Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1913 — Page 7

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THE COURT NEWS Many Entries Made on , he Court Dockets Today... R»sy Session. REPORT IS APPROVED . In J. C. Thomas Estate— Eli Sprunger Authorized to Erect Monument. 1 vs. Herbert L Sum- 1 .mors ot at. Demurrer to amende flrst paragraph of complaint sustain«l; exceptions by plaintiff; demurrer to second paragraph of complaint overruled; exceptions by plaintiff \ n . swor filed by the defendant. Summer., in one paragraph. In the McUln-Small partition case, the final report was approved and the commissioner discharged. American Standard Jewelry Co. v.-„ Fred Studler, on note. Appearance by Walters for the plaintiff. i Earl Reiter vs. Isaac Bauman, on f account. Reply by plaintiff to second find third paragraphs of defendant's answer. Answer in one paragraph v Bled by plaint iff to defendant's cros • complaint. PMM Stella Cramer vs. John F. Cram“r. divorce. Appearance by '.Valters for defendant, little to answer. Demurrer Bled by defendant to complaint was overruled; exceptions by defend rnt. In the |)uer Reffey nartltion case. It. B. Erwin, commissioner, filed bond. , which was approved. jj In the Mann-Mallonee quiet title case, a summons was ordered*for Jeremihli and Margaret Evans, returnsf ble December t directed to the sheriff Os Allen county. In the Lconard-l’cterson quiet title case, n summons was ordered for l*iu\ King. Charles Helm, Eliiabeth Helm, Henry and Olive Thomas, returnable December •-

The resignation of A. W. Holme*. I, guardian of Truiaau l'udfp-on «aD i W as accepted, and Burley DttdfWtj qualified to succeed him a.- guardian. , A report wa* filed h)' the nek I dlan showing the receipt ol fund- | from Holmes, guardian. A petition fihd by J- D- WtatwnwfI Lrdlan of Verna Kllube.h » ft for order to W not to exceed SIW I I for care, etc., ol ward was granted. Heal estate transfer*: Ni»o I Noah r. Sheets. 271 U "**■ Rno ' ■ Butcher, lot "9, ( " neV *' q , " ,J I is* !«!* P.ialte Men'. M« !-• f Ut. »326. . . ft tw«■*s*« full , j I f.qatf , was approved sm trator dlschart*^-

, MM-utor of the •' br4 ' f f hnin Sprung*t ' > . a , 4 cost f [ tHlo'i »o ereit * A *#* * K «f «* mnr '' ,l ““‘ i’ ta uk atoek »t P ri ' 0 ■ ulho granted t" M r4 *h. | .ale U,T CM , I *^ lt -sssi - • E John oolr , M .|t p«rwM> P«'“k , *‘ rty 1 • : without noil' ' 1 t* f ” 11 • pctprKOD 4 Mu ' P. « onlon tt ;' ld , new ra* < : «*»■ the Hnmo heitk 0 pntltN ” Tt * uchmtiit. dP "^" d J utufltoo v» rr * B ' i Btudalwker B«nk 0 1 u ygDfy , „rr , E;• js*« ~ *• t haoasth 0^ K r**rd eame to thl-'‘ Fla'' Mm. Prod ,irirke« I ftprk. Allen count} .«» rfW , hwcw "troke of »■"£ u .!-«> morning Mr *' y'” nd la well W 0 *" » fifty two yor* nld - K l» tht» oity.

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store ordered solo. which JIT"'" property, >« "i« *l.l V ,ri fmn IhU afternoon, whereby rhom. Amos T. Mollenhour Z't:: "" r " «»'“ defendant::. " f R hhom f"»nd in favor of Mr. 1 2 “ l Mr. Mollenhour in the Um "f lI.TiS.7S, and gave a ZXI: loS —'^taildoJond >ms in the case. Tho court held that nrIJV I ' on Wa * I,,, P f 'rlor and n tlm lien of the defendant. RobhrtMUtl Roberts holds a second mortWff" against the property. At, order salcwas entered.- IHufTton Runner. 11MT IHE SICK Daughters Arrive at Bedside of Fred Hoffman— Has Attack OF ACUTE NEPHRITIS E. Woods, Well Known Veteran, Able to Come Down Town. 1 i ’ . Mrs. J. Vanderlip of Klkhart and , W. l*. Plow of Desplaincs. 111., . have arrived to bo at the liodsido of their father. Contractor Fred Hoffman. who Is very low of acute nephritis. Mr. Hoffman became ill suddenly last Friday while superintending | his building at Bryant and was 1 brought 'some Saturday morning. His condition lias neen very grave and for , a while it was not known whether he ! muld live. He passed a restless time I during the first part of the night, but ' rested easier during the last part. There is very much doubt whether 1 thLs item really belongs under the 1 ‘‘sick notes," for E. Woods, the vett-: erin resident who returned home Sunil day from Fort Wavne. where he underwent an operation, looked any- j thing but "sick” when he surprised -, his many friends by coming down r town this morning at 9 o’clock to do , 1 some marketing. He lias made a re- ' j markable recovery for one of his a.l- --* vanced age, and all his friends were plt-asid to see him doing so well.

Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Dunifon of Blue Creek township went to Wayne today noon to be with hi* father George Dunifon ,of Van Wert. phli>. who was operated upon this loomin ' at the Hope hospital tor rancor of J the jawbone. I .\lbcrt Lelirman, carpenter, is wearj iu* his left Shoulder in bandage. Tho collar houe was fractured when ho felt from t con crib on which he was working on*. A. J. Smith farm. I Mrs Walter Puddulh. who lias been U since Friday of a rompUcntk* of diseases .is reported us being worse. Her coadltkm la eery criticalbequest For C‘ pww Univ.ra.ty-8. 8 LcGrange Farm.

rt-mwcre I'M “ T ' i recording one of the Urgent ever made In Ugrn.ige IM nr. (’. u. Wade, flnanTuJwrtary of DePauw unlvemlty. 'tied arrangement.* by which Peflo“ 1 into possession of nearly ° f hrm u, ' d ,n O#P . county, with a. quarter »e.y*TSe» ««■«* rotor*doliofl . w Mouth a bachelor farmer. N“ h K H ° U * rlll (’. Klein, with i“ #J ''uhvenl are the donor*. Bk»*h l‘ honl Jlelu areto receive an ani “J’uJdO tm the property, pay tauany •- '’ ut,rr | aide " r ' l “ D ® ‘ A valuation of of tl> ,ro the real eetute. 1 Sm forty *** old “ nd h » 1. ford University In , nd of l’ f l ,nd Sl " I'allforttl*' sEL LS S AkOON FIXTURES. , nillwn , proprietor of one Donnie Onl‘ ■ „ bU City, waa in 'he cUr 01 "Curley’*” P»u*m ,hoO»y " ,ltt^ d » r otn Mr Hade- ' wM f hr j|* OaHv** will Columhl* c I,y>

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening. November 21, 1913.

BARNWASBURNED I — Burt Laisure. Farmer South of Monroe, Suffers Heavy Fire Loss. HORSES ARE SAVED But Barn, Grain, Hay, Implements and Other Contents Consumed. Run leisure, a prominent farmer residing two and a half miles southwest of. Monroe, suffered a heavy lire ( loss last night at S o'clock when Ills large barn and nearly all its contents were consumed by lire. The goods lo t total-, about $1,500, with about *1,200 Insurance carried In the Ur.ihant K- Walters agency. The origin of the lire- is unknown. It was first noticed by Mrs. leisure, who, hearing u snapping o|d crackling. went to the door of the house to investigate and was shocked to find ' the roof of the barn in llano• , and at that time almost ready to fall In. Two valuable farm horses were in the ! ham and all efforts centered in saving them, as the liam and the rest of contents seemed doomed. One of the horses, badly frightened, had broken loose in the barn, and it was with difficulty that they managed to lend them out. All the hay in the large mow. the grain, farm implements, wagon, buggy, etc., were consumed. A number of chickens roosted under the barn and these were also lost A chicken coop near the barn was i saturated with water by the bucket i brigade that was formi-d by neighbors and efforts were spent in taking care that other buildings in the vivinlty of the barn were not burned. Had tite wind lieen in the direction ot , the bouse, it is thought that it would , have lieen swept away by the flames also. A NEW BRANCH Wells-Fargo Installs a New Commission Service for Sale of Foodstuffs. FIND BEST MARKET i i Are Now Receiving Many Orders for Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets. A new branch of business instigat cd by the Weils Fargo Express company and known as the Order. Corn- t mission and Food Products, was In- 1 stalled August t. and Is gaining in I popularity by leaps and hounds. The objects of this brant It Is to find h ready and open market In cities and other places that are unknown to local dealers a tut g.owers In small towns. Another aim of the depart inent Is to study the food products trom various standpoints and to secure more sanitary packages In which to ship; also to secure lower expresi rates. At this time the company Is sending out and distributing small pamphlets In cities advertising a Thanksgiving combination busket. This basket contains u ten or twelvepound turkey, quart of cranberries, six bunches of celery, and one-half peck of Hweet or Irish potatoes, fresh from the farm and delivered direct to the doorstep the day before Thanksgiving, with all charges prepaid. The cost of the ten-pound turkey basket Is $4.05, while the twelve pound turkey will he M. 52. The vicinity In and around Decatur and Adutns county la famous throughout the Un.jed Slates for the quality and quantity of Its turkeys uud other products, therefore the agency here Is set nut us the main shipping point. Thin serves not only to lind a market* lug place for the products, but silver Uses this locality throughout Hie country. Already Mr. Klsey has secured eniitrects from large hospitals In rlt ies for eggs, butter, etc., and which he l„ t 0 furnish weekly. Tint new branch will make necessary an extra force of 25,000 clerks to be distributed over tho country to take care of It.

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SURE SOME WORKER —e jig Man Behind the Plow Some I Statistics. Flowing Is said to ho the hardest ! work known. Isisl year there worn 275,00fi.d00 acres plowed at u cost of $4.50,000,000. Till:! mean s the turning of 2.000,000.000 inti", of onrih. Rvory five square mile.! of plowing means a distance traveled of 25.000 miles. It moan: a single furrow around the whole curt It. Rvory loaf of bread requires the plowing of a furrow 4s feet long. To plow one acre Is a whole day's work for one man and one horse, hut It is only thirty minute* work for one man and a tractor. In a test recently made at the I'urdue university three modern tractors hauling fifty plows covered an acre in four and a quarter minutes. TO ENFORCE LAW Dr. J. M. Miller, Health Officer, States That Rigid Steps Will be Taken AS TO REPORTING Scarlet Fever Cases--Else Serious Epidemic Might Result. “Unless the people and tile doctor* live up to the law regarding the report in and quarantining of st arlet fever cases,” said Dr. Miller, secretary of the county hoard of health, “we are are likely to have a scarlet fever epidemic as soon as cool weather comes and tlie people are housed more closely. Conditions are ripe for that, with n turn of the weather. "Tho utmost care should be taken, and especially In the case of the socalled ‘milder' case*, commonly called ; scarlet rash," says Dr. Miller. "There Is no senrlet ‘rash.—lt i* scarlet fever, und the so-believed milder cases are in most cases the ones i that cause the worst after-effect*.' Sometimes a very serious epidemic results from the failure to employ a doc- | tor in the mild cases or the failure toj report for quarantine.” Dr. Miller states that the luw re-j gurding tho reporting of cases will he strictly enforced, whether it is non j lected by tho lay people or by the do- j tors. Failure to report is punishable j with a heavy line and also a Jail sen , teuce of thirty days or more. Dr. M l l ier stated that the law would be rlg-j' idly enforced, whether the offender Is a doctor or otherwise. Dr. Miller stated that there are about five nr six homes in the city now under quarantine. It seems, however, that there are several other suspicious case* where either a doctor, has uol been employed or has failed i to report. "Nearly every day,” said ! Dr. Milter, “some one telephone* In of I u peculiar condition of their neighbor* or their children, that excite* susplc- j lon. These conditions will lie lav gated and If the scarlet fever is found, steps for prosecution will lie taken. It Is the only way to save the town and community from un epidemic that might result* In many deaths, the doting of schools, churches and great loss j to business.” JUDGE OFFICIATES. At Wedding of Wm. C. Huffman ani 1 lantha Peal. A marriage license was issped tc William Clarence Huffinun. Decatur.; carpenter, born August 29, ISS9. sou j of John Huffman, to wed tunlhn Jam l’eel, born January 2.1. IS9II. duughln j of Joseph M. l'eel. The couple was married In the clerk'* office ut 1:45 tills afternoon l>> j Judge J. T. Mcrryman. NOTICE. A meeting of the Shamrock base hall club will he held this evening at 7:.10 at the office of Will Hammell. Business of much Importance and ol intereat to every member will be i transacted and it I* desired that er I ery member be present. NOTICE. W. R. C. All donations to the KnlghUtowii home, eotislstng of jelly, fruits and the like will be taken to the second hand store of Will Helm on Madison street, Thursday and Friday of tht* week,

HAD AJAD FALL Mrs. Albert Katterheinrich and Babe Tripped on Spike in Platform. \ OF PENNSY STATION In Fort Wayne—Thrown in Mud — Baby Injured- — Clothes Damaged. Mrs. Albert Katterheinrich and children, Hubert and I.ueilo who nr ! rived from South Bend yesterday Torn | visit with her parents, Mr. and Mr-. James Hurst, hnd quite an unusual j and disagroeble experience in Eon Wayue, yesterday noon, where they arrived over the Pennsylvania rail : road. Consequently when Mrs. Katj lerheinrich arrived here, she and her | babe presented u very bedraggled up j pearance that was very foreign to ; their neat and immaculate look when | they left home yesterday morning. 1 and relatives here wtio met them, scarcely were able to recognize them. In getting off the train at Fort Wayne, Mrs. Katterheinrich who was i carrying a grip, a robe over her arm and the seventeen months' old iiahy daughter In the other arm. tripped on a spike which protruded from the Pennsylvania platform. She was I thrown to tho platform and the halt, was thrown some distance alighting on tlie hack of her head. Owing to the rain, the platform was wet and muddy. Besides ruining Mrs. .Tatter holnrich's suit and tlie babe's white coat and hood und clothing, tlie lmh< was rendered ill. vomiting and other aymtoms that were thought might In dirate serious injuries resulting. See was found, however to be only bad'y bruised, us was Mrs. Katterheinrich After their urrivul here, a claim agent came up last evening to confer witu Mr*. Katterheinrich. and it is thought tlie d images will lie settled for a suffi- ; eient sum. FURNISH CURRENT Town of Monroe Asks Decatur Plant to Furnish Them Lights. JOHN F. HOCKER HERE To See Councilmen—Rockford. Ohio, Also Interviewed on Question. John F Hooker of Monroe was here 1 this afternoon Interviewing members j of the council and other city official* relative to the proposition of furnishlug the town of Monroe with electric current for lignt*. Mr. Hooker was at Itoekford, Ohio, yesterday on the came tm mess. The Itoekford plum , I .a* already extended Its line to Wiltshire. Ohio, which It furnishes with light, and should It be extended to Monroe would have only eight mile* ! further to go. It seemed to be quite | willing to do so. Decatur Is only six i miles away, and lienee would have the better of the proposition. Tlie cities would be aski-d to build the line to the j Monroe town limits, and tlie town • would do the rest. NEW "MARY” SHOW. Malinger Parent of the Crystal thro- ' ter has secured for this evening the beginning of the chapters of the story j "Who Will Marry Mary?" This story Is a sequel to the store of "Wliai llap pitied to Mary,” which attracted such wide attention ulld proved to lie so In tercstins to tlie moving picture at letidants, not only In this city bui l throughout the country. Till* story I* I also being printed In the Isidle-i I World magazine aud will lie shown ot | the t'rystnl as enrli edition come* ou* In Uie m»gnln». "Who Will Marry Mary?" given every evidence of equal ing*. if not proving to be more popular tiian “What Happened to Mary.” You cannot afford to mlaa 000 of throe i hows. Other reels will he given In addition to tilts.

MISSOURI MAN VISITS MERE. ' John I/ignnhlll of Forlunu, Mo., left tills morning after u short visit with III* cousin, Mrs. Fred Hoffman. He hnd lieen visiting in various Ohio towns and stopped off here fora while on Ills way home. Finding Mr. Hoff man so ill, however, lie made only a short stay, lie is very much like a brother to Mrs. Hoffman, as Mr. Bo gnnhill’s father and mother took Mrs. Hoffman, when she was hut three days old and eared for her until sho was Bve years old, hence an unusually warm feeling between the member! of llie family. THE AUTO FUNDS To be Distributed—Number of Miles of Free Gravel Roads. IS ONE MEASURE Os Distribution—The County Auditor to Furnish Figures. An exchange says: What constitute* a "free gravel and macadam road" under the 1912 automobile licensing act of tlie Indiana general assembly, was outlined Tucs day by Attorney General Thomas* M Honan In an opinion to Ig»w (!. Kl linghum. secretary of state. Mr. Kl linglinm hud questioned tlie attorney general so Unit he might protect hi* oltiee in regard to tlie distribution ot money from the sates of auto license* The Indianu law provides for the division of the entire revenue from auto license sales Into three parts, one to be distributed equally to all the counties, one to be distributed tc the counties pro rata on the total suit, lieenses held in the county and the third to bo distributed to the counties iu proportion to the number of miles of “free gravel und macadam roads." Tlie county auditor Is to be the final judge of the number of mile* of such roads In each county, the optn inn says. Tlie attorney general interpreted the meaning of the words "free gravel | and macadam road" as follows: "These words ineun all free gravel and imtcndani roads In every county of the slate under the jurKdltllon o! the board of commissioner* of each county, while acting as turnpike di rectors. The law specifically vest* in such turqpikc directors authority over 'such roads, thus forming u free frav el road system throughout the < nun tie* of the stute. "These road*, after January 1, 191 ■*, will lie under the control*of a county highway supervisor, who will lake the place of the turnpike directors. Other roads than tho free gravel and nil cudum roads in a county are usually designated as township roads, which various supervisor* look after." Tho aisle official said the auditor of each county should certify to the sec retary of state tile proper number ol mites of free gravel and macadam la each county, and on his tlgures Hi - distribution of the nnlo funds wns to lie made. Mr. Klllnghnm is preparing certifl cation blanks for the auditor*. The totul Income to the state from the license* sales can not lie estimated yet. but It la expected that this ye«r' total, which will lie only Iml fa total because the law went into effect in July, will run above $100,900. "■■■ .-O'-— YOUR FOOT ' FOOTOGRAPM." t'harlle Vogtewnde, the shoe sellei, lias added a new and up-to-date do vice for tlie measuring of the feet, tailed the *‘Pootograph." a paper arrangement upon which the *Ue of tin font i an lie drawn and tho exact mini tier required given thereon. The new arrangement Ita* been on the market hut a abort time and Is nieetli.t with Mice ISIS 111 large cities. A plum- of the “Footograph" ilocriei catt tm seen in Charlie'* ad. AUCTION SALE SATURDAY. Sheriff Durkin will offer for sale at public auction next Haitirday morning at the old laundry building on South Second street tho furniture and fix turn* from the An man * Hess restaurant. Thn goods Include counter*, eases, tables, stoves, etc.

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lANOTHER STRIKE It | 1 Union Teamsters’ Walkout > Again Brings Activity to the State Capital. I l FIRST CONVICTION Investigation of “Fake” # Clairvoyants in Chicago Uncovers Big Graft. Indianapolis. Nov.M, (Special to Daily Deni<icmt,) \ strike of union tenmslers in this city which bus long Im-cii threatened broke out today and resulted In near rioting at tlie Coburn warehouse. Police restored quiet. The mens demands tor higher wages were presented seperntelv to their employers and In many ease* we-o ae- epled. In a few Instances employees were discharged for wearing union hultons. If the strike spread-: several hundred men will become effected. No nrrosts were made nod no violence was experienced thl - forenoon. New York. Nov. 20. (Special to Dully Democrat, I New York today l.i tlirisitened with a great garment strike involving about 150,000 people. Mi-eting* were in progress today between representative* of the employers and the employees hut lit tie hopes of an agreement are entertained unless the strikers decrease their demands sontywliat. They ask for an eight hour day instead of a nine hour day and their wages Increased five dollars per week. Chicago, Nov.2fl. iSpe ini to tho fhillv Democrat.)- Harney tertctie. .i republican politician, and Jam -s I,yon alia - “Professor" Charte lllai **. were found guilty today of swindling a Mr*. MeKlweeney of Wisconsin out of $15,000. This 1* the Itrst conviction growing out of the clairvoyant Invei| igutioii wheh uncovers much cor* upion between the “fake" medium* and the police. Washington. Nov. 20.- (Special to Daily Democrat.) Impenitralde nilcnee marked the Mexican situation today so far a* Washington I* concerned. The l heat re of action was Mexico City where the new congress whose legality, Washington ha* questioned , will open their Hisuthtn. Huerta was to deliver Ills message today. If there is any occasion for lut reased apprehension regarding Mexico. nothing today In the attitude of President Wilson or Secretary Brvnn, Indicated the fact. ■ O—WILL JOIN POLICE. tl'nlted Press Service) Miinele. Ind., Nov. 20—(Special to Dally Democrat) The wife of a millionaire will be Muueie'* first policewomen. Tills was made known today when Mr*. Thomas Hart announced that site would accept the po it lon ou the indite force offered Iter by the t-lly. Mrs. Hart's assignment is to he chief of the woman's department und she stated that she will give iter salary to the uplift of unfortunate girt* and women. She will equip a suite of nftp es In tlie business dlxtrlet at lit r own expense where purent* and gifts may conic to her for advice und belli. A PITIFUL CASC. I Fulled Pres* Service) Charleston. W. Va„ Nov. 29 (Special to Dally Denim rnt I- Dying In an invalid chair before the jury and speaking In a, volt e so weak that It wax nernssarv for the stenograph* r to repeat her word*. Ml** Ituth Sleep*, pretty nineteen yrartdri mountain girt, began her Svldcnea against George Martin, who I* charged with white slavery. The girl l* dying trom pol»on taken In an attempt to end her life from confinement In a dive. Mart hi inducts! Die girl Into 111* clulchro bv offering her a position a* waller in his restaurant. _—„ ———<»—>■ ' —" ■ MAOS fflO PROFIT, 11 lilted ITess Service) St I,outs.. Mo.. Nov. 19— (Special to Dally Democrat)—That a promoting syndicate, headed by the Ynkum family. of the Frisco line*, cleared $.1<5,OOP In the sale of the New Orleans t; Mexico railroad to the Frisco linos, Vico President Willlard staled tod.iY. In the investigation in'o the Frisco line.