Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1912 — Page 1

■ Volume X. Number 64.

I DIED AT BLUFFTON ■Benjamin Ashbaucher, Former Adams County Boy, Died Wednesday. ■FROM PARALYSIS ■Prominent in Business and Church Circles—Well Known in This City. W'[ Benjamin Ashbaucher, one of Bhiff■pon’s foremost and well known busi■ness men, a former Adams county boy, his youthful years were spent ■in French township, died at his home ■on Wabash street, Bluffton, Wednes■day morning following a stroke ol pawhich overtook him several ■weeks ago. The stroke was a severe ■one and from the first dawn it was ■realized as such and his condition, ■which was critical, was very closely ■watched by those caring for him. and friends as well. His acquaintance ■here was again renewed just recently, ■ when he conducted a large piano dis- ■ posing sale al the Meyer, Scherer & ■ Heavers furniture store, he still pos■sessing the same admiring and loyal ■disposition of his boyhood days, which ■ won for him the esteem and worthy ■tribute being paid him. His home pa- ■ pers Wednesday contained his like■ness and befitting tribute as follows: H “Benjamin Ashbaucher was born at ■Orville, Wayne county, Ohio, in Oc■tober, 1859, the youngest of six sons ■of John and Anna (Shene) AshbauchB ■ r. natives of Canton Berne, Switzer■land. They were married in their na■ltive country and came to the United ■ states shortly afterward, in 1856. In ■ ISfiS Mr and Mrs. Ashbaucher moved ■ with their family to French township. ■ Adams county, and they made their ■ home there until their deaths. m “Benjamin Ashbaucher remained ■ with his parents until 1882. He re■ceived his education in the public ■schools and at the age of seventeen, ■ while still at borne, he began to teach ■in the schools of French township, ■ and taught five winters and two sum- ■ mer terms. In 1880 he was elected ■ constable of his township by the dem- ■ ocratic party and served for two ■ years “Fraternally Mr. Ashbaucher, at the I time of his death held membership in I the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and ths Tribe of* B?n Hur. “Mr. Ashbaucher had been a promiI nent figure in Bluffton business circles f for years and will be sadly missed by ; a wide circle of personal friends and | business associates. “Besides the widow and three chilE dren the following brothers and sis- | tors survive: Godfrey and Matthias I Ashbaucher of Bluffton; Rosa, wife of ■ Jacob Merschberger, of Linn Grove; I Anna, widow of Philip Bauman. “The funeral services will be held I on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at | the Reformed church. The remains I will lie in state at the church from I 12:30 to 1:30 and friends who desire I to view them may do so at that time. ] The services at 2 o’clock will be conI ducted by the pastor, Rev. H. B. DiesI enbach. who will be assisted by Rev. I Charles W. Wheeler, Rev. A. K. Zart- | man of Fort Wayne and Rev. J. H. I String, of Cleveland, Ohio, a former I pastor here. The interment will be at the Fairview cemetery.’’ MRS. C. AGALLMEYER DEAD.

Mrs. Christina Gallmeyer, widow of Fred Gallmeyer, died at the- home of her son, Henry Gallmeyer, of Garcreek, Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, at the age of sixty-six years. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. William Wietfeldt, Mrs H. C. Hackemeyer, Mrs. Louis Weitfeldt, Mrs. August Hartman and Fred Gallmeyer, Jr., all of Fort Wayne; Mrs. William Fuelling of Adams conuty; Henry of Garcreek, and Mrs. Christ Goeglin, of St. Joe township. Funeral services will be conducted at the home of the son, Henry Gallmeyer, Friday at 12 o’clock noon, and at the St. Paul's Lutheran church, in Garcreek, at 12:30 (standard time), the Rev. Beyer officiating.—Fort Wayne Jour-nal-Gazette. BAPTIST LADIES’ SALE. The Baptist Indies’ Aid society will hold an apron and pastry sale Saturday morning beginning at 9 o’clock at the gas office. The patronage of all is solicited.

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WRITES FRIENDS. " ednesday morning a letter was received from an old friend whom he had not seen for many years, Lew Wellington, of Washington, D. C., and | a former resident of Blue Creek township, by John T, Coots, whose name he noticed in the list of business callers last week in the columns of the Berne Witness. Mr. Wellington, who left here eighteen years ago, says he , often thinks of his many Decatur I friends, and how many of them have I passed away since he left here years ago. He also recalls the many pleasant times enjoyed with the “old boys,’’ Jacob Martin, Robert Patterson and Ruf Allison, included among the names mentioned. He states that he and Mrs. Wellington are enjoying excellent health, and would be glad at any time to hear any thing from Adams county and vicinity. COURT HOUSE NEWS — Monroe Creamery Receiver Reports Distribution— Each Got $lO.Bl. QUIET TITLE CASE -— \ Order for Purchase of Tombstone for Jacob Fogle— Marriage License. Minnie Aeschllman, guardian, reports sale of real estate of her ward, Albert Aeschliman, to Joseph D. Winteregg, for $290. Sale approved and confirmed, deed ordered, reported and approved. D. X. Erwin, guardian of Clarence Hoagland, filed petition to buy a third interest in the ward's mother's real estate, for said ward, for $366.67, which the guardian was authorized to do, and to takea deed in the ward s name for same. J. C. Tritch and F. V. Mills were appointed appraisers and made appraisement, which was approved. Laura A. Van Camp, executrix of the Anson Van Camp estate, filed sale bill of personal property, which was approved. John T. Kelley, administrator of the Jacob Fogle estate, was authorized to purchase a tombstone for the grave of the deceased, at a cost of not more than S6O. Andrew Gottschalk, administrator of the Louise Frank estate, reports sale of personal property and bank stock, which is approved, sale confirmed and stock ordered transferred to purchaser. A P Beatty is attorney for Wilson Schrank et al. In a quiet title case against Warren W. Beard et al. Susie A. Hallock vs. Fred J. Hallock, divorce. Answer filed by prosecuting attorney. Henry Gerke vs. W. H. Fledderjohann, J. H. Koenig, on note, $450. Reply by plaintiff to second paragraph of defendant’s answer. Cause set for March 25th.

In the matter of the receivership ' case of Charles H. Lammiman vs. Mon-1 roe Creamery association, distribution ' was reported by Wilford S. Smith, receiver, the final report ordered spread of record and the receiver discharged. ‘ All dehis of the company were paid , as far as came to the notice of the re ceiver, leaving a balance of $497.48 for distribution to the stockholders. There ■ were forty-six stockholders and each received $16.81 of the amount for dis ‘ tribution. Lulu B. Burris vs. Charles M. Bur- j ris, divorce. Answer filed by plaintiff to cross-complaint by defendant. The Corn Exchange National Bank of Chicago vs. A. L. French et al., note and attachment, $6,000. Cause reset by agreement for March 20th. In the Mary Manchon Yoder et al. vs. Alva B. Rice et al. partition case, filnding was made the for plaintiffs that Mary Fa action Yoder and Newell B. Rice are joint owners of real estate in suit, subject to the life estate of the defendant, Alva B. Rice in one-third thereof. Finding for Alva B. Rice on her cross-complaint that she is the owner in fee of the real estate, CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, March 14, 1912.

IPLUCK AND THRIFT Characterize the Management of Estate of Late William Sheets BY HIS WIDOW Administratrix Made Payments of Debts of Estate Thought Insolvent. I Last month the Indianapolis papers • devoted considerable space to an unI usual case of a guardian of two wards, a priest, who by careful management, cleared off the mortgage of his ward’s ' property without selling it as is the usual case, saved their home and made | the estate make them money. Adams county has a parallel of this or what may be declared even better, in Mrs. Clara Sheets, administratrix of the estate of her late husband. Wili liam sheets, who filed her final report ias such Wednesday. She was appoint|ed administratrix January 22, 1906, of her husband's estate, and it was at ■ that time thought to be insolvent, so I great was the indebtedness reported. By dint, however, of careful manageI ment, pluck and good common sense i thrift, she has during the intervening ■ six years, paid off all the debts : amounting to $9,961.28, besides an ad'ditional mortgage of $1,332, incumbent ' on the estate, so that her final report shows all indebtedness paid. Mrs. Sheets is a business woman of experience, having been engaged in the millinery business in Berne, and her careful administration of her husband's estate, is certainly a fine tribI ute to her ability. C. J. Lutz, her attorney, filed the final report Wednesday and after due notice, the estate will be closed with credit.

THE WEEK’S WORK Summary of Work Done by City Mail Carriers Will Make You Appreciate THEM THE MORE Delivered 28,728 Pieces of Mail Last Week—Made 1,580 Stops. It is a good thing to get some accurate figures showing juet how much work a person does, anyhow. It I makes us appreciate him more. Act- ' ing on instructions sent out by the first assistant postmaster general, the Decatur city mail carriers, with others over the- country, kept an accurate count of mail handled for the week, March 4-9, and statistics thereon are “down pat” in the report just ready ! to send to the postoffice department at I Washington. Decatur has four city I mail carriers—O. P. Mills. W. R. Dorwin, 11. D. Rice and C. M Rice, who travel-on an average of fifteen and a I half miles per day each. Each works ' on an average of seven hours and fiftysix minutes daily, which is eight min--1 utes more than the Portland carriers ‘ work. The average time spent in the [ office in getting the mail routed and ready for delivery is pne hour and ' forty-one minutes.

During the time he is in the office, be Is engaged in assorting his mail, or arranging it according to order of delivery on his route This Is called “routing” the mail, and so efficient has be become, that he can “route about eighteen letters per minute, or eleven and one-fourth magazines per minute. The total number of all mail handled by them during the past week was 28,728, weighing 2,640 pounds. Os this 17,808 pieces were first-class and weighed 282 pounds. The average number of stops made daily by all is 1,580 ,or an average of 395 each. There are twenty letter boxes on the street, and three package boxes, from which mail is collected by them. Statistics show that fully fifty per cent of the places where delivery is made, are not supplied with boxes to receive the mail. There are, however, many more boxes now than a year ago, as the plea made during the winter brought a hearty response.

H. W. DANIELS CHILD DEAD. Succumbs to Pneumonia—Funeral Friday Afternoon. Robert fedwin, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Daniels, residing four and a half miles east of the city, died Wednesday evening at 5:30 o’clock from pneumonia. The child was two years, nine months and twen-ty-two days old, and had reached an age when he had especially endeared himself to the parents and friends, who are heart-broken over their loss. The only other child in the family, a thirteen-months-old babe, is also ill. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon, leaving the house at 1 o’clock for the Salem Evangelical church, where the Rev. D. O. Wise of this city will conduct the funeral. HAD GOOD TIME Modern Woodmen Entertain Large Number of Visitors Last Evening. DIST. DEPUTY HERE Elks Are Preparing for Mr. Carlton to Inspect Lodge on Friday Evening. The Modern Woodmen, who for weeks had worked earnestly for the entertaining of the district deputy, Mr. Hofmeister, of Fort Wayne, whom they secured to pay the lodge a visit, and whose purpose in coming was to explain the new rules relative to the increase in rates of the order recently made. One of the largest crowds that ever assembled in the hall was pres ent for Wednesday evening’s meeting, and while many of the outside lodges sent delegations, as they agreed |o. The parade of the lodge members through the streets was two squares in length and the route was as follows' Leaving the hall, which is over the Hollhoiise Drug company, they marcher south to Court, thence west to Third, nort hpn Third to Monroe, east on Monroe to Second, thence to the hall. Following the line of march, all repaired to the hall, where the remainder of the program was carried out. The initiatory work which was to have been conferred, had to be postponed on account of the late hour which had arrived upon the comple tion of the address of Mr. Hofmeister. The ’ banquet and smoker which brought the evening to a close, was also numbered among the evening's pleasant pastimes. The Yeomen are making great strides for the anniversary celebration, which they will observe in the near future, it being their fifth anniversary of the organization in this city and the success with which they have met during this period. One hundred members are associated with the order and at present the organization is growing rapidly and occupying the rooms over the Dyonis Schmitt meat market, formerly occupied by the Modern Woodmen.

The attention of all Elks is again called to the fact that the presence of each and all is necessary at the meeting on Friday evening, when the district deputy, Mr. D. H. Carleton, of Elwood, will be here to inspect the local chapter. He will address the members on several important and interesting topics and along with the other business and program, which will be rendered at this time, requires that a large audience be present to take part. CRAIGVILLE COMMENCEMENT. Herbert Jones, principal of the Craigville schools, has prepared the program for the annual commencement exercises, which will be held on Friday evening, March 20th. Rev. J. W. Lower of Craigville, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday evening, March 24th. The members of the graduating class are as follows: Charles Yarger, Floyd Gahman, Olive Vivian Pierce, Velma Fray Clowser and Lulu Merle Clowser. GEO. B. LOCKWOOD’S ADDRESS. The Methodist Brotherhood has planned another big meeting for men to be held Sunday, March 17th. There will be an Interesting program. Geo. B. Lockwood of Marion will be the speaker.

ANKLE DISLOCATED Harry Starr Suffered Grave Accident That Will Leave Him With Stiff Ankle FOR A LONG TIME Was Playfully Scuffling— Right Foot Slipped—Ankle Bone Broken. Bluffton, Ind., March 14—(Special to Dally Democrat l —Harry Starr, or Easr Market street, junior member of the firm of L. G. Starr & Son, and also known as a substitute clerk at the Bluffton postoffice, was the victim of an accident Wednesday evening, at the Elks’ club rooms which will leave him in a disabled condition for several weeks, possibly for months, and will cause grave danger of leaving him with a stiff ankle for a long time. It was just about supper time and Mr. Starr had dropped into the club rooms only a few minutes before the accident and was just starting home when several of the boys who happened to be in the billiard room, started scuffling. Mr. Starr attempted a little joke upon Frank Fishbaugh, of Rockcreek township, when he slipped on the smooth floor and fell and twisted the right foot and leg in such a manner that the ankle was dislocated, and when Drs. L. H. Cook and Fred Metts made an examination they discovered also that one <jf the bones was broken in the ankle joint. The pain of properly placing tfc a broken pieces of the bone, and getting the bones of the joint in proper place was so severe that it was, necessary to administer an anaesthetic and put the suffering young man to slefep until the ordeal was over. The CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

WHOLE FAMILY ILL F. W. Dibble Family Poisoned by Eating Dried Beef —Adams County Men WHO WERE THERE Visiting Also Made 11l— Lawrence Elzey Operated on—C. Ault Worse. Mrs. Will Butler is in receipt of word from her daughter, Mrs. Otis Dibble, of near Lansing, Mich., stating that she is just able to be about after a most dangerous mness irom poisoning, resulting last Thursday evening after partaking of dried beef. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dibble and daughter, Blanch, and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Dibble were members of the household, and with them visiting at the time were Messrs. Bohnke and Kukelhan of this county. All partook of the dried beef and all were made sick, Mr. F. W. Dibble and Mrs. Otis Dibble being the worst. Mrs. Otis Dibble was unusually bad, and her condition for a time was dangerous. Alfred Elzey went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on his son, Lawrence, who is a patient at the Lutheran hospital, where Tuesday noon he underwent an operation for appendicitis. He had the misfortune to slip and fall on the street last Saturday in such away that he received a bad sprain, resulting in appendicitis, the advised operation being then acted upon. He is getting along as well as is consistent. Miss Lettie Kintz went to Fort Wayne to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. J. Q. Neptune, at the Hope hosuital. Mrs. Neptune is reported as doing well. Miss Minnie Orvis is in receipt of a letter from Mrs. M. Shelden Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly of this city, stating that Mr. Smith, who underwent an operation for appendicitis three weeks ago, is recovering nicely. They are now at Atlantic CBty, where he is convalescing and has gained seven and a half pounds since the op eration. Mr. Smith was formerly manager of the furnace factory here.

W. A. NICHOLS’ FUNERAL. The funeral of W. A. Nichols of Portland, whose death occurred Wednesday morning at 6:40 o’clock at the Elks’ hospital. Richmond, will be held Friday. The Portland Sun says: “The remains, accompanied by 1 itce Nichols and Mrs. Elizabeth X.caols, arrived at Portland on the afternoon train Wednesday and were removed to the West Main street home. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Presbyterian church in charge of the pastor, Rev. S. Wilbur Hoffer. The remains, accompanied by the relatives, will leave on the 2:09 o’clock train Friday afternoon for Winchester, to lie in state at the home of his mother until Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, when a short service will be held, followed with interment at Fountain Park cemetery at Winchester. THINGS TO KNOW If You Want to File a Mortgage Exemption—May be Filed Now. TAKE ADVANTAGE Os Lowering Your Tax Payment—Filed With Auditor or Recorder. This is the season for filing mortgage exemptions and if you are entitled to exemption, you better get busy. You can file the exemptions with either the auditor or the recorder. Folio..ing are some items of interest to the general public concerning deductions on mortgage exemptions and other things: An administrator cannot take a deduction as an administrator. A guardian cannot take a deduction for his ward. A corporation or a co-partnership cannot take a deduction. An heir to an estate cannot take a deduction for a debt owing by the estate. The holder of an undivided interest in real estate can take a deduction for his part when the mortgage is a joint one.

The holder of an undivided interest' in real estate can take a deduction i when a mui ieage is an individual one. A person is not entitled to more I than one deduction, although owning i real estate in more than one county. I No person is entitled to more than | one deduction. Husband and wife can take a deduc- ( lion when the title Is held jointly but ' if they do this then neither one can [ take a second deduction for a mortgage held individually. No one other than an applicant can make the affidavit for a deduction. j It is simply the duty of the auditor to receive the affidavit provided for in I the mortgage deduction law for filing. I The board of review passes upon the validity of the claim for deduction. No one can take a deduction on a building and loan association mortgage, provided the applicant obtains the proper evidence from the secretary of such association of the amount still due on this mortgage and then have the deduction made on that basis. A person is not entitled to the ben efit of the mortgage deduction law and also use the same mortgage debt as against personal property credits. A person can use a surplus over S7OO of mortgage deduction against his personal property credits. Under no circumstances can a deduction from an estate exceed one-half of the appraised value of such property for taxation. This means the appraised value as shown on the duplicate for the year in which the deduction is prayed. The taxpayer is entitled to his deduction, no matter how many tracts his land may be divided into, but he can claim but one deduction; that is he cannot have more than one deduction, no matter how- many mortgages he may have on the various tracts of land, or upon the same tract. Miss Lulu Atz was taken suddenly | 111 Wednesday night from an unknown , cause and for a time was very ill. This morning, however, she was much bet-' ter, but it will be some time before she can venture out again.

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LEE AND STULTS Is Name of New Firm Succeeding That of Laman & Lee Today. THE NEW MEMBER Wesley Stults Buys Interest of Late Samuel J. Laman in Hardware Company. Pursuant to authority given him by court, Wilson Lee, as surviving partner of the hardware firm of Laman & Lee, through his attorney, D. B. Erwin, this morning closed a transaction in which the interest of his deceased partner, Samuel J. Laman, was sold to Wesley Stults of Pleasant Mills, one of the well known business men of the county. The new firm will be known as Lee & Stults company and began business as such this morning. Mr. Stults has long been one of the leading business men of the county. For three years he was engaged in the elevator business at Wren, Ohio, and a year in the same business at Monroe. For three years also, he served as cashier of the Bank of Wren, Ohio. He is also one of the veteran horse dealers of the county, having embarked in that business twenty-five years ago with J. M. Frisinger. Mr. Stults has lately been residing on his farm near Pleasant Mills, wihch he sold recently and moved to Pleasant Mills. He will make arrangements to move his family to this city as soon as possible, where he will be near his business interests. Mr. Lee, since the death of his partner a few weeks ago, has been managing the entire business, and closing the estate, as surviving partner. Finding the work too heavy, it was deemed to the best interest to dispose of the interest of the deceased parner, and take a new member, who will be actively engaged in the work with Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee will settle the affairs of the surviving partnership, and close the estate as such and the new firm will continue the business of the old without interruption. Both members of the firm are men of wide experience and will conduct this, one of the oldest hardware store in the city, in the same way that lias made it one of the substantial mercantile houses of the district.

DIED !N WHITING, KANSAS Full Account of Death of G. W. Jackman Receiveo by Mr. Lower. | J. S. Lower has received a paper i from Whiting, Kansas, giving full par- ! ticulars of the death of bis friend. [George W. Jackman, a former Adams county man, who resided on what is now the W. A. Fonner farm in Root tow-nshlp. He was also a brother-in-l law of the late John Woy, and while Mr. and Mrs. Lower were in Kansas last year, they visited with him. As I stated before Mr. Jackman dropped dead suddenly on March 2, while walking on the streets of Whiting, after an attack of heart trouble. He was born in Ohio, July 11, 1840, but while still a young child his parents moved to DeKalb county, this state. There he was married to Miss Lydia Bonebrake, April 19, 1863, and lived there six years, after which they came to Adams county, where they lived until 1879, when they went to Whiting. Kans. To them were born four sons Hie first wife died November 29, 1905, and April 2, 1907, he was married to Miss Henrietta Linn. Mr. Jackman was a faithful member of the Methodist church. Among the pall bearers at the funeral was J. S. Lower's brother, W. S. Lower, of Whiting. EVANGELICAL ELECTION. The congregation of the Evangelical church held its election of trustees Wednesday evening, they to serve for a period of three years or until their successors are chosen. They are: Fred Hoffman, J. F. Lachot, H. A. Fuhrman, E. M. Schnitz, Henry Barkley. o ADAIR ACTING AS SPEAKER. — Washington, D. C., March 14 —(Spec- ' ial to Daily Democrat) —Champ Clark has designated J. A. M. Adair of Indi- ' ana as speaker of the house during the consideration of the sugar bill now I before the house.