Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 2.

■COURT HOUSE NEWS SERIE * - LECTUREE Begin Next Week by Dr. John P. D. . * ~ Johns. Divorce Was Grants TtJe Brotherhood has se- ■ Samuel Cook--Mrs. Cook ur®d the slices or John p. n. al , Jins, D. D.,10 il riiVßr a serles of lec ‘ ' n e Custody urea to the public next week. The - «lml*ion wi be free and people of 'THE CHILD 111 rMgio " 8 F elief wlll be weU ' on,e - Bllllir J l»r. John's lectures are not sectarian. His appeal it directly to the intellect. Alimony — Damage 11 * ha * few equals ln Amerlca for | . pur* logic a id convincing argument. ■ Case Against Geneva : , r _ Jol)h is a gc i e ntist and scholar Veiiued to Wells wlth hi8 V 1!fll,eBB e,0 «i uence w ‘» appeal to ul| people who are willing ;S to think upoj prat themes. Tile adl’l be current report of Jane Men ' ’* Baeß ar “ “ '’f*"' a " d - Bober di "’ be ter. executrix of the David M.-, ‘ s “ lon of th ‘ °” gMt t 0 Ker estate, was allowed. ’ ' ,>eal ,o T* ma " Rnd ,’T _ There is in them no cheap-wit or clapcourt this morning overr ib argument. > th.l separate and several motions o: -A -. ’ umr St iirookover wa,ter l h "- MILLIGAN HERE fora new trial in the Hranyu. Aokover ease, to which Wxceptuy - taken. Judgment was then r.- a : at five O’clock <&.| on the special findings and ’ 111 Mrrl ' e r IVe < - lOCK Aim s of law made by the cor to Soldiers’ Comtime ago An appeal to the »t court was granted, the r mittee Relative aßeai bond to be tiled in thirty dan _____ days' time is granted the d■Eada ts to prepare and tile their jq THE MODEL clteeptions. | the Shepard-Hurry case, the ad- ~ . , _ _ _ dUyt appeal bond of »ioo was a : . ror Memorial—S. B. ForX- X l h 'b- Appoints Advisory Committee. D E Smith assumed Jurisdiction u Judge in tlm divorce case '.fr. Charles Mulligan, sculptor and I Cook vs. Mary Cook, a ; ,ectuner of the Chicago Art Institute, the case tela morning. He . j arrive at Port Wayne at 2 o’clock O’**’he divorce and * . afteVfcoon, and In Decatur at 5 lldK,n “ IH- ls ,o l>av " rs ' s-k, to Qf-t the soldiers’ comrnitMrs. Cook, the defendant and flit-lit. relative to his model ’he custody of their child. D 'ho gr f '«*ed Adams county sol- 1 >_ M? >’|xy Cook, the Jather to have the s’ BMterisl of seeing the child at >e now model arrived Wdne: lay >' Io times. For the support w*» teeed »u the center of the the father is to pay fl a corrkl« in the court house, beginning January 15, a: ! * "e it Is vtswed with pleasure by ffiHftl until further order of t The feudel is an exact miniature 9HB. Th plaintiff is also to pay t: prtesed memorial, and is built Iweoeiß tn this case. ' « a seal* two inches to a foot. The igw x.-.-l wap mounted on a pedestal in e case of the Hoagland St. orritor by the home committee, Edwin Hedderjohann is -• ,W * IDK Groped with bunt fctftem-s Friday. January 3, at 1 "hdffat the side of the corridor p. m h ’tag |s a background, a large —a: icanlbf When completed, the C Claus vs. Morris Ehraatn. p- ' be forty-two by eighteen aeMtot of real estate. Demurrer • >• at tb« use and eighteen tet high. and third paragraphs !igur<c the statue of liberty will! •asw< filed by plaintiff; also reply m * nii*f«.t from the base. Some two i °f tA .ite of the memorial can ft - gotten! fom the following The Straus Brothers’. Company i 'rt* l be as long as the space) £ C. Iloah et al. quiet title A ’be dhiter of the corridor where P«M*x. by LaFollette and McC.t ’ mds.B. the front entrance; it Mk flsli defendants, except Francis V “■ ««* as the torridor Is wide. JI Head. pi® seventfsM; it will be as high as t> isUlß»e in courthouse corridor. * 4tob P. Hardison In his datnav- I a *'T g 10 lh * ba ’“ of the m * andKjum tion suit against Geneva. "■ a! « et«*P* around the en- £ 1 w *W* n! • change <>f venue from «” each step having a th* Oat.- being sent to Wells Coun ' • •* aches. At the front, un C w" d*** ar ” ,o I'crf'-'' -r stuto .of liberty, la the forum. T ttfedbnnc.. Heller, Rut ton g Heller speaklag can be held. •More.: appMtrance for the defendhn 1 l ' !ln « •' ••’rance are pedestals 2 inta.BCa the front of the ruonuU. I is..). Plaintiff In a divorce suit b* 6l •• “* *' f o * - ’be engraving th- i j; NBttos Thad ft Hisel, has filed ap- eldiers from this county pMeaiio i for temporary allowance - f»ean * huusand and fifteen bunm —— drr<! 10 B sF*' ***** r<M>r ** wn “ B f —-..t. transfer. '' M Ahir resenting the nurse and tnsyer trustee, to Oliver M Rnelk.n ' !wl To balance the mefo€®D*catur, |315; Henry A Miller a, j£’ «*r. In place of the to fltor M. Jeffers, lot 557. Decatur. • " r '* f * !, n. *«! be a bakin for 135 d. Henry A Miller to Reason E ■ ll ' iVn «j*ntain. Mote realty in Hartford tp. |->o. "'utont will be built of polish- ® Wltate tJchrank et a) to Anna Mary • > "''*.’•<l ten thousand dollars Fuller really In 8< Mary a tp. V'»'" 11 ! ”*' l *»-roprlaied for this pur 1 a■» i a alkjthfr marriage rueh. A^T’ ry Comw, «»t. ** — '• "dny committee to meet rU Three Couplse Appear at Cierh’a Os * l,h and decide upon 9MF «oe at 2:30 O’clock. " P * X. * ,b * memorial mod»l. —. 1 '• J'JF 11 ’ The*’' will ’hen re- * B The year 1313 la being ushered in I ‘' 'b* «‘ , -nty rommlsaionera M wnlHbnthrr marriage license rush At ! ” r 'W*”y of adopting this 2:lMfrl<wk this afternoon thre ecou ' lr T '»m«n”t«* is favorable, idee Ipi-'rtn..: tn rapid succession s’ » nil hat this la the general the ebrk's office and secured licenses “ '• ’*, ’xnmlasioners will ar-Oh'Bo’H-i- »•* marrlcl In the little «< : ’ "»• »<W and advertise lor blds nrtvab room of the clerk by Rev I ” • r«< so & (hp m em<>r| B | them •* l«»l«r|«< Braith WhHley. former pas'or r '" rr T"’»JJ*ite ts asked to meet here |They were Mrs tsiura Hiumn. »" h ,h * and Mr Mullly*, jffs, a dftngh’er of s»n •* •**rt bouse »t any thnel Oifrer r>m«wt. and Mr Bert Poy- tbls ,t,rno >«r nswiitis The com T nor, |orn June 33, 1»«B. a son of 1 "'"fr l ** ’h« following: Thomas C. Itoyner They will reside i* ’’ 1 R Farrlah. D K Ml on a farm In Rt Mary’s township 1 Freeh. LN. Grand $ The other eouph-s gttlng licenses staff. T «. j, D. Halo. J. W j; were : Arthur Miller, farmer, born Tynda .R. i> Myers, F. M Cottrell. ” Aatrutt 12. 1231, of Van Wort county. Mrs < mole Uu>». Mrs Morris Hay. Ohto, gon of Harvey Miller, and Pre Ftenrh (JuitA, p. Andrews. Kras T deoafnarmon. daughter of Mahlon ’>'• « Neptune. W. H. Marten of thia city; alao Arnold K M. ■ J Mholty, Mrs. Joseph US Crwch and Ida Rash. Hwm. 'A ’. Rainier

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

“DECATUR CAN AINID WILL”

WHOOPING COUGH One of Most Serious of Communicable Diseases, Says Dr. Rucker. OF THE U. S. SERVICE Kills Over Ten Thousand Each Year—Green Arm Band as Warnng. Washington, Jan. 2 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A timely warning against the ravages of the “whooping cough’’ is being circulated broadcast by the U. sf. public health service, in an article by Dr. W. C. Rucker, the assistant surgeon-general. With the advent of cold weather, when people crowd into close quarters with fires lighted, windows closed and ventilation shut off, contagious diseases begin to spread more rapidly. "Whooping cough," says Dr. Rucker, “is one of the most serious of communicable diseases to children in its immediate and remotest effects. The disease is by no means uncommon in underfed children and is Afton followed by tuberculosis of the Bings. Paralysis and many serious affections of the eyo have also resulted from the excessive coughing. It is thus seen that whooping cough, which, it is estimated, killed over 10,000 American children in 1911, is a d’seriously affecting the public health and demanding earnest attention.’’ As a means of identifying children affected with whooping cough, Dr. Rucker suggests that they be plainly ‘ labeled with a green arm band so that other children may be warned, children, he said, against dangers of exchanging pencils, trading gum. promiscuous kissing and other means by which sputum may be transferred from one person to another. “Any disease which kills 10.000 per annum is a serious one,” Dr. Ruckur concluded. “If bubonic plague were to kill that many children in the United Stat<-s in one year, the whole world would quarantine against o-.ir co EVERY SIX YEARS Are Trustees Required to Take Enumeration of the White and Colored MEN IN THE STATE Over Twenty-one—This is the Year—From January to July. Notice calling attentiou to the legislative enactment of 1365 providing for the sexennial enumeration of the white and colored made inhabl tanta over twenty-one years of ago in this atate have ben sent to the county auditors by Secretary of Rtato L. G. Klllnxham Under the law It la the duty of the tosnshlp trustees to take the census lietwrvn January 1 and July I and file their report with the auditor, who In turn la required to certify the wareKate number of male Inhabitants In bls county and each township of hla county, according to the enumerations as made and returned under the pro visions of tie act. The law. approved December 21, i |ti«s, provided for the first enumera lion In the year IM6 and aaaln in the year 1171, and at the end of each successive period of six years after the said last mentioned year — UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVE*. Th* irony uv fate Is to getta holiday ‘ and find everybody else hex got one too, and gone. ■■■ ——,i.wi — YEOMEN, NOTICE! All Yeomen are, requested to bo preent on Monday evening. January 6 Rlwrlal iHislness

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, January 2, 1913.

GIVING OUT THE CALENDARS. With tho flr.st of the year comes the distribution ol calendars and the various enteiprisiiig firms of this city ami county have been busy at that job. There ard a number of handsome ones, amok 'lie most attractive being one glvenbw.iy by the Lose & Thomas Cigar Im any. it ig a beautifully embossed BaJi-ndar, bearing three real stags andlis in the form of a wall • case. Thiflitn is giving them out to their cuslm rs and the calendars have beeilhe means of selling a numher of b<*-s of cigars, many buying tlie good! and securing one of the calendarsl ARRIIE TOMORROW 1 I ; Englisl Battleship With Ambfesador Reid’s Body > I on Board. I I k I , OATIi ADMINISTERED To l ist Democratic Governs in Michigan in r lw I Many Years. < J 1 Inited Press Service) ' Indiafcolis, Ind., Jan. 2—The rift ' ’ of err! from the attorneys for the I defemln the dynamite conspiracy ' s was atttted by Judge Albert Ander- ' son inie federal court today. The 1 j surer-Lre which would have ad- ' _ mlttedje prisoners to jail was with- ’ , drawnffhe circuit court of appeals . in Chilo refused to grant a stay of ’ sen ten! Tuesday. Herbert S. Hockj In, thiouWe-crosser, Is said to be ' p«*rfec|satisfied with his sentence. 1 t Thp T ° eyß f ° r thß -d cft ’ ni( e promj ised necutor .Miller to notify him 8 when I api>eai will be filed. Miller • .1. . . A

f Statedbt ho will fight against a new trial. I r I I Neifft, R. 1., Jan. 2—(Special to Daily imoerati—The local wireless r statiilommuuicated last evening r with I British cruiser Natal, with | AmbJlor Whitelaw Reid’s body on , boai.fiThe Natal will reach New , York Retime Friday and will be esr cort. p an American squadron. I.aaff, Mich., Jan. 2—(Special to Dailluiocrat)—Convening on New ' Yea: lay for the first time sin« I IS<l*.» state Igislature was called to orjat noon and at the same hour, W<>-«g<- FVrris. democrat, took the I of office for governor. This is tlrst time that the democrats hav.Jen successful In placing a : demiUc governor in office since] Itibill only the second time sin<e usd

► Q- — ; IGOES TO FLORIDA. (•Majors, of Fort Wayne, who wltia wife spent New Year's with 1 Ms »r-ln law, Shafer Peterson and wifJu leave this evening for Tyler, rida Mr. Majors has five acr< land and Mr. Peterson five a< r*r lyier, and also a Jot In Ty ler.lch they bought. They have ( nevton the land, and Mr. Majors note to Investigate if everything Is Jsmuing as they think, the Ma ' Jorly move there. The land lies ■ •BffER of Tyler, a thriving t liitfwn In the fruit district. Mr. Mniwlll stop at Jeffersonville, Ind, en| to visit with hla brotherin Invfl Peterson.

M» JOHN P. O. JOHNS. I I | ■> liSSi I M Lecturer. OtMneaati*. Ind. tnlll give wvcn ineturen at IM ■•thodist church nan* wMk.

THE POULTRYSHOW Opens at Berne Witness Building at Berne Next Tuesday. ARE GETTING READY

For the Banner ExhibitirThe Ninth Annual Will be Good. But three short days Intervene until tho opening of the ninth annual exhibit of the Adams County Poultry and Corn association. This will be held next week In the new Berne Witness building at Berne, and opening Tuesday morning, will continue through tho week. The competition Is “open to the world,” and this means that some veryfine exhibits from our neighboring counties will be shown, ns well as home products. The Adams county products, however .cannot be beaten, as the fine ribbons evidence, our fanciers bring back from the shows In other counties.

Everybody who has poußgr and corn is preparing to enter the exhibit and the show this year will surpass all the preceding eight. The entries close a t 6 o’clock Tuesday evening and all birds must be on exhibition by that time. Olin Collp, an expert bird man. has been secured to serve as Judge. The following rules govern the premium awards: To win first premium a bird must score 90 points; pens, 180 points. To win second premium a bird must score 88 points; pens, 176 points.

To win third premium a bird must score 87 points. The term "best exhibition" will be decided by points (unless otherwise stated.)

First prise counts four points, second prixe counts three points, third prlre .two points. The largest exhibition will be considered by largest number of specimens entered by one exhibitor. With the excellent morning and afternoon accommodation on the Q. R & 1., countless numbers of people from this part of the county will doubtless attend.

A STIFF FIGHT

Is Expected at Tomorrow’s Basket Ball Game With Pennville HIGH SCHOOL TEAM Penville is Only Team That Has “Licked” Decatur This Year.

A stiff fight Is expected at FYlday evening’s baseki ball game at Porter hall, thia city, when the Pennville high school tram will meet the Dwa

tur high school first team Decatur played the Pennville boys In their own hall thin season, and they "ll.k ed" the Decatur team Thia was the first ’’beating" the Decatur tram has had thia season, and the losing wa« a bitter one to them The Deratur boys, however, expect to regain thrlr honors Friday evening, and come out

wearing the laurel wreaths ou their I brows, The evening will have a doubleheader game The first will be called lat 7:3 and will be between the locals—the sophomore tram and the high school second team. At 1:16 the pennville-Dtscatur team will be called ■ —'"O' ■■■■■ ■■ ENTERED ON DUTY. Jack MoFsclsy is a Naw Fort Wayna Fira man. OMssseeMM Jack McFboley. of Fort Wayne, a former Decatur boy, nephew of Mew dames James Bala and Adolph Hoffman. on New Year’s day ent< rod upon duty as a member of the Fort Wavno fire .lepartmenl He la stationed at House No. I. on Main ttroet. Ha is x bustler, and arlll prove a winner,

AS ASSISTANT CARRIER. Needed For Holiday Mail-Parcels Are Increasing, Because of the large amount of mail, resulting from the overlap of the i holiday yesterday, Jesse Helm a clerk, I was pressed Into services this morning i as carrier, to assist Mel Butler, with his load. The parcels jsost system, inaugurated yesterday, is finding favor, and an Increasing number of parcels : received today. The number Is still, j however, too small, to necessitate an I extra accommodation in the way of delivery. All can be cared for by the regular carriers, but a great rush is anticipated in the near future. The parcels handled included cigars, candies, umbrellas, parts of automobiles, hardwood samples, etc. These have all been sent out of th city, and no advantage of the local delivery system 1 for such articles as butter, eggs, chick- 1 ens, tc., has been taken as yet. ' —— "O- ———-■ ■ ■ I

HAD HEAVY LOSSES Fred Bimel, Late Portland Merchant, Lost Quarter Million Dollars. ESTATE IS APPRAISED The C. B. & C. Railroad Was Cause of Largest Loss— Son is Executor.

F The appraisement of the personal property owned by the late Fred Bimel at the time of his death has been filed by Carl Bimel, executoor of his father’s will. Th» appraisement was made by Frank White and John T. Dickes and shows property valued at |25,189.i»«, including stock in the W. H. Hood company. Jay County Savings & Trust comimny, Bimel Spoke & Auto Wheel Works. Bimel-Ashcroft Manufacturing company, I nited Telephone company* U. 8. Cement company, Bedford received from life Insurance companies and |2,«on in right-of-way judgments on the C. B. & C. railroad. • Among the property held by Mr. Bimel and on which no value was placed by the appraisers is one share of stock in the Winona Assembly, > 378,600 In stock In the C. B. & C. rail road; stock In the railroad reorgani-; ration company; 3100.000 in pooling certificates. 138,000 In participation receipts secured by railroad bonds, and $1,622.71 in participation rw> celpts.

■■■" o i—i ——- . "BIG MARY” IN FIGHT. It ts not only In this Oiclnity that the Erie grading gang has trouble. From the Bluffton News comes the following report: (’hargea of assault and battery with Intent to commit a felony were filed Tuesday afternoon in the court <rf Justice the Fewce J. K Rinehart by Mrs Verona Hutina. known

as “Big Mary,” against Joe Roscoff, both of whom are recldenls of Kingsland Roscoff pleaded not guilty. The assault, according to the complaint, took place on the evening of December 26th, while at a celebration given by the foreign element of the Erie grading gang at Kingsland. Both have called many witnesses and each ■lde Is going to fight the case bitterly.

I The irellminary examination la to be held Saturday. R«>k«<»ff claims that be »«s sllshtly under the Infiu.-tue of wine on the < venire of *he celebration and has many wltnesaee to prove that he in Innocent. Mrs. Hutina. on the other hand, han many witnesses to lealify In h«r twhslf. The two were before the court only n few months ago to answer io the charges of selling liquor illegally and "Big Mary" was fined heavily. The arrort nf Roscoff was made last evening and he wan released on a bond of with M W Burnett of Kingsland signing as securityFINISH INVOICING. Tl»e Charles F Rleele harness shop flnlabed Invoicing their stork Wednesday and ar now ready togrefe their old rusf<»m<-ra and welcome any new ones with a frosh and complete Una. Mr Rtoolo stated ihat the yrar of IBU had been such a prosperous one for them, and the huslnean had Increased tn such an extent, that In all probability plana would soon ba con sidnrod for aa extension of tho business.

Price, Two Cents.

A PRETTY CUSTOM French Township Folk in j Serenade Bunches of Thirty-five. MAKE MERRY TRIP During Early Hours of New Year’s Day — Serenade Teacher. Several years ago the writer of this article happened to be visiting in central I’ensylvania over the New Year’s day. and tho unusual customs there of celebrating were very interesting.

I' rom the advent of the new year on through the first day of its life, the hours were given over to merry-umk-ing-- serenading; marching, promenading, etc. The chief feature of tho ; marching was the ’’.Mummers’ paI rade," In which hundreds, in disguise and masquerade costumes, joined in a great procession through the streets of the cities, and the country roads, winding among the mountains, shouting and cheering and makingmerry, as their name signifies, being derived from the word, Momus. who was the god of laughter. A very similar custom, only more beautiful, is manifest in the southern part of this county, especially in Dlst. No. 7, French township, where Howare Wisehaupt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt, of this city, is teach-

ing. 1 There great crowds gathered, and . chartering a hay rack, in the early i hours of the morning of the New i Year, ride around to the various , homes "singing in the new year." I Such a bunch of jolly folk, numbering I about sixty-five, headed by Jonas Neuenschwandcr, ex treasurer nf Ad- ,' ams county, and wife, called at the blithe, early hour of 4 o’clock on New Year’s morning at the home of Jacob Graber, former superintendent of the county infirmary, who Is now living In French township. There they routed their teacher, Mr. Wisehaupt, from his snug, warm bed. to wish Him a j "Happy New Year.” Mrs. Graber, who is noted for her hospitality, did her share of the honor, merrily, by hastily preparing a light lunch, and after refreshing themselves. th« guests began their serenade. The people of that community are noted for their slng'ng and the honored guest, to whom the whole proceedings were a surprise, stated that be never hes-d better music. The yodeltng—as given In Its native Swiss home, by these nt ivs*® rxf the aHtstMiv tttaitass

r«»pr»‘iM*nranvr® or the ulurrlv people, was especially tine. The company remained for an hour’s fun t - - ARTERY WAS SEVERED. ( i Mrs. Martin Ault Suffered Bad Injury — Nearly Bled to Death. I Mrs. Martin Ault was badly Injured this morning at 10:16 o'clock, when a knife, with which she was trying to

loosen taffy from a plate, slipped and . cut her right hand In the palm Just , below the wrist. The cut severed the large artery and the bleeding was most I>rofu»e She was able to call neighbors and some attention was gtv. ,en her, though It was (bought the flow of blood would soon case It grew worse, however, and an hour Isler the loss was a«* alarming, and Mrs.

Ault no weak from loan of blood, that her husband wan summon'd On his arrival there she wan so weak that she could ararcely speak Ho used Im- , promptu methods of auprv»«ton by tyInga tight bandage above the wrist until the doctor arrived, and the ends , of the artery were tied and tho pa Bent was soon rostin,: easier. *""" 1 " " INDUSTRIAL NOTE*. The brick orate and brick pra’a on the grounds nt the Mrs Emma Daniel hom» on Record atrora. which ««s formerly the Niblick homo*trad, »er» completed yesterday. There are aa*> on of the posts One in stationed at •wh corner of the lot aquaro. and the where si the entrance of the driveways. Frank Aurand was superintendent of the mason’s work. Mr Reichard, contractor for the Mealey oxtenalofl of the Wrai Monroe street newer, han the work half eompletod. having begun this week. Mrs. Jana Crabbe hea been m nevoral days with the grip, but la nomaI what better.