Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1912 — Page 1

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dynamite jury Given Recess Until 2-30 this Afternoon—Defendants Enjoying Themselves. A CRUSADE IS ON Signal System On Railroads —Gov. Wilson Leaves for Staunton. Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 27.(Special to Daily Democrat.)—Judge Albert Anderson announced at 10:05 this morning that the dynamite jury was not ready to return their verdict and recess was ordered untlll 2:30 this afternoon. The forty defendants w< .■ In their places and remained in the courtroom during the entire session. Several of them enjoying the funny columns of the newspapers and Bcun of Jdlnneapoils wiggling his ears and making funny faces for the represent- | jve ot the presa. Olas of San Francisco being the only one of the forty men who appeared serious, the others ihowing no outward appearance of concern. | London, Dec. 27. (Special to Daily Democrat) —Militant suffragetts car tied their letter-box. tire-alarm and telephone crusade one step further when they began interfering with the signal system of railroads The signal ' sires of one railroad were found tied together with a rope and to which was attached a note pleading for votes for some*. Princeton, N. J. Dec. 27 (Special to Daily Democrat.) —President elect Wilson left this morning at 10:30 for Sttcnton, Vlr„ after having been pronounced fit for the journey by bis physician. The Presiden-elect stated that he was feeling as well as could be expected again but that every precaution would be taken against taking cold on the trip. The Governor will arrive tn Stauton tonight and will leave Monday morning at 11:05. OUR ANNIVERSARY Daily Democrat Will Make an Effort to Make Next Month Record-breaker FOP SUBSCRIPTIONS Will Give Valuable Gift to Each Person Who Pays Up to January 1. 1914. In celebrating our tenth annlver•try the Daily Democrat antklpat<* that two thousand subscribers will I heir aubecriiAiuu during t month of January To **< ho( these •• Will give a handsom* souvenir, a Canton knife, each one wrapped in » gtiarantpe from the company. showing It to (>• aa good as repr«-**iit«il oor | art wo agree to furnish you ■* tetter paper than in the po”'. M l,v '' ••»sy record of everything soln, to thia city and county, as » ,, il .> »oat Important events of »*•' Mid r ation. We do not claim th* D*m *T*t eovera the world s news, but do agree to protect our o td"» 1 «y big stories of state and ’» !i ! toiportance. We are mi-m ■ 1 United Press aneoclatioti »'“• ” day receive over our own I<*« • 1 * * large amount of telegraph «*•» " this we use that which la of ,B, * r , *0 our readers. We also receive r» 4*y a wire report on the stock markets of much value to those who d- ->l to hog*, cattle and sheep In addition to this we make an effort to ' •**v item of news In the county »ould like to make the month of J»n wry ‘he biggest aulw rip'ion motn 1 ' to our history and we will do so M effort on our part will make it *f you aspect to take the Da«P' r "' dnrtos the nest year, pay for It «>*» r tog th* month of January, lour time has aspired or not, and »e---rw« one of the knives Mr*. P. J. McGill and «on. DwirfldMurned to M«croevil’r today * f ‘ ,r * vtolt ber« with relatives.

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I basket ball tonight. j ba,,,lit ball 18 Bched(tvhteh K IS • W " Vn ,he Hartford| nwt LT 00 bi4bk *’ t bttil tettm wUI th e fast Decatur high school X“v tbe POrter ha "' ” o,h ,ea '« B land l ° U!ae ,he vlc tory, I. “ w 'l* be a hard one. The “overs of this sport should not fail to see this game; lt wjn fagt from Wart to finish. Game called at eight 0 clock. DECATUR CIRCUIT. Preaching services at Beulah Sunday morning; pie asant Valley Sund evening KARL THOMPSON, Pastor. - UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES Jest four more days till leap yere Is ovur. Gals, don’t luk too long before ye leap. MORE WEDDINGS Decatur People Attend the Purdy-Markley Wedding at Bluffton. — CHRISTMAS NIGHT Aschleman-Reinhard Wedding Will Take Place Sunday. Dec. 28th. The Reformed parsonage on Wabash street was the scene of a quiet wedding at 6 o'clock Wednesday even--1 ing which united in marriage two very estimable young people. The bride was Miss Vera Claudia Purdy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs Samuel T. I Purdy, and the groom was .Mr. William Willard Markley, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Markley, east of Bluff- ’ toU. The Rev. H. B. Diefenbach performed the ceremony, and witnesses were Miss Hazel Higgins and Mr. Fred Waugh, who accompanied the bride and groom to the parsonage. The bride wore a pretty tailored suit of blue. Following the wedding the newly-wedded couple went to the home of his parents, accompanied by Miss Higgins. Mr Waugh and Misses Grace and Pearl Purdy of Decatur. On Christmas day there was a dinner given In their honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver VanEtnon. The bride and groom are moving today onto the farm of his father, east of Bluffton, where they will reside — ' Bluffton News The bride’s parents formerly lived In Decatur, her mother being Mrs. Mary Conrad before her 1 marriage. Her father is a son of L. H .Purdy of Devatur. The bride ha* often visited benFrom friends of the couple comes the report that Miss Lydn Reinhard - and William Achleman. both red- . dents west of the city, are to be mar rted Saturday. December »th, »■< the . home ot the bride- Miss R«“ b,rt ‘j . the daughter of l*ntol R-iu'uur.l and wife living Harrison township. , Well, county. Mr. .Uhlentan is .*•>•» : us Simon A-bW and wife II Ing Adams Wells county line, , n 1 is at the present helping his la- ' d * Jrtn Th- couple. It I* ther on the far® l - ln ‘ .. mad? the announcement to 1 said. nat<» man' » . .heir many friend*. »•»» * rß . pleased. INSTAUI. McCASKEY SVdTtM. Adopts < h » N< * I Fuilenkamp B‘ sr * * oo '’ Credit •yst*’"- ' M Fullenkamp .tore to a-lm-b J J dl the newest and latest methml. f |ng all toe » . w the , „ d > convenience 0 cusiomem. 'LXi itoe'^ 1 Tb ' i<Sr register system 1 rall-d the M | 0 which. In ’ T” 1 - ,ndU ", contained the aertWn‘ ° r fll- -ontolM ** "* ~' U 1 rU bill of purrhaees made by f d “ P ,Lne To each new bill i> -I lbs customer, io ( .. ceding. *>“»’ •* „ nl owing to that by enslly t"" 1 ■ SeX” 0“ ”” 1 "”

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FELL FROM LADDER Joseph Maley, Assisting in Placing Fire Escape, Falls With Ladder TO THE PAVEMENT Is Rendered Unconscious, But Beyond Bruises and Sprains, Was Unhurt. Joseph Maley, a young man living two and a half miles east of the city, near the Dent school house, fell from the top of a thirty foot ladder this morning at 8 o'clock, while working on Madison street, and was rendered unconscious for a few minutes. Beyond a severe Jolting, many bruises and a bad general sprain, he was uninjured, a matter of great wonder to those who witnessed the accident, Mr. Maley, with A. J. Jarrett, of Frankfort, Ky., in the employ of the Muncie Ornamental Iron Works, has been working on the placing of the new fire escape at the south side ot the Allison building. This morning the ladder was placed at t/e rear, near the doors of the Runyon & Engeler and the Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson stores, and Mr. Maley ascended to his work. In some way the ladder slipped and Mr. Maley fell with it to the pavement. In falling he struck the edge of a large box on the walk, and when his companion, Mr. Jarrett, who was working up- : stairs, arrived below, Mr. Maley was . lying unconscious under the ladder. , He was taken into the Runyon-Engel-er store, where he regained consciousness after a few minutes. The ladder was broken in the fall. NEWS FROM WIRE Harvard Men Spend Fortune Annually for Pleas-ure-Teddy Joins. VINEGAR KING WEDS Gives Bride Present—Now Hunting Her—Colorado Legislates for Appndix. United Press Sen ice) Cambridge. Mass. Dec. 27—AB undergraduate committc-e investigating the conditions of student life found that Hansrd men spend 115,000,'MM1 a year for •’pleasure." , New York. N. V.. Dec. 21- (Special to Daily Democrat)—Colonel RooseIvelt was the first man to join Mrs. 1 August Belmont's "Spug" club, form- ■ t-d to prevent the usele« giving of {present* « ' brlnUtas. New York. N. Y, Deft 3g-» (Special to Daily Iwmoeratl—To prove thet 'a I person cun drink anything and live I after drinkiug the water of New Yorli i harbor. Dr william Cojudand swallowed suli-huric add. He Mtradi'o iglik«e|»l*. Dec. 27—(Special to Dully Dem* rat)- S«nrntyflv«eyMir „ld Htepfarn Scott, the “vinegar king, 'marri.-d bls rrventern yrarold niece. I gave her a w edding present of »2S.tw*O ami today i» searching for her. *«n» • ’ la.ndon, Dec t7-ISp*clal to Daily I Democrat 1 -King <>•»*• ■ ,h»pter In the Bible every day. keep--1 inti » r°’ ’to" h * *® hb Qurrn >■'. ramlria. In l»H. according to a letter from his swretary to the Scripture Gift mission. Denver, Dec 27— (Special to Dally f>cmorat»-"Doc“»r.“ spore that ap wndto" This io *l>ot the next Intis latura *m Mr ,b '’ • ur *"® n * of th * , IM .e If a bill now being considered by * number of no-ml-era ot the new bouse of repn-nl.ll»- to peomM Th e new bill will muke It s demeanor Lrhape « for * **’* ,o I perfectly good appendix. Berlin. Dee. 27-(«F*tal to D»«F Democrat)-****’* ,lt,rto

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, December 27, 1912.

drug the pavements so that they will stir up dust, and the twirling of canes will be a misdemeanor after the new ix>rice code becomes effoctivo next Airrll. Provisions of the new regulations are that yedestrians shall not walk the streets more than three abreast. Nu whistling, singing, humming or loud talking shall be indulged in on the streets. Regardless of j the weather, cases where music is played shall keep their doors closed and the throwing of cigar and cigarette butts will cause arrest. ——— ■ ..—o-— NEW SCALES ARE HERE. Every now -and then Postmaster! Lower receives a not liar batch of sup-! plies to be used in the new parcels 1 post system which will be In force January Ist. The latest receipt was the scales. These register as high as twenty pounds, though eleven pound packages are the maximum sent by this delivery system. —————————XF- ■ 1 ■ — —————

COURT HOUSE NEWS One of State’s Witnesses Flees—Larceny Case is Dismissed. CHANGE OF JUDGE I I Was Granted L. E. Opligcr for His Divorce Suit Set for January 3rd. • A When the case of Charles Moore, charged with larceny, with theft from Will Cowan—was called in court this morning. It was learned that one of the state's important witnesses bad fled, and upon motion of the pmsecu- ‘ tor, the case was dismissed without ' prejudice, and Moore was released I The bonds of John McCoy and Elmer Smith, who were out on their own recognizance bonds, to appear as witnesses, were ordered forfeited. All were beet factory workers, and the , theft is said to have occurred several weeks ago shortly after pay-day,' while the men were at their rooming J house in the north part of the city. Cowan claimed Moore slipped up while be was sleeping and took some , money out of his pockets. In the case of the Monroe State , Bank vs. George Pai lie on note. And 1 ing was made for the plaintiff in the sum of >502.80, and also for >35 50. in another complaint filed under this cause, with affidavit and bond In attachment. Garnishment proceedings were also begun against 'be People's State Bank of Derne which hold* fund* of Paille’*. Court ordered th*t the People’* Bank of Berne pay to the I deck of the court the sum of >169 85, for the plaintiff In this case, the clerk In turn to pay it to the plaintiff. : Paille I* the Amlshman by adoption. I who recently sued the Amish elders ! for alienation of hl* wife's affections ll* I* said to have skipped out and the Monroe State Bank 1s looking to hl* property he left behind for i*y ment to satlnfy a debt owing them Waatay Hothnsu i* home from nt* weekly business trip. Mary Opllger v*. Mwrence K Opliger, divorce Affidavit for change of I I vttue irom judgo, filed hy defendant, was sustained, Minnie Pratt** v». W. H. RoMerJohann, on no'< Answer to crosscomplaint of Martin O«rte filed by plaintiff and W. H. Hedd--rjohantt. Cause submitted. Judgment for plain tiff against all defendant* for >376 32. Martin Ctetit* is surety only fur W IT Fledderjohnnn. whose property should be find exhausted. Hosainnd State Bank v* John 11 Koenig at al. foreclosure of mortgnsr,, Proof of publication filed. Appear-j anre by IdHz for Koenig and Koenig and S K. Whlpp. Rule Io anawey ] Appearance by Krwtn for Henry, Gerke. Rule to answer Appearance by Beatty for Fuelling Rule to answer, Real estate transfers’ Jerry Coffee ot al, lo Tb«maa H. Haiuell, 10l 617, Decatur. >3200; Edwin J Ahr e< al to Martha E Ahr. I<» acres, Wabash ip, >*MM>; Martha E Ahr to Edwin J. Ahr, l«9 *rrea. Washington tp. quit claim deed, >*000; Emeraon E. McGriff el al. to Danny C. Sprunger, IN acrea. Wabash tp, >13.0«).

ACQUIT THE MEN - Charles Freducks and Joe I Kane, Indicted by the Grand Jury | I ON ROBBERY CHARGE I ✓ Are Acquitted—Accused of Robbing Chas. Murphy After Beating Him. Charles Freducks of St. Ixiuls, Mo., und Joe Kane, of Altoona, Pa., itinerant strangers, indicted by the grand I' Jury on the charge of robbery, and whose trial was held Thursday in the

circuit court, were acquitted by the jury after two and a half hours’ deliberation. The trial begun Thursday morning and was a short one, the case going to the jury at 4:30 o'clock Thursday evening. i Charles Murphy of Chicago was the prosecuting witness. He had worked 1 here several days assisting at the ■ Gregory and Vail homes, and on the night of November 22nd had gone I west to the Erie tank to await a freight, to ride to Huntington to cash | his Wabash railroad identification ( check, worth >l7, for work done for , the Wabash railroad, h here he fell .In with the two men who had built a fire around which they warmed. They were evidently nutwarm enough for he alleges they beat him on the head with a club, breaking his nose and cutting bis face and then robbing him of hie overcoat and check. When he regained con- , sciousness he came to this city and got the officers, who returned and , found the two men with the goods on. The grand Jury, which was in ses- ' sion then, took up the case and returned the indictment. Murphy lias been in the county infirmary here since. NEW YEAR SEALS — Red Cross Seals Also Good for New Year Letters and Postals. REMEMBER TO BUY Fort Wayne Society Nets Enough to Open a Tuberculosis Cainp. > Not more than half of the 10,0001 Red Cross Christmas and New Year'* seal* given to the Adam* county anU-tuberculoaia society have been •old, I* the announcement made by General Sales Manager Albert Bellomeyer. The public should remember ' that the seal* are good for New Year postals, letters and packaxea. and should make It a point to buy them. Not nnre than fifty dollar* have been realized thus far this year The soon- ’ ty should remember Hint the proceed* I (tost th***e soul* are u*ed in the fight direct, in thi* county, aaalnst the great pta*u>- tuberculo*!* The Fort Wayne Anti Tuber«-ulo*l» > •octety alone ha* netted >6«O from' the sale tin* year From previous •ale* and donation*, the »<#irty ha* now about >1.600. which la considered large enough to open a much talked of tuberculoaia ramp for the treatment of aufferer* from roaaumptlon It la hoped by them to opati thia with |ln the next year, and a deal for the 1 land I* pending. Dm of the site* *u* seated la southwest at the city, near the Allen county orphan* home CHURUBUSCO ’O PLAY HKRK. Thn Churubusco city basket ball team will play the Decatur city team at the Porter hall on next Monday night The C4>urubu»«u u-em la the only team that ha* defeated tiw local Loya this year and fieratur will put up a hard fight to avenge themselves and gain the victory over the strong Churubusco team, and it la thought that without a doubt, they will, for they have been playing an escelleui game all season, both at home and abroad Game will be called at St It. Admission, lie and ttc.

TO HOLD SHOOTING CONTEST. A shooting contest will be Magley- on the J. A. Libly far New Year’s Day, and the-best marksman will be awarded a prize. Turkey’s, chickens and small grocery packages will be used as the "Hull's Eye, the marksman winning whatever he hits. Everyone is cordially Invited to attend th© shooting contest, no matter it they try their luck as a marksman or not. JUDGE ERWIN TO LEAVE. Judge Richard K. Erwin, who was elected to the Indiana supreme bench from the Fourth district at the last election, is arranging his business matters preparatory to leaving for Indianapolis January 1. On January 3, he has a case at Auburn and will assume his new duties on January 6. MADE BIG RECORD Over Thirty-four Miles of Macadam Roads Built and Completed This Year IN ADAMS COUNTY Yellow Creek Finished Yesterday—List of Roads Finished This Year. When the final load of stone was hauled on Yellow Creek road Thursday afternoon. Superintendent Samuel Doak ,who had carefully and persistently watched and pushed the road along to completion, and Julius Haugk, the contractor, threw up their hats and shouted, for that work made a new record in Adams county, the completion of every road started, at least every road in which there was a chance for completion. The only road not completed is Conrad in Preble and on that no effort was made further than the grade, because of the lateness of the letting. The fact that thirty-four and one-half mile* of road have hen completed thia year is due to the good weather, the splendid selection of superintendent* and the Industriouiness of the county commissioner* and surveyor who had the work well in hand at ail time*. It is a wonderful record, and when It is considered that thia county with lar land away the best roads in Indiana can keep on building this amount of macadam at a coat <i( a hundred thousand dollars, one begin* to realize | that we really live In the beat county In the world Among the road* built and completed since last spring are I th* following: The Bell road, east ot the city in Washington township, and ■aid to be the best road grade in the state, entering Decatur over a beaut I ful concrete bridge; the Yellow Creek and Nyffier roads in Wash tagtoo: the Fuelling and Magley in Root; the Hart in Union; the Davie* In Blue Creek; the Baumgartner in St. Mary's; the Mt. Zion and the Stahl in Wabash: the Ashl.-mun and the M»rt* In Hartford; the Rich In Monroe; the Christman in Wabaah; the Adler on the Klrkland-Fretieh township line; th* Juday In Geneva and Water street in Berpe It’s a grand m-ord, one that any county should be proud of and we are | sure this one I*. It ha* added value 'to every farm and to every piece of property, town or country In the entire county Another year will bring us up to the Soomlte mark. That’* going some MURDER AND tUICIDC. (United Press Servlcel txtulavlll*. Ky. Dee. >7—<Special •« Dally Democrat • -It I* the belief of the authorities that jealousy was the cause of Philip Jordon killing his wife and thru taking hla own Ufa here to day Relative* forced the doors of hl* home and found Mrs Jordon In n bedroom with her throat cut and upon entering the kitchen found Jordon glen with hla throat alashed and with lit* head lying in a bos stove No other reason ran bo assigned for the murder and suicide FOR APPINDtCITI*. Mr* Grover Cook of the north part of the ettv, was operated upon for ap pondirltla yesterday at the Lutheran hoeplt*!. Fort Wayne, and I* doing nicely.

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MANY NEW BOOKS Received at Library to Delight the Holiday Vacation Readers. WOODROW WILSON’S Are Among the List—History of American People —The Others. A large number of new book* hnvo been received for the library shelves in time for the holiday reading of those who are now having their vacation. In the list are five volumes of “History of the American People," by President-elect Woodrow Wilson. Others are: Thanet, The Marshall, Secret of Lonesome Cove, Place ot Honeymoons, The Voice, Daddy Ixmg Legs, Romance of Billy Goat Hill, Charge It, Red (Toss Girl, Miss Billy’s Decision, Chronicles of Avonlea, eight volumes of Hawthorne's works. In the Bishop's Carriage, Katrine, Man from Glengarry, Martin Eden, Master's Violin, Weaver of Dreams, Message, Power and the Glory, Prosliector, Purchase ITice, Right Princess, Riverman, Rose Maclxuid, Red House on Rowan Street, Rose and the Ring, Rosnah, Sky I*llol. Stringtown on the Pike, Sweet Clover, Sword in the Mountains, Throckmorton, Two Gentlemen of Virginia, Younger Set, Somehow Good, Trail of Ixmesome Pine, Conlston, Crisis, Ixtrna Doone, Three Daughters of Confederacy, Dreadnought Boys, aeventen volumes jof the Webster series for boys. Beside* these, in which many old favorites, as well as the newer fiction appear, there are the following, which include this year's new books of the series to which new one* are added each year: Motor Ranger's Cloud Cruiser, Boy Aviator's Flight for Fortune, Motor Maids, The Girl Aviator's Motor Butterfly, Rover Boys in the Air, Putnam Hall Mystery, I*irry Dexter aeries. Five Little Peppers in Brown House, Bird's Christmas Carol, Mary Ware's Promised Isind.

DEATH’S CLAIMS — Mrs. G. H. Lachot Died at Apple Creek. Ohio—Decatur Relatives WERE CALLED THERE Christopher Wyboum. a Brother of Pleasant Mills Lady, is Dead. Mine I.Hah rwi-tvod a no-a-aage thia morning from her imrenta Informing her of the death of her aunt. Mm. G. H Larhot. Mr. and Mrs. John latihol were called to Apple Croak. Ohio, W«*d«e-day evening by a meeaage Informing them of the a«*rioua lllneaa of the a later In law, Tho funeral will l>e held Sunday afternoon Chrlato|fh«»r W. Wybourn. a lifelong reaident of Fort Wayne, died laat evening at aeven o'clock after a two jeara lllneaa from dlabetea and gangrene compllcatlona lie had been employed ( aa an air brakeman on the I‘eunaylvanla until two yearn ago. when he reaigned on account of 111 iirtUth. He waa a brother of Mm. Julia Johna of Pleaannt Milla. He aiao leavca two brwtbera. William of Fort Wayne; Robert of Andrewa and another elater. Mm. Mary Smith of Kanaea City. Illa wife, and three child ren are living The children are: Mm, Jrare Hircle, Orlando and Alva. ■■ ■■ ■ - ® PURSUKD BY HOODOO. Harbert Pennington tuWem Another Fail—Breaks Riba. Herbert Fnnnlngton. the veteran carttenter, at-ema to be pursued by a hoodoo Thuraday evening while going to the coal bouse at bla home on Rugg at root, be fell and broke threw or four riba. About a year ago he broke an arm. and aevnrnl yn«m ago he fell off a house and broke both Inga He waa feeling very acre thia morning.