Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1910 — Page 1

L* .KMAn an THE NEWS I all the Vint

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EhTaYORS COURT ■ ■Seven More Lads are Charg- ■ ed With Frequenting Dil- ■ ■ let’s Gambling Room ■were FINED TODAY ■Officers are on the Lookout ■ for Blind Tigers and Ar- ■ rests May Follow. It has developed that the fifteen ■arests Tuesday for gambling in John ■Diller’s room was only a portion of ■the tale of woe. Wednesday seven, ■more affidavits were filed against boys ■who had been in the game but had |fl?daßhed in” before the officers arriv■&d on the scene. Their names were ■learned from some of the unfortunate ■boys who got just angry enough when ■they had to settle to tell all they ■knew. These boys, like the others, ■walked up today and paid their little ■old $15.00. Diller is serving his sen■tence and it is not known whether he ■will continue his business or not aft■r his release. Jake Griin was arrested Tuesday |Bng on a charge of ‘(plain durnk” and |Bvas taken to jail, where he sobered ■iff by this afternoon, when he was before Mayor Teeple and a chance to plead guilty. He is |Bwranging to pay his fine. s~ HB J. C. Coverdale when brought bethe mayor was released oq his ■wn recognizance until today when ■he mayor agreed to talk things over ■with him and may effect a comproJftlse." H Are there “blind tigers” operating Bln Decatur? The officers say there ■ire, and that they are gathering up (■vidence which will cause the convic|Hion of several parties when the comes in a short time. They ■■ay they have more trouble with the tigers than any other kind, ■■hat is a number of men will go together and order intoxicants, and will ■eaye it at some appointed place, each One helping himself when he desires. ißt Is claimed this is also a violation ■f the law, and an effort will be made ■o break It up. KN UNLUCKY FALL ■Mrs. J. T. Baker, Prominent ■ Lady of Adams County ■ Falls ■DOWN CELLAR STEPS ■freaks Right Leg and Frac- ■ tured Two Ribs—j Very I Painful Injuries. ■ Mrs. John T. Baker, living near the ■feery church, west of the city, met H'ith an unfortunate accident Tues- . ■ay evening about 7 o'clock, in which < ■er right leg was broken, about four ] [■iches above the knee, and two of her ■>ft ribs fractured. Mrs. Ba£er had 1 ■one to the cellar Tuesday evening at ’ jHiat hour, taking a lamp to light her < gB-ay, and in coming up had reached j BBie top of the stairs again in ‘safety, |®hen the wing extinguished her light ■nd she was left in total darkness. In < she made a mis-step and i ■ll backwards down the flight of i ■heps, the lamp breaking and falling i !■ pieces over her. Quite fortunately s from that source was small, as i lamp was unlighted and there 1 |Bere no flames to contribute to the r ■faster. Her calls soon brought her t Husband to the scene and with medi- j care, which was soon called from t £■s. city, the injured woman is now i ■■fettlng along well and will soon fully t ■cover, though she will be disabled t |Hr some time. Mr. and Mrs. Baker 8 SKe two of the oldest and most prom- i people in that community and I ■eir friends will receive the news e ■■pber injury with much regret. {■l — i < o gBR K. Allison made a business trip c IB' various points north yesterday.

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"~ 1 - * ■ ADORNED AT NOON TODAY. \ —- ' y The Com. Completed the Work ofxMLfl and Adjourned. The commissioners adjourned at noon today, after having appointed Samuel and John Fuhrman, Noah Frauhiger and Dr. J. C. Grandstaff as special constables, the request for their appointment being made by the officers of the Adams County Detective association, under a law made by the legislature in 1907. It gives them special powers as police officers, and shows that the association intends to protect their rights and their property, should any horse thieves show any symptoms oi-getting busy in this part of’the world. — i O THE GENEVA NEWS • 4 Winners bf Wabash Township'Spellng Contest Held Saturday. MRS. FISHER BETTER Geneva Has a New Butcher Shop—Mike McGriff is Still Quite Sick. Geneva, Indiana, February. 9—. (Special to Daily Democrat)—the Wabash township spelling contest was held at Geylon Saturday, February sth, in which all schools of the township were well represented. There were two contestants frota each school. District No. 11', taught by Nelson Bricker, was the winner in the persons of Augustus Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Ford, and Leslie Augburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Augburn. - G. B. Sawdy left Monday morning for Bartlettsville, Oklahoma, to look for a position in the oil fields of that territory. * t , Mr. A. M. Voorhees will open a meat market in the Peter Manly building on Line street on or about February 15th. Mr. Voorhees is an old 'meat .market man and we bespeak for hl ma liberal patronage from our townspeople. Mrs. B. F. Ftsher, who accompanied Dr. Graham to Chicago Thursday of last week, was operated upon Friday evening at the Mary Thompson hospital. The operation was successful and the patient is showing sings of a speedy recovery. Mr. A. G. Briggs returned Sunday from Celina, Ohio, where he was called on account of the illness of his wife’s grandmother, Mrs. Small. If the lady lives until March 3rd she will be ninety years of age. Mrs. Briggs has been at the bedside of her granmother for several weeks. V. H. JT. Finch Is recovering from having the ligaments-of his right foot badly torn. Mr. Finch has been housed up for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Burley of Route 4 were shopping in Geneva Saturday evening and while In town took in th< picture show. _ Win Pease was called to Keystone Wednesday to do some repair work on a boiler in the old field at that place. ■ , ~ It lb with sadness and a sense of duty only that we report the fact that word has-been received here that Sylvester Pontius, one of the best known men of the county, is suffering from a fatal llness. A few days ago he was accompanied to Rochester, Minn., by Dr. Graham. Word reached here Tuesday evening that the physicians to whom he was taken for treatment, and who are the best in the land, have announced that there is no chance for recovery. The incision for an operation was made and it was learned that the-uhfortunate man is suffering from a growth in the stomach, which can- , not he removed. Dr. Graham' and Mr. Pontius are hurrying home and are expected to arrive tomorrow. ■" "»?. i The last number of the lecture ' course, under the auspices of the M. i (Continue don page 4,) i

, Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, Feb. 10. 1910

THE COURT NEWS Judge Merryman is Hearing an Important Case in Allen Circuit Court. MADE NEW RULING Refuses to Allow Professional Jurors to Serve—Real Estate Transfers. Professional jurors cannot loaf around the courthouse waiting to be . called for duty in the courts if a ruling James T. Merryman of Decatur in the trial of Abraham Schallman today is observed by the other judges. One man was put in the box and an objection was made by Judge R. B. Drelbleblss, who said the man bad been summoned inside , the building. He produced a recent law on the subject and the judge held it good. ” ' Several men in waiting who had been summoned in the customary way from the corridors were not called as the Tulin made it necessary for the sheriff to secure men from the business houses and the streets. Schallman is charged with obtaining from Weil Brothers 2,000 muskrat skins and 432 mink hides on the repre--1 sentation that he had been authorized • by Charles A. Stevens & Brothers of , Chicago to make the purchase for i them. He has been out on a bond • of $2,000 since his arrest last April and late this afternoon no jury had , been obtained. i Assisting Prosecutor Albert E. ; Thomas in the case are Judge S. M. , Hench of the local bar and Benjamin C. Bachrach of Chicago. Judge R._ B. Dreibelblss is chief counsel for the defense and associated with him are ; Judge Walter Olds and Joseph R. Bur- : res of Chicago.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Real estate transfers :C. A. Augspurger to Levi Babegger, 51 acres, , Wabash tp., $2500; L. A. Sprunger et al. to Peter Habegger, lots 486, 483, . $484 and 485, Berne, $500; Joseph Brunnegraff to George E. Steele et al., lots 1005 and 1006, Decatur, $200; George W. Ober et at to Joseph Dewood, lots 175, 188 and 189, Geneva, 850. , : o— —- LOSS IS ADJUSTED —a Insurance Men Settle the Loss Caused by Fire in , the Martin Bulding. AMOUNT ABOUT $2,000 On the Building and Mr. 1 Parrish’s Stock—Repair Work to Begin Soon. ( ■ , i 1 The loss caused by the fire at the < Parrish restaurant a week ago has ’ been adjusted and work on the repair i of the building will begin at once., i The adjuster on the stock was here 1 Saturday evening and soon agreed on < the loss with Mr. Parrish, who was 1 represented by H. L. Conter, who, by i the. way, is getting quite a reputation 1 in that line of work in this section. 1 The Insurance on the stock was carried by the J. S. Peterson and An- I drew Welfley agencies. The insur- j ance on the building was settled yes- 1 terday, this line being carried by the s Gallogly & Lower and the Peterson < agencies. The total loss paid was 1 about $2,000, Mr. Martin and Mr. Par- 1 rlsh each receiveing nearly SI,OOO, but t this did «not cover the loss of either. 1 The building will be repaired as soon i as possible and Mr. Parrish will again i reopen his place of business, in which t he has been very successful and en- t joys a splendid trade. t o SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICES. Rev. IX C. Hessert will conduct n special lenten services at the German n Reformed church this evening, begin- 1 ning at 7:15, this being the observance i of Ash Wednesday. ' ' l

FRANK CRAWFORD DEAD. " I ' Word was received by relatives here yesterday that trank Crawford of this city had died in the afternoon at East Maven asylum, where he was taken/ several months ago for treatment. The remains will be brought here for interment The funeral arrangements and other details will be given in tomorrow’s issue. The deceased leaves a wife Mnd family, two sisters and one brother; heTbought land Robert Perkins Purchased Eighty Acres in Rocky Ford District. WILL RETURN THERE V ‘ r Charles Peterson is Here Again and Will Try to In- ■ .terest Others. Robert A. Perkins and Charles S. Petersen returned yesterday from a weess trip to LaJunta and Denver, Colo., Where Mr. Perkins looked at some land owned by a company that is represented by Mr. Peterson. The former was so impressed with thq land that he purchased eighty acres, one and a quarter miles from the courthouse i nth ecity of LaJunta. The land is under irrigation but unimproved and Mr. Perkins was fortunate in getting What he believes to be a barThe 'And that he purchased is watered by the canal o fthe Otero irrigation district a water system owned and controlled by the farmers themselves, in the same manner which a drainage system is operated in this county. The canal and laterals are constructed under a'bonded indebtedness and are at all times under the Control of the farmers themselves, Mr. Perkins stated: “We left here last Tuesday evening over the Clover Leaf and arrived in LaJunta Thursday afternoon on the Santa Fe railroad. 'All the way out we had fine weather and all the time •we were in Colorado we had fine sunshiny weather. In the afternoon of the day of our arrival, Mr. Peterson and I were taken out in a nautomobile and show nthe country to the west of LaJunta, known as th,e Rocky Ford district, where the farmers claim an enormous yield and profit from the raising <of canteloupes, watermelons, alfalfa, and sugar beets, and where land sells at from S3OO an acre up. All the time We were insight of the big sugar factor at Swink and one at Rocky Ford. We visited the factory at Rocky Ford and although we did not get to see them make sugar from the beets, as they have finished the crop, we saw six thousand head of cattle feeding in the stock yards at the factory, j'hese cattig -are fed here on sugar beet pulp and turned out for market After leaving here we rode along th# fields and saw farmers plowing their fields (in February) with a common tiding plow. We inspected the upper part of- the canal and then returned to LaJunta for supper. Next morning we looked at the land for sale and I made a selection that I consider a bargain, and believe that I have made a good buy. ; “I have talked to all the bankers in LaJunta and to other prominent people and I believe that the country - has all in the way of climate, water, soil and the productiveness that is claimed for it. It is especially beneficial in a climatic way to cases of lung trouble and catarrh. I shall return to LaJunta about the first of March to put my land under cultivation and to fence it and to put up i a few buildings. I will Sow oats and i alfalfa together, harvesting the oats this tall and having a good stand of alfalfa for the next season.” - < o Frank Schultz and George Bruhn, were at Bluffton Tuesday evening and while there attended a dance at the Fairfield farm, which is- about ten ’ miles north of the city. They report : a very pleasant time.

CAR JUMPED TRACK Two are Killed and Fifty Were Badly Injured Near Pittsfield, Mass. HONOR ROOSEVELT National Reception is Being Plannd for Ex-President pn Arrival. (United, Press Service.) Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Miss Jennie Riyan, 21, was Instantly killed and an unidentified man fatally hurt*, and fifty others seriously injured near here today, when a car on the Boston & Albany street railway lines left the tracks on a high grade and was dashed into splinters. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 9—There will be only one investigation into the high cost of living problem and this will be by the government That was decided upon by the ways and means committee of the house today after going over the various- resolutions, which have been presented, including one by the committee itself. (United Press Service.) Chicago, Feb. 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Believing that Danbury Hitters’ case is the one vital question for all union labor, the Chicago Federation of Labor today called a special meeting, which the sole order of business. The federal court judgment against the federation for $222,000 is a very important one. (United Press "Service.) Washington, D. C., .Feb. 9 —John Stewart, president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs, today conferred with President Taft concerning the "Celebration of the return to this land of Theodore Roosevelt, America’s greatest citizen, and only living ex-presiden. When he arrives here he is to be greeted by a national reception, the like, of which was never before pulled off. Representatives from every state in the union will be in attendance. Mr. Taft believes that nothing should be arranged that will in any way take from his predecessor any of the glory due him. o— —. A SHEEP LAW SUIT Draws Attention of Decatur Lawyers to St. Marys Township Today. BY JURY In Wash Court—Ed . Miller and William Alexander the Parties. The attention of two Decatur law- j yers, a jury of St Marys township’s tried and true men, and of that township’s justice of the peace, Washing- ■ ton Kern, and a host of witnesses and auditors, centers this afternoon in the lawsuit resulting from a controversy between Ed Miller and William Alexander over the price of some sheep, which Alexander had taken from Miller in the settlement, of a claim. Just what the trouble is seems to be a mat- ■> ter of great question, worthy of be- ( ingthreshed out only in a court and i before a jury, and it is said that should < the decision of this trial not prove ] satisfactory to the parties, it will be < appealed to the circuit court. D. B. ] Erwin is attorney for the plaintiff, i Ed Miller, and C. L. Walters for the ] defendant, Alexander, k 1 Dr. J. M. Miller, and wife are at ] Fort Wayne with Mrs. Miller’s sister, i Mrs. Jane Butler, who was operated i upon at the Lutheran hospital for then j removal of a tumor, and who is in all very serious condition. \ i

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LEAVES THE LEADER STORE. Miss Nell Neaderhouser to Take Position at Linn Grove. Miss Nell Neaderhouser has resigned her position at the Leader department store of this city and will take a position as manager of the C. E. Slawson store of Linn Grove. Miss Neaderhouser has been taking a vacation from the local store for the past two weeks which she spent at her hbme in Linn Grove. She has been employed at the Leader store for nine years and during that time has made many friends in the city and county. She has been a pleasant saleslady and accommodating, working for the interest of her employers and her patrons as well. The Slawson store at Linn Grove is a dry goods and general store and she will no doubt prove, very efficient in her new place. The fact that her home is at Linn Grove makes it more convenient for her also. The local store is sorry to loose her assistance, and as yet no one has been secured to take her place.—Bluffton Banner. o — A VITAL QUESTION Was the Subject of the Rev. Spetnagel at Methodist Revival Last Night. TWO SOULS RESPOND Sought the Way of Salvation —Services T|iis Evening as Usual. The Methodist revival progressed Tuesday evening in a desirable way, the auditorium being completely filled with a very appreciative audience that drank in every word of the eloquent and timely sermon of the Rev. Richard Spetnagel, pastor of the Presbyterian church, who rejoiced in thus helping the Rev. Powell in his great work of saving souls. His subject was “What Will Ye Do yfith Jesus, called the Christ?” and two souls answering this heart-searching question, came forward, seeking the way ot salvation. The music was a very help ful part of the service. Contrary to the report, the revival did not close Tuesday evening, and the pastor announbes that the regular service will be held this evening, and extends a cordial invitation to all to attend. Rev. Powell will preach. , O August Puls, who for some time has been manager of the Decatur Singer Sewing machine agency, located in tne Brock store, has been transferred by the company to another place, and it is quite likely that a new man will arrive soon to take charge of the agency. o J TO RESIDE HERE p >. k , .... . L ■' ’■ John Stewart and Family of Chicago Will Make Home Here. ABOUT MARCH FIRST * In Rebecca Steele on Marshall Street—Formerly Lived Here. John Stewart, formerly of Chicago, who has been, serving as linotype operator for the Democrat for the past two months has rented the Rebecca Steele residence, corner Fifth and Marshall streets, and will take possession about March Ist, at which time his wife and son, who haVe continued their residence in Chicago, will pack their household goods and come to this city to makQ their home. Mr. Stewart and family are not strangers here, having lived here several years ago, when Mr. Stewart was engaged as operator for the Journal, going from here to Dayton, Ohio. The many friends whom they made during that time will welcome their return.

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