Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1913 — Page 1

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■will result in I TWO GOVERNORS ‘ 1 1 • ■ Unique Situation in New York Will Result from e Impeachment. Es —■ — I MAY TAKE A MONTH ( To Determine the Success or Failure in the Mexican Situation. (I nite<] Pr(> sa Service) Washington, D. <•„ Allg 12- tS| <- t -I | lai to Ifally Democrat) <'ompt lolbrt c.l the currency | lilß j ssll ,. t! , 1|( |u| . ‘ the condition of all National banks . the dose of business August !i. “ - A ' ,m "’ V ’ N Y - 'ng. 12 (Special ! -ITfib- Democrat) With Governor Sulzer about to be impeached when I the Tammany legislature convenes to I d»r the state faces a unique position ! in that it will have two rival governors. Sulzer refuses to recognize I Ihe legislature s authority to impeach Mai / will e the action. ); v l; constitution Lieutenant Governor Glynn becomes acting governor when the impeachment resolution passes. Should tile governor be vindicated h JSill remain in his office, but should he oc ousted he ma;, remain in office fegaidless of the legislature and issue iiis orders while Glynn will be issuing (Continued on Page 2) DAY DFTeUnToN Baker and Bennett Families Have Splendid Time at Elzey Home I — ■ ( IN ROOT TOWNSHIP ' ‘ 1 Spend Day in the Country—- * 1 s ft Ft. Wayne Guests Were Present. Tile annual reunion of the Baker; and Bennett families was held at the I 1 home of Emerson Elzey in -Root township Sunday. Heretofore the picnics were held each year at Robison park. Fort Wayne, but this year the scene; was changed to the beautiful country j in Adams county. Long tables to ac-j commodate ’he fifty in attendance ( raw ere spread in the large wagon shed d the farm for both dinner and supper with everything good, the "fat 01 the land" contributing to the feast A | very enjoyable time was had until, late in the evening, some guests re-j mr.ining over. Trips to and fro were made by automobiles, buggies ami 1 large wagons. Those present were; 1 From Fort Wayne: Joseph Bennett nod daughter, Miss Grace, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bennett and sons, Mil lard and Beryl; Mr. and Mrs Victor, Miller anti children. Noble and Jam if.e; Mr. and Mrs Claud Miller ami daughters, Thelma ami Harriet; Mis. Katie, Miss Mary and Mr- * Hnton Kimscy, Miss Rose Hartman; from | Decatur: Mrs. Thomas Mallonee. Mr ' ‘nnd Mrs. W. E. Brushwiller ami dauguhters, Loin. Leia and Helen Mr. and Mrs. John Burk and daughtor, Guru. Mrs. A. C. °"'j Gusta Ketchum. Mr. ami Mrs Ed Bak or and daughter, Mildi-d; Mis-. 1 hoebc Hart. Mr. and Mrs Frans Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bake, and daughters, Lola and Leone; Mr. Hen ry Baker, Mr- ami Mrs. Alva Baker nnd non, Philip D. Baker; Mr and k Mrs. Emory Mallonee, Mr. and Mis. Emerson Elzey and daughters. Grace and Dorothy; Mrs. M. \ DaileyWAS OPERATED UPON. Adrian Lenhart Goes Under Knife for AppendicitisMrs. John Lenhart went to Feit Wayne this morning to call on son. Adrian, aged 1 who was 0| e ,'. ated upon Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock for the removal of the appen A n to thought lie will nicely. /

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TO ATTEND CONCENTION. \ III'. .' lrK ll,U ‘ Xib,, '’ k ( >f 11‘f 1 , ' ' ' k A- < o. dry goods store, left toi ' Chicago, where they will ■'ti'iiil Hu- dry goods merchants' eon'ention held there tonight and- Wed--;'‘"«<l«y. The convention will be a -d'U'-ting of all the wholesale ami remerchants In the middle west. "Ttirations have beer, made to ae- ' "tnmodate about 5,00 f persons- The " 1 lor tonight will consist, of the and grand displays of the manii!:"iHirers' fall "styles, and live models v ill be dressed in the beautiful and 'ostly costumes. Wednesday evening ■' banquet will be held at the roof garden 01 the LaSalle hotel, the entire loot being set aside for the dry goods merchantsfl SUDDEN DEATH — . Os James C. Treece of Bry-ant-Funeral Was Held There Today. MASONIC SERVICES —a Were Conducted by Hon. D. E. Smith of This City This Morning. Hon D R Smith, wh has the honor 01 being the highest Mason in the , loamy, left this morning for Bryant 1 ' here lie conducted Masonic funeral -■ ■ files for James C. Treece, held irom the Lutheran church in Bryant. The Portland Sun says of Mr. Treece’s death: James c Treece, who for a number <u years has conducted a bakery at Bryant, was found dead by his wife . t their home at Bryant at about 4:30 0 clock Saturday afternoon. He has been ill for about two years suffering H orn a complication of liver and heart trouble and while his death was sudden and came as a shock to his relatives and friends, it was not unexpected. ■ Mr Treece and his wife had left their home during the afternoon Sat urday, to go shopping in Bryant. He stopped at a blacksmith shop, telling Mrs. Treece that he would join her .later. However, he became tired and 1 later returned home. When Mrs. Treece arrived home she found him nead on a sofa in their home, where it i supposed he iiad lain down to test. "The deceased was past fifty-two ■ ears of age. He was born in Hancock county, Ohio, on March 1, 1861. He had been married five years his vile formerly being Mrs. Marie Hi auk. The widow two stepchildren, 1 ene brother and sister, three half (Continued on Page 2) strokeTfatal Miss Mary Bell of Monroe ville, Sister of A. R Bell, Succumbs to PARALYTIC STROKE Died Last Night—Funeral' Services Announced for Wednesday. . -I '■ W, rd was received here this mornl nf . |,y Mi ami Mrs. Jesse Helm of the death of Miss Mary Bell, sister of R. Bell, of this city, which occur led Monday night at her home at Moniceville. Death was due to a par--1 a lytic stroke ..liich came Sunday . upon Miss Bell. Miss Bell was an “ elder!' lady nnd known to many in this city. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at It o'clock front the r home and the interment will be in Hie Alpha churchyard northeast ol Monmouth A message was sent this ‘ morning to Mr. Bell- who Is at Oden. Mich, and he will probably arrive for j the funeral. Mrs. Hallie Brown of Monroeville is ~, . iti ter. their being no. other mem- '! ■,: >ol the family living.

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AVIATOR WHO BEAT FAST EXPRESS TRAIN IN RACE. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) He Also Broke the American Non-Stop Record Between Two Points. An American rail flyer and a sky flyer engaged in a race from New Aork City to Washington, D. C- At one point thetraln pounded along the rails at a terrific rate; one hundred miles an hour was the pitch of the tune to which the engine sung. While thetrain stood at a station, the crew thinking the monoplane was away be hind, the latter was soaring ahead at an unrecorded speed, but when calculations were made it was figured that the aeroplane had beaten thetrain 45 minutues. The former American record for endurance sustained flight and nonstop flying were all held by Lieutenant Thants DeW. Milling, whose official huures are 2„o miles. ||,. remained i) the air one hour and 17 minutes.

TODD CHECK CASE Nelson K. Todd Explains Case of Alleged Fraudulent Check. AND IS RELEASED Muncie Officers Not Informed of Status of Affairs Cause Embarassment. The Bluffton News says: “Nelson K. Todd, the Bluffton at torney employed as a traveling sales man at present, was taken in charge here Saturday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Fred Adams, on a warrant issued by the Delaware circuit counit, and Sheriff White of Muncie came to, ’hit city immediately and was acconi . panied back to Muncie by Mr. Todd. I where Hie latter promptly took steps I that secured his release, and he returned to tlW* city Saturday night According to his version of the affair his arrest, on a charge of issuing an alleged fraudulent check, was brought about through a misunderstanding! I and he feels positive that the matter! is ended. The charge was that on January 16, 1912, Mr Todd issued an alleged fraudulent check to Dr. Xene Y. Smith, of Muncie, for $640. drawn on the Studabaker bank at Bluffton. At j that time, it is alleged, Mr. Todd had I no money in the Bluffton bank, anij; j the check was returned to Dr. Smith, who had cashed it at a Muncie bank, after indorsing it. "Mr. Todd declares that he, Todd, never obtained any money on the check, and that he made no misrepresentation to Dr. Smith in person. He! says that the cheek was issued to Dr. Smith to pay indebtedness owed Smth | Ind that Tie told the latter that al-1 though he money was not then in the I bank he expected to have it on deposit in time to meet the cheek Therefore, although Dr. Smith did not get Hie check cashed Mr. Todd did not obtain cash on it. and still owes the original indebtedness to Dr. Smith The affidavit against Mr. Todd was filed' Marell 12. 1913. Mr. Todd was aware of stops that had been taken and had taken up the matter with Dr. Smith.' he says .and had reached a satisfactory agreement with the latter, but there was failure, it would appear, to notify the Delaware county officers, who had asked local officers to keep them Informed when Mr. Todd came here. “To substantiate Mr. Todd's statements, after the developments of Saturday he and his friends got into

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communication at once with Dr. Smith, who is at Walloon lake. A j reply came promptly from Dr. Smith, which was exhibited to a News reporter. stating, "Don't arrest Nelson; been informed of the status of aj fairs.’ Unfortunately the offiiers had j not been informed of the status of as-j lairs in time to save Mr Todd much embarassment.” CERTIFICATE OF PERMISSION. Adams county boys under sixteen years can't help on the farms unless 1 they get a certificate of permission under the new state compulsory education law. This is the interpretation placed on the stattnte by the state . school superintendent. Charles A I Greathouse, in p letter to Ralph Long--1 field, founty superintendent of schools 'at South Bend. The act will bring about several important changes when school opens next September. It extended the compulsory age limit two years, from 14 to 16. and compels chil- | dren between 14 and 16 to have a certificate from the county school board i before an employer can legally permit i the boy to work. No child under 14 "ill be given a certificate and the child is compelled to be In school if physically able Under no circum- j stances will a child be given a certifl ' cate until he has been advanced ’ [ through the fifth grade. The powers j of truant officer and attendant offi . 'ers to enforce the new law are very i complete and broad, providing for exj amination of factories, hor/ves and i farms. Several penalties also are incorporated in the statute. 0 FRIGHTENED BURGLAR AWAY. Being awakened at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Miss Mabel Weldy, daughter] 1 of W. B. Weldy, of First street, was , horrified to see a burglar in her room searching in the dresser drawers She! had presence of mind enough to get | help by strategy, and pretending to be i j talking in her sleep, called for her mother. Her calls were heard and when her 1 arents answered the bur- | glar ran down the stairway. Nothing ! wag taken. RETURNS FROM COLORADO. Miss Lola Baker has returned from 1 a stay of nearly two weeks in Bout-; der, Colo She had intended to remain lor a longer stay hut became 111, having an attack of appendicitis and! decided to return. While In Colorado I she visited with Miss Helen Sheets! at Colorado Springs. Miss Sheets has recovered from her illness and is feel . ing very well. 0 FIXES MINIMUM SALARY. —I At the Missouri Lutheran cynod which adjourned this morning nt Fort Wayne the salary for all ministers was designated to lie not less than S6OO a year and free hoiu.e rent.

DIED IN FT. WAYNE I * Mrs. S. D. z Langworthy Passed Away Last Night at Ten O’clock LUTHERAN HOSPITAL Resided in This City—ls Mother of Mrs. Marion Ruby of Decatur. Decatur friends of Mrs. Minnie Langworthy, wife of S- It, Langworthy, of Fort Wayne, formerly ol Decatur, will be sorry to bear of her death which occurred Monday night at 10 o'clock at the Lutheran hospital. It will be remembered that several weeks ago Mrs. Langworthy was stricken. Ijist Thursday she was'operated upon at the hospital, death following Monday night. Besides the husband she leaves four children: Mrs. Marion Ruby of Decatur, Harry B. and Newton B. Langworthy of North Dakota, and Melissa Langworthy, at home. There are also four brothers in Pennsylvania. Mrs. was forty-four years of age, The family resided in the Henry Voglewede property on Foufh street during the time they lived in this city, when Mr. Langworthv was employed on the Fort Wayne & Spritrn field railway. They moved to Fort : Wayne last spring and have resided there at 1018 Lafayette street. MILITIA WANTED — To Clean Up Old Terre Haute Said to be Most Wide Open Town. SHUMACKER TALKS Says Officers There Are Jokes and a Part of the Grafters’ Machine. — (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 12—(Spec ! ial to Daily Democrat) —Martial law • for Terre Haute, as the only cure for its deplorable condition, was recommended by Rev .E S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon Leaguue, in a special article written lor the United Press. “Perhaps no other city of its size | in the United States has such open , : and flagrant violation of law," said I (Superintendent Shumaker, speaking of Terre Haute. "Gambling is carried ; on openly in plain sight of the police. : the social evil flourishes more brazenj ly than anywhere else in the count)' ) and there is absolutely no regard paid i to Sunday closing laws. "Appeals" to local authorities to enforce the law are simply treated as a joke. This has been true for man.' years." Rev. Shumaker pays his respects to , j Governor Ralston in the following words: "As to the claim of our good gov ernor that officials can be impeached ! under the laws of the state, there is I ti'ls to be said The impendimeiit ; proceedings would have to be tried before the circuit court in Vigo coun | ty and would have to be tried before Judge Chalies Fortune. No one who j knows Dim believes that anything 1 would come of such proceedings 1 brought before him. Then the prose outing attorney would have to prose 1 cute such proceedings and he Is Dick . Werneelte, who is a cog In the Craw ■ lord Fairbanks-Donn Roberts ma i chine. One might as well expect Fairbanks himself m prosecute vig I orously a cause of this character. “The situation in Terre Haute and I Vigo cofinty Is deplorable in the ox j treme. In spite of protestations to | the contrary, I do not believe that n ! : majority of the citizens in that city | ! and county are In favor of the en-I , lorcement of the above mentioned 1 laws. There is one thing, in my jttdg 1 .ent, that in the end will clean up Terre Haute and that is the national guard which will put that city for a time under martial law"

• PROMISED TO BE GOOD. "j The surety of the peace proceedings against JOIIII Sherry, which were filed "n Justice .1. K. Rinehart's court bv the wife ol the accused, were dismisi <<l this morning, at the request of Mrs. Sherry, ft appears that her hits-'-and has given his solemn promise to l e good and among other things protn ( i bed to sign the pledge ami quit I dtinklng His wife will try thing with I him again, and it is now up to Sherry . ; himself to determine whether or not . the authorities will take further steps j bherry was arrested about two weeks I: go alter he terrorized his family, j following a long spree. Bluffton I News. CHANGES IN LAW Os Naturalization Require Action Soon on First Papers Issued Prior TO SEPTEMBER 27. 1906 - — First Ones Taken Out Prior to That Time Will Become Void. — Attention Is called by the employees I of the, various county clerk's offices i f tile state to tile changes in the natur , (fixation law, which pro'ide that per- ! sons holding first papers issued prior i to September 27, lf)f)6, must take out i i their final papers prior to September , 27, this year, or the first papers will I be void. Some decisions hold that failure to. | take out final papers before September of this year, will bar holders ol ! first papers from ever becoming naturalized while others hold that the only inconvenience will be that the persons must begin all over again To be on the safe side it is urged that Hi ' i take out their final papers at once. No hearings for anturalization will le held in September in the Adams circuit court as the petitions were not filed the requiured ninety days prior thereto. This failure required their I postponement until February 4, UH I I At that time the United States natur I aiiaztion attorney will be here to s- n■■ I in the matter. Only three are filed for hearing Fob | ruary 4, HHI. are expected- Those ■ now filed and set for hearing for that I date are David Mettler and Androv I'Reinhard, natives of Switzerland. Paul Witthaus. native of Germany. A New ApplicantFrederick Hanoi, a native of Switz erland, born Janiiaury :il, 1864, who has resided in America ijme 1887.' (Continued on Page 2) A FREAK BOLT Os Lightning Melts Nails in House and Also Screens at Rome City. THREE ARE STRUCK One Less Than 300 Feet from D M. Hensley Home—Frightened. Decatur people who' were at Ronii' City Sunday afternoon experienced I terrors of a severe electrical storm. I I Three houses, two of them suminei ' 1 homes, were struck by lightning dur-i ing the storm and in each case tin o< j cupant was rendered unconscious and slightly burned. Mis Jesse Moore of Remo City was burned by the bolt j which damaged her house. At one ol the cottages lightning played a queer prank when the screens and mills of a door were melted without doing other damage to the building, i The weatherhoardlng of it boat house 1 in front of tin- cottage of 1. F. Wing 1 ol Fort Wayne was damage.i by a toll j that hit a tiee and wn Iriinsmitte I ; to the structure by running down the i trunk. I One of the houses si l uck wan b" than 300 feet from the Hensley ent- | tage and the shock badly frightened I the Hensleys and their visitors. |

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OLD VINCENNES HAS AWAKENED — Oldest City of the State is , After Local Water Company in Earnest. WILL SETTLE FIGHT J hat Has Existed for Quar- ' ter of Century by Appealing to Commission. Vincennes, ind., Aug. 12 (Special to Daily DVmocrat) "Old Vincennes" is j awake alive, indignant. That Is a lot ■ for \ incennes. It is just beginning to I stop rehashing its glorious old history ( and to make modern history. An upstart water company woke Vincennes and tile eonijiany seems to have done a good job. in the old days every time the pt’ole here wanted to make the company live up to its original franchise, the people had to bribe the company, or as the people see it, the company foiled lie- iiv to gj v . u ,, something. In 1885 the water company received ; 1 2D-year franchise to furnish lilterled water. Not until 1898 did people get filtered water and then it was done only by granting the company a ten ' years' extension of their franchise. The company’s franchise expires : November 2. 1915. For the last two (Continued on Page 4) ARGUMENT GIVEN The Attorneys Argue Two Points in Murray Hotel Case at Muncie MONDAY AFTERNOON ♦ Special Judge Thompson Will Enter His Ruling Tomorrow. The arguments on the motion of the ' Murray Hotel liquor < use to dismiss ! the remonstrance against the issui Since Os lit euses in the Second ward ■ " ere heard Monday before Spot ial i Judge W. A. Thompson in the Dela- : ware circuit court in Muncie. Judge 1 Thompson took the matter under ad- ■ visemeni. however, and his ruling in I the matter will be -titered o: record tomorrow morning A point of contf-o---1 eray was whether the law required the filing ot the remonstrance five days bofore the n- xt meeting of the board ol county .commissioners, as the applicants contend, or three days before, as the remonstrators contend. Another p.oint of argument was whether the application of Morton Andiews. Ben Knapke, Late Ellis and Curley Radamacker were also hefor > the court on appeal, consolidated with that of the Murray Hotel application. o— , TO TOUR EASTERN STATES. Otto Wemhoff will leave tomorrow tor a tour of the east in the Interests 01 the Dallas Manufacturing company O' Fort Way no He v. ill Introduce | new eye-glass reel manufactured by th- Ft. Wayne jeweler, which is said to oxfvll others, especially In the matter of size, tile new reel being unialb ' ; -- only as largo as n ten-cent piece, | whereas the old ones were the rlxn of 111 quarter. Ills territory will cover ' Ohio, Pennsylvania. \'< w York ami I some of the other New England states. MRS. FRED BOUSE ILL. Mrs. Cal Peterson re elved * letter from Grand Rapids, Mich., stating that Mrs. Fred Bouse, formerly Miss Myrtle Watts.• this city. Is very 111. j A bubo born recently to them died, . and Mrs. Bouse is very 111. with wlmt it is thought will develop into Ivuhoid i fever. LARGE CLASS FOR INITIATION. Tonight will ho a gain one for the local Royal Neighbors, when a lar-e i class will be Initiated. The home | iium will du the work.