Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 159.

MR. OPLIGER IS BEMOVEC Special Judge Robert Stine of Bluffton Rendered Decision at 4:30 Today. AFTER LONG TRIAL Brilliant Arguments Heard Today—Court Required I lour to Render Decision At <; jo o'clock this afternoon special >•»<«*■ Robert Stin>- of Bluffton render- • dreMon In the case of the State »•. homiace K. Opliger, for impeach- j ••>♦ drclarinr the office vacant and rtu.oving Mr Opliger us county super ■ ui.-adont of Adams County on the rnm.vd« that he is inicompetent and tor artth-ct ol duty. n. ijtse began two weeks ago to i day wRh ■n intermission of a fru days lias continued since. The _-vi--4»n.r wa* concluded last evening and the antuments heard today. Mr. Parrisk opening for the state thi- morning. followed by C. J. Lutz send J. C. Moran for the defepse ant'-' Guy Colerb k >< Fort Wayne clo ,ing for the state at 2:39 this atter.ioon. Judge Btine consumed an ho>.r and ten mintiteo In giving his de- ision. He went over the evidence rnd diagnosed the reasons He said hat he did not be lleve that Mr Optiger had acted within !;l? rights at 11 time and was sure that he had n.l always done that whirl would by the best for the school hlidren of .dams county. He said be hoped th »t the good citizens of the county wo l id take hold of this matter and strut-..titen it out as it should be. Conch ding he said: "Th» courts finding is for the plaintiff r. thte case tiiat the defendant is in. mpctent, that he neglected his du t >■ and that the office should be declared vacant, with the costs as provided by statute assessed against the defendant. The office is now vacant and will until the county auditor calls a special meeting of the trustees to se- :<•< : successor, which will be done aoua. If Mr. Opliger appeals the new ■ up- r ntendent will serve until the supreme court renders its decision. DUE TO CONCUSSION. At the coronor's inquest held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Doc tare Costello, Parrish and Coronor Clark over the death of Ben Smith,* thirteen year old son of W. S. Smith of Mt-uroe. the finding was that death had l>«-en caused by concussion which I arulyzed the heart. The boy was ac- < .dently killed when a number of caps taken out of torpedoes and which were placed In his waist pocket exploded when he rolled over on the ground. The funeral will be held Wednesday afterri-ou at one o'clock from the Monroe Methodist church. Interment will 1,.- made in Maplewood cemetery this clt,. MULHOLLAND BETTER. Nurws at U»e St. Joseph’s hospital riated that Samuel L. Mulholland, who Is recovering from an operation for i.pendicitis, was able to sit up tor - short time yesterday. His cuauitiv.i Is rapidly improving according to the .attending nurses, it is expected that will be able to leave the hospital within th< next week or ten days.— Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. RETURN TO TOLEDO Mr. and Mrs. C. R.Uhl and daughters Jeanette and Constance and B J. Tervcer )<■*♦- this mornlag for Toledo after n visit In the city with Jin i Id's par- < ~ts Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Terveer. Their visit was extended somewhat on account of the serious sickness of their oldest daughter Jeanette. —“- ICE CREAM SOCIAL Class No 4 of the Union Chapel Sunday school w ill hold an Ice Cream social at the home of George W. Cramer Saturday eve- -ng. July 11. A welcome ? UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. There are sum who toil not, nor spin but kin tat fairly well.

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SHOULDER BROKEN. The eldest, son of John Coffee while running across the street, fell on his shoulder, breaking the shoulder bone. Mr. Coffee himself is still confined to his home on account of having broken : his leg some time ago and this second misfortune happening so close, gives the family more than its share of trouble o - FATHER VALENTINE LEAVES The Rev. Father Valentine and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and sister Miss Mary left yesterday for their home at Hoboken, N. Y. They were accompanied as far as Fort Wayne by Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Ehinger and Herman Yager, whose guests they were while in this city. DRINfFroisON Little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mumma Has Narrow Escape. WHILE ON VISIT p ■■ < Pulled Cork From Daisy Fly Killer and Drank Contents —Was* an Over Dose. Little Moderta Mumma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mumma of this ciay had a narrow escape from death Sunday when she drank the contents of a Daisy/fly killer. The only thing that savej her life was due to the fact that the receptacle had just been tilled wit'i the poison and the large dose counteracted its own destroying cjualities The family motored to Ohio Sunday to spend the day with Leonard Schnepp, a brother-in-law of Mr. Mumma. The Schnepp family had several fly killers placed over the house and the curiosity to see what was in the pretty yello/v bottle proved to strong for little Modesta. When the other members of the family were not looking she secured one of the bottles and pulling the cork from it, drank the en tlr<- contents. In a few moments she became deathly sick, and the over doseVf poison taken into the system counteracted upon itself causing her tv throw liquid before it could get in any dangerous action. A physician was then tilled and administered an antidote. ln‘a few hours the little girl was feeling well enough to be brought home and reports from the Mumma ■ home yesterday were that she was able 'to play and wa ( feeling very few ill effects of the poison. — PASTOR 'RETURNS v — Rev. Dornseif Returns From Four Weeks’ Vacation in lowa. | HAD FINE TIME Officiated at 3 Mission Festivals—More Than S7OO Raised for Missions. Rev. L. W. Dornseif, pastor of the Lutheran congregation in Root town ship, has returned from Cedar Rapids, lowa, where he spent a delightful foui weeks’ vacation with relatives. He was accompanied home by his mother, Mrs. Christena Dornseif who will visit here. While gone. Rev. Dornseif officiated at three mission festivals and was well pleased with the responsive atti tude of the lowa congregation. Dur ing the three services at which he officiated, he raised for the mission fund, the sum of $760. The first ser vice was held in the community of his brother, and the attendance was • very large. One hundred twenty auto . mobiles were lined up along the road having conveyed the attendants to the service. Dinner was served to all. The following were equally successful, al though the rain for the second, mad-: i the attendance smaller. Both dinner and supper were provided for all.

Decatur, Indiana.Tuesday Evening,July 7, 1914.

NOW IN CHARGE i ? 1 Felix Holthouse Will Now ) i be in Charge of the Adams 1 T-. „ Express Company. !■ ■ < WILL MOVE OFFICE 'To the Holthouse Livery . Stable —Is Capable of Holding the Position. The Adams Express Company in this city will now be in charge of Felix Holthouse and the office will be moved from the Winnes shoe store to Holthouse Livery Stable on North Second street. L. A. Holthouse Is the appointed agent and his brother will have charge of the office for him. G. B. Smith of Fort Wayne, division agent was here yesterday, superintending the change which took place last evening. O. K. Wright of Portland, who has been serving as temporary agent since Frank Hurst resigned, will remain here until Thursday to see that the work gets started out all “O. K.” right. The office which has been in the Winnes shoe store for nearly eighteen years will be moved to the Holthousc livery barn and all business with the express company will be done there. Mr. Holthouse will prove a valuable man for the express company and will be very capable of holding the position. THE DIFFERENCE The Following Article Wiil Explain the Vast Difference Between “Reel” Life AND “REAL” LIFE Moving Picture Goers Will be Interested in the Fate of Two Picture Stars. “The Adventures of Kathlyn" moving picture serial is providing a whole lot of interest for many "flicker fans,” but behind the scenes of that serial all is not as serene as it might be. Yes, verily, there is a difference between “reel" life and “real” life. For both the hero and heroine in that story —Tom Santschi and Kathlyn Williams respectively—are all tangled up right now in the divorce courts. Santschi, who is a former Kokomo boy, is being sued by his wife in Chi cago for non-support, and it appears as though “Tom" is going to lose out in a love contest in “real” life. Then, out in a Los Angeles court, Kathlyn is unfolding a tale er woe to a learn ed judge anent how cruel and heartless her hubby is and she. too, may win a verdict. Kathlyn is so used to being loved in the movies that She probably can’t-stand to see hubby coming home in the wee sma' hours with a “package,” so, “heroine-like” Kathlyn swatted him over the konk with the conventional rolling pin and ♦ hen proceeded to the court and ask ed to be unjoined from such a heartless wretch. After the two seperate and distinct courts grant the asked-for decrees, Kathlyn and Tom will be free to hitch up to each other, if their hearts and minds are running in that direction — which, of course, we know nothing about. But if this movie-lovin’ pair hitch up in real life they probably will have to be separated in reel life, as Kate might forget when she’s be fore the camera and ask Tom wherebe was until 3:00 a. m. and stage a domestic battle right there before the never-erring camera. Verily, all is not smooth that flickers. O - " - BAPTIST PICNIC THURSDAY. The Baptist Sunday school will hold its annual picnic Thursday in a grove near Monmouth. A special interurban ear leaving the station here at ten o’clock, will take the crowd to the picnic grounds.

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GOT THE GOATS With Carriage And Harness—McFeely Get The Gifti The two goats, wagon and harness, a complete and fine little outfit given away by Williams Brothers’ grocery war received by Mrs. Adolph Hoffman of the Park Hotel. Thlr morning Mr. Hoffman took the outfit I y express to Fort Wayne win-r> it wiil be given to their niece and nephew, hitie I aul and Thelma McF< el;- children ot Mr. and Mrs. Jack McFeely ns a gift from the Hoffmans. o —. MONROE MALE POPULATION. The male population of Monroe has been largely increased in the past several days. Boys were born to William Sherry, John Ames and Clarence Beitler. TO HIS REWARD Call Came for Jacob Drake, Well Known Retired Farmer, Yesterday. WAS ILL LONG t Os Diabetes—Funeral Ser1 vices Set for Wednesday Afternoon. Funeral services for Jacob Drake, a i resident at point of Fifth and Third 1 streets, whose death occurred yester- 1 day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, mention of which was made in this paper , last evening, will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock front the Evangelical church. Rev. J. H. Rilling officiating. Mr. Drake who was fifty-nine years - ot age last January 18, had been ill for a long time of diabetes, which was the cause of his death. He was born in Crawford county, Ohio, January IS, 1855, and was the son of Willliam and Ruth Walters 1 Drake. When six years of age his father’s family' came to this county settling in Union township. The deceased resided there for many years ( and last November came to this city where the remainder of his days were spent. He is survived by his widow who was formerly Miss Margaret Taylor; also two children —Miss Myrtle Uley Drake at home and Thomas Dorwin ’ Drake who lives on the old home farm. Brothers and sisters living are: i George Drake, Delphos, Ohio; William , Drake, John Drake, Union township; Dorwin Drake, Farmland, Indiana; Mary Waller, Convoy, Ohio; Sarah Hendricks, Berne; Lavina King, Decatur; Rutli Workinger, Union township. Mr. Drake was a man of excellent character and ability and well liked. He was a member ot the Evangelical church. INDIANS ATTRACT ATTENTION Perhaps the most interesting feature of the Wild West show here today were the Indians, big, little, and other wise. They came in this morning bright and early over the G. R. & I. dressed in their native costume. Until they got their “bearings” and were shown their camp, they waited quietly near the west end grocery. The most interesting, perhaps was the squaw with her papoose on her back. The “little” papoose is growing rapidly and will soon be too big to be carried in this fashion, and the show wiil lose one of its most attractive features—unless another papoose is borrowed to take its place. — POLICE COURT. Charles Magley appeared before Mayor Christen last evening on the i charge of assault and battery filed : against him by Sheriff Durkin and which resulted from an attack made upon L. E. Opliger in the circuit court loom yesterday. Mr. Magley plead guilty to the charge and was assessed i a fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $llBO whiclt he paid. . —o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. My sun, Bud, whut tries t’ write, but whut nevertheless hez inherited a trace uv bizness tnstinkt from me, ez r -savin’ all his rejeckted mannyskripts t' sell fer fabylous prices when Ir. gits famous.

BUSINESS FIELD Walmer & Company Will Establish String of Five. and Ten Cent Stores COMPANY ORGANIZED Dick Peterson of This City Is Member of New Firm Which has good Prospects Dick Peterson, well known young man of this city, who has been con netted with the Morris Company of Bluffton for several years, as manager | and assistant manager of their five and ten cent stores, resigned his position yesterday as manager of the Portland store and will become a member of the firm of Walmer & .Company, who will go into the same line of business, putting a half dozen or mor° stores over this section during the next year or so. Mr. Peterson will assist at the Portland store for a fewweeks until arrangements have been concluded for his successor. The new company is composed ot D. A. Walmer, wealthy merchant with large depart ment stores at Bluffton and Huntington, his son John H. Walmer and Mr. Peterson. They are buying stock now and will open one or two stores by September Ist, the locations to be decided on within the next few days. Mr. Peterson will have charge of the stores and with his experience of the past few years and his ability to work and keep at it, he is sure to make good. o CAVE In Kentucky Visited by John Boner and Ralph Fuller . of Pleasant Mills WRITES A LETTER I .— 1-4 Os Trip Down the Rivers to the Gulf—Thoughts of Home and Ice Cream. The family of John Boner of Pleasant Mills, who with Ralph Fuller is going down the rivers to the Gulf of Mexico have received an interesting letter from John, written June 29, from Paducah, Kentucky, that will be of interest to his friends who are watching the boys through the various stag es of their trips: Dear Folks; ‘My but it is hot down here in Ken tucky. We just pulled in from Caven rock, 111. I expect it’s about 55 miles from Paducah. We are having verj deep water just now as we were where there are very large steam boats. We came part way in the “Cumber land" and “Tennessee” rivers deep enough for large steamers. Paducah is the largest boat town we have struck yet. I have received all your letters. You may think we get lonesome but we do not. There are too many things to see. I don't get lonsesome for Pleasant Mills only when I have to climb these Kentucky hills then I think of home. There are lots of hills down here not really hills but mountains. 1 am feeling fine now —got two letters and two postcards. I’ll get along all right as long as I know you are well at home. Paducah is about 30,000—a dandy nice town. We get plenty to eat. We are going to float dow nto Cairo, 111. Maybe it will take a week. We use wooden blocks and a short piece of wire and a hoop on them about 10 a piece we can use. I'll tell you a fish story. While we were coming down the river the other day 1 looked across from I suppose 60 feet, there on a snag was something dead. Well I told Ralph about it and he said it was a hog, but instead of a hog it was a big Bull Head and I’ll bet it weighed more than 100 pounds. Have you caught any that large since I left? I'll bet you haven’t. If you make cream Sunday think of me. I want to go to Memphis, Tennessee before 1 work much, that is about 150 miles from here. I wrote a card tc Mr. Baker. Tell Sam hello. Our boats

| certainly stand the trip well. We have ridden waves 5 feet high. They go as if in still water. We have traveled 600 miles. Suppose you heard of Bob Ford, he is an outlaw. We were In I his cave and it was an awful sight. Ford use to rob the flat boats as they came down the river Well 1 must close as it's dinner time. Take care of yourselves. Your Son, JOHN BONER ' - - DH. BLUE ON PROGRAM. ’ In the program for the Wells-Adams County Medical Association's joint meeting here July 14, as published yesterday, there was an omission. Dr. Blue of Toscin will have a paper on “The Physician as a Man." This will be discussed by Dr. O. M. Graham, ’ Geneva and Dr. A. Reusser, Berne. Q. AGED LADY DEAD Mrs. Sophia Zwick, Mother of Late Commissioner Henry Zwick. DIED IN FORT WAYNE At Early Hour at Home of Daughter—Bodjt Will be Brought Home. Adams county relatives will be griev ed to hear of the deatli of Mrs. Sophia Zwick an aged resident of the commun ity north of this city which occurred at an early hour this morning at Ft Wayne. She was the mother of the late Ad aiM ceunty commissioner Henr; Zwick and lived on the home farm b< tween Williams and Hoagland, be. son, Edward residing with her. Abou ten days ago, Mrs. Zwick went to Ft Wayne to visit with her daughter Mrs. Getting and it was there that sh< was stricken a few days ago witli tin illness that resulted in her deatli. Shi is quite well known as one of th< pioneer ladies of her community. Will lam Zwick, a relative, of the Gay Zwick & Myers firm of funeral direr tors went to Fort Wayne this mornim to prepare the body for burial and t< bring it this evening to the home farm north of Decatur. - ART SMITH VISITED HERE Art Smith the Fort Wayne bird boj and his wife visited in the city Sun day witli Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robi son. The Fort Wayne bird boy was ’ a former chum of Mr. Robison’s whih he lived in Fort Wayne. anTSFny Miss Christena R. May, For mer Decatur Girl, and Wm. E. Lindsey Married 4 AT HILLSDALE, MICH Last Friday-—Bride Ha? Many Relatives in This City and County. Adams county and Decatur relatives and friends of Miss Christena R. May daughter of Boyd May, of Bluffton, will be pleased to hear of her marriage which took place last Friday to Will iam E. Lindsey, of Wells county. The couple went to Hillsdale, Michigan, where they were married Friday afternoon by Rev. J. B. Edmonson at the ■ Baptist parsonage. The bride is a for • mer Adams county girl, Mr. May and s family having resided in Deeatur be- ; fore going to Bluffton four or five years I ago. The family formerly resided in f Union township. The bride is a niece 1 of Nelson May of this city and of Mrs i. Willis Magner. e e a BIRTH OF BOY I —— »■ A big baby boy made his appear 0 ance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. o Charlie Voglewede early this morning. b Botli mother and babe are doing well.

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WILD WEST HERE TODAY Young Buffalo Colonel Cummins Wild West Shows Came From Kendallville BIG STREET PARADE Show Carries 500 Peaplc, 250 Horses, Twenty-nine Cars—Big Crowd Pleased Coming from Kendallville where it delighted big crowds yesterday, the Young Buffalo Wild West, witli 500 people and 250 horses, arrived in Decatur at 2:35 o’clock inis morning over the G. R. & I. The unloading of tlm - t 1 1 « Colonel Fred Cummins, directing general of the Young Buffalo Wild West Shows. special train was commenced at daylight and the ball park was soon a tented city. Colonel Cummins, director general of the big show, is a typical westerner and is the adopted son of the lamous old Chief Red Cloud of the Sioux nation through transfusion of blood was given the name of Chief ja-ko-ta. The parade tills morning was a most creditable one and the clean, bright appearance of the people and the fine condition of the horses spoke volumes. Colonel Cummins, on a thoroughbred $5,000 black horse, and Young Buffalo led the parade. There are six tribes of Indians represented with the show —Sioux, Chyennes, Blackfeet, Crows, Arapahoes and Apaches. The cowboys and girls as well as all other employees show the marks of a well-disciplined organization, with no rowdyism or roughness that usually attend the majority of shows. There was a large crowd in the big arena for this afternoon’s performance ind the long and varied program was eplete with thrilling and interesting ieatures. Etta Myers, T. J. Stokes and Montana Meeeliy do some most remarkable trick riding. Mexican Joe, the champion lariat thrower, holds rapt attention with his live and sixhorse catches and doing the big loop witli an 80-t'oot lariat, while riding at full speed. A beautiful feature was the military drill, or the massing of the colors of all nations, in which 62 riders participate. Chief Red Star, head of the Indians, and his 48 braves are a great attraction, especially little Frank and the pappoose, whom the ladies and children are invited to shake hands with. The Parisian diving models are an innvocation and wiille not only being beautiful in face and figure, are in truth instructive, as everyone should know the beautiful art and exercise. There are many funmakers with the show and the fine music is furnished ' by W. H. Bower’s cowboy band. The ■ doors will be open at 7 o’clock and ■ this evening's performance will begin ; at 8 o’clock. “Young Buffalo's Wild West Show ‘ in the closing performances of its “ engagement jn this city,” the Buffalo s Courier said, “thrilled thousands on 11 the grounds at Bailey avenue and e Broadway. )• “In addition to the stirring Indian fight, the stage coach hold up and other big spectacles, many other good features held the interest Os the big crowd. r “One of the star performers was >• a horse which played the leading part : in a 'first aid to the injured act.' After (Cuatmuea on rMe 2)