Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1911 — Page 5

fl TRAVELED some. ■ ahten'd Horse Takes Occupartfs a V" 9 • Wind-splitting Ride. ■ ~n IP excitement was witnessed ■ , | o’clock Sunday afternoon E'n a horse being driven by Leo K’eber. accompanied by several oth■L*parties in the rig, when just in t o f the Parrish restaurant, Erse iM-ame frightened at some Ena unknown to the driver and Ejrteil <l |lWll ,he B,reet at fu " SPeed. Ehei! in front of the Teeple, Brandy .<• Peterson clothing store the E snapped and nothing was left to Eld the frightened animal excepting Ee check rein, as the bridle had been Eripped entirely off of him. He travEcd at a very faßt K a,t untH near A,! ' Ens street, when the horse lessened El, speed, and was captured by parities who ran to the street to stop Eim No one was hurt ’ exce P Mr - Iffeber. who jumped and received a Listed ankle. The horse received Eereral cuts and bruises, but outside El 'hat nothing serious resulted, exItepting that all were badly frightfl ened. ■ O — ■ Trix. a little i>et dog belonging to Bjnbn Stewart and family, the boon ■companion of little Meredith Stewart, ■ and so frequent a visitor at this ofEee that he nearly become the mas|cot. is dead. He had the habit of ■ running out to bark at motorcycles las they passed, and thereby met his |fate Sunday, being struck by a motor- ■ cycle driven by a young man from | Berne as he passed through here. |The dog was so badly injured that |ie was afterward chloroformed to |end his misery. When the motor|cycle struck the dag. the driver was ■ thrown from his seat and rolled some | twenty or thiry feet, but he was not |apparently hurt, as he resumed his | wav He had evidently forgotten | that there is a speed limit in Decatur |as he was going at least thirty miles |an hour when he struck the dog. U | In a recent issue of the Minster, | Ohio, Post, a paragraph of vital inI terest to Decatur and all the sur- ■ rounding country was published. It I means that if the public of the coun- ■ ties having the head-waters of the I St. Mary's river so wills, that DecaI tur will become a point on the huge ■ Erie to Chicago canal project. It ■ reads: I “County Auditor J. L. Morrow is B sending out notices for the purpose of I regulating the St. Mary's river in I Shelby, Auglaize. Mercer and Van I Wert counties. A meeting is called I for May 16tK to find out If the pubI lie is in favor of bettering the river lor not. The work is calculated to I tost about one-half million dollars. I To grasp the full import of the pr.-agraph it will be necessary to review, briefly, the geography of the proposed routes in relation to those already built and in operation. The Erie and Chicago canal is intended to connect Lake Brie and Lake Michigan by a canal that will disnense with the round-about trip through Lake Huron and down Lake Michigan. From Toledo to Fort Wayne there is built a canal known as the Maumee canal, which it is proposed to widen and use as a part of the project. From Fort Wayne to the eastern shore# of Lake Michigan is all of the proposed route that remains to be built, and when this stretch is completed we will have the long-sought canal Which will materially reduce the freight rates on western merchandise. The problem which affects Decatur, however, comes from a different source. At Defiance, Ohio, a branch canal is in operation, maikng a junction with the Erie-Chicago canal, and its route is directly south, connecting at Cincinnati by a lock with the Ohio river. This canal is fed by a reservoir located near Celina, Ohio, and at St. Mary’s, Ohio, where the canal crosses the St. Mary’s river, the level of the river is seven inches above that of the canal. The object is to get the people to eee the advantages of dredging the St. Mary’s river to its mouth at Fot t Wayne, Indiana, thus eliminating ronnd-about route through Defiance, Ohio. A look at the may will show you the reason. Sj. Mary’s. Ohio, Defiance, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, are the three points of the triangle, and by using the caals as already built, the barges will be forced to go by way of Defiance, covering two sides of the triangle in reaching Ft. M ayne. If the river improvements are made the barges will take a lock at St. Mary’s, Ohio, and float down the St. Mary’s river to Fort Wayne, where by another lock they will be admitted to the Erie-Chicago ship canal. This , improvement will save about two, hundred miles of travel and will be, the means of saving about four days •n time. Cincinnati, Pittsburg, and all the big river towns are fighting for the river improvement as it will give them a water route from Pittsburg to Chicago. The great value of the improvment is at once apparent to the discerning

mind, and the fact alone, of it bringing the traffic through the corporate of Decatur, means many dollars yearly that will be spent in our town for provisions, fuel and the many necessities needed to run one of the barges. It means that many barges, with many passengers, will' arrive here daily. It means that they will have to be fed, and that they will have to buy from the merchants here. True, we will not get the bulk of the 'trade, but wo will get our share, and in the aggregate it means many dollars. Eventually the St. Mary’s river will bo dredged, Its economic possibilities will not long be overlooked, once the great Erie to Chicago canal is in full operation. The many travelers who will be forced to draw their barges up to Defiance to make a connection will soon bring the matter to the note of the government, and then it will be dredged. Our being but a few miles from Ft. Wayne will, to some extent, seem but a reason why we will not profit by the extension of the canal through our river. But in practice it will soon be found that many of the barges will prefer to provision here, rather than experience the delays at Fort Wayne which will necessarily come from the fact that there will be a constant crush at the locks and from the fact also that no barge can stop for provisions, or the like after entering the busy waterway of the main canal. o— — Dorsey Hoagland, who has been sick with typhoid fever for several weeks, but who had been recovering, suffered a sinking spell this morning and for a while was quite sick. He rallied, however, and it is thought will get along all right now. Robert, little son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Mills, who had been aangerously sick mith measles, pneumonia and other complications, is recovered sufficiently to walk about the yard. Mrs. William Hoffman, aged seventy, living south of Peterson, who has been seriously sick with pneumonia the past week, is very tow and it Is thought can survive but a short while. She is the mother of Mrs. E. Fritzinger, Mrs. William Fansler and Mrs. Bob Gregory. The Evangelical Ladies’ Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. A. Smith at the parsonage. Attorney F. S. Armantrout, of the law firm of Butcher & Armantrout of Geneva, was a business visitor in the city today. When here, he told of the serious condition of his partner. Representative Jacob Butchet, who has been sick the past five weeks with hardening of the liver. During his illness Mr. Butcher has lost fifty pounds in weight and his condition is quite serious. Mr. Butcher is one of the veterans of the civil war, and is well known over the county, his many friends learning with much regret of his illness. Mr. Butcher was elected representative to the state legislature from Adams county, serving during the session just closed. The Queen Esther band of the Methodist church will meet Friday evening at the' borne of -Estella Chronister, where, assisted by Miss Ethel Butler, they will give a ten cent social. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody to attend. A program will be given. The C. B. L. of I. will give another of their popular dances at their hall on next Thursday evening and arrangements relative thereto are already under way for the carrying on of the evening’s entertainment. The reception to be given this evening at the Methodist church parlors for the new pastor, the Rev. Semans, and family, will be a very cordial one, and everybody is Invited to attend and extend a word of welcome to them. John G. Hoffman and daughter, Rosa, left this morning tor South Chicago, where they will attend the wedding of Mr. Hoffman’s nephew, Fred, who is a well known young real estate man. The groom is the son of Chris Hoffman of Ohio, fwmerly of Allen county, and is known to many here. Misses Ruth Shaffer, Alta Hart and Messrs. Howard Miller, Gilbert Shaffer of Monroeville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart at the home of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mumma, where she has been ill for several months, with what is known as entero-colitis, and owing to the nature of this disease her improvement is slow, but she is now able to go out of doors, which is a great benefit to her. If her improvement continues as it has she probably j will be able to return to her M>me ■ near Monroeville in a few weeks, j Mrs. Stewart was formerly Miss Josie Mumma.

Miss Lena Meyers was given a happy surprise Sunday evening Incelebration of her twentieth birth anniversary, the affair being arranged by her sister, Miss Anna, and carried out with the assistance of twenty-two of her friends. In an Interesting series lof games, first prizes were won by Miss Alice Knapp and Mr. Fred Hess. An interesting" contest was one, in which each person was given a name of a fruit or flower to which he was to answer insteod of his own name. Any one calling the guests by names other than tho one given, was to forfeit one of thirty grains of corn given to each. At the conclusion of the evening, Irene Garard and Lawrence Biggs were found to be the winners. Refreshments were served. Miss Lena was the recipient of a handsome pearl ring, with best wishes of the party. Out-of-town guests were Lena Dodane and Della Ehrman of Fort Wayne. Relatives in this city of Clyde Callow have received invitations to the commencement exercises of the Wren Ohio, high school of which he is i member. The commencement will be held Thursday evening, May 4th, and the baccalaureate sermon will be given next Sunday evening. Lloyd is a son of Sherman Callow and a nephew of Mrs. J. A. Smith. Sixty or more of the members of the congregation of the Christian church formed a party that called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weaver Monday evening to bid farewell to their daughter, Mrs. Sadie Cowley, who is soon to go to Fbrt Wayne to make her future home, Mrs. Cowley having served faithfully and well for many years as organist for the church. As a slight mark of their an-, preciation of her services they pre | sented her with a set of silver table | and teaspoons and many good wishes to speed her on her way. Games and music were enjoyed and later, refreshments, consisting of tutti-frutti, dark and light cake and coffee, were serv- , ed by Mrs. Weaver and assistants. Mrs. L. B. Brokaw and daughter, Eva, who are also going to Fort Wayne to make their home, Mr. Brokaw being employed there, were guests at the party. It is with the deepest regret that the congregation sees Mrs. Cow-, ley go. Her sister, Mrs. G. C. Steele, will serve as organist for the church in her stead. Mrs. C. M Hower went to Cnrigville today, and tomorrow will be join- ■ ed by Mr. Hower in attending the wedding of his niece, Miss Harriet ■ Hower, daughter of B. F. Hower, the ■ Craigri’le merchant. The wedding will take place Wednesday noon at the home of the bride's parents, the groom being Robert Hoover, a well known young man of Ossian. The relatives of both parties will be guests, a wedding dinner following the ceremony. The bride is known here, having visited occasionally with her uncle and other relatives. Sire is a young lady of merit, quite popular with her large circle of friends. for some time has served as assistant in her father s store at Craigville. The young couple will make their horn* 1 in Ossian. Mrs. Mary Meyers, living south of the city, very pleasantly entertained Sunday at het home in honor of her daughter. Miss Ella’s birthday by inviting several of her friends to help spend the da? The party went to the home early in the morning and nt noon partook of a sumptuous dinner which had been spread for the occasion. The party from this city included Misses Bertha Voglewede, Elizabeth Voglewede and Rosa Eag-i en; also Attorney Edward Meyers of Fort Wayne, a brother of Miss Ella. - ■©- ■ MACHINE IS HERE. The employees of tribe Decatur Lumber company are bw today setting up the new machine which arrived Saturday. As soon as it is finished the company will be prepared to get out any special work winch may be required of them with dwrpatch ami accuracy. The addition of the machine will materially increase the output of the plant as they may make some standard sizes. At least -no one will be held up with delays on account of freight not arriving as they could make the order up and deliver it in short order. - Real estate transfers: Nathan Franklin Martz to Benj. M. Smith, lot 12, Monroe, $300: Mary O. Christen et al. to Roy Wolford, house and lot in Root tp., $l5O. — o~■ — The case of Burkhead vs. Wagner was called again Monday evening, at which time several more witnesses were examined and the matter ar- j gued by the attorneys. The court; took the matter under advisement until Thursday morning, at which time he will give a decision in the matter. , <

NOTICE TO BUSINESS MEN. The manager of the Fort Wayne &• Springfield Railway company is considering the advisability of having the present freight car make two round trips each day, between Fort Wayne and Decatur, one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. Any suggestions as to time of shipments which will be convenient for shippers will be appreciated by the manager. J. H. KOENIG, Genl Mgr. 'Robert Fetters, the Huntington young man, who went into delirium tremens in this city and was taken to the jail, where he was cared for. has nearly recovered and it is thought he will be able to return to Huntington today or tomorrow. SUNDAY SERVICES. The following are the services to be conducted on next Sunday at the Calvary church: Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 10:30 a. m., ajjd in the evening at the Salem church preaching at the usual hour. Rev. E. B. Jones, the newly appointed pastor, will conduct services for the first time, and a good attendance is desired. All are welcome. REV. JONES, Pastor. — o— — DICK HELLER HAD COLLISION. Bumped Into Horse and Buggy—Got Out Luckily—Wheel Wrecked. Dick Heller was the principal actor in an exciting accident at noon today. He had borrowed Winfield Maddy’s bicycle while the latter went into the library. Dick started around the block, and as he turned north at the Cress I & Beaver marble shop, he ran into a horse driven by Walter Avery ot near Willshire. Being a little short to reach the pedals the boy was unable to stop the wheel, but he managed to slide gracefully from beneath the horse, unhurt. The wheel was badly wrecked and is now being doctored by Ed Parent. Witnesses of the accident all agree that Mr. Avery was in no way to blame.

OLDEST HORSE DEAD. Old Family Horse of Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen Passes in Checks. Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen of Monroe is mourning the loss of the “old grey” family horse, which passed into its happy hunting grounds Monday at the ripe old age of thirty-nine years. It was considered the oldest horse in the county and has always been the old stand-by of the Lewellen family ' for many years. It knew all the I roads in surrounding neighborhood ' and was as Kind and gentle as one ■ would wish it to be, and some times : too much so. Old Betsy was laid to 1 rest on the farm grounds with several mourners following in the rear. OFF FOR BLUFFTON. , A party consisting of between fifteen and twenty members of the Masonic lodge left this noon for Bluffton, where they will be present this evening at the special session of the ' lodge and witness the degree wot*k to I be conferred upon four candidates, and in which the local staff is take a part in giving Kie work. Most of 1 those who went took the automobile ' route, while others took the moon train. Bluffton has made special arrangements for the entertaining .of a large crowd and will show their ability in this line by doing all they can to win the good will of the maay in i attendance. WAS A PRIZE WINNER. Mrs. J. W. Tyndall Successful in Mystery Story Contest. Decatur is represented among the 544 prize winners announced this morning in the Chicago Record-Her-ald, in its prize mystery story contest —that of “The Black Barret," Mrs. Mary Tyndall, wife of J. W. Tyndall, of Monroe street, being awarded $5. Mrs. Tyndall, when interviewed this morning, declined to give out 1 anything regarding the matter, but I as the awards were made from 11,539 | contestants, it may be inferred that' it took an article of merit to be included among the winners. o_ — REV. JONES HERE. Rev. E. B. Jones, the new pastor who will serve at the Calvary ahd Salem churches, as well as at the Mt. Carmel Chapel at Chattanooga, left | today for Germantown. In<L-» where | he will complete arrangements for | the moving of his household goods to , Willshire, where he will be more i closely located to his new field of work. The Jones family consists of 1 the husband ana wife and two children, and they will be most welcome to the Decatur circuit which he is to serve *as pastor, '

POLIC ECOURT NEWS. In the case of the State vs. Gertrude Trimble, who was arrested Monday morning and found guilty o! the charge of public intoxication, u:. appearance was made by the woman this morning and the fine of sll ’ was paid. Denver, April 25 —(Special to Dai'.) Democrat —Eleven detectives ai< guarding the McNamara brothers am. McGanigal. who are speeding toward Los Angeles on the Santo Fc trail: No. 3. They will reach there Thurs day. All arrived here on the same Santa Fe train last night, John b. ing placed on the train at Great Bend, Kansas. All are handcuffed to detectives and allowed to talk to no on< Washington, D. C., April 2.1 —(Spc< ial to Dally Democrat) —A resolution demanding an Investigation of the McNamara arrest at Indlanpolis was Introduced in the house today by Representative Berger, socialist, of Wisconsin. Los Angeles, Cal., April 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —No attempt will be made by the state to implicate the union labor. It is believed by the district attorney, Mr. Frederick that the men are guilty as individuals. It is considered certain that the men will not be brought into the city bf train but spirited in secretly. James McNamara nas not been allowed b shave since his arrest, the detectives saying they fear suicide Indianapolis, Ind., April 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—James Didorf, a Burns assistant, was arrested this morning and will be arraigned this afternoon, charged with kidna: ing. Secretary of State Lew Ellit ( ham, Bert New, the governor';- lea I clerk; City Clerk Ramsey and Poli Judge Holland were summoned by (Justice Manning. All papers ;.r ‘ documents in connection with the a rest were requested. Indianapolis, Ind., April 25 —(Spe ial to Daily Democrat)—Justice Man ning this morning bound over to t > grand jury. Waiter Diew of York, counsel for the National Die tors' association; W. A. Ford, a- 1 ant district attorney of Los Angele.., and Frank P. Fox of Indianapolis on a charge of kidnaping John McNamara. The first two are held in jail, bond being fixed at SIO,OOO each while Fox was released on $5,000 bail. The constable is looking Detective Burns, but he has disappeared. It is reported one other ai rest has been made. Burns said tl: morning that he was sure he could connect J. W. McNamara directly with the dynamiting when he got tc Los Angeles.

L. R. BLOSSOM IMPROVING. Word received today by Thomas Perkins from Ann Arbor brings the good news of the continued improve ment of his father-in-law, L. R. Bi . ■ som, of Willshire, Ohio, who was operated upon for gall stones. He is now sitting up, feeling fine, the tubs has been removed from his side an'.. he will be able to leave the hospita in a week. He will probably stop on for visits with his children enrout. home and will be at home in tw. weeks. — o — A -complaint, entitled Edward Kirchner vs. nertna Kirchner, for pct session of real estate and S2OO dam ages, was a new case filed in the AG ams circuit court this morning by At torney D. E. Smith, lawyer for tin plaintiff. On the face of the entry it appears insignificant, yet behind it lies wta will undoubtedly make om of the biggest and most unusual lav. suits ever heard in this court.. The son built a house, barn and other farm plaintiff, fidward Kirchner, is the i< ther-in-law of the defendant. Berth" Kirchner, widow of William F. Kirtner, whose .death occurred Februar; 13, 1910. it is said that during th< life of the «on the father had given him by oral contract a forty acre farm in Kirkland township, on which tl: - buildings, and .set out an orchard, at ,-a great expense, with the understand ing that he was to improve the farrr , work it, etc., paying SIOO a year ret. I therefor, and st the death of the fr.fiber, was to be given the place as blow®. The son, however, died before the father, and the widow and her several small children continued to live on the place, endeavoring to ful fill the terms of the contract and re tain the property. The father-in-law, Edward Kirchner, has now brought this suit asking possession of the farm, and does not want the widow to fulfill the contract. The neighbors, it ■ is said, rallied to her aid, and Mon-1 day helped her put out her oats. An . other clause in the complaint, besides j asking for the possession of the land,, asks for S2OO for damages done by her I cattle, hogs, horses, etc., by wandering over the estate. The defendant has retained Peterson & Moran as her attorneys and it is said will fight the case to a finish.

HORSE SALE THURSDAY. The next horse sale will be held at the stables on First street next Thursday morning at 10 o’clock with Mr. MeNu* b of Ashland, Ohio, as the auctioneer. Many horses have been received at this time and the sale promises to be one of the best attended of yet held. There are three more sales before the season closes, on April 27th, May 11th, and May 25th, after which the stables will close for the summer. The class el stock being brought In for this sale is of the best in the country and many good bargains will probably be offered. A ear load arrived this morning over the interurban and were at once taken to the barn, where several were sold to waiting buyers. e--Some of tho regular "dyed-in-the-wool” gypsies of the dusky skin, black hair, dirty, gaudy gowns and with palms itching for the cross of the silver in exchange for "the tune" passed through the city today and called on trie business populace while enroute. They were on tt i way to Fort Vrr.yne to attend annual reunion of the gypsy trlbi "Rummy Rey" or the Stanley far.tl . which is being held at the Dr!’. Ing park there this week. They arc gathering at the park from all directions of the country and after their week's Easter celebration will scatter . gain, going north to Michigan to spend the summer months. The king of the tribe, known as King Louis Ruminey Rey, with his brothers, George and Eli, reside in Fort Wayne much of the time. The party passing through here gave their name as Mitchell, with another appendage which we could not spell, even if we did remember how it was pronounced. o DOCTORS AT AKRON. — Are Former Decatur Young Men — Are Prospering. Sam E. Shamp was at his work i.t the postoffiee again this morning alter a week’s visit with relatives ai Akron, Ind. While there he met several former Decatur boys. Among them is Dr Will Kortenbrer. who is established there in the veterinary practice, and who is doing well and is well, liked. Dr. Perry Ferry, so--merly ot Preble, is also located there and has built up a fine practice. He has, at present, in the course of construction, a fine new residence. J. <’• Leiter, who was located at Akron, er leaving here, is now at F ehe ERECT MONUMENT. Frank Teeple and Martin went to Geneva this morning they cr ■ tea a large monument at the West Lawn cemetery lor the it>. Sylvester Pontius, which was sold by the Wetnhoff Monumental V, : this city. It is unhandsome memo ial to the deceased member of this fam ily and resident of Geneva, whoso less was heavily mourned by many.

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