Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1913 — Page 2

DAILYDEMOCRAT Pubtlshsd ~Every Evening, Except ■unday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM. JOHN H. HELLER. Subscription Rates. Per Week, by carrier .10 cents Per Tear, by Per Month, by mail .25 cents Per Tear, by mail ..*2.50 Single Copies - 2 cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the pos tofflee in Decatur, Indiana, as second class matter. Sunday seemed to l»c an ill-fated day for autoists and there were more than the usual number of accidents reported The most serious one was that south of Fort Wayne, in w hich several net death. It should be further positive evidence that in these days of high-powered driving vehicles we cannot be too careful and even then accidents will happen now and then. Certain republican newspapers o' the standpat variety ar- boosting .lames E. Watson as the g. o. p. candidate for president in 1916 There is as least one element in .Jim's favor — nobody questions his devoted loyalty to the g. o. p. cause. Jim might make an admirable republican candidate but he would not |<a»s muster in any other party.—Portland Sun. Why should the bankers ot New York concentrate the capital of the t'nlted States in that city? In the last hundred years the New York linkers have built up fortunes so colossal that they are beyond comprehension. almost, and now they o,s ject to any legislation that is calculated to distribute the money of the land more generally through till cities and states.-Columbia City Post. There is no reason why every business matt should not be up and doing this fall. If you hustle you will get the business. Try advertising, it always i>ays and now is the time wh< n it pays quickly. The crops are large, the farmers are prosperous, the laborers all have work, the sugar factory will open soon, and the autumn season hu«ine«s to- roinc now and keep it gofag Even the. people who have dissenUd moat sharply from .Mayor Gaynor * philosophy regret his death, and ar> rlad to acknowledge tho many aspects in whi< h he possessed original ami unique forte. Shortly after he elected mayor of New York, he walked seven miles one day through the slush his feet clad In rubber Visits to attend the raising of a flag he had given to nu

If you prefer custom tailoring, why not judge values by critical c< mparison? If you do, you’ll have our Chicago tailors. Ed V. Price & Co. satisfy your requirements at & reasonable price and avoid the disappointments of “cheap” tailoring. Come aid convince yourwlf THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPANY

outlying village. Most public men ! would not have bothered. They would scarcely have taken pains to write a | personal letter of regr t. A secret* • ■ .'.Jd . . iiiuujv jomtilllilig jiuiaeclly propriute. But Mayor Gaynor wanted to expound the true meaning of the Hag to a group of his neighbors.—Fort Way no Journal-Gazette. Conference Ends (CO.NTI.NI'EI) FROM PAGE ONE) home missionary board. J. Simons was named agent and D. Robinson teacher of Indiana Central university. Former Craigville Pastor Weds. Announcement was made today of the marriage of -Rev. O. 1,. Rickart. pastor of the United Brethren church at Craigville, to Miss Sarah J- Sutton, a housekeeper of Rickford. Ohio. The marriage took place übouta week ago at Rockford and has been kept a secret until today. Rev. and Mrs. Ri<- ’ hart left immediately following th e wedding for Waterloo, Ind., where they attended the U. It. conference.— Bluffton News. To Ft. Wayne Fair (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) doubt take the highest prizes awarded. They are of the Belgium breed. * one weighing 2.10 b pounds and the t other, 2.250. The 2.4oopound stallion :s one of the heaviest animals in thir country. The first and second prizes were awarded to them both at the fair at Bay City. Mich., this year. All the animals at the fair have been imported r the last year by Frisinger & Company. , Those making the trip to Ft. Wayne list night with the stallions were Pyke and Free Frisinger, Harry Fuhr I man. William Pennington, Charles ’ Pennington. .1. E. Ereckson. Sim Burk Emil Coperty. Henry Liukerstaeger, . Leo Bogner and H. Knave). ■ —o - For Horse Theft (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) . not known which road he had taken , cut of there, and in the meantime ths i telephones were gotten busy in th hopes of finding trace of him. Th< party of officials went on to \\ illshire I I arriving there at 9 o'clock, and ther •. I over on to roads toward lUufftcn. an’ while they were gone a telephone I t all came from Willshire to the jail here that the horse thief dah drivel 1 1 into town just twenty minutes afte r | the officers had l"ft there The livery - man, to whom Sheriff Durkin had de -i »<*<’ ri r If nt ■ once when the man put up his torsi I there. and tel' phoned the officials lien ' at once. As the sheriff was out. Mai * I slial Peterson *«••* notified and wltl ' I Mr. Hoffman went to Willshire and .Identified the hoise and rig They 11 wire returning from Willshire, Ohio, with tai* thief when they met the nth i-r officers returning. He was brought at once to the jail here. Before going on to Willshir ’. Wag : ' ner had stoisped at the John Cowan i j home near Pleasant Milla, where hi J asked for work. Mr. Cowans had tak eu him up and had given him an ordet j for a week's board at v\ illshire, Ohio I hl advance, and Wasner was eating | there at an eatihg house when arrest j cd. Excitement ran high and abw j seventy five men had gathered *he« i | the officers were scafcbing for the llilef. Sheriff Durkin thouvlit he recogntx 1 cd tin- man a* answering a ducvrij-.tlor I of one who had escaped from an In Istit ut ion. He asked Wagner if he had i not escaped from one. and he looked |up quickly, asking. "How did you j know?" He then answered that h I had escaiMMl from a Itinntb asylum n> Athens. Ohio, latter he Mild he hue escaped from a home fqr feeble-mind id in !»*<. While his actions are p» I. tilmr and he tells many different stor es be shows a veiy keen mind and he Is far from being feeble-minded. He stated hi* mother was living •* | Spi ingfl' M. Ohio. It developed that h» had worked two days, Thursday mid Friday, last ! week for Caleb Andrews. Mr. An |<lrrww staled that while he was there J ! ‘Hs mind aecmed to run cm stolen! I iiorscs. ns he asked Mr. Andrew* If llii were not afraid that III* horse ! would la. stolen. The stolen horst I* a good bay driv-. i mg heme and wait hili hud to a good! * liiiKKy. the < ait tit bring worth about j Itjno or IBM. An affidavit charging hint with ■ grand lar< my »»» filed in cin »t|i i court this morning Ills butt* was fl* , itl nt tl.oiffi. Marshal Pidcrmm made tin* arrest , and the man told him that uft< r tak Ing Ute rig hr drove to Mtmde's park I where he stayed um!l 1 o'eli* k Hun day morning, when he grove t« Win. shite 1 * n 11 Democrat Want Ads Pay.

J DOINGS IN SOCIETY H ; , I, *• w*.,,,« w *• „ * WELK'w oOLIAL CALtMJAT. Tuesday. Afternoon Club—Mrs. Martin My- j loti. The Afternoon club will meet with Mrs Martin Mylott tomorrow afternoon. After cilurch a jolly pnrty of the iaidies' Sew ing club members and I their husbands leli Sunday tuornin -I for the Amspuugh grove near this city, where they had an old-fashioned camp-fire dinner. They built a fire, made coffee and had n delicious dinner, remaining there until about 3: Jo o'clock. They then motored to th>* diaries True home near lo . They | , iound the Trues gone, but the door to a tool house was unlocked and they | i made themg. her, at home there. Theie| was a cook stove all ready to he light I . ed, and a touch soon had the fire roar- > ing therein. The coffee pot was soon I > boiling, and a’work bench cleared for supper which was all spread and ready to sit down to whin the Trues arrived on the scene. They were "invited" to come in and join them at th> supper table, which they did, and . < jollier time was never had. The Decatur party included Messrs, and Mesdames A. R. Bell, P. B Thomas. P. G. - Hooper, J. C. Patterson, D. \\. Beery, , J. M. Milier and J. T. .Merryman. i Friday eieniug quite a crowd of jolly young folks gathered at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. r Samuel Loihner, south of Honduras. The party was given in honor of Miss I Emma and Mr Howard Boorman of Cincinnati. Ohio. The IFoormans arc guests of Miss Sylvia Lochner. The evening was well spent in eating melons and iiopcorn. Tho prize for eati ing the most melons was awarded to Dauiel Stepler. Durire the ■-cnlng much excellent music was furnished by Miss Boorman. While a good time was being had in the house a few boys were hiding the bicycle of Waiter Hinkle, It was given to him after he promised to give an exhibition on it. This he did in a clever manner, around a flower bed in the lawn, until i the front tire of hit bicycle gave away and Waiter went headlong into a cactus. Those present were: Misses Viola lioch.ntr. Amelia Adler, Emma Boorman. Sylvia l.ochner, an I , Messrs. John Klopfenstein. Waiter Hinkle. Dauiel and Wiiliani Stepler.

William Pribiiorf. Reuben Rcbtnton of I Dec&tiir. Stei-n Zauug Inin Loihner. John Troxel, How ark HiMam?&. If on Jes .util.g they all fironouin e<| Mr and Mr*. Jxxliner and family royal entertainers. aira. din w. lynuall gave a din&i r party Munday noon fur her son. Daniel. who Ml this morning for t’oiuu.bus. Ohio, to enter the university. The iniiteil guests were the Misses l.i! Han Hiii>. Reba Quinn, Winifred Burke and Naomi Dugan, and th Messt*. Holh-h i’etersi'ti, Virgil Krick mid Dwight Lachot of Fort Wayn*. The ML-ise* Fram es Dugan and Fan nie Frisinger returned thia raoruing from Columbia City, where they attended the Tri-Kappa. testivitius Th< ! other Decatur Tri Kappa* remained j longer The, stat«d that Um ColuMibi.i City girls certainly pruvhled a unvet I splendid series of entertelnnient for < I them, giving n dance, br flirty mi ' o'her* for them, a* well as intertain lug them at the lake where they had j leaned two cetl.iges. Mr. and .Mr* Ocorge Everett tti«! two ijitldr a anil Henry Fuhrman mo

totM io near Van Wert to vi»it with the 'former's tottwln, .1 •£. S|ito.'l. and family. .Mr. end Mrs. Henry G.iy moturedl from Mongo Hittunhty mid are gmwt* of their lot.zln. Gay. anil family. .Mr and .Mr* Mlehnel Hi-tim-furd ami: thefr daughter. Mr*. E C. Joray, of I Vera f’nia. motorKl ov r and wen- enti rtalii-al Fnndny ni 110- h’diic ot-thuirl daughter mid ulster. Mr*. Dmi Niblick. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Dm hi Meyurs camo with] Hmm and were guests of her broth r, Ed ngrler. and fatuity. The Misses Horn FMldorjohuun and! ; I'iiU M> Kinney were ' - ut< rtaln d al .. < lilekrii dinner Kunde > nt the Franklin Andrew* lionm war rson having a ilnltothUul ittw.

Mr*. Henry Marts of near I’hasaa' 'Ulla wan sei only y earn <n<j Htitunlay and In codehrntlim ot the uveut. h«r • MMrett gtivt her n surprise cull Ha* wdny evening, bringing their auppere,l whf< li consisted of chii kmi and utter good thing* with Throe prtment were the n ft Erwin. Am Mt Milled and Hatuuel fturtdit fatniHcs \ vary featl iime ** M m order. Fl R.Mrf’lED RODMM t«. CeM, are Me. iw, ... « am

! FARMERS RENTERS. | S RSAD THIS CROP STATEMENT | uni |H; i Corn as fine as is raised in Illinois, lowa or Indiana. Wheat, rye, oats, I buckwheat and alfalfa. Timothy and clover 1 lo z the acre, •± Potatoes 100 to 300 bushels to the acre; beans, peas, cabbages, tomato-1| ® es, onions, beets, turnips, carrots, cucumbers. Apples, peacnes, pears, || s plums, cherries and strawberries. j| | ALL OF THESE CROPS ARE RAISED | S on my land located in Lake and Wexford counties, Michigan. (. lose t<> tv\vn and raihoad, schools and if I churches—-Only a night ride from the large markets of Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo? !fi and Indianapolis where there millions of people to feed. Excellent tran»poi tatiori facilities by boat and rail, j Most every piece of my land adjoins a farm. Some pieces are right next to a 2700 ana 1300 acre stock &| farm where you can see the crops above mentioned growing. And now is the time to come up and see the Q □ni land and these crops. J | PRICES sls to S2O an acre. j > - t -j The price of this land is sls to S2O an acre and the terms liberal. Compare this with the price of land in s an your vicinity and you will appreciate the bargain. Acre for acre this sls an acre land wih earn as much if ■ not more than an acre of land in your community. Furthermore the rapid developement of the country ad- < ♦♦ jacent to my land is influencing an increase in land values and the land is worth more each year. It will J. gp be a matter of only a few years before this land will be as high as Indiana and Illinois Ind. Land was Z? cheap In your state years ago. : S FREE EXCURSIONS to buyers, Tuesday September 16th. Leave! a, Decatur Tuesday morning on G. R. & I. Back again Thursday morning | ' § Round trip fare $ (?) refunded to buyers. For literature and further in- S S formation write or call on i s ■ S !i | THE ERWIN REAL ESTATE CO. ! | DECATUR. INDIANA. |

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THE COUfiT NEWS CALLED BY DEATH —o - — — - ■* T rw . . . ~ WAGON RUNS INTO RIG- . i L. G. Botkins of Geneva oh Henry Keiper Passed Away Trial for Visiting Gam- : Tw ’ W ;X:" d o u 7.Td h'T" « the County Infirmary ing House. | ~ iu|nger anU tw< Sunday Morning I children, and a relative and her b*bv ’ IS A JURY CASE ,n,li "• *« r ” drir.ng h sick FIVE WEEKS I from Risit township Saturday afte I noon, on the nortli river road, a wager 1 Case Against Anker Dis- Death Was Due to Typhoid missed-Jay County Case I Dropsy and Also Dismissed. i w « totally demolished ami the . m Complications. I pant* threwn out. All were Ixtdly - r bruised, hut the »lx-monthii-old Frit 1 The trial of U G Bothi l(s of (i -nrri. '"' c ' r *«’’*. hw « ’ : lb m y Kdrer. a well known < itUcu __ .u ■ ... ... heed. iva>- hidt the mo*t. A itiHelm ■ J'. ‘Udktmint allegingl p|< iM.-tur, pa .d aw*y Sunday mure. *ie > *.ur of e gaming house. wa:>l urouwist them to thin city , where tin- 111 ’ *‘ l * l,c Ydaui* tuuniy- tiilirmary begun this morning in the rireni bnbv wh* taken to a physl. ian who at ;,ll ' r Illness of about five weeks I . oi.rt before H jury R <• i-arrinii ar t. nded to it. the imrty returning home , from tj, i,„jd dreroy and i I arn ~r a state and Peterson t Mo on the »:«•» car. < «>iupli< *U ( , n .. Mr Kelpre took "lek i ran tit the <F lense. I Mur to trial I ■ — -- - - - uimot »- r a .. , | n,H t or ant) was rv . u're’L ■ "T" MEETING. ; ..V'-il ,o the . „„ n1 y )nhin , nry wl „. r .. ' ■ he ha«| be-m hs*.

«t|«t tmf state facta H*iflh i**nt mnetitntv an ofTrnsr. wa> overrtt’ I **<!. ami the de!«*ti<iniit hws nrrnlgnßit and pl< ud*n! not unlit,r. Tfap htry MMUrrtl about 10 o'clock and the trial la gan. It will probably rontliiii? ovej , I into tomorr< M . County Clerk hlreke wag aulhorkof* I to draw Hx additional nantt a to ; i«m |M‘tlil Juror* Martin. HCh Iccjy. IbMT, limker ihh! Rmde. wiio , oXruHod for good rauav. ‘lh** i ti | •r« > to to? r< 1 tintablv Ht»|d<.*tnber The motion flh»d hy, Alliert Atik.-r i to quash the indi< ttneut amilmt him. l iilli’gin.: that he allowed iiiinoii. to | Im 100 I. was sustained, mid tho de.ttid t’ti* was dui.'lisryteil. The caiwi of liettdcreoh I*. t'ol«>ninti v i'nlou Trartloti Co. of Indi.ma

vattued here from Jay county, eu* disttdsnerl. HcT't-tui Billing vd, Tho Toledo, Ht , t.»eii* A Western R. ft., npp« arnnev b> t'lark. Gimnther mid Van llrunt ford" irtiilmit. Motto* by defnndmd to strike out putt of first psiragraph of com pimnt. M Baldwin oy next ft tend. Liudly .I Baldwin, re. Fred C. Kienirii.,' cm sat tor Ortobdt 1.

I The Adam* County Horse Thief lh>-| ti* tire a*MK latlon will hold their reg - I r.lar ineetMa nt the effiro of T. J. Durkht on Swtiinliiy, Sept' mlmr JO, nt I 1:30 p. >u. As this Is the time for the • lection of oSters and the selection of, n representathe to the national me»t | Ing. would like to lih > e all mi'tnbers ' preeent F. H HREINER, Pre*. I J. F. FRUCHTK. Sec>. Jins . | ——* •• «■<>'-»- -■ — ■■■■ II M, • POLITICAL ANNOUNCLMENTSFor Mayor. You are authorued lo iinmmne - my ' nmuu us u l andidiili* for mayor of the city of Decatur. Ileliann. snl'jeil tn the democrnUc rriniary election lo be held. Tucsdny, Heptemut'r noth. ini3. t'llAH. N. f'HRIHTKN. FOR CLERK.

Flresr miiKiuni-e my omit* »* * tam! | dulnte lor the uotnlntitmti lor elerk i of Ike C'lty erf Deenttir. snbjeci to the il< pic< r'cti city priumry. to lie h.-|«t. • t'Uesit*,*, Ih'ldi tob* I' MO IO 13. | H. M. DeVIISM. | - ■ ■■ —■ —a«— Mr. mid Me*, w. R Dorwln ami t •bilrffcn. Kathryn #ud D an. ami Mr. i and Mra. John Ktewart and moi, Met, -lifh, niotund to Van Wert, Ohio. Hmi j | day and warn guest* of Mm. Darwin's; i rotter UfU ilwioptfuu ?mi fuwii- „ , ‘

<>f thetime. A lew day* after hi* ar* ric.tl nt the infiriiem. t.iw ... iiHiriii.vr) nig gicKn«*Ht« <h»-' oi* <i into typhoid pneumonia whic h | finally iwilted In hie death Sunday. Henry Helper was born tn Ger-; »any. the exact date and month not! n~ known by surviving relative*,l * i" birth record* were lost a nnm-, "’ r " ! ’' “ r » “IM*. It Is < c rtaiii tlcat he «u* not over Aftymlue year* old. mu forty year* ng<> | M ., MUM> lo t | ( | M ••I i\ with lilm iwr< hin Mnt| bnitht’r*! and sisters and since that time be: made hi* home In and around De•■’nr. He wh* employed a* a farmer! "I ..cidetivr lor (oop, Hme on the' Hat i st. -|p farm. The de< v**e<| ivlvi'd l>y U wife, wfeqoa home I* not I «*m*n. and hmr i.liilqren. ,\dda Kells' r, Joiiii K-tiMT and Jacob Keiper. of i w, ' Mr *’ Htia lffi ‘rf Van ' 1 *Me isdaugbuir, H v ahmi -ntre « brolher and slater. Philip, Lu L'” "" W ' r ’- M «* , K, ' , *''"ak*r u< thfe. ~|t y l"' Ihhb win i H . uk<n from ttej ink-n i '"" rn, " r> ,hl " '‘fb-rnuon mid Fnmk L W Mr "- ■ 1 Mwmakc-r h, ir fm W || ( (akf . , " Hfte,no.,„ Ht) M piesotsi remotrey — t I ■'"•ffi D Nlclllngre • Dicrm- .| PrM ., | hugs tis, fc fair fm-limina Ul ,, . ,iHu vid ** j

1 Ladies- * I See our beautiful Ivi fashionable Milling; classy trimmed andt trimmed hats. Fall Opening WEDNESDAY SEPT, 17-1913 MRS. M. P. Ml Smoke The “WHITE STM I EXTRA MILD I The Cigar with ttl Tempting Tubac® ' Taste I FALL DISPLAY d MILLINERY At the Bowers Mi-1 linery store. I Tuesday afternoon and «•»*•* I Sept. 16. Everv one " i