Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 49.

WILL MOVE ■TO MICHIGAN I Res lutions Passed With but ggOne Dissenting Vote to | Move Motor Factory. TO GRAND RAPIDS New Company Incorporated E— Stockholders and Creditors Cared for. — B'lhfb ,'i business men, loyal ! .-r.-i forfoet atur, who have and still ex E poet to do everything in their power to bet’er this community, this morning voted lor a resolution that tlie Decatur Motor ('ar company be sold to the Grand Raprds Motor Car company, accepting as payment therefor stock equal to that held here, In the new company They did so because they belteye it the best thing for the creditors, the community and the stockhold ers tlemeelves. Every local stockhold- ' er was either present or represented and the vote was unanimous, with one exception The history of the Decatur Motor Car company and the Coppock Motor ,Car company is well known to most of our readers. Over a troublesome existence of some five years, the two companies have traveled along to that point where they have perfected one of the best motor trucks on the market. No one disputes that fact. It has cos- a large amount of money to do so. Now they have come to the place where with capital they can manufacture the car at a profit, but tbit Capital could not be obtained he M. E. Brackett, as president and mai ager'of the company for seventeen months, has done everything in his to finance the concern and k»the factory here. It was simply impossible. For months the Grand Ranids4»oa:d of commerce has been inn - ttgaun the industry and assisted and K prodded by Mr. Brackett, the latter acting, however, we confidently believe. in the best interests of the Decatur • stockholders and creditors. the deal has been put through. A comHKny, known as the Grand Rapids MoBor company, with $250,000 common ■stock, and $350,000 preferred stock, ■was last week incorporated and adopt- [ cd a resolution to take over the DecaI tnr plant, issue to each present stockK holder the same amount of stock in fc the new company, assume all liabilities Kilt to debts, move the factory to that E. city and push the sale of the Coppock truck. If the move had not been made the end of the company, and fc'pcrhai s a failure, on which the cred citors would not realize a hundred cents ■ cn Be dolla- and the stockholders . nothing. With the company becoming Jin. part of the Grand Rapids company thsy become solvent, pay a hundred cents on the dollar to creditors and .■jnako the stack valuable. We say the stock will be valuable and we believe it. [ln the new company, besides John Judge Merryman and other men, there are twetdy big men. iALding not less than ten millionfffijge--, who sav that if the $150,000 now put In I* not cnou-h they will in as much again or more. The was passed and this aft'”nr.< i a meeting is being held with the Crrßitors It is believed that the rnaHBrn”will be shipped to Grand Rapthis week. The deal, so far as all Ifeto are concerned, rs a good one unthe circumstances, and Mr. I’.r.e the credit tor inning well his duties. It is perbans Wtural under present conditions for tfD; ■ who do not understand all the and outs to offer complaint tint! ftfld fault, and it is for this reason, ■Bfcbtg with the fact that our people are HMit it led to know- just how matters Hfcnd that this full story of the affair 4c published. The real estate now nt ■ HMmiicd by the motor company and Kflr °ed them under a contract with Bjk old Commercial club, will, it is beaUet'etl, revert to tho clubhand can lw Mbed to secure some new enterprise is believed that all the difficulties Will be ironed out and that no further tto ible will he experienced in moving the factory. T — o ■M. E. Brackett, who has been at Rapids, Mich , for several days BW””. looking after some important Business returned some Sunday.

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“PAID IN FULL” GOOD. Good-sized Audiences Witness Production at the Grand. Baid in Full" was presented before two gooc-sized audiences at the Grand Saturday afternoon and night and the play scored its usual success. 1 he company Is a good one and well balanced. The play will hold the boards at the same theater Sundaynight, while the Elks’ memorial services will occur in the afternoon.—Dubuque Daily Tinies, Dubuque, lowa. Sunday, Dec. 3, 1911. "Paid in Full” will appear at the Bosse opera house Tuesday, February 27th. COURT HOUSE NEWS Jesse Burnett Appointed Guardian of Ralph Burnett and Other Wards. i A NEW CASE FILED ■ Transcript in Provoke Case Against John Hendricks Filed in Court. Jesse H. Burnett qualified as guardian of Ralph Burnett et al., and gave SSOO bond. Peterson & Moran as attorneys for James E. Moser have filed suit against the Decatur Motor Car Co., on account, S2OO. In the matter of the William E. Schwartz will probate petition, a demurrer was filed by A. Gottschalk, executor. Exceptions to objections to probate were filed by Isaac Williamson et al. W. V. Buckmaster, administrator, vs. Jennie Evaus et al. Report of sale of notes and mortgage filed, report of sale approved and sale confirmed. Anna 1. Laman, administratrix of the Samuel J. Laman estate, filed inventory of personal propertv whichl court approved. Upon petition she was also granted authority to carry cut and perform contract for purchase of real estate from DeWitt C. Zimmerman, and to pay the balance of pur- ; chase monqy thereunder, and on the terms thereof, and take a deed in names of Anna I. Laman, Christena ’ N. Laman and Nevah E. Laman, as ; tenants in common, said deed to be taken subject to the mortgage thereon in favor of the Union Central Life Insurance company. i Hollingsworth vs. Botkins, replevin and damages. Case dismissed, costs paid. Marriage license: Amanda Neuhauser. born October, -892, daughter of John Neuhauser of French township, to wed Noah E. Schlotzhauer, farmer, of French township, born March 25, 1884, son of Adam Schlotzhauer. Real estate transfers: Martha' Anise McKean to Frederick W. Busch-1 er, 20 acres, Washington tp., $2200; I Nelson H. May to Henry F. Lee. 3 acres, Union tp., $800; Daniel O. Roop to Peter Myer, 5 acres, Washington tp., $3000; Jacob Baker to Bertha .'.lcscbherger, 80 acres, Monroe tp.,» SBOOO. Andrew Gottschalk, administrator of the Louise Frank estate, filed petition to sell bank stock, and personal property at private sale. The current report of Wilfred S. Smith, guardian of Wilda Ray et al, was allowed. The current report of Caroline Z. Sprunger, guardian of Carl H. Sprunger et al. was allowed. S. Barger vs. John IL Koenig et al., on note. Rule to answer absolute in five days. ( The Bank of Tocsin vs. Ernest Gallmeyer et al., note. Rule to answer absolute in 5 days. • The transcript and papers in the case of the State vs. John Hendricks, 1 lor provocation, were filed in court, coming from the court of Elmer E. Freedline, Wabash township justice, /'O<TINT~CT' FAGF TWO.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening. z February 26, 1912.

DILLON IS GUILTY . Says the Lagrange County 1 1 t Jury, of Manslaughter— Is Charged \Vith !i MURDER OF WIFE ’ A Former Monroeville Woman, Whom He is Accused of Poisoning. I George W. Dillon, of Mongo, husj band of the former Monroeville woman, whom he was accused of mur- . dering, was found guilty of man'slaughter Saturday evening at 5:45 o’clock by the Lagrange county jury, l ester having deliberated for two hours and thirty minutes. The punishment | is imprisonment for from two to twen-ty-one years at Michigan City Judge i Erwin of Fort. Wayne, formerly of ■ this city, was the defendant's counsel. A new trial will be asked. | The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette | gives the following story of the ' crime of which the aged man is ac--1 cused, which followed a visit to Mon roeville, Allen county, the principals being well known in this county: “The crime of killing his wife, a Monroeville woman, by giving her strychnine, for which Dillon was convicted, was committed in their humble home at Mongo, Lagrange county. I Indiana, September 26, 1911. The de-j fendant and his wife had been visit- 1 ing in the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. W. Sweeney, in Monroeville, Mrs. Dillon returned to Mongo Saturday, September 23rd, and Mrs. Dillon came three days later, bringing with her a j box of quinine capsules, which had been given to her by her son-in-law, CONTINcrro wi* page TWO COAL STRIKE NEAR Anthracite Coal Operators Threaten to go on Strike in New York. — MANY BULLETS FLY Lawrence, Mass., Still the i Scene of Shooting Riots This Morning. (United Pres; Service.) ; New York, N. Y„ Feb. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—For the first time in nine years mere appears to ■ be danger of a strike that will involve j anthracite coal fields. Tomorrow the ' anthracite coal operators, headed by George F. B. Baer, and the heads of the various district unions of the United Mine Workers of America, will meet here to consider wage increases land shorter hours, and other demands ' made by the union men. Today both 'sides held preliminary meetings. i j I Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat) -George H. Harris, former Terre Haute National bunk cashier, was accidentally killed at Rockj’ Ford, Colo., according to a . telegram from the dead man's wife to- ' day. The latter is bringing the body here for burial. No details of the death were given. Lawrence, Mass.. Feb. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Riotous scenes in which one man was shot, scores were injured, and fifty arrests of men and women made, occurred here today,’ following a scooting affair in the ' Italian districts. The police version of the affair is that a squad of fifteen jiolicemen was passing a tenement house when a window was thrown 1 open and a hand holding a revolver was thrust out. A shot was fired and another window was raised, and a hand holding a revolver was put forth. I A second shot was fired, and then the police began shooting at the windows. Ffty or more bullets rattled against the windows and doors of the tenement house. I Since the snow has been melting away the interurban cars have resumed their regular three-hour schedule and are making the trips between this city and Fort Wayne without a hitch.

GOES TO CHICAGO. Fred Vaughn'and family, who for the past five months have been making their home at Hamilton, Ohio, where Mr. Vaughn has been employed as linotype operator for the Republican News, returned home Saturday evening for an ever Sunday visit with relatives, Mr. Vaughn tendered his resignation at Hamilton on Thursday I last, to take up a much better one at Chicago, which was offered him to I take up and he accepted. He left |on the early morning train for that 1 place and from now on will follow the same line for a large magazine house. BACK TO STATES Mrs. Morrison and Daughter Come from Oaxaca, Mexico, to Florida. REVOLUTION THERE I Is Driving Americans Back to States—Arrived Saturday in Texas. There seems to be a great hegira of Americans from Mexico, where the revolution has placed things in a critical condition. Among those leaving are Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison and daughter, Mrs. Richard Wallace, anil babe, who have arrived at San Antonio, Texas, on tneir way to Coronada, Fla., where they will join Mrs. Morrison’s sister and brother. Miss Hattie and Mr. David Studebaker. Such was the news of a telegram received Saturday evening by thei” sister, Mrs. Joan Niblick, of this city, announcing their safe arrival at San Antonio. A briel letter, hurriedly written by Mrs. Morrison, from Mexico City, last week, arrived Saturday and brought the first news of their coming to the United States. Mrs. Morrison and son-in-law. Dick Wallace and family,) have been residing at Oaxaca, Mexico, many hundred miles south oi Mexico City, where they have mining interests. It was not feared at 'first that the revolution would affect their stay there, but it is now’ thought that conditions have become worse than feared at first and that this is the cause of their unexpected coining to the United States. Mrs. Morrison s letter stated that they arrived in Mexico City Sunday of lasi week, and while there met Mr. and Mrs. William Wilder of Handley, Texas, who were on their way to Oaxaca, Mexico, to vasit them. Mrs. Wilder, who is a daughter of Mrs. JCate ('hamper of (his city, was Miss Rose Champer before her marriage, and is a cousin of Mrs. Morrison. Meeting thus at Mexico City, and finding it not advisable to return to Oaxaca, all came on through to Texas, the Wilders returning to tbeir home. Mrs. Morrison and daughter will go to Florida to meet her brother -and sister, as the sudden change from the warm climate of Mexico, to that of Indiana in the dead of winter would not be advisable. Mr Wallace is still at Oaxaca. On account of the large number of Americans leaving Mexico at this time, the Morrison party could not obtain a sleeper until Thursday of last week, hence the delay in leaving Mexico City. n SUNDAY’S ADDRESSES. The men’s meeting held at the Methodist church Bunday afternoon at 3 o'clock was a great success, there being nearly three hundred men in attendance, despite the very’ bad waather. Hon. Edward W. Felts, judge of the appellate court, gave the address of the afternoon and It is said that it was one of the best studied lectures given here for some time. The interest in the subject never lagged and the convincing statements were eagerly accepted by’ the audience. In the evening Rev. R. L. Semans gave the first of a series of addresses to young men, it being the subject of “The Young Man and His Capital The address was introduced by Professor E. E. Rice of the public schools. The subject for discussion upon next Sunday night will be “TYie Young Man and His Business,’’ and will be also Introduced by another laymen. Quite a number of young people were present at the evening meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth Rademaker, who has been seriously ill, is much better, and is again able to be up.

AS THE SECRETARY Dr. C. B. Wilcox Will Return to Decatur as Secretary of Sugar Co. MR. HUBBARD COMING Will Arrive Here- Wednesday of This Week and Will Occupy Van Camp Home. Dr. C. B. Wilcox will return to Decatur as secretary of the Decatur branch of the Holland-St.Louis Suga? company. He will begin his duties here as soon as the new office building is completed, wjjich w ill be in the early summer. Dr. Wilcox was formerly pastor of the Methodist church here, moving from here to St. Louis, Mich., a few years ago .where he has since been in the newspaper work, owner and editor of the St. Louis Independent. He will dispose of his business there and move here. Mr. F. H. Hubbard, manager of the new sugar plant here, will arrive in j Decatur with his family on Wednesday’ of this week. They will occupy the Vanpamp home on First street. Mt. Hubbard will take active charge of the work here, representing the Holland-St. Louis company. The high water pending at this time threatens to cause some loss of time on the work at the sugar site. So far there has been no serious damage | and unless the thaw comes too rapidly I there will be none. The men on the j | job are doing all they can to keep the : water within the river banks, and if | given anything like an even show they ■ will do so. Q CLOSES PASTORATE Rev. J. M. Dawson Preached Last Sermons as Pastor of Local Christian Church. DID GREAT WORK Church Greatly Upbuilt— Leaves This Week to Conduct Revival. The Rev. J. M. Dawson Sunday closed a most successful twenty months' pastorate here, as pastor of the local Christian church, preaching his last sermons as such Sunday morning and evening to large audiences. The Rev i Dawson resigned four weeks ago, and his congregation, loath to have him go. presented him a petition signed by fully ninety-five per cent of the membership, asking him to remain. Hs had looked at the matter, however, from every point of view, and believing that his field lay in other places, could not reverse his decision made in the resignation. He leaves with the very best wishes of all. His family will remain here for a while, but the Rev. Dawson will probably leave Saturday tv conduct a revival servI ice before taking up his work as pastor of a regular charge. During his stay here his work tins been a great cne, the church being built up in all departments. The members of his family were great co-operators with I him in the work, and all will be great | ly missed. The Rev. Dawson will leave Saturday of this week for Andrews, located six miles west of Huntington, where he will conduct a three or four weeks' evangelistic meeting. MORRISONS ARE COMING HOME. .Word has been received here that Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison, her daughter, Mrs. Dick Wallace, and the baby, with an Indian nurse, are now on their way to the states. The turmoil in Mexico has made it unsafe for Americans and the Decatur people will return home. They will stop at Coron ida, Fla., for a few weeks, where they will join Miss Hattie and Mr. D. E. Studabaker and later will return here for a residence of some time at least.

PAPER BAG COOKING. j High School Students Have Novel Lesson Today. The high s< hool girls had a novel j lesson today at the gas office, under ; the direction of Mrs. Stella Phillips, the I domestic science teacher, taking \p I the new paper bag cooking. Fish and I apples were cooked in the bags and | the girls also had an excellent lesson lon the proper way to bone fish. The food cooked in paper bags is said tc retain all the flavor, juices, etc., and an added inducement to this cooking, is the doing away with unsanitary and greasy pans, kettles, etc. MEET AT GENEVA I Southern Adams and Northern Jay Counties to Hold Institute There on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28 Excellent Program Outlined for the Day and Many Will Attend from Here. The annual Geneva farmers' insti- | tute will be held at the Coliseum»®n Wednesday of this week, and the program' outlined for the day promises to be one of rare interest and which means the assurance of a large attendI ance. Several able speakers are on | the day’s program, and with the varI ious other numbers to be rendered j will make it the best ever rendered. J. P, Prigg of Dalesville and Mrs. Flora M. Meeks, of Parker, will be the state speakers, while they will be assisted with local people to make the day's outline as complete as could be. The following will be the program for |the day: Forenoon Session. Song—U. B. Choir. Prayer—Rev. O. V. L. Harbour. Welcome Address —Silas W. Hale.. Scripture Reading—Rev. W. L. Wai-1 de. Talk —“Corn Culture” —J. P. Prigg. Sola —Miss Vivian Hale. Talk—" The Dairy Farm”—Flora M , Meeks. Appointment of Committees. Afternoon Session. Song—High School Quartet. Talk —“Breeding and Feeding of | Farm Aninfals” —J. P. Prigg. Talk—" Orchard Culture” —I. N. j I Macklin. Piano Duet —Misses Vivian Hale | and Dorcas Kuntz. Talk —“Woman’s Part on the Farm” ; —Flora M. Meeks. Report of Committees. Evening Session. Song—High School. Talk —“Should agriculture be | Taught in the Public Schools?”—Prof. I Griffey of the Geneva Schools. Talk —“What Does it Mean to be a Good Housckeepei Mrs. Flora M. Meeks. Piano Duet Misses Carrie Lindsey and Louise Maddox. Vocal Music. Talk —"Why Do We Educate Our Children?” —Professor Roop. Closing Song. ASK HIS RETURN. i Portland Evangelical Church Wants Rev. Roop for Another Year. By a unanimous vole of tho official board of the Portland Evangelical church Thursday evening, it was decided to ask that the present pastor, Rev. E. R. Roop, be continued In his present charge. The conference will meet this year in Dayton. Ohio, Aprs 4th. Special revival services are yet in progress at the Evangelical church. The sixth week will end Sunday, witli fourteen conversions and one now seeking pardon. Special services will be held Sunday evening, when it is | expected that an additional number i will unite with the church. The con gregation extends a welcome to all. — j Portland Commercial-Review. BLUFFTON FURNACES ARE DEAD. I Word from Bluffton this morning | was to the effect that the Wabash riv-■ er Is on a rampage there and that the | water has backed up, filling all the; sewers, doing much damage in the; cellars of many of the homes and making furnace fires an impossibility. So far Decatur lias suffered no serious effects from the high waters.

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AGED MAN DEAD Ward Cline, for Many Years a Well Known Man of the City, Passed Away ON SUNDAY MORNING At Age of 76—Adams County Resident 33 Years— Funeral Thursday. The well known face of ’Ward Me Nier Cline, familiarly and lovingly known to all his acquaintances as “Daddy" Cline, will be seen no more in our midst, death having removed i thiis well known resident early’ Sunday morning, having passed away at | 4 o’clock at his home on High street. Mr. Cline, at death, was seventy-six ; years, six months and seventeen | days of age. For the past three or i four months he had been ailing with I a complication of diseases, superinI duced by the burden of his many | years, but. he had been able to be up I the greater part of the time, until tho last few days, when he became i bedfast. Mr. Cline was a native of Green | county, Ohio, where he was born August 8, 1835. He was the son of Jacob Cline, a well known man of that 1 county. Mr. Cline resided in Green I county the first forty-three years of his life, and in young manhood was married to Miss Elizabeth Shaner of J that place, the wedding occurring April 9, 1863. Thirty-three years ago Mr. Cline and his family came to this county, and settled on a farm south ' of this city near the St. Paul church, where they lived ten years. They then came to this city, and lived in 1 the west part of Decatur for a year, ■ then taking up their residence on j High street, where the remainder of the last twenty-two years of Mr. i Cline’s life was spent Mr. Cline was j an employee of the Krick & Tyndall ' company the greater part of his life, here, and had a wide acquaintanee- ! ship, being held in the highest esteem ■of all. For "the past few years, when ■ the burden of his years became more heavy, he lead a retired life, and his ' familiar presence on the streets with the older ones of his acquaintance was a welcome one. He was a man lof many good qualities, and he will ; be sadly missed. Mr. Cline is survived by the sorrowing widow and four children: Abbie, wife of Henry Lichtenstiger: Curtisi Cline, of this city; Caleb Cline, of Mojline, BL, and Laura, wife of Clarence Baxter, of Fort Wayne. A daughter, I Ida May, has preceded him in death. | One sister, Mrs. Sarah Jane Beal, of i Port Williams, Ohio, also survives. | she being the last one of the family ! of several children of Jacob Cline. The funeral will be held Tuesday I afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Christian church, the Rev. J. M. Dawson I officiating, and interment will take place in Maplewood cemetery •‘LOT OF ’EM SHET UP.” I! L. Conter, deputy secretary of state, has discovered one “oldest inhabitant’ who acknowledged that this winter has been the severest he ever I experienced. The "inhabitant" lives i in Putnam county and visited the office of the secretary of state when the wintry winds were al their severest, “I’ve lived nigh on to seventy year jin Indiany,” declared the visitor, ‘most of the time in Putnam county, i but I ain’t never seen any worse winter than this one. Some of the boys down about Greencastle have been tryin’ to tell me they was a worse winter 'long in the airly forties or thereabouts, but I disremember it, an’ I don’t believe they rickolist it, either. ’ They s a lot o’ them as won't never acknowledge anything nowadays as quite ns bad or quite as good as it was in the airly days, but I ain’t one o’ ; them. This winter’s shet up a lot o' them, though.”—lndianapolis News. - DAMAGED STOCK. Fred Schaub was having troubles of hie own today, owing to water damage which occurred Sunday night. A plate glass which is broken in tne front, allowed water to enter, and caused some aluminum and nickel ware to become damaged, and the heavy load of snow on the roof caused the water to percolate through the roof and damaged some implements which were stored in the upper story.