Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1913 — Page 1

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EVERY THING is in READINESS Dedicaton Day Win S tan Off With 21 Guns and a Rer Noise. bells and whistles R ' 1 Will Assist in Opening the Big Day— ihe Governor’s Party is Complete. Tomorrow will o. cure iho dedication of the soldiers' monument, li |, t 0 | lo a day that will live long In the memor.v of those who witness the cere mony. At daylight you will be awakened by the firing of twenty-one runs. At 7 o'clock It is requested mat every liell in the city ring and every whistle Mow, just a reminder of the day. *’• M. Schirraeyer, who called the trustees of the various townships, reported that every one Ti*6 answered favorable and had said they would dose the schools if possible. This and the fact that the G. R. 4. j. will run a train south at 9 o'clock Thursday ev enlng. will further increase tiie crowd Mayor Teeple today Issued a proclamation asking all business to cease at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon on account of the dedication services. Tlte mayor also agreed to ti e (losius Os Second and Third streets to vehicles from Monroe to Jefferson and Madison street from Second to Third. A letter from Mr. KUingliam this morning gives the information tha' the governor will leave Indianapolis at 7 o'clock a. m.. ami arrive at Fort Wavne at 11 o'clock. Tie will be at com pantort by Mr. EHinmani, s«re tary of state: State Treasurer Volt mer, State Auditor O’Brien, Attorney General Honan. State Supt imtendeia Grmthonne clerk of ilie Supreme , Court France, Supreme Judge Erwin. Appellate Judge I bach and Dale CrltI tenberger. editor of the Anderson BuiI letin. At Fort Wayne they wilt be Joined by Congressman Adair, who l» at Warsaw on business, aid by Ed •Hoffman and others from the north part of the state. A party of dlsiin gunshed people Is aiso coming frori Chicago. Everything is ready but the weather. The party will arrive here- In a spec fal car over the interarban at atamt » 1:10, and will go direct to the mom; Bicni. After the services the govern I or's party will be served will a buffet Umcheon »t the home of J. H. Heller, after which they will lie taken to Bluffton, five automobiles having Veil arranged for. A number of lo c*l people will accompany the pari; to Bluffton. IV— — lecture course. State Will be Reserved for the High' School Lectu-e Nov. 5 and 6. Arrangements ..as b~" br 1 the pommlUeo of th. titgn si liool leeh...„ -11 Ijekets resertture course to ha»< ui I %ncif«men< in uiw » ? - .. Nov»*inlw*r • :'dSSrC:mL 6 .at7.. m t ITte usual place. SpciUl car--111. also is. taken .0 see tha. no I -plugging" of the boards gm* on bj l Z„ the usual time and every one will L treated alike. Four tickets . ’ *he limit allowed for any w | to reserve. fine floral gifts. I I | l i l( ,||i>vcs In giving hi* parent* W * n "! M they are living to »P' I 'll it em. has. spring he sen. 1 p Irtvthree nnc msn bushes. I ‘ l "' m 11 ,e sent them more ih.n ThU week he * « „ n „ ten dollar* including f ers in and ehrysaatlnmu u vpry fond of 01,1 /'pretty thin*" of nature. WILL »»'*T » EeV ' C **' mmtttee in charge has »•“ T ";;; (llelaef of .he Firs', r.nged for w o|TP .. |h# oP en Presbyterian 1 * tomorrow ln g prayer at Ut n*d Broth- - e’.'fjis yen church to F'

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°>tock company coming here A Mr - Heller of Orville, Ohio, la In 1 lf> '‘'J' arranging lor a stock comlunj iiow which will produce plays here during the winter. He Is in ml '•m i- (it tiip Selden Stetson Company, n,| e of tho bpst on the mail. Mr. • let son Was the first man in the conn,ry to put out as Uncle Tom's Cabin company and his success with that company was a continued one for : ' ,an > years, from coast to coast. ' lll '- have aranged a circuit consist 'ng of Decatur, Bluffton. Hartford ' by, Portland, Montpelier nnd Win--1 he ter and will play u weew's stand in '-.eh place every six weeks during the Winter. TO GET HIM OUT How Huerta Can be Eliminated Without Force Perplexing Wilson. UNDER MARTIAL LAW One Thousand Militiamen On Scene in Coal Strike District. / Washington. Oct. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—How to eliminate Huerta from being a faction In Mexican affairs without force H the ques-j tlon confronting President Wilson today. The president is con.! sidering issuing an ultimatum de- 1 manding that he retire immediately. It Is believed that the powers will up- ’ hold the t nttea Mates In this step. Revolutionary activities are increasing according to consular advices. Bolli sides cinim to lie having tho ad-' vantage. Vera Crus, Oct. 2*, —(Special to the I Dally Democrat) —The proprietor of j Ills German hotel where Dias was! quartered when he fled from the home of a relative, today swore un der oath before the civil authorities ! that the United States Consul Canada] had arranged for Dial to leave the hotel. I)ia> was still aboard the steams),ip Louisiana to which he was taken from the "Wheeling". He will be transferred to the first American steamship leaving for Havana. Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 29-~(J J pednl 10 Daily Democrat) —Oue thousand militiamen pui murtlal law Into effect today in the coal striking district and early this morning liegan disarming the mine guards und strikers. In must cases the miners had their weapons stacked In their camps rcadv for the militia Supplies of a million I tlon amt provisions enough to last for two .'eeks were given to the troop*. New York. N. Y„ Oct. 29—(Special 10 Daily Democrat) Ernest Muret. an associate of Father Hans Schmidt, vas sentenced to serve seven ,and nne-h*lf years In the Atlanta federal prison on the charge of counterfeiting The Jail physician testified that Muret was suffering from tuberculoma, otherwise this is all tout saved him from a thirty-year sentence. COMINQ TO DECATUR. 9tate Official! to Visit Enroute to Decatur Thursday. IndianapoH*. Ind.. Oct. 29—L. U. El-- , Unghaiu. secretary of state will take „ party of state officials, headed by Governor Ralston, to Decatur next. Thursday aa hi* guests. The uvelllngj ami dedication of a $19,009 monument 1 ,-rccted by Adams county to It* sol dlt rs of *he civil war will lake place, and Governor Rnl»">" *» "> make the| , r ,i|ef address, wH. O Brlen. audl | t „r of Hat*: W. 11. Vollmer. treusur , , r Os stale: Thomas M. Honan, attor r general: Chorle. A. Greathouse. i a,a,c superintendent of public Instruc U,m J- Fred Frame, clerk of the su , lir ,. nl e ami appellate courts and ; judge Richard K. Erwin, of the .u 1 court, will be In the party. Ad £. county had 726 cn.ls.ed m*nk| i 2 civil war. The state imr.y will Ip a. Fort Wayne Thursday 0-0 1 for lutu*hfion. . A ' TO BEGIN REVIVAL The Rev. C«y Black, pastor of the ;L„ Methodist circuit wUI hrjJ * service Sunday at the tleaa--1 m ,ls church. This will continue j thr#«*weeks or a month and promises 1 10 be an Inspiring one.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 20, 1013,

SOLD DAUGHTERS I* r " ' 1 - M Is Charge Made Against Parents — Indianapolis Pair t r HAS BEEN ARRESTED 1 On Daughter's Assertions . —She Tells of Prices Paid. ' The hand; of gypstor- vho tnuko their nppenrancp here at various times of the spring and autumn while enroute norih or south, to spend the different seasons of (lie year, hear the names of Steven; and Stanley and Mitchell and may hear a relation to the ones who figure in the alleged seiiing of their daughter.! into slavery . A Philadelphia dispatch toll tho following: Mitchell Stevens, twenty year-ohl, leader of n tribe of gypsi-s makln; its camp at West Overbrook, and 111 14-year-old bride, Elizabeth, released by the police following -t ; liearing, and the young bride's parents John Mitchell and his wife, who live near Indianapolis, and who had cans , ed th eeouple’s arrest after an eight months' search for them, were arrest ; ed instead. The child-wife of the g'-psy chief, I who proved she had been legally mar I ried to him, charged her parents with | .having sold every one of her sister < j into slavery and having attempted Ito do likewise with her. 1 hey were I locked up for a hearing. Mrs. Stev- j I ens said Diana, her oldest sister, was j sold to a gypsy in Indian .polis for I $950. Another sister, Maggie was sold I to a gypsy named Taizaru.; Stank-v for $750. and Lucy, auother older sis j ter, was snbt to Hurt ,~)tt*riiey for SIOOO. i she declared. The former iwo, she said, were | stolen by their parents from their | husbands, who had to buy them u | second time. Arrangements had been made to sell her for $1,000., she said, hut while negotiations were pending ahe ran away with Miechel! Stevens and I was married to him at Cumberland, i MU., by a priest. CHURCH WEDDING Was Happy Event of ThisMornng -- Vera Myers and Andrew Harting. WERE PRINCIPALS Wedding Dinner at Harting Home—Have Gone to Dallas, Texas. The Catholic church wuc thronged (lily morning at 8 o’clock with the j i many friends of the young. couple. l I when Father Ft dburger officiated u' j | the wedding of Mr. Andrew Harting utijl Mlua Vera Myrra. The couple wa* attended by the groom'* sister and brother, Ml** Mamie Hnrting and 1 Mr. Raymond Harting. Both the bride and her maid wore iretty blue I tailored autta. with hats of blue ve! ! vet with lovely blue plume*. They j carried white prayer books and wore ] corsage Itouquela of white 1 amatlonr. At It o'clock a wedding dinner was served at the home of the groom'* par cnt*. Mr. and Mrs. William Harting ! I The bridal table wa* pretty with vaan*; jof carmitlona and ferna, and covers were laid for the following btaldea the. members of the immediate family , j ! -ft,,, Misses llossle Mann end Marti- j ■ Heckman. Fort Wayne; Mica Nellie ' Myers. Mr. and Mrs, Kd Hurting. Mr., I and Mrs. Joseph Knapko, Mr. and Mrs ! I Harmon Ollllg. 1 This afternoon Mr. and Mra. Hart | lng left for Dallas. Texas, wt ere thoy will make tliflr horn*. The bride and groom art both two ■ fine young pimpl" W>h hoi-ta 'if| , friotnis who regret their removal front ! the city. The bride la a daughter of! .! the kite Mrs. EllgabeU Myra, and Is • quite popular In Iter club and other ao j rial circle*. ,

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I vrrrtA cru? ri rcTioN. j Although only one ticket, the demI ncratlc, will tie in the field. Vera Cru* will have an election nevi Tuet-rtay for *j I lie numitig of town otflcei . There jure two candidate; for trn.-'iec in (tie us ond ami third di ui. i nnd only one candidate for the oilier offices. Ballots ni'e heing iirinted at the present time, und the town is talking poll lb Tin-re nrenltoiil forty voters In f tiie iov.-n. The cnndldnti- re ifollows: Trustee, Dirt. No. 1. Frank Rw- ; ing; trustee, Did. No. 2, William Belj; by: trustee, Dlsi. No. 2, Thomas Gifford. trustee, Dirt. N. :i, l-cter Itaumi gartner; trustee, T)ist. N-t. :i, John ] Sherry: treasurer, (icorct Weist; ! clerk, Alex Del,oil; marshal. Fred Linniger. OPEN NEW STORE Frank P Bell is Arranging > to Open a Five and Ten Cent Store AT RUSHVILLE. IND. Has Rented Building and is Now Improving it With Handsome Front. Frank P. Bell, formerly of tills city, but for several years in the electrical business at Fort Wayne, has located at Rushvllle, Indiana, wlnre he will open a five and ten cent store. He has rented the Bowen building in tiiat 1 city, and the room is being remodeled for the new business, th? improve tnents including a new and modern! j front. Hi* slot k of gooda has been or j dered and Mr. Bed is planning on tlu j opening of theJ?lnc« of business alsmtl i November 29th. Mrs. IP 11 and daugli ] ter. Hetty, who have been the' guests i of relatives here for two weeks, wi’l go to Marion soon for a visit ] with Mrs. Bells parents and will g.;! to Ru*ltvlile in about two weeks. Mr. Dell has hud considerable business experience and will no doubt succeed In this venture. Rushvllle la a city o* 6,900, located about fifty miles south east ot Indianapolis. —— — o - -• COURT HOUSE NEWS. | A mariuge license was Issued to j i Andrew John Harting. clerk. liorn Jan uary 24. 1X92. soli of William Hart lng. to wed Vera May Myers, born De : cent her 20, 1892. daughter of Henry j Myers. This Is the last week of the Septemtier term of court which closes Satur ! day. Alleging thut her hustutml has been cruel to her. striking her on numerous occasions and forcing her to take their five-year-old son alone when she went out nights. Maud Wcliuer has 1 brought suit for divorce against Ar- | thur W. Wetmer. She says he refuser, I ito allow her to go to cltnrrh ami | abuses and strikes their child without ' provocation. She asks the custody of j the child and $lO a month for tts sup I port. E. W. Meyers is attorney for the plaintiff.—Fort Waym* News. County Treasurer diaries W. Yager and assistants are quite busy, as next Monday Is tha last dav for the paying of taxes without tlu penalty. None of the big check* have yfel CODiO i in except that of the U. it. & 1. rall--for $6.2(0), and the Indiana Pip* Line company, which pay* IDJHH) for | one Installment. " Judgment against James Altaian . and Fred C. Hess for $57((.80 and costs In favor of the First National ; bank was rendered today, A. Toreclo* : ure of chattel mortgage and sale 3f I mortgaged property was also ordered. Katherine Snyder was appointed I j ndmlustrator of the estate of ttnclu 1 j Stuckey, giving SIOO bond. Joseph D. Wlnteregg was appointed j ! guardian of Verna Kites hath ifttn-ky : succeeding Ra- liet Stuckey, deceased Itoal etitate transfers: Frank M. SchtHUeyei, trustee, to James T. J i Merrymnn, tot 27. $310; tbita Hell*) j ei at. to Adelta O. Iluckntas’er, realty In Jefferson tp., quit claim d"«d, $176; Lydia A. Runyon rt at. to Adelta 0., Huckmaster, realtv In Jefferson «P-. [ $l6O. 1 ..a» l -

EVERY RATIO) 1 r > I Where Methodism Has Been Established is Repsented at Meeting, AT STATE CAPITAL Decatur Methodist Men Are Attending—Opened on Wednesday Morning. The several delegates to the Metl. I odist Men’s international convention lin Indianapolis helped to fill great Tomlinson hall to its capacity yesterj day when lltrihop David 11. Moore of Indianapolis, formally opened the convention and presided al the morning session. Representatives of tie* (Imrclies front every state in tiie union and from all foreign countries where Met hod Is ut has been established were present. Owing to the death of Mrs. Fairbanks, (’itarler. W. Fairbanks. who was to have opened tiie meeting, rould not he pre-ent. Tiie Rev. Joshua Stansfield extended the welcome to the city. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, of Topeka, Kans.; Bishop McDowell, Dr. Robert Speer, Dr. W. L Haven. Kdgar Blake. Dr. B. J. M.i veert. were among the speakers yesterday. The country church was declared to be the greatest bulwark of the nation by Dr. W. Ward Platt of Phila I delphin. He believes, he said, that IV] the church’s power snd efficiency in j the nation are to be maintained, the: country church must not only he kept up. hut Improved. Charles M. Boswell, secretary if the tioard of home missions and church extension, expressed an oppo site vipw, saying that less Ilian 20 per <ent of tlii< church nnnilH-rshtp was | la the Targw rMies. amt Ihir th* work j of the church must be concentrated I In the cities in order to get the money and the control of institutions that wield such great Influences In A inert can life. Bishop W. F. Oldham of Ir.dla point e<i out the grout opportunities for evangellgatioti In India. China and oth er foreign fields. The convention will continue Thurs day und Friday. IS NEAR DEATH Mrs. James Ross Called to Ft. Wayne by Word of Brother’s Injury. IS IN THE HOSPITAL Fell Three Stories—Ribs Broken. Torn Loose and Heart Injured Mrs. James Boss was call 'd to Fort Wayne today noon by word of the *e rloos Injury of her brother. Hart Bow ers, of that city, formerly of near Monroeville. The young man lie* Üb'Onsclou? at the St. Joseph hospital and there t» no hope i-utertnined for bis recur-1 cry. Very llttTe of ihc« particular* of I the accident cam* to Mr*. Rosa, except that while iie.iverlng mea' l*»t even Ing. tie fell from tho second story of j a hitllding to the basement. The Injuries are very severe. Thr* > ribs wore broken, two were torn loose and with the tearing of the ligaments. 1 he suffered Internal injuries, the heart also being torn loose snd injured. He | is twenty-one years of nge snd 1* marI ried. NOTICE TO COMMITTEE. The member* of the reception party I which will go to Fort Wayne lo meet Governor l.'aMuo and lit:; staff are; j requested to meet at the tntorurhar. station at li o'clock prompt. Tincommittee Includes W. H. Myers. | Jo-.huu I’arrlslff Jim A. M"*'lrirk* 1> E. Smith, J. It Heller, W H. PToddar I Jobamt. F. M. ScUirmcyer, J. D. Hale. | Henry lilt*. C. 8. Niblick. C. N. Christen, It. 1). l*attcrson. T W. Matlonee, j W. I*. Hehrock. U. L. Andrt ws, 8. U. I Fordyce and I). D, Heller.

.1 IS GUTTING ALONG WELL. * F. Woods, tlte veteran resident ol this elty, is reeoverlng nkfly from his operation at the St. Joseph hosIS pit al. and was able to write a card tc !lii‘ Democrat, which was very gladly received. He says: "I presume It was a great surprise to yon people hear ing of this operation. Had I been able to have seen you I could have posted you about It. But 1 had my mind made up that It was life nnd death. 1 arrived at tlte hospital on Wednesday; operation was on Friday, g I judge that Dr. f’overdale showed you tho stone, the largest ever taken out, so said by all the physicians that saw it." LITTLE PREVIOUS — - t Were the Decorations on Home, of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jacbker. THE NEWLY-WEDS l ’ Have Not Yet Returned—- • Cheese and Weiners Eats en from Placards. A little "previous” were the decora- ! live stunts performed by the friends i of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ja'-uker. wtio . on Monday, anticipating an early home-coming of tlte couple this week.: k went to their home on North Fifth {street and gaily decorated It. And - j now the joke is on the decorators, for Mr. and Mrs. Jaebker who arc visiting in Chicago, are having so ' good a time that they have no? yet arrived home, and w.U not lie < home until the latter part Oi the week. They have leased the A. J. ReyI no!ds home on North Fifth street for I tio-fr reMdsnr*. and it was there that . I the attention of the decoiators was (entered. Tlte house was nearly sovI ered with placards with humorous j inscription*. But these are proving alluring to the small boys, and what were not dcspoilsd by the rain, are being taken down und carried away by the smull fry for play-4htng*. It I ntay have been that one partlcuI tarty gaHtronomlcally-alluring tld-bit | caught the attention of a hungry | tramp, for tlte cheese and wiener that j adorned a placard on which was In-1 trilled: “Our first meal at home" dis ■ appeared long In advance of the plain ; er ones. WARNING. All persons are hereby warned against tit* commission of any and all I sorts of offenses ugalnst the property lof residents of the elty on Friday I (Hallowe'en evening. Innocenf amusement will not tie Interfered I with, but the destruction of property of any sort is hereby forbidden, and the police are hereby Instructed to I arrest alt persons so doing. The Interference with property is a vlolaI tion of the law. punishable by fine and I Imprisonment, snd the law will be: rigidly enforced against all caught violating It. Jt’DBON W. TEEPLE. Mayor. 1— - -O'- • - TO FILE CHARGES. Geneva, Ind., Oct. 29 J. J. Ilraveyl of Anderson, who has beeu in this section for some time, left Monday I for Decatur to file < barges against I Samuel and Frank Derr'ckson an*l Albert Steiner for the taking of fur j liearing animals illegally. The case was h*ard In the Justice court of Henry Dtekersou here Friday hut was I dismissed. - —. The charge# have not yet Teen filed I here. $

************** **********< • * ♦ * MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION 41 Dedication Day la at hand In which all our cltifan* in tha city * 41 and county hava baan eagerly looking forward to. Wa faal proud of * * tha achievement of our aoldiar boya and point with pride to tha 41 4' part our ooldiora hava taken in all ware since our county wa» organ- 4i if lead In 1938. Wa honor thaoa vat*' ana for their service and sacrifices. # * wa graat all the soldiers with reverence, and extend to them a wei *1 coma hand. It la a pleasure for our people to lay aside their usual * 41 vocations In life and Join with all our people in dedicating on Oeto- * t- bar SO, 191 S, this beautiful soldiers' monument to which all have look 41 t;> td forward to with prido. I would earnestly repeat and ask that all # <i our cltUens close your usual piaoee of business and that your refrain m 41 from your usual avocations, from one o'clock p, m„ on Dedication Oay, 4* 4, October 30, 1913, during the dedication exercises on said day. t JUDSON W. TEEPLK. H Mayor City of Deoatur. Ind, 41 **********■>*** *********«*♦•••

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WILL PROBATED n 1 0 Will of Daniel Kauffman Adams County Man, Who Died in California n ! p | ■ WAS ADMITTED HER! n .... J i Gives Estate to His Childr 11 —Also Makes FewOther Bequests. li The will at ! admitted lo prohnt- (inlay, the instru- | ment having b* -a executed In this county, August i9o:i. At that time, nnd for ng time prior, he roI sided in (ills ntv, hi.- sot,, David, being a resldi: of Jeff ere. on townI ship. Mr. Kaufti: an's death, however, oeeurred Septem Iter .1, of this year, in latsseu county, California, at the I home of Ills daughter, Leo, wife of ] William Shaffter. An affidavit of the i death, as made by Mrs. Sl.afftcr before a justice of the peace there, was attached to the will when probated. The will was witnessed by John Schurger and D. E. Smith. He provides for the usual payment iof debts, funeral expenses and ex- , penses of his last Illness. He designates that as hts son, John, has already received his portion of Inheritance, he Is not to receive any more ! of the estate. To Bertha Meyer, child of Margaret Meyer, who lives with her mother in t'edar eoitnty. Neb., he gives ssuo. lie appoints Christian N’em nschwander her guardian to take < barge of the money until she is twenty-one years of age. To each of tits followin ' children be gives SSOO Jacob. David. Ico. Catherine: and also SSOO to the children of Lydia Neuenschwander and * Frena Pfr-ritarter, now deceased, th* children to have the inheritance of ! their mothers. What remains of the I estate is to be divided into seven | equal parts and given to the following children: Jacob. Christian, Ilnvid. Leo, Catherine, and t.ie heirs of Lydta Neuenst-hwander .it'd Frena Schlatter. o— - RECEIVES APPOINTMENT. William 11. Trout, eldest ron of Dr. D. G. M. Trout, wa* appointed super i Intendent of an Indian farm In Min- ! iicholu, according to a Washington | dispatch in the Muncie Star. Mr. Trout pa-sad the civil service examination some time ago and received tiie highest grade entitling l int to tho appointment. He has had much experience in farming, assisting his fithcr here in hts tine fruit and veg< • aide farm. HAS RECOVERED. Rev. Joseph 11. l.ynn of Acadenl« ( who came here last Friday to altc the funeral of the late Father WJF of this city, left thT afternoon tc a much longer stay ' t the < R;-n expected lie wouM b 'ter the funeral service* v• • iVer at the ftt Mary’s church. K .‘Lynn took sick and was taken to t ■ home ot Dr. and Mra. H. E. Keller, where he was routined to hts tew! iiutll today. Thebe*t of attention ws v»n him t.y Dr, and Mrs. Keller an slay he was able to go hack to hi me. I I N.—' O ' « CLOTHING STORES TO CLOSE. We hereby announce that our clothing store* wilt Is* closed tomorrow afternoon front 1 to 3 o'clock on account of the dedication enrctom. Teeple. Rrandyberry A Peterson. Vance & Hite. Myers-Dalley Co. I tollhouse, Bch title Co.