Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1912 — Page 2

Tl.« sal# at Red Cross Christmas •«>*U is to begin simultaneously' ■ fee !»oU vto 1' •• m agent*' han-, twice xs many as will be sold so that there may be at all times a supply o® t aad The campaign is being conducted by tue Christmas Seals Commission ot he Indiana Association for the Study ] nd Prevention of Tuberculosis. Thia . mb mission is composed of Severance surra r«. James W. Lilly. Dr Theoi«e Potter. Mrs Lew G. Kllingham sad Dr Henry Moore. Headquarters ■.a»e been opened in Room 119, United ■states postoffice building, in Indiana?- •> Ns. Hy a new arrangement ninety per eeat of the total amount raised by ’he sale of seals in Indiana this seasen. will remain in the state as a war fund sen'net tuberculosis. And It is tjje ottry of the Indiana association to Kat* as mu< h of th* money as poMb Me in the communities where ft .s for fighting tuberculosi’. Sack organizations are acting aa connraise enough money by the sale of the lar patients. Others will use mo »- The organization for the fight of tu rotrnty, will have c harge of the saies here and as stated before, the proceeds of the sale of the seals in this county will be used in fighting tuber cniMis in this county. Everybody scould assist the good < ause ELECTION MARSH'L HERE Gathering the Official Vote for Eighth District —Law Needs Revision. Kart Campbell, attorney, of Elwood, cir of the best known democratic workers of this distric was here today. bis duties being that of election xrarshal for the Eighth district. H - < immission, issued by Gove: n?r Marshall, says that he must cklr personas a* the <onrt house in each county seat and there secure the detailed vote for rhe recent election, which he «hall deliver to the Secretary of ■ ’.ate between the hours of nine and ‘■•ver next Monday, November 25th. He has secured the greater number of them and will conclude bis work today, except the filing of the report. The work Is, it would eeem, unnecessary, wer“ it not so prodded by law, as the official returns ha v ® already been sent in. The work of the marshal -is probably arranged when it was necessary to gather the returns by horseback and the law has rever ■*n changed. The ma -’.als are allowed only tued’ r ieage COMPLETES COURSE Prof Baurrrertne’ Ccirmetss Chicago University German Course. Prof. D V Rattmsartnev, who is professor o German in the i)e<-attir high school has just completed a correspondence G“rman course in Chicago university The course embraced ore of the mc<: offered. Mr. Paumgartner Las just received his report from the secretary of the univer,>ry the e:<*nrnation taken last week and was notified that he had tassed it with an excellent grade. CHORUS 13 ORGANIZED. Evangelist Bennett Has Help in H't> Music. Evangelist J. Bennett, who is cond r.'jng - 'pnsrelistic services at the Christian church, will have a great hr.i in tie musical service, in hia» large chorus of thirty voices which v,: ■ 'ganised Wednesday evening. AU those who desire to receive free vocal Inst" U-tic: shout! join this chorus, a- (here is still place for more. The sermon this evening will be a special, tn> subject to be "The Lost Coin ” An invitation is extended to everyone. The Adams County Bar association held a special meeting this morning «<■ account of the death of Hon David

Taylor of Portland A committee uti 'resolutions, including Shafer Petemcu, •C J Lutx and 3. C. Button were named. They will report tomorrow. Mr. Peterson was named as * representative of the Adams County liar to attend the funeral services, which will '.■v held at 10 o'clock Friday morning, a* many of toe others as can to also attend. Licensed to wed- Ada Fuhrman born July 26, 1889, daughter of Henry Fuhrman, to wed Arthur O Hall, farm er, of Root township, born November ’, 3u, 1882, son of John O Leo Kahn, junk dealer, born November 11, 1872, son of .Myer Kahn, to wed Dora Smith, born Aug. 16. 16. 1895. daughter ot Ira Smith The report of the clerk in issuing letters of administration on the esstatea of Henry E. Schmidt and Peter Holthouse, and surviving partnership of John Hessler & Bro, and probating the will of Gerhardt Hessler, during vacation, were approved The current report of Menno S Liechty. guardian of Fred Amachc-. A decree f>: dt'or- was today v. en H<*nrv Gamp The defendant. Sl* 1 - born January 16, 18M, daughter oi son of Grant Gaskill. The sr&rd iurv which 1 » Fort Wayne Wednesday to Edward E Parent, 30. electrician of Decatar< and Pearl F M Miller. 28 Licensed to wed: Ada Death, born May 27. 1892. daughter of Cliffo d Death, to wed .lamps Everett, born October 28, 18<5, son of pabriel Everett Real esiate transfers: . Otis O Hocker et al. to trustees of P. V. v’onthly Meeting of Friends, lot 1 Monroe, $lB5. According to figures just issued by the state board ot health, under <li- . rection of Dr. Hurty, tuberculosis took a heavy toll in Indiana during the month of October. Out of a total of 2.861 deaths during that month, acordir. . to those figures, 233 were at•ribut* I to pulmonary tuberculosis.' Th' r -;o. t also -hows the following interesting lacts: Eieven persons were shot to death, including ten men and one woman, fourteen homicides are listed, while twenty-eight killed themselves, including six women. Railways and street cars claimed fortytwo. thirteen met death in automobi’e accidents, eighteen were pumed to death and six were asphyxiated. Other diseases and causes of death included 112 from typhoid fever and IGI from pneumonia. The average death rate for cities of Indiana was fifteen ' out of each one thousand persons. The terrible death rate from tuberculosis of October, however, is but an average of that of former years, and ft is not to be wondered at that a systematic battle is being conducted against the terrible disease which is no r»- ' specter of age. or sex. Decatur and Adams county people can help in this fight by the purchase of Red Cress seals, which will soon be on sale S. B. Fordyce of the Adams Count.' Board of Ciiitdren s G'jardians went to Markin this morning, where he will investigate reports reflecting on the management of the orphans' home there It seems that Marion and Grant county people, as well as those who have interests therein, are highly worked up as the result of disclosures concerning conditions existing in the county orpranage at Marion. About twelve children under the ’ i v.*r*Fvi Ot tlie- AutHUS vOuutji trOuTu *>f children's guardians, are now in the Marion home, and the visit there today was made for their interests. It is thoupgbt, however, that the charges worked up against ‘the management of the Marion orphanage ,at e the result of personal feeling against certain members of the official staa', » and that the charges are unfounded. , According to newspaper dispatches a self-constituted committee of prorn- • ment Giant county citizens, members i of children's guardians, charities and ■ correct'Ous. etc., have been investigatI ing for some time, and some startling > reports reflecting on the management I of the home have been made public. Among the charges are those that the children have not at times sufficient i to eat. that they are unduly and too ; severely punished, and that they have 1 not received the medical attention,

' which Is advisable The members of the Adams county hoard of children's guardians have made weekly visits there for a long time, and at all times found Conditions i„ the home excellent. They arrived at times when they were not expected, and report that everything was n tint-class condition They were Bften there when the children were at the table, and wholesome food, and n plenty, was given out. the children often receiving two or three helpings Their table manners were also excellent They stated that Miss Fleming, in charge of the home, was a well educated lady, and kind, an<h surprise is manifest here that any fault can be found by any one against the home. A member of the local board was in .Marion only the day before yesterday, taking a boy there, and found affairs in the usual excellent shape The children are first placed in the orphanage. and then when suitable pti- ' vate homes are found, they are placed there. Several have been taken from here to the orphanage in the past few weeka and several others have been taken fruui the orphanage and found homes Mr Fcrdyce will thoroughly investigate conditions there and if not the he given the children. When he re-: will b* held Saturday afternoon. '<* the library, to receive his report and vi- 'a in Indiana half a centurv ago uere reviewed Tuesday by Jud^e, cided the case of John T. Cotton sinn»rs holdine that the Indians ♦'at b dav of service grand jury from Januan 1, Itli., < June 30, 1911 He brought suit • statute provides that members of th', while in actual attendance, and ' ! tents for each mile necesearily travel-! ed. Grand and petit jurors have been . paid for but one round trip Judgy] Remsper holds this to be the cor:--, t. practice. Elwood. Ind.. Nov. 20.— Rushing I hurriedly into the office of a local at-1 torney, Roscoe E. Purnell, who cini» I here a lew weeks ago from Decatu - .' threw down five $5 bills on the desk ; and asked if live lawyer thought he : could get him a divorce for that amount. The man at the desk admitted thai nr could de- a good <" ’’ ‘ for that amount, but it later dev. ' oped that the man would have to stay in the county several months ic-nger before a suit for him could be f;!> j It seems that Purnell his w :le seperated several months ago, but it! was not until this morning that he ue- . cured evidence which he thought would justify legal separation Th s came in a letter addressed to his wife which in some manner had been sent to Elwood and fell into his hands T’ letter was from a man the husband had long suspected of paying attention to Mrs. Purnell, who still lis-s at Decatur, and he claims the letter contained some compromising adtn ■ sions. A year ago, Purnell states, he began suspecting his wife's infidelity, and learning she was to meet the nun whose letter he read today, he secured a gun and prephred to meet him. The wife, learning of his intentions. is alleged to have had him arrested on intoxication charges, and held in jail until ester she had warned , her friend of his danger. ■■■«—■ — ——— - - - -q »■ - —— - The Shakespeare club tarried’Out an excellent study of the women of at '!.e Lome of Mrs. Dr Tio :t Wednesday, the lesson being carried out by all in the absence of Mrs. Allison, whp was to have bad the paper. On account of the Thanksgiving dav that comes,so near the regular club day next week, the meeting will be • held Monday afternoon instead of Wednesday, with Mrs. John Niblick. Mrs. Boyers will be leader. • The Ruth Circle of the Christian chunh Wednesday evening pleasant . iy entertained the cast who gave Red t Acre Farm, ' their benefit play, Tues- - day evening. In appreciation of their • services. The entertainment was given at the home of Mr and Mrs. No: i , Mangold on First street and was a . pleasant affair. All members of the i cast were present, including Miss - Ocee Armstrong of Ridgeville. Esther » Enos, Nellie Daniels, Bruce Patterson, 1 Qwight Lachot. Robert Peterson, Fred ■ Schurger, Sherman Beery, Glenn. s ; .Mangold, Forest Vail, Mrs. Olen Bak t er, Joe A|cConnell. Others who assist . ed in specialties at the play in any ; way were also present, including Mrs t L. A. Holthouse, Lynn Shoemaker, Mr. > and Mrs. James Artjpan and babe, ? Olen Baker and .Miss Mabel Weldy, , who staged the play A very excellent

program was given, including two reading* by Mita Armstrong, reading* by Miss Weldy, vocal solos by Mrs. France* Dettinaer, a song by Sherman Beery. Fred Schurger and Bruce Patterson After the general good time, luncheon was served, the party being seated in a circle on the dining room floor Th* refreshment* were dnlliici.* and Incl'ided sandwiches, salad, cake, pickles, mints and coffee Assisting Mr* Mangold in serving were Mrs. A. D. Artiaan. Mrs. James Artman. the Misses Ruth and Marie Daniel* and Mis* Dora Schultz On account of Illness in the family, j Mrs. Moncrief will be unable to en- ’ tertain the Christian Indies' Aid so-; defy this week and the meet has been postponed. Mr* L. T Broakw left jesterday afternoon for Garrett to visit with her daughter. Mrs L. G Cole. On Friday the Coles will celebrate thv'lr; twentieth wedding anniversary, in an; elaborate way Mr. Brokaw will jo'ti his wife there for that event, also Rev. j and Mrs W J Myers and Mrs Anna | ! Laman and others. Rev Myers officiated at the weddtbc — "■ — - —— -- - - As the hunting sea-on is now open’hnsiastic '■imrod »-’I do much to ' a’.i' He s'uOiJu not incite the ani-; 'carrying a gun He -Could have fit’!' oatrol over his htuitir- digs and | ful act to damage fences or leave any J ir ■; d such as young fruit trees.' j find friendly fields upon which the! may hunt will do well to offer the I , lando* ner part of his tmg when the 1 irame is large. > New York, N. Y.. Nov 20—Conser i i vation of sanity is the keynote of a ; movemenL the first of its kind at-1 tempted in this country in which New ! York is particularly die fated by the I I figures which show that th# insane j in this country outnumbers the enrollment of all its universities and that \ their care costs the nation an annual - n c at r than the pay o' the ptrnding a. my More than 250,000 insane persons, ft Is stated, are now j j ha ..ored ?’ ■ :tbl:c «-xpense in institu- > liens throughout the country and the, cost of their care is upwards of SIOO,-1 1000,000 yearly. While twenty-five per cent ot the cases treated in asylums . and hospitals are cured it is the beI lief of the investigators that with I proper understanding this figure . would be largely increased and the financial burden of the public correspondingly reduced. The realization of the gravity of this situation has led . •' to the hold here of the first congress '' of mental hygiene which has ever been brought together for the purpose of ■ making an organized and Intelligent I fight against insanity. The congress • i has demonstrated that many cases if i taken in thei- incipi»-ncv coutfl he ■ j cured and that such a cot.serration of t , the national sanity would mean a sav- - j ing of many milVons annually. What •'is briefly needed to bring about this 1 end is a better understanding of the 1 causes of insanity, and accordingly a series of tests have been compiled for the detection of delayed mental ' development or weakness from which :' so many case-* ; insanity <if-. d t whi'h if discovered in time could be 1 successfully treated Several hundred • thousand New Yorkers are now busily . applying these tests not only to themselves but to their children as well . and while sanity has not heretofore been included among the national ref sources needing conservation, the first congress of mental hygiene has prov’en so successful as to Indicate the f irth of “ new and Important movet ment to this end 1 A happy horn" wedding was solemnized Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock r at the home of .Mr. and Mrs Henry - Fuhrman in Preble township, when a their daughter. Miss Ada, became the a wife of .Mr. Arthur O. Hail, son if e John H. Hall, of Root township. The Rev. Wehmeyer, pastor of the Zion s r Lutheran church of this city, officiati, ed. The home was beautifully decofl rated with streamers and flowers, :.n-l s the ceremony took place before a ;- floral altar prettily arranged. The at 1- tendants of the couple were the tn ide's y brother and Miss Baker. The brfd" i. was prettily and becomingly gowned r. in a robe of white and made a pretty ?, appearance. Immediately after the , wedding a sumptuous supper was servit od dining room, the pretty dec

9 oration* being carried out there also The guests Included th* nearest reta-, live* of both families Mr. and Mr*. Ixyuia Mails nd of this city were ui o I resent The bride and groom left Wednesday night for Indianapolis and other cities, and on their return will be at home on the Hall farm. The bride is one of Preble township * uiiesi y..!a<! • s. and 1* hlghl* esteemed. The groom is a prosperous farmer, and well knows here. He formerly lived in thia city, and is well known also over the county. A shower of good wishes will await the home-coming of this estimable couple — — Q - 1 — GARNER—GASKILL. Squire Stone was called to his office at 10 o'clock la»t evening to officiate at the wedding of Carl Gaskill, aged eighteen, and Miss Golda Garner, aged sixteen. The couple were accompanied by their relatives. wbO| i gave consent to the marriage. The' ; bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs i Sylvester Garner ot east of the city, I i and the groom, who is an orphan, resides with his grandparents. Mr. ind ' Mrs. John .McGill near Monroeville. WILL PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT. Another rood basket ball game in [comes here with the hope of winning j a victory from the Decatur high s< bool team. Liberty Center lias an excellent team this year, having won 'tour success've game* this year, b-t 'the Decatur boy* are almost sure .> breaking this streak of success for ;them The lineup for Friday's game! is as follows: Decatur—Forward-. Falk. Merry. Franks: center, Vanc’l: j I guards. Peterson. Lose, Hendricks ■ Liberty Center — Forwards. Golden. jßcerbower; center Mus<e!m->: Everybody come, and help win It will be a good game a* l>oth teams Marv Leone aged twenty-four, wife of Don M. Rohrer, parsed away at midnight after a short Illness trom severe convulsions resulting from kid- ' uey irouule I The case is a sad one, as Mr. and , Mrs. Rohrer have lived here only a, ■ iiWe more than three weeks and wereLomiarutively among strangers. They. Kaniv to this city torde weeks ago lasti . T uesday and took up their home la j lurnishetl rooms over the Burdg bar-| Ler shop, Mr. Rohrer being employed at the sugar plant. They were much | pleased with their home here, and with the city, and were get'ing along very happily delignted with their newhome. Mrs. Rohrer seemed in her usual state of health Wednesday, although she has been troubled for some time [with kidney trouble. She prepared I .-upper as usual, and ate thereof with ; her husband, but shortly after supper ‘ | complained of severe pain. In a short time she was in the throes of convulsions, and relief came in death at midnight. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs. David Ramseyer of Marion, the mother | arriving here this morning as soon as ! word could be gotten to her. Her son, accompanied her, stopping off in Wells county to notify relatives there. The deceased was born in Wells county August 24, 1888, where she lived lor some time. About nine years i ago the family moved to Marion, and ' it was there, two years ago this next • Christmas, that Mr. and Mrs Rohrer ' were married. Their married life was • a very happy one, and the bereaved t husband is heart-broken. i, Surviving besides the husband and ■ the parents are one sister, Emma r Grover, of Warren, and two brothers, I, at home, and Otto M. employed I■ in Wells county. Mrs. Rohrer was a II second cousin of Mrs. T. M. Gallogly of 1, this citj, and although they had uot ■ I known each other for years, a very I j pleasant acQuaintancpship as renew* -• cd on the arrival of the Rohrers in 1. The body will be taken to Marion •[tonight at 10 o'clock over the Clover - Leaf, the funeral to be held there, t —c. SIXTEENTH VICTIM OF WRECK. (United Press Service) Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 21—(Special 'to Daily Democrat)—The death of Fred W. Hutcheson, of Madison, Wis., today as a result of scalds received in a the Irvington wreck, brought the top tai of dead up to sixteen. Three oth- : ers still in the hospital are in a serious condition Prosecutor Frank Raker has announced that the grand jury s investigation of the wreck will begin next Monday morning. JACK JOHNSON UP AGAIN. — H I (United Press Service) ~ Chicago, 111., Nov. 21 —(Special to j Dally Democrat) —Three weeks time V ' ’' - —

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' v&z g’aated attorney* for Jack John-,' -< r the pugilis., la whldh to file a t demurrer to the charge* <,? violating < th. Mann white slave la*, when John- I • wa g calhd this morning before Federal Judg« Carpenter. N‘o plea 1 was entered In the case. Johnson Ims < I *mad» an offer to enter a plea of guti 11 ty If a heavy fine will be aasew’ d j 1 Instead of imprisonment. District A’- I torney Wilkerson has declined to <or ) i sider the offer. Johnson plead not i guilty today to the charge of smuggling into this country * necklace I worth $6,900. ATTACKED 3V BRUTE. ■ . 11 Miss Loll Baker Victim of Man Pulled Out Hair. An all-day search by the police de-1 failed vesterCay to discover | ifie man who inveied the home ofj Mr* C C Miller, at the corner of, I paulin and Taylor streets, at J o'clock | ' Friday morning .and who attacked i 1 Mrs. Miller and her two companions. [ ! Miss Olive Breham and Miss lz> a i Baker, of Decatur, who were i lone in , the Louse. The man entered the Miller home 'through an open window The first I intimation any of the wonrnn had tiu.: [the intrude- was in tb« house was when Mrs. Miller heard the man n her room. She screamed and man leaped upon her. dealing ot:. blows with his fist in an unmerciful manner Awakened by her scream* the other two women leapt'd from th bed and attempted to pull the man away from Mrs. Miller They were met by an assault by the man, who ■ ' released Mrs. Miller and turned u;>on his latest aggressors. From one to the other the man » would turn, dealing blows as rapid!) < *as rapidly as he could. Finally be-1 ' coming alarmed by the scre ams of ■ ( three women, he seized Miss Baker by the hair and dragged her down stairs, hurled her onto the floor in the living room, and pounded her head on th#. ! floor until she was almost unconscious. I By this time the other two women' had reached the room and attempt’d; to drag the man away from Mist Bfe 1 ' . er He turned upon them »nd when he attempted to leave by the sam-', window by which he had entered. li> I was seized and part of h’s suspender I ' was torn off 1 The man ran across the St. Marv's > river bridge and toward the rolling | mill district. Ail three of the women | are still suffering from nervous prostration. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. Miss Baker is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Philip Baker of west of the ci’y. This morning at 8:10 o’clock. Herman Gerke, aged about sixty-eight years, living four miles south of Fori Wayne, died at his home after an ill- . ness of several years, the last eight ! months of which he had spent in bed. . Mr. Gerke was an uncle to Henry Gerke of this city, and to Herman and Martin Gerke. who live near this city.

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He was the last surviving brot'm : , a large family His wife and fit , dren survive, most of the childi. •,, ins of age Pending the arrival of the rri . no definite funeral arrangemen* ; been made, but it is thought tl. funeral will be held In the Franke's church, four miles u, , Fort Wayne, of which Mr. Gert, a steadfast member, on Tuenday. some hour not yet selected Word ot hl* death was n<,;. j here by his nephew. Henry Gerke, telephone thia morning Sirs. Asa McMillen of Pleasam Mi a shopped here today

RHEUMATISM This nerve-na king di-eate in cawed f r »ni impurebl'»*l*n luriea<'idpoiMin. Extend applications aometimre give temporarv e lief but won't cure; the sure way tos-x-urg permanent results is to thoroughly enuLcutt. from the blood al! the Impurities. Noth l: on earth will drive out the poison, ft, iyour sy’tetn, keep > lie bowels, kidneys gn i In er in g -odctnidit na SEYI Y KtlS) wonderful remedy luat Las prove dlt -„ t merit.* th" past 42 years. SHIN tHRkS in l>e had of all dn at 50 cents p< r bottle. Give it a gis < trial and watch vour rbi umntism diaa»p> ,r LYM W BSOHM, 68 Marray Su New Yerk. \ Y fSEpBEfe ,’c Fen & Koem. & t: i ■ • ■ n -jra n.t u Wr.. HUSON CKMICAL CO- DepL C, Trer Pt. WANTED IDEAS Our Four Books scut Free with L • «.f 1,.. I motera. also Prize •<*•*.! fi- L v. ~' ’ ' Patents wured or Fee RETURNED VICTORj.EVANS&CO.wX?T P s ( LAB& & . . Qjfyjj often. bet;er tuuibcs to the l c :BOBTHKSHIBi SGSbS here will predu U.HII crops unsurpa-> j —-e by any in any part oi the United States • Failure is prac.ically impossible by reason oi great diversity of crops grown. ; Northeastern Michigar i.« fFT— -— the ideal locality for the I « practical fanner who may •gs •. soon bgcooi* lnd•p* , ’ a * , ' , >n i the raiting of grains, grasses. vegetables and stock Deep, fertile *oii, fine di- f rn * te ' good transportation ; Ltril (’k by rail and water ar.d the f -Y V ;e,l ci markets sd We have n J bar- • X- 1 in farms tor *r*vx who write us at or.ee. V 3»«r Co. «*s«*«•. M .vfcioaM*