Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 13.

DUG UP TAXABLES Assessors of State Dug Up Total Sequestered Property of the VALUE OF $11,000,000 County Assessor Geo. Gent is I Reports $8,131 Dug Up | in Adams County. K*BO<h« t inter.-'ing thine tin.t .-.ime the meeting of coun I of the state with the ' state board at Indiarap >llwhich t A s.-s-or til ■Rtended. was tlie report of the of equestered taxable* "dug U!>" ass. i-'ors. The total amount ' Up throughout the nlnet.vtwo -&unt in Indiana in 131.' promise, to fee. .'.l tlie total of the previous year by hundreds of thousands of , ttollai Tlie sequestered taxable* R added n Adams county were ' Both years’ totals run far above! tberten million dollar mark, and it is ' datfri i-d by members of the state board of tax commissioners that the I • Mitlii total may reach $11,000,000. counties to Mate board a’ tlie r. . ent e.-ting of . the county assent,r wit! tile state £oard • a total of s!i>,>i 1.764 m hidden taxable* added to the tax dupli. at. luring tlie year in those counties. The total 3 amour’ in 1912 was $i"j:’.7.*>70.55. With four counties not r. i , s ng. Os the Bine counties not p ning so far for 1913 the total emit of the placed on th.- by thoaajjbat reported in ’ »i; sax M22,314. CM* county returi •(i ■ largest of sequestered m of any durim total Os >810.340 add.. ' dnplica'. Marion count --sesners ’dug up" $735,940. I tv was fIMB 111 ** ,p runnim ;r>4.770: county s'>h*9.l9o; Vigo county returned > 7 ird Noble MOunty registered ■ • The sequester d > tded in I- . ,1,.;-. $125.- | Hf); Huntington sn ..... Allen. |M4.770: Grant. $7Ol noo TO BE MANAGER I*4 n Frank Malev T'.insferred to HHorris rive and Ten Cent Store —■ .■ ■ ■* AT BLUFFTON. IND As Manager- Le:t Todaypick Peterson Transferred to Portland. I rm,A Malev km.wn Deca niaii. 1(4 B.uffton to where manager <4 the Morri tlv- ■ d n>. store •t thn' place Mr Maley . vpe.ts to ■ mnve tls fumtl.' 'i r, ‘ Monday. If Whem they u'l '> >»•■ thel* futiirp Mhna. Mr Mai. ' I.»- <■••• ’» employed HK local alore for a year, under K'll. Collin* ti- manager. mid Kta Hade g.>. dm• '• ••$- learning detail of 1 thorough j He lx In every way deserving of the promotion H’’ Im remark Industrie i “'id '•«>*s " l!l wUji good manager. nick Peterson. h.e> he.", empl.o.sl »t the BlUftstore. Im- transferred ns | flKnaaii. of the company’* store at] KbuU Mr. M iley lr a son-in-law j •’ <»f Ben Schrank of this city, hit wife Katrine formerly l«mti Mi«« Jeanie Kghram I. He lx n -on of Frank Maley.l OTW.. of Root •"*” ’''l' Tl "’ tr blends wlxh them every In th-lr new home. Bluffton "tore I- «nld ’»• larvest tn th* Morri" • fring cf h etore* and the fact that Frank *•«. f Choeen to Im manager after only n ■Kexperience. !■ a good evidence B of his ability. |r ’ — Peter Forblnr went to Fort Wayne jborning. be » -> -aUiB. *>

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

RUNAWAY ENGINE DAMAGE. ! Amount of $550 Goes to Owner of the Building Where Engine Crashed. Mrs. Caroline la-limeyer, owner of the building at Huntington, the front of which was demollslied by a runaway C. B. * C. epgine the night of December 12, will receive $550 from the C. B. & C. railroad in payment, of her clnlm for damnge«.» The claim was filed In court Monday morning and allowed as a preferred claim as an operating expense. By agreetner.t between the parlies the amount will b.- paid in Installments, the first SIOO Feb. Ist and regularly thereafter tho first of each month. The last amount will he only SSO. Wesley M. Oliver filed a claim for >234.25 and James Justh-e for $62 .Monday morning ia consequence of the accident. o THE COURT NEWS Geneva Divorce Case Still Occupies Attention of the Court. MANY WITNESSES Henry Schlickman Cited to Appear to Answer Contempt Charge. The attention of Judge D. E. Smith is still occupied hearing the evidence in the divorce suit brought by Mrr. Ixidema White of Geneva against | George R. White. The plaintiff has I boon on tlie witness stand for a long. time and the <«ise Is quite a sensational one. Many Geneva people are here as witnesses. Ida I*. Schlickman vs. Henry Schlickman, divorce. A sworn statement that I tlie defeudaut has not complied with the order of court was filed. This re-1 latex to the order that he pay the sum j of sls and the further sum of $3 per week until further order. The affi | davit sets out that she is in need of money to support herself and two ■ < hlldren. for whom she is maintaining a home in Decatur, and that because the children are young she is required to devote her time to caring for them and In unable to work out to earn money herself. She asks the court that the defendant be cited to appear before court and that he be punished tor contempt in not obeying the order thereof.

Clarence H. Clay by his next friend, Caaalua.M. Clay. vs. Walter D. Croats. The defendant filed his demurrer to the complaint. Application for the re committment of Lucy J. Field* to East have insane asylum ha* been made at the county clerk’s office, and the same forwarded to the institution. Mrs. Field* was an inmate of the asylum from January 27. IMS. to August 31. 1909. when she was released on a furlough, nnd later recommitted April 7, 1911. until last September 29. 1913, when she was again released on a furlough. Articles of the Incorporation of The Schafer Saddlery company were filed with Adams County He. order Andrew Wclflcy. The company is Incorporated for 175.000. and the incorporated members are Fred Schafer. Chalmer C. Schafer. Lawrenco <’. Waring. David E. Laufferty. Walter E. Kauffman and Ferd L. bitterer. The first four named have been elected directors and have control of the management for a year ■ inswi < A marriage license was issued to John Jefferson Ehrhart. farmer, born July 20. 1991. of Portland. Ind., son of Timothy Madison Ehrhart. to wed Elisabeth Wanner, bom Decamber 7. 1993. daughter of John Wanner. Judge D. E. Smith performed the ceremony in the county clerk’s office this morn Ing at 10 o'clock. The couple will reside on the John Wanner farm in French township. Heal estate transfers: Charles C. Hchug to Enterprise Store, lot 46. Monroe, >3OOO. TO THE INFIRMARY. Alexander M. A. Watson, th# man who has been eared for at the Lome of Night Policeman George Smltley. until 'able to he moved. It is expected, will be taken to the county Infirmary’s hospital ward this afternoon. He teems to Im getting along very nicely.

Decatur, Indiana,Thursday Evening, January 15, 1914.

A BAG OF MONEY John HeSsler Has Collection of Old Coins That He Prizes Highly. SOME OLD DATES Has Bunch of Old Coppers, Script, German, Holland and American Coins. John Hessler former well known resident of this county hut who is now ! living at Fort Waytie was a culler on i friends here yesterday. He has noticed frequent articles recently concerning old coins and along that line. John has taken considerable interest himself. He had with him yesterday a little bag containing thirty coins of peculiar value to him, because lie lias been years In securing them. He has one German coin, the size of an American dollar whicli bears the date og 1750 and is now 164 years old. He has another queer looking coin which bears the date of 1780. He has German, Holland. American. Canadian and Mexican pieces of very old dates and each coin is in excellent condition. He also has five, ten and tifteen-ceut piece* of script and in the hunch are old fashioned coppers bearing dates frotn 1838 to 1855. Os several of these he lias more than one. He has a half | dollar made in 1811 that looks as fresh as if it had been coined but recently. It is an interesting bunch of- - and it would take a good sixed ! check to secure them from Mr. Hess i lw - -t! PEARL_HUNTING Yields Returns — Geneva Man Said to Have Refused $l5O for One. FOUND IN MUSSEL Along the Wabash—New Corydon Man Gets Check for $175 for One.

New Corydon, Ind., Jan. 15 —Pearl hunting along the Wabash river last summer is beginning to yield returns.! Byron Buckmaster, a farmer and oil | pumper, put tn one day hunting the shiners and found several small ones and one weighing twelve and one-half grains. He has just received a check I for $175 from a firm in New York City for the large one. Dr. Drew of Geneva also found one of »lx grains which he Is offered $l5O for. Small boys in the vicinity have a number of small ones, which they gathered during vacation. PiMirl hunting In mussels In the St. Mary’s river might also prove quite profitable if continued any great length of time. Boys during the sum mcr have made spasmodic attempts to gather musxela and look for pearls, and were successful on a small scale, several having been found and later Mt tn rings, although no pends of great value have thus far been found here. - ' 1 —-o—« HUNDREDS FLEE FROM FLOODS Elkins. W. Va. Jan 15.—(Special to Daily Democrat.) —Hundreds of inhabItMit* of the Potomac Valley find to the hills early today when the docks of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. aliovo Dobbin, gave way and the waters rushed Into tlie valley. T’te warning was sent down the valley for miles and hundreds left their homes and fled to the hills, driving live stock nhend of them. Even after the danger wm over many refused to return to their homes. REVIVAL AT ANTIOCH CHURCH. The revival meeting will commence Saturday evening. January 17. at the i Beery or AntiJch church. The meeting will be In charge of Rev. Doby of Springfield. Ohio. All are cordially Invited to attend and hear the full gospel preached.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL"

NO DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN. Tentative plans for the extension of the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina traction lino from Geneva to Celina Ohio, were talked over. l>ut no definite decision was reached at the meeting of tlie directors Tuesday afternoon. according to the announcement made by the directors today. The prospects for extending the traction line are very bright at the present time, according to the statement of one of th edirectors, but it will probably be several weeks before a decision as to the Cleveland financiers extending aid to tlie road is accepted.— Bluffton Hanner. FOUR MORE GAMES Os Basket Ball is all That the Decatur High School Will Play at Home. GIRLS TO WARSAW Where They Play Friday— Marion Game Will be One of the Big Ones. The basket ball team of the Marion high school will play the Decatur high school team in this city Friday night in one of the stiffest ganies ever put up on tlie local floor. The Decatur bunch is determined that they will take the victory from their opponents. The first game was played with the Marion five on November 14. last, at Marion, and resulted in a victory for Marion. The game was tbe closest played this season, as eight minutes' Aovertime had to be played in order to decide which team would take the victory. Decatur will have the same men on tlie team in Friday's game that they had at Marldn. Warren Foster will referee. Gnly eight more' games are to be played by the Deca tur high school. Os these four are at home and four cut of town. The schedule is as follows: January 16 —Marion at Decatur. January 23—Decatur at Hartford i City. January 30 —Decatur at Winchester. February 6 —Petroleum at Decatur | February 13 —Decatur at Spencer-1 ville. (Continued on Page 5) WASHING STOLEN

Poor Washerwoman Has Customers’ Clothing Stolen from Her Lines. TRAMPS ARE BLAMED Had Left Frozen Garments Hanging Out All Night —Gone in Mornng. Tramps have further been making themselves a nuisance In the city. They have overrun thetown. begging In rapid succession at the homes of cltixens; a man has been shot, homes have been broken into and pilfered; but the crowning event occurred on Tuesday night when half of the clothes a poor wash woman had been left hanging on her line to dry. were taken. The woman who Ilves In the west part of the city, earns a livelihood by taking in washings. As she does two or more a day. and as the drying condition of the atm««phera is poor at this time, she is obliged to leave some of the frozen garments hanging out all night. On Wednesday morning when she went out to get the clothes she found half of two washings, belonging to her customers, gone. Just what Is missing, is difficult to say. aa the garments Will probably not be missed until they are needed. It seems. However, that men's underwear. shirts, etc., were taken and it Is probably the work of tramps. The poor woman was much concerned and worried over the loss, and offered to make good the loss to her customers, hut she will not be held responsible nor made to beer the burden of the lons, which was In no way her fault. i a t

REGAIN£JIEALTH William Wietfcldt Returns Here from Midland, Mich., for a Visit. LIKES THE CLIMATE And Conditions There—Has Recovered from Stomach Trouble. . i i William Wietfeldt, a former prominent Root township farmer, who' | moved two years ago, to a farm I which he purchased near Midland. Michigan, Is here circulating with I friends. Mr. Wietfeldt states that his j ( health has improved much since moving to Michigan and he feels like a boy. When leaving here lie was troubled considerably with stomach trouble and he has recovered from tills, and is able to work again as well as he ever did. He attributes 1 his improvement in heath to the difference in atmosphere and also to the qualities that make our water here . so “hard". Wheat and general crops such as are raised here, are grown there, with the addition of the bean, which is tlie main crop. The beans are threshed with a machine. Mr. Wietfeldt came here on account of an operation which ills daughter. Sophia of Fort Wayne underwent for appendicitis at the Lutheran hospital. His brother. Henry of Fort Wayne ac-1 companied him down to Adams county to visit witli their brother. Fred. and other relatives in Root town- 4 ship. I FEAR FOR SAFETY 1 f Relatives of Miss McDowell ’ I of Bluffton and Miss Todd 1 i of Huntington.

GREATLY ALARMED Feared That the Ladies Are Among Those Who Lost Lives in Japan Horror. Relatives of Miss Jessie McDowell of Bluffton anti Miss Ethel Todd of Huntiugton are alarmed over their safety. The ladies are teachers m missionary schools In Japan and are among the ten American teachers reported missing. The Bluffton Banner says: Relatives here are greatly alarmed for the safety of Miss Jessie McDowell. daughter of City Clerk Thomas J. McDowell, who is a teacher In a mlsxlon school at Nagasaki. Japan, which is near the scene of the terrible volcanic eruption which destroyed so many Uvea. Miss McDowell went to Japan one year ago under the i auspices of one of the organisation* of the Methodist Church and the is a teacher in the sihool called Kwasxui Jo Gakko. Relatives here said this afternoon that she only re< ently went | to Nagasaki front Toklo, where she | had been stationed for some time, and | which Is well out of the danger gone.l Relatives here will make telegraph ic inquiries though the board under which Mias McDowell went to the foreign mission field and it Is hoped that they will receive some definite word tomorrow. ■ o THE HOLY SPIRIT ANO REVIVAL. This evening at 7:30 at the Evan gclical church the pastor will speak i nn "The Importance of the Baptism I of the Holy Spirit In ix-adlng Men to Christ." The gift is very essential, i yet so little understood. A large atI tendance Is desired. A welcome for all. - ' - o —- FEARS FOR THE DANIA Havana, Cuba. Jan. 15.—(Special to Daily Democrat,)• -Grave fear* are 1 felt here for the safety of the Ham-berg-American liner Dani*, which is three days overdue with 300 pasxen gers on board. Numerous wireless calls hsve been sent out from here I but no response hss been received.

BLOOD VESSEL SEVERED. Ono day tlie forepartof last week Miss Mario Glendening. of west of town, was taken to Pennville to the hospital there to have her tonsils removed. In some way a miscut was made and a blood vessel was severed. The blood flowed freely until she grew very weak. A physician from the hospital at Portland was called and the wound clamped in such away as to stop tlie bleeding. It Is said that u much longer delay would have resulted In death from loss of blood. She is much improved and and Is getting along as well as could be expected after an experience of that kind. Miss Glendening is well known here and is a music teacher of much abil ity.—Geneva News. GOLDEN SHOWER Os Checks Received by Several Adams Conty Heirs After DEATH OF UNCLE Geo. Zerkle at Urbana, Ohio —Uncle Was Bachelor and Well-to-do. 4>*4-4-++4-4* + 4>4-4*4- + + HEIRS. ♦ + ♦ 4- MRS. DAVID FUHRMAN. 4> 4 1 AL ZERKLE. + + AARON ZERKLE. ♦ ♦ MRS. LEROY PLACE. + + ELVA.adopted daughter of bate + + Will Zerkle. + 4* + + + + + + 4 , 4 , 4 , + + + + Like a golden shower of sunshine from a shadowy sky fell a shower of checks for several hundreds of d:»l-l lars into the laps of several well known Adams county people one day last week, and the gixal news is Just leaking out. though the parties themselves were very reticent about giving the news for publication, through modesty.

Tlie good news of the inheritance came to them in checks through tlie mail one day last week, from a rather unexpected source. An old bachelor, uncle George Zerkle. of Urbana. Ohio, died some time ago, leaving considerable property in the way of land and money. When] the final settlement of the estate | wax made, the Adams county people, who are children of the brother of the deceased Imchelor, came in for a good slice of the inheritance. The checks received last week are said to be for more than SBOO each. Mrs. David Fuhrman of Monroe. Al Zerkle, living northeast of tills city; Aaron Zerkle. of Decatur; a civil war veteran: and Mrs. Leßoy Place of near Pleasant Mills, are the brother’s children who inherit. There is one other heir. Miss Elva Zerkle. adopted daughter of the late Will Zerkle, who will probably Inherit equally with the aforesaid, though it Is said there has been some delay In the receipt of her check, owing j to the necessity of her being obliged to prove a legal adoption. It is thought, however that she will come in for a share of the property. Though the uncle never resided here, he wax known to several of the heirs, who had visited with him on several occiMlons. The receipt of | the checks, however, came ax much i of a xurprhe. O .UH— 11-— ... ■ TOY" ! Leads the Bill at the Cryetal Theater Thia Evening. Manager Parent of the Crystal theater has secured the following three big reels for tonight's program: "Fashion's Toy," n Lubin drama; "Their Mutual Friend." a Vltagraph ’ drama, and "The Island of Perversity." an Edison comedy. A special matinee will be given tomorrow after noon. Five cents to all. . i -O' — — AT TRLSTATE SHERIFFS' MEET. Sheriff T. J. Durkin left this morning for Fort sync, where he attended the meeting of the Tri-Btate Sheriff s association, of which orgsnlaation he lx secretary. The states Included are Ohio. Indiana and Michigan, and the ' j organization lx effected tiiat th" xher- - j iffx may keep In closer touch tor the I apprehension of criminals, I

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HAS MANY DUTIES Road Superintedent Will I Soon be One of the Busiest Officials ’OF THE COUNTY An Idea of What is Required of Him by the Law Creating the Office. While most of our readers are familiar witli the duties of tlie local officials, it is probable tiiat but tew reali::e just what is expected of tlie highway superintendent, to which place. Jim A. Hendricks was recently elected by tile board of commissioners. From the law as passed by the last legislature he has many important duties and the new' office will no doubt lie one of the busiest in the county soon. His duties as set out in the law are as follows: He shall map off all tlie highways in the county, giving the length and character of each road, and name or number the same. Shall have general supervision of maintenance and repair of all highways, bridges and culverts, and establish standards for same. He shall investigate and determine themethod of highway maintenance best adapted to the needs of his couu ty. He shall give due regard to topography. condition, character and volume of traffic. He must make an itemized estimate of the cost of his office and cost of all repairs for coming year. He must file an Itemized monthly report of all work done. etc., also a yearly report, and examine the reports and vouchers of the assistant superintendents. ec. He shall meet with the county commissioners monthly. He shall divide the total mileage of roads Into sections and appoint superintendents for each section. Besides these specific duties, he is charged with all duties incident thereto. Section 6 of the act says: "The intention of this act is to maintain nearly as possible a patrol system over the county highways, to the e’'d that repairs may be made nt all times of the year so that the highways may be kept in good condition.” ANNUAL MEETING First National Bank Stockholders Held Election of

Directors’ Board. OLD MEMBERS NAMED Same Officers Elected by the Directors—Meeting Held Here Tuesday. The First National bank stockholdheld their annual election of din-c---tors and their reorganisation on Tuesday in the lianking moms In this city. The old directors were re-elected as follows: P. W. mlth. W. A. Kuebler, A. Dugan. Dyonis Schmitt. Dr. J W. Vlxxard, Daniel Sprang. Ed Bleeke. After the election of directors they mot for reorganisation and elected the old staff of officials, all of whom have been associated with the bank for many years, aa follows: President-P. W. Smith. Vice President— W. A. Kuebler.. Cashier C. A. Dugan. Assistant Cashier- Fred Jaebkcr. MONUMENT DEALERS CONVENE The annual mooting of the Indiana Retail Monument Dealer*’ Association was held at the Hotel Washing,ton yesterday. About sixty dealer I from various parts of the state attended and a number of traveling salesmen were present also. The as soclatlon will continue In session today and the annual election of officers will take place. The present officer) are: President W. W. Grogg. Conners vllle; vice president B. Pullman Ken dalhllle: aacretary, George Wemhoff. Decatur, treasurer. Frank Checaman, Peru.— Indianapolis Hlar.