Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1911 — Page 1

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HE WAS ACQUITTED Charles Murray Acquitted This Morning of Selling Without License. TO CLEM KNOFF Special Judge D. B. Erwin Heard Case in Mayor’s Court Today. Chariest Murray Wednesday was acquitted of the charge of selling liquor to Clem Knoff on Sunday morning, September 10, the case being heard in the mayor's court before Special Judge D. B. Erwin. The case was first set for last Monday, but was postponed The first witness called was Clem Knoff, who stated that about 1:30 o clock Sunday morning, September 10th, he went into the hotel and bought two cigars of Frank Gerard, the night clerk at the hotel. Knoff said Mr. Murray was sitting behind the counter, and nouded to him, and that both he and Murray went into the dining room of the hotel, where Murray gate him a drink of whiskey, and took a drink aimself. Knoff says he then made the rounds," Murray and himself drinking and Knoff paying him twenty cents therefor. He says he then bought a pint of whiskey for j titty cents from Murray, who brought it to him in the dining room. Mr. Murray. the defendant, and the next witness called, said that he closed his saloon Saturday night at 11 o'clock and by 11:30 was in bed asleep, and that he remembers nothing of seiiing Knoff liquor lor about tour or five years, and that he does not re- j member seeing him at the hotel on that Sunday morning. Frank Gerard, the hotel night clerk, was another witness, and stated that he did not remember selling Knoff the cigars on that morning M-. Erwin stated that the evidence in favor of Murray outweighed the other, and he therefore acquitted him. Schafer Peterson appeared for Murray, while Prosecutor Parrish appeared for the state. OPERATION WAS FATAL. Bluffton, Ind., November I—Everett Crum, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer P. Crum, of Honduras, Adams county, died Tuesday afternoon while under the influence of an aesthetic at the I office of Dr. S. A. Shoemaker in this city, where he was undergoing an operation for the removal of adenoid growths from the nose. Dr. E. P. Davenport of Cralgville was administering I the anaesthetic, and the operation, which usually requires only a short • time, was commenced about 11 o'clock. The child had undergone an operation some time ago for the removal of ton-, sils successfully and the physicians yesterday did not anticipate any difficulty with the anaesthetic. When the heart action became bad and breath- i ing irregular the doctors devoted their energies in an endeavor to resuscitate him and summoned another doctor to, assist, but ail efforts were of no avail j and at 2 o’clock the doctors pronounc-i 1 ed the child dead. The action of the anaesthetic on a weak heart is given as the cause of death. The parents were with the child at the doctor s office. Two other children survive. The body was taken to the home Tuesday ; evening. o SPLIT THE SWITCH. — Interurban Freight Ran Cross-Wise on the Street. The 12 o’clock interurban freight ear “split, the switch" as it approached the station here Wednesday and the car was seat cross-wise across Second •treet. There was no damage done,, only the inconvenience resulting from a slight delay occasioned by setting the car right again on the track. WILL RETURN HOME FRIDAY, |j A letter from Dr. J. Q Neptune, who 1 has been one of a large hunting party, camping in the northern peninsula of Michigan for two weeks past, announces that he will return home this week and will be back to his office by Fi'iday. The Michigan laws have been , 1 113 ade so strict that one is not allowed t° bring any game out of that state 1 at >d as the boys ha bad all they care , 1 for, they will return home earlier than | ■ *hey expected to. ®., „ ( . w ' •

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| TO BE ARTIST. I Edmond Gaffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. •’eter Ganer, wno recently has been | by his father in painting, g 0 one step further in this line j Present, and finally work hintself ’>!> for more artistic work, namely, • that of frescoing. He has for several weeks been employed by G. Giosc’o, the prominent Indianapolis artist, who ' | at present is beautifying the interior | ot St. Mary's church, and upon his I departure next week, Edmond will aej c °mpany him to continue the preparatory work of becoming acquainted with the odds and ends, which is one lot the main things to ascertain for I the acquiring of the art. Edmond is I a lover of this kind of work and expects to keep at it with the expectai tion of some day becoming a real painter. FODDER DISEASE Cornstalk Disease is Manifest Every Fall Among Cattle. Especially — THOSE TURNED LOOSE In Corn Fields—Scientists Discourse on This Puzzling Disease. Every fall more or less complaint iis heard of what is known as cornstalk disease, especially in cattle that have been turned into the cornfields.; By cornstalk disease is not meant impaction, which may occur, and espec- j tally in a dry fall, where there are not i sufficient facilities for watering the ' . cattle, and where they have nut been I pretty heavily salted in advance in or-1 der to induce them to drink more wa-' ter than usual when they are to be | turned into the fields. This refers ’ rather to the peculiar cases of poisoning which occur some years and in others do not occur, which may occur in one field and not occur in other fields in the neighborhood, which may appear in the early part of the season and not later on. The scientists have been greatly puzzled by this disease for many years—and come to some definite conclusions which we may summarize as follows: (1) That under certain conditions corn and sorghum may become poisonous, especially when they have been stunted, which generally occurs on account of drouth or in the case of plants by cool weather. Hence following dry years there is likely to be more danger than in years of normal growth. (2) They have discovered quite definitely that when fodder, corn or sorghum is harvested and put in shock the resulting forage loses its poisonous property and becomes perfectly safe. In fact we have never heard of a case of cornstalk disease from fodder, nor death from sorghum where animals were limited to the forage. (3) They have concluded that the poisonous principle is a compound which, when masticated and digested results in the formation of prussic acid, a deadly poison. (4) They have given us no means of determining beforehand whether these two classes of forage in the field are poisonous or not. (5) Animals that are poisoned, either in the stalk field or by feeding on sorghum do not show any signs of impaction, but drop dead almost immediately after eating it, showing the virulence of the poison. The way to avoid this poisoning so far as corn is concerned is to convert it into fodder, and then there is no danger. If the loss of cattle determines the farmer not to use his stalk pastures in the future, and to go into live stock so that he may have something to eat it. like many other things it may prove a blessing in disguise. So far as sorghum is concerned it is never safe to turn cattle into young sorghum either in the first or second growth, nor Into sorghum that has been stunted by drougth such as has occurred in many sections of our territory this year. In cases where the poisoning occurs, scientists have given us no hope of a cure The only way of meeting it. therefore, is by prevention in the manner above out''“sinaiilarly enough, these poisons do not usually affect horses. It is evident that there are - many things about this subject that have not been found out yet.

ARMENIAN BRIDE Now Enroute From Turkey to Join Her Fiance, Prof. Baxter, in This Land. WED AT CHRISTMAS He is One of the Armenian Students Who is Lecturing in This Vicinity. I Dr. M. K. Dyer, the Armenian, who is a university medical student here, I preparing to return as a medical missionary to his people in Armenia, and I who with his cousin, Prof. Baxter, de- ! livered a lecture here on Turkey and , her customs, a week or so ago, passed I through the city Wednesday enroute to New Haven, where he will meet Mr. Baxter and lecture there this evening. They gave a levture at the Mennonite church at Berne Tuesday evening, having an audience of 1,250 i i people, who thoroughly appreciated ■ the program. Since lecturing here ' they have given their programs at Geneva, New Corydon, Portland, and surrounding places. Professor Baxter is one of the principals in a pretty romance that will Lave its culmination in his marriage at Christmas time to Miss Elizabeth Mooradin, an Armenian lady, one of hi*; country women living at Harpout, Turkey, who is now enroute here to join her lover. She is making the trip now by camel back, over the Turkish ways, to the ocean, where she will set sail for America and join her lover here at holiday; : time. j I RESERVE TICKETS SATURDAY. i I , For High School Lecture Course — First Number November 9th. i All those having tickets for the high school lecture course should have them reserved Saturday morning, the board being open at 8 o'clock at the usual place. The first number of the lecture course will be given Thursday, November 9th, by the Appollo Concert company and bell ringers. BLOW UP BLOCK Hallowe’eners Dynamite a Business Block at Brazil, Ind., This Morning. CRAZED BY DRINK Negro in Middle of Stream Injured Many Before Kill- , ed Himself. (United Press Service.) Brazil, Ind., Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Hallowe’eners at i Knightsville dynamited the business I block of Geller & McClelland Coal company here shortly after midnight this morning, the building to fragments. Other nearby buildings were slightly damaged. New Orleans, Nov. I—(Special to j Daily Democrat) —An unidentified negro, crazed by dring, found in a launch in the middle of the Mississippi river here today shot and fatally wounded j three policemen and seriously wound- 1 ed five other citizens before he could i be killed himself. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Forty veniremen waited in court here today for examination by Judge Bordwell in the James B. McNamara dynamiting trial, for the . dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times, building. The new veniremen were ordered to appear in court one hour before the regular hour, so as to cause no delay. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Returns from 242 precincts out of 245 today gave Job Harriman, socialist, candidate for may- 1 or, a majority of 2,132 votes over Geo. ( Alexander, republican. The general ( election will be held December sth.

Decatur. Indiana, Thursday Nov, 2 1911.

- .II II I II - II ■ ■■■■n———— *“**■ BODY ARRIVED TODAY. Worthmann Babe Interred Beside Mother’s Grave. The body of Paul Edwin Worthmann, tour days’ old sen of the Rev. and Mrs. Edward Worthmann, of Kaukauna, Wis., whose death occurred tliere September 15th, and which was interred there, was exhumed and today noon arrived here, the burial taking place tnls afternoon. The Loe was laid beside the grave of the mother in the Decatur cemetery, the mother's death having occurred Octobei 6th, and the body being brought here for burial, where she spent her earlier years. The mother was Miss Emma ( Mutschler before her marriage. o COURTHOUSE NEWS - Probate of Will of Ernest' i > Buuck Took Place in I Court Today. ALLEY IS VACATED Upon Petition of Julius Haugk and Others—Real Estate Transfers. The will of Ernest Buuck, whose death occurred October 22nd, was probated Wednesday. The will was written February 27, 1904, and witnessed by David A. Smith aad John Schurger. After providing for payment of just debts, etc., he states that should his wife, Sophia, outlive him, she shall have a life estate i* all he leaves. Afti er their death the son, William, is to have forty acres in Preble township, ' all the stock, farming implements, household goods, he to pay to the estate $3,000, to be paid in annual installments of S2OO. To the son, Frederick, has been given a tract of land in Allen county, and he is given no more in the estate, except that he share equally with the others after the other bequests have been complied with. To the sons, Ernst H. C. Buuck, Martin Buuck and Christian Buuck, gives SI,OOO each, subject to deduction of certain book notations of sums paid them during the testator’s life. To the daughter, Louisia Krueckeberg,: Wilhelmina and Elizabeth, he gives . ' each SSOO, subject to deductions of- - sums given them heretofore. All the , I remainder is to be shared equally by ■ the eight children. Laura A. Van Camp vs. Charles VanCamp et al., partition. Appearance by < i Peterson & Moran for Edward John- j son. — | Louisa Meyer et al. vs. Mary Louisa i I .Miller et al., partition. Rule to an-: i swer absolute on first day of next | I term. j Edward A. Kirchner vs. Bertha ■ Kirchner et al., possession and damager, S2OO. Motion to separaete over- ; ruled; exceptions. Defendant’s motion to require plaintiff to make complaint more specific overruled; exceptions. The vacation of the alley at the rear of their lots on Madison street, as petitioned for by Julius Haugk, D. E. Smith, Albert Hudson, Mrs. R. J. Holthouse, B. J. Terveer et al., was granted. Final report of Aaron Bricker, guar- . dian of Perry F. Miller, of unsound . mind, was approved, and the funds in ! his hands are ordered paid to the court 1 clerk to be held subject to final order of the court. The petition filed by Ida Miller for the payment to her of money will be heard Friday, November, 24th. Realty transfers: Josiah Myers to , John F. Bilderbach, 40 acres, Blue, Creek tp., $3300; Mattie E. Lenhart to ■ James L. Gay et al., lot 39, Decatur, $600; Jacob Meshberger to James M. Rose, 40 acres, Monroe tp., $3200; Daniel N. Erwin to Hubert E. and Mary G. Zerkel, lot 866. Decatur, sl.200. s , NOTICE. All members of the Pocahontas ( council are requested to be present I Thursday evening, November 2nd for drill practice. By order of drill cap--1 tain.

ROB MAIL TRAIN Robbers Hold Up Rock Island Express Train and Secure But Little Money. YOUTH KILLS SELF Commander Murdock Removes Americans to Hankow, China. i ’ ” ' ' , (United Press Service.) Memphis, Tenn., Nov. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Two masked men held up and robbed an eastbound Rock | Island mail and express train near here at 6 o’clock this morning, and according to reports received the robbers obtained little cash. One of the men covered the mail clerk with a revolver, while the other ransacked the registered packages and safe of the United States Express company. Muncie, Ind., Nov. I—(Speciall—(Special to the Daily Democrat> —Upon the refusal of Miss Alta B. Hayworth, aged twenty, , shortly after midnight Tuesday to allow Harold McDalliard. a painter, twenty-two, to accompany her home from a dance, caused tfie latter to shoot and kill himself with a revolver. i Constantinople, Nov. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —General Baneva, commanding the Italian troops in Tripoli, has been captured by the Turks, according to official reports from the war minister. Considerable doubt has been expressed in foreign diplomatic circles as regards to the statement. Shanhi, Nov. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock of the United States navy arrived here today and immediately dispatched 350 American men to Hankow to protect the foreign interest there. Pekin. China. Nov. 1 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —Yuan Shai Kai to- 1 day followed up his announcement ot the appointment as premier of China 1 with a statement of policies which he ! 1 intends to carry out. I TWAS HALLOWE’EN ■ ■ I And the Usual Imps of Decatur Roamed Forth on Ex- ; t i peditions. , ! , OF PRANK PLAYING i i f Minor Depredations Com-! ( mitted—Bell Tolls Forth !< : < on Midnight Air. I s j i The usual number of hob-gobblins, ■ ] ghosts, witches, and imps of all kinds, ■ t that roam about on Hallowe'en were i * out in full force Tuesday night and . kept the policeman and his special t force of omcers quite busy. While no ] secious depredations were committed, the usual number of minor ones show- i ed up this morning. Os course the i windows of all the houses, especially ; of the business houses, were given I; their annual soaping Tuesday evening, | consequently their usual wash this ■ morning, and a number of things were spirited away and found this morning I in an unaccustomed place. Two buggies were hitched together and drawn up into the central school yard where they ran into a basket ball ground 1 pole, breaking it off, and breaking the . buggies as well. A hay wagon was 1 run up inf ’ the yard of the Methodist j parsonage and several buggies and ve- 1 hides drawn into the public thorough- I fare where their owners after a long 1 search found them. Parties who hap < pened to be on the streets Tuesday ; evening, found their way barred by i hosts of small masked urchins who de- i manded “their name or their life." < and who after pelting them with mud < balls, soft turnips, or the hard end of a stick, and after nearly pulling their i gowns and clothes from their backs, < were let go on their way in anything i but a rejoicing mood. About 11:30 I o'clock the small school boy, who may i have f>y chance found his way to bed “earlier,” was awakened in consternation by the ringing of a school bell

from the "dark, school tower," bill j who after remembering that it was Hallowe'en, and that some impish spirit had doubtless found ills way there, rolled over in bed and went to sleep, happy tha* the sciiool hour was still »■ half-night onward, '■ ■ ' — »*»O - HON. M. S. LARMORE. and Sunday Morning. Will Lecture Here Saturday Evenin ; The Hon. M. S. Larmore, the noted prohibition worker, and lecturer, will speak at the Christian church Sundu morning instead of Sunday evening ; heretofore announced. On Saturda evening he will give his lecture at th court bouse, entitled, “The Church a <i Politics.” On Sunday evening he will speak at Bobo at a Sunday school con vention. Mr. Larmore should be heard by all. — ' 0 —— — THE 1.0.0. F. HOSTS In Number of 2,500 Will Gather in Indianapolis November 20 to 23. A GREAT ASSEMBLY Elections and Degree Work Will Feature the Fourday Programs. An Indianapolis dispatch says that twenty-five hundred Odd Fellows from all parts of Indiana will be in Indian apolis from November 20th to 23rd, ! when the grand encampment and . grand lodge, I. O. O. F., will hold ses-; sions there. Officers will be elected ■ by both the encampment and grand j lodge and spirited meetings are ex-1 pected. Preliminary sessions will be held! November 20th. No meetings of the encampment or grand lodge will be held during the day, but at 8 o’clock at night Metropolitan Encampment, No. J 5, will exemply the encampment de-1 gree at the Odd Fellow hall on Washington street and Hamilton avenue. ’ Indianapolis Encampment. No. 319,: will exemplify the degree work at 822 , Virginia avenue. Delegates to th. grand encampment will be guests at': the two halls. Tile grand encampment will hold :<n i ' executive session at 9 o’clock Tuesday : ! morning, November ?lst, in the grand ' lodge hall in the Odd Fellow building, j; Another business session will be held |' at 1:30 o’clock, and at 5 o’clock a ban i' quet will be given members of the ■ District Deputies’ association. At 8 ■ o’clock in the evening a conierence of j scribes and secretaries will be held. |: The meetings of the grand encamp 1 1 ment will be concluded Tuesday, when > officers for the ensuing year will be elected. The grand lodge will begin its sessions at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning in the grand lodge hall in the Odd Fellow building. At 1 o’clock in the afternoon a visit will be made to the ! Odd Fellow home at Greensburg, Indi-1 ana, and at 7:30 o’clock in the even-1 ing the first degree will be exempli-1 fled at Tomlinson hall by Samaritan j Lodge, No. 10, of Monticello. Thursday will be the closing day of i the grand lodge session, when executive sessions will be held morning and j afternoon, and officers for the ensuing I year will be elected. o MAKES SELECTION. Mapor Teeple Appoints Five Men to Attend Irrigation Congress. Mayor Teeple in answer to the ler ter which he received Tuesday from Arthur Hoover, secretary of the nine I teenth International Irrigation Con-1 gress, to be held at Chicago from ; December sth to 9th, that he appoint | five delegates, has completed his selec-; tlon to represent Decatur on this , event. The mayor selected such men : as he believed would be able to attend at this time and would be willing ,: and ready to learn the great present ' day needs of irrigation. Those select . ed were Bernard J. Terveer, Emanuel:: Woods, John T. Myers, Henry Krick | and John B. Holthouse. He also filled | out the necessary blanks, one to be j sent to Mr. Hoover, and the others, to be presented by the bearer for admittance. The gathering promises to be one of great importance and one at which much -good will be accomplished.

[NOVEMBER TALK Licks Predicts for • hanks,lvi. 1 Monih a S onny and Rough Cjj. SNOW AND SLEET orecasted to T ike I'lace During Latter Part—Cold Weather to Come. Prophet Hicks of St. Louis predicts storms and cold weather for Nov mber. «• j j A regular storm period is in prog- ' ress as we pass from October to November. Cloudiness, with progr. -sive rain, turning in the west and north to snow will be noticeaoie in most parts on the Ist, 2nd and 3rd. Rising barometer and colder clearing weather will follow these storms for several days. A reactionary' storm period falls on the sth, 6th and 7th, coincident with full moon on the 6th. This period will bring the barometer, change to warmer, south winds, cloudiness and rain. Western sides of snow and change to colder. Central on the 6th, and extending from the 3rd to the Sth, con stitutes a regular seismic period. While little or no harm may result from most of these seismic disturbances, it is no less the duty and work of science to carefully note their per- ( iodicity, and thus trace down their ■ causes and know the possible time I when and where they will recur witii I destructive force. j A regular storm period extends from | the 9th to the 13th, being central on 'the 11th. While this period will bring regular changes to storm condition, i the indications are that disturbances will be normal and light. The regular ' change to cooler, clearing weather will follow. A reactionary storm period, falling on the 16th, 17th and 18th. will bring recurrence of falling barometer, warmer weather, cloudiness and precipitation. Electrical storms will be natural on and about the 16th. This period will be followed by- only- moderate, change to cooler, with bright, autumnal weather. A regular storm period covers the 20th to 25th. The new moon on the 20th will precipitate low barometer, change to warmer, cloudiness and rain at the beginning of the 21st, to Friday, the 24th. Autumnal rains will pass eastwardly over the country, but the western flanks of the storm areas will bring rising barometer, change to westerly winds, and very decided squalls of snow and sleet—all followed by an early blast of boreal weather out of the northwest. A seismic period is central on the 20th, covering the 17th to the 23rd. During this period there will be a maximum strain that will result in earthquakes in many parts of the earth. Watch telegraphic reports and see. Reactionary storm period is central on the 27th, 28th and 29th. This period comes under the influence of the mercury equinox and will most probably bring storms of autumnal rain and wind, merging into sleet and snow, as storm acreas advance from west to east. There are no unusual reasons to expect abnormal storms, and the month of November promises to bring more than an average of fair and pleasant weather. The precipitation of rain and snow will be below the average, generally. The storm period will, however, be distinctly marked by the regular changes, with more or less rain, sleet and snow. The month will close with mercurial cloudiness and much colder, threatening weather. G. T. M. HOUGH NEW TRUSTEE. George M. T. Hough, a prominent farmer of Kirkland township, is the new trustee appointed to succeed David Steele, who Tuesday tendered his resignation. Mr. Hough is a very capable man and will carry out the good work done by Mr. Steele in a veryable manner. a ELKS' MEETING. The regular weekly meeting of the Elks will be held on Friday evening, when another of their interesting social sessions will be held. Some business will also come up at this time and a good crowd is expected.

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