Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1911 — Page 4

One of the very beet surprise* that «u ever planned was perpetrated on Elijah Walters by al* good wife “d the Woman s Reher Corp and his comrades of the G. A. it. or March 29th. this being Elijahs sixty-ninth natal day. The day was an ideal one and Elijah had been sent away from home. The citizen* of Decatur were watching from street corners and doorsteps at a procession of buggies, J wagons and a hay rack, loaded not with bay. but hayseeds, wending their way to Mr Walters beautiful country home, where a dinner was served that consisted of everything In the eating line that was good After sing;Dg * Mirching Through Georgia. “S’uanee River,” and some oidtime melodies they proceeded to devour the dinner and to say that they worked faithfully does not tell ft all. and ex-1 Commander Parrish ate until his cpi-j lar button broke, when he and Dore! Moore played leap-frog in order to j make room for more pfe. Holmes was | a title modest, au. succeeded in tak-j ing the wrinkles out of his vest. Kit-1 son was tongue-tied. Uncle Randal Sprague was the oldest soldier there, i but his appetite was as good as i that of George Cline. We cannot | mention every one present as they de- j serve, but would not do our duty as a reporter if we failed to mention the fine music rendered by Mrs. Vinnie Lyons; a farm song by the host, Mr. Waiters, and also an old-time love song by Holmes, a speech by Elijan, and another by his wife, a speech by the president of the W. R. C, Mrs. John Williaans. another speech by Commander Grandstaff, Dore Moore, toastmaster. The response by Vinnie Lyons, "Our Old Soldiers.” we failed to get, but it was one of the best, and given, in her characteristic, happy manner. All present spent a happy day. After all had united in singing, • God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” the crowd dispersed to their hemes feeling it had been the best day of their Ilves. Notes—Mailonee ,s a good singer. Holmes is good cm his eet; Railing and Wetter are both gexx. looking, but Jones is the best on the eat. A contest between Cutting. Pillars and Mylott as to who could increase their weight by eating dinner was won by Pillars, with Cutting a close second. Pillars gained four pouads and fifteen ounces: average gain for all three, four pounds and thirteen ounces. We promised the ladies of the W. R. C. not to write anything about them under a promise from them of anew er good dinner in the near future. Those present were L. N. Grandstaff and wife, Lorenz Cherryholmes and wife. Joseph Helm and wife.• Daniel Kitson and wife, Jacob Railing and wife, John Mello: te and wife, Benjamin Pillars and wife. T. W. Mallonee and wife, Randall Sprague and wife. T. R. Moore and wife. Ezra Cutting. illiam V> etter George B. Cline. John B. Jones, J. R Parrish, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Sylvester Peterson, Mrs. Lu Purdy, Mrs. Henry Stevens, Vina Lyons, Elijah Walters and wife, Henry Fell. Mrs. L Whitman. Mrs. Cleo Johnson. —Contributed. Miss Zelda Schnitx had as her guests at dinner Sunday the Misses Orpha Sheets. Gladys Kern and Ethel Fuhrman. .After dinner Mr. and Mrs C. M. Sebnitz and daughter. Zelda. took their guests for an auto ride They motored five miles east of town to the home ot Mr and Mrs. C. H. Sebnitz and spent the afternoon there. After a very good country supper the guests of Mr. and Mrs C. H. Schnitz returned to town in time for the evening services. Tne auto ride to town was fine, coming as it did when the setting sun was spreading its pink rays over the sky. They reached Decatur all too soon to please the girls for they expressed the wish that they would have liked for Decatur to have been one hundred miles away. There was a birthday surprise given for Ida Fuhrman Friday evening, it being her sixteenth bigthday. She had just returned from Berne that afternoon and knew nothing of the surprise. After many delightful games the guests were served with a very tempting supper. She received some very pretty gifts. Those present were Vona Sella, Cry Mai and Gladys Kern, Edwina and Naomi VaaCamp, Mary and Kathryn Ropp, Mary Barkley, Myrtle and Zetta, Wells, Mabie Cramer, Mabie Moses, Orpha Sheets. Helen Foaner, Zelda Sebnitz, Hope Hoffman, Herbert, Mary, Ethel and Ida Fuhrman. •> Mrs. M. A. Frlsinger qf Sixth street, who leaves the first of the week for her new home at the Kgkionga farm south of the city, was given a very agreeable surprise Monday evening by the Menu-ates. a program of delightful entertainment features pass ing the time delightfully. Mrs. Frisinger has been one of .the Menu-ates from the beginning ot,4he organization. and while the surprise cannot be said to be a farewell, ia,. truth, as the Frisingers are going but a short distance away, the event_yas given to' mark the change. 1 '»*■ ' ■

Mr tad Mra. John Troutner. who' just recently moved from Gideon. Mo.' to Bobo. Ind., entertained at dinner Sunday the following guests Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ainsworth and eon. Gaylord, of Route 9, and Mrs John Thatcher and daughter, Maggie, of I Bobo; Miss Aletba Sheffer. Mabel Mel j chi. Eva and Orpha Death. Mae Trout-; ner. Agnei- Shaffer. Grace Shaffer and I Sarah Troutner; Messrs, l-evi Trout-( ’ ner, Orvai Vk ells. Eugene Troutner I I and Fred Ayres. Music was furnished • ‘by Miss Mabel Melchi and Mrs. Troutner. Mr. and Mrs George Gay entertainjed at dinner Sunday the following > guests: Mr. and Mrs William Al(father and daughter, Velma; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowen and son, Kermit. | j Mrs. W. F Hilton and sons. Noellfi I i and Harold, and daughter. Marie; Mr. 'and Mrs. Perry Workinger; Messn ■ Carl Grueb, Sam Bentz, Edward Gay {and Misses Oda and Eda G ay. The day i was spent in music, and a very sumpI tuous dinner, for which Mrs. Gay is > noted, consisting of all the delicacies lof the season, was very much enjoyed I by all. Mr. L. A. Holthouse received word Tuesday from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where his sister. May. now Mrs. Robert McMahon, resides, telling of an operation which was performed upon her last Saturday at eee ot the hospitals there. It was a complete success, as was learned from the message and unless something unforseen sets in she will get along all right. No particular regarding the nature of her illness were given but she had been afflicted with an ailment for some time, and just last week wrote friends here of the operation which was to be performed Mrs McMahon was one of this city's prominent young ladies, and since leaving this city has been making her home for the greater portion of the time at Oshkosh. Her many friends win be glad to learn of the success of the recent operation, and wish her a speedy recovery. STOLE WINDOW. A rather peculiar trick has been played in the south part' of the city. The deed was committed one evening last week, and is one which is seldom heard of in this line. William Colchin has a vacant house on Ruessell street, and when all was quiet anJ no one seemed to bother them, some unknown person removed the window from the south side of the house and carried it away with them. The footprints of the trespasser were plainly visible below the window and these might lead to the identity of the guilty person. Mr. Colchin was unaware of the act until notified by on* of the neighbors, and upon investigating saw where the sash had been pried out and the window removed. AT IHe S i'AR. Two Big Features That Proprietor Has Secured. John Stoneburner, the picture show man. has obtained quite an attraction for his play house, which will be here on Thursday and Friday of this week. It is known as the original Wild West show and will give four performances while in this city. Besides the real cow-boys they have three thousand feet of interestin films of real cow-boy life, and the only kind to be found anywhere. They carry an orchestra known as the Silver Bell orchestra, and a special baud called the Cowboys' band. At 1:30 each afternoon they will give a matinee and in the evening a performance. An admission of ten cents will be charged and it is well worth twice the amount They come well recommended, and every- • where they are spoken of in highest terms. ■ — o BANKRUPTCY CASE DISMISSED. t I Local creditors and others interest- • ed in the bankruptcy cases of Rufus • K Allison, the Allison Realty company > and the Cardwell Mill and Lumber ’ company, of Decatur, have been ads vised that a dismissal was ruled by t Judge Anderson in the federal court i at Indianapolis and the cases are now . closed up. The hearings were sched- - uled for Thursday, but there was no : objection to a dismissal, and Judge • Anderson acted accordingly—Fort ; Wayne Journal-Gazette. I o Friday evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock, there will be given a recep- , tion to all members of the Methodist r church and congregation at the church i parlors. ' The ladies of the aid society, under ; the leadership of the president, Mrs. • John R. Parrish, have kindly arranged to furnish the refreshments and - will be assisted in serving by the young ladles of the Queen Easier Circle, of which Mrs Daniel Sprang is superintendent. Good music will be furnished throughout the entire evening by different persons. ’ The object of the leception ia that

' the members of the church and con- ti gregation may have an opportunity to become better acquainted and enjoy a phaaant social evening The pastor aad offlcial board cor- I . dially invites al! members of the v j church, with their families, and also ti those who attend or prefer the Meth- t ■ odist church, to be present and eu- 11 I joy this delightful occasion. There will be no charge but every s j thing will be as free as the air you e j breathe. Kokomo. Ind., March 21—(Special a Ito Daily Democrat) —It is possible f . that Kokomo may be compelled to call I j another local option elfrctscn as ar* s I suit of the alleged frauds ia cc-noe, • tion with the recent election, which j has now reached the circuit court, a J ■ case being filed there today. French Lick, Ind., Mar. 21—(Spec- t to Daily Densoerat •—-Chafes are c made here today that gambling has s been resumed at French Lick with al. the old-time vigor. For a time it wvs a believed the famous resort had prac j ticallv given up gaming, but reform- s era have now almost lost hope and c have appealed to the governor. Fol- ; lowing the filing of charges against s Marshall Ballard recently the gam! i t ling was stopped, but when he secur- t ed a continuance of his case, it is ’« declared the bars were again lifted. El Paso, Tex. March 21—(Special 1 to Daily Democrat —A national cot a vention at which all Mexico will be t represented for the expression of > a needed reforms will be called within a ' t few days by Minister Limantour. •?- c cording to a statement issued today t It is asserted that Limantour has been ' < placed in complete charge of the Mei-1 lean affairs and will issue an order for j the insurgents to lay down arms and j 1 send their delegates to a national con- J ( vention to be held at Mexico City. 1 • where their demands will be discuss- t ed. 1 p i A sad and unexpected message was • received in the city Tuesday by c Charles Thropp. informing him of the death of his father. T. W. Thropp. which occurred at his home at Pofland at 1 o'clock this morning. The I word came as a heavy shock indeec < as nothing serious had been learne: 1 lately telling of the turn for the worse j and death must have overtaken him j suddenly, and before the relatives and ' 1 children could be notified He was sixty-eight years of age. an old so. dier. and one of Portland's most hon i orable and respected citizens. He : was acquainted to many m this cit. having visited with his son on several occasions and enjoyed the friendship < of all those with whom he met. He s had been in declining health nea; y the entire winter, but was able to e around and nothing serious had been < looked for. but owing to ’he weaken d < condition of the heart, it is thong..t i death overtook him without vs z. < He leaves to mourn his loss a io> :;.z ] wife, four sons and one daughte Jesse of Geneva, Harry of Kendall- ( ville, Irvin of Bluffton, Charles of ’ this city, and Edith, at home. The 1 message gave no particulars, and no 1 arrangements had been made for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Thropp and son. Robert, left on the noon train to be ] in attendance. i OUT IN HAYTI. I I Word has been received by friends i of Harold Crawford, stating that he 1 is at Hayti, and has been on guard i against San Domingo. He was sent 1 with a number of others to Mobile, Alabama, and upon their arrival there i were sent to Key West, Fla., to or>- ■ tain coal and supplies for more men. He likes his new life very much atjd is seeing much ot the country, owing • to his many long trips. o A sudden stop that resulted in a sudden drop, while serving as brakeman on a railroad in Michigan, made things serious for Merle Laisure. a Monroe township young man, who came home recently to recuperate During the heavy snowfall recently in Michigan it was necessary for the train to forge ahead with a snow plow and so deep were the drifts that it was with difficulty that the way could J be forged The train on which young ■ Laisure was working bad reached an : unusually heavy drift that seemed impassable. Repeated efforts to go ahead failed, and then the train backed up and put on full speed, hoping the mo- • mentum gained by the sudden rush • would take them through. While run- : ning full force, something happened i to the airbrake and the train stopped stock stilL the sudden stop being so ' forceful that Laisure and his com-1 . panion brakeman were thrown about, ■ one hundred and fifty feet over the 1 railway right-of-way fence. His com- i ! panion alighted in a snow bank and ■ was not hurt much, but Laisure landi ed on a bare spot of Mother Earth and was rendered unconscious, remaining 1’ so for two days. He was taken to a ■ j hospital, and while no bones were broken, he was so badly shaken up t that he could not move for about - - Hl -

•• three weeks Miss Blanch Hart, who has been at the St 2t«eph hospital for so»e time past, owing to an operation which sb* underwent three weeks ago, is improv-, mg nicely and was able to return to | the city on last Sunday. She i» ing quite considering the short, time since the operation, but it will b* , »o<ne time before the can carrj ner dwUcf as before. Rose Voglewede wm able fteveral <eek» John, little »or* of Mr. and , riouslv ill at the home of bis parents ( w’th pneuiDonia ar-fl his codu' tion is giving much alarm to those j caring for him. He first had taken ; sick with the measles aad had gotten around the bouse Saturday he a peered very well, aad even Sunday for a short while, wben he took a sudden . c hinre for the worse, terminating in t pneumonia. This being the third day since the latter illness set in, there is i but slight change although the at-| tending Physics we” satisfied, and expected to find his parent more sen-1 ous than he did today. Mrs Artier Suttles who early M 'fray morn:ng took a sadden attack .. heart trouble, was much better today, and it is thought win improve from now on. Mrs Beach, a trained nurse of Fort Wayne, arrived to care for her and she is receiving the best care obtainable. Jesse Schug. conductor on the Fort Wayne i Spr.ngheld railway, ia off duty suffering from a tooth that has risen up in mutiny aad taking things to arms —in fact so much to arms that it seems that an arm bad reached out and struck Jesee on the face, the tooth causing a very painful swelling of the face. Louis Scheumaan. one of the interurban freight conductors, is wearing his left hand in a bandage, the result of a jainful cut received while unloading some boxes at Ft Wayne. Mrs P G Hooper is quite sick with laryngitis. Grandma Vail is very sick at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Daniel Sprang. Bryce Thomas is on the sick list, suffering from what may be the ear ty > stages <ff '.he measles Mrs. John Wisehaupt, who has been J closely confined to her room for sev- ' eral months, owing to sickness which j required careful attention, and who > on several occasions suffered relapses has improved and is able to be out ir the fresh air during this ideal weather. for a short time at least. She is ■ very weak from the long illness but believes she will continue to improve from now on. J. E. Moser of this city, the well known photographer, who for the pas; two years has conducted a branch studio in ueneva, nas sold the same to Frank W. Ingle, a well known photographer of near New Corydon. Mr. Ingle is a man of much experience in this line, having conducted a studio at New Corydon for aome time. He has not disposed of his New Corydon gallery. but will combine the two at Geneva, making a first-class picture gal lery in all respects During the time that Mr. Moser has conducted his studio in Geneva, the same has been in charge of P G. Williams, his assistant, of this city, who made the w eekly week-end trips to Geneva, the branch studio there being open only on Saturdays. COUNCIL TONIGHT. The council this evening will bold their regular semi-monthly meeting and the usual routine of business will be carried out. Just what will come before the body remains to l»e seen, ■but several interesting matters for the betterment of the city will no doubt arise. The number of petitions for new sidewalks have been coming in frequently, and before long some action will have to be etken toward this improvement. o— MAKING HEDGE SUPPLY BED. Workmen on the G. R. I. railroad are preparing a plot of ground on the west side of the railroad near ’he Monroe street crossing, in which the shoots, or trimmings from the hedge recently set out around the east plot, will be planted and kept for supplying the company's plots along the way. 1 O o BIG MAIL ORDER BUSINESS. Harry Jeffrey Conducts Taxidermy Correspondence School. The Hensley jewelry store is the

. ,mail order I headquarters f<* ,kre< ’ . businesses and so much wor * Jeffrey a clerk, up “ 1 . er uhich Mr. Hensley now ha" for himself Mail order business In the < optician line is done, and then I here « u th e Leah Medieine ’ and lasi, but not least, the earn. I ap.md.-nce course In tax'dern-y which , Harrv Jeffrey is conducting. Mr. Jes frev is quite an expert in taxlderm), having done much in ‘“is Hne with . Mr Hensley, in the mounting <»i « C e collection which the latter gen 1 . , an has. Prom seven to eight Id < ters are handled every day in this i ■ne Mr Jeffrey is the sole agent for < "fine arsenic soap which Is used ( m taxidermy, and which keeps the i me tha and decay from the mountings I ' birds animals, or reptiles, in which J u U Md. It i« «ald that the “wild i man." traveling with the great show ] i . appeared here six or seven years i I ago and who owns one of the finest I i collections of stuffed animals, etc., in I •he museum in Chicago, offered them I ' j-.Ki for the recipe for the making of 1 i -be arsenic soap, but was refused, Mr. < ' Heni ]ey and Harry wishing to have i the sole ownership. x- V I Logan«port, Ind.. March 21— (Spec- ( ! lai to Daily Democrat)-— Organ was ar- , ' -ested again this morning on a bench I warrent, charged with forging a check for on the City National bank of ( Logansport three years ago. The bank i Zlso filed a civil action to recover and | similar suits are being filed by others i defrauded Organ is in jail here and . local officials will not surrender him 1 to the Decatur officials. To Cbanes vaeth. a clever young detective from the Pinkerton agency at Chicago, is due full credit for the capture and arrest of Harry B. Organ ! of Cedar Rapids. lowa, alias W. H. Munroe ot Burlington, Indiana, alias J. H. Butler, of Marion, Indiana, and ' alias no doubt to a dozen other phony rames, who was arrested at Logansport. Ind., Monday on a charge of cashing a check at the Old Adams County bank in this city last Thursday noon. There is no longer any doubt but that Organ is one of the smoothest swindlers in the country and is wanted in many places for foreery. Be is wanted ia Nebraska for a forgery committed several years ago and where he was released on J4.00T bond and jumped it. At Boone, lowa, he cashed a forged check for $496, and in that county a $2, (Km) reward is offered for him. This makes it importaat that the Tight man get credit for his arrest and this should go to Mr. I Vaeth. Organ first appeared in Decatur last August. He told no one his business, spent much time about the Hotel Mur- . ray. and often called at the Old Adams ’ County bank, w here he chatted with : the officials and the clerks, was genial aad made friends readily. He apparknew everybody in town, and knew all the prominent people in Maj non. Wabash. Logansport and other cities of northern Indiana. He secured change often and always appeared as a well-to-do traveling man. grain merchant or horse dealer. In the meantime be spent much time at the Burk elevator, where he was supposed to be a railroad man. At the hotel he never registered until Monday of last week. He would sit about the office, write letters, discuss the local option question, etc., but never registered, ate or lodged there until Monday of last week, when he registered as W. H. Munroe, of Burlington. Indiana and went to bed. Again on Wednesday he slept there. Thursday noon he appeared at the Old Adams County bank with a check, signed by G. T. Burk, per G T. Burk, calling for $491.20, numbered 6103 and on one of the regular printed Burk checks with the Burk stamp at the bottom The forgery was perfect. After he had castied the check which was made payable to J. H. Butler and which he endorsed Jas H. Butler, he talked for ten minutes with C. S. Niblick, president of the bank, and who waited upon \ him. Then he went out. He eat sup- -■ per at the Murray House and left on the 7 o'clock car for Fort 'Wayne. After he had left Mr. Niblick noticed that the number on the check was not as large as checks cashed before for ■ Mr. Burk and he called up the eleva i tor and soon convinced bimßelf that • the check was a forgery. Mr. Ehingi er, cashier, returned about this time I from Indianapolis, and on Friday' morning a Pinkerton man was summoned from Chicago, arriving that evening He traced Organ to Fort I Wayne and from there to Wabash, ■ and then to Logansport, where he lo- • rated him Monday. He filed an affi- • davit and caused the arrest of the i man and summoned the bank officials . from here. Mr. Niblick and Mr. Ehing- ;, er, with Sheriff Durkin, going there at once. The news was held up awaiting the positive identification of the man Organ is about sixty years old, wore a Van Dyke beard, which he has ’ bad trimmed close now, is about six feet In height, walked slightly stoop- 1 ed, and always in a hurry and had a ♦

peculiar habit of rubbing his upper lip. He was genial at all times, had a wide knowledge of affairs and made acquaintances rapidly. When arrested he had in his p< 000 in cash, and promptly put up in cash his bond of $2,000 when charged with being a fugitive from justice. Then it became known that though he had made his headquart. ~t j.,, gansport for three years, and forged a half-doaen checks there, the office:, had never landed him. He was then arrested for forging a .check which he cashed at the City National bank In 1908 for l<>®- A k al ° he P l >’ up a cash bond of SI,OOO. Later he was ar rested a third time for forging another check and his bond was fixed at si, 000. This he was Just going to put up, when the Decatur people walked Into the station and he agreed to go t . jail until this morning. Mr. Niblick returned home .Monday evening, while Mr. Ehinger remained at Logansport and will make an effort to attach the $491.20, which he secured here. Sher iff Durkin is also there and it la believed that the man will be brought here for trial. He is a real crook and . one of the smoothest ever captured in this section. As he walked down the streets at Logansport, he was followed by a crowd of police, bank men, and sight-seers, causing all kinds of excitement. A telephone message received Monday afternoon late by Mrs. Fred Linn from Mrs. Hattie Graham of Marion, formerly of this city, gave the information that the remains of her son, John Graham, who had been a member of the U. S. standing army, and whose death occurred last Friday in New Mexico, would arrive next morn ing at 4 o clock at Marion, and that the funeral would take place next afternoon in that city. According to a prior message received last Friday by Mrs. Linn, it had been the desire of the mother that the body be brought either to the old home here for burial or to Geneva, where Mra. Graham's relatives reside, but this was later changed. The death occurred in a hospital in New Mexico, the ailment being consumption. John was born and reared here and spent the greater part of his life in this city. His parents were members of the Decatur Knights of Pythiaa and Pythian Sisters' lodges and these orders sent beautiful floral pieces, both for John and for his sister, Mrs. Stella Wees ner. whose funeral took place just a week ago Monday at Marlon. After leaving here six or seven years ago, the parents. Mr. and Mrs Lase Graham, separated. Mrs. Graham and children living in Marion, and Mr. Graham going to Granite City, 111. where he is now employed. ADDS A PIANO. The Madison House has been r:;: much more attractive by the additnn of a new King piano, which they have just purchased from Meyer, S<' & Beavers, which has already been placed in the home. It is of a bevifrful oak design and highly p - which will add very mt ch to the home-like comfortableness of the Ma ison. Attorney Beatty filed a new <•.<? • entitled Henry Krick vs. Clem Heideman, to foreclose Hen, dem. n .. SSO. Butcher & Armantrout are attorneys for the plaintiff in a new case, George W. Fravel and John Bryan vs. Daniel B. Ford, suit on account. H. A. Fristoe of Geneva, who has served aa jury commissioner for several years, has resigned, as he is moving to Rochester, and the court appointed John W. Craig of Berne as his successor. David P. Kenworthy et al. vs. M Reichard, to foreclose lien, demurrer filed to complaint. Jessie L. Peters vs. L. C. Mills et al., specific performance of contract, demurrer filed and sustained. ' ■ ■<> — NOW TRAVELING IN OKLAHOMA. Ed Zimmerman and George Bright and others living west of the city, wh<’ befriended Harry Metzgar, the young Jewish lad, who passed through this county a few weeks ago, while walling from New York City to St. Lou > who was befriended by them he had nearly reached the condition w-hen he felt that suicide would he preferable to dragging out his raise'.• able existence, writes that he reached St. Louis all right, and is now in Oklahoma, traveling, having secured a good position as a traveling salesman | He is quite grateful for the asslstan 1 < given him here. o — — RALLY DAY SERVICES. Rally Day services will be conducted next Sunday et the Method's' J church, Watchgfor further announcement tomorrow.