Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 158, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 158

CELEBRATE TODAY Pioneer Lady, Mrs. Nancy Vaughn Os Near Salem Celebrated HER 78TH. BIRTHDAY Today—Brother, Dr. J. S. Coverdale And Sister Attend Festivities Just seventy-eight years ago to.l. y — the day before the anniversary of the birth of Independence, occurred the birth of one of Adams County's iioneer ladies. Mrs. Nancy Vaugh;;, now residing near Salem, this count' The seventy-eighth anniversary of the birth of this good woman was observed today with appropriate festivities, and among tile reunion of the’ brother and sisters, was Dr. .1. s. Co\ crdale and family of tills city. The heal did not interfer with the good time and the Vaughh homestead in Blue Creek township. gtv. eu over to good cheer. Joining with Mrs Vaughn and her family in the celebration, were also her sisters and their families Mrs Mattax, of near Salem; .Mrs. M. J? Clark; Miss Sarah Coverdale, Mrs Joanna Awten, of Fort Wayne; M Catherine Coverdale. Dr Coverdale is the only brother living ami is the youngest living member of the famil . Mrs. Vaughn was born in Ohio in 1853 and came with her parents when tlill a girl to Allen county. She married there ami later came with her husband to Blue Creen township this county where they took up then abode. Her father. Dr. Coverdab. Sr., was one of the pioneer plr.. . rians of the county. His son. Dr .1. S. ( overdale and grandson. Dr. E. • Coverdale followed 1n footsteps, linking, thus, three generations e fhisicians In thia cduntj — BIG ATTRACTION Shamrocks Have Secured the Services of Kurt Johnson to Make A BALLOON ASCENSION At the Base Ball Park July 4th—Bluffton Is Strengthening Up. A contract was closed this mor.iIng between the Shamrock ball team and Kurt Johnson, whereby Mr Johnson has agreed to make one of his famous balloon ascensions and parachut drops at the ball game between Tiuffton and Decatur tomorrow it ernccn. Mr.* Johnson has one of t - biggest balloons over made for this purpose and every ascension lie inis undertaken has been a decided succeas. The ascension will take place just before the game. In the ball park The Ball game itself will be worth many times the price of admission. A tip has been given the local boys that Bluffton is scouring the country lot the best and speediest play is they can get, and. outside of tl-' Shamrocks, they will bring over a team that will be hard to beat. Don't forget.the date, the balloon ascension, and be entertained by the baud, all for twenty-live cents. ■ ■ ■ iii — ■ ».o— —- - ■ -— ———— PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION. The ladle? of the city find the demonstration of the gas ranges and appliances at the office of the Lighting Company very interesting, ami the attendance wag much larger this afterMoon than yesterday. Mr. Kaulfman gives a talk on the range and an pliances. Mrs. Stella Philips, domestic science teacher demonstrates their ire In the preparation of foods Yesterday afternoon she prepared creamed chirped beef, poached eggs, meringue kisses anil biscuits. This afternoon Mrs. Philips demonstrated In oiling cf steak and baking. A gas iron was given away yesterday afternoon. to Mrs. D. M. Cushman of West Monroe street.

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r DINNER bell fell. Miss Reusser Narrowly Escapes Fatal Injury. 'n accident which came within n ;; ‘H's breadth of proving fatal befell \i:ss Mahella Reusser yesterday noon l aughter of William Rnesser, the ilairyman, east of town. She was tinging the dinner bell when all at 1,1 • ihe lOi'-pound bell came down ipon her head and shoulder. F|ad tn. Indi struck her squarely on the head. Miss Reusser would have been 'tilled instantly. But fortunately it merely struck her forehead, cutting ih« flesh to the bone and then glanced over her shoulder. The unfortunate girl has a scalp wound four and one half inches long, coming down to the bridge of the nose. Her uncle. Doctor A. Reusser. was called at once, and it required many stiches to sew tip the ugly gash. Miss Reusser was otherwise hurt and bruised, caused either by the bell or the rocks on which she fell when the bell struck her, but she was never uncon-1 sciovJ— Berne Witness. THE FILMS ARRIVE Familiar Scenes In This City Are Shown In Convention Day Pictures AT STAR AIRDOME Wonderful Invention Seems More So Than Ever When It Comes Right Home We took a squint at the Firemens convention day pictures, at the Star airdome last evening, through the-i courtesy of Mr. Stoneburner, and we ! tire free to tell you that they are I terne fine and interesting pictures, they are the first movies of Decatur .-••i .-nes ever offered to the public and will be shown tonight and tomorrow night, the price of admission being ten cents to every one. The, films were secured at a big cost and you aie guaranteed to enjoy them. You will see many familiar faces in every scene and the various events of the day are shown away that will recall each familiar one. In one <■. them old Rube Wilkens is shown, running up and down in a very excited manner, and in another the queer ..titles 01 a happy fireman who has too much steam up cause much merriment It is easy to detect which persons in the pictures knew they were having their photos taken while the movements of those who did not ,inow they were being snapped are the more interesting. Any way we know you will like them and we that there will be a constant - i-um of exclamations 'Oh there's So-and-So! gloriouFfourth Decatur and Adams County Will Join in Universal Celebration of the FOURTH IN MANY WAYS Nearly All Business Houses to Be Closed a Part Os, Or the Entire Day. — The Fourth o* July is at hand again. The various citizens are preparing to observe the day In various ways There will be plenty of diversions to i suit all tastes. Many of the farmers find it a necessity to spend the day in the harvest field to care for the goodly crops. Many will attend the Adams County Sunday School picnic In Steele's park east of the city. Still others will go to the Wischmeyer grove near St. Johns to attend the Zion's Lutheran picnic. There will . tri be a tai’ game to draw the presesne of many and others will take , asion of the holiday to leave the city to visit with relatives at various I places. The greater number of the i business houses will close a part of, or the entire day, and all will join in a universal celebration of the birth of* independence in the United States.

'/Wi —. it— — . , ■ ® * F O ■■ ■■ Wf in S' A I JR ’ \ -.JT WARRIORS OF OLD MEET IN FRIENDLY REUNION. (Copyright by International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Union And Confederate Veterans Os The Civil War Are Assembled Beneath The Same Flig, The Stars And Stripes, On The Battlefield Fifty Years Ago They Fought In Deadly Combat For The Principles Which Each Then Thought Were Right. * This photograph was taken at Gettysburg just as two Union veterans and two Confederate veterans, men who had faced each ot»er in mortal . combat fifty years ago. paused in their conversations as General Daniel E. Sickles, who distinguished himself as a Union soldier, approached the i group. Captain William Page, shown second from the left, a Confederate veteran, cried. "Here comes Dan Sickles!” and the man whom at least two , cf those in the group would have a half century ago considered a deadly . enemy, joined them. The thousands of veterans encamped here are comfortably situated about midway between what once was the outposts of the two hostile armies of Meade and Lee. Hundreds of old friendships are being cemented. Many men who have not met since the memorable day of Pickett's charge stand in groups recalling to each other the stirring days of the Cicil war.

STATE PENAL FARM Soon to Be Instituted Will Not H we Any Effect on Prevention of Crime SAYS MR. SHIDELER Will Provide Superior Man* ner of Caring for Offenders—Self Sustainig. Marion, Ind., July 3—( Special to I j Daily Democrat)—The state penal farm soon to be instituted in Indiana will have but little, 1£ any, effect in the prevention of crime, stated Geo. A. H. Shideler, vice-president of th' 1 farm commission and a former waiden of the state prison, in a special interview given the United Press. ‘The causes of crime are heredity and environment, the latter almost / if not equal with heredity,” said Shideler. "To those who would aid in the ' prevention of crime, I would suggest j tLat each work for the enviroment 1 of his own community to be of the best. In this tempestuous sea where hundreds are drowning annually, we with our life boats save those first nearest the shore.” But if the penal farm will not prevent crime it is at least a superior method of caring for and keeping offenders and can be made self-sustain-ing. Also in other ways it is better than the present county jail system, declared the former warden. I believe all offenders are not totally bad. Many are creatures of a continuation and combination of circumstances that you or I, if called upon, might not be able to withstand. "I believe in reforme‘lon and that it is the duty of the State to assume charge of the young and the old offender and by discipline show them the way. In doing so, such facilities us good food, good air, healthful surroundings for mind and body are of immense Importance. And in all this the inmate should become as near selt sustaining as possible. It Is but fair to the tax payer, also, that the offender be given a chance and 1 made to be self supporting. To my j mind a majority of men receiving 1 sentence can be sent to a penal farm . and at less <iost and with more i healthful surroundings than in our institutions and jails as at present.” (Continued on Page 3)

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Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening, July 3, 1913

UNCLE SAM NOT SPOONY. Good-By Kiss Costs $450 In U. S. Pension Bureau. A dispatch from Washington says the price of a kiss in the government service is $450. Frank D. Hester, a SIBOO-a-year section chief at the Pension Bureau, made this discovery today when he kissed a temporary girl clerk good-by. Some one saw the kissing and told Pension Commissioner Sattzaber, who promptly suspended the offending chief for 3 months without pay. As the kissee left the service today with the rest of the temporary clerks she was not fined or suspended. MAKING AN EFFORT Finance committee On New Masonic Temple Have Decided On Their Plans 1 — 1 TO SOLICIT MEMBERS Will Try to Secure $12,000 In Donations and Bond Pledges Fram Them A real effort to raise the money with : which to build a new Masonic Temple in Decatur is now being made. ‘ The committee in charge are having two forms printed, one being a donation subscription blank while the other is a promise to take a certain amount of bonds, each bearing four per cent interest and due in twenty years. One of each of these blanks with a letter fully explaining the proposed improvement, will be sent to each member of the lodge and later, within a week or ten days, the committee will make a personal canvass ■ of the members. It is the desire of j the committee to raise $12,000 in this ! manner and if this can be done, the new building will be assured. It j will likely be a three story block,! modern in every way and with a steam heating plant, a credit to the i lodge and to the city. The Masonic | lodge, one of the oldest In the citv : has for years needed a home of its I own and the committee recently ap pointed to devise means for securing I the finances for this purpose are determined to leave no stone unturned in the efforts to do it. It is sincerely ! hoped that the efforts will meet with the success they deserve.

SAME OLD GYPSIES Echoes of Bad Doings Corre From Their Wake West To Huntington AGED MARKLE MAN Parted From Bill In Pocket While Gypsy Rubbed His Forehead. From Markle, Huntington and Bluffton, the wake of the gypsies who were requested to leave this vicinity Sunday, come echoes of their fetunts performed there. At each place they were requested "to move on.” Tenderly rubbing the forehead ; of an elderly man, Samuel Iler, aged seventy-two of Markle, with a coin. a gypsy woman mumbled incoherent words while she pretended to teli him his fortune. Wile his mind was thus distracted, a second gypsy woman searched Iler's clothing and took a five dollar bill. Luckily witnesses discovered her actions and they pro-I ceeded to make her give back the' bill. In the same manner, William Gool ey, proprietor of a fish market it; Huntington. had fifteen dollars stolen from his pockets. The police were notified and the women taken' to the lock-up. However, they denied taking the money. By strategy. It was gotten back. Other officials hailed the drivers of the seven wagons and told them unless the money was paid back, the women would go to jail for sixty days. The men prompt , ly paid and the caravan moved on. j upon orders from the officials. THEY LIKE THEM I A Georgia Paper Boosts The Redpath Chautauqua Program is Excellent. THE BOY SCOUTS Enjoyed the Week and Will Be Ready For The Seasions of Next Season. The following is from the Brunswich, Ga., News, where the Redpath Chautauqua was held early this spring and shows what a treat is in ' store for our people next week when r the meetings will open in this city. ■ If you liav'nt bought your tickets,: better do so at once, for you will be I sorry if you miss these splendid at-. tractions. Read this: In a day of attractions marked by; throngs of happy, charmed people the Redpath Chautauqua company closed ite engagement in Brunswick yesterday. The boy scouts enjoyed their usual morning exercise witli Scout Master Roberts and this, by the way. has been a most popular attraction of the week, for it has been the i means of interesting the Brunswick | boy in scout work generally ami i when the Chautauqua returns next I year, it will find a camp well organ- ; ized In Brunswick. An address by , Chaplain C. E. Yarney, music by the ■ Barnard orchestra and two eloquent) lectures by Opie Reed in the after noon and by the humorous Ralph Bingham in the evening concluded 1 the program. The lecture by Mr. Varney in the forenoon on TwigBending.” was perhaps the best one this versatile orator has yet delivered In the city. His theme related to a practical study of the child from the parents view point and he told the Brunswick parents some great, truths in the proper manner of raising children. He stressed the neces-i sity of complete understanding be- ; i tween child and parent. HOOK-SPRUNGER NUPTIALS. Mr. Louis Sprttnger and Miss Rosa M. Hook, a well known young couple , o! near Berne, were quietly married |at eleven o'clock this morning by j Rev. vy. H. Gielser, at the I*resbyt< rian Manse. The couple was unattended. The groom Is a carpenter and the couple will reside east of Berne.

« OVER OLD BATTLEGROUNDS. John William and John Oswald Leave For The Eastern States. 11 John Williams and John Oswald left ; yesterday for an eastern trip. .Me Williams goes again to go over the old battle grounds and the land ■ through which lie marched and fought in the civil war. They will visit at Washington, D. C„ at Richmond, an ! . Petersburg, Va„ and Gettysburg, Pa. While Mr. Williams did not fight ia - the battle at Gettysburg, he intends I to visit there during the reunion after having gone over the grounds in the other parts of the east where lie fought in the civil war. The trip will be a most delightful one. o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Lase Doolittle perdfets thet Grocer Spratt will be bankrupt in a few weeks. Doolittle hez bin buyin' his postidge stamps uv Spratt fer years but got mad last week an' quit. LOST LITTLE TOE Franklin Singleton Goes to Field to Get Horses and Loses Little Toe IN MYSTERIOUS WAY Ferdinand Martz Has Wrist Crushed in Motorcjde Accident—Sick Notes. — Franklin, seven year old son of Mr. i ; and Mrs. Jesse Singleton of Root i township, lost the little toe of his right foot in a peculiar and unknown ! way last evening, about seven o'clock.! The little fellow, in company wfth an | eider person, as is his custom went to | the field'to get the horses. Whether a horse stepped on the toe, or whether tlie gate cut it off is unknown, but ' examination showed the toe to have ! been cut off at the first joint. The | cut is a smooth one, and no amputa ' | lion was necessary by the physician, I the child's uncle, Dr. ,1. Grandstaft of | Preble, however, was obliged to take! three stitches to close the wound I None of th<“ other toes were injured. ! I The child is inclined to think it was , done by a horse tramping on his to.-, but the others are inclined to think it was cut off by the gate. , Gert Reynolds does not show the desired improvement since his opera-! tion, of several weeks ago. The pa- ! tient himself, is not in a very hop< ! ful condition, and this, with the | warm weather, Is not conducive to iinI provenient. OBSEQUIES TODAY — Last Rites Performed for the Late Mrs. Horace Callow This Afternoon FUNERAL SERMON By Rev. D. T. Stephenson — Business Houses Closed In Respect. The services in memory of the late Mrs. Horace Cullow were attended by many sorrowing friends this afternoon at the Methodist church, when the Rev. D. T. Stephenson gave a worthy tribute to this lady’s life. The | members of the Woman's Home Mis sionary society of which she was a i member, attended in a body Music was given by the _ Methodist chair and the following served as pall bearers: John R. Parrish, Fred Frnchle. J. T. Meyers, Fred Mills, O. 1,. Van • and W. A. Lower. Many of the bus- > iness houses were closed in sympathy I with Mr. Callow who is one of the lead- ’ Ing business men of the city. The - interment took place at Maplewood ■ cemetery. Mrs. Callow's death oc--1 cerred Tuesday evening after a several year's illness.

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A TRAGIC DEATH t Met By Rev. Rehl, Pastor Os Methodist Church At Ossian Formerly Os MONROEVILLE CHURCH Fell From Cherry Tree At Father’s Home At Napoleon, Ohio Yesterday Decatur friends of the Roy. Lottis Rchl, pastor of the Methodist church at Ossian, and former pastor of t!ie j Methodist church at Monroeville, will 'be grieved to hear of his tragic death. This occurred yesterday I morning at ten o'clock two hours aftI er he fell twenty feet from a cherry , tree at the home of his father, John I Belli, at Natioleott, Ohio. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette says: "Rev. and Mrs. Rehl and their see- ■ eu-year-old daughter went to Napoleon Monday to spend a short visit with the pastor's parents. Yesterday morning Rev. Rehi climbed a cherry tree and before lie had scarcely reached the top of the tree, a Lmb broke and he was thrown to ! the ground. His head struck a cei ment sidewalk and lie was picked up tinconsci,bus. The injured minister I was taken into the home of his father and a physician called. Two hours later lie dead. Seven years ago. . R/;. Rohl was pasto? of the St Paul's ’ Methodist church here. He left here | qnd went to Lynn, Ind., from there to Monroeville, and later to Ossian. IFe was born near Napoleon and it is probable that lie will be buried there, I although no funeral arrangements ' have been made. Besides the wife ' and daughter and the parents there ' tffe' no'lmmediate relatives.” COURT HOUSE NEWS Amos Giliig Is Appointed Drainage Commissionnr On Blue Creek Ditch WABLE ALSO NAMED To Serve with Macklin—Attorney Judson Teeple Files a New Case. County Surveyor Phil Macklin has | been appointed viewer and engineer iof the George Gates, et al drain, : Intown as the big Blue Creek ditch. \s Noah , Bieberstein, the regular ; drainage commissioner, is disqualified j to act, by reason of relationship to j several wltose lands will be affectM hy assessments on this drain, Amos Giliig is appointed instead, and I■■ ordered to file bona tn tne sum of t.-|,OOO. Jasper Wable a competent person of Monroe township, Is appointed to net witli Macklin and Giil'tg and they are to meet at the county clerk's office, July IS to qualify and proceed to view said drain and to ic- | port as the first day of the Septemb'-;' term of'court. —■ Licensed to many: Lotti: N. Sprunger, carpenter, uorn December I 29, 1888, son of David N. Sprunger. to wed Rosa M. Hook. Lorn thtolier ti 1891, daughter of John Hook. Attorney Judson W. Teeple filed a I new suit In the' Adams circuit conrt I I tor Samuel Acker against John C’on- ' | rad, for foreclosure of mechanic lien -1 demand $93.70. 11 ‘ 1 Real estate transfers were recordl'| ' d as follows: Jesse Koos et al to Kanias W. Dailey. 80 acres of St. .'.Marys township, $11,200. Strunk ■ Brw. Co. to John Buick, real estate :-!iu Root township, $23,709,45. THE STORK'S STOP. I i A fine baby boy, weighing eight • land a half pounds, was born today • noon to. Mr. ami Mrs. Bernard Vogle- | wide.