Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1911 — Page 3

One of the happy events of Thanks-1 giving Day win b « tho ’’•ddlng of Miss Lucile Hale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J- D. Hale, to Mr. William EM-' ward Wilson of Nappanee. The ceremony will take I ,lace at 8:30 o'clock Thursday evening, the ceremony to he said by the bride’s brother-in-law, t he Rev. H. E. Rarker, of the Methodist church of Hartford City, assisted hy the Rev. R. L. Semans, pastor of the local Methodist church. On Thanksgiving Day, the family dinner of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale will be given at 1:30 o’clock at the home of their daughter, Mrs. .1. S. Peterson, the guests also including the relatives of the groom from Nappanee. The Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary society held a splendid meeting Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Wilson J Lee. Mrs. J. C. Pattprson had an interesting paper on the Mexicans in the United States and Mrs. Erwin conducted the round table discussion. A social hour followed the lesson study. Sunday, November 26th, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Sprunger entertained a number of young people in honor of Miss Ora Durbin, it being her eighteenth birthday. At noon a fine dinner was served. The afternoon was spent in playing games, and music, and eating pop-corn, all enjoying a fine time. Those present were the Misses Ora and Osa Durbin, Rosa Hook, Veria Quigley, Maude Martz, Orpha Burkhart, Marie Sprunger; Messrs. Roy Hook. Enoch Fairchild, Howard Keller, Hubert Sprunger, John Stauffer and Lawrence Durbin. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Atz and family will have as their guests over Thanksgiving Day, a number of Kendallville relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kunderd. Julius and Dora Atz and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Atz. D. I. Hower and family of Anderson, James Harkless and family of Paulding, Ohio, will be guests at dinner of the D. W. Beery family on Thanksgiving Day, and in the evening the same party, with all the relatives of the Hower family, will be entertained at supper at the J. D. Meyers home. The family of J. R. Tumbieson of west of the city is gathering home for the annual Thanksgiving Day festival, when a big beef will be butchered and there will be other features of a day of merry-making. The party will include Mr. and Mrs. Wade Tumbleson and children of near Berne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuhrman and babe of Preble, Curt Tumbieson and family of near Wren, Ohio. Miss Clara Zeser and brother, Dar. left today for Fostoria, Ohio, where tomorrow they will attend the wedding of their cousin, Miss Clara Brickner, to Mr. Frank Kinn. The wedding will be solemnized nt 9 o’clock Thanskgiving morning at the St. Patrick's Catholic church, and will be followed by a reception at the bride’s home, for which over seven hundred invitations have been issued. Miss Brickner has visited here on several occasions and is known to many here. Miss Zeser and brother will also visit with relatives in Cleveland, Ohio, until their return home which will not be until Christmas — The members of the L. F. club pleasantly surprised Miss Ida Buesking at her home, 620 Masterson avenue, on Sunday evening. Red letters were played the greater part of the evening and music was furnished by Miss Ber- i tha Kramer and Miss Lydia Heine. A delicious supper was served at midnight. Those present were the Misses I Elzie Hegerfeld. Clara Junge, Pauline I Meirer, Lydia Heine, Bertha Kramer, Ida Buesking, Emma Wimmer, Florence Gerding, and Messrs. Reinhard ! Gehle, Walter Doctor, Arthur and j Louis Gerding, Arthur Fuhr, Adolph 1 Schlifke, Louis Dornseif and Karl Bahmer. Prizes were won by the Misses Florence Gerding and Emma Wimmer I and Messrs. Walter Doctor and Adolph I Schlifke.—Fort Wayne News. _o 1 RAILROAD LEGISLATION. Laws Enacted by State of Indiana Are Many. 1 In the recent issue of the Railway 1 Business Association Bulletin, the fol- < lowing is said of railroad regulations I in Indiana: “Indiana in 1911 enacted 31 railway 1 laws against 14 in 1909, although Gov. < Thomas R. Marshall had said in his 1 Message that ‘he would rather have a few reforms which disclose your deliberate judgment than a large 1 number of crude and undigested < statutary enactments.’ The‘well done, 1 be added, ‘wnich you hope to receive i from the people will come to you not i from the volume but from the charac- 1 ter of your work.’ “An enactment favorable to railway i development was one enlarging the i Purpose for which, a carrier may take land so as to include ‘the reinforce- 1 fnent of its roads by the construction of additional main tracks, switches, i e

|or Passing siding;-this amendment beng accompanied by one putting upon i the carrier the burden of proof of .necessity for taking land, and by a Provision that in estimating damages to owners whose land is taken they u comin,te(l '» other cases, w C1 the added compensation for l lnjurles - interruptions and destruction or trade, business contract, occupaor industry, expense and difficulty In obtaining a new location and in relocating such business or industry. Right t 0 Bcqu|re gto( . k (n terminal companies Is extended to terminal companies in adjacent states where Indiana carriers desire to gain | entrance. OBITUARY. , John Schrank was born In Stuttgart, Germany, February 25, 1830, and departed this life November 26, 1911, aged 81 years, 9 months and 1 day. He camo to this country in 1854, and has been a citizen of this community about thirty-five years. December 24, 1860, he married Mary E. Snedeker. To this union were born five sons and two daughters. Two sons preceded him to the spirit world. He had been declining in health for some time. He leaves a widow, three sons, two daughters and nine grandchildren to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted at 10 a. m., Tuesday, at the home by H. Kohn. Burial at the Pleasant Mills cemetery, ——- ■ — A certified copy of the will of Isaac Finkbone, probated in Fairfield county, Ohio, also a copy of the election of the widow to take under the terms of the will, was hied in tne Adams court March 28, 1902, for probate as a foreign will, but no entry of the order of court admitting it as such, was made at the time. The will was therefore refiled today, and the necessaryorder made. The final report of William O. Sautbine, administrator of the Philip O. Sautbine estate, was approved and the administrator discharged. Dottie S. Parent, administratrix of the Lucinda J. Coon estate, was discharged upon the approval of her final settlement. Final report of Charles S. Niblick, executor of the Catherine M. Niblick estate, was approved and the evecutgr discharged. Upon suggestion of the death of his ward, David Miller, who was under guardianship for being of unsound mind, the guardian, William M. Anderson, was ordered to settle the estate without administration. In the matter of the Susan Leichty guardianship appraisement of real estate, petitioned to be soldwas filed t:nd approved, and bond ordered, filed and approved. The sale of the real estate was ordered at private sale; terms, one-third cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two years, with privilege of paying all cash. A marriage license was issued to Vera Hammond, born November 24, 1891, daughter of Louis Hammond, to wed Curt Fritzinger, born April 12, 1889, son of Oscar Fritzinger. In the case of the State vs. Gel t Reynolds et al., charged with conspiracy to steal, a motion was filed by the Defendant Reynolds to set aside the assignment of trial which had been set for December 4th. In the Archer-Bisson partition case, the plaintiff’s attorneys were allowed $25. Hugh C. Daniels et al. vs. Margaret Shell, damages. $2,000; amended complaint filed. Rule against defendant to answer. In the Linn-Huffman partition case the commissioner was ordered to distribute proceeds of sale agreeable to the interest of parties as hereto!ore found. Final report filed, approved and the commissioner discharged. Marriage licenses: Anna Grote, born December 17, 1879, daughter o William C. Grote, to wed Ferdinand F Saege, born November 1, 1863, farmer of Allen county, son of Ferdinand Saege; Mamie G. Bailey, born July 1885 school teacher, daughter of Louis H. Bailey, to wed Ward H. Bower, born April 30, 1884. farmer, of A. len county, son of John E. Bower. x„ HvDB of the Holland-St. j Representatives oi Louis Beet Sugar company left Tue day evening for home, except ng M . Hubbard, who remained until Xing to conclude some business .. The construction men also matter-. wfin t n g after deciding « T ““" X i—ithe actual work of building the factor ** m “ ® x*

the tracks, after which a copy will be Bent here. Mr. Larrowe, who4ias the contract, said: "We are going to build this factory this winter. This is necessary, as It will take all of the summer to install the machinery. The various buildings will be sub-let, as will the concrete work and all the rest. Our business Ib to make and install the machinery. The site in Decatur Is a beautiful one and we had no trouble in laying it off. One difficulty we met Is the fact that a part of the land overflows, but we believe we will be able to meet this in such away that no trouble will follow, though it may be necessary to build a dyke along the northwest portion of the site, where the water backs up. The main building will be elevated three feet to avoid any trouble from water, and to raise the sewerage from which the greatest annoyance would come, in case of a flood." The railroad men present at the meeting announced that they would begin work on the main track within three days. The material is on the ground and the tracks will be laid at once, to avoid possible severe weather. The blue prints show that the Decatur factory will actually be one of the world's largest. At the entrance to the grounds from the old River road there will be a beet ware room 700 feet long and 210 feet wide. To the northwest of that, over toward the railroad bridge will lie the main buildings. Along the G. R. & I. tracks will be a beet ware house for the car beets, 600x40. Next to that, east, comes the main building, with the sugar ware room to the north and the pulp dryer and ware room to the south east, extending in all about 800 feet, and about 80 feet in width. On to the east comes the boiler house, a very large building. The office, a handsome structure, will be at the south of the lot, along the river road, its dimensions being 42x46. The main part of the factory will be about four stories high, and the heretofore vacant field north of the city will within a year be the busiest part of Decatur. The contract for the boiler house, the concrete work and other parts of the job, will, according to Mr. Larrowe, be sub-let within two weeks, while the entire work will be contracted for by the first of the year, and the work will be hurried just as rapidly as possible. The contractor said: “By spring we will have a large part of the machinery on the ground, and it will cover the entire thirty acres.” The deed for the site will be made within a few days, it being necessary to communicate with Mr. Haugk con cerning some changes desired by the company.

The sale of the Studabaker lot recently purchased by the city school board for the erection of a much-need-ed and desired high school building, was this morning sold by them t Mrs. Stella Thomas, for $3,000 cash. The sale as advertised was held this morning at 10 o’clock, at the law office of D. B. Erwin, Mrs. Thomas being the only bidder. This ends the controversy which has been on for some time between the school board and the property owners near the site of the proposed new school building. It will be remembered that the school board purchased the lot, for the new high school building, which was recommended by the state commission, after an examination of school conditions here. The Hattie Studabaker lot which adjoins the Central school property on the south, was deemed desirable for the new building, which it was proposed to build on both the old and new' lots, provided the alley betw’een could be vacated. The vacation of the alley was remonstrated to by the property owners in that vicinity, among the chief ones being Dr. P. B. Thomas, whose residence is located just south of the Studabaker lot, he claiming that the school build- ■ ing would depreciate the value of his property and destroy the privacy of his home. The vacation was granted by the Allen superior court and preparations were made to appeal the case ' higher by the remonstrators, when the school board finally decided to sell the lot, and advertised it accordingly. I The purchase of the lot by Mrs. Thom- 1 as will doubtless bring an end to hopes 1 for the building of a schaol house near the Central building. The sale was deemed best by the board at this time, as with the present stringency of funds, the money can be used to good advantage elsewhere. —— 0. I —. CAUGHT BOY THIEF. Young Dewey Philipps, aged thirteen, was apprehended just in the nick of time this afternoon by Marshal Peterson, as he was about to board a train for Portland. About 11 o'clock Marshal Peterson received a message from Sheriff Fisher of Lima, giving the description of the boy and additional information, and the marshal here was on the look-out. The tad had stolen a bicycle in Lima and had ridden it nearly to Delphos, where he sold it to some farmer and had walked

Into Delphos. He remained there ail night and then came over here this morning via the Clover Leaf. He had throe dollars of the proceeds of the sale and other cash that could not be accounted for. He was intending to go on to Portland this afternoon to spend Thanksgiving Day with his grandmother, a Mrs. Kirkendall, and had his ticket to that plade purchased when apprehended. He admitted his guilt to Marshal Peterson and gave voluntarily the above-stated facts. He was taken to jail and will there await the arrival of the sheriff from Lima tomorrow, as it seems that he Is wanted badly by tho Ohio authorities. With the few hours at the disposal of the marshal be is to be commended for the quick manner in which he trailed the fugitive. HAD FINE TIME. The thirty Yeomen members who Monday evening went to Fort. Wayne, and later conferred the degree work upon a class of candidates, returned home, well filled with the pleasure, which they enjoyed at the hands of the neighboring lodge, who extended to them the invitation to give the work there. Following the conferring of the work an oyster banquet was served by the Fort Wayne lodge and a program greatly enjoyed by all was rendered. The local team was in excellent shape and gave the work in the best way pssible. At present they are making arrangements for the nomination and election of officers on next Tuesday evening, which also promises to be an event of much pleasure, and when all members are urgently requested to be on hand and take part CLOSING THE ESTATE. Os Philip Sautbine, Who Was Murdered at Spokane, Wash. W. O. Sautbine of Honduras, was in the city today on business relating to the closing of the estate of his brother. the late Philip Sautbine, who it will be remembered, was murdered a year or so ago in Spokane, Washington. Mr. Sautbine had been a member of the police force, and finally mysteriously disappeared, the murdered body being recovered many weeks afterward from the river, where it had been thrown after the murder. No further word of the clearing of the mystery has been received by the relatives here.

THE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER. k First Number of Volume Two Appears for Thanksgiving. k " The Thanksgiving number of The High School tiooster, published by the Decatur high school students, is out, and is a "dandy"—a booster in every sense of the word. This number, which is the first one of volume two, has in honor of the special Thanksgiving season, a tan cover, wi> : t ’ border and lettering. The editorial staff includes this year the tciiowiny: | Editor-inchlef, Paul Myers: associate editor, Orpha Sheet;: business manI ager, Virgil Krick; a distant business J manager, Forest Vail ; corresponding > secretary, Margaret Mills; assistants. Florence Myers, Frank Lose, Kenyon Walters, Cleo Roop, Jesse Cole, Marian Archbold. The number includes poems, stories, editorials, current high school notes personals, athletic notes, jokes, etc., and is very cleverly gotten 1 up. ENDEAVORERS’ CONVENTION. The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Fort Way»e district of the Indiana Christian Endeavor union will j be held at Churubusco, commencing Thursday of this week and continuing In session three days. The district | is comprised of Adams, Allen, Huntj ington. Wells and Whitley counties ' and the attendance at the convention will be large. Miss Irene V. W. Boshler is secretary pro tern of the union and -county secretaries are Miss Margaret Daniels, Decatur; Miss Nina Stemen, Übee; Claude Bryan, Bluffton; Miss Ruby Bair, Churubusco, and Mrs. Anna Yarian, Fort Wayne. i The grand jury, through its fore1 man, William Zimmerman, reported this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock to Judge Merryman, having concluded its session of nine days, during which time' it examined about seventy-five wit- 1 nesses and returned nine indictments.: It was thought to have concluded its I session Tuesday afternoon, but while 1 waiting for Judge Merryman's return.] . that the report might be made, more witnesses came up for examination,: the session running over until this aft ! ernoon. The grand jury also reported that last, week it visited the county infirmary, examining the condition of the institution and of the inmates and found everything in excellent condition. It commended the painstaking efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin, the superintendent and wife, in looking after the welfare of the county’s unfortunates and the care of the county’s property. The grand jury a’so visited

the county jail and examined the conditions there, finding everything kept well and satisfactorily, under the superintendency of Mr. and Mrs. Durkin, and the place ms clean and sanitary as conditions will permit. It recommends plumbing repairs, the establishment of a new grate in the jail, and a new pump in the prisoner's ward, according to the directions of the sheriff. ATTENTION, B. P. O. ELKS. Do not fail to arrange to be present at our regular meeting this Friday night. Business of importance to every Decatur Ell; will come up at this meeting. Then to make final arrungi ments for memorial service to be held, Sunday, December 3rd, must be attended to at. this meeting. Do net fail to come Friday night. ■ CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. John Schrank and children wish to extend their thanks to the neighbors and friends for the kindnesses shown the family during tho illness of their husband and father, and at the time of his death, and also to the choir for the music rendered at the funeral, and for all who showed them kindnesses in many ways. ATTEND FUNERAL. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Grushwlller will return this evening from Jonesboro, where they were called by the death of Mr. Brushwiller’s grandfather, John Brushwiller, whose funeral was held this morning. The deceased was sev-enty-five years of age, his death resulting from infirmities superinduced by old age. n i The many friends of Curt Fritzlnger and Miss Vera Hammond, a well known young couple, will be pleased, though surprised to hear of their wedding which occurred Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the German Reformed parsonage, the Rev. L. C. Hessert officiating. The wedding was a very quiet one, there being no attendants. The bride, who is a very pretty young lady, with a disposition and nature, just as pleasing, was attractive in a ( costume of ‘brown satin. The dress was made in one piece, with a high waist-line effect, the trimming being a piping of blue satin. Miss Hammond is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Hammond, and is widely and favor- ' ably known, as is the groom, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Frit- ! zinger, residing north of Monmouth. Mr. FTitzinger has been employed for some time in this city, with the Kirsch & Sellemeyer Lumber company, and the newly married couple will make their home on North Second street. They begin their new life with the best wishes of all. —o Berlin, Nov. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The German government today ordered 200 troops from its gar rison, Tzing Tan, China, to Tien Tsin to strengthen the consular guards there, in anticipation of the anti-for-eign outbreak. Nanking, Nov. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The ’■abet troops are now in jvossession of practically the entire city of Nanking. The imperial forces lost heavily the last few days i and they are in imminent danger of ! being annihilated unless they are ' speedily reinforced. j Hankow, Nov. 29—(Special to Daily i Democrat)—The victorious imperial j troops are engaged in one of the most I hideous slaughters of the present war. | Wu Thank and Han Yang are running ! red with blood. Washington, D. ('., Nov. 29 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Announcing that the new Alaskan policy of Secretary of the Interior Fisher and endorsed by President Taft, won a “Re versal of Policy” on the Alaskan de- ! velopment problem and abounding in i the Burdgein administration in acjcordance with the LaFollette-Poindex I ter and Robinson-Works bills, Lewis IG. Brangdis in a letter made public ! today by Chairman Graham, democrat, ' of Illinois, of the house committee on expenditures, advised the discontinuance of the Comptroller Bay invest)i gatiom BARBER SHOPS CLOSE. All union barber shops will be clos- ' ed for the entire day Thanksgiving, it j being a legal holiday, and a custom of ' theirs to close their places of business jat this time. Owing to this they will I keep open this evening until 10 p. m. j so as to give their patrons ample time i to be prepared for tomorrow. HOLTY’S THE PLACE. There is no doubt that when it comes to eating every one is looking for the place where he is going to get the best service and at the same time the eatables which are set before him to be just as he wants them. Have you ever tried Holty’s Case? Why, it is the best place in the city to go when you are hungry, and where you

can obtain anything in the line of things to eat thitt you could think of. Now, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and' , you don't want to work every hour of i the morning, until time for dinner, i You will be tired out before dinner time comes, and you won’t be able to sit down and eat a good, hearty meal., Why not do away with this extra: work when you can come to Holty’Case and get anything you want for 50 cents. Try him out this time. Fred Hoile, the well known Root township farmer, is quite ill with la grippe at his Home north of this city. i following an at:eged hold-up, which he encountered Tuesday morning near , the Dorwin woods north of Monmouth, - an account of which reached the offii cers of this city Tuesday evening, too late to make any satisfying attempt to apprehend the highwaymen. Mr. Hoile, who left home Tuesday morning with a load of oats for the mati ket in this city, reached the W. R. ■ Smith home about 10 o’clock Tuesday - morning. He was apparently very 3 much overcome and with difficulty re- , tained his hold on his wagon, his > mind also being in a rather dazed t condition. He was taken into the 1 house and medical aid summoned, he regaining in time to tell a story of a very bold hold-up of which he was the victim. He stated that just as he 1 reached the bridge at the Dorwin . woods, west of the Charles Johnson i home, near the crossing of the roads, i the main one of which turns north I from the Decatur road near the W. R. - Smith farm near Monmouth, two - masked men suddenly came from the ,- woods into the road. One held his horses while the other climbed to the wagon and tendered him a bottle, asking him to drink. Mr. Hoile de clined. saying that he was not a drink- ' ing man, whereupon the man cried ’ out, “Your money or your life." Mr. Hoile said that the man then procur- ” ed another bottle, which he held under 1 Mr. Hoile's nose. Mr. Hoile said that he then became very sleepy and col- ' lapsed, and when he regained consciousness the men were gone. Mr.' ? Hoile proceeded to drive south to the ' first houses, which are those of Wil-; ' Ils McQueen and W. R. Smith, located 1 three-quarters of a mile away at the ( 1 junction of this road with the Deca--1 tur road. There he called for help, 1 and nearly overcome, was assisted ’ into the Smith home by Fred Smith, where medical attendance was called. ’ Mr. Hoile had on his person at the time of the hold-up, twen- ■ dollars, but this was not taken. After 1 two hours Mr. Hoile recovered sufficiently to be taken home and was accompanied there by his doctor. The doctor stated that Mr. Hoile had been seized with a very severe attack of ’ the grip while on the way here, and has not yet recovered. An inspection 'of the road, where the hold-up is said to have occurred, resulted in the find-, 1 ing of tracks made by several, which are supposed *o have been those >.■: 1 the highwaymen. 3 I o — ' The Knights of Pythias of this city have received word from A.R. Huyette of Bluffton, deputy grand chancellor for the sixth district, that Decatur has ■ been selected for the next district 1 meeting, which will be held in this s, city on February 29th of next year, f it will be remembered that there were several cities in line for the securing l of this gathering, but as the local lodge has not been favored with the < • . meeting for the past fifteen years, it I was thought that Decatur should be II favored, which they were. The news j was learned Tuesday, and was receiv-1 ; J ed with great pleasure by all the mem-1 bers. The district includes the fol-1 ! lowing cities, which will send at least one representative to the meeting; i ;. Portland, Hartford City, Roll, Bluffton. • Dunkirk, Redkey, Ossian, Berne, Ge- • neva and Decatur. In a week or two ! i another meeting will be held when a - ; committee will be named to look after 1 11 arrangements for the occasion amli • from now on the home lodge will , make great strides to entertain their J visitors and show their esteem for ■i their many visiting brethren who will ,! be present. The program will be ar i: ranged in the near future, which will •j also be given as soon as ready for the ' press. SUED FOR $2,000. — iG. R. & I. Engine Sets Fire to Lunen ' Room and This Amount is Asked. Cadillac, Mich., Nov. 29—The G. R. & I. Railroad company is being sued ’ by the Hanover Fire Insurance comi pany for $2,000, the amount of dam ■ ages caused by the company’s engine setting fre to “Grandma” Wiselen's ( hotel at Walton Junction, several | months ago. The building was com- ! pletely destroyed by fire. The old lady, who is a friend of the railroad men on that road and the M. & N. E. who pass Walton Junction, had previously been burned out of her boxcar lunch room. One day Vice President Rubbles, of the M. & N. E., ate a r piece of apple pie and washed it down I with a mug of milk in “Granda’s” j little lunch room. When he paid the (

bill IJ. wjm in the form of a check for SSOO. That enabled her soon afterward to make a better start in the larger building. Now she Is out of business and is on a farm. The Eighth district convention, for . the purpose of electing a district chair- : man, will be held in Decatur on Friday, December 29th. At the meeting of the state committee held at Indianapolis Tuesday, and by the way it was one of the biggest and most enthusiastic political gatherings ever held in this state, they decided on time and places for the holding of these district meetings, this city being the choice for the Eighth. All the district meetings of tne state will be held on that date, excepting the Tenth, which meets on the 28th. The number of delegates in this district will be 139, divided as follows: Adams, 17; Delaware, 31, Jay, 17; Madison. 43; Randolph 14; Wells, 17. The only candidate so far announced, is C. H. Plessinger of Bluffton, although there are rumors that others may get Into the race. Secretary Myron King of the state committee said last night that the calls to county chairmen and to district chairman, providing for the organization meetings and conventions, will be sent out within forty-eight hours. The district meetings, set for December 29th, and the cities in which they are to be held, follow: First District, 117 delegates, Evansville. Second District, 132 delegates, Linton. Third District, 135 delegates, New Albany. Fourth District, 138 delegates, North Vernon. Fifth District, 131 delegates, place of meeting to be announced later by Chairman Foley. Sixth District, 118 delegates, Connersville. Seventh District, 183 delegates, Indianapolis. Eighth District, 139 delegates, Decatur. Ninth District, 131 delegates, Frankfort. | Tenth district, 104 delegates, Lafayette, December 28th. I Eleventh District, 133 delegates, Logansport. Twelfth District, 129 delegates. Ft Wayne. Thirteenth District, 157 delegates. South Bend. The new state committee will meet January 4th, at which time the question of instruction democratic national committeeman from Indiana as to the presidential preference primary will be considered, the old committee deciding that this was a matter for the new organization to settle. At the meeting Tuesday Governor Marshall was unanimously endorsed as a candidate for the presidency. i The committee decided to apportion delegates to the state and district conventions on the basis of the vote for Governor Marshall in 1908. rat'r than on the vote for secretary of state in 1910. That means a democratic state convention numbering 1.747 delegates, with 874 votes necessary to a choice. Speeches were made at the meeting by Kern, Marshall, Shively. Ralston. Boelme and others. The crowd present was immense and included nearly all the congressmen and other noted democrats from every part of the state. I SAY THEY'RE MARRIED. • I A lot of boys in the north part of * the city planned a belling Tuesda; evening for a couple, whom they de dared had been married for the past seven months, having quietly slipped away and taken the marriage vow.-, though the couple most strenuously deny it. The said-to-be groom is proprietor of a smoke-house in the city ami the. said-to-be bride is also a well ' known business woman of the city. I JT* ” ——— - ■ I

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