Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1913 — Page 1

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Volumc XI. Number 266.

DIED IN VERY FEW M NDTES Ellsworth Mcrriss, Prominent Pleasant Mills Farmer, Had Fatal Attack. ON LAST EVENING Believed to Have Been Apoplexy—Had Been i n Good Health. I came wry unexpectedly last at 8 o’clock, to Ellsworth Morrlx:. a i>romlncm man of I’loasant : MW when he suffered what the phyhlelati, who arrived shortly after his death, believes to have been apoplexy. Mr. Mcrnar was a man tull and portly and apparently in the very best i fcoalt'i. Tuesday he had l»>en working on his barn. covering every rraek «n*l crevice to nmke the strueture i Warm (or the winter. In the evening ho got up from the table, and yoiny Into the living room, remarked to his | Wtfe that lie believed lie would so to bod. He sat down behind the stove on a box and talked for a while. Hi* , Wife also talked with him and after a few moments she noticed that his an Sparer had ceas ed. Fearing somethin. ( Wrong, ttlie looked and saw him sit ting with his head drooping. Sli. I went to him and shook him and a.*ked bint what was wrong hut received no penlv 8h» hurriedly left him and call rd a neighbor, and when tliej return ed he had fallen partly over llewaetill breathing slightly, and they laid him in a better position and began at, i once to use what restoratives they bad at hand until the physician who} hud been called could arrive. He liv ed only a few -moments, however, ufronlj Jhe time he was first stricken - It was the first attack of any kind that he had ever had and had never be* n afflicted with heart trouble. F news of his death could scarce- j Bly be believed this morning when 11 readied the city, as he had always! seemed to be n man of unusuall) good health. Only a few weeks air fflrt served as one of the jurors In the J||i)r. Thaln ease, on trial in the Ad sms circuit court. Mr. Merriss v.a- boro on /ie farm and In the house in which lie die*!. 3, ISO J. making him at death fifty-one years old. He was a sotof Von la and Margarettt Stlner Mer ylfcs. Tile father died June f., 1898. and the mot iter only a year ago last * Bfiptetnber 6. t * lu young manhood Mr. Merriss cn Lu«retl the employ of the Erie railroad gb car Inspector. He lived at lints *©h‘.o. and Huntington and then weal Uto Ldngtou. Ky . Where he live-l ■twent* v«-« t -.er he purchased w JCcotl trued on rage 1) 1$ KNOWN HEIE |* Was James B. Merriman ot Bluffton Who Died Last Evening. A SHORT ILLNESS I Was Grand I. 0- 0 F. Offi- | cer—Former Wells County Representative. K Jgntes n. Merry,nan a promln^ Alr ... «,*ll known In nun il»" >■ ' « “""‘“l.!:', v :u. n'rlork Idly. died UM evening _ , |»t III* now*- “ t,, r * ' thirty i..- rj:r« ft.,,.. you,,. K' 1 WW */". Kl , rv „d In the K Well/ county and *<r Blatur from. I*>9 to Jl ; „ lee» "fi:;,o 5r the time of hit d* all ' mpim , nl . n B or the Indiana gran h , BfWtd ll»rd "ll «• d clllt , ■ wn:, lave been »*n J : HkCarni" l ■ ,| nionilw-r of ,h ' IHe » P rnml WM # lulslPCf I»•■». - * I pgrtnor of < »a r m Jourph PaUrr * ,

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GAME VIOLATIONS. I W,M b « Stopped Sayi Captain R. D . Th« F 'eming. started'To".*''!" 0 " f ° r " Uall h "" ,in e l-’iemm ’. eapialn it. u. f' rred wh| ' hf> Riln "' department connorthern i V ftt hlg In 1.0 ex' "!r u " nnh ,hiU a “ vigilance law. '' 10 S, ° P vln,allrm -' i of the TRUSTEES MEET ** came before" 11 ,he" ‘ >hW rm '"'' r ,hat of *t m was ft discussion new truancy law. explain,ng »> the details of the exactions of the wl' npn will lie the Wednesday after election day, In‘•'id If the regular Monday. MANY ARE DEAD As Result Os Monday’s Storm Sweeping Over Great Lakes. TRAINS ARE HELD UP And Delayed for Hours— Many Ships Sunk With Crews and Passengers. (United I*ress Service) | Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)- In the grip of the worst storm and wind on record : this city is emerging today in a para lyzed condition after being entirely cut off elnce Sunday from the out j side world. A few trains were abl*. I to craw! Into the city, bat none of J the lines are operating on schedul* j thee. The food supply Is almost ex I hausted in the residence districts, tin : wholesalers being un.ihte to deliver |The milk supply is exceedingly low milk being used only for babies. Th< J property damage has been estimate*! 1 at aiiout -me million dollars. ort Huron, Mich- Nov. H—(Special to Daily Democrat)—That two big Sake freighters are resting at the bot tom of 1-ake Hurou at a point eight miles north of hi* port, and their crews having perished, Is the belief oft/ captain of a tug. which has been investigating the wreckage. The names of the vessels are unknown The larger one Is resting on top r.i the smaller one. It Is estimated that the larger one carried a crew of tw.-n ty-seven men. The how of the smaller vessel was nil that could Inf seen. | Lorain. Ohio. Xov. 11-(Special to - Daily Democrat)—The steamer Gram I mer. carrying a cargo of coal I* , aground today and l» in danger of go jmg ,o pieces. The captain and crew i refuse to leave the versel. Tugs uro ,! standing by to rescue! he men. 1 Buffalo, N. Y- Nov. II -(Special to I Dally Democrat'— The United Stales I life ship stationed In Uke Erie, went [ ! down in yesterday's storm and the en | tire ere* was lost. I Detroit. Mich- N'ov- 11 —(S|>cclal to D.U, Democrat)— Will* d ‘' ul '* of the havor wrought on the great lakes slowly coming In over the crip y idcd. telegraph and telephone win-. " S believed that scores of people per hod ,n wrecks on Uke* Superior. Michigan and ,Vrso ° H “ ‘ Jan unknown vessel «• the S m Msniteautt UUml are doomThe decks are .wash and (ho * f latbed to the rigging- M-ny feiTedtobedead from c«Po*«re ,-M being made lodV near ~,.1-iv for traces of the steam M 7T So «•'- i,n, ‘ u, ‘ k works have hern wa.h.sl ashore. f. VaNIV ffUNERAL TOOAV- '* , .( menu Vaney. I 0 •»- billed .M-adW-»f yonna man » d# u> , w.docs s ISaskatcbcaa . n(M)0 tt t th* tslday. body huvat | i'|e*«ntd»lr ‘ near HonII “,‘i. aa* w »■' *“ ~ lh * young •» nf purhln# on J. >« If the pr * r .. foot slipped * thrown a** ln,t fl> *'

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, Nove

TO ISSUE BONDS City Council Held a Special Meeting Monday Night for the Purpose. the contractors For Indiana and Ninth Streets Will Get Money —Steele Sewer Up. A special session of the city council was called by Mayor Teeple for Monday evening for the purpose of passing a resolution ordering the !s---stting of city liomls to the contractorfur Indiana and Ninth Streets. These two streets were also accepted by j the council. Tin* session was u short I one. hut all business tip before them i was taken care of. The certlfliVe of completion ot Indiana street was Bled and u motion made to place it on record. The resolution accept Ing the street and the order to issue bonds to Contractor Mi chael Miller was read and a motion made adopting the resolution. The bonds will Ik* issued in amounts not to exceed $.'.00 and will bear six per cent interest from December 8. 1912. They become due December 28. 19i:> As prop* rty owners along the Ninth street improvement had signed ;t waiver amounting to $2,833.75 in all. v motion was made to Issue lionds to contractor E. Woods for this amount, nils motion was seconded and a resilution read ordering the issuance of them was udopti-d by the vote of alt - a resent. i Til" city engineer was instructed to 1 >re pare the preliminary assessment oil of the Steele sewer unit to re|Kvr' I it the next meeting. The session then adjourned. —ITT ~"- ■! DEATH A RELIEF: ■ - ■ .... I I Mrs. Charles Amrine of De- i ; Graff. 0.. Passed Away i at Early Hour. i WAS ILL LONG ! f f Mother of Harry and Ralph 1 1 Amrine—Known to Many t i Decatur People. , _____ « j After suffering for many years from i v buttling illness, Mrs. Charles Atn- * ine. aged, sixty-four, mother of Ralph 1 Amrine of tills city, passed uway at 3:15 o’clock this morning at Iter home ( at IVO raff, Ohio. Kor the past kcv ; } »ral weeks her Illness became more ,j stanning and Iter children wen* rail- f *d to her bedside several duys ago. when It was thought she was at the *, point of death. t Mr*. Amrine was known to many In this city, having visited lirrc on sev- t oral occasion* when her son. Harry W. Amrine, now of Cincinnati, Ohio, was editor of the Decatur Times. Her maiden name was Margaret Harlot to. Besides her husband, the t two sons mentioned Indore, she leaves n three brothers. They are the Itev. „ John Harletie, a Method.*, minister, „ of Ada. Ohio; Mathew Harlette. Van f Wert. Ohio, and Daniel Harlette, Dr- t liana. Ohio. a Funeral arrangement* had not yet ,| iieen made when the word was reoelv- . ed here tit la morning. , 'O 11 ' ' * POISON ELIMINATED. , No Mor* Dead ffinh Am Found at , For, Waynv. I —— j Although analysis of «». Mary's river water taken from below the Is'ct sugar plant at l»ecutur showed poison, no more dead fish hove been found floating on the stream and Cap I tain Fleming believe* that the manu . fart urtflg company has caused the l harmful Ingredlenta In It* refuse to b* t , imtioaied. Tlirirfore. he ha- dennothing in thn matter, but should there he a return to the former eon i itltlon he will Insist that tbc plant be i equipped with a filtering pool.—fWft I Wayne Journal-Onicttc.

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| COMPLETE 'PHONE LINES. The Clover Loaf Is about to Install a block system of their telephono service from Decatur. ImL. to Ohio 1 City. c. 11. (Hills, nmlntnlner of telephone service for the Clover LenJ, who has hetidiitiarters at Frankfort, was In Delphos Saturday morning .ml stated that he was making preparations for the work. The entire telephone service of the Clover Leaf > in Indiana, west of Decatur, has a Mock system and tin* company has taken this step 1o comply with Hnli I ami’s state commerce act which rectulres this class of communication. As soon as the new extension is completed th*' Clover Leaf's route in Indiana will he entirely equipped for the requirement!) of the act in thut state.- Delphos Herald. ON DOCKET AGAIN Mrs. Lodema White Files Second Divorce Case Within Few Months. FIRST WAS DISMISSED Geneva Matron Becomes Insistent in Trying to Secure a Divorce. For the second time In the past few mouths. Mrs. fxtdenta White, a <••• neva lady, litis fllad a divorce case against tieorgo ft. White. A few day, ! after filing the first case. Mrs. White j was declared insane. September 2. ' i and sent to Basthavcn asylum at IticL- ( mond for treatment. Site was there only u short time, however. |nd was released on u furlough lu October. A few we*Hr. after her return home see* 1 the filing of another divorce ease. She alleges they were married August 2. 1903, and lived together until OetolH-r 17. 1913. Site accuses ItcrlJ husband of rntrl and inhuman treat- | mem. She states fie has a high temper. and thut he cursed and abused' her and struck her on the head, injur- j fng her. and causing her much pain and suffering. She alleges that he' bus Used improper language before their little children. On one oeen*ion she states that he threw a chair at her and as she left the room, the chair struck and broke a gin •* win- ! dew. That the defendant also assault ed her fnther and drove him froui I ,h*dr home is another allegation. Shaccused her hu.-hand of failing to pro vide properly for her, and sh** stated j that he also asked merchants no, to! ~ let her have goods on credit. On--' i barge Is that he failed to buy suffl j clout food for their baby horn last July add accused her of wasting wlmt , lu* did provide. She says he also full I ed to set up a stove to keep her and t j, the baby properly warm. Mrs. White has a third Interest in ' tlielr home In Geneva, her husband 'I and her father each owning a third j r She asks for the custody of their chit t dren, $560 alimony, and 1250 a yea: t, for thelr support. I It Tiie children are: t’lara L-, aged p 9: Huelah. 8; Kdttu L. 3 years, anti q Willard K.. 3 months. e Heller. Hutton A lleller are her at- c torney*. > ——- —-O 111 - 1 " 1 { 0 ATHLETIC SHOW. t Tomorrow night Is the date act fori the show to Ik* given by the Athletic | p association of the high school. If you! r are a booster for giant clean nth Idles a show your spirt, by securing tickets a for the entertainment and help the e boys get suit*, tlx up a gymnasium t and do other thing* which has a tec. tl denry lowan, better athletics. The I, show to he given tomorrow night ait * the Ilex theater Will consist of two o screaming comedy hints and several ti good vaudeville stunt* by members of u the association, who are real artists j n In that tine. A mailneo will be given o In the afternoon from 4to 5 for the pu- f, pits of the lower grades. li - 0 ,1 NEW QUIET TITLE CASE. n John ttchurger. attorney for Joseph D. Durbin et ul., filed a new quiet tHK> li c»*o against Mary M. Johnson et at. r Notice of non-residence Is published, d tetiimaMe January 7. 1,1 • o 11 1 d The marshal was railed to the Rrle restaurant to care for a sick man this j afternoon, but this being out of hi a Hno of duties, the caae was turned o over to tty township trustee.

ii* un rjxniDiii e* tU>»Ml U"» njliL ;v-otc-o 1 )0o _ . Led"' *. Elected L ro vc - S. S. A 1 °;. v %•' •- w ! HON. CLARK J. LUTJ ft . Os This City is Vice Presi dent—Former Superintendents Retained. t The Adams county Sunday schoo convention closed at Geneva with ; record of great success. The ofiicerelected for the year, with the old de partment superintendents, who wer* retained, are: ,1 Hresldent—J. F. Lehman, Herne. Vice Hresldent (’. J. Lutz, Dccntttt Secretary-Treasurer--k. M. flay, ; Berne. Department Superintendent!. j Home- W. F. Johnson. Herne, It. fl. Elementary—Miss Jean Lutx, De : eatur. Teacher Training—O. F. Glllioin, . Herne. Secondary Division— C. X. Mumma, Decatur, It. It. Adult Bible Class —Rev. D. A. Kaley, Berne. Missionary—Clara Anderson. Geneva. Temperance—J. L. Smltley, Herne R. R. Frees—Jonas Tritch, Decatur. - ■— ATTORNEY IS DEAD. Attorney J. 11. Merriman, former representative, died lust night at hi* home in Bluffton after an illness of ten days’ duration from typhoid fever and pneumonia, Mr. Merriman was tliir ty-seven years of uge and leaves a wife and daugtiter. and parents, to mourn their loss. LEFT fl FORTONE Prosnerous Packe*- of Chicago Left Fortune of Twenty Millions. MORE SERIOUS TURN Os Affairs Taken in Interur- _ ban Situation at Indianapolis. (United Fress Serviee) Chicago. 111., Nov. It tSpecial to Dally Democrat)—The will of Edward M. Morris, the millionaire packer, who died November 3, left his widow out right 28 2-3 per cent of the entire for tune estimated upwards of twenty millions, and 11 1-2 per cent to Ik held In trust for her. The other Bfi per cent, exclusive of $260,000 be quests to charity, will lie divided equally and held In trqst for the four children. He left SIOO,OOO for the Morris A- Co. pension fund, and $25, 000 for his employes’ benefit aimoHn lion. Indianapolis, !nd„ Nov. 11 The In torurban street railway sltuntlo.! reaclusl an alarming point today when Albert Metxer. a local banker, who Is acting as mediator, reported to Gov ernor Ralston his failure to con vine* the heads of the Intarurban lines that the organized employe* demanded ar bltratlmi for thelr demand of higher wage*. J. J. Thorpe, the aucceeoful organizer ot the tr*/ey union and lender of the strike, declared that Ids union also embraced the lulerurlsiii men. The Issue may be tried in an other strike of intcrurbun men. The few state troops have I men organised In the two central, armories In order to l*c ready for action at an Instant’s notice. Indiana Harbor. Nov. 11 -(Special to Dully Democrat)— Three workmen repairing a leaky pipe were scalded to death when u steam pipe exploded at th** Inland Steel company'* plant anJ d"*troyed (he work*. —.. The Lyric theater will open tonight and everyone Is cordially invited to attend the opening. Price of admit* klon la only Qvo cents.

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u \v a” vnts cart returned. ~k Edward*, the palmer, Is anv id 4,6. r r °* urn °f “ hand car ,fV ,vo ' "ft*'' l f° r (h" conveyan*:i* o |SI ", The cart was loft at tie v* p house, and on Hatlnw'cn dit I'' I '' c'd, doubtless having been tak d 0 away by prank players. Mr. Ed Y ' tt Ltrds wants tin* e»ri retttrnei, to him MANY WILL CO. A number of Knights of Columlmof this city are planning to go to j_ Delphos. Ohio, Sunday, November IC, to attend the K. of C. initiation at that place. You run leave early Sunday morning on the Clover l.euf arriving there in plenty of time for church an I giving you a full day In which to enjoy yourselves. nl 1,. —— -o - - . :EXCHANGED RING v - Geneva Jeweler Accuses 1. Bluffton Man of Slipping in False “Sparkler." t. TOOK A GOOD ONE I. * From Tray—Exchange Not Noticed Until Long Afterward. Geneva. ImL. Nov. 11 —A very clev ! cr man appeared at the Jewelry store* of our local agent during the home coming week and asked to see Mr. - Bryan. Mr. Bryan made Ills appeari ance und was given a ring by the man. who was dressed very poorly and nsk-1 ed Mr. ltryan wlmt lie would give him j for It. Mr. Bryan made n price whil* , the visitor was admiring a couple of diamonds in tin* show case, lie also asked permission to see one of these rings. This Mr. Bryan granted und after discussing the price of It, SIOO. the man said he could not afford to buy one and also refused to take the sum Mr. Bryan had offered him for the one he wished to sell. The train had just pull* <1 in and the man hustil* | left the store, leaving the cheap ring and taking the diamond. Mr. Hryan did not notice that the rings had been shifted until later. He immediately inquired his whereabouts and did not locate hint until Sunday in IHufTtor*. < The thief was a young man. recently married, and had practically nothing. ll He had pawneil the ring hut Mr. Dry- I an took almost its value on other < tilings possessed by the thief and - called it square. Another Geneva Incident. i The Bluffton Danner says: I ’’The Geneva marshal was here last | Thursday to see Henry T. Gee. of this i city, on anottier Incident at Geneva i that resembled the above in sonn particulars. The Gee story was some-, i wlmt different. According to the in 11 rldciit In which Gee was Interested lu said that he went to Geneva to collect sl»u which ti man living In ori near that place owed him. He said i that (Iris man told him to go to a| store and accompanied him there and told the storekeeper to let him have | whatever he wanted, lie said that i lie told the storekeeper to let hlni j have SIOO in cash. He said that when the marshal came here after the mon- j * if lie refused to return It, since her hud followed dlmd ion* of his trod 1 itor. and had the SIOO charged to tin ; • laiter’s account." OPENING OF LYRIC. The new moving picture and vuud* vllle theater in this city w|ll open this evening with a j splendid program which Is given In ]' their big ad in tills Issue of the Derate ! crat. The name of the new theater | is ! ’The Lyric" and is managed by Mr. I Claude I sing who has been In the business for a number of yenfs and knows what the public wants, when they coma to ace a show. The t heater in Itself Is the finest equipped lu the city und has a seating capacity of 160 ' The Interior I* handsomely decorated j and the music during the show wilt' lie furnished by an electric piano. Mr. Long wishes that every one deslrnu - of seeing a gissl show, route and visit The Lyric. A hlg opening program for fivo cents. f —o MASONIC NOTICE. Alt Masons aro requested to meet i at the hull this evening, when ar- i rangomonts will be made for the funeral of u brolhar. Ell*worth Merrls.l

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NEW OFFICIALS ARE APPOINTEE ie. k ' Melchi for Marshal, Chron till. ister for Street Commissioner, Named ft « BY MAYOR CHRISTEN t ' Night Policeman Promoted 1 —Other Appointments to 1* be Made Soon. | Marshal—t’epliu Mclrlil. Street Cemrr.Lslon.T Isaac CitronIster. These appointment-- were announc--1 * d this morning by Mayor-elec Charles N. Christen, after .* confer • nee with the two men, and they will liegin thelr work for the city ImmisHately after Mr. Christen assume*) offiee on January 1. The men selected are well qualified for the places and should meet the approval of the majority of citizen*. Mr. Mctchl has Served for several years as a nigiit policeman and lias proven hinndf an efficient, brave and cnnrtomi* tied sensible officer. His selection was j lecommended by a p< r cent of 1 the huslne- < men. Mr, ChronLier, ' »vho will become street commissioner. I lias served for seven years as chalr- | man nf the streets und alleys committee on the i-oiineil. Ta n- Is not a man in town who knows the city better and knows to a nicety ju * what is needed. He Is industrious and has every qualification which should make him ti good official. The mayor-elect aclil also have the appointment of u mty engineer, the fire chief, und secretary of the ,«•.**.i of health, which he will announ-u within a few days. The night policeman will bo selected by the council after they have organized, hut it is wins pored loud enough to convince that u majority of the board have ul ready decided upon the appointment of George Smltley for the place. Tho positions all carry a comfortable salary under the new appropriation. THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS." That great sensational railroad play "The Midnight Express,’' which come* to the opera house Thursday. -November 13. promises to Ik- one of the best attractions Manager llosst* has booked this reason. You will see the train of cars passing, with till the effects of a real, midnight express. Tills Is no moving picture show, but a real comedy drama with plenty of fun and gissl specialties. Regular prices will prevail. 25. 35 and 50c. Secure your seals after Wedneafiay at the drug store. ON WEDDING TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bruner of Terre Haute Visit With Bride's Sister. MRS. 11. E. SIKES This City — Formerly Mi m Helen Ruple — Were Married Saturday. Mr. und Mr*. Herman Itruncr of Terr** Haute, Ind.. arrived In the eltv Monday for a short visit will* Mr*. Bruner’s sister, Mrs. H. K, Bikes, and family, at 518 West Madison street. Mr*. Ilruner. who war. formerly Ml = Helen lluple of this city, was inarrte*) Saturday to Mr. Herman Bruaer, i* prosperous young man of Terre llaule. The young couple have since been on ! thelr wedding trip, stopping off »t j different place* for a short itstt wit i relatives and friends. IHirlng Ml** Itupln'a stay In this city she math i- I iMHi% With in rft Ilf Hi* tt.any wqualntanres she made while herwill Ik pleased to hear of her happy marriage and extend their heartiest . ougratttlatloas. Mr- and Mrs. Brv j ner left this morning at 10.0 clork for i Terre Haute, where they will go to housekeeping, and make that rity [thelr future home. Mr. Bruner hold* an excellent position at Term llaute.