Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 256.

HE WAS ACQUITTED Charles Murray Acquitted This Morning of Selling Without License. TO CLEM KNOFF Special Judge D, B. Erwin Heard Case in Mayor’s Court Today. Charles Murray, was this morning acquitted of the charge of selling liquor to Clem Knott on Sunday morning, September 10, the case being beard in the mayor’s court before Special Judge D. B. Erwin. The case was first set for last Monday, but was postponed. The first witness called v as Clem Knott, who stated that about' 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning, September 10th, be went into the hotel and bought two ctgara of Frank Gerard, the night clerk at the hotel. Knott said Mr. Murray was sitting behind' the counter, and nouded to him, and that both he and Murray went into the dining room of the hotel, where Muiray gave turn a drink of whiskey, and [took a drink himself. Knoff says he Ithen made the rounds," Murray and iiimself drinking and Knott paying him twenty cents therefor. He says he then bought a pint of whiskey for fifty cents from Murray, who brought it. to mm in the dining room. Lift. Murray, the defendant, and :.e next witness called, said that he closed his saloon Saturday night at 111 o'clock and by 11:30 was in bed asleep, and that he remembers nothing M selling Knoff liquor for about four >1 five years, and that he does not renemher seeing him at the hotel on hat Sunday morning. Frank Gerard, he hotel night clerk, was another witless, and stated that he did not reiie;r. er seiling Knoff the cigars on iiat morning. M?. Erwin stated that lie evidence iu favor of Murray oulicighed the other, and he therefore him. Schafer Peterson apeared for Murray, while Prosecutor 'arrish appeared for the state. OPERATION WAS FATAL. Bluffton, Ind.. November I—Everett1 —Everett rum, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer < rum. of Honduras, Adams county, led Tuesday afternoon while under le influence of an aesthetic at the ®ce st Dr. S. A. Shoemaker in this ty, where he was undergoing an op ration the removal of adenoid rowths from the nose. Dr. E. P. Davsport of Craigville was administering le anaesthetic, and the operation, hich usually requires only a short me, was commenced about 11 o'clock ■he child had undergone an operation Bine time ago foi the removal of ton-1 ®s successfully and the physicians ■’terday did not anticipate any diflfi ■ •ty with the anaesthetic. When the Bart action became bad and breathin irregular the doctors devoted their. lergiea in an endeavor to resuscitate . tn and summoned another doctor to, ■sist, but al! efforts were of no avail ( ■d at 2 o'clock the doctors pronounc- ( ■ the child dead The action of the, ■aesthetic on a weak heart is given ! 1 • the cause of death. The parents Bre with the child at the doctor's of- ■* Two other children survive. The friy was taken to the home Tuesday ■ening ■ SPLIT THE SWITCH. ■terurban Freight Ran Cross-Wise on the Street. I The 12 o'clock interurban freight 1 ■ ‘ split the switch" as it approached I interurban station today and the was sent cross-wise across Second ep t. There was no damage done, y the inconvenience resulting from slight delay occasioned by setting —' car right again on the track. ML — j i ®* ,Lt RETURN HOME FRIDAY. I B letter from Dr. J. Q. Neptune, who < Rheea one of a large hunting party, 1 in the northern peninsula of I yhigan for two weeks past, an- < Hn<-es that he will return home this and will be back to his office by ( 1 The Michigan laws have been ] 1 W 1 * so strict that one is not allowed any game out of that state ■ t th® boys have had all they < J they will return home earlier than t ■ e <nected to. 1

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TO BE ARTIST. Edmond Gaiter, son of Mr. and Mrs. | Peter Ganer, wno recently has been ■uiployed by his father in painting, : will go one step further in this line ,at present, and finally work himself up for more artistic work, namely, that of frescoing. He has for several weeks been employed by G. Gioscio, i the prominent Indianapolis artist, who at present is beautifying the interior lof St. Mary's church, and upon his I departure next week, Edmond will accompany him to continue the preparalory work of becoming acquainted with the odds and ends, which is one oi the main things to ascertain for the acquiring of the art. Edmond is a lover of this kind of work and expects to keep at it with the expectation of some day becoming a real painter. FODDER DISEASE Cornstalk Disease is Manifest Every Fall Among Cattle, Especially — THOSE TURNED LOOSE *n x_orn - lems—-scientists' Discourse on This Puzzling Disease. Every fall more or less complaint is heard of what is known as cornstalk disease, especially in cattle that have been turned into the cornfields. By cornstalk disease is not meant impaction, which may occur, and especially n a dry fall, where there are not sufficient facilities for watering the cattle, and where they have not b«en 1 pre'.i? I: -cv'ly salted in advance in order to induce them to drink more water than usual when they are to be turned into the fields. This refers rather to the peculiar cases of poisoning which occur some years and in others do not occur, which may occur in one fieltj, and not occur in other fields in the neighborhood, which may appear in the early part of the season • and not later on. The scientists have been greatly puz- j ; zled by this disease for many years— ] i and come to some definite conclusions 1 which we may summarize as follows: (1) That under certain conditions corn and sorghum may become poisonous, especially when they have been ' stunted, which generally occurs on account of drouth or in the case of plants 'by cool weather. Hence following dry years there is likely to# be more danger than in years of normal growth. (2> They have discovered quite definitely that when fodder, corn or sorghum is harvested and put in shock the resulting forage loses its poisonous property and becomes perfectly safe. In fact we have never heard of a case of cornstalk disease from fodder, nor death from sorghum where animals were limited to the forage. (3) They have concluded that the poisonous principle is a compound which, when masticated and digested results in the formation of prussic acid, a deadly poison. (4) They have given us no means of determining beforehand whether these two classes of forage in the field are poisonous or not. (5) Animals that are poisoned, either in the stalk field or by feeding on sorghum do not show any signs of impaction, but drop dead almost immediately after eating it, showing the virulence of the poison. The way to avoid this poisoning so far as corn is concerned is to convert it into fodder, and then there is no danger. If the loss of cattle determines the farmer not to use his stalk pastures in the future, and to go into live stock so that he may have something to eat it, like many other things it may prove a blessing in disguise. So far as sorghum is concerned, it is never safe to turn cattle into young sorghum either in the first or second growth, nor Into sorghum that has been stunted by drougth such as has occurred in many sections of our territory thjs year. In cases where the poisoning occurs, scientists have glv-' en us no hope of a cure. The only way of meeting It. therefore, is by prevention in the manner above outlined. Singularly enough, these poisons do not usually affect horses. It is evident chat there are many things about this subject that have not been found out yet.

ARMENIAN BRIDE Now Enroute From Turkey to Join Her Fiance, Prof. Baxter, in This LancC WED AT CHRISTMAS He is Qne of the Armenian. Students Who is Lecturing in This Vicinity. Dr. M. K, Dyer, the Armenian, who is a university medical student here, preparing to return as a medical missionary to his people in Armenia, and who with his cousin, Prof. Baxter, delivered a lecture here on Turkey and her customs, a week or so ago, passed through the city this morning enroute to-New Haven, where he will meet Mr. Baxter and lecture there this evening They gave a levture at the Mennomte church at Berne Tuesday evening, having an audience of 1,250 people, who thoroughly appreciated the program. Since lecturing here they have given their programs at Geneva, New’ Corydon, Portland, and surrounding places. Professor Baxter is one of the principals in a pretty ro j mance that will have its culmination j in his marriage at Christmas time to | Miss Elizabeth Mooradin, an Armenian lady, one of his country women living at Harpout, Turkey, who is now enroute here to join her lover. She is making the trip now by camel back, over the Turkish ways, to the ocean, where she w'ill set sail for America and join her lover here at holiday time. RESERVE TICKETS SATURDAY. I For High School Lecture Course — First Number November 9th. All those having tickets for the high school lecture course should have , them reserved Saturday morning, the I board being open at 8 o’clock at the usual place. The first number of the lecture course will be given ThursdaNovember 9th, by the Appollo Con- ; cert company and bell ringers. BLOW UP BLOCK Hallowe’eners Dynamite a Business Block at Brazil, Ind., This Morning. , CRAZED BY DRINK Negro in Middle of Stream Injured Many Before Killed Himself. (United Press Service.) Brazil, Ind., Nov. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Halloweeners at Knightsville dynamited the business block of Geller &. McClelland Coal company here shortly after midnight this morning, blowing the bunding to fragments, Other nearby buildings were slightly damaged. f New Orleans, Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—An unidentified negro, crazed by dring, found in a launch in the middle ot the Mississippi river here today shot and fatally wounded three policemen and seriously wounded five other citizens before he could be killed himself. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Forty veniremen wafted in court here today for examination by Judge Bordwell in the James B. McNamara dynamiting trial, for the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building. The new veniremen were ordered to appear in court one hour ..before the regular hour, so as to cause no delay. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Returns from 242 precincts out of 245 today gave Job Harriman, socialist, candidate for mayor, a majority of 2,132 votes over Geo. Alexander, republican. The general election will be held December sth.

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Evening, November 1, 1911,

BODY ARRIVED TODAY. Worthmann Babe Interred Beside Mother's Grave. The body of Worth- ] maun, four days’ old son of the Rev. - : and Mrs. Edward Worthmann, of Kau- i I kauna, W>s., whose death occurred I there September 15th, and which was ■. interred there, was exhumed and ■ today noon arrived here, the burial 1 . taking place mis afternoon. The body : I was laid beside the grave of the moth- ! er in the Decptur cemetery, the mothi. er’s death having occurred October 6th, and the body being brought here for burial, where she spent her earlier years. The mother was Miss Emma Mutsciiler before her marriage. o I COURT HOUSE NEWS “l I i Probate of Will of Ernest J Buuck Took Place in Court Today. ,! /ALLEY IS VACATED ij > - Upon Petition of Julius 3 ] Haugk and Others—Real Estate Transfers. ‘I i, , The will of Ernest Buuck, whose . death occurred October 22nd, was pros: bated today. The will was written ■ | February 27, 1904, and witnessed by ' David A. Smith and John Schurger. After providing for payment of just r i debts, etc., lie states that should his I | wife, Sophia, outlive him, she stall ■ have a life estate in all he leaves. Aft i er their death the son, William, is to have forty acres in Preble township, all me stock, tarming implements. i , household goods, he to pay to the es- ? tate $3,000, to be paid in annual in- > stallments of S2OO. To the Son, Fied- > erick, has been given a tract of land • in Allen dounty, and he is given no more in the estate, except that he share equally with the others after the other bequests have been complied ■ with. To the sons, Ernst H. C. Buuck, Martin Buuck and Christian Buuck, gives SI,OOO each, subject to deduction of certain book notations of sums paid them during the testator's life. To the daughter, Louisla Krueekeberg, Wilhelmina and Elizabeth, he gives each SSOO, subject to deductions of sums given them heretofore. All the remainder is to be shared equally by j the eight children Laura A Van Camp vs. Charles Van-' Camp et al., partition. Appearance by | Peterson & Moran for Edward John i son. Louisa Meyer et al. vs. Mary Louisa Miller et al., partition. Rule to answer absolute on first day of next term. ——* • Edward A. Kirchner vs. Bertha Kirchner et al., possession and damager, S2OO. Motion to separaete overruled; exceptions. Defendant's mo- | tion to require plaintiff to make complaint more specific overruled; excepi tions. ( The vacation of the alley at the tear of their lots on Madison street, as petitioned for by Julius Haugk, D.' E. Smith, Albert Hudson, Mrs. R. J. 1 Holthouse, B. J. Terveer et al., was granted. Final report of Aaron Bricker, guar-, dian of Perry F. Miller, of unsound ( mind, was approved, and the funds in his hands are ordered paid to the court clerk to be held subject to final order of the court. The petition filed by Ida Mllleff for the payment to her of, money will be heard Friday. November, 24th. ' Realty transfers: Josiah Myers to , John F. Bilderbach, 40 acres, Blue ( Creek Ip., $3300. Mattle E. Lenhart to Janies L. Gay et al„ lot 39, Decatur,] $600; Jacob Meshberger to James M. Rose, 40 acres, Monroe tp., $3200; Daniel N. Erwin to Hubert E. and Mary G. Zerkel. lot 866. Decatur, sl. 200. | a , NOTICE. x All members of the Pocahontas council are requested to be present Thursday evening, November 2nd for drill practice. By order of drill captain.

ROB MAIL TRAIN I I Robbers Hold Up Rock Island Express Train and Secure But Little Money. « YOUTH KILLS SELF Commander Murdock Removes Americans to Hankow, China. (United Press Service.) Memphis, Tenn., Nov. I—(Speciall—(Special to l , Daily Democrat) Two masked men] ; held up and robbed an eastbound Rock! : island mail and express train near here at 6 o’clock this morning, and ac- ' cording to reports received the rob- - hers obtained little cash. One of the I men covered the mail clerk with a revoiver, while the other ransacked the registered packages and sate of the United States Express company. i Muncie, Ind., Nov. 1 — (Special to the j Daily Democrat)—Upon the refusal of Miss Alta B. Hayworth, aged twenty, shortly after midnight Tuesday to al- ; low Harold McDalliard, a painter, i twenty-two, to accompany her home from a dance, caused the latter to : shoot and kill himself with a revolver. — : Constantinople, Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —General Baneva, commanding the Italian troops in Tripoli, has been captured by the Turks, according to official reports from the war minister. Considerable doubt has been expressed in foreign diplomatic ' circles as regards to the statement. Shanhi, Nov. 1 (Special to Daily , Democrat) —Rear Admiral Joseph B. 1 Murdock of the United States navy arrived here today and immediately dispatched 359 American men to Hankow to protect the foreign interest there. Pekin, China, Nov. 1— (Special ,to Daily Democrat) —Yuan Shai Kai today followed up his announcement of the appointment as premier of China with a statement of policies which he , intends to carry out. ' .. I ’TWAS HALLOWE’EN I And the Usual Imps of Decatur Roamed Forth on Expeditions. OF PRANK PLAYING i Minor Depredations Com-mitted-Bell Tolls Forth on Midnight Air. The usual number of hob-gobblins, ghosts, witches, and imps of all kinds, . that roam about on Hallowe’en were j out in full force Tuesday night and! kept the policeman and his special ' force of otuceis quite busy. While no secious depredations were committed. 1 the usual number, of minor ones show ! ed up this morning. Os course the 1 windows of all the houses, especially of the business houses,' were given ! their annual soaping Tuesday evening, ■ i consequently their usual wash this morning, and a number of things were spirited away and found this morning; in an unaccustomed place. Two buggies were hitched together and drawn up into the central school yard where they ran into a basket ball ground , pole, breaking it off, and breaking the ! buggies |s well. A hay wagon was run up into the yard of the Methodist j parsonage and several buggies and vehicles drawn Into the public thorough- ■ i fare where their owners after a long! search found them. Parties who hap-1 i pened to be on the streets Tuesday evening, found their way barred by hosts of small masked urchins who demanded "their name or their life," and who after pelting them with mud I i balls, soft turnips, or the hard end of , a stick, and after nearly •pulling their gowns and clothes from their backs, were let go on their way in anything but a rejoicing mood. About 11:30 o clock the small school boy. who may have by chance found his way to bed "earlier," was awakened in consternation by the ringing of a school bell

from the “dark, school tower,” but who after remembering that it wa:; Hallow’e’en, and that some impish spirit bad doubtless found his way there, rolled over in bed and went to sleep, I happy that the school hour was still a I half-night onward. HON. M. 8. LARMORE. and Sunday Morning. Will Lecture Here Saturday Evening j The Hon. M. S. Larmore, the noted prohibition worker, and lecturer, will | speak at the Christian church Sunday l morning instead of Sunday evening as heretofore announced. On Saturday I evening he will give his lecture at the ] court house, entitled, “The Church and I Politics." On Sunday evening he will! speak at Bobo at a Sunday school con ' vention. Mr. Larmore should be heard > ] by all. THE 1.0.0. F. HOSTS In Number of 2,500 Will Gather in Indianapolis Novembef 20 to 23. A GREAT ASSEMBLY Elections and Degree Work Will Feature the Fourday Programs. An Indianapolis dispatch says that twenty-five hundred Odd Fellows from all parts of Indiana will be in Indianapolis from November 20th to 23rd, when the grand encampment and grand lodge, I. O. O. F., will hold sessions there. Officers will be elected by noth the encampment and ‘grand lodge and spirited meetings are expected. Preliminary sessions will be held November 20th. No meetings of the encampment or grand lodge will be held during the day, but al 8 o'clock at night Metropolitan Encampment. No. 5, will exemply the encampment de- | gree at the Odd Fellow hall on WashI ington street and Hamilton avenue. Indianapolis Encampment. No. 319, will exemplify the degree work at 822 Virginia avenue. Delegates to the grand encampment will be guests at the two halls. Tile grand encampment will hold an executive session at 9 o'clock Tuesday j morning, November 21st, u, the grand ! lodge hall in the Odd Fellow building. Another business session will be held at 1:30 o’clock, and at 5 o'clock a banI quet will be given members of the District Deputies' association At 8 o'clock in the evening a conference of scribes atyi secretaries will be held, i The meetings of the grand encampment will be concluded Tuesday, when officers tor the ensuing year will be elected The grand lodge will begin its sessions at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning in the grand lodge hall in the Odd Fellow building. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon a visit will be made to the Odd Fellow home at Greensburg, Indi. ] j ana, and at 7:30 o’clock in the even-1 ling the first degree will be exempli-j fled at Tomlinson hall by Samaritan ] Lodge, No. 10, of Monticello. Thursday will lie the closing day of | the gland lodge session, when exev u-; tive sessions wjjl be held morning and! afternoon, and officers for the ensuing year will be elected. mi MAKES SELECTION. Mapor Teeple Appoints Five Men to Attend Irrigation Congress. Mayor Teeple in answer tp the let ter which he received Tuesday from Arthur Hoover, secretary of the nineteenth International Irrigation Congress. to be held at Chicago from December sth to 9th. that he appoint ' five delegates, has completed his selec- ■ tion to represent Decatur on this 1 event The mayor selected such men as he believed would be able to attend at this time and would be willing and ready to learn the great presentI day needs of Irrigation. Those select I cd were Bernard J. Terveer. Emanuel Woods, John T. Myers, Henry Krick and John B. Holthouse. He also filled out the necessary blanks, one to be sent to Mr. Hoover, and the others to be presented by the bearer for admittance. The gathering promises to be one of great importance and one at which much good will be accomplished.

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NOVEMBER TALK Hicks Predicts for Thanksgiving Month a , Stormy arid Rough One. ——- SNOW AND SLEET !Forecasted to Take Place During Latter Part —Cold Weather to Come. Prophet Hicks of St. Louis predicts storms and cold weather for November. A regular storm period is in progress as we pass from October to November. Cloudiness, with progressive rain, turning in the west and north to ; snow will he noticeaoie in most parts !on the Ist, 2nd and 3rd. Rising bar--5 ometer and colder clearing weather will follow these storms for several days. A reactiouaiy storm period falls on the sth, 6th and 7th, coincident with full moon on the 6th. This period will bring the barometer, change to warm . er, south winds, cloudiness and rain. Western sides of snow and change to colder. Central on the 6th, and ex tending from the 3rd to the Bth, con stitutes a regular seismic period. While little or no harm may result from most of these seismic disturbances, it is no less the duty and work ‘ of science to carefully note their per- | iodicity, and thus trace down their . i causes and know the possible time I when and where they will recur with destructive force. A regular storm period extends from 1 the 9th to the 13th, being central on 1 the 11th. While this period will bring - regular changes to storm condition, the indications are that disturbances i will be normal and light. The regular change to cooler, clearing weather ■ will follow'. i A reactionary slornt period, falling lon the 16th. 17th and 18th. will bring ! recurrence of falling barometer, wanner weather, cloudiness and precipitation. Electrical storms will be natural on and about the 16th. This period will be followed by only moderate i change to cooler, with bright, autumn- ; al weather. • A regular storm period covers the ! 20th to 25th. The new moon on the i 20th will precipitate low barometer, ! change to w armer, cloudiness and rain | at th° beginning of the 21st, to Friday the 24th Autumnal rains Will pass j eastwardly over the country, but the i western flanks of the storm areas will I bring rising barometer, change to westerly winds, and very decided | squalls of snow and sleet—all followed by an early blast of boreal weather out of the northwest. A seismic period is central on the 20th, covering the 17th to the 23rd. During this period there will be a maximum strain that will result in earthquakes In many parts of the earth. Watch telegraphic rejtorts and see. Reactionary storm period is central lon the 27th. 28th anfl. 29th. This period comes under the influence of the i mereflry equinox and will most probI ably bring storms of autumnal rain j and wind, merging into sleet and : snow’, as storm acreas advance from west Io east There nre no unusual j reasons to expect abnormal storms. 1 and the month of November promises to bring more than an average of fair and pleasant weather. The precipitation of rain and snow will be below the average, generally. The storm period will, however, be distinctly marked by the regular changes, with more or less rain, sleet and snow. The month will close with mercurial cloudiness and much colder, threatening weather. —' r—- . G. T. M. HOUGH NEW TRUSTEE. George M. T. Hough, a prominent farmer of Kirkland township, is the new trustee appointed to succeed Da- , vid Steele, who Tuesday tendered his resignation. Mr. Hough is a very capable man and will carry out the good work done by Mr. Steele in a very I able manner. 1 ELKS’ MEETING. ~■ll 11 ■■ s The regular weekly meeting of the Elks will be held on Friday evening. ) when another of their interesting so--3 cial sessions will be held. Some busi ■ ness will also come up at this time and a good crowd is expected