Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1912 — Page 1

[ume X. Number 44.

IMPROVE I SYSTEM Citizens’ Telephone Co. Contracts for 1,200-Line Multiple Switchboard. TO BUILD ADDITION ■ ~ ! Lot j! Telephone Company to BsKeep Up to Times— I SIO,OOO Improvement. H Citizens’ Telephone companv b.--tfties in keeping up with the times, along with the progress in other lifts they are arranging to build an /gaßPition to their building on Monroe Ajjßfeet and install a 110,000 improved Mjrsteni. F. M. Schirmeyer, the manager and secretary, contracted with Mr. E. P. bcnater. representing the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone manufac- ; titters company of Rochester, New York for a 1,200-line multiple switchboard with an immediate equipment of 850 lines and a total capacity of 2,000 lines. This is the latest developed switchboard in tne way of multiple, visual lamp supervisory, and places in front, of each operator »he entire switch board. It has a double clearing out supervision, whereby if the subscriber rings off, never allows them to be tied up, nor can you at any time call the last subscriber, without again ringing central. The equipment also •-provides for a complete outfit in the why of a mercury rectifier power ■ board, with volt and armatures, necessary switches for charging and discharge c a duplicate set of storage batteries. To take care of this new and up-to-the-minute outfit, the present : gilding will be enlarged by the adMRicn of a twenty-foot room, the tidSont room will then be used as a rest room for the operators, while the second room will be arranged as a commodious operating room and at the rear will be long distance booths, work and storage rooms. The new- apparatus will be Installed and the entire new improvement made?it is hoped, by the 15th of April. Further improvements j will be added as soon as possible until ' the Decatur plant will equal that of ’ any city in the land. r — o STILL IN PROGRESS. Revival at Evangelical Church Shows Gocd Interest. I The revival meetings are still in progress at the Evangelical church. The interest is growing with each service. Monday evening another person camo forward and accepted . Christ. Rev. W. H. Freshley of Kendallville has again returned to assist. in ihese special services. He took fori liit- subject, "The Core of the Gospel, Eftased on St. John 3:16. He delivered a must excellent sermon, which was i Mery effective. This series of meetings will continue through the week, begining each evening at 7:30 o’clock. Next |fuuday, both morning and evening, there will be given an opportunity to Bnite with us in church fellowship. All persons who have no church home and are contemplating uniting with any of the churches of our city will be welcomed among us. We receive members either on profession of faith or by ( wurch letters. D. O. WISE, Pastor. ■ YEOMEN’S PENNY SOCIAL. lie Yeomen will give a penny social Thursday evening to which all are invied There will be a literary program and a good time. A penny admission will be charged. There will be at penny for a reserved seat, and a penny for each item of the following lunch: E Table No. I—Slice cold meat. 2 Table No. 2—Bread and butter sand wlch. | Table No. 3—Cup of coffee. I Table No. 4 Lump of sugar. I Table No. s—Spoonfuls—Spoonful of cream. ■ Table No. 6—Piece of cake. | Table No. 7—Cookie. E Table No. B—Pickle. B Table No. 9—Spoonful potato salad. I- Table No. 10 —Homemade candy. | K The Misses Beati ice Gordon and Dorjbthy Dondarro of Fort Wayne were jyusiness visitors here last evening.

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THIRTY-SIX VISITS. Made by the Truant Officer Z in the Past Week. . _l. i ( . B. Andrews, county truant offii cer, had a busy time last week, the | calls made by him from February 12 ito I, totaling 36. Os this number : twenty were madeto homes, eleven to , stores, two to the superintendent's office, and one to a trustee. The number of children kept at home during this time by parents was eleven. Two i were kept at home on account of sicki ness, three by poverty. One child who i had never attended school at any time was put in school. BITS FROM MONROE People Are Anxiously Awaiting Lecture to be Delivered by Dr. Culp. THE CHURCH DOINGS Baby Show to be Conducted in Badders Building on Next Saturday. Monroe, Ind,, Feb 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Don’t forget to at -j tend the lecture at the assembly room ! of the school house to be given by I)’’. Culp on "American Knots Split and ' L'nsplit.” Every one should hear this brilliant speaker, as he is one of the best lecturers on the road today. Dr. Culp needs no recommendation from us, as his appearance here last year, when he spoke on the “Uncrowned King," endeared him to our people, who have a warm spot in their hearts and welcome him among them whenever be desires to come, and he will always be greeted by a full house. Turn out and give him a royal reception. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Monroe M. E. church held their regular meeting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Crafts last Thursday and quite an amount of business was transacted. The annual election of officers was held and resulted as follows: President, Mrs. John Davis: vice president. Mrs. Ernst Busche: secretary, Mrs. Rena Kessler. A luncheon was served by Mr. and Mrs. Crafts and a social j time was had. The last quarterly meeting and communion service will be held at the M. E. church on next Sunday and on Mon- ■ daj morning at 10 o'clock will occur the business meeting, after which a love feast will take place, followed by a luncheon at 12:30 p. in., to be served in the basement of the church, to the official board. Rev. Beatty, district superintendent, will be present both Sunday and Monday. '■r~ — The Epworth League entertainment held here Sunday evening was largely ' attended, and the program rendered. , both vocal and instrumental, was ! highly appreciated, and was well rendered by those taking part. ; Monroe has quite a number of young people who are talented musicians, and always please their hearers 'whenever they appear in public. . ” , Notice to Mothers —There will be a baby show held here d'h next Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock. All those wishing to enter their baby in this will please report to Mrs. J. R. Badders. Mrs. Ida Hathaway of Lima, Ohio, will act as judge. At the same time and place (the J. R. Badders store room) there will be served an up-to-date supper, given by a number of ladies. Come early and get your supper and enjoy a social evening at this place. A prize is to be awarded s to the prettiest baby. Jerry Liechty left this afternoon for Woodburn, Ind., to attend a funeral of a relative to be held at that place Tuesday afternoon. Eph Lobenstine, brakeman on the G. R. & L, at the north end, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis I Lobenstine, between trains Monday afterpoon. 1 Abe Keller and Ben Brown were Ft. I Wayne callers Monday. An agreeable surprise was given 1 CONTINITCD PAGE TWO.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, February 20, 1912.

TOUR WERE HURT —. Eighteen-hour Pennsylvania Flyer Hits Freight Engine This Morning. AT MIDDLETOWN, PA. Champ Clark Was Endorsed for President by Missouri State Committee. *a, (United tress Service.) Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Railroad officials here received word that four trainmen were injured when train No. 28, the eighteen-hour flyer between Chicago and New York, crashed into a freight engine and box car at Middlei town, Pennsylvania, early today. None !of the passengers were hurt. The ’ throwing of a wrong switch is said to ■ have been the cause of the wreck. j Joplin, Mo., Feb. 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Champ Clark was endorsed for the democratic presidential nomination, and the Missouri delegation to the national convention was instructed to vote solidly for the speaker by the democratic state convention which met here today to the national convention. I Cumberland, Md., Feb. 20 —(Special |to Daily Democrat) —Within seven hours after a masked bandit held up ' Baltimore and Ohio train No. 7 near ! West Piedmont, Va., and relieved a i number of passengers of their jewI elry and valuables, valued at S6OO, at ■ the point of a revolver, Brakeman Becker was arrested here today and [ locked up in the Keyser West Va., jail ' charged with the hold-up. The money ’ and jewelry was found on Becker, it is charged by the police. — ' <>■ . —————*— A BABY GIRL. A baby girl arrived at the home of Rev. and Mrs Jones to brighten the : surroundings of their home life, and j already great is the happiness which ; has wended its way there in this man1' ner. ■ I o ; i DIED IN THE WEST 1 1 Adam Schaupp, Formerly of Beuna Vista, is Dead at Pasadena, Cal. 1 WAS KNOWN HERE News Received in a Message to Dr. J. S. Boyers—Has Relatives Here. t • Dr. J. S. Boyers this morning received a telegram from Pasadena, Cal., , which read as follows: > “Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 19. “Father died yesterday at 1:20. Been ill seven weeks. Notify relatives. “H. R. SCHAUPP.” t The above tells of the death of Ad- • am Schaupp, who was born and rearI ed at Beuna Vista. He formerly went i to school to Dr. Boyers, and is well . ■ known by many over the couqty. He , J left here about twenty years ago, since • which time he has resided in the i west, going to Pasadena about four or i five years ago, where he has been en- • gaged in grain, hay and coal business. • Hu was about fifty years of age. [ JUDGE FELT TO SPEAK. State-wide Jurist Will Address M. E. Brotherhood Here Sunday. I > Judge Edward W. Felt of the appellate court of Indiana, one of the best known men of the state, will address ■ the Methodist Brotherhood at the M. I E. church in this city next Sunday afti ernoon. Judge Felt formerly lived at ’ Greenfield, Indiana, where he practised law, served as prosecuting attorney and as judge of the Hancock circuit court. He is a polished gentleman, a splendid speaker and will give an interesting address here. All the men i of the city are most cordially Invited to hear him.

ANNIVERSARY OF BIG EXPLOSION. Wednesday, February 21st, will be the thirty-first anniversary of a big explosion in this city, in which two men lost their lives. This was the ex- ■ plosion ot the boiler in the H. W. Shackley & Company’s factory, located on the east side of First street. . east of the Madison hotel, and occurred at 2:30 o’clock, February 21, 1871. The forces of the explosion sent the boiler head into the middle of the -i street, opposite the Jacob King rcsi- I deuce. As a result of int”iobas- 1 co Burt died the same day, and Mr. Hunchey died the day following. A number of others were hurt. About sixty men -were employed at the sac- I tory. Many of the older residents of the city recall the terrible happening, 1 COURT HOUSE NEWS . i I J “Conspiracy to Steal” Case Against Gert Reynolds “John Jones.” J I IS GRINDING AWAY ) _ I I Decree of Quiet Title—Two ' New Suits Filed in Cir- , cuit Court. \ i The trial of the case growing out of 1 the indictment of Gert Reynolds and 1 “John Jones,” for conspiracy to steal, ) . which began Monday, is the chief i thing occupying the attention of the - court. The trial will probably extend t over tomorrow. Many witnesses are ) used, and at noon today, the state had I not yet concluded its evidence. 1 r i Amos P. Beatty qualified as executor I of the Albert Buhler estate, giving siuo bond. : Attorney David E. Smith filed a quiet title suit entitleu Henry Nuerge r vs. Philip Tablet et al. I I The International Harvester Co. of 1 America has brought suit against Aaron Irland, on note, demand, $75. D. B. Erwin is the plaintiff’s attorney. | I “ In the Rohrer-Miller quiet title case, a decree of quiet title to lands in suit was entered for the plaintiff; costs' adjudged against the plaintiff. In the Clara E. Felton vs. Peter Fel- ’ j ton case, complaint for support, ven--1 ued here from Wells county, Attorney ID. E. Smith enters appearance for defendant. — — ■ Realty transfers: John M. Frisinger to William M. Sudduth, lot 920, Deca- . tur, SIOOO. -1 A marriage license was issued MonI day afternoon late to Vera Rademaker, I born December 30, 1892, daughter of Cornelius Rademaker, to wed Tracy Oval Nelson, machinist, born February 6, 1892, son of Isaac Clark Nelson. T. H. Baltzell asked to be released ’ as bondsman from the SSOO bond given by Will Ward to answer to the charge of conspiracy to commit grand lar--1 ceny, and at the time of going to press Mr. Ward was still hunting a bondsman. • | Smith Stevens, guardian of John - George Brown, filed surrent report, t which was allowed. 1 > 1 The current report of Lydia Dou- » nelly, guardian of Mathias Donnelly, ■ et al., was allowed. MR. COLLINS IN CHARGE. Ray Collins of New Castle, who arrived Monday afternoon, is now in charge of the Baughman five and ten cent store, recently purchased by the . Morris company of Bluffton, and will serve as manager of the local store. N. F. Rihoton of Columbia City, who is -a general manager of all the Morris t stores, is here also for a few weeks, 3 >. sisting in getting started off right . and assisting in several changes to - be made in the store. Miss Effie Milt ler, who has been an assistant clerk on 1 Saturdays and other special days, bes gan work this morning as regular t clerk, serving with Miss Grace Purdy, i. who has been a clerk for the Baugh- - mans five years. Mr. Rhoton formerly 1 conducted a store at Columbia City 1 and Mr. Collins was an assistant manager of the Morris store at Newcastle.

ASSESSING BASIS c Adopted bv County Assessors in January Meet at , Indianapolis to be ;! ; I FOLLOWED THIS YEAR < r -- - Valuation on Horses, Stock and Otherwise, Are Here t Below Given. I Resolutions, adopted by the Janu-1 ary meeting of the county assessors of Indiana with the State Board of Tax Commissioners, outline taxation , policies to be followed by county and township assessors in the assessment of property this year. j The proposed valuation of horses, ponies and mules follows: First 'class roadsters, $l5O to $200; teams of roadsters, $350 to $450; farm horses, SIOO to $150; 2-year-olds, $75 tn $100; 1-year-olds, SSO to $75; registered stallions, SSOO to $5,000; registered mares, $400; graded stallions, S2OO to $400; race horses, SSOO upwards; Shetland ' ponies, $75 to $125; Shetland colts, $25 .to S4O; jacks. $250 to $500; first-class mules, SIOO to $150; 2-year-old mules, $75 to $100; yearlings, SSO to $75. Other assessments on stock were | recommended as follows: Registered! bulls, SSO upward; registered cows, | S4O upward; common cows, S2O to 40; I all kinds stock and fat cattle at mar-1 ket price, March 1, 1912; registered ! sheep, $lO to S2O; fat sheep and lambs, market price, March 1; all other sheep, > $4 to $10; goats, $1 to $6; registered | hogs, $lO and upward; common brood 1 sows, $8 to sls; fat hogs, market price,' March 1; poultry, $3 a dozen; fine! blooded poultry, $2 a single bird and ! upward; turkeys. $5 a dozen. i Assessors are instructed to make an I inventory of each piece of machinery ' used in factories and mills and sub-1 mit the same with the assessment with ; the county board of review. County assessors are to furnish township assessors with an itemized list of all farm implements and machinery and ■ the market price of each piece. QUIETLY MARRIED Vera Rademaker and Tracy Nelson Take Nuptial Vows Last Evening AT THE PARSONAGE' Os Ft. Wilken-Will Reside ! i in Ft. Wayne Where the Groom is Employed. Monday evening at 7 o’clock at the St. Mary's Catholic parsonage occur ; red the wedding of Miss Vera Rade- ! maker and Mr. Tracy O. Nelson, the' Rev. H. T. Wilken officiating. The wedding was a very quiet one, witnesses being the bride’s sister and busband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ehinger i ! Immediately after the ceremony, the j bridal party repaired to the home ol : Mr. and Mrs. Ehinger, where a recep-1 tion and luncheon was given, being attended by the members of the immediate families. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will leave this week for Fort Wayne, where they will make their home, the groom being employed as a machinist at the electric light works. The bride is a highly estimable and very popular young lady, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rademaker, and the groom is a well known young man, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nelson. Very many good wishes will go with the young couple to their new home. POSTOFFICE CLOSED THUnSDAY. - ; On account of Washington’s birth- , day being a legal holiday the postof- . flee will be closed all day, except from i 8 to 9 o'clock, and both city and ru- . ral mail carriers will take a vacation - on Thursday, February 22nd. J LENT-N SERVICES WEDNESDAY. ' Lenten services at the Reformed r church Wednesday at 7:30. Services ( - in English. Subject, “Why Men For . sake Christ.”

SEQUESTERED TAXES. Over $12,0000,000 Dug Up in State, of Which $77,219 Was in Adams. County assessors from ninety of the ninety-two counties of the state have reported to the state board of tax commissioners that $12,621,950.50 in sequestered taxables was placed on the county tax duplicates during 1911. Brown and Starke counties were the only ones which did not report any such taxables listed. The largest aiiiount reported was in Cass County, where the total amounted to $2,500,000. | The amount reported from Wells coun ty was $50,415; Adams $77,219; Blackford, $52,960; Huntington, $117,500; and Jay, $50,000. PAINFUL INJURIES i Samuel Cook While Cutting Timber is Painfully Hurt , by Flying Piece. WAS BROUGHT HERE 1 I Where His Wounds Were I Dressed—Five Stitches Necessary. II * Samuel Cook, a young man of this' j city, and a son of Daniel Cook, the ; well known painter, was painfully ini jured Monday afternoon while he was working in the timber about nine. I i miles from the city. He had gone to | the scene of the work a mile south j of Tocsin with his companions in the ■ morning and had worked during the j day felling trees. In the afternoon he I cut a good-sized tree, which in falling lodged across a sapling, bending it to , j the ground. In trimming off the i branches of the tree he inadvertantly I cut the base of the sapling, which be- | ing under severe strain, sprang up at. I the end. catching Mr. Cook in the face,, 1 cutting entirely through the cheek. The upper lip was split and the wound ran up the side of the nose fully an inch and a half. His brother-in-law, William Johnson, ; at once hitched up a team and drove Cook to this city, where he was taken to the office of Dr. J. M. Miller, where the wound was treated, it taking five stitches to close it properly. He made his way home, but it is reported that he is unable to eat anything . on account of the severe pain inflicted i iby any movement of the face. Con- j | siderable time will be necessary for j | his complete recovery. n — PAID IN FULL COMING. I Mr. Bosse, manager of the Borse op-! era house, announces that he has made i arrangements with the manager of the great American play, “Paid in Full,” | ior an appealiiiiee here on Tuoadny, I February 27, at the opera house. Mr. [ I Bosse announces this as his season’s , I best offering and would like to have j you patronize this attraction as he has J had to pay a big guarantee to get this company to play a date here and guarantees it to give fine satisfaction. | Mr. Bosse is trying to give the pubi lie good shows, the best on the road, land will have to have the public support him and give him good houses, for if he does not he will not be able ito get any more big attractions. The ■ large companies that carry all their I own scenery and good casts have to Ido good business, and to get these ( companies the managers of the opera i houses have to guarantee these com--1 panies large sums of money. And after a manager succeeds in geeting them the patrons should appreciate this fact and turn out and see the good shows, for if they don’t get the i good business it will be Impossible to ■ get any more of them. The public ic demanding good attractions and ! they should be liberally patronized ait!l er the manager gets them. “Paid in 'Full” has been in New York at the Astor theater for two years and in Chicago at the Grand opera house for seven months. And was pronounced by all the critics to be the best play of ■ the kind, and those that miss the op- ■ portunity of seeing this great play will, 1 miss the dramatic treat of the season. ATTENTION, EAGLES! I There will be a called meeting of the Eagles on Thursday evening, at 1 which time all members are expected to be on hand for the business to come up before the lodge By order of I SECRETARY.

Price, Two Cents.

CATTLE RUSTLERS Wild and Woolly West Case Reported in Tipton Co.— Former Adams Man WAS A RUSTLER It is Claimed—William Griswold Formerly of Pleasant Mills Accused. “Cattle Rustling’ ’ is supposed to be j confined to the "wild and wooly west,” but a case is reported in this stale — Tipton county, in which William Griswold, who, until four years ago was a resident or near Pleasant Mills, this I county, is alleged to be one of the rustlers, who have been rounded up. The Tipton Weekly Times says: “William Griswold, twenty-four, and ' Alva Wilson, twenty-seven, residing on ! the Tipton-Howard county line, are prisoners in the jail here, charged with ’ cattle rustling, the first offense of the ; kind since the anti-horse thief society became effective. ’ The men aie charged with having on the night of January 26th driven away from the farm of W. S. (“Tebe") : Kelley, in Prairie township, Tipton county, near Sharpsville, two valuable steers. The cattle were driven during the night to Forest, just west of Russiaville on the Clover Leaf line, I where they were sold to a cattle er, who was making ready to ship that morhing. The men arrived shortly after daybreak, disposed of the steers and within a few hours the cattle were on their way to the slaughter pens at Indianapolis. Mr. Kelly traced them to Kokomo. Captain Hartgrove, N. F. Veach and Nelson Hanna, representing the Howard county horse thief society, made s the arrests, and for ?. time there was an appearance that the young men with a liking for others’ cattle were going to back up their characters as desperadoes and make trouble. “Both men are single and both made a show of resistance when placed under arrest. They were found at the home of kinspeople and the houses surrounded. Wilson was taken as he made a dash to escape from a rear door. Griswold was found hidden in a closet at his home. He.had a Colts' j 55 revolver strapped to him and at ' one time threatened to use it. “Griswold was handcuffed by the officers and on the way to the jail the key to the hapdeuff was lost. No key ■ could be found and the greater part ' of the morning was spent in filing the links loose. I “The prisoners were turned over to ! Sheriff Beck on the arrival of the 1 10:30 o'clock car last night and placed 'in jail. They deny their guilt, but thfl horse thief detectives declare that ! there is a clear case against them, j They have been working on the vari- . ous clews Lora month or more. “Wilson was convicted once in Howard county for stealing a watch and I was under parole for three years. His j parole expired about a year ago. Kel ; ly thinks that be will be able to de--1 scribe thoroughly the animals so that the dealer to whom they were sold I will recognize them from the descrip tion. ■ | “It has been some time since there • was a call for the amateur officers, > | who by the way, are exceedingly efficient ones, when they want to start i out on the track of the horse thieves in this county. I “Mr. Kelly and son were here today ; and were almost positive as to the i identification of the cattle from the • description given by the dealer al • Forest. He will be here to see the ) men and identify them. Relatives of ■ the accused were expected to appear I in their behalf this afternoon.” o - RETURN TO OHIO. . I B. F. Booker and family, who for thrree years have been residents of this county, Mr. Booker purchasing the Arthur Fisher farm west of this city, will leave Thursday for Pittsburg, 0., . where they win reside. Mr. Booker sold his farm here to Mr. Leonard of Illinois. Pittsburg, Ohio, was the, : Bookers’ former home, and the family growing homesick for their old surroundings and friends, decided to return there. Their many friends made here will regret to have them leave. Mr. Booker will keep in touch with them, however, by reading the Demoocrat.