Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1913 — Page 1

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PLANS FOR NEW DEPOT Officials of Clover Leaf Railway Here Today Asking for Aid in Project. WILL BUILD SOON If Arrangements Can be Made to Secure Small Strip off Old Cemetery. A new and handsome and modern Depot in Decatur is again being planned by the Clover Leaf, and this time with good chances of it becoming a reality. C. L. Hinkle, general superintendent; J. P. Kelley, superintendent of bridges and buildings; E. M. Davis, division freight superintend-. ent, and F. R. Ramsey, chief engineer, ■ four men as pleasant to meet as ever started after any project, spent the morning here, taksng the first steps necessary to give us this improvement. It is proposed to build a brick building, properly equipped, at a cost of about 15,000. The old depot situated west of Winchester street, is on a little plat of ground, that has always, we are informed, caused a contention, when the proposition was advanced, to expend any money for a depot in Decatur, because it is too small to arrange properly for the convenience of the public as well as the employees. A plan has therefore been worked out by the officials to build the new depot on the east side of Winchester street and to use the old station for a freight house. To do this, according to plans, the company must secure a tract BDx!2O, and this would require a small corner, containing 15-100 of an acre off the old public cemetery. The rest of the land could no doubt be secured reasonably and the plan will no doubt work out if the proper arrangements for securing the cemetery ground can be made. The Clover Leaf committee called on members of the city council, county commissioners and county attorney today and were assured of support so far as possible and the outlook seems very bright for this improvement. It is argued that it. need not interfere in any way with the proposed plan of building a park to take the place of the old cemetery. In fact this would only aid that, as the Clover Leaf people would agree to keep their grounds in excellent manner, thus adding to rather than detracting from the park. It would also mean that there would be employees of the company there all the time and they could keep an eye on the park. Mr, Hinkle will at once prepare a petition stating the plans and desires of the company and will present same to the county commissioners next Monday and to the city council next Tuesday evening, so that the initial steps can be legally taken and there is no reason why that portion of the city should not be thus improved. It is certain that a $5,000 building would greatly add to the appearance of that portion of town. The Clover Leaf needs the depot. Decatur needs It. Why not do the thing that is best for all concerned? The officials of the railroad say they will do all they can to insure the building of the new station in the early summer. GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER ■ • An evangelist, recently here, stated that nowhere in his wide field, have newspapers been so free with their space gratis, to church notices. It may be that ministers of other cities are not so kind to the press as those of this city. As a rule all are very thoughtful here, in returning favors, giving timely notices on weddings, funerals, and other matters of general interest as well as of interest to h'.s church only. The press appreciates such returns and a telephone call from a minister, as soon as he has performed a wedding, brings joy to the heart of the reporter who is thus saved many a minute which may profitably be devoted to other matter. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. A singin’ evangelist is needed more in the home than on the road.

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( REV. G. C. OWEN LEAVES. I He and Family This Morning For Future Home at Sandborn. Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Owen and two .children left this morning enroute to their future home at Sandborn, Knox county, where he wil serve as pastor of the Christian church. They will I stop at Indianapolis to visit with Mr. Owen’s sister, and then go to Martinsville, to visit with another sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. i Foley, proprietors of the sanitarium (there. On arrlviMg at Sandborn, they | expect to board for two or three weeks until the i>arsonage is vacated. They formerly resided at Sandborn, and will be much at home there. Their parental homes are also near Sand- , bom. SENT TO PRISON Fifty Women Suffragettes Sent to Prison for Two Weeks Each. SMASHED WINDOWS Two Men Washed Overboard' from Submarine Near Carolina Coast. Norfolk, Va. Jan. 29, 1913.(Special to Daily Democrat.JA wireless des-; patch says that Electrician Campbell' and Mechanician Hurst were washed over board the Submarine D 2 while off ( the Carolina coast last night enroute to Cuban waters. — London, Jan. 29, 1913.(Special to Daily Democrat.) —Fifty women were sent to prison for a period of two weeks each for window smashing after refusing to pay fines ana tnreateniug ’ a hunger strike. Mrs. Flora Drummond who with Miss Pankhurst led the raid against one of the prominent politicians were sent to jail for fifteen days also after refusing to pay fines. The women declared that they would go on a hunger strike even if they starved to death. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29, 1913.(Speclal to Daily Democrat.) —The house today by a vote of 61 to 30 passed the Hranaman bill prohibiting the drinking of liquor on all public conveyances except in buffet cars. The bill will, now be sent to the senate. Democrats and Republicans in the senate joined forces heartily in kill-. ing the bull moose member's fill for free text book today. o- ■ ' — ■— FREE WATER CUP Individual drinking cups without cost to patrons are to be provided on the lines of the Union Traction Company of Indiana, beginning February 15. Officials of the road received the announcement from the executive officials at Anderson yesterday. The announcement that cups will be free is expected to gratify many thirsty travelers who, since the fight against the germ-laden drinking cup was begun months ago, have been compelled to carry pennies in their pockets to buy paper cups on trains. The measure is one which the federal health authorities took up recently and a general order was issued placing a ban on public drinking cups and towels. A machine filled with cups will be installed on all Union Traction company cars. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD MET. Rev. Ball, pastor of the Baptist church, gave a reception to the members of the Baptist Brotherhood at his home, 411 Adams street, Tuesday evening. Fifteen members were presleut and the following officers were elected. CM Peterson, president; C. E. Bell, vice president; Samuel Hite, second vice president; O. P- Mills, i secretary; Simon Brancyberry, treasurer. Five-minute talks were made by J several of the men present and a i puncheon was served. SANDS' BILL PASSED TODAY. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29 (Special to Daily Democrat)— Sands’ mothers’ pension bill passed the house i this afternoon, 63 to 30. It now goes to the senate.

THREE MORE DAYS Tenth Anniversary of Daily Democrat Has Been a Splendid Success. WE ARE PLEASED First Number of Our Magazine Supplement Will Appear Next Saturday. Three more days will mark the closing of the during whicn we have celebrated our tenth anniversary. We are greatly pleased with the success of that celebration, hundreds of our faithful readers renewing their faith and pledging subport by paying their subscription until 1914. We have given away many dozens of knives, which will no doubt be kept for years. Our patrons we believe were pleased with the souvenir and we hope they will continue to read the Daily Democrat with more interest than ever We shall use every means possible to give you all the news of the community and the important items of state and national interest. Jn this connection we wish to announce that we have arranged for a monthly magazine of curreht events, the first number of which will accompany the Democrat as a supplement next Saturday. February Ist. 1I .at er we hope to give you this magazine oftener. There will be no ad- , vance in the price, but a renewed effort on our part to please you. Our slogan is 6,000 subscribers in 1923 land we are going to try to reach that mark. If you have any friends who ■ want to read the paper, tell us about ! it. If you have not paid your subscription to 1914, be sure to get in {this week and get one of the souvenirs. 1 I, —■■ I” V— -W - IS NEAR DEATH Aged Wanderer Found Near G. R. & I. Railroad After Paralytic Stroke STILL UNCONSCIOUS' At Infirmary—Said to Have [ Been Soldier—Doubtless Came from Portland. The aged man, found paralyzed ! along the G. R. & I. railroad, near I the Krick & Tyndall tile factory MonI day afternoon, and who was taken to , the county infirmary here, where he now lies at the point of death, is thought to have been the same man who was seen in Portland last Sunday. At Portland he gave his name , as Mark O'Are, and was suffering I badly from rheumatism. He had I ' come there from Fort Recovery, Ohio, and stated that he wanted to get to Berne, where he had hopes of gettiug help to enter the county infirmary : here. The Portland authorities to be 1 relieved of any further eare, furnished the money to send him here. The man who was found here along the G. R. & I. railroad Monday afternoon, it is said had arrived Sunday afternoon from the south, and spent the night at the Krick & Tyndall sac- ■ tory Hotel de Hobo. Later two of , his chance companions, who had been with him earlier in the day, found him along the track, having been overcome with the paralytic attack. They 1 built a fire along the way to provide . warmth for him and then notified offi- , cials here, who in turn not'fied Trus- , tee Butler, who made arrangements ■ for caring for him at the county In- ■ firmary. His two companions, with i whom he had made a chance acquaintance, stated that he had told them his home was in Detroit or Grand Rapids, Michigan, and that his name was Brooks. The man at the Infirmary is said to be about sixty-five years ■ old and was at one time a soldier. He - is helpless and unconscious, and very > little can be learned about him. It i is said his death is likely to be the matter of only a short time.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday January, 30 1913.

T. R. MOOkE IS DLAD I T. R. Moore, well known veteran, and business man of the city, who han j' been ill with heart trouble for several weeks, died at 3 o'clock this afternoon. His condition has been serious for a month and his death had been , expected until a few days ago, when he seemed to improve. He was about sixty-five years old and for many years had charge of the business for the Standard Oil company here. Further details of his life will be given tomorrow. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the hopse. The body will j be taken to Avilla for burial, the funeral party leaving on the G. R. & I. train Saturday morning. o ACTIVE TURNERS TONIGHT _______ Will Arrive With Car Load of “Root-1 ers” to Give City Team Drubbing. One of the fastest and most interesting basket gall games of the season will be witnessed this evening * when the Active Turners of Fort Wayne meet the local city team at the Porter hall, it win be a tight for supremacy from the first blast of the 1 starter's whistle to the end of the' forty minutes. Several weeks ago the locals played the Turners on their | own floor in Fort Wayne and manag-1 ed to hold the scort down to 24 to 22 [ and as the Turners are considered as one of the fastest teams in Ft. Wayne . and as the spectators claim that the game was one of the cleanest jyid j fastest ever witnessed on the floor it : certainly goes to prove that Decatur I is stepping right up to the front in the athletic line. This evening’s game will be the last game of the season ■ for Captain Core as he finds it necessary, on account of unpreventable circumstances, to lay off for the balance of the season. o— CREATES EXCITEMENT. Does Rumor That Team of Horses Had Been Stolen from Stables. A great deal of excitement was caused this morning when the report i was spread that a very valuable team ! of horses had been stolen from the j Fashion Stables, but upon further in- > vestigation it was discovered that the , horses had simply been taken to the ; wrong barns. Mr. Woods, superintendent of one of the Erie construc- ■ tion gangs, had hired the team for the | 'day and when the work was finished ! sent the team back in charge of the . (“dago” foreman. The driver, however got mixed up in the barns and in-; stead of taking the team to the Fash- ( ion Stables took it to the Schlickman stables on Third street. When the team had failed to turn up this morning, Mr. Holthouse communicated with Marshal Peterson, who immedi-, ately began a search for it and found the animals in the Schlickman barns. APPROPRIATION FIGHT. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., Jan. 29 —(Spec- ( ial to Daily Demcorat) —The biggest fight of the present session was cans-( led today over the proposed erection (of a $2,000,000 memorial in Washington to Abraham Lincoln. Representative McCall opened with a thrilling plea for the construction of a temple. Representative Sherwood, a civil war veteran, declared it was absurd to [ think of erecting a Greek temple to a man who did- not even know’ the Greek alphabet/ Representative 80-1 lan declared that the temple would be inappropriate and would be condemned by the American people. He urged that a broad highway, to be national property, be built around the battlefield of Gettysburg. MRS. JAMES ROWAN DEAD. Mrs. James Rowan, a well known resident of Linn Grove, died at her home about 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. She was stricken with paralysis at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. The husband and five children survive, as follows: Mrs. Ida McCray of Bluffton; Mrs. Forest Runyon, who resides in Canada; Charles Rowan, whose home is in Oregon; Leander Rowan, whose home is in Linn Grove, and Mrs. George Brown of Berne. Also a sister, Mrs. David Gerber, of this city. Mrs. Rowan was a Miss Meshberger before her marriage and she was a sister of Mrs. David Gerber of this C V-

ALL A MISTAKE Ils Name of Home Talent Play for Benefit of Fire men’s Association. TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY Who the Players Are and Something About Who Represent. Much interest centers In the threeact farce comedy, "All a Mistake," which will be played Friday evening, January 31st, at the Bosse opera house, by a cast of home players, under the direction of Miss Mabel Edith Weldy. The play is being given under the auspices of the local firemen’s organization, the proceeds to be used by them for the convention and tournament to be held here next June. The tickets are going rapidly, and they can be reserved at the Holthouse drug store Thursday morning at .8 o’clock. The scene and play is the house and grounds of Captain Obadiah Skinner, {Oak Farm, Westchester, adjoining the State Insane asylum; time, the I present; and the following cast to cardry out an interesting plot; I Captain Obadiah Skinner, a retired sea captain—Fred T. Schurger. I Lieut. Geo. Richmond, his nephew— Bruce Patterson. i Richard Hamilton, a country gentlemen—Clayson Carroll. Ferdinand Lighthead, a neighbor— Sherman Beery. Nellie Richmond, George’s wife — {Frances Cole. , Nellie Huntington, a friend —Jean , Butler. | Cornelia (Nellie) Skinner, Obadi-' , ah’s sister—Effie Haines. Nellie Mclntyre, a servant —Mabel Weldy. PASSED TWO BILLS I House Votes Favorably on Tingle Inheritance Tax Law and Adams Bill. MM* KILL THE FAIR BILL Senate Passed Seven Bills and Received 20 New i Ones—The Legislature. Indianapolis, Jan. 29.—The house of representatives passed two Democratic party measures yesterday, one of them being the Tingic inheritance tax law bill, which is expected to add between $400,000 and $500,000 to the state revenues annually, and the other the amendants to the corrupt practices act included in a bill of Repre--1 sentatives Adam of Indianapolis. The Adam bill passed by a unanimous vote of the house, w’hlle the (Tingle measure had opposition, the vote standing 58 to 37. Representlative Branamann, of Jackson County, lead the fight on the inheritance tax ■bill, seemingly voicing the opinion of (other opponets when he said that I the proposed legislation worked a I hardship on the widow and orphan [and also affirmed that the county I should also be a beneficiary Instead of the state solely. County Fairs Bill Fails. A bill by Representative of Wabash county, to permit county commissioners to appropriate hinds for county fairs, lacked a constitutional majority for passage. The vote stood 50 to 48. The senate passed seven bills and received twenty, among them being the compensation act recently agreed on by representatives of organized and Indiana manufactures, intro duced by Senator Grube, of Plymouth. A public hearing on this measure has been set for Thursday evening and the senate committee on labor expressed the wish that Indiana manufacturers give their opinion on the bill then. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. My sun Bud what wurks un a nuspapur sez th’ ones thet git th/. maddest if th’ papur is late Is them whut borrers ut. Sech is life.

DATES ARE CHANGED For the G. A. R. Encampment In Indlanapolie In May. The executive committee for the. G. A. R. encampment changed the encampment dates from May 20, 21 and 22, to May 21, 22 and 23,’because it is impossible to obtain Tomlinson hall for May 20. It is planned to invite all military and civic organizations in Indianapolis and many state organizations to participate. The reviewing stand probably will be in Military park and the members of the G. A. R- who will lead the parade, I will fall out of line at that place and review the remainder of the parade. The executive committee plans to meet every Saturday until the encampment. —a — COURT HOUSE NEWS Dockets Ready for Opening of February Term of Court Next Monday. MARRIAGE LICENSE Granted This Morning— First in Several Days— New Case Filed. Hooper & Lenhart for Eli Myers have filed suit on note and attachment against George Gunset, also attachment bor.d. A marriage license was issued to Matilda Kirchhofer, seamstress, of [ Berne, born December 22,* 1871, daughter of Abraham Kirchhofer, yto ! , wed David farmer, born 1 | November 27, 1860, son of Peter Ha- i begger. The groom was married once , before, the wife dying August 9, 1910. ■ — Real estate transfers: E. Willard Steele to Otis O. Hocker, 42.75 acres, Washington tp., $4200. - I Attorney D. B. Erwin will go to Van Wert, Ohio, tomorrow, when the sale of the farm of the late Joseph G. {Miller will be held by the executor, iWilford Miller. Mr. Miller’s farm lies [in Van Wert, Ohio, just across the (line from Adams county. Clerk Bleeke and Deputy L. L.' , Baumgartner have the new dockets ( ready for the opening of the February term of court next Monday morning. I POLICE COURT. John Murphy, a drunk, was arrest-' ed late Tuesday afternoon on a charge |of public intoxication by Marshal Pe > terson. He was so drunk that it was necessary for the marshal to carry , him to ’Squire Stone’s office, where [he was given a fine of $1 and costs, amounting to $9.80. In some manner or other, so he told the court, his I money had slipped away from him (and at present he was financially embarassed, so it was necessary to send ■him to the “county hotel” for ten | BRINGS JURY TO TEARS. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The jury and gallery wept this afternoon as Mrs. . Gertrude Hassler, the singer, who is the plaintiff in a $500,000 breach of promise suit against Carl Fisher, a millionaire club man, told of the con-, versatlon that led to the intimate relationship with the capitalist. She ' completed her testimony this afteri noon. ELECTED SENATOR. (United Press Service) Dover, Del., Jan. 29—(Special to ' Daily Democrat)—Willis Salisbury,. 1 democratic committeeman, was today I elected United States senator after a ’ deadlock in the senate for the last ■ several days. ! P 11 ■■ l—.u.— I HARDWARE DEALERS MEET. Freb Schaub and Will Dowling, 1 proprietors of the Schaub-Dowling hardware store of this city, are at Indianapolis, attending the State Hardware Dealers’ Association convention. — . o Earl Melchi returned to Grabill this t afternoon after a visit here with his uncle, Cephus Melchi and family. »

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IS TAKEN HOME Body of Mrs. Helen Hoover Taken to Van Wert— Viewed by Husband, FOR A BRIEF TIME He Shows Emotion and Asks Mother to Order Flowers for Wife. Van Wert, Ohio, Jan. 29—The body of Mrs. Ralph Hoover, who died in a Fort Wayne hospital Monday night, as a result of gunshot wounds, arrived here at 11:34 over the interurban railway, accompanied by the girls parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Drake. The prosecutor ordered the remains sent to the Vore undertaking establishment. All afternoon friends and the curious visited the place to view the body. While the body was being taken to the undertaker’s, Hoover sat in his cell little concerned. Several times, when the sheriff asked him if he had anything to say regarding his wife’s death he answered in the negative. He is in much brighter spirits than he was soon after he had heard the news that his wife was dead. Hoover was informed that the body had arrived in Van Wert and the jailer asked him if he wished to see her. He replied that he did and permission was given him to do so. Accompanied by Sheriff W’ilson, Chief of Police Jackson, his attorney, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hoover, parents of the boy, and O. W. Kerns, his attorney, Hoover was taken from the jail and secretly rushed to the morgue. Although his guards expected him to break down and make a confession of the crime, he said little. When he reached the casket in which lay the body of the young wife with whose death ’ie is accused of causing, he showed signs of a breakdown. It was plainly visible that his grief had overcome him and he cried bitterly. He was told by his mother that he would nev'er get to see Helen any more. The prisoner was deeply moved at this | After he had left he asked permission to go back again, but this was denied him. On the return tiip to the jail he wept and moaned. Reaching the jail, he lay down upon his cot and said that he was sorry. j Hoover still maintains his innocence, but it Is the general belief in and around Van Wert that he can be convicted of the crime with which he is charged. | An article In this morning’s Van :Wert Bulletin, in conclusion, says: I “A post mortem examination was made at Fort Wayne early Tuesday morning, with Dr. Ellis, Dr. Good, Dr. Lawhead and Prosecutor Good of this city, and Dr. Rosenthal and Dr. Rhamey of Fort Wayne present. This showed that the X-ray examination had revealed the actual location of the bullet in the brain, and ttiht death was due to infection and foreign matter carried into the tissue with it. I “Mrs. Helen Hoover was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Drake and was born in Pickaway county, October 13, 11895, and removed to this county with (her parents about five years ago. (Through a chain of unfortunate circumstances she was married to Ralph (Hoover, a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hoover, prosperous residents of Pleasant township. On January 10 she was - the victim of a mysterious assault, for the commission of which suspicion soo’n fell on her husband, and died at St. Joseph's hospital at Fort Wayne, Monday evening, January 27th. I “The grand jury has been in session for several days investigating the various phases of the crime, convening Tuesday morning for an allday session, with further- evidence to be heard. The jury’adjourned Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock and will convene again this morning, probab- ! ly returning an indictment this afterInoon, charging Ralph Hoover with ( murder in the first degree, conviction |for which means the expiation of the [crime in the electric chair at Columbus." TEETH BY PARCELS POST. A local dentist called at the post- , office with some neatly wrapped ; small packages, asked for parcels • post stamps and sticking them on the - parcels, sent them out by post to his . customers, who no doubt will soon be reveling In the delights of a good, old--3 fashioned dinner chewed again as in 3 childhood days, for the pacakges conjtained teeth.