Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1913 — Page 1

K'olume XI. Number 184.

9 THE KETTLE IS ■ BOILING OVER ■Municipal Politic in Indiana | is Reel Hot. Says United Press Represeniatve. Kami: old issues MThe Party Out Accuses the KrK Party in of Having MisK governed—Ever Tims. I tlited Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., A,,,- .Sp.-ca! Daily Imim.c rat n,.<| ! ;l ,t do, not to describe th,, mitni< i |> ; -] polillw in Indiana today. The political gßVtllo is boiline oyer ami its contents turning into steam. ■K.| The issues arotho sac as usual, and where all the turmoil iront it would take a keen p () . sharp to discover In one <-jty accuse th.. demo, rats ■■k’hm misgoverned. In the next citv democrats ate accusing the repub||£M!e;i!is in 5ei,.,.,| | ( . s |, uil ()|| | are , out rented with liv* independor citizen's movements which show made up of stand-pat progressive republicans a'ad on pat and progressive democrats. MM i H'rlmps th,- most significant (levelis the disjointed and spas-

inodic api vaiance of bull moose move- 1 mints. Progressives declare it should l ot be exi eted of tlienew party that it show national strength in municipal; elections. Old time republicans de--dare the third [tarty movement is; <■>'. d. At least they wish it was. Most of the bull moose strength is, !>■ ii, limited off into independent or < movements which in a few ! <. - have aj ; earanee of being direct-1 • ■ toward an amalgamation of man' I ii>; ; '.-.siren who will not knowing!.' rt unite with their sworn political en-| < mi and in some cases stand pat re--1 üb’ic an." feel the same way. Another impressive feature of the city elutions this year is the large! l umber of tickets in the field. South I ; Bend I..is five citizens' democratic, insurgent republican, bull moose and I the socialist. In Fort Wayne the tin-1 k*n of the bull moose and old repnbli-1 can factious is nearly complete. Evans-1 vill** hag four parties alter the Fort Wayne mode, except that instead of a citizens' party Evansville has a virile progressive party. Indianapolis has (Continued on Page 2) HORSE FELL DEAD Miss Gertrude Omlor, Telephone Operator, Has Unique Experience. IfciPM • —— DROVE TO TOWN Tied Horse and it Fell Over Dead—Had Seemed in Perfect Health. Miss Gertrude Omlor, one of the da> force of telephone operators, hail an unique, Init not veiy pleasant experience this morning, when her horse dropped dead just after arrival in the city, at 7 o'clock. Mlm Omlor had driven to this city from the farm of her father. Jacob Omlor, two miles south of the city, to go on duty at the telephone office She had driven to the rear of the Simeon I lain meat market on Madison street, expecting to tie the horse, which w'as then Io be driven lionu by her sister, Miss Agues Omlor, of the night telephone force. She had no sooner driven Into the yard than the horse reared in the shafts and then fell over dead. There wss scarcely a struggle and no part oi the buggy was broken in the lull. I h< horse had ty.ten a good breakfast and seemed in perfect health befote lea' Ing home and it is supposed Heart trouble Was the cause of its death The horse was ten years old and hat been owned since last spring by Mi Omlor. when he purchased it Irom Hural Mail Carrier Rice.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

MULE 13 FOUND. j Taken Up Near Curryville Early Yes terday Morning. The mule belonging to the l.afontalne Handle company, which was re--1 1-oi'ted to Sheriff Durkin yesterday morning .as being missing from the "mipany s barn, was found ten miles smttnwest of the city, by Albert Eg--11 mile west of Curryville. He i lorud the mule roaming about there 1 ariy yesterday morning and report of lhe find was made to officers this . morning when it was learned to whom ii elonged. It had its hitching strap mill on and had either strayed away fi mu the barn here or was stolen and then abandoned by tly thief. The mule disappeared from the barn here sometime between 5:30 and midnight Sunday. PICNIC SEASON Now on—German Reformed Sunday School Will Picnic Tomorrow. AT STEELE’S PARK Methodist and Christian Schools Will go to Fort Wayne Aug. 19-20.

The B.y-Aist church announces its I : nnual Sunday school picnic for next I Tuesday, August 12, to be hejd in al grove near .Monmouth, the trip to be I made on the interurban. Some time i ago, a membership contest was be-' gun. which was called a "Trip to l.gypt.” This was represented as being a race between members, whose symbols were two boats, one for the I "red ' and one for the "blue” sides, i Faeh Sunday, the side having the. greatest number of new members would be set ahead in the boat-race. The "reds" won and will be treated by the 'blues'' to ice cream and cake at the picnic. Steele's park will echo tomorrow with the merry voices of the German Reformed Sunday school picnickers, when they enjoy their anual outing. Hacks will convey the parties to the grounds. Some will go early in the morning, and those whose work will not permit an all-day outing, will go . t the noon time for dinner. Refreshmen stands of all kinds will provide for the wants and there will be many amusements to provide a good time The Methodist Sunday school will have its annual excursion to Robison ■ ark. Fort Wayne, August 19; the Christian Sunday school will go Aucust 20. Tile committees to arrange lor the two are busy attending to the , bartering of interurban ears and comI. ting the preliminary arrangements. TO ATTEND SYNOD MEETING. Rev Wehmeyer and William I Schamerloh, left this afternoon for Fort Wayne, where they will attend the annual session of the Missouri ivnod of the German Lutheran church which convenes in that city tomorrow and continues until the 12th of the month Mr. Schamerloh is the delegate from the Decatur church. The j session promises to be a very Inter-! csting one. trained nurse attending.. 1 \ trained nurse arrived to be in at1 tendance on Miss Naomi Gass, little ' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gass * who is 111 of typhoid fever. She is ) somewhat better today. Ray Collins, manager of the Morris > the and ten cent store is growing l etter, though he is still confined to his bed. It is thought ho will be able ? to return to the store In a few days. 3 . -« i SCHERRY GAVE BOND. (» — '■ ■ w 1 .1 John Scherry. the Vera Cruz man. e arrested Inst Thursday night, and d against whom his wife Hied surety of ,-. peace proceedings in ’Squire Rine■t hart's court, has been released under l bond of S4OO until the time set for a d bearing Thursday morning. His far. titer, Christian Scherry. and Noah n Frauhlger signed the bond —Biffton News. . .A .

MM FSKkSfLa fI jjjF ! ■■■B,. KING CARLO OF ROUMANIA IN CONFERENCE WITH COMMANDERS OF ARMY INVADING BULGARIA. (Copyright hr International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro Corporation, N. Y.) H e Wants More of the Spoils Wrested from the Ousted Turks and He is Going to Punish Bulgaria in an Effort to Get It. 'I he venerable war lord of the Balkan monarchy is here shown looking , ever the maps of Bulgarian territory into which lie has ordered scores of thousands of his fighting men to go in an effort to punish Bulgaria for re fusing to acceed to the demands of I Is government for a larger share of the spoils of war wrested from the ousted Turks as payment for Rou-1 mania's neutral stand in the Balkan-'i in ks' campaign.

WED AT STURGIS Edward David and Miss Lucy Mclntosh Slip Away to Michigan AND ARE MARRIED * Groom is Employee of Ward Fence Company—Have Returned Here. Edward David, en employee of the Ward Fence factory, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol David, of Seventh street, and Miss Lucy Mclntosh, an employee of the Waring Glove factory, a daughter oi Mr. and Mrs. George Mclntosh, slipped away to Sturgis, Mich., where they were married last Saturday. Th** couple has returned to this city, where they will make their home, and are j | receiving congratulations from friends. A copy of the Sturgis TimesDemocrat which is listed among our exchanges, says: "Judge Carpenter performed a neat little wedding ceremony in his court room Saturday with all the dignity of his years and profession. The prin- | cipals were Edward David. 31, and i l.ecy Mclntosh. 19, both of Decatur, ; Ind. After arriving in Sturgis at noon Saturday the would-be-weds immediately set about to find Judge Carpenter. the far-famed friend of Indianians, v ho come to Michigan to get married. The judge looked them over, cracked some joke or other and agreed to | have their license from Centerville In I short order, which would mean a few ' Fours. In the meantime his honor suggested a quiet stroll about the city in ! which they could view some of the ' principal attractions of the city, and jhe named over a half dozen The names will be withheld for the court's ': sake. At the appointed hour the couple was ready and the Judge did his 1 share of the operation, witli George Weimert and George David as witnesses." o ■ - —■ TO ATTEND OPENING- > 1 - Mrs. ('. Boese, the Monroe street j milliner, and iter assistant. Miss Clara Welland left this morning for Dayton. ; There they will visit the wholesale 1 house openings and see the style ■ | shows, preparatory for the opening of I ; the fall season They will be gone f j until Thursday. o i'l A marriage license was Issued to * . Arley J Wagner, locomotive fireman, •I born July 14, 1890, son of Wni. R. i Wagner, to wed Adeline Schneider, t born January 25, 1890, daughter of Teter Schneider.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, August 5, 1913.

THE POTATO PESTA warning against a pest that threatens every dinner table in tin*; land has been issued by the department of agriculture against the potato tuber moth, which is working havoc | with the potato crop in numerous parts of the country ami whose ravages threaten to prevent the planting of the vegetables in many places for the winter supply. Experts of thej bureau of entomology urge potato 1 f rowers to look carefully over the potatoes they dig and destrop every potato and vine that shows the slightest sign of the moth. Special attention, they add. should be given to seed potatoes, on which the subsequent < rop depends. Fumigation with carbon bisulphide is recommended. to’ cut outmail Clover Leaf Railroad May de so Unless There is More Profit ' IN IT FOR THEM Conference of Officials and Postmaster General Will Soon be Held. The Toledo Blade says: "Whether I the Toledo, St. Louis & Western (Clo- ! ver Leaf) railroad will continue to I carry I'ncle Sam's mail on its passel)i ger trains between Toledo and St. j Louis after September 1 appears to hinge on tile outcome of conferences t > be held between officers of the coin- , puny and the postmaster general withit. the next ten days. The Clover Leaf

now receives |(>2,000 a year lor handling United States mail oj Its entire system. This Ims been tie fixed renumeration lor a number of years, and 1 officers of the road declare that under ' new conditions It is required to doit- • hie Its former service, for which there is absolutely no profit. In a nutshell the Clover Leaf wants to receive more pay or <|iiit. and Ims so notified the postoffice department tinder existing laws the government can force the Clover Leaf to carry United States mall, tut as all stations and ’ postotfices on the line can be reached ' by other steam or Interurban roads It may be that the postmaster getter- ' al will not force the issue. I "The chief clerk of the railway de partment lij, Toledo already has mapi ped out plans whereby the mail service at all stations on the Clover Leaf can be continued In the event that . the postmaster general accepts the company's resignation as a mall cari let." » *.

LOCAL OPTION ELECTION DATE Hartford Township to Vote on Saturday, Aug. 30— Officials Named. THREE ROADS SOLD Contracts Let for Three More Macadam Roads— Commissoners Busy. The board of commissioners granted the prayer of the petitioners for an election on tile local option election question in Hartford township and fixed the day tor Saturday. August 30. The following boards were nami fd: North Hartford John W. Cow--1 ens, inspector; L. 1, Dunbar and Flavius J. Shepherd, judges: Frank. Heller 'and Rev. Hiley Baker, clerks. South Hartford—Chester Hall, inspector; ' William Anderson and John Heller, . judges; Neri Glendening and Ezra C.lendenlng, clerks. The certificate of completion of the .Monroe street bridge was filed and the entry made showing official acceptance of the bridge. The auditor was authorized to ad(Continued on Page 2)

ANNUAL ELECTION Christian Congregaton Met Last Night and and Elected New Officers. A NEW SYSTEM Card Pledges for Finances and Work in Church Was Adopted. The congregational meeting of the Christ In church Monday evening was well attended, when the election of officers took place With very few exceptions the old staff was re-elected. The following is the list complete Deacons G. T. Burk. E. 11. Shoemaker. Harvey SegurElders —Jesse Beery, Will Darwechter, Burt Mangold. Clerk George C Steele. Treasurer- Mrs. Minnie Daniels. At this time a new card pledge system was suggested by the Rev. Benjamin Borton and adopted by the congregation. At stated times every quarter Hie cards will be distributed among the members, who will till out the | same and then return them. The | cards will give the amount pledged by the member for the financial supjsort i <d the church, the active part he can , take in the church, Sunday school or oilier departments of the church work, etc. Thia will give data enabling the I astor and his assistants to draw at once and at any time from the membership to carry out*any neeessarv work, and will give a very fine syste matte outline for carrying on the church work. The congregation has a very bright outlook and under the leadership of

Rev. Benjamin Horton, who recently came here from Garret, expects to accomplish much. I- ——o ■ THE LETTER LIST. ' | List of letters uncalled for in the In < atur postoffice, August I, 19111 Per ■ sons calling for same will please sti.v ' "advertised:'' Anna David, 11. I llanl.b'lt. Dr. E. ' If. Flavian, Harris Bros. Co.. Pete l|enth, Mr. Hapheal Henry, Mr. Clem Heckman, Mr. Homer Hardy, M. II 11 .loltnson. Swift & Co-, .1. C Strme. 1 Kate Wood. TO BUILD LARGE BARN. Simon Brandyberry, the well knowq builder left yesterday for Farmdale, Ohio, where, he has the contract for building the large stock barn to be ■ (reeled by Frisinger and Trickier on the stock farm which they purchased I there some time ago.

TO GIVE RECITAL. , Prof. Theo. Koch of Columbus, Ind., , Will Give Organ Recital. I A musical event of note in the county will be the 7 can rec ital to be given at the Emanuel tor Bleeke) Lutheran church in Cnion township, next Sunday evening nt 7 lu o’clock j by Prosecutor Koch of Columbus, Indiana. one of the best musicians and composers of southern Indiana. The male choir of the congregation will , sing, and Rev. Koch will also give several vocal solos. REMAINS THE SAMEThe condition of ex-County Commissioner Samuel Teeter of Waleash township remains about the same. Mr I enter has been ill of rheumatism lot many years and for the past twelve i years has been practically bedlast. IS MADE PUBLIC Will of Late Charles Kurber Probated Today—Gives Personal Estate i AND REAL ESTATE To Wife. Margaret Kurber, for Use During Life— Then to Children.

In accordance with the desire of her late husband, Charles Kurber, who named her in his will as executrix. Mrs. Margaret Kurber, this morning qualified and gave the required $2,000 bond. The will which was written December 21, 1911, ami was probated this morning by County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke, was witnessed by John S. Falk and Dore B. Erwitf. Mr. Kurber gives to his wife. Margaret. for her use during her life, all his personal estate. She is given the privilege of disposing of tin* same, or re investing it in other personal property for use on the real estate or for her support, as she deems best. What is left at her death, is to be i equally divided between their two children, Frank Kurber, ami Rosa Miller. as they think best. Mrs. Kurl er is also to have the real (State for use during her life, the i same to be equally .divided between the two children, as they wish. I o MRS. LINKER HAS RUNAWAY. A horse driven to a boggy by Mrs. Valentine Linker, living east of To. sin, frightened and ran away Sunday afternoon at a point one and a half miles east of Tocsin, at the erossim; cr the Erie railroad, and both Mr Linker and her daughter were thrown cut into the deep ditch. Neither of the two ladies received any more injuries than cuts and brumes Mr Linker and her daughter were on their way to Sheldon, when the horse , I frightened and ran away. The rig was demolished and the horse ran quite a distance before it was stop- , |id The ladies telephoned to Sheldon and parties went to their aid 'I hey continued their journey. Bluff ton Banner. MR. BUTLER IMPROVED- , M. .1. Butler, city mall carrier, whois ill nt his home on Seventh street, from a nervous breakdown, was reported as being very much Improved today

'I he report is good news to his many friends, who trust that he will soon be able to return to his work He has been a very efficient mall carrier, and his cheery greeting and smile ar< missed by all the patrons on his route. oBIRTH OF DAUGHTER. Mary is the name of the girl baby born last night to Mr and Mrs Elmer Sark at the home of her parents. Mr and Mrs. Tom Gallogly. Mr Sark is in Barelettsville, Oklahoma, and Mrs i Bnrk anti babe will-join hit:: there in I a month or two. Mis. sari; was lor I'lerly Mirs Margaret Galli.-.'ly. —.l. HOLDING ANNUAL MEETING. At the time of goto:; to press the stockholders, dire, tors and officials oi ' the Old Adams County bank were i holding their annual meeting.' Noth--1 Ing official was done up to .3 o'clock this afternoon.

Price, Two Cents

THE RIGG CASE STARTED TODAY Climax to Escapade Which Aroused Nation asd Involved Administration. -- ——— MR. WILLIAMS DEAD Was Candidate for President on People’s Ticket in the Campaign of 1908. (Vnlted Press Service) San Francisco, (’al, Aug 5 (Sp.-c-ial to Daily Democrat) Escapades i 1 hich served to arouse the nation, lui volve. the Washington administration, ' and which c ost John McNabb iris job I v ere brought to a climax today when Mauly Diggs went Io trial charged with violating the white slave act. t'umminette will be tried on the same < barge when the Diggs case is finish--1 ed. Washington. D. c. Acte. ", (Special to Daily Democrat)To open a light against nobb.ery in the navy. Senator Kern ot Indiana today is working up tacts In ,arious tjrses »here enlisted men have been denied promotion because they have not been in Atinapo- : its. Buffalo, \ Y., Aug. 3- (Special to Daily Democ rat) \ national 0: |in I zation of Catholic women to o’lio® • the suffragette movement has been started today by the leaders of the ‘ atholie central meeting being he’d in Buifalo. I Vincennes, Ind., Aug. .7—l Spe c ial to Daily Democrat) Following an operation lor appendicitis, Samuel \V. Williams. aged 62, a candidate for Vice-President of the t'nited States on the Peoples ticket in l!)08. died today at a local hospital Hu was one ot the leading attorneys of southern Indiana.

r New York, N V. Aug. ■> (Special to Daily Democrat) Mrs. William 3 lg>imbeer, the beautiful society leader whose face is scarred for life as 1 the result of an automobile accident I' Sunday night, dictates from her sick > ! bed telegrams to her husband suugest3ing little things to Im done for their o» two little ehildren to make them comfortable and other household suggest(Continued on Psge 2) o FAMILY REUNION fl Judge Merryman and Family United at His Parental Homestead ~ SOUTH OF THE CITY Sunday—Spend Day With Brothers and Sister at the Farmstead. A day that will be long remembered , by Judge j. t. Merryman,, was last I Sunday, when, his family united, was paid to the old Merryman homestead

I south of the city, where they spent 'th day. They were most royally entertained by Judge Merryman's brother. . .lona than and Z:u hatiah Merryman, and tl eir sister, Miss Susie Merc man, who reside on the old homestead. There the day was spent in visiting the old familiar places, the sc nos of happy "boyhood" days, and bringing back the memoriei of days there, ns I well as visiting and conversing on piesent-day things ami looking ahead t'- future plans- ’• I The Judge Merryman family was II j complete at this time the party includI ing Mr* Merryman and son. Robert: Mr ami Mis. tvon Burk of this citv. Mi. and Mrs. Duh Quinn ami dairhl.',-. Louise, of Chicago, and Mr and e Mrs. Charles Merryman of Cardwell, l Mo. The last t'vo named were h-r---visiting on their honeymoon trip, their • wedding having occurred week before ( I lost. They left Sunday evening for j their home at Cardwell, Mo.