Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 150.

INSTANTLY KILLED Man Leaps From Second Story of Sheriff’s Office To His Death. ANOTHER BIG STRIKE Probably to be Called in Cincinnati, Among the Garment Workers. Terre Haute, Ind., June 24.—(special to Daily Democrat)—John Brentlinger leaped from the window of the Sheriffs office in the second story of the court house this morning and w.,s nstantly killed when his head strut ', the pavement. Detective Burke wasi standing near the prisoner when nJ made the leap and made a grab for. him. He managed to get hold on him i but his grasp slipped and the prison r went headlong out of the window. He was arrested last night charged with having robbed a saloon. ■ ■ II Ctpcinnati, Ohio, June 24.—(Spe< ! al to Daily Democrat*—ll,ooo garment and clothing workers in factories in Cincinnati and nearby Kentucky towns are expected to strike today although several thousand strikers who went out yesterday, returned today, in accordance with the demand of the International secretary who said the strike Saturday was in vj t >’ tion of the union rules. ~\ telegram from the President today ordered the strike continued. Their demand is for shorter hours. Sacramento. Cal., June 24—(Speci d to Daily Democrat.)—Avoided t y society which once welcomed them, Ixd i Norris and Clara Warrington, tv, < high school sororiity girls who fled with two wealthy married nun and which resulted in the resignation of District Attorney McNabb, today remained secluded in their homes. Dig - wife forgave him, A child was bpm < to the young bride only six weeks he fore the elopement. Carmaneti s wife and child went to live with his fatle r I .oca I charges may be pressed against the young men before the smt>- «•> is filed. ■■"■" 11 o— NOTICE, EAGLES. A special meeting of the Eagles called for this evening for the p: Pose of making arrangements f Thursday. A good attendance is ■ sired as business matters must '• taken care of. AN ELDER TREE Probably Only One of Its Kind in City—Cultivated from Elder Bush. BY JAS. M. FRISTOE —MW Measures Three Inches in Diameter—Has Large Spreading Top. Mr. and Mrs. James Fristoe o Mercer avenue arc jusly proud of an elderberry "tree," which Mr. Fristoe has succeeded Into cultivating from an elder bush. To make the tree form Mr. Fristoe carefully trimmed n«"iy the sprouts and bushes, having one *talk to receive nil the nourishment from the ground and thus grow into a thick tree form. The top has grown into a "spreading elder' tree, which at preaetK is full of bio oms and which later will be full of the luscious ripe fruit, which so many are fond of and which are particularly delectable when made into pies and jelly. A part of the blossom? " ,l " used in making elderberry wine which has medical properties. I 1'" elder "tree" stalk measures three Inches in diameU r and nearly tea Inches in circumference. — —-o —■ —— CENSUS REPORT. Herman Leßoy Is the name of '!>•' boy baby born Sunday to Mr. anU Mrs, John Burkhead. corner oi Li>" and Eleventh streets.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

FUNERAL OF MRS. YAGER. The funeral of Mrs. Daniel Yager was held this afternoon from the Preshyterlan church. The body arrived this morning from Toledo, Ohio, where her death occurred Saturday evening at the homo of a son. On arrival i lerp tl'e body was taken to the S. E. Hite home, until the hour of the. funeral. I be services were largely attended ns ■li l ’ deceased lived here before the family moved to Huntington fourteen years ago. TO ATTEND CONVENTION. Mrs. John Potter, Mrs. Ben Hoagland and Miss Marie Ball left this morning for Butler to attend the United Brethren Young People's Christian Endeavor Vnion convention. This opens i his evening and continues I through Friday. TO GET PENSION Miss Carrie Schearer Entitled to Teachers’ Pension of SSOO a Year. IN ONE MORE YEAR Will Then Have Taught Twenty Years In Omaha Schools-Continues Work. Miss Carrie Schearer, of near Monroe, has returned to Adams county, after spending the past nine months in her school room in Omaha, Neb. Miss Schearer has spent forty-one years of her life In teaching “the young idea how to shoot." Os this number, nineteen years have been spent in the Omaha schools. When Miss Schearer teaches one more year there, thus completing her twenty in the Omaha schools, she will ! be emitted to the teachers’ pension of five hundred dollars a year for the rest of her life. This is made np of a fund to whic hthe teachers contrit- , ute. Miss Schearer. is however, in full strength and activity, and as long as she is able to do so, will continue her teaching there, and not take ad- ; vantage of the pension which would be due her should she retire. She aiders the work her life work, and would not bo content in doing anything else. The salary paid the Omaha teachers is also very good, and Miss Schearer's salary for the ensuing year will be 11,000, for the nine 'I months' term. Miss Schearer when in Adams county, resides with her sister, Miss Lizzie Schearer near Monroe. She , is also a sister of Mrs. Perry Andrews. She has traveled much and has been to Europe twice, this contributing much to her education and being of advantage to her in her school work. She expects to spend a part of the summer in the oast with relatives. TO ERECT COTTAGE. Dan Erwin and H. 8. Michaud, the real estate dealers, who purchased two lots of Fred Bienz. near the Allisen bungalows, on Line street, ure erecting a line six-room, one-story cottage on one of the lots facing Line street. The other lot at the rear facing Fifth street, has been sold by them to Ed Angenbaugh. The Erwin and Michaud house will be for rent or sale The proposed house was staked off this morning and work will begin soon. Elmer Miller has the contract. — -—o — appeared for cook. The Indiana board of pardons is Indianai>oli» beard many applications yesterday, among them that of Attorney Beatty for Lester Cook. The Indianapolis Star says: • Representative A. P. Beatty of Decatur appeared for Lester Cook, who was sentenced from Adams county nearly two years ago for an unnatural crime.” The board heard the matter carefully. but has not yet acted upon it. It is’ thought, however; by Mr. Beatty that it will be favorably acted upon. —o ■ Win Dudley, a prominent farmer, residing just across the state line, is quite 111 of Bright's disease and tuberculosis, .x. I j.

“DECATUR CAIM AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, June 24, 1913

I =*=== ■■ -V u * ... • 1 / ■ I > / • „ w I .. I ' /Il \ w _2 r® /Il V / J- • '"B A® / I 'i / 1 I £ S g / I }// J / S ■? 11/// . i iV \l//Z ♦ --- ■ ’ imperator, greatest of liners, arrives. i Copyright by International News Service; supplied by the Process ElectroCorporation, N. Y.) Voyagers Cheer Tug Upon Which Our Photographers Meet the Imperator. It .vas the first craft to salute her. Three hundred passengers crowded to the rails as the giant liner, passing by, answered the greeting. Crawling slowly up the Ambrose Channel on her maiden voyage, the Imperator, largest steamship afloat, received her first salute on American shores from a special tug of Fort Wadsworth. The big vessel vigorously returued the salute. Other vessels then shrieked a welcome and hundreds of persons on tho shores took up the cry. The Imperator's length is 919 feet, beam, 98 feet, height of bridge above water, 90 feet, gross tonnage 50,000. She is commanded by five captains. Her chief commander is Hans Ruser. She has three wireless operators, and the apparatus Is so strong that it is never out of touch of land of one side of the ocean or the other. She has nine decks and six elevators, which are kept constantly busy. Her life boats accommodate 4,000 persons. It has a complete telephone system and an imperial suite of twelve rooms' She has a garden of growing flowers and shrubbery, and a theater and ballroom. She carries a crew of 1,180, and made her first trip tn six days, five hours and fourteen minutes.

A LIFE ESTATE In Her Real Estate is Left To Husband, Oscar Woods BY HIS LATE WIFE Provided He Doesn't Marry —ls He Does, Her Sisters Are To Get It. A life estate in her real estate, which consists of a house and two lots In Monroe, Is left to her husband, Oscar Woods, by the late Matilda Woods, whose death occurred June 20. The life estate Is subject, however, to condition; this condition is his re. marriage. At his death or re-marriage the realty goes in ,equal shares to her sisters—Marietta Hendricks, Maria L. Walton and Martha Emily Johnson. Mrs. Woods' will was probated this morning by Clerk Bleeke, tho will having been executed December 0, 1902. It was witnessed by Paul G. Hooper and E. V. Brokaw.

To her sisters, Mrs. Woods gives ail her personal estate, except the household goods which arc in her house. Mr. Woods gets this as long as ho Ilves or until his remarriage. In case of either, the three sisters are to get equal shares. If any are dead, it is to be divided equally among the survivors. The husband is to pay the taxes on the real estate and keep It in repair. In default of so doing, it is to go to the sisters. Oliver T. Hendricks was asked to serve as executor without bond, to pay all debts of the decedent and attend to the business relating to the execution of the bequests. The law requires the giving of bond, however, and Mr. Hendricks qualified this morning, giving 12.400 bond. o SCHEDULES ACCEPTED. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C. June 24—(Special to Hally Democrat)—The tobacco schedule of the new tariff bill was approved unchanged today by the senate democratic caucus. Rates on cattle, wheat and barley were also approved without changing. A strenuous fight on the free sugar schedule was forecasted for this afternoon.

A CLOSE CALL. Had it not been for the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Mary Johns Monday evening the large baru back of Mrs. Weaver’s home on John’s street would have probably been in ashes by this morning. One of the nearby neighbors threw some burning coals into the grass close to the barn and a small blaze was started which gradually got closer to the barn and would have eaught fire had not Mrs. John's seen it and with all haste carried a few buckets of water to the place of the fire putting it out in a short hurry. NOT YETSELECTED City School Board Discusses; Proposition Regarding Vacancies IN THE CITY SCHOOLS No Selection Ready for Announcement — Will Receive Bids for Coal. A special session of the school board was held last evening In the ■T. F. Fiuchto office, nil members—lr- ' vin Brandyberry, O. L. Vance and J. i F. Fruchte being present. The matter of tho selection of ; teachers to fill the few vacancies Jn the high school and grades of the city schools, was taken up, but nothing re garding the same is ready for publication, at this time. Another matter given attention was the getting ready for the supply oi coal for the coming winter. Two hundred tons of White Ash coal are considered the needed requirement und bids for this will be received up until 8 o'clock Monda> ironing, June 30 It is required that this be delivered to the blns of tho several school ■buildings of the city on or before August 18. Matters regarding other supplies were carried over until reports from various ones can be gotten. o Mrs. Charles Murray will have as her guests, her nieces the Misses Helen Eherley and Georgia Fee of Waterloo. Mrs. Murray and little Miss Catherine Hyland went to FYirt Wayne this noon to meet them and accompany them here.

ANNOUNCES (DATES Teachers’ Institute Will be Held in This City During Week of Aug. 25. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Three Instructors Have Been Selected — Official Program by August 1. The teachers of Adams county will convene in annual institute session at the Christian church, in this city on Monday, August 25, and will continue five days, adjourning as usual on Friday afternoon. This announcement was officially made by County Superintendent L. E. Opliger this morning and the arrangements are now going forwar das rapidly as possible, the effort being to have the best institute ever held in the county. The official program will not be announced for several weeks, probably about August Ist, but Mr. Opliger stated this morning that the instructors had been employed and were high grade .men, one i each from Indiana, Michigan and i Ohio, expert instructors in the various studies, and the teachers will be pleased with the program. The inst - tute is attended by about two hundred of the teachers of the county, as well as by officials and others interested In educational work and is the one big week of the year for these. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the neighbor? and friends for so kindly assisting us 1 in the death and burial of our wife and mother. Mr. John Irelan and Children. WAS NEARLY FATAL Herbert Pennington, Well Known Carpenter, Receives Blow on Head. GIN POLE BROKE On the Frisinger Barn and Struck Workman—Hit Near Fatal Spot. Herbert Pennington, the well known carpenter of the city, who has had so many accidents within the past several years that he is inclined to believe that he is hoodooed, narrowly escaped fatal injury Monday morning at 11:30 o’clock. Mr. Pennington has been working the past two weeks on the remodeling of the big Frisinger barn at Kekionga farm. He was assisting in raising a small gin pole, upholding other rafters, and using a pulley in the raising. Mr. Pennington was standing on a tin roof adjoining the barn, and the gin pole was some sixteen or eighteen feet above him. Suddenly tho pulley contrivance and gin pole broke, letting the pole down in full force on the top of his head. Two large gashes, one needing three and the other two stitches, were cut directly in the top of his head. Had the cut been a half inch the other way, it would have struck a fatal spot, his physician declared. He bled most, profusely, and much weakened and shocked he was brought to tho city and is unable to work today. About a week ago ho almost had n leg broken on the same job. Last winter he broke a rib and cracked threi others. Ho has had a wrist broken twice; had a log broken and has suffered many more injuries in the past few years. - —■ o ■ - ——— MUST CHANGE TITLE. Our neighbor, Mrs. Gene StrattonPorter, lias given ns a new novel which most of us :ire anxious to rend It will bo on the market soon. It was to have appeared last but it seems the title. "Laddie.” belongs ’to another copywright book and it has to be bought or changed.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette.

COURT HOUSE NEWS. News about the court house seems to be rather scarce at present. The most active body is the board of review. Yesterday, today and tomorrow are set aside for the hearing of complaints of Decatur taxpayers, in the meantime the board is workng on the mortgage exemptions. Paperhangers Freeman and Company began work today on the papering of the treasurer’s office. Real estate transfers: August Henselman et al. to Silas Sprunger, 80 acres Root tp., $7,900. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke took another trip to his farm today to pick cherries. STRUCK~BY~OOOR Mrs. E. B. Weismantle Narrowly Escapes Concussion of Brain. PASSING ON STREET When Man Rushed from Saloon and the Door Struck Her in the Face. Mrs. Frank Gass has received ar. > Elwood paper giving details of Injur-1 ies sustained by. Mr. Gass’ sister, Mrs. E. B. Weismantle, formerly Miss Rose Gass, of this city. The accident happened the latter part of last week, and Mrs. Weismantle is now able to be up, though not fully recovered. The Elwood paper says: “Suffering from an ugly wound on the face and several other injuries which for a time made her condition serious, Mrs. E. B. Weismantle is confined to her bed at her home on South Anderson street as the result of the almost criminal carelessness on the part of a man whose identity has not been learned. "Yesterday while passing along the sidewalk on South Anderson street, Mrs. Weismantel was struck a violent blow in the face by the screen door at the Lobby saloon. It seems that a man who was leaving the saloon just as Mrs. Weismantle was passing, rushed through the door, throwing the screen open with such violence that the heavy frame struck her full in the face, knocking her backwards, and she would have fallen unconscious to the sidewalk had it not been for Bert Carpenter, who was passing and who caught her as she reeled backwards. She was carried into a room nearby where Dr. Owen was called and after working with her for some time she recovered sufficiently to be removed to her home. She is still suffering Intensely from the blow and the physician says she narrowly escaped a severe concussion of the brain. "The man who threw open the door and caused the injury, turned long enough to realize what he had done, but even after seeing that his victim was badly hurt, is said to have hurried away and so far as’ is known has not yet made any effort to learn the extent of the injury he caused."

o TENT WAS PACKED Monday Night to Sse the Famous Guy Players. The large new tent of the Guy Players was packed to the utmost Monday night to witness tho opening play. 1 "The Land O’ Cotton," in which G ' Carlton Guy, himself, appeared. The play was In four acts with exeelle,: , vaudeville stunts in between, and t” 1 say that the Guy Players still remain the greatest show favorites in Deen tur could be easily shown by tho massive crowd leaving the grounds after the performance. The orchestra, composed of all experts at the horn and harp, wero applauded a number of times. The vaudeville selections were alone worth the price of admission. The play itself was tine, aver Interesting drama In four acts. Tonight “Ishmael" will he staged. This i is a very interesting show and one that, you have heard and read about. The 1,000 ten-cent seats will be oa sale yet this evening. Reserved chairs, 25c; box sets, 60c. Don't forget 'Tshn-ael" tonight.

Price, Two Cents,

VISIT AT MARKLE I I II —_. ■ Kil-so-quah, Aged 103, Noted Indian Woman, Visits Birthplace. 1 - I ON THE GEIGER FARM • — Near Markle—Long Lost Daughter Returns to Visit Her Mother. Kil-so-quah, the noted I ,i:> woman, living nr Roanol > . ■ 1 - tor, spent Sunday nt tlm Va!< ■ : it Geiger farm near Ai..r. . .. | women were taken to Ji- ■> •> ' Paul McGoffi y and on th- > to Roanoke an hour w. ■ , : ,u Mark'?. Kil-soqmih, was born on th« Gr-igo r ra’..i • • trip to the farm war to vi acene of her childhood there have been m; so-quah is staid to be 1 v; o and many fathered at i afternoon to meet her. The daughter is v Johnson, who retur to her girlhood hon ' from Oklaoma. after years' absence to retmother, Kil-so-quah, m death. Kil-so-quah is no ■ peace of mind. She had I- ■ ■ ■ ■ her daughter Mary, dead, >■ much joyed a few months . I that she still lived. This ini: 1 was brought by the coming oi oral agent to Roanoke, who sou .. r affidavits regarding Mary's earlit ' life to be used in her pension claims. Mary believed both her mother and brother dead, until the pension agent returned to her and brought tidings that they lived. She at once planned to come to her girlhood home, hut was stricken with pneumonia and then injured in an accident and was delayed until last Tursday. Mrs. Johnson left the old homo nearly -forty years ago, going to Okla- , homa. A number of y<|irs she conducted a boarding place near an Indian school. she married Mr. , Johnson, a civil war veteran. She inherits an eighty-acre farm and now gets a pension. Mrs. Johnson has leased her farm into capable hands and intends to remain with Kil-so-quah until the "Great Spirit” . calls. Kil-so-quah resides near Roanoke, near the home of B. W. Sholty's sister, Mrs. R. S. Me Farren, their lands adjoining. MAKE A HITCH Decatur Newspapers Sent Out Here at Midnight Arrive at Bingen NEXT AFTERNOON Seems to be Fault in Mail Service in Ft. Wayne— Taken There First.

Quite recently complaint came -om Williams, or tho station of 1 > -m tho G. R. & 1. Democrat, relative to t ■ v<il service In gettin-' the . p •• n. 1 ’out’ Inint, Was mr.de 1mail. As tho paper i Ibe a day old b< are > Jnvcstigntlqa hr.; - tho fault of the 11 ■ipers are taken to f ' office in the same ■ a • printed. As the post. I I requires all mail to 1 trains, these papers .; II Wayne on the midni • however, does not stop the paper; are taken <■: >: • Wayne. There they ;t"<- r :iii to ■> Williams or Bingen. ("■ ■ • • ? i which is supposed to Is- ti"> . . train. As the papers leave the I i i office at midnight, and the mail tails I to get into the Bingen office until aft- ■ ernoon, the fault is evidently due to service out of Fort Wayne.