Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1912 — Page 1

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I, BOLD HOLGI UP LAST NIGHT Appalling Series of RobI eries Are Occurring in I the Erie Yards. fcATEN OVER HEAD Fred Smith Last Night ■ —Third Robbery in Week I —Fifth in Ten Days. ■ tV’ 'Gird time within n man has been held up in the west railroad yards of this city Fed thirty years old, a native of Md , and for six y.-urs pa-t on construction work m hi ■(.ana. was beaten to insensibility !y men and relieved of his mou-! - Karina' totaling over forty dollar*. m early part of the night, and unt'l consciousness and •* i k-d. ■ <:!e to the Erie tower no know;.-de., tfte affair was had. ■ Smith, who Is a working man, and ■wemingly of good repute, was walk west in the yards on his way to ■the construction camp, when he was by a man at the crossing at ■Thirteenth street, who asked him Hearne irrevelant question. As Smith Kras atxnit to answer him, ar other unseen, from behind, used a ■r'.ib. black-jack or other bl .nt obj. ■trdl ' Smith over the left ear. L ding When Smith awoke he had no of what transpired until searched his clothes and found Ids ■lory odd dollars missing He regain ■td enough strength to walk and stag to the Erie tower, where the ■sr;t alarm was given His head was Brut open to the Sone, and the gash four inches long He was taken ■to the depot, where the railroad phyHticAn was called. Smith lost over a ■quart of blood .and his trail can be ■plainly seen from Thirteenth -reet to ■the tower. His clothing is caked with ■blood which he lost. ■ Smith tells a straight story, can ar■tount 'or every cent he had. where he ■las been for every hour the past week, ■bow and where he earned the money, ■and that he had the money there Is doubt. He found about two dollars ■ (Continued on Page 8.) Ipolicecourtnews ■A Case of Sneak-thieving H Was Succssfully Carried I Out Tuesday. ■for SURETY OF PEACE ■Michael Mozolia Was Aril rested on Affidavit Made I by Mary Fikus. ■ Another case of sneak-thieving was ■Perpetrated Tuesday when a bundle ■°f clothing was taken from the buggy ■of a Johnlow boy, who had hitched at ■the rack south of the Everett & Hite store. He had bought the goods at the Bernstein store and placing them th his buggy, walked into the store to B®t his groceries. When he returned his clothing was gone. No trace ot the thief was found. Michael Mozolia, a foreign beet worker, was arrested Tuesday afterDoon by Marshal Peterson on a charge of surety of the peace. He threatened to kill Mary Fikus and Mr. and Mrs ( Fiske, who reside in the same house. ■ *s does he, south of Hie Clover Leaf railroad. When arrested he objected , pigorously, but of no avail. The affi- | davit was made by Mary Fikus and the hearing was held today before Squire Stone on the charge and as I the state was not ready to go into I trial, he was remanded to jail to await I the time, possibly two weeks. Festus ißhoten of Bluffton was here I today assisting in the Morris store. ■ tr. Rhoten is general manager of the jfntlre string of Morris stores.

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WILLIAM "BE KISSED.” ' The editor of "The Jester" column ro the Muncie Star, who delights |„ wh ”s J s ' 8 “ nd PIaVR on which he gleans from his exchanges, directed one toward a well known Decatur man In the following: ' We note a William B. Kist at Doeatur. Yes, Willie, stand up and take . your medicine.” | It is safe to say the aforesaid Wil- ‘ Ham has never found the Injunction i u t>ltter dose. He may, however, have ■ some difficulty in fulfilling it at present, since the mustache has made its appearance. I routine matters t , Engaged the Council’s Attention at Regular Meet Held Tuesday Night. I CO tj i SALARIES ALLOWED — I The Fire Truck Has Developed a Deficiency and Matter Will be Fixed. 1 The first matter to come before the regular meeting of the council Tuesday night was the plans and specif!1 cations for the Sether sewer. A motion to accept and spread of record was ordered. The surveyor's report on the Schmitt sewer was filed and referred to the street and sewer committee for further Investigation as there is some difference of opinion concerning the best route for the sewer. The final resolutions for the construction of sidewalks on Nuttman avenue, between Fifth and Decatur streets, was passed, after objections had been entered by Mrs. Brake. The engineer was ordered to set grade stakes. The street and sewer committee will have charge of the work. Line street came up next with final resolutions for construction of sidewalks, and there being no objections offered the matter was carried, the engineer to set a grade, and order construction within thirty days. The ' sidewalk will be built from Adams street south to Rodd street. On Chestnut street, from Grant to Rodd street objections were entered insofar as several persons wanted to do their own work. They will be given an opportunity to do so. Jesse Niblick will build a sidewalk south of his property occupied by Terry Ginley, this winter. The street commissioner was ordered to fix all street crossings on all the foregoing streets, so that no trouble would be experienced by property owners, A matter before the finance committee to authorize the clerk to draw warrants for the salaries of the city officers or the past quarter was unanimously carried. The Standard Oil company notified (he council that they wanted to move their pipe line across Mercer avenue farther south and requested the city i to furnish a man to oversee the work and to compel their men to do the ( work in the right manner. The engineer was given the job. The street commissioner reported that the approaches to Monroe street on Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth streets were dangerous and he was ordered to do the city's part of the work. The firemen want a megaphone and the purchasing committee will buy them one. Captain Dellinger reported that the new car cannot carry chains on account of the axle being too short, the trouble being credited to inferior design. He had mechanics to look at the car and they say a piece will have to be welded in, a new axle bought, or the old axle drawn out the (required distance. The matter will ■be taken up with the citizens committee. It is necessary, the capta n 'gays for the car to have chains in ' icy weather and the matter should be attended to at once. I At this juncture of the meeting I Street Commissioner Jacob Buhler ' passed around the cigars to all pres'ent, the same being a treat on his re'cent marriage. 1 The matter of the ordinance offeied to validate the bond issue of nine thousand dollars which the Old Adams County bank bought for an Indianapolis firm was brought up, but no ac tion will be taken until the opinion of the city attorney has been had. do this the council decided to mee n :..i w «i>w (Oontlnuen on page sJ

GETS AN INCREASE Benjamin W. Sholty Bill for Increase of Pension Among the Grist. PASSING THE HOUSE To Get Twenty-four Dollars a Month—Many Others from Indiana. In a grist of Indiana pension bills that has just passed the house of representatives at Washington, D. C., and probably will pass the senate soon, is one in which Benjamin W. Sholty of this city is allowed $24 a month as a result of heart disease and paralysis. Many touching Incidents of want and suffering is revealed in the grist, according to the Washington dispatch which says: James H. Kinekad, 76, of Winchester, Ind., is granted $24 a month. Medical examination showed that he has chronic malarial poisoning, resulting in a diseased condition of stomach, liver and other organs. Other Indiana cases in which relief was granted are: “Belle Spencer, widow of Daniel 0. Spencer, late a corporal in Company H, Eighteenth Indiana infantry, is granted S2O a month. She has rheumatism and heart trouble and is almost totally deaf because of ber disease. She has no property. “Berl P. Penny, now residing at Belvidere, 111., who was a private in the Ninth Indiana infantry during the civil war, is allowed SSO a month. His condition is especially distressing. He is entirely helpless from rheumatism and paralysis and his mind is impaired. “John T. Morgan, 74, of Lone Tree, Ind., is to receive $36 a month. He is completely incapaciated by pain and requires the attention and assistance of another person. David McClintic of Columbus, Ind., is another to whom the action ot congress will be joyous tidings. The allowance in his case is $36 a month. “A pension of S4O a month is granted to Daniel Bennett, 76, Richmond, Ind. He is practically blind and has no property. “Frank B. Sapp, who was a private in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Indiana infantry, will be paid $24 a month. He is described by the committee as being poor, with “disabilities of an extreme nature." ——o ■ BLUFFTON COMING Second Team Will Meet Decatur High’s Second Basket Ball Team AT THE PORTER HALL ———— North and South Enders Will Also Play—Good Games Scheduled. Lovers of basket ball will find much attraction at Porter hall tomorrow evening, when the second teams of the Bluffton and Decatur high schools will meet. The teams are evenly matched and a good game is looked fob. The line-up: Decatur. Bluffton. Staker F Meredith Borne-Kauffman ..FKunkel Gay C Dailey Archbold G Cllne Merry G Powell Miller-Walters ....Sub Moon The opening game will be called at 7:30 and the second at 8:15. The opening game will be between the North and South Enders, a number of ten-year-old boys. These two teams are not representatives of the North Ward school and the South Ward schools as is generally understood, but are made up of small boys from the south-central part of the city and the north-central part of the city. They are not representatives of any particular school, but two teams of little, real, live hustling players. Come out and see them play. The players are: Dick HellerF... Winfield Maddy Herman Myers....FFred Butler Clare Coverdale. .C. ..Dewey Gallogly Jonas Coverdale. ..G.. .Richard Reiter ■

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1 Ralph Tyndall... .GNoble Lachotl Robert AtzSubNick Vancil! FARMERS AND THE BEET CROP. Reports from farmers who did quite I well with their beet crop in this field have been published several times, but they have not told of that part northwest of this city. Preston Synder, a progressive farmer ' living one mile southeast of Poe, fiarvested six acres < of beets which brought his $58.80 per acre. John I). Hyde, two miles east of Poe, had cash returns of $53.60 per j acre, and had ten acres. He has also retained a considerable quantity of feeds on the farm, in the tops. Joseph Dehner realized $58.80 an acre on eight acres of beets and Turner Vaughn of Ossian received $71.00 per acre for his crop of three and three- ’ quarter acres. While these reports ' are not as large as they would have 1 been with an average year, these farm- ’ ers made good money and there are 1 many others who did so. i o OVER THE ’PHONE I Are Red Cross Christmas i Seals Sold in Indianapolis and Larger Cities. 1 - REMEMBER THE SEAL 1 When You Do Your Christmas Shopping—Many Are Sold Here. > i ■ The sale of the Red Cross Christmas k ( seals is going along rapidly, but there . are still plenty of seals for everybody. These bright little greetings, which , add so much to the attractiveness of l i Christmas packages, are sold at all! I the drug, clothing and dry goods stores ' so be sure to call for them when you , do your Christmas shopping. They . cost just a cent each’and remember j • that fully three-fourths of the proceeds • from stamps sold in the county is used to fight tuberculosis in this county. In Indianapolis and large cities clt- . les, Red Cross seals are being sold by 1 telephone. Both the Central Union Telephone company and the Indianap-' ' olis Telephone company have assigned ‘ 1 special operators to the task of calling 1 1 every subscriber and offering to take • their orders for seals. The orders are' > then delivered by automobiles and the money collected. The plan is so unique that it Is bringing larger results than were an- | jtlcipated. The first 200 calls made by the Indianapolis Telephone company brought orders for more than SSO worth of the little holiday stickers. ■ The idea has been copied by several ( telephone companies in other towns, [ the companies realizing that in this' way they make a distinct contribution to the work of selling seals. ——o DEDICATION DATE CHANGED. f . Owing'to unavoidable delays the date of the dedication of the new ; Friends' church at Pleasant Valley,. in Monroe township, has been changed to Sunday, December 29th. The services will be in charge of Rev. Ira Johnson of Lynn, assisted by Rev. Thomas Brown of Plainfield, and others. All neighboring churches and ev--1 erybody in general are Invited to be - present. The ladies will serve lunch s in the basement. Come prepared to , I stay for it will be an all-day service.! I Full program will be announced later, i > BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE. o — . BASKET BALL. i I The basket ball game to be played ' here Friday night between the Kek- ! ionga club of Ft. Wayne and the Dc--1 catur city team will doubtless be one i of many thrillers, for both teams have I practiced hard and both are well ! known for fast playing proclivities. ! The game will commence promptly at E 8 o’clock and the admission will be a ’ quarter for adults and fifteen cents for i students. The line-up for the local I team will be: Forwards, Shoemaker t and Beery; center, Core; guards, Noff- - singer and Bremerkamp. MOVES TO ADAMS COUNTY. , Herman Koenemann of Allen county t has purchased the sixty acre farm of his brother, William Koenemann in ’ Preble township, and expects to make - this place his home. The parties inr terested were in the city today attendr fng to matters closing the deal.

|A great event Will be Mock Trial at the High School Friday—All is Ready \ «——— FOR THE EXERCISES Public Cordially Invited— Will be Conducted as Trials Are Held. For the last few weeks the commercial students of the Decatur high school have been preparing for their annual mock trial, to be held Friday afternoon, December 20th, the last day of school before the dismissal for the week's Christmas vacation. The program, which Is given here■with, will begin at 12:30. At intervals 1 during the mock trial, musical numbers, which have been arranged by Miss Schrock, will be rendered by a number of commercial students. The patrons and friends of the schools are Invited to be present. The following program will be given: Opening of Court. Examination of Witnesses. Piano Solo —Germaine Coffee. Quartet —Agnes Eady, Florence Myers, Ruth Patterson, Monema Fleming. Duet—Glen Neptune, Dwight Peterson. The Argument. Judge's Charge to the Jury. Music. Return of the Verdict. Pronouncement of sentence, if defendant is found guilty. Distribution of “The High School Booster." The trial will be carried out as a real trial in a real court, and two of ■the students will be tried on the mock ■ charge of robbing the commercial bank. Hearing the case will be Judge i Robert Hale Peterson, and the follow'ing jury: I Miles Roop, Joe McConnell, Florence j Cowan, Germain Coffee, Dwight Lachot, Ethel Fuhrman. Glen Chronister, Cleo Roop, Agnes Bady, Jacob Kauffman, Clara Hoffman, Dan Falk. Cecil Cole will be the prosecuting attorney, and he will be assisted by Le--1 land Franks. Thte defendants will ' have as their counsel Otto Rice and ’Clyde Hendricks. Miss Florence ' Grace Myers will serve as clerk of (the court; Edwin 'Rabbit, sheriff: Rex ' Sowle, court reporter, and Robert Len(Continued on Page 5.) THE KRIS KINGLE And His Coronation Will be ‘ Shown in Cantata at Presbyterian Church. BY SUNDAY SCHOOL Next Sunday Evening— Beautiful Christmas Entertainment Prepared. The Presbyterian Sunday school will on next Sunday evening present a j beautiful Christmas cantata, entitled (“The Coronation of Kris Kingle.” This is another of Tullar Meredith’s fine cantatas, one of which by the same author was given last year by this school ,and was very highly appreciated. Mrs. W. A. Lower is chairman of the committee tn cnarge of the program and the pupils have been very busy indeed practicing to have a very fine entertainment for the public on the date mentioned. The cantata consists of choruses, solos, dialogues, all bright and merry, and pertaining to that king of the Christmastide. The fact that the cantata is given on Sunday evening, several days before Christmas, when there will probably be no other entertainments of the kind will be much appreciated by those who desire to attend, and who might otherwise be prevented. o— — — • UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Whunevur a man sez a bride Is a good gurl an’ she shud uv got a bettur . man fer a husban’ y’ may be sure he thinks It shud av bin himself.

A “TWO-COURSE" LUNCHEON. Miss Helen Weston of Cromwell has filed suit to recover $35, the umount of a dental bill, from D. E. Lacer. At ! a card party Miss Weston had the lowest score, and when lemonade and cake were served, Miss Weston says she took a peculiar piece of cake which was nearest her on the plate, although she found it hard and tasteless she managed to eat It, breaking i off the edge of a tooth in so doing. When she had finished, everybody else burst into a hearty laughter and she was Informed she had eaten a dog biscuit. motherlT happy Because her Son, Peter Shepard, is to Marry Miss Helen Gould, Heiress. CRITICISE GOVERNOR Arkansas Executive is Called Anarchist for Releasing 300 Convicts. (United Press Service) New Haven, Conn., Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Totally blind and suffering at all times pain from an injured hip which can never be cured and which compels her to hobble about with a crutch and stick, Mrs. Peter L. Shepard, mother of Sidney L. Shepard, the St. Louis railroad man, w’ho will marry Helen Gould, today told how glad she is that “her boy,” as she lovingly referred to him, is at last to wed. Mrs. Shepard, for nearly five years, has been an inmate of the NewHaven hospital. She is now 83 years of age and despite her injury and blindness, is admitedly the most cheerful patient in the institution, never , losing the opportunity to comfort the sick and suffering. She is known to doctors, nurses and patients alike as the “sunshine of the hospital, the angel of the w&rds.” “He has been a good boy and he deserves all of the good that may come to him," said Mrs. Shepard today. “At the time the engagement was publicly announced, Sidney sent me a telegram, telling me all about It. He is a good son.” Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18—(Special to Daily Democrats—The action of , Governor Donaghey in pardoning 360 state and county convicts as a means of forcing the legislature to abolish the convict lease system in vogue In Arkansas, brought forth scathing criticism today. Former Attorney General Robert Rogers said it was the act of ( either a maniac or a man who allowed spite and revenge to outweigh the interests of the public. He declared the lease system could have been abolished without “anarchistic action.” Governor Donaghey declared that under the least system there had been gross miscarriage of justice in numerous cases in sentencing men to long terms for trivial offenses. Opponents of the governor declare that his action was a political move. He has only four more weeks In office but is a candidate for the United States senate. o PARCELS POST STAMPS HERE. Depict Life of Mail Carrier from Wagon to Air Ship. Postmaster W. A. Lower has received a book of general regulations and instructions regarding the parcels post system to be inaugurated January Ist, and also more of the supplies. That received today includes the distinctive stamps which will be used alone on the parcels post packages. The regular stamps are In red while the “due” stamps are green. The one-cent stamps show- the mail clerk at work in the office; the two-cent show the i city carrier at work; the four-cent ■ stamps show the rural carrier; the ■ five-cent show the mail train; the teni cent stamps the foreign steamer and mail tender; the fifteen-cent stamps I the auto mail truck; the twenty-cent, > the air ship carrying mail; and the : twenty-five cent stamp the manufactory. They present a series interesting in the extreme. LUTHERAN YOUNG PEOPLE. i — : The Lutheran Young People’s soj ciety will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the school house.

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CAR STRIKES OLIVER AUTO Marion Oliver and Family of Monroe Have Narrow Escape Here WHEN FREIGHT BACKS As They Were Crossing the Erie in This City and Strikes Auto Front. Marion Oliver of Monroe, his son, Homer Oliver, and another son, Chauncey Oliver, and wife, while returning to their home in Monroe, by automobile Tuesday night between 9 and 10 o’clock, had a narrow escape from death and Injury, when their automobile was struck by a freight car at the Winches*er street crossing of the Erie railroad in this city. On account of the eixteen-hour law, six freights switched off here for the night, and one of these was backing east on the road across Winchester street, just as the Oliver automobile approached from the north. The car struck the automobile front and pushed It sideways, clearing the track in such away that the only damage done to the car or occupants was by the jolt of the strike. None of the occupants were thrown out, but all were badly frightened from the narrow escape. The car was badly damaged in the breaking of the lamps, fenders, etc., and this morning was still standing on the scene of the accident. .<> FALLS AND BREAKS WRIST. Mrs. G. Bauer, of the Rev. G. Bauer, of Union township, is carrying her arm in a sling, the result of a fracture at the wrist. Mrs. Bauer fell in the house in such away that she threw her arm out to break the fall, and fell with her entire weight on the arm, the fracture resulting. BUYS SCOTT FARM. Dan Erwin has purchased from Mr. Scott of Union township, his 120 acre farm. Mr. Erwin will in the spring build a new barn, remodel the house in an up-to-date way, and make a number of improvements. NO PLACE TO GO The County Has Notified the City They Must Keep Their Own Prisoners BEFORE COMMITMENT It Will Mean Erection of New Building for Use as a City Jail Soon. The city of Decatur is facing a new proposition in the problem of what to do with prisoners when arrested and before commitment. Tuesday night the problem was taken up by the council and no solution of the case was evident. Some time ago the county commissioners notified the city officials that after January Ist the sheriff would not be required to accept prisoners before commitment to be held in jail. This means that it will be impossible to arrest a drunk one evening and hold him in jail for trial the next day. Unless he is tried immediately the city will have no place to keep him until the time of trial next day. Unles sthe city erects a building of its own for the safe keeping of the prisoners the police will be practically powerless during the night. This problem has been brought up before other cities, Richmond, Anderson and several others and in each case the city has erected a building of its own. This matter will be threshed out at the next regular meeting of the council, as there is some difference of opinion on the construction of the law.

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