Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 82.

■ DIED IN THE EAST I Wife of Former Decatur Physician, E. E. Ballard, Died in Virginia. I WAS ILL LONG I Husband Formerly Studied S Medicine With Dr. Jeleff 8 and Practiced Here. Decatur friends of Mrs. Ella Ward i Ballard, wife of Dr F c BaiHr.i » 9 former Decatur physician, will b P I gS grieved to learn of her death which i H occurred last Friday at their home in HI Fredericksburg, Va.. after a long ill- : &| ness. She was fifty-eight years of age j HI and was born and reared in Winches-' ■ ter. being a daughter of the late Nehe- ] H miah Ward, and a sister of Attorney 111 George H. Ward of Winchester. Dr. S Ballard 1 formerly studied medicine in ■ this city with Dr. Jeleff. and later jg practiced. The family is well re- ■ membered here. E With her husband she resided in I SI Greenville, Ohio, for many years but ■ had resided at the place of her de- ■ mise for a few months past with ner E husband and daughter, Mrs. E. T E Cox, and her husband s father, St.e- --| phen Ballard. Her remains were in- | terred at Fredericksburg. NEW TRACTION FREIGHT HOUSE. Will be Built at Ft. Wayne for all Lines Into City. | A new freight house 119 feet long and thirty feet wide, will be erected by the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company on the lot immediately at the rear of the Randail building at Fort Wayne, formerly occupied by the interurban station, this spring. Work on the new structure will begin within a few weeks and rushed to the earliest possible completion. The freight house will be built at an estimated cost of SIO,OOO. According to the plans which have been partially compiled by local architect. the new- freight house will be two stories in height for a portion of I its length, and the local freight offices will occupy the second lioor. These offices will be thirty by forty feet in dimensions and embody all of the modern conveniences. The building when completed will be known as the Traction Termina. freight house and will be used by all lines operating cars to Fort Wayne. The plans are not completed and it will be some time befoie the contract will be let, although it is positively j known that the new structure will be modern in every respect—a policy adopted by the new organization of the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction company. COON SKINS HOLD PRIMARY Election at Next Meeting—Louis Mailand a Fine Host. Louis Mailand excelled as a host Wednesday evening to the Coonskin club, at which time their primary, preliminary to the election to be held at the next meeting, was pulled off. A number of candidates were also initialed, they being Mr France, Charles Mailand. O. L. Vance and Hugh Hite. A report from the traveling representative, Fred LaDelle. who recently returned from an extended tour, was listened to with great pleasure and a forty minutes' talk by R. 1 Parrish on the tariff question was highly instructive, and entertaining.. Mr. LaDelle and Mr. Mailand gave several of the newest dances, this proving to be very entertaining. A part in which al. were privileged to take part, howeve". was the fine supper Mr. Mailand serv ed. This included chicken, dressing, oysters in tout styles, olives, pickles, rye bread, and all other good things that make an ideal repast. AH members but three were present —and they wish they had been. Arthur Hall made the attempt to come to town to attend, and a recruit sent out to see why he did not come, found him stuck in the mud. it being impossible to make the trip h4re. All candidates foi office are laying fences for the election to be held soon. Charles Poling, living three and a halt ruites southwest of the city, is quite seriously sick with liver complaint. He Is bedfast and has been ailing for the past ten days.

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FATHER GEORGE BETTER. In Fort Wayne Hospital Since Last Monday—Sick Some Weeks. Rev George Angermeter, pastor of i Imnpculate Conception church, Aui burn, who has been a patient at St. I Joseph's hospital since Monday, is rei ixirted to be considerably improved, j He has been in ill health for some weeks and upon the advice of the , physician reliquinished his pastoral i duties and entered the local hospital. ' While threatened with typhoid fever his condition at present is encouraging and it is expected that he will soon recover.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. Father George was formerly assistant to Father Wilken in this city. * |-„ ■ — •COURT HOUSE NEWS Will of Lois Lenhart ProI I bated—Gives Interest in Realty to Son Lawson. A MARRIAGE LICENSE Issued to Grover Odle and Nettie Reynolds—Court is Quiet Place. A marriage license was issued to Nettie Reynolds, born May 7, 1893, daughter of Lewis and Emma Reynolds, to wed Grover Odle, born May 28, 1891, son of Aaron Odle. The will of Lois Lenhart was probated this afternoon. T o her son, Lawson C. Lenhart, she gives her interest as the widow of Lawson Lenhart. the undivided one-third of real estate ii. Root township, subject to the payment of her just debts. The will was written November 28, 1900, and witnessed by John Reynolds and E. B. Lenhart. In the Taylor partition case, a motion was filed by the plaintiff to strike out the plea in abatement. Attorneys in the Branyan-Brook-over case from Huntington were here Wednesday and argued the case. W. V. Buckmaster filed his final report as administrator of the Wesley Evans estate. Notice was ordered returnable April 30th. Licensed to wed: Della Kuehm, born May 31, 1897, daughter of Michael Kuehm. to Peter Miller, born July 28, 1879, farmer, son of Jacob Miller. Real estate transfers: Strauss Bros. Co. to Sarah O. Baker, realty in Root tp., $8000; John Worden to Reason Shaffer, realty in Blue Creek tp., $10,000; Lawrence Beitler to John Worden, realty in Monroe tp., $5500; Eliza Johnson to Jonathan Andrews, lot 20, Monroe, $250. o VISIT FOkMER home here. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cowan of Garrett. formerly of east of the city, who have been visiting with his sister, Mrs. Joel Falk, at Bobo, transferred here this afternoon enroute to Tillmanville. to visit with a daughter, Mrs. Towua°nd, before returning home. Mr. Cowan moved from here a year or so ago and entered business in Garrett, conducting a five and ten cent store. He has been in poor health since December Ist and the trip here was the first that he has been able to be out since he became . 111. ARE RETRENCHING. | The Clover Leaf failroad is instituting a policy of retrenchment said to bethe outcome of the present coal strike, in which many of the men are ’ being given lay-offs. Several of the division operatives have been let go . hut as yet the order has not reached 1 Decatur. It Is thought there will be 1 some change in the locals in the near 9 future. i •— ~ , MRS. SPANNUTH SELLS LAND. Through the Erwin real estate agency, Mrs. Margaret Spannuth has sold her fifteen-acre tract of land on a the Preble road, to Cyrus Lyon, of s south of the city. Mr. Lyon will improve the tract and expects to make n his home there. Mrs. Spannuth will probably come to this city to live.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, April 4, 1912.

STORY WAS FALSE Police Say Seth Nichols Was on Board Ship at Time of Murder of DR. HELENE KN ABE Floods in Kentucky from the Mississippi Most Distressing in History. (United Tress Service.) Indianapolis, Ind. Apr. 4. —(Special to Dally Democrat' Po!iee‘offi p ials at Portsmouth, N. 11., have notified local authorities here that Seth Nichols, the sailor who claimed that he murdered Dr. Helene Knabe, the Indianapolis woman physician, had admitted that his story was false. Nichols according to the information received here, told Deputy Sheriff Shaw Wednesday that he was on board the United States ship, “Dixie,” at the time of the murder. Richmond, Ky.„ Apr. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —"Foi God's sake, ask congress to appropriate $5,000 in cash,” was the telegram sent to Congressman James of Kentucky, of this city, by Mayor Villon. One thousand persons are facing starvation. The situation is the most distressing ever known and immediate relief from hunger is imperative. The Mississippi river is already fifty feet above normal and rising steadily. Gasoline boats are being used to bring in refugees and in some instances full families have been rescued from housetops. Every home in the city, not j nder water, has from two to twelve refugees, and hundreds are still standing in the streets and on the hillsides without protection. Many groups of women and children are huddled in the streets with barely enough food to nstain them. Stores and buildings which are still dry are packed with help people. Business has been suspended, excepting what can be done by boa*, and railroads have entirely abandoned their trains. THE ANNUAL MEET Held by Congregation of Presbyterian Church Shows Good Year. FROM THE REPORTS • — I Made by All Departments — i Dr, Fred Patterson Elected Trustee. The Presbyterian congregation held its annual meeting Wednesday even- - ing, with D. B. Erwin, moderator, pre- > siding. At this time reports from all ’ the departments of the church were 1 heard. These showed them to be in excellent condition both spiritually ; and financially. All debts have been cleared from the church and the re- - port shows a balance remaining in the i treasury. Reports from the various • departments were given by the follow- • ing: Trustees, Dr. S. D Beavers; , missionary, Mrs. L A. Graham: aid, . Mrs. S. D. Beavers; session, Rev. W. H. Gleiser; Sunday school, Charles Steele and Miss Maggie Hoyer; Westminster Guild, Miss Hammell; Christian Endeavor, Rev. Gleiser; Knights -of Kink Arthur, Guy Kidd. At this time 1 the annual election ot officers also 1 took place. Dr. Fred Patterson was » elected trustee for three years, suej ceeding Charles Steele, who has clos- > ed a successful term. Miss Laura Al--1 ban was re-elected clerk, an office she 3 has capably filled for several years. r —— o— WEDDED LAST EVENING. A pretty wedding was solemnized at 5 o'clock Wednesday evening at a the Zion Lutheran parsonage when s the pastor, the Rev. Wehmeyer, united i the lives of Miss Della Kuehm and f Peter Miller, of near Chattanooga, • The happy couple spent the night here . with Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, 1 and this morning left for Herne, whet'e they will make their home.

WAS BETTER TODAY. Was Little Daughter .of Clyde Rice — Badly Burned Wednesday. 1 Dorothy, the three and one-half-year-old daughtei of mail carrier Clyde M. Rice, who on Wednesday morning was so severely burned when she upset a tea-kettle of boiling hot water over her face and head, was doing nicety this morning, anti ' the pain was somewhat relieved. She had crawled upon a chair near the stove, and reached up for the back of ■ it, but instead grabbed the tea-kettle, pulling its contents over her head and face so that the skin came off, and burned the flesh deeply. She suffered great pain until a physician was summoned and relieved her the best he could. Unless cold should set in I the little one will get along all rfglr, although some time will be necessary loi the deep burns to h p nl. KICKED BY HORSE Twelve Year Old Milton 1 Werling of Preble Seriously Injured by Horse. ) KICKED IN BOWELS L , Operation to be Held This Afternoon to Relieve the Child—Mysterious. i J Dr. J. C. Grandstaff of Preble, assisted by Dr. D. D. Clark and Dr. J. M. Miller of this city this afternoon operated upon Milton, tw'elve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Werling of Preble, who Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock was kicked in the bow- ’ els by a horse. He suffered severe internal injuries, it was thought, a result of the injury being the paralyzing of the bowels, and his condition is deemed very serious indeed. The affair happened while Victor Hoffman, who had driven into Preble with his team, had left the horses hitched in front of the Grandstaff office while he went in to get some medicine for his mother. A passing engine frightened ‘ the horses and the little Werling boy, who lives near, happening to pass at; that time, was kicked by one of the rearing animals. THE WOMAN WRESTLER Did Not Appear After Mayor Took a Hand Against Game. Considerable interest was taken in I the announcement of Manager Martin • | Strodel of the Coliseum Tuesday that he would hold the wrestling match between May Harris, the woman wrestler, and a man Tuesday evening, despite emphatic orders of the mayor and the warning of the chief of police, and not a few people turned out to see whether the course was followed up. They were disappointed, for no mention was made at the wrest--1 ling match of the proposed woman ■ wrestler and she did not display her . dainty limbs in tights. Evidently I Strodel took the mayor at his word and cut out the alleged objectionable » part. 1 Wednesday Mayor Feightner said ' that he did not know whether there i had been any forbidden wrestling - match held or not, as he had already > issued the order and it was up to the i chief of police to see that no matches . of the kind were held. The chief of police, when asked about the matter, stated that liter • would be no such match held in the i city if he could prevent. He did not ■ seem to think much of the coliseum . manager's threats to go ahead as i planned. • Clem Bechtol. with whom the wo- > man wrestler came to town, is aps parently a square fellow and stands - well with the wrestling fans of the - city. They know that his interest in - thi ssport proprats him to make his offers of something that will interest all, but he seemingly overlooks the alleged moral side which was pointed out by Mayor Feightner. The coliseum management sees the shekels I rolling away because of the order.— t Huntington Herald. i M”. Bechtol and wife were formerly I employees of the Murray House in 1 this city. ~ a Ed Johnson, who for some time has i, heen quite sick, was down street this e morning, feeling much better, and enjoying the fresh morning air.

IN FLOOD DANGER Dr. J. S. Coverdale Writes from Arkansas of Danger from Floods. SHOULD LEVEE BREAK Preparing Platforms for Stock—Many Families Are Fleeing. Dr. J, S. Coverdale, who has been spending the winter on his plantation two and one-half miles from Marion, Ark., and about twelve miles fluid Memphis, Tenn , writes his wife of the great danger from floods to which that district is subjected at this time. The nearest point which is touched by the Mississippi river, which is now swollen to great size, is eleven miles, but the levee in (hat vicinity is in great danger of breaking, in spite of all that is being done to strengthen it, and should this occur, the floods would be sent overland tb a great distance, causing great damage to stock, and other property, and great inconvenience. The crisis, it was thought, would occur Wednesday or today, and in anticipation of the breaking of the levee, plantation owners and others are building platforms on which the stock will be driven to bear them above the floods, and all other precautions are being taken to offset the danger. Many families are moving away from the danger district. It is thought that though the loss to property would ge great, there is no danger threatening the human life. Dr. Coverdales son, Clark Coverdale, and family reside on the plantation also, and they have a large number of tenants also, who are employed on the plantation. FARMERS' INSTITUTE. The farmers’ institute association will hold an important meeting in the library hall Saturday afternon at 2 o'clock. TOWN CONSTABLE Home Talent Play Will be Given by Modern Woodmen and Neighbors. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Will be Under Management of Raymond Snedeker— Bosse Opera House. Tlie regular meeting of the Modern Woodmen Wednesday evening was an interesting one, at which time the home talent play which they have been considering for some weeks was decided upon and arrangements for same completed. “The Town Constable,” a rural comedy, in three acts, will be the play, to be staged and under the management of H. Raymond Snedeker, a well known show man, formerly with the Sharpley Stock company, of Missouri. He has been on the road for a number of years, and has several'plays which he stages suitable to the people for whom he puts on the play lit will be given under a joint organization of the Woodmen and Royal Neighbors and will at once, under direction of Mr. Snedoker, begin rehearsing for the set date of Wednesday evening, April 10th. The Bosse opera house has been secured for the occasion and the play w’ill be one of the best to have been witnessed here, it being a companion plav to "Way Down East," and one to be enjoyed by all. The locals will sell tickets in a day or so, and expect to entertain a full-sized audience. Admission, 25c. o — CARD OF THANKS. We desire in this manner to express our sincere thanks to all those who so kindly assisted us in the last sickness and death of our dear mother, Mrs. Lois Lenhart. THE CHILDREN.

SPECIAL G. R. & I. TRAIN. Will Leave Ft. Wayne Sunday at j 12:15 for Berne Dedication. Information relative to the special | train to be run over the G. R & I. on next Sunday, out of Fort Wayne to Berne for the dedication of the new Mennonite church, is that it will leave Fort Wayne at 12:15 p. m., arriving in time for the afternoon program to be rendered ut 2 o'clock. Returning the train will leave Berne at 9:15. A number from here will be in attendance and one of the largest crowds in Berne for some time will be there on this occasion Easter Sunday. rodgers killed I Aviator Who Alone Completted Transcontinental Flight Meets Death. FELL INTO OCEAN t Passed Southwest of City in October and Seen by Many Decatur People. Calbraith P. Rodgers, the famous ' American aviator, who alone held the ’ honor of completing a transcontinental flight from coast to coast, and otherwise ranked high as a bird man, [ met death Wednesday when he fell a . distance of several hundred feet in the ocean, his airship capsizing, and he, becoming tangled in the machine, . plunged with it into the ovean, dying . a half-hour afterwards. Aviator Rod- . gers will be remembered by Decatur people, they having watched him in his coast-to-coast flight, when he passed southwestward over this city on October 2nd. alighting at Geneva, and 11 from there continued his course by . way of Huntington. He was accom- ; panied on his flight by a special train, carrying Mrs. Rodgers, his mother and various members of the “Vin Fiz ’ , company, for whom he was making 1 the flight, and advertising “Vin Fiz,” 1 a new soft drink. A Long Beach, California, dispatch gives the following concerning the ac- ! sident: “Calbraith P. Rodgers, the first man to fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific in an aeroplane, is dead here as the result of a fall into the ocean. “Mr. Rodgers was flying over the water when his machine was capsized I by a sudden gust of wind. He fell several hundred feet and struck she water a short distance from a pleas- . ure pier "Rodgers fell twenty feet and his neck was broken. He was buried in the wreckage of the biplane. "Boats were put out from the beach at once and the unconscious man was pulled from the water. He was taken 1 ashore, where doctors worked for an i hour to revive him. They were un , successful, and the world-famous aviator died within half an hour after the accident occurred. ’ “A large crowd had assembled on ’ the beach to watch Rodgers in his flight, and hundreds of persons saw , him fall "Rodgers' death makes 127 aero--1 plane fatalities since aviation began. , He is the twenty-second American : aviator to be killed, and the eleventh i aviator to perish this year." t ' —o s SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC. J . --. There will be special Easter music - at the Presbyterian church Sunday t morning. The following anthems will ■ be given: "Awake, Thou That Sleepe est,” by Eichhorn; "Hail the Day,” by . Adams; "Hearts and Voices Raise," i- by Wilson. There will also be two soy los, “My Redeemer and My Lord,” a Dudley Buck, by Miss Marie Pattern son; "Golgotha," Couchois, by Dr. e Fred Patterson. An Easter sermon .1 story will be told for the children and t a short Easter sermon will follow. -. Remember the service and come em joy it with us. THE PASTOR. STAR OF BETHLEHEM. :- There will be a meeting of the Star e of Bethlehem next Monday evening, t at which time all members are eari- nestly requested to be present for the evening's work. Business of importance.

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i TRIPLET COLTS I I Born to Mare of Robert Shirk of Near Monroe— Colts Died Later. AN UNUSUAL CASE Ben Brown Becomes Decatur Resident-Monroe Has New Harness Shop. Monroe, Ind., March 4—(Special to Daily Democrat)-—The Ladies’ Aid ■ society of the Monroe M. E. church j will give a supper and bazaar on next Saturday evening. April 6th. at the store room formerly occupied by W. L. Keller. The ladies will be pleased to entertain the usual large crowd that attends their supper, and the price will be 15c and 20c. The following is the menu: Chicken pot-pie bread, butter and jelly, pickled eggs, potato salad, pickles, peaches, cake and coffee. Supper served from 5 o’clock p. m. on. Proceeds to be applied to the church piano fund. Everybody is invited to come and assist in this-wwthy cause. Robert Shirk, who resides 1 mile east of this place, was surprised Tuesday evening upon finding that he was owner of three fine colts, born by one of his mares, but all have since died. This is something not heard of very often. Perry Good of Celina, Ohio, has located in Monroe, and has opened up a first-class harness shop in the Joe Hocker building, where he will keep an up-to-date assortment of new harness and will also do harness repairing. Thus another industry is added to this already hustling town. Our horseman. J. M. Andrews, has one of the finest stables of breeding horses that can be seen anywhere. On taking them out for exercise they are admired by all who sec them. They are beauties and in fine condition, and our farmers will profit by taking a look at them. Ben Brown, real estate agent, who 1 for some time has made his home i here, moved to Decatur Wednesday ’ morning, where he will make his future home. W. M. Brandyberry- and wife moved on a farm from east of town where they will make their future home. Eph Lobenstine and family moved from Chattanooga. Ohio, to this place where they will be permanently located in the future. Pete Kessler informs us that his blacksmithing trade has increased to j such an extent that he finds it impos- | sibie to run “a one-man shop,” and therefore has secured the services of Eph Lobenstine, who is an up-to-date artist, in the blacksmith line, and who, by the way, has a host of friends here who will be glad to see him back at his 1 old home again. Call and see ; him at the old stand. Mr. and Mrs. Flomer Oliver spent • Sunday with the former's brother, . Chauncey Oliver, and family, at Vera i Cruz. They found the latter enjoying life at their new home. BOGUS DOLLARS CIRCULATING. Governmen’ Officials Will Take Up Matter in Northern Indiana. I Deputv Revenue collector L. P. - Sharp of Fort Wayne has been informr ed that counterfeit dollars are being circulated there and as soon nsa num- - ber of the bogus coins have been ' turned in at the federal building, Cap- - tain Halls of Indianapolis, United . States secret service agent, will come 1 to Fort Wayne in an effort to obtain I some evidence that will lead to the . capture of the counterfeiters. One • business man took one of the bad dollars in exchange for merchandise a few days ago, and others are constantly turning up. Mr. Sharp believes that the coins gained circula- ' tion from the same source that bogus . silver dollars were recently distribur- ■ ed in South Bend. It. is also rumored t that counterfeit dollars are being dis- ■ tributed throughout the entire northwestern portions of Indiana.