Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 281.

~ i federal • I BUILDING nd itr. H ;— «t ■ gtnator Kern Assures Con- " I pressman Adair of Co-op-r* M - *»■ ■ eration for Decatur. cf ____ ■ comes next month ’B’ . n R|| ■ The Appropriation Will Go S Through Soon-Building I Delayed Several Years. B H Senator John W. Kern has assort I sin an J. A. M. Adali of hi.-; - H operation In securing for Decutin . ' leoera: building appropriation Th,, o Os a.-angewnt whs made last spring '■. 4 ■ M- Adair, anxious tp keep his pron H . Sr to the citizens* of this county . ■ rrttly went to fndianapolis tn au-atr B ’»'*' ,!1 " mallt ’ r over a*”! has been - B sr'-'d !tl ** ,hp senator will assis' B T'-’t’ ll district congressman h: in. tb« building for thl* city The B "i’ l * 11 originate in the bouse ( -a*-i» B *»' month, soon after the meeting ■ roLgress. and this original bill will B »o’- contain the name of this . 1.. B ***’ *'"■ af,er 11 l»H» PSSSed the hous. Bro to’he senate, where Mr Kern wit; Bs« that ftecatur Is all<—.-i $7 B tthout that sum. after which th.- bill B *■<*» I * r h ,o the honre foi , onfirr... ■ tfoß. It ia believed that the- action B *“• L* taken as arranged, how-’. B Th. i-ocecdure after that while slo>. B assured. ih« •overument is about B 'hi** years behind in its buildings ■ »Bd it will probable be 1915 before B rl ty can boast of its new pos-oi B fire, but it will come all right After ■ ”>» appropriation is made the matte. B ln ‘° ‘he hands of th.- postoffiB iejwr’ment. and about next Juh I B notice Will be published her.-. ■ .<ll r ; B :or Mds for sites About a quart--r rd B • tsk i» required. allowing a street B "» Lw® sides and alleys on two sid. B *° <! sicing Use necesaarc room to B * ra tt 1 suitable budding which has B - 'powures from other buildings ■ These bids are forwarded to the <l--1 .'tnient and soon thereafter an tn B •’••ctor is sent here who goes or. t 9 ’he sites carefully and compares them 9 wtth the bids, recommending one to H the .-parttnent, where the deal Is fin B closed after due notice and unless B ferited objections are filed During 9 the next two gears the material »■!! 9 be ‘tipped in. the plans prepared and 9 th. contract let. and when the appro 9 Prution u available the new buildrig 9 will be erected. There are in this . ■ —v«-ral suitable sites and in chooaini ■ ' h * only thing of interest should be B '° ‘ovate the building at the point B »h*re it will be most benetl* ial in a■' B the appearance of the city V | s;..,sw* building should help -.is »omB| ••'■l * make it count for all •' » wor"- — ■ o B 3ERKE FUNERAL TUESDAY B " Ilu ‘ funeral to Herman I' ' Her. B ; ‘d sixty-oi*. whose death " • B ft-tiurday morning at *I"o h” * ■ Eh home four miles tooth <>t I'"' B "'ayne. on the Dec atur road » b • B Md Tuesday afternoon at I o’. h>. irom the reaMrace and ■> g fbutß the Trinity Luiheruu -• H Mr tierke had resided In tlb’• B ty tinea UTf He •«» h"'” 1: ' B l**K in Adams count, and ' B i - .rriace to Mlm Lout*- '* • * B I me 1, IM7O. went io Allvu •" ' ■ •■•". led on the farm where D- 1! "’ 9 f*d been a prominent igut.’ ■ •'*• He was a Manncb demo 9 ,tr many years aervod as t 0..-. 9 '’’O’. He wag well known al’ 1 ’ 9 bgtoua circleta, and was >< tnem 9 Trinity Lutheran chur» h " 9 besides hl« wife. Mr 9 thre«. aon< and dau-i-9 “ Henry. Harman, Mnih' l -!. 9 ' J®fE» all of whom reside n' > l,l 9 'bet* are also aht grande hl Id ret. 9 <’#♦ slater. Mrs Loulao lloeat.'' 9 ' * S' 0— ~ ■ TO DCS MOINES B Carl taatty teobraa Festus® w '"’ ■ Is press Comps*’?. B Heatty left tod»' ,or p “ B Moines. lowa, where be ><"* <**'•” ‘ B “*lUuu with ll»n etpres' •■omi ,a ’’ T B which hie brother litneou iu»»! 9 *’ Md a prominent position M s B ’-*atty will Join her husband there U B • »»d they will make l»e» M< ’>• B home

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WILL 00 TO CALIFORNIA, f Mra Peter leave in aboat two weeks for LoB Angeleg CaJ has h W1 " SP, nrt ,hp winU ' r ’ som .7" tr ° Ublt,d * i,h aß,blnll s os some time and the change of climate it is thought will benefit her health as a prior stay ln the west did much to alleviate this suffering, she will hr accompanied by her daughter. Miss E rances Gaffer Should the place Prove to be agreeable, the family may decide- to locate there, but thia has not yet been determined. CUPID’S THANKS Will be in Good Measure This Year—Thanksgiving Season Will See MANY NUPTIALS George Dutcher Takes Mrs. Naomi Fortney for Bride —Others Announced. i upid in Adams county will certainly have reason to give thanks this year in bountiful measure. The Thanksgiving season is replete wi.h marriage, many of which have alreadybeen solemnized, and many more announced for the week. Oue of the pie-Tliauksgiviug weddings was that of Saturday evening at j the home of Mrs. Harriet Coverdale, when her daughter. Mrs. Naomi Fortney, was married to Mr George Dutcher, a prominent farmer of Root township. The wedding took place at 5:30 o’clock and was solemnized by the Rev. T. L. Jones of the Baptist chun-h. Rev. and Mrs. Jones being the only witnesses besides the members of the Coverdale family. The bride's dress was a neat costume of dark blue becomingly made A wedding supper followed the ceremony. .Mr and Mrs. Itutcher will reside on the groom's farm north of the city. Both are w.-li ’ known and highly esteemed. A Thanksgiving Day wedding at Berne will see the union for life *X Miss Ida Etta Amstuts, daughter Os Mr and Mrs. Daniel Amstuts, to Mr. Noah Stauffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stauffer The ceremony will be performed at high noon at the home of Mr and Mrs Abraham Habegger, and the Rev. Sprunger, |>astor of the Mennonite church will officiat?. About fifty guests will witness the ceremony Mr. and Mrs Stauffer will reside in Orrville. Ohio. Both are well and favorable known in Berne. Two hundred fifty guests attended the reception given for Mr. and Mrs Fred Neiierge tollowing their wedding Sunday afternoon at the Bethlehem church in Wells county. The bride was .Mi»s Bertha Meyers, a prominent young lady of Wells county, while the groom is a well known young farmer oi prf*bb* to*o*hip A very pretty wedding was that sol wnniM-d Sunday afternoon at >:* o clock at the Preble Lutheran church br the Rev Ko.h. the contracting parties twins: Mias Ida Scheuler, daugn ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scheuler, of liable township, and Mr Henry Scboettherr. «•» •»* Mr - “ nd Mr *' Al iH-rt * hoenherr. of Fort Wayne. Tiebride was pre'iy » 80 *“ ot .»i>Us and »on • lu“< wWto *’***••l Lil eatn.«« Wide. HNes. Her maid ol honor. Miss Minnie Scheuler and her btldcamslds. <be Mlason Lydia Sehoenherr and Marie Scheuler, wore llllk a„d carried chrysanthemums W Pred S* heeler and O»'» ’***• .J*** Lumirrd attended the r*-option follow- „ , t the home of the bride’s 1-renbj. , r . , wedding f«*»« *“ nTicheuler h.*n... dLr.t.4 in «** '"’ 4 .n<i the occasion •» ■ <®T UW ’.n The n« , *b married com ?!.‘"will -aide in W Wayne, where ti„. groom I* employed as eastern etar Dm i lorgei tbettmten. Star social . Masonic hall mnight. The on *** t atadV < Mill thwl h.t «<•»»»■ UNCLE HEiEKIAH OBSERVE*. .u- _..t,hea air made not J’", « 6 * kU ’ ♦. r want V »b<»* ®“® I’**’*' 1 bekut they wan’ ’ they kin if they wantt

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, November 25, 1912

A GREAT SUCCESS Was Adams County Teach- ■ ers’ Association’s First Annual Institute HELD AT BERNE ’ Saturday—They Reorganize —Next Meeting Will be Held in Decatur. The Adams County Teachers' asso- , elation, under its recent new organization, held its first meeting at Berne in the high school assembly room, Saturday, and was a great success. Jn fact, at the close of the meeting, every teacher was unanimous in saying that it was the best institute held in 1 Adams county in years. Teachers from every part of the county were present and Decatur made an excellent showing, with ail the teachers except one present. After the adoption of the constitution, one hundred twenty-nine teachers became members by signing their nam< s to the constitution. Reorganization for the ensuing year was also effected. the new officers being: President, W. F. Beery: vice president, B. F. Huff; secretary, Virginia Buckmaster; treasurer, J. D. Brown. The president will appoint his different committees during th ccomtnq; i fall institute. The institute voted to have the next meeting at Decatur the Saturday before Thanksgiving day, in 1913. At the institute Saturday the most excellent program published in this paper Friday evening was carried out in full, and says oue who was present: “Svery member on the program deserves a medal for the excellent work he presented." Superintendent Huff and his teachers of Berne exhibited the work of their pupils in their respective class | rooms It was a great Joy to the vis itors to see the work and Professor Huff and his teachers are to be co.n ’ mended for their efforts Every teach j er visited all the rooms to see the work of the pupils A very enjoyable feature of the on- - tertainment was the musical given at the noon hour when ITofessor Witbaus entertained the tea. hers with the piano and violin He gave several selections STINGLESS BEES Are the Latest Freaks of Nature as Experienced With by Experts. A NEW SPECIES You’ll Get Stung on Honey. Though. Because it Won’t be so Good. •SBMWMMS The Adams couny tarmers who raise bees will shortly be able to do away with gloves, masks, etc., when handling the llttl® honey makers as It I i( stated that stingless bees are betng bred In the Insectarjf of 'he depart m.-tit of aarivtilture by Dr. J- A. Nel son. the government bee expert. Dr. N«toot> la getting the new variety by crossing the stlngless South American bee with the fierce Crjrttoß queeti. In a year Dr Nelson expects to have an entirely new specleo «»f boo "The honey of this stingleim bee will not L* as good as that produced by, the Slinging bee," he stated. "After a w bile, however, we expect to ma ;e other combinations and make Ibis new brand of honey as good ns the old South American honey ia very rarely used as food, but I hope Hint with a mixture with the Cpyrians It will be made better The lower quality of honey will bo amply made up for by the greater convenience in handliua the bees ’• — * ————— yeomen, notice. ■S IS SMSM The Yeomen will have Initiation thia evening Refreshments will be serva good tlm» Is In store and all members should attend

* NO PAPER THURSDAY. * | * * * As ia the usual custom on >jt * Thanksgiving day there will be * no publication of the Daily Demo- * ‘ * crat. The printers take but few * * holidays in the year, among these >(< * being Thanksgiving day and « * Christmas. They feel they have * * the right to eat turkey on those * * days if they can find any and they * * are thankful to all the patrons of * *■ k: the paper who kindly grant them * ’ * the right so to do. + ' TO DESTROY CITY J. J. McNamara Intended to Blow Up and Burn Los 1 i 1 Angeles Entirely. \ — —. IJ SENSATIONAL WORDS J - ! t It Marked Trial Today—Debs i 11 Arrested on Charge of , Obstructing Justice. — (Vfiited Press Service I Washington, D. Nov. 25 —(Spec- , ial to Daily Democrat) Senator Isador < Raynor of .Maryland died at his home ’ in this city at 6:20 a. m. today follow- ' ing a long fight against a complicatiarT of diaeaaea. His family was at his b«*dslde when the end came I Constantinople, Nov. 25—(Special to : Daily Democrat)—Turkey and the Balkan allies have agreed upon a week's armistice, according to Con ’ stantinopie dispatches received todav ’ Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 25 Sptecial to 1 tally Democrat) —The complete destruction of Ixm Angeles, and an explosion on the Mt I'nlon contract, and the Panama canal was projected by 1 J. J. McNamara, according to Ortie E. McManigal, the informer, who was ! unexpectedly called to the witness ‘ stand in the dynamite conspiracy trial ' here today. "Burn the city off the tnap. make it a landmark like San 1 Francisco, following the earthquake," > J. J. told him. said McManigal J. J.| told him of a scheme to send three or - four good mon to 1-os Angeles to set fire to the city at different points and to dynamite the water system at the same time. Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 25 —(Spec-! lal to Dally Democrat l—Awaiting arrest on a Girard. Kansas, indictment. 1 charging him with obstructing justice. | Eugene V*. Debs, four times socialist ic candidate for president, today de-. non need the charge as a lie and defied his accuserj to do their work. He ex . claimi-d: •The charges are based on a made-to-order lie. a pretext hatched . by/ those who openly boasted thex would put ua in the penitentiary and bankrupt and destroy the Appeal fotj exposing the courts and federal pri* ons. So far as I am concerned th.wot king class shall not be held up for a single red cent for my defense ’’ I. - PLAY FT. WAYNE TURNERS. — City Basket Ball Team to Meet Fast Ft Wayne Bunch Tuesday Night Another good gam*- of basket ball will be played here Tuesday night b*-- ’ tween the Decatur team and the Fort Wayne Ttiraers. at the Porter hall. The local tenm has been putting up a strong fight for the victory In every game they have played aud they will do their best Tuesday night to defeat the Fort Wayne boys. The lineup Is a strong one and each player has <-e-1 cured a sufficient amount of practice to do some fast work The Fort Wayne Turners have an excellent team this year and they will do fill 1 they can to l*et the local boy*. The i game will b» called at s o’clock l BAND MEETING ( — There will Im a meeting of the band tonight at their hall at which lime the reorganization of the band for next summer's work will take plate. It is i thought by those who are cognloiiit I with the conditions that If a proper In terret Is taken by the musk iatis of the city a much larger baud cvuM bo formed Therefore, a cordial Invll.tHou Is given every musician In the i city to meet tonight at 7:M o'clock with the band In the hall and enroll I for next summer A bigger, better band will result |

PAYING ALIMONY i I Are Four Hundred and Fit- I ty-three Divorced Women in Indiana. SAY THE STATISTICS I May be One Reason Why Women Are Suffragettes —Other States. Washington, Nov. 25—Four hundred and fifty-three divorced women in Indiana are paying alimony to their former husbands. This statement was made by an official of the census office. He stated that the marriage and divorce statistics show that from ISS" to 1906 the courts throughout the United States granted alimony to 6,35< much abused husbrnds During these years 8,999 dissatisfied husbands a(> plied for legal separation from their wives and sought alimony. is It any wonder that the women ot Indiana and those of other states are waging a hot campaign for suffrage when the figures compiled by government experts show that Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana. Michigan,, lowa. Missouri, Nebraska and Kentucky lead all other states in the number of men to whom their former wives pay alimony. | The census figures show that 673 women in Ohio are pitying, at stipulated intervals, alimony Wisconsin run# a cloae second to Ohio, having i 566 men drawing alimony by order at the courts Illinois ranks-next with 1523, then comes Kansas with 475; Indiana with 451; Michigan, 443; lowa. 432; Missouri. 328; Nebraska. 243 and Kentucky, 143. Arkansas has within its borders 142 men who receive alimony. > In the states comprising the North Atlantic division of the United Sta’es the total number of cases in which alimony is received by former married men is only 406, apportioned as fol .lows: Maine, 24; New Hampshire. 93; Vermont, 32; Massachusetts. 107; Rhode Island. 5; Connecticut, 2; New I York. 61; Pennsylvania, 60 and New ! Jersey. 22 Th- census bureau does not go into detail concerning the reasons for the granting of alimony to divorced husbands, nor does it stipulate the sums granted A TURKEY TROT Began Along Entire WellsFargo Express Line To-day-Giving Them Out. TO THE EMPLOYEES Three Hundred and Forty Bought from Produce Co. for This Division. A turkey trot Pegau along the entire Un- of lb- Wells-Fargo Expnsa I company over the entire United States today, that wilt culminate In *• Thanksgiving day turkey roast for all of the employees who have been In tije employ of the company excltmlvcly lor six months Three hundred forty turkeys were bought this year front th« Decatur Produce company .for this, one of the thirty-six divisions of the express company, and these twill leave the city this afternoon for the various employees of the indian.i Michigan division I. M Fhadaker of Huntington and Charles Bell of Umn. Ohio, both route agents tor the com patty, were here today, assisting In the sending out and distributing of the turkey*. Th- -xpr-es company makes the**turkey gifts annually to Ita employee*. and*ihey are certainly highly appreelated | — — llf I IIS— — REVIVAL AT CALVARY. HfY ton-n nt the D-catur Evangel- - leal circuit, announces that revival services will begin at the Calvary livangelieal church Friday evening si ?;30. November 2»th, and continue Indefinitely A cordial Invitation Is exI tended to all tn attend

TIN STARS DO WORK. | (United Press Service) Hammond, Ind., Nov. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Flashing tin . stars and representing themselves as deputy sheriffs, two men made a night raid on every saloon and business house in Schneiders, thirty miles from here, confiscating every »iot machine they could find and loaded them into a big automobile. Outside the town , limits the officers found that the two men had broken open all the machines and departed with about |I,OOO. • —— o — ] IN THE CHURCHES Evangelist Bennett Spoke on “The Future of Our Girls’’ —Many There. SERVICES ALL WEEK Rev. Gleiser will Give Thanksgiving Sermon in Absence of Rev. Jones. v Approximately two hundred women and girls attended the special lecture given yesterday afternoon by Evangelist Bennett at th© Christian church, when he talked on "The Future of Our Girls." His lecture was a very good one and those who attended carried away with them some very good points on the training and prepartfon of the girls for the boat future possible. A "Mother's Song" by the Evangelist was a feature of the musical service. In the evening the pastor gave >a souvenir sermon. This was on baptism, and eacti was given a souvenir. a printed copy of the sermon. The evangelist will continue his services here this week, closing next Sunday. , Services begin at 7:30 o'clock this evening and a welcome awaits all. Sat- , urday evening's service will combine, j a supper and a lecture. Regard less of the change In tile weather Sunday, there was a good attendance at the revival meetings at 1 th- Evangelical church. The morning subj«'ci was, "Power," and th- even--1 ing. “The Prodigal's Father." The speaker showed by comparisons and striking illustrations God's gr--at coa cent about his people At the clo«e 1 of the sermon Rev. Rilling related an incident which took place in Oconomowoc. Wis. when a father met a certain train every day for thirteen years awaiting the return of his son. Tin- speaker said "God waits, with a loving and yearning heart for thu return ot every wayward child of His." A deep feeling of consecration to God was felt by almost every onpresent. The meetings will continue > week. Owing to the fact that Rev. Jou-a will leave our city. Rev. \V. 11. Gleixe r r will pr-ach th- Thanksgiving sermon Thursday evening at the Evangelical church a thank offering will be tas en The full program will be published later By order of the Mlnlat-ih<l association STRUCK HAND CAR. * ■ - • ; (United Press S-rvicei i- Hichiuond. Ind, Nov. 25-—(Special I Ito Daily imniocrat)—One man was II killed aud another was Injured when ■la hand car carrying hall a dozen I bridge eaipetitejs was run down by r a Chesapeake and Ohio isutaetig-r r train near her- today Perry Shuts, » aged 21. of Richmond, was killed and si Waller Witts wits badly hurt The r' other man escaped by jumplUK ~ I NOTICE TO SOLDIER* 1,1 ~ T ~ • i-1 All soldi-ro sre requested to be at i* the EvantroUcal church tomorrow st » 3:3rt p. nt., sharp, to ait-nd the funeral of Jo- Grim, who dl-d last FYIa day Th- t*all b-ar-rs will meet at i, thn .Myer. Scherer * lloa*ers furolS Hiro Store at I nd o’clock and proceed to the home COMMANDKR aMHMMattfaWß ,MHHMiasaMa^M>aaMssaMM>u>ssMaa*"sa»» ail| S<» THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. I- School Board Will Moot to Decide the l School Holiday f y 1 The school board will meet this ov • enlng or In the near future to decide about the Thanksgiving holiday for ths public schools

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COURTHOUSE NEWS Martin Valuch, Foreign Beet Worker, on Trial Charged With THEFT OF WHEEL Indictment Against Freduck and Kane—Cases Set for Trial. Martin Valuch, the foreign beet I worker, who has been in jail since his arrest on the charge of grand larceny several weeks ago, was placed on trial in the Adams circuit court before Judge Merryman without u jury. He is charged with taking a b'icycle belonging to\ames Deam, son of Adam Deam, August 17th. The wheel, ft is said, had been left by Deam in front of a restaurant here, and when he went to get it it was gone. It turned up some two months later, when it was found by Sheriff Durkin on the promises of the farm where Va luch worked. John Egas, interpreter, was used on the witness stand, as Valuch can speak very little English Miss Margaret Gerard was sworn >u as deputy court reporter, and servd in this case in the absence of the reg ular reporter, Huber DeVoss, who is in Missouri. C. J. Lutz defended Valuch. The grand jury returned an Indictment against Charles Freducks and Joseph Kaue, charging them with robbery. They are charged with stealing an oven-oat, valued at ten dollars, and a Wabash railroad identification card, valued al *l7, from Charles Murphy last Saturday. These are the strong ers who held, beat and robbed Mr Murphy early Saturday morning near i the Erie water tank near the city Their bond was placed at *I,OOO each. Two more indictments were docket- . ed, one in blank, for assault and bat tery, the bond being placed at *2OO Another is tor rape, the bond being * placed at *2.000. Bench warrants were Issued, returnable forthwith, but the , arrests have not yet been made, il ‘ - A marriage license was issued today to Andrew Schirack. farmer, boro * March .1, 1887, son of Philip Schirack, 1 and Joaephine Kiting, born May 4, ' 1X94, daughter of Cornelius Eiting 1 I jeensed to wed Georg© W. " Dutcher, tanner, of Root townahip, 1 born November 14, 1x53. son of Sam 1 uel Dutcher, to wed Mary Naomi Fort * ney, born July 4. 1857, daughter of 1 Ellas Coverdale; both have been ’ married before, the groom's wife dy--1 Ing April 22, I*o*. The bride has 1 been married twice before, her last ' husband dying June. 1910. Bertha So phla Bleberirh, born Itwember 6, isxi, of Preble, daughter of Christ F Biebericb. to wed Henry Klnchne-. " bartender, born March *. 1877. son ot ’ WIILam R Kirschner Ida Scheuler, * born November 24, 18*7. daughter ol 1 Fred Schueler. of Preble, to wed Hen ’ ry S-ho» nherr, carpenter, of Fort Way ue. bosn Man h 11. IXB9. son of 1 Albert Sehoenterr. Ida Etta Am stuu. daughter of Daniel ii. Amstutz, of Berne, to wed Noah Stauffer, la I borer, boru October 19, 1892, son of David Stauffer. — 1 > Real estate transf-ra: Margaret * liollingswonh to poll) Andrew*. S ’* seres, Wabash tp. •!&<*••; FBl Sprung--1 er et al to Elijah Walters, lots I and *6, Decutur. *6’.*>*• r l —_ *• Th- Murray Hotel Co. vs Ft Wayite 1 « Springfield Railway, demand. *2o*». n Judgment by asr«-cm«-ut against dfendant for costs Kam- ordered paid by lb- receiver as other general claim* against the defendant. t F J Shephard vs. Oscar Burry S«t t for Der-mber Hlb. Johu . Hendricks vs Nelson Fosat night Set for Dec 17. I The case of thn State v*. iafe H*>> sari, tape, on mo»'on cf *b- praseru tl<m was dismissed and the d-fendar* discharged t Slate vs. Dan Baumgartner, surety of peace, net for iv-cember Mb The two stat* cases against *'barl*m » Zneer and Jacob Grim, charged with r selling liquor to intoxicated persons. ooNTtNt;«n u« r*M three