Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 126.

I COURT HOUSE NEWS I Judge Merryman Nearing ' End of Term—Will Expire November 23 — ■WILL OPEN OFFICE ■For Law Practice—Helen Berling Files Suit Against Railroad. ■ ' There are only sixteen days more <>• ■court before the long summer vara■lion. The time of/Judge j. t. Merry■than is growing short, as his six-year (■perm will expire November 23. At .■that time. Judge-elect David E Smith '■ivill take the bench. Judge Merry- ■ tnan will open an office on his retire- ■ went and return to the practice of law. !g E. B. Lenhart, guardian of Maria ■ Robison, reported the lease of her ■ farm to John Miller. This was ap- ■ proved and the guardian was author!/. ■ed to repair the dwelling at a cost of ■not more than $175. The repairs in- ■ elude painting, replacement of foun- ■ dation and repairs to the porch. Mr. I Miller has leased the place for a year, ■ and with his wife will move into the ■house and care for the ward, they in ■return to have free house rent, the ■ use of the Robison team and to get a s half of the crops. , The state cases against L. G. Bot- ■ kins, James Fenstemaker and Leon ■Runyon, charged with visiting a gam- ■ ing house, set for trial today, were H again continued by agreement. 1 The divorce case of Minnie Lyon vs. ■ Edward H. Lyon was dismissed and ■•the costs paid by the defendant. The case of G. E. Burster & Co. vs. K Henry Schlickman, Wm. R. and Frank ■.Smith, was dismissed and the costs £ Paid. j In the case of The Bank of Berne ■ vs. John J. and Isaac Summers, Hoo - ■«r & Lenhart enter appearance for the ■defendant Rule to answer. The final report of Andrew Gott- ■ echalk, administrator of the Louise ■ Frank estate was approved. Distril ■lion -was ordered of surplus to heirs Hrof decendent, towit: Minnie Asehb'maa ■Charles Frank, John Frank and ■ Adolph Frank, each to get one-fifth less any cost. The adminis■trator was ordered to pay into court S®the share of Isaac Frank, deceased, ■the clerk to pay the same to his heirs. ■Such distribution was reported and ■the administrator discharged. I The final report of Rosina Kauff■t man, executrix of the Jacob Kauffman ■estate, was approved and the exe-.-a discharged. I In the matter of the petition to ■real estate in the William Mersmon ■estate an answer to the cross-com-■plaint of the bank and also of Schmitt ■was filed. | Fielding M. Reynolds and Ernst ■Ralston executors of the Noah Runyon ■estate, filed report of sale of personal ■Property which was approved and the Bale confirmed. Peterson & Moran for Mrs Helen . ? Berling have filed a suit against The ■Toledo, St. Louis * Western Railway demand, 1300. This is for ■eggs shipped to New York over the which were damaged In the transit. I Real estate transfers: Decatur Cent■pMery Association to Susan Watts, lot ■MBB, Decatur cemetery, $76.80. K _ i IT “SPIT"SNOW TODAY. I E. Woods and others are responsi - ble for the statement that It "spit | snow at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Tho Sudden chauge of weather may probably not prove agreeable to the vegetation which is in fine condition at present, and a frost would prove very disastrous. Thirty years ago last. " Thursday, five or six inches of snow ■ ’fell in this part of the state, and the snow this morning proved that we have not yet passed beyond the stage ' of the extraordinary. June is only four days distant. “ 'French Quinn made a business trip i to Fort Wayne today. '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

TO SELL MOTORCYCLES. Florian Starost, who has been with the Holthouse-Schulte clothing store for some time as clerk, resigned Monday and will from now on put his attention to the selling of the HarleyDavidson motorcycle. He will be the sub agent in this county,Schug & Meetler of Berne having the agency. Anyone wishing to talk motorcycle, or has any intention of buying one, will do well by seeing “Jake” first. It is thought he will rent a building for the demonstration of the machines. A NERVY TRAMP ■ e ■■■ " —■ ■— Helped Himself to Eggs and Meat at the Jacob Tester Home. . — — I ATE PART RAW ' — But Handed Over the Rest When She Demanded Them—Was Arrested. A tramp who struck the city, hun- ‘ gry, this morning, evidently thought t the Jacob Tester home in the south part of the city was a “help-yourself” restaurant,but he soon found that such ■ was not the cas e and was promptly ari rested. Mrs. Tester was at the home ■ of a neighbor when she saw a man at 1 the back doer'of her home and hurried over to firid what he wanted. He asked for something to eat and Mrs. ■ Tester refused him. She then went I out again, supposing that he had left, but- soon learned that he had lingered near, and when he thought all danger ■ from spectators was over, had helped : himself to a dozen of eggs and two i pieces of raw meat which Mrs. Tester had put in a covered bucket and set 'out on the cool porch to keep fresh. • She saw him take the things and hur- • rled out to overtake him. She met him : and demanded her eggs back. He reached into his pocket and handed ■them over, but Mrs. Tester found that ■ they were not all there. He was evl--1 dently so hungry that he couldn’t wait till he had reached camp and 1 had broken one and sucked it raw, as i she learned afterwards of a neighbor, I who saw him. The police were immediately notified and Marshal Peterson caught the man near the Erie railroad. He claimed his name to be Jame§ Brody and his age as 62. He was taken before Mayor Teeple on the charge of stealing and was given a fine of $5 and costs and thirty days in jail. He did not have any money on his person, therefore he will be forced to lay out the fine, making the total period of his incarceration forty-five days. V - o ■ ■■ — ABOUT THE SICK. A telegram received from Mr. Argos of Colorado Springs by Mrs. Nancy Sheets, brought the good news that Miss Ruby Sheets, who Is in the hospital there, following a hemorrhage of the lutings, is doing nicely. His wife, Mrs. Argos, receives word from the nurse In attendance five times a day, land relatives here will be kept daily informed of her condition. A letter from Mrs. Argos, a close friend of Miss Sheets, will be received here probably tomorrow, giving full details of Miss Sheets' Illness. Mrs. John Tonnelier, who has been a long sufferer from diabetes. Is very rick at her home. She passed a very ‘poor night Monday and her condition became very critical. She is resting I some better today and it is hoped by I her many friends and relatives that she will continue to improve. William Sheler is still on the road Ito recovery from th© injuries received in the accident which befell him last Friday. Today he Is suffering a little from a pain In his back, due mostly to the strain of the fall. The agent for the Volunteer 'Relief company of Fort Wayne was In the city Monday to get particulars about the accident to fix the amount of insurance due Mr. Sheler, he holding a policy in the company. — O' Dr. J. Q- Neptune and family and Miss Letta Kintz will leave next Sunday for Fish Lake, Michigan, for a ten days' outing. They will motor through.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

PICNIC TO BE HERE Executive Committee of S. S. Association Accepts Offer of Steele’s Park. FOR BIG PICNIC On Fourth of July—Will Make This Year’s Event the Banner One.

Decatur will get the Adams county Sunday school picnic to be held July Fourth. The executive committee has decided to accept the offer of Ell W. Steele of his park east of the city, and this magnificent grounds will amply accommodate even the large throng expected for this event. The picnic has heretofore been held at Berne, where the attendance has been very great, but the committee intends to make this year's picnic exceed all others, both in the matter of attendance and interest. It is probable that the day programs will be held at the park, and that the evening program and the fireworks display will be held in this city. Good speakers, bands and other attractions will be secured. Another meeting of the executive committee will be held in the near future to complete arrangements for the picnic. o K. OF C. NOTICE. There will be a continued meeting of our council Wednesday, May 28, for th e purpose of acting on applications and arrangements for initiation. There should be a good attendance. \ G. K.

HE NEVER DRANK A High-ball or Cock-tail in His Life, Said Roosevelt on Witness Stand. AN ANTI-TRUST SUIT u . ! i Under the New Administration Filed Against Coas-ter-Brake. (United Press Service) Marquette, Mich., May 27—(Special |to Daily Democrat) —“I have never j drank a cock-tail or high-ball in my [life and have never drank whiskey or brandy except upon the advice of my physician or possible on some occasion after great exposure. I don’t caro for the taste of either.” In these words spoken oh the witness stand, Col. Theodore Roosevelt denied the charges of Editor George Newett made against him during the last campaign. “The only wines I have ever drank has been white wine, Madero, Champaigne or Cherry. Mint Jullp I very rarely drink. I don't want and don’t drink beer.” The colonel enumerated the comparatively few times he has taken wine and champaigne. He said that on his African hunting trip, liquers had been taken along but he had observed his usual rule of tmperate drinking..

London, Eng., May 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A new Balkan war that will be of a more serious nature perhaps than that against Turkey is now Imminent and the Balkan alliance is. on the verge apparently of dlslntergratlon. Servia and Bulgaria are massing troops to oppose each other. The Greeks lost 60 killed and 137 wounded in a fight today, against Bulgaria. Peace in the Balkans today seema a long way off. ) Rochester, Ind., May 27—(Special to Dally Democrat)The first anti-trust suit of the new administration has been filed today in the Federal court to dissolve the Coaster-brake trust. Charges were sustained by the court declaring the defendants of conspiring to monopolize the trade and forcing the jobbers to sell at a specified price. They were given sixty days to dissolve. New York, Connecticut and Ohio companies were the defendants. Madison, Wls., May 27—(Special to

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, May 27, 1913.

Daily Democrat) —Governor McGovern today opposed the bill for the referendum in 1914 and also for women suffrage. The Governor in his message recommended the referendum for 1916. THE CENSUS REPORT. A fine boy was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Vesta-Brokaw of northeast of the city, this being the second boy and child in the family. Both the baby and mother are getting along well. Mrs. Brokaw was formerly Miss Daisy Lewton. BRINKS LYE WATER Virginia, the Six-year-old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philbert Gase of

EAST OF THE CITY Drinks Washing Fluid— Thought it Fresh Water —Not Serious. - Virginia, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philbert Gase, prominent Adams county farmers, living four miles east of this city, very near took her last drink Monday evening about 8:30 o'clock, and had It not been for the hot, burning taste that met her tongue when she started to pour the poisonous fluid into her mouth, she would in alt probability not been J alive today. The fluid was in a tin cup sitting on a table in the house and the little child becoming thirsty, and not knowing that the tin cup contained Red Seal lye, borax and ammonia, picked it up and was going to drink it in order to quench her 'thirst. The mixture had no more than touched her tongue when te lye started to burn and she threw the tin cup away crying for her mother, who came at once and asked what was wrong. She told her what she had done, and a call for Dr. D. D. Clark was at. once sent in. He responded at once in his automobile, and provided a mouth-wash, ’ which put the little girl at ease again. It is thought that none of the contents of th e tin cup were swallowed. She is resting'much better this afternoon, although her tongue burns a little, and shq is frightened over her close call.

PLANS ARE READY For New Haugk Block and Deal May be Completed Within Short Time. MASONS HAD MEETING Plans Discussed Regarding Rental of Top Floors of the New Block. • There is nothing today concerning the new contemplated business block, to be built by Julius Haugk, further than that the plans therefor are progressing in such a manner that it is quite likely that the original plans will be carried out. The Masons have appointed a commtitee consisting of C. C. Schafer, O. L. Vance, French Quinn, Oscar Hoffman and Will Schrock, who will visit other lodges in this vicinity and secure plans for the part of the building which they contemplate occupying. Mr. Haugk went to Chicago last evening and will be absent two days. Soon after his return a meeting will be held with him at which time it Is likely some definite conclusions will be reached.

Mr. ITaugk has secured th e plans for a three-story building, to cost approximately $20,000. The ground floor will be a theater and a modern one. The Masons may the third floo rand a part of the second, one sugguestlon being that they use the front part for club rooms or -üb-let them for offices, while the rear of the second floor will be fitted up as a banquet room, general assembly ball, dance room, etc. If th e deals go through the new building will be erected at once and will be ready for occupancy by October Ist.

CRAIGVILLE FIRE j Burns Barns — One Horse ' Burned to Death and Two Others Badly Injured. TOWN THREATENED I Wind Sent Shower of Sparks Over Village—Men’s Heroic Work. The entire male population of Craig- 1 ville was called out to fight fire early Sunday morning a half hour after midnight. Th© fire broke out tn the barn near the Christian church and hreaten-, ed to destroy the entire village. A' fine horse "'M burned to death, while two others wer© burned so badly that they will have to be killed. The loss of the barn and its contents will amount to about $2,500. The residence of Rev. Sager, pastor of the Christian Union church, was on fire three different times and other buildings at onetime were burning briskly. Water to fight the fire was secured by the bucket brigade from a small . pond near the church, and the near- . ness of this, probably saved the entire . jtown. A wind from the west sent . showers of sparks over the entire vil- ; lage. The burned barn was the prop- , erty of Charles Bell, who had con- • tracted to sell it to the church. Mr. . Bell was also the owner of the horse which burned to death and Rev. Sager t owned the two other animals which are in a serious condition. , The fire was first discovered by B. , Hartman, Mitchell Crumm, Floyd Rob- . inold and Roy Hartman, who were reJ turning home from Bluffton.

PLENTY OF WISDOM Should T. H. Sullivan Have if Wisdom Teeth Have Anything to do With It. GETTING SECOND SET , M He Claims—Had the First Ones When He Was Six- ... teen Years of Age.

J. H. Sullivan, living at his residence lon the corner of Twelfth and Adams street, this city, claims that h e ls getting his second set of wisdom teeth. Os course this can, and has already happened, but with very few records of it atf the present time, and Mr. Sullivan might be one of the very few | who have had two different sets of (Wisdom teeth. He remembers of cutting the first set of wisdom teeth when he was a boy of about sixteen years of age, and about ten years ago one of the local doctors pulled the one on the right side for him. The one on the left side he took out himself, I as it became loose and commenced to 1 decay. Now two more teeth are com-' Ing in in the same places where the former ones were. The one on the right side is as large as the rest of the teeth while the one on the left side Is just a small one, and the gums around it are a little sore. Mr. Sullivan Is fifty-four years of age and is employed at the Krick & Tyndall tile mill, and was forced to I stop work a few weeks ago on account 1 of being sick. ,

NOTICE. The regular practice of the K. of P. band will be held tonight instead of Wednesday night. All members urgently requested to be present as arrangements will be made for playing Decoration'day. ALBERT SELLEMEYER, Director. - — o —, OUT AFTER EIGHT MONTHS. William McConnehey, the well known Decatur resident, was able to be down town this afternoon for the firs ttime In eight months. He looks very well after his long and serious illness, but states that he feels rather weak. His friends are very glad to see his improvement.

ENGINEER DICKINSON’S WILL. The will of the late J. Ray Dickinson, probated Saturday, provides that all property shall pass Into the hands of the widow,Effie M. Dickinson. At her death equal distribution of the estate is to be made among the three children. In event Mrs. Dickinson remarries she receives $1,500 cash and tho remainder of the estate goes td the children. A special bequest to Ralph Dickinson, the eldest son, is a ring. Mr. Dickinson asked that his widow be named executrix, to serve without bond. Mr. Dickinson was ■ killed a week ago Sunday in the wreck at Preble. ELKS IN SESSION I 1 I State Convention at Lafayette—Thousands in AtI, ■ tendance at Meet. i ■ THE PIANO DEALERS i 1 • Meet in Ft. Wayne—Feel Affect of Floods —Gas Cos. Before Commission. -- • (United Press Service) , Lafayette, Ind., May 27 —(Special to Daily democrat)—Th e Elks of Indiana, in annual convention here today, were greeted with the warmest welcome ever extended by the city to any convention. Main street was one ( blaze of color from the river to the Wabash railroad. Twenty bands furnished almost a continuous concert. The entire city took on a gala appearance and open house was kept every- : where.

I The women visitors were entertained at a matinee theatrical perform- , ance this afternoon. There was to be | a grand ball this evening. An automoI bile ride in the forenoon and a card party in the afternoon was tomorrow’s program for the women visitors. Business sessions of the convention were to be held both today and tomorrow. Following tomorrow's big parade the visiting Elks and their wives and daughters were to be guests of the , Purdue Athletic association at the , Purdue-Indiana baseball game for the | state championship. The bands will go along and will combine In a grand concert on Stuart field. I Tomorrow night the twenty bands V-ill hold a contest and festival on the public square,

Fort Wayne, Ind., May 27—(Special , to Daily TWiecrat)—The shadow of ,the flood disasters hung over the State Piano Dealers' association’s annual meeting today in this city. Dealers in the flooded districts suffered heavy' losses. In hundreds of cases families lost their all besides the were making payments on and natural-! ly passed up the loss on the instru-' ment to the piano dealer. The damage ' from this source alone ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars in In- j diana. About one hundred and fifty delegates attended the meeting.

Indianapolis, Ind., May 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —A public hearing j was held in the state house today by .the public service commission on the ! application of the Uitizens’ Gas comjpany and the Indianapolis Gas company to permit the lease of the latter by the former for ninety-nine years. .The advocates of the merger declared that th 0 Citizens’ company was able to assume the larger burden without raising the price of gas to the public and even argued that eventually the I merged companies would reduce the rate below the present charge of 60 cents for a thousand cubic feet. The board of public works was represented at the hearing and demanded that provision be made under the new franchise requiring the merger to lay from 75,000 to 100,000 feet every year.

WILL GO TO DENVER. Miss Eva J. Acker Will Take Course InUniversity There. Miss Eva J. Acker, one of the teachers in the city schools, will leave next Wednesday for Denver, Colorado, where she will take a six weeks’ course in the Denver university. She I will spend the rest of the summer vacation in Colorado, dividing the time I between Denver and Colorado Springs, I returning here for the opening of her (school. The visit there and the trip, as well as the study, will be delightIful.

Price, Two Cents.

NURSES GRADUATE Miss Josephine Krick One of Seven Young Ladies Graduated from THE HOPE HOSPITAL Training School—Exercises Attended by Decatur People Last Evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick, Mrs. Dallas Butler, George, Virgil and Walter Krick, the Misses Etta Brandyberry and Agnes Krick, Mr. anti Mrs. John Niblick went to Fort Wayne Monday evening to attend the commencement exercises of the Hope Hospital Nunes’ j Training school. Among the seven ’young ladies who received diplomas ■and gold medals, showing that they have reached the required efficiency and are now full fledged trained nurses is Miss Josephine Krick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krick of this city. The commencement was held in tho high school auditorium. The qualifications of a nurse, the hardships she undergoes, how she must study and her important mission were sympathetically portrayed in an eloquent address by Rev. A. ,T. Folsom. Mu»lc was rendered by the Baihle trio. The obligations as nurses were then administered to the graduates by Clinton R. Wilson, secretary of the board of directors, who also presented each graduate with a golden badge, the gift of the hospital association. The badges are neat shields, suspended from a streamer on which is engraved, i “Hope Hospital.” On the shield, emblematic of protection, is the anchor of hope and “N. T. S.” for Nurses’ Training School, in a simple monogram. Th© diplomas were presented to the graduates by J. N. Franke, president of the board of directors. The exercises closed with a largely attended dance at Mjnuet hall. The nurses all left today for Indianapolis to take the state board exlamination. Miss Krick will remain at I the hospital until next April, when she will have completed her threejyea-,- stay at the hospital. Miss Krick Is well fitted by nature for the profession she has chosen, and is makiug good in the work.

HAVE DISMISSED CASEAgainst Mrs. Cora Lee in the Wells Circuit Court. OB Prosecuting Attorney Lee P. , Spragup of Hartford City, was here this morning for the purpose of decldIng, with local officials and attorneys, as to the course to be pursued in the case of Mrs. Cora Lee, widow of John Lee. Her trial on a charge of first ’ degree murder, as an accessory to the act of her deceased husband, in shootling and killing Samuel Purdy, was set ■down on the trial docket for today, J but other cases occupied the court so that at a late hour this afternoon no action had been taken in Mrs. Lee's case. Prosecutor Sprague had to leave at noon, and ft was reported (by other

t local parties that he would not be able ' to return today and that the final dis- • position of th e T>ee case would not be ■ made before Tuesday. Although no • entry was made on the docket, the • News was Informed this afternoon that • the case will be dismissed. The proseI cution had relied largely on the evi- ' dence of the woman’s husband, who '■ made a signed statement implicating : her. Since his death the state’s attor- > neys have not professed much hope of ’ convicting the woman—Bluffton News. • The Banner says: “It is reported s that since the death of her husband, I Mrs.Leehas been in a happy frame of - mind and appears to be enjoying her- ■ self In her cell in the jail, she seldom i talks about the terrible crime, but is anxious that her case be disposed of during the present term of court for all time to come.”

OF STORK. Kenneth Patterson Meyers is the name of the baby b<Jy born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyers Saturday afternoon. Both the babe and Mrs. i Meyers are improving nicely. ROAD BOND SALE. ’ Bids for the sae of five sets of macadam road bonds will be opened at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the office ot County Treasurer C. W. Yager.