Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 21 October 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 251.

Ibeet cutting I BEGAN TODAY ■ Big Sugar Factory is Now in ■ Active Operation and is a ■ Busy Place. ■ HOLTY’S new case l-H * ■ Branch Established in Stock ■ Room on Factory Ground —Other News. cutting, meaning the real stan oi the sugar plant tn Decatur, began »t 12.30 o'clock this morning, and ;rom 'hat time on until 7 o’clock one hundred tons were cut. By Wednesday of this week the white sugar will be coming and for the next hundred day. the factory will be a very busy place. I Pon Mr. Will Kremers, the aupennteadent, falls the regponsibil l;y at tins time and he never has a minute without its worry. For some ;>me now he will not leave the sac- 1 lory, r-maining there day and night. | can ning a few moments of sleep on a <ot in bis office, when possible, and up and doing at the slightest call. The plant is the finest in the world and has improvement right up to the minute The campaign starts off with every indication of success and will, it is believed and hoped, be a profitable one. Mias Bertha Heller tias been ent ployed as an assistant in the office of the sugar company, being in the department where the accounts with the farmers are checked. It takes a systematic accounting, and this depart sent is in charge of Miss Mazie Harrisoa of St Louis, Mich. One feature at the beet factory which will prove popular is the new restaurant being established on the ground by Clarence Holthouse, thus giving those employees who desire it. a chance to secure warm meals or lunch, or a cup of coffee without going home For the next one hundred days the force will c onsist of about 300 peo Pie, the factory operating day and night, and the company will make the work as convenient as possible for their men The restaurant will be lo'•ted in the building used as a stock room by I arrow e and will be opened :n a few days W. H Baird. rJen president of the larrowe Construction company, and on* at the expert sugar men of the country, came in this morning He had hoped to be here for the opening but a business call from California prev rated him doing so He expects to spend much of his time here during the next several months The beet sheds at the factory yard are almost tilled and more are coming rock hour of the day. These sheds hold SOO toon of beets The beets are of good also and the testa are excel I Th sugar company baa bought the •mall tmildingw used as offices end •arscooma by the construction com naay and will ntllixh them for various Purposes. MARCHING CLUB The Wilson and Marshall marching clpb will hold another meeting tonight •t th* democratic beadquarters st which Use there will be two or three rood speakers to address the meeting The cl«b la growing steadily and ev ary maenbw should bring along anoth•r dasMcrat The meeting is ached uled to begin at 7:30 o’clock and you will certainly have a fine evening's en tertalomsat If you come tonight. Help boost the membership by coming your •Mr sad bringing another good demo erat . B • MORC DETAIL*. Moro details of the explosion of the engine on the Erie grade near Boiro fMday 0. M Gephart. a steam engl user at fifteen years’ experience was In ■ hargn and five weeks ago he noil ■e»l the owners that the eleam guag<•nd safety valve were out of order Ko were made and he could not tall where he was at any time Two full gaug** of water were is the boiler when It exploded

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COUPLE GIVEN SERENADE, ’I ' ■ Couple Married in Clerk's Office Given Unexpected Ovation. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson Irelan, who were married Saturday afternoon in the county clerk's office by 'Squire Stone, were given a charivari and serenade that they had not reckoned for. Tarnier Wilken, the clever advertiser, heard of the event, and was on hand in tho court room corridor with the band A great ovation was given the couple in Farmer Wilken's characteristic way. —— ,—— THAT STRAW VOTE Cincinnati Enquirer Announces Result of Test Balloting in Decatur. WILSON IS STRONG Republicans and Bull Moosers About Even—Ralston Leads for Governor. The result of the straw vote taken in this city by the Daily Democrat about ten days ago. was announced in the Cincinnati Enquirer Sunday, and shows that this green spot will very probtbly be greater than ever after the votes are counted In November. About 800 ballots were sent out to our city readers, of which number 260 were returned. Os this number Wilson received 207; Taft, 25; Roosevelt IS, and Debs 5. for president; while for governor, the vote was, Ralston. 198; Durbin, 23. and Beveridge, 24. The changes thvs year according to the returns showed that two democrats will vote the republican ticket, thirteen republicans will switch to the Wilson column, three democrats will vote the bull moose ticket, and twelve republicans will follow Roosevelt. For the slate ticket one democrat will change to the republicans, nine republicans will vote the democratic state ticket, six democrats will vote for Beveridge and ten republicans will do likewise. While the poll perhaps dees not prove anything. It should show that the democrats are in excellent shape and that the republicans are about as eveally divided as It would be possible to do so. Similar conditions exist over the state and nation and in summing up the conditions. Bob Tucker, the Indiana representative of the Enquirer, in his x Sunday letter said: The situation, with leas than three weeks of the campaign unfinished, seems to warrant the following conclusion: 1. That Wilson will carry the state by a majority of 100,006 over Taft or Roosevelt. 2. That Ralston will be elected over Beveride and Durbin, but that he will run from 20.000 to 30.000 votes behind Wilson 3 That more democrats are going to vote for Roosevelt and Beveridge than the leaders admit 4. That Beveridge will run from ' 20,000 to 30.000 votes ahead of Roose veil ... That Roosevelt and Beveridge will be second unless there Is a marked change during the next 15 days

rummage sale opens. Tha ladles of the Christian church opened thrir rummage sale today In th, O |d Journal office building, corner of Monroe and Third streets. They have a Urge stock of goods of all kinds, nil of • h,, ‘ h h "“ b ** n *” 11 fumigat'd and la In good condition They aak the patronage of all. The •ale will continue a week or two. TO WINTER IN EAST. Mrs Victoria Hill Wt Sunday afternwti for Elixabeth. N. J.. where she will spend the winter with her d»ngh ter. wife Os the Rev. C. G Reynold., nf that dty. Her granddaughter. Miss Mary Reynolds, .till remains In very poor health, and hopes for her reccr ery have long •!»* been abandoned, CARO OF THANKS. We wish in thia way U» 'hank our friends and neighbor, lor thia kind ansistance and for floral offering, at the death and burial of our dear mother. T .«

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, October 21, 1912.

HE LIKES CHEESE The Kind That Has no Holes in it—Bryan Feasts on Bologna, Also — AFTER SPEECH HERE W. A. Kunkel Detailed to Get Dinner for the Colonel—ls Surprised. Bryan's ’’delicious two-course" luncheon, after leaving this city last Friday, was not set forth in the society columns, but the Indianapolis News had a special wire relating from one of the correspondents on board the s|>ecial train that is of esspeclal interest, relating to the Commoner’s dinner. W. A. Kunkel of Bluffton comes in for mention. The dispatch read: “When Mr. Bryan concluded his speech at Marion today his train was about an hour behind his schedule and to save time he decided to eat lunch on the'car. William Kunkel, chairman of the Eighth district democratic committee, was detailed to obtain Mr. Bryan’s lunch. “'You get me,’ said Mr. Bryan, ’a dime’s worth of bologna sausage—’ " ’1 beg your pardon,' gasped Kunkel, thinking he bad not heard right. “ ‘I said ten cents worth of bologna, and a dime's worth of cheese —not the kind that has holes in it, but the kind that has not holes in it, and five cents’ worth of crackers—not big crackers, but small ones—and a bottle of pop, strawberry preferred, and some coffee.’ “'ls there anything else?’ muttered Mr. Kunkel, holding to the arm of a seat. ‘“No. that is all,’ rejoined Mr. Bryan And that is the meal he had. He would take a bite of cheese, then a bite of bologna, mix a cracker with them and wash it down with a swallow of pop, and then take the taste of the pop out of his mouth with a gulp of hot coffee. Any man who can eat a meal like that and not have indigestion Is certainly more than a wonder —he is a idienomenon,’ remarked Kunkel. “ ’l’m very fond of sausage and cheese,’ explained Mr. Bryan. '! have eaten them all my Ilfs.’".

A BIG CONTRACT - Mr. John Bolinger. Masonry Contractor. Lands a Very Large Contract. IN WINCHESTER, IND. Will Take Six or Eight Weeks to Build Elevator —Leaves This Week. John Bolinger, a masonry contractor of thia dty. b»a landed a very large contract In Winchester, where he will "ro busy for the next six or eight week, filling the contract Goodrich brother., the large grain shippers of Winchester. have content plated the erection of a large new elevator for wifio time »nd this summer had plan, and .pacification, prepared Several bidders were present and placed their price, on the work .nd when opened It wss found that Mr. Bob Inger. was thebest bidder. The con tract w.s awarded to him. and ho la to comtßoti' c work Immediately, a. It la desired to have the elevator ready for spring trade. The elevator will be two stories high, one hundred and sixty feel long and alxty feet wide, and will require a large number us mon to complete In •lx weeks Th office building con tract wa. also .warded to Mr, Bolinger. this building being about sixty feet square .nd aIM to be erected this fall Mr Bolinger wll» leave here some time thia week to commence work on the structure and will in all probablltile, take along all Decatur BMM that hr can r*«rs

DEATH FROM HEART TROUBLE Henry and Chris Meyers Return From Funeral of Brother. ■ ■ Henry Meyers and his brother C. M. Meyers of Celina, Ohio, have returned from Minster, Ohio, where they attended the funeral of their brother, Louis Meyers, of St. Marys, Ohio, which was ' held there. His death occurred there while visiting with his mother. Ho had been ailing for some time, while from heart trouble, and his death came unexpectedly at this time, while he was sitting in a chair at her home. LOOSENS TEETH “Bruz” Gass Bumps Up I Against Circumstances Saturday Night and IS PAINFULLY HURT Lips Also Cut—Grover Odle Hands Him One in the Mouth With Fist. "Brux,” or Raymond Gass, fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Gass, is off duty at the Gass & Meibers store to recuperate from injuries sustained by “bumping up against circumstances"’ Saturday night. The business was unusually heavy and Raymond was delivering goods yet at 8 o'clock that night. He was riding on his wheel on First street, which was thronged with double rows of rigs on each side. As he rode, he saw an automobile coming and turned aside to give way, whistling as he did so. In turning he rubbed up against Grover Odle, who was crossing to the Pond livery stable. In an instant Odle's temper got the best of him. and he smashed his fist into "Brux’s" mouth, loosening two teeth and cutting his lips. Odle repented after the act and said be was sorry bis temper got away with him and no arrest was made BIG CELEBRATION Freidheim Lutheran Congregation Celebrates Seventyfifth Anniversary.

OF ITS ORGANIZATION The New $5,000 Parsonage Was Also Dedicated With Impressive Ceremony. Sunday was a red letter day for the Lutheran congregation at FYeldhetm They celebrated both the seventy-fifth anniversary of their organlxatlon and also dedicated the new |5,000 parson age which they have ju.t completed for their pastor, the Rev. Preuss For the occasion, visiting minister, were Invited to assist in the services, which were held morning, afternoon and evening In the morning. Rev. Miller of Fort Wayne spoke; In the afternoon. Rev lx>ng of Ft. Wayne, and tn the evening. Rev Koch of Preble: Rev. Jaua of St John's, and Rev. Neer of Ossian In the afternoon mu ale was furnished by the Freidheim band, for the house dedication. The parsonage I. a fine ten room, brick house, with all modern convent ences. and baa been nearly completed after several months' work A few finishing touches, Including the Install nig of the furnace remain to be ad ded, but It has been advanced far enough for the occupancy of the pastor and family, The congregation la one of the most prosperous In the community and are to be congratulated for their growth and enterprise — 0 — 1 "■ POLICE COURT NEWS. Stephen Miller, who was alleged by Willis Whlltenbarger to have committed an assault and battery upon him. was up In police court a day or two ago He was caught by Mrshal Peterson on the street and was taken to court where he entered a plea of guilty and drew a fine of ten dollars and costs, or a total of twenty-one dollars in ’Squire atone a coure be drew a dollar and costs for provovaUon.

BASE BALL GAME The Game Sunday Gave Decatur a Great Lead Over All Other Teams. CLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP For Independent Teams in the State—May be in the League Next Year. The base ball game played here Sun- ' day afternoon between the Decatur I Shamrocks and the Fort Wayn Sham- ' rocks was one of great interest to the 2,000 people who assembled to witness It ' i Riersdorfer and Coffee were the batteries for Decatur and Cocboit and Hoffer were the batteries for the Ft. Wayne team. The game started off with a score for Ft. Wayne in the first inning and another in the fourth, iand Decatur had to wait until the sixth before they could tie the score. The Fort Wayne rooters had their fun in the first half of the game; Decatur - in the last half. Throughout the game Biersdorfer had nine strike-outs against Cochoit's i eight “Bones" France was the um- • pi re and gave clean decisions throughi out the game. Two-base hits were I made by Johns and Biersdorfer for Decatur and by Hilllnger, Cochoit and ; Honlikan for the Fort Wayne boys, i The time of the game was one hour i and forty-five minutes. i The feature plays of the game was > Biersdorfer's pitching, which he held i up In fine shape throughout the game. I The Decatur Shamrocks now claim I the championship of thevlndependcnt ' . base ball teams of the state and are ■ prepared to protect that claim with games to prove it. Through the nun , i mer Curley Ellis has put lots of time I and work on the team and today it ' stands a perfect machine, capable of playing a fast game and very hard to lose its head To Ellis, more than , any, is due the credit for making Decatur a winner. Next summer may see our team in a league, and If It does, why. look out, we will certainly get a pennant. Anyhow, we now hold . the championship for Independent ; teams and defy any team to take It from us. I Curley, hitting In the ninth, and ‘Johns following with a hit. saved the

game, and let Baxter come over the plate with the winning score IS IN OPERATION New Glove Factory Started I i by Decatur and Berne Men. AT HARTFORD CITY Fifty-two Girls EmployedMiss Kortenbrer Forelady Jesse Schug Cutter. Among the home-comers were O P Schug snd who until a few , weeks sgo were residents of this elty during the time Mr. Schug served ss general passenger and freight agent of the Fort Wayne < Rprlngfield Rail way company Ho la now st Hsrtford , City, where he is manager of the new glove and mitten factory erected thereby a number of Decatur and Iterne men. and of which he la also one of •the directors The factory Is one of i Hsrtford City's most promising Industries It has been In operation only i two works, but la meeting with excellent aucceaa Fifty two girls are em ployed and the out put of gloves and mittens Is large Miss Little Korten brer of this city la forelady of the girl operators’ department, and Jesse Schug. of Berne, formerly conductor on the PMrt Wayne A Springfield rsll- , way. la cutter. Mr. and Mrs Schug » recently moved to Hartford City from Decatur. i' e-- — Ed Baker of Belle Center. Ohio, who I hss been visiting with bls brother, (Men Baker and wife, left thia mom Ing for Bluffton to visit further with rods tires

TESTED THE TAFFY. Bobbie Fowler Plunges Hand Inti Hot Taffy Syrup. While Mrs. Irink Beery Fowler turned to get some cold water to see whether the syrup which was boiling for taffy has reached “the taffy" point, her four-year-old son. Bobbie, thought to make a quicker test. He plunged his little hand into the boiling hot syrup and in an instant the fingers of the hand were covered with the molten fire, which clung tenaciously to the fingers, badly burning them. The burns were exceedingly painful. o COURT HOUSE NEWS Henry Gamp Wants a Di-

vorce—Wife Left Time After Time and SOLD THE FURNITURE Climax Came When She Went to Live With Another Man. Alleging that she was cruel and inhuman in her treatment of him, and unfaithful to her marriage vows, Henry Gamp, a harness maker in the employ of the Schafer Hamess company, asks the Adams circuit court to grant him a divorce from Stella Gamp. The complaint was filed today by his attorney, D. E. Smith. They were married I in 1900 In Lafayette, and lived together until June of this year. when, he ’ says, she abandoned him. At various i times, he says, in their married life. ‘ she refused to live with him In places where he provided a home. He says ' that she would often leave him for a time, and then come ba< k and sell ! their household goods and go away again This continued until in Janu- | ary of 1911 and 1912, when she went away and lived with sc le other man, as his wife. She returned to him, but left again in June and has been away since. He says he has been a dutiful husband, industrious and true, and 'that he put up with her cruelty,'until she went to live with another man. When the case of the State vs. Ell

— — — |W. Steele, charged with assault and battery with intent to murder, was called for trial today, Mr. Steele filed I a motion for the continuance of the 'cause. This was granted and the case ' set for the third Monday of the next I term of court. - ■ - In the Norval Taylor et al. vs. Mary Taylor, quiet title case, a motion to , separate complaint Into paragraphs was sustained and the plaintiff ordered to do thia and number each Exceptions were made by the plaintiff, and ten daya' time given to file them The election supplies have been received by Auditor Michaud from the •ta e and are reedy for distribution at the proper time. The appraisers filed report In the C 4 E R R. VS Rosetta Teeple et al condemnation case The inventory of E B. Lenhart, ad mlnlstrator of the Joaeph Wh it ahead estate, was filed .’Ad approved Real estate transfers Marla Tant to Samuel B IHrschy. 40 acres. Blue Creek tp., 83500; Green R Burkheart et al to John W. lawson et al. lot 681. Decatur. 1500; Thomas H Teeple to Htoly M Denton, lot 29. Decatur. |500; Albert N. Rprunger et al. to Otto Neuenschwander. lot 2<7. Berne, 1250; Harry R Moltr et al to Chicago 4 Erie R R. Co., lots 264, 247. Decatur. 8100; Mary F McC.rdle to Daniel H. Hnbegger. .25 acre, Monroe tp. |SO. Rame to Rudolph flteury, .78 acre, Mon roe tp.. 1450. WENT HOME TODAY. (Vnltnd Press Rervlcel Chicago. 18. Oct 21— IRpecUt to Dally Demorrstl—Colonel Roosevelt left Ch term today at fi’ffi over th" Pennsylvania railroad for Oyater Bay He was exhausted when he reached the private car and in reported as asking fnr a few minutes* reef, and that he wanted to read all the papers Ho walked several steps on leaving the hospital, but required an ambulance, however, Aside from hie fatigue he Insisted that he was "feeling bully "

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BIG WEEK CLOSES Guests and Hosts and Boosters Join in a Big Jollification Parade. • I — BURN RED LIGHTS Everybody Agrees the Event I Was the Best Ever Given .' in These Parts. The big week is a matter of bis- • tor. Old Home Week in Decatur clos-

ed Saturday evening, with a successful parade, in which the workers, the j visitors and the boosters all joined in fact and in person. Red, white and blue badges, young and old, visitor and home people, all mingled In a happy finish. A squad of men in charge of 1 W. A. Lower, preceded the marchers, 'touching off colored powder, and the cheering and singing continued for an hour. The parade formed at the corner of Adams street, the Decatur band leading, followed by the board of managers and members of the various {committees. The Jefferson township band and the Blue Creek band also took part and five hundred men and women paraded with red torches. They marched to Jackson street and back and even then seemed loath to quit, and for an hour many of the paraderx marched up and down behind the three bands singing, “Home, Sweet Home," and other familiar ' songs. It was a great occasion and a I fitting closing to the big week, biggest ■ ever known in this section and better ■ than advertised. Many fieople have i urged that it be repeated but this will , be decided later. It is safe to say that i never in the history of Adams county i has an event been given which so geni erally and completely satisfied. The I committee did their beat and have re- ' ceived untild congratulations. It is estimated that more than two thousand Old Home guests were here. . Over fifteen hundred registered, repie•enting almost every state in the union, while many neglected that duty. I Granada, the wire walker, announced I Saturday evening that it was the beat I celebration he had ever witnessed, Mr. Backestoe, manager of the shows, said the same and insisted that he wanted i to come back whenever w do it over.

I Mr. Wilkens, the street advertiser. b told the crowd Saturday evening that I they should boost the boosters when » they delivered the goods as they e.d b here. On every hand you hear praise t and lota of It This morning Street Commissioner Buhler and a force of men began the cleaning up and the r last trace of the event will soon be > gone It was a grand success and we ■ are all glad of It Good bye. Old Home v Cotners, we are glad you came, glad i- you liked it and hope you will come 1 again. Among those who registered late Saturday were: | Adelaide Donadlson. Warsaw. • | Kathryn Krelgel, Celina, O. » Mrs. A. M Pyern. Fremont. t Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Vail. Ft Wayne. Aline D. Vail, Ft. Wayne. Mr. and Mrs, Joe Vail. Bryan. Ohio. i> Mrs. R M Donaldson. Warsaw, I. Ruby Hendricks. Portland. M. H. Hobrock. Ft Wayne Henry lepp. Fl Wayne M L. Byers. Lagrange 1 C. H. Caton, lagrange Mr and Mrs. U 0. Bmrick. Van Wert. Ohio t Mrs Florence Tindall. Penvllle * Albert Bens. Newville. I A. 8. !U<era. Cleveland. Ohio . Mr. and Mrs C. B. Cramer. Wash-. o ington. D C. : Ernest It Collins, Newcastle, Ind. n Philip Mclhls, Monroeville. Ind F. C. Temple. Ft. Wayne. Ind I Mr. and Mrs J. A Ernsbergsr. Ce- >, llna. Ohio Stella M Reabold. Bluffton Mm. Bite Billman Kogers. Clove i> land. Ohio. Mr and Mrs H M Paulison. Fort Wayne. Ind Mias Jennie F. Rogers. Cleveland. Ohio. Charles Smith. Bluffton, > Oscar Dellinger. Marion l Pearl Ramey. lAketnn I Mrs John Wilke, impair, Ohio C. K. Bell. Lima, Ohio I Newtnn Res. Bowling Green. Ohio. Chas. M M. Bonham. Lynn. Ind C. A. Ammerman, Cardwell, Mo > A. Mylott, Chicago. 111. > Walter Kh her. Rockford. Ohio Virgil Springer. Rockford. Ohio i Mm. 11. H. Knoff. Chicago. 111. (OrmOwuM as Pngs 11