Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 280, Decatur, Adams County, 23 November 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 280,

I J. W. BOSSE I LANDS PLUM ■ I ■ Congressman Adair An- * nounces Selection of De 9 catur's Postmaster. I little opposition 9 Two Others Announced—--9 Nme Places in District to I be Filled This Term. ■ J.'W. Bosse will be the next post9 master in Decatur, succeeding W. A 9 Lower, whose commission expires ■ July 1. 1914. 9 Tills announcement was made th;.9 morning by Congressman John A M ■ uiair, who came here to talk the mat 9 ter over with interested parties and ■ workers. There had been but little 9 opposition to Mr Bosse, whose record 9 as county chairman of the democrat!. 9 party in Adams county this year was 9 such that he had an easy lead for (I---9 plum. Mr. Bosse asked for the pla- < . 9 presented a petition signed by a larg9 number ot the business men and den-. 9 erratic workers of this communitv. 9 and was endorsed by a number of the 9 leaden here, and Mr Adair made 9 quick work of the appointment after 9 be arrived this morning .Mr. Bosse 9 is a native of this city and has been 9 a democrat all his life as was his 9 lather before him. He has served ns K < oinmltteeman at various times, has 9 one* taken a prominent i»art in the 9 work here and this year served ns I <<>unty chairman, working incessant!' I with the result that the plurality this ■ 4 ear was a very satisfactory one He I wilt assume his duties one year from ■ next inly and will prove an efficient, ■ ourteoua and capable public servan' B Mr. Adair has also announced tha* ■ he wtil appoint Harry Hunter as post I master at Ossian. and O. J. Chapman 1 9 at Eaton. Further than these be haw ■ >mde no appointauuts. though he ■ t robably will do so before going to 1 ■ WashlngUm next Friday However, < ■ ha will have but few places to ail ' ■ durtag thia term in congress as there I ■ are bat nine post masters whose com 1 ■ •■r.iseaxia expire during that time 1 B Tbees arp'fkecatur, Eaton, Ossian. ' I I'ortlaad, Ridgeville, Lynn, lionet i. 1 I Alexandria and Pendleton Berne < I will haw no change for nearly four 1 B years and the commissions at Bluff I ion, Winchester Muncie, Anderson. 1 ■ ciwood. Montpelier and numerous « •mailer pUces extend over two years. : and Mr Adair will not make any ap ’ ointments In those places He la re I •luirod to file an affidavit that be has ' mads no promises, and he will make < nona prior to the next election, except ’ in these places w here the commissions *■ expire. Further he may not be the I ■ mgresaman the next term and con •e'tuMtly would not have the *!’• 1 pointment to mak< The appointment of Mr Bosse here I will do doubt give general satinfax- I ’lon. Mr Adair says Mr Bosse* I ’••lection In Decatur should from uli 1 ! have heard give genera! satisfaction He presented IO me » petition ill 1 which he was endorsed by a very ' large number of the good workers in !l this splendid county, and irom what I know of him and what I have heard ’ he Will make a splendid offl< > < The postmaster ei. t. John William ” Boms, was born In Decatur, October o «, I ua. a non of Herman and Margin H Bosse He was reared here and ed -• u'Btad in the schools ot this city. *' '•aching for several years in I*- 6 * he entered the Dorwln A Holthoua* ’ drug store whore he worked until IMt when he became a member ° rl! " Marshall Medicine Company. hp purchased tha' company and has si"' operated IL He wan In the drug bus • mass for n number of years and lor * ' loug time has owned and conducted f the opera house He has always *<’ •n a prominent part In public affair?• n ptHuical and otherwise. I* • hustles and as county chairman thia ye** l ’’ proved his ability aa an organiser ,'■ rl OHIO LEGIfiLATORB HERE Cl Hon. A J. Vining. « speaker of th" b house ot representaiivea In Ohio. *' here today on buelnes* relating to a n rsni notate deal In Blue Crock town ship !!• was accompanied by Clnrk Foreman. represent all reelect o f '" n *j Wert <m«mtr. Ohio w

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r ' iGI THR °UGH investigating. fordyce, of the Adams county • ’'’ ard of chlldr «n’s guardians, has returned from Marion where he went I to Investigate conditions relative to the orphan s home. The board pf directors ni the home is now investigate *“ g and will not finish before this ev- ■ ening or Monday. The local board therefore will not finally decided as to what they win do about the Adams county children in the home, until the report of the board of directors, it is thought however, that the home is being conducted along Proper lines, and that there is no real ; cause for complaint. GIVEN A CLUBBING And Then Robbed by Two Knights of the Rail— Chas. Murphy. —- —— * HAS BROKEN NOSE Overcoat Taken—Also His Check—His Assailants in Jail. Charles .Murphy, a stranger who) has been employed the past two days , about the city, was given a severe' clubbing Friday night by two “knigbis of the rail.” who then rob- 1 bed him of an eighteen-dollar check and took his overeat from him. Murphy, who was badly Injured, getting a broken nose, a cut across the eye and injuries on parts of the head, was taken to the county infirmary today to stay until he recovers, and his two assailants were taken to jail to await the action of the grand jury. They gave their names as I Charles Freducks, of St. I-ouis, Mo. and Joe Kane of Altoona. Pa. Frcducks has been employed here three weeks at the sugar factory. The assault and robbery occurred near the Erie water tank between 1 and 2 oclock this morning. Murphy has been employed on the Wabash railroad. It is said, and had received his check for eighteen dollars for his service*. To cash this it was neces sary. be said, to go to Huntington. He accordingly went to the tank west of the city to await a freight, on which he could ride to Huntington There the two assailants mentioned before, ha dtaken up their stand to await the train also. They built a fire along the track and were wanning themselves there whan Murphy appeared on ibe scene Hie overcoat must have appealed strongly to the two. as well as any other valuables which he might possess and they be gan beating him, and when they had him helplesa, robbed him. Aa soon as Murphy could collect himself he came back to this city and going to the hoop mill, called Night policeman Mehhi. Mr Mekhl accom panted him to the scene of the robbery and found the two assailants there, no train having appeared <M which they could rid" away. Kane, the larger of the two. was wearing Murphy's overcoat and the check was also found in their poaauMioa. Hr ■ brought them to the f lty and took them to Jail- Murphy was token to Dr Mlll'f. *ho dressed In Injuries, the worst of which was the fracture, 9 f the no*e ju»< sere** <*>• bridge. Mr. Murphy has been employed | sbout the city tor the past two dare. ( beating carpel* and ruga for house . i leaner*, and had worked Friday a: the Gregory and Vail homes. .. •' 111 JOSEPH CRIM DEAD. .taaerh Orta, » wh “' Ilves with his ren about four miles east of the city. dle<l this mornlns from a complication of dlreere* at the ripe old axe of eighty years, a,x. nontha and twenty days Bom In} Pi nnaylvaniA on May 3, 1*24. he so'iti ,migrated tn this county, arcompan rd hv his father He had been mar tied but bla wife had been dead for teverai has several chll jren surviving In this county. The burial will occur In the D~atur came tery but an< * neral have not yet been set. John Rtewart nt thia otßca left this afternoon on a buslnre strip to Fort tnd

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Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, November 23, 1912.

HEAD TO NORTH Is Correct Way to Sleep if You Desire to Awake Refreshed and IN GOOD SPIRITS North Magnetic Pole Has Something to do With the Result. Expcrinienta are now being conducted at Columbia university to prove the truth of the theory that people who sleep with their heads pointing toward the north magnetic pole and their feet toward the south sleep more soundly and awake more refreshed than those who sleep otherwise. . Do you sleep well? Are you in perfect health? If not, you had better box the ccmpass before retiring. Every man. woman and child in the brotherland should turn his or her bed around uni til the head point's north and the feet i fouth. Then only will his or her sleep be as deep and sound as possible. all other things being equal. Then only will he or she arise with nerves • rested ami with proper tone to the • entire body. ‘‘Nonsense, rot,” you say. Yet experiments at Columbia Universiiy I seem to bear out this theory, which .is almost as old as the hills. Dr. ■ Walter J. Clarke, one of the best known exponents of the use of electricity, not only for the cure of diseases but for the soothing effect it has on overworked and tired nerves, is a firm believer of this theory "The truth of this theory, which la a very old one, has been demonstrated thousands of times," says Dr. Clarke. "But it is only Just recently that scientific proof has been prodmed. We now understand why it is an I By electrical stimulation of the nerve fibers one can either rest them or make them healthy, if diseased Many diseases that were formerly treated by the giving of drugs are now cured by electricity. There is no doubt that sleeping with the head to the north is beneficial ” SELLS HOMESTEAD Mrs. Angeline Archbold Sells Monroe Street Home to Dal Hower. WILL HOLD SALE In Near Future—Hower Family Will Take Possession at Once. Dal Hower the well known member of the firm of Hower t taker, meat dealer, closed a deal yesterday afternoon late. In which ha cams Into the possession of the Mrs. Ageline Archbold homestead on Monroe street The j consideration was Ifi.OOO and aa a part <»l the consideration Mrs Archbold i took over the Da) Hower home on • Ninth street, where the Howers have ! resided many years Mrs. Archbold will hold a sale of her personal goods in the near future 'and will spend the winter with h-r Ison, Dr. Roy Archbold and family flh« will purchase tha Roy Archbold residence on Sixth street, mcupted by Mr and Mrs. W. U Lehna. and as soon ns theli lease aspires In the I Spring. Mrs Archbold will occupy Cat I house- For many years Mrs. Arch bold has conducted a boarding house at the Archbold homestead and many who have found this place a good I home, will exceedingly regret her disposal of the SUM. Mr. Hower and family expect to take immodlata poes •Minn of the place and will occupy It. EGGS JUMP UP. Eggs took a Jump upward on the local market today, advanctng three cents per dosen, the merchants paying thirty-three cento. This eomes just In tim* for the glad Thanksgiving Utna Pumpkin pies will doubtless be at a premium

JOHN STUDEBAKER WILL. — Disposes of Estate of More Than Half Million. The will of John Studabaker, aged 95, who died recently in Bluffton, was probated, telling of his disposition of I an estate of about $600,000. This is placed in the hands of three executors—his son, D. E. Studabaker; Jas. W. Sale and Herbert Dearn. The son, D. E. Studabaker was given an income of SSOO per year for life, aud a daughter, Mrs. Martha Wiring, |2,000 per Their taxes are to be paid from the estate also. Another clause raaikng specific legacies states that Mr. Studabaker gave I to each of his two grandsons Hairv ' Studabaker, son of D. E. Studabaker, I and Ralph S. Todd —stock in the Studabaker bank of Bluffton of which the ; par value is $5,000, which, it is stated, is in his judgment their fair proportion of his estate, and that therefore neither of the two grandsons named shall receive and further portions of the estate, except as provided in an ensuing clause, in which it is directed that, should any of the grandchildren or great-grandchildren become sick of afflicted or should from any cause become physically or otherwise unable to support themselves, then ; the executors shall provide for their ; needs and comforts as in their discretion they may deem necessary and | proper. All debts owing by his son and daughters and certain grandchil--1 dren are cancelled. i! _ she;was rejected If Application for Admission of Sarah Hirschey to Easthaven HAS BEEN REFUSED On Account of Fact that She Has Been Feeble-minded Since Infancy. ; — 1 What will be done with Sarah Hirs--1 chey is a problem. The young lady, 1 who is about thirty years of age, has been confined at the jail since sb-' was recently declared insane, awaiting word of her Easthav- ' en asylum at Richmond. The word came thia morning to County Clerk Bleeke, that her case had been rejected by the authorities on account of 1 her being feeble-minded, and no freb-le-mined are admissible to the insane hospital With the letter. Superintendent Smith stated that feeble-mind-ed women of certian age, are admitted to the school for feeble minded at Ft. , Wayne, when not mentally excited (Continued os •‘age 2) CALLED BY DEATH .. Herman Gerke, Living Near Fort Wayne, Called by Death This Morning. I RELATIVES LIVE HERE » - - t i Who Will Leave Immediately—Funeral Probably be Held Tuesday. » — Mms» , This morning at o'clock. Her . man Gerke, aged about alxty-elxht ’ rears, living four miles south of Fort i Wayna. died at his home afrer an ill- • ncas of several years, the last eiglit months of which he had spent In bed Mr. (jerks wns an uncle to Henry • Gsrka of this city, and to Herman and Martin Gerke, who live near thia city. I Hr wan the last surviving rothrr of a large family Hi* wife nnd five chll I dren survive, most of the children being of age Fending the arrival of the relatives no definlt* funeral arrangements hare been made, but If I* thought that the funeral will ba held In the Rev > Franke n church, four milrn south of i Fort Wayne, of which Mr Oarke wan a ntaadfast member, on Tuesday, at i some hour not yet selected Word of bln death wan received i here by hie nephew, Henry Gerke, by telephone thin morning

TRAMP WaS COLD So He Borrowed a Fifty Dollar Overcoat from Frank France for Two Hours. HE WAS LOCATED And Promptly Returned the Goods—Stole Coat from Hall at Elks’ Club. Frank '‘France, the Muskogee ice cream manufacturer, came near losing a fifty-dollar overcoat Friday afternoon, in fact it was gone for about two hours. During the afternoon Frank had visited the Elks' club room, where he indulged in a game of billiards or two with some of his triends. About 4 o’clock a stranger, evidently once a gentleman, t> slightly run down at the heel just at present and considerably under the ■ Influence of wine, entered the room and asked for assistance. The boys exchanged a few Joking remarks with him and he soon left. Two hours later Frank decided to go t supper and went to the hallway to get his coat and hat .only to find it had left ahead of him. He suspicioned the stranger and notified the sheriff. Before the officer arrived, however, Frank walked down 1 to the Boston store corner and thensaw the stranger wearing his coat, gloves and neck scarf. He accostd the man who said he was cold, ami as one of the duties of a lodge man ; was to see that his brother is warm and well cared for he supposed it would be all right to use the overcoat. He promptly "skinned” them • off and turned them back to Frank. The latter was too thankful to have recovered the clothes to think of ar- , resting the man. who no doubt soon left the city. 1— —' — a--K. OF C. NOTICE. Monday. November 25th. the district deputy will be here to install •the newly elected officers. A smoker .' and social session will follow tha ini stallation Every member is urgently requested to be present OIL OPERATORS L r Go Back and Pick Old Bones a I —Re-enter Old Leases ! in Fields. OF EASTERN INDIANA I The Higher Price of Oil Makes Operation More Attractive. Oil operators in the ea»li-rn Indiana i field are preparing to re-enter old ' leases in the spring, and prospects for , ‘ new leases where there is a vestige of '.opportunity for a flow, even though (the production Is small, says an «x- t change A price of $lO6 per barrel. ■' the highest to which Indiana oil has ;evcr gone, la attractive to ownere of j leases, nnd will send them scouting 'over territory abandoned when the 'price decreased. A new twenty-five j barrel well was struck on the Ixmch ' losses In Randolph county this wook snd another has been started In the same vicinity. While only small flows i are expected, oi»eratora any the aetiv- ■ Ity In the spring will probably par t allel that In tha eastern Indiana flel-l* five years ago, when the flow began to fall. I OH compnniea In tha Geneva field which was recently abandoned, have boon renewed nnd the Geneva oil ! company drilled a well on the William Kpolchor farm east of that place , When the well was shot It did not make a very good showing, hut It *• - now reported that It Is making twenty five barrels ▼yACHERS' ASSOCIATION. i■ — . The teachers from the north part of the county, with very few axcep I non. all left this morning for Berne to attend the Adams County Tewch jars' association

A. D. H. S. PENNANT. The local high school has purchased a fine pennant which they will hang in the high school. The pennant is on display at the Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson window and is attracting much attention, it is made of purple velvet, bearing in gold letters the words “Decatur High School.” It is a beauty. ■ ■■ o—HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR. Professor Kelley, president of Earlham college, and a member of the state high school inspectors' board paid the local high school a visit this week, but no report has been made relative to his visit here. BASKET BALL GAME The Locals Defeat Liberty Center Team Last Night in Good Game. FAST AND FURIOUS Will Play the Warren High School Next Friday in Local Hall.

The bnsket ball game played here 1 j Friday night proved decisively the superiority of the Decatur team over 1 their worthy opponents, when in on-> 1 of the fastest games ever playeji- in this city the local boys won with the' score standing 26 to 18. Playing an ideal game the two teams, very evenly matched, held the I score even until a few minutes before the close of the last half, when Decatur by a stupendous effort managed to put the ball through the hoop for a few more, and to hold their opponents to their score, three field goals in succession, possibly taking the heart of the opposing team Probably the largest crowd of the season assembled to witness this game a* the reputation of LibertvCentcr wns well known through the basket ball circles and the game ' could be relied upon to produce thril- | lers. And it did. The first half of the game ended even, 10 to 10, and the fight for the j finish occurred in the last five minI tites of play In the second half. The line-up for Decatur was the same as usual .and Übert Center had as forwards, t'orden and Burblower; center. Musselman; guards, Jackson and Harold Field goals were made by Falk. 2; Vancil. 3; Franks. 1; Peterson. 6; Gordon, 4; Burblower, 3; Harold. I. Foul goals, Gordon. 2: Peteraon,2 The next game will tie played here Friday evening. November 29th. when the local train will meet the Warren high school team The Girls' Team. IThe oiiening game Friday evening was played by the high school girls, ■ the seniors and juniors nlaying the ■eophomurre and freshmen girls. It was their flrat game of the season, but they thoroughly convinced the public that they, too, have some clever athletes who know basket hall The team* were evenly matched. In spite l of this fact the score at the end of • the first half was 4 to 2 In favor of I'he upper classmen. During the secjond half tha determination of the ' lasers was remarkable. They played with vim and succeeded In gaining two points over their opponent*. The final score was * to 6 In favor of the senior and Junior girl*. The line-up I for the game wa»: Seniors nnd Jun- ' lore--Dorothy Dugan, center; Crystal I Kern nnd Glenys Mnnxnld. for iwardsf Vedn Hensley nnd Gladys Gra I ham. guard*. Sophomores and freshmen—Lydia Blenekc. center; Anoln Frank and Mary Frl*lnger, forwards: Ruth Bower* nnd Lenh Hensley, guards • Referee- Miss William* KILLED FOR LIBERTY. (Vnlted Press Service) Erie, Pn. Nov. 23— (Special to tvaity Democrat»—Defective Serges»' John Grant wan shot nnd Instantly killed today by Harry Vester, aged 21 yeara. nt Vcnper’a home an Orari wan opening the door The murderer han not yet been captured Ha was tielng sought by the police on a charge of assault

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COURTHOUSE NEWS Application for Administrator of Estate of Woman Long Missing. FAST DITCH CASE Submitted Before Judge Moran—R. H. Hartford Holds Court Today. Application was filed this morning ' in the circuit court by John C. i'outius I to have an administrator appointed for 1 the estate of his daughter, Phoebe C. I Pontius. This is an unusual case. Administrators are usually appointed to take charge of the estate of a deceased person. In this one, however, it is not known whether Miss Pontius is dead or alive. She left her home jin Geneva in 1894 and no word has 1 been heard of her since. When she i went away she left some real and personal estate and this for want of care has suffered waste and damage, when her family in in need of its use. Hence i Ihe application for the appointment of an administrator to take charge. Judge Merryman, who served as commissioner in a case in which she had an interest, has bad in his bands as commissioner, for about fifteen 1 years, about eighty dollars belonging I to her, as her share of the estate and ihe desires that this be taken off his hands also. As he was interested in the case, he was disqualified to serve as judge in this matter, and he ap- . pointed Hon. D. E. Smith special judge. Thirty days' notice by publi--1 can was ordered, returnable Jan. 9. R. H. Hartford, of Portland, special Judge in the Will Ward case, was here this morning, when matters on the ! appeal of the case were taken up The ' transcript of the court reporter, defendant’s bill of exceptions Nos. one and two, and his general bill of ex captions were filed, settled, signed, etc., and made a part of the record As the defendant was admitted to deI sense as a poor person the clerk was ordered to make a transcript of all oh der book entries, papers, etc., without . I charge, tn proper form for the anpeal. Before Special Judge James J. Moran of Portland the case of tha Alien county commissioners vs Arthur Fast et al. venued here from Allen ' county, was taken up. The issues were completed, the cause submitted. ! evidence heard and the case contin- ' ued for argument. Miss Agnes Cos- ' tello was sworn In aa special court , reporter The final report of H F. Judd, guardian of Forest Mankey. was approv.-d and the guardian William Fuelling vn. Fort Wayne A I Springflold Railway Co., on no»e InI terven Ing petition filed by Wilson II i lx»e, surviving partner of Luman A 1 Lee. Intervening petition also fll'*d by If® & Stulta Co. «nd also by Peter Klrach In tha case of the Stab .a. William Ward at a!., conspiracy to eontnlt 'grand larceny, a transcript of the evlj dence prepared by the official reporter fill'd with the clerk Did Adams County Bank va. De«atur Filler Co . note and appointment of receiver. Pethlon of AugUise Box ' Board Co. submitted by agreewn'. and claim allowed In »um of sls" and .'costa, to be paid by receiver pro rata with tha other ireneral creditor*’ claim*. Jephthah W Fitlger v«. Martha i p'olxer, divorce Appearance by pro* ecut Ing attorney and answer fll*d, Cat* set for November Jdth Josepli B Glb*on vs. Edward K Smith et al Appearance by Peterson A Moran for plaintiff D II Erwin. comml**l«»ner of •a'« In the Kuhm Schott partition and quiet title case, filed tmnd. which was approved. Real eatale transfers Milton K. Hower et al to Martha K Erwin, lot , IM. Decatur. lit.Jfci. Mantle B Er»‘n at al., to Milton E Hower, lot 2n». Decatur, Ifi.Ofio Angeline M Archbold to Dalia* M. Hower et al . lota »?». (Oonttooen on Pago ti