Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1913 — Page 1

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BRYAN TO ASSIST President Requests That Bryan be Permitted to Assist In Framing Bill LAST STRONGHOLD Os Turks in Europe Fell Yesterday Before Desperate Assault of Montenegrians Washington, D. C. April 23—(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson has considered the Japanese development in California so serious that he has telegraphed Governor Johnson and other legislative leaders if it would be acceptable to them to have Secretary of State Bryan visit Sacramento to counsel and cooperate with them in framing a law that will meet with the general views and still not interfer with existing treaties. Rome, April 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Although the intestinal condition still continues to improve the Pope’s pbyslcial condition is slightly weakened today when the physicians made their daily examination. New York, N. Y.. April 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Colonel Roosevelt sent a telegram to Governor Johnson, so it developed today, urging him to prevent the passage of the land ownership bill as it is now under consideration. Cettenje, April 23—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Scutari has fallen before the Montenegrians and the troops now have full possession of the last Turkish stronghold in Europe. Three thousand Montenegrians fell In the final assault yesterday and five thousand Turks were killed. The victors took thirty thousand prisioners. The capture of the city was one of the most' brilliant achievments of the seven i months war. Two days and nights the Montenegrians bombarded Scutari and yesterday the most desperate assault of the war took place. The artillaries of both armies were silenced and at close range a desperate battle of rif-j les took place, firing volley after vol- f ley which mowed down hundreds of men at each volley. Finally the fighting became so close that it was Impossible to use the rifles and bayonetts dubs, pistols and sabres were used until the beseiged Turks were forced to surrender. Chicago, 111., April 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, was today fined one thousand dollars on two indictments charging him with smuggling into the United States a pearl necklace for his first white wife who committed suicide. On advise of his attorneys, Johnson withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered one of nolle contendie. Following a brief statement by attorneys for Johnson and for the government a fine of five hundred dollars on each count was ordered and the necklace valued at five thousand dollars was confiscated. 0 — FOR GRANDSON’S RETURN. "A touching plea was made Monday afternoon to Probation Officer W. A. Lipkey by Mrs. Rosanna Stemphle of Vera Crux for the return to her cf her young grandson, Frankie Stemphle, who is now an Inmate of the Grant county orphans’ home at Marion,” says the Bluffton News The boy was taken from her custody several months ago by the probation officer and Trustee Linn, because of the complaints that he was incorrigible, and refused to attend school. The aged grandmother of the boy is practically alone in the world, a daughter also having been separated from her on account of mental deficiency. Mrs. Stemphle in pleading with the officer for the return of her grandson, wept bitterly and presented a truly pitiful aight as the tears coursed down her wrinkled ftixte and she tried in vain to keep them wiped away with on Ipld colored apron. She declared she had Prayed earnestly for the return of the boy and that no one knew how she missed him and that she felt sne couid not get along without him. The case likely will receive some further consideration, but it seems probable from the boy’s nature that he will have to have the guidance of stronger authority than that wielded by his grandmother.”

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’ “A LITTLE SAVAGE” Is Name of Rebekah’s Home Talent Play. t "A Little Savage” is the name of the home talent play to be given May 2 under the auspices of the Decatur Rebekah lodge. The play is being staged by Miss Osee Armstrong of Ridgeville, and is being carried out by an excellent cast of local players. Miss Arm- > strong was a classmate of Miss Mabel Weldy In college and has been associated with her in entertainments of , various kinds, and has also appeared with Miss Weldy in local home-tal-ent plays. The proceeds of the play will be used by the Rebekahs to purchase their new robes. Everyone should make it a point to buy a ticket when the lodge members come around. 1 COURT HOUSE NEWS ) 1 J Adams and Wells Commis- ’ sioners Meet Relative to County Line Bridge. ______ RECEIVE BIDS MAY 12 i New Quiet Title Case Filed— Probate Matters Given Attention. , The Adams and Wells county commissioners held a joint session Tuesday afternoon near the site of the Heller bridge across a stream forming the . boundary between the two counties. , The Wells county board comprises Eph Lutz, P. E. Gilbert and L. A. Nutter. ' James A. Hendricks of the Adams ' county board was elected and served as president of the joint board, and : the business relating to the construction of the bridge, near the J. W. Hel- : ler home, In Hartford and Nottingham , townships was taken up. It was decided that each county bear a half of the expenses, and that work on the bridge begin not later than June 1 and be finished not later than August 1. The I plans and specifications of P. A. MackGin, surveyor of Adams county, heretofore ordered made, were adopted and ordered filed in duplicate in the Adams county auditor's office. John W. Hooker was appointed superintendent of construction, subject to the Adafs county board, and his bond was fixed at S2OO. Bids were ordered received May 12 at the auditor's office in this city. Upon petition of Melvin A. Clem, guardian of Chauncey E. Clem, for sale of ward’s interest in real estate, David E. Smith and H. S. Michaud were appointed appraisers and filed such. Additional bond was given to the approval of court, and a private sale for cash, without notice, was ordered. The sale is to be subject to the life estate of Annette Miller, and to a mortgage of SI,OOO to William Sellemeyer. Attorney David E. Smith filed a new quiet title case entitled Evert Banter vs. John Garver et al. All depositions on file in the quiet title case of Thomas Adams et al. vs. Homer Pearson et al., were ordered published. In the interurban receivership case the petition of Andrew Sullivan was sustained and he is authorized and permitted to bring and prosecute action to cancel lease against the receiver herein. Dr. George Thain of Fort Wayne and his little son, and his brother were here today on business relating to the case of Dr. Thain, which will come up in court here next Tuesday. Gus Rosenthal, guardian of Harry Rosenthal, a person of unsound mind, is ordered to show cause why he should not be removed for not making report as ordered within fifteen days. Real estate transfers: Archie P. i Hardison, guardian, to Christian Rotii, 41.50 acres, Wabash tp., SISOO. Licensed to wed: Herbert Herman Lankenau, machinist, of Fort Wayne, born April 19, 1889, son of John Henry , and Catherine Lankenau, to wed Angela Kintz, milliner, of Decatur, born May 5, 1885, daughter of George and Margaret Kintz.

BURIAL IN WEST Body of Mrs. Catherine Rogers Laid to Rest at Paragould, Ark. WAS DECATUR LADY Passed Away a Week Ago After Attack of Apoplexy —Well Known. Decatur friends who know of the death of Mrs. Catherine Eyanson King Rogers, which occurred a week ago Tuesday at her home at Paragould, Ark., were much interested in hearing whether the body would be brought back to her old home for burial. Relatives have received word that the funeral was held at Paragould, and that interment took place there. Mrs. Rogers was a former Adams county woman, and visited here last, apout three years ago. Her maiden name was Catherine Eyanson, and her first husband was John King, the well known blacksmith, of this city. She was seventy-four years of age at death. She had been feeble for some time, but apoplexy was the cause of her death. Her adopted daughter, Mrs. Bertha Bremer, of St Louis, Mo., whom she reared from the age of five, was with her at death. One son, Charles King, died a few years ago at Chicago at the age of twenty-eight. She leaves the following brothers and sisters: Ed Eyanson, of Chicago; Joe Eyanson, Mrs. James Ball, of Decatur; Nancy Kelley, Portland; Theresa Durbin, Muncie; Mrs. Scott Hughes, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Tom Woodruff, Paragould, Ark. Mrs. Rogers spent her girlhood days here, and Indeed the greater part of her life was spent in this city and county, and she is quite well and favorably known here. DIEDIN ARIZONA Mrs. Josephine Bowers Beck Passes Away at Tucson, Arizona AFTER LONG ILLNESS From Cancer—Was Former Adams County Woman— Relatives Here. Mrs. Emma Thompson of this city received a telegram from relatives informing her of the death of her sister, Mrs. Josephine Beck of Tucson, Ariz., who died at 6:30 Tuesday morning from cancer. Mrs. Beck had been troubled with cancer for some time and last February she underwent an operation for the removal of same, but it continued to grow worse until the poisonous roots finally sapped the last bit of her life. She is survived by two step-CMldren and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Emma Thompson, Mrs. Oliver Jackson, of this city; Mrs. Rose Cassady, of Magley; George Bowers, who resides in the Philippine Islands, and Simeon Bowers, of near Peterson. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but it is thought that Mrs. Beck will be buried at Tucson. Mrs. Beck was formerly Miss Josephine Bowers of this county, and is known to many here, having been formerly a teacher in the county schools here. — - WOODMEN SURPRISE. The Royal Neighbors have arranged a very neat little surprise for the Modern Woodmen which they will spring this evening at a social they are giving. A good program will be given and there will be an elaborate entertainment, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. All woodmen and their wives are invited. TO ATTEND AUNT'S FUNERAL, Mrs. John Spulier and sister, Miss Naomi Mayer, went to Upper Sandusky, Ohio, today, to attend the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Fred Moyer. They will then go to Bucyrus, Ohio, to visit the remainder of the week with relatives.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday April, 24 1913.

SOLDIERS' NAMES COMPILED. Number of 1,221 Secured for Engraving of Monument. Another step toward the erection of the proposed Adame county soldiers' monument is done. The comhiittee for the compiling of the names announces Its work completed, having secured 1,221 names, which they also have alphabetically ready for the engraving on the monument. An effort was made to secure the name of every soldier in the county. Os this number, 1,192 are civil war veterans, 109 Spanish-American soldiers, 8 Mexican war soldiers, and 2 soldiers of the war of 1812. The alphabetical index shows that “B’s” rank first In number, there bing 151 names with the initial “B.” S. and M. follow closely. There are twenty-eight Smiths among ithe number. •' O ■ .■■■ ■> 1 THE GRIM REAPER Cuts Wide Swath—Edna Gerke Died in Wisconsin Hospital. DAUGHTER WM. GERKE I Body Will be Brought Here , —Draper Babe Dead— 1 1 Funerals Today. i A telegram received this morning I from Waterloo, Wis., brought the word of the death of Miss Edna Gerke, 1 i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William , Gerke, of Root township, which occurred this morning. The young lady, I who was about sixteen years of age, 1 had been a patient at the hospital there for several years for special treatment. ( Word was sent to bring the body here ( for burial, but the exact time of the arrival is unknown. A private funeral was held today for the still-born babe of Mr. and Mrs. John Draper, living in Steele’s park. The burial took place in the Salem . cemetery. Funeral services for Charles Conrad, the Preble veteran, were held this afternoon at the Preble Lutheran church, the services being conducted by the Rev. Wehmeyer. Many members of the G. A. R. attended. Rev. Ball officiated at the funeral of • Mrs. Perry Vine, which was conducted at the home this morning, in the southwest part of the city. Burial In the Decatur cemetery. WEDLING 'rODAY 1 j Herbert H. Lankenau Claims 1 1 Miss Amelia Kintz as _ ~ i Bride. - AT FORT WAYNE I ' c ] Couple Will Reside There, ■ the Groom Being Emi ployed as Machinist. J The wedding of two Adams county ] young people w’ill take place in Fort | Wayne this afternoon, when Miss An- , gela Kintz will become the wife of . Herbert Herman Lankenau. The cou- , pie secured their marriage license in , this city this morning and left on the 11:30 car for Fort Wayne, where the ceremony took place this afternoon. The groom is a son of the late Henry Lankenau of this city. He is an expert machinist and is employed in the Pennsylvania shops in Fort Wayne, where the couple will reside. The bride is an accomplished young lady, being a daughter of George Kintz of near this city. She is a very clever milliner, and Is also accomplished in many other ways, possessing an unus- , ually pleasing personality. The annual meeting of the Shake- . speare club, marking the closing of i that literary organization, will be held i this evening at the K. of P. Home and promises to be a very delightful event.

SPECIAL SESSION Os City Council Was Called Tuesday Evening to Decide Pole Question. ON MONROE STREET They Finally Agreed to Set Them on the Inside of the Walks. — The city council was called in special session Tuesday evening at their council chamber to decide whether the electric light and telephone poles should be set on the outside of the walk along the curb, or on the inside, starting in at Eighth street and then running to Thirteenth street. After much discussion the council finally agreed, upon motion, which was seconded, to set all poles on the inside of •the walk in a uniform manner. A petion signed by nearly every property ] owner along West Monroe street was read. The petitioners were in favor of removing the poles in the manner' which the council decided to do, and I that they were willing to have the city go ahead and trim their trees if necessary for the running of the lines. The city clerk was notified to give notice to the telephone company to move all their poles to the inside of the walk. A motion notifying City Superin-1 tendent Mylott to remove the poles: along Ninth street in accordance with , the street, was seconded and carried. I Peter Gaffer told the council of the poor condition of the Gaffer sewer, and the street commissioner was ordered to look after IL The motion for adjournment was then in order and was seconded and carried. NEW WATKINS MAN D. M. Cushman of Spring-1 field, Ohio, Buys Agency from C. R. Dunn FOR ADAMS COUNTYj Locates Here and Has Already Taken Charge of the Work. D. M. Cushman of Springfield, Ohio, long associated with the Watkins Medical company, has purchased the Adams county agency from C. R. Dunn,: and has already taken charge of the works here. Mr. Cushman has moved his family to this city and they are now at home in the Sether property,' corner Twelfth and Monroe streets. Mr. Dunn has had charge of the | agency in this county for the past sev-' en years ,and has built up a large patronage over the territory, having routes over the entire county, where a systematic canvass is made. There is | scarcely a house where the Watkins products are not known. Mr. Cushman, who succeeds Mr. Dunn, is a man of many years’ expert-. ence in this line. Eight years ago he had the agency for Wells county, being there three years. Lately he had the agency for Clarke county, Ohio, residing at Springfield. Mr. Cushman is ' a business man of ability and will take I up Mr. Dunn's work and carry it along with the success that it merits. Mr. Dunn has not yet decided what business he will take up. —— o MRS. WISEHAUPT OPERATED ON. Mrs. John Wisehaupt of Decatur, who has been here for several weeks’ treatment at the hands of Bluffton surgeons, Tuesday submitted to a severe operation for tho removal <rf necrosserbone in the forehead. A large quantity of bone w'as removed. The condition was due, it is believed, to catarrh The operation was performed at the home of Mrs. Wisehaupt’s sister, Mrs. F. C. Harbaugh. She rallied nicely from the anaesthetic and her chances for recovery are good.—Bluffton News.

WM. ZIMMERMAN LOCATES HERE. I Has Moved to His New Home on Fifth Street. William Zimmerman, the prominent fanner, from west of the city, is now a resident of Decatur, having moved to town yesterday. He and his wife are now at home in their newly-ac-quired residence on Fifth street, formerly the Mart Archbold residence. Their son, John, will attend to the | home farm. I. O. O. F. ANNIVERSARY. May 5 will be the ninety-fourth aniniversary of the organization of the ;I. O. O. F. lodge and plans for the •celebration thereof are being made by nearly every lodge In the country. STATE BOARD ACTS I I Suggests an Immediate Improvement of Physical Conditions of the — DECATUR SCHOOLS I - 'I Will Suggest a Plan for a New High School—Report Awaited. At the meeting of the state board of. education In Indianapolis Tuesday the, matter of the Decatur high school i 1 IJ came up for consideration. The In-: dianapolis Star of this morning says: | ‘‘Because of the crowded condition of the Decatur schools, the board or- ; dered that the physical conditions of ; the schools there be Improved in the ’ immediate future and suggested a plan i for a new high school. The Decatur j high school will not be recommission- > ,ed until the state board Is notified that. I Its recommendations will be complied i with. j i | ’’The Construction of a new high , school building at Decatur and the re--1 moval of a grade school from a base- 1 ; ment are urged by the two board mem-,; |bers, President Kelly of Earlham col-' ■lege, and J. N. Study, superintendent*• (of the Fort Wayne schools, who inspected the Decatur schools. The re- : I port of the board will be sent to O. L. , I Vance, president of the Decatur I school board. ; I “ ‘You have no general assembly jroom in your high school and condi'tions are quite congested,’ reads the 'report. ‘One room is used fdr the | three sciences offered and no provision whatever is made for double laboratory periods, as required by this board. The enrollment of the Decatur high school has been doubled in three years and there is every reason ] to believe this growth will continue. I Your board should make a levy suffiIciently to raise $15,000 a year for a new building or else to raise SIO,OOO a year for two years, with the understanding that at the end of two years bonds will be Issued to supplement the sinking fund thus provivded and 'that the erection of a building then ’proceed. I “ ‘Some of the grade schools of Decatur are too crowded. One school in the basement of the library is not well suited for school work, with inadequate light and ventillation.’ ” | While criticising the physical condition of the Decatur schools the state iboard reports that the teaching is of high order and that the schools are well organized. The high school at Epsom, Daviess county, is to be commissioned. Several other high schools were recommissioned. j The local school board has not yet 'received a report of the state board’s decision. As soon as this is given a complete statement of what will be done will be given to the public. W. C. T. U. INSTITUTE THURSDAY. Creates Much Interest—Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Coming. Much interest centers in the instii tute to be held at the Methodist church • this city tomorrow, by the Adams • County Women’s Christian Temper- ■ ance Union, as announced before. The • * state vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth II Stanley, will be present and preside at - the institute, and morning, afternoon 1 and evening sessions will be held. Evf erybody is cordially invited to attend. - Excellent music will be given by the Berne Ladles’ chorus. ■

Number 17

WOMANS RIGHTS Cardinal Gibbons Denies Question Was One Opposed by the Church. HIS PERSONAL VIEWS Woman is Queen of Domestic Kingdom and Politics Would Soil Dignity. (United Press Service) Baltimore, April 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Cardinal Gibbous .emphatically expressed his own per- , sonal opposition to woman’s suffrage, but in answer to the recent utterances of Miss Inez Mllholland, declared: ‘"The mission of the church is to defend faith and morals. In other matters decide for themselves.” His Eminence discussed the question of equal suffrage in a special interview with the United Press. He itook special plains to make it clear that he did not make his statements in a spirit of taking issue with the suffra- ( gists, but to set forth his views inasi much as the antics and advocates of suffrage are now explaining their side of the question before the senate committee in Washington. The cardinal declared that Miss Mil- , holland was in error when she said jthe Catholic church was opposed to 'equal suffrage, and had taken extreme (measures even to prevent women of | the church reading literature pertaining to the question. “This is an error,” he said. “The mission of the church is to define faith and morals. In other matters Individuals decide for themselves. Personally I am opposed to female suffrage (because I am in favor of perpetuating | the real dignity of woman. The Christian religion has exalted woman to her I present sphere. She is no longer the | slave of man or the toy of his caprice but the equal, the peer of man. She is the queen of the domestic kingdom, and her proper sphere is the home. I She is justly honored everywhere by reason of her sex. Now if she were Ito embark on the ocean of political life, it is very much to be feared that her dignity would be impaired, if not jeopardized. “Observe the effect of this present agitation on many women. As soon as woman seeks to enter the arena of politics she may expect to be soiled by its dust. And the grace and charm inherent in woman would be seriously impaired by her rude contact and contention with men in political life. Woman’s sphere is the home, and as wife and mother she will have ample occasion to engage all her time and faculties. The wife who absents herself from her home habitually, inevitably neglects her children and causes her husband to suffer in her absence.” o AND STILL IT COMES. An amended complaint was filed In circuit court this morning by Mock & Mock to the complaint filed at a previous term of court, in which they represent about fifteen of the heirs of Catherine Faylor, and in which suit they ask for a partition of the estate. The suit is entitled Thomas Faylor vs. Mary Swonger, and the heirs are all named and their respective portions set out as interpreted by Mock & Mock. Attorneys Interested in past litigation, beneficiaries under a will, etc., are all made parties to the action. This is only one of several actions pending in the case. Since it was first filed a will was probated on petition of Roy Faylor and it makes provisions other than those set out by Mock & Mock in their complaint. The probate of the will has been carried to the appellate court, and to the matter stands the settlement of the estate will not be made at any early date. In the matter of the amended complaint filed today summons were issued for Martha B. Fajlor, Leia Hutchison, Irene Hutchison, Minnie Ball, James Ball, William and Helen Faylor, D. D. Studabaker, Frank Houtz, William Houtz, Cora Faus, Lydia Merkey and Roy Faylor, returnable May 21.—Bluffton News. —, o— - CALLED TO NEWCASTLE. Ray Collins, manager of the Morris five and ten cent store, went to Newi castle, being called there by the illness of his grandmother.