Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1911 — Page 1

'olume IX. Number 261.

ItaTHOIT WARNING .. Martha Vail Passed S Away Last Evening at ■ Home of Daughter ■mrs. D. N. SPRANG ■Was Recovering From Long | Illness—Last Illness But R an Hour's Duration. ■ Mrs. Martha Vail, aged eighty-eight well and lovingly known to all ••Grandma" Vail, died Monday evat 6:30 o'clock at the home of daughter, Mrs. D. N. Sprang, | coming most unexpectedly a::. an hour's last illness Grandma had been seriously ill and was for nineteen weeks, during ■K'-ring and summer, but had recovered Heo .that for the past three or four KHweeks she had been able to be up, Bitk o read and converse with her friends was thought to be recovering. ■Hplonday she seemed unusually well HHatri ate her meals, including her sup with the other members of the Efl About 5:30 o clock she was seized SMwith an attack of gastritis and though EHf e best efforts of physicians and otliIHer friends were given her. she brea’i: |Hed her fast at 6:30 o’clock Though ■ had been very well since her long' KMllness, she felt her strength gradual- ■ Sly failing day by day, and knew on of the burden of her years SEkiso, that she had not long to live and ■ Khe was prepared to go at any time, IBlhni’.gh the suddeness of her taking ■ Ijaway comes as a great shock to all. I || Mrs. Vail was eighty-eight years of I Mkge last September, having been born I ■September 7, 1823, in Southern Cnno ■ ■Her maiden name was Martha ShopE Bherd, and her parents long pre- ■ I death. She was married | Bpehruarv 5, 1846. in Ohio, to Thomas I ■Vail, and there they spent their ear- ' ■ Mier married years, going about fifty 1 gayears ago to Ossian, where Mr. Vail 1 R Kas en saged in the cooper trade/ BSMr. Vail died several years ago, and C S'- or the Past three years Mrs. Vail has I here with her daughter, Mrs.' | BSprang. She was the mother of eight I B'h'ldren, all of whom except a driuirhI Bter. Mrs. Angeline, Wasson, late of I ■Tocsin. are living The children are ■ Washington. D. I'.; E. A. ■ ■Vail, Cardwell. Mo: Mrs. It M. | Warsaw; John Vail. B Vail, Bryan, Ohio; Aaron T. I-'ori ■ B’a.iiie, Mrs. Lucy Sprang, iw ■ Vail was the last one of a large B Bfamily of children. During !■••:• ea:!i< i she was a member oft! e I'nited | ■Brethren church, but later united with I Bhe Presbyterian church, and was an worker in all department*, esin the Sunday school depart I Bu p nt. She was a lady of bright and I sjcheerful qualities, and was beloved by I retaining her faculties to a reI ■narkable degree, even to the last of I W'ff long years. The funeral arrange- | Bments are not yet made, but the funI ■'ral will probably not be held until I '■Saturday or Monday, as many of the I Bfl’tldren are far away from home. A | ■daughter, Mrs. Donaldson, is in the I Bar west visiting with a daughter, and I Btwo of the sons, E. A. and John W., I 8816B 816 in and another in I B'Vashington, tY. C., so that several ] | Blays must necessarily elapse before ] | ■they can possibly arrive here. I S -o— -- I I SPEAK WELL OF HIM. I | Dr. Charles E. Ehle, the newly ap- 1 [ ■Pointed pastor of the recently formed, 1 IB" 011 *' 1 Side Baptist congregation, yes-, 1 > Slerday morning preached his first ser- • | in his new church. He is said to : B>e an excellent speaker and a deep [ |F hin k er and a man who creates a fa- > jTorable impression from the first. i ■Rev. Mr. Ehle come from the Baptist 1 ■church at Decatur, where he was well ‘ , Biked. He is a graduate of the South- 1 ; ■ er r. Theological seminary at Louis- ( 1 HKvllie.— Fort Wayne News. ■ Q CAT HAS A RABBIT RECORD. * I I W, A. Fenner, the well known Root s ■township farmer, has the oldest cat a Adams county, and he claims for r the belt as a rabbit hunter. The t B|cat’s name is Dandy, and he upholds t ■that name. For years he has had a| a c Putation as a rabbit hunter, and to- v Bay. his fifteenth birthday, was cele- s by his catching a bunny almost 1 B s big a B he is. Dandy hasn’t a tooth r d his head. Mr. Fonner thinks his s Biat is a prize winner in his lipe. e

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thanked his friends. William Geary Now Resting From Long Years of Service. " Geary, the long and faithful night watchman, who retired from actual work on Friday last, is showing hi - appreciation to the business men, "ho, during his long career as night watch, assisted him in many ways by extending his thanks to all. Decatur was never favored with a better protector, and he will always be spoken 01 in the highest praise. Declining health is his only reason for tendering liis resignation, and he believed it best before the setting in of the long winter nights. His successor, Samuel Franks, who is already well broken in on the job, Is giving excellent satisfaction and the business men of this city will as usual enjoy the excellent service which they have had for so many years past.

AT POINT OF DEATH 8 _ r 1 Dr. Marie L. Holloway Danr J gerously Sick at Daugh8 ter’s Home i IN BRANSON, MISSOURI . >x««l Not Expected to Survive Long—Former Decatur i 51 Lady—Other Notes. i j ’ | Dr. Marie L. Holloway, one of the 1 oldest and best known of the Decatur •, ladies, who left nearly three years ', ago for Branson, Mo., to make her home with her daughter, Bertha, wife of Willard Winch, formerly of Fort 1 Wayne, is dangerously sick and her death, it is thought, is not far distant, ’ i according to a letter received this morning by Mrs. C. J. Weaver from 1 Mrs. Winch. About four weeks ago, 1 a letter brought the message that Mrs. ’ I Holloway was confined to her bed at I that time with heart trouble and indigestion, and she has been bedfast ' since. She is gradually growing weaker and it is thought she cannot i long survive. Mrs. Holloway is near the age of four-score and her advanced age makes her recovery the more : doubtful. She resided here many j years, and both she and her husband, the late Dr. A. G. Holloway, were ini gaged in the practice of medicine for I a long time, being two of the most prominent residents of the city. Mrs. Holloway was a member of the Historical and Shakespeare clubs, and of the Christian church, and was prominent in the social and religious . worlds, as well as in the medical profession. Her friends here will be i grieved to hear of her illness. I The condition of Mrs. Clinton Johnson of Lewistown, oiiio, who has been on the sick list for more than a week, and who was operated upon a week ago Monday, is reported as doing as well as could be expected and her recovery is now being rapidly restored to her. Frank Gass this morning received a card from his sister, Mrs. Bernard Welsmantle, of Elwood, stating that I her daughter, Beatrice, who has been sick with typhoid fever, is very bad, indeed, having suffered two hemorrhages the night before. Mr. Weismantle, who has also been sick, is improving and will probably be able to be up in two or three weeks. Vane Weaver is improving from tousllitis with which be has been sufI lering since last Friday, and unable to be at his work at the Lehne jew- ' elry store during that time. ■ — - - o “QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER.” Did you ever court a country girl? Did you ever sing in a country church ' choir? Did you ever go to a husking bee? Did you ever attend a town meeting? Quincy Adams Sawyer, a young lawyer from Boston, did, and that is what the play called “Quincy Adams Sawyer,” to be elaborately produced here Wednesday, November sth. at the Bosse opera house, is about. The popular New England novel of the same name told all about these happenings, but it is said that they are depicted even more vividly and interestingly in play form. All who have been farmer boys and girls should see this beautiful New Eng land play, for it will revive pleasant recollections. The city bred should see it to realize what they have missed.

THE BELL RINGERS And Apollo Quintette Will Give First Number of the Lecture Course THURSDAY EVENING i At Opera House—Still Number of Seats Unsold—A Rare Entertainment. The Apollo Concert company and bell ringers which gives the first number of the lecture course here next Thursday evening, November 9th, at! the Bosse opera house, comes highly recommended by the best judges in the music and literary line. The company includes Arthur Wells, banjo soloist and saxophone player; G. E. Holmes, cornet and flute soloist; Clay Smith, trombone and mandolin player: Mrs. Alta R. Wells, pianist; Miss Coyla M. Spring, reader. There are still a number of good seats for sale, and those who have not yet obtained them, should do so at once. The press notices speak in the highest terms of their entertainments. Says the Canton O.) Repository: ‘‘The Apollo Quintette and Beil Ringers entertained 2,000 people at the Tabernacle Friday evening in the people's lecture course under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. Some time before the entertainment commenced the men in the box office had to quit selling tickets, as the rear aisles had become filled with people who were willing to stand throughout the performance. Every member of the company performed his part well. The formal program was doubled cu account of encores. The company handled the bells with ease in all their numbers, whether sacred, patriotic or pastoral. The rhythm of familiar tunes was clearly detected amid the clanging of the bells.”

BERNE AND GENEVA ELECTIONS. Berne and Geneva are two Adams county towns among those of the state which are holding their elections today. TO KANSAS CHURCH Rev. Alexander, Pastor Columbia City Presbyterian Church, Formerly OF DECATUR CHURCH Accepts Call to Atchison, Kans,—Will go by December First. v The Rev. W. I. Alexander, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Columbia City, formerly pastor of the Decatur Presbyterian church, has accepted a call to the First Presbyterian church at Atchison, Kans., to which place he will go December Ist. A Columbia City dispatch says: “The First Presbyterian church at Atctlson is one oi the leading churches of that city, they having a membership of 800, and, as the city has 20,000 inhabitants, Rev. Alexander feels that there is a broader territory for his work. Rev. Alexander has made a great many close friends during his stay in this city and they regret to see him leave, but are pleased to know that a decided advancement has come to him. He is a frank and fearless minister of the gospel, and hews close to the line, letting the chips fall where they may. Things] that appear to hi mas being wrong and against the interest of the church are hit squarely between the eyes, regardless of personal consequence. He is a fluent talker and a good thinker, and his words carry conviction. The Alexander family will remain in this city until the holidays, owing to the children going to school, but Rev. Alexander expects to be at Tils new work by the first of December.” n ■ — Bert Segur of Fort Wayne, who has been visiting here with his father, left this morning for Angola.

Decatur, Ind. Tuesday Evening, November 7, 1911.

RAILROADS KILL MANY. Washington, D. C., Nov. 7—Casualties on the railroads of the country during the year ended June 30, 1911, are shown In a report issued by the interstate commerce commission yesterday as 10,396 killed and 150,159 injured. Os this number 439 killed and 7,257 injured are classed under the head of “industrial accidents,” which do not involve the movements of cars or engines on rails. Os persons trespassing on railroad property, walking on tracks, or stealing rides, 5,287 were killed and 5,674 injured. During the year one railroad employee was killed to every 458 and one employee injured to every thirteen employed. The number of railroad employees on June 30, 1911, is given as 1,648,635. On electric lines which carry Interstate traffic 410 persons were killed i and 3,264 injured.

ROADS ACCEPTED Board of Commissioners Take Over Raudenbush and Schafer Roads. NAME NEW JUSTICE, Board Concludes Session Today, Taking Care of Number of Matters. The commissioners will conclude their November session today and ex pect to go to Van Wert Wednesday, I where they will look after some counI ty line roads and bridges. j John H. Runyon filed a petition for 1 the appointment of a justice of the ' peace in Wabash townships, which was granted and the board appointed Charles Shoemaker to fill that important office. Upon application properly filed and advertised Charles D. Murray was appointed manager ot tne Murray hotel bar, in place of Albert Colchin. Joe M. Peele was named as the superintendent or construction for the Peele macadam road, the contract for I which was let to Brown & Bears. Pearl King et al., petition for drain. ' commissioners’ report filed and ordered given to all property owners. December 4th was fixed as the date for hearing on assessments. The same entry was made in the matter of the J. M. Andrews et al. petition for drain. The viewers on the A. P. Hardison et al. petition for highway filed their report as directed. The auditor of Van Wert county filed a transcript of the proceeding* of the joint session of the Van Wert and Adams county boards on the state line retaining walls. The board 1 appointed Frank Mclntosh as superintendent of construction for the state line bridge. The report of County Treasurer C. W. Yager for the month of October was filed and duly approved. The reports of the engineer and superintendent ot construction on the Raudenbush and the Schafer macadam roads were filed and accepted as completed. A petition for a highway was filed by Peter M. Moser and others of Hartford township. Proof of publication filed. Henry Dirkson, jr., A B. Bailey and Robert Schwartz were appointed viewers. They will meet at the office of Hirschey & Winteregg at Berne, November 14th. An adjustment of claims was made on the John Brown and the Foster bridges, the matter requiring about < two hours of the morning session. Dallas Butler had the contract. o ANOTHER SCARLET FEVER CASE. The second scarlet fever quarantine in the county was placed on the Fair-. child home, south of this city, a lit- 1 tie granddaughter, named Mumma, being Hl with the fever. The Jacobs home, about a mile distant, is still under quarantine. The children both attended the same school and were probably exposed there.

RATES TOO HIGH t Big Four and Other Railroads Accused of Char g- 1 i ing Unreasonable Rate. t i TRIPOLI REINFORCED , ■ i Italians Make Advance Upon ' Enemy Surrounding the i City. i i (United Press Service.! ; Washington, D. C., Nov. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Complaints were filed with the interstate commerce commission here today alleg-1 I ing the the Big Four and other railroads charged unreasonable rates on shipments of automobiles from Indianapolis to San Francisco. It is charged that the railroads charge $3 a hundred pound shipment, when the rate of $1.75 would be a reasonable rate. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —When court in the James B. McNamara dynamiting case reconvened here today Talisman George Morgan, age seventy-five years, and a civil war veteran, was under examination by the prosecution. Tripoli, Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Reinforced with the ar--1 rival of ships bringing to them fresh troops from Italy, the Italians undertook an advance at 7:45 a. m. today I upon the Turkish force surrounding i the city. They are supported by a I heavy fire from Italian warships in • the harbor. Pekin, Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Manchu reported the assassination of General Wu Lu Bhen, ! the newly appointed governor of Shamsh Cabin here today, accusing him of treason to the throne. The general was an advanced progressive, but opposed the temporal intervention, considering a monarchy, limited as a provision made in the recent imperial edict, better for China than a republic. — -- o SCHOOL AFFAIRS Prof. E. E. Rice Leaves Today to Attend Superintends’ Club Meet AT CRAWFORDSVILLE Will Then go to City Superintendent’s Convention in Indianapolis. Prof. E. E. Rice, superintendent of the city scnools, left today noon for [Crawfordsville, where he will attend I a meeting of the Northern Indiana Suj perintendents’ club, which will be in session here tonight, amj. Wednesday and Thursday. Very good programs have been arranged for the sessions and the superintendents are anticipating a meeting in which many points and ideas of inspiration to them in their work, will be gained. Thursday Professor Rice will go to Indianapolis, whore he will attend a meeting of city school superintendents of the state which will convene there Thursday evening and Saturday. Professor Rice has the best interest of the city schools at heart and believes in keeping thoroughly abreast of the times, as his attendance at all these conventions indicate. Some of the best instructors in this state and others are in attendance and intercourse and mingling with them cannot but be ' an inspiration and help. Another member of the high school faculty to attend a state convention this week, will be Miss Clara B. Williams, who will leave Friday for Indianapolis to ati tend a convention ot high school English teachers. . o ) The young man who "wins out” is ' often the one who shows that he has a discriminating taste in little things. A box of He-Mi-La chocolates Is the best proof you could possibly offer. Be sure they bear the He-Mi-La trade mark.

BIG APPLE SHOW r Now Being Held at Indianapolis—The First tn Indiana. The first big Indiana apple show is I now in progress, at the capital city and held in Tomlinson hall, with more than 5,000 bushels of apples on display. It is attracting state-wide attention, not only by the growing ot _ I the many bushels of the fine fruit but by thousands who are likewise interested in the cultivation of the wholesome fruit ts well as many who go merely to see the excellent display being shown. The show will continue until November 11th. Many from all portions of the state are witnessing the display and are amazed at the elegant line of apple fruit, which is being raised throughout the whole state of I Indiana. i 1 SKULL IS CRUSHED: I George Zaggle of Geneva in Portland Hospital With Skull Fractured. TRIED TO SEPARATE Frank Steed and Bert Webb, Who Were Fighting—Received Blow on Head. Miss Lily Gerard, superintendent of the Jay county hospital, at Portland, stated at 2 o’clock this afternoon that Zaggle’s condition at this time was very favorable to his recovery—that he would in all probability live. His injuries consist In a fracture of the skull over the left eye. He at all times retained consciousness. •■-'.• Geneva, Ind., Nov. 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) —George Zaggle, a well known man about Geneva, is lying in the Portland hospital with his skull crushed al the hands of Bert Webb, it is alleged, Zaggle having tried to separate Webb and Frank Steed, who were fighting, in a drunken brawl, Monday evening at 7 o’clock at the Steed home in Geneva. It is said the three men had been drinking all, evening and went to the Steed home I where the fight took place between Steed and Webb. Webb, it is said, used a stove lid in the fight, and Zaggle rushing between the two men, to separate them, got the blow on his head, which resulted in a fracture of the skull. He was rushed to the Jay county hospital at Portland Monday evening in the Jack McCrea automobile. Affidavits against the offenders were filed today in the court of Justice Friedline and the arrests will follow today. Steed, it is said, was also painfully hurt about the head and today was confined to his bed. The men are about thirty years of age, and I are well known characters about town. LATER: —It is said that Steed has been acquitted and that Webb's arrest has not yet been made. “THE GIRL IN THE TAXI.” Interest runs high in the announcement that “The Girl in the Taxi” will be seen at the Bosse theater for an engagement of one night, Tuesday, November 14th. This play has been a long time reaching this city, owing the great success which attended its production in New York, Chicago and Boston, in which cities it remained the reigning triumph as a laugh-pro-ducing entertainment, for two solid seasons But we are to catch a glimpse of it at last, and If reports i from other cities where “The Girl in the Taxi” has delighted its thousands ; of play-goers may be taken as a cri- ; terlon, we may look forward to the greatest attraction the theater has offered in years. HAUBOLD BABY BOY. A message received at noon today by Mrs. P. B. Thomas from her husband, Dr. P. B. Thomas, at Evanston, 111., announces the birth of a baby boy at noon today to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Haubold of that city. The little fellow has been named Thomas William for both of its grandparents. This is the second child in the Haubold family, the eldest being a daughter. Mrs. Haubold was Miss Carrie Thomas before her marriage, being a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas.

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THE MONROE NEWS Dr. Rayl Addressed Medical Association Held at Ft. Wayne Last Week. M. W. A. NEW ROOMS Second Number of Lecture Course Next Tuesday Promises to be Fine. Monroe, Ind., Nov. 7 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Modern Woodmen of this place have moved into their new quarters over the Hocker drug store, from the rooms formerly occupied over the Lehman & Sprunger store, and are now comfortably located in their new hall, where they want all members to be present next Monday evening. a Lehman & Sprunger have made quite an improvement by various changes, among the most notable being a stairway and elegant office, the stairs leading to the room formerly occupied by the M. W. A., and otherwise changing the interior of their already large store room. This gives them the cn tire upper floor to display the mammoth stock of goods they handle, and they now have an up-to-date store. The boys are hustlers and believe in keeping pace withvthe times. Dr. C. C. Rayl of this place attended the meeting Tuesday night of the Fort Wayne Medical society at Fort Wayne, when Dr. C. N. Smith of Toledo, Ohio, delivered an address, and he also attended the banquet which took place at the Commercial club rooms after the address. On Wednesday Dr. Ray! addressed the society on the subject “Acromegaly.” The meeting no doubt was interesting and profitable to those in attendance. n The second number of the Monroe lecture course will occur Tuesday evening, November 14th. Dr. John A. Gray of Brooklyn, N. Y., will be the speaker. A man of great natural gifts, of ripe scholarship, and with I deep convictions, the pulpit first and afterwards, the platform claimed him for their own. Dr. Gray believes in man, that in every mau there is aiioth er man striving to break through-the clods and show himself. Robust in imagination, fired with natural passion, enriched with gems of poetry and epigrams from the wisest writers, bubbling like a spring into humor, and sparkling like jewels in the sun, his lectures find their way into the heart. The New York Times says he is the most up-to-date man in the ministry, while the New York American says he is loved by his friends and hated by the promoters of vice and crime. The subject of his lecture is “A God in Ruins.” All who attend are assured of a rare treat. Remember the date, Tuesday night, November 14th. Clarence Urick, the young man who has been confined to his bed for many weeks by having a leg broken, is improving slowly. Zekiel Elzey, of whom mention was made last week, is quite low with kidney trouble, and no hopes for his recovery are entertained. The Standard Bearers of the M. E. , church will give a musical at the assembly room of the school house on Tuesday, November 28th. W. S. Keller has moved his stock of merchandise from the C. W. Hocker business rooms to the business room lately purchased by Mr. Keller from J. J. Hofer. ————— ———v— — — ■» COULD NOT AGREE. The Jury in Chiropractor Test Case in Huntington Was Dische> ged.. Huntington, Ind.. Nor 7—Ju<lu< S. E. Cook discharged the j -y ■r a report of inability to agree in the case of State of Indiana vs. James E. Maver, charged with practicing med! cine without a license. Meyer is n chiropractor and his case promises to be a test case under the laws of Indiana, there now being about sixty followers of the profession in the state. The jury on the last ballots stood eleven to one for conviction after twenty-four hours' deliberation.