Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 252

A WATER GAUGE Government Will Establish River and Rainfall Station Here. WORK BEGAN TODAY On Printing of Gauge on the Bridge—G. F. Kintz May , be Observer. Decaf-? will boa nub-station for the distrH't government weather bureau, and a special river and rainfall observer will be named here. City Engineer i; F Kinta has been asked to become a n observer, and whether he will ac cept will depend upon whether the weight of his duties will conflict too much with his other work. The work of establishing the river and rainfall gauge was left with Mr. Kintz by Professor W. 8. Palmer of Fort Wayne, of the district office. Mr Kintz secured Lew Corbin, the painter, to do the work, and he began this morning painting the river gauge on the north pier of the new St. Mary's river bridge. The gauge extends perpendicularly and begins twelve feet above the city datum line, the zero point of the gauge beginning at the low water line. The expansion of the river is nineteen feet and as the gauge Is to be five feet highth -exransion height the gauge will he twenty-four feet long accord Ing to present plans. The river and rainfall stations of the weather bureau are maintained primarily for the purpose of giving warn ing of the approach, magnitude and duration of high waters and for forecasting water stages at all heights in the interest of navigation on the inland waterways of the country. The river and precipitation data are also of great value to various other inter ests. particularly to those concerned with the problems of irrigation and water supply. For the better super- 1

5 , ’ ’ '• Ur- I RICHARD K. ERWIN. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT, FOURTH DISTRICT. TftK I»emocrotlr n-m>lw tar judge -f »h- • tprvme ; uil « *» ”” Fourth district was tarn In A<km« ronnty. Ind. Julyll. IMO !■ the old MrthMltat college at Fort Warn.- hr ntted hlmeelf to teach ■rh.-.i, nn<l after seven years •••:■■"'' •' "• " , “* r ,n •be to bool* of bin homo county b* Pink up '•»* ••“*•* “f •** *•* mltwt to th. Adams county tar April I. W* f--rm lag • tartßemMp at Itantnr with J Fred Frame. now • tark of • *•* •upr.m. -mirt. ll* •eresd bin district •« represents! he io tta •<»*• t«irW»«*J* » »"• ** don. of imo and MM. »n H»o b* wan eta trd J” ,h * rnw ~wrt and serred sit yenrw F""t r if" "«• ««**’ ’» '«« *syt»e. where he has a well established law pra'-ihv

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; vision and control of the work, the , social stations are arranged in districts, and are under the direction of officials. Fort Wayne is the center of ! this district. 1 Observers at various points report to the district center. Persons accepting positions as special river and rainfall observers of tho weather bureau become authorized agents of the U. 8. | and ar.-amenable to the laws in cases of neglect of duty, hence the position is a resiionsiblo one. The duties of the river observer iconsist in noting on a form: The : height of water on the gauge with change in twenty-four hours; depth of I rain or melted snow, with times of beginning and ending; actual depth of I mow, It any, since last observation; direction of wind; state of weather; depth of snow, if any, on the ground on 15th and last day of month; also date on which last snow of season disappeared; stage of river at crest of each flood, with hour of day, should it not occur at time of regular observation. ■ | The duties of the rainfall observer 1 are noting; The depth of rain or melted snow, with the times of beginning and ending; actual depth of snow, if any, since last observation; direction of wind: state of weather; depth of snow, if any, on ground on 15th and last day of month. ARE WINNERS. The Democrat bowling team, composed of John Stewart, Ralph Arttrlne, William Kist Robert Peterson and 1 I * . Robert Gerard, of the Democrat force. made their initial practice Monday evening on the Harting alleys and are well pleased with the showing. Kist came forward with the largest score, with Peterson a close second. The team will put in the usual amount of practice and will then challenge. | -O- i. OVER TWO HUNDRED. During the Old Home Week the visitors at the K. of P. home numbered two hundred and thirteen. Many visited the home that did not regiister and the total figure is much higher than this. The one coming the farIthest distance was from Arizona.

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Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, October 22, 1912

TRIED SUICIDE Mrs. Asa Oswalt of Bluffton Uses Revolver With Suicidal Intent. SHE IS KNOWN HERE Attempt Was Unsuccessful and Now She \ Didn’t do it. Mrs, Asa Oswalt, formerly Miss Pearl Yates, living on West Wabash street, made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide Sunday morning when she fired a revolver at herself, pointing the gun at her heart. In pulling the trigger the gun was jerked to one side and the shot passed under her left arm, the jiowder burning the flesh in the pit of the arm. She claimed that the reason for her act was that friends had turned against her and life was not worth living. Mrs. Oswalt was the only person in the house at the time, a lioarder. James Hughes, being in the back yard talking to Thomas Quickmore, a neighbor. Her husband was working at the Brown chandelier factory. The shot was heard by the two men and several of the neighbors. Mr. Hughes rushed into the house to her bedroom which he found locked, and burst the door open to find Mrs. Oswalt stretched ut upon the bed as if lifeless. Mr. Hughes at once saw the large hole toQi In the dress and thinking tion sent for her husband, who soon arrived. Mrs. Oswalt recovered short ly and gave her husband an account of the act. She collapsed, it is said, after the shot was fired and it was in this condition that she was found. Mrs. Oswalt was able to be on the .streets this morning and although regretting the deed talks somewhat jocular about it.

It was thought by friends that family trouble caused the act. Neighbors report that screams came from the house a few minutes before the shot but it was supposed that they were only as a result of some jest between the family which was together at that time.—Bluffton Banner. IN THE MAJORITY Says F. S. Armantrout— Thinks Limberlost Dredging Petitions WILL WIN OUT If Number Has Anything to do With it--Remon-strance Filed to Petition. Attorney F 8. Armantrout of Gene ta. who was here today on business, has Just returned from Portland where he and Jacob Denny, an attorney of that city, have been going over the matter of the petition of John Alls et a) for the dredging of the big Limber loot ditch. The dredging affects parts of the stream running through Noble. Wabash and Bearcreek townships In Jay county, and Wabash township In Adams county, snd the dredging la a matter of great moment to the bun dreds through whose land It runa. Last Saturday a remonstrance against the dredging was fl led in the Jay circuit court Mr Armantrout and Mr Denny Monday checked up the remonstratora and petitioners and are convinced that the petitioners are in a majority sufff cleat to win out In the dredging. HORSE MIN ARI ALL RIGHT. Wn acknowledge receipt of a boa of Decatur mad. cigars bearing the card; "fftnoke. with our compliments—Dan Beery. KB Rprunger. John T. Myers.” The boys are all right. They are the members of the committee who so successfully put on the horse show last week and recognUlnig the aid given them by the newspapers, they show that appreciation by banding us a boa "f cigars, and wa assure them we will Uuuk of them every Ume we light om

HOME-COMING WANDERLUST 1 Draws Children from School—Truant i Officer After Them. County School Truant Officer C. 3. Andrews was in the city Monday afternoon on official business. This included the rounding up of about eight school children of this city whom the attractions of the home-com I ng celebration proved more alluring than school and filled them with a wanderlust that lead them away from the straight and narrow schoolpath. They were given a talking to by Mr. Andrews and then returned to school. He reports the ischool attendance over the county, otherwise, as very good. \ o IS NOW ENROUTE \ / Fwieral Cortege of Mrs. Nark McConnell Reaches \ St. Louis. Wlk ARRIVE HERE Over! Clover Leaf at 5:19 Wefcesday Morning— I Burial Here. I ( Ex-li< rtf! Mark M. McConnell of , Cardw, jio., who is accompanying the of his late wife to this city, , w her etho funeral will be held Wed- | nesdajl telegraphed from St. fxtuis. ; Mo., tit they would arrive here at | .5:10 o<x k Wednesday morning over | the Ciofr Deaf The message was re- i ceived Ms morning by his brother, ( Frank it'onnell, and it is supposed ( the reached that city enroute i and areseing delayed there for a | while, tat arrangements have been , made forhe funeral will probably not , be knowiintil arrival here. The death I of Mrs. AConnell, who was bom and t ' reared bn, and spent most of her., life hero, ecurred Sunday night, fol- f lowing a ng Illness with cancer c-t < the breast - FIRST LECTURE — ■:

Os the Hh School Seniors’ Course Vill be Given Wedntjay. Oct. 30. SEAT NERVATION Will Open iturday Morn-ing-Five kellent Numbers in b Course * I The Brat one of. aeries of five in the high school sera* lec-ture course will be given Weekday night. Octo ber lOUt. al Bosse her* bouse Many tickets have been td and the seat reservation for tb< tln « w *il open neat Saturday mart- a t I o'clock at the Holthouse drug •». Every number of the live of thourse la a star and each la eagerly tlclpated The entertainers are aec<f thia year as last from the Colt Bureau, but all are new to our !<|r except Al ben Edward Wiggan,ho will give the last number He w ln t he rourse last yegr. but came In very severe weather and both him, an d the au-

dlencc were froxen out the adverse weather conditions The flmt of the cours ||| b«. , rise of sketches and s» plays by Mr. and Mrs Raymond <rce. October 3oth, the second wll B lecture December sth. by Bylres x. Long, the third. January l<th. >ncert by the Euclid Male quartet; fo ttr ih, g concert, February 20th. b „ victor tan Rrrenadawo. the flfth. r <-h 3, a lecture by Albert Edward ga m The tickets for the en course are |1 80 each If you have gotten one. b« sure to get it In Ut,f have your seat reserved next Katui mori Ing Care will be taken In »rvlng the seats for the entire series NO RAIBC IN RATCt (I'nltad Press Rervlce Dee Moines, la, Oct 22— (I>X| to Democrat) The Insurgent orn Woodmen of America won a ory today and the proposed Inert | 0 rates in the order was denied an opinion banded down today hyf* iNMrict Judge Brodahaw.

COMING WEDDING Miss Agnes Coffee, Daughter of Jerry Coffee, and Cal Robison WILL BE PRINCIPALS Bride-elect Given Friendship Shower Last Evening by Poinsettia Club. • The wedding of Miss Agnes Coffee and Mr. Cal Robinson will take place 'in the near future. The secret has come to the ears of their near friends | and is already bringing forth many exiPressions of good will and esteem. Miss Coffee, who is one of the very [pretty and popular girls of the city, has been a clerk at the Boston store for some time, and is well known. She is a daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coffee, who, with other members of theii“ family, left last week for Los Angeles, Ca., whehe they will make their future home. Miss Agnes, however, remained here, in view of the approaching wedding, as Mr. and Mrs. Robinison expect to reside here. The news of the wedding coming to the ears of their friends, was the occasion ' of a happy friendship shower given I Monday evening by the bride-elect's t cousin. Miss Frances Coffee, at the, home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Coffee, with whom Miss Agnes has been staying since the departure of her parents for California. The guests were the Poinsettia club girls and, cards were played during the first part of the evening. The prizes which were won by the Misses Margaret Gal-, iogly and Alice Knapp, were presented by them to the honored one, and after luncheon and music, the opening, by the bride-elect of the packages of i the gift-shower was interestingly watched by all. The gifts were nu-, merous and pretty and included linen, china, pictures and many other things. J This club seems to be particularly fa- ' vored by Cupid, as Miss Coffee wilil be ' the third bride witbin a year. Those 1 present beside the two Misses Coffee ' were Margaret Gallogly, Esther Cor- ! bett, Genevieve Bremerkamp, Alice |

Knapp, Mamie Harting, Edith Miller, Ode and Letta Fullenkamp, Lydia Mil-, ler, Josephine Lang, Mrs. Clarence (ConDuued on ’’age 2) A BIG WFDDING 11 Two Hundred Fifty Guests ' Will Attend Nuptials of Emma Kukelhan and MR. ALBERT FRANZ i Wedding Thursday After- i » noon at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Two hundred fifty guests will par tlcipnte in the featlvltlaa attending the wadding of Miss Emma Kuklehan, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Kuk < elhan, of Root township, and Mr. AI-. bort Front, a young Allen county; farmer residing just across the county I I line The wedding will be Thursday t

afternoon at 1 o'clock at the St. Pe tor's church, the Rev Dornaeif official Ing. After the church wedding a big ' dinner will be served at the bride's home The ceremony will be a very ■ pretty one, and the attendants will be Mlsa Sophia Kukelhan as bridesmaid. ( Mr Otto Fuelling groomsman, and the, 1 Mlsaee Minnie Kukelhan and Elsie Franx, flower girls. Many guests from ' a distance will attend. Mrs Voss and | daughter of Cincinnati, Ohio, have al ready arrived Mr. and Mrs Henry Ludwey will arrive from Cincinnati Wednesday Many from Toledo and Dayton. Ohio, and about twenty five from Fort Wayne will be among the two hundred fifty guestx The couple < will reside on what tn known as the < t-ehman farm In Allen county, l ■l— o — l SECOND DEGREE. —— The Knights of Pythias are making ’ arrangements to confer the second de- 1 grow on a candidate nest Thursday ev- t eolng All the members should I* t present to take part In the wortr

MR. SCHERRY LEAVES FOR EAST. I Mr. J. A. Scherry, proprietor of Scherry’ Working tj'orld, one of the good attractions here for last week, closed his season here and left Monday night for his home at Fall River, Mass. He was delighted with tho celebration here and took with him copies of our paper and other souvenirs to show the people of his community just how we do things out in Indiana. He exjwets to return here for the fair next fall and at any other time Decatur gives an Old Home Week. He caught the spirit of the event here and helped al! he could to make the week a success. COURT HOUSE NEWS Marcellus Hutton Brings Suit—Bluffton Attorneys •' File Another. i BENJAMIN J. SHOLTY' l ( Qualifies as Administrator of i Johnson Estate —Lina \ Light Declines. — Attorney D. E. Smith for Marcellus ' Hutton of Geneva has begun suit in , the circuit court, on contract, against 'i Charles 8. Clark, Joseph J. Tonnelier [ 1 and Clem Heideman, of this city, de- 1 mand, 1175. Hutton claims that the ' defendants leased from him the upi>er 1 story of his brick business building at ' Geneva, for one year from March 12, 1 1911, to operate therein a glove sac tory. They were to also have the priv-, 1 liege of leasing it for another year. He 1 claims that they have left a part of ' their machinery in the building and 1 have refused to pay for the past seven 1 months' rent since the expiration of ’ their year. The rent was fifteen dol 1 lars a month and he wants 1105 for 1 the seven months due. In a second 1 paragraph he states that although the t contract called for their leaving the • building in as good condition as before. 1 barring ordinary wear and tear, they t took out some partitions and caused I 170 damage. r - ■*» I

( Eichhorn & Vaughn are attorneys for Henry Grandilenard in a suit for /foreclosure of mortage against Jane i Twigg, et al. — i Lina 8. Light, named executrix in the will of Mary Isabella Johnson, has J declined to serve, and B. W Sholty was appointed administrator, giving 2100 bond. Hoagland State bank vg. Edwin Fled derjohatin. et al. Rule tp answer ad solute in five days. Grace Ayres vs. Benjamin Ayres, divorce: Rule to answer absolute In five days. I In the suit of William Fuelling vs. . the Ft Wayne & Springfield railway Company. William Fleddcrjohann. Charles Dlrkson and John Koenig, on note, demand, 14.000. Judgment was 1 rendered against the railway company. | I Fleddcrjohann ’ and Dlrkson. for | 24,73042 Fleddcrjohann and Dlrkson were found to be sureties. Peternoi A Moran appeared for these three de fendanta. The cause as to Koenig was continued. B. Burt I>»nhart. administrator of the estate of Joseph Whitehead, upon ' application, was ordered to sell prom-1

iaaory notes of estate at private sale ’without notice, for not less than ap pralsemmt for cash A decree of quiet title for Samuel F lx>tt et a). against Geneva Winans «< al was entered D B Erwiu was m> (minted commissioner to convey th» lauds to the plaintiff In the default .of all defendants, and suggestion of (Jf< | minority of Charles Winans. Rhea But ler and Douglas Butler. Milton Miller was appointed guardian ad litem and filed answer as such. Costs against plaintiff. The demurrer of Hsrve Clark to the complaint of Henry Knapp, on account. was overruled; exception by de frndant. Rule to answer absolute In live days Real estate transfers Joseph II Moeser to Clem Michael. 40 .10 acres. Wabs*b tp, IIK0; John Rich et al Io William Fulk, do acres. Jefferson tp. 112,000; John Rich et al. to Ml (Contlauad on Pago 4)

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PAYING THE BILLS Old Home Week Board of Managers Met Last Night to Settle Accounts. ARE WELL PLEASED Reports Show That Every Committee Did Its Work Well—To Make Report. The board of managers of the Old Home Week celebration met Monday ! evening to take up the matter of settlement for the various branches of the affair. Uusually these are uniiiI teresting, but this meeting was as pleasant as have been the many during which tho plans were laid for the .week. The managers feel so jubilant over the success of the week and the appreciation of those who attended, and the'words of cheer from the various business men who did an unusual amount that a few bills failed to make them lose their enthusiasm. The exact cost of the big event, including amusements, bands, horse show and all other expense, excepting the decorating done by the business men, amounted to 92.472.27. The amount of money collected Is within a few dollars of that amount and the committee feels that they have received more than value for every dollar spent. The chairman of each committee did his part well and the reports turned in Monday night showed that they had not failed la a single place. The board of managers will meet again next Monday to dispose of the last remnants of bills and to discuss other matters. It is likely they will continue the organilzation, though it mny be several years before the Old Home Week is repeated, but there are other lines of work to which the attention of the board may be turned. The seedhtary and treasurer will make a completer report as soon as possible and thia will be published to show the people that their confidence was not misplaced. o

ABOUT THE SICK. r — ■ Mrs. C. J Lutx left Monday afternoon for I-afayette to visit with relatives and to be with Miss Eva Dori win, who is now at’home from the i hospital. She was operated upon for f appendicitis and later developed pe '- f Itonftis, her case being extremely bad. She is still very ill and not yet beyond the danger point / 1 Mrs Mnhlon Harmon left Monday afternoon for the home of her daughter. Mrs Chauncey Brokaw, northeast • of the city. Mrs. Brokaw is 111 with » pleurisy. Mr. and Mrs. Green Merryman returned today to Kansas after a visit here They were accompanied by Mrs. Merryman's daughter, Mrs. George Gunsett, who Is at the point of death from tuberculosis. I Mrs W. F. Beery went to Fort Wayne this morning where she called on her sister. Mrs. Marsh Aspy of Pleasant Milla, who was o|*erated upon last Friday at the Lutheran hospital, and who la very low. The correct diagnosis of her case, it was thought by pliyalcians, could be made today. | Mr. and Mrs Aim Acker of Geneva

e. are now In McCloud. Okla, when* Mra. p. Acker will vlalt with a aiater for a while. Mra. Acker wtfl co later to Koaawell, N M . where ahe will epend P. the winter, making the change for her •t ’ health Iler elater will be with her p. there e, — - It | Mra R J Rmlth and daughter. Rone Ir Marie, elater Mtea Rleanor PMrblnc. I- 1 wont to Fort Wayne thia morning to r eal) on their elater Mlaa llernardettn I Forking who waa operated upon lent t f week for appendlcitia at the Kt Joerph hoapltal Rhe la getting along fine but I will probably remain them three or • four wreka, DISTRICT MCKTINQ. i — — Th local Odd FVllowa' lodge ra» received an invitation to attend the Bluffton district meeting to be held Saturday at which time the degr.-e work will bq conferred tn the aeveral degree and speeches from the grand master and other nfficlala will be had. ‘ Many from hem will attend.