Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1910 — Page 5

KZ! N E C hlg’leg’badlyMt ■started an ugly sore. Many salves ■nd ointments proved worthless. Then or pifo, 25 oat all drugglsta. I ' Miss Angie Kintz has gone to Cleve- ■ land, Ohio, to attend the millinery ■ openings and from there will go to I New Yqjk City, where'she has a poslI tion with one of the leading milliners, | having been employed there last year IB i — o — ft This Is an Easy Test. Sprinkle Allen’s Foot-Ease in one Bahoe and none in the other, and no--1 tlce the difference. Just the thing ■to use when rubbers or overshoes | become necessary, and your shoes i seem to pinch. Sold everywhere* 25c. ■ Don't accept any substitute. , I — — I The large plate glass in the front of I the Martin building, occupied by the ■•• Parrish restaurant, was being installI ed yesterday afternoon. The other I repairs and remodeling of the buildI ing, made necessary by the recent I fire, are going on and the building will I be jready for occupancy in a short I time. .\ . I —. , O’- ■ L NO'BACKACHE OR KIDNEY PAINS. I If you have pains 1 nthe back, urI inary, bladder or kidney trouble, dizI zlness and lack of energy, try Mother I Gray’s Australian-Leaf, the pleasant I herb cure. As a regulator it has no Beual. At druggists, or by mall, 25e. I Ask today. Sample free. Address, Mie Mother Gray Co., Leßoy, N. Y. "■ o— ... I Joe Thomas is a dandy good fellow I and it can be proven by every memI her of Kekionga Lodge, K. of F. A Btew days ago the order here receivI ed a beautiful silk flag add the same 1 will hereafter adorn the chancellor’s | desk, the flag being a gift from Mr. Thomas. fee:- o IF YOU ARE A TRIFLE SENSITIVE About the of your shoe? it’s some E satisfaction to know that many people can wear shoes a size smaller by shaking Alien’s Foot-Ease into them. Just the thing for patent leather shoes, and for breaking in new shoes? Sold everywhere, 25c. —-- o —• Mrs. Verena Miller went to Fort Wayne this morning to call on her I f daughter, Miss Lena, who is at the hospital, where she is recovering from the operation for the removal of a facial tumor. She is re- | ported as getting along well and will -be at home the latter part of the ■ week. . ■"' f WEN RUBBERS BECOME necessary And your shoes pinch, Allen’s Foot- . Ease, a powder to' be shaken into the shoes, Is just the thing to use. Try it for breaking in pew shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. » ; ——° — Elgin Scott has gone to Toledo, Ohio, where he will witness the famous checker game, which is to be played there. A wager of a thousand dollars a side is up and the game - will no doubt be one of much interest: ? —u. l " 1 '"O — .'' DON’T GET AL LRU NDOWN» - ’■ weak and miserable. If you have kid- ", ney or bladder trouble, headache, / pains in the back* and feel tired'all . over and want a pleasant hedb pure, >try Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf. As a fbgulartor it has no equal. All drugBjjgta. 50c. Ask today. Sample free. Address* The Mother Gray Op., Le- ... Boy, N. Y. __ W A. Fonner and wife and Miss Helen Fonner entertained a company of friends Sunday evening, the guests being John Houck and wife, Miss Err ma Houck, of this city, and the Misses Ruth Worden and Bessie Wilder. Tike a hint, do* your own miking. Rough on Rats, being all poison, one 15c box will spread or make 50 to 100 litle cakes that will kill 500 or more rats and mice. It’s the unbeatable exterminator. Don’t die in the house. Beware .of imitations, |sub« stitutes and catch-penny, ready-for-use devices. - ' g .. —o- - z ~ The hospitable home of-Henry Fuhr- - man north of the city was thrown open Sunday to D. N. Erwin and family, Horace Callow and family, and Mrs. T. Pugh of North Manchester, were guests at a 12 o’clock dinner. ie’-; hoarse coughs, stuffy colds, ——■— ■ • pain in cnest, ana sore lugs are symptoms th at quickly develop into a dangerous illness if the clod is not cured. Foley’s Honey and Tar stops the. cough .heals and eases the congested parts, and brings quick relief. The Holthouse Drug Company. r : :—— —. ALLEN’S LbNG BALSAM IS the old reliable cough remedy. Found in every drug store and in prac85c, 50c and $W bottles.'

I Mrs. Barbara Baumgardner, aged eighty yelrs, died at the home of her ’ son, Joel Baumgardner, in French ‘ township Adams county,at 6: 80 o’clock Sunday morning after suffering for ‘ several months from infirmities of ■ age, She was taken to her bed last ’ Wednesday and her condition grew ’ gradually worse until her-death. The ’ funerab'services -.will be held in the ’ Apostolic Christian church in this county «t 1 o’clock. Wednesday after- ’ noon. Interment wil be made in. the ( cemetery there. ’ Mrs. Barbara Gerber Baumgardner was born in Berne, Switzerland, on ’ March 26, 1830, of a family of thirteen children. When nine years of age, she, With her parents and brothers and sisters, moved to this country, settling in Ohio. Later they , moved to lowa, where the deceased was married to Nicholas Baumgardner. They moved to French township forty-four years ago and after that time resided within a mile of where they oth died. Seten children were born, five of whom are still living. They are: Benjamin, Joel, Mrs. John Swartz, Mrs. Jeff Garter and Samuel Baumgardner, Joseph, one of the deceased i sons, is the father of Joel Baumgardner, formerly of this city, who left for the west several years ago. for the benefit of hip health. One sister, Mrs. Joel Herman, of Harper, Kans., also survives.—Bluffton Banner. .■ ■ • /■ ! —e--".- . . —7 GARY MQST HAVE BEER. Jury Decides for Defendant in Flrit “Blind Plß”Case InLaks County. (United Press Service.) Hammond, Ind., Feb. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The trial of Charles Magrames for violating the liquor laws, the first of the forty-two, “blind pig” cases from Gary, occurred today and although the evidence was overwhelmingly against the defendant, the jury returned a verdict in his factor. The place of business was a basement of a building owned by Mayor Knotts and his brother and Attorney Ballard, the first witness testifying that he had seen the mayor and the chief of police drinking beer there. ~ o — F, B. Tague, who recently sold his shoe store in this city to Peoples & Gerke, has purchased one of the established shoe stores at Greenville, Darke county, Ohio, and next Monday will move his family to that city and' take possession of his newly acquired property. The store was purchased from M. E. Moore. The location is a very good one, as there is but one other store in Greenville that handles shoes exclusively, two others carrying them as a side line. Mr. Tague will thoroughly remodel the place and furnish it ip the highest up-to-date way, with mission furniture and all else that goes to make a wellequipped mercantile house. The' family is beginning to pack their goods this week and will leave Monday or the first of the weqk for their new home. Miss Ada Springer, who assisted in the store here, will probably go with them to Greenville. The best wishes of all their friends here for their success in their new home go with them. - . ——o- — William Conrad, a young man of this <flty, a graduate of the high school class of 1908, writes friends here of his interesting work in a tin plate plant at Elwood, where ho. is now earning seventy-five dollars per month, with the happy thought in view of entering college soon to complete Ms’ education. William wasi ah earnest student in electricity in the high school and was constantly workingon experiments and inventions along this line. His work in the tin plant is therefore rendered more' agreeable from the ' scientific viewpoint which hd takes, making his work a real pleasure. His work is the amalgamating of both sides of the tin plate, and in a weqk he is able to thus amalgamate about an acre of tin plate. The process is the same as that of the zinc element of a simple voltaic cell, Jo which the high school students were used. The pure tin is very expensive, and the pot he works with—4xsxl—holding 7,(100 pounds of tin, is worth about 55,000. He stated that when one takes a tin cup and notes how completely the iron is covered with the tin—in no place on the surface the tin being over one-twenty-flve thous- , andths of an inch in thickness—some idea could be gained of the task of ■ his. in coating one accg_of the plate > In forty hours. It Would take volumes, he says, to tell of the process i the iron goes through from the time . It leaves Gary until it leaves Elwood t as tin plate—the shearing, heating, rolling, shearing again, pickling, tinning, etc., etc. While working there and increasing his practical knowledge, he is taking a home course in 1 ■ drafting and A electrical engineering ’ with tiie International CorrespondUence school, and is also making a

— I wireless telegraph station, Having a • receiving and sending radius of three l hundred miles. < ; —*=b —- ;; . > ABKED TREASURER FOR CASH. E ’?•.■ A' .'■A-J ; Gallipolis Official . Demanded to Produce SIO,OOO or Meet Death. i * . r . ‘ i (United Frees Service.) ’ Gallipolis, Ohio, Feb. 12—(Special • to Dally Democrat)—County Treasur1 er Harry Dennep today received a letter, demanding that he place SIO,OOO in thought coat pocket of the sailor’s statute in the court house yard. Death was given as the penalty if he should fail to-do so. Dennepp has placed the case in the hands of the postofllce inspectors. The county treasurer here was robbed of $20,000 a few years ago when the treasurer wae locked in the vault. o —; , (United Press Service.) Vienna, ustralia, Feb. 22 —There are persistent rumors here today that Abdul Hamid, the ex-sultan of Turkey, is dead at his villa at Salonika, where he has been a prisoner since his abdl- . > cation. The rumor is denied in dispatches from that place, but is credited nevertheless by the local papers. —■—■ ———o— : RACKET STORE CONTRACTS. Will Use Good Sized Chunk of Space in the Democrat This Year. | Steele & Weaver, proprietors of the; Racket store, the big five and ten cent, business place in this city, have cloe- [ ed a contract with the Daily Demo- ' crat for 3,120 inches of space to be used during the ensuing year. This enterprising firm has come steadily and rapidly to the front in business, circles during the past few years, due to the ever going, never ceasing energy that such success requires. This new show of hustle will give them i the opportunity of telling everyone j just what big bargains they have to. offer you each week. Watch for their leader. It will save you money. Read the announcement today. "■ ' ■ —o —- The fifteenth annual meeting of the sixth Pythian district of Indiana be held at Dunkirk March 3rd and* quite a number of representatives, from this city and county, will attend. The sixth district is, comprised of Adams, Blackford, Jay and Wells counties, with lodges at Berne, Hart- ( ford City, Bluffton, Decatur, Portland, Dunkirk, Geneva, Montpelier, Ossian, 1 Redkey, Roll, Pennville, Tocsin and Uniondale. At the Dunkirk meetings representative- of the Decatur lodge will be on the program with an address on “Higher Ideals of Pythianism.” The meeting will open with the re- ( ceptlon of the grand lodge officers, and visiting Knights in the rooms of the Dunkirk lodge at 10 o’clock. At 1 o’clock the Knights will meet, at the lodge room and form in parade at' 1:30 o’clock. At 2 o’clock an open session of thejodge will be held, at which the general public will be admitted. The night sestfOn,'at 7:30 o’clock,’ be for the members of the order! only. It will begin with the opening of Dunkirk Lodge, No. 338, in regular convention, by Casper Cunnlgham, ' chancellor commander. This will be followed by music by the Knights of Pythias orchestra of,Portland. Roll' call of the lodges of, the district will' follow, by grand keeper of records and > seal, Harry Wade, of Indianapolis/ Then will follow an exemplification of _ the secret work of the orde/ and ( tfie ( answering of Inquiries by Grand Vice Chancellor William C.Converse of Richmond. -After this there will be a] piano solo by Prof. Ira McKinney of Muncie. An exemplification of the' page rank work by Winchester Lodge, No. 91, of Winchester and matters for the good of the order will close the session, which Will be followed by! a smoker. | It is expected that all , the officers of the grand lodge will be present' and several will make short addresses it is thought | The following general committee has had charge of Ahe arrangements for the meeting: Thomas M. Rogers, chairman; Joe Carmon, chairman reception committee; Supt. A. A., Ela-. barger, chairman decoration committee; Charles E. Shellert, chairman publicity and advertising committee; ( Seamans, chairman lodging commit-, tee; George Coover, chairman of hall; Augustus E. Engle, marshal of the day; Claude McDaniel, general secretary; William R. Armstrong, deputy grand chancellor. The city of Dunkirk Is preparing to handle one of the largest crowds' that ever gathered there at a similar meeting. o The elopement and marriage of three prominent young Fort Wayne i couple in the past three days has • caused the general belief that -Dan ■ J Cupid, is working overtime in Jthgt. ; city. The list includes -Miss Camilla! ■ Harrod, Well known here, and Sidney • Karn, Arthur Schreck and Clara

Basfi, Leona Clark and Harry Edgeworth Archbold, the latter formerly of this city. Speaking of the last event the Journal-Gazette said: “He next pierced the hearts of Miss Leona Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Clark,'72B East Wayne street, and Mr. H. Edgeworth Archbold of Lakeside., “Miss Clark, who is eighteen, and Mr. Archbold, who Is twenty-one years of age, left yesterday noon over the Lake SNroe railroad Cor Hillsdale, Mleb., and yesterday evening Mr. and i Mrs.; Clark received the following telegram: “/Married at St. Peter’s rectory by < the Rev. Jerome Keefer. “ ’LEONA.’ ” “This was the first intimation that the'-parents of either of the young ! people had of an intention on their part to wed. Miss Clark had planned to leave yesterday morning for Detroit, where she was to visit relatives for a time, and she left her home ' ostensibly to take a train for that 1 city. Instead she went to the Lake I Shore depot, where she was joined ' by Mr. Archbold and they purchased '■ tickets for Hillsdale. < “Mt. Archbold is a son of Mr. and 1 Mrs. M. ;I V. Archbold of Lakeside and 1 is manager of the Chain Reference i Bible company, with headquarters in J the Shoaff building. While he- has ’ given no intimation as to his plans i i it is expected that he, with his bride, will return to this city shortly and ' they will be received with open arms 1 by the parents of both. I I “The bride, is an adopted daughter 1 •of JSgr. agd Mrs. Clark and had made I her home with them for the past six- i teen yesrs. During that time she has ’ had every advantage her foster par- ’ enta could devise and was a member 1 of the senior class of .the high school J as well as an active member of Trin- ’ ity Episcopal church, of which She is 1 a communicant Her parents had 1 , planned a college education fpr her i I and after leaving the local high ’ school she was to have entered one < of the large eastern universities for 1 women.” ~ < — o— \ < Probably no mpre unique and es- 1 feCtive way of keeping in touch with 1 1 each other through the coming- years 1 1 has been adopted ever, than the plan , of the fourteen members of the class j of the Decatur high school, which 1 graduated in the spring of 1908. This ] is done by means of a chain of let- j 1 ters called “The Round'Robin,” which , ‘ makes its circling flight once a year. Eacß of the Mass writes his ex- ’ perienqe of the year and adds-it to the ' envelope which is then sent on to the i next member in order and all thus get to read the . letters, and experiences of the .others. When the round has been made, each takes from the enve- ! lope hip old letter and substitutes his new one and the chain is thus continued. The/“Round Robin” iq just 1 now beginning its second year’s Jour- ’ 1 ney—and quite a wonderful one the , ' journey isr-mlgrating from the north , • to the south with all the persistency > ' of the- real “for sure” robin. Several of the members—Clara Bok- ; | necht, Florence Kunkel, Marguerite ! Walters, Helen Evans, Etta Brandyteaching and told some in- ' teresting things therof; William Con- ’ rad tells of his various lines of'Work 'on the large fruit farm with his father near Cincinnati, on the plctur- ' esque Ohio river, and of his work ' now ip a tin plate factory at Elwood, ! where he is making good, wages to r enable, him to attend college soon, aifd in his study at home in the meantime 'of the home courses in drafting and i 'electrical engineering of the International Correspondence school; Lucile ■Gllllg tells of her work in the First National bank; Miss Frances Dugan ! of her studies at Ferry Hall in preparation for this year’s work at Vas- , bar; Will Hammell of his law study ■ and of the trials and tribulations of his. experience as a news dealer, but | with the hope to buoy him up that at this time next year he will be at Ann ' Arbor .in the' study of law, of which he is now gaining a practical knowl- ! edge in the Smith & Schurger office. Fanny McConnell and Fanchon Magley tell of their experiences from the 1 portals of the home, where they are ' good angels of the ones who need ! them with the opportunity for quiet ' study and thought there; Harry Weldy has been working as . photog- ' rapher through various parts of Indl--1 ana, Michigan, Illinois, and is spend- * ing the winter at Wapakoneta, Ohio, at his work; Miss Frances Bryson, who spent last year at Depauw university, Is with her parents at Portland this year; and Miss Pansy Bell, also a student at D*?*’”* I*”* year, is i spending the winter in Florida with her mother, and writes interestingly thereof The teachers also contribute to the letters, lending encouragement and good'cheer thereto. The class is planning to hold a reunion in the near future and this no doubt will : be one of the “homing flights” of the ' “Round Robin.” | In the death of Charles McGill, which' occurred Saturday at Wren,

Ohio, that city lost one at its moot venerable and pioneer residents. Mr. McGill was in tact identified with the Interest of the town ever since the town’s beginning and for years conducted a blacksmith shop there, becoming quite well known and as much revered by* the populace as was the “village blacksmith” of Longfellow’s poem. His death is said to have occurred quite suddenly, he having been sick but three hours. He was quite aged and leaves seven children, among them being George McGill of this city, the operator at the Erie tower. The funeral was held Tuesday and was quite largely attended. J f — ii'.M.lli.l MONROEVILLE GIRL CONFESSED *■ : i Says That Opium Dens Exist in South Bend and Arrests May Follow. (United Press Service.) South Bend, Ind., Feb. 22—(Special to Dally Democrat) —That opium dens exist in South Bend was borne out yesterday in the Elkhart juvenile court when Miss Cora Reynolds of Monroeville, a former waitress in a chop suey restaurant, testified that the Chinese ..have rooms where morphine is served and where cigarettes are sold containing “hop.” The police are today investigating the so-called opium joints in this city and arrests are expected within a few hours. —\ —_ It was a very ordinary specimen of the unmoneyed “Weary Willie” who tried to assuage his weariness somewhat'by taking an unticketed ride on the Erie train, who was marshalled into 'Squire Smith’s court early Tuesday by some Erie detectives to answer to the charge of jumping trains. The man was about thirty years of age, cognomen, “John Jones, true name unknown,” giving his home as “all the towns” along the way—in fact he was one of those unlucky specimens whose home is wherever he takes off his hat —if indeed he is so fortunate as to have; a hat ’Squire Smith gave him his choice of leaving the town at once or going to work on ‘the stone pile,” the weariness of walking becoming naught to the weariness of work that might come from the stone pile, took a “hike down the pike.” When once again the fame of Decatur’s stone pile becomes' known abroad to the traveling public, the city will probably be rid again of the unwelcome hoboes which of late weeks, have been' coming into the city in great hordes. o : STRIKE SITUATION SERIOUS. Militia Called Out This Afternoon and Charge Crowd With Bayonets. (United Press Service.) Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 22 —(Special to Dally Democrat)—A company of state militia was called out to do police duty this afternoon and with fixed ayonets, charged a crowd of rioters gathered near here today. A score of shots were fired in the Hot and two women were badly Injured. Scores of persons were beaten by the police in their efforts to clear the streets of more than 25,000 persons who gathered and threw stones at every street car that passed. It is reported that a warrant has been Issued for the arrest of President Jfurphy, but no tarrest has been made. He appeared at strike headquarters this morning and said no strike had been called, but that he had written to every union in Philadelphia and asked them to take a vote on the question of a sympathetic strike. /’ ; o ; ———j—■ ■ Branch No. 16 of the Indiana Rural Mall Carriers’ssdeiation met Tuesday morning kt 9 o’clock in-the rooms over the postoffice and a very interesting sessions was held. Among other business matters was the annual reorganization of the branch, the following officers being elected: President—W. S. Sutton, Geneva. Vice President—Henry Fuhrman, Decatur. Secretary and Treasurer—Nelson E. Helmer, Geneva. XA large number of the rural carriers from Jhis city were in attendance and among those from other towns in the county were: W. S. Sutton, Nelson Helmer, of Geneva; Amos Burkholder, Simon Lehman, Louie Neaderhouser and William Tetters, of Berne; G. A. Hahnert of Monroe. o . - . WILL GIVE REGULAR SOCIAL. The February section of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Presbyterian church will hold their regular social in the church parlors Thursday afternoon of this week. Let all the members try and be present and bring a friend with them. An interesting program will be given after the regular business has been dispensed with. — —g — V A. G. Sellemeyer, John Peoples ana Tise Uuman left Tuesday noon for Chicago, where they will attend the exhibition of cement work to be held there this reek. ■ '.?-/ / -*’ I”-a

\ WHY SALVEB FAIL TO CURE EQZEMA. Scientists are now agreed that the eczema germs are lodged not in th« outer skin or epidermis, but in the inner skin. Hence, a penerating liquid Is required, not an outward salve that clogs the ppres. r We recommend to all eczema patients the standard prescription Oil of Wintergreen as compounded In liquid forth known as D. D. D. Prescription. A trial bottle of the D, D./D. Prescription; At Ohly 25 cents, win- instantly relieve -the itch. We have sold and recommended this remedy for years, and know of wonderful cures from its use. We recommend it to our patrons. ffindth, Yager & Falk. ■ e-— The case against Dr. H. E. Sowers, in which a number of important legal questions will likely come up, has been ordered off the trial docket until a time for trying the case, which will be some time during me present term of court, can be agreed upon. The defense wi)l be looked after by C. J. Lutz of this city and Frank Dailey of Bluffton. Real estate transfers: Conrad Stoppenhagen to Henry Stoppenhagen, tiract in Preble tp., $690; John Mackey to Joseph T. Johnson, tract in St Marys tp., SI4OO. ,■ — o— Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bremerkamp and daughter, Estella, were taken violently sick Monday evening about two hours after supper and suffered intensely with what is thought to be poisoning.- Mr. Bremerkamp is somewhat better today, but Mrs> Bremerkamp and daughter are still confined to their beds. The three drank of some buttermilk, which they had forsupper, and it is thought that this had been kept i ntin cans and that the acid in the milk, acting on the tin of the cans, produced a poison which was the cause of their slckpess. The pain was intense and similar to that of acute indigestion, which often results fatally. Mrs. Bjemerkamp is said to have been delirious for a half hour from the effects of the poisoning, and but for the prompt medical attention given the outcome might have resulted most seriously to all. -— ... SELLS SATISFACTION. It means being able to treat a man fair after you sell him, as well as' you did before and vice versa. It means Square deal principles to do so at all times. It’s courtesy, tact, frankness, fairness. Satisfied customers count in dollars as well as satisfaction to aIL Michigan farms are the farms to buy today. The greatest diversified farming and fruit bountry in TAe world. Call at my office for the address of many from this vicinity who have recently located in western Michigan ? and learn direct from them what they say, and how they are satisfied. H. Harruff, Decatur, Ind., or the EvansHolt Co., Fremont,.Mich.* fr7wks. o WILL HOLD SALE IN MARCH. Ed and Clint Zimmerman, well known farmers of Kirkland township, are arranging for a big sale of personal property and stock, which will likely be held during the first part of March. The bills will be out in a few days. It will he a good one, as these boys never do things by halves. —o SKOVGAARD WONDERFUL MAN. Entertainment Given by High School Seniors a Delightful One. Unintentionally the splendid entertainment given under the auspices of the seniors of the high school at the library hall Monday evening was overlooked in Monday evening’s issue, i The affair certainly deserves mention . for it was undoubtedly one of the highest classed events of the kind ever given here. It is undisputed that no such musician as Skovgaard ever before visited Decatur. His reputation is international and his performance here was declared simply grand ■ by the many who heard him. He is a violin master and ranks among the world’s greatest. He was ably assisted by Miss Alive McClung, pianist, and Miss Mae Warner, soprano, each of whom was unsurpassable. The seniors deserve much credit for securing such an entertainment for our people ' and those who missed it lost a rare 1 treat I ri-. 8.-, - ■ o ■ - ■ THE FAIR READY FOR BUSINESS. Hltesman & Garard, who have rented the Forbing building, just north of the Schafer Hardware store, have i filled their shelves with new and clean 1 stock an' l win handle everything in - the line of notions. They have a - dandy appearing place and will be i glad to greet their friend there and - qoute you prices. The new member f of the firm is Al Garard, who for years has been in the hardware business Hwith various firms here. Go tn and gee them. r. • - o - "• s Mrs. E. Fritzinger has returned I from a visit with her sister, Mrs. Will jlfeyßri at Preble.