmers to get sufficient farm labor. This places them entirely at the mercy of the employees. for they can ask any price they please for their labor and the j farmer has to pay it if he wants to I harvest his crops. T found it so myself this year. I had to go out on my ! farm and do my farm work, and I made a full farm hand, too. I could not get enough help, and what I did get cost $1.75 a day.” HAVE LEfFeUROPE Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lengerich and Mrs. Theodore Smith on Way Home FROM EUROPEAN TRIP * .;. W * 4- * 1 » Had Most Pleasant Trip— Are Expected to Arrive Home Next Week. Word has been received in the city by the children of Mrs. Theodore' Smith, who for six weeks, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lengerich, have been making an extensive visit j with relatives in Europe, and also viewing the many interesting sights which are to be found in no other place | than in the cities of the old. Itn the , letter received It stated that the party or three would leave Friday (meaning last Friday) and expected to arrive home about the ninth or tenth. Since their departure from here on the . 19th of August their trip has been one . of continual interest and pleasure, ■ and their renewal of acquaintanceship | of relatives and a better trip could not have been wished for. They state that they visited all the cities of | prominence, but will have to wait until their return before they can relate cf the many interesting occasions and beautiful sights which they had the pleasure of witnessing. They will probably reach home next Tuesday. — o — RALLY DAY POSTPONED. On account of the rain Sunday morning the rally day program which was to have been given at the Evangelical church at that time, was postponed until next Sunday morning.

NEW SUIT FILED. — > ■ A suit to quiet title was filed in cirI cult court today by Attorney Jesse Sutton of Decatur, entitled Alexander ! White vs. Ellen and John Nerleter, ; James and Frances J. Reed, Irvin and I Margaret Koons, John T. and Emily : Goshorn, Harry and Hardie Barbour, ' Willis and Malissa Ferguson, Rosa, I Susan, Joseph, Robert and Winifred Ferguson, Aaron Connett, James T. ’ Ferguson. Lettie Ferguson, Charles R. and Mary A. White, Andrew and Laura White, Isabel Ferguson, Charles Ferguson and David and Emma White.—Bluffton News. COURTHOUSE NEWS The Ayers Wife Desertion Case is Still in Progress L i of Trial. 4 1 IN FORT WAYNE 1 Was Arrest of Lester Johnson, Army Deserter, Made —Born in Adams Co. l Court Calendar. October 3 —Rolling Mill Co. vs. ButI ler; Eury vs. Durkin. ; October 4 —State vs. Hockenrider. October s—Kenworthys—Kenworthy vs. Reichard. October 2 —State vs. Ayres, wife desertion. October 3 —Eury vs. Durkin. October s—Kenworthys—Kenworthy vs. Reichard. I The case of the State vs. Charles • Hockenrider, charged with assault and • battery, is set for trial October 17th. Miles W. Hamrick vs. Marion Brandt et al. to abate nuisance, damages and injunction. Second paragraph of amended complaint filed by the plain tiff Rule to answer. • I I ■ i Fort Wayne Rolling Mills Co. vs. i Albert A. Butler et al., account. $l5O. Dismissal and costs paid. Edward Kirchner vs. Bertha Kirchi ner, possession and damages, S2OO. Answer in abatement filed by the defendant. Henry Krick vs. Earl Rehm et al., note. $100; cause dismissed and costs paid. Minerva A. Meyers et al. vs. George . Chronister et al., partition. Cause dismissed and costs paid. Real estate transfers: Laura B. McConnell et al. to Andrew F. Thieme, realty in Union township, $3500; Andrew J. Johnson to B. F. Allison, 20 acres, St. Mary’s tp., $2000; Rosa Hofer to Noah D. Schwartz, middle 1-3 of lot 27 and lot 177, and pt. its 355, 356, 357, Monroe, $500; Austin D. Sheline to Dottie S. Parent, pt*, lot 355, Decatur, quit claim deed, $1900; Jesse A. Ernsberger et al. to Edgar S. Moses, undivided 1-8, lots 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, Decatur, $880; Jesse A. Ernsberger et al., to Dale D. Mokes, the undivided 3-8 of lots 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, Decatur, $2870. Marriage licenses: Florence Hen- ( dricks, postofflee clerk at Monroe, born September 21. 1886, daughter of Jacob Dayton Hendricks, to wed Walter Lobenstine, born September 7, 1890, son of Louis L. Lobenstine. I The examination of witnesses in the case of the State against Benjamin F. Ayres, charged with wife desertion, which was begun Monday morning in the court before a jury, is still in progress this afternoon, and the case will probably not be finished | today. Besides the attorneys named j Monday the state is being assisted by Judge R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne and F. M. Cottrell of Berne. Lester Johnson, a deserter from the army, was arrested at Fort Wayne, by Constable Harvey Hughes, and is held at police headquarters awaiting instructions from the war department. Quite recently Sheriff Durkin received from the adjutant general at Washington a notice of the young man's desertion, and offering a reward of fifty dollars for his apprehension. The boy is nineteen years of age, and enlisted July 29th, deserting the Columbus barracks September 12th. He was born in Adams county and is a son of Mrs. Mary Gilbert, living on Route 10 out of ' Fort Wayne.

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BURIES HER DEAD Austin, Pennsylvania, Flood Striuken City, Buries Hundreds of Dead. BIG CHICAGO FIRE Governor Dix Grants Pardon to Man Who Created Society Scandal. .— v j (United Press Service.) Austin, Pa., Oct. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Austin began the burial of her dead today as the result of her flood disaster. Volunteer men acted as pall bearers, who carried the rough coffins. One hundred and fifty coffins have already arrived at the Morgue. Chicago, 111., Oct. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—A fire today destroyed the sixth building of the Home Stove Works, entailing a property loss estimated at $150,000. Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Captain T. S. Haines, the slayer of W. E. Annis, and whose death three years ago caused a great scandal in society circles, was today released from Sing Sing prison upon a pardon granted him by Governor Dix. 4 Denver, Colo., Oct. 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Taft arrived here at 9 o’clock this morning, breakfasting at the Denver Hotel. Later he spoke to the students of the Denver university and again to the Grand Army of the Republic. The latter speech treated upon conservation. , The president will be guest at a banquet to be given this evening. “SIS” HERE TONIGHT. When “Sis Perkins” was written it was the intention of the author to give the play surroundings of human nature and realism. These facts alone were looked after with careful detail and has much to do with the success of the play. “Sis Perkins” can’t be excelled for fun, originality and novelties, giving you an evening of enjoy ment that you will not soon forget. Opera house tonight. THE SECOND DAY -I] >■■*' |< J ‘ _ 8 County Commissioners Dispose of Routine Business of Session. . p TO MEET THURSDAY To Receive Bids For New Bridges and the Sidewalk in Front of Jail. ■ i ■». j r ; The county commissioners suspended their work at noon today, until Thursday morning, when they will convene again to let the contracts for bridges and for the building of a cement sidewalk in front of the jail. The bills were allowed today. The petition of George Schrank and ’ others for a drain was found sufficient and that the cost thereof will be less than S3OO. It was ordered constructed and C. C. Ernst was appointed superintendent of construction. T. H. Ernst reported the sale of the brick from about the old boiler at the ' court house to Julius Haugk for SIO.OO. while the iron was sold to I. Kalver for $14.00. Pearl King and others filed a petition for a drain on the Van Wert county line and the auditor of Van Wert county filed his copy of the proceedings held there. Charles Beck of Greenwood. Miss., transferred here today on his way to Galion, Ohio, where he will visit relatives for some time.