Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1909 — Page 3

red lMt‘wX.X‘ Jt™»n “the country home of Mr. and Mr,. N. C. Webster, of Jefferson township, when their daughter, Miss Julia, became the bride of Dr. J. C. Cowan of Dixon, Ohio. Only the immediate family of the bride and groom were present. When the strains of Mendelsohn’s Wedding March played by Miss Elsie Jones, of Monroeville, were heard,, the bridal party entered the parlor,/ and were met by Rev. E. A- Bunner, of Huntertown, where under a floral canopy, the simple but impressive marriage ceremony was performed. Music was softly played during the ceremony, and Miss Ethel Knox, of, Spencer, Ind., sang “0 Promise Me.” The ring was carried on a pillow of roses by Donald a small brother of the bride. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Mabelle, Miss Nellie Park, of Bluffton, and Miss Ethel Knox, of Spencer. The groom was 1 attended solely by his brother, Mr. | Dale Cowan, of Decatur. The bride was daintily gowned in white, the veil being worn in a classical arrangement of bands of ribbon over the i hair, with sprigs of swansonia, and t carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses and swansonia. The groom wore the conventional black. Immediately after the ceremony a threecourse wedding dinner was served. The decorations in the dining room were pink and white. Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Webster entertained over two., hundred guests at a reception in honor of Mr. and Cowan. The bride has been a teacher in this county for some time, and the past two years has taught in the primary department of the Monroeville schools. The groom is a successful physician of Dixon, 0., where Dr. and Mrs. CoWan, will make their home.—Monroeville Breeze. —o General Manager J, C. Justus of Bluffton says that July first has been set-as the date for the starting of Work oh the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction line, and the new interurban road to the east, and he said that work will be pushed from both ends of the line, that is from Bluffton and Geneva, the stretch of road that it is proposed to complete and put in operation this year. Mr. Justus says that it is the expectation to have the grade complete fwithin sixty days from the time the work is started and cars will be in operation by early fail. It is expected that the company will be before the city council to ask for a franchise at their next meeting. It will be gratifying to the people of (Geneva and vicinity to learn that cars on the new line will be operated yet this summer, and it will mean much for them and Linn Grove as well. The general manager states positvely that the line from Bluffton to Geneva will be completed before snow falls. Without doubt it will be a money maker from the start At any rate the people In the south part of the county are anxious that the road be completed. A' „ , Since the day .of the organization of the Decatur Packing company the institution has never before enjoyed the prosperity it is undergoing at the present time, and the stockholders . and management alike are very optimistic as to the future of the corporation. J. S. Bowers, traveling salesman for the company, is finding a big sale for the excellent meats in different sections of the state. The management of the Decatur Packing company has, by shrewd business insight, curtailed about twenty-five per cent of the expense they have paid until recently and simultaneously increased their business to a degree exceeding thfit 'amount. The 'Fort Wayne branch of the company, is doing a big business. It is in charge of E. M. Mix and four men are employed in doing the work incident to the large volume of business which is being done. Two wagons are operated incessantly to supply the patrons and the receipts of this branch alone exceeds >2,000 each week. The Decatur Packing company has solved the problem which confronts every packing house, that of finding an outlet for fresh meats. Without a branch as they have in Port Wayne, fresh loins and other meats would accumulate more rapidly than it could be disposed of, hence a loss would be sustained. However, by their system the fresh meat is only in cold storage here over night and then is forwarded to Fort Wayne for sale. The company pays a good big price for stock and are being well supplied by the farmers of this vicinity. '■'-0— ! BRYANS GO TO WEDDING William J., Jr., to Bo Married In Colorado June ,84. Lincoln, Neb., June 20. —W. J. Bryan and members of the. family, Including Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. W. Hz Leavitt and Miss Grace Bryan, left Lincoln last night for Grand Lake, Colo., where on June 24 they will attend the wedding of William J. Bryan Jr„ and

of the Woodmen log rolling assocla- i jtion had a very important meeting I at the office of C. L. Walters Friday 1 night, and important business rela- I tlve to the coming big event was clev- t erly dispatched by those in whose i hands the success* of the event has been placed. It was decided that the i soliciting committee begin at once 1 , .to solicit from the business men what i / amount they care to give and as the i business men will be greatly bene- i fitted by the big meet, they will un- t doubtedly respond. The music com- i mittee was instructed to secure one t or two good bands to furnish music t . for the day, and this will be done in < I the near future. The speakers’ com- < mittee has completed its work and 1 has secured Wheelan, one of the most 1 noted platform men in America. The t advertising committee will soon have t big posters printed and these will be ’forwarded to every camp in the disI trict. The reception committee has 1 been thoroughly organized and will < well take care of the visitors. The t committee on arrangements has re- t 'ported that their work is well under t t way and the log rolling to be held at i Steele’s park July seventeenth, less i than four weeks hence, will be a glor- < ious event Fully two thousand 1 Woodmen will invade pecatur on t that day. Many, of the ’ camps have 1 already joined the association and t many more will join. Decatur will i furnish fifty candidates for the ini- 1 tlation. 1 •o * 1 The Holy Grail banquet given Friday < evening by the Queen Esthers in 1 honor of the boys of the Grail,' and ’ their friends, was an evening of genuine pleasure and happiness. At eight j o’clock the lecture room of the Meth- ( odist church, where the banquet was held, commenced to fill with the boys ' and girls. In the room three long . tables and one small one were arranged. Vases of roses and roses as ( favors were the decorations. In the ( center of the lecture room curtain , the corners of two large flags were ; pinned together and the flags were ' elevated and stretched to the brace panels of the curtains. Beneath the flags on stands were jars of dogwood and vases of roses. The doorkeepers were dressed in white, each with u i red rose pinned on her dress, and they i received cordially all who came. Around the wall the lecture chairs , were placed for the convenience of all. Don Burke was toastmaster of 1 the evening, for he was thought to z be well fitted for the place, possessing the qualities which a good public speaker usually enjoys. Opening (the program of the evening he, > said that ; the Grail was an institution striving for good and that it had now grown , till castles were found in many for- : eign countries. In order to prove and i explain this fact he told that Chnig : Wing Pang Wang of Tokio, Papan, ; would give an address. ’ The guests , who Were seated around the table were much surprised. Mr. Burke i further stated that the young Japan- j ese had been detained at the cus- , tom house, but on giving up his wife , as security for his early return and 1 ginal settlement with the custom house i ’ officials he was allowed to hurry as ; fast as possible to the banquet. It , was but a minute or two afterward when the Tokio gentleman arrived, i dressed in Mikado short red jacket over a white blouse and knee trou- , sers of the same color. For some , time the banqueters wondered who . the man from the oriental kingdom . resembled until the name of George . . Shelter Was suggested, and the question was settled. Following, excellent toasts were given by Clyde , Baumgartner, “The Flag and the Grail;” Ben Beavers, "Women Sus- i . |frage.” The ‘former said that the . , Grail was growing in strength like the flag has done, and the latter ably , i discoursed on his difficult subject. 1 Amusing stories were told in each . toast that kept every one smiling. Lawrence Archbold gave a toast on “Intention” and his was a worthy , i subject, and was enjoyed by every ; one. Howard Wisehaupt read an la- . • teresting letter from Harold Wilcox. Will Conrad, a former member, was i frequently spoken of as if he was still ] an active member of the castle. Howard gracefully introduced to the as- ; i sembly John Powell, a student at , i Ann Arbor at the university, son of ; i Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Powell. After • the banquet which was served in • three courses, the guests spent a so- > cial hour. Before a vote of thanks • was extended to the Queen Esthers. I The reception committee was the Misses Florence Meyers, Cecil Eady, Frances Butler, Neva Brandyberry, Dessie Mann, Winnlfred Burke, Margaret Mills, Hulda Loser, Lula Beachi ler, Vera Meyers, Marie Kltson, Flora Fledderjohann, Pansy Bell, Frances Merryman, Mrs: William Weimer, i Lucite Hale, Helen Niblick, Bessie f Boyers and the members of the re--1 ceptlon committee. t — -o- > , Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Camp are ■ planning for a trip to Jackson, Mich,, I in their touring car. They will remain for some time vfsiting relatives.

The journal of a gasoline car on a west bound Chicago & Erie freight train broek Friday shortly after noon one and one-half miles east of the city, letting the truck fall to the track and as a consequence two cars were derailed and badly demolished. The train was operating at a rapid rate of speed, and when near the Davis Daily farm the accident happened. The train was hastily stopped and thus avoided danger. Noone was injured. The wreck train was at oface ordered, but the track was not cleared until after four o’clock, and passenger trains number three and four were operated over the Clover Leaf road between this city and Ohio City, hence traffic was not delayed long. This is the second mishap the Chicago. & Erie people have sustained within one week, and it seems that they have had their share. — — o- — C. H. Waddell, local agent for the Buick car, was fined five dollars and costs, amounting to fifteen dollars, at the trial Friday evening and after at first determining to appeal to the circuit court, changed his mind and settled. The fast driving of automobiles is* a problem that has caused the officials of nearly every city in Indiana, big or little, to stop and scratch his head, and so far no way has developed to stop it. In Indianapolis recently the police chief himself fired on a machine and injured the driver. The police here say they positively will not stand for fast driving and the safe thing to do if you operate a car is to do so within the speed limit permitted under the statute of Indiana. This permits you to drive eight mites an hour on the business streets and fifteen miles an hour in the other parts of the city, and twenty mites per hour in the country. Mr. Waddell, while the unfortunate victim of this prosecution, is by no means the only driver In this locality who likes to burn up the streets and his arrest was made only to show that the law will be enforced. Mayor France in assessing the fine, said that the next conviction would mean a jail sentence.

If plans which are at present being pushed by the Fort Wayne Poultry assocaition materialize, it is probable that the Wabash Valley Poultry and Pet Stock association will be Included in a poultry show league,composed of all the important associations in this part of the state. At a meeting of the directors of the Wabash Valley association held Friday evening at the office of the Farmer’s Guide the plan was discussed and the association voted favorably on the motion. J. V. Morgan had received a letter from the secretary of the Fort Wayne association, asking that a delegate from the local association be appointed to meet with delegates from other points some time in the near future to put the new league on its feet, and the directors Friday evening named Marcellus Kenner, member of the firm of C. E. Bash & Co., as this delegate. The advantages of such a league are easily' Understood. Under such an arrangement there could be no possibility of conflicting dates in poultry shows. The dates of the various shows would be arranged in a series and all arrangements would be made in keeping with this plan. Another advantage would be that of buying a better and uniform kind of coops, Which would be used at the various shows. With the united shows doing the purchasing of coops, a better grade could be had, and the very best coops obtainable are a necessary factor in the successful exhibit. A larger number of exhibits would be secured. A “string” of exhibitors could register at the headquarters of the league to show at the various shows, moving their birds from place to place. In this manner the various shows would be larger and a good lot of poultry would be shown. Better judges could be secured because of the larger number of dates the judges would be engaged for. The expense incurred in getting good judges is sometimes very heavy, so that the various associations, when holding Independent shows, are sometimes forced to accept men who are not as good as others who could be secured if they could get a suitable remuneration for their services. All these advantages and many more could be gained by the organization of the league. In Illinois and Pennsylvania the leagues are a very common thing, and the great success attending the shows in these two states may be attributed tn a large measure to these leagues. The proposed league would take in the cities of Delphi, Columbia City, Logansport, Wabash, Anderson, Huntington and Decatur. These cities have had very good shows In the past and the interest being shown this year is as strong or stronger than before. Anderson’s show is always a banner event and last year’s exhibit capped the climax. Its being held the same week as the local show kept away some of the fine birds that would have been exhibited here.— Huntington Herald.

• A number of errors of judgment, together with a wild tnrow and timely hitting by tl»e visitors at critical stages, Sunday afternoon, awarded an interesting base ball contest to the Fort Wayne Elks by the decisive margin of eight to three. The local Elks for four innings played classy ball, and not a single bingle was secured off the delivery of Guy Dorwin until the fourth inning.' It was then that a line drive from the bat of Catcher Eggeman passed unmolested into the center garden and two successive hits, together with an error netted the visitors two runs. Decatur got busy and secured two runs and another later in the game, but of no avail, as the Fort Wayne boys put the timber on the sphere for six more runs before they could be cheeked. The contest was interesting throughout and a fair sized crowd Witnessed the exhibition. With the exception of a number of questionable decisions by the umpire the contest progressed without the usual unpleasantness of a base ball game. The Fort Wayne club is a fast one, composed of such players as ex-centrai leaguer Dennis, Eggeman, Todd, Stahl and others and it would do credit to a salaried team to administer defeat to them. Another game will be played between the same teams m the near future.

A recital will be given by Miss Faye Smith Tuesday evening, June 29th at the Presbyterian church. She will be assisted by Miss Norah Del and Miss Rose Smith. During their studies in the east the Misses Smith have added much to their musical ability, and their recital a week from’Tuesday promises to be a rare privilege for many in Decatur, especially those possessing talent in music to hear. The recital will be given under the auspices of the Christian Endeavor of the church. Miss Faye has just returned from Boston, where she completed her second year at Emerson College of Oratory.,, Another year will complete the course. Next Saturday Miss Rose will arrive in Decatur from Boston, where she was attending the New England Conservatory of Music. While at Bloomington, Norah Smith studied vocal music, and later at Wellsley college. For some time there has been no recitals given in the city, and this event will for that reason, be more largely attended. At j the college where the girls have attended tney have gained experience before the public, having been sent* out by the school to give a musical performance. With their ability and understanding of the art the recital to be given by Miss Smith promises to be largely attended by Decatur people. .i »"O Washington, June 21.—Senator Beveridge stirred the senate by an exposure of the methods of perhaps the most exclusive monopoly in the world, the one that controls the cash register business. He charged that this monopoly is a lawbreaker; that it has been found guilty of illegal acts in one court and indicted in another and that it has reduced its practice of crushing competitors to an exact science. Senator Beveridge showed by quoting the company’s price lists that it habitually sells cash registers in foreign countries at a little more than one-half of the prices it charges in the United States, and declared that it ought to be handled in the courts for its merciless rapacity and atrocious practices.

Washington, June 21'.—“Point to Senator Aldrich’’ is the first request usually made of the capital guides by visitors in the senate galleries these days. The guides say they have heard this request so often that their index fingers unconsciously veer around in the direction of the seat occupied by “Boss”—that Is, the seat which “Boss” occupies when the Insurgents are not in a state of eruption. When LaFollette or Bristow is talking “Boss” is conspicuous by his absence. Washington, June 21.—Senator Shively’s condition is considerably improved. He was able to attend the session of the senate again. Since his illness began ago he has lost sixty-six pohnds of flesh and now weighs 178. His physician has limited him to a strict diet. The wreck which occurred at Edgerton, a small town in Porter county near South Bend, at nine o’clock Saturday night was the worst ever recorded during the few years of interurban history. As a result ten people were killed outright, while as many more were fatally Injured, while forty were terribly hurt* most of them receiving broken limbs or crushed bodies. The wreck occurred on the Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend traction line, two fast limited cars, colliding at the top of a hill. According to tne general manager, the terrible accident was due to the fact that Motorman George Reed of the east bound car overlooked his orders. He had been instructed to wait at a station called Wlson for the west

bound car, but failed to do so, and he with many more were hurled to their death. Those who met Instant death were: George A. Reed, motorman, Michigan City, Ind., formerly of Villa Grove, Ill.; Ray F. Merrlmah, married, South Bend; Charles Johnson, Porter, Jnd.; Edward Gilbertson, Porter, Ind.; A. Barber, Mishawaka, Ind.; F. T. Moore, residence unknown; William Leon, secretary of the Dowagiac motor works, Dowagiac, Mich.; F. A. Lake, president Dowagiac motor works, Dowagiac, Mich.; H. H. Hutson, Niles, Mich.; Charles Swanston, Porter, Ind. The dead and injured were nearly all from Michigan City, South Bend, Gary and that locality, many of them being people returning from seeing the automobile races. The eastbound car, running as train No. 59, It is stated, was going at the rate of fifty mites an hour to make up lost time. When the crash occurred the eastbound car was telescoped. In this train were all of the kilted and most of the injured, passengers on train No. 58 westbound, escaping with slight bruises and scratches. The scene of the wreck was described by eye witnesses as being terrible. The two cars were welded together in a mass of debris, in which lay the ten dead and dying and the two score injured. Soon, however, the cool headed among the passengers brought order out of chaos, and white some arranged to convert the home of E. R. Borg, nearby, into a temporary hospital and morgue, others turned their attention to rescuing the injured. Darkness greatly interferred with the progress of the rescuers ,and to make matters worse, the nearest telephone was three-quar-ters of a mile away.' Thus it was impossible to procure speedy aid from Michigan City. All but one of the killed were in the smoking compartment of the car, in the front end. Titus E. Kiazle, a real estate dealer, and Cordlus Kline both of South Bend, left the smoker less than a minute before the crash came and escaped with their lives, although the latter suffered severe injuries. G. A. Schimmel, motorman of the westbound car, stated that his car was at a full stop and the eastbound car struck It. “My car was nearing Dune Park when I saw the headlight of No. 59 flashing in the distance. No. 59 was ordered to wait for my car. at Wilson, and I realized at once the motorman of the car nad overlooked his orders. I put on the brakes and succeeded in bringing my car to a stop. All this time No. 59 was rushing toward me. I tried to start my car backward, but the air brakes had not released the wheels, and I could not move it Then the crash came.’’

Sunday was field day for the S’ temperance workers in Adams county and a number of addresses were delivered in the city during the day and evening. In the morning Rev. E. S. Shoemaker, of Indianapolis, delivered an address at the M. E. church and it was very scholarly. Mr. Shoemaker is state superintendent of the Anuti-Saloon League, and he told briefly of the success of the league in abolishing saloons. He stated that nine hundred and eight-nine Indiana saloons had been put out of commission by the county option law. He told of the plans by which this was accomplished. N. C. Shirey, of Fort Wayne, talked at the Presbyterian church in the morning, also, and his address was along the same line. In the afternoon a mass meeting was held at the Presbyterian church, where Mr. Shoemaker again gave a discourse. He emphasized the importance of law enforcement to conserve the victory which had been won, and he told of the one slogan, “State wide prohibition in 1911.” m the evening Rev. Shoemaker talked at the Evangelical church, while Mr. Shirey discoursed at the United Brethren. The Rev. Sheomaker, who has gained fame as an opponet to tne saloon,was a classmate of Rev. Sherman Powell and their meeting yesterday was a happy one. - —. —-o— ■ Ground was broken Monday for a mammoth new factory building in Decatur. It will be erected at once by the Decatur Filler factory company, one of the best concerns in the city. The new concern will be located just west of the G. R. & I. railroad on Eighth street, between Jefferson and Madison. It will be built of brick and will be one of the largest buildings in the city, covering the entire block along the railroad, the dimensions being 245 by 115 feet. The sheds which have occupied this site for a long time, are being removed, and the contract for the new structure will be let Wednesday of this week, and must be completed by August Ist The Filler company is doing an Immense Justness and for some time have been running night and day. To get away from this they need a larger building and a more up-to-date plant As soon as completed the machinery now used in the factory at the corner of Seventh and Jefferson streets will be removed

to the new place and a large amount of new machinery added making it a great plant of the kind. They win Install an electric plant of their own and will operate all tneir machines by electric power. The manager of the concern, Mr. Dan Vail, who with Mr. Tom Ehinger, is conducting the business at this time, says th.ey will be able to look after the increasing business with ease when they are located in the new building. They will employ a hundred men at this plant and the heading factory. Bluffton, Ind., June 21. —The reunion of the forty-seventh volunteer infantry will be held in this city the first week in September. A tetter was received by the local members of the regiment, from Captain Bender, of Logansport, who is secretary of the association of veterans* of the regiment, in which he asked the local veterans when they would like to have the reunion here. At the last reunion Bluffton was chosen as the city to entertain the veterans next fall, and the secretary wished to make arrangements for it early enough so that he could send tetters to the veterans over the state and so that they could make preparations for the reunion. A conference was held between several local members and they decided that the best time to hold the reunion would be the first week in September, although this is not definitely decided upon. 'Some of the members wished to set the time on the same date as the street fair, but as the dates for the fair have not been set and the veterans do not wish to wait until when the weather might be bad, it was concluded to hold the reunion in September. A CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION Wits Be Held in this City July 10th for Clerk and Carrier. An examination for clerk and carrier will be held at the postoffice in this city on July 10, 1909. Age limits 18 to 45 years, on the date of the examination. Married women will mot be admitted to the examination. Unmarried women will be admitted to the examination, but are eligible for appointment only as clerk. Applicants must be physically sound, and male applicants must be not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height without boots or shoes, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat. For application blanks and for full information relative to the examination, qualifications, duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, etc., address immediately Secretary Board of Civil Service Examiners, Postoffice, Decatur, Indiana. — O " JURY JUSTIFIES KILLING Indiana Man Cleared by Coroner’s Jury In Illinois Court. Princeton, Ind., June 20.—Justifiable homicide was the coronet’s jury verdict at Fairfield, 111., in the killing of Dr. Leininger by Herbert Pinnick of French Lick, Ind. The second jury is expected to return a similar verdict on the death of Frank McCullough, shot by Pinnick at the same time when assaulted in a feud over attention to some girls. Pinnick will likely be released then.

HOGS DYING OF TUBERCULOSIS The Disease is oh the Increase, Says the Department. Washington, June 20.—Tuberculosis among hogs Is on the increase, and is causing heavier loss to raisers and packers than any other disease, say officials of the bureau of animal industry, department of agriculture, as the result of reports gathered from the various meat packing centers Os the country. A year ago there were more than 56,000,000 'hogs in this country, valued at more than $339,000,000. It has been found that hogs contract the disease through feeding. Samples of raw skimmed milk fed to hogs from creameries in one of the leading dairy states were injected into guinea pigs and. in one instance virulent tubercle bacilli were recovered. Hogs from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas are remarkably free from tuberculosis, due to the fact that they are fed from birth to maturity on alfalfa, oats, corn and peanuts. o FINED FOR CONDUCTING GAMING ROOM. An affidavit was filed Monday against Scott Ellis for conducting a gaming room, it being alleged that a crowd of boys engaged in. a game there Sunday. A court of inquiry was held before Squire Stone and one of the boys told all about it. Scott was arrested at once and taken before the squire where he plead guilty and paid his fine which amounted to $17.70. — -~o ■ ■ ■ • Miss Teresa Baltzell is at Bluffton, where she is taking a course in the normal. Walter Baltzell, her brother, who has been attending the university during the year, will return soon.