Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1911 — Page 1

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CITY’S BUSINESS The Mayor’s Veto Against the Refunding of the School Bonds STANDS APPROVED Considerable Other Business Cared For—Allow Some Bills. With all members responding to the 101 l call and presided over by his honor, Mayor Teeple, the city council met in the council chambers Tuesday evening for their regular meeting. The minutes for the past month having been read by the clerk were approved and ordered to be placed on record. A preliminary assessment roll for the Keller sewer was adopted as final and it also was ordered to be spread on record. The mayor's quarterly report ftom June 30th to September 30th, was filed, and left in the bands of the finance committee. A resolution of the mayor's veto, following the ordinance of the city council at the last regular meeting for the city to refund th» $12,000 refunding bonds, past due on the South Ward school building, and which he refused to sign, saying it was none other than a city school debt, according to the statute of 1909. while the ordinance claimed the city pay the debt. It was ordered spread cn record. A report for ,the hiring of special policemen, John Andrews and thraham Stoneburner, who served during the fair, was filed, and also asked to be placed on record. A resolution or the city treasurer stating that both the general and electric light funds were overdrawn, and no money there for the defraying of the city’s expenses, and asked for an apopriation of SIB,OOO to these two funds from the tax installment of 1911 as fi,Hows: To the general fund, $6,“ii; electric light fund. $2,000, and the vaterworks fund SIO,OOO. This was also adopted, to be appropriated as stated above, providing the stated amounts had not already been appropriated. Tre Rugg street improvement. which has been carried over for several meetings, was again Tuesday evening postponed indefinitely, and to come up at some later meeting. Although the street should be built, it is now too late in the year to begin CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.

LIKES THE NAVY Henry Miller Writes of Interesting New Battleship Florida, to Which HE IS ASSIGNED Is First Class Fireman, Having Worked Himself Up to a Good Position. Alva Xichols is in receipt oi a letter from his brother-in-law, Henry Miller, formerly of this city, who has been in tile navy, and who has yet fifteen months of his four-year term to serve. Henry has been on the battleship Des Moines, but when he was in the hospital in Brooklyn recently for two weeks, for the removal of a growth from his neck, bis ship left, and be was transferred to the new battleship Florida, which lias not yet left Brooklyn. The nev ship is a wonder. It it 535 feet long and eighty feet wide, with a 27,000 tonnage. The ship carries twelve 12-inch guns, Henry says, and has sixteen search lights. Theie are 390 engineers, and the total number of persons on the boat is 1200. There are twelve boilers, each having five fire-boxes, making a total of sixty fireboxes. Henry’s position on the ship is that of a first-class fireman, a very good position, with excellent pay. The ship carries 2,200 tons of coal, besides oil. which is burned with the eoal. He had planned to come home at Christmas time tor a visit witli his mother, Mrs. \erena Miller, but will now defer his visit until the end of his enlistment term. H(\likes the navy life very much.

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THE BEST EVER. Will be the Vaudeville Stunt at the Crystal Thursday and Friday. Will Parent of the Crystal lias received word from the Leßoy Bros., vaudevilllsts, of Fort Wayne that they *lll fill his date asked for on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week, and will put on their latest stunts, which have been winning the public eye wherever they have been showing on the theatrical stage. They have traveled over all quarters of the country. and being in the near vicinity, will put on a two nights' performance here. They are coming highly advertised and Mr. Parent assures you your money's worth. Just a nickel. WILL WED TONIGHT Forty Relatives and Friends to Witness BighamJackson Nuptials AT BRIDE’S HOME This Evening—Rev. Wise to Officiate—Will Make Home in Ft. Wayne. Forty relatives and friends witnessed the wedding of Miss Verda Bigham and Mr. Laudy Jackson, which was solemnized last evening at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bigham, in St. Mary’s township, the Rev. D. O. Wise, pastor of the Evangelical church, this city, officiating. The affair was a very happy one. After the ceremony a dinner was served. Crepe paper streamers and flowers in all the varied tints of the autumn will be used in decorating the home for the event, and the bride was be very pretty in a gown of white messaline silk, with bead trimmings. There will be no attendants. Another nappy affair given for the newly married couple was the infare dinner given Thursday at the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. \\. Jackson, also in St. Marys township. Alter a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at 142 East Pontiac street, Fort Wayne, where the groom has a home already furnished. The groom is employed as a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, but both he and his bride have lived in St. Mary s township where they are most highly esteemed. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Oliver Stiverson of Delphos, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Koos of Fort Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Standiford of Van Wert, Ohio; J. B. Stiverson of Rockford, Ohio. - O ~ “ ATTENDS MEETING. Kit Cowan, postmaster of the Bobo office, was in the city late Tuesday evening relative to his going to Ind.anapolis to be in attendance at the postmaster's convention, which is being held this week at the capital city. The gathering assembled there on Monday, it being a state meeting, until this morning, when the national meeting began. Representatives from all portions of the state are in attendance and the meeting is considered to be one of the best ever held. Business relative to many points in the postal line will be considered, as was the case in the state meeting and many important subjects will be discussed before the meeting closes on Friday. W. A. Lower of the local office, is unable to attend, owing to the absence of S. E. Shamp from the office, who is in Indianapolis attending the K. of P. convention, he being sent as a delegate from the local lodge. PLEA OF INSANITY. James Nolan, charged with the murder of his wife on July 13 of this year, will enter a special plea ol insanity in the circuit court on Thursday morning and at that time the date for his trial will be selected He was arraigined with a number of other persons in the circuit room today on the grand jury indictment returned against him last week and attorneys S L Morris and Somers & Kennerk, who have charge of his defense, announced the course they will pursue. Fort Wayne Sentinel.

DESERVED CREDIT Miss Nora Del Smith Subject of Sketch in Magazine’s “Book Chat." TWO CLEVER PLAYS ‘‘The Cave" and “The Woman’s Masquerade’’ Will be Published Soon. The autumnal number of "Book Chat," a magazine, published by the Broadway Publishing company, New' York City, in its department. "Little Biographies of Well Known Authors," contains a picture and an interesting little sketch of Miss Nora Del Smith of this city, whose two clever little plays, "The Cave," and "The Woman's Masquerade," will soon be issued in book form, being listed among the Broadway Publishing company’s interesting new fiction. The two plays were presented by the senior class of the Decatur high school last spring, and all those who witnessed this, their first production, will be eager for a copy of the books. Miss Smith, who is a graduate of Indiana University, ana has also been a student at Wellesley, is a teacher in the Decatur high school. The magazine sketch gives the following deserved credit to ner and her works: "Nora Del Smith is the author of two rather remarkable plays soon to appear in book form, entitled, 'The Cave,’ and 'The Woman's Masquerade.' She is a young woman of independent thought and has given much study to the new developments in woman’s sphere in this century. That she should be a clever writer seems a foregone conclusion, since she was born in Indiana, and her picture looks so piquantly youthful it is wrong to tell you that this event occurred over twenty-five years ago. She graduated in English at Indiana University in 1907. She is now writing, she says, a 'four-act college comedy of the woman independent and interdependent' and hopes ‘to work out a domestic drama of a man and woman who leave the beaten path to find, in a great catastrophe. one person who dares not sit in judgment.’ Miss Smith confesses to a love of Browning above all other poets; is fond of athletics, and called ‘the strongest girl in college.' She horrifies the compiler of this sketch by stating that ‘a ten-mile tramp across country’ is one of her favorite afterbreakfast diversions!" LIFE WAS EXTINCT Brother of W. A. Kuebler Died Before He Arrived at His Bedside. HAD HEART TROUBLE Was Prominent Citizen, Editor and Representative of His County. Receiving a message late Tuesday evening stating that his brother, Louis, was very seriously ill with heart trouble and to come at once, if he still wished to see his brother alive, W. A. Kuebler left at 2 o’clock this morning for his home at Mansgeld, Ohio, arriving there just too late, life having already ebbed away, the death occurring about the hour of 4 o'clock. Mr. Kuebler had been in declining health for more than six months, with leakage of the heart, and although everything imaginable thought to bring relief was tried, there was no chance and the science and skill of physicians of Mil waukee, Wis., as well as other cities, proved in vain to the hopeful brother. Mr. Kuebler was numbered among the most prominent in Mansfield, being the editor for many years of the Mansfield Courier, a German publication, one of the foremost, progressive and uplifting citizens of that place, and also a member of the Elks’ lodge. He was also the representative of his home county and it was while attending the legislature in the early spring that he was overtaken with sickness and forced to CONTIWHto PAGE TWO.

Decfttur, Indiana, Thursday Oct, 5 1911.

CHRISTMAS CANDIES. Will be Expensive —Price of Sugar is Soaring. Christmas candies will be more expensive this year. Members of a candy manufacturers' organization, made up of dealers, Jobbers and man u’acturers throughout the state, who met at Indianapolis, asserted that, on account of the rise in the price of sugar, all dealers who sell candies will have to raise their prices this year. “Sugar has advanced $3.90 a barrel in ninety days, and this increase In ( the price of raw material, of course, will result in an increase in the i ri< e of candies," said Bert Cox, vice pre.-i---dent of Dilling &• Co., Indiana! oils manufacturers, a member of the can-. dy makers’ organization. "The ad-. vance will be about 15 per cent unless the price of sugar goes down. The increase will be felt in the purchase of holiday goods.” It was said that no attempt is made by the organization to fix the price of candy, that being left to the individual dealers. AN ART EXHIBIT. Boston Company Will Give Exhibit of Two Hundred Pictures at THE LIBRARY HALL — World’s Masterpieces—Proceeds For Purchasing Pici tures For Schools. The public schools have arranged! with the A. W. Ellson company of Boston, Mass., for an art exhibit of nearly two hundred pictures, to be' held in the library hall October 12,1 to 14. This collection is selected by the 1 best artists, and is very attractive. An I admission fee of ten cents will be I charged, the proceeds of which, after deducting the exposes of the exhibit, will be used for purchasing pictures for the schools, and will be divided among the four school buildings. The purpose of the exhibit is to give I people an opportunity to see a collet-, tlon of masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture; also to make it j possible for the public to have a few | of these pictures placed in the various buildings. It is now generally recog-| nized that education in culture and re- j finement can easily be aided through | the wholesome influence of pictures of the right sort. This plan has been | tried in many places and has succeeded. The entire proceeds are to be spent for pictures. An attractive, il- j lustrated catalogue may be obtained j at a small price. It gives the titles of i the pictures, describes some of then:,' and many of the pictures are reproduc-I ed in small cuts. BROTHERS DEATH Calls Mrs. L. W. Coppock to Logansport—Funeral Held Friday. DIED IN CHICAGO I Death of H. P. B. Stanley Occurred at 7:10 O’clock Tuesday Night. ——- Mrs. L. W. Coppock left Wednesday for Logansport, where she was called by the death of her brother, H. P. B. Stanley, which occurred Tuesday evening at 7:10 o’clock at his home in Chicago. The body will be taken to his former home at Logansport, where the funeral will be held Friday. Mr. Stanley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stanley of Logansport, where he was I born-and reared, but he had made his home in Chicago for some time, , where he was employed as shipping clerk for the McClurg wholesale publishing house. Mr. Stanley was but thirty-seven years old and leaves a wife and three children. Death was caused by tuberculosis of the lungs. Besides the sister, Mrs. Coppock, of this city, he leaves but one other. Mrs. Hege, of South Bend.

GIVEN SUNDAY The Methodist Sunday School Rally Day Program Committee IS BUSILY WORKING To be Given Sunday—Also Evangelical Program, Which Was Postponed. 1 On account of the pouring lain last ] Sunday morning, Rally Day at the Evangelical church was postponed tin-1 ill next Sunday morning. The same plan will be carried out, as was to have been used last Sunday. The Sunday school and preaching services will be merged into one great gathering, with the following program which ' will be given at 10 o'clock: nongs 82 and ill. Responsive Reading. Song No. 104. Prayer—S. C. Cramer. Song by the E. J. C’s. Reading and short discussion of the lesson. Song No. 25. Male Quartet. Recitation—George Cramer. , Recitation —Thelma Opliger. ‘ Song—Six Girls. i Recitation —Herbert Fuhrman. I Recitation — Evangeline McConne bey. Duet —Hope Hoffman and Mrs. Eu- , gene Runyon. | Recitation —Winnifred Merriman. Recitation —Earl Amerine. ' The Sunbeam Song by the Children. Male Quartet. Recitation —Francis Merriman. Song by the E. J. C’s. I Recitation—Naomi Cramer. Recitation —Mary Fuhrman. Address. I Offering. I Distribution of souvenir buttons. Anthem. Benediction. The program committee for the i Methodist Sunday school rally day is | i busy every afternoon hearing the chii-. dren practice for the special program : 1 that is to be given Sunday morning. ' , The promises of five hundred men, wo- | men and children to attend the Sunday school have not been secured yet. but the work is making progress. Each j teacher is asked to see his scholars ( and collect the cards already signed, at once. o— MINISTERS MEET i Rev. Imler, Who Goes to i South Whitley, Resigns as President OF THE BOARD — I Resolutions of Regret Were Drawn by the Ministerial Association. | The ministerial association met in the library hall Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Miscellaneous business was , taken up and disposed of, after which j Rev. Ehle of the Baptist church, read ! selections from “The New Baptist ! Manual." On account of leaving the ' city Rev. Imler found it necessary to tender his resignation as president of the association. On motion the secretary was instructed to draft resolutions in recognition of Brother Imler’s happy and helpful relation with the association, and was also requested to present a copy of the resolutions to each of the city papers for publl- , cation. We approved the following resolution: i Whereas, Rev. Imler has contributed so largely in making the association a helpful factor in the lives of the ministers of our city; and Whereas, he has always manifested a genuinely courteous spirit, both in the ministry and in pastoral work,; and Whereas. He has taken such an active part tn moral reforms; therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of said association, regret very much A

bis departure from us: and further, be it Resolved, That we pledge him our best wishes for a most successful pastorate at his new field of labor, and that his usefulness in the future may be realized in a still greater measure. Respectfully, THE MINISTERIAL ASSNBIRTH OF DAUGHTER. Virginia Pearl is the name of the baby girl born October 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ritter of South Bend, formerly of this city, Mr. Ritter being a motorman on the Fort Wayne J.. Springfield railway. Mrs. Ritter was Miss Emily Wyatt of this city before! her marriage. COURTHOUSE NEWS I Fate of Benjamin Ayres, Alleged Wife Deserter, in Hands of the Jury. TRIAL WAS ENDED — At 2:45 O’clock—Two Marriage Licenses Issued— Other Notes. Court Calendar. October s—Kenworthys—Kenworthy vs. Reichard. The transcript of a suit on account, sent here on change of venue from Adams county, was received Tuesday forenoon in the circuit court. The suit is one in which judgment in the sum of SI,OOO is asked. The plaintiffs Frank H. Hilgemann and Albert H. Schaaf are suing Henry C. Fuhrman, defendant, on a real estate contract, they claiming to have been employed : to sell a certain tract of real estate at a certain per cent which they have not yet received.—Portland Sun. In the case of Laura A. Foughty vs. Charles K. Foughty, for divorce, an application was filed by the plaintiff to modify order of the court made .some--1 time ago. Summons was ordered returnable October 15th. t Marriage licenses: Minerva Fox. born February 24, 1889. daughter of David and May Fox, of Berne, to wed Daniel J. Bailey, born April 24, 1880, baker, of Berne, son of Daniel and Mary Bailey, of Ceylon. Mr. Bailey was formerly engaged in the baker business in this city and is well known here. Christian C. Beer, administrator in the Amos Ellenbarger estate, filed petition to sell real estate. Real estate transfers: Adam Pease to Oscar D. Weidy, 45 acres, Washington tp., $5000: Margaret Eley to Sidney Lautzenheiser, 50 acres. Monroe tp, $2600; Charles Moser to Maud ' Abnet, lot 120, Berne. $1000; John Ev , I erett et al. to Julius Haugk, realty in i ! Washington tp., SI2OO. The case of Benjamin Ayres, charged with wife desertion, which began trial Monday morning, went to the | jury about 2:45 o’clock today. The j large number of witnesses concluded their evidence Monday evening and the arguments of the attorneys, with j the instruction of the jury by the court, took up the time today. Judge R. K. Erwin of Fort Wayne, who assisted the state, opened the argument, being followed by C. L. Walters for the defense. Then came F. M. Cottrell ot Berne for the state, then D. E. Smith for the defense, closing with the argument of the prosecutor. R. C. Parrish. The crime for which Ayres is charged, that of wife desertion, is a ’ felony, punishable with confinement in state’s prison from one to three years, or a fine of from ten to one hundred dollars, with a jail sentence. Marriage license: Verda May Bigham, bom July 10, 1888, daughter of William Oliver Bigham, to wed Laudy Allen Jackson, fireman, born April 15, 1890. daughter of Elzey W. Jaskson. o - "THE CRUSADERS” AT STAR. Decatur people will have a chance to see a wonderful picture film at the Star theater Thursday evening, when “The Crusaders," or Jerusalem delivered. will be given. It is a wonderful film and a wonderful story, the making of the reels requiring three years and $50,000. The admission price is ten cents.

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NEW /PARTNERSHIP 1 . . ■■ —» *- C. L. v/alters and L. A. Graham Form Partnership— Moving to THE GRAHAM OFFICE — Will Take Care of Life Insurance, Abstract, Bond, Loan and Law Practice A new partnership that will be a strong one in its line has been formed by Attorney C. L. Walters and L. A. Graham, who will take < are of life insurance, make abstracts, perfect titles, deal in all kinds of bonds, make loans, etc., in connection with the practice of law. Their office will bo i iu the rooms heretofore occupied by Mr. Graham, being a suite cn the second floor of the interurban building, and Mr Walters is now moving his office fixtures fiTJMjhe rooms on Second street, which he has occupied for the past five years. Mr. has been a practicing attorney o? the Adams county bar for the last five years and has had wide experience in things connected therewith. Mr. Graham has long been a successful insurance man of the city, and the two men will make an unusually strong firm. They are at present engaged in taking off a set of abstract records, which will be one of the most complete in the city, and of the utmost value in their work. With their splendid equipment and experience, they will be very capable to take care of the large business which will be theirs. —O-' - PLOT IS CLAIMED For Assassination of President Taft at Denver Tuesday Night. (United Press Service.) Denver. Colo., Oct. 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Chief of Police Armstrong admitted today of a plot which he had heard was on foot for the assassination of President Taft. The police head, however, declared that he believed there was no truth in the report. The report rapidly spread before the chief executive left El Jebed theater to go to his special train. A double guard, in addition to the special secret service guards, surrounded the piesident to his special car. go as Delegates I '-—I .1.1 Mrs. D. B. Erwin and Mrs. Florence Bain Attend the Pythian Sisters’ Meet AT STATE CAPITAL Opens Thursday Morning, For Two Days, Following the K. of P. Meeting. Mrs. D. B. Erwin and Mrs. Florence , Bain left Wednesday for Indianapolis to be in attendance at the Pythian Sisters’ convention to begin there on Thursday morning, following the adjournment of the K. of P. two days’ session, which will be brought to a close this evening, i tie former goes as a delegate irom the local lodge, while Mrs. Bain goes merely to attend the sessions, which always prove to be of great interest to all attending. This convention generally follows that of the brother lodge, Knights of Pythias, who have been holding forth there since Tuesday morning. The business sessions and selection of officers were made on the opening day, along with addresses by speakers of note, and other interesting numbers, which azi ded much to the day’a pleasure. S. E. Shamp and Dore B. Erwin, who were in attendance also as delegates, took part in the exercises which were carried out according to the prescribed rule. Mrs. Erwin and Mrs. Bain will return home Saturday, the meeting to be brought to a climax Friday night. The local lodge Is. .with great interest, watching the carrying out of the exercises of each day, and will be a happy event in the minds of .all concerned. I