Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 264.

BIG VOTE ; CAST TODAY Indications That a Recordtreaking Vote Will be Cast Here and Elsewhere. DAY DAWNS BRIGHT —— Much Interest Was Shown This Morning—Returns Received This Evening. A perfect election day. Never in a; score of years have the weather conditions been so good as today and as a result jut enormous vote in the national election is being polled. Reports from all over Indiana, as well as from parts of the country, indicate that today's vote will break all records. In th’* cocuty the vote came In with a rush, and at 8 o’clock in this city, a • •mirth of the vote wa.< in. This was i divided as follows: "A" Ist. 53; "B" ’ Ist. <2; “A” 2nd. 60; “B" 2nd. 55; “A" 3rd, 66; "B" 3rd. 57. Total 333. Bij Vote in Early. A :: o'clock this afternoon It was' •stimited that 85 per cent of the reg-. istered vote was in and the indiea-1 tions ar* that an almost complete, vote will be cast. From reports over! the • ounty It seems probable that the total vote cast in the county will reach 5.204, the largest Over known her*. A'light rain began falling at about 2:30, with indications that it Bight keep up indefinitely, but with the splendid start of the morning it is likely that this will not seriously affect the vote. Return* in This Evening. Arrangements to receive the returns have been mad'- as usual by the Daily Democrat. A special wire has been ■ oniracted for and placed In the detno- > ratic headquarters hall, where all the news from the state and nation will tie received and read. We have also arranged to set ure the returns from the < ounty. arrangements being made with each precinct to secure the vote as soon as it is counted. These will be posted on a blackboard at the headquartern and there will be free'telephone service over the entire county. .Mr. Stoneburner of the Star theater has also arranged to give the election returns by means of a stereoptlcan. will throw the returns on a can vase on the north side of the court house In caae the weather turns bad the returns will be given Inside the tbanter. It is eapected that offi< ial return* will be rather late In arriving because of th* fact that th* vote will be divided three ways, and it will llk-»* ly be midnight before the facts ar* known as to the results, I COURT HOUSE NEWS. The rush of la spay lug is over and County Treasurer C. W Yager and assistants today worf busy checking up and totaling the amount taken in on the fall Installment Thia will b* In th* neighborhood of 3190.000 Mon- , day’s collection was a heavy one. approximating about 335,000 The heav-j lent taxpayer was the Indiana Pip* l.lnot'o. which handed ovet th* fall I list al I meat more than |B.oOtt Those who failed to pay the Installment be { for* the «|MO of Honda} will have th* ted per cent penalty added Unde Daniel Donovan, born In Lintrtek, Ireland, coming to the I'. H May 4. IH4t>. lost his naturalisation papers, snd U» be Sturts that be could vote without being challenged, hr wen'; Straightway before the clerk this as s ernooa and took -out some mot*, b* tors voting Mtornny A I’ lleaity hied a dlvor u suit for Mark C. Ramsey against Ar della Ramsey The, two were married la la«? and lived together until 19*12. «b*a. Mr. Ramsey says, hla wife aban ■ionod him and has lived apart from him, wholly against his wishes ll* seyueaa her of Infidelity, but does not know the name of tb* man who has •toien het away from him Real estate transfers. Marie K. Honor et ah to C. A K rWtroad, lot 544, Decatur. 1150; I**l Nprunger et al. trustees, to Robert Wunbolt. lot 207. name. IIIW

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w. R. c. DISTRICT MEET. i Will be Held at Marion Tomorrow— Decatur Ladies Go. I The Eighth district W. R, C. contention will be held at Marlon tomor- | row, and the Decatur corps will be I well represented. Mrs. Martha Hay, local president, is the Junior vice of the district, and Mrs. Dr. Burns la a member of the resolutions committee, while Mrs. E. H. Lyons, who is state vice president, is a member of the press committee. During the past year two new corps have been installed in the district- at South Whitley and Columbia City. Among others who will attend the district meet are: Mesdatnes Joe Hower, Margaret Ixtuthan, Kate Grandstaif. Ruby Throp, Jennie Rainier. A GENEVA LADY Mrs. C. K. McFadden, Killed in Big St. Louis Fire. Believed TO HAVE LIVED At Geneva—Thought to be Mrs. Carl McFadden— Well Known Here. In the list of fatalities in the big St. Louis hotel fire, which burned the latter part of last week, is the name of Mrs C. K McFadden, of Tawpeka, Texas, who was burned to death. This is thought to be the Mrs. Carl McFadden, who a few years ago resided in Geneva, where she became a member of tile first society circles of that little town, which was quite gay during the oil boom, and took on the airs of a metropolitan city with the influx of people from every part of the country interested in oil. Her husband was one of the oil fiperators during the boom in the vicinity of Geneva, but later went to Tawpeka. Texas, to carry on the work in his line It Is quite firmly believed bv friends here that she is the lady men tioned in the fire list. —■— o — A LIVE ONE Is Berne’s New Marshal—He Gets After 'Em. If Frank Itrandyberry keeps up th* gall which he assumed and has been holding sine* he has been appointed town marshal, he will, in course of time, make of every man in Berne a law-abiding citixen. Saturday night he raided a poker game over the P*o i pie's restaurant and caught two tut-., James Ijtwson and Jacob Miller, but . Lawson got away before both could be arrested The warrant that is now out for istwsou will no doubt keep' him away from Berne for som* tlme ( to com*. Four men have already j been arrested for violating th* speed ( law. AU of them paid their lines and cost*, amounting to 9.44 in each case The fast auiomobillsta are a stranger from Ohio, John Hocker of Monroe 'and Dan Stauffer and O F. Gilliam of .thia place Now .let others beware! And last Thursday night was the first Hallowe’en night in many years In which there was absolutely no dam a«e done to any property In Bern* I Not a thing was removed that was hrnrd of l<H the good work go on -Herne Witness. ■ —-fr I ENJOYED SUNDAY VISIT MERE. asw> aassßism A happy day was Sunday for Chris i Hoes* and family of thia city, for they had on that occasion as their guests, th* venerable father. William Boess, of FrHdheim. Alfred Reese nt Kan ass. who la h*i* on hla first visit in nineteen jears, and l>»wis Kleine, of Preble township A big chicken din uer was served and In the afternoon the party mad* an automobile trip to io th* sugar factory, where they were shown through the big mill. Every m*mb*r of the family and especla'iy the senior Mr. Bo*s* enjoyed watching the perfect system of converting bewte Info sugar They were surprised at the magnitude of th* plant and al th* wond-rf"! procedure of the various parts of the factory P W Smith of Richmond was here today on btwlueaa ,

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ROBBED SHARPE i Herbert Ramsey in Wells County Jail on Charge of Highway Robbery. HELD UP -ATTORNEY and Got $172 from Him—Bluffton Lawyer Well Known Here. Herbert Ramsey, often called "Bill” by hts acquaintances, a step-son of James Justus, of Bluffton, is in the Wells county Jail on a charge of highway robbery. Th charge against Ramsey is that he held up and robbed D-. Robert A. L. Sharpe, the well known Bluffton attorney, on September 20th and robbed him of 1172. The ofllceis had been after Ramsey since, finally locating him. Attorney Sharpe was returning to Bluffton from a business trip to Chicago and came from Fort Wayne to Bluffton on the last interurban car In the car was Ramsey who engaged in conversation on his domestic troubles and consulted the lawyer for advice. When they got off the car he asked Sharpe which way he was going ami stated that he was going that way When they j reached a dark lonely spot, Ramsey l>olnted a revolver at Sharpe and told him to hand over his money. Mr. Sharp gave him his loose change but this did not satisfy Ramsey, who made Sharpe turn around. He searched ami got the rest of his money amounting to 1172. He then skipped out. Attorney Sharpe is well known here to local attorneys, as he has often had cases in the Adams circuit court. GO TO LOS ANGELES Mr. and Mrs. M. Burns Left Today Noon for California Home. CAST HIS VOTE Before Going—Will Join the the Decatur Colony Already in West. Mr. and Mrs M Burns left today noon for libs Angeles, Cal., where they will mak*- their future home. Plan* were completed some lime ago for their departure, but this was delayed that Mr Burns might cast his vote. (This was done, and they left on the first train succeeding, for the southwest They do not go among strung era, as there Is already quite a colony of Decatur people there. These Include Mr Burns' son, Frank Bums, and family, and Jerry Coffee and fam- ■ lly, who went there only a few weeks ago Mrs. Mcla*sn and daughter, Jes’ale, and the Misses Adda and Ixtret ■ la Snow are also among the Dacatnr people there Mr. Burns has not yet decided what he will do In l-os Angeles, and will take a much needed rest for a while Until he disposed •gjf bls harness shop here a few months ago Mr Burna had been actively engaged in business here for forty years and was undoubtedly the oldest business man in th* city in the matter oi continuous ssrvIce here. He has resided h*«* sine* 1*59, and Mr Bums* leaving is a matter of mutual regret to his lamily and to their innumanhle friends her*, with whom Mr. Burna spent th* morn Ing, saying farewells, He goes west, thinking that th* climate will prolong his life, although he enjoyed very health here LOST Hit VOTE. CU tilted Press Servicei Terre Haute. Ind, Nov. 3—(H|t*t.*l to Dally Democrat! Eugene V Jlebs. th* veteran socialist candidate for president, today celebrated hla fiftyseventh birthday by being dlsfran <hte«>d lie was unable to vote because he neglected to register PASTRY SALE SATURDAY. The W R C. will conduct a pastry sal* at the gas office. Monroe street, Saturday afternoon

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, Npvember 5, 1912.

MOVING INTO NEW HOUSE. Stun Fuhrman and family are moving into the new house erected on their farm north of the city. The house is a fine new one with modern conveniences, including an acetylene lighting plant. The son, Milton Fuhrman and wife who were recently married will occupy the old farmhouse, on the same farm. On the farm nearby belonging to Mr. Fuhrman’s brother, John Fuhrman, a new house is also being built, and will be occupied by the son, Francis j Fuhrman and wife, who were married last Saturday evening. FIRST GIN FIRED In the Campaign for Larger and Better Sunday Schools on THURSDAY EVENING The Adams County Sunday School Association Will Hold Annual Meet. The political compaign is now over and the Sunday school workers of Adarn.s county are now ready to begin a real campaign for larger and better Sunday schoools The first-gun will be fired on Thursday evening of this week at the Pres byterian church, at Decatur when our general secretary of the State Sunday School association, Mr George N. BurGEORGE N. BURNIE General Secretary of the State Sunday ’ School AMOCiation, who will speak at the Adams County Convention. k nie. and our state elementary superintendent, Miss Uawia, will give us addresses on the subjects, "Some Things i that Inspire." and ’’Our Pla*** In the Line.’’ All day Friday ammunition will be' ' supplied in Utd way of information - and inspiration sufficient to equip ev- . ery consecrated Sunday school worker' . In lhe county. The day sessions of i I our great annual Sunday school con-1 vention will be held at the Presby-I , terlan church also, while the closing' MISS LEWIS It State El«mantary Superintendent, who will also address Adam* County Sunday School convention. i -y—: , session on Friday night will be h«-ld at tm> Methodist Episcopal Miurch. Al , this session the Rev. Dr. Jesse Bow- ; man Young of Bluffton will be lhe ■ principal speaker and most of the spec ial music will b« furnished by lhe popular Menuonlte male choir of Hern* Entertainment. 1-odglng and breakfast free to all l delegates and visitors The ladles of , the Christian church will furnish din- ■ ner and supper on Friday Th* entertainment commltte* has mad* ample provision for *vetybody, and you know that "Decatiir Can and Will" take car* of this convention in away that will please every one Delegates ami visitors will l>* there from ail parts of the county, and you will miss a great time If you are not , present Everybody welcome J IMRE RCPP. ITesident

COLORED CORTEGE Funeral Party Accompanying Remains of Burley Brown Passed THROUGH THE CITY Enroute to Wren, Ohio— Negro Found Dead in Bed in Fort Wayne. A colored funeral cortege passed through the city this morning enroute from Fort Wuyne to Wren, Ohio, with the body of Burley Brown, colored, whose death occurred at Fort Wayne recently, he being found dead in bed there. l he party came iu over the G. R. A. I. this morning at 8 o'clock, and accompanying the .remains were the man's wife, his son, and two step-sis-ters. The party left at noon over the Erie for Wren, where burial will take place. Two brothers and two sisters living at Wren, Ohio, also survive. This morning's Journal-Gazette says of the death of Mr. Brown, who had evidently been working in Ft. Wayne: “Coroner Edward H. Kruse Monday completed his examination of the viscera of Burley Brown, the negro found dead in bed a few days ago, and discovered no trace of poison and the original diagnosis of dilation of the heart stands. Because of the fact the dead man slew another negro I whom he found with his wife two years ago and was known to have enemies. the coroner deemed it best to make a thorough investigation of the ease." IS FOUND GUILTY A Chiropractor in Marion, After a Hard Fight, is Found Guilty. WILL APPEAL CASE As He is Charged With Practicing Medicine Without a License. j William A. Thompson, a local cbirwas found guilty of prac- ' tlcing without a license and fined iu I the sum of 125 and costs by a Jury in the circuit court Saturday morning The Jury retilTAed a sealed verdict a» 9 o’clock Friday night after deliber ating four hours. The verdict was read in open court at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. Attorney* representing the defendant have mad* no public statement al this time, but It Is probable the matter will he carried to the higher courts for a final teat of the statute upon which th* prosecution was has'*d The caae has been one of the most i important of recent years from the j standpoint of the medical fraternity, hind the Issues have been hard fought. —Marlon Chronicle Dr, Fry. a local chiropractor, who was formerly located in Huntington, hada similar cas* The fight between the chiropractors and the Heonaed physicians is one of long standing and considerable attention Is being given this test ft—— FOR TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. J. C, Trltch, commercial teacher Iu th* Iwaiur schools, and C. V Millikan. principal of the Geneva high m bools, met her* ou Haturday with J. M Hnyd»r to writ* by laws to gov ern the teachers' associations to held hereafter on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, The meeting this year will b* held In Hern*. Hern* Wltsoss WHIN WOMEN VOTE. “Well, my dear, did you have any trouble marking your ballot ?“ said he “Mercy, no' It’a so almple! I Just put crosses against Ih* names of ait lhe men I dldn‘l want elected." said •be

THE HUNTING SEASON. Quail May be Shot from November 10th to January Ist. The open season for quail will begin November 10th and continue to January Ist, Licensed hunters, with permission of land owners, may hunt quail during that time, but must not kill over fifteen birds in any one day. The open season for duck began September Ist, and extends to April Ist. Both quail and duck are said to be quite plentiful and every man pursuing them is a law unto himself, any old time. Any hunter can hunt rabbits any place in the township in which lie resides without even procuring a hunter’s license, but must have such li cense for all other game. No hunfhig |of any game is t>ermissable on game preserves, except the land owners may bunt squirrels and rabbits on his own lands, even if in a game preserve. DANGER IS AHEAD - Whooping Cough Season is Near — Warning Sent Out to Mothers. KILLS 10,000 CHILDREN Every Year—The Disease is Contagious and Highly Dangerous. “Autumn has arrived. The wooded hills have put on the flaming pageantry of red and yellow; summer with its holidays, is gone, and with it the warmth which invited the open window.” j This is not the beginning of a • Thanksgiving prose sermon, nor of an essay on “The Melancholy Days." It is the ot>ening paragraph of a warning issued by the United States public health and hospital service against whooping cough Dr. W C. Rucker, assistant surgeon general, is the au■thor. He says: “A child dead of whooping cough is | Just as dead as a child dead of plauge.” The point which Dr. Rucker makes is that winter when windows are closed and persons are crowded together in houses, is the time when •uch diseases as whooping cough are most likely to be contracted and cause death. The purpose of the govern . inent health bureau Is to combat the I>opular impression that whooping .cough la something that every child j has got to have, and that It might Just as well get It soon, and “get over with It." "Many a mother has exposed her child to this disease firm In the bejlief that she was performing a good .act. and In ignorance of the J«opardv ,In which she placed the life of one t whom she loved." continues Dr. Rucker, The same la true of’measles, he explained The death rate from whoop.lng cough tier HtO.ooo In 1910 in this I country was 11.4 per cent, and from i measles it was 11.3 per cent The scarlet fever death rate was only 11.6 t>er cent, and diphtheria only 21.4 per eent. "Any disease which kills lo.oofichildren a year," says Dr. Rucker, apeak Ing at whooping <ough. "Is a serious one If bubonic plague were to kill that many children In lhe United States In on* year the whold world would quarantine against our country" Dr Rucker explained that wlmoplng cough 1a contagious In close contract, and suggests that children who have It should be tagged with a colon d riblmn of some sort around their sleeves, when they go out on th* street He says that unless there ar* comtdlcstlons children who have th* disease should he warmly dressed •nd kept In the ot>*n air, NOTICE. CHOIRS! The members of th* various choirs of the restwf live churches of th* city ar* earnestly requested to tne*i st 4:30 on Thursday evening nt th* Preabyterlnn church to took over theaongs for the evening W* want n large chorus ——————■ »O -' I—.— UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Why trubble t' gIV wimmun th' bal lott ? They'll nun uv them evur git old I »nuff U vol, nohow

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MAY SETTLE IT Death of Congressman Utter of Rhode Island Might Decide a Tie-up. JURORS WILL VOTE Sent Home by Government— Wilson to Receive Returns on Old Instrument. X Washington, D. (’., Nov. 5 (Special to Da'ly Democrat)—The death of Representative Utter ot Rhode island was regarded by politicians here a* likely to lead to a break in the dead- ! lock that ia expected to prevail in the I house of representatives to prevent that body from choosing a president should there be no choice by the electoral college. Rhode Island is one of the “tie states" in the house, having one republican congressman and one democrat. If Utter's seat is not filled or a democrat is elected in his place, Rhode Island, as a state, would be in the democratic list in the house. There I would then be 23 states voting as deinj ocraUc, 22 as republican, and three 'still tied. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 5- Special to I Daily Democrat) —There likely will !be no attempt to prosecute the departj ment of justice of the United States for election bribery and corruption, though it is known that Uncle Sam I will pay something more than 45 i apiece for twelve votes in Indiana. .The dynamite conspiracy trial was halted by Judge Anderson to allow th* | jurors to go home to vote, the court that to sit on that day would be to disfranchise the twelve men Each juror was accompanied by a special deputy marshal who received S 3 a day. The jurors received their 1 regulation S 2 a day and the transportation of both was paid. Such of the defendants as could go home and return lietween adjournment Monday and court opening Wednesday were allowled to vote. The dynamite trial now ia ' in the letter reading stage, the government reading to the Jury some I,<><••) odd letters ouf of 30,000 seized in the raid on the iron workers' headquarters, said t to show the connection of every one of the 40 defendants with ithe dynamite plot hatched and carried out by the McNamaras and Ortie McManlgal Princeton, N. J., Nov. s—(Special to Dally Democrat)—Governor Woodrow Wilson received election returns today at hit home here-over the same tele graph instrument which ticked out the victory of Grover Cleveland when he 1 vraa chosen president in 1892 The 1 messenger who delivered th* Instrument to Governor Wilson waa Commodore E. C. Benedict, a lifelong friend l of Cleveland, who was with the late president the night he was elected iweniy years ago. “It is an interesting gift.” Governor , Wilson said, “and I have asked the I telegraph people to use It Instead of 'the instrument already Installed Coinj iimdore Benedict says he and Mr ■Cleveland ai»*nt the evening playing cribbag* and that Mr. (Tev*land wns very much annoyed because th* noisy instrument Interrupted th* game Asked for a final statement on th* •»ve ot battle, Governor Wilson reft's|ed. saying’ I “The case is made up, and it is not h*cessary to say anvthing further " —..Q — —— t BLEW SAFE, *«• tUnited Press Rervicei Mt Vernon, Ind., Nov. s—-(B|Mtcial to Daily Democrat)—A number of cracksmen blew th* safe In th* post office here early this morning obtain Ing 13,'MHt in stamp* and S9<) In mon* ey. overlooking 120 b mor* in money. It la believed th* < tacksmen escaped In alt automobile. ■i .st.-——m ssomiMsw^ =■« TO GET THE RETURNS OF THE ■ LECTION The returns of the elm tlou will ba gotten at the Whits Uaf* on Monroe street thia evening and a sp*<q*l lunch will b* served Come and grt the returns right off th* wires MJtl — -a — GYPSIES IN TOWN. A mob of gypsies struck th* town today and scurried about on a for tune telling tour This is tß* same I bunch of which seventeen were ar* I rested a few weeks ago