Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1909 — Page 3

I ww l . ■ rne court Is making another effort 1.0 select a judge who will be satls■actory to the parties In the case of ■he Citizens’ Telephone company vs. ■fort Wayne & Springfield Railroad ■:ompany, an SB,OOO damage case. For ■he third time he has named three ■nen to select from, namely Judge ■John M. Smith of Portland, Hon. Levi ■dock of Bluffton, and Hon. J. Fred ■’’rance of Huntington. Each side will ■strike off a name and the remaining Wine will be asked to hear the capse. | George Zimmerman vs. Chicago tk. Krie Railroad company, damages SSO, |l. P. Beatty appears for the defen■lant and was ruled to answer. ■ Catherine Snyder vs. William ■ Mchar, for possession of real estate ■nd damages, the rule to answer was ■uade absolute within five days. H Sarah E. Reiter vs. Jesse W. Wat- ■ :Ins, admr., claim of $1,170, set for ■ tearing on Wednesday, May 5. ■ The will of Christian Oberback, of ■ lloomlngton. McLean county, Illinois, ■yas filed for probate Friday morning. It was written December 12, ■ 905, and gives all his property, real ■nd personal, to his wife, Margretha. ■le owned land in French township, ■nd for this reason it was necessary Io file the will here. ■ — o— — - 1 ■ ■ ■ Sheriff Meyer went to Geneva yes■erday, where he conducted a sale of ■he Higgins property as heretofore ■dvertised. There was but one bid, ■ nd that at the appraisement and the ■roperty was sold for that amount. H. ————. I Next Monday Is the first day of ■he busy week as a number of Impor■an causes are to be heard. Thb petit ■ary will report on that day. I Attorney D. E. Smith has filed the ■ etition of Fred Bracht and William lliehl and others for a ditch in Kirkland township. The bond was filed ■nd approved. ■ An appraisement has been filed In ■he property at issue in the partition Base of Emma Schanpp vs. Morton ■ Martin et al. ■ The case of Della and George Hll■r vs. John W. Trexler et al, to quiet ■tie, was heard, the ' defendants failing to appear, finding for plaintiff, ■tie quieted as prayed. J. C. Moran ■as appointed commissioner to conley same to plaintiff, deed reported Ind approved. I ““

■ Dallas E. Grim st al vs. Zermanna ■ rim et al, partition, report of sale ■led and confirmed, plaintiffs attorney ■llowed $25.00. ■ Judge JohniM. Smith has been ■hosen to hear the SB,OOO damage case Liens’ Telephone company vs. Fort yne & SpmgfleTa Railway Co., the ntlff having stricken off the name ■f J. Fred France and the defendants Kat of Levi Mock from the list given ■y the court ■The cases of the State vs. Curtis ■ohnson, for burglary and State vs. ■barren Reed and Samuel Bailor for Kceiving stolen property, set for next ■reek, have been continued. ■ Nancy A. Dutcher, guardian for Blanche, Agnes and Alonzo Dutcher, Bas filed final account as to Blanche ■nd current report as to others, all Being approved ■ All property mentioned in the Inventory of the estate of Hiram P. Bells, was set off to the widow, it Being less than SSOO. ■ Charles F. Nelson, administrator of Bevi Nelson estate, filed his final reBort, J&ich was approved, and he Bas discharged. I Oliver Odell to John O. Harris, lots ■I and 22, Geneva, $8»0; Samuel i Buhrman to Charles Hockemeyer, 4 ; Beres Rot township, $150; Charles Bockemeyer to Samuel Fuhrman, 80 Beres Root township, $150; Charles i Boop to Jessie Williams, lot 434, De- i Btur, $1,200. John Wagoner et al ; B> George W. Bough, tract in Mon- i Be township, S6OO. ■ Hooper & Lenhart filed a new case, Brederick Scheiman vs. Nade C. and , Bnna Haley, to foreclose mortgage, i Bmand S6OO. i ■ ‘ ** - 1 ■ Attorney Clark J. Lutz, of Decatur, i Bas In the city Friday afternoon to ( Be a motion in the circuit court ask- i Bg a new trial in the Ludlow Falls ■parry'company vs. Miller suit on Bnd, tried in the. Jay circuit court ] B change of venue from Randolph Bunty.— Portland Daily Sub. ■■■ f < ■ The case against Charles Wolfe, i Barged with assault and Intent to ■urder Jacob Mangold, has been con■nued until the next regular term of i Burt, which means that the young c

I will t iMwe to sane A tarv tnrtH Iwnw wb so rave a . j ry imcn next September «• a lang vacation follows this term. The motion for a , continuance was filed by., rne defendant, who says he cannot go safely Into the trial without the (testimony of Thomas P. Hillyard, wheels now' working at Hudson, Michigan; '’Wolfe ' sets up the belief that said Hillyard ' would testify that Wolfe struck hi 1 self defense. It Is claimed that due 1 diligence has been exercised to secure 1 the presence of the witness, but he • has not replied, but It Is believed he can be secured by the next term. The court held the written motion suffi- ' clent and granted the continuance, ex--1 ceptlons being taken by attorneys for the state. In the case Os the Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. William G. Spencer 1 suit on contract, the defendant iff ruled to answer within five days. Rebecca Stauffer et al vs. John B. Duer et al, partition, final report approved and commissioner discharged. Dore B. Erwin has been appointed special judge to hear the cause of Norman G. Lenhart vs. A. R. Bell etal, partition and has assumed jurisdiction. Peter Smith, aged 44, an oil man, twice married before was granted a license to marry ( Jennie Gaylor, of Geneva, aged 30, who has been married once and was divorced in 1902. The bride is a daughter of Jbhn Runyon. Real estate transfers: Daniel Erwin to Ray D. Christen, lots 999 and 1,000, Decatur, $222; W. H. Tepele to Samuel Steele, cemetery lot 148 for $3.00; A. S. Kindle to Leander Dunbar, part of lot 15, Buena Vista, $750; Jacob Huser to John Close, 44 acres in Jefferson township, $4,400; Harriet Close to Jacob Huser, 40 acres in Jefferson township, $4,000; Emlline McCune to Cinthia Miller, 40 acres Monroe township, $3,000; Emlline McCune to M. H. McCune, 40 acres Monroe township, $3,000; John McCune to Emlline McCune, 120 acres, Monroe township, $9,000; Martin H. Anderson to Mahala McKinney, lot 490, Decatur, SBOO. i - Emaline McCune has been appointed i administratrix of the estate of James i McCune and filed her bond. 1 ] Ira Steele, executor of Samuel i Steele's will, filed a petition to sell < personal property at private sale, so ordered. , ' —— < William Hilgeman, executor of the < will George H. a ]

report of sale which was confirmed. James W. Andrews was named as administrator of the estate of Jane Andrews and filed bond for $4,500, Signed by W. H. Graham and C. E. Bollinger. A marriage license was issued to William F. Burkhart, 30, an oil man, from Bridgeport, Illinois, to Hila Belle Cross, 28, of this county. Peter Hoffman et al vs. Sam Meshberger ,tp revive judgment, submitted, finding for plaintiff in sum of $421.59 and costs. Mary Knavel vs. Edward Knavel, divorce, cause set for Thursday, May 6th. The case against Luther Lehman, fpr forgery, set for trial today, was postponed because Charlotte Lehman, mother of defendant, and an important witness, is sick In bed and unable to be present. The case against Charles Wolfe, assault and battery, with Intent to murder Jacob Mangold, will begin Wednesday of this week, and will be the first jury trial of the term. f Heller & Son filed a new case, the title being Frank Imboden et a! vb. Sarah R. Imboden et al, partition of real estate. National Bank of Commerce vs. 1 Cardwell Box Co. et al, note, appearance by Lutz for defendant box com- ' pany, by J. W. Vesey for A. T. Vail * and by Peterson & Moran for R. K. 1 Allison. i ] Marriage llcensese were granted to 1 Albert Strahm, aged 20, a farmer, 1 and Hulda Scherry, 20, both of Preble i township, and George W. Crataer, < aged 30, a farmer, to Lydia A. Drum- 1 mond, aged thirty-six, of Decatur. Mr. 1 Cramer was married once before, his i wife having died in 1906. 1 1 Judge Merryman will go to Portland < May 12th, where he will again hear 1 the Mandr vs. Boots et al will case, I when tried before this case required 1 eight days and resulted in a disagree- 1 ment of the jury. 1 -. • 1 Real estate transfers: Grover Sim- 1 mons to William 6. Wilson, quit 1 claim deed, $260; Wot. Meyers to Earl t

Sowards, lot 52, Preble, $250; John C. Moran to Delia Hiller, tract ta Jefferson township, commissioners deed; D, B. Erwin, commissioner to V. K. 'Grim, 86 acres in ’Washington township, sfi,Bifu. i r The case The State of Indiana ex rel 'Ottilia Ryf vs. Otto Green, a paternity proceeding, was settled this morning, the defendant paying the relatrix the sum of $250 for the support es her Child and also paytag the cowrt «osts and the case was dtamieaed. —■ " «€>■■- — John Watkins, «f McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, formerly of this county, and who is interested ta several taw softs ta toe courts of this locality, has taken up the fight for hta dangh-ter-fn-law, NelHe Watkins, as agatest hfs own son, Homer Watkins. Nellie is to give her deposition here tomorrow in a case now ready for trial, and will then return to McKees Rocks, where she will begin suit for a divorce and will also, so she and Mr. Watkins say, stir up some old and nasty charges against Homer, that will cause him some very serious annoyance. John was in town yesterday with the papers showing that Nellie and Homer were legally married four years ago. The latter neglected his wife, and abput a year ago his wife brought suit against him for support, the court rendering judgment for two dollars a week. Homer has paid just a dollar on this account it is said, and the laws of Pennsylvania are very strict. Nellie has been living at the Watkins home at Pleasant Mills for some time, but will return to her parents’ home in the east this week. John Watkins has a divorce suit on, also a suit for alienation of his wife's affections, and is being sued by his wife for the money she has spent during the past years for the support of their children, besides he is busy settling his father's estate, in which he has an interest. All together it is doubtful if there has been a case of so much legal tangle in one family in this locality for some time. "—O " - We were very much surprised this morning when we took a few moments squint at the harness factory, known as tne Schafer Sadlery company’s plant. We say we were surprised and still we knew that an institution of this kind existed in Decatur, but we had no idea that it was as extensive as it is. It is strictly a wholesale concern, where harness is manufactured in a first class manner and is turned out rapidly. At this place are employed nine harness makers, in charge of the manager of the de; partment, Mr. Walter Kauffman. To-

day they began on a contract to turn out five hundred sets of light harness and ten men with all the modern machinery of this age will put that bunch of harness on the market in a mighty big hurry. Mr. Wilda Watts, represents the company on the road, and it is. not a matter of securing orders so much as it is to manufacture the goods fast enough to keep up with the sales. It is a great concern and one that Will grow to be a monster one if the present gait < keeps up. Good goods and at the right prices has been the company’s motto, in the few years they have engaged in this trade, and it has made them a line of customers who will prove faithful in the future. If any one thinks this factory is a joke, they would change their minds very quickly if they were to visit the busy room. The plant occupies the entire second floor of the north room of the Schafer block, known as the Patterson building. — o . , ■ ■ The Monday evening Portland Sun said: Deliberately lying on the witness stand for the sole purpose of weakening the testimony of Ira W. Porter, convicted in the Jay circuit court a year ago for the murder of his wife, Earl Lyons, of Randolph county, has undergone a change of heart, joined church and to right himself in the eyes of God, has written a letter to the man he so grossly wronged, telling him of the false statement that has weighed his soul and begging forgiveness. The letter has been forwarded by Porter to his attorneys in this city, and, if a new trial is granted, the disclosure may have considerable effect upon the outcome. At the time the testimony of Lyons appeared inconsequential,except that it gave the impression that Porter had told two different versions of minor points leading up to the death of his wife. Porter, on the stand, said that, while working in. the barn, he looked out through a crack and saw a chicken hawk sitting on a fence. He called to his wife to bring him ■ his shotgun, and, as she started to i carry the weapon out the door, one 1 barrel was discharged, the leaden shot I blowing off the top of her head and ! killing her instantly. Lyons swore, 1 however, that Porter, while in jail in i Winchester, had told him that the hawk was in a tree instead of on the 1 fence and the jury was left to decide , which of the two men was not telling 1 the truth. , x

Geneva, tad., April 27.—(Special it ' the bally Democrat)—About forty men began work here this morning removing the pipe line which for years transmitted natural gas from the Pennville field to Geneva, Berne and Decatur. The line will be taken up and used in constructing the line to be laid between Decatur and Bluffton tty the Indiana Heat and Lighting company. > The members of the local I. O. O. F. lodge observed memorial services in. their spacious hall last Sunday, where a program of interest was carried out Rev. Chamness, of Muncie, ta a pleasing manner delivered a sermon, which favorably appealed to all and musical selections were also rendered. Mrs. John Plngry, of Silver Dale, Kansas, daughter of Solomon Clay, the venerable gentleman who has the distinction of being one of the oldest men ta the county, has arrived in the city for a visit with her father and other relatives. She will remain for some time. A .G. Briggs, Ed Kraner and Samuel Egley have purchased new automobiles, and are now sporting them in the streets. Will Hale and Clarence Rayn will be the possessors of machines next week. Rev. C. J. Graves, new pastor for the M. E. church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the senior class of the high school last Sunday night and his discourse was a scholarly one, enlisting the admiration of his every hearer. Rev. Graves has during his short stay in Geneva very favorably impressed the people and the Geneva people are giving him their loyal support. On next Wednesday evening in the parlors of the M. E. church, a royal reception will be given for Rev. Graves and family. The church and the public in general will, on this occasion, extend to the able minister and family the hand oLwelcome. The event is to be onglofig to he remembered, and everybody is invited to attend. Thelma, the little daughter of the Rev. G. M, Myers, pastor of the local U. B. church, has been seriously ill for several weeks from a complication of ailments. The illness was of such a nature that the physician asked that the church bell should not be sounded, and that perfect quietude must be kept, else chances for her recovery would be slight The child is report-

i ed as being some better today, ali though the danger line has not yet been passed. Rev. Myers began proL traded services last Sunday night, and is assisted in the work by Rev. O. E. , Shannon, home missionary evangelist , of this district. o The ninth sale of the Decatur Horse i Sale company will take place at the company’s barn on First street on ■ Friday of this week, the date of their sale being April 30. At this time as the Schafer Sadlery company’s the highest and best bidder two hundred and fifty head of big draft, good brood mares and three year old colts. They will also have some cheap work horses. The management of the company are working hard to make this the banner sale of the year, and at this time it looks as though they might succeed. This is quite an undertaking in view of the fact that they have had some of the banner sales this year, and establishes 0 the fact that they are among the big commission barns in the country. They will have three more sales during the year, May 14 and 28, and June 11, and at the latter date wUI end *a most successful year, and in that time will have handled many hundred thou- : sands of dollars, and been a real benefactor to the business interests of ’ this city. The Democrat wants them, as it wants every other business in- ' forest Vo understand, that they are 1 appreciated, and it is the hope of ev- l ery one that the company will finish the year with a good fat bank ac- < count to their credit. They have well 1 earned it. They have been more than < devoted to the business, have trav- 1 ersed this part of the state over In 1 the search for good horses, brought < them here and then sold them under t the hammer to the eastern buyers. They deserve to succeed and they will. Their next sale is Friday of this week. < - ‘ ■——.<> c There will be a meeting tomorrow « evening at the Ben Hur hall of the t Interested Lady Maccabees. Mrs. 1 Bray man will be present at the meet- 1 ing. With the new members that will < soon be taken in, the interest has been t growing in the Decatur order. For I years the Maccabees have been one s of the most prominent lodges in the state. t When Mrs. Hattie Woodard, of Elk- i hart, went to the home ot Hn. Frank i feffries to claim her pet poodle, words < followed and Mrs. Woodard becoming t excited, fainted. t

• Clark J. Lutz Is home from Lafay- ’ ette, wherg he spent two days camp&lgnlng wnn tne drys in their local option campaign there, and which, by the way, is about the warmest baby that ever came trotting down the pike. Sunday morning he spoke to a large audience at Dayton, located a few miles from Lafayette, and the reception accorded him was the sort to inspire a speaker in any cause in which he labors. Several churches abandoned their regular services and turned out in great numbers to hear Mr. Lutz and to root for the drys. The option campaign, however, is at its best in Ldfayette, where two local brewers and many hundreds of sympathizers are working to save their own lives and the existence of one hundred and five saloons, which now do business in that city. Lafayette is a city of twenty thousand, is the home of Purdue and yet has more saloons for the ratio of Its population than had Decatur. The election is Friday, and at this time the wets have hired the opera house for all the week, have engaged every public automobile and livery rig in the city, and are working all the games that go in the usual political warfare. The result is in doubt. The local option election is on in all Its fury in Delaware county today. The drys there have made a wonderful campaign, and have alligned on their side many elements of strength. For instance, Ball Bros, the millionaire manufacturers, are leaders in the dry movement. Others who are prominent are the mayor of the city, the chairmen of both the Democratic and Republican organizations, Walter T. Lotz, candidate on the Democratic ticket for attorney general at~the last election, James F. Bingham the present attorned general of Indiana, and many other prominent and influential men. There is much interest being manifested here in the result, and if you will call the Democrat about eight o’clock this evening we will endeavor to give you the election returns. o— WILL GRADUATE AT GENEVA Commencement Will Be Held at M. E. Church on May 3. Geneva, Ind., April 27. —The commencement of the Geneva high school will be held May 3 at the M. E. church. There are five graduates this year. The graduates and their subjects are as follows: “The Prlvilge of Paying the Price,” Leab Miller; “The Prospect,” Roscoe Glendening; “Lights and (Shades,” Gertrude Brayton; ’[‘Success,’’ Gladys Fike; “The Choice of a

. Chariot; Hazel Barr. The alumni banquet will be held just after the • graduation exercises are over. The juniors will give the seniors a recep- [ tion April 28. o— — , Constantinople, April 27. —(Special to Dally Democrat)—Abdul Hamid, sultah' of Turkey, has been deposed from his throne. His dethronement is , the joint act of the national assembly which secretly voted in favor of his deposition and a religious edict by the Shiek Islam, approving and legalizing the deposition. The sultan was moved from Yildiz Kiosk today. Immediately, following the deposition of Abdul Hamid ,his brother, Mehemmed Rechad Effendi was proclaimed the new sultan amid scenes of the wildest enthusiasm. “The tyrants have fallen, hall to Rechad,” was the cry that repeatedly sounded through the streets of this city. The ceremony of the Rechad’s enthronement followed. Abdul remains a prisoner of the young Turks. He insists and constantly wears his ecclesiastical dress as the head of the church and hopes that it will prevent his assassination. Even the sultan’s servants have deserted him. Before fleeing they plundered the palace and the utmost confusion followed in the great building. There is considerable difference of opinion as to how the sultan shall be punished. Unless a decision is reached soon, the discussion will so divide the dominant party that many of the glories of the great victory will be lost. The young Turks are today organising a big army to sweep Asiastic Turkey and put down the disorder there. Abdul, according to one report, has been removed as a prisoner to Cheraghen Palace on the Bospheros. It is conceded that Rechad will do whatever the young Turks demand. ■■ -o — — Deputy Sheriff Pierce, Lol Plessinger and Marshal Carlisle received orders from Mayor Hamilton Saturday evening to investigate a blind tiger that was thought to be in operation In the Lew Scott pool room on west Market street. The mayor had received complaint that two kegs of beer had been unloaded at the place by the man that the goods was for sale.—Bluffton Banner. Night Policeman Fisher was called to the home of Mont Fee last night where it was thought that an intruder was prowling about the premises. The officer could not find any trace of the man who was supposed to be there.

South Bend, Ind., April 27.—(Special - to the Dally Democrat)—South Bend 1 officers are getting gay. Prosecutor , Fettee having Issued a subpoena for f Governor Marshall and Editor Perry of the Times, to appear be- , fore the grand jury tn South Bend , and testify as to their knowledge of . prize fighting. The Hammond editor . wrote the governor saying that prize ! fighting was permitted in Indianapolis and South Bend, and the governor sent . the letter on to the South Bepd prosecutor. That official disclaims any > knowledge of such infractions of the j law, and in order to show just the [ sort of a short skate he was he has ’ . now subpoenaed the governor to tes- • tify before the grand jury. No sub- . poena has arrived at Indianapolis, and r if it does the governor will pay no at- . tention to it. It is a safe bet, however, . that the governor makes that South Bend prosecutor look like thirty cents l before the controversy Is ended. o Seymour, Ind., April 27.—Jackson , county yesterday voted to oust the i saloons by a majority of 370, according to complete unofficial returns. The result does not show so large i a majority as had been hoped for by the “drys” but they are supremely satisfied. Only two townships gave “wet” majorities. These were Jackson township, including Seymour, which gave a “wet” majority of 303, and Washington township, which gave a “wet’’ majority of 105. The townships giving “dry” majorities, together with the figures for each, are as follows: Brownstown township, 121; Carr, 118; Driftwood, 53; Grassy Fork, 9; Hamilton, 75; Owen, 117; Redding, 47. As soon as the resist was known the church bells began to ring and there was general rejoicing among the temperance forces. Twenty-five saloons, twenty-four of which are in Seymour, will be closed as a result ot the election. Monticello, Ind., April 27. —The local option contest here yesterday resulted in a victory for the temperance people, the “drys’’ winning by approximately 1,439 votes. This is about 85 per cent of the vote cast for secretary of state in 1908. Only one precinct in the county gave a “wet” majority, that being No. 1 of Honey Creek township with a majority of 9, but this was sufficient to throw the township “wet” by two votes. The fourth precinct of Union township, which includes Monticello, where there have been no saloons for two years, gave the largest majority for the “drys” with a total of 244. Two saloons are affected by this election, both of which were licensed after the

i local option law was passed. They i will go out of business in ninety days. » Muncie, Ind., April 27. —Delaware county, with Muncie, the largest city in Indiana yet to decide the question, 1 will declare for or against the licensed , saloon by local option vote today. I Eighty-two saloons will be affected, > and the fight which has been waged r fiercely here fpr two weeks between i two big organizations of taxpayers is ! expected to be close and eventful. ; Leaders of each of the organizations I are confident of victory. -— o 1 DR. SMITH MADE US A CALL He Says the New Bank Will Open at Hoagland About June 15th. Dr. Smith, of Hoagland, was in the city last evening to attend the I. O. O. F. celebration and while here took occasion to call at this office. The doctor is one of the substantia, citizens of Hoagland and of Allen county, and it is always a pleasure to meet him. He informs us that tße new bank, of which he is the president, is getting ready for business as rapidly as possible. The foundation for the building has been put in and it is hoped to open this Institution by June 15th. There are twenty-six stockholders in the concern and committees have been appointed to look after the various necessary arrangements. The building will be constructed of cement block, and John Bollinger has the contract, and will begin work at once. ~ » ~ TO MANUFACTURE SILK HOSIERY Fort Wayne, Ind., April 27.—Thieme Bros., four in number, prominent local business men who are identified with the Wayne Knitting mills, have announced the organization of the Thieme Bros.’, company, which will manufacture silk hosiery and knit goods. The concern is capitalized at $150,000, and will immediately erect a three-story factory building. One hundred hands will be employed as soon as the concern begins running. ■.~ o — x Bluffton can have another factory which will have a weekly pay roll of SI,OOO. A hickory chair factory at French Lick is wanting to locate in Bluffton. For a location in this city the company is asking a bonus of slo,ooo.—Bluffton Banner. F. H. Kilbourne, of Richmond, was in the city today on business.