Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 237.

THE CIANTS WON injhe tenth New York Nationals Took i Second Game in World's Series from Athletics. — 1 ■ 1 A PITCHERS’ BATTLE tn Which Mathewson Licks Plank—Sot a Score Made Until 1 enth Inning. ■■■ ■ Philadelphia. Oct. s—(Special to Pally Democrat) The New York Giants won the second of the series .•Sallust tile Athletics, winning to t*F 8 Kam here, by scoring thru, ttnis in the tentli inning, the only tuns of the game. .Mathewson pitched lor New York and allowed eight scattered hits, while Plank for Phila delphia allowed only seven hits, but was outlooked. In the tenth inning ••Sy l* f ’" n * the first man np for New York, hit to right field and Grant ran for him. Math-wson singled scor lug Grant. Matty went to third on a Wild throw, Hertzogg walked. Plank hit Doyle, filling bases. Fletcher eongbd. scoring Mattv and liertzogg E Th*' attendance was and the drfeelpts. |4!t,ti|O. The final score was Jto 0. Each team had two errors. (By Hal Sheridan) ■ Shilie park. Philadelphia Oct s ■ ttsfecM to Daily Democrat t it wa> Philadelphia** torn to pay tribute to : "King wat" today .and the fiat was |iflon< to a turn. Mere dampness could - JU-* stop the Ath) tic fans from wit n* srlngr the second game o. the world fatties. A cold ndst descended Lt! roiigliout the night and .-iboiit one - thousand waited patiently for th< i |ut*-s to oi *n. The mist soaked rnanv lul the men to tlie skin. \t Boi loci Oils morning five thousand people I' here in line waiting for a chance t< 1 1 ’ get tickets to the grand stand oi rteady to sell their places. Merkle. , Qrsi baseman (or the Giants, was not abie to play today. Hl* ankle which jra-- Injured yesterday, is in such con dition today that he cannot bear his weight upon it. carnival week [ Hoosier Amusement Com pany Will Hold Forth in This City for Week. BEGINNING OCT. 20TH Will Locate Around Coutt House on Madison, Third and Court Streets. ft Decatur is to hate a ciimiHil ffpven If II didn't have a cmintv lair j [The Htx*i**r Amusement comjmm this morning made nil ueciwn n | g . h.,1.1 forth here during runs m«nts to num iurw ’ the week of October 20. The locs U Hon of the conn any will <••* house on Madl-m. Third P gnd •'ourt street* Th J u rt nwrrvn* found, WW » €<»m; • ' oi » r ' * * kZLu Jioup. nti*a«* w,,tl Lwhe«*i rirw. fnvww. • . ■ i. . it. n « -<>** »Hh » ‘•a™ l '* l “ i» ,-rytl ItiK tnr’ ’ . ■F\ . I.tnc and ini' resting Tim 1 ” mnany »ho *'** in | pfint ol the com . * |(>(> I the city this I ( ~n txinj . has , | S th. host gayer exp''• (|) (i , n „ (M ,|. I plm’r they •»' hir |h | Ina of perfect imtl • * ( Ifements b.d » ev.<y re k X' receive.! Inrlt.tiOM to "<«« »y nv»t year. CARD OF THANKS I t „.. I Blebcrl.l. wUh snd ((th(sf | pn«rhrr nn.l <0 m fur the kill®"”’ * them nt the time of their j

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admitted to bar, I R. Earl Peters Dons Robes of Legal Profession. 11 l-.arl peters, well known northern Indiana newsimper mnn, who re- ■' returned from Washington, 'horehewasennaged In special work " a> admitted to the Allen county bar 'csferday. Elmer Leonard, Guy Colern k and William S. O'Rourke were lhe attorneys who reported favorably "I'on Ids admission. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. WtLL MOVE TO DECATUR. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Dttrdg have returned from a visit at Mrs. Burdg's ormer home at Poplar Bluff. Mo. They I ave been living in Ft. Wayne but expect to return to ecatur next week to live. They spent Sunday at the Al Httrdg home and Mrs. Charles Burdg remained here, as she is suffering from inflammatory rheumatism. TH? PROPER CARE Should be Given in Packing Parcels to be Sent by the Post. SAYS DEPARTMENT Else Postoffice Employees Must Not Receive Them for Mailing. Postmaster W A. tower, as well as ■ thers over the country, have received from tlie postmaster general's office, 'illetins lulling attention to the 'io|>er care that should be given |>ar cels |M>st |ia< kagea for mailing. The bulletin says: Complaints have readied lhe departtn' nt of lhe frequent breakage of or damage to articles sent through the malls us |Hirvel |M>st. due evidently to Improper i>a< klnu or wrapp.ng. This condition iudkates clearly that careful atl< iitiun is not being given to Secion 3”, Parcel Post Regulations, which nates plainly that ' Postmasters must refuse o receive for mailing parcels not properly indorsed or packed for case shipping. Postmasters and clerks are informed that whenever it is shown that the loss or daniuKe to a parrel or its contents is clearly lite result of Im proper i.neking or wrapping at the time of its receipt lit the office ol orlcin the person responsible for Its acceptance in that condition will be l.elci accountable fur the damage. i'mbrellaa, canes golf sticks, and ar tides of like character must not be . icepted for mulling unless they are -tru|>|M-d sec urely to strips of wood ol the same length and are otherwise v rapped and made sufficiently strong to withstand the ini|>act from heavier packsge* coming against them in the prescss of hnndllng In thc-lr various stages In transit. |'erl>: .;!atll< les ■ partleulsrly berries and ripe fruits also paint*, oils. ,t< contact wltli which wnuld l>« datie tive to the content* of other imrI , els must 1“ denied ndmissloil to lhe i inall* titil<«s the regulations with ref i. r. nee to packing a* set forth tn Section to 37 are observed strictly, instances have come to the d*|m.rt i tent's noUr. where there ha* been .un-lessne** In this regard and dam . ne to other mail h*» resulted there from. WILL »00N° BE READY. The furniture for the domestic science rooms I* here, water and ga* -S tu-lng rnit 1" todfiff. and the rooms will be for "** ,h ** ***** ,mrt oi this week, or the first of Word has bWB received that the ~l ltllial training Bench* have been .hipped and everything will soon be ready for the practical trailing in the new vocaticnsl department of the ch in hooto* •— — ii 11 T 0 GIVE "IVANHOE.** F X Halller of Fort Wayr... who i» in charge of th. spw tec ular work of lht . Yeomen, met with the local mem i t at a special meeting. Arrange I were made to give the stwwtaci lllir product!* of "Ivanhoe** st the I house In the near Mu*. j

. LAST WATCH OVER I- | John Gair, Faithful G. R. & L I. Watchman at Adams ‘ Street, Died Today. I- — M a PROTECTED LIVES Os Travelers for Past Eleven Years Was Born i in Germany. k Having performed his duty uh watch [ man at the GR.& I. railroad crossiuc, of Adams street, and protecting the lives of the many travelers from danger for the past eleven years most faithfully, .John Galr known to utmost every person In the city, passed away tills morning at .the home of f’hll Omlor, where he had been n .-iking his home for some time. Mr. Gair was taken ill Saturday evening, lint did not think it was anything seriour. i *1 his morning lie arose from bed and was out in tlie back yard when he fell I over. Mr. Omlor carried him into the house and immediately summoned i ' physician, but liefore he could arrive, lite had become extinct. Tlie cause of Ids deatli was due to neuralgia o' the heart effecting the coronary arter. les. Mr. Gair was a man who was very conservative about telling of hia lite, and outside of knowing Unit lie was born in Germany, that he had several brother* and sisters there- and that he was G“ years of age. nothing more Is known of his history. He was l.iarried once. Ids wife dying a short while before coming to this country, i He had lei-na faithful employe of th< - G. R. A- I. railroad company for tin-1 past 31 years and would have been | placesi on the |>eii*ion list in another i year, at which time he was planning < n making a trip to the place of his, b'rth. No arrangements have been made at the present for the holding : of. the funeral but it 1* thc-uglu that - U wilt probably be held Friday. INSPECT ROADS The County Commissioners Spent Several Hours Looking After Roads. — THE CLOSING DAY Railroads Must Repair the) Crossings at Once—Surplus Fund Divided. The county commissioners today, devoted several hours to Inspecting road*, again taking up the routine ai 1 the office thi* afternoon, and will i likely conclude tlie session till* even tng. - The auditor was ordewul to notlh | the clover tool rail rood to imintuiiutely repair the crossing nt west Pleasant Mill* neur the Hnmuel f'hroolnter residence and to notlfv the Chicago A- Krte to re|mlr tincreasing at Preble. The auditor filed hl* report »howIng that mH bill* had been |utld and that Uten- remain* In the treasury a surpliiK of the fund* for the construction of the tob ditch of fit 38.37. Booth ditch, 5U4.30 and the Brus'i wood macadam rend, S:itM.7l. The hoard directed dl»trtbutlou of thia 'fund among the irartle* named and | i-ntltled thereto. Superintendent toiighlln of th< county infirmary was autiiorlxed to sell twenty three head of sprint lamb* now on the county fnrm. The Noah Johnson et nl. petition, for a macadam road w«* found sufhe lent and according to law and thcause continued. TO ARGUE MOTION. Decatur attorney* Interest'd in the case wen to Muncie today to argue '< he motion for a now trial the Mur ray Hotel comimny** aptdlralion for i a liquor license In the Dehiwsre circuit court. i

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 8. 1913.

j GOOD CROP IN WHITLEY. 1 Bee tH.irvest There is on and Proving Entirely Satisfactory. ! The following appeared in today's . Journal-Gazette: "Columbia City, Ind., o<t. 7- The task ol’ harvesting lhe sugar heel crop i in Whitley county is on In lull blast i at tlie present time anil on next Mon day morning tlie matter ol hauling ■ «:im-> to various lines ol Liam-porta- ; Hon will be started and th.- same will be rushed to tlie main lailoiy at Decatur. Field Manager E M. Wagner and .!. S. Peterson of D"enti;r were in thle comity Monday and Tm-sday I and they report that tin- crop will average from ten to twelve tons per i acre, and this is consider?<l remarkable when taken into consideration it at the local farmers have never had any experience in raising beets Is-fore |r:nd Mr. Wagner and his assistants were surprised when they examined tlie local crop. There is something i like SSO acres of beets in the county and if tlie crop protes suceesslul the Decatur company will have no trouble : in securing 1.000 acres of land next year an-l tlie beet crop promise to rival tlie nion crops for supremacy." TO BUILD SEWER Myer & Richard. Who Have Contract for Geneva Job. to Begin Next Monday. TILE HAS ARRIVED Machine Shipped Today— Estimate Work Will be Done in Five Weeks. There lias been mon- or less said about the probnhllity of Geneva building tlie sewer system, ordered by tile town tHiiird early in Um summer, >or which Myer A. Richard o! this city have the contract. Mr. Richard in I, forms u* Hint tin- work on lhe Job will begin next Munday morning. lh<contractors having been notified that i twenty five cars of tiles Imveuln-adv I arrived at Geneva nnd been distrilui-1 ted along the lin t* of the pro|«>sed sew-1 er. Fourteen mon- cars are on the road and Hie machine has b-eit loaded nnd will be shipped today. The con tia«tor* estimate that they can com plete the Job within live weeks, Thu* •hey figure lieating the Imd weather and giving the |>eople of Geneva the advantage of their new sewer system to rthe winter and the early sin-ing, I when It Is needed so badly. Myer A | Ituhurd are completing the work on the tiig reservoir at tlie city plant here, thia job having consumed s»v-1 <ral niontha ofthelr time. JURY DISAGREES Fail to Agree in Schwartz, Will Breaking Case for Second Time. A NEW TRIAL| Will be Necessary—Disa-1 greement Results in Both Trials Heretofore Held. Another trial will be Ue> e*s*ry ol ' lhe case brought by the heirs of th--late Wllllutn tA liwnrtz. who are nt i l oipting to break hi* will. The jury In the Alien supeilor court. wh»-re the case was venued from here, fulled to agree and were dis { charged this morning by !!■•< Judge I The ease went to the jury yeslerdnv i.fternnon. sflcr the argument* wen I given. The evidence was Imar'l last w< ek. This make* the second (Hal. the I Jury disagreeing In both Instances The first trial wan held in the tdnm* I circuit court. I Il will rem>wh;rtd that I thhwartx left only the tii-.uily mm ‘ - traita and a few minor things tn t'neil heirs, leaving the bulk of the estate i to a fund for a hospital In Berne, pro 1 tided the 1t»mo people raliw an equal I amount.

PLEADS GUILTY Andrew McConnehey Given Preliminary Hearing in Federal Court IN FORT WAYNE Was Then Taken to Indianapolis—Case Will be Laid Before Grand Jury. "Before Commissioner Tiionui J. Logan in federal court Tuesday. Andrew Mvl'onnehei of Decatur, pleaded guilty to a charge of rifling a mail sack nt Decatur last Satur-lrty night and in default of Jl.mm ball, was given to tlie custody <ol Deputy I . s. Marshal Samuel J. ICrrington. Marshal Errington will take tlie prisoner to tlie Marion county jail at Indiana! oils this morning," says the Ft. Wayne Joournal Gazette. “When tlie prisoner was arraigned 1 sot preliminary hearing lie said that! he meant to commit no crime; tli it he was under the influence of liquor and therefore not responsible for the deed. "He related to Commissioner Lie an I practically the same sten he told i’ostotfice InsH-ctor W. It. Platt. Ihdeclared that lie put Ids thumb into ' slit in the mail sack and tore the I pouch open. Tlie |sm< h is at the in | Spector's ottlee torn just as McCon j nehey said it was. "It develoiH'd in the preliminary I hearing yesterday that Mcfonnehey had served time in an Ollie pei.lt'-n ' Gary. Hr was tried and convicted - tldrtiM-n years ago for forging a ti<' tieious name to u registered I- tier or . der. He pris-ured the letter .Old si’.-ut Hu; money. '•.MeConnehey's care w ill be laid b" 1 fore the November session of the fed-1 oral grand jury and the court may impose a fine or Jail ceiitem • or both." deny Charges Mr. and Mrs. John Reichard Very Indignant Over Their Arrest. CLAIM SPITE WORK' Expect to Prove Innocence When Their Marriage Certificate Arrives. — Mr. and Mu. John Reichard, wli. were arrested yesterday on erand! jury indii tmiuits < barging tl.fm with I (ornieatlon and adultery November 1. IHIX and at tlm * prior. Indignantly deny the <han.es and hope to prove their Inno.-em c us soon as the eertllcate of their marriage arrives, wiil.hl will be In a very few days. They claim that they were married In Michigan nnd that le-tori- they left Jefferson township Inst fall, whcr< -h<y llveil. they showed their marriay. certificate to people then. They al legs that wlun they left Jefferson I township, qult« a num Per of people! knew when they w. nt away and I where they went, and that their ar rest Is the result of spite work. Mr Reichard also denies that his wll» ever told any one they were not msr Had. Mr. Reichard elnlm* that they nre not back on a visit, but to make their luuiu-, and that they hav- hrotight their household good*. Mr. llelohard Is confident that whet their cert I Heat-- arrives hi a lew day* their intmcem u will be pro .-n and I the thaws dismissed. — — i ■■■■ MAKES PREPARATORY REPORTS.! Mrs. Al Burdg left this morning fi> Daleville and Mundo, whore sh« go Io make up report* forth - Pm-ahon tar lodg". preparatory to tht m-etln.-: i<! the grand council which will he held 111 ItldiulispoHa lit.. Week of I keto I her 23. Mrs. Burdg I* grand keeper I of wampum. Tom or row she will g<> | to IndhinniMdls to all.-nd thn Pythian Hlatora' grand lodge.

MR. RICE SELLS HIS FARM. [ Negotiating for Another in Randolph County—Close Deal Soon. 1 Through tlie Harv y £ Leonard ageucy of tliis city, E. E. Rico, former suiKTiiitendent of tin- schools of Hiia city, has sold ids seventy-two acre farm in Clinton county to John | r. Price, tlie consideration being $!•,- ’ I !'<>o. The farm had no buildings and tlie price shows that land in tlmt section Is valuable. Mr. Price Is quite w ell known hero having own< d several farms here at virions times. This ileal give* him a a farm in Clinton of >72 lures, .or. Hie.* took in exchange a residence property In I nion City find now lias a deal on for the trade of tlmt on tlie purchase of a farm . in Randolph county. Mr. Rice ex- • p> cts to continue his i-esldem-o at Rich I t.iond while ids daughter Is in *< liool I lhere and wanted a farm nearer to that, place. TAKE LIFE VOWS — I Wedding of Mr. Fred Baker j and Miss Amelia R. Kohne Solemnized AT CHURCH TODAY! Big Wedding Dinner Given j at Kohne Home-Go on an Eastern Trip. A prettier nor happier wedding pat | ty neicr entered tiie |*ortals of the ISt. Mary'* I'atiiolh church than tlistl I of tills morning at X:3O o'clock when I ' Fred E. I inker ami Miss \uielia Kohnol I plighted their vow* for life. Father! | Wilkin gave tlie beautiful ling cere-1 | >nony and tlie nuptial high mam wa*j rolemnlzeil. Always I’refty, .mii.ibh* rhami I inr, the bride u*as » vt-n mon» to-1 dfty. She was gou n* <1 in toliih*, I j Her goun liei:.;, .ml rukhn d iiM I t haniit* i * with Ihkml it iniinin*4H. Beat*J trimmings ontlindA the low. roiiml • nt‘< k» and a girdle of whits satin, w ith I xldo stroamiT?*. th lined th#* waist. In her dark hair, she wore white I roses and sw:insonla and < arrivd n tdiower bouqm t of bride’s roses tie<i|

with while Balin ribbons. the stream, cr ends of which were Ipopod with swansonia. Equally pretty wag her attemkint. her sister, Mrs. IMer Hess, who were palest pink chiffon ever unite satin, tnmni.d in alituiow line. The bod.-e wu» embroid. red In pink silk and ue::d», and the tie. k and line flounce wore outlined with a tiny pink and p.een chiffon floral tracer) A pink satin girdle with sash ends, completed the costume. Hotii brid- and attend lint wi.re long whit.- silk Move* and white silt per* and Mrs. Hess curried a allow er bouquet of pink and white er mat ions. The groom »»< attended by Mr, pe t>t Hess and both more suits oi black. After the ceremony a visit was paid to the photographer. before repairing to Hie Kohn homestead soiuh ottown, where they were greeted by the sis tors and brothers, aunts and uncles, nlei ea and nephews, for th< wedding reception and dinner. The colors w'te carried IIRUH. The colors of fink and white were carried out in the decorations of the homo and the bridal tables The many proUy autumn flower* and autumn leaven, with their glorious color*. were used In d<« oratlmr the home and made a pretty netting. The din tier wn* a numptuou* one. skillfully prepared by Mr*. Anna Vogh-werf«-,’ Mrs. Henry EHlnx. Mis* Anvils n«»a, Mrs. Verona Miller and Miss Maggie Hmlth, and neslstltig in the serving were the MlsMa l.udy t‘ol. bln, Iler hardlrio Heidemann, Clara and Anna Kohne nnd Agnes liutnsehtag. Mr. nnd Mrs. linker let thia aftertoon on an eastern trip nnd will l>« •t home hi n week or ten days tnnha Kinney property on k'ourth str.et. The groom is a son of John Peter Baker, 1a a buslnwis mnn of the city, l>< Inga member of the bakery nnd is tanrant firm us cited X Baker. He l« a young man of true personal worth, "’hi- brid" it n young woman, e»pm ialy favored by nature, with nmnr per ‘onnl charms She hss hen the guest of honor at several pre nuptial aortal a fl airs.

Price, Two

.'RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED I II City Council Busy Passing and Adopting Them at Regular Session. i TUESDAY EVENING 1 ~ 1 t«fiQkie%< Final Assessment Roll on Sether Sewer AdoptedBills Allowed. Thu regular session of tlie city council last evening opened with th« roll cull and every member answered to Ids name except Isaac Chronister. Councilman Hah- came from Rome I City, where he had been enjoying a I tew week** tlHhing, to attend to bis pnrt of the work ol the council. The I meeting was not a very long one and about tlie only thing done was the passing and adoption of resolutions iifiou the different streets and sewers, '/lie monthly bills were also allow*d by tlie finance committee. Tlie resulutions and asm ssim-nt roll eanin under the liend of unfinished I businss. Hie tin matter under this j hi ad was the proof of pnlillcatlon to propery owners of the asseHsiiH-nt of ilio Ninth street Improvement and I im-lng it on file. No obj.Htlons were l*n sentcil snd the si-s* --im i.i of th* city engineer was spread on record, mid a motion made to have a few corI recti'ms mode in it. This was door* by tlie engineer and a< i-eptr-il by the I council. The proof of inildieatloti .o property I OWII’TS along Sether sew er »r ;d»o | tlleil. No objections wen- offered to ('■ls assessment and a reulutloa ailo'itI ing tlie preliinimiry n.-’seasment roll as Tin* preliminary assessment roll on | the bricking of the Hidewalk aluig Market street was til**d and n motion I made to adopt It Noli* eto itroparty I owners w ilr tie given at once and obI ;<s thins will be heard at tin* next regI ular meeting which will Im* October 21. This motion was iiassed nnd j adopted iTliw city <MiglßK*r i< mport of com* pletion oi lh»* Rukix htu>rovt* I incut w:ih filttd atu! thr u- foment I th«*rt*o!i. Tlh* total t <>h( ot tti<* I wax hi and the cltv’n lumcwinent placed at

|5.’4.2t. A motion was mad*- to place Uii» report on record and It carried. Mayor Tuple's quarterly report from June Jo to September Jo. was flled and referred to the finance committee. The rcoolutloo of the library board ot the tax levy was fi|-d nnd a motion made to place It on tile. A petition signed by property ownera asking for a sewer in the northwest par tof the city was rend, and a motion was made to ref. r It to the street ano sewer committee. A bid of Myers. Myers & Ilk hard to furnish all additional cement for the <..nstru.Tic.-i oi the reservoir at |J“ ■ •< >r harn-l. was placed on file. The stre t and sewer committee made Its report on tin- Btreet running raa< Sam Hite** grocery from Win<hester to Third atr-'l. X motion »«« made to build a cement sidewalk t long this atr-rt. which carried over the protest of t’onm liman Christen. • h.iirmtu oi the llnau «■ committee, tie was in favor of buildlug a sld«walk, but not a qmoeat one. an It would be utmi-i <-es»nry. for If the street should ever lie bricked or Improved It would lie •eeoasary to taka up the work, thus adding extra e--pent® lo the city ami prop* rty ownera. The street and sewer committee also filed report as to havint entc-d into contract with Mika Miller on th- ctm- ■ nructlon of Indiana etrort A resolti- ' tlon wan passed by th-- council order--1 mg Jens Niblick to build a ci mart r.dewalk in front of his tot on North 1 Second street, just back of th* " ,h * new shoe store ‘ Mrs, Krill filed n petition for a* as ter pipe to her hour* nt the corner * es Fifth str-et. Thia matter was retarred io ilia waterworks committee. r The purchasing rommtt** showed . the council a number of Nicks whl'-h i- ihey bad received a few days ago > 'rom Wt* puMir utility commission. . with instruction that they would h»‘» to be used by the city In conducting - the munb Ipal plant Tbit total number I of Usdts needed aa stated hr the rotal tnlmfiwt wilt be twenty-seven. TUn (Ooattniira on Page 1)