Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 240.

DON’T BE FOOLED Progressive Talk that Beveridge is Giving is the Old Republican Talk. HIS PAST RECORD Is Being Dug Up and Compared With His Glittering Sayings of Today. Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. B—The8 —The atk es candidate Beveridge to corL ;l | democratic votes lor himself and [Roosevelt on the false ground that the L,.« party ia not a mere faction of k| IP republican party with nothing in L,minion with the democrats is being L •'< r ery t»y bv noLons as that taken by the bull tnoosLrs of Tippecanoe county in deciding I. not place a county ticket in the L'i<i their announcement here as Lany other places that they will auplort the republican county ticket is liken by democrats as an admission ■hat they are republicans first and lull moosers afterward, with no sym■ithy with the principles advocated li Brian and no respect for demol ,t.- They have never decided to ■bandon putting a county ticket in ■,> t »id for the purpose of supporting ■e democratic ticket. It is Just such t. nr parent actions as these which are ■teniae the ey<*s of democrats to the ■sincerity of the movement and to a Kaiization that the two wings of the ■publican party are fighting each oth- ■ ior the spoils of office. The effect ■ he alliance of the reactionary wing ■ the republican party with the so■lied progressive wing in Maine has Kukco the dcmoc-ats of Indiana out ■ the lethargy born of the belief that ■> bull moosers and republicans are ■ hand in glove. ■The keynote speeches of Durbin and ■vertdge, of Tatt and Roosevelt, ■r- been read by democrats with tin ■tri) care, and the effect according ■ advices received at the democratic ■te headquarters, has been to arouse ■L fighting blood of the democratr. Ks clearly shown by these speeches ■ - t-oth republicans and bull tnooeK are as one on the tariff, as one on thp tariff commission fraud, as one ■c- belief that there are good mo (Conrmt.ec on Page 2)

TO AN UNKNOWN Receipt of Fifteen DelBars at Niblick Store by Mail be Credited. IT IS SURMISED Ttu- it Was Sent by Thief Wishes to Make Restitution. mil thin morning brought tb«: -l.< * & Company * store an on ’•top- containing fifteen dollars in Not a word accompanied th* moß*> to show who sent It and th* entry on the cash book to make th* book* balance. will be mad* simply. I^Ky.>Known Party " John Niblhk. Hfebei*' for th* company, stated that thi* i« not th* flrat dm* that rnonaj ban boon recrived by them In »h!n War and It la surmised that some h«dy. who at *om* dm* has stolen artn-kw from the mor*. baa b**om* eonalloua stricken and wished In thia way to Mk« restitution for his wrong dehtg Mr Niblick mad* a abort ex*ateun> at hla old book* to find alm dar oatna* mad*, and among them *a*.*n>- mad* In I*9l of th* receipt of s-Citapu dollar* Thia was rent in tb-wt i»«Mluilar bill*, on* twodollsr bill am: on* onedollar bill In no in stage* waa It ever learned who th* tender' waa Th*Hotter received thia morning ent-lore-: t ten-dollar bill and a fivedollar bill wrapped slmnlv in a b.ank sheet of paper Th* port mark b<>r< thin city > nam<» and had been mailed h«w» thia morning Th* address war written tn a bold, round childish hand but (gpMon'l, that of a fwtnal* It l» not teow what article or articles •*r» Men. but th* "lift" this time mart. ha».< been a large on*, to war rant th* return of so much money

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

VISIT FROM SISTER. Fred Heckman, who lives ten miles northwest of this city, was agreeably surprised to receive a message to meet his sister, Mre, Anna Currie, of Seattle, Washington, who phoned to him that she had arrived In Fort Wayne. She came to attend the Old Home Week festivities, to visit with her brothers, Fred, and Charles, of this city, and her mother, who was eighty-four last August. THE SECOND DAY Commissioners Order Court House Decorated and - Make Other Plans FOR NEXT WEEK Will Receive Bids for Fifth Street Next Month—Mr. Stults is Custodian. The county commissioners have ordered the custodian to secure a ten dolf lar flag and to spend not exceeding $25 for decorating r.ie court house for Old Home Week. They ordered him to keep the halls of the building open until ten o'clock each evening during that week and to permit the committee to seat the court house yard from the east end of the building to the west. Clara H. Reusser et al petition for drain-report of drainage commissioners filed and • otice ordered given to all new p?-ties taken in by them. Notices to be returnable November 4th and a hearing to be held on that date. The board have contracud with .1. D. Stults to serve as Janitor and custodian of the court house for one year and to receive therefor $75.00 per month. Specifications for books, blanks and stationery to be used by the officials during 1913 have been prepared and tiled with the auditor. The auditor was ordered to advertise lor the receiving of bids for the’ construction of the Haugk macadam I road, on November 6th. This road is better known as Fifth street.

On the Henry Hite road petition, proof of (testing notices were filed and presented and the petition continued. . The auditor was authorized to advertise for bids for electric light bulbs and for bids for closets and raditors at the county Infirmary blds to be received November 4lb. D. D Habbeger et al. i>etltion for vacation of highway-report of viewers Hied September 9th submitted and approved and road ordered vacated. Th* Bmast Doehrman macadam road petition was continued by request of the viewers for further time In which to make their report. POLICE COURT NEWS. Th* case of Butler vs Butler, for replevying a motorcycle, came up In 'Squire Stone’s court thia morning and the case 1s being heard by a jury of six men It Is the case in which Rrvln Butler alleges Dallas Butler had possession of a motorcycle belonging to him Both the participants claimed to have paid Schwart* for th* machine hence the trouble The case will go to th* Jury about & o'clock. MURDERED OLD MEN. North Vernon. Ind . Oct. S--(Spec-ial to Dally Democrat i Charles .McQuaid. aged reveniy-on*. and his brother. John, aged fifty nine, were murdered last night at their home five m ilra south of here by a person who called them to the door and stnivk them with * heavy club. The MeQuaida **r* believed to have hs-l Ura* sums of money about th* houio and robbery Is believed to have been the motive .1.1 ■ ' . 0 • WAR WITH TURKEY. Montenegro. Oct *—( Special to Dally iwmocratt— Montenegro today declared war against Turkey

“DECATUR CAIN AMD WILL”

LOST HIS FINGERS Frank Cole, a Hoop Coiler, Lost Little and Ring Finger at Factory MONDAY AFTERNOON He Was Showing Cutter Operatives How to do Their Work Better.

Frank Cole, a man who has been in this city a few- days, and who had secured employment at the Vail hoop factory, was so unfortunate as to lose portions of two of his fingers at that plant Monday afternoon as he was showing some of the other workmen how to do their work. Cole, who is an experienced hoop man and who but recently came to this city to get employment, was given a Job coiling the hoops into rolls so that they could be stacked on the yard, and while operating this Monday he made his way to another part of the factory where the cutting is done and endeavored to show the operatives there how to run the machine. He placed a quantity of work in the cutter and while showing the men how he would do it, he got tangled up in the machine and the little finger and part of the ring finger of his hand were cleanly amputated. He was taken to a physician who dressed the injury. Today the factory was somewhat short-handed, aad only two rollers were working. It requires skilled labor to run the machines.

NEW ERIE A FACT By May, 1915. When the Improvements Will be Accomplished. THE TOTAL COST Wil! be slo.ooo,ooo—Will Increase Company’s Tonnage 15 Per Cent. Improvements under way on the Erie will be completed by May, 1915, ■and the "new Erie’ will be an accoinI pllshed fact, says the Indianapolis I Star. The management believes by . that da<e that all second track yard and terminal improvements will be In ! service, though much of the work will I be completed before that time. When completed the Erie will have six tracks over which suburban bust ness will be handled out of New York, thence four tracks to Port Jarvis and • two tracks from that point to Chicago. Reductions In grades and curve elimination included In the Improvement program will give the road a ruling grade of 0.2 or O S per cent th* entire 999 mil**, except for a distance of 163.4 mile* between Shensngo and Gallon. Ohio, and at two other points where "pushers" are now needed These improvements will cost ltd,000.000. and It Is estimated will Increase th* company's tonnage by 15 per e» .u. permitting big economies In operation It is eatlmsted by the management that th* expenditure o* 110,000.000 Will Increase th* Erie's revenues by *5.000.000 annually Greatest benefit from tb* improvement will com* from th* removal of the restriction on traffic caused by the present single track between Marlon. Ohio, and Chicago, and th* short Stretch between Meadville and t’nmny, which are described by railroad offi clais as being Ilk* th* neck of a hottl*. through which only so much traffic •an h* poured. WIL LGIVE RECITAL. Mian Mated Weldy and Mias Ose* Armstrong, readers and Imnersona tors, will give a recital at th* Peter son high reboot. Peterson. Ind., on Frl day evening, October 11th, These ladles arc graduate students of oratory and dramatic art, and a pleasing and instructive entertainment is assured," - - Henry IHrkson of north of the city was a business visitor her* today.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, October 8, 1912.

LEFT $125 IN SUIT CASE. Miss Lola Stauffer, who lives two miles northwest of Geneva, had an uncommon experience Saturday evening. She had returned from a visit with relatives at Muncie and on her return was talking to some friends at the comer of Decatur and Line streets in Geneva and sot her suit case by a telephone pole. She walked away and forgot her suit case and pocketbook containing $125 In currency. Liveryman Kuntz noticed the suit case about 11 o'clock and took it in charge, and returned it to the owner Sunday morning. o— STATE C. E. CONVENTION. Programs are out for the state Christian Endeavor convention to be held at Indianapolis, October 24, 25, 26 and 27. The convention promises ' much. THE ALTO CRANK I Is Responsible for Dislocated Right Wrist of Manager F. H. Hubbard OF THE SUGAR PLANT Other Accidents--Girl Clerk Suffers Slight Injury in Faint and Fall. F. H. Hubbard, of First street, man- ! ager of the local sugar factory, is at I work this afternoon with his right ’ hand in a sling. This results from a , dislocation of his right wrist which i occurred this morning at 7 o'clock I just <u> Mr. Hubbard was cranking his ! automobile at his home preparatory to starting out for his day's work, when the crank took a sudden notion to back-kick. While he was confined to his home this morning, Mr Hubbard was able to be out as usual this j afternoon attending to his business. A young lady clerk of the city sulj sered a fainting attack this morning i while at home and fell in such away (that ahc narrowly escaped falling on ‘a hot stove. In fart one hand grazed the hot stove, making a slight bum on the hand She lay for some time before other members of the household who had not yet arisen, discovered j her and applied restoratives, and it is considered quite fortunate that she escaped from serious injury.

T«E BRIDGE WORK Contractor Julius Haugk is Making Big Efforts to Open the Bridge OLD HOME WEEK For the Passage of Light Buggies and Surreys— No Heavy Hauling. The fanners east of the river will be glad to know that the Monroe street bridge will probably be passable for light rigs R>r the opening day of th* Old Hom* Week. AU summer they have been forced' to go around by th* nortbbrtdxe, over three miles out of their way or six. I counting th* round trip, in order to get Into town to do their buying and many of them who have had hauling to do could not do it when they had the time owing to th* Impassable condition of

the mud road which they were forced t. use Although th* new bridge will probably not accommodate heavily loaded wagons the use of buggies and surreys will not be prohibited by the contractor, Mr Haugk. who understands th* conditions to which th* farmers are subjected, and who Is putting forth every effort to get the bridge passable for them ■Mr. Haugk is today (Ulina In the west side of th* bridge so that h* will have a driveway on both aides, thus allowing him to haul from both side* of lb* bride to fill. He anticipates no further delay in the filling, and if it does not rain th* bridge may b* used Old Hom* Week for light rigs

i ELECT OFFICERS >: 11 The Knights of Columbus Hold Regular Yearly Election Monday Night. I• - n ELECT FULL QUOTA d i Os Officers Who Will Have Charge of the Lodge for the Coming Year. > ■ The election of officers of the K. of > (’. took place Monday night at their | half and arrangements for a celebration during Home-coming week were ' made. The meeting was largely atk tended and the program was interest- , ing throughout. They propose to have the hall decorated for next week. Ow- | Ing to Columbus day coming on Sat- •, urday, and Old Home Week so close, j they decided not to have a dance or jany celebration on that day. The uffi- , cers elected are as follows: Grand ■ knight, Dyonis Schmitt; deputy grand I knight, C. N. Christen; chancellor, Julius Heimemann; recording secretary, Joe Lose; financial secretary, Pan Niblick; treasurer, Charles S. Niblick; advocate, Tom Dowling; wa r - • den, Ijenls Myers, trustee, J. F. McKinney. The officers on the charity committee are Martin Mylott, for three years; Bernard Myers, for two years; W. A. Kuebler, for one year. The delegates who will go to the state convention at Indianapolis are: Grand Knight Dyonis Schmitt, and the t past grand knight. Dr. H. F. Costello; , the alternate. Dr. Keller and Tom Malley. i COLPT iiOLSE NEWS r 1 John Drake Authorized to i Purchase Monument for I Son. Finley Drake. WILL HAVE GUARDIAN I ' Court Adjudged Miss Maria Robison Should Have Guardian Appointed. i Through the law firm of laiFollelte

4 McGraff of Portland, suit was instituted in the Randolph circuit court at ' Winchester Monday forenoon by Walter O. Pair, administrator of the es- | tat* of the late Charles Addington, I cgalnst the Citizens’ Water and Light company and the Eastern Indiana Tel. iephone company, both of Winchester. Damages occasioned by the death of i Addington in July. 1912. are asked in the sum of 110,000. Addington lost 1 his life by electrocution when he grasped hold of a telephone wire that had fallen across an electric wire durling a storm I Loretta Frederick, administratrix, vs. Toledo. St. Ixtuis 4 Western R. R Co. and C. 4 E, R. R. Co., damages, *10.000; appearance by A. P Beatty, tor both defendants. Rule to answer W, A. Lowgr, executor, vs. W. 8. Dailey et a)., partition and sal* of real estate. Waiver at issue and service of summons, and full appearance by I William 8. Dailey, Millard and Winfield Weimer and Jennie Dailey. Real estate transfers: William F. Liby to Georg* M. T. Houck, realty in Kirkland tp.. *1540: Elisabeth Ann Rumple et al. to Charles E. Sullivan, lot 3M. Berne. »900. W. H. Brodbeck et al. to C. 4 E Railroad Co. realty In Ht. Mary’s tp., *40.85; Almond Schaffer et al. to C. 4 E R R. Co., realty in Ht Mary’s tp., *lol.ll*. The court this afternoon found in favor of perry Robison that a gunr dlan should be appointed for his sister, Miss Maria Robinson, who on nc count of age and physical Infirmities : Is adjudged unable to attend to her

• estate. ii— - • I In the care of I .andis vs. Adams Co > Publishing Company, for receiver, a i petition for change of v.-ntie from the f county, filed by the receiver, was over ‘.ruled DeVoss withdrew bls appear ' CONTINtfIBD UN Fa(J« THREE

UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. The' wuz considduble argymunt down t' Jed Heskin's place ez t’ whuthec it wus right t’ say th' autermobeel crank er th' enjine "kicks back." The' finally appealed t' 'Squire Judkins to deaide, but th’ 'squire who Ih agaoin’ t' run I'er anotheur lurm of offis and don't wan t' take sides, said lie 'lowed there wuz ez much hair-' split tin' diffrence ez t’ whuther it wuz rite t' say th' mule er th’ mule’s bind foot kicked back. HOME WEEK NE VS Program Committee Will Cutline the Events of the Week This Evening. — GJVE EXACT HOURS 1 -■ Letters from Various Parts of Country—Store Windows Will be Attractive. i The program committee will meet , tonight to figure out the exact hours for the various events. This work will probably require some time, but will be announced the latter part of , the week. This will allow the people to know exactly when and where everything is to happen so they can ■ see Just what they want to An es- ! tort will be made to have the events . occur exactly as scheduled or as near ias possible. I The committee soliciting lor rooming places for the crowd, report fair- '■ ly good success. They have secured 1 quite a number of rooms and it is bej lieved there will be no trouble in takI ing care of all who wish to remain | over night. The general price seems . to be fifty cents a bed, whether occupied by two people or one. N. B. Hood of Jackson, Ohio, who : has been absent sixty years, has writI ten that he will Join the crowds here tor the big week. He has vlslied here during that time, but has made his I home elsewhere. Otis J. Dorwin ■ writes from New York City that he Is delighted with the idea of the Old Home Week, though he cannot be here. He has watched Decatur’s progress with much Interest. Mrs w. 1. Gilpen of Wheaton, 111., who resided here in 1890, sends an acceptance and .says she will arrive on the 14th.

i -- — t • John lx*wis Fryslnger of Oklahoma City writes a very interesting letter . recalling the old days and says that : while the most of the names in the t special edition are unknown, he imag- . Ines that he would remember the par Jents of many of those named there. I ( He encloses a beautiful poem on "The i Old. Old Home." t ll "" 1 J The merchants are preparing to t f decorate their windows for Old Home Week and there will be some mighty Interesting ones, containing relics and pictures of the old days when the pioneer was planning the present Decatur for bls children's children NOTICE. To all those who are Interested in th* remodeling of the Antioch, or Beery church, west of Decatur Th* church must be repaired thia fall, and It will take something like one tbou-

sand dollars Our membership ii small, and we will be obliged to ask others to help us There are many who hat* loved onos in this cemeterv and would, we know, be glad to hely us. Should our committee fall to sec you. do not let that bar you from giv Ing Just turn It over to Mr Will or Chris W*ldy, trustees All money must be paid before January 1. 191-1 Give according ns the lord has pros pereil you and he will bless your efforts MRS M. ANHI’AVGH. MRS G. BRIGHT, MRS P CARPER, Committee on Finance. ESCAPES FROM LOCK UP. Finle» Kelley of Geneva, sentenced to fourteen days in the county jail for Intoxication by a Geneva Justice, escaped from the town lock up there, and is at large It was the marshal's In tcntlon to bring him her* on the night train, but found his prisoner gone.

Price. Two Cents

THEY REGISTERED Returns from Two-thirds of I recincts Indicate Entire i Vote is Registered. __ SOME BIG GAINS While There is a Decrease in I Only a Very Few Spots in Adams County. i It is assured that as many votes , have been registered In Adams counity us were east four years ago, and it I ia probably that number has been increased a hundred or two. The ex* t figures ennnot be given until the complete vote is in which will be some time tomorrow. From te returns of two-thirds o' the precincts already in, only a few places fell short and in these the tall-off is so slight as to be scarcely noticeable, while in nearly every instance the registration is considerably ahead of the vote of 1908 and far ahead of 1910. As an explana- : tion It should be stated that what is , now north and south Washington, was formerly east and west Washington, and these cannot therefore be compared. The total vote for Washing- ’ ton township two wears ago was 346 > and of this the north precinct report- , ed 175 registered. Comparisons can , not be made until the south precinct . reports. The vote so far reported ! follows, showing also the vote of 1908: .'Precinct No. Reg. 1908 Vote Middle Monroe 124 118 Geneva A 171 152 Berne B 245 201 'N. Wabash 139 122 is. Preble 143 141 La Ist Ward. Decatur. 238 192 S. Hartford 122 I’4 E. I nion 115 106 i N. Washington 175 118. St. Mary's 140 ' 139 Berne A 197 176 W. Root 194 181 Ceylon 96 111 > S. Kirkland 174 104 j . B Ist, Decatur 160 161 r H 2nd, Decatur 257 160 Geneva B 273 257 ' | A 2nd, Decatur 274 * ' N. St. Mary's 139 137 W. Jefferson..l24 163 LE. Jefferson 117 127 French 148 135 — —-« <>- ..— DISTRICT MEET

Arrangements Are Comr j plcted for Holding of District Meeting HERE ON MONDAY Several Hundred Will be I ■ Here to Take Part—Berne i to Give Degree. The final arrangements for th* holding of a district meeting here by the Odd Fellows was made at the regular t meeting h«d* Moudu? uiahi at whi<b ■ time la was decided to have the buildi Ing decorated with flags and with I ’ lights. Including a huge emblem for the front. The committee In chant* i under th* direction of Chairman L. C. Helm have made complete arrange ' ments for the day and it is expected . that several hundred Odd Fellows i will b* here. I Informal delegations from Fort Wayne. Bluffton, Huntington and several other cities are coming to swell the crowd. Grand Master J. I* Har-

I non of Elkhart will ba her* and It I* ■ thought that Grand Hacratary W 11. '■ l.**dy of fndlanapolln will alm* ba here. The nannlonn will begin In th* afternoon wh*n tha local lodge will give th* initiatory degree and Item* will giro th* first In th* evening a public meeting will be hold at which nil friends of th* order ar* wak’oma Th* Odd hVllown nr* anticipating (Starting off th* weak in great style I and Odd Fallow* from far and n*nr • should ragintar at the hall I lift Wesley Millar of Winchester, who lum b**n visiting with bar eottl nln. Mrs Hol I tar Id, for a f*w days, I returned to h*r bom* thin afternoon.