Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1911 — Page 6

Five hundred lodge meh from all parts of Indiana are expected tn the <-Jty on Sunday, August 37th. when the annual state picnic of the Order of American Yeomen te scheduled to occur at Mounds park Anderson Homestead. No. tWW, has already started plane for entertaining the visitors. The gathering will not he the regular state meeting of the organization but in sroatL a-social occasion. To assure good entertainment at the park the Anderson Homestead has named the following committeemen to arrange plans for the day: Hr. B. H Cook. W T. Kiphart. Walter Russell and John Southard. The committeentdh are planning various events lor the day’s program. Some of the prominent officials of the lodge will be here to address the picnickers. W. E Davey of Des Moines, chief correspondent of the Yeomen, will be one of the speakers of the day. W. T. Bailey, chief overseer of Buffalo, N. Y„ is expected to attend the picnic. Another distinguished visitor will be W. F. Carter, state manager. The largest picnic in the history of tlie Indiana organization is planned. It is expected that a number of the members of the home lodge will attend and take part in the day's program by being present and help swell the large number which Anderson believes they will entertain. o - — EXPRESS RATE Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —When the state commission met in session to consider rhe express rate withi nthe state, it was decided that instead of conducting an extended bearing a committee would be appointed so investigate the conditions of things and to report to The commission October 10th. T. W. Farnahm of LoffisTiUe. Ky.. has been named to head tire committee of auz- ors composed of the various express « enrpanies. SEKVtVES AT “PLEASANT GR.OVE. 1-:ea<'ning at Pleasant Grove V. B. thtirth cm Saturday evening. August sth; theme. "Seven Downward Steps." St.aday school. <>abbath morning. Preaching. Sabbath evening, theme. “Seven Upward Steps.’" REV. D. S. KNISELY. Pastor. The Indiana Baptist state convention will meet in Biuftton October 10. and will last sexersti ttays. This is-oae of the largest religious bodies in Indiana. The program includes a number of distinguished speakers from both the north and south, as well as from lie diana W S. Smith, supermtendent of the First Baptist Sunday school of Bluffton, is chairman of The general Committee on entertainment of the convention and he annoucee that plans and preparations are progressing nicely. Many committees made up of Btwffton people have been selected aac they are hard at work preparing for the convention. The Baptist church has made big headway in the state and is now one of the leading denominations, having a large influential membership with much valuable property.

THE FIRST BUMPER CROP. The first bumper crop reported is by John .Appleman. who threshed 1,954 bushels <af oats from thirty-nine acres. This averages a yield of fifty bushels to the acre. Ralph Amrine Thursday received a message of the unexpected death of his sister-in-law. Mrs. Hany Amrine. which occurred last night at 9:30 o’clock at their home at Ada, Ohio, where they bad resided for the past nine months, death being due to peritonitis. The message came very unexpectedly as Mrs. Amrine had been ill but a very short while, and there was no intimation of the seriousness of the ease. Mrs. Amrine was well known here, residing here three years while Mr. Amrine was publisher and editor of the Decatur Daily Times. A year ago they removed to Florida, where they resided several months, going later to Ada, Ohio Mrs. Amrine was Miss Bessie Hillings of Quincy. Ohio, before her marriage, and at death was twenty-nine years of age. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Frances, nine years of age. one brother. Bud Hellings. and three sisters, Fanny and Minnie Hellings and Mrs. Nell Melhorn. Her parents have both preceded her in death. Mrs. Amrine was a lady in every sense of the word, and was most highly esteemed and beloved by her every acquaintance —and she had many in this city as well as elsewhere who will be saddened by the message of her death. The body was taken that afternoon to where the funeral was held Friday. The brother-in-law. Ralph Amrine, left Thursday to attend the funeral. Fred LaDelle and w ife were pleased to meet Jim Kidd, a member of the wfld west show troupe, here today, a

show friend of theirs whom they had not seen for twenty years ’ Twenty years ago—ln 1891 —Mr. and Mrs. LaDelle and Jim Kidd were in the same circus, Mr. Kidd being then the champion bucking horse rider of the world. After that one season together they separated and had not seen each other until this morning. Mr. IjtDelle recognizing Kidd the Instant he saw him getting off the train. Kidd Is now in charge of all the cowboys that travel with this show. Mr. LaDelle went to the grounds this afternoon and had a pleasant talk with his old-time friend. o ■ NOT MOVING TO LAFONTAINE. Mrs. William Beick accompanied her husband to their former home at 14tFontaine Wednesday, where he will take treatment of physicians there. They will spend some time there, but will not move their household goods to that place as stated Wednesday Mr. Beick has been quite sick with ■what some physicians sftted was can. cer of the stomach, and incurable The physicians at I Jt Fontaine, however, claim that it is liver trouble, and extend hopes for his recovery, lawtoe his return to his former home Mr. Beick is connected with the LaFontaine ban die plant. Some of the best specialists have been consulted regarding Mr. Beick’s case, and they extended very little hope for his recovery.

Jerry Kelleher of Frankfort, -who built Mercer avenue and Adams street last fall, is here today, his real purpose being to force the payment of a number of assessments, which have not been looked after. The money was due last December and as $790 or sSo<> has nd been paid in. Mr. Kelleher has concluded that he has been k-eiewt enough and today arranged with hie lawyer to foreclose the liens against the properties. This will be done unless immediate settlement is made. If you are on his list and owe. our advice would be to get busy immediate ly and save yourself some unnecessary costs It is a bill that must be paid and immediate attention thereto means a considerable saving and need lees notoriety. Just now Mr. Kelleher is building a three-mile pavement at Lafayette. He says the injunction suit which stopped work on the street was a friendly one, due to the fact that no plans for straightening the road had been made. A settlement w ill be arranged The months of July and August are .the months when physicians fear typhoid fever. Torrid skies breed millions of typhoid germs in compost heaps, garbage cans and wherever filth is to be tpund The same conditions that breed the germs, hatch out flies from the larvae deposited jti the same rubbish heaps and the -flies carry the deadly germs on their fem. :to .drop them in the butter. the milk .tip the bread, the pies and cakes, ice eteam. bananas or fruit of any sort, in ffaqt any place where the fly may step Typhoid fever i» .essentially a disease, conceived in fiUh and the learned physicians declare that were filth wiped out, typhoid fever would cease. The board of health <s sending out thousands of circulars, stowing by graphic pictures how the disease is transmitted, ho* wells are contaminated and telling plainly the means to be taken to prevent a spread of the malady, once a case is discovered There are three cases of the fever under observation in Fort Wayne at this time and the local health board is doing its best to prevent any others appearing The following rules are given for the avoidance of typhoid fever: Swat the flies. Avoid over-rope or partially decayed fruit. Boil the water and guard the milk jealously. Live up to every rule of sanitation. Keep the bowels regular. Then swat more flies. Mrs. Mary Merryman, widow of Charles W. Merryman, and mother of Judge James T. Merryman of this city, passed away Thursday at 10 o'clock at her home near Monroe, after an illness of heart and bowel trouble, which her extreme age of nearly eighty-five years could not resist. For several days she had been at the point of death and her demise at this time was not unexpected. She had been given the best of care, a trained nurse, Miss Raquet, from Fort Wayne, being in attendance, but the burden of many years was more than the frail body could withstand, and this morning. surrounded by all her loved ones who have been at her bedside much during her illness, she passed away. Mrs. Merryman was one of the pioneers of Indiana. She was a native of Ohio, being the daughter of Thomas and Malinda Archbold, coming with. her parents to Indiana in 1835, where the remainder of her life has been spent. She was married in this county to Charles W. Merryman October 1 18, 1848. and to this union were born « — ** e

six children—Jonathan, Zachariah. Susie. James T., Eliza J., who died in July 1878. when but twenty-six years of age; and Henry L., who died June 5, 1884. a short time after he graduated from the Valparaiso normal school. The mother was one of those strong, whole-souled, loving, womanly. .'** courageous ladies, whose goodness blossoms forth In the strong, rich liveof her children, and one of the best tributes to her is given in the words of one of her sons himself—who has said that “whatever measure of success be tnay have attained, he attrib utes chiefly to his wife and mother The entire community Is saddened by the death of this good woman The funeral services will I* held Saturday morning at 9:30. sun time inojß the bosae. Intel incut at the Reynolds I'emeiery.

K. OF C NATIONAL OFFICERS fiMiwit. Mich.. Aug. 3—The Knight* of Columbus, holding annual convention in Detroit, elected the tallowing officers yMnenday. James A. Flaherty. Philadelphia. re-elected supreme knight of the order; Martin Carmody of Grand Rapids. Mich se-elected deputy supreme knight; William 3. McGinley, New Haven, Conn., national secretary; D. J. Callahan. Washington, treasurer, and 3. C. Pellitx-i". Boston, itatiosrtr! advocate and head of the committee on laws. M illiam Fox of Indianai>ol>s te made a member of the national board of directors. The figures as announced today give the numl>er of members now in the United States as 2G.00T, a gain of 17.000 members during the I«t*’ year

Tlia horse and rig belonging U? 3ewee Rupert of near Monroe, whii-h was stolen Saturday Might from the hitching rack behind the Everett A- Hite grocery in this erty, was recovered Wednesday arternooa. at 4 o’cloc k Bear Columbus Grove. Ohio, by Sheriff IMirkin aad Mr Rupert, the latter driving the outfit hoaiie today The thief, however, has not yet been apprehended The recovery of the stolen property was remarkafaf v quick, an aehleiement for which the Adams county officials desei ve much credit When the theft was reported Saturday night to Sheriff Durki* he immediately got out the cards describing the stolen outfit, and offering a reward for the return ot the property and catlure of the thief, eflich were m'.iled Sunday and Monday to sheriffs ot surrounding territory. The one sent t > the sheriff of Putnam county. Ohio, was among the last to go out. being sent Monday afternoon and receiee.i by Sheriff Nick F Miller of Ottawa. Putnam county. Ohio. His deputy hai. occasion to go that day to Columbus Grove. Ohio, about seven miles west of Ottawa, and while there happened upon a farmer who asked him if he knew of any one w ho had lost a horse and rig, stating that one had strayed to his gate about 4 or 5 o’clock Monday morning and was found at the gate by his hired hand who was returning to his farm work after spending Sunday away from home. The horse and rig had apparently been abandoned near that place, as a knot was made in the over check rein which had fallen down. The deputy immediately remembered the card received that morning and told the farmer therof. Upon returning to Ottawa, the deputy sheriff read the card more carefully and being convinced that the outfit held by the farmer was the one described by Sheriff Durkin, sent him a telegram which was received about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night. Sheriff Durkin seat word to Mr. Rupert and the two left Wednesday morning on flse S o'clock car for Ftort Wayne, thence to Lima. Ohio, and then to Ottawa, arriving there about 1 o'clock, from which place they drove to the farmer's home near Columbus Grove, where the outfit was identified as that belonging to Rupert. The reward of twenty-five dollars offered for the apprehension of the propertv was divided between the farmer and hired man. Mr. Rupert proceeded to drive home, coming as far as Delphos Ohio, Wednesday night where he stopped with a friend of Mr. Durkin's over night. Sheriff Durkin returned home by train, however, arriving here about S o'clock Wednesdaynight. As soon as the property was identified. Sheriff Durkin telephoned to this city, the message of the recovery coming at 4 Wednesday afternoon. Several clues as to the thief have been found and officials are working quietly upon these in the hope of a speedy bringing to justice of the guilty party. o ——> GOING TO OTTAWA. ILL. The Rev. D. A. J. Brown, pastor of the Bobo M. E. church and others on that circuit, who was forced to resign a few weeks ago on account of failing health, and who, with his wife, has been at Upland, is going to Ottawa, BL, where they will be at home at 1131 Sycamore street. Rev. Brown hopes to have fully recovered his health by spring so that he ma; resume his work In the ministry.

" I H .,t,.n, m d Sunday th” ' fc entertamea p MUlg piit'sfs Mr. **■■ Robert, ano uaugnter, j Mr. George Everett. son>. '.Yd ChHlmer. and Mrs' Widler of Decatur; Mr. and M - Otto Wellman and son. Luzern . Bluffton; Ho Parrish ol . and Mrs Ray Smith and son. < l»r XMr Mrs Hr.brr. MMdaughter, Ju.tt«: Mw and Eli Musser. The afteraotm spent in music and good old-:«> '« social chatting.

George C. Pullman a senior of U* Northwestern college 8t Xai»''- ■ BL who was the guest over Sunday of .Miss Beatrice Van Camp. also 8 s there, was the guest of honor nt set eral social affairs of the lorepart ot ’be week One was a dinner given by Mr and Mrs. Loyal Woods, other guests being Mrs. Laure Van Camp and daugh tens. Beatrice. Edwina and Naomi, and i Mias Vera Buchman of Fort W ayne Another was a picnic supper given on the Van Camp lawn on First street, which was a most enjoyable one. Mr. Pullman left later for Oa' wood park Syracuse, where be. as president of the student body at Northwestern college. will rally for that institution, dur- ' ing the convention held at Oakwood park this week Twenty-five ladies enjoyed a pleas ant afternoon in reunion with Mrs. v B. Morrison aud Mrs. Catherine ( hamper Wednesday at the home of Mrs. D D. Heller, when that lady entertained in their honor. Conversation and the renewing of old associations. : with music by Mrs. C. J. Lutz, and refreshments, eonsti uted the afternoon's pleasing entertainment. Miss Blanche Biggs was most pleasantly surprised by a number ot friends who took this way to remember her birthday anniversary. passed off happily with the playing of games. <xmj» ereation and showering the guest of honor with gifts, fallowed by the enjoyment of the three course luncheon provide 1. so that the hour was Ute when they remembered the time of departure, not forgetting to extend wishes for many returns of the day. The happy crowd numbered the following. Imo Sowle. Mary Surest. Hazel Lenhart, Fern Hoeneisen. Grace Hoeneisen. Urcile Amspaugn. Mary Moses. Ireta Miller. Gladys Eady. Erma Biggs. Alfred Biggs.

Thirty members of the Coacord Lutheran Ladies’ Aid were entertained at the home of Mrs. Henry Magley at Monmouth Wednesday afternoon There was an excellent reading byMrs. George Schieferstein after the business period, and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel furnished instrumental music. The hostess was assisted by Mesas mes Kurt. F. A. Peoples and Charles Magjey in serving refreshments Mrs Harvey Clark will be the hostess-at the September session Mrs Edward Thomas Miller entertained the Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church Wednesday afternoon, a purely business session being in order. The society reported at this time and turned in the aprons made recently by them as a contribution from themselves and the aid society to the Fort Wayne orphans' home bazaar to be held next week at the time of the anniversary celebration. a ■ . FORT WAYNE MEN STRIKE. A walkrout of thirteen linemen employed by the city of Fort Wayne in the municipal department otcuned yesterday morning, when the men refused to work any longer for the scale of wages now in effect. The men simply refused to report for duty at the usual time, giving as their reason the failure of the board of public works to make a reply to their demands for increases by August Ist. The scale under which the men had been working is the same as that paid by the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction company, the Home and Bell Telephone companies, but none of these corporations experienced any trouble with their men, although all had been served several weeks ago with requests for increases. The city men want a decided increase in pay, time and a half fbr overtime and double time for Sundays, concessions that none of the local corporations employing linemen have made. "I heard this morning that the men declined to go to work and I simply told Mr. Dix to let them stay at home if they wanted to, Chairman Benoy, of the board of works, said this morning. "‘We have bad no meeting as yet and I am not in a position to say what we shall do.” The linemen are affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. John Kinner, Tom Fleming and Du Mulien nave been appointed to act as a committee to confer with the board of worki.

Auditor H. 8. Michaud today receivIm deputy auditor of atate, „ho Is also secretary of the atate tax a notice that th. state tax commission Wednesday approved without change, the auditor's abstract of assessment on real estate, and that IM . is thus authorized to proceed accordingly. This means that Auditor Michaud and his aaalstanta can begin at once on the duplicates, which is quite a big job.

Real estate transfers; Charles M. Case to Bowers Realty Co., lot 79, De catur $-■•(1; James M. Miller to Sadie y MHler. lot 70, Decatur, $1; Abe Both et al to Eli Meyer et al., lot 3b, ( Decatur, $4590. I Mrs A F. Anne® -and children. Ardath aud Forest, returned today to their home at Washington. Ind, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. Annen. at M.igley, and w'ith Mr and Mrs. L. * . Annen in this city. Sheriff T J. Durkin went to Fort Wayne this morning to attend the -econd meeting of the Tri State Sheriff s association, recently formed in that city. heJd this afternoon in the assembly room of the court house. Sheriffs from northeastern Indiana, western Ohio and southern Michigan were in attendance. The meeting is for tire purpose of perfecting a working plan whereby the sheriffs hope to put a stop to much of the horse steal.ng and petty thievery that has been pulled off tn this vicinity in the past.

In the death of Charles Ewell, wnich occurred this morning al 1:45 o'clock, at his home, six miles northeast of this ity. Feeble township lost another of its highly esteemed and prominent pioneer men Mr. Ewell, who last April l'"h had completed eighty-three years of his life, has l*-en in health the past two months, from infirmities attending his great age, and to this was added bowel trouble, weakening him so that recovery was im-l possible. He was a native of Ger-1 many, but lived in this county many years. His wife, who was Miss Hannah Nabrwold before her marriage, survives, also three sons—Otto, with whom he made his home; Charles and I Theodore Mrs. William Koldeway and Mrs. Otto Hoffman, who were • daughters, are now deceased. Mr 1 Ewell was very badly injured when! eighteen rears o' age. while working ’ in Germany in an oil mill. He slipped for some reason and fell in the flywheel, and was so badly injured that' when he was picked up it was thought' life was extinct. Though his recovery . then was doubtful, he grew strong again, and lived to the very mature' age of four-score years and three. though his early injury left him badly crippled. He was a man most highly l esteemed and the county has lost a valued resident. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 from the home and at 2:15 from the Preble Lutheran church, with the Rev. Koch 1 in charge of the services. Burial in the church cemetery. Fort Wayne. Ind., Aug. 4—(Special i to Daily Democrat) —Sixteen of the sheriffs of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. members of the Tri-State Sheriffs association, met Thursday at the assembly room of the court house aud perfected the details of the plan by 1 which the organization hopes to track dow-n horse thieves, recover stolen horses ana detect criminals in their' territory. The greater per cent of the mem-: ! bers were able to report a complete i organization, each in his own county' showing from six to a dozen men scattered over each township, all ready, at ( a moment’s notice, to turn out and' join in a determined search for criminals Tw’o sheriffs present at Thursday s meeting were able to give testimony 1 of the efficiency of the plan. Sheriff Durkin of Decatur recovered a horse ( early in the w eek that was located by i Sheriff Miller of Ottawa, Ohio, through ( the organization perfected some time ago. I While at the meeting Thursday' J Sheriff Bucholz of Defiance, received a telegram informing him that a rig stolen in his bailiwick had been recovered by the members of the organization at Bucyrus, Ohio. It was decided to hold the next 1 meeting of the association in this city on October 12th. While in session Thursday the association sent the following letter to the National Sheriffs’ association, in convention at Omaha. Neb.: Van Wert, 0., Aug. 1. 1911. Mr. William A. Gerber, Secretary and Treasurer National Sheriffs' Association, St. Paul, Minn.: Brother Sheriffs — The Tri-State I Sheriffs association of northeastern Indiana, southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio extends greetings to the National Sheriff s association to be he 4fit Omaha. Neb., on August 7 to 9, 1911. We assure you of a fraternal feeling on our part and a hope that

your meeting wifi of ll>. w ' < much pleased were it tend this meeting, but cumetances w.. on |y hop ( U>e future, and w lßh bounded su< < .. ss that the serves. | Extending to you every memb.-t of th- TriJ iffs association. w e a -< ’ Yours fratenun. | TRI-STATE „ 11 A M. Reichelderfer, Senet* The sheriffs present ( Charles Grimm of liryaa- j Miller of Ottawa, ( Defiance. 11. H. Wilson of vZ ! F. M. Watt and Deputy f ( of Lima. The Indiana t ent were s J - King of Portlu Tilden of Portland, Pat )d Huntington. H A lumbla City Freeman Carlisle, ton, T J. Durkin of .Thomas of Auburn, C. A. ri Warsaw, p J Stanley John C. Cleland of Albion.

With ideal w-ather for ati the Miller Bros. & Arlinp Ranch sho* ; hed Its tents city -Thursda; the operation witnessed by -..-veral hundrj who had b-i, it. to arr j T| as early as 5 Jock. Early in the day it v Ufl that a re< or<; ■ -.iking crowit in Decatur an.! the merrhu to prepare handle then, o'clock the •• - werenncM packed by th. ;--ople, awaitt» rade whi< h - arted from the near that hour In the alter large crowd »ended its way grounds, wh-r- over four tickets were - Id for the i show. A si :h’ accident o« this performa: • when one of a , boys missed : - hold on I whom he was to have ’.rami his saddle and let her fall, -falling near, and the horsed I both. The' tl ■ owboysm i assistance a:.<": disentangled finding that n serious tnjurt sustained In the even ■ z another acrid yened to the v man who atta ! ride the buck g bronrbo. “S , The horse had been saddled mounted him. he running toil of the ring lik- < flash where ed up and wi'b • peculiar tin ed the woman to the zrorai she lay until arried out of I ( A deep gash • ; > cut in her the pony's h ■md she »aa ly bruised I In the anr.i " -.mentsthel j made known ’ at the ranch , Oklahoma the V iler Bros hai 'an iron fen • ade by th Fence compa; thia city, gation shows -it they boa| .Fence in 19!" : ere being Ml the heaviest pa’tern, exclusiv huge ornamer.’ gates, h which the fence surrounds i| Crete and is the most pa.atial that i.tate. After thee'- :;g show Ml citizens wen" ’ the Clou where they w ed the sho* going ($0 dar where it day. COURT HOUSE CLOSE The court b se will M “ 1 morrow from 1' to 17 count of the f-meral of MrsMerryman, mu’-be": of Judge Jryman Real estate " ausfers: Mid Griff to Town : Geneva. IoL 'pt. lot 139. Gene'a. JISM: cl Briggs et al. t John E- B* l 269. Geneva, ,”’t clai® Margaret Gos- ’ t 0 A^ 81 * dill, 52.50 acres St. Mar) 8 —• The quarterly p’-nsion u a " ■' conntv clerk, the notaries. 8 «< ' er officers busy filling o'" tne ' Sion papers so the soldier 8 - The court twiise w' ll morrow from '" ,0 ’■ 1,11 . i the funeral of JU * ge MerrJ mother, Mr* Next week Decatur ,s with a earn;'a! by- » Amusement company. ' rive here Mond. inor "' n? ' , 01 I tents on the Teeple sho» vided the 8 ’ >angemen ; relative to rhe use of streets fail. The a , c the city this morning “ .'the deal for a ; ileges and Citizens have taken ( J having the show f"'' Court street a®d to - ' if necessary in order ' ness to the : afford a better P<>l ,ee •'necessary a.-eitin* ’ ■ The company , i good shows, free gio rt , round and balloon I run afternoon- anu entire week