Decatur Democrat, Volume 53, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1910 — Page 6

Robinson park la pretty well crowded today with Decatur people, the annual reunion of the Sunday schools of that city being held there and it is well attended. Close on to eight ‘J hundred children and grown people came from Decatur this morning over the Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban. They were met at the city limits by the city interurbap cam and the passengers were transferred from there direct th the park, where they spent the day, returning late this afternoon, s' ' *• ~ The first contingent of visitors arrived from Decatur about 8:30 o'clock and the rest of them at shortly after 10 o’clock. Twelve city cars were required to take them to the park. Many of them came with well-filled baskets and their dinners were of the picnic type. Others patronized the park eating houses. The day was enjoyably spent by all. Shortly after noon when the Sentinel called up the park, Manager Williams said: “It is one of the nicest crowds that we have had this season. No special program is being observed. The day is being passed in picnic style and all are enjoying themselves.” Coming events scheduled at the park are as follows: Fort Wayne day on August 10th, baby show > and baby carriage parade on August 17th, the annual farmers’ reunion on August 24th, children’s carnival and vacation parade on August 31st. —Fort Wayne Sentinel. —o — 4 George C. Steele of the racket store has received a letter from his brother, Earl Steele, from the far north, of the region of Watson, Saskatchewan, Canada, announcing his safe arrival there, together with Ralph Johnson of this city. The boys left more than a week ago for the Dakotas, where they expected to work, but upon arrival there, decided to go to Canada. There they met Carl Moses and Tony Hackman from this county, who own three hundred acres of fine land and are doing well. The boys like the ct untry, which is as level as a floor, and they are undecided as to how long they will stay. Earl, who has been a student at the International Easiness college, Fort Wayne, had secured a position at Fort Wayne, but got a three months' leave of absence from the work to make the western trip, and should they not decide to remain fifteen hundred miles fiom home, will return to Fort Wayne and continue the work there. - INDIANA BANK PRISONERS. Three of Them May be Released by Pardon Board Next Month. Indianapolis, Ind., July 29 —Three Indiana bankers imprisoned in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, are eligible to parole under the new law passed by congress during the last session, according to the figures just completed by United States District Attorney Charles W. Miller. Nine others will have their sentences shortened by the law. The three bankers now eligible are: Justus L. Brodrick, former president of the Indiana National bank at Elkhart; Gustave A. Conzman, former cashier of the Vigo County National bank of Terre Haute, and Fred Lubbe, former cashier of the First National bank of Dlllsborough, all of whom were sentenced by Judge A. B. Anderson in the federal district court. The parole board will hold its first meeting in August, and at that time the first releases under the new law can be made. ——H. , o ■ , PICNIC WAS A “HUMMER.” It was a tired but happy eight hundred that returned Thursday afternoon and evening at all hours from the Methodist picnic at Robinson park, Fort Wayne. They all report a time, that for pure pleasure and delight, far surpassed any of the former picnics. The children’s playground, which is a new feature at the park, is said to have completely taken the attention of the little ones, whllff for the older the many other amusements afforded ample means of passing the day in a pleasant way. One of the interesting features was the ball game at 2 o’clock in the afternoon between the boys of the Johnson Talisman class and a team composed of the men of the school, among them being Rev. Powell. The boys thought they would have a walk-away, but at tije close of the third inning the men had them beaten by a score of 6 to 0, they began to sit up and taken notice, and it was only by the mp— ■—■iw——ww WHEN YOU PUT ON STOCKING*. Os the heavier sort, do your shoes pinoh, and your feet swell and pen spire? If you shake Alien’s Foot Ease in your shoes, it will give yen rest and comfort, and instant relief from any annoyance. Sold everywhere, Me. Don’t acept any substitute. • 1.. ■■ .Q .!■ ■— Children Cry FOR FLETCHETJ CASTOR! A

I- "skin of their teeth” that th* John- » son Talisman class came out the win J nere, the score being 8 to 9. The t game closed with five inningst - A-iii. i... O > Oyster Bay, N.Y., July 29 —Before r Theodores Roosevelt launches out - dgain on the troubled sea of national - politics h* will scan the chart with I those of his fciends wo have already I tested the temper of the storm. The ’ colonel’s reticense of last night con- • tlnued today. He repeated that he was unwilling to comment on the ac- • tlon of the Ohio republican state conE vention until he had received reports ■ from men who were on the ground; ■ but he added who these men will be. ' They are James R. Garfield of Clevei land, who withdrew his naine from : the convention, and Wade H. Ellis, • chairman of the Ohio republican com- ' mlttee. Gifford Pinchot will later i bring soundings from farther west. Mr. Ellis, It is thought, will ask Col- ‘ onel Roosevelt to stump Ohio for the I ticket nominated. The colonel would : not say whether he would accept, i His decision is awaited with inter- ; est, now that it must give some indi- • cation of how he relishes the rebuff administered in the convention to Mr. Garfield and his fellow progressives. Minneapolis, Minn., July 29 —Democratis storm signals, which were flying when the democratic state convention met here, were torn to shreds by the tempest of feeling which was let loose over the nomination of John Lind for governor and the attempt to iK&bduce a direct resolution in the party platform favoring county option. For more than three hours there y?as no let-up on the scene of disorder, except for a few moments, when Chairman Michael Daly managed to make himself heard after terrific pounding with a piece of 2x4 scantlihg which he used as a gavel. «* . . Pleasanton, Kans., July 29 —In a speech here Congressman Victur Murdock said that “in the day of his power it was harder to go into Speaker Cannon’s chamber than into the white house.” Continuing Mr. Murdock said: “Only the members of his cabinet had the entry, and who is in that cabinet? Why, Senator Lorimer for one. Lorimer, whose election to the senate is a national scandal. Who for another? Why, Joe Sibley of Pennsylvania, who takes care of the lubricating end of the Standard Oil company’s business. Then there is Lucius Littauer of New York, go-between for Tammany. Those are types of the speaker’s associates. This is the main who ran your congress for you.. There are many of us who can testify to the weight of his hand. What happened when a congressman dared stand in his way? Cooper of Wisconsin, Gardner of Massachusetts, and Norris of Nebraska did it and they were lifted cut of their committee places. I did it and what happened to me? It took Cannon some time to fix my punishment He did not want to do anything that would make a martyr of me in Kansas. So he adopted the: refined cruelty of taking me out of fifth place on my committee which I had worked up to in six years, and put me down at the bottom again, and there I am now. Well, do you imagine I can’t kick as hard at the bottom of a committee as in the middle of it?” w ■ —■ ■ Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton-Brown-Marquardt, one of the pioneer women of the county, and well known to many of the north half, having spent much of her life northeast of the city, passed away Friday morning at 12:30 o’clock at the county infirmary, where she had made her home for . past eight or nine years. Mrs. Marquardt, who was about sixty-four years of age, has been afflicted with . rheumatism for nearly a quarter of a century, though her condition from . this cause was not thought to be crit- > ical. About noon Thursday she sufl sered an attack of paralysis, which . rendered her unconscious until the i time of her death, a little past mid- . night last night. She has been twice married, both husbands having preceds ed her in death. She leaves no children, but is survived by a brother, . William Singleton, of Root township, . and a sister, Mrs. Kate Mumma, of , near Paulding, Ohio. Though resid--3 ing at the county infirmary, Mrs. Marquardt was possessed of some properj ty—-sufficient to give her a very good e burial. The funeral was held BunI day afternoon at 1 o’clock from the e infirmary chapel by. the Rev. L. C. > Hessert, and burial will take place j, in the Alpha churchyard. ~ l> — r .. ■ Boyd Forbush, eleven-year-old son of > John H. Forbush, living two miles • south of the city on what was formerII ly the Martin Miller farm, had his », right collar bone broken tbout 10 o’clock this morning. The boy was jerked to the ground by a horse, which became restless from the merciless attacks of the flies, from which it attempted to free itself. A doctor was called to attend the injured la< and

- he will soon recover frim his injuries which are not serious. The Forbush » family is having quite its share of accidents, as It was only two weeks ago that Paul; the 3 old son, was thrown from a wagon by t the horses which started to run, and I his arm badly mangled. He, too, is i getting along well and his complete r recovery will be the matter of only a > short tim*. e» ; > THE FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHTS. ■ In Adams County Brought by Circus i Thirty Years Ago. Speaking of the coming circus, said ■ one Decatur man: “I think I will go. i I haven’t attended one for more than , thirty years. I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was Forepaugh’s cir- ■ cus. I know that the show had its tents lighted with electricity from their own plant, and that was the first i electric light in the county. At that time only one city in the United States was lighted by electricity that ■ being New York-—according to the show bills—and the fact khat the circus had this metropolitan advantage was made a strong advertising feature.” O ■ I' i in— WILL MAKE EASTERN TRIP. Mrs. A. Van Camp and daughters, Beatrice, Edwina and Naomi, will leave next week for a visit at Jackson, Mien., with George Van Camp and family, and thence to the east. They will be the guests of Mrs. Arthur Brown at Buffalo, N. Y.; of Mrs. Jacob Jordan at Troy, N. Y.; of Mru. Leßoy Haden at Albany, N. Y.; of Mrs. Van Camp’s sister, Mrs. William F. Rost at Schenectady, N. Y.; of Mrs. G. W. Townsend at Brooklyn, and or Mrs. William Spiegel in New York City. On their return trip they will stop off at Lake Chautauqua for a several days’ stay. The trip will be a most delightful one. On their return here .ney will probably go west for a visit with another of Mrs. VanCamp’s sisters, Mrs. William Fitzgerald. — —. o ■■ '' LIKES THE NORTHWEST. Miss Mayme Dorwin, who accompanied Miss Frankye Thompson to Spokane, Washington, a year or so ago, still likes the country there very much and though she will return here for a visit in September with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Dorwin, does not contemplate returning to stay. She has a good position as bookkeeper and stenographer at an excellent salary and In May was transferred from the Spokane office of her company to a branch office In Canada, where she has been working for some time. She thinks there is no place like the northwest. — ■ ,O 111 -"Vyi DECATUR’S CENSUS INCREASED. Decatur’s census is the richer by two girls since yesterday. A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Zerkel of north Eleventh street, all of whom are doing nicely. Mr. Zerkel Is an employee of the True & Runyon grocery. A girl baby was also born Thursday night to Mr. and Mrs. Russel Andrew*' Os the south part of the city. O v Sheriff Meyer arrested Jacob Young Thursday evening on the charge of wife desertion. The case against him was filed In the Howard circuit court, and following his arrest the deputy sheriff of Howard county came and took him to Kokomo, where the cate will be heard. Mr. Young has been in the city for about three weeks, being employed by Butler ft Bon in the cement contracting business. He is a man of good appearance, and from the information that sometimes leaks out In such cases he is not to be blamed much for his desire to get out from under a distressing situation In bls home. An application for an allowance was filed by the plaintiff In the Bessie Weis vs. Louis Weis divorce suit The case has been assigned to R. 8. Peterson for trial, and he took up the allowance In vacation, hearing several affidavits presented by counsel on both sides, and made the record. An allowance of 35 a week was granted the plaintiff, and she was allowed the custody of the children. —o ———• In addition to the regular business coming before the county commissioners at their meeting, beginning Monday, will be the filiwff of the estimates by the officers of the county, and which will form- their budget “of expense for next year. Every Item of expense for the year will be Included in these estimates and from them the board will at their September session make the tax levy for next year. This makes the session* fff the board Important ones, and it also makes them one of much work for the board. ' 1 , J.. The Monroe Elevator 1* the only

> J macadam road that will be sold at the I 11 August term of the commissioners’ ’ court, and as this Is but a short road. i there wni not be much Interest taken ■ in It by the bidders looking for this sort of business. I . > Work is fast nearing l the duplicates, that la the recording of the names and that part of the work than can be completed at this time. The extension of taxes come later, and cannot be completed until the levies are all made. • ■ — iO—'" 1 "" — i.»■. Indianapolis, Ind., July 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Further plans for the complete organization of ev ery voting precinct In Indiana were made by the democratic state committee In session yesterday. It was announced that these district meetings which will be called by the respective district chairmen will be attended by the chairman and secretary of each county in the district, by the congressional nominee, a number of the state candidates and in each case by the state chairman, U. S. Jackson. All of the district meetings will be held in August and Chairman Jackson will be kept on the go. He has already visited many sections of the state, through the medium of the district meetings, to go into every section where he has not previously been. The district meetings are expected to serve a double purpose in that they wil arouse enthusiasm and also to permit the formation of a better organization. At these meetings the district situation will be discussed In detail and there will be speeches by some of the state candidates. Plans will be laid which will be later taken up in county meetings. It is by getting the organization into each county and down into each precinct that the state committee expects to clinch the victory that is already in the air. At the codfity meetings, which will be held soon after the district meetings, the precinct committeemen will be called in and will take part in * the discussion of the best means to perfect the organization of precincts. There will be speakers at these meetings also—and again organization and enthusiasm will go hand in hand. Dr. T. D. Scales will call a district meeting in the First district August Sth at EvansviHe. Chairman Fabius Gwinn will hold his meeting in the Second district at Vincennes August 6th. T. meeting in the Third will be held at New Albany, August Bth, called by Chairman Mark Storen. The Fourth district meeting will be neld at Nor th Vernon, August 12th. Francis M. Griffith is chairman. Chairman Peter Foley will call the Fifth district meeting for August 16|h at Terre Haute. In the Sixth district, Chairman John Osborn “beat the committee to it.” He has already called and held one of the meetings and has obtained good results. Announcement of the dates in the Seventh and Eighth districts was deferred. The Ninth district meeting is also a matter of history. W. E. Longley, chairman of that district, presided over such a meeting recently at Lebanon. The Tenth district meeting will be held at Gary, August 20th, and will be called „by Chairman Charles Murphy. The Eleventh district will announce a date later and the Twelfth district has already held a meeting at Fort Wayne, where the chairman, B. G. Hoffman, entertained his guests at a banquet. Chairman Peter Kruyer will hold the Thirteenth district meeting at Plymouth, August 19th. ... ' o — RURAL ROUTE EIGHT. Misses Ruth and John Bannerman entertained at Sunday dinner in honor of Miss Edith Miller of FL Wayne. The following were guests: Misses Ruth and Blanch Worden, Edith Miller, Messrs. Will Meyers, Cliff Brown and Floyd Schnepp. A Very enjoyable time was had "by all present. ' Miss Elva Croyle was the guest of friends at Pleasant Mills Bunday afternoon. " ' .. Mr. and Mrs. George Bausernum were the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Frank Brown, at Decatur Sunday dinner. '• Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers and sen, William, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. John Drake Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Wolfe and daughter, Marie, attended the business session of the Union Chapel church Saturday evening. Mrs. Henry Meyers entertained In honor of her niece, Miss Edith Miller, of Fort Wayne Tuesday evening. The following persons enjoyed the good time: Misses Eva Croyle, Ruth Bauserman, Edith Hitler, Ruth, Blanche rnd Nellie Worden, Messrs. John I Bauserman, William and Lawrence Meyers, Cliff Brown, Floyd and Freeman Schnepp and Harvey Worden. I A delicious luncheon was served at I a late hour. 3 MiM StiOa Chronister of Decatur

I was visiting with Mrs Hbmer Hower! Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McClure called cji Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murphy Bunday. r — r 1 Mr. Doyle Bebout and Carl Worden were visiting Mr. Beabout’s parents at Chattanooga Sunday. Mt. and Mrs. William Worden called on Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brunker Binday evening. , .i,.i l ,y ■ ii..*. The banner social of the season was that given on the Edward Luttman lawn at Magley Thursday evening by the Dorcas Daughters of the German Reformed church o (this city, and many hundreas that came during the evening enjoyed the pleasures of the event Gay Japanese lanterns were beautiful as well as useful, adorning the lawn, and fishing ponds, refreshment booths, “The Trip Around the World,” mid many other things contributed to the amusement of the throng. Several automobiles were in evidence to carry those who desired, around the four-mile section square for the price of ten cents a passage, the proceeds going to help swell the society’s fund. Many hacks and automobile loads of pedple went out from this city. The Dorcas Daughters wish to thank the people for their patronage, and especially those of that vicinity who contributed so much to the success of the affair. Miss Matilda Berling was hostess at a picnic at Maple Grove park today in honor of Miss Loretta Volpert of Peru. The party journeyed to thepark on the 10 o’clock car, taking a hamper laden with a delicious dinner, wick they enjoyed, together with the many beauties of the park. Those present were: Marie Connell, Frances Deininger, Laurine Keller, Hope Hoffman, Margaret Smith, Naomi Gass, Frances Gaffer, Louisa Teeple, Jeanett Kinney, Naomi Bosse, Virginia Smith, Loretta Volpert, Anna Smith, Milured LaDelle, Edna Coffee, Kate Holthouse, Mary Starost, Agnes Colchin, Bertha Heokman, Ethel Erwin, Marcella Kuebler, Vera Clark, Matilda Berling, Vivian Closs, Genevieve Berling. I' " W*’’ — — Nebraska Mathewson, one of the prominent farmers of near Pleasant Mills, can thank his lucky stars for a hair-breadth escape from a crashing that might have meant serious if not fatal injury. While threshing at the Louis Springer farm, Mathewson’s team of horses became unruly and started to run. Mathewson, who happened to be on the ground, grabbed the lines to hold the horses, when they began to push the wagon over against the rail fence, with Mathewson between the two in such away that just a little more push would have ground his quivering body between the wagon and fence as corn is ground between the upper and nether mill stone. With great presence of mind, however, he loosened his hold on the lines, just in time to free himself and escaped unhurt. The only damage done was to the fence, which was torn down for some distance. One of the horses broke loose from the wag? on and escaped injury, as did the other one. Th* escape of Mr. Mathewson was quite miraculous and many of those who witnessed the affair stated that they expected any minute to see him ground to death. t '7, ! inn ui Ii„, P- Vl I, ■ 111 .1 I— ' A BANNER DATE CROP.' Willis McQueen of Root Township Garners 328 Bushels From 5 Acres. Willis McQueen of Root township can bear off th* laurels thus far for having the banner oats crops, th* glean from five acres being three hundred and twenty-eight and a half bushels, or more than sixty-five bushels per acre. The threshers report that .this la the heaviest yield with which ithey have dealt this season. Mr. McQueen is highly satisfied, too, as it is said he expected not more than 200 bushels. The oats harvest this year is unusually good. t> /?'' Monreal, Canada, July 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—lnformation received today from Captain Kendall, a cable has been sent to Scotland Yard by Inspector Dew, asking that a woguard be rushed to Phtherpoint, with a view of having this assistance In guarding the fugitive pair, Dr. Crippen and Ethel Clare Leneve, on their return to England. Inspector Dew is the English police officer who made an examination of Crippen’s home In London after th* disappearance of the doctor’s actress wife. H* mad* a date to meet Crippen later, but before the date arrived the cellar of the Crippen house had unearthed the mutilated remains of a woman, and Dr. Crippen was a fugitive, hunted by th*’ police of two continent*. Indianapolis, Ind., July 80-(Bpecial to Dally Democrat)—Official figures

! ship, Blackford county, at 12,892.24, which includes interest in a large sum. 5 Ossian, Ind., July 30-(Special toDaily Democrat)—Fire was discovered in the Davis stave factdry some time after 10 o’clock last night, and before it was, extinguished a thirtyfive hundred lollar loss was entailed. After hard work on the part of the Ossian fire assisted by several hundred citizens of the town, the main building of the factor was partially saved, although all the small buildings, Including a great deal of finished stock, was consumed by the 0 blaze. The fire was discovered soon . after the Lake Erie passenger train . passed through the town, and it is the supposition that a spark from therailroad engine started the damaging ( conflagration. Much of the machinery was badly damaged and for some timeat least it will mean the closing down of the factory and thus throwing out j of employment quite a number of men, and to this extent it will be a hardship to tnose employed there. For a time it was feared that considerableother property would be damaged by the fire, but the bravery and hard work of the fire fighters saved it o v: : ; HE IS AN OLD WILLSHIRE BOY. U. G. Denman Renominated by Republicans of Ohio For State Office. U. G. Denman, nominated by the republicans of Ohio for a second term in the office Os state attorney general,. ■;? is a product of a Van Wert county farm, a native of Willshire, the first ' township in the county settled by white men. The soil is rich agfl deep,. , the water clear and pure, in grand old Willshire. The boy, on whose arm his mother leaned for support in a widow’s trials of rearing a family, amT *who was behind.the plow, the ate and hoe, in the struggle for a livelihood for himself and his mother, by his own efforts worked his way to the highest position in the country sbhool house, that of school and in the profession of the law v toone of the most responsible offlces ln the great state of Ohio, is a safe man ) in whose hands to entrust the interests of tiie peopled He has passed 7 through the severest test of the crucible of practical experience,- proving ; honesty of purpose and purity of mind H and body. ' Ulysses Grant Denman is entitled to the vote of every man in Van Wert county. Willshire township could make one of the proudest records in its history by giving him a clean | sweep.—Van Yert Bulletin. ’> r - 1 -O' - : • Mrs. J. C. Triteh, accompanied by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Stalter, of Monroe, apd Mrs. J. W. Vail, arrived in the etty Friday everiliig from * .Bloomington and was taken to the J Tritch home in the west part of the | city. She stood the trip remarkably . j well and passed a very good night— 7 in fact word from the home this morn- 9 ing was that she is better than she 3 has been at any time since her illness. The fact that she Is at home, and among her life-long friends and ' acquaintances, it is thought will have a rejuvenating effect upon her and 5 that her recovery will be much has* tened. Mr. and Mrs. Tritch went to Bloomington just six week* ago to- 3 morrow, where he intended to take a summer course in the state university. Just five weeks agp yesterday J Mrs. Tritch became ill with-perito-nitis and underwent an operation, be-f/ ing taken to the hospital where she I has since been. Her condition waa 1 very dangerous, and at times her life was despaired of. When the danger point had passed, however, and she ; became much better, the advisability of bringing her home was considered with the aforesaid good effect She | is still weak, however, and it was necessary to bring her on a cet, the J long journey, requiring from yesterday noon until last evening, was withstood remarkably weiL The party cam* byway of Linden, arriving here over the Clover Leaf. — WNGB BTARB INTO LIGHT. | * .'I- w ' mm:,. Harry Daniel's Special Articles Read With Much Pleasure. The first page of the magazine Section of the Inter-Oeeau of Sunday, July. 81st, contained an illustrated J character sketch of Frank Leßoy | S Chance, “the champion pennant getter” of the Chicago National League team, writen by Harry Daniels, a former editor of this city, who for sev- 1 eral years has been a member of the of the Inter-Ocean. This is the first of a series of sketches of all I players, the article next Sunday to I be on “Ed'Walsh, the spit-ball king I and star of the White Sox.” Many of the readers in this city, and especially those interested in the great sport, en- I joyed Mr. Daniel’s article Sunday and I - - -«■ sax- 4* I are looKinf forward with interest to I the coming numbers of the series. I