Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1913 — Page 1

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COURT HOUSE NRS Will of Dr. W. W. P. )( t . Millen Probated—-Miss Orvis Executrix. CHRIS YODER WILL Also Admitted — February Term Jurors to be Selec.. ed Next Monday. Earl B. Adams, who, with his ? _ Nina Adams, was a witness of theof the late Dr. William W. P. Mr len, when it was executed July 5, l appeared in the county clerk’s of.. Qis morning and testified thereto, .. will being duly admitted to proto'. Dr. McMillen gives all his property io his step-daughter, Minnesota P. 0-

vis, to be used by her for her maint’L ance Muring life. At her death, If aty is left unused, it is to go to Cln McMillen, daughter of his cousin, ' Mam McMillen, of Fort Wayne. The property as specified in the V, which is to go to Miss Ofvis, inche s an undivided one-four interest in old homestead farm in Tuscaravts s township, Starke county, Ohio, which' belonged to his father, John McVi len; also a house and lot on Wincles fi ter street, this city, together with ay. money, bonds, mortgages, life insiance, notes, and any valuables that the testator may possess. Miss Os vis, who was named in the will «• ecutrix, qualified as such, giving J 2.000 bond. * ’< The court today entered upon a two , week’s vacation before the opening a of the February term, the November j : term closing last Saturday. Clerk Bleeke and his deputy, L. L. Ba ini- 1 . gartner, today begar*the making c the dockets for the new term. Th* jury commissioners will not meet übtil next Monay, when the jury for th* February term will be drawn. In the quiet title suit of Michael Kuhm. Jr., executor, vs. Marg: r : Schott et al., the final report of th* ! commissioner was filed. Dlstrlbutio’. f was ordered as per terms and luteest of the parties as set out in a f >;• mer decree herein. The case of Lillie Carter et al. Nancy Mills et al., for partition rfn.il estate, a motion for change of ven’t o from judge was sustained for the plaintiff. Exceptions were taken ly | the defendants, thirty days being go , en them to file said bill of exceptions Real estate transfers: Harriet C< ;>■ , hart to C. & E. Railway, pt. lot 546, Decatur. 1150; Ell W. Steel, to Mary E. Steele, lot 281, Decatur, $1; Ricklief B. Johnson et al. to George H. Bright, real estate in Kirkland tp., 1200; Rdeklief B. Johnson to Hem Briner, real estate in Kirkland tp. •30; George Iteller and Hugo R. Beitler, lot 453, Berne; |335; John Leiren to Fred K. Shafer, lot 43, Beni.', •1.00. The will of Christian Yoder, late of Berne, was probated todajr. H<’ provides for the payment of any deb < he rtu; owe, to be made from the per sonal estate as soon as possible, wit!' uot sacrifice to the esetato. His wl Elizabeth Yoder, Is to have all the rest during het life, to have ,he Übl ' income and proceeds therefrom At her death »500 is to be given to tin r I daughter, Clara Yoder, and the r< nialnder equally divided among theii children of their children. The w was executed December 26, 1912, and < was witnessed by J. D. Winteregg an ’ John Nussbaum. THE CENSUS REPORT. »- v A fine son was born this morning t" Nr. and Mrs. Hubert Zerklo. Mr. 1 Zerkle Is employed In the Runyon En Keter grocery department. (» A bright babe was also left by the •fork at'noon today at the home <>t ■ Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sudduth. ■ r_— -- - ■" GAVE A FINE SERMON. k . <• kev. r, u Remans of the Method- tl »t church Sunday evening began his 'vlaa of three Sunday evening »«■ - uons on "The Story of the Creation • i"h<» sermon was exceedingly gcr'inniQ here are many words heard In »Pt’ r ® , nation ot the same.

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I MRS. BLAZER IN LIMELIGHT In Fort Wayne—Also Former Decatur Man. Rosie Blazer one time of Decatur, Indiana, where marital troubles caused her so much bother that she decided to enme to Fort Wayne, was arrested on a warrant charging her with living in adultery with Harry Shaw. Shaw and the woman were captured late Sunday morning and I were brought to the station where they still are, as they cannot furnish I bond. The Blazer woman is notorious in Decatur, where her frequent troubles kept her in the limelight, i’lainclothesmen Smith and Fry made tie arrests. Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-zette. Shaw’s wife, who resided here, secured* a divorce from her husband ome time ago. Mr. Blazer's name was mentioned in the complaint at the time. ii o MADE IT LIVELY

7 or His Family—Harvey Eckrote, a Geneva Man, Got Drunk and Then SECURED A KNIFE j i\nd is Said to Have Threatened to Kill Family—ls Now in Jail. Marshal Dickerson of Geneva came 'o this city this morning, bringing 1 with him a prisoner, Harvey Eckrote, - that fair burg, who was placed in jail to serve fifteen days. Eckrote created considerable disirce in Geneva Sunday evening, !m he got drunk and began to make things lively for his family. It Is said t be got a knife and threatened the us of several of them and other* vise made things disagreeable. Marshal Dickerson was called to his home, where he took the man into -: dy, and a charge of public intox-| •ition was preferred against him. He | ,i given a hearing at once before ire Dickerson, who fined him am! ; ■ sts, .and In default of payment, E kiote was brought to jril to serve it out. • SHAMROCK CLUB The Shamrock Base Ball Club Has Been Reorganized OFFICERS CHOSEN Will Hammell h tnagcr and Tieasurer, and “Curley” Ellis, Cap ain. T . base ball fans >f Decatur will b. . d to hear the ews that they Wi || able to see onio excellent al] games next i turner, without >ut of their own city. M a meeting held 1 idny night the ~, r Shamrocks, ho won fame i.„ ( r, met, reorgn-lxed and elect,j j .ir officers for •' n coming sea,„n. Will Hammell wl'l servo as man-' a ..,. r ad treasurer for another year, . lU ,i t'urley” Ellis w’ll b<> assistant r and captain Fred Engle u1 ,. ; .i.u ird ground monger. Most of the old pis ers will bo on (i, in again this year, and new moi,.rial wl*l 'te given a hance to show th. ni>' i' l '" capable of holding a place on (fie big ntue. Tim Decatur Shamrocks Is one of th,, mniiigess, Indepi i dent teams in tit,, fi.de. winning twenty-three games ui,,l inning four. They had the chumplotishlp of the state In the Indopend,nt league. The slub Is cqm posed of H),, following players; foffre, c; Balter, lb; McMillon. -i, : ituff' tibarger, 3b; Ellis, ss; Cappy lohtis, rfi cf; niersdorfer, p; tn, lo'inA assistant pitcher. Mon* than twenty appHcatlons have (Cofttvaneo on 3)

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatwr, Indiana. Monday Evening, January 20, 1913.

WILL BE PUBLIC! I Royal Neighbors Will Have Installation of Officers ' Tuesday. J I ALL ARE INVITED ' A Very Good Program ' i Will Also be Given in Connection. The Royal Neighbors will hold their installation of officers tomorrow evening. This will be a public affair and everybody is invited. The following program will also be given; Song—Pearl byons. Speech—Helen AYcher. Music—Charles Bacon. Speech—Dessie Shaw. Song—Florin Archer. , Music —Iva Ray. Speech—ißay Chamler. Duet —Irene Eady and Cecil Andrews. Dialogue—Urcll Amspaugh, Anita Swerenger, Duet —Urcll Amspaugh and Helen Swerenger. Speech—Helen Swerenger. Song—Eddie Ditch. Speech—Herman Lee. Music —Irma Lee. Speech—Lucile Smith. Song—Dorothy Enos. Speech—Dorothy Walters. Music—Sister Fledderjohann. Speech—Lowell Smith. Music—Lyons Brothers. Speech—Genevieve Smith. Reading—Mabel Burns Hanly. Speech—Denny Culy. Song—Lawrence Biggs| Music —Effie Miller. GIVEN A SURPRISE Were Friends of Frank Nve and Miss Emma Magley When Wedding WAS ANNOUNCED At Root Township Teachers’ Institute—Married November 30th. ! — ! The attendants at the Root town-. ship teachers’ institute at W’lllianis[ | Saturday were much surprised when i tTrusee Charles H. Magiey announced I for the first time the wedding of his • i cousin. Miss Emma Magley. one of 'the teachers of that township, to Mr. Frank Nye, son of Guel G. Nye, a prominent farmer of Root township. The wedding occurred last November 30th at Centerville, Mich. The prospective groom left Friday afternoon, November 29th, for Centerville, and | the bride Saturday morning, November 30th, where they met, were mnr-| rled and then returned to their several homes, keeping the wedding a secret until ftaturdny's announcement. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Magley, who were nearly lifelong residents of Root township, before leaving a years or «<> ago for Allen county, where they live on a‘ farm near Fort Wayne. Miss Emma.; however, continued teaching in th! county, and nt present Is the teacher at the Elzey school, Root townablp. ■pba groom Is at present a student at the Fort Wayne buslnees collogo. Each will continue their several employ monte untlb next summer, when they expect to go to Fort Wayne to make their homo. Both are excellent young people and highly deserving of the good will and est" iiu of thvii' uiauy tu.qua'alanccs, who are expressing much pleasure and sallsfnctlon in their union. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. My granddsrter Gwendolyn, capt Ing of the Dewberry basketball team hex finally decided thet it shows SOME nftiletuc abfluty also, tu turn a duzun or so fiapjnks fer hungry min and kunsequontly she Is tnkln* mots intrust In homework, here uv late.

DISTRICT ASSESSORS’ MEET ! Announced for Fort Wayne February 14—All Should Attend. County Assessor George Gentis has , received word from tho state headquarters an announcement of the district meetings to be held over the state by the various assessors in preparation for beginning their work the coming season. The district in which this county is included will meet in Fort Wayne, February 14th, and Mr. Gentis states that as many of the township assessors as can do so, should attend. The district includes besides Adams and Allen, tho following: SQuben, Lagrange, Noble. DeKalb, Whitley, Huntington, Jay, Wells, Blackford and Grant. — — ■ o—_ ~ HORSES TO CINCINNATI, O. John Rex accompanied a car load of twenty-nine horses.sent by Adams express over the G. R. & I. to Cincinnati,] Ohio, Saturday evening. They go to 1 Mooke & Weil, and were bought at the horse sale held here last week. SHOWS NO EMOTION I — Ra|ph Hoover Remains J Calm and Maintains His Innocence in the SHOOTING AFFAIR ’ i Os His Wife—Mrs. Hoover Still Unable to Give Her Version of It. . i Van Wert, Ohio, Jan. 20 —Reports from the bedside of Mrs. Ralph Hco-' ver, who was shot three times in the ( head, Friday, January 10th, state that, she is greatly improved and. except ’ for the effects from drugs hypodermically injected, she does not suffer I greatiy. Ralph Hoover, who is charged with , having shot his wife, steadfastly main- 1 tains his innocence, although every effort has been made to get from him a statement concerning the shooting. The sheriff, chief of police and prosecuting attorney, all state that they have a chain of circumstantial evidence that would convict the boy husband if the wife should die. Just what this is they have not stated. Mrs. Hoover has not been conscious' i long enough to give a version of the affair. All the authorities have on which to work is the statement Mrs. Hoover made that ‘ Ralph shot me." | lt is believed that she was in a delirium when she made the statement and not a great deal of credence is given to it. Authorities are doing little to fasten the blame upon any one but young . Hoover. The police are apparently ' satisfied that he did the shooting and < are using their efforts to get him to | confess. Hoover sits In his cell reading and shows little signs of emotion. Occai sionally he paces the cell for exercise, aa be says, but does not seem to renlI ize the enormity of the crime with which ha Is charged. Alex Hoover, father of the young husband, and a man possessed of con-! I siderable wealth, says that he will . spend every cent ho bns to clear hit son. | Prosecuting Attorney Good declares that he is ready to take Immediate' 'action should the girl die or rally sufficiently to give a correct analysis of j tho shooting. Just what motive Hoover had If he ’did slioQt bls wife is unknown. It is said the couple always seemed happy | and that they seldom quarreled. Both am also said to possess even dispositions. FORT WAYNE MAGNOLIAS. Another good basket ball game Is assured to the lovers of this American sport for this evening. Tho Fort Wayne Magnolias will play the Decatur city team M »hn Porter hall The local boys are almost sure of “copping off” an other victory from tho Fort Wayne lads and they am deserving of It. They have bean working hard all season and ought to have the support. (lann> called at 8:30 o’clock. "The Third Degree" bns iieen played not only In America and England, but has been produced In France, Germany, Italy Russia, Rwoden, Spain and Japan. Tho play has been a world wide sensation.

DIED IN HAMMOND ■ J. W. Addy, Fonder Resident, Succumbs to Asthma—Sick Two Weeks. SONS LIVE HERE Relatives Left at Noon to Attend Funeral Held at Hammond Tomorrow. J. W. Addy, formerly a resident of tliis city and county, died at 11:30 o’clock Sunday night at Hammond, Indiana, where he had been living for some years. J. F. Harb, a brother-in-law, from Rockford, Ohio, arrived ( here this morning, where he met several of the children of the deceased man, and they proceeded to Hammond at noon over the Erie to attend the fn-1 ’ neral services, which will pe held I .Tuesday afternoon at that place. For several years Mr. Addy was a tenant lon the George Zimmerman farm east of here. I>ater he moved to this city ' and worked at various places, leaving here about twelve years ago for Hammond, where he has since resided. About two weeks ago he was stricken with an acute attack of asthma, which , became so severe that death result-! 1 ed. A son, Jeff Addy, lives north of the city, and is well known. A young!er son. David, makes his home with ■ I Jeff, and a daughter, Mrs. Jacob Marmon, lives near Monroeville. Two Isons are in the regular army, sta-1 'tioned in the Philippines, and a daugh-j |ter lives In Ohio. The deceased was] | about sixty years of age, an industrious man, and a good citizen. Tho { 1 announcement of his death came as a ! surprise to his acquaintances here who had not heard of his serious ill-' I ness. ✓ THE CABINET JOBS — President-elect Wilson Still Looking Over the Field of Possibilities. MIND STILL OPEN ' ~ ; Some Other Entertainment l Will be Substituted for the Inaugural Ball. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C„ Jan. 20 —(Spec-, ial to Daily emocrat) —Substitution of 'some less costly and less indiscrim- • inate public social function for the ( inauguration ball, and cabinet plans I were topics discussed by Presidentelect Wilson today. Consistent with his present policy ; or apparent laquacity, but real retl-1 jeence, the governor smilingly dropped I his several observations and let his interrogators do most of the talking. "I hove not had any reply to my letter from Chairman Eustis of the Inaugural committee." said tho gov■ornor, "but I presume I will got one ! soon. I have rather assumed that ho 'will suggest something to substitute for Cbo ball." He was asked If he had anything to suggest in that line but said: "I have thought of no plan at all. I un . demand tho committee has decided (not to have a ball, and 1 anticipate' 'something else will be bared, but just > a hat 1 havo no Idea. When it camo to a discussion of cabinet appointments, tho presidentelect smilingly listened with his Interviewers, asking various questions. "People do not seem to credit my. capacity for keeping my mind open, | ho Interjected once. "1 tnko up a name, consider it, lay It aside, take up another and so on. 1 havo not made up my mind on any one and will not until 1 have reached n final, definite conclusion. That will not be for some time, I mny havo conferred with some one whom I will subsequently appoint, but I have not conferred with any one with that thought consciously In my mind." Art man * Hess, who purchased the Holty Case have thrown tho same open to the public and are conducting a most excellent place of business.

RETURN FROM MASSILLON, OHIO, i Funeral Party Returns After Inter- | ment of Body of Dr. McMillen. Miss Minnie Orvis returned Saturday night from Massillon, Ohio, to I which place she accompanied tho ■body of her step-father, Dr. W. W. I’. McMillen, to its last resting place there. ‘ She was accompanied by his cousin, Prof, and Mrs. McMillen, of Fort Wayne, and by John O’Brien. The cortege left here Friday morning and stopped over night at Orrville, 0., at the home of a sister of the deceased, Mrs. Dr. Campbell, before going on to Massillon, Ohio, Saturday mornjing. On arriving at Massillon it was raining, but a tent had been erected over the grave and everything possible was done for a befitting Interment and for the comfort of the funeral party. The body was laid to rest in the family lot in the cemetery, where a year ago Mrs. McMillen was laijl to rest. THREE DAYS’ FAIR — Splendid Festival to be Given by C. B. L. of I. at New Headquarters BEGINS ON TUESDAY Continues Three Evenings— Dancing Will be a Big Feature. The C. B. L. of I. New rooms in the Bowers building are taking on a gala 'appearance for the three days' fair i which begins tomorrow evening. I There will be booths where all ■ kinds of fancy and useful articles will ;be sold; there will be refreshments, a fishing pond, a fortune telling booth, .and many other attractions, not least |of which will be the dancing. The ' new floor is in splendid condition for 'the dancers and the musiq will be furnished by skilled players at the piano and trap-drum. The fair will open Tuesday evening, I January 21st, and continue Wednesday and Thursday evenings. At the 'opening Tuesday evening the city I band will give a concert. A very good time is anticipated and the tickets, which the members are selling for fifty cents, are good for three evenings I—any 1 —any attractions of the fair and dar.ciing. Everybody is invited to come.

IS NOW RFPENTANT I ,Boy Horse Thief Cried Once or Twice b ” e— Says He Or.-’y WANTED TO VISIT With Friend in Ohio—Took the Horses to Make the Trip. Frank Mertz, the young horsethief. who left a trail of stolen horses and buggies across two states. Is now In the Putnam county Jail at Ottawa, meditating upon (the consequences of his crime, but so 'far outside of the fact that he has broken down once or twice, nnd cried over his plight, ho Is n game little ;<hap. and has no complaints to make. Illa father, a resident of Elwood, Ind., and a man of moderate means, Is with the lad, trying In some way to secure a mitigation of the probable sentence. 'He says that his son will be fourteen j years of age In July, and that contrary 'to public opinion, the boy has been most exemplary, nnd found no attractions In the ordinary dime novel, or blood and thunder stories. On ‘questioned as to his motives, ho snld that ho had a friend In Youngstown whom ho wished to visit nnd took that moons of mnklng the trip. Ho avows that ho hnd no intention of selling the horses ho took, nnd Intended to advise the owners when* they could be recovered after he tad abandoned them. Ho has been bound over to the grand jury nf Putnam county, but It la likely that his case will be re(OontTnaeu on Page 2)

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VERY LIGHT DIET Mrs. John Lee Refuses to Ea in Wells County Jail Except CANDY AND APPLES She Buys Herself— Says She Has Heart Tronic and is Dieting. John L'c and wife, both now in the county jail on charges of murder In the first degree, still are subjects of universal discussion on the streets and in stores and homes, and questions concerning new developments are heard on every hand. The offi ers report no new' developments of consequence today, and neither of the Lees have given new information to the officers the latter state. John Lee is reported In a more tranquil state of mind today, and is reported ter have slept during the greater portion of the night. He aroused during the early morning hours and for a time created a disturbance that kept other prisoners awake, but later he became quiet and is reported to have caused little trouble today. He suffered considerably at the jail Friday afternoon and it was thought best to call a physician to examine him in the evening. Dr. C. H. Mead found him s’ v-ring from neuralgia and proscribed for him. and he became better. T’’e doctor is reported to have exam'n«d his eyes, and to have reported that there was nothing the mat er with his power of vision, and the rc son they hurt him is granulated Vls. x Mrs Lee has complained of heart tro’ihh and a physician was asked to prescri' e for her for that trouble. Mu. Q-w was reported this afternoon s’Hl to refuse to eat food, and this m de six meals, including dinner today, 'hat she has not taken any food, "’his afternoon she asked Henry Car’’sle to go and buy her s little candy she asekd him <o buy her so e candy and apples, and this light, d'et is reported the extent of her eating since noon Thursday, a period !8 hours. Mrs. Lee declared when ylnced In her cell that she would not eat anything as long as she was in Jail. She said this morning she ha ’ heart trouble, was the reason, she was dieting and that she would tell them when she wanted something

to oat. The two little sons of the Lees still are nt the home of Mr. Yacor on Cherry street. Their disposition by the probation officer depends on the fata of their parents. Lee has gotten over his anger toward the officers nnd is Interested in Information concerning his wife. ! Th" ontpeller Herald states that Mr-. > hnd rented a house In that city on her visit there Thursday forenc’n. -needing her arrest,-nnd that she hr ’ manned to move to thiit city wl»h I' ’ two little sons to reside. She rent. house there from Thomas Shl< i 1 Bluffton News. JOH PHILLIMAN A BENEDICT. Aci Ung to plans announced by ,!i>l n Ulman upon his departure for I nnre. Ind... Friday, ho will bring omc with him a bride, Ml*s Oil • 11, living throe miles from Onb i few of the Intlmnte friends of M ’’rlllninn knew of his Intention* Sn n ho left the city yesterday. Th ■ v ’ding was tn take place nt the bride’s - fronts' home nnd Mr Prillmtn ‘ 1 his wife will arrive In this city s ’d o’clock this (Saturday) evening Miss Unit comes from a highly rcapc' d family near Lagrange, her fnthor being a well known nnd well-to-do farmer Mr. Prllllman Is the young' t urn of Mrs Lnttrn Prllllman. living “ast of the city, nnd has hern employed ns operator nt the Clovt r Ler.f offices. He Is a well known and ’ populn r young man.—Bluffton Pan- ’ ner. Mr. -Ullman was formerly engaged an tcl''itrnt her for the Clover Leaf In thir city and hns a large number ■ of Herat nr friends. > I - —O" ~ UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. 11 —■ - I A wum.in nevur strikes where she i alma. An’ It’s n good thing t' my ; noahun. Th’ Innd only knows, they . mite take t' chewin' ylt, es they cud hit th’ kuapldors. I