Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 25,

FIRE LOSS SMALL ■ —*- When Gas Pipe Being Thawed Out at Parrish Restaurant Took Fire. SATURDAY EVENING Blaze Put Out by the Fire Laddies—Stand is Again Doing Business. Fire at the Parrish & Liechtle restaurant at 5:40 o’clock Saturday evening, caused some excitement when a frozen gas pipe which was was being thawed out took fire in the act, and the escaping .fluid from the leak was consumed by the flames as fast as it came through the pipe. The flame was soon noticed from the walk by passersby and the alarm was sounded. In the meantime a bucket brigade was formed to extinguish the mad blaze, which with volumes of thick smoke poured from the basement to the street. Luckily the pipe was at the front of the building and only a few of the joists and a portion of the fljor for a short distance around was baaiy scoreueu y the fire. It had just eaten its way through the floor when the fire department arrived on the scene, and after a half-minute’s play drowned the flame. Although things became quite hot for a while the damage was small and completely covered by insurance. But little of the goods belonging to the firm were damaged, everything being enclosed in cases and untouched by the damaging smoke. A cratk from the intense heat was also made in the large plate glass. The room was filled with smoke and the store was closed for the evening during which time insurance matters were attended to. The place was opened for business at noon Sunday, everything being cleaned and put in shape as before. The insurance carried on the stock is with the North British and Mercantile of New York, represented by Hubert DeVoss, and in the Northern New York, represented by Andrew' Welfley. The insurance on the building, held by Jacob Martin, is with the Hartford of Connecticut, represented by John Peterson, and also the Royal of Liverpool, England, represented by T. M. Gallogly. None of the companies have as yet sent representatives to make adjustment. o HARRY QUINN WEDS. Miss Minnie Hall of Kansas City Becomes His Bride. Mrs. Mary Eley received a card Sunday from tier nephew, Harry Quinn, a former Decatur boy, now at Kansas City, Mo., announcing his marriage last week to Miss Minnie Hall, a well known young artist of that city. The news of the marriage came as a great surprise. Harry had written relatives here last week of the engagement, but stated that the wedding would not take place till spring. He is superintendent of a largo clothing house at Kansas City, and at present the rush work is not so great, therefore they decided to have the wedding now and take a longer honeymoon trip, whxih they are now enjoying at Hot Springs, Ark. They will reside at Kansas City. Mr. Quinn is a brother of D. F. Quinn of this city and of Don Quinn of Chicago, and his many friends here will unite in extend’ag their very best wishes ■■ <»■■■ ■ POLICE COURT NEWS. Saturday night Curtis Walker and John Riley were arrested on a charge of plain drunk. They pleaded guilty and drew a dollar and costs in each case, amounting to eleven dollars. They' will lay it out. Another case filed in the squires court is a suit by some people residing near Honduras, one Sovine claiming that Olwine shot his dog. The case is berng tried this afternoon. FALLS AND BREAKS ARM Herbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rodenbeck, three miles northeast of the city, fell on the ice Sunday at Ms home, and broke his left arm at the wrist.

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IN EXPERT’S HANDS. D. Hensley, the jeweler, this morning received acknowledgement from Mr. Dorse of Cincinnati, Ohio, the expert examiner, of the metal, which was found in the craw of a chicken by Mr. and Mrs. Willis McQueen of Monmouth, and which is thought to be gold. When Mr. Dorse gives his opinion as to the mineral, It -will bo sent to the government experts at . Washington. ’•< WILL BUILD COTTAGE. i E. A. Mann is tearing away the ■ building on the rear of his property ! on West Monroe street, used for many I years as a carpenter shop by Mann A | Christen and will build thereon a tine I little cottage, which he and his wife will occupy, the one they now occu- • | py to be used for rental purposes. ARE GETTING BUSY J -—• t K. of P. Chairman Tyndall Called a Meeting for Sunday. c THE SUB COMMITTEES I } i • Named to Arrange for Dis-j » trict Convention Feb. 21 —Other Lodges. — i; I The convention committee appoint-! j ed by the Knights of Pythias last' s Thursday to arrange for the district . . convention to be held here February ■ . 21st, is geeting busy. The commit- 1 . tee comprises Chairman J. W. Tyn- ] dall, R. D. Myers, E. B. Lenhart, H. S. Michaud, Fred Patterson, F. V. 5 Mills, and at the meeting held Sunday afternoon by these members, they api pointed sub-committees to outline in t detail the entertainment of the many , hundred visitors who will be here on 5 convention day. The following subcommittees w'ere named who will t meet at an early date and take up . their work: i Program and Invitation —Dan Er-, win, F. V. Mills, Joan T. Myers, A. H. I L Sellemeyer, F. A. Peoples, J. L. Gay.. I Parade: —John T. Myers and D. F.' > Quinn, who will be marshals of the j . day. Music —Dr. Fred Patterson, Dan j Beery, C. L. Walters, Albert Sellemey-1 . er, Prof. D. A. Baumgartner. Reception Committee —J. VV. Tyndall, chairman, assisted by all . knights The K. of C. pedro party and dance I for Wednesday evening will be a good | evening of pleasure and the assurance | . of a large attendance is evident from the large number expressing themI selves to attend. The Yeomen are making special preparations for the meeting of Tuesday evening, when the installation of; officers will take place. Other iml portant business will also be in order, making it an evening of interest, and one which will bring the presence of all members to the hall. DECATUR BOYS, CHEER UP. — When parents get discouraged over the lack of study and the frequent ee- .! centricities that their boys manifest, ! or even their physical misfortunes or poverty, they ought to find hope and consolation in the thought that Isaac . Watts was constantly scolded for his absolute Indifference to books and , boys’ sports. Charles Darwin showed such an eccentric tendency to aboentI mindedness that on one of his lonely ' tramps he walked off an embankment and nearly lost his life; Ralph Waldo Emerson was a hopeless dreamer; Moses and Demosthenes were tearful i stammerers; Abraham Lincoln, Elihu • Burritt, Charles Dicl’ -ns and Andrew , Carnegie were the poorest of the poor children; Anthony Trollope, the writI er. was hopelessly shy and the butt of j his school; Audubon, of bird fame, was i put down by all his elders as a fool; ■ Caesar and Napoleon were epileptics; ■ Oliver Goldsmith was a hopeless slov- ■ ery one to be a crank. The queer boy i en, and Thoreau was adjudged by evdoes not always grow to be the man I of no worth. —Ex. - .' Real estate transfers: Jesse L. t Cook to William Lehman, 2 acres, t Wabash tp., $5200; Rosina Annen to t H. S. and J. D. Walters, lot 431, DeI catur cemetery, S2O.

MOREN ENOUGH For the Money—ls Said of the Entertainment Given ’ by Ned Woodman. THE LAST NUMBER Os Lecture Course Given Thursday Evening—Cartoonist and Humorist. ■ — Something very much out of the ordinary will be the fifth and last number of the lecture course to be given Thursday evening, February 1, ' at Bosse's opera house by Ned Wood man. humorist, cartoonist and rhym-' ist. Mr. Woodman is a cartoonist of; the first rank, and also a fine carica- j turist. Before his audience, with fine; rapid strokes, he brings to view pic- j tures of noted characters, as well as the typical characters known to every community and in every-day life. He is a fine impersonator, and his entertainment is said to bo one of the most uitque ever given. At one place I where he appealed, it was said that ihe gave more than the money's worth—and when that is said of one, f in these days when people are so hard Ito please, "it is saying much.’’ A i press notice trom the Jackson, Mich., i Patriot, says: I "For two solid hours Cartoonist ! Woodman held the attention of the ; Chautauua audience yesterday afterj noon although the ipercury was at the top notch. Mr. Woodman is a clever artist and the droll humor and comic pictures were productive of much merriment. A picture of Chaun-, cey Depew was turned into the like-, ness of an astonished Englishman, and a good, natural Irishman came, in turn, a rollicking German and the; proverbial Jew’. Besides his artistic j ability, Mr. Woodman possesses considerable ability as a reader of dia-. i lect and kept up a running fire of I I comment while drawing.” IN THE IttURCHES ! 1 i i I Revival at Methodist Church Continues —Sermon to Children. I ■ GIVEN BY PASTOR Rev. Goodwin Closes at U. B. Account 11l Health — Evangelical Next. Methodist Church. The Revival meeting at the Meth-, odist church continues with increas-; ing interest. The pastor preached a ’ five-minute sermon to the children at i the morning service Sunday, preceding the regular morning sermon, that interested the many children in the ' congregation. The meetings will last J all thi’J week, Wednesday night' will be business men s nigut again, j and Friday night Sunday school night. l The subject so rthe pastor's address 1 tonight will be "What do We Get Out. of It 9 ” United Brethren. The three weeks’ revival at the j United Brethren church closed Sun- j day evening with one of the best meetings of the series. Theie was another conversion, this making twen ty-seven additions to the church during the revival The meeting was just in the height of interest, but owing to the ill health o i'the Rev. Goodwin he was unable to continue It, He has been suffering from the effects of a stroke of paralysis of about a year ago, and is not able to continue the revival longer. The quarterly meeting is being held at the church today, the presiding elder, Rev. Stanley, presiding. ~ Evangelical. The Rev. D. O. Wise will begin the revival services at the Evangelical church next week.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening. January 29, 1911.

HAROLD WILSON ROUTE AGENT. I The Express Gazette of this, month’s issue, contains an item that H. S. Wilson, who was agent for the Wells-Fargo Express company here ■ for a year or two, has recently been appointed a route agent for the com-, pany, with headquarters at Miles : I City, Montana. i 1 JURORS ARE DRAWN I Jury Commissioners Met ’ Today and Selected Grand ; ; i and Petit Jurors. FOR FEBRUARY TERM Also Filled the Jury Name I Box—The Real Estate Transfers. i ' I Jury Commissioners John W. Craig of Berne and Henry Hite met with County Clerk Bleeke this morning and drew the names for the petit and grand juriep for the February term of court, which opens next. Monday morning after a two weeks’ vacation According to the annual requirement of, so doing, more names were added to the jury name box, from which the jurors following will be drawn, these being taken from the names on the tax duplicates. The following will serve for the February term: Grand Jury. Frank Tinkham—-Blue Creek, Eli Myers—Decatur. D. M. Cross —Geneva. David Wulliman —French. Samuel Hall- Hartford. Robert W. Poling—Decatur. Petit Jury. i Crist Boese —Decatur. I Lase Baker—Decatur. C. C. Sprunger—Monroe Township. William Teeple—St. Mary’s. j Alonzo Shank —Hartford. , Daniel Stuckey—Wabash. John Burkie —Blue Creek. i George W. Dutcher—Root. Ros Hardin —Union. ■ Laban Fogle—Jefferson. j John D. Badders —Monroe. Samuel Long—Berne. Ferdinand Yake —French. | Charles Reichelderfer —Geneva. I Otto Feck —Preb’e. I D. E. Smith is attorney for James ( ,C. Harkless in a quiet title suit against Hugh McQueen, jr., et al. I ‘ Sheriff Durkin was at Honduras . this morning where he arrested Ches-' ter Olwine on a charge of cruelty to t animals. The boy is sixteen years of ' age and was found at school this morning. He gave bond for appearance in ’Squire Stone’s court tomor- j row morning at 10 o'clock for trial.' ■ The charge grew out of his shooting a ■ dog belonging to Alvia Sovine, wound- ' trig it and not killing it. I SHAFFER RESIGNS I Clayton Shaffer, Who for Past Year Has Served as Bookkeeper I FOR INTERURBAN CO. I . Resigned, Effective Feb. 1— I Several Good Positions in View. I I Clayton H. Shaffer, who for the past eleven months, has served as bookkeeper for the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, this morning tendered his resignation, the same to be effective February Ist Mr. Shaffer, prior to coming here eleven months ago, resided in Bluffton, where he served as bookkeeper for the Marion, Bluffton & Eastern Railway com- ; pany, being a man widely experienced in his line. He has proved to be an efficient employee of the local office and during his residence here has won away into the esteem of all with , whom he has been associated. He I has several good positions in view but is as yet undetermined as to which he will accept, or whether he will remove from the city. His successor has not yet been chosen.

DEATH WINS RACE Samuel Doak Called to Piqua, 0., Saturday bv Sister’s Illness. ARRIVED TOO LATE Sister Passed Away at Four O’clock. Three Hours Previous to Arrival. I i Samuel Doak of West Monroe street had a grim race with death Saturday afternoon, in which death came out the winner by three hours. Mr. Doak ■ received word of the serious illness of his aged sister, Mrs. Jane Duncan, at Piqua, Ohio, and left for her bedside, ‘ arriving there at 7 o’clock Saturday i evening. Her death, however, had oc I curred at 4 o’clock, just three hours j before his arrival. Mrs. Duncan was , the only sister of the three Doak brothers, and had reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. Her husband is stil Hiving, he also being eighty-two years of age, the happy couple having the privilege rarely given to man and wife, of passing more than the usual number or years together and growing old together, side by side. Six children survive, all married, except one daughter, at home. The funeral will be held Tuesday. Death of Mother. Omer Butler and family left today noon for Elwood, where they were | called by the death of Mr. Butler's mother, Mrs. Mary Butler, wife of C. C Butler, of that city. No news of her illness had come to Mr. But- ; lor and the telegram received Sunday night at 6 o'clock 1 of her death was very unexpected. Mrs. Butler was ' eighty-four years of age, and the infirmities of her extreme old age are I supposed to have been the cause of > her death. Her husband is still livi ing. having arrived at the age of ninety-one years. She leaves eigh* I children —three girls and five boys. ; The funeral services will be held I Tuesday. CALL AT OFFICE i —— j Ilf Mr. Wagner Misses Washngton Farmers This Week, Call. — THE FACTORY NEWS I Concrete Inspector is Here —Ten Bohemians Arrive Today to Work on Job. j i I Zeudema, of Holland, Mich., is i here as inspector of the concrete I i work for the sugar company. This I is very important part of the job und must be uOnf, according to speei-' I fications. The first ten Bohemians who will j work in the beet fields here will ar- ! rive this afternoon and will work for Mr. spears on the factory job until the season opens. They will live in I the houses being erected on the site j by Mr. Weikle. Farmers of Washington township are hereby notified that Mr. Wagner will conclude his visits in this township this week If he doesn’t call on you please come to his office to arrange concerning the labor and house question. Mr. Wagner and his assistants have called at many places where the farmer is nut at home, and it is impossible to return If you are interested in any questions call at Mr. Wagner's office on Saturday. He will be there all day and will be glad to give you any inform, 'ion. George Mumma is today arranging to drill the wells on the sugar factory site north of town. He will be busy' there for perhaps a month. MISS FLICKINGER INJURED. Miss Kate Flickinger of West Monroe street had the misfortune to fall on the porch at her home Sunday, breaking both bones of the left arm.

FUNERAL NOTICES. I The funeral of William Walters was held Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church, with Rev. R. L. Semans officiating. Burial in Maplewood cem- I etery. The funeral was largely attended by the many relatives and friends of the deceased, and also by the Yeomen, of which he was a member. Many were the attendants this morn- . ing at the funeral of Orson Smith, ■ whose death resulted Friday from injury received at the Adams heading plant last Thursday. The services I were conducted at the United Brethren church at 9:30 o’clock and the Rev. E. A. Goodwin was in charge. The Red Men and his fellow-employees at the heading factory attended the services in a body. The remains W'ere taken to the former home at Ossian for burial. COUNTYCHAIRMAN Elected by the Republicans of the County in Meeting This Morning. C. G. EGLEY OF BERNE For County Chairman—AlL the Board Reside in and Around Berne. I •il'he republicans of the various pre- i cincts of the county held conventions ; Saturday night, the same resulting | in the election of the following precinct committeemen: Decatur. First Ward “A”—Joe W. Smith. First Ward “B”—Jim Smith. Second Ward “A” —L .A. Graham. Second Ward “B” —Frank Aurand. Third Ward “A” —E. Fritzinger. Third Ward “B” —John Lenhart. East Union—Dwight Wass. West Union—Abe Raver. East Root —John A. Mumma. West Root—John Foreman, East Preble—Fred Sheler. West Preble —Ed Spangler. North Kirkland —Frank Spade. South Kirkland —J. Stoutenberry. East Washington—Dyke Frisinger. West Washington—-Clay Engle. North St. Mary’s—Kit Cowan. I South St. Mary’s—Nimrod McCul i ; lough. North Blue Creek —Art Krugh. ’ South Blue Creek —Charles Jones, j North Monroe —W. L. Smith. Middle Monroe —William Waggon- ! i er. Berne “A”—Chris Egley. Berne “B” —Clint Lehman. | French Tow'nship—Jule Er hart. North Hartford —Noah Pussey. South Hartford —Wm. Glendening j North Wabash -Sam Teeters. | Ceylon—Charles Moore. 1 Geneva “A" —Josephus Martin, j Geneva “B" —Jesee B. Campbell. East Jefferson —Jesse Buckmaster, j West Jefferson —Dan Brewster. The old county committee met this i morning and closed up all the pend- ; ing business after which the above named precinct committeemen met in the office of Graham & Walters, where the county convention was held resulting in the election of which lowing board, each member of which resides in Berne or nea r that place. For County Chairman, C. G. Egley of Berne was elected; William Glendening, of South Hartford, vice chair- 1 man; Clint Rehman, of Berne, secretary; William Waggoner of Middle Monroe, treasurer. The vote for I county chairman stood nineteen t.> twelve. 'EDDY IN VHE RACE. (United Press Service.) i New York, N. Y., Jan. 28 (Special [ to Daily Democrat) —Governor Parry ■, of Wyoming, accompanied by Willis j ■ E. Emerson, also of Wyoming, called ■ i on former President Roosevelt here I i today. The governor refused to dis--1 cuss the meeting. Emerson said that his part in the call was to impress' : upon the colonel the great demand; there is for him in the west, that j ■ i Roosevelt announced his candidacy. ' Many- other visitors called upon ' Roosevelt. 1 Mrs. Horace Callow is showing improvement at the Hope hospital, Ft. , Wayne, and may be brought here to the home of her sister, Mrs. Dan Erwin, this week.

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CRADLE SNATCHER Salvatore Di Blasi Gets sl,000 Fine and Two Years in the Pen FOR HIS MARRIAGE Since Elopement With 13-year-old Blossom Sparks Formerly of Adams Co. Convicted of child stealing, Salvatore DI Blasi, who was arrested at Cleveland, Ohio, atter he had eloped with and married thirteen-y ear-old Blossom Sparks, of Indianapolis, whose birth may nave occurred in Adams county, since Cleveland officials inquired for a certificate of the same from Adams county birth records, was fined SIOOO and sentenced to two years imprisonment at Indianapolis. Salvatore was arrested in Cleveland for contributing to the delinquency of the girl, who, under the required age, W'as employed in factories. Her mother, Mrs. Effie Sparks, of Indianapolis, hearing of her daughter’s whereabouts, i from this publicity given the case, got | busy and the charge of child stealing was preferred against Di Blasi. 1 Governor Harmon of Ohio, honored j the requisition of the Indiana governor j for the ‘‘cradle snatcher,” and he was | taken Friday to Indianapolis, to ani swer the charge of abduction. Di ; Blasi's attorney pleaded that in Italy j it is not unusual for men to marry ; girls thirteen or fourteen years old. “Then I suppose a Turk coming to America should be permitted to take four or five wives,” retorted the prosecutor. “Di Blasi could not legally marry this child, and he knew it.” The girl wept as Di Blaso w-as led away. Blossom’s home-coming, with her maligned lover and husband was a romantic one. The Indianapolis News says: i “Clinging to her Italian husband as ■ If for protection, and frequently holding his hand and patting him on the i arm, the Sparks girl was brought to 1 Indianapolis Thursday evening from i Cleveland, Ohio, by Detective Hugh Dugan, with Di Blasi, twenty-eight years old, who was formerly a tailor at 339 East South street. Di Blasi was locked up in the city prison. The girl was taken to the Detention home, charged with incorrigibility.” Di Blasi said that when he boarded at the Sparks home he formed a strong attachment for the girl, and a few days before their disappearance he told her i that he loved her. “You know how great is this Italian . love,” said Di Blasi. “It is big, and as ! soon as I made up ray mind that I loved Blossom I wanted her for ;ny ! wife.” Hs says they tried to get married in Cleveland, at the home of his sis- ' ter, but were refused on account of j the bride's youth. They then went to : Toronto, where they were married Sep tember 21st. A short time later the couple returned to Cleveland, where they both obtained work. The girl denied that she had been forced to go to work by her husband, and said that from the time she left Indianapolis she was treated kindly by him. The child wife said there would have been no trouble had Mrs. Sparks not interfered o— DR. BURNS OPENS OFFICE. Dr. Elizabeth Brothers Burns, a practicing physician of Chicago, 111., wishes to announce to the public that she has opened an office at her residence on East Monroe street, over the Bowers i Realty company, for the practice of medicine and surgery and the care of hospital and emergency cases. Dr. Burns graduated from the medical department of the University of Illinois in 1902 and had one years’ service as interne in the National Temperance hospital at Chicago and one year as house physician and matron in charge of a maternity home and free dispensary, and is a member of the Chicago Medical society, the Medical Woman’s club, and the Nu Sigma Phi sorority. All calls answered day or night, city or country. Telephone, 6f>9. o- ' Philip Koos, who recently underwent several operations for liver trouble, is doing nicely and although he is still very low, his condition is as good as could be looked for.