Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1912 — Page 1

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I air ships I STOP HERE II pecatur Will be Visited by K Birdmen in Conjunction I With Chicago Show. ■ a\ important event ■ Sixty Air Men Will Cover H Illinois. lowa and Indiana S --Will Stop Here. i' jco, ill. Ma> !■' (Special .o ■c. „ rat I hl conjunction « |H. , . meet, biggest ever held in ■ .. wo ii!. in this city next month, >. re birdmen from all ov r bulilik the great.-s-t \ l:i |H, . '■'mope, will fly over the states J < . s. Indiana and lowa, in sem • H< opping down here and tin : . 9 in . t;.-s and towns which are to be |Hpla<e.< on regular schedule. They ■w . \ .ai.ge greetings witli ’lie peo • aso cities and their arriv .1 |H< . ’ane will no doubt arouse I*. ■ -St The event, a. .orbing |Bt ns announced hero today, is |Hto be >he outgrowth of the Akron ••• where the bird men of natame will gather All contest •» n.a enter as the purjiose of the |Hr-.r - -o bring the public in gen.?rtn contact with the air men and ' ami to exemply the adv ah thing machines Among the mties on the list is Decat ts. Mr ria- .xtreme east border, where bird men will drop and be greetan i cored Other cities in eastir.d ilia are also to be listed, and a b -. hedule will soon be an■o val It is expected that a representative will arrive in Decatur B lete arrang’-ments forthe of the birdmen to that city. BB ~ —♦* —- ■ '■ MRS. GUEBARD ILL. Mrs Bert Haley left for Fort Wayne morning, being called there by ild.—s o f h er sister-in law, Mrs. G od ard. who is suffering from ■ of the lung. Mrs. Guebard formerly Miss Roke Haley, of this and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haley. ■ three hour service. M On ai count of some trouble with the a’ the power house there was ’ I *' the three-hour service on the intoday. I THt FIRST PICTURE Wi Decatur's New Beet Plant ■I Wil] Issue Saturday in ■ Orange Judd Farmer. El FARM JOURNAL SB Which Company Otto C. B Haubold is Interested—- ■ Bryce Thomas in View. M The Orange Judd Farmer, published the Orange Judd company of Mass., with branch offices Chicago and others of the large cit- !*■*' "ith which company Otto l 'bold is connected, will in ■* issue of next Saturday, the first picture of the beet now in the course of erection This was taken in February. I showing the r.amework of the I i n th e foreground is Bryce |^r°® as ' brother-in-law of Mr. llauand son of Dr. and Mrs. P. 15. E rnaa of this city. The publication tead by 145,000 farmers in the cenWe stern states, a good many of ■ ’® in Indiana, and the publicity of gfv e Decatur a great boost. The orlt on the building has progressed M'bidly since this picture was taken, he framework gives some idea of 8r eat buildings being erected here.

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ROOSEVELT AND CLARK Were Winnere Yesterday In The State Os California, For Delegate*. 1 (United Pres* Service) , San Francisco, Cal., May 15—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Colonel Roosevelt has made a complete sweep of California and the twenty-six repub- , lican national delegates will support him for the presidential nomination. Sjieaker Clark will have the support of the democratic national delegation, I Returns from 2,169 precincts out of' 4,700 give Colonel Roosevelt 98,109; President Taft. 51,703; LaFollette, 31,-1 > 196 votes in the republican contest. The same precincts give Champ Clark 26,364 and Woodrow Wilson 11,997 in the democratic nomination fight. RUNNING TO WIN I Will be Subject of the Rev. Gleiser Who Gives Baccalaureate Sermon TO THE GRADUATES i ■ Services at the Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening —Reception Friday. “Running to Wih" is the suggestive and promising theme chosen by the Rev, W. H. Gleiser for the baccalaureate sermon which he will deliver to the twenty-three graduates of the Decatur high school next Sunday evening. The services will be held at the Presbyterian church and will be attended with interest as one of the great annual events of the commencement calendar. The choir has arranged a special musical service which I will be a pleasing and appropriate feature of the services. Among the special musical num- ( bers is an anthem, C. L. Ashfords "Te Deum Ijmdamus," by the choir, and a duet by Dr. Fred Patterson and Miss Marie Patterson. One of the commencement events of this week will be the reception to 'he given Friday evening at the Knights of Pythias Home by the juniors for the seniors. The class day ex- ‘ ercises, the presentation of the play, 1 "The Fifteenth of January,” will be given Thursday evening, May 23rd, at . the Bosse opera house, and the com- j mencement proper, which will be a ( lecture by Dr. Nathaniel Butler, of ;Chicago University, will be given Friday. May 24th. —o ONE-FOURTH SALARY. I Os Teachers to be Withheld Until ' Final Report is Made. I In answer to a number of inquiries, ( the state board of accounts has held I that it is not necessary for a township ’ (trustee to withhold every month one- ( i fourth of the salary of teachers in hfh ( schools pending the final statistical , report of the teacher. A law enacted , in 1865, which is still in force, pro-,, vides that the trustee shall withhold . one-fourth of the teachers' total wages f until such report is made. In some . instances the trustee held up one-, fourth of the wages every month un- 1 , til final settlement. Teachers opposed . to this method appealed to the stale , board, and it was held that all that was necessary was for the trustee hold one-fourth the total salary un- f til the report was made. This could { be done, the board held, by holding up { (•he last two months' wages, where the ( teacher was to be paid for eight ( fnonths of work, or a month and a half j of wages where the teacher whs to f be paid for six months' work. board also found many trustees did t not observe the law, and instructed £ them'it must be obeyed. | t > c CLERKS TO GET EIGHT-HOUR DAY a The postoffice department is now arranging to place all the clerks in presidential postoffices of the country of second class, including the Decatur office, on an eight-hour day. Arrangements are now in the making for such i schedules in the local office, but it will j be found rather difficult on account of I the discontinuance of the services of j one clerk two years ago. By the new p arrangement the clerks will be paid t extra if compelled to work over eight.i hours in any ten hours of a working € day. |1

J ARE NOW ON DUTY New Firemen Began Work This Morning Exercising Truck on Streets. GETTING ACQUAINTED > I Man from Kanawha Company to be Here to Show Use of Chemicals. Commencing with Wednesday, three men, Ed Hurst, Henry Dellinger and Joe Kortenbrair, selected by the city for the caring (and operating of the new fire apparatus went on duty to familiarize themselves with the many new and required points of the machine, which is necessary for them to know for the successful performance of their duties. Early this morning they were out on the streets exercising themselves and to keep the machine in running order, i and which is the only way to keep it in ready trim for operation when called upon. Several strips of hose were ( secured at the city ptant, cleaned and I added to the other equipment of the apparatus. A man from the Kanawha Fire Apparatus company will be here in a few days to give the instruction as to how to properly handle the chemical, and when this is done they will be ready to care for any fire when called out. An expert to instruct the men in the running of the car will also be secured for two weeks, he to acquaint the men with the many parts, their machination, etc. The city now has everything in shape in the way of fire fighting and some quick work will do doubt be done by the men in charge. MASONIC MEETING Initiation Exercises Largely Attended—Steps Toward New Home Taken. A MOTION CARRIED I For Appointment of Committee to Devise Ways and Means for Securing It. The Masons held the banner meeting of the year Tuesday evening, an assembly of fifty or more responding to the special invitations and the 'special festivities arranged for the occasion. In the afternoon the Master Masons degree was conferred upon Oscar Hoffman and in the evening, Calvin Peterson was given the same degree. Several out-of-town visitors were present, among them being Past Master Saunders of one of the Fort 'Wayne lodges. A special feature of the social was the 6 o’clock dinner served by the Eastern Star chapter in the G. A. R. hall. | The evening session was attended with several addresses by various members of the order, and in view of the contemplated building of a home, not very much surprise was created iwhen D. F. Quinn made a motion that the worshipful master, D. E. Smith, appoint a committee to devise ways and means and detailed plans for the building of a new home. This was carried and the committee will be ap'pointed at the next regular meeting of the lodge. It Is desired that a wholly new lytme, exclusively Masonic, be built and fitted up, something on the order of the Knights of Pythias new (temple, and the appointment of the 'committee will be practical steps tojward the securing of this long-desired and long-contemplated home. HENRY HITE STRICKEN. Henry Hite, the well known grocerymerchant, is very seriously ill at his home. He came to the store Wednes'day. but feeling badly, went home j where at 10 o’clock he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. He has been very I low all day, but at 3 o'clock this afternoon was reported resting some eas|ier and It is believed he will recover.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday May, 16 1912.

WHOLE FAIWILY INJURED. Swept from Trestle by Shriner*’ Spe:ial in California. With no warning of impending danger, Mizpah si>ecial, carrying returning Fort Wayne Shriners and their families from the Imperial found! meeting at Ix>b Angeles, swept a woman and her eight-year-old twin boys from an eighty-foot trestle Mobday near Virginia, Cal. One of the boys will probably die and the mother suffered a broken arm, fractured limbs and other injuries. The other boy held to the trestle with his hands and was not Injured. Drs. While, Seaman and Rhamy, who are members of the party aboard the special, attended fheir Injuries and they were placed aboard the train and taken to a hospital at Quincy, Cal. Capt. E. H. Kilbourne of Midpah's Arab patrol, started a collection among the Shriners and $126 was presented to the injured mother. At Denver, Colo., the Shriners were greeted with ten inches jof snow which fell there early Tuesday. Little apprehension was felt by Colorado fruit growers. The temperatures were generally warm. The storm assures plenty of water for irrigation throughout the eastern half of the state and the farmers are jubilant. STORE WAS ROBBED Anna Yahne’s Grocery Store in North End Was Robbed Tuesday Night. SECURED ABOUT SIO.OO Entrance Gained by Breaking the Front Display Window—Some Clues. The grocery store belonging to Anna Yahne, situated near Fifth street in the north part of the city, was rolybed Tuesday night by yeggmen. who successfully got away with about ten dollars, overlooking a much larger sum, which was in the cash register they rifled. The robbery was effected in the latter part of the night .presumably about 2 or 3 o'clock, as at that time a neighbor's dog created considerable noise and it is believed that the robbers were at work at that time. Entrance was gained by breaking one of the glass windows in the front of the store and the bunglesome manner in which the yeggs worked clearly shows home talent origin. They crawled through me window and opened the cash register. Their knowledge of conditions was clearly shown in their breaking into the small locked security drawer in the register, taking therefrom about six or eight dollars. Other cash in the drawer was taken, the yeggs overlooking a bag containing bills and gold. Exit from the lumbian half-dollar was thrown to one side by the yeggs. Exit from the store was through the door, they taking down the bar which is put across and opening the Yale lock, which locks the store. Some tobacco is thought to be missing and a more thorough invoice will be undertaken to prove this fact. The glass was broken without any pad to deaden the noise and it is believed that with the racket caused by breaking the glass and the natural fear of the burglar caused the work to be done so quickly that they failed to make a more thorough examination of the register, by doing which they would have obtained sevetal times as much as they did. A couple of good clues were obligingly left by the yeggs and the police feel confident of getting the men within a short period of time. x NICHOLS' WILL PPROBATED. The last will of the late William A. Nichols was probated in the circuit court late Monday afternoon. It was executed on June 30, 1911, in the pres- ■ ence of W. M. Haynes and Lewis W. Hoover. Following the payment of debts and funeral expenses, the will provides that S3OO be paid to an adopted daughter, Helen Adair Nichols, and that she also be given the piano in the Nichols home. The remaining property, both real and personal, is given Clarence Nichols, the only child of the dicedent, and the son is named executor. —Portland Sun.

FRUIT IS KILLED By San Jose Scale Instead of Being Frozen, Say Many Farmers WHO HAVE EXAMINED The Trees—Heavy Crop of Last Year Drained Trees of Life Also. That many fruit trees which are commonly supposed to have been the roots were in reality killed by the dread San Jose scale, is the assertion made by some Adams county farmers. There is the more reason therefore, for fighting the scale, as all trees are doomed in the near future unless steps are taken to protect them. The killing of many of the fruit trees, especially fruit trees, last year, was owing to the record crop of fruit, it is said. The trees were literally starved to death and the farmers say that many of them were practically dead before winter set in. Run down and worn out by the ravages of the scale the bumper crop of fruit sapped all the vitality from the trees, leaving them lifeless. They compare the condition of the trees with the condition of mothers who are run down before child birth and claim that the two conditions are synonymous. For the same reason they say there will be practically no peach crop this year. The trees wore themselves out last year, it is said, and they will not be able to sustain another crop until they recuperate. It is likely, too, that the death knell has been sounded for many more of them for, weakened last year, they will succumb the more readily to the scale this year. U. B. CONFERENCE Rev. Goodwin Left at Noon Today for Huntington for Ministerial Meet. THE WORKIMORTANT Convened Last Evening and Ends Thursday—Discussions to be General. Rev. E. A. Goodwin, pastor of the United Brethren church left Wednesday for Huntington to be in attendance at the Ministerial Institute of the St. Joseph conference of the United Brethren in Christ, which began its annual session Tuesday evening. Between forty and fifty ministers or pastors of this district will be present for the meeting, which will continue over Thursday, during which time many important questions will be the work of the gathered ministers, i Among the important topics to come i up before them will be the distributing of various subjects to the ministers to write upon, and then to tuin them over to the officials of the institute and gone over and discussed. ' and to be turned over to other minis- i ters who serve as critics on the subjects before the matter is carried out further by the church. The subjects : treat on important matters pertaining i to the higher study of the ministers, ' and to the best advantages which their i work should be carried out. 1 — -o I SECURE LAGRANGE CONTRACT. I Mann & Christen were the successful bidders for the construction of a 1 new central school building at La- 1 Grange Tuesday, and Mr. Christen 1 will go to that place tomorrow to close the contract. The price is SIB,OOO ex- i elusive of the heating plant. Completed the new building will cost about $22,000. CENSUS REPORT. Mary Jane is the name of the new baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Devor. Among the births Tuesday was that of a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Andrews, residing in the Al Buhler residue.

I I QUIET WEDDING. Performed Tuesday Afternoon by the Rev. Rilling. A pretty ceremony was solemnized at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Evangelical pursonage by the pastor, Rev. Rilling, Miss Olive Tague and Homer Raudenbush being the happy parties. The young couple is wjll known, the bride being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Tague of near Monroe, while the groom is also popular, he having served as a teacher In this county for several terms, and is respected by many. They will for the present reside with her parents on a farm at Monroe. COURT HOUSE NEWS Judgment Rendered Against George Tricker in Four Court Cases. HABEAS CORPUS CASE Ordered Left Off Calendar— Michael Smith Estate Inventory Filed. Robert S. Campbell vs. George and Sarah Tricker, contribution and to set aside fraudulent conveyance, damages, $545; cause submitted. Finding for the defendant, Sarah Tricker as against plaintiff and judgment for her against plaintiff for her costs. Exception by plaintiff. Finding for plaintiff against George Tricker for $1,539.92 and costs. On leave of court fte i plaintiff amends complaint as to the : I amount claimed. Objection and ox|ception by the defendant, George iTricker. Judgment for plaintiff , against defendant George Tricker for | $1,539.92 and costs. In three similar 'i cases against George and Sarah Trick- 1 < er, judgment against George Tricker in favor of the plaintiff were also ren- ’ dered as follows: For Ella Overly et t al., $442.77; Erwin O. Roberts, receiv- j er of the Jackson & Decatur Coal Co., 1 $100.23; Sherman Hill et al., $672. 1 Lucinda J. Branyan et al. vs. Asael < Brookover et al., quiet title. Special < finding and conclusions of law there- i on by the court signed, filed and j ed spread of record. The defendants, ; each separately and severally, except < to each conclusion of law, separately j and severally. t The habeas corpus proceeding of Margaret Reber vs. Earl Reber et al. set for May 20th, was left off the trial calendar. Wilson Schrank vs. Warren M. Beard et al., quiet title. Default of de-1 fendant. Finding for plaintiff that I mortgage mentioned in the complaint has been fully paid and the clerk is 1 ordered to satisfy the same of record. Judgment and decree quieting title in the plaintiff to land in suit against all defendants. Certified copy ordered. Costs against plaintiffs. E. X. Ehinger, executor, fileu inven- J tory of the Michael Smith estate, which court approved. This includes , Old Adams County bank certificates ■ of SI,OOO and $370.86. Michael Miller, guardian of Otto and Milo Baumgartner, filed petition for sale of interest in real estate. L. A. Graham and Daniel N. Erwin were appointed appraisers and, file such. Ad- f ditional bond filed and approved. Sale 1 ordered, to be private without notice, ? for cash. a 8 Licensed to wed: Olive Tague, t born July 23. 1890, daughter of Wil- c liam Morrison Tague, to wed Homer t Raudenbush, teacher, born August 3, 1888, son of George Washington Ran- 1 denbush. I v BLOOMING PLANTS. a i The Christian ladies have arranged '' for a sale of blooming and foliage t plants, held the latter part of this week t or the first off next at the old city 1 hall building on Madison street. There 1 will be blooming geraniums, pansies, t ferns and others desired by the flower s lovers at this time of the year. They f invite the patronage of the public. i

SPREAD OF RECORD Resolutions Adopted by Adams County Bar Association in Memoriam of HON. LEVI MOCK Page of Order Book Dedicated to Them—Bar Attends Funeral Today. The committee appointed by the Adams County Bar association to draw resolutions upon the death of the late Hon. Levi Mock of Bluffton this morning reported the same into open court and they were adopted and ordered spread of record upon the order book of the court upon a page dedicated to these alone. A large number of the members of the bar left over the Clover Leaf at noon for Bluffton, where they attended the funeral services held this afternoon. The resolutions reported are as follows: The earthly career of Levi Mock, jurist, statesman, soldier, pioneer, good citizen, consistent friend, has ended. After a long life of activity this giant man, big bodily and big mentally, with a life full of good deeds and good friends, has been gathered to his fathers. We are assured that the impress of his personality will live long in the memory of northeastern Indiana, in that as a pioneer he acted well his part; as a lawyer, his fellows turned to him for counsel; as a statesman he forgot not his country’s welfare; as a judge, he satisfied by the quality of his justice; as a soldier, he sacrificed for his country's honor; as a citizen, he <i!J his duty to his fellows and to the ELle; as a friend, his memory testifies to his noble worth and as a servant of the Deity, his faith was intense and deep-founded. We know that Levi Mock was moulded by nature, strengthened by inclination and fitted by accomplishment to be termed, in the fullest sense of the word, a man. The bar of Adams county, with whom this man was so long affiliated, sorrows that its associations with him are now reduced to but a memory; therefore, we recommend that it be Resolved, That the Adams county bar, in meeting assembled, tender the expression of that sorrow and the fullest measure of its sympathy to those near and dear and to his associates and friends that a proper page be set aside and dedicated to the memory of Levi Mock on the order book of the Adams circuit court, and these resolutions be spread thereon. SHAFER PETERSON, D. FRENCH QUINN. CLARK J. LUTZ, Committee. REED’S ADDRESS Field Worker for World's Purity Federation Addressed High School AT CHAPEL EXERCISES Talked to Women This Afternoon—Public Address This Evening at M. E. Dr. Horace Reed, of Decatur, 111., a field worker for the World's Purity Federation, who arrived in the city to give addresses Wednesday afternoon and evening at the Methodist church, gave a pleasing talk this morning at the chapel exercise hour to the Decatur high school, and the members o f the eighth grades. His theme was “Ideal Young People,” and was most excellent indeed, pointing out to the young students the way tending to ideal attainment. This afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Methodist church he gave an address on "Pure Motherhood,” which was heard by many of the women of the city, the lecture being for women alone. This evening at 8 o’clock there will be a public address at the M. E. church, his theme being on the white slave traffic, and means tending to its s«t>pression. Everybody is invited to attend. The lecture will be free.

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