Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1913 — Page 1

■Volume XL Numbei 185.

■TO PUT SPEED I RACERSIN MIND ■Speed Limit Signs Will be Put up at Cross Roads Leading Into City. ' 1 ■A MOTION ADOPTED jjßy Council Tuesday Even- * ing—Streets to be Brick B ed—To Buy Auto.

E In n long and hot meeting of the! |B<'it.v council Tuesday evening at their] M«' O>ln< ' n roon,li a Iar S« number oi res- j HBoltitions wereadopted and other offi-1 Wcial business was well taken care of ■ The reading of the minutes of the | B J.revious meetings started the ball to ■ gB loiling. .These were approved as I ■ read. H Next followed the items under the HB Lead of unfinished business, which HBv.ere many, and some of them very ■ Important, the first thing being the ■ reading of the proof of publication to B the property owners along Mercer av B enue, who were notified to build sideB walks in front of their property and B to appear before the council with obK Sections, |f any had them. This proof B was spread on record. ■ A resolution was then passed, or-i HI dering John Hili, the city bolder ol i B Sidewalks, to go ahead and build alii H walks that were ordered by the street ■ and sewer committee. This resolu-| ■ tion was passed. B The contract and bond of John Rich- ! KI i«'d for the building ol the Sether i ■ sewer was accepted by the council. ■ A petition signed by Sam Hite and] II Kintz askin = for a sidewalk : Kt c’uftg Third street was referred to' I the street and sewer committee. I The report of the board of canvassI i err of the local option election was.

[ ’ nt on motion, ordered placed on file. | Another petition asking for side- | I v alk and curb along the George Roop | | road was referred to the street and | sewer committee- | A written statement by C. E. PenI liington asking the council to refund | tlie dog license assessed upon him | for a dog, which he then owned, but | which was killed about two weeks | niter the assessment was made. Tills | was referred to tlie judiciary committee. | Tlie preliminary assessment roll of i the city engineer, affecting property < wiiers along the Madison street sew- | (Continued on Page 2) HE HAS RESIGNED Jonas Tritch Resigns as Teacher in Commercial Department OF HIGH SCHOOL Takes Position as Chief Bookkeeper for the Vail Industries.

Jonas C. Tritch, who lor eight or nine years has been in charge ol the Decatur high school's commercial department, lias tendered his resignation. Mr. '1 rit< h resigns to take the permanent position as chief hookkeep--4* for tile several Vail industries, including the hoop mill in this city and several located In the southwest. During the present summer Mr Tritch has been assisting in the book keeping at the local office, which is the general office, and has decided to accept the position with the Vails as a permanent one. .Mr..Tritch, as an instructor, is very capable and possessing an excellent knowledge of bookkeeping, stenography and the branches taught in the commercial department, and what it just as good if not better, he had the ability to impart the knowledge and direct the young minds In the best way possible. His part played In the Instr iction of the city schools, baa been a good one. His stteeessm lias not been chosen. With his qual ilications. ho will be an invaluable as smtant to the Vails.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

HAD GOOD CAUSE r ° r Fighting When She Was Called “an Old Maid.” Said Judge. •Miss Winnie Flatley of the Colonial hctel, Chlcr.go. is thirty-one years of Mrs, Lizzie Varley of the same address has been calling Mf.ss Flatley "ohl maid." Miss Flatley resented the name by smiting Mrs. Varley with J a < hair and punishing her seriously, '•■lieu Miss Flatley was arraigned in court today Judge Gemmill said "dis- • i'.uged. | think this sort of provocation justifies any assault up to murder, t is despicable to humiliate a woman.' 1

IN CAMP HERE Hoosier Hikers Camped Over Night in Will Parent Yard—Left AT THREE O’CLOCK For Outskirts of City Where They Had Breakfast— Were at the Crystal. The four Fort Wayne “Hoosier I Hikers," Mr. ami Mrs. J. Russell I Kline and Mr. and Mrs. p. Lew Ross, pilose coming was announced Tues-1 day evening in an article, arrived in [ the city on schedule time about 4:30 1 o'clock, from the Jay (Tine home, where they spent several hours, after their arrival there at 9:30 o'clock in he morning. They spent the night i here and left early this morning on , their way eastward Willshire, Ohio,; living their next stop. As their trip j is to cover 1,000 miles to Waterlick, l Va., in ninety days, according to their ; wager, they are already ahead of ( their schedule, the daily average re-; cuirement being only a little over eleven miles. On arrival here they looked up Postmaster W. A. Lower, who is a cousin of the Klines, and were escorted to Mayor Judson Teeple, where; some of their papers were signed. They spent sometime in the city visiting with friends, and also selling ■ postcards, the proceeds of which will I help pay the expenses along the way, | although the entire trip is to cost j them not more than SSO. They were i guests at supper at the Fred Linn home, where they rested and were much refreshed. .Mrs. Linn and Mr. Kline are doubly related, Mr Kline's: i mother being a first cousin of Mrs. j l.inn and his father a second cousin, of Mrs LinnWhile here. Will Parent, managerol the Crystal theater, learned that the company were entertainers, one; of the gentlemen, who is a hypnotist, j Paving been in vaudeville, and hired them to take part in his program last evening. All of them appeared on . the stage, and entertained the audlI ence, thus adding to the amount in their expense treasury, as it is a rule that hey must pay their expenses iroui what they earn along their trip. They arranged to camp last night

in the Will Parent yard on Mercer avenue, and rolling up in their blank-,-ts, after bathing their swollen and 1 listered feet, they lay down to sleep under the stars. They stated they would leave at 3 o'clock this morn-

ing on their trip eastward, and when >li Parent arose this morning their ,amp had been vacated—they had folded their blankets like the Arab's tents, and as silently stolen away. They had planned to pitch their | breakfast. camp a mile south of the ,Uy and cook a warm breakfast, beI fore going on the long lap of their journey. Dining the walk from Fort Wayne here, one of the ladies found the 1,,-els of her shoes too high. and deeded to have them lowered. This was done by Herman Tettman at the Peoples & Gerke shoe store. There the party learned that one of the proprietors.' F. A. Peoples, was nearly related to one of them This was Mr. Kline. It aeehis that Mr. People's lather's sister married a Mr. Cline, J who was a brother of .1- Russell ■ Kline's father They were quite well I acquainted and had a pleasant chat. The partv made a picturesque ap- ’! pearance clad in with broad- . | primmed hats, the ladies wearing |llP|| . hair braided and tied with red (Continued on Page 2)

•‘DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

TO FORMER HOME Body of William Tucker, exMarshal of Berne, Will be Taken Thursday. DIED ON TUESDAY At Home Near LagrangeHad Been 11l the Past • Two Years.

Mrs L. H. Purdy of this city, who was called to Lagrange Monday by the serious illness of her brother, William Tucker, arrived just in time to see him alive, as his death occurred yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. Mr. Tucker was for ton or fifteen years marshal of Berne, and one of the best known men of the county. Two years ago, he underwent- a siege of typhoid fever, from the effects of which he never recovered, and his health since then had been very bad. Last spring the family moved to :i farm near Lagrande, where it was hoped his health would improve. It did not. however, and for some time hope had been abandoned. He leaves three sisters Mrs. E. D. Ward of Bluffton and Mrs. Ten Eyck of Burr Oak, Mich., besides Mrs. Purdy of this city, all of whom were at his bedside when he passed away. Mr. Tucker was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tucker, pioneer residents of the county. For many years the family resided here and at Monmouth. The mother died many years ago, but the father passed away only a few years ago,- at the home of the son at Berne-

Mr. Tucker leaves his wife and five, children— Bert, Ethel Opal. Emma and David. The funeral will be held Thursday and the body will be taken to Berne tor the service and burial The funeral party will pass through this city over the G. R. * f. at 1:11 o’clock Thursday afternoon, arriving at Berne at 1:35. There the service will be held in the Berne Evangelical church and burial will be in the Berne cemetery. GIVEN VACATION — House Will Begin Its Investigation of the Mulhall Charges Next Monday. WILL HAVE TROUBLE John Lind’s Mission to Mexco May Meet With Re- j sistance by Huerta. (United Press Service) Washington. I). ('., Aug. (> —(Special to Daily Democrat I—Almost1 —Almost hysterical and exhausted by the six weeks' Sviiate examination made necessary I before beginning the similar ordeal l l.y the house committee, Mulhall to-1 ■lay forced a change in the plans of i the house investigation. Chairman , Garrett expected to put Mulhall on the stand today, but the former N. A. M. lobbyist bitterly demanded a vacation, and the committee excused him ; until Monday Mulhall said that he; Lad found additional fliles of letters from the National Manufacturers' as-' soclatlon and pleaded for timeto sort; these over. Mexico City, Aug. 6—(Special to; Daily Democrat) —Foreigners as wel', as Mexicans believe that the mission | i of John Lind will meet with resist- ; a nee following the statement by; ; Huerta that neither mediation nor in- ' tervention will be accepted. The impression here Is that Lind has come l to ask for the resignation of Huerta and to get together with the rebels, choose a provisional president that is acceptable to both factions; then hold on election. Fall River, Mo., Aug 6—(Special to Daily democrat)—-Lead mine operators are today planning to hoist all their mules and machinery to the surface and fill all the mines with waler following a unanimous vote by the (Continued on Page 4)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 6, 1913.

GOT ELBOW SPRAINED. William Buckingham of Decatur had his elbow sprained and his knee badly bruised and skinned Monday in trying to board an interurban car after it had started at Montpelier. Buckingham and George Masaonnee, also of Decatur were in tjie city, and waited until the car was pulling out before they started to get aboard. Massonnee was nearer the end of the car and made a successful get-on, but Buckingham missed the step when he tried to get on and was thrown heavily to the ground with the result mentioned above. He was taken to the office of Dr. Emshwiller, who is the company's physician, where his wounds were dressed. Buckingham left on the next car for home. —Bluffton News. maFe~W¥ve ■ Solomon Lord Dreams That He is Swimming and Leaps From Window In •*!» ■■nil L SECOND STORY At Midnight — Alights on Head and Shoulder On Walk—lnjured. Dreaming that he was at the "old swimmin’ hole" with the boys, and was just about to make a dive into the-water. Solomon Lord, aged fifteen, younger son of Mr and Mrs. Reuben Lord of North Third street, dived from the window of his room in the second story of their home at midnight last night. He fell head foremost on th P board walk below, with I his shoulder dislocated, and his head and body badly bruised. When he was picked up a few moments later, it was feared that he was dead, as he was unconscious and his body was perfectly limp. A physician was called and he was given attention, and an hour later regained consciousness, without knowing until told, what had happened to him. The boy has been in the habit of walking in Ins sleep, and precautions; v ere taken to watch lest he come to] some harm. When his mother heard I a noise last night in her son's room site immediately called to him. but' got no answer. She called again, and ' got no answer, but heard a strange sound. She hurried over into the loom and turned on the light. The bed was empty but the screen from the window had been removed and was lying half back on the bed. Fearing some disaster, she knew not what, she screamed and this awakened Mr. Lord. They hurried down and found the boy curled up unconscious on the 1 card walk below. The physician feared lest there might be a concussion of the brain, but tills is probably not the case The boy regained consciousness in about an hour, and this morning seemed perfectly rational, though lie is very sore. A lump, about as large as the doctor's fist, arose on the back of his head, a short time after the full, and it seems miraculous that he escaped Without breaking his neck. He evidently fell on his head and shoulders Besides the dislocation of the shoulder, it is badly skinned, and his entire body seems edThe boy seems to be having more than his share of misfortune t'jis year. u« it was only last spring that he narrowly escaped drowning In the St. Marys river when lie was thrown into the high water when the bout in which he and another boy were riding was upset. He sttcceded in j catching a small willow twig as he ! was borne down the river, after going under three times. His strength was I tiimost gone and he was just ready to let loose of the twig when .rescued ; I y Deputy Surveyor John Gillig. The boy came very nearly drowning two prior times, one Inst Christ- ; mas at the Neuenscliwander home I end two years ago In the Teej pie gravel pit. Tills afternoon lie was | resting better, and was In a more ; talkative mood. TO RECEIVE BIOS FOR SUPPLIES. O. J. Suman. trustee of St. Mary’s township, announces that he will, on Wednesday, August SO, receive bids lor supplies for the township for the tunning year and also for furniture tor the new school house at Bobo.

SESSION IS OVER Board of Commissioners Concluded Work of August Term—Adjourn. THE KELLER ROAD Will Be Sold at Next Term —Action is Taken on Roads and Ditches. Tlie commissioners concluded the work of their session last evening and adjourned, after allowing the regular bunch of bills. William Frazier filed his report on the Jesse A. Burnett drain and the assessments were approved. Phil L. Macklin was appointed superintendent of construction. The commissioners on the John W. McKean et al and the Straub drains asked for further time in which to file report and same was granted. John A. Fuhrman was appointed superintendent of the Steigmeyer macadam road and John Loshe of the Zimmerman road- J. D. Meyers resigned as superintendent of tlie Joe Shoaf road and Michael Artman was named The J. A. Fuhrman road was ordered constructed but continued for the present. The auditor was order-, <ii to receive bids on the A S. Keiler road on September 2nd. This road runs through tlie town of Monroe and the trustees filed consent to the com-, missioners to make the improvement. A petition was presented by P. E. Fugate and others and Phil Macklin was appointed engineer and Samuel Faker and Theodore A. Beerbower viewers, to meet at Monroe August 11th.

A communication from the manager ot the feeble minded home at Fort Wayne said that Florence Click, a patient from this county, would lie discharged on August 12th. and Mr. Laughlin of the county infirmary was directed to take charge of her. theTuWvow Taken This Morning by Arley J. Wagner and Mary Adline Schneider AT ST. MARYS CHURCH Left at Noon on Wedding; Trip to Ohio—May Reside in Decatur. — Owing to the recent bereavement of the bride, Miss Mary Adeline Schneider, in the death of her father, I : Peter Schneider, her wedding this ; morning at 7:30 o’clock, to Mr. Arley) i John Wagner, was a very unostenta I tlous one, and unattended with any ; festivity. i The ceremony at the church, how-: : ever, was very impressive, as said by I I the Rev. Father Wilken, and the nup j tial vows were plighted with great ! sincerity. Miss Schneider was very pretty in a dainty gown of white embroidery. ■ The full skirt was very becoming to one of jier slender type, ami the waist i was made with an embroidered pep-; Inin in tunic effect belted with white 1 l i Ilk with sash ends. She wore a | white earnation In her dark hair and j carried a white prayer book. Her sis- I ter. Miss Othilda, came home from i Lima. Ohio, to serve as bridesmaid, and she was gowned In white embroidj ery, similar to that worn by the bride, j The bride’s brother, Norbert, attendi ed the groomAfter the service, which was witI nessed by the many friends of the , couple, tho bride and groom left on . the 11:30 o'clock car for Fort -Wayne, , thence to .Middlepoint and Van Wert, [ Ohio, where they will visit with the i groom's relatives Their future home Is undecided. I though It Is probable Mr. and Mrs. i Wagner will return to this city to live, j The groom Is a fireman on the Lake | (Continued on Page 2)

HAY FEVER HELPED. Miss Agnes tyeibers Finds Relief Near Water at Rom e City. (' 1,. Meiliers returned Tuesday j from Rome City, wli/re lie had been since Sunday. Mrs. Meiliers. who ha I spent several weeks there at their cottage, accompanied him home, and will j remain here about three weeks. Miss . Agnes Meiliers will remain at Rome city until September 1, as tlie proximity to tile water is benefit lai to her hay fever, with which she was afflicted this year for the first- She finds herself much improved since her nay at iß:ome City, and spends much of the time on the launch on the lake, away from tlie weeds ami plants with their irritating pollen.

JOHNS’ ° PICNIC Sevenh Annual Event Will be Held at Riverside Park, Eaton. ON AUGUST 14TH Monroe Johns Will Try to Carry off Prizes Again— Had Handsomest John. For tlie seventh successive year. John's day will be celebrated Thursday, August 14, at Riverside Park. I Eaton- The committee in charge of; the affair this year has planned a cele-1 bration which will far outstrip any previous attempt. The officers. John Long, president: John Cooper Props, secretary, and John Foor man treasurer, have arranged athletic contests, fiddling events and a score of other contests tor tlie enjoyment of tlie Johns and their families. Monroe Johns Going. Many Adams county Johns, especially those of Monroe, attended last year and carried off sever prizes. Monroe having the handsomest John. Many Prizes Offered. The tallest, the shortest, tlie hand somest, tlie ugliest, tlie youngest, tlie oldest, tlie fattest tlie slimest and i lew other "eats" will all receive prizes lor their different personal peculiarities. The largest delegation from one town will be given $5 in gold. John Bench, founder of tlie day. with a delegation of Gaston Johns, has always captured this prize, but other towns are ready to wrest the prize from him this year. The committee in charge of tlie orators has selected Congressman John , \. M, Adair of Portland to make tlie | principal address of the day. ~Tohn , I-aFollette of Portland: Dr. John S ; Cogman of Muncie; John M. Studabaker of South Bend: John Burns. Father John Kelly and John Bonham, nil of Hartford City, and John Fork 1 ner of Anderson are otli<-r speakers 1

! for the day. Special Music for Day. Tile Eatofl city band will give 3 i concert in the afternoon and evening lin the band stand nt the park Other music will be given by the Gaston Gli( i club. John Remington of Eaton is in ' chare of the old fiddlers' contest and already has secured a number of ap- ! plications for entrance into the as j fr.ir. John Igimbert, 92. residing north ' of Eaton, is the oldest memtier of the organization and expects to lie in at-! \ tendance on that day. i The Eaton town officials have issued I a proclamation calling for a half-holi--1 day on that day. o | BAPTIST PICNIC AT MONMOUTH. — The Baptist Sunday school will hold its annual Sunday school picnic 1 ■it Monmouth next Tuesday. August' 12 This picnic closes a contest in .the Sunday school between the "Reds" and "Blues," which has been very interesting for both young and old. With this sentiment added to the day’s outing we hope to make it a great day for all who come. The children's fare will be paid. Everybody is urged to be present next Sun day and get full particulars for the day’s outing. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Have you ever seen a hoard walk?" sez Ellen. "Dsually, those T have seen bored, walk clean away and that's what I am going to do soon." sez T- |

Price, Two Cents.

ANNUAL BOARD MEETING HELU I 1 Old Adams County Bank i Stockholders Held Session and Elect Directorate. MR. WARING CHOSEN As a Member of the Board and Old Officers Re-elect

ed for Another Year. I . The Old Adams County Bank, one ; of the host financial institutions in I I northeastern Indiana, started today i on tlie twentieth : nd lust year of its present charter. At the annua! meeting of tlie stockholders held yesterday, in the counting rooms of the bank, the board of directors and officials were elected and tlie semi-an-nual dividend declared and ordered paid. The new directorate is tlie i same of that of tlie past year with the exception of one, Mr L. (’. Waring, president of the Waring Glove Company, being chosen to succeed Mr. Henry Hite. The board as now organized is: C. s. Niblick, Johp NiI lick, Mathias Kirsch. E. X. Ehlnger, ; J. S. Bowers W. .1. Vesey and 1.. C. Waring. Mr. Waring, tlie new member ' of the board, is recognized as one of | the strongest business men of the I community and his advice and conni s>e! as a member of the board will I prove most valuable- The board organized by re-electing the old officers. .j C. S- Niblick, president: M. Kirsch, .'first vice-president: John Niblick, ,I second vice-president: and H X. I Ehinger, cashier. Tlie year will lie a very important one since it marks the I dosing of the old charter and the starting of a new era for the hank, . Mr. ('. S. Niblick has completed his I thirty-third year with the institution, I being the only one of the old bank organization stilj alive. He has served i in every < apaeity in the bank and , | is known far and near as a faithful, i careful, coflscientous banker and one . of the most industrious men in tlie community. Messrs. Ehinger ami I Kirsch, tlie other active officials of l the bank, are likewise efficient and clever bankers who are on tne job every day assuring (lie continued prosperity of this well known financial house. ft DEATH TRAP Threatened Bobo Citizens— Want Bridge Built Over 8-Foot Erie Cut.

A PETITION IS FILED By Attorney D. B. Erwin With the Public Service Board at Indianapolis. To do away with the death trap that j threatens all travelers over the high'v, ay in Bobo that crosses the new : eight-foot cut tne graue made by j the k.ing of the ; c gouole-traek I one hundred twenty-five taxpayers of l St. Mary’s township have arisen in I arms, figuratively siieaklng. They have petitioned that, an overhead I bridge lie built across this cut In the , railway. Their attorney is D. B Erwin, who has returned from Indlnnapolis, where yesterday he filed the ' petition with the public service board, i formerly the railway commission. He i; asked that he members come here f and make and inspection and hold the ■ hearing here. This will probably be - done within two or three weeks. If the overhead bridge is built It ■ will be the first in the county. 1 The grade was cut down nt this I art of the where the I toad crosses the railway, to a depth [of eight feet. It is said that the ' main track will also be lowered. Uist week the track was laid Dur . ing the making of the cut a temporary bridge was milt aeroSg it to alj (Continued on Page Two)