Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1912 — Page 1

I ■Volume X. Number 59.

[WABASH LIMITED ■Near West Lebanon Strikes Broken Rail and Plunges Into Red Creek. ■three WERE KILLED ■No Proofs Will Have to be Shown of Discovery of Pole by Amundson. W; West Lebanon, Ind., Mar. S—(Spec- ' Hjal to Daily Democrat)—Three per<<>i,> g®are dead, r.ve seriously injured and I®"I'* 1 '*'‘ six ot!le,f hurt, -s the tell today E®>t the wreck of the Wabash ContinetigHtal Limited, No. 1, westbound passenf® ger train ,ate Thurstla >’ The train is to have struck a split rail §H"'est of ,his city and ,lle entire train. hyßwith the exception of the engine and ■tender, tumbled over a thirty-foot ■ into Redwood creek. The fifth ■ death resulted today when Henry S®Green, colored chef, died. His head : '® was badly crushed and his body scald®d, when the ill-fated train plunged • into ’stream. Representatives of the H Indiana railroad commission arrived |Bkere shortly before noon today and at • once began an investigation of the IB catastrophe. Tl;e train was t unning at H the rate of fifty miles an hour at the ■■time of the wreck in an effort to make SB up an hour and forty minutes lost jH time, according to a report. ■ Ixtndon, Eng., Mar. B—(Special to • Daily Democrat)—No question of an ' j reef” so far as Captain Amundsen M is concerned, regarding the discovery ■ of the south when he reaches ■ home, according to a dispatch to the ■ London Daily Express today. The ■ captain landed from Hobart, Tasma- ■ nia, for a-brief period today, but refus- ■ ed to make any statement of this ■ achievement. j London, Eng., Mar. B—(Special to ■ Daily Democrat) —A riot resulted in ■ Holloway prison today when the warfl dens of the prison ordered the suf- ■ fragists, recently confined there, as ■ a result of their window- smashing, to ■ retire to the robing room, take a bath K and put on the prison clothing. The ■ suffragists refused to go and a con--11 flict resulted between the women offl- ■ cials and the suffragists, in which two 3 of the prison officials had tneir cloth- | ing completely torn off their bodies. • Fetters had to be used to subdue the rioting women and compell them to I obey the prison rules. ATTENDED MONROE CONCERT, Fred Jaberg, Charles Teeple and Cal Peterson went to Monroe Thursday evening, where they attended the lecture coure number given by the high school of that town. The number was I given by Washington Brothers, a colored quartet, and included nineteen numbers, with several encores. The concert was given in the auditorium o fthe new high school building and 1 was attended by about four hundred, who declare it was one of the best entertainments ever. . Mr. and Mrs. Chester Johnson and two children, who drove to Monroe Thursday evening to attend the lecture course number, had an exciting experience near the Coffee school house, two and a half miles south of the city, when they turned aside in the road into a snow drift. Their buggy upset and the occupants were' thrown out but uone hurt. A TRYING MONTH FOR BIRDS. Don’t forget to feed the woodpeckers during the cold winter months, es- • pecially during March, when food for the birds is scarce. A pieqe of suet or meat, tacked to a convenient tree, will soon call several pairs of feathered guests to dine; and they will more than repay the trouble of tacking yp the suet, by diligently searching every crack and crevice in the bark of all nearby trees for eggs and larvae of insects which would injur*’ the trees. Downy woodpeckers, nothatches and chickadees will come in plenty, with an occasional hairy woodpecker. It is estimated that every day, a single woodpecker, will devour hundreds of insect eggs. If we were careful to protect and feed these natural protectors of our trees, we should have less'spraying to do every year, and thus by a little forethought many dollars might be saved.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

, SHARE OF TROUBLE. In Faylor-Studabaker Case of Wells County. ' Ihe minutes of the state appellate court at Indianapolis for Wednesday' j states that the appellee's petition was 1 let used fqr an advance on the docket ' for an earlier hearing than it will get I in its regular course, the Studabaker-' Faylor case, appealed from Adams county, after the heirs of Catherine Faylor had won for the second time in the circuit court. This means that the case must taek its regular course in the higher court The property in . litigation is the big farm north of Bluffton which Catherine Faylor deeded to D. D. Studabaker, and which ' deed her heirs are seeking to set aside. —Bluffton News. COURT HOUSE NEWS Stnker-Myers Foreclosure Suit on Trial in the Circuit Court. THE AYERS CASE Will be Tried Monday—Tobin Granted Defense as a Poor Person. Edward Tobin, charged with committing rape on thirteen-year-old Florence Counts, appeared in court this momng and applied for leave to plead and defend as a poor person. This was sustained and I). E. -Smith appointed counsel for Tobin, all officers of the ourt to serve without charge. C. D. Kunkel, executor of the John Woy estate, filed proof of publication md posting of of sale of real 'state: appraisement filed, also additional bond tiled and approved. Re-1 port of sale of real estate comprising forty acres in Root township to Fred Mutschler for $2,000 was filed and approved, the sale confirmed, deed ordered, reported and approved. Mary Shaw vs. Harvey Shaw, divorce. Default of defendant. Appearance by prosecuting attorney for defendant. Rule to answer. Answer filed. Henry Gerke vs. William Fledderjohann et al., on note. Joint an-, swer in two paragraphs filed by defendants. Rule to reply to second paragraph. Martha E. Ahr filed final report as administrator of the estate of her ■ mother, the late Mary A. Ahr, and Saturday, March 20th. was the day set ! for the final hearing. The final report of Susan J. Butler, guardian of Ethel May Butler, was approved and the guardian discharged. — Nola Tinkham et al. vs. L. Walter; Hakes et al., partition; appraisement' of real estate filed. Real estate Lxnsfers: Edward Marschand to Henry Erxlehen, 80 acres, Preble tp., $11,100; Edwin J. Ahr to Straus Bros. Co., realty in Union tp., $14,000; Straus Bros. Co. to Henry F. Beckmeyer, realty in Washington tp., $5,241.25; Edwin F. Miller to Straus Bros. Co., 160 acres, St. Mary s tp., $16,000. While here Wednesday Judge J. T. Merryman of Decatur assumed jurisdiction in the case of Bishop-Babcock vs. Stout & Sturgis. He was appoint ed special judge to hear the ease. — Bluffton News. The case of Grace Ayres vs. Alfred Ayres, for alleged enticing away of her husgand, and demanding SIO,OOO therefor, is set for trial for next Monday in the circuit court. The case of Dennis Striker vs. Al- ’ bert Mayer, Christ Rich, for foreclosure of mortgage, S7OO, is on tiial in circuit court, before Judg J. T. Merryman without a jury. F. M. Cottrell ( of Berne and A. P. Beatty ate lawyers for the plaintiff and Peterson & Moran, for the defense. D. M. Smith and F. M. Cottrell, at torneys for Amos W. Snyder, filed suit against Christ Musser, on note, demand $125. Harrison E. Jack vs. Zella B. Jack, divorce. Answer filed by plaintiff to defendant’s cross-complaint.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, March 8, 1912.

A LARGE CASE I I Ft. Wayne Ben Hur Team Confers Degree Work Upon Large Class. ROYALLY ENTERTAIN I District Manager Mackelfresh Present and Gave Address—Good Time, One of the most splendid meet ings . in the history of the local court of . Ben Hur was in order Thursday even- , , ing when a class of twenty-seven can- , I didates were given the initiatory degree. The larger hall of the Odd Fel- . lows was secured for this meeting and this spacious hall was filled to its , utmost capacity, with 325 .in attend- , ance. Os this number fifty-seven j were from Fort Wayne, a special inter- , urban car bringing the delegates heie ( , &nd returning with them ut 12’30 | o’clock. The Fort Wayne degree team conferred the degrees, and in addition gave some fancy drilling, which is said to be the best ever witnessed , here. Present was W. E. Mackelfresh . of Fort Wayne, who is district man- | ager, and he gave an interesting talk , for the good of the order, along insurance lines. Talks by the local chief, j j S. E. Shamp and others were given I, and the meeting was one grand sue-, ( cess. Following the initiation, the as-,; sembly was banqueted. The spacious'] dining room was gaily decorated with I, the lodge colors in streamers, and the • supper served was of royal excellence, j The menu included: Escalloped oys-j. ters, baked beans, sandwiches, potato salad, cake, coffee, fruit. The local < court of Ben Hur is forging to the t front and with its many new mem- j bers has grown to be a lodge of the first rank. , AGED MAN DEAD J George Runyon, Native of Adams County, Passed Away at Bluffton. I AFTER LONG ILLNESS ' ■* < I I Has Many Relatves in Ad- ; ams County—ls Well ' Known in This City. I ! George W. Runyon of Bluffton, unI til fourteen years ago a resident of this county, passed awa yat his home Thursday, following an extended illness. .He was seventy years of age ■ j and for the past two or three years .had been ailing with uraemic poisonI ing. Although not closely related to I Decatur people, he is nkonwn to many land leaves several relatives in the south part of this county. Mr. Runyon was born in a farm ’ near Linn Grove, where he resided ' for many years. He was married thir-ty-seven years ago to Mary Helton, n member of a Wells county family, resided in the eastern part of this county and the western part of ; Adams county for many years, mov'ing to Bluffton in 1898. He is survived by iiis wife and five children, who are as follows: Edward Runyon and j Noah Runyon of Bluffton, Delberfßuii ; yon of Huntington, John Runyon of Muncie. Miss Mary Runyon of St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Runyon has been | sic kfor some time and his death has ' made her condition much worse. One brother. John, of Geneva, and two sisters. Mrs. Peal, of Michigan, and Mrs. Alonzo Shanks, of near Linn I Grove survive. BUILDING BOOM. Moon & Annen, a new contracting 'firm, has secured the contract for 'building a $2,600 residence for B. F. 1 Butler, near this city, and also a neat 'six-room cottage for Harvey Kitson, !on North Third street. J. L. Gay of the firm of Gay, Zwlck & Myers, was at Pleasant View Baptist church near Wren, Ohio, today, 'where he delivered the carpets and pulpit furnishings and attended to the matter of placing them. This new church will be dedicated Sunday, with impressive ceremony.

A DOLLAR’S WORTH For Five Cents Tonight at the Star Theater. J. B. Stoneburner of the Star theater is surely furnishing great films for his patrons this week, the shows having been the best since he has been in the business. Thursday night several crowded houses visited ‘ The Kidnappers,” or “Almost a White Slave,” and all expressed it as fine as ever seen here, teaching a splendid lesson. It is likely that the film will be' shown again at some future time, as many requests have been made that it be repeated. Tonight for a nickel you can see the greatest show ever offered yon in Decatur, when Mr. Stoneburner will give two feature films He had planned to give and had advertised “Heaven’s Messenger,” a hand-colored film, worth ten cents, and this morning received “At the Bottom of the Sea,” a 2.000 foot film, showing actual scenes taken from a United States submarine boat. Each of these are specials and worth ten cents, but the Star will give them tonight, both for five cents. If you miss this you miss/the biggest nickel's worth bf moving picture goods ever offered in America. o— ———- NOT HER QUARREL. The fact that the corporal punishment is discoiraged in the public schools of Chicago is what led Bobby’s teacher to address this note to the boy's mother: “Dear Madam: I regret very much i to tell you that your son, Robert, idles away his time, is disobedient, quarrelsome.' and disturbs the pupils who are trying to study their lessons. He needs a good whipping, and 1 strongly recommend that you give him ong.— Your truly, Miss Blank.” Ti this Bobby’s mother responded as follows; “Dear Miss Blank: Lick him yourself. I ain’t mad at him. —Yours truly, Mrs. Dash.” —Youth’s Companion. NELLIE SAUTBINE SARK INJURED — Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sautbine of I Craigville have received word of the ] serious injury of their daughter, Miss Nellie, who married Harve Sark, a real estate agent located at a point in Minnesota. She was starting a fire with coal oil w'hen the can exploded. The house was burned completely down and Mrs. Serk and her ennd were saved only by the efforts of two neighbor girls who assisted them Out of the burning building. Mrg. Sark was painfully burned about the face and head, but her husband writes that she will recover.—Bluffton News. Mrs. Sark is a sister of Mrs. Will Ward of this city and has many acquaintances made here while on visits. THE HORSE SALE. One of the largest sales of the season was had today when Auctioneer McNabb of Ashland started the sale at 10 o'clock at the First street stables. Over three hundred head of horses were in the stalls and were offered for sale. An audience of several hundred, many of them farmers, were present and bid spiritedly for the possession of the horses. Another sale will be held in two weeks, on Friday, March 22nd, at which time another large bunch of horses will be disposed of. FUND FOR THE UNFORTUNATE. The fund to aid unfortunate persons who are sick and deserving of financial assistance is growing and will soon be turned over to the treasurer i who will dispense the money as neci essary. The following have subscribI ed: Old Adams County bank SIO.OO C. S. and J. G. Niblick 5.00 Democrat Co 2.00 S. Spangler 50 Mrs. C. E. Neptune 50 Thomas Baltzell 2.00 Michael Miller 1.00 Marion Andrews 2.00 Jacob Atz 100 J. B. Houthouse 2.00 Totat $26.00 A RUG DEPARTMENT. Meyer, Schere~BTßeavers, the well known undertakers, have added an other line to their already well-equip-ped line of goods, this being in the way of rugs, which they will handle from now on. Thursday they secured a large number of all sizes, shapes and designs, and will be able to meet ihe demands of those who wish something in this line for the beautifying of their home.

TOO MUCH FREIGHT G. R. & I. Has Big Job on Hand to Handle Present Bulk of Traffic. HELD UP FOR WEEKS Special Traffic Manager is at Ridgeville Trying to, Solve Problem. The G. R. & I. railroad company, it is said, has over 400 loaded cars of freight on the sidetracks at Ridgeville, which it has been unable to handle or move for several weeks. It is said the condition is due to the large amount of freight business developed for the G. R. & I. company by the P. C. 0. & St, L. railroad company. Two switch engines, it is claimed, have been working at Ridgeville for several weeks getting the loaded cars off the dead tracks and started north to their destination. As fast as a train is made up and sent out of the Ridgeville yards the P. C. C. & St. L. company shunts in enough cars to refill the side tracks. It is claimed that between Ridgeville and Bradford Junction there are over 806 freight cars billed for Grand Rapids and northern points that have not been moved this winter. Many of the cars are filled with automobies and the “kicks” registered would turn any man’s hair gray, excepting, of course, G. R. & I. officials. - A special traffic manager has been sent to Ridgeville to relieve the congestion.’ G. A. R. The G. A. R. held their regular semi-monthly meeting last evening, when the regular line of business was cared for, as on previous meetings. A goodly number was present and the gathering was an interesting one.

WOULD NOT STATE Bryan Refused to Say He Would be no Presidential Candidate When Asked. TAFT AND TREATIES Agricultural Department Makes Statement of Farm Grains March Ist. Minneapolis, Minn., Mar. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —William Jennings Bryan here today refused to definitely commit himself when asked if he would again be a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. At the same time he said that he was not ready to endorse any of the avowed candidates, although he declared that only a progressive candidate would get his support. Washington, D. C.. Mar. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—lt was believed here today that President Taft would not submit the arbitration treaties passed by the senate late yesterday afternoon to Great Britain and France. Representatives of the two nations will be informed of the senate’s action as a matter of courtesy, but this is believed io be all. Friends of the measure are satisfied that all of the vital features were taken out of the bill by the amendment. Washington, D. C , Mar. B—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The department of agricultre today issued a report estimating that the quantity of wheat on farms March Ist to be about 122,025,000 bushels, or 19.6 per cent of the 1911 crop. Corn on farms was estimated at about 884,069,000 bushels and the amount of oats in the possession of farmers at 1,165,378,000 bushels. All the estimates show a smaller quantity to be on hand than on March 1, 1911. Washington, D C., Mar. B—(Special to Dally Democrat) —A new revolutionary outbreak near Mexico City, and which threatens the capital, may lead to an even more grave crisis in Mexican affairs, was reported to the department today. A large force of rebels Is being organized by General Madero’s most trusted officers during the last year's revolution.

WHEEL CATCHES IN RAIL. Os Interurban —Zeser Carriage Damaged—None Injured. The Peter Zeser two-seated carriage, driven by Mrs. Theresa Schafer, Mrs. Charles Zeser and Miss Clara Zeser, ha,d the misfortune to have a rear w'heei caught between the interurban rail and the brick pavement at the switch at the interurban station Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in such away that the axle was broken, letting down one side of the carriage. None of the occupants were thrown out or injured, and the only damage was to the buggy. Another was gotten, permtfting the ladies to drive home, the broken vehicle being left at the repair shop. ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. Bert Bailer and Daughter, Eva. Improved—Dorothy Not so Well. MISS EITING BETTER Mrs. Overhulser Sufferng from Gall Stones, Also .Said to be Improved. Word from the Bert Bailer home is that Mrs. Bailer and eldest daughter, Eva, who w’ere so badly burned in the gasoline explosion, are slightly better and doing well, as is the brother, Frank Huston. The younger daughter, Dorothy, who was thought to have sustained less serious burns than her mother and sister, is said to be very ill now; having been injured much more than at first thought. The burns are in the region of the spine, which renders her case more severe. Her fever is said to be 104. Josephine Eiting, who for a number of weeks, has been closely confined to her home in Washington township, with an illness or a somewhat odd nature. is able to be up and about the house, and is improving nicely. Miss Aletha Schafer of east of the city is on the sick list. Mrs. Tanvas remains about the same from day to day, and but little change can be noticed in her condition.

Mrs. D. P. Overhulser of Rural Route 6, who for some days has been quite sick with an attack of gall stones, is, from last reports received, somewhat improved, and it is now thought will get along all right. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Horace Callow is reported as remaining about the same. — ~~ TRIAL SET FOR TUESDAY. As Assistant State Pure Food Inspector Willets was not prepared Thursday when Barkley & Co. and Hower <fe Baker, the two butcher firms, demanded immediate trial of the charge made against them Thursday by Willets for the alleged selling, in the first case of hamburger, and in the second, hamburger and sausage, alleged to contain preservatives in Violation of the pure food laws, 'Squire Stone set the cases for trial for Tuesday. This will be, perhaps the first instance in the city, and two of very few’ in the state, where the plea of not, guilty has been made, and trials demanded. Barkley & Co., have retained C. J. Lutz for defense and Hower & Baker, Peterson & Moran, and will fight the charges to a finish. Hower & Baker’s trial has been set for Tuesday morning and that of the other firm for Tuesday afternoon. The cast® grew out of the visits of Willets to this city January 23rd. Both firms absolutely deny having used the meat preservatives, or keeping them in their place of business. Barkley & Company do no butchering of their own, and buy their meats from packers which have passed government inspection. Hower & Baker dress much of their own meats, but use no preservatives of ally kind. The fact that the preservatives were alleg ed to have been used in January, which was a month characterized by unusually cold weather, is alleged by them to be preposterous.

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iTHE BEET GROWERS Are Arranging to Get an Early Start in This Locality—Much Interest. HOLDING MEETINGS First Well Nears Completion and Promises to be Extraordinary One. Mr. Wagner of the sugar companywill go to Pleasant Mills again next I Monday afternoon, where he hopes to | see all tne farmers oi that section who have contracts with them for raisingbeets. He will close up the labor contracts, arrange other matters pertaining to the business and it w-ill be of interest to the farmers of that com munity to be present. The Williams meeting for the beet | farmers held Thursday w*as a successj ful and dandy session. Messrs. Wag- | ner and Hubbard were present and the farmers all signed contracts and made arrangements to proceed with planting and raising beets. The Willshire meeting on Wednesday was also a good one, though there are not as many farmers interested in that section as the company would like. A beet sugar meeting will be held at Preble this evening, when Mr. Hub- | bard and Mr. Wagner will further dis- ; cuss the proposition of how to suc- ; cessfully raise beets, explain the matiter of labor contracts, houses, tools i and all other problems that may be ! worrying the farmer. Every district, where contracts were taken is coming up, anxious to prove that their land will raise this profitable crop, and old Preble will not be lacking in the same spirit. The factory site is again a busy place, with about a hundred and fifty men at work, and more reporting each day. As soon as possible, under wetther conditions, more men will be put on and within a few weeks, the pay roll will have five hundred names. The laborers w-ho will look after the growing of sugar beets for H. R. Moltz and A. R. Bell arrived this morning. They are Mr. and Mrs. Fikus and family ,said to be as good workers as there are in this country. They will live in a House prepared for them by Moltz and Bell. \

Twelve car loads of steel for the new factory arrived Thursday and are being unloaded today. More will arrive within a few days. r ■ George Mumtna his about completed the first well on the factory site. The hole is now about 350 feet deep and the indications are that the well will be by far the best in this part of the country. The water is near the top now, and if another vein is struck, it will be almost a flowing well. POLICE COURT NEWS. Marshal Peterson was called to Twelfth street about noon to hunt up a tramp, who had assaulted several of the residents of that neighborhood by his swearing and bold actions. He was selling buttons and such novelties, but when the marshal arrived he could not be found. It is said that he had been drinking pure alcohol and was rather unbalanced. Investigation, 1 however, found several tramps in the railroad yards, who were ordered summarly to leave town. i —o ■■ ————- CLAY WORKERS’ CONVENTION. I ; • I Henry Krick of the firm of Krick & ■ | Tyndall, went to Chicago this morn- ■ ing to join his son, George, and J. W. ’ Tyndall, in attending the Clay Work- “ era’ convention held there this week. Mr. Krick was accompanied by i Charles Patton. Mr. Krick had contemplated leaving on the night train ' but. was prevented from leaving until this morning, on account of a wreck on the road. OPERATION FOR HERNIA Joe Fuhrman, son of Samuel Fuhri man of Root township, underwent a I successful operation this morning for j hernia, the surgeons being Drs. D. D. and C. S. Clark. Mr. Fuhrman is the | well known clerk at the True & RunI yon store.