Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1912 — Page 1

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- Ills DOINGS ■~| IN DECATUR onbß “ ’'fl Sararday Night Rally Will is? .fl be One of Most Elaborate Ever Seen Here. J!an fl GIVE BIG PARADE irni jtrersoriLin Club and Drum I Corps of Ft. Wayne Comfl mg—The Committees. ■ _ N. campaign in Adams county j ■ close Saturday evening ulUer about in Decatur, forth.- dem ocran are going to give an old fasloot. I** -j|y with a torch-light |>r<><’> ssio i. "I ■ red fire. Roman candles, plenty of mu! tfm •'** u " 3 It is Wilson day <•■<> will be one of the big politico -Pl events of all time.* The speakers wii! 'S Mayor John W Holtzman o’" I i dianapolis and ex-Congresstnan i.<n s H Robfwon of Fort Wayne "IV <• the opening of the mei-ting. )1..n O. !wre *’ Krwin « wil * preside us i iutnnan, will read a special m. ' 1 :-oa Governor Wilson to the inters <•: teams county. ■ To enliven the occasion, the .left, r toman dub of Fort Wayne I ended ' v ■ 'l* famous Jeffersonian drum . ■ »i’h twenty-four pieces, will art,-,id * K and will take part in the parad> 'I he . v taialar hand and others will also take B aiid the big parade will be as fin* — —• was ever witnessed 1 lel.-gatne s from all over the county will he here — —and It s to be a big night, sure . nonuh. ; < ft th* meeting of the democrat* club Tuesday night, speeches were made Hons Dore B Erwin and .1 W Ty-i-H wnd afterwards details lor ’he ', g neeiitdt of Saturday night undeBB lus;»«ea of the club wore talked »i*: fomaittees were named and it is pjesied that these committees inc.: 1 A ’be Headquarters on Friday eieni’m ” ■<> rrunplete arrangements The com 1 c4i - mitteec named follow fl| Arrangements—J. W Bosse. Henry Knelt J W Tyndall, J H Heller and ' B FA. Macklin Decoration—C. C. Ernst. G H Elt»y. J. 0. Sellemeyer, Milton .Miller -I. and James Stults. fl Musk—William Biggs. Albert Selle- ■ meyer, Dr. Bert Bangold. Bruce Pa" H tersos and Frank Kern Advertising—P. A. Macklin, John D B Meyer and R. C. Parrish S Grand Marshal of Parade John T Myers, first lieutenant. Fred Schurg , er: second lieutenant. Michael Mil-i 1 ) ‘ ■ ister. Ansel Bremerkamp. Bart Frame. Varies Getting. ■ Reception. i B H. Smith, Chairman '.W Union Township— Philip Gas*. Frank Mclntosh, W. B Barkley. Chris | 1 Marbach, Henry Blakey hoot —August Walter. C. H Getting. Jay Cline, Charles .Mauley. Clamor - B Fuelling, n Preble —Ernst Doehrntan. John Hoff J ■ man, Chris Eichoff, Louis Kleine. Ba-.-vid .1. Dilling ’ fl Kirkland—Jeff Crum. Sim Bowers. 1 Wm. Zimmerman, Win Adler, Jacob Henehen. Washington—Henry Eiting. Jacob W Otnlor. J. B. Corson. Caleb Andrews, Nick Wagner. St Mary’s—John Barone. J W. Vlztard, Wm. Alfather. Win. Custer. Al ' bert Manlier. Blue Creek—John Deere, John Ben-/ bout, Frank Weehter, Wm Frazier. Charlee Bevington. Monroe—Peter Rich, I. C. Kerr. Geo. Headington, Albedt Huser, John Mi.y • I French—John John Augs-!-B burger, John P. Steiner, Fred Kohler. I IM John Tonner. IB Hartford—Wm. Anderson, Fred ■ |B Studler, Peter Hoffman. Sam Stahl, f isl Merlin Dunbar. M Wabash—Wm. Mann. Jos Chrisman, M Nelson Bricker, Clem Michael, Chris I M Neneuschwander. M Jefferson—Job Yaney, W. V. Buck- t fl master, J. T. Kelly, WillSierr, George ' fl Boebmeyer. fl Geneva—John Briggs, J. H. Kelly, ' 8 Silas Hale, Lew Mason, Dr. Graham. B Berne—E. K. Shalley, R. R. Schug. fl Wm. Baumgartner, John Craig, Joe 2 Wlnta-egg. ■ Decatur—Fred Mills, George M B Krirtc, Wm Jackson, Vernon McGoni-

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Kai. George Sntltley, George Klnzel H I B Heller, Oscar Hoffman, Henry Stet-! ler, James Hurst, C. H. Christen, i-enn I Robinson. Joe McFarland, Peter Ga' fer, C. S. Niblick. TO MOVE TO INDIANAPOLIS. 1 Mrs J. R. Zimmerman has returned from Berne where she visited with her mother, Mrs Lena Yager. Mrs. Zimmerman will leave next week for Indianapolis Where She will join her hus- i band, who has been there the past ! month. Mr Zimmerman has an excellent position in Indianapolis as local distributor for the Cutting and Detroiter automobiles. ANNUAL MEETING! Os Adams County Sunday School Association To ' Be Held Here — ON NOV. 7 AND 8 ‘ 1 George N. Burnie State Sec- ' retary is One of The Sneakers. i i Tile annual meeting of the Adams ■ county Sunday School association to , be held in this city next Thursday , and Friday will be a chief event of , next w eek. j Th, program follows; THURSDAY EVENING. Preshyterian Church —7 O'clock. Song Service. Devotional . Rev. Geo. Owen i Special .Music. Address of Welcome. .Hon. C. J. Lutz Resixmseßev. P. R. Schroeder Song by Audience. Address "Our Place in the Line.” Miss Hazel Lewis Elementary Supt. Ind. S. S. Ass n. Special Music. Address—" Some Things that Inspire." Geo. N. Burnie, Gen Secretary Indiana S. S. Ass'a. Offering and Announcements. i Closing Song. Benedictionßev. W. H. Gleiser FRIDAY MORNING. Presbyterian Church. 8:30 —Social Hour. 9:00— Song Service. 9:ls—Devotional Rev. Dunbar, Geneva. 9.20 —The Motto of this Conventionßev. I* f- Hessert . 9:30 The Sunday School Optimist J. F Lehman 9:40— Song. 9:4s—lntermission 9:50 -.Missions in the Sunday School Miss Lewis 15:15—"Our Slogan" Mr. Burn:* 10:45— Song. 10:50— Appointment of committees, followed by special conferences for the Home, Missionary. Advanced and Adult Departments. 11:30— Adjournment. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Presbyterian Church. 1:00— Elementary and Teacher Training Conference. 2 00—Song Service. 2:15— Reports from Department Superintendents. 2 30 Roll Call by Townships and Reports from Township Presidents. Treasurer’s report. “Special Opportunity County President. ■> 00—“Tnconscious Teaching Miss Lewis 3.05 —Special Music. < 30 —"Loading and Unloading ■■■■ . Mr. Burnie 4:00— Adjournment. FRIDAY EVENING. M. E. Church — 7 O'clock. Rev. Semans, Presiding Officer. .. Song Service. Devotional j. r . Mugic Mennonite Male Choir Reports from Committees. 3..-H.V. D. WWJ gong Mennonite Mate Choir Offering. dosing Song. JoneS Benediction The following committees are doing their utmost to make an unprecedented success of the convention: Music-Miss Della Sellemeyer, chairman; Mips Lulu Atz J. J Neptune Miss Margaret Daniels, Mrs. . K Bell, Mrs. Ben Hoagland, Miss Hope " mXtion-Mrs. W. A. Lower, chairn Mrs Henry Moyer. Miss Etaa o* page THREE

LOS. BY BIG FIRE Mrs. C. A. Bell, Formerly Miss Anna Merryman, of This City SUFFERS BIG LOSS In Indianapolis—Their Seventeen Room Rooming House Burns. ■— * Leonard Merryman has received word from Indianaitolis of the heavy loss sustained by his sister, Mrs. Charles A. Hell, formerly Miss Anna Merryman, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have been residing at 335 Capitol street, Indianapolis, where they kept a large «ev«nteen-room rooming house, nicely furnished. Monday morning just after arising, fire broke out from a defectuve flue and the house and the greater part of its contents were consumed. Fortunately, there was no loss of lite or personal injury. The large rooming establishment was full of people at the time, and Mrs. Bell stated that kome of them barely escaped. A new heating plant had been but recently installed and it is supposed that the fire originated from that in some manner. The loss to Mr. and Mrs. Bell will be about J 2.000 in furnishings, the building having been leased by them. WAS FOUND DEAD Daniel Yager, Formerly a Hotel Keeper Here, Found Dead in Bed AT HUNTINGTON, IND. By Wife This MorningDied of Paralysis-Worked All Day Tuesday.

I Daniel Yager, for several years 'a resident of Decatur, and proprietor of ' the Par khotel in years gone by, was lound dead in bea at his home in Huntington this morning, death having come int the night from paralysis. This tnorntug his wife arose about 5 o'clock and tried to awaken her husband, and receiving no response called a physician, who found that Mr. Yager had been dead for some time and that death was caused from paralysis. Mr Yager was born in Adams county, September 20, 1845, and on July 4, 1567, married Amanda Drague of Allen county, and took up their residence there where thdy lived for five years. They then moved to Decatur, where for several years he operated the Park hotel with success. Thirteen years ago he moved to Huntington, where he owned and operated ’he Spencer House until six years ago, when he quit this business and took a position with th* city street department in whose employ ’he was at the time of his death. Tuesday he was at work as usual and upon returning home at night remarked that he felt as well as usual. His wife and two children, Mrs. Fred Bender, of Pleasant Mills and John Yager, of Frankfort, survive. He was an uncle of Charles Yager and Mrs. Sam E. Hite of this city, and Mrs. S. E. Shamp of Fort Wayne, and a cousin of Mr. T. D. Wisehaupt of this city, and Ed Wisehaupt of Grand Rapids, Mich. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Several of the relatives from here left for Huntington today. During Home-coming week Mr. Yager and his wife were in the city for two or three days visiting with J. D. Wisehaupt and family, and his daughter, Mrs. Bender, of Pleasant Mills, and he appeared at that time in the best of health.. . I— o —— Mrs. Henry E. Mylin of Laketon and Mrs. Susan Ewing of Dunkirk, 0., returned home yesterday after a visit with the B. W. Sholty family.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday October, 31 1912.

THE PIERCES ARE HERE. Arrived From Richmond To Give Entertainment Tonight. Professor E. E. Rice, city school superintendent, this morning received a telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Raymond Pierce of the Colt Lyceum bureau, that they would arrive here al 3:10 o’clock this.afternoon from Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce will give an entertainment this evening at 8:15 o’clock at the Bosse oprea house, this being the first number of the high school lecture cqurse. The entertainment will include character study deIlmkUions and short plays, given by Mr. and Mrs. Pierce who are artists in their line. ROBISON--COFFEE Father Wilken Officiates at Marriage of Miss Agnes Coffee and CALVIN C. ROBISON z Couple Wed Last Evening— Leave for East on Wedding Trip. The wedding of Miss Agnes Coffee and Mr. Calvin C. Robison, which has been anticipated for some* time by fffeir friends, took place Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the parsonage of the Rev. 11. Theodore Wjlken, of th* St. Mary’s Catholic church, that reverend officiating. The couple were attended by the bride’s cousin, Miss Frances Coffee, and the bride's uncle. Fred Baker. "MT. and Mrs. Robison left on the 9:30 car for Fort Wayne, from which place they left for the east. They will be gone a week or I so and will return to this city to make their home. The bride's wedding and traveling suit was a dark blue tailored jacket suit, with which she wore a bl ie hat with ostrich trimming. Miss Frances Coffee wore la black and white tailored suit ahd black hat with white trimmings. The bride is a -daughter of "Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coffee now of Los Angles, Cal., who until a few weeks ago were residents of this city. She is popular in social circles of the city, and has a wide acquaintance, having been for some time, clerk at the Boston store. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Robison, and is clerk at the Model cigar store. Both begin their new life with all good wishes.

GETS MORE MONEY John Holthouse Gets New Ten Dollar Bill in Mails Yesterday. THERE WAS NO CLUE To the Identity of the Send-er-Supposed to be Conscience Money. John Holthouse Tuesday afternoon received an envelope containing a, crisp new ten-dollar bill, with no means of identification ,and in this manner wishes to receipt the sender lor that amount. The envelope, which was of a plain tejeture, was mailed at the postoffice at 3:30 and was taken out by the cairier on the 1 o’clock delivery to the business houses. Mr. Holthouse thu» secured it within an hour of its mailing. The address was printed on the envelope with a pen to avoid any possibility of recognizing the writer by tracing the handwriting. All that was in the envelope was a crisp, new tendollar bill on a Fort Wayne bank. This is the second occasion of this kind within the last few weeks, anil much speculation is being made as tc where the amounts come from. A short time ago Niblick & Company re ceived a remittance of fifteen dollar t In a very similar manner. Whethei . or not it is conscience money is a mat ter for speculation. The writer—oi : sender, trying to hide his identity, pre sumes such a conclusion.

BALLOTS PRINTED Election Commissioners Superintend Printing of the County Ballots. FOR THE ELECTION Next Tuesday—lnspectors Will Get Them on Next Saturday. ! — ’l ife presses of the Democrat began the printing this morning of the 10,776 county ballots to be used in the election next Tuesday, November sth. The printing was done under the supervision of Jhe election commissionerg, County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke, J. S. Peterson a/id T. H. Ernst. It is the duty of gentlemen, from each of the two principal parties of the county, beside the clerk, who holds an exofficio position—to see that only the exact number of ballots required by law are printed. These are then counted out in the correct proportion, for each of the thirty-three precincts of the county, sealed and laid away in the care of the clerk until next Saturday, when they will be called for by the various inspectors. The law requires the printing of ballots, double the number of voters at the last election, with five hundred extra ballots. The number of voters at the last general election in 1908 was 5,138. The commissioners finished their work in good time, beginning about 8 o’clock and concluding at 1:30 o’clock. A FICKLE HEART Beat in Breast of John Zimmerman—Sued for Breach of Promise BY AUZALAH BRINER Today Had Been Set for Wedding and Many Friends Invited.

A fiickle heart evidently beats in the breast of John Zimmerman. Today, dawning bright and fair, should have been the wedding day of himself and Miss Auzalah Briner ,a fair maid living near Tocsin. Instead the many friends invited to the wedding are dis appointed, and the only thing that marks the sad celebration of what should have been a. very happy event, is the filing of a suit for breach of marriage contract, by the young lady, who, .believing in him, had promised to give him her heart and hand for j all time, only to find that he lati r, changed his mind and refused to carry 1 out the agreement. She asks $.>,000 I not only for heart balm, but to help 'make up for the cold, hard cash which ' was expended in preparing for the ‘ wedding. According to the complaint, filed to--day by her attorneys, Hooper & Len--1 hart, she is a lady over twenty-three ! years of age. During the pastl year, ' after a successful wooing, Zimmecman gained her consent to marry himYTne date for the wedding was set for October 30, 1912, and many friends had been invited to the festivities. He later, she says, told her he would not marry her, and still refuses to do so, 'though she Is still willing and ready to carry out the terms of the contract. Among the outlays of cash expended by her for the wedding preparation, was about S2OO for food, and other necessary things for the wedding reception after the ceremony. She also names the sum of S2OO which she • xpended for clothing, dresses, wraps, gloves, hats, etc., for the wedding; ' and also S2OO for trunks, boxes, travel- ■ I ing bags, etc., for the wedding trip to various cities and towns, which in the happy planning, they had agreed ■ should follow the ceremony. All of these things purchased, she says, are worthless now, to her. She says she i also suffered great humiliation, nerv ■ ous shock, and sorrow from his refus- - al tj marry her, especially after the in ’ vitation to attend the nuptials had - been extended to friends, and title makes up the remainder of the amount

of >5,000 damages which she asks. Miss Briner Is is a daughter of James Briner, living near Tocsin, and Mr. Zimmerman is a son of William Zimmerman of south of Peterson. —— o- - BECKER SENTENCED. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y., Oct. 30 (Special to Itaily Democrat)— Lieutenant Becker was today sentenced to death by Justice Goff, the execution to take place at Sing Sing prison during the week beginning December 9th. He left on the 11:50 train today for prison. JUDGE MARSH DEAD Well Known Jurist Succumbed at Home at Winchester Last Night FUNERAL THURSDAY Was Former Pension Agent And is Well Known Over State Judge Albert O. Marsh, the well known jurist, passed away last evening at 7:35 o'clock at his home at Winchester, after an extended illness. Judge Marsh was seventy-two years of age, and was one of the best known jurists in this section of the state. For two terms he served as judge of the Randolph circuit court and was I’ori merly pension agent at Indianapolis, his name being known to every old soldier in the state, who drew a pension. Mr. Marsh was also for six years land agent fqr the United States goverment at Portland. Ore., under the Garfield administration. He was a native of Windsor, Ohio. Mr. Marsh is survived by his widow, who was formerly Mrs. M. B. Miller of this city, and who is the mother of Mrs. L. G. Elllngham. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon with interment at (Continued on Page 4)

p- 1 /|r WffUVJ ■■ WK ’ - I V~— V,* I # / 'M ''■ Ttt / 1 ‘I --4? ~ IM JOSEPH H. SHEA. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT, FIRST DISTRICT. THE Democratic candidate for judge of the appellate court for the First district was born in Scott county, Ind.; educated in tbe common schools and graduated from Indlar-a university with high honors in 18W): entered immediately upon the practice of law at Scottsburg and continued to reside there until 1898. While living there he served two terms as prosecuting attorney of the Sixth judicial circuit, one term as senator from tbe district composed of the counties of Clark, Scott and Jennings; moved to Seymour in 1898 and practiced law In all the courts of Indiana, including the federal courts, up to the time of his election as judge of the Fortieth judicial circuit In 1906.

DEATH IS THE RESULT Gerhart Hessler Died This Morning at 4 O’clock from Injuries. BURIAL ON SATURDAY Death Occurs Thirty Hours After Accident—Brother, John, Serious. The automobile accident of Monday evening, in which John Hessler, his brother, Gerhart Hessler, and broth--1 er-in-law, John Grund, were involved, proved fatal this morning to one of ■ the number—Gerhart Hessler, who ' died at his brother’s home, about two miles southwest of this city at 1 o’clock this morning from the effects :of the injuries he sustained in the | accident. Being in a critical condition from the first, the best of attention and : medical service was given bim, but : with little avail. It was known that he was injured internally, but at the early hour yesterday it was impossible to determine the extent. That it was serious enough to cause death was not believed at the time. However, Tuesday night is was noted that he was growing weaker and the attending physician held out no hopes for his recovery. Mr. Hessler sustained a broken shoulder blade, a dislocation of the shoulder and two ribs were broken, which pierced his lung. Other internal injuries and severe sprains and contusions were contributory causes. His brother, John Hessler, with whom Gerhart lived, was notified of hie brother’s death and broke dowu completely. It is said that he has a high fever today and at times is af(Contrnvec on rage 2)

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