Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 116.

I STEPPED IN HOLE E. 11. Shoemaker Returning from Business Trip in Ohio Met With Mishap AT MARTON, OHIO Walking Along Side of Train When He Stepped in Manhole—Cut Over Eye. E. II Shoemaker o! the Ward F»-u<-ggj coinpan}, who lias been at Ashland. SSjg Ohio, in the interest of his firm, soMM enriim a contract, arrived tioim ea:i? this morning with his fare badly disBM figured as a result of an accident with which he met at Marion. Ohio. He rived there shortly after midnieiit. t train slopping twenty minute.: to" luiK'li- Mr. Shoemak.-: took ;id'-anta-.-the spare minute also, to eat. Tb‘> Sfißpath along the track being like must |H<*r or. en elevated plan orm. lie walk.-.I ‘weef. two trains. along_.v, ln< ii ...Mf..i open manhole, whi.h I-.. not HllHable to E «-, stepped into. He was ■thrown. and in the fail, struck the & Kl'isht side of bis head against the ■O?tCeuril'.g of his train cutting a deep just over the right eye. He at Mwnce secured medical assistance ;i:.<i ■tame home, arriving here at 3 tills (■morning. When he came down th-* ■street to have the injury dressed th'' of his face was all black and HBruised, while the cut of the eye was Ban uglj looking one. The mishap was ■the result of negligence on the pan c: ■the railroad company, who will no ■doubt have to make good for the a<Efeident which befell him. Although ■ met with the misfortune, he secured ■the contract he went after, calling for H a $450 purchase of fence to be used st).' the city of Ashland around a city P park. Mr. Shoemaker stated that lie £ was up against the most difficult comI’ petition he ever experienced, but with. ' the explanations, showing and proving the merits and superiority of the ■"Ward Fence,'' he had but little trou- ■ hie to land his contract. MRS. SNELL IS DEAD Well Known Lady Died at Noon Today at Home South of This City. SICK FIVE MONTHS Survived by Husband and Five Children—Funeral Hour Not Set. Aurilla May Snell, aged thirty-six, I", wife of Vai Snell, passed away at noon ■today at the home on the McLaugh- ® Un farm, two miles south of the city, S'Mtci a five months' illness from EWrigbt’s disease, the greater part of which time she was bedlast. Mrs. Sf Snell was a daughter of the late Wih Lilam Russell and of Mrs. Winifred ■■g Russell of this city, and was born near Bthe Washington church southwest of this city. » L • She was married sixteen years ago : to Vai Snell, the family moving thir|r teen years ago to the McLaughlin v farm, where they have since liv” 1. I Eight children were born to Mr. and Epl Mrs Snell, of whom five are living: jw.They are: Frances, aged thirteen; Florence, aged eleven; Rosa, aged I pine: Lily, aged seven, and Cleveland Franklin, aged four. Mrs. Snell also leaves besides the husband and mother, the following , ■others and sisters: Will Russell, Fort Wayne; Arthur, ot Michigan. E Joseph of this city; Stella Stetson. Alma. Mich.; Lydia Stetson. Sturgis, Mich.; Winifred Stevens. Decatur. The Bis deceased was a kind and loving m 0... er, wife and friend, and was universally beloved. The funeral arrang ments are not yet made, but the sei’.ices will doubtless be held at the ,:."Washington M. E. church southwest <>. the, city. | c i Henry Wefel of Preble township was numbered among the business callers here today.

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PLAYERS WERE GOOD. The vaudeville players who made theii; initial appearance at the Crystal Monday night certainly made a hit with the Decatur picture play fans. Repeated encores proved the merit of their production A complete change of program will be had for tonight’s performance and those who enjoy good vaudeville will do veil to see this show. Manager Parent is making efforts to secure the artists for the remainder of the week, they having only a three days’ engagement heie and being billed for the Lyric at Fort Wayne next week. LOUDLY CHEERED Captain E. H. Kilbourne of Ft. Wayne Shriners Did Heroic Deed at I NATIONAL MEETING Stopped Runaway in Parade I at Personal Risk to Save ii Ft. Wayne Band Boys. > A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., ■ the scene of the great national coni vention of the Shriners, lauds the he-i ( i role deed of E. H. Kilbourne, son-in- , law of U. Deininger of this city, and , captain of the Fort Wayne Shriners. , The dispatch says: “Breaking ranks' 1i from the street parade of Shriners of ' ,* the Imperial Council of A. A. O. N. ■ , IM. S., Captain E. H. Kilbourne, ot t ' Arab patrol of Mizpah Temple, Fort ■ I Wayne, which has gained such dis-' > I tinction here in its excellent drilling, j , ! succeeded in stopping a runaway II which threatened to run down the . ranks of Mizpah Temple’s band, and I was loudly cheered by the thousands , who witnessed the heroic deed. Mr. , Kilbourne narrowly escaped injury. The Shriners left here Sunday for Salt Lake City, and will r# turn to Fort Wayne next Sunday ’ night." Mrs. Kilbourne is here the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Deininger, during her husband's absence in the west. 0 THE SNEDEKER THEATER PARTY. Which opens its summer engagement at the Bosse opera house on Friday night of this week, promises all those fortunate enough to secure seats for the opening performance a real treat. This excellent company is playing a circuit of three towns—Portland, Bluffton and Decatur —two jnights in each city, 'and an entirely different bill each week. of this popular play house should take advantage of this opportunity of seeing a city show at such a small price, 10c all over the house, and with the support of the theater-going public, they promise to be with us ail summer. The performances are clean, snappy and original in every respect, presenting each night a two-act play (Tabaloid), a feature Biograph film, I living picture poses, illustrated songs ' and novelty specialty, and the city or-! chestra completing the program: | worth your time in seeing. The cur-1 tain will rise at 8:30, enabling everybody ampletime to put in your appearance. Don’t class this show with others, but come, see and be convinced that it is more worthy of your appreciatice support. See add for this week's program and make a date for the big show for the little price. POLICE COURT NEWS. William H. Linker of Bridgeport, Pa., a concrete wheeler employed in the construction of the sugar plant, was arrested Monday night on a drunk charge by Policeman Melvhi ■ and lodged in jail until this morning. When arraigned this morning he entered a plea of guilty and drew a dollar and costs. He has been working - in the city for the past two weeks and came from Kent, Ohio, where he was ■ engaged in railroad construction work. - CORRECT SOUTH PREBLE REPORT The report of the returns of the re- > gistration from South Preble, as pub- . lished in the Daily Democrat was wrong and we gladly make this correction. According to the printed figures , only seven registered. This was an . er ror, as the number to register was 72, a very good showing.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, May 14, 1912.

BADLY DAMAGED I The Home of John Schafer Badly Damaged by Fire , Monday Evening. WILL AMOUNT TO SSOO , Fully Covered by Insurance 1 —Considerable Water Damage to Contents. The home of John Schafer on High : street was badly damaged by fire Monday evening, the exact cause of which is unknown. The fire was discovered about 5 o’clock by several neighbors simultaneously, and the alarm of fire was sounded. The first intimation of impending danger was when the fire had burned through the roof and rapidly burned before the breeze. Mrs. Schafer, who was busy fininshing cleaning house, did not know of the danger until apprized by the neighbors. Willing neighbors carried the larger portion of the household goods out of danger, but the loss of some articles was inevetable. Until the arrival of the fire company the blaze Lad gained considerable headway and was burning fiercely in the roof and behind the sheathing in the south wing of the house and was working under the roof into the north, or main portion of the house. The atten- ; tion of the company was first given to ' the south wing and the fire thsre was effectually checked. However, in the ; main portion of the house it was necj essary to tear away large portions of ' the roof in order to get at the fire. I The entire roof of the house was cotn- • pletely destroyed and a large part of the upper superstructure will have to be replaced. The water damage proved to be almost as expensive as the fire, and the entire house was flooded The loss to the fire will amount to at least SSOO, fully covered by insurance. Mrs. Schafer had just succeeded in arranging her work so that she would have finished cleaning house Monday evening, and was working downstairs at that work when told of the fire. MEMBER OF FIRM Albert Mutschler Purchases Third Interest in Mutschler & Myer Market ON MONROE STREET Has Been Employed in Shop for Some Time—Son of Senior Member. Another change in the business circle of the city was noted when Albert I Mutschler purchased a third' interest . ir ( the meat market owned and com | ducted by his father, Fred Mutschler, and Jacob Myers on Monroe street, ; Mr. Mutschler was first engaged in the business for about three years alone, and last July Mr. Myers, who had been employed by him, became a member of the firm Mr. Albert Mutschler has been employed by them and is well versed in all the details of the business, andjWill be a valuable member or the firm. The *new firm will continue the same excellent business principles that has made this a first-class meat market and asks the patronage of the public. WILL ERECT THIS WEEK. The necessary cable for theerection of the lamps which have been unloaded around the court house square and along the streets has arrived and the erection of our lamp standards will be undertaekn this week. With all the lamps erected and in operation the streets will assume an entirely different appearance than heretofore. CARD OF THANKS. *■ . — I desire to thank the friends and neighbors for the kindness they have shown me during the illness and death of my belpved husband; also to thank the friends for the beautiful floral offerings. MRS. MICHAEL SMITH.

WILL LAY CORNER STONE Os Winchester New Christian Church May 19th. Rev. George Schroeder, a former Adams county boy, who recently went to Winchester from Bridgeport, 111., to become pastor of the Winchester Christian church, is making rapid way with the fine large new church which he undertook to build at Winchester. Announcement is made of the laying of the corner stone Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, May 19th, when many prominent men will be present to assist in the exercises. WARD FENCE NOTES More Help Being Added to the Pay Roll and Business is Rushing. SECURE MANY ORDERS Are Now Running Twentyfour Hours a Day—Unable to Fill Contracts. Miss Effie Haynes of Warren, Ind , is a new -stenographer at the downtown office, beginning her duties Monday morning. E. H. Shoemaker has gone to Ashland, Ohio, to look after the securing of a municipal contract being let Paul Reinking has taken a position as assistant bookkeeper at the Ward Fence company, and his duties in this line will help much with the rushing business which they now enjoy. Frank Pearce, superintendent of the plant, has gone to Forest, Ohio, on business for a few days. Mr. Rundell, secretary and manager of the company, will leave next week on a week’s trip through the west in the interest of his firm. He will go from here to Chicago, thence to other places, stopping at Waterloo, lowa, Kansas City, Kansas., and on his return will stop at Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is now- on its third week of day and night operations, working nearly a hundred men at both shifts, and putting in the full twenty-four hours. They are rushed with orders and every mail brings in others, so that they are overtaxed with work and unable to meet the demand of their many customers. LOON LAUGHED LOUDLY At the Flying Bullets That Failed to , Touch It. ... e ' Out on the waters of the Fort Wayne & Springfield stone quarry sits a lone and lazy loon, a bird commonly known as a “hell-diver," in blissful ignorance of the fate that awaits it next Tuesday at the hands of Jesse and Oliver Schug of the interurban force, who have been practicing shooting at the bird and have bound themselves to make it “a go" at last. Monday evening the boys tried their first practice on it, and while Mose Henry Louis Scheumann, Edwin Fledderjohann, Omer Butler and Gus Greisinger, of the force, were working an hour to get a freight car back on the tracks at the rear of the power house, the Schug boys practiced shooting at the loon with their revolver. Jesse Schug shot at least forty times, and Oliver fired equally- as many shots at the bird, but without touching it. The bird was never “phazed” and indeed enjoyed the sport so much that it never took the troubleto dodge the farflying bullets toward the last. The boys will try it again. o HENDRICKS BOY RECOVERING. Mrs. Sylvan Babcock and children passed through the city this morning enroute from Monroe, where they visited with her brother, Bryan Ftendricks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hendricks, who was shot last Wednesday night in the thigh by his brother-in-law, Mr. Babcock, who mistook him for a burglar. The bullet is still in the boy’s thigh, all efforts to locate it having failed. It will be neeesarily left there and it is thought the lad will recover with no ill effects, the wound healing nicely.

PLENTY OF LABOR Twenty-five Hand Workers for Beet Fields Ai rived Unheralded Today. MORE ARE COMING If You Need Help Come in and Get Them—Work at Factory Progressing. !l . Ji The sugar company reports that i they have now engaged all the beet workers they will need to take care of tlfe beets and have quite a number whom they have no place for. This morning tw-enty-five came into Decatur without the company going after • them, and this afternoon Mr. Wagner came from Chicago with about sixty people. Forty people are waiting at . Detroit for the company to go after them and about twenty-five or thirty more are at Cleveland. So. if any of the farmers are worrying about the possibility of not getting help they can calm their fears and rest easy. But you must get their houses ready ’ and be on hand to get this help when ■ notified, as the company cannot keep - them here for a day or two, as it is too expensive. The late spring is causing some un1 easiness among the farmers who have agreed to raise beets. This should be your best reason for sowing them. 1 The beet season is longer than any ' other and you can raise them after it s is too late to raise other crops. If you : haven’t planted your beets, get at it at once. It will pay you better than any other crop. Don’t let yorr neighs bors make money while'you lose. i — The work on the new factory is propressing in a most satisfactory man- - ner. The machinery is now being j . placed and the pay roll shows about, three hundred men at work on the site north of town. It's an interesting ) site. WILL LOCATE HERE l ~ —■— ■ Pev. and Mrs. George Owen t i Lease James Ward Home on Madison Street. 1 I —— ' THE NEW PASTOR Os Christian Church—Will ) Begin Active Work Here , Sunday, May 26th. 5 Rev. and Mrs. George Owen left tor day for their home at Burnettsville, s where they will pack their household 1 goods preparatory to moving to this city, where Rev. Owen has accepted a call to the pastorate, of the Christian t church. Rev. Owca conducted servf ices here Sunday and was so well lik- - e'd that a call was extended to him nt - once to succeed the Rev. J. M. Dawi son, who resigned several months ago. i Rev. Owen accepted the call and will , preach his first sermons as regular t pastor, Sunday, May 26th. Rev. Owen i is a minister of power, and his wife, 1 who is a musician and an especially : pleasing vocalist, is a great help to > him in his work Their family conl sists of two children —a son, Earl, • aged five years and a daughter, aged -two. They have leased the James t Ward residence on West Madison street, and will soon be at home there after a number of improvements have been made on the residence. Rev. and Mrs. Owen came to this city Sati urday from Markle, where they had ; been visiting, Rev. Owen also conduct- - ing services in a church near that • place. — o v A FLOWER SALE. 1 The Evangelical ladies are holding a i flower sale this week at the Winnes >- shoe store. Blooming flowers of all ■- kinds —geraniums, verbenlas, pansies, e and others, with foliage plants—e vines, ferns and bed border plants are among the Jot.

TO LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS. j Mrs. A. J. Reynolds, who, with her I husbafid, has been spending the winter in Indianapolis with their son, Rollo, returned here Monday night and is packing her household goods preparatory to reluming to Indianap olis, where the Reynolds will make their future home. Her daughter, Mrs. Edith Dicer, who is a nurse at Fort Harrison, Indianapolis, accompanied her here. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoffman and babe of Griffith are also here assisting in the packing. Mrs. Hoffman being a daughter of Mrs. Reynolds. COURT HOUSE NEWS . 1.1 Mrs. Sarah Hakes Seeks Replevin of Straying Cows —Files a Suit. WM. BIENEKE WILL Ode McClish Asks Defense as Poor Person—Barrone Dismisses His Suit. R. C. Parrish filed a new replevin suit entitled Sarah Hakes vs. Joseph Martz. Mrs. Hakes .■’.sks for the possession of her fire cows, valued at $225, which she says Martz has been detaining since May 12th. The two are neighbors and the cows got out and were taken up by Martz, who holds them until she pays what he claims will compensate for damage done by them. Mrs Hakes contends that they did no damage. D. E. Smith and John Schiirgw were witnesses of the will of William Beineke, which was executed March 31, 1899, and probated Monday. He provided first for the payment of all his just debts and funeral expenses, dnd gives the rest of his real and per- , sonal estate in fee simple to his w ife, Sophia Beineke. Simon W. Beineke qualified as administrator with the will annexed. He gave $22,000 bond. A remarkable coincident is that Mr. Schurger was also a witness of tho Frederick Bohne will, executed May' 32, 1911, and probated Monday, Upon presentation by Attorney C. L. Walters, the foreign will of William ( Henderson Kline, late of Eaton. Ohio, which was executed September 2, 1877, and probated February 11, 1901, was admitted to probate here. He gives all his property to his wife, Josephine. The son, Jacob George Kline, is to have the benefit of all property if he survives his mother. If she survives she shall dispose of it as she pleases. Ode McClish has applied for defense as a poor person in two of the cases for conspiracy- to steal. One of the cases against him, in which Will Ward is a co-defendant, has been set for trial May 20th, as to McClish, and the other May 27th. William J. Barrone vs. HenryKnapp, foreclosure of mechanic’s lien, S3OO, case dismissed and costs paid. The divorce case of Bertha Roop vs. Harley Roop, set for May 17, has bejen left off the trial calendar. Mary E. Davy et al. vs. Aylett Miller et al., quiet title and reform deed. Proof of publication and notice to nonresidents filed. Default of all non-resi-dent defendants. As to Maud, Elizabeth and Bruce Dane'-, summons ordered for them, returnable June Ist. Realty transfers: William H. Bieneke et al. to Simon W. Bieneke, SO acres, Preble tp., $500; Chrales M. Burris to Wm. Drew, lot 384, Geneva, SSOO. ‘ Rebecca Jackson was appointed administratrix of the estate of her late ■ husband, Daniel Jackson. She filed I $14,000 bond. * The trial of the case of Robert S. Campbell vs. George and Sarah Tricker, contribution, and to set aside fraudulent conveyance, demand, $545, was begun before Judge Merryman. Hooper & Lenhart represent the plaintiff and C. J. Lutz the defendants. — o ♦ Thursday is Ascension Thursday and a holy day- of obligation at the St. Mary’s church. Services on this Jay will be the same as on Sunday.

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ARE STILL AT IT Burglars Find Monroe and Vicinity Good Picking— Fifteen Reported. IN LAST TWO WEEKS Strange Man With Jimmy and Wrench Under His Sweater. Monroe, Ind., May 14 —(Special to Daily- Democrat)—Monroe, for some reason, seems to be good picking for the thieving vagrants, and the fact that they are still on the job was demonstrated again Friday evening, when they were discovered watching the drug store of O. O. Hocker. About 10 o’clock Mr. Hocker was sweeping out the store and his wife was counting the money preparatory to closing up for the night, when Mrs. Hocker noticed a strange face peeping in at the window watching the operation. She looked again and the face disappeared, only to appear again in a few moments. She called Mr. Hocker's attention to it and he went out to see what the fellow wanted. He was asked if there were two restaurants in the town, and Mr. Hocker replied in the affirmative, and proceeded to show the fellow where one of them was. He walked up the street a block with the man, and while on the waynoticed that the fellow wore a sweater coat and underneath was what looked to Hocker like a window jimmy and wrench. The party refused to look Hocker in the face and turned down an alley near the restaurant. Hocker went back to the store and notified the marshal, who, with others, made a complete search of the vicinity but could find no one. From th? description given, the same man was seen twice earlier in the evening trying to peep into the windows of the drug store, but when some one approached, went away. C. L. Hendricks, along with the marshal, watched the entire night, but the prowler was not seen again. Monday morning it was reported that some one tried the doors of the dwelling of Alph Harnet in the north part of town, but was ' frightened away by Mr. Harnet, This makes a total of fifteen reported roberies and try-outs in and gear Monroe in the past two Weeks. The people are up in arms and the marshal and officers seem to be unable to get a clue to the parties. Whoever they are have surely a bunch of nerve to try this kind of a game in such a thickly populated community and it is only the boldness of the thing that lets them get by just as they do. Just a week ago Victor Graber, who lives in the country and runs the Monroe meat market, going home after closing the shop on Saturday evening, was ordered to stop his machine a mile south of town. But instead of stopping he speeded up and the fellows gave chase in a buggy, but were outdistanced and Mr. Graber got home safely with the money of Saturday s business. But we believe with the movement on foot that something will be done in the near future to bring the party or parties to justice. ANDERSONVILLE PRISON SHERIFF Attica, Ind., May 11 —Pen Voliva, “the sheriff of Andersonville prison," and one of the few survivors of the famous tunnel delivery, in which thir-ty-four prisoners escaped, is dead at the home of his daughter in Newton, ten miles southeast of this city. Voliva served four years in the second New York cavalry, ten months of that time being spent in Andersonville. He was a large, strong man. and when Mr. Wirz, commandant of the prison, authorized the prisoners to organize a court among themselves and mete out punishment to their fellow prisoners they chose Voliva sheriff. Before the escape Mr. Voliva aided in digging the tunnel. Three days later he was recaptured, and he was placed in the stockade, bound hand and foot and laid on his back in the sun. Then, after smearing his face with molasses his captors left him lying there all day to be tormented with the flies. From that time until he was taken from Andersonville, three months later, he wore an ninety pound ball chained to one ankle. In spite of this, however, he was not cowed and while the confederates were transferring a trainload of prisoners northward he jumped from the train and escaped