Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1908 — Page 2

CASTOR IA ?or lafen ts and Children. The Kind YOl Have Alveys Seagirt A MOVABLE FESTIVAL Is Easter and It May Be as Early as March 22 and Late as April 25 Easter Sunday with its attendant joys, is near at hand, and the occasion

will be commemorated in various different ways. The anniversary of the resurrection of Christ is well worthy of the prominence it nas and will be accorded and the people of the country will assemble in their respective churches to rejoice in the victory of the divine one over the tomb thousands of years ago. A. D. 68 or thereabout, Easter was first instituted and while at »hat time it was observed wholly by religious worship, as the decades hurried by this sacred occasion has been observed in many different ways. The rabbits and the eggs occupy the attention of the young folk. The ladies are not themselves without a towering hat bedecked with flowers, foliage and feathers that was purchased for the occasion. Thie small boys gather the eggs and scamper off to the woods to bail them and the larger boys and girls usually indulge in egg eating contests also. With all the joys characteristic to Easter, the minds of the people are concentrated upon, the real meaning of the sacred occasion in reverence to the Almighty. Easter is a movable festival. It is always the first Sunday after full moon which happens on the next day after the twenty-first day of March and if full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. The foregoing directions were copied into the Episcopal prayer book from the act. of the English parliament providing for the change from the old to the new style. Easter may be as early as March 22 and as late as April 25. Easter regulates all the other movable feasts of the ecclesiastical year.

WERE SEPARATED For One Month and William Richards Interfered But in Vain Angered for the reason that Zack Sprunger, of south of the city was trying to effect a compromise with his wife after being separated from her for more than a month, William Richards, a brother-in-law of the woman in question hailed Sprunger, who was driving past his home and in a fit of anger he struck him several terrific blows, stating as he did so that if he (Sprunger) did not desist from talking to the woman he would deal w'ith him roughtiy. Sprunger, however, was not to be so easily interrupted and he retaliated by exchanging blows. The encounter was witnessed by a large number of people and after its close, Sprunger repaired to the office of Squire J. H. Smith ■where he filed an affidavit against Richards charging assault and battery. Richards plead guilty, paid his fine and in turn filed a similar affidavit against Sprunger, who also plead guilty and staid the docket. The respective fines being $9.30. To furnish a fitting climax to the affair, Sprunger succeeded in winning his wife from the embrace of the Richards family and went on his way rejoicing, taking his spouse to his home, where all their differences were soon settled and forgotten. o . W. H Fledderiohann and T. W. Shelton, officials of the Fort Wayne and Springfield Interurban went to Portland this morning to hold a meeting with their prospective stockholders.

After Once Tasting Ytnbl no one wants an old-fash-ioned cod liver oil preparation or emulsion, because Vinol is a much better bodybuilder and strength creator for old people, weak children, and for coughs, colds, bronchitis, etc. If it does no good we will return your money. SMITH, YAGER «. FALK

GRANTS INTERVIEW Gives Proceedure Necessary to Deport Ernest Schanefeldt J. A. Fluckey, imigratlon inspector from the port i f Toledo, arrived here Thursday to further investigate the matter of the insanity of Ernst A. Schanefeldt, the German, who recently became insane and is now at East Haven asylum at Richmond. The nature of the visit of this government officer is entieriy routine in such cases where deportation is necessary. Mr. Fluckey was sent here under orders from Charles Earl, acting secretary of the United States department of commerce, who was duly notified by the East Haven authorities. Here Mr. Fluckey secured the testimony of sev eral witnesses and accompanied by Mr. Julius Haugk went to Richmond where a warrant will be served upon Schanefeldt and he will be asked to show cause why he should not be sent to Germany, his mother country. His condition will be again reported to the commerce department, who will notify the steamship company at New York, and in due time, perhaps two or three weeks, Mr. Fluckey will be ordered to take charge of Schanefeldt and take him to New York City, where he is turned over to the steamship company and taken home. Mr. Fluckey is a very pleasant, affable gentleman. at least he so impressed the reporter. He said the idea that some way gained prominence that in such cases the foreign government had to pay the expenses is an erroneous one. The United States government pays the expenses to New York and from there on the steamship company who brought the patient here has to bear the expenses. The patient is sent back in the same class, first, second or steerage, which he used in Coming here. Deportation is only possible where it js shown that the condition of the patients mind was at least affected before leaving his mother country. In this case this fact is conclusive from the short period of time he was here. — o HE WAS INJURED While Caring for a Load of Horses for Decatur Horse Company

By his attorneys. Peterson and Moran, Frank Burger of this city has filed suit against the Chicago and Erie railroad company la which he demands $2,000 for injuries be sustained while returning from Illinois with horses belonging to the Decatur Horse Sale company. The animals were loaded in central Illinois and after the freight train reached Crown Point, Indiana, the complainant alleges that the train was cut into two parts and when the engine backed to make the connection, the cars collided with such force that Mr. Burger, who was sleeping in. the caboose of the train, was thrown from the place where he was sleeping to the other side of the car, where he was severely Injured about the head- throat, eyes and shoulders. The complaint further alleges that he has been under the constant care of a physician since said accident which happened January 17, 1907, and that he has endured pains in his head, is totally deaf in one ear and has been damaged to the extent of $2,000. Mr. Burger was caring for horses belong, ing to the Decatur Horse company when injured and fully one-third of the horses were injured. The Decatur Horse Sale company will also file a suit against the company demanding $3,000 for damages done to the horses. The plaintiffs in both cases have good evidence in their behalf and it appears that they will win.

RECEIVED A BROKEN ARM. Little Marjorie Kunkle Injured While Poller Skating. Marjorie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kunkle, was the victim of a fall near her home Tuesday evening while roller skating with some companions, which resulted in a badly sprained and broken arm. In some manner she lost her footing and fell to the ground, alighting on her left arm and causing a severe break. Medical assistance was summoned and I it was found that one of the bones of i rhe forearm was broken and the other I dislocated. —Bluffton News. Mr. and Mrs. William Gaines have moved their household furnishings intn the Otto Kirsh property on north Third street. They formerly resided at Kokomo, Indiana. Mr. Gaines Is employed as foreman at the Coppock Motor Car company.

ARE LAYING BRICK And Buildings Will Be Ready for Occupancy in May J. F. Adamson, of Hartford City, to whom the contract was awarded for the construction of the Ward lence buildings, has come to the city and begun Thursday to lay brick as initial movement in the construction of the main building. Contractors Meyers and Davis, who contracted to build the foundation, will complete their portion of the work within a week, but in the meantime the brick masons will work on the foundation that is completed. The wet weather has caused an unavoidable delay in the construction of the foundation and at the present time much water lies upon the ground at that place. Mr. Adamson Informs us that if nothing unforseen happens he will have the buildings completed ready for occupancy during the month of May. Henry Mayer has contracted to furnish the brick and he has already delivered 60,000 to the grounds, leaving 80,000 to yet be moulded and delivered. Six men will be busy for nearly six weeks laying this amount of brick and after they have completed their task, but ten days’ time will be required to complete the buildings. The management of the Ward Fence factory are more than anxious for their new home to be completed as they desire to get settled so that the large demands can be met. Every person affiliated with the interests of this concern is loud In his praise over the volume of business being done. In yesterday morning’s mail >l.lOO worth of new business from a new customer arrived and this is gratifying indeed. The factory at Marton is still operating day and night and regardless of same they are snowed under with orders. Fifty men will be employed when business starts in this city and many people ' will then be looking for houses. The people with capital are the ones that can relieve the crammed situation Watch the Ward Fence people. o WILL HOLD MEETING Tuesday Evening, April 14th and All Sons and Grandsons Should Be Present

Theodore Kennedy, a worthy veteran of the civil war is again making a vigorous effort to reorganize a Sons of Veterans' camp in organizing a 1904 he succeeded in organizing a camp with fifty members, but they have dwindled away until there are not enough who attend to make a quorum. It is a creditable move by Mr. Kennedy and the sons of veterans should answer the call and be willing and ready to re-organize. The sons should be ambitious to preserve and perpetuate the principles taught in '6l to '65 by their fathers. Sons of vet erans and grandsons should stand shoulder to shoulder and put forth their best efforts to hold a meeting once each week and assist in preserving the sacred memory of brave and tixSir ocuntry. It is a nobel cause and patriotic men who fought and died for should inspire the praise of not only the veterans, sons and grandsons, but every loyal citizen who have come to a realization of the hardships their forefathers endured to preserve the liberty of the republic. There are more than one hundred sons and grandsons of veterans in this city, and every one should be present at the meeting that will be held Tuesday evening. The following are among the members of H. H. Hart camp No. 81: Messrs. J. W. Tyndall, J. Q. Neptune, Eli Myers. Ed Green, William Teeple, John Andrews. ( Colonel Foerman, B. D. Hendricks, J. C. Coverdalo and Calvin Miller. o WILL USE ONLY NEWSPAPERS. Richmond. Ind., April 8. —That newspaper advertising is the modem method and has superceded the old style of flaming posters, fence streamers, etc., is conceded by the secretaries of the Hagerstown, Middetown and Newcastle fair associations. They will make a radical departure in their advertising this year. Secretary T. S. Walker, of the Hagerstown association. F. A. Wisehart of the Middletown association and W. L. Risk of the Newcastle association held a conference and decided that the newspapers will be depended on entirely for the advertising of the three fairs, which follow each other in August. o Word received from Celina this morning is to the effect that Mrs. Worley of this place, formerly Mrs. Charles Geiner, of this city, is in a critical condition but not dead as was reported about the streets of our city. However, her life is despaired of.

AT NIBLICK HOME Every Moment a Happy One and the Hours Passed All Too Quickly

The music section of the Euterpean club entertained the members of the Art and Literary sections of the club and twenty guests at the home of Mrs. John Niblick on Third street last Thursday. The gathering was delightfully informal, each member having a share in the merriment. A guessing contest cased on musical terms, was an interesting feature of the entertainment. Another interesting part was charades in which titles of songs were illustrated by pantomine. “The Lost Cord.” “Sweet Marie,” and “The Rainy Day” were among the most pleasing of the latter. The dining room, where a delicious two course luncheon was served, was decorated in pink and green, the colors of the club. The table at which Mrs. J. C. Patterson and Mrs. C. B. Wilcox presided. stood beneath "he lights which shone through pink crepe rosebuds and festoons of smilax and was dainty in its arrangements of pink candles and smilax. Miss Carrie Thomas entertained the company with some well executed musical selections. The hostesses of the evening were the Mesdames John Niblick. Earl Adams, C. B. Wilcox. F. M Schlrmeyer. J. C. Patterson, Misses Midge Smith, Bessie Schrock, Marie Patterson, Annette Johnson and Myrtle Beachler.

INCENDIARY ORIGIN Is the Opinion of Wakarusa People—Rev. Parker Off for Nappanee Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale are in receipt of a letter from their daughter, Mrs. E. B. Parker, who, at the time of the writing was at Lagrange, stating that their home, the M. E. church parsonage at Wakarusa was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were the guests of the latter’s parents in this city Tuesday night, leaving the following morning for Lagrange to make a visit with Mr. Parker’s ■ parents. While visiting there a telephone message from Wakarusa informed them of the conflagration, which, is is supposed, was of incendiary origin. At a public meeting in Wakuarsa, Mr. Parker was chosen to represent the temperance forces and to circulate a remonstrance fo r the abolition of the saloons. The movement was successful and as a consequence the saloon element is up in arms against Mr. Parker and the consensus of opinion is that it was some one from their ranks who destroyed the parsonage and its contents. The loss represented the neat sum of S4OO and insurance to the amount of S2OO was carried. A fortunate thing in connection with the cowardly work of the firebugs was that Mr. Parker s library was practically saved, as luckily he had taken most of his books to the church. The church, located but thirty feet from the parsonage, not damaged in the least. Rev. Parker had contemplated moving to his new charge at Nappanee today, where he will preach next Sunday. The many Decatur friends of Mr. and Mrs. Parker extend heartfelt sympathy.

CHRISTIANS MEET AT MARION. Annual Convention of the Fifth Indiana District. Marion, Ind.. April 10.—The annual convention of the fifth Indiana district of the denomination of the Church of Christ closed tonight with the election of officers, and the selection of Wabash as the next place of meeting. President, J. Boyd Jones, Christian Tabernacle. Marion; vice president, Ray Q. Miller, Jefferson street church, Fort Wayne; secretary, W. H. Stamhart, West Creighton avenue church, Fort Wayne; Christian Endeavor society, W. A. McKeowan, Central Christian church, Marion; Sunday school president, A. L. Martin, Lafontaine. The district is composed of Grant, Whitley, Allen. Wabash, Huntington, Wells and Adams counties. The secretary reported that the Christ denomination had made a gain of more than twelve hundred members in the district within the last year.

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BURKETT BOY HURT Three Fingers Were Amputated as a Consequence of the Shredder's Work

The deadly corn shredder has added another to its long list of victims in the person or Orville, the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Burkett, of Kirkland township, who, in trying to extricate an ear of corn from the rollers of the shredder had his hand caught and the fingers of his right hand badly mutilated. The boy was working about the machine and ft became necessary to remove the com from the rollers. As all other victims I of the deadly contrivance, he neglected the removal of his glove before trying to accomplish his purpose and the glove caught, drawing his hand between the rollers. Before the entire hand was ground to pieces, the young man succeeded in releasing his fingers from the perilous situation. He was at once brought to the office of Drs. D. D. and C. S. Clark where after administering an anaesthetic all the fingers but two of his hand were amputated. Before the operation, however, the injured boy fainted and was deathly sick. The corn shredder has been the means of crippling many persons for life and the operation of same necessitates more discretion than probably any other device used on a farm.

TO PRISON FOR LIFE He Plead Guilty—His Age and Previous Record Were in His Favor Anderson, Ind., April 9. —Judge McClure at 3 o'clock this afternoon sentenced Grover Blake to imprisonment for life for the murder of his mother, Mrs. Louisa Blake, which occurred at noon Saturday, March 21, at the Blake home in this city. The courtroom was crowded with people, the majority of whom were women, an hour before court convened this morning. There was a rustle in the courtroom as the prisoner entered and people craned their necks and stood upon seats in the back of the room to catch a glimpse of young Blake. The youth paid little attention to the crowd, but kept his gaze fix’d steadily upon Judge McClure. He seemed to give little attention to the testimony. A motion to quash the indictment, made by Attorney Ed Daily, was overruled by Judge McClure. Daily then entered a plea of guilty for Blake. The first witness called was Ozra Reynolds, who reviewed the history of the two days—Friday and Saturday—prior to the commission of the crime. Several witnesses weer placed on the stand who testified that the relations between Grover Blake and his parents had always been of an affectionate, obedient nature. Mrs. Herman Blest, the prisoner’s sister, testified that he had always been kind to his mother, and at night before retiring he always kissed her good night. While his sister was testifying Blake gave the first evidence of emotion, and wept freely for a few moments.

William Blake, the father, testified that the young man’s conduct toward himself and the boy's mother had been kind and obedient and that he had never caused them trouble except when he was drinking, a habit which he formed about three years ago. His father testified that he was honest and trustworthy. He said he sent him to Kansas two years ago with $3,000 to purchase horses and that the .boyaccounted for the money accurately. Several witnesses testified as to the whereabouts of young Blake the morning the crime was committed. After reviewing the evidence at length Judge McClure requested Blake to take the stand and asked him if .he had anything to say in his own ■behalf. He said he had not, and [ Judge McClure stated that owning to ■ the youth of the prisoner and the fact i that this was his first crime, he j thought the law would be vindicated ;if the defendant was found guilty of murder m the first degree and sentenced to prison for life. The sentence w as received by the prisoner with scarcely a change of countenance, but on the way to jail he remarked that the judge had been verykind to him.

POKED DYN A M And it Went Off He Badly, But Not Seriou Bruised Bluffton. Ind.. April B.—Win Zellner. 55, a farmer j ( township, narrowly eseaped dei evening on his farm two milt * of Ossian, by staying too long stick of dynamite which he had under an old stump. After 1 the fuse Zellner reared that hardly far enough under the and he took a handle to si deeper into a hole he had di The fuse burned more rapid he realized and the explosion red while he was still prod the dynamite. The handle w to slivers and Zellner wag hu teen feet. His escape from death seems little short of min Neighbors who witnessed the i from a distance hurried to th and found Zellner upon his f< ly trying to find his way to to wash tho dirt from his eyes He was assisted home and clan called. An examination that despite his frightful ex, Zellner probably received manent injury One cheek i and bruised and one leg bru full length, while it wag at firs that one eye was blinded, bl the eye had cleared and it is the temporary blindness was tiiely to dirt blown into tl Zellner is confined to his ha his complete recovery is predl IS MEETING WITH SUCC

E. M. People Has Best Fann on the Market. E. M. Peoples Is meeting wl success in the sale of his fannii He has four traveling sales the road, all of whom are doing ing business. One hundred m: been completed and are ready ment to Illinois, where the a are working. The mill manu by Mr. Peoples is. with th tion of one other,the only mill 1 tured with an elevator attache recognized to be the best de cleaning grain on the mar ready sales are found for it. time after Easter Mr. Peof leave for Illinois, where he sist in disposing of the t which have been manufactu during his absence anoilin number of mills will be m toady for sale by the time he o GRAVES IS ON TRIAL A Charged With Embezzling Fu in His Hands. John C. Graves, the Warsi ney who once had the towns tees in a large section of In the ears because of charges that he brought against then nection with civil suits for m trustees were alleged to have by grafting methods, is no’ .going a second trial sorer funds that belonged to a 1 company for which he actei lector. The first trial resul verdict of guilty with SIOO thirty days’ Imprisonment. G cured a second trial and Spec Samuel Cook, of Huntington, ing the evidence.

Michael McGriff, whose li 1 and saloon burned down last ports that the. insurance on was SBOO and on the saloon and stock there was $750 i He is yet undecided as to w' will rebuild the building Th corner now presents aver; pearance, since the fire. —Gel aid. On last Saturday night a I house recently bought by Joi burned down. The house the G. R. & I. river bridge fire was doubtless of incmk gin. Mr. Brown had purci house intending to move i Long farm which he reed chased. John Hoffsteter hl farming implements stored house and there was no ind either the house or contents Herald. Miss Donna Markley, of I Mass., who has been the gu« Bessie Baumgartner for si left for Bluffton this morJ she will visit for a few dal