Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1911 — Page 3

attend contest. rouDtv superintendent L. E. OpligLcompanied by a number of peofrom the south part of the county, »** th l,, morning for Indianapolis. th ,. v *lll be in attendance at Helling contest which ber' ibis afternoon at 2 o'clock in the •*" o f the bouse of representatives [the s'-" e houße ’ Marlon M ‘ chael * [* C | ar;l Gilbert, who are to take I tinti e contest, boarded the train L* Monro- with their parents and a i* ' b( . r of teachers and others, who I 1 "” to a"‘‘ nd the ,natch - golng by O s Winchester, and arriving in ( Snapolis about noon. Everything * In the best of shape and Adams t “ - lv will no doubt do her part, as I — ■ —• fe nearly struck by train. I giu Vera Hower Has Narrow Escape at Noon. j U| U Vera Hower had a most narI escape at noon today from being itruck by a G- R. & I- freight car, dying herself and the train crew and fitness* of the affair the fright of their l' vee - She waa 001111,18 down town at noon and as she reached the g r. A- I railroad at the Monroe greet crossing, the rear of a freight W ln was waiting, ready to back up. Miss Vera thought she could get Kross in time and made no haste as i •be thought the cars would stand there for some time. Just as she got on the track, however, the train backed up and she crossed over with only about a foot’s distance intervening. The train crew screamed, thinking to find her ground beneath the sheets of the car, but were agreeably onrprised when she passed safely over. Miss Vera, herself, did not realize the full import of her hairbreadth -scape, until some time afterward, and is resolved to be more unehil henceforth. o_ Miranda Moore vs. Adelle Barnett, jw appointment of guardian. Jurisdiction assumed by C. J. Lutz, special i judge Appearance by prosecutor. Submitted. Binding that defendant is [ of unsound mind, and Mrs. Moore . named as guardian. D. P Kenworthy et al. vs. William . H. Reichard, to foreclose lien, left off trial docket by agreement. Milo W. Hamrick vs. Maria Brandt ft al. to abate nuisance, appearance ■ by Lutz for defendants. Motion to I separate cause of action overruled. ——— The jury commissioners have been 1 ordered to draw the names of fifteen I persons to servo as petit jurors tor i the April term and issue a venire therefore returnable April 24th. : The will of Adam C. Had was pro- [ bated, bequeathing to his wife, Rar che! Ford, all personal property, TW I acres of land in North Daokta. and four lots in Geneva. Mrs. Ford is named as *xecutrix. The wiTI w [ written February 20th. MAbt iniHUU LIVELY. ■ Matteis were made lively Tuesday , evening for Harry Detamore when I the members of the Phi Drifts Kappa i fraternity and the local EUss’ lodge, went to the Bryson home on North I Pleasant street and carried him off . bodily, proceeding to give him the . treatment accorded to all frat memI berg when they become beneeicts Early in the evening Bonner Adams • and Whitney Smith wont to tire Detamore home on East Walnut street, but, disappointed in not finding their Warry there, pursued the searCL with eT «n greater vigor, until, impressing file young folks’ parents with the earhestgess of their purpose, Delaware WSs at last discovered to iiiem. The boys dressed the new bridegroom ,jn grotesque attire aad pararie(i Mm through the town 1> front of city band, taking him to the Picture ritows, and other public Places. Adter marching their victim “btil they were tired he was led to fr at rovnas and compelled to stand treat Mr. and Mrt. Detamore returned ~* me from C wdnnati Monday night i ■ * dld not make the fact known to ~*fr friends until Tuesday noon.— i rortjand Review. o ta) HAS SORE FOOT. i Ed Johnson, who met with quite a P ai nful accident on last Monday while Saged at his work, when a large 8e 01 lce fell on his right foot, . ashing several of the toes and other-• B « causing him much pain and int ® nv en!ence, i. getting about. It is . win r ll n ° bonea were broken, t)ut it i. e some time before the injured -■--v, will allow Mr. Johnson to °* ar his weight upon it. Preparations are being made by (iana^ 10118 “''“‘s l ® o * of th ® North In-, conference to preach their last ( M for this conference year next i

Sunday, they going to Kokomo next Tuesday to the yearly conference, where they will be sent to other charges, or the more lucky ones going to the same charges they held during the past year. Rev. V alentlne of Preble announces his last sermon at Mt. Pleasant on next Sunday morning, at Buelah Chapel in the afternoon at 3:00 and at Washington church in the evening immediately after league. The services of the church in this city will be given out later. This year the conferences will be I held at Kokomo and the ministers are , to be there by Tuesday morning and the meetings lasting over until the , following Monday, when the ministers will be assigned to their charges I for the coming year. Delegations I from all the churches will accompany | their ministers to ask for their return and It is expected that few changes will be made this year. HOME FROM FUNERAL. David Archer of Pleasant Mills and sister. Mrs. Amanda Moats, of this city, have returned from Battle Creek, Michigan, where they attended the funeral of their uncle, Jerry Harrison, of that place. Mr. Harrison will be well remembered by the older residents of this county, being born and raised in this county?' He is a brother of the late Mrs. Susanna i Archer, deceased. THE HORSE SALE. Promptly at 10 o’clock the horse sale was opened this morning by Mr. McNabb of Ashland, Ohio, and from the first the bidding was spirited and the stock rapidly changed bands. A great number of foreign buyers were present at the opening of the sale, but very few farmers coming in until after dinner. A great number of spectators were there and witnessed the selling of the several matched teams which were offered, one of them weighing 2,140 pounds. o Spring is surely coming in spite of the blustery weather of today, for base ball dope is already beginning to flow. The manager of the Decatur base ball team today received word from J. H. BeCraft, secretary of the Kokomo Red Sol base ball club, asking that the Decatur beam play their opening game of the season at Kokomo April 30th—just one month from today. The request was accompanied by an excellent monetary offer, which besides the pleasure the local team would have in meeting such a fast team as the Kokomo Red Sox, is an excellent inducement. A meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock te the Decatur base ball fans at their dub rooms, at which time the base Jorill team will reorganize. They expect to do some good playing during the coming season and will book games for the season with many other teams of merit. MR. BLAZER SENDS A REPLY. In reply to an interview with Mrs. Rosa Blazer a few days ago, tier husband, Elwood Blazer, has sent to this office a .thirty-four page reply, which he asks -us to publish. It Is but a rehash of 411 the troubles bf this family for years past, coupled with a plea to Rosa toireturn and live with him and help care for the children, and we ho-ve not the room to print it. It is -very evident that this couple prefer each other’s company and are only th’lS’ting apart because of quarreling They should quit telling their troubles to the wotki, aid each other and be happy. Wfen Attorney A. P- Beatty arrived .home .from Richmond, Indiana, Wednesday evening, where he had been called ten btrthiess, he found a tele:jram .-Mnnoundzng that his eldest ibwither. John Beatty, had died at his hotne art Paducah, Ky., at 4 o’clock Wedneedito’ morning. The deceased was quite well known here, having TisßWd his brother and family two years ago. He .was sixty years old and death Mis due to pneumonia. He was a divisw superintendent the Illinois Central rattaoad and a unost successful man in his work, well hiked Iby his employer* and Kis men. He .s 'survived by the widow and five chil I dren, all grown. The funeral service* were not given in the message, but MT. Beatty left Wednesday night over the Clover Leaf for St. Louis, from where he went to Paducah next morning. The deceased was bora in Kentucky but came north with the fam By In the sixties, later returning to Kentucky, where he continued to • make his home. received Thursday by Mrs. Joel Reynolds of a terrible accident that happened to her cons n. Francis Slagle, a boy of twelve, years living at Marion with his mother. The lad owned a target rifle and had gone out into the yard to shoot rats and tiring of the sport he came back into 'the house and laid the loaded gun '» ' the table. A young lady boarder pick-, ♦

ed up the gun and playfnlly pointed 1 it at the boy, not knowing It was load- i ed, pulled the trigger, and was horrl- I fled at seeing the boy drop to the i floor, shot through the neck. Bellev- i ing him joking, she ran to pick him up i and found him weltering In his blood, i A physician was hastily summoned and the examination showed the bail as having entered the cheek, grazing 1 the jaw-bone and penetrating the I neck. The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Slagle, who formerly lived here, and is the cousin of Mrs. Reynolds. He is suffering intensely, but i it is the belief, if no other cotnpllca- 1 tions set in, that he will recover. Mrs. : Reynolds is prevented from going to ’| his bedside on account of her children ; being bedfast with severe attacks of ; the measles. The mother of the boy, i and the young lady who playfully shot him, are prostrated with grief, and it Is safe to say that hereafter ; when pointing a gun at any person the young lady will determine beforehand whether or not it is loaded. The mother, Mrs. Slagle, is a sister of Mr. John D. Andrews of this city. o— .... RECEIVES BOX OF ORANGES. Dore B. Erwin Recipient of Delicious Gift From Edward Blakey. Attorney Dere B. Erwin today received a box of delicious, beautiful oranges from Ed Blakey, who owns a twenty-acre orange grove near Redlands, California. One of these oranges was a monster, perhaps the largest ever shown here, weighing two and a quarter pounds, and measuring seventeen Inches in circumference. Mr. Blakey is a cousin of Henry and Otto Blakey, a cousin of Clerkelect Ferdinand Blake, and well I known here. He recently purchased a 320-acre farm in California, is well pleased with that land, and is pros- ■ perous. He says in a letter, however, i that the orange crop this year was i not equal to that of last year. o — ..... There is going to be a rainy time ‘ in April. There will be numerous , showers, many of them accompanied by electrical displays. So says ! Prophet Hicks, who assures you that a reactionary storm period is in progress as we pass from March into r April. Storms of rain, wind and thunder will culminate on and touch- ’ ing Sunday the 2nd, winding up with . possible snow in northern extremes. t Rising barometer, fair weather and 1 frosty nights will visit most parts of the country between the 2nd and sth. A seismic period, which is central ’ on March 30th, will reach three or four days into April. 1 A regular storm period covers the ’ 4th to the Bth, having its center on the 6th. Falling barometer, change r to much warmer, with growing cloudI iness and storms, will begin in the west by the 4th and sth. During the 6th to Bth, storms of rain, wind and thunder will make their transit from west to east, touching most parts of the country. These storms wil be in the form of heavy April showers, ! breaking into severe thunder storms s to Colorado to make a si-cond stop ’’ Fair weather and cool nights, with " possible frosts northward will follow ( these storms. A reactionary storm period marks ’ the Hosing days of earth’s vwiril equinoctial, central on the 11th, 12th ‘ and T3th. Low barometer and very * high ttm per Stare on and touching 1 the 11th and 12th wifi bring wvere thunder, rain «nd hail to many sec- ' tions. Hot, muggy conditions, with S very tow barometer ard angry, electrical clouds should be admonitions erf tornadoes at this period. This also Js a period in which seismic disturb--5 ances will be heard from, say within -- itfcree days from Thursday, the 13th. a A regular storm period extends - fnom the l€th to tlst. will<*esigt mate the ISth, Tfttii. and 20th » tne i eriste of thiis period. and twucht ing these dates, expect many active 1 April storms and sgnalls attendee by f hall and tolitowed by <ciit«nge to nwch > colder. Not only this period, but tthe I entire month of April, as may be ? seen by the storm chart, w-iems s ceptlonally free from great and gext oral disturbances, but the storm per--1 jods will bring normal and regular ! phenomena, such as are oommen to - this season of the year. A reactionary storm period has Us : center on the 24th and 25th, on and ■ about which dates the barometer will i fall and threatening weather will apand hail storms in many localities, pear. This period, will, most likely, I general anti-storm conditions, but > run into a series of daily April showers over most parts of the country, reaching into the next storm period. A regular storm period is central on the 29th, extending from the 26th to May 3rd. Violent electrical and magnetic manifestations in earthquakes will reach maximum disturbances within and about April 25th. The total phasa-bf the sun’s eclipse on April 28th will fall in the southern hemisphere, henca the seismic dis-, turbances will first be moet general J und severe in that part of the globe.

But the opposition of Jupiter and the < conjunction of Saturn, within two i hours of each other on the 30th, to- 1 gether with the perihelion of Venus i on the 29th, will create a seismic < strain that will be felt severely all i around the globe. o I Wet Dry 1 North Hartford 92 71 I South Hartford 30 68 i i Total 122 139 < 1 The above table tells the story of ’ the local option election held Wed- i nesday in Hartford township. The I north precinct, where Linn Grove is I located, went wet by 21, but the south < precinct rolled up a dry majority of 1 38, making the township "dry” by I seventeen. 1 1 Wednesday was the “drys’ ” day ’ again over the state, as but one unit, I Smith township in Whitley county, 1 voted "wet’’ by 33, while all the rest I went “dry.” Crawfordsville was the ' only city to vote, and they gave a “dry” majority of 136. - Perry town- i ship In Allen county went “dry” by 1 20, and Wingate, New Richmond and i Ladoga in Montgomery county voted I “dry.” The election in Perry town- ' ship was the first ever held in Allen county on the local option question. The county commissioners of Allen county Wednesday fixed the ratio of saloons at one for each 750 population. This gives them 112 saloons instead of over 300 now there. The city of Fort Wayne now has 235 thirst parlors, and the new law reduces that nearly two-thirds. LANDS ANOTHER. J Sam Acker Lands Another Good Cement Contract. Samuel Acker, manufacturer of cement blocks, and who recently has been securing some mighty good contracts, returned home Wednesday from Willshire, where he secured a contract for furnishing blocks for the erection of another building. It is to be a new harness shop, 75x30 feet, and two stories high. The blocks are to be furnished as soon as possible, so work can be commenced on the building just as soon as the weather will permit. MR. BRENNER IN HARD LUCK. Fort Wayne, Ind., March 30 —John G. Brenner, seventy-two, a civil war veteran, stepped from a hospital here I after six w-eeks' illness, and started • for the station to take 14 train for his home at Geneva. Fifteen minutes la- ■ ter he Was on his why back to the 1 hospital, suffering from severe cuts « and bruises. In evading three autos. - Brenner stopped in the path of a > street car and was struck. Brenner j says he will “try again” in a few I days, but he expects to ride in a hack 1 on the next trip. f — o 1 ATTORNEY DeVOSS ILL. 3 Attorney L. C. DeVoss has been s quite sick with asthma and heart troß--1 ble for th® past two days, during z which time he has been confined to his home. His condition is such that s he is unxble to get any rest, day or 1 night. 1 r Harry Organ, the long-wanted for- » ger, who forged a -check on G. T. e Burke al the Old Adams County bank ■- recently, among others, and who was 1 captured at Logaasport last week, ■- where be will be 'held for many sim s Rar crimes, is believed to be the man j who gaiue his name as “Scott," who 1- four or five years ago, apparently 1 trid to ’work a rraal estate graft in . this oounty, and whj was apparently 3 the man long wanted in Illinois, Ne- ■■ brasfca, lowa, "Wfeoonstn, Minnexota, $ Ohio, Wchagan, anfi other states, for -a smooth ttrick turned there, by which 3 he had in al’l netted the sum of L 75.i 000. That the man Organ, “Scott," 1 and tints other grafter, are the w.me ; man to the belief of Attorney D. B. 3 Erwin erf this city, «of whom at that - time, “Seott" tried to borrow $2300 - on a reai estate deal in this county. About four or five years ago the man • “Scott” ar wared here, put up at the 1 Park hoteL and made arrangements io buy the Striker farm near this eity, even going so far »s to get j Hooper & Lenhart to make out the abstract. He then inserted an ad in the Democrat, asking for a Joan of ?2,(M)0. It seems that Mr. Erwin, as (a loan agent, was the only person who answered his ad. The man wanted to borrow money to pay for the farm, which he said he wanted to buy for himself, and that he was also going to buy a Wells county farm for his son. Mr. Erwin stated that the rules of his company demanded that he have the receipt in full of the man from whom the land had been purchased, showing that the full amount of the loan had been turned over to him for payment. When the terms of the loan were made known I to him, the man "Scott” stated that Ihe would call the next week and

close the deal, and that in the mean- 1 time he would go to Bluffton, where 1 ho would close a deal on a farm near 1 that place, which he wished to pur- 1 chase for his son. He never showed < up here again. About a year ago, I however, County Recorder Hervey S. I Steele received from the sheriff of 1 Fremont, Neb., a picture and descrip- 1 tion of a man that had been working 1 a land graft in the aforenamed states 1 and for whom a reward of |2OO was 1 offered by the Nebraska sheriff. The < man they stated in all the places had 1 worked out his method about the same as that tried by the man “Scott" here. At Fremont, Neb., he wanted to purchase a farm and soon selected < one, on account of its being located near a church, of which denomination he stated his folks were members. He made several trips there and finally 1 had in his possession a deed which I was later found to be forged, even to 1 the ackuowledgment of the notary < public. On the strength of this deed ’ ho got $3,000 from a loan agent there 1 by giving a mortgage on the farm < This scheme he worked everywhere, and it is believed by Mr. Erwin that < this man “Scott” was the same man, 1 and that had he not been required to give a receipt from the former owner 1 of the farm, would have returwed here with a forged deed for the farm 1 and have tried to secure the $2,000 loan. Among the points described in the H. S. Steble circular is that of a large front gold-covered tooth, and “Scott” is said to have had a conspicuous gold-front tooth. A picture of Harry Organ was compared with that of the land grafter which was about twelve years old, and allowing for differences in change, it is thought that they are very much alike and that they are pictures of the identical person. Furthermore, Harry Organ is said to have a gold tooth just like that of “Scott” and the land grafter. o— Mrs. Minnie L,ewton gave a delightful dinner party in compliment to her sister, Miss Grace Dutcher, a number of her girl friends being guests. The day was spent in knotting comforts for the honored one — but thereupon hangs another tale to be told soon. At noon a delicious chicken dinner was in order. The following guests were present and report a very delightful time: Saloma ißice, Bertha and Beulah Fuhrman, Letitia Singleton, Irene and Helen Evans, Ethel Ruckman and Verna Mann. The Shakespeare ladies spent a profitable afternoon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. D. D. Heller, the hostess having a very good paper on “The Sepoy Mutiny,” contributing delightfully to the club’s study of India. Other members carried the study further by talking on sub-topics, and Mrs. J. W. Tyndall read a review of Mrs. Flora A. Steel’s “On the Face of the Waters." A business period was also held to arrange for the closing of the* season’s study, which will be about Easter. The next meeting will be with Mrs. M. S. Brackett. The society at the meeting Wednesday 1 afternoon also named its delegates to the federated clubs' convention to be : held at Union City April 26th, Mrs. C. ’ A. Dugan and Mrs. J. H. Heller being named as delegates. The thirty-fifth annual meeting of - the Woman’s Presbyterian Mission- . ary society of the Fort Wayne Presc bytery will be held at Lagrange April 3. 12th and 13th. All ladies of the local , society are urged to attend and those desiring to do so are requested to send 1 their names to the secretary, Mrs. L. ji A. Graham. c 1: The St. Vincent de Paul ladies held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon at the K. of C. hall. , where they devoted their time to r quilting, the quilt to be sold when fin i ished and the proceeds devoted to the - regular charitable work for which ' this order to xioted. X I ■ I ■ ■ 11. The Flolarul de Purin club gii Is t spent a delightful time with their ) sewing at the home of Miss Grace . Purdy Wednesday evening, and will 1 meet again next week with Miss > Flora Fledderjohann. Several new s members will be received into the : club soon, it is thought. • Mrs. J. O. Selemeyer pleasantly eni tertained the Menu-ates Wednesday ’ afternoon at their regular club meeting. Mrs. Walter Plew of Gary was an out-of-town guest. Miss Pansy Bell will be hostess at the next meeting. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church will meet -Friday atfernoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Frank Parr on North Ninth street. A! good attendance is desired. 0 I Clinton Albert, two years and nine months old, son or Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cloud, of West Monroe street, died at 12:30 Thursday afternoon after a two weeks' illness. The babe first became sick with the measles and la-

ter pneumonia developed, causing its death. The little boy was a bright child, a great comfort to the parents, and the sorrow that invades the home over the death of the little one is heavy, indeed. The parents have left to them three children—two daughters, Juanita and Alice, and an infant son. The funeral was held Sunday morning at 9:30 from the home and at 10 o'clock from the German Reformed church, the servic es being conducted by the pastor, the Rev. L. C. Hessert. -—— » RESOLUTIONS On the Death of Mrs. Sadie MeyersAdopted by Camp No. 5234. Neighbor Meyers was a member of Decatur Camp No. 5234, Royal Neighbors of America. She was a good, faithful member, always pleasant and cheerful. She always had a good word for every one she chanced to meet. The camp is sadly bereaved of one so good; therefor, be it Resolved, That the Royal Neighbors of Becatur emulate her life; be it further Resolved, That the charter be draped in mourning for thirty days. Furthermore, That these resolutions be spread on record, and a copy be sent to the family and to each of the papers of the city. MARY E. WEAVER. LULU SWERENGER. MRS. J. CHRISTEN. MRS. W. H. FLEDDERJOHANN. — ~ —o —- KELLER BOY BETTER. Has Been Quite Sick With Pneumonia For Several Days. Charles, the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller, residing in the north part of the city, was reported today as being somewhat improved. For several days he has been suffering with pneumonia, and liis condition had been quite serious ami chances for recovery had been abandoned for some time. Unless something umorseen at the present time sets in he will recover, and his present condition gives his parents much encouragement. o— When the curtains of the Boston store window were raised this afternoon at 4 o’clock, after nimble and skillful fingers had been at work all day, a most novel sight met the gaze, of the public—that of a sac simile of the new T’nited States capital building now in course of construction in Washington, and which will be finished this year. What is the wonderful part about it is that the sac-simile is built «f sbap, about 3,000 cakes of Royal Cuticle soap, having been used in the construction, the same being brought forth under the skillful arrangement of F. W. Burkhalter, representative of the Royal Soap company of Cincinnati, Ohio. This "soap symphony” which is really a work of art, will remain in the wipdow a week, , and will be highly admired by the public. The view of the building , shown is the front elevation with the ’ the mammoth arch of triumph and 01 • namental columns, the vast hall and ’ colonade Hanked with smaller halls, running through the center of the building, and reaching in height to the dome, which is crowned by an American eagle with outstretched ’ wings, all being copied with exactness ’ that is remarkable. 1 The architectural adornment of the 1 building, the intricacies of the divis- ! ionary rooms of the interior, includ--1 ing the handsome reading rooms, of- • flee and various bureaus, are well preserved. Handsome silk flags of our country wave from every cornice, 1 grassy lawns, and graveled walks in ’ their natural color, are shown, and ■' the whole structure, though built from 3 ' that commonplace and homely though necessary article —soap, is a B work of high art. 1 — 11 ■ O’ 111 4 We still have left one Sunday o' e ' tliis conference year. Another year's! i work of pleasant memories is clos'*--; e How quickly the days go by! Stand--1 ing at the close of the year's work. 8 we cannot help but reflect over the 1 past. We naturally ask ourselves the ? question, Have we done all that was in our power to do? Did we not let slip by some golden opportunity that - will never return again? If we have. - may we resolve in our hearts that in - the new year about to break in upon : us, we shall do our very best to do whatever our hand flndeth to do. We are certainly gratified to God for his mercies to us during the past year and for the success that has come to us during the three years ws as a. church and pastor have labored together. May the Evangelical church Ibe felt in a still greater measure in the city of Decatur. I>et every Evangelical be present in all of the services Sunday. Rev. A. B. Haist, who served as pastor for four consecutive years, will preach Sunday morning. Come and let us make the last Sunday the greatest day of the year REV. D. O. WlSE,.Pastor