Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1911 — Page 2

DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening, Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER — ■ ■ - — - »j - ‘‘‘— Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier 10 cents Per Year, by carrier ....$5.00 Per Month, by mail 2t> cents Per Year, by mail $2.50 Single Copies -2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postoffice in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class mall. Howard Rann says: “There are only two things which a nefarious trust fears —the Sherman act in the hands of a supreme with a four per rent solution of backbone, and a nosy reporter with a strong sense of smell. Most of us managed to become convinced that the high cost of living was uppermost in the minds of the people without having to travel fifteen thousand miles through thirty states, but then, of course, a president must be more circumspect about arriving at a conclusion. —Indianapolis News. Wanted —A national chairman for the republican party. That great political organization is now about without a bell on. Hitchcock resigned and since then it has not been deemed necessary that any one look after the mail, but now the fence builders want to get busy and it's a hard thing to make headway without any particular person to tell their troubles to. A meeting is being urged for three weeks from Tuesday. ( Just now Mr. Taft is his own advisor, chairman, confidential committee, and he needs help. He ought to have it. Come on, boys. Let's keep on proclaiming that Decatur is the only town in the universe. Let’s each do something to make it so. We can be progressive and conservative at the same time. We are all a little “skeered” of the fellow who punctures the steel trust with one hand and tries to sell us a Cuban farm on two dollars down and a dollar-a-month plan with the other. Let's be square and honest and progressive. Let s look ahead and secure those things that will help the ; people who are here. Let’s secure those industries that are benefitted by being here, and then will we grow ( steadily. I

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GAS FUMES WERE FATAL —— » CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE county for more than half a century. He came here in the spring of 1851, settling upon his farm in Root township, where he lived until retiring and coming to this city, eighteen years ago, where he has since lived, on North Fifth street. Mr. Woy served as township trustee two terms and also held other offices of trust, being held in the highest esteem by all. He was at one time a candidate for auditor of the county on the republican ticket, and was defeated -by only thirty-five votes, a very small majority in this democratic county. Mr. Woy was a member of the Concord Lutheran church of Root town ship the greater part of his life, and was in every sense of the word a devout and pious man, whose every deed corresponded with his Christian pro-, session. It is said that no man was truly more beloved than he, by all who knew him. He was a regular attendant at church, and even after his removal to this city, several miles from ■ the church of his choice, with very i few exceptions, was in his place at i the house of worship when services were held there. Mr. Woy was the last member of his family, since the death of a sister in eastern Ohio, who died last New | Year's at the age of ninety-nine years, i He has, however, several nephews and nieces residing in Kansas, Ohio, and other states, and arrangements for the funeral will not be made until word , comes from them. Since the death of his wife, ten years ago, at his urgent request, Mr. and Mrs. William Fansler moved into his home and he lived with them, be- j ing given the best of care. kiss andmake up Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Steele Settle Difficulties and go to Portland TO DISMISS CASE Brought by Mrs. Steele for Divorce—Will Live Together. Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Steele nave, | figuratively if not literally speaking, "kissed and made up. ' and this morn- . ing both left on the 7 o'clock train lor Portland, where the suit for di- ' vorce brought by Mrs Steele, was dismissed. It will be remembered that a i most remarkable sensation was I sprung late in the afternoon of Sei> : .ember 27th, when Mrs. Steele filed * . .lit. making sensational charges, . and asking for $50,000 alimony, rhe case was then venued, upon request, ! to the Jay circuit court, and the case was set for trial December 18th. It is l true, according to the old saying, that ■ a woman may change her mind anytime and in this rase it seems most happily so. Mr. and Mrs. Steele, it is | understood, held a conference Thursday morning and in the afternoon ani other, in which it is said, the happy . change of mind was made, resulting in | the trip to Portland today for ihc dismissal of the case. o K. OF C MEETING. All members of the Knights of Co- . lumbus are earnestly requested to be on hand for the regular meeting which ' will be held on next Monday evening at their hall. In addition to the meet i ing when a number of business ques- : tions will come up before the board an oyster supper will be served for the members and each and all are requested to be on hand for the social occasion. REV. JONES AT BAPTIST. i Rev. T. L. Jones of Montpelier will I preach trial sermons at the Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening, being one of the candidates for j the pastorate of the local church, succeeding the Rev. C. E. Ehle, who has ! gone to the Fort Wayne church. Rev. , Jones was here Wednesday evening and conducted the mid-week prayer service and was very well liked. i ■— — I OOK HERE! i Before you buy any land or city j property see “The P. K. Kinney Real Estate Agency.” They have some bargains in farms and city property. Office over Interurban station, Decatur, Ind. 261t3 LOST —Horseshoe stick-pin, diamond and ruby setting. Reward for return to this office.—Sim Burk. 266t6

DOINGS i Agreeable Surprise Given for Mr. and Mrs. James Fristoe. 5 I FIVE HUNDRED PARTY — j To be Given by Mrs. Kalver Tonight- -Mrs. Volmer Entertains. Happiness is a stimulant; Contentment a narcotic. —John Emery , White. The W. R. C. ladies from Geneva 1 1 spent the day at the home of Mrs. O. ' P. Markley east of Bluffton, All the j ladies gathered there at the noon hour and all enjoyed a large dinner I Following the dinner the afternoon ' was spent in a social manner. Pres- ‘ ent were Mrs. Jacob Shears, Mrs. Ja-j, cob Mertz, Mrs. Jerry Swank, Mrs. I John Armdorff, Mrs. Ferris. Mrs. Lew-1 is Weible, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. C. M. I 1 i Christman, Mrs. R. Colimon, Mrs. : Noah Brown, Mrs. Katheryn Fought, i Mrs. Phil Hoffman of Monroe, Mrs. i William Markley, living east of Bluff- ; ton and Mrs. M. W. Reiff and Cora ’, Studabaker, from this city.—Bluffton : News. - - Thirty-five of the members of the ; Evangelical Ladies' Aid society were : entertained Thursday afternoon by I ■ , Mrs. J. F. Lachot. The business of I the society was given first attention ' and then some busied themselves with 1 i needlework, while others conversed, ; I and for still others there were two in--1 contests. Tn a smelling contest, Miss Vernia Smith won first honors, while Mrs. Fred Engle was the* winner of laurels in a state contest. ( Refreshments contributed to the pleasing entertainment, as did music, which was rendered by Miss Vernia Smith. The society will meet in three weeks with Mrs. Fred Linn, this to be an evening social. Miss Adda Donaldson of Warsaw and Mrs. E. L. Carroll were guests other than the members of the Thimble j club who were delightfully entertain- ! ed Thursday afternoon by Mrs. Dan I Vail. Mrs. John'Everett was a pleasing' hostess to the Baptist Ladies' Aid society which met Thursday afternoon, j the attendance being very good, and ! where plans of interest to the church 1 work were discussed, followed by a social during which the hostess served j : delicious refreshments. The Rev. T. L. Jones of Montpelier, i who conducted prayer services Wed- > nesday evening nt the Baptist church.' • and who will arrive again tomorrow to I preach over Sunday, was a guest at , dinner Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. S. 1 ‘ E. Shamp. Mrs. J. C. Sutton entertained the ! > Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid society : Thursday afternoon. Further plans, -for their bazaar were discussed, the t ladies deciding to hold it in the store s building adjoining that of Bernstein’s - the first week in December. Mrs. Dr. - W, E. Smith will entertain the so- ' defy in two weeks. i A very well planned surprise was i carried out last evening, when the friends and neighbors of Mrs. Andrew Foos on South Fifth street unexpectedly stepped in on her and expressed I - their wishes to spend tile evening with ?_her. A large number of her friends' and neighbors gathered, and until a ■ ; late hour one of the most enjoyable times ever had together was the oc- - casion of Thursday evening. Mrs. 1 Foes proved herseifta charming enterr tainer and delightfully entertained her ; - guests for s-everal hours. A delicious • 1 lunch wax Inter served by Mrs. Koos. The young ladies of the Sunday i school class taught by Mrs. J. N. Fristoe before her going to Winona to live 1 temporarily, came in on Wednesday t evening to surprise the Fristoes. and - that they did so to perfection was evir dent to all. The girls have a happy ' faculty of performing this stunt on >, Mrs. Fristoe, and no one could appre . date these affairs more. They earn" ; with baskets of edibles and at once ■ took possession and proceeded to have a picnic supper, such as only girls can plan, and all enjoyed eating. As one girl expressed herself, "I always feel so happy when I come here,’’ and ' this could truthfully be said by Mr. I and .Mrs. Fristoe as well The party > consisted of the Misses Lulu Atz, Stella Perkins, Naomi Dugan, Ruth Patter- • son. Ireta Erwin, Golda Biggs, Lucy Mclntosh, Ruth Hammel, /Ruth Buhler, Frances Cole and Edith Long. I " . Mr. and Mrs. Fristoe entertained at > 12 o’clock dinner on Thursday, Mr.

and Mrs. C. J. Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Moses and Rev. and Mrs. Gleiser. The Bachelor Maids held a very interesting meeting at the home of Miss Ada Delninger. The game of “500” was again in order and afforded great pastime until a late hour, after which prizes were awarded to Miss Kynt Voglewede and Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne of - Fort Wayne. The next meeting will j be held with Mrs. Fred Schaub. A most pleasant party was spent at I the home of Anna Vollmer Thursday evening, when she entertained a numI ber of friends at progressive peanuts 1 in honor of Mrs. Helen Burns of Cov- j Ington, Ky., and Mrs. Margaret Toley of Cincinnati. Mrs. Costello of Chi- ■ cago was also an out-of-town guest. Prizes for the evening were awarded I to Mrs. B. J. Terveer, and second to Miss Rosa Hess. Mrs. I. Kalver will entertain at a I i “five hundred" party this evening. COURT HOUSE NEWS I; Daniel L. Uhrick on Wednesday ! brought suit in the circuit court : against his wife. Ona Uhrick, for di j vorce. Summons to the sheriff of ■ Adams county was ordered issued. < The complaint alleges that the couple ! were married on July IS, 1896, in Ad i ams county, and that they separated j on October 26, 1911, when the defend- < ant abandoned the plaintiff and de i camped with another man whose name J is not disclose'd in the complaint. Mrs. ; Uhrick is charged with cruel and in- i human treatment in that she would J leave her home and remain out at « bight, staying away sometimes until } after midnight with divers immoral j persons. The'complaint says that tips i has been going on for the past year. : For six weeks prior to the time the 1 suit was instituted the plaintiff says j he was ill of typhoid fever and that j his wife refused and failed to give him 14 proper care and persisted in going out ; at night and absolutely refused to ! give up her evil associations and evil S ways and live with him as a wife j should. She Is also charged with hav- ( ing told her husband that she no long ; er would be true to him and intended ; to leave him and that on October 26th " she made her threat good. When she ; left Mrs. Uhrick took with her j the two youngest children, Marie Vi ; ola and Chauncey Uhrick, aged eight ; and six years, respectively, leaving a 5 son at home sick with typhoid fever ; Besides the two children already nam- j j ed, the couple have three others, nam- 1 ed Franklin, Clarence and Lewis, aged I fourteen, twelve and ten years, re ’ spectively. The plaintiff lives at Red ; key.—Portland Sun. The Uhricks < were former residents of this count. 1 HUNTERS’ NOTICE. < There is positively no hunting j lowed on the Henry Gunsett farm and ! the first party or parties found ties- ; passing will be prosecuted to the full « extent of the law. ■ 270t6 HENRY GUNSET I’. i M HAD 'AERIAL SOMNIPATHY.” ; Padadena, Cal., Nov. 17 —"Ethereal 1 asphyxia or aerial somnipathy” is'J what Calbraith P. Rodgers, trans con- ' tinental aviator, declares attacked him I when he fell near Compton, Ca., last 1 Sunday on the last flight of his cross-' country trip. Furthermore, Rogers as- - I serfs this is what caused the deaths of many other aviators. "It lurks in the pockets of the upper 1 air strata,” he said yesterday, "and i 1 ' creeps irresistably upon the senses of 1 the aviator, lulling him into dreamy unconsciousness. “I believ® this same thing to have i caused the deaths of Arch Hoxey, | Ralph Johnstone, Eugene Ely and a number of others who have fallen to i their death by losing control of their J craft.” SPEAKS THIS EVENING. The Rev. Semans, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, who has been conducting a conference meeting ; since last Sunday, wishes to announce) that on this . vening the congregation i will he addressed by his father, the Rev. E. L. Semans. D. D., of Warsaw. 1 So far the meetings have proven most I fruitful, there being large attendances | present each evening and able dis j courses at each time have been given. The services will be brought to a close on Sunday evening, when the; Rev. J. A. Beatty, district '"’iperintend i ent, of Fort Wayne, will deliver the : sermon. Tomorrow evening being Sat ; urday, there will be no services held NOTICE—The &wrnk Printing Press ■ Company is now ready to take care 1 of all kinds of machine work. Tht shop is complete with the most up-to date tools of all desc-.ptions, and ir | position to handle all kinds of work, such as contract work, building new machines, etc. Give us a call wher In need of new or regular work. —Th< Swink Printing Press Co., Delphos ; Ohio. 269t6

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