Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 248.

THREE MORE DAYS; Will Probably Close Up the Campaign for the 5,000 Acres of Beets IN ADAMS COUNTY Committees Started Out Again This Morning De■ermined to Wind it Up. If every farmer in Adams county ! would visit the farms about Monroe ' am Geneva, where the beet crop is now being harvested, there would be nothing to the effort to secure acre-) (icc, in fact it is going to be a difficult 1 job to hold the acreage down to 5,000.' H you want in you should use a little energy of your own and get in, wheth- i er ycu are seen or not. 1., A. Graham lias a seven-acre tract that will make him more money than a forty usually docs in other crops, I<em Thomas has a fourteen-acre field that is producing twenty three tons to the acre, sold at five dollars flat, makes a total us slls to the acre. If it cost him 1 iorty dollars to the acre, which is nearly double the real cost, he will clear at least $75 per acre. Think of it, larmers. There are many others, S. W. Hale, Caleb Andrews. William Glendening, who can tell you what beet farming will do, and tell you not by guess work, but by actual results. But please remember that by Wednesday night every acre will have been subscribed that the local committee is authorized to take. GET IN NOW. A farmer from Paulding county. Ohio, was here this morning and told us the wonderful profits the farmers of that community had as a result of beets, and said that his farm had increased in value fifty dollars per acre in two years, without any improvements. The acreage came in a little slow Saturday, but sufficient to bring the total pver the 4,000 mark, besides two or three hundred act« which have not been turned in. The workers started out again this morning, determined to keep up the lick until the promised acreage is under contract, it is believed that this will be accomplished by Wednesday evening at the furthest. The board of directors of the Holland-St. Louis company will meet Tuesday, at which time everything will be settled and work will soon begin, no doubt, on the new industry. It has been a great campaign, yj m which business man and farmer' worked in harmony, as they never , have before, and the results show it Now a little more work, just a tiny bit, arid we will have reached the goal The financial part of the game is coming along, and there seems to be nothing in the road, at least noth ing that will not be straightened out. ( NEED MORE TRAINS. Two more trains will probably be added to the regular Erie schedule within a short time as a result of the rush of business which has almost i completely blocked the local divisi in : of the road several times in the last week. The plan being considered is to ' add a westbound train, which will carry a part of tne cars now handled by 1 No. 7 and a similar train eastbound [ to assist No. 14 is considered a possi- [ bility. For No. 7 has been split. up into two sections and It is probable that one of them will be made a regu-. lar train. The large amount of busi , ness, both in the freight and passen- ’ ger department, has been the subject j tor much comment among railroad' men. Similar conditions have not been ; known for years and the necessity for ■ making two passenger trains from one I morning after morning has been almost without parallel.—Huntington ) Herald. THE ROOP PROPERTY SOLD. Through the W. H. Meyer real estate agency a deal was closed Satur-, day for the sale of the five acre tract. °n Mercer avenue, owned by W. M. ■ Roop and son, Dan. to Mr. Peter Meyer, a well known farmer from south-1 w est of town, who will remove to town and make his future home on Mercer avenue. The tract is an ideal one for a city home, and Mr. Meyers •ill no doubt enjoy it. - — o — MACCABEES MEET. The Maccabees will have a special meeting Tuesday evening, the attendance of all being desired.

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trial held over. The trial of the divorce suit brought :by Mrs. Elizabeth Farber against George W. Farber of this city, and on i change of venue, sent to the Adams circuit court, will not be tried next week. The case is one in which the plaintiff is seeking a large amount of alimony, and had been set for trial on next Monday. On account of the heating plant in the Adams county court house being out of repair at this time, no cases are being tried and the as signment for trial in the Portland case was set aside.—Portland Sun. COURT HOUSE NEWS Mrs. Willard Steele Wants Divorce Case Venued to Another County. PETITION IS GRANTED A Temporary Receiver Denied—State Cases Set for Trial This Week. — Judge James T. Merryman of Decatur was today appointed to hear the case against Oliver Steward and- the men arrested with him in the fair grounds blind tiger warrants and practically a new start was taken in the whole matter. Judge O'Rourke made ■ the selection on an affidavit asking a ’ change and the appointment was satis- . factory to both parties to the contro- ■ versy. Following the appointment all - the motions, including the plea in . abatement, which was the first attackon the search warrant, were filed again, and they will be pass'ed upon I by Judge Merryman in the course of ■ his connection with the trial. Against the motion for a change of yehue it 1 was argued that the men mentioned in ■ the warrant had never admitted that the court has any jurisdiction and an effort w’as made to secure an acknowledgement that the goods seized belonged to them, but this failed. No time ■ was set for a final hearing in the mat- ’ ter. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. Marriage license: Celia R. Mayer, , born May 10, 1886, clerk, daughter of Henry and Margaret Mayer, to wed Martin F. Weiland, born August 20, 1885, clerk, son of William C. and CarI oline Weiland. 1 Real estate transfers: Dennis , Brandyberry to Charles E. Marshand, i I acre, Monroe tp, $450; Louise Ho--1 broke to Herman Gerke, 240 acres. Root tp., $3000; Lawrence Schlegel to 1 Charles A. Fuhrman, realty in Preble [ tp., $800; Zerah Lewellen to John F. Hocker, lot 9, Monroe, $750; Clifford Death et al. to Raymond Marquardt, lot 22, Rivarre, SSO; William J, Vesey , et al. to Otto Bolds, undivided 7-*9 part 1 of 33,87 acres, Wabash tp., $2,330.33: Wm. J. Vesey, guardian, to Otto Bolds, 2-9 pt. same, $666.67; Mary J. 1 Niblick et al., quit claim deed, to Otto Bolds, for .33,87 acres, Wabash tp., sl. The new boiler was installed and everything was ready for . the firing of I the court house heating plant, which went on duty this morning in fine style, just in time for the cold snap, ; which renewed its vigor.. The old divorce case of Elnora Foughty vs. William H. Foughty was redocketed today, when the defendant filed a petition for order of court regarding the custody of their son, Howard. Summons was ordered returnable November 3rd, and an order was made that the minor child, Howard, be placed in the care of his grandfather, John J. Foughty, until November 3rd, or further order of the court. The plaintiff in the case has since her divorce, been married to Elza Allen, and is the woman who is now in jail serving a sentence for conviction last week on the charge of adultery. In the matter of Charles C. Schug vs. Bank of Berne, for appointment of receiver, petition for a temporary receiver was submitted this morning to the court who found for the defendant, denying the temporary receiver. Exceptions for plaintiff Judge D. D. Heller sat as special judge this afternoon In the case of Thomas F. Mulligan vs. Anna Mulligan, for divorce, case from Fort Wayne. A petition was filed by plaintiff to have the defendant cited for CONTINtTHD «« PAGE TWO.

HALLOWE’EN SOON; Event Will be Observed by Young and Old, Especially the Former. - I MUCH MERRY-MAKING I Police Will be on Look-out For Those Who Enjoy Damaging Property. Hallowe’en, an annual event which always falls on October 31, will be ; celebrated in the usual manner in Decatur this year. It comes a week from tomorrow. In various parts of i the country, and particularly in Indi-| | anapolis, where Mayor Shank is lead-/ ing the agitation there is a movement, toward what is known as “safe and | sane" Hallowe'en, which means doing | away entirely with the old-time idea of vandalism. During recent years there has been ' little trouble in this respect in Decatur, the Hallowe'en observance being ; largely directed toward social gatherings instead of the organization of boys bent on deviltry. It has been the policy of the local authorities to give timely warning as to prompt prosecutions whenever it is ascertained who has damaged property and the police notice is with few exceptions respected. Hallowe’en is fixed in the calendar as preceding Allhallows or All Saints’ day which always comes November Ist. This year there prom ises to be an exceptionally heavy demand for Hallowe’en disguises and pumpkin-face decorations and local i dealers are displaying a good assortment. As usual the occasion will be the scene of many fnasquerades and other while the boys will have to I celebrate the annual event in a more i course manner by further going into j details. Policemen will be on the I lookout for those who believe in destroying and damaging property or by carrying the event too far in other respects. They were all boys them-, selves once, and the officials assure, the youngsters that, as long as they i abide by the law they will not be mo-1 tested. STILL iN TEXAS ■■ ’ Aviator C. P. Rodgers Landed at San Antonia Shortly Before Noon. FLYING IS GOOD, — Gave an Exhibition Flight at i San Antonio on Sunday Afternoon. i — San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 23 —Cal P. ' Rodgers, coast-to-coast aviator, arrived here shortly after noun yesterday, making a fifty mile flight from San Marcos in fifty-five minutes. Rodgers, at 9:45 o’clock yesterday ■ morning, ascended from the cotton > field two miles north of Kyle, where' he was forced to descend because oi | a broken piston rod Friday afternoon. | He flew to San Marcos, ten miles j away, and descended. He was given i a reception there and ascended again j at 10:45 o’clock. He made no more, stops until he reached San Antonio, i The flight was uneventful. Yester- [ day afternoon he made an exhibition : flight over the city. Rodgers’ plans for the flight west ' are indefinite. He may follow the, Southern Pacific tracks due west, or, may fly to Kerrvi.le, fifty-seven miles, northwest of San Antonio, cut across the country to Rock Springs, and then follow the Texas & Pacific railroad to, El Paso. The latter plant will give him a, prairie route, while by the former he j would have mountain air currents to I contend with. Marquette Smith, who has been here ( two weeks visiting with his grand- ( mother, Mrs. Veronica Smith, return ed yesterday to Fort Wayne. He was accompanied by Daniel Donovan, who was a guest at the Floyd Smith home

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TO ERECT $3,000 WIGHAM. The wigwam committee of the Indii ana Red Men was empowered Wednesday by the great council to proceed with the erection of a $300,000 hotel and lodge headquarters building on Indianapolis property owned by the Red Men at the northeast corner of Market street and Capitoi avenue. I Whether or not the building shall be erected at once was made discretion ary with the wigwam committee, but members of that committee say their present plans are to erect the building just as soon as they can ake the nec- , essary arrangements. The committee will meet later to discuss the matter. The members of the committee are ! W. M. Drinkwater, Kokomo; George ; W. Cromer, Muncie; C. L. Bruce, Elwood; M. C. Mayhew, Indianapolis, and F. E. Kleekamp, F’ort Wayne. FOURWEREINJURED Bluffton Interurban Car Left Track While Entering Fort Wayne. FOUR WERE HURT I X Report at First Was of Fatal- | ities But This Proved to be Untrue. Fort Wayne visitors from this city Saturday night were much concerned when the report spread there that a Bluffton interurban car had met with a wreck at 9:30 o'clock Saturday night, while entering the city, near the Allen county infirmary, four persons being killed, but the true report i that came later, was that none were killed, but four injured. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette gives the following account of the accident: “Four persons were injured, none fatally, when an interurban car on the Bluffton line, inbound, left the track at the corner of Broadway and the Bluffton road, where there is a right angled turn, and plowed up the earth for a short distance of fifty feet, ! when its further progress was stopi ped by a huge pile of brick. The Injured. j “Henry Meyers, 615 West Jefferson street, architect, cut about head and face by flying glass, chest and arms injured by impact. Taken to his home. i “Onal Tapp, Poneto, Indiana, hip injured, believed to be broken. At St. Joseph’s hospital. I “Bertha Barkless. 1203 McClellan , street, minor injuries. Removed to , her home. I “Leah Burgess, residence, Fort , Wayne, works in Bluffton. Minor injuries. Removed to her home. | “Two other passengers on the car, i both men, escaped uninjured, and left I before their names could be obtained. “The interurban car. No. 281, running as train 212, the Indianapolis limited, was entering the city from i the south. Just east of the bridge ■ across the St. Mary’s river, the car . line makes a turn almost at right angles to enter the city on Broadway. The front wheels of the heavy inter- 1 ) urban car left the rails just as they I struck the turn, and the car continued i to root up the ground until its further) progress was stopped by a huge I pile of brick, into which the front ves-1 tibule plunged with terriffle force. i "Both front and rear trucks were, stripped from the car and it rests ‘ ' squarely on its bottom. A telephone i pole cut off at the ground and the top 1 [ snapped into three pieces and a tree six inches through cut off at the I stump offer mute witness of the ter-1 rifle force.” - ' ! VISITS LOCAL LODGE. The local lodge of Elks are at pres-1 ' ent making arrangements for the cont- 1 ing of District Deputy Joseph Bennington of Gary, who in the near future | will pay- a visit to the local lodge. At I the regular meeting held on last Fri-' day evening arrangements for his I 1 coming were considered and they will I be perfected further upon learning the 1 ' date of his visit to the city. o 1 YEOMEN’S MASQUERADE SOCIAL. The Yeomen will give a masquerade ( social at the hall this evening, to ! which the public is Invited. A prize will be given for the best masked person, and a good entertainment program will be given. Ten cents. Everybody come

HAPPILY WEDDED Miss Laura Bleeke and Mar tin Krueckeberg of Union Township Wed at EMMANUEL CHURCH Big Time Followed at Home of Bride’s Parents— Prominent Couple. A pretty wedding took place Sunday ) at 2:30 from the Emmanuel (Lutheran church, Union township, when two prominent young people, Miss Laura Bleeke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bleeke, and Martin Krueckeberg, son of Henry Krueckeberg, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. Dornseif, pastor [ of the St. Peter’s church officiated in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Bauer, ' who is sick with pneumonia, and was . unable to perform the ceremony. The , bride’s attendants were Miss Hannah '; Krueckeberg, sister of the groom, ) and Miss Anna Wietfeldt, while the groom's attendants were Siman _; Bleeke, brother of the bride, and I Richard Schultz, a near friend, of NeI braska. The bride, who is an accom- . plished young lady, appeared much more so on the happy occasion, when ) gowned in a lovely suit of white silk. Her attendants were likewise very ■ pretty, Miss Krueckeberg wearing a 1 tan silk and Miss Wietfeldt being i gowned in a lovely pink of the same i cloth. Immediately following the ceref mony the happy couple, with their at. ■ tendants, repaired to the home of the t bride's parents, where the afternoon ? was spent socially, and in the evenl ing a sumptuous dinner was served -to.seventy-five guests. Later on the ) young folks, who had been invited, be- ? gan to arrive, and until a late hour >) the Bleeke home was the scene of t great rejoicing. The happy couple > were the recipients of many pretty, as well as useful presents, and also ex ■ 11 tended the heartiest congratulations I , i from their many frifends. Both are | ■ popular and highly esteemed, and par- < i ticularly more so on the occasion of! i Sunday. They will reside with his I i parents. >1 “OLD FOLKS DAY” Was Appropriately Observed at Methodist Church I Sunday Morning. MANY ATTENDED I Young People’s Societies Held a Union Service Sunday Evening. — ; “Old Folks’ Day’’ at the Methodist I , church was observed Sunday morning, I and notwithstanding the fact that the ' weather was almost what might be [termed stormy, a large crowd was i present, including many who have not been able to attend the services for several years. As they entered a com ) mittee of young ladies pinned a beautiful white chrysanthemum on the ) coat lapel of each. Rev. Semans plan- ; ned the service in a wav that appeal . ed to those of the congregation, who |. still love the “old way best.” The I first hymn was lined, as in the days i when the hymn book was an unknown i convenience, that Is the minister read ' > | a line and then the congregation sang. ; i . The sermon was a masterful one from | , the subject, “Heaven.” and the serv-, ice closed with experience talks bj the older members. The music wan : 1 also special for the occasion, a choir , [of several years ago singing several : selections. I The union service of the young peo- ' pie’s societies, held Sunday evening at 1 [ lhe Methodist church, was a great < success.'The big auditorium was com i pletely filled and the lecture room and galleries were also brought into use. The meeting was held at 6 o'clock. A | musical program and addresses by a ' representative of each of the societies i made the hour a splendid' one. All the speakers did nicely and the evening was enjoyed by all who attended. '

NEW ELECTRIC LIGHTS. The Old Adams County bank today began the work of placing a large electric light on the corner at the bank which will add materially toward the lighting of the corner for the evening The light will consist of four drooping and one erect lamps, being constructed like those of many other cities, and one which will be a credit, to the institution. L. C. Waring, of the mitten factory, Is contemplating in | stalling a number of them along the front and side of his establishment in a short while. WAR VETERAN DEAD Ernst Buuck us Friedheim Succumbs After Long Illness From Paralysis. BURIAL WEDNESDAY Was Sixty-six Years of Age —Prominent Resident of Preble Township. — After a nine weeks illness from pa- j ralysis, during which time he was practically helpless, Ernst Buuck, aged sixzy-slx years, a civil war veteran, and one oi the prominent fanners who has spent the greater part of his life in Preble township, passed away Sunday morning at 7:30 o’clock at his home near Friedheim. Mr. Buuck was born in Germany, but came when a little child with his parents to this country, where he became an influential citizen. In the civil war Mr. Buuck was a brave hero, and bore to his death the marks of wounds received in battle. He was shot through the upper part of the left arm, the in jury resulting in the necessity of tali ing out two and a half inches of the bone. The two disunited parts never knit, and as a result the arm dangled helpless from the severing of the bones. A short time ago paralysis as- ) fected the right side, and he was thus, I j by the injury and the illness, render- j i ed practically helpless in his last days, i i Since the death of his wife three i i years ago, he has been taken care of j by his son, William Buuck, who resid-' j ed with his father. He leaves besides) ) this son, three others —Fred, living ) near Friedheim; Ernst, at Williams, and Christ, near Hoagland. He is also ' survived by three daughters—Mrs.' Henry Krueckenberg, Mrs. Nahrwold and a daughter, Minnie. The funeral will he held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 irom the Freldheltn German Lutheran church, the Rev *£reuss offi ciating. -o POLICE COURT NEWS. Just before dinner Sheriff Durkin was called to arrest Krank Knoll, ai: employee on the new city building on I [ a charge of larceny. It is alleged that i Knoll, during the time he was working [ I at the residence, entered the barn be I longing to Dan Erwiu and stole from ' a trunk a grey, striped suit of clothes, [ a cap, a pair of gloves, and prooably I | another suit. A search warrant was ■ secured and a search of the room occopied by Knoll at the Holty Case was . made, with the result that the clothing ; was found. Knoll, in his statement, said that he had purchased the goods ; from another party. Knoll lias been working for Butler & Son all the stun- i nier, having come here from Montana in the early spring. The value of the ! articles is probably sufficient to cause i a charge of grand larceny to be flick Just when he will be-arranged is no: | known at this time. The trial of Alfred Colchin, who was [ charged with allowing persons in ; saloon on Sunday, and which was pos l poned until this afternoon, is in prog ! l ess as we go to press. A change of [ ( venue from the judge of the court wie asked for and considerable trouble' was had in getting an attorney to, serve. Finally Attorney Dore B. Er I win was agreed upon and he consent ( ed to serve. The case of the State vs. Charles Murray, charged with selling i liquor without a license, will be heard directly after the settlement of the I Colchin case. Tho Harry Davidson and Hunt Bros. 1 public sale which was advertised on ! Thursday of this week will be held tomorrow, October 24th. It is one of the largest sales to take place in the near vicinity and a record-breaking crowd is looked for.

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MARRIED SUNDAY Celia Mayer and Martin Weiland Quietly Leave City and Wed. AT SPENCERVILLE, O. Will be Hume.in Week or.se —Furnished Home Now Awaits Them. Although expected for some time, ; Miss Celia Mayer and Martin Weiland ! sprang quite a surprise on their friends when they quietly left the city Sunday afternoon on the 3:23 train over the Erie for Spencerville, Ohio, and at 6 o’clock were married. The many friends of the happy couple had been keeping a close watch for some weeks past and believed the affair would not come offi until next Sunday, or later, and only a few outside of their own families were aware of it. The wedding took place at the German Reformed parsonage, with the Rev. I Kruse, former pastor of the Reformed church here, and a friend of the unue, pronouncing the words, while the Rev. Grether, a prominent musician, played a beautiful wedding march. After the ceremony a supper followed. Her sister, Miss Sue, who left Saturday, and Mr. and Mrs. John Spuhler of this city were also present at the wedding. Miss Mayer, upon leaving, wore a lovely traveling suit of blue, with hat to match, while her wedding gown was of a pretty brown poplin. After remaining for the night at Spencerville they left this morning for Bucyrus and other Ohio cities, where they will visit for a week or more with relatives. Miss Mayer, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mayer, who lor a year past has been a clerk at the Boston store, is a lady of a lovable disposition, highly esteemed, and enjoys a wide acquaintance of friends. Mr. Weiland, who is also a young man of respect, has been j in the employee of the Schafer Hard- ) ware company for a number of years, j and at present is the shipping clerk iin the saddlery department. The Bos- ) ton store clerks, who were notified a short while before the train was 1 due, greeted them at the depot and ) gave them a good rieing, on their de--1 parture. Upon their return they will I at once go to housekeeping on North Third street, where a neatly furnished home awaits their arrival. - o GOES TO MICHIGAN. t Sam Johnson, who has served for some time as ticket agent at the Grand Rapids station, on Saturday received a notice from headquarters that he had been promoted to the agency at Shelbyville, Mich., and to | report at once. He left Saturday for i that place and began his duties this I morning. While here he proved him- | self a capable young man, which has won for him the present promotion, j Chester Imler is working in his place here for the present. BLUFFTON MAN SPOKE. Omaha, Neb. —A chaplain's meeting opened the third day’s session of the American Prison association congress. i This was followed by reports ol speci ial committees. Among these was one on “Jails, Lock-ups and Police Stai tions,” by W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton, Ind. "The Jails in Florida.” was the subject of Governor A. W. Gilchrist of that stale. —— d — - - HAS NAMED TWO DELEGATES. County Superintendent Opliger, acting under instruction Irom Governor Marshall, has named J. C. Augsburger of Hartford township and O. J. Suman of St. Mary is township as delegates to the first conservation congress to be held at Indianapolis on Saturday, October 28th. Both men are progressive farmers and will ably represent the county at this meeting. i — o ! BOX SOCIAL AT MALLONEE. ) Miss Clara Boknecht, teacher at the | Mallonee school house, four mile* ! north of the city, announces a box social to be held there Thursday even- | ing, October 26th, to which the public is invited. The Orient club will meet on Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs. Charles Elzey on Monroe street.