Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 255.

COUNTY C.E. RALLY Rally Services Will be Held in This City Sunday Afternoon and Evening. AT PRESBYTERIAN —— In the Afternoon and the Christian in the Evening , —The Program. The annual county Christian Endeavor rally will be held in this city next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock ati the Presbyterian church, and Sunday evening at 6 o'clock at the Christian church. A very good, program has been arranged and is announced as follows by Miss Margaret Daniels, who is county secretary. Everybody is invited to attend. The program: Afternoon Session. Choir Service. Scripture Lesson —Rev. W. H. Gleiser. Prayer—Rev J. M. Dawson. "* ' Solo -Nellie Daniels, of the Chris i tian C. E. Address — "Efficiency" — Florence I i.anham of Indianapolis, secretary of I the state association. Music—MCe Choir, from the Men-' nonite C. fcl us Berne. Conference and Question hour. Music—Mennonite Male Choir. Offering. Song Benediction. Evening Session. Devotional Service. Address —‘‘Upon Whom Does the Futury Church Depend?"—Rev. L. C. Dessert of the German Reformed C. E Duet —Misses Della and Esther Seilemeyer of the German Reformed C. E. Address—" How to Hold the Young People”—Hon C. J. Lutz, president of the Presbyterian C. E. Discussion— Prayer Meetings That' Are Interesting ami How to Get Them" .Miss Florence Lanham. Solo Ruth Patterson, of the Presbyterian C E. Paper—" How to Grow"—Miss Grace Mash, Bethel U. B. C. E. Song. Benediction. o INSPECTING G. R. &. I. President Wood and all the Officials Out Today. — Joseph Wood, president of tho Grand Rapids and Indiana company, is • making his annual inspection of the ' property this week. He made the trip : over the Richmond and southern di- j • visions yesterday and inspected the i property north of Grand Rapids today, i With President Wood were Vice President and General Manager J. H. P. t Hugfiart, Vice President W. R. Shelby, t Assistant General Manager W. B. Stimson. General Passenger Agent C. L. Lockwood, Genera! Freight Agent t E. C. Leavenworth. Motive Power Su- < perintendent J E Keegan, Secretary I and Auditor R. R. Metheany and the' < following division officials: Superintendent J W Hunter of Grand Rapids, < Superintendent B. H. Hudson of Fort i Wayn, Division Engineer C. L. Barna-'I by, Trainmaster R. E. Casey, Road f Foreman of Engines A. L. Lopshire, I Commercial Agent E. O. Wagner and Assistant Trainmaster T. S. Fox. The party reached Fort Wayne at 9:45 H Monday morning and remained here' c five minutes. Engineer C. E. Wagner ' brought the train -up from Richmond 1 and Engineer F. E. Nikolai took it to, < Grand Rapids, while Conducter L. B. r Hushour had charge of the train from a Richmond to Grand Rapids.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. W. R. C. HALLOWE'EN SOCIAL. t The Woman s Relief Corps will give a Hallowe'en social this evening at the G. A. R. hall. There will be a pro- t gram, a fishing pond, delicious reiresh-j I ments and other features of entertain- s meat. There will be no admission ( S charged but ten cents will be charged n for refreshments. Everybody is invit-I t cd to attend. , * O- 8 BUYS MARBACH FARM. P - ■ v Charles J. Lehrman of Allen coun- b ty was a business visitor here today, p Mr. Lehnuaa has purchased the Chris c farm of forty acres in Union o township mud will move to his new a farm ,i» three weeks a

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OUTLOOK IS ALARMING. (United Press Service.) Vienna, Oct. 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The outlook in Italy is alarming today. The Italian foreigners in Tripoli are stricken with a worse'disaster than that which has alI ready taken them. There is danger of a clash with Austria. An anti-military and an anti-monarchistic uprising is imminent. The Turkish troops are re- : ported to be in the shadow of the city of Tripoli today. Dispatches from there say they are likely to drive the j Italians out entirely. COURT HOUSE NEWS Emma Freang Asks For a Divorce From Louis Freang. NO COURT TODAY Owing to Absence of Judge —Cupid Busy During the Month of October. —— ‘X L. C. DeVoss filed a divorce suit } so/ Emma Freang vj. Louis S. Freang. I The couple were married here August 1 30, 1900, and they lived together until September 1, 1906. She accuses him of habitual drunkenness, stating that he spent all his earnings in bar rooms j and in dissipation, and failed to make I reasonable provision for more than I two years past for the plaintiff and | family, who were forced to live upon. | the charity of relatives, friends and’ neighbors. Since their separation she ' says he has been convicted of larceny and receiving stolen goods, for; which he was sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory, that be was paroled, but violated the parole and was returned to the reformatory, where he ' i now is. They have four children: ’ I Huth, aged nine, Grace, eight, Bessie, ■ seven, and Esther, four. She asks' SSOO alimony. Mrs. Freang once be- ' fore filed suit for divorce, but this was dismissed by the court for lack of prosecution. Real estate transfers: Byron F. Ault to J. A. Swoveland, lot 52, Geneva, $300; William C. Heckman to Martin C, Heckman, 19 acres, Preble tp., $1; Samuel Simison to Margaret Mor- , row. lot 4. Buena Vista, $200; Samuel j Simison, atty., to John Simison, lots 6,7, 8,9, Buena Vista. $400; Samuel ■ Simison to Catherine E. Slawson, lot 5, Buena Vista, $225; Charles E. Hock er to James Hendricks, lot 14. Monroe, $100; Charles J. Lehrman to U. C. L. Insurance company, 40 acres, Union tp., S2OOO. ' Judge Merryman was at Huntington I today and consequently very little was , doing about the court room today. The marriage license records show that October stands pretty well with Cupid, twenty-one marriage licenses | having been issued this month. This does not come up to October of last year, however, thirty standing to its 1 credit. September was also- a favorite month of brides, nineteen licensee having been issued last month. August was very dull, only twelve having been issued for that month this year. Treasurer C. W. Yager and his force of assistants are very busy these days, but not quite ns busy as they would like to be, for there still a 1 large amount of taxes outstanding on the fall installment, and only until next Monday to pay without the penalty. o t TRUSTEE RESIGNS HIS OFFICE. Z t David Steele Quits Official Life—Will Remove to This City Soon. David Steele, trustee of Kirkland township, today tendered his resigna- - Hou to County Auditor Michaud, tho same to take effect at once. Mr. > Steele is one of the best known and most progressive farmers of the county. He recently sold his Kirkland township farm and will give posses- c sion next week, at which time he will move to this city and make his home with his son, Charles, who is a mem-1J her of the firm of Atz & Steele. As a [ public officer he has been honest and i a conscientious and his record is a clean one. At Mr. Michaud had not appointed his successor, but will prob- s ably do so this afternoon o

WOMAN SUFFRAGE Advocated by A. P. Beatty at State Conference of Correction and Charity. HELD AT THE CAPITAL Attending as Probation Officer From Adams County —Other Delegates. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 31 —That A P. Beatty of Decatur is a supporter of the woman’s suffrage problem was evidenced at the Indiana state conference of charities and correction when he stated, in the course of a talk on county institutions, that there would be a great improvement in these institutions if women were al lowed to vote. His talk proved of great interest and aroused wide discussion among the delegates, especially in the feminine section. Four round table conferences were held during the day. Prominent on the program during the day were Mrs William E, Miller of South Bend and A. E. Carroll of Fort Wayne, superintendent of the state school for feeble-minded youth. Attorney Beatty of this city is the probation officer for Adams county and is one of the representatives of the board of correction from this county. Mrs. Henry Krick and Mrs. C. S. Niblick are delegates from the board of children s guardians, while Mrs. John Everett is attending as a delegate from the charity board of the All of these are doing much i for the dependent children, wayward I children and the needy in material as I well as moral and spiritual things. I Mrs. C. S. Niblick will read a paper before the convention on "How Xdams Codnty Takes Care of Her Dependent Children.” PA “CORN TASSEL” Together With Other Members of the “Corn Tassel Family” Will Give. AN ENTERTAINMENT Under Auspices of the Royal Neighbors at the Yeoman Hall Wednesday Night. The following program of the "Corn Tassel Family” will be given by the Royal Neighbors at the Yeoman hall Wednesday evening, November Ist; -Recitation —Lucile Smitn. Instrumental Solo Urcile Ams paugh. • Recitatic..—Esther Enos. Duet —Pearl Lyons and Dorris DeVoss. Recitation —Naomi Butler. Vocal Solo- —Cecil Andrew’s Instrumental Solo —Effie Miller. Dialog—Floren and Helen Archer. Recitation —Lowell Smith. Instrumental Solo —Irene Eady. Recitation —Opal Robinson. Vocal Solo —Mary Erwin Instrumental Solo —Louva Stoneburner. Recitation—Helen Archer. Brass Quartet. The Corn Tassel Family. Introductory Remarks—Paw Corntassel —Sam Shamp. Some More Remarks —Maw Corntassel —Mrs. Weaver. Instrumental Solo —Sallfe Corntassel Lucilo Smith. Hayseed Song by Six Jays. The City Lady—Cornelia Corntassel —Mrs. Schug. Fiddle Solo Si Const^ssel— Tlwlghf Archer. Hoeing Song—Hoehandel Boys. March of the Milkmaids —Six Ladies. March of the Pumpkinheads—Six Ladies. Haymakers' Song—Four Gentlemen. The iaist Word —Maw Corntassel— Mrs. Weaver. Everybody invited. Admission, adults, 10c; children, sc. 255t2 Miss Bertha and Floyd Barrone' spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and/Mrs. William Stettler.

Decatur, Ind. Tuesday Evening, October 31, 1911.

JOHN ELZEY'S STATEMENT. i John Elzey, who was, uue of tut Jm ors in the Hockenrider . ase writes us that the statement that the jury stood eleven to one from the start for the I verdict finally returned was a mistake, but that the jury did stand eleven to one to bring the verdict down to SIOO R. 9 c ornc v.’sntcd it $-509. Mr. Elzc 1 contends that a tifty-dollar tine lias the same moral effect as a s.‘>oo, when it cannot be paid, except by going t'o jail. SONG AND DANCE Figuratively Speaking is Given in This Section of r i the State by J *‘A POSTAL FAKER __ - T 1 jHas Skinned Several Postmasters and Liverymen i Out of Money. e . jc.i'll I Postmasters in northern Indiana 1 have received a warning to watch for e| a man defrauding postmasters iu i. southern Indiana and Qhio. Accord- ■ ing to the government bulletin the e man represents himself as a governy ment official and obtains money under f false pretenses. At an Ohio postoffice s he recently secured sls by telling the i.} postmaster he was an adjuster of rue ( ral routes and just a few days ago he e ( made $5 by posing as a crew manager ■i \ of United State* engineers at another e small office in Ohio. To both of these i. he gave the name of Thompson. A 1, few days later, posing as a rural route s inspector and calling himself McBride. he defrauded two livery men, r one at Guysville, Ohio, aad one at - Athens, Ohio. $5 each. s : He is said to uc- twenty-eight or thir- | ty years old, five feet nine inches tall, I has dark hair, medium complexion i smooth face, gold front teeth, wears dark blue clothes, talks rapidly and appears to be very familiar with postal affairs. His game is a new one and the postal officials are making ev- ■ ery effort to stop it. c, SPECIAL AT STAR. Something special will be on this evening at the Star theater, when Manager Stoneburner will offer a i prize to the person coming best mask- 1 | ed. Everybody is welcome for the ev- ' | ening. Now is a good chance to receive a good prize, free of charge ' i Miss Naomi Niblick, who has been at i Chicago for some weeks, will render special music on the trap drum and you will miss a “big doings" if you fail to attend. acreagelWng More Contracts For Beets Are Coming in-The 1913 Contracts Wanted. MR. McLEAN WRITES Says There is no Delay at That End of the Line - Papers Were Filed. Contracts for beet acreage continue to come in at the rate of about a hundred acres a day. The amount for 1912 is now about 5,200, while those for 1913 are about 4,200. Today about thirty acres were received for 1943, and these are most welcome. The finance committee Is concluding the canvass for funds today. The option cn tfie Haugk land will expire at midnight todnight, but has been taken care of in such away that the land in hel<l. A letter from the company today said that they are hurrying things as rapidly as possible at that end of the line. The application for the nec-. essary incorporation papers have been sent to the secretary of state's office. It. Is expected that the propositions for building the factuiy will be iu within a week and the matter will then be I 1 quickly decided. Mr. says that the proposition is a big one, and that there will be let-up at that end of the line in getting ready the 1 erection of the Decatur plant.

HALLOWE’EN HERE I - „ Look Out For the Various Spirits Which Have Been Told Again WALK THE EARTH Keep Yourself Out of Trouble, But Enjoy Yourself i to the Limit. i Hallowe'en is here today, and there! I are some new and old suggestions for j the pastime at the festivities which ; will be sure to enliven the occasion in this city. i Hallowe’en, as we all known, is essentially paganistic. On this night, above all others, spirits were suppos- * ed to walk the earth, strange dreams ’ foretold prosperity ©r adversity, lovI ers were arranged and the wilder the I superstition the mor© current Rs be- , ■ lief. i. w r l Accordang to ancient tradition that 11 which is human is endowed on AH - Hallowe'en with the wondrous powei iI of detaching itself from the visible - and allowing the spirit individuality r to leave its house of flesh and blood ’ and soar away to the realms of the s immortal. Out of this union of spirits - came the belief in the great power o' J divination on that night to obtain I whatever was wished or longed for. :■ In modern times Hallowe en has al- •, ways been enjoyable because of the > popular superstition attaching to it. > There is something attractive, cspec- - tally to the young, in that which is . weird and fantastic, and a night when imagination may run riot, when any , supernatural story may be believed, when fairies and goblins are supposed . to hold high revelrv. , I MACHINE! MASHED — ■ I Aviator Fowler Hits Grandstand and Machine Dashed to Pieces. ESCAPED UNHURT Now in Arizona on Trip Across Continent—Rodgers at El Paso, Texas. Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 31—Caught by a i sudden gust of wind just as he was | nearing the athletic field of the Uni-1 yersity of Arizona, late yesterday, Robert G. Fowler, trans-continental aviator, on his eastward trip, crashed into the grandstand, where hundreds of spectators wefe gathered. Both landing skids on Fowler’s aero plane were crushed and one of the uprights were smashed. JCuwler escaped unhurt, nor was anyone in the grand stand injured. Monday's flight was made from Mar-1 copu to Tucson, ninety miles in 105 minutes. Fowler will remain iu Tucson until tomorrow, when Aviator C. P. Rodgers, on his western trans-continnen- | tai flight, is due to arrive here, and the two aviators will exchange greetings. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 31—Aviator C. P. Rodgers plans to resume his transcontinental flight from this city at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. He ex- ' pects to arrive at Deming, N. M., at noon, going thence to Bowie, Benson ] and Tucson, Arifs. From Tucson he , will take a side trip to Phoenix and , thence to Los Angeles. | LIBRARY BOARD MEET. » J' 1 At the regular meeting of the library ( board, Mrs. John Niblick, who was re- ( < ently appointed a member of the board, succeeding Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, who resigned on account of going to Mexico to make her future home, was elected president of the board, Mrs. Morrison having also held that office. The allowance of bills and the transaction of routine affairs was other Utsiness that came before the board at this time.

LEADERS CONFER. (United Press Service.) Shanghai, Oct. 31—(Special to DailyDemocrat)- —Reports from the Chinese imperial government today are that | they are negotiating with the rebel I leader Wu Tangyto stop the rebellion, ■ from the basis of reform promised iu the edict Issued by tin thle.r of the . Pekin empire. Indications received are that the rebels are not inclined to : the agreement of the imperial officer, I ascertaining that they are able to win : in any event, and that they prefer a republic to even a strictly limited I monarchy. TO SELECT FIVE ■Mayor Teeple to Appoint Five Members to Attend Irrigation Congress AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — - From December sth to 9th— Appointments to be Made in a Day or So. :. -ti " * Mayor Teeple is in receipt of a let- > ter from Arthur Hoover, secretary of the nineteenth International Irrigation Congress, to be held at Chicago December sth to 9th, and he being chosen as a delegate oving to the office which he holds. He is also given the power to select five other delegates to the gathering, which he will do in a ] i day or so, and who he hopes will attend'; the sessions, which will be of great benefit to the county at large. ’ He also received the necessary blanks j tor the filling out of each delegate. | as well as other credentials which will be necessary for their admittance, and to be signed by the mayor. Decatur gets five delegates, it being included i iu the list of cities having less than I twentffive thousand inhabitants, while I those having more than that number | > are entitled to ten representatives. Al-1 | ready much good has been accomplish-: ■ ed through these meetings, when irri-; j gation is thoroughly explained, where ; j and how it should be used, and for j j the better cibaring up of the vast des- | erts which still li ebarren. MORE WILD GEESE. Fly Over City—Roast Goose For Dinner Today. More wild geese made an unfortun- ■ j ate (for them) flight over or through} ■ the city Monday evening and at van-1 ous times through the night, and were I the target at which a number of De- ! catur sportsmen shot, and not without } success. It is said that roast goose | was a chief part of the menu at more j than one dinner table in the city to-, day. The practice of shooting in the | city is not without its element of dan-, ger, too. About 5:30 o’clock Monday evening a resident of West Monroe} street heard the squawking of the geese and the shooting and went to j the front porch to learn the cause. | Just as, the step was taken to the | porch there came a rattling against ; the house and a whizzing through the | air, and the sound of falling shot on the porch. The shot was spent of ! course, but had it struck the person, I it would undoubtedly have left Its } mark. — ■ Q THE YOUTH’f. COMPANION CALENDAR FOR 1912 The publishers of The Youth's Com j panion will, as always at this seasbi). | ' present to every subscriber whose scription ($1.75) is paid for 1912, i beautiful calendar for the new year..’ ' The cover picture reproduces a watdi ‘ color painting of a bit of New Eng-}' land coast giving a glimpse of a breeze i 1 swept ocean, of smiling sky, oi warm, sunny rocks, which will come like a breath of salt air to those who have once lived near the sea and to those v whose life has been passed inland. The i picture being in eight colors, the tones 1 of the original are faithfully reproduced. MASONS, NOTICE! The Eastern Star will serve an oyster supper, in the building opposite Hensley’s jewelry store Friday evening, November 3rd, the proceeds to go for a piano for the lodge room. Let every Mason come and bring their friends, and help the piano fund.

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SEMI-ANNUAL MEET Twelfth District Physicians to Meet at Fort Wayne November Bth. DR. RAYL OF MONROE Is Scheduled to Present Case on “Acromegaly" For Discussion. November Bth will be a great day for physicians of the Twelfth district, according to tne preparations now being made for the semi-annual conven tion, which will be held in Ft. Wayne. Between 400 and 500 doctors will be in attendance ft the meeting and local j members o’ the medical fraternity are I planning to entertain the visitors in grand style. Dr. H. E. Glock, secretary of the Twelfth district Medical society, is receiving letters from mem-, bers in all parts of the district, who ‘ intend to bA present at the gathering At 10 o’clock tT.c convention will open with a meeting at Hope hospital, where a medical cllninc will be con-' ducted by Dr Charles W Emerson of Indianapolis At 1:15 o'clock n the afternoon the business meeting will be held in the assembly room of the court house. After the business meeting a program will be carried out as follows: } “Some Things That We do Not See i Every Day"—Dr. D. S. Linvill, Columbia City. < I Discussion opened by Dr. j. W. U. ; Scott, Hecla. Ind. "Etiology and Treatment of Pernic- | ious Anaemia”—Dr John R. Clapp, : Ligonier, Ind Discussion opened by Dr. G. W. McCaskey, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dr. 11. P. Weaver, of Fort Wayne. Hereditary Ataxia; Presenting I Case with History Dating Baek Fom } Generations”—Dr. George B Morris, Poneto. Ind. i Discussion opened by Dr. C. R. Dau- ■ cer, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dr. L. P. : Rawles, Huntington, Ind. "Post Partium Hemorrhage”—Dr. i Rudolph W. Holmes, Chicago, asso- ; ciate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Rush Medical college. Discussion opened by Dr. L. P. Drav er, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dr. E. J. MeOscar, Fort Wayne, Ind. “Acromegaly," presentation of c;.ac —Dr. C. C. Rayl, Monroe. Ind Discussion opened by Dr. J. 1] Gil .pin, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Dr. A. L. Kane Fort Wayne, Ind. There will be no evening session, and the convention will adjourn at the close of the afternoon program. ■" 1 -o — '■—— WORLD END IN 1914. — days George Tucker of South Bend, >s Writing a Bible. George Tucker of South Bend. Ind , is writing a Bible and claims the world will come to an end in 1914, for which he claims divine inspiration. The South Bend prophet is an em ployee of the Y. M. C. A.. Although not a member of any church, Tucker has made an exhaustive study of the book of Revelations. Officials of the Y. M. C. A. seriously object to his statement that, the world is to come to an cud three years hence, but Mr. Tucker maintains the millenium is' corning, and tn his writing he advises people to live rightly and correct their faults, as the judgment is near at hand. The author asserts he received word of the end of the world in a dream. That he is sincere in bis belief and in his efforts is shown by the tenac-' ity.with which he works. Early and late he is still btisy with his writings, unless occupied with other duties about the association Buildings. He refuses to discuss his peculiar belief except with intimate acquaintances, and will not go into detail as to the contents of his own book. | o _________ YEOMEN NOTICE. . - Every number of the Yeomen lodge is urgently requested to be present this evening at the meeting to be held, ©nd which was postponed from Mon day evening until tonight. A number of business questions have been prepared, to come up at this time, and which require the attention of all for disposal. Be sure that you will be present for the meeting of this even lag.