Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1917 — Page 1

Volume XV. Number 9.

FILING OF BILLS , .1 Bill Calling for a Constitutional Convention Filed in House Today. OTHER BILLS FILED Will Cause Considerable Change in Existing Statutes if Enacted. (United Press Service) I Indianapolis, Jan 10—(Special toj Daily Democrat)—The bill providing for the calling of a constitutional con-J vention to revise Indiana's basic law was introduced in the senate today by j Senator Harry E. Negley of Indianapolis, republican and Senator Abram Mainionti. of Bluffton, democrat, the two senators acting jointly. < Ti e first bill aimed at the high cost of living was introduced by Senator Negley. It provides that no city ,n Indiana shall impose .a license for peddlers or hawkers who are trying to I sell goods which they produce themselves. It also asks that a senate! committee he appointed to investigate l the high prices of foodstuffs. prohibition of the sale of liquor on trains is asked, in a bill presented by 1 representative W«od of Rensellaer. The senate appointment committee! today' gave jobs to forty-nine persons, ten of whom are democrats. Women would have to live in a county for sixty days before marriage licenses could lie granted, according i to the provisions of a bill introduced, by senator English of Indianapolis. Abolishment of capital punishment is asked by senator McCray of Frank lin. Senator Kinder of Gary introduced a bill providing that injured workman ■will have to wait only seven days instead of fourteen for compensation ns at present Indianapolis, Ind. Jan 10 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Provision for Coe calling of a constitutional convention to meet in January, 1918, is made in a • bill introduced in the house of representatives today. The bill provides for an election to he held on the fourth Saturday of next September, when delegates will le chosen. The convention shall be made up of 115 delegates, each senatorial district electing twice as many delegates as there are senators, the remaining fifteen to be chosen by the state at large. Candidates for delegates may be nominated by petition only, the petitions to he signed by 200 qualified vol ters of any district.. The names cl' the candidates nominated will be placed on ballots without any emblem j or party designation. The bill would submit the following subjects for consideration to the con-1 vention: prohibition, woman suffrage,'l initiative and referendum" and wli.it ever other measures deemed ad visa hbDelegates to the convention would rej ceive the sam pay and mileage as members of the legislature.

favors acceptance. (United Press Service) i Athens. Jan. 10—, Special to Da<ly , Democrat)— The crown council of Greece favors acceptance of the allies demands as outlined in the note just received, according to reliable reports today. k‘* ! prompt answer to the original allied demands was required in an ultimatum -delivered yesterday. This insist ed upon a reply within forty-eight hours. The ultimatum required immediate acceptance of the demands served on Greece December 31st. These wore for reduction of Greek military forces prohibition against reservist meltings- the release of Venizelist prisoners;’formal apology to the entente tor attacks on its troops, embassies and I flags and a change in the command of the first Greek army. CLOVER LEAF WRECK rfkffto\?l t mL^’’^ r ’ C SP ecial to Daily Democrat .-Seventeen loaded cars, in a Clover Leaf extra went through the Rock Creek bridge, one mile east of Liberty Center eight mile south of here at nine o'clock last night. The cars and bridge are demolished. It is presumed no lives f® were lost .

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JAMES GRAY DEAD Mrs. Martha Butcher and daughters, Misti Zelrnn, North Ship* street, end Mrs. John Leonard of near Westch -s ter. are nt Geneva, called there by the death of Mrs, Butcher’s grandson, James Gray, the fourteen years old son of Mr and Mrs. T. H. Gray. The lat! passed away Sunday night following an illness of acute Indigestion l td brain complications. He leaves besides his parents, an older brother, Harold, aged eighteen years. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday morning at ton o'clock from ihe United Brethren church in Genova.—Portland Sun. ATTE N Ds”STATE MEETING Dr. Lloyd Magley, veterinarian, left this morning on the 1:53 train for Indianapolis, where he will attend the meeting of the state Veterinarians'' Association. He will return tomorrom. Mrs. Magley will visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Conrad in Union township, during his absence.

BACKWARD TURN O Time in Your Flight—- ' Crime to Which He Plead Guilty in His Youth TO BE BROUGHT UP In Case Against John Uhrick At Paw Paw, Mich., Next Week. _______ * That it is easy to turn over a new' leaf: and just as easy for others to turn back and tmee out the record of your wrong-doing just at the ti.ne that you least expect, will doubtless be forced clearly upon the mind of John Uhrick, a former Adams coun’y resident, now of Paw Paw, Mich, at which place he is in trouble in a horse stealing case. Andrew Lang, an official of Paw Paw was here today looking up the papers and record, in a similar case in which L'hriek figured in the courts here. It was in 1900, that Uhrick, then twenty-four years of age, was sentenced to from one to three years in the reformatory. He pleaded guilty in two cases to petit larceny. It is said that case was connected with horse theft and that lie was allowed to plead guilty to the minor charge, of petit larceny. In one case. Al and in the second. Pen Mathews, figured with him. These court records will be to Paw Paw Monday by Deputy Clerk John T. Kelley and used in the case against Uhrick there. Judge D. E. Smith was prosecuting attorney at the time that Uhrick was in trouble here.

FOUND GUILTY Roy Hinterliter of “Air Bubble” Murder Mystery Fame Found Guilty OF MANSLAUGHTER Dramatic Climax Precedes Agreement of Jury—One Juror Not Satisfied.

(United Press Service) Olney, 111., Jan. 10—(Special to the Daily Democrat)-The jury in the case of Roy Hinterliter charged with the “air bubble" murder of Elizabeth I Ratcliffe, returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter after twelve hours deliberation. The decision came after a dramatic climax in the court room forty-five minutes before when the court had ordered the jury with their verdict back to the jury room. The clerk read the verdict of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. “Are you satisfied with your verdict?" Judge Miller asked the jurors. “No, I am not!” answered one juror. The court then ordered further de-’ liberation and the jury returned with the verdict which was accepted. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 19, 1917.

TO GO TO JAPAN ■ ■ * ■»■■(« Birdboy Art Smith’s Mother Will Accompany Him on Trip to Japan. i LEAVE IN SPRING H 4 Will be There Three Months During Famous Cherry Blossom Time. | Art Smith of Fort Wayne, univer ! sally acknowledged to be one of the world's most daring aviators, was a visitor in Bluffton Monday afternoon and evening as a guest at the home of his cousin. Mrs. Thomas Gordon, at Miller and Williams streets. Mr. Smith was accompanied by his moth er. Mrs. S. J. Smith, ami by his aunt and cousin, Mrs. F. J. Steele, and daughter, Miss Nellie, the last two being Mrs. Gordon's mother and sisters. Mr. Smith plans to be back in Japan in the spring in time to finish the series of flights which were terminated by the fall in which he received a broken limb. The injured member is healing rapidly and the braces have all been removed. It is still a little stiff but he is advised that this impediment will wear itself out in time. | Mr. Smith will go to New York City j this week on business and will return in a few weeks to join his mother and proceed with her to San Francisco. ; where hearings in his divorce case will be had. lie and his mother will | sail from San Francisco to Japan and will be in the Island Kingdom during the time for the cherry blossoms, a season famous the world over for its beauty. He w>M be in Japan for three months, finishing all the flights for which he was booked last year. Mr. Smith's visit to New York has ' to do with the manufacture of aeroplanes, however, he has nd immediate | intenton of abandoning flying for.the j manufacturing side of aviation. , The Smith party motored to Bluff-, ton for supper and most of the i evening here. While here Mr. Smith presented a string of pearls to his j cousin. Miss Eva Abbott, as a birth day present.—Bluffton News.

WANTS POWER Governor Goodrich’s Highway Bill Will Increase Taxes Over State. LEVY OF FIVE CENTS l Proposed and Every Road Must be Approved by State Commission. Indianapolis, Jan. 10 —The State highway bill in which the whole State i is interested and which has not yet I ' been introduced provides for four I I commissioners serving for terms of ; four years, who shall be paid actual I traveling expenses. The governor i may remove for cause. The commis- i | sion shall appoint an engineer who shall employ what force is needed.: Removals may be for cause. The board fixes all salaries. After two years all persons employed by the; | counties as well as by the State High-, way department shall pass examination before the State commission. The main highways shall be desig-1 . uated by the State board as "main myket highways.” On these the State : will do its work. A levy of five cents I on each SIOO taxable property is pro- ; vided for the highway department, in I addition to all oil inspection fees and inheritance taxes. The commission is authorized to contract with the prison boards f or convict labor in making road materials. The counties through which the highways run shall pay half the expenses of construction or reconstruction. In the building of roads by the counties, other than "main market highways” the bill provides.: Upon petition signed by not fewer | than fifty freeholders of a county fil’j ed with the commission asking there- ■ for, the plans, snecifications and coni tracts for the construction or reconIstruction of any highway not a main

market highway and costing mute than two thousand dollars per mile, shall he presented by the board of county commissioners to the State Highway engineer and ncolye his anproval before the work of construction or reconstruction shall be begun and the work of construction or reconstruction shall be placed under the supervision of the State highway < i>gineer, who shall appoint or designate an engineer or assistant to supervise such construction or reconstruction, and the compensation of such engineer. or assistant, shall be charged against the county.” c ———— SAWS HIS HAND ■ James Hendricks, living south of Monroe, operating a buzz saw had ihe misfortune to have his hand caught in the saw and lacerated. A Monroe physician was called and dressed the injury. It is thought that the hand can be saved.

THE COURT NEWS I Peter Musser Sues Katie Musser for Divorce— Second Suit IN PAST FEW YEARS Skunk Hide Theft Case Comes to a Close in the Circuit Court. I For the second time in the past few I years, Peter Musser, who lived to a ripe bachelor age unil he was snared ‘ by cupid's wiles, is plaintiff in a di | voree suit. Katie Musser with whom jhe lived but a month and a day until she deserted him, is the defeadi ant. He had a personal acquaintance 1 of only two days with her before they were married, though they carried on a long corespondenve. Long distant courtship, however, did not prepare . him for the unhappy life which she i led him. He says she refused to i speak to him for a week at a time, |and was guilty-of cruel and inhuman ■ treatment of him, when she did I speak, calling him vile and impropet , names. He says she told him she knew other men she liked better and | thpt they would get a divorqp rid she would go and marry one of them He charges that she left him without his knowledge, and that his kind it t ters to her since have remained unanswered, although they were nevet returned to him. Musser's first mar riage which resulted in a divorce a short time later, also resulted fro n corespondence through a matrimonial agency. Peterson & Moran are his attorneys.

The skunk and muskrat hide theft case against Jay Snyder, whose real name is Marcus Coon, will probably go to the jury this afternqpn. At thf time of going to press, the attorn >ys were arguing. A marriage license was issued tc Cloyd Leonard Meyer born SeptemLei 12, 1898, son of M. F. Meyer, and Lydia Jane Strickler, born August 28, 1899, daughter of Grant Strickler. Peterson & Moran for James Eady has filed suit against Harold D. Eady in which they ask for the partition < 1 real estate. In the case of Victory, Bixler, nee Lord vs. Frank B. Ix>rd, for revival of judgment, appearance was entered by Merryman for the Frank Lord car’. 1 . Judgment against the defendant, for the plaintiff for $250, and for Peterson & Moran for SIOO was rendered. Decatur Lumber Company vs. Wm. A. Bauman, et al. Case dismissed. Olen Fortney, administrator of the Christian Fortney, estate vs. Ellsworth H. Carter, et al. Judgment of $63.52 was rendered against the defendants. Roy Carter was found to be surety for Ellsworth Carter, and the property of the latter was ordered first exhausted. Clarence Ceisel et tl vs. Alex Young is a new suit on note and account, filed by Attorney R. C. Parrish for the plaintiff. Real estate transfers: Andrew G. Briggs to Frank L. Ford, one-half acre of Wabash township, SSO. Certificate of the election of Abe Hocker as a trustee of Trinity Evangelical church, was filed with County Recorder, A. C. Augsburger.

FIRST NATIONAL Annual Meeting of Bank Stockholders Held—No Change in Directors. CLOSE THE BEST YEAR Theodore Graliker Elected An Assistant Cashier— Good Showing Made. The stockholders of the First National bank of this city held their annual meeting yesterday afternoon, at which* time occurred the election of the board of directors and ihe officer;,. No changes were made in the membership of the hoard. Mr. Theodore Gtiiliker was elected as an assistant cashier. The report by Mr. C. A. Dugan, cashier showed the past year to have been the best in the history of tillsj splendid financial institution and the affairs of the bank to lain first class condition in every wav.! The officers of the First National are P. W. Smith, president: \V. A. Knobler, vice president : ('. A. Dugan, cashier; Fred Jaehker and Theodore Graliker, assistant cashiers The total assets of the bank now total well over the $900,00(1 mark and the steady growth is most pleasing to every -»i> interested in the continued success of I this old and well established financial house. MEN HELD GOOD MEETING d 4 Theanen of the Presbyterian church held a meeting last eveinng at the of-fices-of Erwin & Michaud and twenty-: five men attended, it. being a very enjoyable social session. It has been decided to hold a .special two weeks I church service, beginning at the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening. January 28th. with services each evening during the two weeks. Rev. Jay, C. Hanna, local pastor will be assisted! by a visiting minister to be announ-l ced later. Dr. Fred Patterson wHI direct the music assuring a success of that -part -of -the-program.

BUYS OUT SHOEY Thos. Dowling Buys Half interest of John Shuey in Hardware Business. DEAL WAS CLOSED Last Evening—One of Oldest and Best Hardware Stands in County. A business deal was closed last evening whereby Thomas Dowling, the well known retired farmer of this city became 4he partner of his son, Will-1 liam J. Dowling in the Dowling-Sch-uey hardware store, he taking over the half interest of John Schuey. For some time the deal has been under way but owing to the fact that i.n agreement could not be reached, it was not closed until last evening. The new firm has taken over the entire business, including the book accounts e,p - A Thdmbwling hardware store is one of the oldest and best hardware stands the county and enjoys a large patronage among the tamers of Adams County. The new firm will in all probabiliy make it a better one.

IN JAIL; A SUICIDE (United Press Service) Anderson, Ind., Jan. 10—(Special'to Daily Democrat) —The body of Otto Smith was found hanging in jail today. He had committed suicide following his arrest on the charge of shooting his former wife, Blanche Armfield, and Carl Schunk, her com 4 panion. Smith met the couple on the street and immediately started shooting. Ti® woman and her escort were both wounded but not seriously. Jealosy is believed to have been the cause of the shooting. o Mrs. E. C. Foreman returned to Berne this afternoon after a visit, with Mrs Henry

DE IHL CHILD DEAD > Robert, Little Son of Mr. and Mrs Adam peihi Succumbs. ' | » Robert, aged ten months and twelve I j days, son of Mr. and Mt's. Adam Di-thl | of North Tenth street died Inst ev ?n-; I ing. The child who was born February 37, 191 G, had been trail from birth. Four brothers survive. The funeral! .will In- held Thursday morning from; I thes home, the Rev. Ghndbnnitig mill daring. — ■ - -O - — FIRST KOLP <8 DILL FEATURE "A ?4illion For Mary", a five act j drama produced by the American Film Company inc., is the first of aseri-'s of Kolb & Dill Mutual Star Productions in which the famous German ! comedians are seen on filmdom an on- ! finely new brand of fun . ami iq this feature are seen as the proprietors of a drug store which thej' inherit in a. : 1 strange manner and with which goes ( an orphan girl. Their endeavors to I i raise a fortune for the girl constitute lite cleanest and funniest film cot 1- ; edy ever produced. At the Rex today, i

INJUREDJN Fill Mrs. Annah Laman of Battle Creek, Mich., Meets Severe Injury. FALLS ON ICY WALK Internal Injury Sustained —Confined to Beo Since December 29. Friends of Mrs. Anna Laman of BattlekCreek, Midi,, will be sorry to learn of her illness. Slye has been confined to her lied since December 29, since meeting witli an accident. She and her 'daughter, Nevah, were returning home from the city at thirl time, when the walks were very icy-. Mrs. Laman fell, injuring Iter Back, hip and head very badly. The woi»t feature is internal injury, a kidneyt .being torn loose and her right lung injured. Her physician stated that her right lung was half gone and the injury sustained in the fall made her ; condition much worse. The damp cli-1 mate of Michigan has not agreed with ! the health of both herself Nevah. and a change of climate may be necessary. as her physician advised the best of care is necessary. Coughing and spitting of blood ev-j ery morning, is an indication that ,ier| lung suffered severely in the internal injury sustained in the fall. Her friends trust that she may show speedy recovery. NOT WITH INTERNATIONAL. An error was made by the reporter ; in stating that Jesse Helm is to take i a position as traveling man for the i International Business college, Fort Wayne. L, waringnamep As Member of Board of Directors of Hamilton National Bank. Ft. M ayne. A DESERVING HONOR ♦ Decatur Man is Recognized as Business Man of Integrity and Judgment. L. C. Waring of this city was one of the two new directors elected by the Hamilton National bank of Fort Wayne yesterday. Drt Allen Hamil- j ton of Fort Wayne was also elected as a new member. The bank is one oi the strongest of Fort Wayne, the of fleers re-elected being Charles Me-, ! cullqcli, J. Ross McCul 1 loch, vice president; Frank H. Poole. ! cashier; Henry Taylor and William I Thiele. jr„ assistant cashiers. Mr. i Warmg is president of tlie Waring Glove company of this city and is a member of the board of directors of theOld Adams County bank. He is \ recognized as one of the best business men in this section of Ute state, whose advice is always that of a careful and conservative man of .good judgment. We congratulate the Hamilton National on the selection of Mr.’l Waring as a member of their board.

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HIS SECONO WIFE Central Schoo! Faculty Will Present Comedy, “The Deacon’s Second Wife.” AT OPERA HOUSE Tuesday, January 16—M ho Will Take Part and What They Will Do. "The Degcon’s Second Wife," is the promising subject of a comedy that will be presented by the faculty of the Decatur central school building Tuesday, January It, at the Bosse opera house. Tickets are on sale for 3fif 30 anil 25 cents, and the seat reservation will be Saturday morning at eight o'clock

at the Holt house drug store. There will be good music and up- , to-date specialties. Dramatis Personae. Malvina Fitz, who detests "summer trash"—Miss Cravens. Deason Bamchias Fitz, who “is just a big boy himself"—Mr. Beery. Millon George Washington Fitz, who is the prime scholar in declamation Mr. Keller. Nancy Melissa Fitz, who is fond of the latest songs- .Miss Rackstraw. Mrs. Brown, a neighbor, who gives no encouragement for “such carrying on" —Miss Coffee. Kate Rollins, a niece, who has learned to cook and "act plays” at Decatur high school (The Deacon's Second Wife) —Miss Boyers. , John D. Bullock, a rich broker of the firm of Bullock & Bear, who advises “getting corn started the fall before in two-inch pots under glass”— Mr. Worthman. Mrs. Bullock, who, though “sutn- ' mer trash”, doesn’t expect a WaldorfAstoria in the country—Miss Congleton. Dorothy Bullock, who thinks "this is the dearest place”—Miss Gibbons, i Hartley Bullock, who “finds out at first hand what the farmer's problem really is” —Mr. Startler. Ernest French, one of the city folks who-has some sense—Mr. Brown' Philip Gamboge, an artist, in love ! with who knows all about "stocks, politics and chrysanthemums" Mr. Sarig. . Synopsis. , Malvina Fitz, a- country deacon's i wife, goes to her sister's for two days, with the request that her neighbor, Mrs. Brown, run in occasionally 1 to see. if the deacon and children need anything. On tlie day she leaves,.her ' niece, Kate Rollins, comes for a visit. She has- studied dramatics and .to please the children she makes up as - an old woman and poses as the children’s mother. Just then a knock is heard at the door and before she can i get oft' her "make-up” some city folks i en,e i». asking for summer hoard. Fitz has warned all of summer trash the children beg their ' "mother" to take them. She takes ijUiem and pretends to be the deacon’s second wife, much to the amusement, of the deacon and children, the bewilderment of the boarders and the disgust of Mrs. Brown, who keeps re- ' peating, “I wonder what mamma will ■ think." The second act is taken up I with the ludicrous attempts of the city folks to adjust themselves to farm life In the third act it is discovered that Philip Gambfige, a poor artist, will be--1 come rich off his pictures so his marI riage to Dorothy s approved. Reach sees through Kate's disguise and falls !in love with her. He is promised the management of the farm, which the , deasoti sells to Mr. Bullock so he can move to the village. Malvina suddenly returns and’frightens Mrs. Bullock and Dorothy, who think she : is a ' ghost." ‘ She is introduced all around and the "summer trash” immediately leave because of a telegram received" demanding Mr. Bullock's presence in the olty. o . “THE BLINDNESS OF LOVE” Julius Steger, the well known dra- , matic arcta, who has been hailed is the "David Warfield of the screen,” is j starred in “The Blindness of Love”, the five part Metro wonderplay, which will be shown here at. the Crystal tonight. M-r. Steger is surrounded by an excellent cast in which George GeGuere, the gifted juvenile actor, and Grace valentine, a promising young artist, are featured. Others in the ooast include Walter Hitchcock, lidgar IL. Davenport, Charles F. Gotthold, Maud Hill and Harry Neville.