Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1913 — Page 1

I Volume XI. Number 191.

BELIEVED TO BE SAMUEL STONER I Picture of Man Killed by Lightning Near P oe Last Thursday. ■ RECOGNIZED BY MANY W.n— Declare Him to be the Maa Who Worked in This Vicinity. I !■ Many who viewed the picture, of ' th ® sfanger killed by lightning west ! <4‘ Hoagland last Thursday, ami whose unidentified body was buried by l ndertaker P. E. Chapman of Poe Sunday afternoon, declare that it is the picture of Samuel Stoner, a well known bachelor, who formeily worked in this vicinity. A picture of the man was taken by Undertaker Chapman a lew hours be tore burial in the hope that it would lend to his identification. A picture' was sent to the Democrat this morn- i ing and posted in the window, it was! viewed by very many here, and all who knew Mr. Stoner declared that it was he. Judge J. T, Merryman, Mayor Tee-1 pie. Trustee Butler and others declare' that it was a picture of Mr. Stoner.! Shortly after they gave their.opinion <>l tile matter, Ben Waggoner, of, northeast of the city, came in and declared that it was Mr. Stoner. Mr.' Stoner iiad worked for him about a year ago, and he was well acquainted with him. It was learned that he has a brother. Daniel AV. Stoner, in Fort Wayne ' Mrs. Daniel Stoner is a sister of Mrs. Lew T. Brokaw of this city. Mrs. Brokaw, who viewed the picture, fell f quite certain that it was that of the: man. - - I A telephone call was then sent, by this office to the home of the brother' in Fort Wayne. This morning’s Fort Wayne .Journal-Gazette had published s pit line of the man, and Mr. Stoner's family had seeu the picture, and were nearly convinced that it was a pi< tr.ro of Samuel Stoner. His brother, however, had left home for his work I eforc the paper t ome, and had not yet seen itSamuel Stoner was a lat lielor ami of a roving disposition. He was a very harmless man, however, and well-liked by all who knew him. Hav ing no definite home of his own, and it not being probable that lie would have remained long in one place, anyhow, he worked about at farmhouses and traveled around considerably. Igist spring he was in thiswity, and his brother in Fort Wayne sent money to Mr. Brokaw to buy him a ticket to Akron. Ohio, near which was their old home. Mr. Brokaw bought him the ticket and it was very much against Mr Stoner’s will that he was sent there. It is thought probable that he became dissatisfied with his stay there and had returned here lie was killed during an electrical storm while under a tree west m Hoagland about a block and a hall from the Grand Rapids & Indiana rail road. He was cleanly dressed and wore fairly good clothes, but there was not a paper on his body to identify him. A purse containing live cents, a mirror and other little ai titles w re found on his person ami there were saved and may help in the ideniifleation. The Stoner lam t,y nt Fori Wayne Intends to write to the man for whom he work d la t and it Is thought this may throw some

gghl jin his ideality. Mayor Teeple stated that he had jceii Me. Stoner here onl> 1 ■■' I* i;t which tin. ho was sitting on one o! the benches along the sidewalk When he worked in this vle.nit) some, ti.no ago, he also worked tor a tong time nt the John A Mu.ua home. ~ , . The Lew Brokaw family and Mr. and M.s. John Houk visited last Sunday at the 1). W. Stoner home in I’Oit Wayne and while there Mr. Stone, mentioned the strange, «h<> « ■ ed by lightning at Hoagland. ’ ' • that time had no suspicion that , might be his brother Mr. Stoner at Fort Wayne is T-iie -il-to-J they also have a brother. Stoner, at Des .Moines, lowa, who aafti to be nearly a mdHonane. According to the deseript.on u ■ niahed by Mr. Chapman the non (Continued on Page )

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mind took a bad spell. !., \iiburn, Ind., Aug. 1:1- William '''’ mall carrier of this 1 "v. who disappeared, leaving a 'i ciie note .to his brother to look aft‘ll i"’ carrier’s wife, has returned and . I f under a physician’s care. He was ■ ent home by the Chicago police when appealed to the officers for shelter ' description of the missing man had "■'ehed Chicago ahead of him. Reed "'i'lently was suffering from temper--1 ' ‘'berration of tile mind when he 1 ' ■•"ay, lor lie says he remembers nothing of his leaving this city and , • ' 'sequent happenings connected witli ( . bis disappearance. WAS IMPEACHED Governor Sulzer of New York Impeached by Vote of 79 to 45. WILL FIGHT ACTION Mrs. Sulzer Makes Confession in Husband’s Behalf -- lakes All Blame. — (I'nitep Press Service) Albany. X. Y., Aug. 13—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With Governor Snlr impeached today by a vote of 79 Io 4.., and articles of impeachment iiled with the senate, a bewildered state awaits the next move in the den est political battle ever fought in Xew York. Sulzer said he would appeal to the court. Assemblyman Levy, leader of the Tammany forces, -aid that Lieutenant Governor Glynn { was now acting governor. Friends of Sulzer said that he was governor until the senate passed on the impeachment Mrs. Sulzer was the most dramatic figure of the situation todgy. She was preparing a formal statement elaborating her confession that it was she who converted part of Sulzer’s campaign funds and speculated with them in the stock markets and that he knew nothing about it whatever. As a climax Mrs. Sulzer declared that she and her husband have i an under constant watch since his election and that their bank books and important papers, even the love letters Sulzer had written to her beore their marriage, had been stolen, presumably by the Tammany agents. T'.e court of impeachment that will li; Sulzer will consist of the senate ami the court of appeals. Washington. D. Aug. 13— (Specie Daily Democrat) —Americans Hi eing from Mexico, was the ad- - to the state department and navy (I. i irtment today This is said to i, ■ a good thing, because if Lind's mi non proves to be a failure, as the majority of the officials here believe it must, then the embargo on arms for the insurgency may be removed • without fear of bloody reprisals on Inin,, out Americans. The only word reL <fived B mi Lind today said that he ' was progressing favorably. x — Washington, I). C., Aug. 13—(Spec--l ,j to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson declared emphatically today to i • .or complete and adequate system e of rural credit." That legislation of tins kind was not in the currency bill >, under consideration was due to the ii kick of time. He promised, however, | 1 (C secure early action for rural credit.' — O- - -’ “ 1

POSTPONED VISIT NOW. Mi f , Mary Hartzell of Greenville, (1,10. in expected to arrive Thursday for a visit with the Ben Devor famiiv. Tills will be good news to Miss Mary's friends here who were dlsappointed in a visit slu* was to have made last spring. Just a short while before she was to have come, and while attending a class picnic, she -vas badly burned. She was riding on motorcycle with a friend at the picwhen her skirts caught fire from ; .|' lP wheel and were burned, her lower ! ii n ,bs being very badly burned- She j |,. 18 11() t yet entirely recovered from I t |.e effects of the burns. NOTICE to PYTHIAN SISTERSThe Pythian Sisters are requested tp niPC t at the home tomorrow afternoon promptly at 3 o’clock to go out l() the cemetery to decorate the <■ taves.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 13, 1913.

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VICTOR AND VANQUISHED IN WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS GAME. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) The Result of the Match Brought Out the True Sportsmanlike Qualities of the Englishman. Hie assertion has been made many times that the English when losers are poor sportsmen but this picture refutes that idea inasmuch as it rhows iMxon, the Englishman, who was defeated in th e final tennis match for the Davis ( up, emblematic of the word’s championship, heartilv eongiatulating McLaughlin, the American champion, his conqueror. Dixon is rhe man on the left. In many respects this struggle was one of the most brilliant ever seen in the history of the game. At no time has Dixon ever underestimated the playing of Mcixmghlin. Recently when reporting a game for the newspapers Dixon referred to McLoughlin’s performance as thoroughiv outclassing all of his opponents-

LABORER KILLED Italian of Eyre-Shomaker Construction Co. Run Over by Train NEAR UNIONDALE Had Been Riding on Train to That Place to Get His Check Cashed. The Bluffton News says: "Nicola Battistelli, aged about 22, an Italian laborer working for tlie EyreShoemaker Construction company, of Philadelphia, on tlie double-tracking I ol the Chicago & Erie railroad, fell from a through freight this morning at a point about one thousand feet east of the ('. & E. station at Uniondale. Tlie accident took place about eleven o’clock. Nicola had drawn his pay check at Kinksland and was going to Union dale to have it cashed. He 1 did not wait until the train stopped but tried to jump off at a grade crossing. A brakeman saw him start to! climb down and heard Ills scream but there was no actual witness to Ills death. "The body was badly mutilated and was crushed entirely in two about the middle of the torso. It was removed to tlie Hite undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. The interment will be held either this afternoon or Wednesday morning at tlie Prospect cemetery north of Uniondale. An effort is being made to secure the services of a Catholic priest to perform tlie burial rites. Tlie dead man was an adherent to that faith. "His tiiinie was learned by an examination of his' naturalization papers by Coroner Thoma and tlie dead man's foreman. It was also learned that liis father's name is Massrenno Battistelli and lie lives at Mosclamo Sangelo in the province of Teramo, Italy. His fellow workmen say that he has two sisters living but is unmarried. "Corqner Thoma found S2O in hills and a check for $27.25 on tlie man's persons. In his effects a pass book showing about $l4O on deposit in a New York hank was discovered. Arrangements will be made to have the money forwarded to his surviving relatives after the expense of a simple funeral has been met ’’ — o —— Mr. and Mrs. Al Steele went to FL Wayne today noon, where Mrs. Steele Is taking treatment at n hospital.

==•- --Z.- — THE MEANEST WOMAN j In Gary Gouged Eyes Out of Former! “Gepman Friend’s” Pony. (<aiy is said to have tlie meanest' woman and most people will agree witli this when they hear what she did- she is Ana Yovak, aged twentyfive. When she and "gepman friend" had a disagreement Ana wanted to . get even with him. Her former gentieman friend owned a pony, she lured | the pony and taking a knife gouged ; its eyes out. the “gepman friend "had , uer arrested, later in* wanted to settle j tlie affair if paid enough bu tlie poke refused to sanction such an agreement. Ana will be punished to the lull extent of the law. THE MOTHER OF THE STREETS Is What Mrs. Hanna Hick-1 man, Indiana’s First Policewoman ■ I 1 IS TO EVANSVILLE ■ •i Says It Takes Mothering to i Keep Boys and Girls Off the Streets. i i (United Press Service) Evansville, Ind., Aug. 13 (Special t to Daily Democrat) A mild-mannered. ■ almost diffident little woman is Mrs. • Hannah Hickman, tlie first policewoi nan in Indinna, appointed to the Ev--1 ansville force six months ago. She doesn't look like a iMilicewo- • mon, doesn't act like one Is expect i it, to act, but she is effective. I One day tlie w. (.’. T. U. complained I about a wine room across from their > big building here "Stop it if you i can. We etin't." said tlie chief of po- . lice. I Tlie women took him at his word. -1 hey told him they had a member who could bring this place and others » like It to order. "Bring her on," said tithe chief, unbelieving. When he saw t the shy little Mrs. Hickman lie laughI i (Ml. •I "Why, some of these wine room i girls will upset her that quick," said - Hie chief, snapping his fingers. "Oh, no, not so quick," said tlie women. "We know Mrs. Hickman better titan you do " • ; And Mrs. Hickman said “O, no," too, in the faintest kind of n weak voice. (Continueu on Page 2)

RESIGNATION IS ACCEPTED Rev. H. C. Schneider, Pastor of German Reformed Church at Magley RESIGNS AS PASTOR To Take Charge of Congregation at Town Herman, Wis.---There 13 Years. Rev. ('. H. Schneider, for thirteen I years pastor of the German Reformed church at Magley, tendered his resignation to Hie board of trustees of the church at a meeting held Monday' night, the same to take effect at once. : His resignation was accepted by the I board and he will leave this week I with his family for Town Herman, Wis., to take charge of a larger congregation, succeeding the Rev. F. C. Martin, who had been pastor of tlie Emmanuel Reformed church at ttat place for nearly forty-five years. During Rev. Schneider’s splendid record of thirteen years as pastor of I the Magley church he did most excellent work for his congregation, and his leaving them will be felt by every one, who regret to see him depart. His new charge in Wisconsin is a very desirable one, tlie students in tlie Missionary House at Franklin, Wis. attending this church. Invitations have already been sent out to ministers to come and speak it the Magley church until tlie board decides upon a new pastor. Rev Schneider is well known in this city.l sumTniifEN ' “Dry” Majorities Show Increase Over “Wets” During July and August SAY THE FIGURES! UV-f Relating to Local Option Elections Held During That Time. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 13 —‘ Dry" i majorities increased 94 per cent and j "wet" majorities increased 78 per! (•ent in local option elections during! I July and the early part of August OffiI Hal figures show tlie following reI suits: ! July 9 —Adams township, Madison county, 76 wet; no election two years ago. July 28 —City of Lebanon, 430 dry: 194 dry two years ago. July 29—Union township, Madison I count, 27 dry; two years ago 1 wet. July 31 —Otter Creek township, Vigo ■ county, 5 wet; 163 wet two years ago. Auguust 2 Union township, FultonI county, 39 wet; 43 wet two years ago , August 2—Beaver township, Newton I county, S 3 dry; 79 dry two years ago. Tile Otter Creek election may be contested on charge of frauds preferi red against tlie wets. Also, remon-| strances were filed in German township, Bartholomew county, ousting one I saloon, and in Pierson township, Vigo . county, k ■■eping that township in dry . territory. -- —— POLICE COURT. — 1 A change of venue was asked from Mayor Teeple's court this afternoon • I by Joseph Tonnelier, who was charg j on with tile illegal sale of liquor and , from whose place of business a cm iotid of beer was confiacated lust Friday. The court, declared an intermission at 2 o’clock this afternoon for an hour, in which to decide on u special judge. TAKES FOOD- OVERLOOKS GEMS. Jewelry valued at S3OO. was undisturbed at the home of Mrs. F. K. Dll-! lon, 416 West Jefferson street, early I yesterday morning by a thief who I raided tlie ice box for a cooked chick-j <n. half a banana pie, a < ake and ! some baked potatoes. Tlie gems be- j longed to Mrs. H F. Judd, of Decatur,! who is a guest of Mrs. Dillon. Ft. Wayne Journal Gnzete,

OPERATIONS NEAR GENEVA. Geneva, Ind., Aug. 13 Drilling op-' l| orations which have been quiet in this I oil field all summer are commencing to open up. A well on the Montimore larin, in Jay county, drilled in by I'd Kroner, lias not been shot but ims made a lair showing. Will Mese!: Ims leased the John Snyder farm and will drill this ease out in tile near' tuture. A. I’. Hardison has hauled in timber for a rig on his farm ami will e.evelop Hie rest of his lease, whiciii Is inside of the corporation limits. Tlie 1 Uiiffton Oil company is also going to put a string of tools in operation here < arly in tlie fall. THE 9TH.' ANNUAL Methodist Reunion to be Held in Robison Park, August 19. DECATUR TO GO J. A. Beatty Makes Announcement of Many Interesting Events. < — The Decatur Methodist Sunday 1 school has selected tlie right date for, ( their annual excursion to Robison purk. Fort Wayne, Tuesday. August I 19. This is the date of tlie ninth annual reunion, or Methodist day. J. A ' ' *1 Beatty, district superintendent, ami , | O. E. Mohler, secretary of the committee, make tlie following announcement! I lor Methodist day and tlie same wil’ 5 ' be of interest to several hundred in ! this county who will go. They say: I "This will be a special day for the! | Methodists and their friends of Fort I I Wayne district and northern Indian-, i Churches and Sunday schools tl roughI out th j district, keep this before your I I people and arrange to attend this j | yearly gathering. Come in th« morn-1 I ing ’.’ith well-filled baskets and remain! I all day at tlie park. Bring your fatni-l lies—the boys and girls; your Sunday I schools and enjoy the outing. A |and mii ical program will b< r | given by tlie North Indiana conference | - quartet, which w ill be interspersed | witli Hidings and rec Rations b- first class elocutionists. The members are: ■ : Rev. Earl Naftzger, Wabash, first ten I lor; Rev. Leslie Naftzger, Greenfield.second tenor; Rev F. F. Thornbnr-.’, Auburn, first buss; Rev. D IL Guild. I Fort Wayne, second bass It Ims giv ;en entertainments throughout the! I country from tlie Pacific coast to Flor . ' Ida and is a most popular organization I Fancy prize drill contests w ill lie j j had between teams selected from the | ! Sunday schools of tlie Fori Wayne dis 1 triet. Eeacli team to number not more than twelve (12) boys or girls, ranging • in age from eight to fifteen years. Two i prizes wil) be given First Prize $5.00 for best drill. Me: ' it, originality and grace and general i appearance of contestants to govern in cmaking award. Second Brize $2.50 for second best d ' drill. Snnie points to lie considered. Contests are limited to eight teams. ] i Tlie contesting team will bo first eight i to make applications after receipt ol <• j the notice. Those desiring to <-nter. I notify District Superintendent B.eatt'J at once. Field sports and games are heli:;; j arranged by the following committee i i: I unpointed from Fort Wayne congrega-' I Hons: C Vos. First church; A. P p j Double. Simpson; Harry Bennett, St. I ! Paul; A. Brown, Trinity; W. S Whit-; Dei k. Wayne Street. Remember the dale. Tuesday. Au j i gust 19. and come prepared to enjoi 1 tlie best reunion yet held. j COURT HOUSE NEWS. L. C. DeVoss, attorney for Earl Re-: | her, lias filed a suit on account ngalnsi , Isaac Bowman, demand, $125. This is for labor and horse hire. Hunters’ and fishers’ licenses were Issued to Dan IL Tyndall, E. C. Ford and James M. Ault. —. 11. ■■ Real estate transfers; M. Rnpperl .et al to S. A. Shady, real estate in ' Preble tp.. $175; f S ol V tn I ini. Eliott, 321) acres, Bine Crook tp.; We j ley Lawson to Christian Zohr. 5 ai re.. Jefferson tp.. $525; Clara B. Booker to - Parson Denis et al, lots 3 and 4. Co nova; Decatur Cemetery A«an., to I Mary J. Ixmtliiin, lot 146, Decatur [ cemetery $25.

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PROGRAM FOR THE INSTITUTE Brilliant Corps of Educators Selected by Prof. L. E. Opliger FOR THE INSTITUTE i Convenes at the Christian Church August 25 to Auj gust 29. County Superintendent L. E. Opllger lias outlined tlie program for the Adams County Teachers’ institute to convene in the Christian chinch, this city, from Monday, August 25, to August 29. Tlie program shows a rich end i:-,i.-(| course to be given by a most able corps of instructors, and gives promises of being- one* of tlie most profitable institutes ever held in the county. Among tlie instructors are Nathan '. Harvey, a. M.. Ph. D, department of pedagogy of the state norma! college ol Ypsilanti, Mich.; Benjamin IL Davis, I’li. D.. department of agricultural education, Miami university, Oxford. Ohio, and Miss Elizabeth Schrock supervisor of music of the i»ccatur schools. W H. Oliver has been named general secretary and Miss Anna Winans and \. C. Spahr, enrolling secretaries. Tlie program follows: Monday Morning—9:oo. Opening exercises—Rev. D. T. Stephenson. ’ The I.aw of .Dynamogenesis'’—Dr. Harvey. Rest. Music—Miss Schrock. Rest. "Pliases of Agriculture Adapted to Public School Instruction”—Dr, Davis. Afternoon—l:ls. Music —Miss Schrock. Rost. “School Discipline"—Dr. Harvey. Rest. "The School and Rural Life Betterment"—Dr. Davis. Adjournment. Tuesday Morning—B:4s. Opening Exercises—Rev. Rilling. ‘•.Motives, or Why Children Are Fad"—Dr. Harvey. Rest. Music—Miss Schrock. "Soil Fertility”—Dr Davis. Adjournment. Afternoon—l:ls. Music—Miss Schrock. Rest. Psychology of Early Infancy" - Dr. Harvey. Rest. Rural Surveys and Their Meaning" — Dr. DavisAdjournment. Dr. Nathan A. Harvey. (Morning Lectures) Monday—“ The Law of Dynamogenesis. Tuesday—“ Motives, or Why Children are Bad." Wednesday—" Psychology of loiter Infancy." Thursday 'T’hychology of Adolescence." Frldav --‘ What Teaching Is." (Afternoon Lectures) Monday—"Schdol Discipline." Tuesday- ”Psychology of Early Infancy." Wednesday "Psychology of Childhood." Thursday “How to Study." Friday The Theory of Play.” Dr. Benjamin M. Davis. (Morning Lectures) Monday "Phases of Agriciiltnie \oapted tn Public School Im truetion." Tuesday —"Soli Fellility." Wednesday— "Plent Protection." Thursday "Plant Improvement." Friday—"Dotn•■.■die Animals." (Afternoon Lectures) Mon.’nv -Tli.* School and Rural Life Betterment." Tuesday “Rural Surveys nnd Their Meaning." Wednesday—" Club Work and Contests Among Boys nnd Girls" Tlitirsdny Hone* Projects." Friday “Cqs»pera(fon." Miss Elizabeth Schrock. Music Based: “The One Hundred Best Smi-.5." "Tlie Soldiers’ Chorus." "The Storm Fiend ” “Union and Liberty " “Tlie Hunt's U|>" (Continued on Page ’.!)