Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 260.

■fur and feathers ■Attracted “Should-be JailI gird” Burglars to Burdg i Millinery Store. ■played havoc ■With Contents of Store AftPl er Entrance Gained bv I Breaking Window. ■ “Birds of a feather do not always ■fltK'k together,” and neither do ‘‘fine ■feathers make fine birds," as some ■poor "should-be jail birds" will pro’ ■ably learn to their sorrow if they d ■not return the feathers, furs and other ■things stolen from the Burdg mill! ■nery store Sunday night. The busi■iess house was entered some time ■during the night by burglars who ■gained entrance through a window ■sane at the rear of the store, after Breaking the glass therein, and bur■glary was first noticed this morning ■jy Mrs. Daisy Ballenger and MissVel■na Porter, employees of the store, ■when they opened the shop. The win pillow pane was broken and the glass ■trewed about, bolts or velvet and rib■on were lying in great disorder about U’tiie rooms, on the floor under the ta■le and everywhere, two money draw■ers were open, and other signs of the risit of some intruder were unmistakibly evident. A paper in which silks were wrapped was found at the rear lot, as well as a valuable plume which had evidently been dropped there. The full extent of the loss is sot known, as the stock is quite large, nit a valuable twenty-five dollar muff s among the known missing pieces. <o money w-as gotten as none had been est in the two drawers. A door leadng into a stock department in the ront room was left open also, evidenty by the parties who had trl< 1 learching there for valuables. A lady vho lives in the flat over the store leard the growling of her dog this norning between midnight and dawn, nd his growls were heard shortly astir by the breaking of glass, and it s quite certain that the burglary took dace at that time, though little was bought of the matter at that time, t is thought that the guilty parties re known and a return of the stolen oods would ward off prosecutions. TO CLEAN REYNOLDS CEMETERY The Reynolds cemetery will be ileaned next Wednesday, November th. All persons having relatives or Tiends buried there are requested to :ome early on that day. Bring your linner so we can work all day. COMMITTEE. U.SPOSTAL BONDS Will be Issued January 1, 1912, in Exchange For Postal Savings. GET INFORMATION At Postoffice — Application Must be in Before December Fifteenth. Postmaster W. A. Lower has received information from headquarters regarding the postal savings bonds ’hich will be issued January 1, 1912, ’hen depositors of the postal savings system may exchange the whole or a Part of their deposits on that date for t nited States registered or coupon bonds in denomination of S2O, 1100, and SSOO. These will bear 'lnterest a t the rate of 2*4 per cent per annum, payable semi annually, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after one year from the date of issue, both principal and interest | Payable twenty years from that date !n U. S gold coin. The bonds are also exempt from all taxes or duties. Application for tho conversion of deposits into bonds on January 1, 1912, tnust be received before December 15, 1911, by the postmaster at the depository office, where the certificates ’ere issued. Any information regacdJ ng the same will be given by the : Postmaster or his assistants.

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butcher asks release. I A petition was led in the circuit court Saturday by William Butcher of i Geneva, now an inmate of the county ■- , Jail, asking that he be released without being compelled to serve the remainder of the time now staring him in the face. Butcher was convicted of selling liquor in this city without license and was fined SSO. Being with- -< out funds to liquidate the amount of the fine and costs, the latter amountI ing to something like S3O, he was sent ito jail. He has now served out one . day for each dollar of the fine and sa - 3 he would like to gain his release that ho can return to hi« home and j provide for his widowed sister—Portj land Sun. — . ■ COURT HOUSE NEWS e! h o County Clerk Jas. P. Haefr I i ling Making Up Dockets i-1 e ! For New Term. o — . V r A NEW ESTATE g ! Is Docketed—Marriage Li”l 1 censes Issued—Several , Court Entries. - • The circuit court today entered e upon a two weeks’ vacation and Coun- . ty Clerk J. P. Haefling and deputy j spent the day in finishing up the g' term's business, and beginning on the 3 docekts for the November term, j I which opens November 20th. A few 3 1 entries that were too late for Sat- ' urday's issue are reported today. f Late Saturday afternoon L. A. Gra- , ham, receiver for the Adams County . 1 Publishing company, filed petition > for an order to operate the printing . and publishing plant which was grant- [ ed, until the first day of the next - ! term of court, and until further order . 1 of court. He is to report the condii tior of the plant and of his management to the court on the first day of .: the next term. J C. Moran, commissioner in the , Maurer partition case, filed $6,000 ; bond, which court approved. The partition case of Frank Small ; et al. vs. John R. Small et al., was disi m>ssed at the plaintiff’s cost. The estate of Abraham Byrd was docketed and will be administered as one less than SSOO. Ferdinand Bleeke, county clerk- . elect, who takes his office January 1, i 1912, has filed with the recorder his SIO,OOO official bond, wdth the followi ing prominent and substantial men as I bondsmen: William Bleeke, William Hoile, William J. Bieherick, Ed C. Bleeke, William F. Tiernan, Heiman ’ F. Reinking and C. A. Dugan. Real estate transfers: William McKissick to Mattie Byrd, lot 10, Genevava, $300; Nellie A. McClure to Charles Mosel et al., 15 acres, Union tp„ SIOOO. , Marriage licenses. Nina Oral Reed, printer, born April 21, 1885, daughter of Enos T. and Margaret E. Reed, to wed William F. Winnes, proprietor laundry, born May 25, 1881, son of Henry and Anna Barbara Winnes. Marriage license: Matilde Hoile, born February 5, 1888, daughter of William Hoile, to wed August Conrad Frederic Bultemeier, of Fort Wayne, l an employee of the finishing department of the Packard organ company, son of Charles Bultemeier, of Root ' township. * o 1 -■ — ■ - HANDLES THE GOODS. Barney Kalver is shipping a con- ' signment of between eight and nine tons of paper, the fruits of the efforts of the pupils of the Central school who have been collecting old papers to pay for the new Kingola self-play-ing piano recently installed in the new building. Mr. Kalver says that the children collected more paper in a few weeks than would have come to him through the usual source of supply m a year. The paper brings the best market price.—Bluffton News. Miss Cora Beitler returned this morning to Berne after a week-end ' visit with Miss Alary Erwin.

COMPLETES TRIP C. P. Rodgers Arrived at Pacific Coast Today From Pomona, California. FOWLER AT EL' PASO Also Met With Accident on Saturday and Had to Repair His Ship. Aviator C. P. Rodgers, the coast-to-coast flyer, Sunday all but completed , thirty mites of his long journey and with the expectation of gliding onto his long-desired goal, on the Pacific coast today. Perhaps what was the most thrilling flight of his life, happened on Saturday, when his engine went wrong at a height of four thousand feet, and it was only through his masterly managing of his machine that he reached the ground in safely. Pasadena, Cal., Nov. s—Aviator Galbraith P. Rodgers, approaching a sueeessful completion of his ocean-to-ocean jaunt, soared into Pasadena at 4:04 p. in. today on the last spurt of thirty miles from Pomona, and from an altitude of several thousand feet landed at Tournament park. He will fly to the coast tomorrow, landing at the edge of the Pacific. El Paso, Texas, Nov. s—Robert G. Fowler, the aviator, arrived here at 3:10 this afternoon by train, unhurt, after an accident which compelled him to leave his biplane about one mile from Mastedon, N. M., fourteen miles west of El Paso. Fowler had ‘ made 200 miles since leaving Douglas,' Arizona, this morning, when one of ' the sparks on his engine failed to work. He struck the ground with some force, but his machine was not ' badly damaged. KILLED INYARDS 1 Harry Holloway, Geneva Man, Killed While Work41 ing in Chicago. . RAILROAD - YARDS No Account of His Death Received—Remains TakI en to Former Home. 1 i Harry Holloway of Geneva, son of John Holloway, met with death in the Chicago yards of the Rock Island railroad last Saturday morning, was the ■ message received by the parents | shortly after the sad misfortune oc- ; 1 curred. No details as to his death were given, but it is believed that he ; was killeu while engaged at his work. , He was fifty-four years of age and for . a number of years had been residing • in Chicago, being in the steady cm- ' , ployment of the railroad during his' • years tnere, and at the time of his death was serving as yard switchman. He leaves, besides his parents, two , sisters, Mrs. Ida Reed of Chicago and ’ Mrs. Irene Hooker of Bluffton. As I yet no funeral arrangements have , been made and will not be until the • arrival of the remains. The body will , be taken to his former home, whore : interment will be made. ■■■ ——o — ———— A VISIT AT LIMBERLOST CABIN. Mr. Edgar Forkner, the Chicago art- ■ Ist, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Schafer > and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heller motored i to Geneva Sunday afternoon, where' 1 they were guests for several hours at i Limberlost Cabin, the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Porter. It is > a comfortable and home-like cottage, t just what one would Imagine for the i gifted authoress, Mrs. Gene Stratfons Porter, with the surroundings chosen f for the comfort and happiness of one i who thinks and writes sweet thoughts.; i The visit was a very pleasant one. Mrs. I. Kalver will entertain the ( i Orient club Wednesday afternoon and, 1 all members are requested to be pres-' ent on time.

Decatur, Ind. Monday Evening. November 6, 1911.

BIG SCENIC PRODUCTION. The big scenic production of “Quin-' cy Adams Sawyer, in play form, will be seen here Wednesday, November Bth, at the opera house. This engagement will attract more than ordinary interest, because the famous novel of the same name, from which the play is taken, became recognized at once when it came out over five years ago as “the best New England story ever written,” and has continued to be known ever since as one of the best selling books in the country. Like i father, like son, they say. And so like book, like dramatization, you can say in some cases. Critics are now saying of “Quincy Adams Sawyer,” in play form, that it is “the best New England play ever o BOARD IN SESSION Bond of Ferdinand Bleeke Was Accepted in the Sum of Ten Thousand. PEELE ROAD SOLD Five Bidders Compete—The Noah Stalter Ditch Ordered Constructed. The regular term of the board of county commissioners convened this morning and quite a crowd of visitors, looking after business of various sort, were in attendance. The bond of Ferdinand Bleek, county clerk-elect, and who begins his duI ties the first of January, succeeding | James P. Haefling, was filed in the ' sum of SIO,OOO. was duly examined 1 and allowed by the board. The sale of the Joseph M. Peele macadam road was next on the program, the low bidder being Bears & Brown. The bids as filed follows: I Bears & Brown $2060 Chris Musser $2200 John H. Smith $2298 Frank Hisey $2143 W. V. Buckmaster $2205 Orders for extras were made on the Teeple macadam road and the Weber road, it being shown to the board that such extras were necessary. No remonstrance was filed to the petition of Noah Stalter and others for a drain and the ditch was ordered constructed. County Surveyor C. C. Ernst was appointed as superintendent of construction. o NUMBER OF SEATS REMAIN. Those Desiring to Attend the Lecture Course Still Have Opportunity. The first number of the lecture I course will be the Apollo Concert . company and bell ringers, a musical I and literary program, Thursday eveni ing, November 9th. There was a good j seat sale for the lecture course, but ■ there are still a number of good seats j left. Get in line and attend one of I the best entertainments given In the I city. The course consists also of four ! extra numbers that will be given at various times during the fall and winter. CATS AND RATS. A Chicago man is going to start a cat ranch. He says cat pelts are worth thirty cents a piece. He will start with 1,000,000 cats. These will have 12,000,000 kittens a year and the sale of the pelts will amount to SIOO,000 a day. A rat ranch will also be started to feed tho cats. Rats multiply at the rate of 48 to 1 each'year. The rats will be fed to the cats and cat carcasses when killed for pelts will be fed to the rats. It will take J IOO men to feed the rats and cats and ' skin the cats, and the net profits will be SIOO,OOO a year. / n - - — MEDICAL SOCIETY. The Adams County Medical society will meet Friday evening, November 10th, at Dr. P. B. Thomas’ office. Dr. 1 H. F. Costello will read a paper on I "intestinal Disease. Alsu Dr. Bud Van Swerigen, councilor of the ' Twelfth district, is expected to attend. Let all members be present and make this a first-class meeting. 1 DR. C. C. RAYL, Secretary.

POLICE COURT NEWS Melchi Was Called Late Saturday Night to Quell a Near Riot — AT DEBOLT HOUSE — Made One Arrest and Ousted Others Who Made the Night Hideous. .An affidavit was filed this morning tn ’Squire Stone’s court, it being the | result of a near riot, which occurred iat the Deßolt house late Saturday | night. The affidavit was sworn out by George Deßolt against John Bailey, true name unknown, but who later admitted his name to be Harry Bailey, and being a blacksmith in the employ of a local shop. The trouble ! started about 9 or 10 o’clock when | Bailey came in and Deßolt asked him I for the two weeks’ board bill owing. . 1 Deßolt testified that Bailey hit him while in the house, and also hit him again when he followed him out on the porch. About this time Melchi was called and he found the thing in an uproar. He went upstairs and p 1 ousted a man named Grim, who was 5 1 raising a racket up there, and then ,'he came downstairs and quieted them , 1 below. Later he was called back, left, 1 and was again called back, at which j time he made the arrest of Bailey. -' Deßolt bears a large scar on his face .! and was the recipient of a terrific , 1 blow. He alleged that Bailey was , drunk, and two bottles wore found on I him. Bailey alleges that Deßolt furnished him the whiskey. The facts could not be established. In court , this morning Bailey drew $1 and . 1 costs, amounting in all to $9.80. He ■ is trying to secure bail. TAKE NUPTIAL VOW Wedding of August Bulte- ‘ meier and Matilda Hoile Took Place. ,SUNDAY AFTERNOON At the Bleeke Church—The Couple Will Reside in Fort Wayne. i An autumnal wedding of much in- ' terest took place Sunday afternoon at ■; 3 o’clock at the Bleeke Lutheran ; ■ church, the principals being August I I | Bultemeier, son of Mr. and Mrs. i i Charles Bultemeier of St. John's, and 11 Miss Matilda Hoile, daughter of Mr. i ’ and Mrs. William Hoile of Union I township. The ceremony was said by ' > the Rev. Hoile of schumm, Ohio. The .! bridai party made a very pretty ap- . pearance, the bride wearing a gown of cream serge, made in princess effect, with trimmings of lace and satin. She wore a veil and carried a showt er bouquet of white bride's roses. Her , maid, Miss Lucy Hoile, a sister, I j was very pretty in a frock of pink, I f made in the prevailing high-waist .' style, and the flowers she carried. | were pink carnations. The groom’s ,' attendant was his brother, Charles Bultemeier. Thirty guests were in attendance at the wedding supper and I the festivities which followed at the . bride’s home, and joined in wishing ,' this estimable couple a long and hap- [' py marital voyage. Mr. and Mrs. Bul- [ 1 temeier will go to Fort Wayne Tuesday, where they will make their home, the groom being an employee of the Packard Piano company. K. OF C. MEETING. This evening will be the regular i meeting of the Knights of Columbug. I when all members are earnestly re- ■ quested to be present for the business to come up at this time. A pleasant time is assured In addition to the business to be transacted and a good attendance is desired.

NICKLES ARE GOOD. Washington, D. C., Nov. 6 —Hun dreds of inquiries from all sections of the country are being received at the treasury department from those per- J sons who have believed recent reports that all nickles dated 1910 are counterfeit. The reports were spread persistently in the west and south and are now being circulated in the east, | occasioning banks and business men i much inconvenience. There are 30.- ‘ I 000,000 nickles of 1910 in circulation j and so far as the treasury knows all are genuine., Some of them were dis- ] colored in the minting by fumes of sulphuric acid, which gives them an unusual appearance. They are genuine, none the less. WED AT ET. WAYNE — Will Winnes and Miss Nina Reed United in Holy Bonds of Wedlock. S BY THE REV. EHLE 1 1 Are Now Visiting With Relatives and Will Return 1 Latter Part of Week. 1 3 1 A wedding of more than usual in- , terest, in which two of the most poput lar and well known people were inj volved, took place on Satur- , day evening, miss Nina Reed and Will i Winnes being the contracting parties. . Although thb marriage had been ex--3 pected for some weeks only a few ; were aware of the exact date, the coni pie slipping away from their friends i in such a manner that the march was - all their own. They left on the 8 5 o’clock car Saturday evening for Fort t Wayne, and in order to keep out of 1 a plot which they heard had been > planned, did not board the car until at the Heckman mill, and none were then aware of their leaving. Upon t their arrival at Fort Wayne they immediately repaired to the parsonage of Rev. Ehle, he having been the pastor of the local Baptist church up un- « til a week or so ago, and who spoke the words of wedlock. Following the service they left for Montpelier to visit with a relative of Miss Reed s. ; From there they went to Hartford j City, where she has a brother living,; where they will also make a short stop. Muncie will also be included in their trip, while there visiting whth his hister, Mrs. Hugh Miller. Miss Reed, who has been a machine operator for a number of years past at the Herald Publishing company’s office, is I quite popular, her friendship extending to many, and is highly esteemed for her many excellent qualities and lovable nature. The groom, who has so attentively been in charge of the ' Decatur steam laundry for some years is known to all and his friendship t and business qualities enjoyed by . many. *They will be at home the latter part of the week and will make their home with her mother, Mrs. 1 Elizabeth Reed, at 523 Jefferson ■ street, where the best wishes of all 1 await them. , o BIG POULTRY SHIPMENTS. Berling & Moltz Expect to Ship One 1 Million Pounds for Thanksgiving. Berling & Moltz shipped three ear loads of poultry and one car of butter to the eastern market this week. Thanksgiving poultry has not yet commenced to move eastward, but the local company is already beginning ’ to buy for Thanksgiving shipments. They expect to ship 1,000,000 pounds • of dressed turkeys from Bluffton and 5 Warren nnd have already been laying 5 plans to handle the big consignments 1 for several weeks. Their plans call 1 for the purchase, slaughter and dress--5 ing of 100,000 ten-pound birds beI tween this and the last of November. ' —Bluffton News. WEDDING BANS. ! The bans of matrimony were announced for the second time Sunday at the St. Mary's church between Miss Osie Cowan and Frederick Dcln inger. Both young people are well r known, Miss Cowan being stenog- . rapher at the L. A. Graham office for - some time and is highly esteemed by s her wide acquaintance. She in a t daughter of ex-Marshal and Mrs. Mile lard Cowan. Mr. Deininger is the son J of Ulrich Deininger, and is also well known-

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INSPIRING RALLY Adams County Christian Endeavorers Met Here to Rally Sunday. STATE SECRETARY Miss Florence Lanham Gave Addresses-Berne Mennonite Choir Sang. The Christian Endeavorers of Adams county, many hundreds strong, gathered in this city Sunday afternoon and evening for their annual rally, the services of which were most inspiring. The afternoon service w r as given at the Presbyterian church, where floral decorations of chrysanthemums, blossomed for the occasion. Miss Florence Lanham, of Indianapolis, state secretary, was present and gave addresses at both the afternoon and evening sessions, speaking in the afternoon on “Efficiency.” The scripture lesson was given by the Rev. W. H. Gleiser, followed with prayer by the Rev. Dawson. The Mennonite male choir of Berne, which is very widely famed for its excellent music, sang at the afternoon session, being required to respond to encore and this music was one of the most pleasing parts of the program, a rare treat that will be long remembered by all who were privileged to hear them. Ths Presbyterian choir also rendered good music, and a solo by Miss Nellie Daniels was also highly appreciated. During the conference and question hour, many things of importance and interest were discussed to the advantage of all. The evening session was held at the Christian church. Evergreen tastefully combined with the warm red of the bitter-sweet berries, was used in the decorations, together with the national colors in honor of the G. A. R. service, which followed the rally. Two addresses were given at this time, besides the discussion by Miss Florence Lanham on “Prayer Meetings That Are Interesting and How to 'Get Them." The Rev. L. C. Hessert spoke on “Upon Whom Does the Future Church Depend?” and the Hon. C. J. Lutz on “How to Hold the Young People.” Miss Grace Mash of the Bethel United Brethren church gave an interesting paper on “How to Grow.” A vocal solo by Miss Ruth Patterson was a pleasing part of the musical service, to which the Christian choir also added. Very many of the endeavorers from other parts of the county were in attendance, Berne alone sending a delegation of about thirty. A PATERNITY CASE Preferred by a Jay County Young Lady Lands Clark Dibble in Jail. WAS BOUND OVER By Justice Friedline —Worked at Monroe Butcher Shop. Clark Dibble, son of Bert Dibble ot this city, is confined in the Adams county jail, hiving been bound over to the circuit court by Justice of the Peace Frieanue of Geneva, on a paternity charge preferred against him by a well known young lady of Jay county. The relatrix gave her name as “Stowe,” in the court proceedings, but this Is said to be not her true name, and it Is said she is quite prominent and a niece of one of Portland’s well known hardware merchants. Dibble Is a butcher by trade, and has been employed for some time at the meat market at Monroe conducted by Ben Brown The arrest was made there Saturday evening by Henry Dickerson of Geneva, consta- ' ble of Wabash township, and the ’ young man was taken to Geneva, i where he wa« given s hearing befoie Justice Friedline. He was bound over i to court under S6OO bond, which he I failed to give, and Sunday morn’ng was brought here and placed in jail.