Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 184.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Bertha Keeling Asks Divorce from Man She Lived With Less'Than a Week. AN UNUSUAL CASE Married While on Visit in Ohio, But Harry Left Her —Another New Case. Anothe- divorce case has been filed, the title being Bertha Keeling vs. Harry Keeling The complaint was filed by Attorneys Peterson & Moran and «ays that the parties had a short but rather eventful life on the sea of matriipony During the latter part of April last year, the young people were llvirtg in Port Wayne, when Keeling induced the plaintiff, then Miss Berth* Vance, to go with him on a visit to Mendon, Ohio, and while there they wtjhd married on May 31st. Six days later Keeling came to the house whg'e they had been staying and he b<ih£ in a drunken condition, cursed her and accused her of infidelity, thereupon he left her among strangers and she has not heard from him Slice. She asks for a decree of divorce and the restoration of her former name. llooper 4 Lenhart are attorneys for •th 4 plaintiff in a case filed, Lewis E. Scherry vs. Samuel D. Davis et al , suit to quiet title to real estate, eighty acres in Kirkland township. Nathan B. Shepherd has been up pointed administrator of the estate cl Alexander Bolds and filed bond in the s ji of $-0,000. The will was probated several days ago. Heller, Sutton & Heller are the attorneys. 8080 CIRCUIT. Sunday services w ill be held as follows: South Salem, Sunday morning; Mt. Hope, Sunday evening. A STATE TICKET Third Party Completes Selection of Nominees for the State Offices. JACKMAN IS NAMED Huntington Man Selected as Candidate for Attorney General—No Contests.

Tae Hull Moose party concluded its work ia tho first state convention of the party, adopting n local option nlatform and nominating a complete state ticket, as follows: Governor —Albert J. Beveridge, Indianapolis. Lieutenant Governor —Fred Landis, Logansport. Secretary of State —Lawrence E. Mace, Scottsburg. Auditor—H. E. Cushman, Washing ton Treasurer—B. B. Baker, Monticello. Attorney General —Clifford F. Jackman, Huntington. State Superintendent of Public Instruction —Charles E. Spalding. W inamac. Statistician —Thad M. Moore, Anderson. Reporter Supreme Court -Frank K. Miller, Clinton. Judge Supreme 'Court, First Division—James B. Wilson, Bloomington. Judge Supreme Court, Fourth Division—William A. Bond, Richmond. Judge Appellate Court, First Divis-ion-Minor Ft Pate, Bloomfield. The result will at least dampen the spirit of the regular republicans, who meet, next Tuesday for the state convention. o ————— RAISING STATION A forte of workmen are in the city at the Erie station raising up the same and making ready to place a new foundation under it. It will be rais ed probably two feet and a good strong foundation placed under it. as the old one has completely rotted away. The work will reguire several weeks.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

A FALSE ALARM About eight-thirty last night the fire department was called on a false alarm to the old packing building opposite the Erie railroad station where it was thought that fire had broken out. The building occupied by the two families, Mrs. Counts, and Frank Straub, and it was in the part that Straub occupies that the fire is alleged to have started. The department made the run to the Clover Leaf station and had to turn round to the scene of the excitement. This is the first night run of the new truck and everything went along smoothly. Upon arrival of the truck at the scene the firemen searched the house thoroughly and found no traces of fire, whatever. There was a fire in Straub's kitchen stove and the smoke issuing from the chimney was the cause of the excitement. SCHOOL BOARD MET Reorganizes This Morning With O. L. Vance as the New President. IRVIN BRANDYBERRY Secretary and Fred Fruchte, Treasurer—Year’s Work Also Closed. The school board met in regular sesI sion this morning at 10 o’clock at which time a reorganization of the ! board was effected to carry out the ' work of the schools for a period of anI other year. The officers elected are: 1 President, 0. L. Vance; secretary, Irvin Brandyberry, and treasurer, Fred Fruchte. Mr. Vance, w’ho becomes president of the board, succeeds Fred V. Mills, who has been a member for the past six years, and who now severs his connection, he resigning of his i own accord. Mr. Brandyberry, who served as treasurer, succeeds Mr. I Vance, while Mr. Fruchte, selected by the city council on June 4th, succeeds Mr. Brandyberry in official capacity. The work of the year was also closed, everything being placed in shape for the opening of the fall term, and for [ the new board to start its work. A reI port was made and handed to the county auditor and another to the county superintendent of schools, L. E. Opliger. The past year has been one of cellent results, all matters being ca? ried out most successfully, and noth Ing interfered that would hinder the coming year from being such. The meeting was short, there being nothing to dispose of, except the reorganiI zation and closing the year’s work.

AS A FERTILIZER Gun Powder is Claimed to be One of the Best Crop Producers Out. THE GOVERNMENT Wishes to Dispose of Oversupply of the Explosive in This Way. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 2—There being so much change in the fashion of gun powder it has come about that the navy department has a lot of old brown powder on its hands and being unable to persuade anybody to buy it or use it. it is raising crops front it, report says, using it to its own surprise as a fertilizer. The brown powder went out of fashion because it made too much smoke, and it went when smokeless powder was invented. The old powder contained about eighty per cent potassium nitrate, consisting of potash and nitrogen, both of which are largely constituents in fertilizers. Xot being able to dispose of the powder in any way, the navy authorities at Indian Bead, the navy’s proving grounds, wrote to the agricultural department, asking if the department would not please use the powder as a fertilizer, but Professors Whttney and Cameron said that while there was no (Continued on Page 2)

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, August 2, 1912,

A. SPRINGER DEAD Pioneer of Berne and Father of Eli Sprunger. of This City, is Called. SICK TWO DAYS Stricken With Paralysis on Wednesday MorningFuneral Sunday. Abraham Sprunger, father of Eli Sprunger of this city, a pioneer of the town of Berne, and one of the best known residents of Adams countv, died at his home at Berne at 8 o’clock Thursday evening. Mr. Sprunger was born in Switzerland, but came to this country when young, and has been in tbe stock business until three years ago. About a year ago, he suffered an attack of paralysis, or something similar thereto. About three months ago, a second attack caime and Wednesday morning of this week he was stricken the third time, his death following in less than two days. Mr. Sprunger was married twice, the second wife surviving him. He was the father of thirteen chilflren, eleven of whom survive, one of these, Helen, being but four years old, she being the only child by the second marriage. The other children are Eli and Henry of this city: Lewis, of Berne; Amos, of Alaska; Abraham, of North Dakota; and Mrs. Mary Stauffer, Mrs. Rosa Steiner, Mrs. Caroline Winteregg and Mrs. Philip Huser and Miss Sarah Sprunger, all of Berne. Surviving him also are two sisters, Mrs. Peter Lehman and Mrs. Chris Sprunger of Berne, and one brother, the Rev. Sprunger of Berne. The deceased was known all o.er the county as "Long Abe,” this title having been given him, when he was actively engaged in the stock business and of which he made a wonderful success. The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 9 o’clock from the Mennonite church at Berne. 0 A STRONG GAME Decatur Meets an all Salaried Team on the Local Grounds Sunday. * A GUARANTEE OF $50.00 And Will Have to Put Up the Fight of Their Lives to Win the Game. The Decatur Shamrocks will meet the Monroeville salaried team on the home diamond next Sunday and will probably have to put up the one big

game of the season. This Monroeville team is an all-salaried team and has added some pretty live victories to their record this season. Winning a large number of hard fought battles in succession they are coming confident that they will have an easy victory over the local boys. But, nevertheless the city fans still believe in the possibility of our boys giving them a fight for the honors and many are the fans who believe firmly in a Decatur victory next Sunday. Providing Decatur beats Monroeville they will attain a position in semi-professional base ball circles, held only by one team, and that is the best. We have a fast bunch of players and all keep their heads in fast playing, which leads us to believe in winning next Sunday. The admission will be as usual and with the fifty dollar guarantee that the home team has to put up for their appearance they are deserving of a good attendance. If you enjoy base ball attend this game. It’s the banner game of the season. In a game played at Van Wert Thursday the Willshire team defeated Van Wert to the tune of 13 to 3, and consequently are highly elated over their victory. They are seeking a return game with our local team and may be accommodated later. o — County Clerk. Ferdinand Bleeke was numbered among the Fort Waytie business callers today.

fcl JAMES L. EDGE. THE LAST TAPS Sounded for James L. Edge, Who Queitly Passed Away at 11:20 Today. —— x-— AN ABLE CITIZEN For Years a Resident of This City—Born in Clifton, Green County. The death of James L. Edge, a well known retired farmer of this city, residing on North Fifth street, occurred of age, when they moved to Piqua, 0., cation of dropsy and heart trouble. Mr. Edge was the son of George and Sophia Edge and was born December 28, 1833, at Clifton, Green county, Indiana, from where his parents moved to South Bend, living there until James was sixteen years of age, when the moved to Piqua, 0., where their residence still is. Mr. Edge moved to tills county nineteen years ago and has since maintained his residence here. Early in life he was married to Lucy A. Adams, and two children were born to this union, W. A. Edge, of Springfield, Mo., and Mrs. M. B. V. Archbold, of Foil Wayne. Mr. Edge followed the occupation of farming during life, and was successful, having amassed a comfortable fortune to support him in his old age. Two of Mr. Edge's brothers pre ceded him in death and one brother and two sisters survive him, they being Mrs. Jennie Hall of Piqua, Ohio; Henry E. Edge, Piqua, Ohio, and Mrs. Ella Chestna of Mechanicsburg, Ohio His stepmother, Mrs. George Edge, eighty years of age, was present at the time of his death. Mr. Edge was a member of the local Methodist Episcopal church for a great number of years; also a member of Sam Henry Post of this city. For the past seven months he has been unable to leave his home and has been constantly getting weaker. Two days ago he rallied tnd it was thought that he would live for a considerable time longer, but this morning he became worse and at 11:20 quietly passed away while sitting in his arm chair. For the seven months he has not been able to lie down he was constantly required to sit and sleep in the chair. The burial will be in the Decatur cemetery, but the exact time of the funeral has not yet been set. If possible it is thought that the funeral will be held from Che church with the Rev. R. L. Semans officiating. He was seventy-eight years, seven months and four days old at the time of his death. War Career. James L. Edge, the deceased soldier, enlisted at Piqua, Ohio, in the civil war, was assigned to Company F, 147th regiment, Ohio volunteers, and served faithfully till the close of the war, having been assigned to the army of the Potoniic. o- — NOTItE. All members of the adult Bible ciais of the United Brethren Sunday school are earnestly requested to be present on next Sunday morning, August 4th, as Mr. Moser, Indiana's finest artist, will be present to take the class picture. Do not fail to be there, for the picture will be fine. By request of teacher.

OVER A THOUSAND Old Soldiers Well Pleased With Results With Which They are Meeting. SECURING SIGNERS For Erection of MemorialWill go to Berne and Geneva Tomorrow. The old soldiers held another of their regular meetings Thursday evening at the G. A. R. hall and it was presided over by the commander, Thomas Mallonee. The gathering was an enthusiastic one, there being a large attendance, and business pertaining to the securing of the anticipated memorial to be erected in the court house yard, gone over. At this meeting the committees, six in number, to secure signers, made a report of the cancass made in the city which was most satisfactory from every point of view. Fully a thousand names are registered on the petitions secured in this city, and others still affixing their names to help the good work along. A committee was appointed to go to Berne and Geneva tomorrow to secure signers from the south part of the county, it being necessary for them to secure a majority of the voters or upwards of two thousand. With the excellent success with which they have met, and the territory yet to be covered th«- members are very much encouraged with the present showing and have no fears that all but a very few are in favor of a memorial in honor of the “boys in blue." A number of talks were made by the many present and a general conversation was held securing the opinion of each and obtaining pointers for the continued work. The next meeting will be held in two weeks, but a special meeting will no doubt be called before that time to keep in closer touch as the work progresses. roads Separate Clover Leaf and Chicago & Alton Are Now Two Companies. A BREAK EXPECTED Clover Leaf to Move Headquarters from Chicago and Elect Officers.

The Clover Leaf and the Chicago & Alton railroads, which have been in the merger for some time past, have been divorced by the officials, the rumor having been current for some time that the two roads w'ould . be separated. With the separation of the two roads, the Clover Leaf will, in the future “go it alone,” and this means a reorganization of the officials of the Clover Leaf road aud the location of the general offices, now' maintained at Chicago, in some city on the road. Since the headquarters will be changed, the city of Frankfort, which is centrally located, and the division point, both ways, it seams probabl that the main offices will be moved there, although nothing definite has as yet been given out by the road’s officials. The company will also name a new' vice president, general freight and passenger agent,, general auditor, assistant treasurer and a claim agent, and with the advantages offered, Frankort is very desirous of having the company establish headquarters in their city. A rumor from Toledo is to the effect that that city counts upon getting the general offices, the company having quarters in that city that are available for office use, but there is no gain saying the statement that Frankfort offers just as good a location as does Toledo. o—- — Miss Bess’e Parker, a trained nurse who spent several weeks in this city on several cases, left Tuesday for Fort Wayne, where she will spend several weeks resting up.—Columbia City Mail.

POLICE COURT NEWS In the case of the State vs. Will Winnes on a charge of assault and battery brought by Jim Woods, there was no appearance by Woods, whom it is said, became afraid of his connection in the affair and wanted badly to back out. Woods was on the street at seven o’clock but made no effort to appear against Winnes who had secured a lawyer to defend him and a motion to dismiss the case was sustained by Mayor Teeple. It will be remembered that the case grew out of a misunderstanding at the laundry the other day, when Woods, it is alleged, was in a drunken condition and was bothering the help in the workroom of the laundry and Winnes threw him out. BEETS ARE LARGE Mr. Wagner Pulls Two Beets on the Bell Farm That Break Records. WEIGH FOUR POUNDS If Nothing Happens Crop in This Section Will be a Marvelous One. E. M. Wagner, the agriculturist for the sugar company, made a trip to the A. R. Bell farm Thursday afternoon for the purpose of measuring the beet acreage there. He pulled two

beets and brought them to this City, which he says, are the best he ever heard of for August Ist. One of these weighed exactly four pounds and the other, three and one-half. A two-pound beet on August Ist is considered above the average, and a beet twice that size is a word-beater. Mr. Kremers, the superintendent of the plant, said that he had never heard of such beets, and he and Mr. Wagner are trying to figure out what kind of crops these farmers in Adams county are going to haul in this fall. If nothing happens in the most fields in this section, it won’t take many beets to make a wagon load. The agriculturists are delighted with the outlook, notwithstanding the bad weather conditions that have existed and they are confident that practically every farmer who has beets out this year will be an enthusiast for the crop next year. The Bell beet field measured sixteen and onethird acres. —o REV. H.H. KATTMAN Ot Berne Thursday Chosen Superintendent of the Reformed Orphans’ Home. AT FT. WAYNE, IND. Succeeds Rev. B. Ruf, Who Was in Charge the Last Thirteen Years. Rev. H. F. Kattman, pastor of the Berne German Reformed church, and well known here, was Thursday afternoon at the annual business session of the German Reformed orphans’ home, chosen to become the superintendent of the institution, with Mrs. Kattman, as matron, to succeed the Rev. and Mrs. B. Ruf, who resigned, and to take affect on the selection of the new' head on Thursday. At first Mr. Kattman refused to accept the honor bestowed upon him, but the board strongly insisted that he fill the vacancy and asked him to reconsider the action, which he did. He has also been a member of the board of directors, and his wise counsel and valuable and uplifting work, is without doubt the weighty reason of the directors in selecting him. The Rev. Ruf, who resigned, has been in charge of the home for the past thirteen years and under his direction the institution has grown, prospered and reached a (Continued on Page 2)

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SAY NICE THINGS The Press of the Nation in Support of Governor Marshall of Indiana. WHAT THEY SAY Indiana Governor Looms Big When Compared to Vice President Sherman. Indianapolis, Ind , Aug. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Clippings from thousands of newspapers throughout the United States by Mark Thistlethwaite, secretary of Governor Thomas Riley Marshal' democratic nominee for the vice presidency, tell a stirring story of the national esteem in which the Indiana executive is held and the favor with which his nomination has been received. Every mail at the governor’s office is laden with hundreds of editorial comments from the pens of the leading editors ofthe country, regardless of politics. Thus far not a word of unfavorable editorial expression has been received. In the mass of clippings is one of especial interest from the London Times, read by the English speaking people all over the world. The Times says in part: “Governor Marshall is essentially a politician of the modern school, and his conservatism goes no further than the conservative jurist's contempt of the initiative, referendum and recall, coupled with a belief in representative government Otherwise he is a progressive and supports the reforms advocated by orthodox democracy. He seems, in fact, like Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the most intellectual leader of democracy, to be firmly convinced that a great deal can be done by what has been called the ‘New Stateism,’ that is to say, by an awakening of the states to a sense of their responsibil(Continued on Page 2) HELD CONVENTION Republicans Held Meeting This Morning and Selected Various Delegates. A GOOD ATTENDANCE Speeches by Several of the Old Guard—Declare for Taft and County Option. There are still some republicans in Adams county who have not wandered from the old path into the new one made by the big Bull Moose, if today’s convention for the purpose of select ing delegates to the various conventions was any guide. The session was held at the court house at 10 o’clock this morning and sixty republicans participated. County Chairman Egley called the meeting to order and introduced C. L. Wadters, who was made permanent chairman. Speeches were made by Morton Stults, Fred Rohrer, M. Miller of Monroe township, P. L. Andrews, John Frisinger and Joseph Smith. Resolutions endorsing President Taft's administration and his candidacy and instructing the delegates to the state convention to support resolutions favoring a county option plank were adopted. Delegates were chosen as follows: To the state convention—Paul G. Hooper, A. J. Smith, Nathan Shepherd. Oswin Sprunger, Fred Rohrer, F. M. Andrews and E. W. Dailey. Alternates —E. Fritzinger, David Flandet's, H. M. Aspy, J. A. Buckmaster, W. S. Smith, Jacob Rawley and Frank Spade. Congresional Convention; delegates —C. L. Johnson, E. A. Mallonee, D. C. Sprunger, Daniel Brew’ster, W, S. Smith, J. W. Dannig and Kit Cowan: alternates —Alvie Bohne, James W. Smith, Sam Teeters, Theodore Fetters, Fred Rohrer, Elmer Eley and Wash Kern. Joint senatorial convention; delegates—John C. Houk, Dr. W. W. P. McMillen, Charles Richeldoffer, Oswin Sprunger, Asa Sprunger, W. T. Waggoner and Charles Miller; alternates CONTINUMJ oh FAGffl TWO.