Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 221.

PACKARDS CONTRACTED famous Ft. Wayne Band is Now Under Contract for Two of the Big Days. t many more answer Promises to Come to the Big Occasion Continue to Arrive at the Office. The music committee of the Old Home Week association Friday evening closed the contract for the famous Packard band of Fort Wayne to appear here two days, Wednesday and Friday of the big week. They will bring twenty-five pieces and a singer and will give concerts at various points in the city, making it one of the big attractions of the occasion. A number of other bands, including the Decatur, Herne, Blue Creek and New Corydon boys, will be here and there will be music every minute. James Coverdale has voluntarily given one dollar to aid the Old Home Week and the finance committee hereby acknowledges receipt thereof. Jim has the right spirit and others should show a similar one. J. P. Baker Wants to Come. Barberton, 0., Sept. 13, 1912. Committee: * Thanking you very much for remembering me, for an old settler, for sending me an Invitation for Old Home Week. If my business permits me to come 1 will surely be there. Yours truly, x JOHN P. BAKER. Bunch from Fort Wayne. Ft Wayne, Ind., Sept. 13, 1912. Chairman Invitation Committee, Decatur. Ind.: We appreciate the fact that we were' remembered with invitations to Old Home Week, We thank you very much. You can bet we are coming. W<- don't intend to miss anythiug quite so good as is being planned for Decatur Old Home Week. lrfours very truly, MR. AND MRS. E. WEAVER. FRED UNIGER. GEORGE UNIGER. Rev. Fuelling Likes idea. Chicago, 111., Sept. 11, 1912. Messrs. Gunsett and Schulte, Committee : Gentlemen: —Your special Invitatation to participate in the festivities of your Old Home Week, I have rereived with great pleasure. Although ! my congregation is erecting a new church building, the dedication of which will take place about the same time of your festivities, I shall make effort to be with you at least part of the time. Your idea i& original and great, worthy of being imitated and repeated No place like home, especially when it is Adams county with its metropolis, Decatur, and the good people that make it. Yours, full of fond reminiscences. M. FUELLING, Pastor of Ev. Luth Church. Tom Honan Getting Ready. Indianapolis, Tnd., Sept. 13, 1912. Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind,: Dear Mr. Qlinn: —Some time ago I received an invitation from you to attend the Home-coming in Adams county during the week beginning October 14th. I shall do my best to be present on that occasion. Thanking you for your invitation, I am Sincerely yours, THOS. M. HONAN. Attorney General of Indiana. Hoagland Lady is Pleased. Hoagland, Ind., Sept. 13, 1912. Mr FVon.'h Ouinn :—T wish to thank you for your courteous invitation io Decatur for the Old «Home Wefek, October 14, and shall be more than pleased to come and meet with old friends. Although I am not far away, there are many friends I have not seen in the fifty-two years that I have been out of Adams county. So if lam well enough I will surely be there. Very truly, MRS. SUSAN ROEBUCK FALLS. Mrs. Smith of Spokane. Spokane, Wash., Sept, 10, 1912.

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Mr. French Quinn, Decaiur, Ind.: Dear Sir: —Youd kind Invitation to j attend the Home-coming week in Decatur, October 14fh, received We ex-j tend the committee our heartfelt j thanks for this invitation and nothing 1 would give mo greater pleasure than a week In old Adams county, the home of my birth, and meeting loved ones, and old friends. Through the columns of the paper I keep quite well posted about Decatur people and what they are doing. Wishing you a very successful Old Week. Yours' truly, EMMA EHRESMAN SMITH. Judge Joe Shea Replies. Seymour, Ind., Sept. 13, 1912. Mr. French Quinn, Decatur, Ind.: lM r - Dear Mr. Quinn: —I beg leave to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 9th, inviting me to the ilome-coming in your city October 14th to 19th. I thank you veify much for ydur kind invitation and beg to assure you that I shall make every effort to be present. I remember a very pleasant visit in your city a few years ago and shall be very glad to be with you again. Thanking you again for your very kind invitation, and with personal regards and good wishes, I am f Very truly yours, JOSEPH H. SHEA, Democratic nominee for appellate Judge.* Will be a Great Treat, Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 12, 1912. Mr. French Quinn: Kind Sir: —I take this opportunity to thank you for your very kind invitation to attend the Home-coming. I assure you it would afford me great pleasure to be in dear old Decatur at that time. It has very many pleasant memories to me and the privilege of meeting with old acquaintances would be a great treat, but owing to my situation, I fear I shall be unable to be with you, but my bdst wishes for a pleasant and profitable time to all attend these few lines. Yours respecttuliy, DORA MERRYMAN LECK. Mr. French Quinn, Chairman of the Invitation Committee: is a list of the. absent members of the 1 O O. F lodge, to whom imitations were sent September 3, 1912: J. M. Baker, Monroe, Ind., R. R. 2. Ed Brushwiller, Boulder, Colo. S. J. Bowers, Decatur, Ind., R. R. Chas. Bauer, Kokomo, Ind. (Robert Watkins, Magley, Ind. Jos. D. Beery, Mott, N. D. Robt. D. Beery, Mott, N. D. Curtis L. Brown. A. C. Brushwilier, Boulder, Colo. Gus Bohnke, Michigan. W. F. Bauer. A. B. Callow, Wren, Ohio. James Carpenter, Kalamazoo, Mick. Kit Cowan, Who, Ind. C. W. F. Davis, Steele, Ind. J. W. DeLcng, Greentown, Ind." Chas. Dettinger, Magley, Ind. M. S. Elzey, 1142 Van Buren St., Chicago. 111. Jim M. Ernst, Peterson, Ind. Frank Engle, 909 S. Mich. St., South J Bend, Ind. A. M. Fuller, Pleasant Mills, Ind, Philip Fuhrman. Frank Gilpen. W. H. Gilpen, Cardwell, Mo. Geo. Gunsett. John Gephart, Wren, O. H. H. Hart. 223 N. 3d Av*„ Maywood, TH Harvey Harruff, Fremont, Mich. Ed Highland, 53 Jefferson St., South Bend, Ind. E. A. Hoffman, Griffith, Ind. , M. A Jackson, Lockjvood, Cal. W. B. Johnson, Tocsin, Ind. Jesse Johnson. F. E. Knepper, Monroe, Ind. B. Kalver, Bluffton, Ind. John Kirchner, Pdeble, Ind. John Krick, Ft. Wayne, Ind. F. M. Linn, Chicago, 111. Gust Limenstall, Preble, Ind. Elisha Merriman, Steele, Tud. W T ill Meisse, Lancaster, Ohio. Carl M. Moses, Watson, Saskatche-' wan, Canada. E E. Merriman, Illinois St., Indianapolis, Ind. L. G. McGill. Chas. Nelson, Imboden, Ark. James Ogden, 177 Pontiac SR., Ft. Wayne, Ind H S. Porter, Chanute, Kansas. G. S. Phillips, Moline, 111. \ J. Russell, 81 Marshall St., Rattle Creek, Mich. Otis Reiley, Sturgis, Mich. J L. Smith, Hoagland, Ind. W. TT. Suttles, Cranesville, Pa. Willis Syphers, Indianapolis, Ind. C E. Suttles, Mansfield, Ohio. C. A. Smitley. H. E. Sowers. - S. E. Shamp, Fort Wayne, Ind. (Continued on Page 4)

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IS BOUND OVER • " ” Daniel Baumgartner Bound Over to Circuit Court on Surety Charge. A SSOO BOND IS GIVEN Attorney for the Defense Clashes With Court on Several Occasions, In the case of the State on the part of Lawrence Opllger vs. Daniel Baumgartner on a charge of surety of the peace, and which occupied the at tention of ’Squire Stone all of Friday a decision was reached about 4:30 in the afternoon in which the 'squire bound Baumgartner over to circuit court under a temporary bond of SSOO. Baumgartner fought the case to the last ditch, and will continue to do so. Baumgartner still has a case pending against him for trespass, which was to have befen called to trial in the same court at 10 o'clock Friday, but owing to the first case occupying all day the case was necessarily postponed. Immediately after the decision was rendered in the surety pase the attorney for Baumgartner filed an affidavit for a change of venue on the trespass charge, and it will have to be sent out of the township. Prior to the case heard Friday Baumgartner paid a fine of $5 and costs on a charge of assault and battery, the outcome of the trouble at Linn Grove. During the progress of the case'Attorney Dore Erwin for the defense had several warm arguments with the court concerning his rulings, alleging that the rulings were contrary to the usual practice Th»«p arguments interspersed with the evidence in the case constantly kept the seating room in the court at a premium. AN ERIE COLLISION Engine Runs Into Caboose This Morning, Demolishing Several Cars. 9 NO ONE WAS HURT Operator at State Line Let Extra Into the Block Without Orders. A bad wreck occurred this 1 morning at about 6:30 o'clock on the Erie raill road just across the river bridge cn the unlucky curve, the scene of several other bad smash-ups, breaking a caboose and several cars beyond repair and damaging a perfectly new engine considerably. Afl extra had secured the block at thetstate Line target and ran into Decatur uncoupling from their train on the curve, well within the yard limits, taking their engine and several cars into town to do some switching. Another extra was allowed to have this block by the operator at the State Line, and as the engineer of the second train came around the curve, having his train under control, he found the other train on the track. In his attempt to stop his train, which’ was exceedingly heavy, he was not successful and the engine ran into the caboose of the first extra, smashing it to kindHng wood. The car ahead of the caboose was damaged and allowed a large quantity of hard coal to be wasted. The tender of the engine was thrown from the track and damaged badly. The car back of the tender was demolished and its load of hard, coal was wasted. The engine itself was not injured very much. In the affair no one was hurt on either train, the crew cf the first having been in the yards and the engine crew of the latter protected themselves as the crash came. The wrecking crane and crew from Huntington was called and arrived about 9 o’clock and immediately set to work to clear up the debris. Traffic was resumed about noon. Mr. and Mrs. M, E. Johnson went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, September 14, 1912.

ORVAL CLUM PAROLED. Bluffton Young Man Arrives Home from Prison —Began Work Today. Orval Clum of Bluffton, who was recently paroled from the state reformatory at Jeffersonville, where he was serving a sentence for involuntaiy manslaughter, has arrived home and began work this morning at the factory of the Red Cross Manufacturing company. At the time of the returning of the verdict the jury recommended that he be paroled at once, but this could not be done under the ! circumstances. The contention of the young man was that Peter Poffenberger, who died from a wound in the throat was struck by Clum in seifdefense. FIFTY YEARS AGO Memory of Soldiers of the 89th Turns Back to 1862 —Met the Enemy. FOR THE FIRST Interesting Account of Battle Given by One of the Boys in Blue. Fifty years ago today, September 14, 1862, will always be remembered by those living of the 89th Indiana. 1 The regiment was mustered into the service, August 28, 1862, and left ‘or Louisville, Ky., September Ist, arriving at Munnsville, Ky., to guard the bridge across Green river. On the morning of the fourteenth of September, as the day began to dawn, the sergeant major came to the undersigned with orders to not sound the drummer's call, saying the enemy was approaching. Immediate- 1 ly Companies A and B were ordered out on the skirmish line and the videt posts were fired on by the enemy. Next the enemy’s artillery be-j gan shelling us. As the sun came ou r from behind the hill a column of Con- 1 federate soldiers could be seen marching with bayonets glistening. j our skirmish line falling back, but fightiug every inch of ground, though 1 greatl.t outnumbered. The regiment being in a small,fort made of earth, the men stood firm. Presently a yell,' then a charge from the enemy, which was repulsed. Again they camo in double column and met another re- ! pulse. They withdrew and reformed with three columns deep, and -came 1 with a yell, some trying to scale the 1 breast-works. The fierce fighting of our men and a gun from the battery,! the other fort having an elevated range on the trench outside, slaugh- J tered the enemy. They, with their shattered division withdrew and tried to take the other fort, but met the same defeat. At 9 o’clock a. m. a flag of truce appeared and the remainder cf the day the enemy was caring for the woujided and burning dead. Tuesday was a great day, but on Wednesday General Bragg’s whole army had arrived and by night had so completely surrounded, at three the next morning the forts surrendered on conditions, j being paroled the same day and sent to Indianapolis, and from there to our homes for twenty-seven days. Very respectfully, ROBERT RLACKRURN. —-——o THE BALL GAME. The locals are going to win tomorrow. That is, if confidence of one’s ability counts for anything. The Shamrocks are confident of victory and when they • step upon the diamond tomorrow against the Lima League they will face the hardest battle of the season. Nothing daunt-' ed they are going to try to win. To win it will need support other than | just players, so they want you to attend this game. They promise some fast playing and will no doubt deliver the goods. It costs a quarter to get in and there will he two hours’ heart interest. C o PLACING NEW FOUNTAIN Amos Fisher is busily engaged in p%cing the concrete foundation for the new public watering fountain on | the north side of the court house. The fountain is being placed at the outer j side of the walk, and will be a fine place for the refreshment of the horses of the public.

THE CORNER STONE For New Christian Church at Linn Grove Will Have Special Service. RAPID IS THE WORK In Building of the Church— Mission Festival at the German Reformed The services for the corner stone laying of the new Christian church at Linn Grove will be held at that place next Sunday at 2 o’clock. The services will be under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Hiley Baker, and a special program will be given in addition to the preaching services. Quite an advancement has been made in the progress of building the new church and the cornerstone laying services which were planned to be held last Sunday and were postponed until next Sunday are already prepared for, as the work has been accomplished up to this point for the past several days. The congregation is planning to move into the new building in a few months and will' continue the services in the old building until that time The new church will be a frame, brick and cement structure and will be one of the fine churches in that part of the I country. Rev. Balter has established I his residence at Linn Grove and will act as minister in charge of the church | there and at Murray during the coding year. He moved ‘here from Kirn 1 mel, Ind. Oscar Hoffman of this city is architect for the new church. ■ The annual mission festival will be held tomorrow at the German Reformed church. Rev. J. Otto Vitz of Louis- ‘ ville, Ky, will preach at all the serv--1 ices and Rev. Calvin Schneider of i Magley will also be present. SUNDAY I Descendants of Thos. ArchI bold Will Meet on Horn instead and Organize FOR ANNUAL MEETS | ] Thomas Archbold Was Pioi i neer—Settled Here Sevi enty-seven Years Ago. The reunion of the descendants of I Thomas Archbold, a pioneer of this 1 county, will be held at the home of a son, Jeremiah Archbold, in Root 1 township, Sunday. At this time the 1 organization of the assembly will be 1 effected and the purpose will be to hold the reunions annually. Thomas ’ Archbold was born in 1800, and seven-ty-seven years ago came to this county settling on a farm a mile and a half west of the Heckman mill, on ‘ which the son. Jerry, now resides. Mr, 1 Jerry Archbold is seventy-three years 1 of age, and during his life has changed his residence but once, living ip the house of his birth, and his present residence, just across the road. Os the Thomas Archbold family, hut three children are living, those besides Jeremiah, being Mrs. Sarah Ilower and Mrs. Rachel Mallonee, of this city, with their children and grandchildren, 1 and those of the deceased being broth--1 ers and. sisters. There are several hun--1 dred descendants of Thomas Archbold, 1 and Sunday’s reunion promises to be a grand affair. t o HORSE RECOVERS 1 A valuable horse belonging to Julius Haugk, which suffered a heatstroke the other evening near the quarry, where it was necessary to work several hours with it, is recovering, though chances for its life ware very slim at first. o INSTITUTE AT BERNE TODAY. The Misses Leota Bailey and Lola Magner went to Berne 1 this morning to attend the prelimin- ! arv institute of the six south townships of the county, which will be * held at the school house at Berne | today.

NEW PLAYS—NEW VAUDEVILLE. The Shannon Stock company, which will open a week's engagement at the Bosse opera house onJ Monday night, September 16, is presenting an exeellent line of play£ this season, among them being “A Receipt in Full," ‘‘The Village Gossips,” "The Last Round Up," “The Convict’s Sweetheart," “Why Lindy Went Away,” “Ishmael," and others. The vaudeville is in the hands of Harry Shannon, jr. Miss Hazel Shannon, Billy K. Hoyt, Ed J. Stevens. These names are a guarantee of good vaudeville. Special scenery and effects are carried by the company. The prices will be 10, 20 and 30 cents. Tffe opening play will be “A Receipt in Full.' R. E. SMITH DEAD Worthy Veteran of the Civil War Passes Away Suddenly Friday. ACUTE GASTRITIS Was the Cause—Had Been Sick Two Years Previous to Death. The sudden death of Robert E. Smith, aged sixty-eight years, two months, a veteran of the civil war, shocked the many friends when first it was reported on the streets Friday afternoon. Death was caused from obstruction of the heart action from acute gastritis, of two years’ standing, and the demise was sudden. He had worked all morning in the Meyer, Scherer & Beavers store and upon returning to his work in the afternoon was taken suddenly ill. Friends hastened him home, where he died a few minutes later, at 2:30 o’clock. Mr. Smith married Idella Miller, February 14, 1869. she preceding him in death. He was the son of Elaxandra and Rebecca Smith and was born in this county, spending hi 3 entire life here. At the time of his death he resided with his daughter, Mrs. Murray J. Scherer, on North Fifth street, he being retired, formerly following the occupation of a farmer. He was a member of the United Brethren church. Four children survive: Mrs. M. ,J. Scherer, of this city: E. B. Smith, of Ligonier; Ben and Landon Smith of Monroe. One sister survives, Mrs. Aaron Odel, of this city. His War Record. Robert E. Smith. jr„ during the civil war was a member of Company F, 147th Indiana Infantry, enlisting at Decatur, Indiana, January 23. 186-5. He was mustered out August 4, 1865. While his service was not long, his command got into the thickest of the fighting till the close of the war. Having been sent to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, as sooh as mustered into the service, on arrival there was assigned to field duty, and participated in some of the hard-fought battles. G. A. R. Notice. Commander Thomas Mallonee Issued a call for a meeting of the G. A. R. to be held at 7 o'clock this evening at the post hall to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Comrade Robert E. Smith. Free conveyances will be furnished all soldiers who wish to attend. The funeral services will be held Monday morning at the home on North Fifth street at 8:30 after which the cortege will go to the home, two miles south of Monroe, where at 10:30 the services will be continued, interment to be made in the Smith cemetery nearby. Rev. Gleiser of the Presbyterian church will officiate, the pall bearers being selected from the Sam Henry Post, of which Mr. Smith was a valued member. — —o LUTHERAN ZION'S CHURCH. English service, 10:00; text, Matt. 6:24-34; theme, ‘‘Serving Mammon and Serving God.” Congregational meeting, 2:00 p. m. Next Sunday we will celebrate our annual mission festival, to which the public is invited. There will be two services, German in the morning and English in the afternoon. Rev. F. Wambsganss and Rev. G. Koch will be the speakers. OrUNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES Whuu y‘ git things down t’ a fine pint, I’d ez sune drink after sum dogs ez I wud after sum min.

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RECEIVER IS NAMED For Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban Company in Person OF FRENCH QUINN Application for Receiver Made by Wm. Fuelling— Will Operate Road. French Quinn was this morning appointed receiver for the Ft. Wayne & Springfield Railway company, his bond being fixed at SIOO,OOO. The appointment of a receiver came upon application of William Fuelling, a prominent farmer of Root township, who today filed in the Adams circuit court, a suit against the company, on note, demand, $6,000. He alleges that the company, also naming William IT. Fledderjohann, Charles Dirkson and John H. Koenig, defendants—executed to him on date of March 21, 1912, a note for $4,000, giving him twentyone first mortgage bonds, each of the par value of SSOO. The arrangement was,, that if these repreciated in- value the liability of the company was to be increased. Payment was also to be made when demanded. The allegation is that payment was demanded and refused, as was also additional security, and that the railway company has not sufficient money to pay indebtedness, has many suits filed against it, is depreciating in value, and operating at a loss, and that it would be to the best interest of cred--1 itors that the property he sequestratled and distributed. A. P. Beatty is ' the attorney fpr Mr. Fuelling. Agreeable to his bond that he would ' operate the road, Mr. Quinn this afternoon took active charge of the work and will give It his personal attention for the present at least. When interviewed by a Democrat representative this afternoon he stated that the road would be operated the same as heretofore for the present at least. He has retained C. J. Lutz and A. P. Beatty to serve as attorneys for the receiver and will seek their opinions and advice. The present working force, in the office, the car shops, power house and on the cars, will be retained for the present. The hour and a half schedule, which was put on this week on account of the Fort Wayne fair, will be discontinued Sunday evening, and the three-hour service will begin Monday morning. The road will be kept running, in order that the company will not lose the value of an established and operating railroad. Just what the disposition can or will be made of it will not be known until Mr. Quinn has thoroughly gone into the matter and has watched the business for a few weeks at least. With the fall business coming on, the big beet crop north of town and the various amusement enterprises, this community needs the interurban now, and ! the news that the service is to be continued will he good tidings to all. Mr. Fledderjohann and the others of the office force will continue in their places, and it should be emphasized that there is no bitterness in this action. Every one connected with the enterprise are hopeful for the best future possible for the Fort Wayne & Springfield. it was just nine years ago—July 30, 1903 —that practical work on the establishment of the Fort Wayne-Deca-tur interurban was begi"\ a parjy of Ohio men, including W. H. Fledderjohann, John H. Koenig, Edwin Fludderjohann, B. A. Fledderjohann and others recognizing the possibilities, and need of a few hours' service between this city and Fort Wayne, with probabilities of its extension later into Ohio. With them also were interested Charles Dirkson and others of this county, who have been with the company in its great task during ail this time. The first car from this city to Fort Wayne in regular service was run February 1, 1907, and the service since has been continuous. Nearly a million dollars have been expended in this road, and the greatest desire of those interested has been to see it succeed. The pay roll average per month during these years, i§ running as high at times as $5,000. At present, when the three(Conttnaee oa Page 2)