Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1912 — Page 2

W LL FvCN’C JINDAY z i«i*» l-s-*"*" :»-»-«>*’»* Win Ha** Aasvoai E«e"t *V"> fTuvs'l I !• L&e-Xi ■• BB w«m Mocroe BtrstC ® X b* ffifßß B*it irt* aad Ada St««es Mt. asd Mrs. El I ■ ”, * ' *y. *as *: - v eL* of a royaL €n- ♦ - i. Reformed Lad.es Aid so-! £- ■» • *«, ■ * '■■ar sil i 7*- ’ ’I ' . IL ' - '<T A A V-'7jr **33T>*'LZ lUßtfeOO® Was 5«?7T«?<1 ', Wrs "SiL - ?”—- ~ Oft* WSWJCt 1 ri-? i hie .VtfeboW Mrs Louisa Archbold, to!" >-—. '- Marcella and Ma’garet < Ke- G.-a » Drag". Harold Drage,! .. . i> w- ■*>£»—■ \frw I Har j J -..’>*. nu:.- Mrs M.'F- Mara Wnt"-s. Mrs George S’T«»-a! from tkia eftr will attend* the w-edding of Ms* Rosa dang:. - " of Mrs Hetay Hildebrand, to the Rev Otto Seherry, which will be *ol"mn z"d next Wedaecday afternoon ( at t:e Magley German Reformed church. with a reception later at the home of the brd"'» mother The zro* ni was gradiated last spring from ‘ the ‘ "clogica! college of the denomination at Sheboygan. Wis, and will probably take tuexharge at Garrett. TWO LETTERS - DIFFERENCE. Breaks Up HatJtsy Engagerrert— Bring* a Suit A *e -graph ompany is defendant in a -’ase 'or ‘"-e alienation of the affection* of a sweetheart of a New York man »hc is a plaiaf'ff. He claims thr: some time ago he sent a telegraph me»"-.;»: ’I lore you torto hi* *•» eetheart. Tee compan - made th" mistake in the trans-fer-»ae by d-re*'3g the message to he- as toltowx: “I leave you forever.”

• Th* sweet aeon ■.mmeM-ateij r«*r*ed ■ her engazachect nag. letter* sad oU--1 er parapfewaaha of th* c-_ .rtalup to ! the yooag mas. and accepted another offer cd marriage Now be *>e* the ■e.e<raph company m the fault of teto • Daily EL Ha***. I bwno*ai> V. r nr. *. aS# »« he VzWNAjk T ■’* * * S ... - . ‘ the aawstat of Jlf.lS-s.*:. aceocdiM to x***' '-**?•«>■ TfiOStw* itai Wednesday ereoiag. were vee> | baak two aaee. tocaliag IIXX tecirp hi* tenths to STS** Qwed A. G the £ee*bdea? ofj . • I - - - : ttock. esc »a* i*3 - that be ilto owed eons.. &er>b»e O'-t- • -i* of the .■eavls.e his rs _ p-e-zs-e a for Lit wife, wto vis [ tboieit TLAt tSIS STATteC *Le SaOF* i } bask tpoke ia a asd r*j rretfU manner of Mr Hale, wboai . aMeet the a&n.k. exie;< to ieprexe r I - z m ■ sersogt . • z • e £.ait a ”3Z. WL i- I « the rear of the taaM. all -he directors I ■SC* o®e beiig present, asd a niffiber I ■ of the stockholders. The siatter I I plaeed before t he® co® p»et ei. * a& d I the foßowfar resolution was then’ 1 .nasinsoush adopred: Reso.vea. Thai an asMSsnent o j ( -wenty-fire per cent be mad- on aF i the stockholders the PAnk of Grets* I ra. to pay 3 xhortage. as afeown by an | "xasina - op up to this time Hl.-J ’ r<«2. said awessment amowt-fnz to! ani that said aiMwnt shall > I teen caused by W B Hale, assistant Resolved. That a new ass.sutnt \ G BRIGG- President. DAN PONTH'.' ' J W WATSON ANTHONY GLENDENTNG. CHARLES D. PORTER. T - / nrretrors HOMER PONTIUS. ISAAC TEEPLE. » CLINTON PONTIUS. FRANK PONTIUS. GENE STRATTON PORTER Stockholders. Mr. Harry Arnold, head of the stare j banking department, ga. - oug thefo.- ’ lowmg statement immedia-eiy alter Ithe meeting "Mr. Hales shortage as shown by . the inresttgacone thought to be com jiete is UWJS.'J-- It has been earefuliy checked. To cover this loss an assessment of twenty-five per cent on the capital stock of ttS.WB has been ordered and made This amounts to the balance. S3,4WJt! is to be paid out of the surplus of if.'-O) on hands. The money to make up the shortage was all secured from outside sources than the Bank of Geneva, making the institution absolutely safe and solvent. While all the stockholders had money in th" bank to pay their assessment, they secured it elsewhere We hawe also directed that an entirely new set of books must be' ! opened immediately, under the direc- ! tion of E. X Ehinger, cashier of the Old Adams County bank of Decatur. 1 A new assistant cashier and a book- ! keeper must be secured at once. The methods pursued by Mr. Hale in the ' shortage was that of marking certifl- ' cates of deposit paid when they were ' still floating, and then when they real- ' ly did come in, paying them and marking some other certincate. Mr Hale ( :•> dead He has paid the last debt

• we !ta»e SMting fwrtbe" to aay aboat hot or Vs nets Th* t > ample and wtS more than cover the r look it w believed, hot it »as thoegbt > beat to make It s-.Sciea - to eo«*r i everytb'tz "illts is the flrst oCciai , statemeat made by this board since tie examination begaa o* Monday " > The beak :* still doing bssineet a* .' ns-.al and the incident w® make no ' differen-** la this splendid Sntacsal in- - ftitveioft, of tk* Smk !b tbu sot* '; tMMi ot xke Mat* W>bert GI!!g of ~ eaihi*r ie the Back of Pc-rt B#coxerr ' He win be wifte4 by £ X Et.sge* ' S33S* , *’t foti eis eoCAbiiskew. 1 lieL. lz the past few <2aws Th* bark win at onee beg. l pro- | zc r “sS Le ’’Ares to I a S’ Sclz ~ ned by his father S wcr-h aboLt agatet I > - »he** are ’ w o oorrgxr**. oce |fl 4" held by S ’A Ha.* The baxki horses, ah a-cmob:X f' ■ wwrtk « »:>■£ aa4 c - huk stock, boe of which are up for 1 wkich was at o>e t very Talaazl*., I t’d* I Will *,. *TI T£ .a?<fksT OOZ.* OS* wA'"e- M” 1 1&CMZ cS llim. of Wkieh fosr t2w«J | saM dollars is payable to the ehß-; I AFer.. I ***’* to his wife which ’ | now g«s j» the c-.:idren. and I' i I will h - wevt-r. go to ;*y the debts. - . - q ASXS * D VORCE !We Kr«Cw" W -t“es*.e' Ycvvij Lady; S-e* Fc-eg-e-JT * 5 - *-'■-'5 * 2. C*" ** ■ ■ ! I Portlaad w*U itosn week, in the Randolph circuit eoort nt; Winchester .’udgrsient for alimeny ! i the ana cf K.M* is also asked wi.c I In ter cozEjiaint, Mrs Bodetnaaal set* forth that she was married Feo-1 jmary ». !»1». and for more than two ' yean, jaior to tfee-r s*j’a.Tatio!Si iE | i March. T»IZ, she charge* that her! refused to support her or make aEyj provision whatever for her mainten-l [ ante, although amply able to do so. Mrs Bodemann is one of Winches-; tert most talented young women ! i She possesses a beanri'il s:--ran./i j voice and ha* sung in many of the! I .‘irz* citirs of th* * ' years ago she w*ct to E'Q’ob* a?. 11 studioi m-wiie oader some of th* | zreaiee* makers in German After 1 ctMwplectßg her course there she west I to England, where she continued her studies It was while there that she met Bodessann. After a court i ship of some weeks Bodemann came I to America for the purpose Os securing certain patent right* on a Ger-! man invention. The wedding took place at the home of the bride and the couple took an extended honey moon thra.gh the "astern states They resided m Detroit for some time. Bodemann is now said to be in Germany, while she is doing vocal work in New York City, although she makes her home in Winchester with her sister. Mrs Margaret Kennon. Mrs. Bodemann is quite well known in this city. Mrs. Sophta Mangold Taylor of Portland, Oregon, send* to her sister, Miss Kathryn Mangold, of this city, papers containing an account of the Elks grand lodge reunion held si Portland, OregcT last week, in which El*-3 from ail part* of the world parucipated. The account will be of especial interest to Decatur Elks. Portland. The Rose City.” which is also a great convention center. Las already had twenty-eight great conventions held there this year, and expects to have many more, making in all thirty-eight from February first w December first. Among those go come are the Rational W. C. T. U. reunion A great feature of Elks reunion was the grand parade, in which fifteen to twenty thousand Elks toak part The parade was five miles long

ct *nd it took twa tevs and twenty *»■ • utas ho paaa tbs reriew *ta*d In the • parade were the loag rask* sf «*l- - formed Sk* score* «f bands, and •t ssagtstf-eat floats of am»ti.< design* d mazy r ocstag from far distant cttiea e and all tn all. the spectacle •** a 1 sxwt gtoriow one EMWrMs eater- • tai-tseat ’*» prorjded tie tbowsands o of ria.tors, and the coa«rxt*o’s wat . eoecoded as the best ever heM. Elks > from Alaska. Porto Ri-o. Mantlt. and 4 dlftAßt pOilSlt*. As i-i fTWE? f<e?y city frora coa*t to Ua—j7tA**s. >e7tb pyefrec! Tb* T 77- ACTr * *'t HXk* ’ ** W’At X » , ! of a* T-’.ctt, witi !t> : l.ftt ;f f*J>y*. **•<! r:*- aI decorAtxet. rtC’f os tbe t*. mt?’** £*. < k ’•■£o were oba£*d to *l4* ?» gy*a* e* th* - M-» Txy’o-* wx> M w £ : a b of tkl» city te* *2d • for K-se &M hA» ¥**• '..t-.lc >* Por 1 C ** M<K**a* WWWTT ■y f k>< • |,/w ASiC* **# *im M * Tayic* a s • rewr**'* W t b—w’t.- - - -y>» j *J"C* T£ i -1 Mu* K&durs Mab«oH rMdtH I i * r ort -AL 2 CX *’ • "LA '2* TA?-" -X -“ ’ O .... ■ toe k j.-. Ace ast. Tit*di ;■ s ctl.lc. -•• y i Jof Ceatnl X R cbxrch ! ; tetory Fkr *9®* s:3tc r Ways- < wao’ . , x. . c,--. I , Mrs 1 7A<e. wrio i»fjM with her | IlMtter-MBV, lxa 1 bw<w| .tc .** ill Mr was ex* ■:/j Lie sertißi bMrder? ■* zhiz ' jer ..^e-z.'L?—;• aim* cs - zr-a,* x.a | ■ Je-fz for W~tf?>4*or. Cal :; t * L*r* *bedr | S*T* if 7.> v e 5*7. LX L-T ▼hv of 1 - Fort Wane Mr. az: Sbcra I I are zocxsjf To®a.y to lam ts I ] :«arixz the ossar fa - y <oastrxc-1 ; He las bu s* ELaay fn.*Ld* I - f sttrfuc his sta t 2er*- il i - * ■ I c£o.<e of a wife, ao th* t’ de t a ! ■ Lad 7 of w "* 7 t f*" * ** .a *— s \t “ i i Store 5 ho®* was is X las prior | - Wabaih. lad . J.iy IS —a. j ’a; ~r*< focr of »’ xn are * tero*. - j eoapAcy'e pta** nirzt. Tte wo- j ■ ' ®ea >er* P’lLlz m tbe f >:r . | fel; in, ax 4 they feE th*:- ~z± to ;be I ’ • baae®*2t with th: _nsd> of obs t. j ■ | ed w :th com and peas. falZ.rg on top I "of them. Rotted wood p;l nr s ielieved to be th- tasse of the acc. I dear. Washingitm. L C, Joly It—l Spec I j iaJ to Daily DefLccTßt^ —A Iftt.* Laz-1 ng smut leaked ext Wednesday z z:.- i Ito a -gT"*n r*--<3rter on *h* white I I bouse beat by several ve-e-as rww«- • ■ paper men today -esolted n a eo^a'-y-1 , wide scare that an attempt wa* msc" . j os President Taft s life, through an . j infernal mathlr" They toW him a re- j ' markable yara abott the seed ng of i ! the infernal mi tine, but wfcew the I i reporter becaice visibly excited they ( told him it was a Joke The report ’ ■ that an »n«pt had been made I spread fast atd it kept the secret j service men and other oecers constantly busy den-tag the report New York, N. Y, July Is— (Special to Daily Democrat ■. —After living within several blocks of the police head quarters and passing score* of pol.ee men and detectives who were seeking ths murderer of Julia Conners, Nathan Swartz committed suicide by inhaling in a tenement rooming bouse on the east side. His body was found, with a piece of hose attached to a gas jet in the room and the other end in his mouth. In a letter be left, he confessed his guilt. The body was . identified by the police and other members of the girl’s family o— The Rebekah lodge installed the . following officers for the ensuing , term, Mrs. Stella Crist serving as in- > stalling officer Noble Grand —Marie Butler. Right Supporter—Delia Harruff. i Left Supporter—Nora Butler. > Vice Grand—Fanchon Yoder. • Right Supporter—Rena Huffman. Left Supporter—Ella Bolinger. Chaplain—Mary Artman. Conductor —Emma Hunsicker. t Warden —France* Baker. ; Financial Secretary—Nell E. Win-

nea. Rscocdtag Socretary—Jeon* W’.nneo lords Guard—lms Covertsle Oatnde Gward—Gusta Cramer Pianxst—Fiona* Edward* Kate L NxWs. st»e prcosdeet of the Re ekak lodge, ha* seat ’<*4 th* local c-rgaans: : n that abe will pay a Unit to (Ms city and aspect the todg* oa Tweeday «v«..t*. July 13rd The tools are making special arrange meets for th* ectertaiameat of the r wifi be <LTen tbe of t~e I*. fijOowisMt with the " fV-di * T ifk’T'Z < WfliF’lt ?i we. D L AE KEL GETS COMPACT. * F • CATe—.e’’ W:** c« S-Si*; ] the coamrt for tefiahiag the | Ter work ob the &ew factory. I tow* to be pct ia A2<t this par: alocei * ArTs-Aw* ? a”7 o* *7 s 7A”er Lis art ac-1 - .. TAKE SECCSD CH LO . Mtb Jobs S. Col L.l and M-s W ” I I l reT--Bed txne V. edaeadi: j e * ■?*’ FotT y i&e wLere aecarec { •k’StboiTA'tarX -o’L ’ *osiered fey both ladies, icd the chJ-| Colchis is a gfri. THE F RE ALARM. wss passing *et fire to one of the dry rooms of tte Eliek tile mill in the! t’he X?r^ ;n Th* sparh R‘*dred under the tin roof j eovefh old shixurtes cars* I *d tronWe. The firemen !■:•* off the tin and quelled the f.r* j with the ebenn ’a! Small damage w-<s ■ toee. .The aill ha« not been running I 'or nearly a year. o . by the pcblic given out Wednes-I od offciaU are enable to state, but if I Lhe ocher seaaons will continue all! 'iiiz *l* s em®er. The fare is as I low is one could expect and for the many cmertaioing features which are grren a; th.* -..me of the year, JI 2' j the far» charged, the train leaving at 5 a. m. early enough in the day to allow arrival there in the middie of the forenoon, and to enjoy the day -z til evening Retarwsg. the train wfR arrive at Decatur at 10:3S p. m. Thss ha* been one of the company s most frequent questkrns. concerning the Ssnday excursion, and since the word ha* been received, the crowd on next Sunday, for the first one of the reafe-n, will without doubt be a big one o L-reased to wed: Erma Mary Hock, Lorn March Z, IJJI. daughter of John Martin Hock, of Coshocton, Ohio, to wed James Harold Snedeker, born May It, l*?l, decorator, son of Joseph McCoy Snedeker. oi Coihoortn, Ohio. Real estate transfers: Julius C. I Sen ng and wife to C. E. Sullivan, one* I third east part of lot 6, Berne, ?>OW; I Lee L. Kintz e*. *! to Gabriel F. Kintz,] lot 1012, Decatur, J 150; Sam-tel A. M. Butcher to Daniel Beeber et at. lot -€4. Geneva, $ Samuel Schindler et al. to Albert P. Smith, realty in Monroe tp. fflObO. Very Hui* is doing about the court house, except routine work. Emanuel Tricker has declared hi* intention of becoming an American citizen, at the age of eighty year*. He is a native of Hugfasufick, England, and came to this country in 1832. ■ s PROPOSE CHARGE OF UNIFORM A proposal to change the style of

' ua iorrn of th* Ca tons Rank. Knight* ' of FythU*. w<H be lh» “<>•' *■** m»t io becorn- before th* supreme assembly. *Mc* *• beia * h * ld ' h ' l | week in btoflhial session in »>*• Fytb- , las building Member* of the asaem ’ bly aay that the unifem h*» tost tn of it* dirincti'enes* during th* tost few tears due princlpolly to th* feet. >he» assert, that many ot tue *maller *1 orders tounded at a comparatvMy ? recent date have copied It to a ««*’ .’er or les* degree A tpecial commit- , tee La* ’be matter in charge, but It to ’ f *Tbere will be no encampment oMh j in C™« er \ugust Sth to !«th. ttl* year, because the change to that city from Fort Worth, Texas, came too i late to allow time for preparation The , ' meeting, but on account of climatic i and other consideration*, it wa* redd- J *«• to hold it in D<*bv<*f. TALKED WITH GOVERNOR. Dan N Niblick, the merchant, who 1 I store, returned bom* Wednesday ev I eniag. feeling fine and reporting a fine I trip While at the capital city be called on all of the Decatur people. ' and al*o had the opportunity of per-, i sonally meeting Governor Marshall. > , 1 and enjoying nearly an hour a coo- ' versation while at breakfast. He | thinks the world and all of the Indi-, | ana executive, and feel* greatly fa- j I which * r THE BEET SCAB. E M w&zzcr brought in a beet this j raomfnr taken from the Henry Koen* | scab. bb4 caused from the identical * conditions The beet was covered) with a black scab and the top had I ■ pound and as lsual was sending forth I I the second sprouts, which would have I » r ■*• ne ” ° • I I harTf>gt<Ml but would have been small I lin size. The <anse of the scab was! I humus w hen it is plowed under in I the spring for that Bummer’s beet I crop. i —'' ■ ■ . ■■" o •■■—■ ■ i . . B*3Y AT HERMAN HOME. A messag* < atn* this morning to Mr. and Mr* John Meyers, announcj :ng the birth of a grandchild, a babv | torn to Mr. and Mr*. John Herman. lat St Henry. Ohio. Mr and Mrs | Herman formerly resided here, but : some time ago moved to St. Henry | rear which place they purchased a

Convenient! Now. the distance to St. Louis is materially shortened by the convenience of the service— Through Sleepers to St. Louis Daily at 10:36 p m. on j "The Commercial Traveler” New Pullmans with all the comforts-electric lights, electric fans, dental lavatories, and more commodious dressing rooms for ladies. Luxurious Reclining Chair Cars (seats free) add much to the pleasure of the journey. Then, there is no change of cars-you go right thr ugh without a bit of bother. Morning arrival in St. Louis in ample time for business, or for connecting trains. Tickets and information at Clover Leaf Station. Toledo, St. Louis & Western R.R. “CLOVER LEAF ROUTE” Decatur, Ind. * Have YOU \ Bought This i Washing Machine < > That Really /* BOSS'V. Washes Clothes > / - V Clean? Sri You ought to NOW. T_T ovsF - CLEANINGtin ' e * 1. L with the cleaning of l» c ' curtains, blankets, dainty ana coarse things, is at hand. The famous BOSS —the machine with t^ e mechanical washboard—cleans all equally well. Write TODAY for our book of washday hints. THE BOSS WASHING MACHINE CO, Dept. O. C.ucmn.U Otu*

Hoo J. C. Moran of th:* city will to Lira G- ■» whe'e th , Ing h* wtH »P*«k at la* fourth aB nual rc Bion of the old aettler* of.«. am*. Well* and Jay countie* Th* reunion begin* today and will exteu over tomorrow and Sunday it i g Ing held In the Sptehger grove * half mile south of Unn Grove and will > w a joy ou* occaaion for the young ** well a* the older one* Sever*! band* have been engaged and thero will be plenty of muaie. Judge Jatnea J. Moran of Portland will speak Saiurday morning, while at 1 30 Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis and Ab* I Simmon* of Blutfton are in the pro. I gram. At night J. 11 Merriman o f I Bluffton will entertain the people, Tfie forenoon address Sunday wij be by Judge George B. Lindsay, of I .Marion, this being followed by a numI bee of talks by old settlers present, recounting experiences of the earlier days in three counties In the after. I noon, addresses will be made by Hoa ' Samuel J. Vining of Celina. Ohio, former speaker of the Ohio house of rep. I resentatives: Hon E. G. Hoffman of I Fort Wsyne and J. Frank Mann of Muncie. During the three days' there will be special traction car service on the M. B A E. P«st the grounds Mr John C. Moran's address thia evening will be relative to the pro zreMivene** of the county and the people, and will be given in hi* usual ' happy vein. Bluefield*. W Va., July IP — tSpecial to aDily Democrat >—Fire, which ' for a time swept the wholesale di*I trict here, destroyed a half doien boildings and entailvd a loss of I' -hi,I OW.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S KASTORIA LARGE FARM PRO NO other lectio* ' of the cou -. offers be--cr ? O** 1 Xw HHUtoMHBI teeker and lORTHEASURfI Michigan The lane here w.II produce llliVlllVAll crops unsurpassed by any in any part tSllliliKM o: the L - - is I possible by reason ot diversity of crops grown. ' Northeastern Michigan ■ Nrr-il*..’be ideal locality for the » ■ practical tanner who msy 1 *oon b*eatn« isM*p«nOert m f I’XcL i I ’be raising of grams, grasses. I fruit*, vegetables and stock. Deep, fertile sori, fine cl* mate, good transportation ’kj by rail and water and the best of market*. We have some r< al bargain* in improved Urms ior y *No*e veho write us at once. ’ Kon««jsicr Michijsn Realty C».