Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1914 — Page 1

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■EVEN ROADS ■ AWARDED TODM Auditor's Office Crowded BVith Contractors at Turnpike Session. ii|ii — RUNS INTO MONEY Hfetal Contracts ■Over $70,000 — Other Business Transacted. Krhe board > • . of tho busi- - i - when I II es With hidd. r ;.:i<i ■. t ,,,| S* hi-S*^ c < * ! * ““ l ' 1 " 1 l "l |n " Amos Ruessjr Road. A. iH. Fry $12.000.00 ■■berstino A I'lHey 12.2011.0 n ■BkT} McKinney 12.105.00 rwßbtlt'i A- Msthys 11.984.00 H|K. IL Faust 12.000.00 Mik' Miller 12.fi00.00 li O. Bears 11.775.00 I Harry Meshherger !2,5.‘.000 ■Award :-d to L. O. Bear . Noah Johnson Roan. » i* W. Frank 2 nso ' Mnrrim;. . £ Fugate 2.745.0 d Chris Musser 2.97.0.00 Award' <i to Merryman a S. C. Tinkham Road. E. H. Faust fi.900.n0 g 3 David Gerber I'.i'.nno Erie Stem Co. 7,;'.'0.<0 Award d to David Gerber. Peter N. Moser Road Biebereu: 4 Pusey fi.'.fi.no ry McKinsey Chris Mu ’ X. O. Bears fi.7n7.00' Erie Stone Co 6..lMi.tri Harry Meshbergor Awarded to Harry M< John W. Watscn Pea?. ■ & Pusey .... ll.’i.on U O. Bears 1 77.4.00 Erie Stone Co 1 >60.00 Harry Meshberger 1.57n.00 . iMftand 4 Ireland 1.769.00 Award'd to L. O. Bear' Peter W. Fugate Road. ■ L. JI". Frank 4.301.20 HKkTimai 4 Fugate 11.753.00 Horn.. Andrews il.9fin.oa Erie Stone Co 4.134.00 ward'd to Merryt■ m A rmu'te. Bernaid Lenger.ch Road. Ell ifeigi" ■■■■ i.itoo.nn Frank 11.946.70 *t Fugate 4.400.00 ' Mik Miller 4.200.00 Erie Stone Co ■ 4.261.60 WAward..l to 1.. W. Franks. L. W. Frank Road. L. W. Frank 1,984.40 £ Fugate 2.n54.n0 ■ jChri- Musser 2.094.00 Erie Stone Co 2.360.00 ’ijfWard. d to L. W. Franks. South Berne Road. A. H. Fry fi.F76.00 Marrin...l .1 Fugate 5.800.00 D. « F. Striker < SM.OO Fred Brew 5,787.1? BlCknia '' r £ Fetter* 5.290.00 \ifwar<Cd to l>. « F. Striker. ■mat Coeshman Road. A. H. Fry 9,617.00 L. W. Frank 10.431.00 Merriman « Fugate i 0,442.00 B Chris Musset 9 -«6.00 Erin Stone Co H. 560.00 Award'd to Chris Musser. P. Bryan Road. Perry McKinney 8.500.00 Smith £ Msthys .. 7.760.00 E, H. oust 9.300.00 John P Bowers 8,420.00 L. O. Bear* 8.182.00 Itaekm.i t. ' « Fetters 7.158.00 V Award'd to Bin kmaster a Fetters. Ail the roads will be built at once, exeeptb. the Tinkham mad. on which there Is a shortage of 352. healdea thr coat, and It I" no, known whether this can he arrang'd for thin ymr or no*. The roads mean the expenditut'o of over S7O, 000 and work for many m*n In the county. ■ The contra'' for furnishing mad <r*K ww awarded to K. F. Conal■eler nt fifteen dollars each. Bthf contracts for supplies a' the county inf,rn«.v were award'd to Um Bfc fell., wing' Hardware. Schaub * ■Loowilna. coal oil. dry goods and to Knee... Ktiobler Company: drugs. I jimiiii, Yager\£ Falk, groceries. Iliam. £ Son:‘AC«” K. I.t arroll; har (Conti |uea on rMte I) 1

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grank trunk has WRBCK Chicago, March 3.—(Special to the Bally Democrat,)—Four persons were seriously injured today when a Grand Trunk passenger train dashed Into a Wabash freight. The passenger train was several hours late and was running fifty miles an hour. It plowed through the middle ot the freight txain. —— 0

VINCEN RECOVERING. r Sucky Vincen, the Pohuider, who was shot by a flelowcouutrynmn, in a car at Ohio City, is rapidly recovering. Sheriff Wilson is still search- * ing for the assailant and hopes profitable results fj-om a clue which leads to Milwaukee. Vincen lias been removed to the county infirmary.—Van Wert Daily Tinies. COOK CAMPAIGN 1 ■ Should be Waged in Fight Against the Typhoid Fever Epidemic. 1 GERMS IN OYSTERS I 1 May Often Help in Spread 1 of Disease—Washed by Sewerage. 1 “While wc are brewing and baking and boiling the water and milk of our city and county," said a lay man of I Iterator, “it would be well to carefully I carry out the instructions of the health officials to also well cook our I fcod. especially that pa-'t that is : brought in from tne land knows where. I mean particularly th eoysters, and many of them are consumed at this time of the year. “It is a well known fact that many oysters contain germs of diseases and have been known to cause epidemics of typhoid and other ailments. The oysters grow Qi sea watejs along the coast or in the brack , ish water in the mouths of rivers. It stands to reason that when the rivers carry down their sewerage from many million homes, the waters, reeking with the pollution from di-sease-infested regions, as well as the more healthful communities —the oyster in a receptive state for the small animal and vegetable particles of food carried to It by the current, can scarcely escape absorbing u por tlon of the pollution as well. The germs, if there be uny, and there may not always be, may be killed by proper cooking. But oysters are not always eaten cooked. In fact, they are said to be more nourishing when raw. than cooked, as cooking destroys the gelatinous substance surrounding the oyster. "Swift service In a restaurant b usually considered a virtue, but it may not always be to all people. Recently I went to an eating house in a city and my friend ordered an oyster stew. In the twinkling of an eye after we saw the oysters spirited away to the kitchen to be "cooked," they appeared in a steaming stew of milk. Os course th® broth In which the oysters flouted was hot. but the oysters themselves were practically uncooked—l doubt If their 'lnsides* were warmed through. Whatever germs may have lurked within them, practically remained untouched hy the heat of the liquid in which they were placed." ■ —O BTORM SEVERE IN EAST New York. March 3.— (Special to Dally l>mocrnt.‘ —With at least twenty dead, telephone service suspended. a property loss that will run Into millions and this city buried under twelve Inches of Ice and snow the reports from the storm an* the 1 most serious ever known here. Train service was partially rekumed today, imparlment stores have been without heet for twenty-four hours. Four teen thousand men are nt work on the streets nnd It will r«iulrn ten days I to restore them to good c ondltlon. !■ o - FAKE REPORT IN MEXICO 1 Mexico City. Marell 3.—lSp*-clal to i Dally Democrat. 1- Wild rumors that the United States would rwognlxr . the Huerta government within forty , eight hours ran through Hie capitol here today, it In said to have been - started for the purpose ol effecting I the stock market.

FATAL _CHANGE Mrs. Ira Baxter, Formerly ot This City, Died at Home East of VAN WERT, OHIO

) 1 Cancer Causes Death—Andrew Baxter Family Left ! Today for Funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baxter and daughter, Grace, left this morning for I Van Wert, Ohio, where they were called by the death of Mrs. Ira Baxter, which occurred yesterday noon of • internal cancer. She had been ailing 1 about eighteen months and during • that time suffered two operations. She formerly resided here and was Miss ' Amanda Hudson before her marriage. She was well known in Decatur. The Van Wert Daily Bulletin says ot her 1 death: "Mfs. Ira Baxter died at noon Mon- ' day, tlie result of an Internal cancer, her demise occurring at the late home four miles east of this city. Mrs. Bax • ter. who was for many years a resident of this city, long resided on West Crawford street and was very widely and popularly known. Her acquaintance was naturally strengthened dur ing the period that Mr. Baxter conducted a restaurant on North Wash- ■ Ington street and she assisted him. She was a memlmr of the First M. E. church and of secret societies. The ( funeral arrangements have not been made.” She was about forty-five years old. Her husband survives, but they had no children. .O MEETING TO BE AT 8:30. - 1 ■ 1 The special meeting of the C. B. L. 1 of I. which was announced yesterday 1 to be at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday even ; ing will not be called until 8:30. Bus- 1 iness of importance will be taken 1 care of and every member Is request- t ed to be present. t o 1 DOUBTS CLEARED* I— 1 I John Cramer Returns from i Cincinnati, Ohio—Letter , from His Fiancee t HAD BEEN MISSENT J — < Wedding Will Take Place in Thirty Days--To Live on Farm. J 1 1 John 8. Cramer, who left early Sat- „ urday morning for Cincinnati, Ohio. ( where on Sunday morning he was to have been married to Miss Irene Huff- . man a young West Virginis milliner. I returned iiome this morning. The I wedding has been postponed thirty days. The bride's father intends to buy them a farm near Columbus, *O.. I for a wedding present, and as the pur chase cannot be arranged for at once, the wedding la postponed until that time. Mr. Cnuner called at thia office and denied that he became acquainted with the bride-elect through a corre ] spondence matrimonial agency, as he said he met her In Dayton. Ohio, some 1 time ago. She Is now In Cincinnati. ■ Ohio, making-her home with tier cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin.' 1 When Mr. Cramer left Saturday I morning he was much concerned over the tael that he had had no letters from Miss Huffman for a week or so, 1 but when he arrived In Cincinnati all the doubts and hrertaciiea were clear- ■ ed away, when tile bride-elect showed him a much Mumped letter which she ■ had sent to him. and which had been 1 sent to Decatur. Hi., by mistake, and thru returned to the sender as her return address wan written In the cor tier. Thr othrr lettrr* which she sent to him hern have failed to reach their ! > destination, nnd are also no doubt held up somewhere by Unde Sam. ■ No doubt Mine Huffman was ju«t as much conerrnrd when thr "undalm I ed" letter wan returned to her. and the 1 happy arrival of Mr. Cramer In person [ noon cleared away all misunderstand (ContimteU on Page 2)

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL"

Decatur, Ind

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LANDED THE CONTRACT Schug & Metier Sell Austin-Western Roller and Sacrificer to Wells Co. Schug & Metier, cf Berne yesterday secured the contract from the board of commissioners for furnishing road roller for Wells county. This firm of hustlers represent the AustinWestern Road Machinery company of Chicago and though their hid was the highest filed they secured the con tract by convincing the board that their roller was the best on the market and would prove more servicable, which resembles a harrow and is hooked on behind the roller and cuts the road out just right. The bid of Schug & Metier was $2950 with 2Hper cent discount, net total $2876.25. Other bidders for the contract were the Kelley-Springfield Company $2500; Ohio Tractor Company $2350; International Company $2348; Huebner Company $2495 and J. D. Adams SI9BO. Some of these also filed several other bids than those mentioned. Schug A- Metier represent this company for this section of the state and expect to land several other contracts. TAKESVACATION R. L. Collins, Manager of Morris Store, Will Take Several Weeks’ Rest. MR. GLANT WELSH Os Greensburg to be in Charge of Store During His Vacation. Festus Rhoten, general manager of the Morris string of five and ten cent •tores, arrived this morning, accompanied by Giant Welsh, assistant man ager of the store at Greensburg. Mr. Welsh will take charge of the Decatur store for two or three weeks, during the time that Mr. Collins is ill, and also taking a rest. Mr. Collins is confined to his home on account of illness, and even though he should be able to return to his work sooner, he is to be given a two or three weeks' vacation to rest, as he has been a tireless and efficient worker. Mr. Rhoten left today noon for Plymouth where the Morrises will establish 0 new store. The building is now in tlie course of remodeling. Frank M;.ley, former assistant manager of the Decatur store, who was transfer red to the Bluffton store, where he is manager, will be placed in charge of the store at Plymouth. O'" — ELLIS HAS REAL FIT Chicago, 111., March 3, —(Special to Daily Democrat.) -William Ellis, the Cincinnati manufacturer being tried here for wife murder was seized with an epeleptic fit while on the witness stand today and fell unconscious to the floor. FINE SERMONS Given By Bishop .Fout, of Dayton, Ohio —At U. B. Church Sunday RAISED A SSOO FUND I For Use of Local ChurchServices Continue Until Wednesday Bishop Fout. of Dayton. Ohio, was hen- Sunday and gave two sermons at the United Brethren church, ills morning subject was 'Who is He?" and the evening subject. "Christ, tlie Open Door". Besides being of great influ ence spiritually, through the bishop'* influence and endeavors, the turn of SSOO was subscribed by local members for use of the local church, the same to. !«• placed at the disposal of the church board. The special evangvlia tic services have been announced to continue thia week until Wednesday. This is the third week of thr services, and the benefit and uplift have been great. /-A

Tuesday Evening, March 3, 1914.

TO CONFERENCE Decatur Methodists Will Attend District Conference in Ft. Wayne. BEGINS TONIGHT Rev. Stephenson to Give Address—Mrs. Mills on Committee to Report. The district conference of the Ft. Wayne district nortli Indiana conference will open this evening at the Wayne street Methodist church, and continue through Wednesday and Thursday.' The pricipal address of this evening will be gl ven by Rev. George R. Gross I). D. president of DePauw university who spoke to tlie Decatur Brotherhood I a few weeks ago. The business session will begin Thursday morning and then addresses by prominent Methodist ministers and other educators will follow. Mrs. Celestine Bernheim of Chicago, vs ho spoke here a week ago, will give a talk on “Woman's Work in the church Rev. E. M. Dunbar who. conducts the Thursday morning opening service, is another familiar name noticed on the program. Rev D. T. Stephenson, of the Decatur M. E. church will give an address “The Growing Kingdom' Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. Mrs. F. V. Mills of tlie Decatur Woman's Home Missionary society, is on the group of committees on review of reports for the presidents of the W. H. M. S. Thursday evening. Among those on the committee to examine local preachers in the course of study are Rev. Joseph Grimes. Rev. E. M. Dunbar and Rev. J. C. Valentine. Rev. G. H. Black is a member of the committee on resolutions BIRTH OF A SON. Russell Ix>well Jalierg Is the name of the ten-peund liaby lx>y torn to Ru ral Mail Carrier and Mrs. Martin Jaberg. DECLAREDJNSANE Fred Meyers. Berne Electrician. Recommended as Patient for Easthaven. THE VERDICT FILED ' Today—Peculiar Hallucination—Suffered a Heat Stroke in July, 1913. ■ i An Inquest board, comprising Drs D. D. and H. O. Jones, and Justice , Jorl l.lddy. of Berne, have declared Fred Meyers, an efcs trician of Herne Ineane. The evidence and verdict 1 were filed with County Clerk Bleeke 1 and application for Mr. Meyers' ad 1 mission to Eusthavm hospital will be made. Mr. Meyers is thirty-nine years old. 1 and signs of Ills insanity were first noticed a year ago, during. December. 1912. when hia family had the smallpox and his home was quarantin ed. During Infancy he lost an ejle, and then with a heat stroke in July. 1913. may have contributed to hie ' meatal aberration. One manifestation of his condition 1 is his Impatience and Irritability. One 1 of his peculiar hallucinations is his I-'lief that he can talk belter with a mosquito tot* over his head and face BOX IS SENT To Chicago’! Ghetto Dietrict—Boy Scout* to do Home MiMion Work. The Boy Scouta have sent a l»ox of clothing to Chicago to the Uhetta di trlct. where the poor arc greatly in wan*. Thia was done through the In apiratlon of Mrs. Celestine Bern helm's a*.|reas which was given lier> a week ago Sunday at the Methodist church. She came under the auspiceof thr Woman'* Home Missionary* 110 clety. Mrs. Bernheim la a converted I Jewess, and she told of tlie great ii'iml of home mission work In tlie poor Ghetto district of Chicago.

■ THE FAYLOR WILL CASE. Another step taken In the contest, now being waged In the courts as to . whether or not the Catherine Faylor will shall bo probated was taken Saturday in the supreme court. It is an effort to have the recent decision of tlie supreme court recalled and the nppenl of Thomas Faylor dismissed. Tlie court’s latest decision was that the case should be returned to tlie Wells circuit court for u trial to test the valdidty of the will, under a contest started in 1902. The supreme court minutes r ead us follows: "Thomas F. Faylor vs. Roy Fehler et al.. Wells C. C. Appellee's motion to recall opinion and judgment and to stgike amended assignment to errors and to dismiss appeal witli notice for Mardi 9. 1914. and briefs thereon.— Bluffton News. HE WANTED TO BE A Detective—So LaVan Baker Wore Badge from Dead Detective. TAKEN FROM BODY 1 Os Dead Man—Frightened “Bums”—Grand Jury to Take Up Murder Case. i The March term of court opened yesterday at Portland when action , was taken regarding the case of IjiVan Baker of Celina and Dennis Bak- I er of near Bobo, this county, who 1 are held on the charge ot having inur- 1 dered Wilbur Phillips. Tlie Portland J Sun says: ( "Prosecuting Attorney M. V. Skin- t ner petitioned the court to call the I grand jurors into special session to I investigate the Phillips murder case with a view to determining whether t charges will be preferred against Le- t Van Baker and Dennis Baker, who 1 have confessed the crime, it is to < investigate also the matter of juris- ! diction in the cases. The court Is- 1 sued tlie call for the grand jury to i meet here on Wednesday of this t week. Tlie petit jury has not yet t been summoned into court for serv- i ice." Wanted to be Detective. LeVan Baker, it is said, has long i wanted to be a detective, and it is I said had taken a "correspondence I course" relating to tlie profession at < one time. The Celina Standard says t of Ills brief career as a "would-be de- < tective:” c "Detective Charles E. Gerdeman, of Lima, is In Celiua, looking up ev- I idence in the Baker murder case. I The detective found on tlie person ot t Ix'Van Baker, a budge which hu* • been taken from the tody of a detec t tlve murdered In Cincinnati January t 6, 1914. Sime that time Baker ha been acting the part of a detective, u He would step up to a man who war ’ bumming ilia way and say to him. ' 'My friend. I am sorry to say I will have to pinch you,* at the same time • showing ills official badge. He would then tell the num that for a few dol t lars he would let him go. and In this I way make quite a haul, up until the time he was arrested for the murder of Phillip*.'' POLICE COURT. i Chief of Police Fritz of Bluffton ar- t rived In th« city this morning to get i Edwin Gaffer, son of Peter Gaffer, who , was arrested ye»terday by* Marshal Mele hl on a warrant to answer to the charge of assault and tottery. The case arises over b little quarrel which young Gaffer had with Joo Zarif'-s. owner of a shoe shining parlor and pool room in Bluffton last Thursday evening, tn the fight It Is alleged that Gaffer picked up a small slot machine and threw It through one of the show cases. He was taken to Bluffton at 10:25 this morning and will to given a hearing this afternoon In Mayor Mock's court. DRANK FROM WRONG BOTTLE Indianapolis. March 3,—(Special to Dally Demmrat.) George Marshall 43 nnd Dudley Morgno 61 searched for n bottle of whiskey and got Instead H to!fl" <»f foriiialdvhyde. Each took a I swig and Mrs. Morgan found them un I conscious an ddylng They were rush * »sl to the hospital where doubt for recovery Is announced.

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HE WILL RECOVER > 1 Unless Unforseen Complicaions Arise Say Harry Menefee's Doctor. . ' ■■in. ii iq PARTIAL PARALYSIS Arises from Injuries—Tlie Spine Not Affected as at First Reported. Tho Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette says: "According to Dr. James M. Dlnnen, the phy»k:ian in charge of the ease, Harry B. Menefee, 2526 Thomas street, the most seriously injured in a street car crosn yesterday morning, will recover unless unforeseen complications arise to give the patient a set-back. Menefee is In St. Joseph's hospital, suffering from partial paralysis. His spine was not injured as first reported. "Three other persons — Charles Steffen, motorman of tlie city car, which crashed into a Ft. Wayne a Springfield interurban; Timothy F. Kirby, a passenger on the city car. and Miss Minnie Schmidt, who occupied a seat directly in front <>f Mr. Menefee, received more or le, s severe Injuries when tlie two cars came together. "The accident was the result of a rear-end collision between city ear No. 209 on the Pontiac line and interurban car No. 3 on the Ft. Wayne & Springfield interurban line. “The story of the accident as told by Mr. Menefee at the hospital last night is that both the city car and the interurban car wire southbound. At the corner of Brackenridge and Calhoun streets at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning the city car stopped to take on passengers and tlie interurban, which was only a few feet behind bumped into it. "Miss Schmidt boarded the car at the transfer corner and occupied a seat directly in front of Mr. M< tiefee. When the cars came together at the corner of Brackenridge and Calhoun streets, there was a terrific crash. Mr. Menefee, who sat in tlie rear, attempted to protect Miss Schmidt, and was thrown half way toward the front end. receiving injuries which will keep him in the hospital several weeks. The city car was in charge of Conductor G. M. Butler, with Motorman Steffen at the controller. Edward Ix>wton. motorman of the Interurhen. had entrusted the car Into the charge of Albert Sclielniann. dispatcher for tho Fort Wayne £ Springfield. Neither car was running at a higher rate of speed than ten miles an hour. “Mr. Menefee was removed to his liome and later taken to the hospital. Dr. Dinn'-n made an X-ray examination of the injured man's spine yesterday afternoon and states positively that It is not affected. His chances for recovery are good. “T. F. Kirby, manager of the Equitable Life Insurance company, who was slightly bruised in tlie collision, was able to go to Ills home unassisted. ‘•Edward W. larwton began work for tho Fori Wayne £ Sprlngfi'dd a few days ago. making life first trip ns motortiian alone on Thursday morning, February 26. on the 83C car." BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Mr*. C. H. Colter received announce, ment today of the birth of u daughter to her brother, Freeman Bocry, and wife, of Ripley county. This Is their first torn and the announcement stated that "Freeman was stepping high, wide and handsome." Mrs. Beery was formerly Miss Pointer of Will-hire, Ohio. —-o ——• REV. KOHN FUNERAL. The funeral of the Bev. Horart Kohn of near Willshire. Ohio. w<»-i held this afternoon ot 2 o'clock. His death occurred last Saturday at the Hope boapltal. Fort Wayne. —— FOREST HELM FUNERAL. Thr funeral services for Forest H'-im were held this afternoon tit 2 o'clock from the house and from the M. K. church. Burial was made In the Maplewood cemetery. LENTON SERVICES Ix’titon service at the Reformed church Wednesday night nt 7;36. Topic. "The Liberating Power of tho Cross." •