Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX Number 235.

HORSE NOT STOLEN! Beckler Horse of Bluffton Turns Up at Berne Livery Stable-Confusion OF THE HORSES Little Joke on Berne Bridal Party and Confusion of “Bridles.” The mystery of the exchange of a horse at the Schlickman feed yard for that of B. F. Beckler, of Bluffton, ■ Friday morning, in which it v. a 0 thought an attempt had been made to naim off a stolen horse on the peopie here, an account of which was! given in Friday evening's paper, was cleared away about noon today when Sheriff Durkin received a telephone ‘ message from Fred Brown, the Berne ! ! liveryman, stating that the parties who had hired an outfit there had re ! turned this morning, when it was found that the wrong horse had been brought, back, but that everything was all right and the exchange had bees made purely through mistake According to the statement here, the ' Beckler horse was left the Scblickman yard Thursday night, and on the same evening two strange young men. one light and the other dark, appeared there and also left a horse and rig over The next morning the dark-haired man appeared and got the outfit, he designating the horse which I he thought was his. and with which le drove away. When Beckler found his horse gone and another in its place and as no return was made Friday afternoon, it was thought that a stolen I horse might have been left in the I place of the Beckler horse by the I strangers, and the sheriff immediately I telephoned the officials of Indiana. I Ohio, and Michigan to be on the lookI out for the outfit. He also sent out I cards, giving a description of the anI imal. the rig and the driver, but was I relieved when the Berne message I '-ame it seems that the horse and rig I had been hired from the Fred Brown I livery stable at Berne Thursday aftI •‘moon by the D. J. Bailey bridal parI ty, after their wedding there, and they ■ drove here, the horse being put up for I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. FROM KALKAUNA I • I I Body of Mrs. Worthman I Expected This Afternoon I Over the Erie. I A SAb DEATH I Father Goes to Chicago to I Meet Cortege—ArratigeI ments Not Made. I The body of tne late Mrs. Edward I Northman, formerly Miss Emma I Mutschler or this city, whose death, I as stated In Jrtday evening s paper. ■ occurred Friday afternoon at her I home in Kaukauna, Wis., to which she I w ent a year ago September 28th, as ■ « “ride, is expected to arrive this aft- ' I erDon at 3:24 o’clock over the Erie, 1 'him Kaukauna, Wis., and will be tak- ■ to the home of her parents, Mr. and I '* rs ’ Fred Mutschler. north of this ■ C|t J. The body was accompanied from ■ Kau*auna, by the husband, the Rev ■ Rivard Worthman, and Mrs. Worthfl ' n ans mother, Mrs. Mutschler, who I tas been with her daughter since the I 01 her four days' old babe, Sep- ■ e«iber 15th. The funeral procession I *as met at Chicago by Mr. Mutschler, I Rev. Worthman’s father, Louis I . or t Q man, of Magley, who le>t I id &y night for that place. Funeral I arra ngements are not made, pend- ■ the arrival of the cortege, and also I * or <i as to when Albert Mutschle r . ■ a brother of the deceased, can arrive ■ left rec ®ntly Mr the west, and I / ISt * etter did not give his final ad- ■ b» e^ S ’ ttlou ßh he is now supposed to fl la Portland, Oregon, where efforts I a p t)Pi ° g made to locate him through fl , h " ?r man Reformed minister there, ■ t> 6 Hurscll - It 18 thought he 9 tataT arrive before Tuesday or Wed ■ ■ held before then.

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KICKED BY HORSE. . Ed Ahr, while hitching up a horse } Thursday got in the way of the horse's i hoof and secured a severe kick on : the knee, which today is quite sore and Inflamed. He is forced to limp 1 about and it will be several days before he has the entire use of the ; limb. No ligaments or bones were | wrenched, a fact which makes it lucky i for Mr., Ahr. o GAVE GOOD TALK Congressman Adair Speaks to the Old Veterans at Muncie This Week. DOLLAR PENSION BILL —. I Was Subject and Plainly Explained—Defeated, But No Fault of His. In a heart-to-heart talk to the Muncie veterans this week by Congressman J. A. M. Adair on pension matters, he created a still warmer spot in the hearts of the old soldiers, when he explained to them the falling through of the dollar-a-day pension bill and for which he worked faithfully for its passage. He spoke in part, says the Portland Sun, as follows: “Congressman J. A. M. Adair went 'to Muncie Tuesday evening, where be was the invited guest of Williams i Post. G. A. R„ where he spoke to the Muncie veterans concerning pension . matters, the proposed pension legislation in congress, and defended his po- ’ sition as against unjust criticism. “Congressman Adair explained why the dollar-a-day pension bill did not go through at the extra session and the several measures which will he considered at the coming session, which convenes in December. He predicted the early passage of the pension measure known as the Sherwood bill. This provides for a scale of pension varying from sls to S3O a month. The veterans who served ninety days would receive but sls and the men who served a year or lAore would receive S3O. This bill seems to be looked on with more favor than any other proposed measure and it would carry with it an annual appropriation of about $40,000,000, ’ the speaker believes. , “The reason why a dollar-a-day bill was not put through was because I nearly forty states were not pledged ito the bill,’’ said the speaker. *1 worked for the bill as hard as I could and until the last, and so did the member of the house committee from Ohio, but we couldn't do it alone. The maI jority of the committee members favored the Sherwood bill, and believe the majority in the house and senate are for,the bill. I talked wnth nearly all of the senators and found most ' of these in favor of the Sherwood bill. “Personally I am in favor of a dol-lar-a-day pension bill and always have been, but many persons believe that the men who only served in the army for ninety days are not entitled to as much as the one who served four years. We passed the Sulloway bill, a service measure! which would have done much for the old soldier, and the senate turned it down. Therefore we are blamed for lack of pension legislation and are accused of not living up to our promises. This is not true. There will be pension legislation of some kind during the coming session. You can depend on that. “It is not because the house did not want to pass a bill that one was not adopted during the last session. Congressman Anderson, whom I am ashamed to own as a member of my party, wanted to pass a bill of that kind, not because he loved the old soldier, but because he wanted to put the democrats in a good light and the republican party in a bad light with the veterans. Everybody understood his tactics, and when he announced i tlfose publicly he killed himself and all members of the house. No one would have anything to do with him I after that during the session, as he had shown himself up. The congressman explained that as the Sherwood bill stands it will include about seventy-five per cent of the veterans in the S3O a month class as soon as the bill is passed, and that ten per cent more will be drawing the same amount in a comparatively brief time, leaving about fifteen per cent CONTJNVET' ON PAG E TWO. /

METHODIST RALLY Sunday Will be One of Unusual Interest at the Methodist Church. EXCELLENT PROGRAM To be Rendered and a Record Breaking Crowd is Being Hoped For. AU is in readiness for the Methodist rally day, which is to be held tomorrow, and the excellent program 'which has been arranged for the occasion will interest all. For several 1 weeks earnest efforts on the part of the pupils and teachers to have a rec-ord-breaking crowd in attendance have been made,'-and nothing was left undone to make the day one to stand out by itself. The following is the program to be rendered at 10:30 a. m.. Organ Prelude—Largo from Xerxes —Handel. Girls' Chorus. Responsive reading. Prayer. The Tiny Corners —Infant Class Recitation —Lola Dunn. Drill —Bood-bye, Said the Leaves— Etta Mallonee's Class. Song—Mrs. McFarland’s Class. Recitation —Herman Myers. Drill —To the Harvest Fields —Pansy Bell’s Class. Song—The Dandelions. Song—lnfant Class. (Recitation —Helen, Walters. Drum Song—Mrs. Rice's Class. Drill —The Cross and the Flag— Vera Myers’ Class. —Traumeri —Schumann. Ladies’ Quartet. Address—Rev. R. L. Semans. Girls’ Chorus. Doxology. Organ Postlude—March Heroique— Schubert. OFFICERS ELECTED Star of Bethlehem Names Staff That Will Guide the Destinies of THIS NOBLE ORDER Ves Peterson Named Commander —Installation is Next Friday Night. The order of the Star of Bethlehem held its election of officers Friday evening and named an excellent staff to guide the destinies of this noble orI der through the ensuing term. The officers will be installed next Friday evening, with S. E. Brown, the general legate, officiating. the election Friday night, delicious refreshments, consisting of sandwiches, pickles, cake and coffee, were served. The attendance and interest were large. The following staff of officers . was elected: Commander —Ves Peterson. Vice Commander —Mose Henry. Chaplain—Mrs. Ves Peterson. Scribe—Mrs. J. C. Hower, Treasurer—Mrs. Aaron Stevens. Marshal —Charles Ault. Inside Sentinel—J. C. Hower. Outside Sentinel—Aaron Stevens. Accountant —James Smith. Several other officers will be appointed when the installation takes place. ' | ABOUT THE SCICK Word from Miss Anna McLeau, who left two weeks ago for Colorado Springs, Colo., for her health, is that she arrived there safely and finds the place very agreeable. She will remain there some time before going on further. Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John ( Meyers of Blue Creek township, who has been very sick with typhoid fever, and for whom no hope for his recovery had been entertained at various tidies this week, is reported as being better Friday night, so much so that' it is now thought he will get well.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, October 7, 1911.

SPECIAL MATINEE Sunday Afternoon at the Majestic Theater, Fort Wayne. • "The Gamblers." the most recent ol ( Charles Klein's plays of contemporaneous American life to achieve phe 1 nomenal popularity with all classes of play-goers, is to be presented at the ' Majestic, Fort Wayne, Sunday matinee and night, following its notable New York run of over 200 consecutive performances at Maxine Elliott’s theater. WED IN MOLINE ' Miss Pansy Ball of Moline, 111., and John Potter of , This City , i 11 ' ARE HAPPILY WEDDED 'I J it ‘ Will Make This City Their 1 Home—Bride is Former Decatur Girl. John Potter, the well known day clerk at the Murray house, sprang quite a surprise on his friends here, when he returned home Friday afternoon, accompanied by a bride, formerly Miss Pansy Ball, of Moline, 111., and ! until a iew montns ago a resident of ' ( this city, and a popular “hello girl" at the telephone exchange. Mr. Potter j left here one week ago today, escaping from his many friends by leaving ‘ during the night and only a few were I aware of his whereabouts until his re- ~ turn home Friday. The wedding. I which took place at the home of her parents at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, was a pretty affair, and was witnessed by many friends of the happy couple. Immediately after the dinner which followed, they left for this city, ’ coming byway of Fort Wayne. At present they are staying at the home of her grandfather, James Ross, but i after the first of November will go I to housekeeping for themselves. Both are highly respected, the groom being the day clerk at the Murray for the i past four years. The Moline Daily ’ Dispatch has the following to say: . “Miss Pansy Ball, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Alonzo Ball, and John S. Pot-I ter of Decatur. Ind., were married last night at the home of the bride, 1521 i Twenty-third avenue, the Rev. J. S. I Cumming officiating, in the presence of thirty-five guests. ''The affair was ■ one of the pretty home weddings ofi the season, the house being decorated ' beautifully, in the wedding colors, white and gold. In the living room a huge bank of fern and smilax, flanked with baskets of yellow and white roses, formed a pretty background for the bridal pair. There were no attendants. “The bride was sweet in a white I landsdown gown daintily trimmed with duchess lace. She carried an ann bouquet of bride roses. After the ceremony the guests showered the newly wedded couple with felicitations following which all enjoyed a threecotfrse wedding supper in which *he chosen colors were conspicuous. The dining room was a bower of yellow and white, a canopy covering the table, which was adorned with large bouquets in those colors. . “Mr. and Mrs. Potter departed at a late hour, to an accompaniment of rice, old shoes, etc., for a wedding trip. They will spend some time in Fort Wayne, Ind., and then to Decatur, Ind., where Mr. Potter is engaged in the hotel business. On her i departure Mrs. Potter wore a traveling suit of brown, with hat and boots to match. She has been employed for some time at the Prudential Insurance company’s office, and, during a short residence in Moline has made many friends. An uncle or the bride. Clark Ross, of Corning, lowa, was among the wedding guests." ( RETURN FROM MICHIGAN. — R. F. Mumma and wife are moving i today into their new home on Eleventh ! street, which they recently purchased from Theodore Thieme, through the I Erwin real estate agency. Mr. and J Mrs. Mumma have just returned from ] ( Fremont, Mich., where they have been since April. They went there for the health of Mrs. Mumma, which, however, does not seem to have been benefitted. v , i o • 1 Joe Winteregg of Berne was a business, caller here this morning.

S.A.D. IS AN AUTHOR Jay County Lawyer Whipple is Gainnig Fame as Story Writer. IN BOOK CHAT . Is His Picture and an Inter1 esting Little Sketch on His Books. t I The autumnal number of the maza i zine "Book Chat," published by the ! Broadway Publishing company of New I Yoik City, containing the sketch of I Miss Nora Del Smith, an authoress of this city, gives also the sketch of an author, well known to many here, that ■ 'of Stephen Arnold Douglas Whipple l of Portland. The sketch which is acI eompanied with his picture, reads as lullowa: I "Stephen Arnold Douglas Whippli? was born August 25, 1860, on a farm jin Randolph county, Indiana, and is ’ | another of the galaxy of writers of ’ t which that wonderful literary statj ' can boast. When Mr. Whipple states - that ‘my favorite books are the Bible I and Shakespeare,’ perhaps no further r indication of the mental aptitudes *of t the man are necessary. This writer's . pen has been busy all his life, producing this year a fine American historical , novel, entitled. 'Arthur St. Clair of Old ’ ’ Fort Recovery.’ Other productions ' are ‘Jephtha’s Daughter, a Biblical Romance,' in the compiler’s opinion a . novel of extraordinary power, and ‘The Ginseng Digger of Jay,’ dealing with rural characters and the , financial , question. Mr. Whipple’s chief delight . in life, he says, is 'reading and writing’ —and of his reading and writing we ’ already have products of which he may well be proud.” FOR THeIIECTION — , I Ballots Printed For InterurI ban Subsidy Elections to Be Held in TWO TOWNSHIPS i ■ i | . Next Wednesday — Inspectors Will Come Monday For Their Supplies. — The ballots to be used next Wednesday. October 11th, in the elections to' determine whether Monroe and Wabash townships will vote a subsidy, to the Fort Wayne & Springfield Rail- j way company, were printed, at the 1 Democrat office Friday under the su- ( pervision or tne election commiss:oners. County Clerk J. P. Haefling, D. E. Smith and B. W. Sholty, and are now 1 ready for the inspectors who will ; come Monday for their election supplies. The number of 3,204 ballots were printed, with two hundred samples. Os this number Monroe township gets 1,700 ballots, with one hun-1 dred samples, and Wabash township, | 1,504 ballots, with one hundred sani I pies. The amount of subsidy asked i from Monroe township is SIO,OOO, and that from Wabash township, $7,500. The election inspectors are: Monroe township—North Monroe, John M. Andrews; middle Monroe, C. C. Beer; Berne A, Phil Schug; Berne B, Fred Wechter. Wabash township—North Sam Soldner; Ceylon, Clem Michaels; i Geneva A, Walter Thornhill; Geneva ! , B, W. W. Briggs. DISCOVERY DAY TO BE OBSERVED A dispute has arisen as to whether or not October 12th is a legal holiday : and several newspapers have made the i statement that It is not. According to the acts of 1911 the day is a legal holiday. Such a bill passed the last leg- ' islature, through the earnest efforts of the Knights of Columbus. The dr y this year is to be appropriately observed by the local council, K. of C„ as well'as elsewhere over the state and preparations are already under wey for ths oegesicn.

GETS BOX OF APPLES. Stanley Callow, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Callow, of West Plains. Mo., who has been here at the home of his uncle, D. Erwin and wife., for some time, this morning received from his parents, a large box of fine Missouri apples—the best in the world — which were raised on the Callow fruit farm there. They are “peaches.’

“DOG AND SLAW” ’ I Will No Longer Linger or. the Forks of Free Lunch Counters. a »i ■ i i— SAYS H. E. BARNARD ' i f I 1 Will Get After Lunch Count • B ter and/ Soda Fountain Conditions. 8 j! Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. "—The free lunch counters of saloons in Indiana s are the next targets in the "clean-up” « fight being waged by the state board of health H. E. Barnard, chemist of s the board, yesterday said he will in 3 struct his deputies at a coming meetr ing, to compel compliance with the sanitary food laws hereafter, as well s as the pure food laws, by every saloon--1 keeper in the state. i No more will bar tenders be permit--8 ted to wipe off the slime of a dozen ' previous portions of “dog and slaw” i on their sleeves and tender the fork i for the thirtieth helping. Mr. Bar--1 nard said hereafter, free lunch coun- ' ters in saloons must be safeguarded from flies with glass cases and the a utensils, used in the distribution oi f food, must be cleansed by methods which will nqinimize the chances of II bacteria spread. Soda fountains are also to be watched closely by the state chemist. I Glasses, dishes and spoons used in serving soaa water and other fountain I , concoctions will be washed in an en tirely different way from the “cold 1 water splash" if the proprietors de- j I sire to escape prosecution, the state j health official declared. Heretofore the investigation of saloons by the state board of health offi | cials has been confined strictly to obviating the use of adulterated or fraudulently labeled beverages. The free | lunch counter now must come up to i I the same requirements expected of i ! restaurant keepers, case proprietors I and hotel managers. “There is, so far as I know, not n I saloon keeper in Indianapolis, who is i protecting his "free lunch counter," said Mr. Barnard, discussing the coming order from the board. “The patrons dig in with forks, hundreds of them a day. The same forks are used ' and the germs travel at will from one | ! mouth to another. That hetrogeneous ■ ■ method of serving must be stopped. If It is not done in a legal way hereafter the proprietors will have to take the consequences. “The soda fountains are just as ■ amenable to the enforcement of the , restaurant law as are the saloons. We f have been studying the soda fountain : situation for some time and have de cided to act so that in both classes of ( i places such methods will be used for j cleansing utensils as will eradicate the danger 'of spreading infection from one mouth to another.” Both situations are covered fully by the pure food law as well as the sanitary food law, according to Mr. Barnard. The apparent neglest of the sa- ! loon problem by the chemist has been necessary, he said, because of the lo calization of all the forces of the deI partment during the last few years ; ' on the problem of adulterated foods. That problem, Mr. Barnard said, is practically settled in Indiana. The chemist bases his right to pro ceed against the saloon keepers on the proposition that the law regards all drink as food. The only “saving grace” to be found in the liquor-pure-food situation, Mr. Barnard said, is the fact that some ol the whisky sold at Indiana bars contains so much alcohol that it sterilizes the utensils and glasses which it touches. That is not true of beer, however, he believes, nor is it true of the other liquors which form a large portion of the saloon’s activity.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS Hon. D. B. Erwin, Special Judge, Hears Case of Jacob Heller Today. A GUARDIAN ASKED For Susan Liechty—Frederick Bauman Gets a Marriage License. Daniel Liechty filed suit for appointment of a guardian for Susan Liechty, whom he alleges is a person of feeble mind and infirm, and Incapable of | managing her estate and business as- ; fairs. Heller, Sutton & Heller are the plaintiff’s attorneys. — David P. Kenworthy et al. vs. WilI liftn H. Reichard, foreclosure of Hen, i SSOO. Judgment by agreement for i SSO and costs in favor of plaintiff, and I that thff same is a Hen on the -yrtpjrtjp ■ I mentioned in the cottipikiiif find the lien foreclosed. The defendant Is pdr , mitted to sell sufficient amount of the’ property to pay off and discharge said 1 judgment and costs within fifteen days or in default thereof, the same will be sold by the sheriff as other property sold on execution, and the restraining order is continued in full force and effect except as to such sale by the i defendant for the purpose of paying j said debts and costs. . — Edward Kirchner vs, Bertha Kirchner, possession and damages, S2OO. • Demurrer to plea in abatement filed. Peter Baumgartner et al. vs. Christ I Musser, note, $l2O. Case dismissed and costs paid. Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Ajpal Brookover et al., quiet title case from Huntington. Separate and several demurrers by plaintiff to plea in abatement sustained. Separate, joint and several exceptions by defendants, Aseal, Walter L. Brookover and Blanche M. Spencer. Rule to answer absolute on or before Wednesday, October 11. In the case of Jacob Heller vs. State ; Line Oil company, damages and at- . tachment, demand $1,500, Dore B. Erwin was appointed special ‘judge by reason of Judge Merryman being disCONTINt'ED ov PAGE TWO. I SPECIAL SERMON — Rev. Dawson Will Deliver Another of His Series Tomorrow Evening. TALKS PLAIN FACTS Subject Will be “The Mother of the Twentieth Century”—All Invited. For two Sundays past the Rev. J. M. | has been conducting services at the evening hour at his church, the Christian, beginning at seven o’clock, a special series, in which he is talking direct on subjects of the neareet and dearest importance to all of us. He is dealing with the problems lhat mean future happiness on earth as well as in tne Hereafter, the question of the girl and boy. At each of the two previous meetings he has spoken to large crowds who have listened with much interest to his remarks. Tomorrow evening his subject will be “The Mother of the Twentieth Century,” in which he will again speak just whai he thinks. There is no other way of handling the question and the Rev. Dawson will talk plain facts. He wants every one in Decatur to hear him who will, and he hereby extends a personal invitation to you to attend and listen to him. There will be snecial music and the evening should be one of interest. The services begin at 7 o’clock and you will hear some plain thoughts plainly spoken if you attend. ——■o J. W. Kleinhenz. who has been in poor health, is reported as being much better.