Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 301.

A BOLD HOLDUP LAST NIGHT An Appalling Series of Roberies Are Occurring in the Erie Yards. BEATEN OVER HEAD • Was Fred Smith Last Night —Third Robbery in Week —Fifth in Ten Days. For the third time within seven days • man ha* been held up in the west Erie railroad yards of this city. Fred Smith, thirty years old, a native of Baltimore, Md., and for six years past , employed on construction work in Indiana, was beaten to insensibility by two men and relieved of his month's savings totaling over forty dollars, in the early part of the night, and tint 1 he regained consciousness and walked a mile to the Erie tower no knowledge of the affair was had Smith, who is a working man, and seemingly of good repute, was walk lag west in the yards on his way to the construction camp, when he was accosted by a man at the crossing at Thirteenth street, who asked him some irrevelant question. As Smith was about to answer him, another man, unseen, from behind, used a club, black jack or other blunt object, add hit Smith over the left ear, felling him When Smith awoke he had no knowledge of what transpired until he searched his clothes and found his forty odd dollars missing lie regain ed enough strength to walk and staggered to the Erie tower.’where the first alarm was given His head was cut open to the bone, and the gash over four Inches long He was taken to the depot, where the railroad physiclsn was called Smith lost over a quart of blood And his trail can be plainly seen from Thirteenth street to ; the tower, ilia clothing is caked with blood which be lost. Smith tells a straight story, can account for every cent he had, where be has been for every hour the past week, how and where he earned the mon*' Md that he had the money there Is so doubL He found about two dollars (Continued on Page 8) POLICECOURTNEWS A Case of Sneak-thieving Was Succssfully Carried Out Tuesday. FOR SURETY OF PEACE Michael Mozolia Was Arrested on Affidavit Made by Mary Fikus. " ta, I I Another case of gMgk-thieving »■»* * bvrpetrnted Tweed*) when a bundle « clothing waa taaen from the bugsy ®f a John low boy, who had hitched at the rack south of the Everett A IB'* , •tore He had bought th- good* at t t the Ikraateln store and pin* ins them , ltt his buggy, walked into the store to i his groceries When b«« return*'! *"• clothing was gon* No the thief was found X!ch*»| M oxo I in, a foreign !«■' t *orker, was arrested Tuesday after by Marshal Peterson on a chars* * »Uhrty of the peace ll* threat. n-«l ’• kill Mary Flkus and Mr and Mrs who reside In the earn* boo** “ tk* hs, south Os the Clover Is*' '•"read. When arrceid U obj-”- 1 ’•rorously, but „f ao avail Th* al” <*»« waa made by Mary Fikus hearing waa held today befor* bquira Stone on th* chars- attd *" ‘h* state was not ready to to into be waa mmande.l to Jail to await •hs time, possibly two weeks. r **»us Abofen of Bluffton waa here today aaslsUng it> the Morris »tof* Mr Hhoton Is general manager th* ••Ure Morris stores.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

WILLIAM "BE KISSED." The editor of "Tho i . of the Munn > ” -Jester column ■ 1" . your medicine." Ham '° Bay the afore Bald W »‘ a bltter t f ° Und the som Hen however, have some difficulty in fuWHing lt at prM . ■ »mce the mustache has made its appearance. i — routine matters Engaged the Council’s Attention at Regular Meet Held Tuesday Night. SALARIES ALLOWED The Fire Truck Has Developed a Deficiency and Matter Will be Fixed. The first matter to come before the regular meeting of the council Tuesday night was the plans and specifications for the Sether sewer. A motion to accept and spread of record was ordered. The surveyor’s report on the Schmitt sewer was filed and referred to the street and sewer committee for further investigation as there is some difference of opinion concerning the best route for the sewer. The final resolutions for the construction of sidewalks on Nuttman avenue, between Fifth and Decatur streets, was passed, after objections had been entered by Mrs Brake. The engineer was ordered to set grade stakes. The street and sewer committee will base charge of ths work Une street came up next with final resolutions for construction of sidewalk’. and there being no objections offered the matter waa carried, the engineer to set a grade, and order construction within thirty days. The sidewalk will be built from Adams street south to Rodd street. On Chestnut street, from Grant to Rodd street objections were entered insofar as severa) persons wanted to do their own' work. They will be given an opportu-, nity to do so. Jesse Niblick will build , a sidewalk south of his property occupied by Terry Glnlsy. this winter. The Street commissioner was ordered to fix all street era-sings on all the foregoing streets, so that no trouble would be experienced by property owners. A matter before the finance committee to authorise the clerk to draw warrants for the asJartsa of the city offilers or th* P**t quarter waa unanimously carried Th* Standard OH company notified th* council that they wanted to move their pipe »»* »* ”*’ •'** rf * r " r * nu * farther south and requested the city. to furnish a man to overs** the work, and to compel their m*n to do the work In the right manner. The engineer was given (tl * The street commissioner reported that th* approaches to Monro* .tract on Tenth. El*»*nth and Twelfth streets were dangerous and he waa ordered to do the City • pan of th* wort. Th* firemen -ant a m*g.Phone and. Ih „ purchasing committee that th* new ear cannot carry chains on account rs th* "»'* b*'”« “» * hnl ’’ on * . <-r*dli-d to Interior the trouble being ri-dgn H* hsd mertan r^ .to took at the car and »«*F ’ ( have to b* ln ’ * “ ». . .m akie dn»*n out the bought. or the «dd axto d"' " uir*d distant-* Th* tn»"* r C taken UP « b - , is neretssry. th* captain ”'‘r*for the car to have chain* In and th* mailer should be attended ton’ ”" r *“ |h meeting —.rx ent, th* saw* t, s ‘■“iXttoT.rf «j»* l The m* fttn( , thou '“’’a’ ldtart th* r>’ d Ad,,n ’* M nd dollars tndlsnai* i? un I 'L b w!» ’■ r ”" <b ' 00 "S <*h*n until lb* opinion of will b* hw t-M , n hMll To the ellF •’'"**! . idnd to m*et tn rridsr nW» ,M - ,r— - ** •

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, December 18, 1912.

gets an increase 1 — . Benjamin W. Sholty Bill for Increase of Pension Among the Grist. I ■PASSING THE HOUSE ' To Get Twenty-four Dollars a Month—Many Others I from Indiana. In a grist of Indiana pension bills , that has just passed the house of representatives at Washington, D. C., and probably will pass the senate soon, Is one in which Benjamin W. Sholty of this city is allowed s2l a month as a result of heart disease and paralysis. Many touching Incidents of want . and suffering is revealed in the grist, according to the Washington dispatch which says: James H. Kinekad, 76, of Winchester, Ind , is granted $24 a month. Medical examination showed that he has chronic malarial poisoning, resulting in a diseased condition of stomach, liver and other organs. Other Indiana cases in which relief was granted are: , "Belle Spencer, widow of Daniel O. Spencer, late a corporal in Company H, Eighteenth Indiana infantry, is granted S2O a month. She has rheumatism and heart trouble and is almost totally deaf because of her disease. She has no property. "Herl P. Penny, now residing at Belvidere. 111., who was a private in tha Ninth Indiana infantry during the civil war, is allowed SSO a month. His condition is especially distressing. He ig entirely helpless from rheumatism and paralysis and his mind is impaired. "John T. Morgan, 74, of Tree, Ind., is to receive *36 a month. He is completely incapaciated by pain and requires the attention and asslatance of another person. David McClintic of Columbus, Ind., la another to whom the action of congress will be jojous tidings. The allowance in his c ase is $36 a month. "A pension of S4O a month is granted to Daniel Bennett, 76, Richmond, Ind. He is practically blind and has no property • Frank II Snpp, who was a private in the One Hundred and Sixty eighth! Indiana infantry, will be paid $24 a month. He is described by the committee as le-ing poor, with "diaabilitiea of an extreme nature.** BLUFFTON COMING Second Team Will Meet Decatur High’s Second Basket Ball Team AT THE PORTER HALL North and South Enders Will Also Play—Good Games Scheduled. Uven of btiakei ball will find much attra. non at i*on*r hall tomorrow evening. when the second team* of th* 1 llluffiun and Decatur high schools will meet Th» to»m* arc evenly matched and a good g"»»» •* •ooked for. Th-line-up: Decatur. Bluffton. Stoker K Meredith |iorn*cK»uffmau ..F Kunkel Gay C l*dl«y Ar«hb«ld 0 a,n * Mem 0 ~owe" Miller Walters .. Hub Moon The opening gntne will be called at 7-sn and lhe **«ond #t •:!&. The opening num* will be In-tween th* North end Houth Kndern, a number of imyearohl boy* Thee two teams er* not r*pre**nuiUv*u of lhe North Ward school end ibe Houth Ward SCftonis a* la generally understood, but er* mad* up of *mall boy* from tb* south central part of the city and the nonhc-niml part of the city. They are not repmanntatlvat of any particular *rtool. but two team* of IBU* roal live hnatllng player* Com* out .nd'see them pIM. The pl.y.rs ate: Dick Hell* F .Winfield Maddy sec-..*---Coverdale..C.. I***r Jonas Coverdalv. „0... Richard Reiter

Ralph Tyndall...,G Noble Lachotl Robert AU Sub.’.... Nick Vancil! , o— FARMERS AND THE BEET CROP. Repprte from farmers who did quite well with their beet crop in this field have been published several times, but they have not told Os that part northwest of this city. Preston Synder, a progressive farmer living one mile southeast of Poe, harvested six acres of beets which brought his $58.80 per acre. John D. Hyde, two miles east of Poe, had cash returns of $53.60 jeer acre, and had ten acres. He has also retained a considerable quantity of feeds on the farm, in the tops. Joseph Dehner realized $58.80 an acre on eight acres of bepts and Turner Vaughn of Ossian received $71.00 per acre for his crop of three and threequarter acres. While these reports are not as large as they would have been with an average year, these farmers made good money and there are many others who did so. OVER THE ’PHONE _ i fiX Are Red Cross Christmas Seals Sold in Indianapolis and Larger Cities. REMEMBER THE SEAL When You Do Your Christmas Shopping—Many Are Sold Here. The sale of the Reg Cross Christmas. s-als is going along rapidly, but there are still plenty of seals for everybody. ’ These bright little greetings, which add so much to the attractiveness of Christmas packages, are sold at all the drug, clothing and dry goods stores so be sure to call for th-tn when you do your Christmas shopping. They cost just a cent each and remember i that fully three-fourths bf the proceeds from stamps sold in (he county is used to fight tuberculosis in this county. | In Indianapolis snd Jarge cities cities, Red Cross seals are being sold by, telephone. Roth the Central Union Telephone company and the Indianapolis Telephone company have assigned Kpecial operators to the task of calling -very subscriber and offering to take I their orders for seals. The orders are then delivered by automobiles and the .money collected. The plan Is so unique that It is bringing larger results than were an -I ticlpated. The first 2ue calls mad*- by the Indianapolis Telephone company brought orders for more than ss<> worth of the little holiday stickers. The idea has been copied by several telephone companies in other towns, | the companies realizing that in thi* way they make a distinct contribution to th* work of selling seals DEDICATION DATE CHANGED. Owing to unavoidable delays the date of (be dedlcarion of the new | Friends’ church at Pleasant Valley, in Monroe township, has been changed to Sunday. December 3»th. The services wlll be in charge of Rev, Ira Johnson of Lynn, assisted by Rev. Thomas Brown of Halnfleld. and oth era. All neighboring churohea and sverybody In general are Invited to be present. The ladles will serve lunch in the ba»*m*nt *Come prepared to stay for it will be an all-day service. Full program will b* announced later, i BY ORDER OF (’OMMITThJK ( j * BASKET BALL. — The haaket batt gam* to be played here Friday night b*t**ea the K*k- ( longa club of Ft Wayne and (he Do catur city team will doubtleaa be one. of many thriller*, for both team* have practiced hard and both ar* well known for faat playing proclivities J Th* gam* will commence promptly MJ s o'clock and th* admi»alon will be a, quarter for adults and fifteen cents for, students. The line-up for the local, team will be: Forwards, Bhoetnaker < and Beery: center. Core, guards, Noff 1 alnger snd .ftremerkami' MOVES TO ADAMS COUNTY. Herman Koencmann of Allen county haa purchaaed the alxiy acre farm of his brother, William Koenemann In Preble townahtp, snd etpecto to make this place his home The parties In (created were in the city today attend Ing to matters dosing the deal. .

A GREAT EVENT Will be Mock Trial at the High School Friday—All is Ready FOR THE EXERCISES Public Cordially Invited— Will be Conducted as Trials Are Held. For the last few weeks the commercial students of the Decatur high school have been preparing for their nnnual mock trial, to be held Friday afternoon, December 20th, the last day of school before the dismissal for the week's Christmas vacation. The program, which Is given herewith, will begin at 12:30. At intervn's during the mock trial, musical numberg, which have been arranged by 'Miss Schrock, will be rendered by a number of commercial students. The patrons and friends of the schools are Invited to be present. The following program will be given: Oftening of Court. Examination of, Witnesses. Piano Solo—Germaine Coffee. Quartet —Agnes Eady, Florence Myers. Ruth Patterson. Monerna Fleming. Duet—Glen Neptune, Dwight Peterson. The Argument Judge's Charge to the Jury. Musie. Return of the Verdict. Pronouncement of sentence, if deIf endant 1s found guilty. Irtstrlbution of “The High School Booster." The trial will be carried out as a real trial in a real court, and two of the students will be tried on the mock ; charge of robbing the commercial bank. Hearing the case will be Judge Robert Hale Peterson, and the follow Ing jury: ■ Miles Roop. Joe McConnell. Florence Cowan. Germain Coffee. Dwight Lachot, Ethel Fuhrman. Glen Chronister, j Cleo Roop, Agnes Eady. Jacob Kauff man, Clara Hoffman. Dan Falk. i Cecil Cole will be the prosecuting at-; torney, and he will be assisted by Le- j land Franks Thy- defendants will: have as their counsel Otto Rice and f Clyde Hendricks. Miss Florence; Grace Myers will serve ss clerk of Jim court; Edwin Rabbit, sheriff; R*x Sowle. court reporter, and Robert Ixn(Continued on Page 5.) THE KRIS KINGLE s And His Coronation Will be Shown in Cantata at Presbyterian Church. BY SUNDAY SCHOOL Next Sunday EveningBeautiful Christmas Entertainment Prepared. Th* Presbyterian Sunday school will on next Sunday evening present beautiful Christmas cantata, entitled > "The Coronation of Kris Klngl*' Tbb is another of Tuilar Meredith's fin* i cantata*, one of which by the same author was given laat year by this 'school .and was very highly apprals: *d Mra W A. IxriHtr Is chairman of 'ths committee in <*narge of the pro gram and the pupils have been very Busy indeed practicing to have a very fine entertainment for the public on the date mentioned The cantata consists of choruses, soloa, dialogues, all bright and merry, end pertaining to < that king of the Christmastide Th* , tact that the -antala la given on Sun day evening, several days before i chrletmaa. when there will probably be no other ebi'-rlaimaeut* of the kind wilt be much appreciated by those who desire to attend, and who might ; otherwise be prevented I • — I UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBfiERVEB. Whtmevur a man sea a bride la a good gurl an' she shod uv got a bettor man fer a hueban' y* may be sure he < | thinks It sbud uv bin himself

A “TWO-COURSE" LUNCHEON. Miss Helen Weston of Cromwell han filed suit to recover $35, the amount of a dental bill, from D. E. Laeer. At a card party Miaa Weston had the lowest score, and when lemonade and cake were served, Miss Weston says she took a peculiar piece of cake which was nearest her on the plate, although she found it hard and tasteless she managed to eat it, breaking off the edge of a tooth in so doing. When she had finished, everybody else burst into a hearty laughter and she was informed she had eaten a dog biscuit. MOTHER IS HAPPY Because her Son, Peter Shepard, is to Marry Miss Helen Gould, Heiress. CRITICISE GOVERNOR Arkansas Executive is Called Anarchist for Releasing 300 Convicts. (United Press Service) New Haven, Conn., Dec. 18—(Special to Dolly Democrat) —Totally blind and suffering at all times pain from an injured hip which can never be cured and which compels her to hobble about with a crutch and stick, Mrs. Peter L. Shepard, mother of Sidney I. Shepard, the St. Ixtuis railroad man, who will marry Helen Gould, today told how glad she is that “her boy,” as she lovingly referred to him, is at last to wed. Mrs. Shepard, for nearly five: I years, has been an inmate of the New i Haven hoapital. She is now 83 years | of age and despite her injury and J blindness, is admitedly the most cheer-1 ful patient tn the institution, never 1 losing the opportunity to comfort the ■ sick and suffering She Is known to: doctors, nurses and patients alike as' I the “sunshine of the hospital, the | I angel of the wards" "He has been a good boy and he deserves ail of the good that may come to him." said Mrs. Shepard today. "At the time the engagement wa* publicly announced. . Sidney sent me a telegram, telling me ail about it. He is a good son." Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The action of i Governor Donaghey In pardoning 360 j state and county convicts as a means I ;of forcing the legislature to abolish . the convict leyse system In vogue it.: Arkansas, brought forth scathing crit . Iclsm today. Former Attorney Gener | al Robert Rogers said It waa the act of > either a maniac or a man who allowed j spite and revenge to outweigh lhe in j terests of the public lie declared ; the lease system could have been ; alMillsbed without "anarchistic action." Govenmr Donaghey deeiared that tin j der the least system there had been ! I gross misc arriage of justice in numcr-| oua cases in sentencing men to long . terms for trivial offenses Opponent* | of the governor declare that his action was a political move He hn* only four more weeks In office hut Is | a candidate for the United States sen at* PARCELS POST STAMPS HERE ' Depict Life of Mail Carrier from 4fag on to Air Ship. Postmaster W, A. Ixtwer ha* received a look of general regulations and Instruction* regarding the parcel* po«‘ system to b* Inaugurated January Ist. and al«o more of the *upplie* That received today Includes the distinctive stamp* which will b* used alone on lhe parcel* post p*< kage* The regular stamp* ar* in red while th* "du*" »tamp* are green Th* on* cent stamp* show the mail clerk at work tn the office, the two cent *how |hr city carrier at wort, th* fourront •tamp* *how the rural carrier, the nvxent show th* mail train, the t*n- i rent stamps the foreign steamer and mall tender, the fifteenrent stamp* the auto mall truck, the twenty cent, the air ship carrying mall; and the twenty five rent stamp the manufne lory They present a series interest Ing In the extreme i »»n — ♦ LUTHERAN YOUNG PEOPLE. The Lutheran Young People'a so I Ctoty will meet Thursday evening at i ? to o’clock at th* school hou*e

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CAR STRIKES OLIVER AUTO Marion Oliver and Family of Monroe Have Narrow Escape Here WHEN FREIGHT BACKS As They Were Crossing the Erie in This City and Strikes Auto Front. Marion Oliver of Monroe, hi* son, Horner Oliver, and another son, Chauncey Oliver, and wife, while returning to their homo In Monroe, by automobile Tuesday night between 9 and 10 o’clock, had a narrow escape from death and Injury, when their automobile was struck by a freight car at the Winchester street crossing of th* Erie railroad tn this city. On account of the sixteen-hour law, six freight* switched off here for th* night, and one of these was backing t ast on the road across Winchester street, Just a* the Oliver automobile approached from the north. The car ■truck the automobile front and pushed it sideways, clearing the track in such away that the only damage done to the car or occupant* wa* by the jolt of the strike. None of the occupants were thrown out, but all were badly frightened from the narrow escape The car was badly damaged in the breaking of the lamps, fenders, etc., and this morning was still standing on the acene of the accident. FALLS AND BREAKS WRIST. — Mra. G. Bauer, rilfe of the Rev. C. Bauer, of Union township, I* carrying . her arm in a sling, the result of a frac- . ture at the wrist. Mra. Bauer fall in ! the house in such away that she j threw her arm out to break th* fall, 'and fell with her entire aright on the arm. the fracture resulting. BUYS SCOTT FARM. Dan Erwin has purchas.-d from Mr. : Scott of Union township, his 120 acre I farm. Mr. Erwin will in the spring build a new barn, remodel the house j in an up-to4ate way, snd make a num(ber of improvements NO PLACE TO GO The County Has Notified the City They Must Keep Their Own Prisoners BEFORE COMMITMENT It Will Mean Erection of New Building for Use as a City Jail Soon. The city of Iterator Is facing a new i i»ro|«o*ftion in the problom of what to do with prisoner* when arrested and ' before commitment Tuesday niaht , the problem was taken up by the l council and no solution of the case was evident. Horn* time ago the county «ommia■loners notified the city officials that aft** January Ist th* sheriff would hot be required to accept prisoner* before commitment to be held In Jell This mean* that it wilt be impasalble to arrest a drunk on* stalling and hold him In Jail (or trial tha neat day Unlesa h* la tried immediately lhe city will have no piece to keep him until the time of trial next day. t’nlea stb* city erorts * building of its own for the Mfi» keeping «r the prisoners the police will he practically powerless during the night. Thia problem has ltc*n brought up before other cities. Richmond. Anderson and seteral others and In eoch case the city has erected a building of its own This matter will be threshed not at the next rexmlar meeting of the council. As Ihete is some difference ot optolon on the construction of the law.