Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI: Number 16.

| A MAGICAL TAM Sk .... « |g|| 1 From Which One May GeLight, Heat and Cold is Promise of M INVENTOR CUTLER f Well Known Here—Chilh the Gas from Old Oil Wells to Get It. W To catch all the natural gas fr. : MW a great oil well, chill it with an ■ machine, change it into rhigolene other extremely valuable liquids L■Bl colder than ice, use these same I BH uius to chill the rest of the gas, ar; SM make more liquids, sounds like a i» - JBi 1 etual motion machine story. V I this is (practically what a Los Angel*; inventor and scientist is doing wit! M his new plant at Olinda. It is t * '||| first strictly refrigerating plant soBal reduction of gasolene from nat*.- ■ ’ll gas ever established in the wor as far as known. The plant is ma' Ing gasolene for less than two cent; per gallon. sS The scientist inventing this is V ■ Cutler, of Sawtelle, who is w. Hn| known to the readers of the Decat ■ BB Democrat. A full page, iliustrat. 1 BB riving an account of his :i< hievemei. 188 was published recently in the I. Angeles Tribune, and was sent he BB by' George Black, a Well known < 188 m ' ,n - vho formerly resided in the \ BM !ii it Property, corner of Third a: W fourt streets, this city. (^!IP hillion cubic feet of natti gas, equal in heat and power, to * 9B million bushels of coal, is lost da:' MW from oil wells of America. T! ■H ' ia escapes into the air, in spite <•' ninD ’* efforts to catch it. M Cutler's way is to catch this e-.i? yM and turn it into profl’a! !<• prodin--'JH ' may affect the oil indo 888 I~'v 1 ~' v entire wor! 1 . m:A our p.. 'BB ' 1 wells profitable, extend the use * =BB c ‘‘ and * tß products over the who' |gß world, and cheapen the cost of o BH i ’•oducts and beat. ILI ' I rH'rfsr-• B|Mrticn to the general public. By cheapening the >n>a procio BM' - dtirt ■■■ such ns shigoh no. cym* BjMrene and meltbame. •• ith a boili* hit of 2*6 d'-gre* s ’ > ■ * I" ■jMenheit. some extra*.rd • ■■)><- r.i ccmpllsbed in the bo >-. ho .Be-onomy. Witha single ■ar! <>:’ ■Wot these products, and \ - *> :s apt' the housewife will be able t -SB ■ >'’! her Ice box, tm-ti 'Mhrotigh a pipe and lig'>' :!"■ hops. heat the room and do h.-r cool. B A supply of the gas pn bi. t . on! ' Be "sod in an office buildin*- for > U! the elevator, heatin;- • Wire drinking water, and heatbig am! the building. Supidi. • could be taken for [tower in mines and <>»• industries, or taken yachtsmen to cool or ■hat aides -JH Some of the other l» to” ■ tl. ■llacoverv are said to be t; In poor oil well of no value, will Klde properties, enrl* bh* S'-’ people: all good oil Wells wi'l I - enhanced In value v the process of saving nw K# * ’ of a gallon of * worked proltahly n< • ‘at* least one an-l of gas were re-t*. r. I oil and MMol’ne will t ■o ***** PuhHc. owing to en ■ ■ of c|H«4od and lowct SHf production ■Salient, light, refrigoru'.oit est leg reasonably neer will b«, obtainable B^VJ ’•I’ rtUmt; JjflH Bower. Os the fTtnterllll V I can be oaaih nuid<. nr w. nnd refrigeration. 'tilde. Where ruder uses the chilli'. M It to eh!!! the rtt. ns It the oil well, nnd the valuable products IT * 1 m^B p Wei) coin plot el) ; then to the preaaurc of the gas from flows through a pl|*’ rontalnwra Each c<mt:ii"or <*• tompcTwlure. gr ; «i Iow«r, and precipitating ' l *' product* ititu th** id " •* Ctidor plant lins u dn l< ■ Hl®’ of SO,ano f<-t of g- - OlMCets direct front an T '”' c h!!led by container* -m*i'li* I

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>ty the six-ton ice-making machine. * The plant is-not it is sullitiently extensive to prove or disprove ; he claims of the inventor. Cutler is an old scientist. He is !<»nd of working in his garden; has • taught his pet rooster how to crow ’hen spoken to; has seedless raspTries and blackberries and graites troin Algiers in flourishing condition. He has not a college education, ali'hough he would like one, but he ' reads deeply and persistently, and '•is questions fall on the ear as fast » the hoofs of a horse at a sharp S trot. He is married and has a pretty tome and five-acre tract at Sawtelle. e helped lay out the townsite years «o. AFTER MANY YEARS t • Sarah A. Fisher Finds Life With Benjamin F. Fisher d r . Undesirable. ?t B HSKS A DIVORCE ie >r r And SIO,OOO Alimony— Wealthy Wabash Townts ship Farmer Defendant. | r I 4! ■r After living with her husband nearI j thirty years and bearing him ten ts dren. Sarah A. Fisher decides that »s :*• with Benjamin F. Fisher, a I ,11 withy Wabash township farmer, Is 1 ■ and asks for a divorce, j 114,M0 alimony and • attorneys’ ex- j Busts. ; i’ The case was filed In the Adams uit court this morning by F. S.' ly ".anti out of Geneva, and Simons ie « Dailey of Bluffton. >f Mrs. Fisher states that they were ( tarried January 10, 1883, add lived is >ther until September 15, 1912.! -■ .ring the last six years she declares 8- htr hutband ha> been unfaithful to >■ <r marital vows, visiting houses of | >f repute in Geneva. o She declares that he has called her II uie names, which would not pass in r ni under the sharp eye of the dostif. inspector. Among the names vu that of a 'cat,” prefixes by an “■ idjective relative to a place that is •sed to be so warm that even a ! cat with Us ufne lives cpuld not live' v through Within the past two weeks d h« has told her “I don't Jove you anti e l auit you to go so far away that I f. /fl r. * r see you," and declared that ' o iw would never live with her again, I nor could she reside in his house She -tiyn he has been guilty of ha- (- liixil drunkenness and for the past j ..arg has failed to provide for d her. i. j..i thiidren were born to them, M g *>!!<>»■■ lx»uls P.. Iva M., Harry R„ q j . Flossie M. Fisher, all over f ~,ty i cars of nge; Ivan, 18; Ray R.. p iicone L., 15, all living, and Ren- ( i- jamln I’ who is dead. s xiu *.c; endant owns 200 acres of: r land in Wabash township, valued at" 1J5.400 nd has [>ersonal property of a *hr rah >• of fIi.OOO. . S£RMON ON CREATION BTORV. , In connection with the Sunday , . i.«d .< *hom. Rev. R. L. Remans , »iii [r>a< h a aeries of interesting ter- | nioti’***•• Methodist church Bunday . ( . w nlng«. The subjects are: "The ■rtstlon Story," "The Adamic Epli aodr. - ' llll " Th ® Q'wy of Cnin." f , . rmona will discuss the old t ~ .in** 'rom the modem view- , j,,!(.( heso will bo /(ven on sue- ,,,»!>•« Monday nights, beginning to , |n( , r) .« evening. CHANCE IN R. F. ft CARRIERS. i “> The rhintfe of rittal mall carrier a w ,, n t Into el*** Thursday of Hila Wl >A md I* going along smoothly. Marlin Jnherg, the new carrier, on- * terrd into service on rural route eight. j( t ,v Wolford, who had route twelve, upon lo’l'ictß. transferred to 'route the. nnd Maud Maglny, upon mpiut. **• transferred from mute „lsbt. tahini route twelve. REMOVAL OF WEN. <** — ■ II ■ • . • f k. ihnket, deputy postmaster. I -iff duty ioday, having undergone 'nn O [M ration for the removal of a wen ‘This a i'-arnd about a year ago hunt n Hi**® helow the gfm pit nnd ' c r»« until It became quite bard and the slaw of a small marble. As II c r>-» I' became more painful, nnd Itu rcniom! *»*• adjudged beet

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, January 18, 1913.

THE THIRD DEGREE! Interesting Serial Story Will Begin in Next Monday’s 1 Daily Democrat. TELLS MANY TRUTHS' And Has Caused Changes in the Laws of a Number of i States of Union. I The publishers of the Dally Demo-[ crat wish to announce to the patrons of this paper that the right of publication have been secured for the splendid story, -"The Third Degree," read more extensively than any of the recent books, and tpore thrilling than any narrative issued from the press in recent years. This story, which has a deep heartinterest, from the chapter in which the story,startg until it finally unfolds is intensely interesting. You will want to read every word of it. The first in- ' stallment will begin in the pemocrat Monday. You will Judge how thrlllI ing are tn be the developments. The I Democrat will have a section of the 1 story each day for about three weeks and its patrons are urged to save the copies that they may have this great story complete. They will netner read ■a narrative more interesting. ' The recent, police scandals in Chicago. the Becker case In New York,' ‘ and other instances of the abuse of ; police power, the methods used in the ' i “third degree." which is now abolish- : ed In most states, are told with a startling truthfulness. You may have • never read about them but you have the opportunity to read them now. The Democrat w6uld ask that Its readers complete,the opening installment in the issue of Monday, January 20th, when "The Third Degree” will start, and after reading the paper, pass it to any neighbor who may not he a subscriber. They will enjoy ( 1 reading It. too,. The book sells in all ■ book stores .or |1.5<1. It will be published in full In this paper, profusely illustrated. In the next three weeks or a month and the subscription price i is only 10 cents a week, or 25 cents a month, if the [>ai>er is mailed. ■ . n I■ ■* 11 ■■■ » '■■ ■ l ~' ■■ —» WHAT THEY THINK I 7 . i Express Companies. Think There’s Enough Business . 1 v for Them and PARCELS POST TOO Warn Employees Against Fault-finding and Urge Greater Efficiency. "What do you think of the parcels post system! Will It hurt your bust ness, and what are you going to do nbopt it?" Is the question that comes so frequently to th< express companion and their employees nowadays. This has become so insistent that the number of the companies have issued bulletins and sent out notices to their employees and the public, showing Jia>t whngTliey do think of it. Among those rec<dvlng ihetu here, wore J. C. l*nttcrHwn of the Nntlonul Express Company, and Miss Anna Wlnnes. In care of the Adams express company, both are similar, and ex proas lu substance that the express compnny's service and the new parcole pos taarvice la dlnstlticilve, (or each nnd that there will be enough business for both, each serving the public In Its reapm-Uv« caimclty. They warn tfrn employees ngainst adopting a policy of fault finding toward the parcel post and expect them by their efficiency to demonstrate to Its patrons the necessity for the ex press company’s distinctive service. They state that their policy will be to devote their energies to rendering a ferrleo even more efficient and satisfactory than In the poet and all officers and employees are directed t« Axert every effort to that nnd. . a m i In'« ■■■♦w i ~ UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. tvuv may be blind, but th’ naburs ain’t! , Wk.

P. & M. RAILROAD SOLD. Missouri and Kansas Railroad Bought by J. W. i Chrlstena Vail. Th# Paragould and Memphis railroad, a twenty-seven mile road running through the logging district of Arkansas and Missouri, and built by a company in whiclT’many Decatur and Adams county jieople were interested, was sold this week at trustee’s sale. The purchasers were two Decatur people, John W. Vail, and his wife, Christena Vail, the price being |2<i,•000, a very small fraction of the cost. ( The new purchasers were two of the heaviest stockholders in the road. 'Charles Merriman of this city is general passenger and freight agent and j auditor of the road. BE NO HAGGLING Over Estate—Noah Runyon Provides'in Will That if Any of His Heirs ARE NOT SATISFIED i They Must Sacrifice S4OO of Their Shares to the Other Heirs. By the terms of his will probated in court this morning, the late Noah •H. Runyon of the south part of Uie ! county, gives all his estate after the ' payment of any debts, to his wife,, Margurette Runyon, as long as she lives or remains unmarried. It is then to go to their children, in equal shares, as follows; To Roy and Mabel Runyop, heirs of Benjamin H. Runyon; Mary Ricketts, Albert Runyon, Ida Ralston and Alice Reynolds. It is to be divided peace- j tally without going into court. Should any of the heirs be dissatisfied, 1400 is to be taken from his atere and dijvided equally among the other heirs. From the estate, a reasonable monument la to be provided for the testa-1 tor. He designates his sons-in-law, F? M. i Reynolds and Ernst Ralston, executors, who qualified at once, giving |l.500 bond. The will was executed May 6, 1912, and was witnessed by A. D. Buckmsster and F. W. Stueiler. ATTEND FATHER’S FUNERAL. , Mr. and Mrs. Amos Yoder of thia city were at Berne, where they attended the funeral of Mr. Yoder’s father, | Christian Yoder, ar. Mr. Yoder waa seventy-four years of age, and had been a sufferer four weeks from inflammation of the bowels. The deceased was born in Alsace, I France, April 5, 1838, and at the time of hia deatb was 74 years, 9 months and 9 days old. At the age of seven years he came with hts father's famlily to .America and as hia mother was ' dead, made his home for eight years ' with a family in Ohio, coming to Indiana at the age of fifteen. Here be 1 lived with hts brother, .Toe, until ho married Mary Huser. when he settled on his farm west of Berne, loiter his I companion died as did also their daughter, at the age of eleven years. In 1867 he was again married to Elizabeth Moser, bil preaent wife. 1 They continued to reside on th» farm until 1907, when they moved to the present residence, after having lived on the same farm (my-nlne years. Nine children biassed this union, . jt>n<- aon having died in Infancy. Those living are David, Lidia, wife of Chris Routh; Mary, wife of Fred Ftox; Sam and Joseph; all living In the vicinity |of Berne; Jonas, of Heury County. 1 Ohio; Amos, of Docatur. and Miss Clara, who la atilt nt homo, Those who tnourn their sad loan are the grief stricken wife, the above 1 named children, n large number of grandchildren, besides a host of other relatives and friends. usaa* an* MEANING OF “THIRD DEGREE. > .. Some luiauudcrslandltig seems to exist as to the nature ’ of Chorlea ' Klein's play. "The Titled !>grec" The story la » jiowwrftil arrangement • of the inner methods of the police tn obtaining FonfeaetoM from innocent 1 auapecta. The scenes are laid in New York and • strong love story inUM> waxen. Mias Rot" Voglnwede will go to Ft. Wayne Sunday to visit with Miss Blanche Hart.

PAID OFF LESS In Amount of Mortgage During Past Year, Than Was Encumbered. SAYS THE REPORT Os Recorder — Mortgages Value sll,oo2,l9B—Paid Off $9,686,902. Recorder Andrew Welfiey and dep"Uty, Miss Rose Voglewede, have completed their annual statistical report which is now ready for mailing to I th© .state statistical department. The number of warranty and quitclaim deeds (these 410 not include sheriff's mid 'auditor's deeds, but include executors’, administrators', commissioners' and guardians' deeds), recorded during the year, was 861. This represents a value of 12,354,826 worth of property. The number of sheriff's 1 and auditor's deeds filed was 2, for property valued at $2,800. The total number of deeds filed was 863, valued at >2,357.626. Fifty-nine miscellaneous papers, besides, were filed, for property valued at $46,191. The totai number of mortgages, Hens, etc., recorded was 703, for an i I indebtedness of $11,002,198. This is, greater than the number satisfied, which was 601, amounting to $9,- ' 686,902. | There were 322 mortgages on farms and not In cities or towns re'corded, in the amount of $5,730,175; 1 184 mortgages on lots, city and town I property, to the amount of $157,515; | i 8 school fund mortgages valued at $9.-' [600; 138 chattel mortgages valued at' $5,097,412; 51 liens calued at $7,496. I The satisfaction column shows the 'foliowing paid off: Mortgages paid off on farms and lands not in cities or towns, 372. valued at $3,521,460; on lots, city and town property, 136, j valued at $132,900; school fund mort-. j gages, 10, valued at $9,880; chattel mortgagee. 58, valued at $6,019,747;' [liens, 25, valued at $2,915. Railroed. interurban, telephone, telegraph and pipe line mortgages were not Included in the report. DIED AT FLINT Charles Andrews, Born and Reared Here, Succumbs To Pneumonia In HIS MICHIGAN HOME Was Corporal in Spanish American War—Nephew Os Mrs. Frank Martz. 1 Mrs. Frank Marts has receive* word ' of the d**th of her nephew, Charles Andrews, a former Adams county boy, presiding at Flint, Michigan. His . {dwufi occured from pneumonia after 1 only a short Illness. Mr. Andress ’ waa a son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Andrews, and at death wa*. about . thirty-eight years old. He was a cor’lporal In the Spanlab American war ‘ nnd will be well remembered by the * boys of his company here. He ha»f resided In Flint, Mlchlxan. for about I [ three r«sm. He married there and ' 1 leaves a wife and •*« children, be-' , eldoa many other reiativM here. COMhufh SUICIDE. p (t'nlted Pres* Service) Marion, Ind., Jan. 17—<»p*ial to Dally Democrat)* Facing exposure for footing hia brother's name to a > cheek. At»e Stout, formerly auditor of 1 Grant county, committed suicide this ‘ morning by shooting himself. Only t s>short time before being found dead, 1 be was proudly displaying n stateI mem from the state board of accounts f acquitting hfm of shortage. Technic- • niltles only were found against him but no violaUon of the law. Stout b* same dlspondnnt several days ago . over family financial difficulties Wm t Stout, his brother confirmed the report of the forgery.

EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM. The following program will be given at the Epworth League meeting Sunday evening at the Methodist church: - Song. Song. Lord’s Prayer. Scripture Lesson. "What is Heaven?"—Talk. Solo—Mary Erwin. "How to Make Our Town More Heaven-like”—Lillian Rice. Piano Solo—Esther Evans. Mark Twain’s "Captain Thornhill's Visit to Heaven"—Miss Williams. Roll Call. COURT HOUSE NEWS Decree of Divorce Granted Lena Miller from Albert Miller. A NEW TRIAL Asked by Berne Milling Co. Catherine Butcher Guardian. Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons Co. vs. 1 Nicholas Wagner, on Judgment. Default of defendant, Judgment for the plaintiff for sl2l costs. Lena Miller was granted a divorce this morning from Albert Miller, and I her former name, Lena Neuenschwan[der, was restored to her. The costs | were adjudged against the defendant. Judgment for $53.75 and coats for •Ed Neuenschwander was rendered against William Kohler today. • ' Adam Beberstine vs. Berne Milling Co. A motion for a new trial was filed by the defendant against whom the jury returned a verdict a few days ago. Upon her petition, Jane Mesbberg-[<-r, executrix of the David Meshberger estate, was ordered to sell stock 'in People's State Bank of Berne st [private sale for not less than appraise.ment, without notice for cash. — Catherine A. Butcher qualified as guardian of Elizabeth Butcher. The current report of Charles Morrison, guardinn of Samuel Sims, was 1 allowed. A license was Issued to Ira Calvin .Cook, born March 13, 1893, son of 1 Daniel Cook, to wed Elsie May WilI llama, born November 8, 1894, daughter of William Williams. The couple I was married at 2:30 this afternoon In the county clerk's office by Judge I Merryman.

In the Mile* W. Hamrick va. Marfo -.Brandt et al. case, the judge amended his special finding. The motion tor a new trlul was overruled, and judgment rendered for 11.00 damages and costa ngninat the defendant*. An-ap-peal to the appellate court was granted. |SOO bond being filed. More Issues were made In the foreclosure suit of the Hoagland State Hank vs. John H. Koenig et a’ Title Is a very complicated case, In that a very large number of {tapers I- v*been filed. Including cross complaint* by the many persona interested. tb< in turn requiring answers galore 't Is one of the moat "Involved” Wi.lts the kind that has ever been In the local court.. Ileal estate transfers: .Incob A IL beggar et al. to Element K Gottwhelk, lot 453, Horne, 5150; Jacob \. Habogger ot nl. to Mina ST Gottschalk, lot 453, Berne. 1150: A. J. Moser et al to Orva B. HtrlkeA part of lota. 57. s*. Mt, Berne. 1*00; George B. Ixmit to Eva Long et nl., 35 mros. Wabash tp., quit claim'Meed, Boston Hohl.-, et al. to John Itrddet, Ro and 2*> acres. Blue Creek tp.. 17000; Fred J. foch el al. to Ernest A. Isch. 41 acre*. French tp., |MM; Fred J. lech et al to John A. lech. 13 13 acres. French tp., 12000; Ernest A. Inch et al. to Joo R. tach, 40 acres. French tp. 14400. ■ II !■■—■! T. R. MOORE THE SAME. •"hem Is no change reported In the • condition of T. Il Moore Mrs, Lulu RweftrUigor Is the nurse In attendance - now, ‘Mian Ijehman, who w,a In charge, returning to Fbrt Wayne

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WELL WON VICTORY Local Basket Ball Team • Trims Marion Champions in Hottest Game Ever. INTEREST IS HIGH Hundreds Cheer Local Athletes in the Forty-minute Battle Friday Night. In the inos texciting game of basket ball ever witnessed in Decatur, fighting every inch of the way, and every second of the forty minutes, cheered on by the mmdreds who yelled frantically and watched one clever and sensational play follow another. Bob Peterson’s fighting wildcats, the Decatur high school basket ball team, champions of the Eighth district, Friday night met and defeated the Marlon high school team, champions of the Eleventh district, and contenders for -the state chamionship, the final score being 23 to 18. The fellow who didn't get excited Friday night didn't happen to be in the old Porter hall, or else he needs thawing out and we doubt if there is anything that will thaw him out this side the river Styx. For weeks we have heard the fame of these Marlon lads sung, have hart tips of how rough they are, and how they IMiss the ball in a mysterious manner, So fast and so cleverly that half the time we were told, the opponents couldn'ttell where the pesky pig-akin was And, say, they are fast, a bunch of well-coached, gentlemenly boys, who play the game for all there is m it, and who deserve the credit they have been receiving. Os course they were up against a bunch just as well trained. Just a» fast and Just as clever. Out-weighted, but not out classed, th< locals tore Into the game Friday night, determined to wrest from the middle state champions the hardfought title of champion, and they did ft, Tiie first half finished eleven to ten, favoring Decatur, and the second half 12 to . Vancil and Peteisou tach made three goals for the locals, while Falk and Franks ea h made two. For Marlon, Maher was the star, securing five baskets, while Veach got the other one. Decatur made three foul goals, and Mar on six. It van a battle royal, the kind of sport that Is good for a community, and wc are sure that if the interest manifested Friday night continues, that ft won't be long until some kindhearted individual will suggest the means and manner for securing an 1 ath'etic homo. The line-up was: Decatur Marion. Falk .F Maher Franks F Cline Vanci!,.<" Veach Peterson G Christmas Los- (} Boxnll

Final Score 23 to 18. T’mplre- Foster, of Bluffton, by ng- < ement. Fcoren Winter and Worthman. * liwtereperu- Peterson and Wallace. ' ho work of referee Foster of Bluffto was most excellent and deserving of :»<clai mention. Absolutely fair, w i a knowledge of all the rules, he k the game going at a speed that I* .c«! the audience and tested tho players. Along with this he was hunt n. and had time to pat * player on tb* buck and call his attention in a g< nilcmanly manner to rough plays or lo> la, thus creating the fair play Idea, t r. aiost thing In sport. The tx>y or nan who la honest In sport will ll’ v be so In business and other pursuits, and Mr. Foster’s umpiring l» mg that line Tho preliminary Friday evrnine bet i. th* Decatur second tram, ai tho Peterson first team was also , v xrltlng one, tin* locals winning 14 i 14. The game Is told In tin fol- , Io ng; «catiir. Peterson. i Is- ' ot F Nctmupp . A’ hlmld F Rnuller , G* • C Olwlne i Veil Q Adler , ia C Klssfor cfcr<-ee—dlli-e and Adler. i ’eld tioals -Gay. 3: Vail. 1; Borne, i J. 'llwlne. 2; Rchniipp. 1; Adler, 3. t-'mil goals ■ Peterson I; Decatur, 4. " ho Jlecntur team will meet Überty > Otter at Bluffton next Friday evenI In" ntid n crowd of boosters will ar- > romiMiny the locals, thia same also i b<-lng ore of the big ones of the sea- ( «on.