Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 25 March 1909 — Page 1

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Mrs. Godfrey Christen, a noble, j Christian lady, widely known and be* j.lovad by everyone who knew her in l rtimately, died at 2:2oTuesday a. m. af- | ter .an illness of about one week. -Quietly and without visible pain she •slept away, her soul joining the myriads ; who have gone before, while | every loved member of the family were gathered about the bedside. For | several months her health had not been as good as formerly, but until week ago her condition was not | considered serious. A few days be- | fore that time she became ill with ' lagrippe, which later was complicated by an affection of the heart, resulting in sinking spells and which later became very frequent. Brights’ disease and other ailments developed and Since last Friday the loved ones had | abandoned hope. Gradually she became weaker until; the end came ] 'this morning and she sank to sleep. I Mrs. Christian wad an j woman, living for her family and her I loved ones. Her kindly face, her | words of advice, her cheering, quiet K and happy manner have been an In-. | splratlon to many and there are scores I of saddened hearts In this community today. Death Is sad at any time. We selfish people of this world regret the outgoing of a sotil, even when we know that soul goes to sweet rest and well earned reward in a land where there are no burdens and happiness is everlasting. And so it is now. Mrs. Christen had lived her three score years and ten allotted, and had lived them well, leaving an example of good that /Will live on; | and leaving in the hearts of her fam- | lly and friends a love and respect J that will endure during the time to I come. In hours like these such |. thoughts must console the mind and I! the full heart, and our sympathies I are extended, most sincerely to eaoh I member of the bereaved family circle. I Catherine Christen, nee Garver, was born In Fairfield county, Pennsylvania November 9th, 1838. When but two I years old she came with her parents to this county and located on a torn in Root township. There she was reared, being educated in the schools * of that township and In 1866, she was married to Mr. Godfrey Christen. In 1874 the latter was elected auditor ' of Adams county and the family moved to this city a year later, having i since resided here. Many years ago Mrs. Christen united with the Pres- , byterian church, and has since been a faithful attendant and worker, always willing to do more than her share. Beside the heartbroken husband, who perhaps more than any I Other feels the terrible loss of his lifelong companion, Mrs. Christen is survived by six children, three sons, Frank of Chicago, and Richard and h Bruce of this city, and by three daughI ters, Mrs. F. E. France of Muskogee, Oklahoma, Miss Rose Christen and Mrs. Doll Durkins of tills city, one daughter died a number of years ago. Other relatives are three sisters, Mrs. Clara Cowdy of Hastings, 'Nebraska, Mrs. MArtha Bates and Mrs. MarV Slagle of near that place and one .brother, Benjamin Garver also of Hastings. Mrs. Christen was aged seventy years, four months and fourteen days at the time of her death. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Richard Spetnagle, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, from the home, on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Interment will be made at Maplewood cemetery. ■ ' ■' —■■ l O ———— • TO RETIRE FROM BUSINESS Schelman ft Butler WIH Sell Out 5 Their Livery Stock. ft’ Bills are out announcing that Schelman & Butler, who have been in the livery business in the Weber building on north Second street for some time, will hold a public sale at the barn on Saturday, April 3rd. At that time they will dispose of all their stock, Including horses, carriages, 'buggies and harness and will retire from business. The firm has been In business for about six months, and | did fairly well, but the men are hustlers and decided they could do better in other lines. The sale will be a successful one. *—«—' | APRON BALE IS POSTPONED, The ladles of the Presbyterian church have postponed the apron sale advertised by them to occur Thursday of this week and the same will be held at the church one week later, on Thursday, April Ist The postnnnAinent is made in reenact to Mrs. Christen, who was a member of this section of the AM Society. I

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” 1 111 ’ 1 . ■ 1 ■ , | Cleveland, Ohio, March 24.—(Spec- . lai to Dally Democrat)— Attorney . James P. Whitla of Sharon, Pa., nrf rived here this afternoon accompanied by his entire family, Including Willie the kidnaped boy, who has > sprung into fame during the pest ■ week, his mamina and sister. As u i result of the visit here there is no r longer the least doubt that the man • and woman who were taken into cust tody here last evening are the people I who stole Billy end demanded, and t secured a SIO,OOO ransom for his re- . turn. The boy positively identified* t them as the parties who had him I in charge for the four or five days t of his captivity. The man’s name is • 1 H. Boyle, a plumber Who moved to Sharon from St touts about two [ years ago. The woman is supposed I to be his wife or at least she has . been living with Boyle since he arrived at Sharon. So far as known . they have no criminal record. They planned and executed lhe steal pos- • slbly being aided at times by an ally r or two. Willie Whitla has also ident tilled the place where he was con- ., ’fined, It being an apartment house, j known as the Granger and located r about ® mile and a half from Cleveland. t A special session of the grand jury has ben called and convened here t this afternoon. They will Indict 1 Boyle and his wife, who will then be - taken to Sharon, Pa., for trial under j the laws of that state. Great excitement has prevailed here all day I and Billy Whitla as he is known Is • the lion ot the hour. • ,0., March 23.—1 n the t arrest here tonight of a man and a ’ woman having $9,790 in their posJ session the police believe they have t captured the kidnapers of Willie i Whitla. In fact the woman in the , case, who is greatly excited, admitted 1 that she had been responsible for the ‘kidnaping. When placed in custody, ! at the central police station, she said to Captain Shattuck: "I am the one who planned the whole thing. There 1 will be trouble for me and hen in i Sharon tomorrow.” Beneath the womi an’a skirts was found $9,790. All of ‘ it but S4O was bound in packages, with the original slips placed on the ’ money when Mr. Whitla took It from • the bank. Captain Norman Shattuck and Detective Frank Wood made the i arrest in the east end of the city. When near the police station the man ' broke away from Detective Wood and ran toward an alley. The policeman fired two shots from his revolver Into the air and the man stopped. The woman made np attempt to escape. Captain Shattuck and Detective Wood trailed the man and woman around the business district of the city for several hours during the afternoon, but delayed taking them into custody. Shortly after nightfall, the police learned that the ‘two had gone to the east end of the city. The police walked behind the pair and Captain Shattuck took the woman by the arm, Detective Wood securing the man. The couple staggered, say the police, as If they were Intoxicated. They made no protest against accompanying the officers. The man was downcast and would not talk. The woman chatted with the policeman at her side at first and asked to be released. It Was then she admitted having planned the kidnaping. In the meantime the man attempted to escape, and the revolver shots of Captain Shattuck brought him to a standstill. Whitla says he has the numbers on the currency bills handed the kidnapers and the police are comparing the notes found in the possession of the prisoners with the memoranda ot Whitla. WILL GO TO PURDUE Indianapolis, March 24.—Governor Marshall, following a custom that was established by Governor Mount'and taken up and carried out by Governor Durbin and Hanly, will go to Lafayette on Memorial day and speak to the students of Purdue on that occasion. In announcing his Intention to go to Lafayette Governor Marshall was forced to deny the request of the representatives of the Indianapolis goats of the Grand Army, who called upon him yesterday and requested him to make the address to the veterans here. It was announcd by the committee which has charge of the Memorial day arrangements that another speaker is in view, but the members declined to make public the name until K U learned whether he will be I able to be present

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That the ousting of the saloons by local option does not necessarily stop the sale of liquor in that territory, • has been proven conclusively in Ran- ■ dolph county this week. That county i gave the largest majority for the “drys” In the state and was known ias th£ banner district. It seems, i however, that since the closing of the i saloons a large number of people have been trying to conduct private thirst > emporiums there for the grand jury I has just returned 238 indictments. • practically all of them for violations ‘of the liquor laws. Yesterday sevi enty-flye of these appeared in ciri cuit court and plead guilty, paying i Into tpe clerk’s office over SI,2M. > Speaking of this record a dispatch i from Winchester says: I It Is only fair to the druggists to i state that a number of them, at least, - misinterpreted the provisions of the i “blind tiger”/act and did not believe r they were disobeying its provisions. ■ But this does not set aside the fact r that a big amount of whisky has been • sold in Randolph, the banner dry • county of Indiana, during the past , year, and some of it contrary to law. I Some of the officials who are on the ■ inside, state that the statistics are staggering. Certain evidence, it is ’ reported, has led to the belief that > ovgr five thousand quarts of whisky ; have been sold since last summer in s one single place In Winchester alone—- • in that Puritanic, moral little which boasts of the fact that it warn r the first county seat in the state td i go dry under the Moore remonstrances law. It is stated that the' cases against other dealers will be settled or tried within the next few days. To t speak in political metaphor, it was . only a few of the city precincts that' ( were heard from today, and Ridge1 ville, Parker, Famland, Union City, ' Lynn, Modoc and the out townships > will now report in rapid succession. . Prosecutor W. O. Smith, chairman of t the People’s party, from early returns claims a landslide, but the opposition refuses to acknowledge defeat, al- [ though the leaders concede that they • have lost « few precincts |n Win- ( Chester and Ridgeville by the t whelming majority of 75 to fit ? — <>■ .... — > A Washington dispatch to the In? dlanapoHs Star, published this morni Ing says the city of Decatur has been i granted an additional letter carrier, effective April Ist While no official i notice of this action has reached the postoffice here it- is believed to be authentic as such an addlton has been expected for some time, owing to <the large increase in the business and the fact that the three carriers have been unable to cover the territory complete. It is quite likely that the city will be rerouted under this number and considerable territory not reached at present will be taken in, making the delivery system here much more satisfactory than heretofore. When a new carrier is named, as we understand the rule, it is customary to offer tibe ntew place as carrier to the official substitute, who at present is Mr. Clyde Rice, the principal of the north ward school, and ft is probable that he will be given the first opportunity. The place pays S6OO the first year and goes to SI,OOO the fourth year, making it a very desirable Job. Should Mr. Rice decide not to, accept there would likely be a lively scramble for the position. _—> -o. ... - —- TOOK LESSON* IN SCIENCE Looked Like an initiation But Was \ Really a Lesson. Yesterday Instead of the usual recitation, the distinguished senior class, with the science professor at their head, trotted out of the central building and daintily picked their way through the main thoroughfares of the city to the office of Dr. Beavers,where the president of the class, Ben Beavers, proceeded to exhibit and discourse upon the splendid X-ray machine belonging to the doctor. Each member of the class in turn gased upon the bones of each other, with a huge leather-bound book between his eyes and his hand. Then one of the boldest consented to be placed upon the electric chair, where * his hair stood decidedly upright. . This seemed to delight all the rest To one outside looking in ft would have seemed to be some sort of initiation. The class was Impressed, even though understanding its mechanism, with the mysteriousness pf this wonderful machine.' Dick Miller of Indianapolis, who has visited friends here for a day or two past, will leave tonight for Chiea|p on a business trip.

Washington, March 23.—Charles W. Miller’s name was sent to the senate yesterday for appointment as district attorney at Indianapolis. Before this official action was taken he was in consultation with Attorney General Wickersham presumably * with reference to ‘the libel cases. Later he went over to the white house and saw President Taft and after his Interview with the president he went back to the department of justice and had a second conference with the attorney general. Neither he nor the attorney general would talk for publication. The white house referred all inquiries to the attorney general, Washington, March 23.—1 f congress desires the decennial census taken next year Director North of the cen-. sus bureau wants about $14,000,000 to defray Expenses. He made a request to the house today for an appropriation for .that amount On account, of the failure of congress to pass a census bill at the last session none of the appropriation bills carried the money to do the work. Furthermore, there is no item In the census bill that passed the house the other day appropriating a cent. —-O -— The Gallmeyer case closed at It: 10 Tuesday morning, so far as testimony is concerned and Judge Macy fixed April 6th as the day when he will Mtear the’’arguments of the attorneys. {Both sides withdrew their requests [for special findings, thus simplifying considerably. The cause rewired eight days to complete the oftot bf evidence. h ** W «■ I ■ Delilah J. Butler vs. Margaret and Henry Mayer, trespass, before special Judge J. C. Sutton, cause continued by agreement, reset for trial on April 15th. The Nbah Yoder forgery case is set ; for trial here and will likely , create considerable Interest. I ’ ' The last will and testament of Mary Price wi probated. By the terms thereof, ft is provided that an debts and funeral expenses be fully paid, that a suitable monument be erected at the grave ox deceased' and husband, the cost not to exceed fifty dollars. Mrs. Prijce gives to her son Wiliam C. Brown, ( the enlarged picture and frame of her brother Jesse Mullenix, and to her daughter, Catherine Rudolph,the enlarged picture with frame of her former home, and also all her wearing apparel left at her death. Her other property is all bequeathed to her husband. The will was written December 2, 1908, and witnessed by Erma Bucher and Katie Butcher. Jacob Schwartz, who was born in France sixty-seven years ago, and now lives in Monroe township, in this county, has been granted a license to wed Mary Moser, aged forty, of Hartford township. The groom has been married twice before, while this is the bride’s first venture. o ‘ Dan Roop, genial deputy clerk, celebrated his birthday Monday night, just which, one he carelessly neglected to say, but any way the guests who gathered at the Roop home in the south part of the City, enjoyed! each moment of the celebration and wish it would come oftener whether Dan doeq or not The guests included several ot Dan’s friends and the evening was spent in playing flinch, and listening to delightful music, with a delicious luncheon to complete the pleasures. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Walters entertained at six o’clock dinner Monday evening. The guests were Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Thomas and son Brice, and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Haubold of Evanston, 111. The Rebekah lodge will initiate a number of candidates tomorrow night Five from one family will enter the order. The Pythian Sisters entertained at their hall Monday night. An elegant banquet was served in two courses by the Mesdames C. M. Hower, Charles Elzey, D. B. Erwin, Al Burdge and Fred Linn. The new members are Mesdames 'Charles Patton, Ckarfes Gaines, Emerson Beavers, Charles Ya&r, O. J. Suman. The case of Mr. Weimer against W. A .Lower, administrator, in which an effort is being made to collect a claim of $1415, was set for trial in court this afternoon and at three o’clock the attorneys and parties were making at effort to settle the matter.

District Superintendent Wade an the members of the official board < the Methodist church of this citj held the fourth and last quarterl conference at church Monday nigh The business for the conference yet was closed, and the showing is moi than creditable to the congregatio in this city. Many other things wei discussed, perhaps the most impoi tant ot them being the successor t Dr. C. B. Wilcox, as pastor of thl church. They have an eye on young man who bears the credential of being a comer in the ministerli field, but nothing for publication wl be given out until the consent of tt congregation is given. They paid glowing tribute to Dr. Wilcox, and is a fact that be leaves Decatur wit the the regret of his entire fiOtigregi tion as well M the uhiverial ffcgn of the .people of this City, IrreSpeCtii of church affiliations. The follOWl# resolution was adopted at' the mee ing last evening: Whereas, our beloved pastor, D C. B, Wilcox, has signified his d< sire to discontinue his relations t pastor of this charge, and has d< dared his purpose to cease acth work In the pastorate. Therefore, I H ’ 7 » I Resolved, by the official board i this church, that no more faithfi pastor, able preacher or lovable ma has ever served this church to oi knowledge, and we deeply deploi and sincerely regret his inability 1 continue with us, but if he must g may the blessings of God accompar him and his family in . whatever fie he may labor. « — ■■ O'—We like to record the success i people reared in Decatur, and by tl way did it ever occur to you th: nearly all Decatur and Adams couni young men make good whether the stay at home or go out in the bl wide world to battle with businei Interests of more or less enormoi proportions? Scarcely a day pass* that we do not record how some oi from this locality has made goo and as we stated It does us go< to make shese announcements. ! connection /with this article we mtg say that Albert Numbers, who no lives at Ossian, but wno was rean and educated' here, has been secun by.’the Packard Piano company Fort Wayne aS a field manager, ax begins his duties with that firm ne: Monday. He will be sent over ti country to keep in apple pie trim tl vast number of pianos and ft isneei less to say that Albert is the b< who can do anything to a piano 1 finds ft needs. Mr. Numbers wt here today calling on friends and a tending to business. 1 —o The busy season is on at the Wai Fence company, and this season the busiest ever experienced by til growing company. The orders ar coming from every which way ar they are coming thick and fast i every mall. The management ai smiling at the prospects of makii more than good in their previous co Since locating in the! present quarters ft is much easier 1 fill their orders, as they have ever] thing complete for the manufactui of all the lines of fencing In whlc they, make a specialty. The War Fenceco mpany Is easily one of tl greatest growing manufacturing ir stitutions in the city. The Coppock Motor Car compan is on a real boom, and are gettlr business and orders that are rea At Indianapolis they have gotten Inl the swim and have more booster than in Decatur. They are laying u to the business that Is promised froi the capital city, and If they succee as well as the present prospects wool suggest, they will have Till the bus! ness in that city that they"are capabl of taking care of during this year. The Van Camp Machine works 1 also a busy place and are workin more men than they ever employe at this time of the year. They hav been especially busy on flouring ml machinery and freight elevators. The have just completed an elevator 1 the new Schafer building which is b far the largest one in the city, an ft is also the best This feature < the Van Camp business promises t develop Into one of the greatest 1 his line. < A canning factory at Monmouth ha a grain elevator at Middletown. b« tween here and Fort Wayne, an possibilities of the summer and Mar ager Fledderjohann of the traetto line says he will aid the enterpris as much as possible.

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’ " ■ —a* nd The {lndiana Knights of Pythias of order are going some, as bulletin num;y, ber ten would indicate. They have ly recently celebrated their forty-fifth it. anniversary, and they did the job ar appropriately by having a page rank re class of 1,296 members. This was on accomplished by inaugurating a camre paign among the different lodges in ►r- the state, this campaign lasting for to six weeks, and the result was that ils the number stated above were taken a into the order and given this degree, ils It also meant that over $14,000 waa lai received by the various lodges for ill the initiatory fees, and this certainly he swelled the funds in the exchequer a not a little. Twelve new members it were added to the membership of ith Kekionga lodge in this city, showing !a- that the Decatur Knights are up and -et Coming as well as their brothers elsevd where in the state. This secret orflg dfif is one of the strong organizatiofi* in the city, and its membership is composed of the sort who do things, )r. and who do them well. Ie- ■ —■ as The committee having in charge le- the new K. P. club house are now ve working out the plans. It will be be located on their lot on Third street, and after plans for the building are of agreed to, its erection will not be Pul delayed. They propose to have the in, finest club house and lodge quarters iur to be found any place in a city the >re size of Decatur. Knowing the Decatur to Knights as well as we do, we are ?o, certain that they will have it. ny o ——•— 1 . sld Rev. C. B. Wilcox, Ph. D., will retire from the active pastorate to give his entire time to journalism and of the lecture platform. His resignation he wilL be presented to the session of lat the North Indiana conference which ity meets March 31 at Greenfield, with ey Bishop Anderson presiding. At that ig, time Dr. Wilcox will have .served :ss eighteen years in the ministry of the ms M. E. church. He entered the North >es Indiana conference in 1891, and like ne alt Methodist preachers just startid, Ing, he was sent to a country circuit, od Osceola, located between Elkhart and In South Bend. He was ' immediately 'ht* Advanced, however, and received his ow first station work at the age of twen■ed ty-three. This' appointment was at •ed Albion, the county seat of Noble of county. After a successful pastorate nd of three years there, his rise in the »xt conference was very rapid, and has he successfully served' the churches in he Richmond, Cambridge City, Anderson, ;d- Middletown, Lagrange and this city, oy He has the unique distinction of havhe ing his salary increased every year as in every church which he has served, it- His Decatur pastorate has been very successful. Large audiences always greet him, over one hundred ird have been received into the church, is over two thousand dollars has been its raised for benevolent purposes and re everjr interest of the church carefully nd cared for. While no aged member in has been neglected, yet Dr. Wilcox ire has been especially successful in or- \ ng ganizlng and directing the young life ol- of the church. The Epworth League ir has grown from a small organization, to to .nearly two hundred, and the order •y- of the Grail, a brotherhood for young ire men, are powerful organizations ch whose influence is felt throughout rd city. Dr. Wilcox has the reputahe tion of being very much interested, n- in church politics, and has much to do with the recent elections to'high positions in the church, and we pre? ny diet that with his great ability as ■ ng a politician, and with a powerful al. newspaper back of him, that he will do scon represent his Michigan district rs in congress. While regretting to up have him leave us, we wish him un»m bounded success in his new field of ed labor. ild , a 1 fl- REV. KING IS READY, tie ' Geneve Pastor Closes Year With • Good Record. is ig Rev. C. King, who has served as ed pastor of the Methodist church at ve Geneva, is closing up his years work ill and preparing to go to the annual ey conference which meets next week, in Rev. King is a minister of much abilby ity, and has made a host of friends id during his work in Adams county, ot He is fearless «|n doing the things to he believes to be right, and in doing in so has won lhe respect of all who know him, whether he be his friend or net ‘We predict that his future ad holds many good promotions aud .wIH e- be fraught with many victories. ■e , ,— — ■ n- Mr. ;Dioic lifter of Indianapolis, m arrived today for a few days’ visit M* with J. H. Heller sad family. Mrs. Miller has been hero for several days.