Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 29 November 1913 — Page 1

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THE CAMPAIGN ’ I IS CLOSING 1 Complete List of Candidates ' for the County and Town- ■ ship Offices. 1 1 —— ) R THE INTEREST GROWS' •—’ I 1 ■ Contests in Every Township 1 for Trustee. Assessor and the Other Places. MS With the democratic nriniarv I MS : I thH " :l WPPk :lw «y. the candidates arc Batting in their |„. s( li( . ks |(H|ay | they will continue to battle up to the I Btast minute of next Friday.' The fol I | F winK is Hst of candidates for feg- County and township offices: County Offices. For Representative-[{. c. p arrish E Decatur. Wrosecutor-M. M. Dunbar. Hartford: J. Fred Fruchte. Decatur. ' Surveyor-Phil Macklin, Decatur. Sheriff—William Anderson. Hart K. ford: Ed Green. Decatur. Henry Koft 4 . denbcck, Root. ' Clerk—Will Hamniell, Decatur. John Kelly. Jefferson: Charles Getting. Read. Recorder- A. A. Augsburger. Herne; K . Charles Magley, Root; Fred Schaub. Decatur. Treasurer-Will Archbold, Decatur. George Kinzle, Decatur. Assessor William Frazier, nine . Creek; William Zimmerman. Decatur. Coroner -D. D. Clark. Decatur. Commissioner. First district David | , Dilling. Preble; John Mdlinger, i'u Ion; 11. Fred S< heuinann. Preble; Fred Thieme. I'nion. ’ Commissioner. Second District - William Reppen. Washington; Iry ■BT Wagoner, Monroe. Tcwnship Offices. Union Trustee. Adam J. Bienz, C. D. Spuller. assessor. Anthony Wert;t berger. Root -Trustee. Ilario W. Mann. PhilI ip Schief. rstem; assessor. Rohinson K K. Fleming, John J. Iley. f Preble—Trustee. Fred E. Buurk. ■E.. Samuel Jaberg, John Miller: assessor. Edward Gallmeyer. Kirkand—Trustee —James D. Brown ih ajr . George M. T. Houck. William I'. Ek: Suiter, assessor. Janies |> Brawn, sr.. | Amos K. Stoneburner. •Washington Trustee. Ed I. AugenHugh. Jacob B. Buhler. Charles 0. McKean. John F. Snow, assessor. Wil Ham Blackburn , justice of the peace. Calo- l/ju. James H. Stone; effnsta- . K Ide. Mack Burkhead. Bfe, Blue creek Trustee, Charles D. I Morrison. S. <’. Tinkham. assessor. I W. 11. Laiighrey. William Roop. E Monroe Trustee. Abort Duer. John % I Eicher. William F. Schug. Dennis | striker: usses-or. I G. Kerr. John J. Soldner. I* French - Trustee J. I- Graber; as ■ > t-cssoi- John Tanner: advisory board, p j- Jonas Seuensthwandvr. John Ric*. ■? I Jacob n. Steiner. U Minford Tnistei'. Peter Fox. Frans imn; assessor. J-Ph EcMmo. I I Joseph K Voder , justice of the peaie. B I John W Cowans. D. F. Hoffman. 8l ttaliie. Samuel t'oon*- Harry **’ |\ John F Felty W. Fravel. Alb.rt Harlow, a f i ht .Hsor, George E. Fink. j, ■ M J. E Rhinehart. Auto* 0- StetMT . At pisaaant M.n,-B*B- Sunday by I Rev. «• NB- „ . ~ \ Ball. P“” (,r 8( ,h * | | t ev Bobert V Sun(lur | I.M UI series of evoninc begin a l>lea»*nt ft . ’“"j,,,. ,||l “ J E nt I’ieaean M #n MrnWl p , (Htually r - , nn d von able. I tind elouuent nilnW-r _ ATTt »» vncCcs ® "T”t Broka* • n '’ £ Mr . and Mr-' 1 |„ft this H- grand‘Oh. t.endtb. . - htnctal 4 Wa t»r* 51 ' ' . ? knw'- unrl * n J as h- | (pr , m known b* Watfrb .BowHt ""T'm *“ „ this city. | fcaw home m

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HAS RES| GNED his position. n Wanton p^, mty mrs oia nf neeatur 'J nany “ r ° sl ' ,Pnt lion as it i '' J r, ' his poslblacksmith at the Fort Wnyno si x m ' Pr housp ‘ "here for -2. r i,y iimi and ie>? ll > >PPn lnd »«trloua >»hl by for'n h ’ K n ’° n '' y ' hlls “ Utl,p > for the proverbial rainy dav h wd Bnw tllk „ The his re-, o° hi ' n ' lm * rPl,llzPl ’ .17 * Prp Ko6d ft n*> Parted mar i? **"' * WI "" u hi * "“D' happiness ~P!UC' #ntl TO HAVE BOX SOCIAL Miss Ruby Parrish, teacher at the Moods school house in Blue creek ownship, announces that a box smwill he held next Friday evening itec. 5. fishing is work Supreme Court of State of Georgia so Rules in an Interesting Case. FAR FROM IDLENESS And the Judge in His Opinion Refuses to Uphold any Such Ruling. 1 Maliy we think of courts as dry old places, where wit rarely sparkles and where humor is scarcely ever found, but Attorney Jesse C. Sutton in going over a Southeastern Reporter has discovered the following interesting story which loads one to lielfeve that the supreme Judge of the state of Georgia, who wrote the opinion had beneath his black relies, the ability to see the ludicrous and a happy way to express himself. Enoch Dewis was convicted in the city court of Americue. Ga.. on an accusation of vagrancy. It was alleged that lie would work but two or three days a week and on the oilier days would lie soon wondiut: his way to tlie river, with tils fish pole over his shoulder. It was also claimed that he always returned home emp-ty-handed and in the lower courts ho was convicted The case was appealed and in a several page decision tn? case Is reversed. The opinion elm" s with the following: "We are sure that the evidence Is entirely insufficient to establish the charge of vagrancy. Doubtless ou much stronger evidence a large por lion of the population of our towns and cities could be declared vagrants. , The community where this defennant WM convicted must lie exceptionally i industrious, or has a very liich star ■ dard of labor. The evidence show* . (hat the defendant did some considertble work during every month prior to his arrest and that Ills only relala . lion from too constant toil in working . ( W s. cutting and eordlng wood dnd building houses was In "plyinß bU flni est art to lure from dark haunts, be- . neath the tangier roots o< pennant , the alert and wary denizens of -th? river. Surely It will not be said that While he was thus engaged • «m Idling. K h* wu ’ ® ot . greater proof of hi. patient and ’ hopeful U'- r ThP * W,i '' MUal T’ S of this court know that fishing o ur from WleM«*. un*l " ,p rourt ** y uiillltp: to give 1U 'j; . verth t WM* rpmWP,y “ indicate’ 1 ' B •• judgment reversed. y ENO H APPROACHING. H’nlted Frees Herrteel ~ m - Mleh. Nov. tt-ffP*** 1 “* e >nd nf |b , y nally I,pm rWfl copper miner* who when the mine managers t ‘■*”'l Statement offering to rontede “ UlbU, Zln"iu'l''‘‘"' ,I<l, ' h " Ur,l ' l> e conceael 00 " „ ( , rt>ruil e chin*d Taidto rest. * . Mi’wrvlr* ' or lb * lnfß ?' T '"' »d ib Bernard Vogl*«ede were W<> ~ fburrh. The d from ,h, 'Xte<iu>* r * ly ' ,f ' l ’*' ,l 7 t BUfi “ W 8 JO. eph cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, November 29, 1913,

COUPLE ELOPED Miss Helen Markley, Niece of Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner, is Married. AT ST. JOE, MICHIGAN Omer D. Lines, Night Clerk at Marion Postoffice, is the Groom. A cleverly planned surprine mnr ringe became known hero last even ing when holograms from Mr. and Mrs. Omer D. Linos, at St. Joseph. Mich., luiiioumed thoir marriage. Mrs. Lines was formerly Miss Helen Markley, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Car ' ter, of tills city. Mr. Lines Is night dork at the Marion postoll’.co. When lie completed his work Wedne-Ray i morning he did not retire for ills usual rest but met Miss Markley at the 8:40 northbound Interurban ear. They went to Wahasli, where they transfer red to the morning Big Four train, their destination hoing Benton liarbor. They wore married at St. Joseph, yesterday afternoon. So carefully was the elopement planned that even the mother of the young woman did not know sue was out of tlie city until a ni’s-r.re was received announcing their tnarriit-e. - .Marion Tribune. Miss .Markley is a granddiyi .'liter of A. T. Studaliaker of Bluffton and a niece of .Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner and W. A. Bauman of this city and county, and is known to many here. EVERETT KEMP Noted Monologist and Entertainer, Pleases Large Audience, THE LYCEUM COURSE Put on by the High School Seniors—The Second Entertainment. The second iiumla-r of the high school seniors ly< euni course was given last evening by Everett Kemp, nonologlst and entertainer, and was said by those who heard It. to lie exveptionally good. His presentation ot "The Music Master” was very fine, ami his interpretation nf the eliaiactera given with fine perception and execulion. From pathos to liumo'". lie covered a wide range and hi all, he brought out the details of his charm• tent so perfectly and carried his audience with him Into the spirit of the stories, so completely that they forgot tlie absence of scenery, costume and livist with each character as It ap peared. The next number of the course is scheduled for Thursday. December 11, when James (J. Whiting will lecture. ... ■ O- 11 ■ WOULD HEf VES, HE DID. Lawrence Morgan came up from Decatur to eat III* turkey and met two agreeable strangers who had bottles of holiday cheer. Would Mr. Morgan? Mr. Morgan was delighted. Would Mr. Morgan again? Mr. Morgan would not refuse courtelses so sincere. And so It went until Mr. Morgan was toting around the Pennsylvania depot a Thanksgiving pertnge Hint was hard to manage and Bpcelal Oflleer Straaa«r took him in hand. Judge Mungo vail lot him go tsack to Decatur.- Fort ‘ Wayne Hcntlmd. may clear situation. (United Press Service) Mexico City. Nov. Z» (Special to Dally Democrat I- Following a Inng ,-onfereme this morning between Chargn O'Shaughnessy and the Jap anr«r minister tn Mexico. It wi« per l nhtentiy rumored among government . rlrcba that a settlement of the Mexl i can United States trouble Is due with , t 0 forty-eight hours. Signor Moheno Huerta’s secretary of forolirn affairs. , arrt ved at Vera Crus this morning pre -iinmWy to ■*”' ■* ol,n

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|j HOBBLE SKIRTS RESPONSIBLE. . Pennsylvania Railroad Keeps Record of Accidents. Hobble skirts and high heels continue to be responsible for nn Inerensingly large number of injuries sustained by women while getting on ami off trains, and mounting and descending stairways in stations, on toh Pennsyl vaiila railroad. A careful record kept for the three months ending October 11, of all in juries sustained by women due to slip plug, stumbling or falling while on the railroad projierty, indicates that these accidents ure becoming more rather thun’lcss frequent, despite the fact that the railroad has repeatedly < all ed te attention of its women patrons to the number of accidents caused by hobble skirts and high heels. Between July 14 and August 14. fortyfour such accidents occurred on tlie I’ennsylvanin railroad. The records | show fortytwo In the next month, and I fifty-two during tlie month ending O< ' toiler 14th. o MONEYJ£NEEDED To Carry on Work of Fight Against Tubrculosis — Red Cross Seals. WILL BE SOLD Each One Sold is a Bullet Fired in Warfare Against White Plague. Based on official records of tlie past.) as compiled by tlie state hoard of health, 4.ins) mon. women and children will lose their lives in Indiana from tulierculosis in 1813. That this is a needless sacrifice of human life Is 4 forcefully lieing brought out by the health authorities and by county so cieties which arc studying methods ot suppressing the plague. It has been proved time and again that the disease not only can be hinden-d in its prog ress, but in incipient cases tlie vicAnis can lie cured. Living in fresh air and eating wholesome food are' two Important factors in driving out tlie disease, while medical sciencv* is helping materially in making these factors helpful to victims of tuberru losis. Money lias liecn and still is neejod to carry on the work of educating the public on how to combat the evil, to provide hospitals and fresh air <uin|»and medical attention for the patlMta. Ono of the most potent mediums for raising funds In Indiana is the Red Cross Christmas seals, from which in tlie last five years aliout *3&,nthi has been realized in Indiana, This money lias gone Into the cause in the form of literature. In helping to establish hoa p (il- and in many individual cases tlie Christmas seals money has been directly used to pay for the curing of nien and women who had Incipient tu berculosis. The public has found a score of uao* for the Christmas seals. They are used on letters, parcels, and all forms of mail matter, on packages pent out from stores, on bank ehecks and In many other ways. Tlie seals sell at W<- cent each and every one pun has ed by the public means a bullet tired in the warfare against the white plague. ■ ■ —-o " —" SPOON TO EVERY LADY ATTENDING LYRIC MONDAY. Manager l«ong of the Lyric theater has decided to give a sonvcnlr mallnew for the ladles every .Monday. Wed nesday and Friday. Tlie matinees will lommence next Monday Deremlier 1, Every Indy attending the matinee will receive a beautiful William A. Rogers’ spoon free. This is age of the most costly souvenirs ever given away on a flve-ceiit admission ticket. These spoon matinees will be given three times weekly and the patrons of the popular little play house will he abe to complete a set In'two weeks. Spoon matinees will tie given for three works and after the three works the management lias toclded to give knives, forkri, tablespoons and butter knives of the same pattern. This will make n inagniflci nt set when < ompleted at a very low cos* and n big bargain In photo playa. No lady ahouid mla« thl> splendid opportunity to secures coni piste ant of Rogers' aiherwarr, free. Doora will open Monday Nt 1 p. m.

CHRISTMAS MAILS Pulse of Extra Holiday Rush is Already Felt Slightly at THE LOCAL OFFICE Omer Butler Assisting in Parcels Post Delivery— May Have Extra Help. Though it Is nearly four weeks until Christmas, the mails are already "picking up." Many packages for foreign and far distant ports, lieartng messages, "Do not open until Christmas." are seen occaslonlly in the malls and oftentimes packages sent to nearer places, in order to avoid tlie ChristI mas rush Inter are in evidence. This will be the first Christmas of the new "parcels post" and the mall, it is believed. will be much heavier this year than over liefore. Tlie pan els pout business lias so Increased the mail at tlie local office that an assistant carrier for parcels only is on duty tlie greater part ot the time. Tills is Omer Butler and lie < an be seen milking the rounds, laden down with his pack of vnrious-sized pan els, like a veritable Santa Claus. It Is <iuite likely that an extra force will bo employed at the postotllce to care for the Christmas rush, hut this depends upon whether an appropriation for such will he made. ABOUT THE SICK Dewey Lachot Sprains Ankle Playing Basket Ball —Roy French Injured. WRIST IS PIERCED By Manure Fork—Mrs. L. L. Dunbar Undergoes Ordeal —Mrs. Cochran. Mr*. Sarah Cochran, aged ninetythree. who was stricken witli paraiygin Wednesday morning, remains alxiut the same. She Is still hclplrs* and in unconscious the greater part of the time. Dewey laic hot of Fort Wayne, while playing basket ball here last night aw verely sprained his ankle. A phynictan was called and dressed tlie Injured part. This morning tiie young man was ableto walk some. Roy French, residing three miles west of Linn Grove, was severely in jured while loading manure Wixines dny afternoon. He wan working with his farm hand And when turning to gel another fork of manure bump-si into the latter’s fork, a tine running through the left wrist. Tetanus pots oiling was found and antl-tetanic se rum waa Injected. He l« resting easier at this time. Mr. French is a <<m <n of Dr. Hoffman of this city, The local physician of Mrs. L. L. Dunbar was called to Linn Grove yes terday to perform a paracentesis on the abdomen. Tills la tlie third time this operation hot been perfortwed and nearly 1,000 «c. of fluid »»• removed yesterday. Mrs. Dunlmr stood the or deal very well and rested much eas ler nfter the fluid was withdrawn. . i . ir ■■ ■■■ Q I ——— THREE DITCHES SOLD. Purveyor Phil Macklin today sold three ditches, the following bring the succrasful bidders: V. H Itudianan, the Buehanan drain, in Blue Creofc township. (H&0.00; Jo». Metzgar, the Joseph Ntrigmeyer drain. |t.3*fioo; n W. Halflcy. the William A. Htrauh drain. 1718. UNCLE HEZEKIAH ODRERVEB. Mat’s too bad that by th* time a man turns which knlf" ho Is U eat his p«xia with an' which ipooti he er. U use fer Ills pouuves an’ gravy ha cl's too leable U tn out I’ any z society fnnkshuns

I MYSTERY AT LIBERTY CENTER. A stranger who drnpiicd Into Lib erty center n few days ago when a through freight was wrecked there, got biully heaten up last evening in a mysterious manner. The fellow hud been beating liis way on the freight. Ho soomoil civil enough, but n number of rumors were set on foot this morning when ho appeared at the office of j a Liberty ('enter doctor with a bruised nnil bloody face and didn't know what had hnppetieil. A LASTING EXAMPLE. A North Carolina negro was brought out on the gallows to be banged for murder. H m'T." said the sheriff, "have you anything to say?" "Yaa. • suh.” said tlie condemned man "I's got t n few words to say. I merely wishes to state dat dis suttingly Is golu' to he il lesson to me." Sntunlay Post. WAY DOWN SOUTH Fame of Adams County’s Splendid Roads Reaches Into State of Texas. FORT WORTH PAPER Prints an Editorial Telling of the System of Road Building Used Here. I The fame of tlie roads In Adams county lias traveled far and wide and it is not uncommon to tind mention. ot our splendid highways In various I papers. The latest to <-ome to our I attention Is the following from the editorial columns of the Fort Worth (Toxas) Record, of November 13th:Adnms county, Indiana has a double road system, and claima to have the best iM-rinaiioni roads nf any county in that state. The system < onslsts of a wide and smooth per manent highway, paralleled by a dirt road. It is said to be very satisi factory to those who live in the county. In dry weather the dirt roads are used.in wot weather the hard and permanent roads ure in use. This saves the wear and tear on the l>aved roads and also saves the feet of the horses. This requires work on only one part of Hie system, since the permanent road virtually takes care nf Itself. The work on the dirt road alongside the permanent road is done chiefly with tlie split log drag, or some substitute or variation of that implement. Adams county was once a mud and swamp district whose roads were generally impassible seven months in the year Tlie taxpayers knew that tlieir farms were naturally among the most tortile in tlie state, and did not wish to continue them In the state of disuse (hat wet seasons and bud roods entailed. So they went to the legislature asking for the passage of a law. or rather a aeries of laws that 1 would enable them to drain tholt tartns by concert of action, and at tlie same time construct a system of i permanent roads. Ixsnl pride camo i to thn help of the projectaftr. and I with the development nf a willingness I to pay for a good tiling when they knew what it was to be. the drainage was uccompliahed and the roads were hullt. Now, the farmers of Adams county arc t>eai<*ged with otters for their farms from men who appreciate the value nf good roads and the aid they ran give to the social and material betterment of a community. A DARING MAIL ROBBERY. I (United Press Servliol Hotith Bend. Ind., Nov. 28 (Special to Daily Democrat i Mall valued at frniu thirty tn seventy thousand dollars was stolen from a Michigan Central train near Dowagiac. Midi., taut night and was traced to near this I city today, but the mall and thieves 1 are missing. One of the mall pouches . was found near the latke Shore station In this city. JESSE ALLEN HOME. i Jesse Allen, who was taken Tuesday to the Marion orphans hon.e, and mnde Ills getaway a few days later waa IfWAted today noon st his father's I home In the southwest part of the i city. When lie naw thn approach of r the ofllceni he ran from the home > and down the G. R. a I. railway tot ward Monroe. When teat heard of he was stilt going

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' GETTING REAOr :i City Officials of Indianapolis it i Getting Ready for Teamr sters* Strike. I* - - I I i JURY IS COMPLETED i For the Trial of Dr. Craig, Charged With Murder of Dr. Helen Knabe. ! Indianapolis, Nov. 29.—(Rpecial to i Dally Democrat,)—The threatened ' ti'amstera' strike with indications of possible bloody rioting caused the new city administration today Io place u I bantl on the gathering of crowds down II town Mid laid (dans for the handlirg of the expected crush l>y taking ou 200 special policemen to the force. ’ Tim teamsters will hold a mass meeting tomorrow afternoon. The employers are prepare! for the walkout and have imported over one thousand strike breakers. The union teamsters demand a weekly pay of from slt> to $lB according to the number of years In service. Shelbyville, Ind.. November 29.— (Special (o Daily Democrat)—Thn jury was coinplot<<d today for the trial of Dr. William C. Craig who has ls>en Indicted for the murder of Dr. Helena Knabe, October 23, 1911. T«rri' Haute, lnd„ November 29.— (Hpeeial to Ihiily Democrat.) A strike I of street railway men 1s expected to be < ailed tonight unless the president of the T. H. i. A E. lines tells the m<-n that they may join the union without molestation. The demands were presented by a committee from the Central lather Union today. Mexico City. Mexico, November 29. (Hpeilal to Dally Democrat > "Three hundred of us Americans and other foreigners left Correon thirty days ago.” said W. J. Itonnkeot of Boston who arrived here with forty Americans and told ot tlieir suffering. Others went to Vera Cruz and oilier cities for protection. "The journey was mnde by find and two wheeled carts covered with American flags. Wu slept in the rain and cold and the suffering of the women was terrilde. Tbn'o babies wore without shelter for many days, and We were without food or anveral days. The country was devasted and wo could get no help. Once we wore swoo|M*d down U|H>n by a hand <»f rebels nnd our arms nnd immunitlon was taken away from us.” The report today was to the offer* that thert' was no change in the situation here. In Tnxpun. or Pantico. —O • —- POLICE COURT. Nelsott Youse, a young man residing near Hoagland, was arrested last evening by Marshal Peterson, charged with violating the city ordinance by selling coats and other wearing apnarcl on the streets without a llcepaw*. He waa brought before Mayor Teoplr this morning und after pleading guilty to the cliarge waa fail'd *5 nnd •osts, which he paid nnd watt then dismissed A civil case was filed before Mayor Teeple thia morning entitled Kate Tolman vs. The Holland-Ht. Ixiuia Sugar company. Mrs Tolmati operated the lommlssaiy at the sttgdr plant this year and Imd her son, a minor, working for her. When It enmo time to settle for the labor It is charged that (he company refus'-d to pay for the boy’s work on the ground that he wa» a minor. The attorneys for the plain tlfi demand a jury trial and the ca«' has been set for D*** , mi*'r 8. notice. We wish tn thank ail those who coni trihuted tn the Boy Remit fund We 1 reived 148. M, which will boa great I help tn us. BOY PCOUTR OU AMRIIK’A. J . 11 " When you talk over a telephone, it t would bo well to remamber that the 1 person nt lite other end can bear any '. side reniflrka you may make about « tbatn. while you are retting ready tn • | again take up the receiver to talk. A f subsued voice or better Atlll, a wait • until after the telephone connection • Is broken, would be better, unless you I purposely wish them u> bear what you nay.