Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 136.

WORK GOES SLOWLY Only Small Part of Engine is Torn Down at One Time to Allow OF ITS REPLACEMENT In Time for Operation of Railway Next Morning —ls Done at Night. The overhauling of the engine at the interurban power house Is going on slowly, of a necessity, but this does not inteitfere in the least with the operation, of the road. The work Is being don© by a representative of thte Buckeye Engine companv, an expert worker, who thoroughly understands every feature of the complicated piece of machinery The work is done after the operation ceases for the night—from midnight on. The engine must cool somewhat, and then only as much is torn down as can be attended to and replaced ready for operation again the next morning. The work is quite warm, as it takes long for the hot engine to cool. Working only by lamplight makes the repairing more difficult also. The work will probably be finished by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. In some places duplex engines are kept ia operation and these can be used while the overhauling of the other is being done.,' In sucb cases the work goes along rapidly and more easily. BIG REUNION IN ORDErT Bowser and Waters Families Hold Reunion Here Today.

The big reunion of the Bowser and Walters families is being held todrv at the L. T. Brokaw home in the north part of the city. A special interurban ear from Fort Wayne arrived here at 10 o'clock, bringing a hundred or more members of the family. They proceeded to the Brokaw home in state, where the festive day was in order. A full report of the affair will be given later. WAS LONG MARRIED ——' — . - t Couple Surprises Friends— Mrs. Ola Gaskill Married Last Decmber 17. RETURNS TO VISIT 9 And Brings Husband—The Groom is B. D. Eaton. Formerly of Marion. It was not until the arrival of the couple here for a visit with Mrs. Eaton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry Stevens, did her friends know that Mr», Viola Oasklll had been married l*»t December 17 to Mr. B. E. Eaton. she bride resided here with her parents, and with Mrs. Laura Howard conducted a dress making shop prior to her marriage. Last December she weat to Fort Wayne, presumably on a visit. There she Joined her fiance, B. E. Eaton, and they proceeded to Saßin*w, Mich, where they were married They then visited in Niles, Mich, with relatives before going to South Bend to live and later to Fort Wayne. The bride's parents here knew of the marrtkge but very few others of the Decatur relatives and acquaintances knew of it, until their return here lately for a visit. The couple left today for Ft Wayne, where the groom Is employed by the Kas company. His mother resides in Marlon and he was formerly a postoffice inspector, O—STOCKHOLDERS ARE MEETING. Interurban Stockholders Holding Annual Election. As we go to press, the stockholders of th e Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, are in the midst of an animated meeting for the election of the officers for the ensuing year. A lull report of the meeting will be given In Monday's paper. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

BIRTH of DAUGHTER. Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Summers of M .limit street are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter, who has been named Anna Dorothy. This is the >rst born and the parents are Justly proud of the little one. Mrs. Summers was formerly Miss Rose Hoffman before her marriage. HORSE DEALERS HERE. A1 Putman of Van Wert, Ohio, left today for his home. He attended the horse sale yesterday and bought 32 horses to ship to the state of Maine, iacob Miller of Vcpedocia, bought 20 to ship to Pittsburg. COURT HOUSE NEWS Hearing of Plea in Abatement in Opliger Impeachment Case WAS ON TODAY Before Judge Merryman— Judgment Given in Note Case—Other Notes. A hard fought battle began this morning in the circuit court before Judge Merryman, the same being the trial of the plea in abatement filed by the defendant, L. E. Opliger, in the impeachment proceedings brought against him by the April grand Jury. Mr. Opliger has as his counsel, Attorneys, C. J. Lutz, D. E. Smith and Peterson & Moran. Attorney L. C. DeVoss is assisting Prosecutor ,R. C.

Parrish. There are several reasons, Mr. Opliger alleges, why the case against him should be dismissed, and the evidence given today bears upon those points. One is relative to the time Clerk Bleeke drew the grand jury. The new law, governing this, and which was made an emergency law by recent legislature, says that the grand Jurors shall be drawn by the clerk, publicly, in his office, on Monday morning at 10 o’clock, a week prior to the term of court for which they are intended, the bqx to be well shaken prior to the drawing. Mr. Bleeke gave evidence that he drew the names on April 7, in the morning about 10 o’clock, a week prior to April 14, the date of the opening of the term of court. The new law, however, was not known by him at that time, as the acts were not received here until nearly a month afterward. The defense also alleges that John Christen was incompetent to serve as a Juror, as he had, within a year, also served as a member of the regujar panel of petit jurors. Whether the law of one year limitation would prohibit him from serving on a grand jury a year afterward, also, is left-to the decision of the court. Witnesses were also used to testify to the allegation made by Mr. Opliger that th-ee of the grand jurors were biased against him and could not have acted impartially in bringing the Impeachment proceedings. One is that Mr. Christen was prejudiced against him because his son, E. 8. Christen, was a candidate against Mr.Opliger for the office of county superintendent. The same charge was made against A. B. Daugherty, another grand juror. Mr. Opliger alleges that his bias resulted from the fact that his son-in-law, Henry Laughery, was twice defeated by Mr. Opliger, and also that his daughter had failed to get a teacher's license. J. M. Foreman, another grand juror, he alleges, would not have treated him impartially, because he was offended at his action arising from a condemning of a school house, growing out of the consolidation of two districts in Root township. A suit resulting therefrom is now pending in court. The evidence was all submitted by 2:30 o'clock, when an adjournment was taken In th e case until Tuesday, when the arguments will be given. In the divorce case of Flora Harper vs. Albert G. Harper, the defendant defaulted. In the case of Jacob Atz et al. vs. August Koenemann, on note, a Judgment of $74.80 and costs was rendered for the plaintiff. The plea in abatement and appearance of defendant and counsel were withdrawn, the Judgment (Coounuoi urn •)

“DECATUR CAM AMO WILL”

Decatur. Indiana. Saturday Evening, June 7, 1913.

WOULD BE MAYOR Ross O. Johnson, Formerly of This County, Announces Name at Gary. HAS FRIENDS HERE Has Been Active in Business and Politics and Will Make Good Showing. The Thursday edition of the Gary Daily Tribun© contains the announcement that R. O. Johnson is a candidate for the nomination for mayor, subject to the decision of the republicanrprogressive primary. in the siame column appears the official announcement of William S. Gallagher, and the statement that several others will likely get into the race soon, th» date not being announced. The peo pie of Adams county will hop© for the nomination of Mr. Johnson. We have known him always and he has • host A . u'ue, yard ..-.a fr.»ds in old Ad**64 county, w : lse only regret is that they can't vote for him. While his politics has been the very opposite always to that advocated by this paper, and supported by th© large majority of voters of this county, that fact does not prevent us from wishing success for an old friend. Mr. lohnson was reared in Monroe township, in this county, taught school for a number of years and la ter read law in the office of Attorney P. G. Hooper. In 1899 he was the republican nominee for Join senator of Adams and Allen counties and led his ticket in the number of votes secured. He Is a graduate of the Indianapolis Law school and a man of strong personality and much ability. He served las collector of customs in Arizona, I being appointed under President Mci Kinley in 1900 and has always been I active in business and politiccs, Sevjeral years ago he located at Gary, where he is engaged in the real estate business. He is a live wire and if we are not badly mistaken will give his competitors in the Gary race a I rapid run for their money.

SHOWER OF RICE Given Couple Married in the County Clerk’s Office This Morning. JUDGE OFFICIATES Groom Was Harvey Springer and His Bride Miss Vesta Ryan,

An unusually pretty wedding took place this morning at 8:45 o’clock In the court house. The ceremony was said In the little room at the east of the county clerk’s office. Judge J. T. 'Merryman officiating. The-principals were Harvey Springer, a former Decatur boy, son of the late Perry I Springer, and the bride was Miss Vesta Ryan, a pretty young lady, a daughter of Jonathan Ryan, of Jeffersou township. The bride looked very pretty In a costume of Ivory. Her gown was a handsome creation of cream, with trimmings of lace. She wore a large picture hat, gloves and shoes *o match. FTesent at the ceremony wer e the groom’s mother, Mrs. Etta Springer Teeter, and her husband, and the ceremony was also witnessed by a number of the court house officials. As the happy couple left the building, they were showered with rice by Kenneth Walters and Harold Graham, who were working In an office In the court house.

WILL DECORATE THE CITY. Seifert Brothers, of Detroit, fancy decorators, are here taking contracts for the firemen’s convention to be held here June 26th. They have the contract with the firemen to decorate the streets and will also decorate most of the business houses. They did the work here for Old Home Week and are signing up many contracts for this event.

RETURNS FROM CANADA. Earl Steele Doesn’t Like the Mosquitos There. Earl Steele, who recently went to Canada for an extended stay, has returned. H© does not like the country, the chief source of dislike being tile plentitude and magnitude of the mosquitos. The stories h© tells of these pests would make Baron Von Munehhauser sit up and take notice. Earl says that the pests are so bad, that the people are obliged to wear mosquito nets over their heads like veil 3. This last statement, he advised should be taken with a grain of salt.

NOVEL BEE HIVE Swarm of Bees Settles in a Hole in the House of C. D. Kunkel AND REMAINS THERE Might Build Cabinet in the Kitchen and Have Handy Way of Getting Honey. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Kunkel, prominent residents of near Monmouth, have prospects of having one of the most convenient and up-to-date ' lmjprovements on their home of any in the country. It may also do much to I help reduce the much-talked-of high cost of living. This is an impromptu bee hive in walls of their house. This week a swarm of bees approached and finding a nice little hole In the outside wall of the kitchen, decided to settle there. One by one, the bees followed their •queen into the novel little home, and then settled dow'n apparently for a long stay, for they are still there. Mr. Kunkel suggests that he might remove a part of the interior wail and build a cabinet over the place where the bees have settled. Then when any honey is wanted, ail that would be necessary to get out the delectable sweets, would be to open the cabinet door, reach in and draw out the comb. It is safe to say that their friends could find them quite often “In the kitchen. Eating bread and honey.”

IN THE CHURCHES. The following program for the Children’s day exercises at the Baptist church will be given tomorrow morning: Song, "Step by Step"—School. Invocation. "Jun e Cheer”—Etta Mclntosh. “Forget-me-not Days” — Geraldine Fike. “Song of the Flowers” —Dialogue. "So Mas We”—Primary Song. “When Dollie Died"—Esth4g Mclntosh. “The Sun” —Helen Bowser. "Daisies”—Pauline Hite. “German Song”—Virgie Sampson. “The Little Forget'me-nots"—Luclle Engle. “Just One Day In the Year”—Bernice Ball.

“Roses Are Smiling”—Mabel Burkhead. “Precious Jewels"—Helen Shroll. “Jewels for the King”—Gladys Sampson. “Lilies and Roses and Lilacs”—Junior Girls. “The Things He Made" —Grace Shroll. “A Ladder of Praise”—Dialogue. “Pass it In”—Luclle Sampson. "Suppose”—Violet Van Hart. Duet, “FYagrant Roses”—Mrs. Cal Peterson, Mrs. E. P. Beach. “What's a Gentleman?"—Ben VanHart. "The Loyalties”—Dialogue. "Loyalty”—Song, by Boys' Class. “Reading”—Virgie Sampson. Duet, “What the Robins Say”— Winifred Smith, Esther Mclntosh. Offering. Benediction. -— — MEMORIAL SERVICES. The annual memorial services of the Ben Hurs will be held tomorrow at their hall. The address will be delivered by the Rev. Hessert and music will h© furnished by Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters. These services are held every year In honor of the departed brethren of the lodge, usually on the second Sunday of June

HAD GOOD TIME 1 Wives of Lutheran Ministers Accompany Husbands to Monthly Meeting. AND WERE GUESTS Os Mrs. G. Bauer While the Ministers Held Business Meeting. — When the Lutheran Ministerial Conference of Adams county held its regular monthly session Friday, it was decided that the wives and children of the ministers should accompany them also and have a delightful social tim© visiting while the ministers held their business meeting. The assembly took place at the beautiful country home of the Rev. G. Bauer in Union township and nearly all the ministers’ families accompanied them there. The affair was an allday session, the guests remaining for both dinner and supper. Rev. H. Wehmeyer of this city had the poper, on Collossians, 3:1-5, and iihere were other features of the program. The following ministers were present: Rev. Bauer, Union townwship; Rev. Dornseif, Root township; Rev. Koch, Preble; Rev. Nees, Tocsin; Rev. Hassold. Flat Rock; Rev. Wehmeyer, this •city; Rqv. Meyer, Schumin, Ohio; jltev. Buuck, Wren, Ohio, and Rev. ( Zock, of Convoy, Ohio. The next meeting will b© held at the First National bank, this city, July 3. ( Rev. Nees of Tocsin, who was present, stated that the corner stone of the new $12,000 church being erected by his congregation, would be laid Sunday, June 15. Rev, Meyer of Schumm, willalso have a new church in the near future. His congregation is getting ready to build a church at a cost of $15,000, this being the cost of the building only, exclusive of dec- | oration. The basement for the struc•ture is already dug and the work will 'go along rapidly. o

PORTLAND TEAM ' “TST Will Meet Local Shamrocks in Fast Game of Base Ball Tomorrow.

HAVE GOOD RECORD Shamrocks Intend to Break Streak of Bad Luck and Win the Victory. A card received by Manager Hammell this morning from the manager of the Portland City team states that they will be down ready for business tomorrow arternoon. The Portland team has a dandy fine record and are going to show the Shamrocks a few fancy tricks about the national game; but keep your eye on tho local boys. They have been working hard the past week and getting In such fine condition that there won't be any doubt as to the results of the game tomorrow. A little had luck In the last two games has broken up their clear record, but It Is thought now that this has been overcome, and with the strengthening up of several places, they will put up a regular league game. Shady, from Ft. Wayne, | formerly a pitcher in the New York league, has been secured to twirl the sphere and with Coffee behind the bat it is doubtful whether the Portland boys will get a lookin. Game starts at 3 o’clock prompt. CHILDREN’S DAY EXERCISES.

A splendid program has been arranged for Children’s day at the Presbyterian church, for Sunday evening at 5:30. The program includes recitations, songs, choruses and Is sure to be entertaining and delightful. The public Is invited to attend and tho convenient hour will no doubt h© the signal for a crowd that will fill the church.

THE GETTYSBURG TRIP. The commission of arrangements for the great fiftieth anniversary reunion of the blue and gray on the battlefield of Gettysburg -July 1 to 4. announces Tree transportation to all honorably discharged soldiers regardless of whether they took part in the battle or not. All such who wish to attend need only send their discharge, pension certificate, or card showing their membership in any post of the Grand Army of the Republic, addressed to Gettysburg Commission, Room 25, Statehouse, Indianapolis, before June 10. This will be good news to many of the old boys who wish to visit this famous decisive battlefield.—Muncie Star. THE WORLD OVER Are Things the Same, Except on a Different Scale —How the Papers » IN NEW YORK CITY — Got Story of Haitian Revolution—W. E. Placer Assisted Reporters. I Each little village, town or city; each township, county or state, is but a re- , production of the smaller on a larger i scale. Everywhere, w'e find the same 1 general characteristic* of life, al--1 t though the scales may be different. To some, the custom of newspape? 1 reporters going to the railway sta- . tion in the country towns in search of news items or local interest, as • to who comes here or goes there, may • be rather a queer custom. But a simE ilar custom, on a larger scale, prevails 1 in New York City. 1 W. A. Placer, of the Buckeye En--1 gine company, who is here doing 1 some work at the interurban power house, for the company, tells au interesting experience he had with New • York reporters when he returned recently from a sixteen months’ stay in the Weßt Indies —Cuba and Kftifl. | | On hi? ship wefi} the N ew York i. Herald reporter and wife, the man | having been sent by hi 6 paper to Haiti to write up the revolution there. (The little country was in a state of ’ great ttifttioil, thousands of negroes i were being killed; and but little could be gotten to the outside world of the true state of affairs. The New York

Herald man attempted to send his stories by cable, but was soon prohibited by the government there, as the government seemed to be getting the worst of it in his articles. He sent a message telling how some of : the negroes were shot down practically without a trial: and some interesting things, and true, but which the Haitian government thought best not, to have known. Therefore the government refused | to let him have the cable to "tell on them;" and the New York Herald could not get their man's stories unt til he brought them home, personally. - There are very few white persons, or . Americans, in Haiti, and on the vesI sel on which Mr. Placer sailed, there were only himself and the Herald 1 man and wife, from that country of I revolution. I Ixmg before their ship reached the 1 harbor or quarantine station, a tug from New York City, completely filled i wlwth newspaper reporters, sailed out 1 to meet their ship. The newspaper reporters swarmed over the vessel and looking at the register, picked out the persons they wished to Interview, and then hastened after them before their victims had a chance to reach the harbor and scamper away. | Os course all were anxious for the story of the Haitian situation. The New York Herald man of course was as tight as an oyster and would give up nothing of his experience to his competltlors. There remained only Mr. Placer to interview on Haiti, and |he was besieged full well by all the | reporters for the Haitian details. He

obliged them by giving them the news and each on© of the reporters got enough material to write two columns or more of Interesting news on Haiti, 1 The United States minister to 1 Haiti is a negro from Indiana—a Mr. ' Furness He went to Haiti, married 1 a Haitian native, and is more of an 1 Haitian himself than he is an American.

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WOOD ACQUITED Os Charges of Conspiring to Place Dynamite to Discredit Strikers. THE MAXLMUM PROFIT In Connection With Minimum Wage Law is Being Urged for Illinois. (United Press Service.) Boston, Mass., June 7.—(Special to I Daily Democrat) —William Wood, head I of the woolen trust company and Fredrick Atteaux, wealthy mill supply ! agent, were acquited today of complicity in the dynamite planting to discredit the I>awrenceburg strikers. Dennis Collins was found guilty on two counts but will be released on account of his service to the state. Attorney Hurlburt for the defence asked the court to investigate the rumors that he had offered to bribe juryman Sehuman. District Attorney Pelletier gave Hurlburt a clean bill of health, but announced that a grand jury investigation would be returned Monday. The jury disagreed on the first foux counts against Atteaux but acquited him on the fifth. The cheif topic of | conversation were the charges of attempted bribery of Sehuman. The •juryman reported to District Attorney that he had been approached and told ‘that if he voted right he would be given a job iD the American Woolen mills and $3,000. Sehuman described I the man who made the offer and said (that he approached him as he was j entering his home for the night, and ! told him "You don’t need to be afraid. | We’ve got your foreman and ten others. It is done in all cases where the big fellows are concerned,’’

Chicago, 111., June 7—(Special to Daily Democrat) — Lieutenant ' Governor O'Hara, head of the vice commission, today suggested the enactment of a maximum profit law to curb the big employers whp are threatening to add this to the burden of the I consumer If the minimt|n wage legislature Is enacted. The maximum profit law would supplement the minimum wage law, O’Hara said. WILL SELL LEASE Stockholders of Fair Association Held Meeting This Morning. VOTE IS 312 TO 15 To Sell Unexpired Lease to Willard Steele — Will Hold Fair This Fall.

At a meeting of stockholders of the Great Northern Indiana Pair Assn., held this morning in the office of County Surveyor Macklln, is was decided by a vote of 312 to 16 to accept th e proposition made to them by Willlard Steele of turning over the unexplred lease held by them in return for the sum of seven hundred dollars with which to pay up all old debts and accounts accrued by them during their existence. About forty of the stockholders were present, representing 328 shares of stock and with the exception of five, were all unamious in their decision. J. D. Nldlinger, president of the association presided at the meeting. They will continue to hold their annual meeting which will be called sometime late in the fall, and at that time may decide to reorganize again and take steps toward securing the old fair gronds in the south part of the city on which to hold an exhibition. Mr. Steele will In all probability go ahead with the arrangements for holding the fair this fall and will appoint a committee of the old members to assist him in carrying through the details and taking 1 care of the business. o Mrs. Arthur Ford and son, Arthur, Jr., left this afternoon for Muncle. Mr. Ford will join them tomorrow for a visit with friends.