Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1911 — Page 1

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■ , jispaK'li from Portland to the ■ _ , ~-nal Gazette this morn W' r ' lii ves some interesting matter re■L’ltg prosp-dR of an interur- ■ nbn nm-. (ing Port Wayne. Port K d am! Cleveland. which will also K".lentally '" kl ' in I'eeatur. since the K\, Wnjne A Springfield bids fair to th ,. connecting link between Port K'-one tod Portland. The disunite 11 ■ . T!ial )>,>•• nd. before the first of ■ h „ nP »- year, will be enjoying two H r « :nternrba:: lines, is said to be cerHgi,! if any disposition whatever is Kc«i. locally. to encourage the build |H-< of the roads One is tile extension H. , I;P Western Ohio railway from ('<■ a . Ohio: the other an extension of ■hr Fi>rt Wayne a Springfield traction ■ from Decatur Work on both is t,j I ♦mmenced within thirty H John H K'Stng. of Decatur, presiK rj , : ami irenera! manager of the Port Kp atr ,.&- s; ringfield line, was in Port Saturday evening and held a coi ■■•ren with local men who ■,„.■ been interested in the new line, said arrangements had already completed for financing the Im-' ■rom the north, providing it could be : .,»n ilia- •':■■ people along the route ■ n be traveled are in sympathy. Pen along the line, Mr. Koenig said, be asked to obtain for the road right-"!'way and to give assistin Idepots It is believed will be little trouble in doing Ki- M: Koenig said that, the Deoperating cars by November 1. if the work preliminary to building be g tten out of the way by AuKist let. | ■ At Decatur, the power house, built ■m the line from that city to Fort ■Rayne was first opened, was con■true ted with the intention of ulti■nate extension to Portland, and itsis said by Mr. Koenig to ample to furnish all the power , ■tfdt-d between Portland and Fort ■Vayne. Mr Koenig returned to De-, ■aw, but expects to be in Portland ■lain early this week, when a meet-, ■nr will probably be held of those in ■erested. ■ Mr. Koenig said that he had reason ■o know that tile same capitalists that, ■re financing his new construction.' ■ork are also back of the Western i ■•hio extension, and that If the people ■long the line will act both are cer■in to be built ■ The building of the gap between ■ortland and Celina will mean much Bo Portland. With it in operation, ■rough traction service will be inaugurated between Cleveland and In■ianapolis. a limited service being of■wed at faro not now enjoyed." |

Rome. July 26—(Special to Daily democrat i —Confidential reports reeived from the Vatican today is to the Sect that Pope Pius X is weaker. Phyieians diagnosed his immediate illess as laryngites, and announcements r s that there is no danger. London, Englanff, July 26 —(Special 3 Daily Democrat) —In a semi-official onouncement it is said that Davis Joyd, King George's radical leader, soon become the secretary of tate for foreign affairs. It is expectd as a fact that the crisis from the lorocco situation is more acute than a s ever heretofore been considered ossible. Washington, D. C„ July 26-r-(Spec-d to Daily Democrat—President Taft iis alternoon signed the reciprocity Peement, thus completing this count’s greatest act. The bill was delivfed to him, signed and sealed, by Peaker Clark and Vice President German at 1 o'clock. Terre Haute, Ind., July 26—(Special > Daily Democrat)—While talking to er husband over the telephone, Mrs. L- Conrad was struck by lightning ist night and killed. Mr. Conrad said 6 beard a sharp noice, but thought Whing of an accident happening. Ma rion, Ipd., July 26—(Special to a ''.' Democrat)—The postoffice of 8 5zee, ten miles southwest of here, as 'obbed of $275 in cash and $l5O stamps. The robbery was not dis’'ered until this morning when the “P'oyees reported for work. A small 1 e held the money and the door was °" n off with nitro-glycerine. A wet an ket, found near the scene, was evien,,y used to smuggle the noise. Arrangements for the annual Spangreunion were upon Tuesday evenlg 'ornpleted when a meeting of the n ’ m >ttee on arrangements, compos-1

» ed of Mathias Kirsch, August Selle- . meyer and .1. H. Hobroke of Fort . Wayne, decided upon the place and . the date for the holding of the happy . affair, which will be August 16th. Mrs. > ,Tame * B. Klee, the chairman of the , notification committee, was authoriz- > ed to send out the invitations to the t many relatives and their sending will t reach various states, including Texas ' and Nebraska. The place for the holdI ing the happy affair will be at St. > John s, and all arrangements will be . looked after by the committee in I charge, so that everything will be in . readiness at that time. This is the i second year the reunion has been held . here in succession, it being observed ' last year at Maple Grove, when more i than a hundred were present. The i program for the day will include , amusements of various sorts, and all . will supply themselves with well-filled . i baskets and go prepared for a day of ■ pleasure and renewing their acquaint- . ances after a year of absence. As on t previous years the event always prov- , ed most pleasant, so the time set is i already being looked forward to by • the many who will attend. 'I ,1 THE MISSING WORD. . I Miss Goldie Helm, of Route No. !), J won the prize today, she having the ! correct answer to the contest. Al- . 1 most the easiest list of al! was left ' out. being amply proven by the large number of correct answers which were in the bunch. They were: “Your,” from Brushwiller & Baker: “brands," from Kirsch, Sellemeyer A: Sons; and “car," from Walters & Reppert. v I The interest in the congest is growing steadily, and many answers are handed in daily, and there is sure to 'be a winner every day. The rural patrons, too. are rapidly getting in the - contest, and are winning prizes, too. Read all the ads in the page which ( are printed tonight, and get in your answer so that you will have a chance ( to win an easy dollar. C. E. HOCKER THRESHED. Deputy Postmaster C. R. Hocker spent Tuesday at his farm near Mon roe, where threshing was the order of | ' the day. He had quite a rich oats I I yield, getting 1200 bushels from twfcn-{ ty-five acres. . i A prety wedding was the scene at ; the St. Mary’s church at 7 yesterday, morning, Mrs. Catherine Deiner Lang, | with Philbert Gase being the contracting parties, with Father Wilken officiating, who pronounced the words which bound the nuptial tie. The church was well filled with friends oi both parties who witnessed the pretty ceremony, including the beautiful ring ceremony. The bride wore a

i pretty gown of steel gray, with hat to , ■ match, carrying a prayer book. Her| • attendant. Miss Alma Starost, and a i niece of the groom, was clothed in a pretty dress of pink, who also wore a large hat, corresponding very charmingly with her gown attire. Mr. Leo Ulman, acting as best man, and also the groom, wore the conventional black. Immediately following the ceremony they went to his home in Union township, where a wedding breakfast was served to only a few of the intimate friends. Both parties have been previously married, each having lost their companion in life by death. They will reside upon a farm owned by Mr. Gase In Union township and will at once go to housekeeping. ■ - WORD OF MARRIAGE. Received by Elton Brown From His, Step-brother at Elton, Kans. Quite a surprise was sprung upon . Elton Brown, when he, this morning,, received word from his half-brother, | Carl Brown, of Coffeyville, Kans., stat- | ing that he and Mrs. Brown would be at home there October Ist. This was the first word relative to the marriage received by Mr. Brown and he was unaware that he contemplated a step ol this kind. For a number of years he was employed by his father, Isaac Brown, driving a milk wagon here, and while at this occupation became acquainted with a large number ot friends. He owns a farm at Coffeyville, Kans., known as "The Pumpkin Creek Farm," and will at the abovestated time begin housekeeping. - When Governor Marshall departs today for Auburn, Ind., he will leave oi ders with Burt New, his legal clerk, to take steps to stop gambling at coun- . ty fair races in every couhty in the 1 state, should occasion demand such <

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action. Governor Marshall may be away a month or six weeks’ on a vacation at Petoskey, Mich. Several cases of gambling at races have been brought, to the governor's attention during the last few weeks and each time the practice has been stopped. At the time of the races at I tile state lair grounds, tne governor issued orders that county officials should enforce the gambling laws with the utmost vigor. A report from Terre Haute last week that gambling was going on at races at the fair grounds near that city was ■ investigated by the governor and tie I took action to stop the practice. LaI ter, a report from Edinburg, Ind., that ■ gambling was flourishing at the races i there was investigated by agents of i the governor, with the result that the sheriff of Johnson county, E. O. Vani divier, was ordered to put a stop to it. Fearing that the races at the county fair in Johnson county, August 23, i 24 and 25, might attract gamblers, the governor decided to instruct Mr. New i to take immediate action should occasion arise. Governor Marshall said yesterday that few of the counties had been heard from regarding violations of the betting laws within their boundaries , this year. He asserted that to issue a ■ sweeping order to sheriffs, as was done •hast year, against betting at county 1 fairs, seemed to him to be presuppos- '' ing that the law would be violated. — Indianapolis Star. o ■ While Professor L. E. Opliger has ■not the entire program outlined for ■ I the Adams county teachers' institute, |j he has already selected the instruc■i tors, and the teachers of Adams coun- ■ ty can look forward this year to one i of the best series of lectures that has been their good fortune to enjoy. The ■ institute this year will be held from (August 28th to September Ist. One of the churches, probably the Methodist, in which it was held last year, will be given over to the institutes, 1 though this has not yet been decided. ( County Superintendent Opliger has > secured, among other instructors. Dr. j Edwin Starbuck of lowa City. lowa, : head of the department of philosophy 1 and psychology in the lowa State uni- | versify. Dr. Starbuck has had sixteen I years' experience tn institute work, {and is a recognized authority in this • line. Another instructor is Dr. Ed- ' ward F. Bigelow, of South Beach, I Conn., president of Agassiz associa--1 tion. Dr. Bigelow is a noted man. a I naturalist, editor, teacher and author. I The teachers will also be pleased to hear that they will have with them again. Prof. Otto Meissner of Oak Park. Chicago, he being now an instructor in the Northwestern Conservatory of Music, Al Ithe men are eminently fitted to handle the various parts to be assigned to them and the teachers may expect a well rounded lout program, making the convention one of the best in the history The Allen county institute will be held at the same time that ours will be held. — o — Mrs. Catherine Ault of Fort Wayne, formerly jf this city, is a victim of many misfortunes. In a letter received yesterday her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Ault, of Fort Wayne, by her aunt, Mrs. Aaron DeVinney, comes the news of her latest affliction, that of a broken hip, the injury coming to her while visiting with her sister, near Monroeville. A particularly sat feature is that only about two years ago she was badly injured by being struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train while returning home, the injury necessitating the amputa- j tion of the right leg, this being the i I same limb of which the hip is now (broken. Her husband, the late Wil- | liam Ault, it will be remembered, was killed by the train at the same time : that Mrs. Ault escaped with the seriI ous injury. Mrs. Ault is quite aged i and it is feared that she cannot survive this last affliction. Her friends here will be grieved to hear of her misfortune. grain market flooded. An embargo lately established by the Clover Leaf on grain shipments to Toledo has been modified slightly today and now shipments are being accepted for five Toledo elevators. The embargo was established of a necessity as the yards at Toledo were filled to overflowing with loaded cars which could not be received by the elevators. Several of the elevators have succeeded in relieving the crowded condition and today the company is receiving com and oats. In a day or two the embargo will be removed entirely, and no effects of It will be felt throughout

this section, as the company is making heroic efforts to supply the cursA heroic efforts to supply enough cars to handle the surplus of the elevators here. Concerning the report that the new oats is being marketed too green the elevator men state that all the grain so far received is of a high grade. DOUBLE OPERATION. Was This Morning Performed Upon Charles Scherry. Drs. Clark and also Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne yesterday performed a rather serious operation upon Charles Scherry, a young man of Magley, for appendicitis and hernia, the operation taking place at the home of Dr. D. D. Clark on North Third street. The patient had been in failing health for some time and the necessity of an operation was needed at once, and which was the last resort for the restoration of health. The ordeal waS withstood quite well by Mr. Scherry. but nothing definite can be given out from the present standpoint. .—— o — SLEEPING LADY TONIGHT. The lady will be put under the hypnotic trance for twenty-four hours at the Star ,airdome tonight, closely following the first show, from where she will be carried to the Teeple, Brandyberry & Peterson show window, where she will lay until Thursday night at ; the same hour. Several local subjects have been secured for the show to- , night and those attending will witness some fun from some of the boys they know. oMRS. FRANK TRIMM ILL. At Point of Death From Consumption —Formerly Lived Here. Clinton Fisher and daughter, Mo- . zelle, went to Fort Wayne this morn- , ing to be with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Fiank Trimm, who is at the point of death from consumption with which she has been a sufferer for some time. Mrs. Trim formerly lived here and was Miss Dessie Fisher before her marriage. There are three children in the Trimm household, to whom her death would be a grievous loss, as well as to. the husband. —o BIG RACE IS OVER. (United Press Service.) Brookland, England, July 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —After one of the most thrilling aviation contexts in the country, Lieutenant Tonneau, racing under the name of Deaunott today won the 150,000 English circuit race. Zeline was second and the two Frenchmen outdistanced all their competitors and traveled faster at times than a mile a minute. The race was made in mist, rains, thunder storms and the time made by Deaunott for the 1010 miles yas twenty-two hours and tw'en-ty-eight minutes. o ~ 1 LARGE CROWDS GREET SPEAKER. Another large audience, greatly exceeding that of Monday evening, greeted the evangelist, A. W. Miller, at the Baptist tent services Tuesday evening. His sermon was characteristically good, and the song service was a very pleasing and profitable part of the evening. The song service begins before the regular opening hour, at 8 o’clock. The opening of the tent, a little after 7 o’clock, usually finds a large audience present, waiting with I interest for the opening of the meeti ing. There will be preaching every j I evening this week. Everybody is cor-; dially invited. UNSECURED LIABILITIES. Cause Some Mix-u|Js For a Number of Banks. Unsecured liabilities of $54,152.88, with no assets beyond two insurance policies for SSOO each in favor of his wife are scheduled by W. Harry Mandeville. of Bluffton, in a petition for bankruptcy filed in the federal court yesterday. The petitioner has been extensively in the oil producing business with John Troy and his father, W. Harry Mandeville, sr., as his partners. His attorney is Jay A. Hindman of Hartford City 1 . Among the unsecured claims are the following: Exchange bank, of Olean, N. Y., for $10,937 and $9,560; Studebaker bank, Bluffton, for $2,625, $717, $914 and $520; Lima Trust company. $1,312; Canadian Oil company, $2,151; Union Savings & Trust company, Blufftofl, $1,000; Exchange bank, Warren, $2,768; Hamlin Bank & Trust com-

pany, Smethport, Pa., $9,536.10; Citizen’s National, Allegheny, Pa., $1,673; { estate of E. Campbell Smethport, Pa., ( $2,151; John Troy, $14,495; and estate of J. D. S. Neely, Lima, Ohio, $16,172. All of the foregoing sums were borrowed, and for (security notes signed by Mr. Mandeville, his father, and John Troy, as partner, were given. All of the liabilities were contracted for last year. PLENTY OF WORK. Erastus Fritzinger, owner of the Decatur Foundry and Machine works, I was at Portland today where he completed all arrangements for the in-1 stalling of several freight elevators for business firms there, and which work he will at once commence to push through. A large one will be installed for the J. A. Long Produce company, and while looking after the installation of this one, will also close a contract for another. The work at present is rushing and they are unable to keep up with the orders and attend to the work which they have on hand. It is another of Decatur's rapidly growing industries. COUNTY AUDITORS MEET. The fifth annual meeting of the County Auditor's association will be held at room 370, Dennison hotel, Indianapolis, Wednesday and Thursday. August 16th and 17th, according to an announcement sent out to the county auditors. These meetings are held for the discussion of matters of mutual interest to all the officers throughout the state, and the association now numbers practically all the auditors of the state. Aside from the business dis- , cussions, the meetings are made the occasion of social gatherings that are not the least thing in the promotion of good attendance. The death of Mrs. Harry Bowsman, formerly of this city, where she was a prominent worker in the Christian church, and was widely and favorably known socially, occurred Tuesday afternoon at her home in Fort Wayne. The news will be received with regret by her many friends here. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette gives the following account of her death: “Mrs. Imogene L. Bowsman. aged forty-four years, died at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at her home. 730 Colerick street, death due to apoplexy, from which she had suffered for the past several w'eeks. “The deceased was born in Freedom, Owen county, Indiana, and had resided in this city for the past several years. Her husband, Harry O. Bowsman, .a employed as a draftsman at the Kerr Murray Manufacturing company. Surviving besides the husband she leaves one son, James Bowsman, a daughter, Margaret, and one brother, Bradford Landrum, of Jamesville, Ind. “The body will be shipped by the Klaehn & Melching undertakers on Thursday to Pendleton in Madison county, where funeral services and burial will occur." WITH THE WILD WEST SHOW. “Princes Wenona,” who this year is with the 101 Ranch ild est show, which is to be here Thursday, August 3rd, can truthfully be said to be a woman of history. If this history could only be known in all its truthfulness it would be welcome, but as it is, it is interesting. During the early struggles of the pioneers in their western course, Wenona’s parents were memi bers es an emigrant train which was attacked by the Sioux Indians and nearly all the members of the train massacred. Wenona’s mother was among the few who escaped alive, but was later captured by the Indians who attacked the train and was made a prisoner. The chief of the tribe took a fancy to her and she unwillingly was added to his list of squaws. Some years later a daughter was born and this was Wenona. As the chief’ll daughter she was favored and at the death of her mother she became the chief’s favorite daughter. At the age of ten years she had become the most expert rifle shot And rider of the tribe. Just as she was budding into womanhood her father, the old chief, passed to the happy hunting ground, but just prior to his death W’enona was adopted into the family of a white settler. It was the request of the dying chief. In time Wenona became a student of the Carlisle Indian school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She graduated with honors, but immediately following her graduation returned to her tribe. It is Wenona who is responsi-

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ble for the assertion that while the { Indians receive an excellent educa- | tion at Carlisle there is no provision made for them after they have graduated, Casting aside the-garments that she had learned to wear in civilization she once more donned the blanket of the Sioux and became active in the tribe’s welfare. The schooling she received at Carlisle gave her more prestige than any other member of the tribe and she became known as Princess Wenona. She was the first squaw that was ever permitted to sit in the councils and her word soon be- ■ came a law with the Sioux tribe. Her foster parents sought in vain to have her forsake the tribe and return to them. The life she knew in infancy was the life she preferred in womanhood. The rifle and pistol that were her toys in childhood became her constant companions when she grew older. Wenona is still a Sioux and on the road this season has the supervision of the Sioux Indians with the show and they take their instructions solely from her. She Is acknowledged to be the best expert rifle and pistol shot in the world today. This is not confined to her own sex as her many medals and trophies will testify. At both animate and inanimate targets she > stands unequalled and the sweeping i challenge she made two years ago, while never accepted, is still open, and ■ it is so broad that no one is barred to | prove that she is not entitled to the claim of champion. o MUST HAVE LICENSE. Superintendents of the county schools have received the following letter from Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction. which is as follows: “The last legislature passed a law requiring that music teachers and all other special teachers must have a license in order to teach in the public schools of the state. See S. B. No. 349, page 134. Acts 1911.” The special school fund is not created for the purpose of paying teaz-hers. The purpose for which that fund is created is clearly specified in the law. However, it may be used to pay teachers when ever the tuition fund is exfiaused. “If a graded teacher teaches music, he should pass tn music along with the other common branches on the common school list. Music supervisors must pass the examination prepared for supervisors of music. A special list of supervisors' questions will be furnished you both this month and next, July and August.” .... , M -o— BAND CONCERT. Tonight being the regular weekly occasion for the giving of the free street concert, the band boys have prepared an excellent program which they have asked us to print, and the public, which reads the same, will be acquainted with the pieces which they expect to render this evening. Six selections have been chosen and the concert will begin promptly at eight o’clock. The following is the program: Trinity Bells —March —R. B. Hall. Bright Eyes—Schottische—MackieBeyer. In Ole Kaituck — Characteristic March —Edward Hazel. American Soldier —March and Twostep—Myers. Overture —Amateur —J. W. Howell. Old Kentucky Home —March —Al Hays. o ■ J. ARTMAN LIKES THE WEST. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Artman have received word from their son, James Artman and wife, announcing their safe arrival at Wells, Minnesota, to which place they went recently, and where Mr. Artman will continue in the picture business. They are much pleased with their new home. They stated that the weather is very cool there at present and overcoats are in season. They are just, beginning to cut. wheat in that vicinity. ASK FOR MORE MONEY. Washington, D. C., July 25 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Congress will be asked to contribute $200,000 more for the removal of the Maine wreckage, it was learned here today. Already more than $400,000 have been expended. Jacob Grim was arraigned in Mayor Teeple’s court on a public intoxication charge and he entered a plea of guilty, drawing the usual $1 and costs or a total of sll, or as many days in jail. «