Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 271

I MESSENGER KILLED I k I Discharged Express Man I Kills Train Messenger E and Cfir Looted. HH II government wins K| In Single Victory of Big Chi cago Meat Packers’ Case R Now in Progress. Bp (United Press Service.) Hfe Siianton. Pa., Nov. is- (Spevinl <. ■O Daily Democrat) William i’.ishi BB aeed twenty-one years, of Knigiil--BB town, a discharged employee of ike BlT.ited States Express eomjxmy, v.as rrested at an early hour here today. ■3 charged with the killing of Irwin (’. R.l Horgar, aged forty-five of this city. R I Horgar was a United States Expr<-s-B I messenger on the Lacka’t am: ■ K-.B ?er train Xo ’ vll ° " aS ll " ,riierp ' ! R :■ la»t night, and his car looted of >1,7"" Bfl while enroute to this city. R|| Chicago. 111., Nov. IS—(Special in RS Daily Democrat '! —The I 1.:•••'' Sro.-s yavernment won the single victory in ■ an eight years’ fight to : r.->-.-. ihe I ■ ten indicted packers (burgee r aiiee RB ed monopolizing of the meat packing |-fl industry, when Judge Kohlsaat today WB n mshed the motion of the rich paek- | I ers which he had previously granted g S the defendants. These rich men have I ® 'sdded another year's delay to the le-t-'Q gal difficulties which lias been encou.i- --| B tcred in bringing the packers to trial. I :>■ The court’s decision was based on I ’■the grounds that District Aturney I I Carpenter, before whom the ten int ® d"ted packers appeared, has the sole ■ : ■ jurisdiction of the case which has been I ■ set for next Monday. I'mler this deI B i ision the government will be , n.ibb 1 I I to begin trial on next Mombiy. accordling to the belief expr- s«il by the le t I | R ing lawyers. | S Lob Angeles, Cal.. Nm !' ' HH Daily Democrat >- E^B today qualified the ei. |. B questioning by both side.-, in the Jo--81l McNamara trial. Tlm« far *'•' men pßlhave been drawn from whom five (.■imminent jurors have i«n -h'-ir There are still left three hundred ■Hnames of the original list. and it is KB expected that the eo ::ty -her'.ff ■ " I Bnow have to drav i’ Is list. The superior court will s ■ ■ '. ise this action IM Pekin, Nov. IS- (Special m IrnHv |aß Democrat) —The United Sia- - laHtion today ordered 'Americans m Bleaye the Chinese Interior ; ports. The outlook tor a ior Beign outburst is very immim nt. B| Shanghi. Nov. IS- iSpeUal to D:r!y m^Bl>emocrat) —The battle is on ■Hbetween the rebels am! imperml at Nanking, aocordit't arts received here. Tim im-ager :elreceived say that alter a— u i pßof skirmishs the rebels attnt <1 tee and that the figio is A BRILLIANT LECTURER. W Colonel George W. Bain—Will be "W Here Monday. Colonel George IV. Hain, the silver'Bongued orator from Kentucky. kii'>" coast to coast, and who lias been here on several occasions. a lecture at the Bosse opera this city, next Monday even H|ng. November 20th, tins being the number of the high school lecBnre course. Get yonr tickets nn"H'he Cincinnati Enquirer said of him. seat in the Grand opera house Bkas taken yesterday afternoon at the club lecture. The immense auwas drawn by Col. George M of Lexington, Ky. The lecture Mpirly bristled with apt illustrations. gHSems of poetry, brilliant humor, interanecdotes and notable thought touched the hearts of the hearers. FOR SUNDAY EVENINGB There will be preaching Sunday evH|ning nt 7 o'clock at the Christian Mr. Dawson will speak to tb”, people. lie is a graduate of the college of lowa and had Bimetal work nt Butler college, IndianK>olis. Come and hear him. He has message for you. The public is Bted. especially the young folks.

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FUNERAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. — — / Last Earthly R| tes For John Woy who Was Found Dead Friday. Funeral services for John Woy, i whose death occurred unexpectedly Thursday night, will be held Sunday I afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Methodist church in this city. The Rev. A. K. Mumma of Hoagland, pastor of the ' oncord Lutheran churdh, of which ■be deceased was a member many' years, will have charge of the services. Interment will take place in the amily lot in the Decatur cemetery. POSTMASTER HELD V alparaiso Postmaster is Indicted for Embezzling of Large Sum. BULLET HOLE IN HEAD Wealthy Petersburg Man Was Found Dead Near Barn This Morning. (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 18 -(Special to Daily Democrat) —Arthur A. Sinney, postmaster at Valparaiso, has been indicted py the United States grand jury, charged with embezzling ? 10,000 of the postoffice funds, it was learned here today. Petersburg, Ind., Nov. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —George Sebans, aged seventy years, one of the wtalth lost citizens of this section of the state, and owner of more than 1,000 acres of land, was today found dead near his cattle barn with a bullet hole | in his head. His money and were unmolested. It is believed that he was murdered for revenge. Washington, D. C., Nov. 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Major General Wood, in command of the United States army, today telegraphed all the - commanders of the armies along the southern states to hold themselves in readiness to dispatch troops at once . to tlie Mexican border The war department is officially informed that the followers of General Reyes are i preparing for another revolution. RESOLUTIONS. Decatur, Ind- Nov. 16, 1911. Hall of Sam Henry Post, G. A. R. The comrades of San Henry Post, No. 63, in regular session, on the evi ening of flic above date, passed by a ■ unanimous affirmative vote, the following resolution: ” Be it Resolved. That the veterans of this post tended their sincere thanks to the Rev. J. M. Dawson for the splendid patriotic, timely and Christian address to the comrades of ; . the war of sixty-one and sixty-five, j - and the ladies of the Rehef Corps, in I , memorial to Indiana's governor, Oliver - P. Morton, at the Christian church on the jSabbath evening of November 5, 1911; be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be handed the Rev. Dawson, a copy spread on the adjutant’s record of this post and a copy be handed the city dailies for publication. —o WESLEY EVANS LAND SOLD. Daniel Baker of Jefferson Township the Purchaser. John C. Moran, commissioner, this morning sold the 8U acres in Jefferson . township, belonging to the Wesley Evans estate, to Daniel Baker of Jefferson township, his bid being $6,625, being the highest over several other bidders. The sale was recently ordered by court in the partition case resulting from the settlement of the Wesley Evans estate of which William D. Buckmaster is administrator. The sale was held this morning in the law of(ice of Peterson,& Moran. JAPAN ASKS POWER. (United Tress Service.) London. Eng., Nov, 18-(Special to I Daily Democrat)— Japan has asked the power to ask Moccada to ask for i them in China .according to semi-offl-| cial information received here today. The Tokio government states that (they have two divisions of troops in 1 Korea and can make any movement l on a moment’s notice.

THE ILLINOIS LAW, Is Somewhat Severe in Dealing With Divorced Persons For Set Time. DIVORCED PERSONS Cannot Remarry Within Period of One Year After Divorce is Granted. Chicago, 111., Nov. 18 —The prop of legality has been knocked from beneath thousands of marriages in Illi- ; nois through a sweeping decision of the appellate court of southern Illinois. The remarriage of divorved persons within one year, even thoungh the ceremony is performed in another state, is declared illegal. The principals in such marriages are declared guilty of a serious offense and liable to criminal prosecution should they return to Illinois to live following their second venture in matrimony. The case that brought about this decision was that of John Nehring against Frances Nehring. Mrs. Nehring was divorced from her first husband >n June. Two months later she accompanied Nehring to Wisconsin, when they were married. Then they returned to Mount Vernon to live. Later Nehring sued for divorce, seeting forth that his marriage was a violation of the Illinois laws and should be set aside. After many law points had been cited on both sides the court upheld his contention. The immediate result of this decis-; ion, Chicago lawyers say, will be that every man and woman married under these circumstances, will be compelled to be remarried at once, or live with the doubt of the legality of their marriage hanging over them. JUST FIVE WEEKS - In Which to do Your Christmas Shopping—Slogan is “Shop Early.” I HOLIDAY GOODS > J .. i Are Being Displayed and the Stores Begin to “Look Like Santa Claus.” With Christmas about five weeks away, Decatur stores are already beginning to arrange stocks for the hoi- , iday trade and the slogan is going ! forth, “Shop Early.” i Wise is the shopper who buys now, I for those who do not put off buying until the last minute have more time in which to make their selections, and bigger stocks from which to select. "Without doubt the Christmas shopper who buys her gifts now, will profit greatly over the one who waits until the last," said a well known merchant. “Now we have more time to devote to a customer and the selections ate bigger. A good many Christ- j mas shoppers visited our store last week.” Clerks of the department stores j have been busy for the past few days arranging displays of Christmas ‘ goods and rearranging stocks to take care of the characteristic holiday demands. Shelf room for staple modities is giving place for the usual' supply of appropriate holiday articles.' Prominent location in stores are being dedicated to the popular lines and ne-! cessities are being transferred to the background. MINNEAPOLIS LEADS. (United Press Service.) Madison, Wis., Nov. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Minneapolis gained an early lead on Wisconsin here this afternoon in their annual game when Carton run practically the entire length of the field for a touchdown on a pick-up. The score at this time | stood Minneapolis, 6; Wisconsin, 0. j Chris Murray of near Bluffton made a trip south to Geneva, from where he will, go on to Bluffton this afternoon.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, November 18, 1911

TREATED AT VAN BUREN. Raymond Leßrun, aged fourteen years, giving his home at Gas City, in attempting to leave a moving Clover Leaf freight train at the main crossing in Van Buren at 5:15 o’clock Thursday evening, was thrown to the ground on his head and seriously injured. He was taken to the Fred Drake drug store, where the railroad company’s physician, Dr. G. V. Richardson, was called. Several severe cuts about the head were dressed by the physician, and a short time later the lad was placed aboard the eastbound passenger train and taken to Decatur, where he has relatives. The boy said he was "bumming his way" to Gas Cit.v to visit his grandinothei'.Marion Tribune. ON EARLR CAR Is Blarpe For Death of Geo. James Run Over by Fort Wayne Car THURSDAY NIGHT — Discovered by Crew of Work Car—Decatur Crew Called to Inquest. George James, the young man who was run over and killed by a car on the city lines at an early hour Friday morning, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William James of Hoagland avenue, and was twenty-four years of I age. ! While the coroner and police were i assisting in removing the body from the car wheels, the father came up and announced that he was looking for : his son. He asked the name of the man who had been found killed and was overcome when told that it was ' undoubtedly the body of his son. Later, at the Wellman Morgue, he positively identified the body. James was employed at the plant iof the corrugated paper works and 1 according to evidence secured by the ! coroner at his inquest yesterday, had ' spent the evening drinking at the I Koehler saloon in the south part of ■ the city He left the saloon near mid--1 night and started for home, that being i the last seen of him alive. Coroner Kesler is of the opinion that James i was killed by a car that passed along ■ the street earlier than, the work car. ! The condition of the body and blood i spots on the track indicate as such. ' There is no evidence of foul play and ' the police have already given up the ! theory. ■ Surviving relatives of the dead man ' include the parents, one brother, ' Charles, and one sister, Mrs. Silas Miller, —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. ; Louis Scheumann and Jess Schug, members of the crew of the special I Decatur car run to Fort Wayne for the show Thursday night, were called to the inquest held Friday afternoon l in Fort Wayne. Their car was one of those to pass the place after 11 o’clock !at night, where the body was found later, at 1 o’clock in the morning, but they at that time, saw nothing of the body, and declare that their car had no part in the accident. It seems, however, that the coroner Is trying ’to blame the affair upon an earlier ' car than the work car, which discov ered the body. ' PROF. HEMSTREET WAS GREAT. I i 1 The skeptics received a great surprise last night at the exhibition of hypnotism given in the opera house by Professor Hemstreet, the noted hypnotist Entertainments of this kind ' are usually supposed to be fakes but ' tho audience was soon convinced that this was the real thing. He had for ids subjects soniw of our best young men, all of whom he had under com plete control. The young men were at once susceptible to the professor’s slightest suggestion, performing screamingly funny stunts at his com- : ’ mand. The entertainment was the best of tho kind that ever visited this town and only those who did not go were disappointed. Mr. Hemstreet will give a concluding performance tonight and will, no doubt, have a packed house. —Lagrange Journal. Profes- ' sor Hemstreet will be in Decatur four nights, commencing Wednesday, November 22nd, and two ladles, or one lady and one gentleman will be admitted on each paid 20c ticket, if at the opera house before 8:15 p. m.

W.R.C. INSPECTION n , n The Annual Inspection Was kJ . " Conducted Last Evening in a Fitting Way. d s y (1 i 1. ( 0 A HAPPY TIME \ ' I t- Montpelier Ladies Were o * e i Geests—G. A. R. Joined J Party Durng Evening. — k 1 The annual inspection of the local i f W. R. C. was conducted Friday even- i ing by Mrs. Weston pf Montpelier and Mrs. Lyons, assistant diistrict inspector. Although the weather was very i. bad, the ladies braved the elements > and came out in good numbers, being well repaid by the pleasant as well as beneficial meeting held. Mesdames Twibell and Neeley, also of the Monti pelier corps, were guests. Near the ; close of the meeting, the G. A. R. boys r were announced and being escorted by the conductor, with the color bearers and their flags, were admitted, and j then followed, of course, a very jolly time. There were songs, speeches, marches, games and other entertaini went features. Mrs. Weston spoke ■ some very encouraging words, and i praised the work of the local president and her corps, and Mrs. Twibell 0 told them “How she happened to be n an American,” and recited a poem in i- the Swedish language. Mrs. Ruby d ‘ Throp contributed beautifully to the entertainment with a reading, all of i which were highly appreciated. The 11 G. A. R. boys did their part, as they always do, with speeches and songs, e and some very fine music was rendern ed by the Misses Cecil and Celia And drews, granddaughters of Dr. aiTd Mrs. x C. T. Rainier. The evening closed 1 with lunch served by the ladies. The e Montpelier ladies will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lyon over Sunday. S BEDSIDE OF SISTER i de L. T. Brokaw Called to Ind e dianapolis Owing to Critf i ical Illness of Sister r I » WITH PARALYSIS 1 Suffered Stroke on Thursday 1 —Was Former Resident J Just South of Here, i J L. T. Brokaw left this morning for ■ Indianapolis in response to a message , which he received, stating that his j . only sister. Mrs. Sarah Williams, an : I elderly lady, was lying at death's door | i from a stroke of paralysis, which she I ■ suffered on last Thursday, affecting : : her right side. The message gave no I I particulars, only for him to come at j once, as his sister wished to speak to ! ■ him. For the past fifteen years she ■ I has been making her home at Indi , hnapfolis with her three sons, they be-! ; ing engaged in the manufacture of! ■ Nine O’clock Washing powder anil ■ are numbered among the prominent business men of the capital city. Prior to their leaving lor that city they resided at Salem, just south /f here, and where almost the entire life of Mrs. Williams was spent. Although she ; has been in practically good health i until just recently, when her health I began to fall, she has since been declining rapidly. She is entirely hel|> less, and the end was pronounced by her physicians as being not far off. Her brother, Mr. Brokaw, will remain at her bedside. As to whether or not the remains would bo brought here, should she die, he was unable to state. J o MEETING MONDAY. I A.ll K. of C. members are earnestly requested lo respond to the meeting next Monday evening, when the usual business will come up before the members for discussion. Following this a social session ijill be in order, an oyster supper being scheduled to be served and all members should be on hand for the event. E. X. hhiugei, U. M. Schirmeyer and D. F. Quinn were Fort Wayne business visitors Friday.

OFF FOR AFRICA. Miss Elsie Roush Will Speak to Ep-1 worth League Sunday. Miss Elsie Roush of Fort Wayne will leave in a few days for Africa as a missionary. Rev. R. L. Semans has invited her to come to Decatur and tell the interesting story of her call to the mission field. She has consented to come and will speak at the Epworth League at the Methodist church at 6 o’clock tomorrow night. Miss Roush is a young woman of interesting personality and a pleasing speaker. COURT HOUSE NEWS November Term of Court Will Open Monday—The Grand Jury to Report. — FOR DUTY MONDAY The Farber Divorce Case From Jay County Will be Dismissed. Following the reconciliation of the couple, a written motion has been filed by Mrs. Mary E. Steele, to dismiss the divorce suit against her husband, Eli W. Steele, venued to this county some weeks ago from the Adams circuit court. The court has not passed upon the motion including the disposition of a petition for temporary alimony, filed by Mrs. Steele a few days ago, in which S2OO was asked. It is understood that this amount was to be used for the payment of attorney fees, and action on the motion to dismiss the case was delayed until the lawyers could be heard. The suit, involving serious criminal charges against her husband on the part of his wite, was one of the most sensational ever filed In the Jay circuit court. She had asked for $50,000 alimony and the j case had been expected to be heard . within the next two or three weeks. ! Mr. and Mrs. Steele came to Portland i together Friday, returning home on 1 the afternoon train. Their reconciliation was complete, if one could judge by the conduct of the couple.—Port- ! land Review. j After a two weeks’ vacation the Ad- ! ams circuit court will Se in session next Monday, opening the November i term of nine weeks. The grand jury i will also report for duty at that time. z John E. Jack, administrator of the , Albert N. Jack estate, filed final rei port. The decree case of Elizabeth Far I I her vs. George W. Father, venued here j from Jay county, and which was set ! for trial November 22nd, will be dis- ! missed Monday. I — I Tuesday, November 28th, was fixed by Special Judge J. T. Merryman as I the date for the next legal battle in I the circuit court over the search war- ' rants in the Fort Wayne fair bar j ! cases, when the question of whether ; or not the liquor seized by the sheriff | shall or shall not be destroyed. If ! Judge Merryman rules that it shall • thirty days will be given the defend-! ants to show further cause why the ' liquor should be preserved and return-! ed to the owners. The date for the final hearing was fixed yesterday fol- j lowing the filing by Sheriff Reichel-! derfer of amended returns in the liquor seizure case.—Fort Wayne Jour- j nal-Gazette. Real estate transfers: Frederick C. j Deltseh to Eli D. McCollum et al., lot | 121, Geneva, $2000: George Heller to 1 Jacob W. Baumgartner, lot 346, Berne, | $200; John Simison to Hartford School Tp., realty in French tp., 213. | ATTENDS MEETING. Martin Laughlin, in charge of the ' county infirmary, and president of the 1 Geneva bank, spent the day at Gene- 1 va, and this morning attended the j monthly meeting of the board of direc-' tors. The usual amount of business was cared for, as on former occasions, and the standing of the institution war gone over and found to be o. k. in every respect. Dr. J. N. Grand9taff of Preble township was in the city this morning looking after some business affairs, which required his attention tor a short time.

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A GREAT WORK In State Has Been Done by Depauw University—Educated Thousands WITHOUT ANY AID From Public Treasury — Was Founded Seventyfive Years Ago. Seventy five years ago the Indiana J Asbury—now the Depauw university, i was founded at Greencastle. It "was es- ! tablished by a tew pioneer preachers lin a little village and surroundings ' the most primitive and unpromising. The growth and the work of that in- ! stitution, humble though its origin, i and precarious its existence for many years, forms no unimportant part of I the history of Indiana. With small resources it has accomplished a great work. Its enrolled students during the institution's three-quarters of a century of life are\ numbered by the thousands, and it has educated for large service to humanity many of those whose names have been written high upon the roil of honor of the state and nation. , During the last three-quarters of a century, a period covering most of the history of Indiana as a state, many students from this part of Indiana have found educational opportunities at Depauw. A fact remarked by the I general board of education before it decided recently to give assistance to the institution, is the wide distribution of the Dapauw student body ovet the state of Indiana. Practically every county in the state contributes names to the Depauw enrollment during a full student generation of four years, and some counties have been represented by hundreds of young men and women. Since the early seventies Depauw has opened its doors on .equal ' terms to both women and men, and the university at Greencastle has dene much to justify the claims cf ;?.e friends of co-education. It Is impossible to over-estimate the 1 value of the service Depauw university has performed to rhe whole pee ! pie of Indiana during the past threequarters of a century. Yet the university has never received a dollar 1 from the treasurery of the state—its support has come in large part from 1 private generosity, for the fees paid by students pay only a small part of the cost of maintenance. At this time the friends of Depauw 1 university are engaged in an effort to ! secure a fund of $400,000, which, with the SIOO,OOO conditionally given ' general education board, will furnish a half-million dollar endowment to be ' used exclusively for the support of the ' university’s teaching force. In order that the offer of SIOO,OOO may not lapse, it will be necessary to complete this $400,000 fund by January Ist, and there is still to be raised $60,000. It will require the most active effort by ! friends of the institution, and the most ! generous response by the people to I prevent the failure of a movement imI portant not only to Depauw univerI sfty, but to the educational interests ' cf the state generally. Os the $340,000 raised up to this [ time nearly half has been contributed by members of tlie boards of trustees i and visitor.-, of the institution, and by j Indiana Methodist preachers. Mem- ! of the hoards have contributed SBO,OOO, and Methodists ministers $70,- ! 000 —a total of $150,000. From the great body of the Methodist laity, or from the friends of education generally, has come the remaining $190,000. It is realized that there will have to be some tall hustling in Indiana if • the fund is completed. Tho failure to ! realize upon this opportunity for the j enlargement of the opportunity of Depauw, it is realized, would be one of the calamitous experiences in the his j tory of higher education in this state. It will be necessary, however to en- ' list every friend of Depauw university and of Christian Education in this state if the goal is reached in the short time remaining, as the larger donors have nearly all responded already. Friends of Depauw in this city and . county are watching the closing days of the endowment movement with much interest, and it is believed that ■ before the close of the campaign they ■ will do their full part toward bringing i about its complete success, thus assuring the future of Depauw unlver- ' Sit ' f