Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 36.

INTERURBAN COLLISION Fort Wayne & Springfield i Cars Meet on Switch at Nine Mile House. — ft. L. MEIBERS HURT Leg Proken—Motorman Scheiman Also InH jured—Cars Damaged. — I The Fort Wayne & Springfield in-! Sperurban car which left here at 2:30, the one due here at 4 o’clock col- . Hided at the Nine Mile House at 3:30 |'=this afternoon. Charles L. Meibers, ''' H'Hiotorman on the northbound car, had pne leg broken and was badly bruis■«d otherwise”. Louis Scheimann, the I p motorman on the southbound car. had ' his face badly cut with glass. None of tfie other passengers were injured, ’ aside from being shaken up severely. The sountubouud car, with Scheiman as motorman, was standing on the ■witch at the Nine Mile house as the ■fco. i Car approacnea. MotorSi ar Meibers-put on the air but it tailed to woric ana tne crash followed. 1 Both cars were badly damaged, the' front ends being crushed. Meibers Was caught in the wreck and his leg and Scheiman was cut by the ■ring glass. Word was immediately ■ sen: here and several doctorsjuslied to ’he scene of the accident. Traffic wit not delayed. GOOD SAMARITANS, BEWARE! Awful Results May Follow from Your Spontaneous Kindness Leap Year. A voune traveling man at the Penn sylvania depot in Fort Wayne Friday noticed a middle-aged woman struggling with many suit cases, packages ; and a baby. The woman had waited long for her train and the young trav- ; ellng man was overcome by pity. “Madam,” he said, "May I assist you?” The middle-aged woman looked up and smiled, and handed him several packages and one suit case. He walked down to the train with them, and - |ust as he was depositing them in tf>.- seat beside her she tore off a corner of a paper sack and began to on th® paper. ■ “Here, read this,” she cooed. This is the note she gave him: ■“I am an Ohio widow. This being ■-afriti year, gives me an opportunity to • you if you are free, and if you hive any leanings toward matrimony, you have I should like to get into correspondence with you at once. “MRS. ADA HAMPTON, "Edison, Ohio.” MUST BE STEAM ROAD. m~he Cincinnati Enquirer says: idge S. E. Cook has announced that upset price of SBOO,OWI for the cago, Bluffton & Cincinnati raild will stand, and has refused to the road unless it shall remain a im road. It is thought that, this 1 louncement will prevent the rnerg-1 bf the road with the Marion, BluffEastern and the Bluffton, Genek Celina Traction companies. It I proposed to electrify the line if it I abolished by the traction interThe Bluffton road has beer, o fdßed for sale on several occasions, no bidders appeared.” OWTRICT K. OF P. DEPUTY HERE. R. Huyette, of Bluffton. P. deputy, arrived here toilfi' and spent the afternoon at f|B>f P. Home ratifying the program BHthe district convention as imilm ;®a®fThursday evening by the local 'mm Mr. Huyette is Wells ■wintendent of schools, also, :im; -nj busy Uiau.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

SHANNON'S ORIGINAL FOUR. j At the Bosse Opera House All Next Week. Shannon’s original four, is the family | of Henry Shannon, that made the big I hit in the vaudeville last season. They .are all with the Shannon stock comi pany that opens their week's engage- | ment at the Bosse ojera house next I Monday, February 12th. Ladies will j be admitted free on opening nighttwo ladies or gentleman and lady on one 30-cent paid admission. Come the opening night and you will come again during the week. A good, well balanced company, with plenty of specialties and special scenery. The price is 10c, 20c, 30c. Secure your seats now at the drug store. MIND OFF AGAIN Man Who Became Insane ' Here Short Time Ago and Later Released Was AT HUNTINGTON, ALSO Asked for Release of Pris1 oner There and Otherwise Excited Attention. I Fred Mitchell, the young man, who for more than two weeks was confined 1 in the Adams county jail, on account lof his irrational manners, and who was believed to have gone insane from drink, but was later dismissed after a 1 hearing in the circuit court on last Tuesday, as he seemed to have regained his mental faculties, is believed to have been the same man who landed on the streets of Huntington the day following, and sometime afterward aroused the suspicion of the police there. Upon being released here 1 he took the 4 o'clock car for Hunting- ! ton and from the look of things must I have made a straight dart for that place. Upon arriving there he did not attract the attention of the police!, at first on account of his well dressed ' appearance, as previous to his leav-1 ing here he was fitted out with a new [ suit and otherwise fixed up. The! Huntington Herald says the follow-I ' ing: j “The seemingly great desire of a' | man giving his name 4s Townsend.! 'and saying his occupation was that of ! I a trained nurse, to obtain the release lof a fellow by the name of Walker, ' arrested Tuesday evening by Night ! Sergeant Kelley in front of the BradI ley drug store in an intoxicated con- ! dition, caused police officers and May 1 or Milo Feightner to be suspicious of | the man. Walker was released, however, together with a fellow who | lodged at the city jail Tuesday evening, and seemed to be on unusually good terms with Walker and Townsend. The two -were given a good lecture before being turned loose and ordered to get out of the city as rapidly as possible. “The fellow giving his name as Townsend went to the police station Wednesday morning and asked for the release of Walker, whom he said was 'o. k.’ Townsend was questioned and i he informed the officers that he and Walker and the fellow who ‘bunked’' at the jail Tuesday evening worked together at Decatur, assisting in the construction of the new sugar mill there. Townsend was rather well dressed and at first his efforts to ob tain the release of Walker did not arouse much suspicion. “Mayor Feightner instructed Chief of Police Baker to keep an eye on the fellows after they were released. He said that the last he saw of them they were walikng up the Wabash | railroad tracks. Walker, it seems, ; was a paper hanger and said that he worked here at one time for Darwin Miles and is well acquainted with John Engle.” o BIG FORD SHIPMENT. The Ford Motor Car company’ in January shipped from New York 547 Ford cars which went to England. This it is claimed is the largest shipment of American cars ever made, the cargo taking up 155,049 cubic feet of space in the hole of the Manchester Importer. Another shipment, went February 2nd and consisted of 112 cars, while another was booked to leave Boston February 9th, and was made up of 234 cars.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. John H. Stewart of this city is the 10-1 1 cal ?."o*it

THE NEW RECORDS For Surveyor’s Office Will be Prepared by Deputy Surveyor Harruff. THE ANNUAL REPORT Os Commissioners Adopted and Ordered Published and Posted. The board of commissioners met this morning in session continued from Wednesday and concluded the business for the term, allowing the bills on the J. M. Peele macadam road and transacting other business of importance. The docket contains the record that the old surveyors’ records are now in bad condition on account of long usage, and it being necessary that these records be preserved it is ordered that a new one be made, and a contract was entered into with Orval Harruff, deputy surveyor, to copy and transcribe said record, he to receive the sum of $l5O for doing said work. The commissioners' annual report, including the record of all the funds in the hands of the treasurer and auditor w-as adopted and ordered published. A copy of the report, which is very extensive, must be posted at the court house door and one each posted at Berne and Geneva. The report shows a difference between the treasurer's books and the report o' about $9.00, an almost remarkable fact when it is considered that several hundred thousand dollars passes through the hands of the treasurer each year. NEW SWITCHBOARD Will be Installed by Citizens’ Telephone Company Within Few Months. — GREAT IMPROVEMENT — Over Present System—-F. M. Schirmeyer in Chicago on Inspection Tour. A new telephone switchboard will be installed by the Citizens' Telephone company that win greatly facilitate the service, giving quickei communication and better service all around. F. M. Schirmeyer and George Kinzle of the Citizens' Telephone company, who have been in Chicago this week attending tho national telephone association convention, will make it a point while there to inspect the various kinds of new switchboards and will probably decide at this time, just which one ol the three or four will be secured for this city. The new system will nave all the up-to-date improvements and will be a great innovation over the present one. It will probably he three or four months, however, before the installation will take place. “GREATER DECATUR" Subject of Rev. Jones at Baptist Church Sunday Evening. With the above topic as a subject, Pastor Jones of the Baptist church announces that he will preach'a sermon for the general public on Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. His text will be taken from God's word to Jonah, “Go to Nineveh, that great city and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.” Pastor Jones believes every citizen should be a booster and not a knocker and believes that righteousness exalteth a city as ’truly as a nation. Hence he believes it right to point out the way for a city to become greater in every sense of the word. A Baptist Young People's Union will be organized at 6:30 p. m.. to help carry out the spirit of this sermon in the life of the young people of Decatur. Every one who wishes to come may be sure of a welcome at “The friendly church.”

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, February 10, 1912.

THE REV. W. H. FRESHLEY Os Kendallville Will Assist the Rev. ■ Wise in Revival. i Rev, W. H Freshley of Kendallville, Ind., will be here Monday to assist the Rev. D. O. Wise in revival meetings i at the Evangelical church. He is a , very forceful speaker and uses strong persuasive argument in his sermons. , He just closed a very successful meet-I ing in which he received forty-eight ‘ into his church at Kendallville,. Meetings will continue all next week, be ginning each evening at 7:30. The public is heartily invited to attend | this special series of meetings. COURT HOUSE NEWS ‘ Straw-pulling in the Hari mon Case Will Take Place St. Valentine’s Day. THE DIVORCE CASE Set for Trial Wednesday Judgment by Agreement for Marie Kruel. _____ St. Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14th, the day which is commonly known as the mating of birds, the day when they plan for the building, straw by straw of the nest home ; for the year, will be one, sad to say. when ,strwa by straw, the nest-home of the Harmons will probably be.pulled asunder, as the case has been set for trial on that day. The issues in the \ ' case were completed today with the filing of the demurrer by the plaintiff, James Harmon, to the cross-complaint ; filed Friday by the defendant, Alice I Harmon. The demurrer was overrul!ed and exceptions taken. Answer to ! the cross-complaint was filed by the I plaintiff. — In the Yoder Rice partition case, Jesse C. Sutton was appointed guarrdian ad litem of Newel B. Rice, minor, 'and filed answer. The case Is set for I trial February 13th. Answer to crossI complaint of Alva B. Rice filed by : guardian ad litem. Maryland Casualty Co. vs. Decatur , Egg Case Co., contract, $4,316.82. Sep■arate and several demurrer by defendant. Demurrer overruled as to answer filed in eight paragraphs. Rule to reply to 2nd, 3rd. 4th, sth, 6th. 7th and Bth paragraphs. The Kalamazoo National Bank vs. Coppock Motor Car Co, note, $450 Cause set for March 19th. j The claim of B. C. Keller & Son against the Wesley Evans estate was I allowed in the sum of SIOO and costs, I and ordered paid out of the assets of ■ the estate. This was transferred to 1 the issue docket yesterday. : I — J Real estate transfers: Ben S. Col- . ter to George Koos, 3 27-100 acres, St. ■'Marys tp., $1450; Marcellus Davisl on et al., to Christena G. Niblick et al., • , quit claim deed to realty in St. Mary’s 1 •!tp., sl. •! Judgment for $1,779.90 and costs in * favor of Marie Kruel against John ll.] Kenig, Herman and Martin Gerke, was ' , i rendered this morning on suit on note, ■ I by agreement of all parties. As the' Gerkes are sureties only on the note, I the property of Mr. Koenig is to be j first exhaused before levying upon the i property of Ihe Gerkes. : I j William Graham vs. Fort Wayne & . Springfield Railway company, on note, I i Affidavit of non-residence filed; publl1 cation ordered returnable April Bth. o l ASSESSORS TO MEET FRIDAY. I State Tax Board Calls Meeting for Ft. Wayne for This Section of State. | II County Assessor Gentis has receiv- 1 ■ ed notice from the state board of tax. - 1 commissioners that a meeting of the .. county assessors o' eighteen counties : ! in this section of the state, including '' Adams county, will be held at the j county assessor's office at Fort Wayne ■ i at Hi o'clock a. nt., on Friday, Februi ary 16th, at which time matters per-: i ' taining to the assessing for the year ■; 1912 will be dDcupsed. It is requested ' • that all the county assessors and as ' ■ many ot tho township assessors as possible attend this meeting

ABOUT THE SICK — i Conditon of Andrew Teeple Shows no Change Over Y esterday. MANY HAVE THE GRIP Mrs. Adam Buetel a Sufferer I —Ex-Commissioner Miller Also 111. _____ | Mrs. Aaron DeVinney received word this morning that her nephew, Charles Ault, of Fort Wayne, is seriously sick. A council of physicians was held yesterday and it is thought that he has consumption. Very little hope is given for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. De Vinney and other relatives here will 'go to Fort Wayne tomorrow to call on him. i The condition of Andrew Teeple, i who was stricken with paralysis at :an early hour yesterday morning, : shows no change. Ex-Commissioner William Miller has been confined to his house for three weeks suffering from an attack of lagrippe. ' Johnny Stults, Saturday extra clerk at the Mills grocery, was not able to be at work today on account of having the grip. i j Mrs. L. A. Fisher returned to her home at Bluffton, Ohio, after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Adam Buetel, who has been ill three weeks with the grip. ARIZONA IS NEXT Taft Will on Next Wednesday Sign Proclamation for 48th State. FOLK OUT OF RACE Withdrew Today and Will Swing Support to Speaker Champ Clark. (United Press Service ) Washington, D. C., Feb. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President | Taft will sign the proclamation admit- ; ting to the union the forty-eighth I state on next Wednesday. Arizona will thus become the “Valentine” state. Seymour, Ind., Feb. 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Charles King, aged • seventy, civil war veteran, is dead here today as a result of a vain attempt to save the life of his wife here Ir.st night when tneir oeu caught fire. Ihe flames were caused by an over'heated stove and the husband rushed ■ for water. He was found dead in the ' kitchen. Physicians believe the ex Icitement caused neart trouble. Mrs. | King's body was badly charred and bllthed when found by neighbors. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 10—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Joseph W. Folk, i governor of Missouri, virtually with--1 drew from the democratic presidential race here today when he agreed to vote the entire Missouri delegation tor Speaker Champ Clark, as long as Clark thinks he has a chance to win ' the democratic presidential nomina I tion at Baltimore. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10 —I Special to Daily Democrat) —Efforts to solve the death mystery of the late Dr. Helen Knabe, the Indianapolis woman I physician, who wns found in her apart i ments with her throat cut from ear to ■ ear, were renewed here today. The . local council of women have engaged j private detectives to work on the ' case. Mrs. M. Kline and Miss Rosa Miley returned this afternoon to Fort Wayne ! from a visit with friends here. ) s

r PNEUMONIA WAS DISCUSSED. By Medical Association at Dr. Boyers' Office Friday Night. ? “Pneumonia” was the subject of the paper read by Dr. Thomas before the Adams County Medical association at the office of Dr. Boyers Fridayevening, when the regular monthly meeting was held. The paper was a very good one, on a very timely sub- } ject, and was freely discussed by all. Dr. Price of Geneva was also to have had a paper, but could not be present f at this time. Those in attendance were Drs. S. D. Beavers, P. B. Thomas, J. M. Miller, W. E. Smith, Elizabeth Burns and J. S. Boyers. Dr. Costello will have the next meeting, Friday, March Bth. ! PROGRAMIS READY s For the Christian District Convention to be Held at 1 Huntington ii MARCH 20„ 21 and 22ND t • Many People from Here Will be Numbered Among Large Attendance. r ° k —— Arrangements are nearing completion for the Christian church district < convention to be held at the Central j Christian church at Huntington in a three days’ session, to be held on March 20, 21 and 22. The district comprices the counties of Allen, Adams, Wells, Whitley, Wabash, Huntington p and Grant counties, and all will lend their assistance in making the con- > vention one that has not been surpass- ? ed in previous years. Rev. Dawson is on the program. The program will be as follows: . ! Wednesday, March 20. 5:00 p .m. —Registration and Reception of Delegates. Evening Session —7:30. Devotional. Bible Study—J. C. Todd, P>loomington, Indiana. Y. P. S. C. E. Period —Miss Ida Walters, presiding. Address —Claude E. Hill, National Superintendent Y. P. S. C. E , Valparaiso, Ind. < Thursday, March 21 —9:00 a. m. Devotional. Bible Study. [ C. W. B. M. Period. Sermon by J. P. Myers, Marion, Ind. Afternoon —1:30. Devotional. Bible Study. Bible School Period. Address and Round Table —Gary L. Cook, State Bible School Superintend- ' ent. 1 Sermon by J. H. McCartney, Fort ‘ Wayne, Ind. 1 Evening—7:3o. 1 Devotional. Bible Study. Business—Appointment of Committees. 5 Address —“Christian Education" — d Prof. Morrow, Butler College, Irvingj ton, Ind. Friday March 22—9:00 a m. Devotional. p Bible Study. '■ Business. •- “Church Problems” L. E. Murray, d State Secretary, I. C. M. A. e Sermon —S. D. Coyler, Wabash, Ind c Afternoon—l:3o. s. Devotional, d Bible Study. Church Finances. ’ Indiana Christian Missionary Assoo, elation —L. E. Murray. t, “A Church Brotherhood —What to - do With the Men” —Earl M. Todd, Ft. il' Wavne. Ind. o | Sermon—J. M. Dawson, Decatur, n Ind. s Evening—7:3o. n Devotional, i- Bible Study. Sermon. Closing with Devotional Period. |] o e POULTRY MEET. 1n Corn and Poultry Men Met Today to t- Elect Officers. o e W. A. Fonner and Charles E. Magd ley were at Berne today attending the e meeting Cf the Corn and Poultry asso elation, which was held at the Berne bank, commencing at 10 o’clock. The y election of officers and other business a was the object in calling the meeting at this time.

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ST. JOSEPH’S WIN Defeat St. Mary’s Team Here Last Evening in Onesided Game. HIGH SCHOOL LOSES Eighth Grade Wins from St. Joseph’s—Bluffton Girls Take Game. : Decatur enjoyed plenty of basket bait sport Friday evening, mere being four games in which this city was represented. The high school team was at Liberty Center, the girls' team played at Bluffton, while the St Joseph’s high school team played the St. Mary’s team of Fort Wayne here and the eighth grade team of the city school contested with the second team of St. Joseph's at home. The two home games were both interesting, the St. Joseph’s team winning from the Fort Wayne boys by a score of 31 to 10. The visitors came well prepared, they wishing to give the locals a good drubbing, and even strengthened themselves by taking on several other players. The game was rather one-sided, as the points indicate, and the home boys showed their superiority throughout the game. The line-up for Decatur was: R. F. Gass, right forward; Smith, left forward; Bremerakmp, center; Costello and Ehinger, guards; Crawford, sub. Fort Wayne: Forward, Dink; forward, Mettlers; center, Eckler; guard, Mettler; guard, Alter; Guard, sub. The locals have a number of scheduled games in tile near future and will make them all go some, too, for the honors. The game between the eighth grade of the public schools and the second team of St. Joseph's was also a good game, ip which the eighth grade left with the honors of the game, they winning by a score of 21 to 10. Eugene Bremerkamp refereed the game and Ed Christen acted as umpire, and gave excellent satisfaction to the large crowd present. The high school team, which played at Liberty Center, met defeat, they being handicapped in various ways, which is responsible for their losing the game. The trip was made byway of Fort Wayne over the interurban, going with tho girls’ team, which played at Bluffton. The boys report that they were given a number of rawdeals, some “dirty work 7 being shown during the game, which did not give them much encouragement for winning. The room where the game was pulled off was a ground floor of a livery barn, which, in the first place, was so cold that they could hardly play, and along with being unused to the floor was the result of their losing the victory. The first half of the game went to Liberty Center by a score of 12 to 8. The last half the score was run up somewhat, not leaving the locals much of a chance lo take the game. The next game will be with Bluffton next Friday evening here, and a fast and classy game is looked for. The line-up tor the locals consisted of Beery, Vail, McConnell. Tyndall, Vancil, Lose and Peterson. Professor Worthman, Dwight Lachot, Leland Franks, Greg gNeptune and “Boomer” . Falk also accomupanled the team. Girls at Bluffton. The high school girls’ basket ball team that went to Bluffton Friday afternoon and Friday evening played with the Bluffton girls’ team, was de -seated ty a score of sto 9 The fol- | lowing from this city played: For- > j wards, Jennie Long, Grace Butler and . Crystal Kern; guards, Gladys Kern, Fay Hammell; centers, Lillian Rice, , Dorothy Dugan. The following rooters accompanied the learn there: Glennys Mangold, Leah Hensley, Mary Pattan, Juanita Boch, Mary Frislnger and Mary Erwin. They came home byway of Ft. Wayne, expecting to take the G. R. & I. train from there, reaching here at 2:05 o’clock this morning. The train was late, however, and they did not arrive here till 6 this morning. The team will challenge Portland to a game for March. o Mrs. C. W. Wert of Peru, who has been the guest of Portland friends, wont to Decatur Friday afternoon to visit relatives enroute home. Upon her arrival at Peru she will leave for Lincoln, Neb., to make her future home. — Portland Commercial-Review.