Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1911 — Page 3

£ derailed ■ , (1 p„. South-bound l.xal ■>«' h iV i. was derailed this th. spur which is used ®Llth sa« mill for loading lum-■X-pm > a .lu.rpfurveiu.dln ■ ‘ I(tl . r a li,r ,h *' ra “ B Bprei “ l the 1-1 1 " l,c, ‘ lh ' dOWn ° n ■ W!IS to drag the ■ to Vi street in order to Kd h'lindtition on which to ■i'.nr. rar' en K* no 80 be replaced. CONCLAVE. '■( Ileus!..'- IL I>'inn. Will :«■. ' v r, E. B. Adams >(■!!* |, CJ . , iilioli! were among ■L./y :i s m attendance at ; " n aI 1,0,1 Wayi ‘" ' eveuin- \tnong the large ' rand .1 were Judge IL K. M v 1 Archbold, former- ‘ city. — — ’■-JIM AND TH SINGER." .<<:■’ -• >• September 6: '’■jt'enam- .. St. Ixruis musical j.aige of a stock farm re: .’.er. Jim Decker,’ :: Is. happens along. :r<^E e gives 1 ; work. Sue's farm ’■’pin,-.- ...count of a conr« theft of horses. Accidentally, !r ßiiß<ove > tl.st Jackson,’ Sue’s j s tl.v thief, but before 'Jim' :i: Bet the .'"ttry proofs to coni' Kg, 'Jackson.' by a cunning ■Tcompels Jim' to go away, ■j him J:r ks. ti’ free in his E( W, c;rrs to marry Miss ’Sue’ for ■tipcr'O >• All ends well ’' ■itn' winning Miss Sue,’ but the ’"■climaxes. good comedy and Kid «ork of Mr. Valair as the ■titty 'Jim.' i!fine 'Sue' of Miss ■,«ith her e\< client singing and ■onatioio t o good 'Jackson' of tpable supporting make this comedy play an evening's entertainment." ■arui.’" - tion appears at ■os.-e opera house, Thursday, ■ m ■ made one himself. ■to be outdone. D. I. Weikel the ■ mach:r.< has experiment■l he has evolved a new model ■mobiles, a sample of which he on the streets Saturday, ■leikel Tiad the engine, and to ■t added a bed and finish, which ■ him a complete auto. It cer- ■ speaks well for his construct■ility, as it ran up town . under r power, but at the Brock tin ‘‘'‘■i talked, and he had some trou- ' get it busy again. Quite a Mr- Weikel’s first at■at experimental work on me W lines. ___________ ■HE CONTEST GOES ON. ■'••'■ tort >• • ---n the Epworth ,r - ■sofHhiff- ... Fort Wayne and is still in progress. The ate oflte at ai'. j laces last Suus (■eo:r_' l Bbiffton having ge o 1-s, Port Wayne, to ■Decatur. The service in :y. «■*:■;» iiii-t.ad of 6 o’clock, as is »no :ni the first servn be well u paid. The r rst t.'f- _ over to music'! only. AU are invited to and this part of the n Ilu-S' cannot remain e t*B'fontinn;.-u n service w'U be opportunity to leave at the the league hour. h Mart ]-, j.'trd, was a memii. lie-arts of the fam nd Shell, tlie event being 0 Bl y ation 01 ,h “ fifty-eighth birth 4! T o: Mrs. Shell. The occab equally well enjoyed by the 'til Shell family and all who to enough to be present. ’ mber of forty-one as- ' akcut noon and prepared a ■°fW‘ rf J' :| st which was well eneach one present. Those bet ■»ere » lr and Mrg pijjnp ny ■ an, i -Mrs. George Koos, Mr. Shell. Mr and Mrs. A Mr. and Mrs. Daniel ig« i K' Mi ss Maria Koon, Mr. and n S Sbed and children, Mary, ir. Charles; Mr. and Mrs. Ben-ach-aO tll and daughter. Marlowe; J° rs ' Clarence Broderick and »'to r W Paa ny- Roy and Manon, ■J- Willshire, Ohio; Mr. and 'W' an ' I!l 'O(ibeek. Mr. and Mrs. It ■ ter ’ Peterson; Mrs. Daniel Floyd Myers, Miss Mary ’ IW 0111 W ' e "’ Miss ( T ara “ |W r ' Harv e> Shell, Mr. Floyd I ’ Bs Adola Jackson, Miss e, W^‘ S and Edith Strahm, from ' rs - Shell was the reciptbe very pretty and useful o r,M g A!I departed, wishing Mr. M’ eß 'B e " man >’ happy returns of 115 !■ “''"LBlenih*. odh*®! “® rs °f the Presbyterian 'i’.f |i^Bth 80Ciety will entertain the r con S re Kation and also d Paators of all the oth"'W "“ons In a golden jubilee

service to be held in their church parlors next Tuesday afternoon, March 28th, from 2 till 3 o’clock, the service commemorating the fiftieth anuive sary of the work of the Woman’s Board of Missions (general). A splendid program will then be rendered in which each sister church will bo represented in a three-minute talk’on some phase of missionary work, good musical numbers will ge given, and a I social time will be enjoyed during I which pleasing refreshments will be , served. The ladies extend a most I cordial welcome to every lady and ■ her friends. ; Mr. and Mrs. C. ]). Kunkel and I daughter, Florence, will entertain at ; supper this evening, guests to be .Mr. [and Mrs. Frank Bell and daughter, ( Betty; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell and daughter, Pansy; Mrs. Florence DeVllblss, Mrs. Fanny Cole and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel. ABOUT THE EDITIR. The news editor is the man who works twenty-four hours directing the small army that issues the paper which is read, perhaps in a few minutes, and idly tossed aside. The publice does not see much of him, for after spending twenty-four hours every day at work, he has not time for social duties. He is supposed to know the promii nent men in the state; the prominent citizen of the village with its two hundred population comes to the metropolis twice a year and he expects the news editor to know him by sight and by reputation. He is also expected to know and remember the name of every man whose name has appeared in the paper during the past decade; he is asked minute questions of geography, such as how many townships in each county, and who are the township trustees, and when he cannot answer off-hand, the inquirer cannot understand why such a fellow is employed to run a newspaper. He is supposed to know the personal history of every member of every secret society; he is expected to be able to tell off-hand what the advalorem duty Is on manicure sets, the details of the wool schedule, the size of the standing armies, what the price that hogs ought to be next spring, and something like four thousand other important matters. Aside from these, he is supposed to be fairly familiar with the printing business and what constitutes libel. Otherwise the news editor does not know much and has plenty of leisure time. —Ex. HAS CLUE TO SCHAFER MURDER. Former Indiana Man, Now in West. Writes Pinkertons About Crime. Bedford, Ind., March 25—S. B. Lowe yesterday received a letter from Chicago that may result in clearing up the mystery that surrounds the murder of Sahar Catherine Schafer in this city, January 21, 1904. The letter to Mr. Lowe was from the Pinkerton Detective agency at Chicago, and inclosed a letter from Captain J. E. Padgett of the Spokane, Washington, police force, in which he asks whether the mystery of the murder has ever been solved, and if not. whether the authorities desire to investigate the crime further. In this letter Captain Padgett tells the story of a confession made to a life convict now in the Washington state prison by two other convicts. Captain Padgett says he has known the convicts all his life and says they are bad men capable of committing any crime. Captain Padgett is a native of Indiana and the fact that he has known the two men, all his life, is taken for granted that he must have known them in this state. The letter has been turned over to Prosecutor John H. Underwood by Mr. Lowe, the latter being a member of the school board, and one of the men appointed as a committee to direct the investigation of the murder at the time it was committed. —————— The item of expense is more important to parent* who want their children to read the best literature there is for them than would naturally be supposed. "Think of thethousands of books for boys and girls,’ some one may say, “which can be bought for a very small price;” but it must be remembered that much of this mass o reading matter is really harmful and that the best things are buried in the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Longfellow, Ruskin, Irving, where pre viously they could only be bought in expensive editions, together > with much other matter. “The Children’s Hour,” containing selections from these authors and t>» best writing for children from about 200 other authors of all times, offers children all they ean read and the beet they can read at moderate prices. The collection is in ten volumes of over 5000 pages and with more than 700 selections tn prosa and poetry.

The Monroe mystery of the Jack-the-Peep«»r case was not cleared up publicly as was expected last Saturday, when the bloodhounds were brought from Indianapolis to trace down the man who at various times ■ lor the past year has been peering Into the windows of the David Lals-1 ure home at Monroe, but certain pointers were gotten that It is thought will clear up the case in a short time. Mr. Laisure is justly indignant over tlie repeated attempts of the man to l>eer into the windows and certain other immoral conduct of his which he seems bound to force upon the world, and Mr. Laisure says, "We are glad our minds are satisfied that the number ten hhoes that carry the large piece of degraded humanity hangs outside of the corporation of Monroe." Mr. Laisure tells the following story of the man’s actions: “The first time he came to my house was about a year ago. My daughters, Hattie and Blanche, went out just alter dusk to the well to get a drink, and when they stepped off the porch there stood a large man, wearing an overcoat and cap He stood within two feet of them. Hattie screamed and he ran. The next time he appeared, 1 cannot explain publicly, the immoral dog’s actions, as it would not be tit to publish. Some weeks afterward, he came again. My wife Was not at home, and I had gone to bed. Bessie Mason came home with my daughter, Blanche, and when they went into the bedroom, downstairs, with the light, they went to put down the blind, and there stood that same brute close to the window. Always after that when he appeared, he put a ladder up to the window. About six weeks ago he came again, but last Friday night was the first time that I got to see him. We heard the noise made by the scraping of the lad- j der and I hastened down as quick as I could with my shot gun, with which I have been waiting for the past year. I just caught a glimpse of him. however, as he was gone too quick for me to shoot. Then I watched for him to come after the ladder, from 9:30 to 12, but he didn't come. Then 1 thought of bloodhounds, but they had none in Fort Wayne nor Bluffton, so we sent to Indianapolis, and they came Saturday afternoon. They traced him to where he got in a buggy. I had a man spotted out of town and two in town, but now I am convinced that the majority of the people in town knew nothing of the trouble until today. I have been watching for almost a year to get him with my shot gun, and I tell you if I had got the gun pointed at him it would not have taken a dog to find him.” The bloodhounds were in this city Saturday evening, with their master, being enroute to Fort Wayne on the 7 o’cloc': car, thence to Indianapolis, after tlwir two hours’ work at Mon roe, and they attracted considerable attention here at the interurban station. The owner is George C. Henderson, manager of the Capital City Bloodhound Kennels, and the two man-trailing bloodhounds he had with him, are known as King Brady and Bob Evans. The dogs took the trail all right. Mr. Henderson said, but he stated he was not at liberty to give out the results, as he stated detectives would be put to work on the matter in an attempt to get enough evidence for a conviction. o — LAST SAD RITES. The Christian church was thronged Monday afternoon with friends and relatives of Jacob Eady, whose funeral services were held there at 2:00 o’clock, of which church he had been a most faithful member for a number of years. The pastor, Rev. Dawson, had charge of the services, and paid a high tribute to the deceased. He was deeply interested in the affairs of his church, and he never failed to advance the many good opportunities that came before him. Interment took place at the Decatur cemetery. STORING GOODS. Mr. Anker Had to Close Owing to Other Business. Mr. Albert Anker, whp for some time has been in charge of the Menig pool room, and who during his stay here has run one of the most, poptilm places of business in the city, was engaged today storing his goods in the Studabaker building aero s the street from the J. D. Hale warehouse. Mr.. Anker was forced to close bis place of business on account of having to vacate the building for other business. He will remain here and later open up at other quarters, where he will carry on his business at heretofore. — RECEIVED premiums. The useful as well as valuable articles given away on last Saturday by the Schaub-Gottemoller company attracted a large number of people to the store and for a short time none but what had already gained entrance could be admitted. Four articles were

given away absolutely free, the lucky parties being J. J. Longenberger, of Monroe, who received a 150 Universal range; William Sautbine, Monroe, a Champion cream separator, worth $65; F. R. Merryman, Decatur, R. R. No. 10, J. I. Caso plow, and William Drake, R. R. No. 9. a washing machine, valued at $lO. SELL ANOTHER. Frisinger Ai Sprunger report the sale of another one of their large Belgiums last week in old Adams county. This one, an extra large bay, was sold to A. N. Acker of Pleasant Mills. Mr. Acker has been keeping Belgians for several years, but his trade is demanding them extra large, so he negotiated for this one, which weighs 2,150 pounds at the present time. He is coming five years old this spring and is the largest stallion that the firm imported last November. He is of the proper type, being short-backed, thick set, and has as much quality as can be wrapped in so much hide. Mr. Acker expects to keep him at his home in Pleasant Mills. He operates the grain elevator at that place. Farmers should see this stallion before breeding as he is a wonder. His ancestors are the famous horses known as Bayard and Brilliant. In response to a dispatch which they received Sunday, telling of the serious illness of Mrs. Bert Merriman, daughter-in-law and sister of Mrs. J. W. Merriman and Mrs. Hosea Ray of this city, Mrs. Merriman and Mr. Ray left Monday to be at her bedside. The message gave no particulars regarding the nature of the illness, but it i§ supposed by Mr. Merriman to be tuberculosis, as she has been declining for some time and three other members of the family have been called to their reward with the same Illness. They were former residents of this county, having resided in Blue Creek township for several years, where they became well known. Just a few months ago they visited here with Mr. Merriman’s parents, renewing their acquaintances and enjoying a visit for several days. Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Ray, ■ who have gone to their home will remain with her for a while at least, and to be. present should death occur. Her friends and relatives here are indeed anxious to learn the outcome. o Mrs. Elwood Blazer left Monday morning for Ft. Wayne where she will continue her work at the Randall hotel, where she has been working - the past week. Mrs. Blazer wept as she told a pitiful story of the unhappiness of her married life and stated that she had been judged unjustly in the report that has been out the past week that she had deserted her family. She stated that it has become absolutely necessary for her to go out this way and leave her little ones, twins, now nearly six years of age. to the care of her son and wife. She stated that though it nearly broke her heart to break up her family in this way, it had come to such a pass that it was necessary to do so. She stated that her husband had been working at Fort Wayne the past winter and living with his sister, and that during that time he had sent her but twenty-five cents to help in the support of herself and children. She stated that the girls had good work here, but that the father treated them so cross that one was obliged to go to the electric light works at Fort Wayne to work, and that she had been sending money home to help her mother support the children, and that she herself .had done what she could to keep them together, by cleaning house and doing other heavy work that She is now unable to do on account of poor health. Mr. Blazer has now returned here, she stated, and she has refused to live longer with him. She stated that she had asked him to let her have the two youngest children to care for, but he has refused and she has decided to go to Fort Wayne to work and send money home to help care for them. She stated that her entire life has been an unhappy one. She has reared nine children and has worked “like a dog,” she said, and her efforts have been totally unappreciated. She recited that she had often washed a whole day without a bite to eat, and that her husband had often come home angry and gotten upor the bed and wiped his muddy shoes; on the clean sheets; that he had come home and stamped the bottom out Os a leather chair, and had cut the handles off the bureau and had done other things to mar the pretty things that she and her daughter had worked so hard to get in order to have the home life comfortable and up to the standards that the feminine heart desires, and that she could endure it no longer. She also told that she and her daughters had purchased a range and some other furniture and that her husband had sold it, leaving her only a heater to cook on. In one Instance, however, she Scored. She had been very sick recently with ap-

pendicitis, and when at length she became able to sit up, she mourned the loss of the comfortable leather rocking chair, the bottom of which had been stamped out and she absolutely refused to get up until Mr. Blazer had bought a new one for her, a fine new willow rocker, to take the place of the other one. ——Q —" ■ The petition with eighty-eight signers, asking for a local option election in Root township, has been reliled a‘. the auditor’s office, and w ill be presented to the commissioners next Monday, resulting no doubt in the calling of an election there. Tile petition was filed a month ago but withdrawn. Since then John Hey has applied for a license at Bingen. At the county option election 301 votes were cast and the township went "wet” by seventeen. R. D. Myers, receiver for the Decatur Furnace company, filed his final report. The concern has paid about eighty-three per cent. Judge Watkins of Huntington is here this afternoon, hearing the completing of the issues in the case of Hattie Studabaker et al. to vacate the alley south of the Central school building. The last will and testament of David H. Miller, late of Hartford township, was probated today. After providing for the payment of debts, he bequeathes all his qroperty, real and personal, to his wife, Azuretta Miller, and at her death, to go to the daughter, Mary L. Sours, or her heirs. The will was written January 17th. o LIBRARIAN’S MONTHLY REPORT. The monthly report of the librarian Miss Annette Moses, shows the large number of 2,034 persons now enjoying borrowers’ privileges, the total number of books in the library being more than twice the number of borrowers, or 4,675, of which number 75 were added during the past month. The number of books circulated during the month, however, was 1,696, a much smaller number than the total number on the shelves. Os this number, 756 were juvenile books, 771 adult and 169 classified. The daily average circulation was 65, the highest, 76, and the lowest, 41. — Mrs. Robert Blackbum, who has been visiting in California for several months, has written her husband as follows: Los Angeles, Cal., March 11, ’ll. I saw Teddy. He opened the big dam in Arizona and came on here. Talk about a reception. I was to it yesterday. Thousands of school children lined the streets with flags in their hands. The rough riders came first. I tell you they were a sight to see, all dressed aiikq and mounted on bronchoes. lie speaks tonight about two squares from "Lane and Mamie’s” home and we are going. He says the grandest reception in all his life was here. They spare no expense when they start to do thing here. I am going to see Mrs. McLean this afternoon. I don’t know when I will start home, owing to having to spend so much time at Lovers’ this past winter I have not seen near all the places of interest. This leaves all well.

Miss Franceo Bryjon, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs. Jeff Bryson, former residents here, but who have lived at Portland for two years past, and Mr. Harry Detamore, son of a well known stock man of Portland, eloped last week ami were married Saturday afternoon at Cowiigton, Ky. The bride is twenty anil the groom twen-ty-two. Miss Bryson went to Cincinnati Thursday, yresumably to visit with friends. Her lover left Saturday morning ft>r that place and the we<i ding was solemnized that afternoon. A telegram was immediately sent to the parmts, and it is saiid they have allroad.v been fergiven and will r ceive t> c- parental blessings. A tv ■- phame ssessage from Portland t.u iy said thcA Mr. and Mrs. Detamore were expected home Monday p. m. Mi. ■ Bryson was •'•SJvd here and has many friends awd relatives in thiscit' - and county. Mr. Detamore is the son of John Detamore. a wealth} - stock buyer of Jay county. The young man attended a military school near Chi [ cag» until six months ago, when he returned home and has since been living with his parents. They will reside at Portland. While the young couple had been sweethearts for some time the announcement of the wed ding came unexpected, as no one suspicioned the facts when they left Portland. @ FRACTURES WRIST. C. C. Enos, an employee of the Laman & Lee Hardware company, last Saturday while climbing upon a deck to secure some wares, slipped from the ladder and fell, severely spraining his left wrist. The deck is built about six feet from the floor and is

used to carry sojne light goods, and in putting up the ladder to get to them it did not fit snugly, and when Mr. Enos was near the top it slippe.l and threw him to the floor. Enos thought he would land on his head and shoulders and he throw out his hand to catch himself with the result as stated. CLOSING DAY. Miss Loota Bailey, who spent Sunday will; her parents, left la t . ing byway of Bluffton for her school just south of Berne. Next Friday will be the closing day of her school and a special program will be given by the pupils, and several addresses will also be made, and a real treat is in store for the pupils and patrons of Miss Bailey. o —— — FLAHERTY FUNERAL. The funeral of Michael Flaherty, who died at his home, 224 East Seventh street, Wednesday, was held from St. Lawrence church this morning at 9 o’clock. Burial was made at Beech Grove cemetery. —Muncie Star. Rev. Father Flaherty returned Sunday noon to he in attendance at the funeral. o The next banquet will occur in Indianapolis on the evening of Jefferson’s birthday, April 13th. It is being given by the national league of democratic clubs, and from present indications will overshadow anything of the kind ever given before. Hon. J. Ham. Lewis of Chicago will be toastmaster, and the list of speakers will include Governor Marshall, W. J. Bryan, Governor Wilson of New Jersey-, and many other dignitaries from both the east and the west, the north and the south. Arrangements are being made to entertain eighteen hundred at the banquet table, which will be spread at the Murat Temple, ft will cost two dollars and fifty per, and the tickets are now on sale ami going like hot cakes. It will require an early reservation if you care to go, and the invitation is general as long as the tickets last.

In the absence of the senator Mrs. J. W. Kern will give an afternoon re ception for Hon. W. J. Bryan, while he is in the city attending the Jefferson day dinner. It is her intention to invite their personal friends to the Kern home during the afternoon and afford them the pleasure of greeting the great commoner and of spending a social hour in this very pleasant way. L. G. E. o FIRE AT DIDOT’S STORE. Caused Slight Damage Sunday Morning—Loss is Small. John Didot, the jeweler, located in the Bremerakmp frame block on Madison street, had a close call of losing his stock by fire Sunday morinng about 10 o’clock. John had just gone I to church, when some one noticed t ; tiny tlame shoot up from the roof of ! the building and immediately turned l in an alarm. The company responded ' quickly and soon had the blaze unde : control, without any damage. Mr. Didot asks us to thank the firemen lor their prompt work and the care tney i used, for he says they so managed I the fire that not even a drop of water ! fell on his bed or his cooking utensils, i There was practically no damage i' ; the stock and but little to the buildj ing. Mr. Didot carried no insurance I and the loss would have been a disasI trous one had the flames gained much headway. — — UNDER PEACE BOND. Late Saturday Alice Williams appeared before ’Squire Stone and i swore out an affidavit to the effect i that she feared Warren Hamrick, a barber, and one of the rural Carriers, j was intending to do bodily harm t > i one Florence Hamrick, his wife. A warrant, was issued and Hamrick was arrested, but was released on his o" n recognizance, the time of the trial being set for next Friday < - __ _ j Charles, three-smr-dld son of W’’, ■ d Mrs. A. 11. Barnard, of First street, had a lucky escape from injury Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clockwhen he rolled to the brick street from an automobile as it turned the corner at Second and monroe streets. The child escaped with only a little bump on his head and that he got off with so little injury is almost miraculous. 'Fhe father, A. H. Barnard, who is salesman for the Decatur Motor CarWorks, was returning with the auto to the |garage on Second street, and Charles, with his older brother. Brock, were riding with their father from their home on First street to the garage. The little fellows were with their father on the front seat, but were both standing up, and just as the car turned from the east on Monroe street to Second street, Charles rolled out. The auto was going very slowly, however, else the injury would doubtless have been very severe.