Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 48.

MAILWAGON BROKE |An<’ Horse Ran Away With She Front Wheels— R. I? I D. Carrier Fuhrman — HA > TROUBLES TODAY |J|M| As He Was Leaving p ost . Office—Thrown R ;rward J in Rig— Slightly Hurt. tiry p ' lhrman . rural 1 . five, Buffered a broken mall Won, the runaway of his horse, a ■kin" .1 hand, loss of his <1 i-. n.-r, a |,, ; nr to get his horse and inu.-h delay started—but, after ver serious damage fTli" accident happen. d a: oat \ ' o’clck this morning, just after Mr. Fuhrman got into his mail wagon •<> drive out on his route. He was in his at the rear of the postoffie,. was just turning to drive away, "Wh< n a worn place in •!,.■ - tr.ntng g.-ar 'W*” way. separating the front wheels fKJtii the wagon bed, letting down the “-feont part of the wagon. The horm Mteune frightened, and r,.n away, t .i!:■P with him the front wheels and • gear of the wagon He the alley to Monroe street, thence to Sixth street, where he turned ' worth and made a straight shoot for . • ter e, Mr. Fuhrman r. •! t..the city, near the sugar plan- \ > old motor ear plant, ■LJW’' ht b >’ Mr Fought;, at. ! -. • ■ the owner later. I”' ,hp raean,imp ' Vr Fuhrman. u . left in the closed his troubles there <agon fell forward, he was thrown ijHfclently io the front of t • ■fti throwing out his hau l. • . . p > Vapmself. his hand was -k : : in the front 3f’-° ken open and ,he fl,oi dirt, while a door of broken off. The wagon and d and all was abandon. ■■ Blr Fuhrman secured am• horse and made his r- w Hfeote trouble, except a delay. WM. WAGONEER FUNERAL. ■ Tlte funeral of William W jy» of Mr. and Mrs. John W.igorer of city, whose death at the St Joseph held Thursday. A set . . w 1 ■Ueld at 8:30 o’clock from h - r. Kjtence tn Fort Wayne, and at the hedral at 9 o'clock Rural will the Catholic cemetery at Fort The Fort Wayne S. ■ of his death: "William W whose residence was street, died at 9 forenoon at the St. Joseph HBtal, as the result of para’ysm, w:-’i he had been atlli. P .! and which had <-.>t!ft...,| hospital for over a year Mwas 43 years of age. He was ■om In Adams county, Ind . w! the schools and as a ; m camo to this city twenty' ago with his parents Hi was as a train <!:stHBith the Pennsylvania Railroad . in this city. Later he took . jHployment with the Postal Tei.c-a . ggtompany in this city as manag. r. '! ' Bas fourteen years ago. ll.' .-on::: Sr. this position for a year am! a 1. ■■ ' bHf* tiiat ,imp 811,1 t,ion w( ' ru,() m later to Terre Haute, In wl. flptlos he was manager of W>>•.•••• ■fnion offices. Then he retunii-d to Wayne as manager sowhen he was stricken with . aBhlysls and resigned. This was two ago. Since then he had m- " to follow his work as a t. Mr. Wagoner was well kti" had a wide circle of friends. 11.’ a member of the Elks’ lodge of Wayne and of the Knight" of i' > at Terre Haute. Tim widow him." S® o TIE FALLS ON FOOT »0f An Erie Double Track Italian Laborer. I An Italian laborer on the Erie don [pb* track west of the city, had his foot 888P )a ' 11 y Injured when a tie fell on it. I 1,1 was taken Into the bunking car ear the three railroads’ junction west f the city and a physician called from ere to attend him. The boss did not now the man's name, as the workmen re known by number instead of ames, to him.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

1 ANOTHER VERSE ON “BEETS.” I (By our Favorite Poet) Say, Hubbard, I read what yu writ out last night. Willets told It tu me, 1 80 • know yu air right, an’ it’s funny ; tu me, an' I'm durned if I see, how l lum foolish some sensible people kin be. I've hed party good luck with MY jOats off an’ on. My corn hez bin sich ez hez paid, but I’ve gone jist on MY OWN judgment 'bout raisin’ yur beets, 'I EN ACRES more than last year, an’ so hez Jim Peets. Gosh, I'm sorry fur illets, the son of a gun, might hev knowed better any day than to be run, by sich fellers as Wilkins, who didn’t know beans ’bout raisin' sugar beets, plum iguerant, it seems. Jim ’lows 11 hough this spring he will be billy be darned, If he don't plant to sugar beets the hull blessed farm, an’ sez furthermore, that it will then be his turn to go to New York an’ hev money tu 1 burn. — o — . ■ ON WEDDING VISIT Donald McFeeley, Former Decatur Boy Brings Bride Here For A Visit MARRIED SATURDAY In Ft. Wayne to Miss Jeanne Hugli. Native of GenevaSwitzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McFeeley, who ■ ime here to spend a portion of their honeymoon, with his aunts, Mesdames Adolph Hoffman and James Bain, left todaj noon for their home in Fort Wayne, where they will reside, Mr. McFeeley being a machinist in the employ of the Bowser Company. Mr. McFeeley was born and reared in this city, being the son of Mrs. Delia McFeeley, who moved from hero to Fort Wayne several years ago. His bride was Miss Jeanne Hugli, a native of Geneva, Switzerland. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francois Hugli, still reside in Switzerland, the daughter coming to Fort Wayne six years ago, whete an uncle and aunt reside. The wedding occurred Saturday evening in Ft. Wayne and was performed by the Rev. Buckley, pastor of the West Creighton Avenue Church of Christ. The groom is the youngest brother of Jack and Fred McFeeley, and is known as an enterprising young man of quality, while his bride is a sweet and lovable young lady. The news of their wedding is received with much pleasure by Decatur relatives and friends. GLASS OILER BREAKS. Frank Martz, Interurban Power House Engineer Has Hand Cut. Frank Martz, engineer at the interurban power house, suffered a most painful injury yesterday, when the glass n the oiler broke shattering itself against his right hand, in which pieces of the glass became inbedded. The hand was cut and split up between the first and second fingers, being cut to the bone. A physician was necessary to remove the pieces of the glass from the hand and to take stitches closing the gap caused by the cut. BOUGHT TWO FARMS. John Bucher, thq prosperous farmer of Root township, closed two deals Monday, whereby he same Into possession of eighty more acres of land. The first deal was the purchasing of forty acres from Charles Boknecht In Root township. These forty acres, Mr. Bucher turned over to his son, Simon AV. Bucher, who will farm the land for himself. The-other forty acres were ' purchased from Fred Reppert, also in Root township. Mr. Bucher’s total [acreage now numbers 280, and it in-cludi-s some of the best land In this part of the state. o NEW CLERK AT FULLENKAMP’S. Ed Weisling has taken a position In the carpet and rug department of the Fullcnkamp store, the business rush requiring an extra clerk. Mr. Weisling, whose home is at Findlay, Ohio, was formerly employed In this department of one of the large stores there and is highly experienced. Mr. Weisling came here with the Construction company, being employed in their office while the construction of the beet plant was in order, and is well known to Decatur people.

PRIZE STALLION Was Sold Monday by Frisinger & Company of This City to Messrs. WANEMAKER & ROTH Prosperous Gentlemen from Ottoville, Ohio—Stallion Imported Last Fall. Monday a deal was closed by Frisinger & Company, importers of the famous Belgium horses, between Messrs. Wanamaker & Roth of Ottoville, Ohio, whereby the latter comes Into the possession of one of the best Belgium stallions ever Imported to this country. The stallion was brought across last fall by Mr. Frisinger and has been at the Kekionga stock farm ever since. The name of the Belgium stallion is "Pirate de Mellemont,” and was raised on one of the best and largest stock farms in Belgium. At the head of this farm, or in other words, the best horse on the farm, is “Premier of Mellemont,” the father of the horse sold to Messrs. Wanemaker & Roth. This horse Is one of the prize winning j animals of Belgium, and the Belgium government pays the owner 11,200 a year. This sum has been paid for the last four years and will be paid again this spring. The contract with tho Belgian government and the owner then expires and the firm of Frisinger & Company will then try to purchase ' it and bring it to this country, that is, l if the price is not too high. "Pirate de Mellemont” is coming five years old and weights over 2,200 pounds, in breeding condition, and is one of the very best draft horses in this country, and the owners have something to be proud of. The price I paid for this stallion was nearly a dollar a pound, which shows that the buyers knew what they were buying. Frisinger & Company get one or two 'of these famous stallions from this 1 farm every year and an effort will be put up by Mr. Frisinger to get the j father of “Pirate de Mellemont” the next time he goes to the old country. THE EASTERN STAR Will Celebrate Twentieth Anniversary of Organization Friday Evening. A GOOD PROGRAM Will be Rendered—History of Local Chapter Will be Given. The Eastern Star chapter will have its long-postponed twentieth anniversary celebration Friday evening at the Masonic hall. A business session will be held at 7 o’clock, after which the hall will be thrown open to the public. A very good program will be given, as follows: Piano Solo —Rose Smith. Reading—Herman Myers. Early Masonry in Decatur—Dr. Coverdale. Decatur Chapter—Mrs. Hensley. Cantata — Spring—Marie Patterson, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Schrock; pianist, Mrs. Dailey. Twenty Years Ago—Mrs. Dunn. Grandpa’s a Mason —Lois Peterson. o MOVING TO FORT WAYNE. Mrs. Ajidrew Moyer and children, Eva and Glendoris, left this morning for Fort Wayne, where they will join Mr. Mofyer in making that place their home, Mr. Moyer having a position with the Bowser company. They have secured a residence at 1325 E. Horace ' street. WILL BUY TYPEWRITER. Five typewriters have been left by various companies for trial at the au- , ditor’s office, for consideration for purchase, a new one being needed there. The matter will he acted upon at the next session of the county commissioners, beginning next Monday.

“OeCZATLJJR CAIM AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, February 25, 1913.

LEONARD FAMILY HOME. Little James Leonard Able to be Brought Home from Visit. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Leonard and children returned Monday evening from Potomac, 111., where they spent several weeks. Little James Leonard, the six-yearold son, who was so dangerously ill, with pneumonia, was able to be ' brought home, and is on a fairway to complete recovery, though he is still 'suffering from the effects of his dan- ■ gerous illness. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and son left for Potomac to visit with Mr. Leonard's parents, and while there James became so very ill with pneumonia that his sisters were summoned there a little more than a week ago. j Mr. Leonard’s father, who was also ill, 'is somewhat better at this time. o — MADERO’S UNCLE Executed in Chihuahua Today—Rebels Say Government is Treacherous. TWO MORE CLAIMED In Ant-Arctic Region—Six of a Scientific Party of Fifty Miss Ship. -- ~ ' Sidney, N. S. W., Feb. 25—(Special to Daily Democrat.) —The toll of human life exacted in the antartic region has been increased by two deaths today, according to a wireless despatch received here today frobi Adeliehand and which told of the death of Lieut. Ninnis an English army officer, and Dr. Merz, a Switss, both members of Dr. Douglass Mawson’s ant-arctic scientific expedition. The other members of the’ party which numbered fifty are said to have been saved but Dr. Mawson and his six companions were fore- ■ ed to spend the winter on Adelie Land lon account of missing the expedition ship Aurora. The vessel could wait no longer on account of the ice and was forced to abandon the rest of the party. The Dr. Mawson expedition started out in December 1911. El Paza, Tex., Feb. 25.—(Special Daily Democrat.)—Alberto Madero, uncle of the' late president was executed at Chihuahua today according to unconfirmed reports. It is also reported that A. Zonzales, the Maderist governor of Chihuahua has also been executed. Advices from Mexico City state that plans are being made for the seizing of the estates of the Madero family (n Mexico. Peace negotiations between General Falazaer and Orozco, rebel leaders, by the Huerta government were declared off by the rebels who said that they feared treason and put no faith in the government’s promises.

CONGRESSIONAL ENUMERATION. County Auditor Thomas H. Baltzell has received from L. G. Ellingham state secretary, blanks and other materials to be used in the compilation of the congressional enumeration, which work Will be begun April Ist. This enumeration Is in accordance with an act passed by the state legislature December 21, 1865, which provided that, beginning in 1866, an enumeration should be taken every six years of the white male inhabitahts of the state over twenty-one years of age. This report must be made between I January 1 and July 1. The township trustees are in charge of the work. The trustees may either do the work themselves, or appoint one or more deputies, who will be paid by the county. The trustees reports are turned in to the auditor, who is required to make his report to the state auditor before September 1. The state auditor is required to make a tabular report, showing the number of white males over twenty-one in the various townships and counties and this report is submitted to the general assembly of Indiana. Three hundred maps, with the number reported in each township and county printed upon them, will be prepared for the members of the legislature, and distributed In the proportion of one hundred for the senate and two hundred for the house. The penalties for failure to obey the instructions of this act are severe.

P. W. Smith of Richmond returned to hls home this afternoon after attending to business In this city.

THE SCHOOL BOARD — Held Special Meeting— Bought More Coal to Replenish Bins. A NEW JANITOR Abe Stoneburner Will Succeed Dorse Hoagland, Who Resigned. The city school board, comprising Irvin Brandyberry, O. L. Vance and I Fred Fruchte, held a special meeting Monday evening at the Fruchte & Bitterer office, when special matters came up for consideration. A contract for the purchase of coal was closed with Julius Haugk, the lowest bidder, and calls for from twen-ty-five to forty tons of Virginia Splint at 3.75 a ton. Three other bidders were The Decatur Lumber Companv, Kirsch, Sellemeyer & Sons, and E. L. ' Carroll, all of whose bids for the same coal was $4.25 a ton. The supply is purchased for the Central and West ward schools, whose bins are running low. The resignation of Dorse Hoagland, janitor at the West ward, who, with his wife will leave the first of the month for Colorado for her health, was accepted. Several applications to I fill the vacancy were received, and that of Abe Stoneburner accepted for 1 the remainder of the school term, I which is about three months longer. I Mr. Hoagland will serve the remainder of this week, Mr. Stoneburner beginning service next Monday. 1 An order for the purchase of drawi ing paper, to be used by the city , school pupils for their writing display ito be made at the Northern Indiana Teachers’ association, was also authorized. REVIVAL SERVICES. — Rev. Freeman, pastor of the U. B. church at Pleasant Mills, announces a revival service, which began Sunday : evening. Interest is good and a series [of services productive of much good, is anticipated. THERE IS NO ROOM At Easthaven Insane Asylum at Present for Adam Cully, Geneva Man. ANSWER IS RECEIVED Today by Clerke Bleeke— Nothing Heard Regarding Three Other Cases. County Clerk Bleeke this morning received word from Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of Easthaven insane asylum at Richmond, that the matter of the application for the admission of Adam, Cully, the aged Geneva man, who was declared insane, and is in' jail here for safety, has been suspended for further consideration. The 1 men’s department at the asylum is filled and there is at present no room for others.

Nothing has yet been heard regarding the three other applications. These are for Fred Bohren of Geneva, who is confined in jail here for safe-keeping; hls wife, who is at her home in Geneva, and Miss Sarah Hirschy, at the county infirmary. '"O — • FINE RECITAL WEDNESDAY. The Ruth Circle of the Christian church is busy disposing of its tickets for the recital Wednesday evening to be given by the Misses Mabel Weldy of this city and Osee Armstrong of Ridgeville, graduates of the ortory department of the Marion normal. The tickets sell for fifteen cents for adults and ten cents for children. The program will consist of recitations, musical readings, costumed monologues, child Impersonations, negro d’.iects, pionologues, pantomimes, playletts, poses and music. The public Is very cordially invited. The proceeds will be used Cor the piano fund for the church.

MOVES FROM BREMEN. Charles W. Breber from New Bremen, Ohio, will soon move to his farm in the northwest corner of Root township, formerly the old Horstmeycr farm. He expects to move the first week in March. He expects to ship his household goods, but will drive his horses' overland. C. H. Getting has returned from New Bremen, where last Thursday he attended the Greber sale. — BIRTH OF SON. Relatives have received word of the birth of an eleven pound son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross at the home of her mother, at Paulding, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ross expect to return to their home in the near future, lytving given up the intention of moving to Virginia, as stated a short while ago. The new babe is the third child and son in the family.

[ BOARDS FILLED t The Commissioners Name , Clerks and Judges to Fill ' the Vacancies. 5 — L ; LOCAL OPTION DOPE I 1 Election Commissioners to . Meet Tomorrow—First >■ i Public Meeting. The board of county commissioners ■ met at their offices this morning to ( make any required changes in the boards for the local option elections to be held in this city and township, (Wednesday of this week. In this city Ed Green declined to serve as a judge in "A’’ precinct of the Third ward, and Abe Stoneburner declined to serve as judge in “B” precinct of the Second .ward. Fafayette Baker in the Third “A" and Henry Stetler ' iin the Second “B.” In the township, 1 Earl Bowman, clerk in the south precinct, and Clay Engle, clerk in the north precinct, declined, and O. V. Gra-' I ham and Eli Engle were named in [their places, The election commissioners, compos- 1 ,ed of Henry Krick and Michael Mil- ■ ler, in the city, and Homer Faust and | James H. Andrews, the auditor serving as the third member in each case, will meet tomorrow to organize and the tickets will be printed Friday, so that the inspectors may get them Saturday. t So far there has been but little excitement in the approaching election, and it looks as though it would be a : rather quiet campaign. The first public meeting will be held by the "drys” i at the court room Wednesday evening, < when John F. Cuneen, of Chicago, will i deliver an address, speaking from the j view-point of a laborer. j BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD. -1 Rev. Ehle of Fort Wayne, Former Pas- 1 tor Here, Will Speak. } ,j The Baptist Brotherhood is looking t I forward to an interesting meeting Fri- t ( day evening at the home of Clarence J -E. Bell on Adams street. The Rev. $ ;C. E. Ehle of Fort Wayne, former pas- c ’ tor of the Decatur church, will be here I to give an address and to spend an 1 v evening with the organization, which } was effected while he served here as f pastor. The music will be rendered by t th men’s chorus of the church. o . MOTHER SERIOUSLY ILL. D. M. Hensley received word today'. of the very serious illness of his moth- : er, Mrs. Dr. Hensley, at Marion, Ohio, i She submitted to a third operation re- < cently, all of which followed each oth- , er very closely. Mr. Hensley will leave this afternoon to be at bls moth- i er’s bedside. His brother, Dr. Hensley, i of Bellaire, Ohio, is also ill and under- 1, went a surgical operation. FROM SNOW TO SUNSHINE. Fred Martin, who has been In busi- '. ness’in Fairbanks, Alaska, for a num-' ber of years, is preparing to locate at Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Martin and babe who have been here a. few weeks at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. C. V. Connell, has received word to < that effect and will join her husband 1 at Los Angeles soon. 1

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COURT HOUSE NEWS Hon. D. E. Smith Appointed Special Judge Succeeding Late R. S. Peterson — IN ARCHBOLD CASE — New Partition Suit Filed— J. N. Fristoe Plaintiff in the Case. The final report of Michael Kuhm, Jr., executor of the Michael Kuhm estate, was allowed and the executor discharged. Andrew Gottschalk, administrator of the Louisa Frank estate, was authorized to erect a tombstone for her at a cost of $153. The final report of R. W. Buckmaster, guardian, as to Albert, and Current report as to Floyd, were allowed, and the guardian discharged as to Albert. The Hon. D. E. Smith was appointed special judge to hear the matter of the guardianship of Johathan C. Archbold .and others, heirs of the late Allen Archbold, Mrs. Cora Archbold being ' guardian. R. S. Peterson was special I judge until his death. Minnie L. Daniels, guardian of Ma;rie Daniels et al., filed petition to reinvest ward's funds. — C J. Lutz, attorney for James N. and Elizabeth K. Fristoe, has filed a suit against Ellsworth D. Merris et al., for partition of real estate. Summons was issued to sheriff of Fulton county for Ellsworth D. and Della C. Merris, and Nancy B. and H. A. Fristoe, returnable March 15. Summons was issued to the sheriff of Marion county for Wallace and Nancy Merris. 1 Tn the receivership case of William Fuelling vs. The Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Co., et al., a report was filed by the defendant company of the I assets and liabilities. Report by the receiver of list of claims, with recomof receiver as tp allowance or refusal thereof, was also filed. The statement was made by W. H. Fledderjohann, president of the road, when it went into the hands of the receiver. With the assets are listed all the valuable property interests as set out in the inventory. The liabilities are listed at $1,017,361.62, and include the capital stock, the bonds, bills payable, insurance and taxes, etc. Real estate transfers: Txiuis Habegger et al. to SCaroline Springer, lot 119, Berne, $700; Thurman A. Gottschalk to Andrew Gottschalk, quit claim deed to real estate in Wabash tP . $500; Lydia Teeter to T. P. Glancy, 15 acres, Wabash tp., quit claim deed, $1; Job Young et al. to William H. Parr, 48 acres Wabash tp., $5280; Thurman A. Gottschalk et al. to James M. Rose, quit claim deed to land in Wabash tP.. $98.84; Andrew Hackenyos to Elizabeth Lantz, real estate in Kirkland tp., $4800; Charles Boknecht to Simon W. Bucher, 40 acres, Root tp., $4200; Luella Sullivan et al. to Jacob R. Hoffman, lot 84, Decatur, $2000; Wesley Hitchcock to Ada Yocum, lot 29, Decatur, $500; Simon and Martha A. Smith to Charles E. Sullivan, .866 acre land in Wabash tp., $5000; George and Lydia Zehr to Menno Schindler, 55% acres, Wabash tp., $5600.. ENGAGES IN FIGHT. W. O. Smith, a former resident of Adams county, and Noah Frauhiger, an auctioneer, formerly of Preble, engaged in an argument on tho streets of Bluffton this morning, which developed into a fistic encounter with the result that Smith is now suffering a dislocated collar bone and broken shoulder blade. The argument started when Smith demanded payment returned to him for a hog which he had purchased from Frauhiger with the understanding that Frauhiger was to keep in his possession until Smith called for it. In the meantime, however, the hog sickened ,and died. . . — Q —■ DINNER AT SALE. A fine chicken dinner for twenty cents will be served at the sale of Mrs. Jessie Barkley, Thursday noon by the Evangelical Ladies’ Aid society.