Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1913 — Page 3

v w Wert. Ohio, April 17—(Special w Dally Democrat)— Ralph Hoover lM found guilty of murder In the »ec(,nd degree by the jury whfrh returned t verdict thl« morning at 5:30 o’clock, after eleven hours' deliberation. The boy husband, who la only nineteen years of <**• hag a !lfe » entenre In jtate's prison staring him In the face, this is the penalty for conviction of this crime in Ohio. The defense has three days, however, in which to ask a new trial, and thia will in all probability be done. Unless a new trial Is M hed. sentence will probably be pass-' e d next week. The case went to the jury at 6:20 o’clock Wednesday even , MSpecial Prosecutor H. L. Conn made 1 the closing argument in the Ralph Hoover wife murder trial at Van I Wert, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 to 4:40 o'clock. Judge Mathias, anxious to get the’ matter Into the hands of the men who are sitting in judgment, adjourned court only half an hour after the attorneys had finished and then gave • his charge to the jury, after which' they immediately retired for consideration of the case. During tho charge of the judge the defendant sat with eyes fixed on the presiding offl-, cer, the only time he rested this gaze was to turn his eyes upon the various members of the jury with that penetrating look, ;s if trying to read their innermost thoughts. The defendant was taken to the jail | shortly before 7 o’clock, ate a hearty : supper and retired at the usual hour, J falling asleep as had been his nightly i custom, showing less interest than the sheriff and others who have followed the case. Story of the Crime. Crime committed Jan 10 ' Defendant arrested Jan. 13 Injured girl died Jan. 27 Grand jury returned indictment Feb. 1 Plea of not gulty entered Feb. 13 Trial began Mar. 31 Jurors examined 57 Witnesses called 92 Days consumed choosing jury... .2% ' Days consumed examining witnesses 10 Days consumed tn argument of counsel 2 Total time consumed 15 days Estimated expense to county... .3,000 j i Archie Hardison, guardian of Mary E. Pine, reported deed, which was approved. In the case of the State vs. H. H. Bremerkamp, on the charge adulerating mill products, a nolle prosequi was filed and the defendant discharged. A nolle prosequi was also filed in the Samuel Cook wife-desertion case and the defendant discharged. A number of state cases were set for trial as follows: April 29, John. W. Cross, failure to provide for children; Dr. George Thain, criminal operation; May 5, L. G. Botkins, James Fenstemaker and Leon Runyon, each charged separately with visiting gaming house; May 8, John Coots, rape; May 9,-John Stark, Illegal voting; May 12, Dr. Elizabeth Burns, criminal operation. A motion for a new trial in the Sarah L. Gauselman vs. Ft. Wayne Out-! fitter company, damage case, was overruled, and exceptions taken. In the case of the Unitype Co. vs. The Decatur Publishing Co., a motion was made by the defendant to dismiss the case for want of prosecution. ( Walter Thornhill, guardian of Carl j Ford et al., filed petition by guardian j for authority to accept payment of | purchase money for land, not yet duo.. This was granted and upon payment I of full amount of purchase money, the mortgage is ordered cancelled of rec-, ord. The final report of B. J. Smith, guardian of Vincent Smith, was allowed. Henry Buffenbarger was granted a ( divorce in the Allen superior court in Fort Wayne, from Mattie Buffenbarger. The wife is an inmate of the Indiana home in Fort Wayne. Buffen- ‘ barger was refused a divorce when, he applied here some time ago. The, wife was formerly Miss Mattie Jes-1 frey. Ray Hawky vs. The Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, applica- ( tion for a receiver. Motion to dismiss for want of prosecution. John F. Crist, guardian, vs. John ( and Ira Waggoner, administrators’ claim. Set for trial May 15. — William Fuchs vs. Edward Fuchs, appointment of guardian. Appearance by prosecuting attorney for defendant. SINGER MACHINE ASSESSMENT. C. L. Mann of Fort Wayne, agent for the Singer Sewing Machine company, was here yesterday to meet Assessor

William Blackburn relative to the assessment of the machines of this company in thia county. The company has fifteen machine* stored In this , county or placed In homes on trial, on i which they will pay the taxes. D. I. Welkel Is the local agent. LETTER FROM SOWERS FAMILY. Sharon, Pennsylvania, In Valley That Was Flooded. Kugene Runyon received an Interesting letter from Dr. Homer E. Sowers, the osteopath, who moved to Sharon, Pa., from here. Sharon lies j between two high hills and the busi- . ness part of the town and many fine i I residents are In the valley. The city [ suffered much from the floods, as wa-I ter in the valley stood from three to ' | ten feet deep. Dr. Sowers’ residence Is on the west hillside and his office 1 is on the east hillside. He was maroon-1 ed on the east side two days and two nights. Both his hotpe and office es-1 caped the floods, however. Many of I I the large mills in the valley were put I out of commission and had many thousands of dollars' loss and are just now starting again. Only one death occurred In the floods, but there were many miraculous escapes. Dr. Sow- ! ers states that be has much outside work and is kept on the jump attending his patients. T. W. WATTS. ! Thomas Wilda Watts was born near Mendon, Ohio (Mercer county), March J 28, 1855, and departed this life April 15, 1913, aged 58 years and 17 days. Mr. Watts was the son of William and Anice Katharine Watts. His boyhood and manhood days were spent in the home county with his parents. In 1875 I he was united in marriage to Miss Su-1 sie Meihls of Delphos. To this union were born three children: Mrs. Will Walter of Adrian, Mich.; Mrs. F. J. Bouse, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Cora, whom the Lord took in her Infancy, at the age of eleven months. After i living several years at Delphos, be I removed with his family to Decatur, where he has been a resident for the 1 (past twenty-eight years. Upon the arrival in Decatur he was employed by P. W. Smith & Son in the saw mill business, and after severing his con-1 jnection with that firm, was employed ■by the Schafer Hardware company of this city. He remained with this com- , pany until two years ago, when he I became a local agent for the People’s j Life Insurance company. Brother I Watts was a man who was consclen-1 Uous in all his dealings through life, ' I and among all classes of people was i considered a man worthy of example. | He was a man of sterling qualities, I always contending for the right and ■ ’ good of the public. In his church work ' he was considered a man of unequal-; 'ed ability, and who possessed an un-1 tiring energy. Wilda as he was fa-1 ' mlliarly known, by both old and: young, will be missed not only by the I church, but by all who knew him. There is No Death. There is no death; the stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown, They shine forever more. There is no death, the dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer I showers To golden grain of mellow fruit. Or rainbow-tinted flowers. | I The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they bear, The forest leaves drink daily life. From out the viewless air. 1 There is no death, the leaves may fall The flowers may fade and pass away; They only wait through wintry hours, The coming of the May. There is no death! An angel form. Walks o'er the earth with silent tread. He bears our best loved things away, And then we call them “dead. He leaves our hearts all desolate jHe plucks, our fairest, sweetest flow--1 ers, Transplanted Into bliss, they now ' Adorn immaculate bowers. The bird-like voice whose joyous tones Made glad this scene of sun and strife, Sings now in everlasting song I Amid the tree of Life. I And when he sees a smile so bright ' Os hearts too pure for hate and vice, He bears it to that world of light i T ° dwell Paradlße '— r,—r—KFRRTT' I porn Into that undying life, I They leave us, but to come again, ' With joy we welcome them the same. Except in sin and pain. I And ever near us, though unseen, ' The dear immortal spirits tread, For all the boundless Universe IS life —There is no dead. The disappearance of Rolland Heche, of Vera Cruz, from home Fri-, 'day evening was easily explained when he returned Sunday afternoon and announced this his marriage to

Mis* Laura Travl* of Ossian, had taken place Saturday in Michigan. Tl>-»; announcement eh me a* a complex surprise to the parent* o’ both the bride and » oom and many. friends. elopement was well planned. Travis I'.ad been vu itlng at the nome of her sister, Mrs Bert Markley, of near Vera Cruz, and she, with Mr. Heche, easily slipped away from that place and were well on their way to Michigan before their absence was greatly missed. The disappearance of Mr. Heche was generally known Saturday, although it was not until Sunday that friends got word of the departure of Miss Travis. The groom returned to Vera Cruz and the bride returned to her home in Os- . sian, where she will remain a few days. Miss Travis is a daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Perry Travis of Ossian, and Mr. Heche is a son of Mrs. Mari tha Heche, of Vera Cruz. Both are well known in Harrison and Jefferson townships. They have not decided the location of their future home. — Bluffton Banner. The social given by the officials of the Rebekah lodge Tuesday evening was a successful one as the approval of the one hundred fifty guests attest. A very good musical program was given and readings by Miss Osee Armstrong of Ridgeville and Miss Mabel Weldy were pleasing. A "clover hunt’’ was an interesting contest. Threeleaf clovers, as well as four-leaf clovers were hidden. The four-leaf clo-. vers counted the most, and scores were made from the number found. Mrs. Ed Baker won the first prize. 1 In a question contest, Mrs. Dallas Butler carried off honors. With Miss Horine Edwards at the piano, a grand march lead by Miss Nina WagI ner and Mrs. Olen Baker, was a diI version that proved agreeable. Refreshments of punch and wafers were served. The proceeds will be used for the new robes to be purchased by the lodge. The Shakespeare club closed Its season's study on Holland yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. P. G. Hooper, when Mrs. J. H. Heller was leader, giving a good paper on the women of that country which has been thoroughly discussed by the club in its past weeks. Sub-topics were along this line and the roll call answers were on what women are doing. The club has voted to do away with the historical study for the next year and will have miscellaneous programs on I the great questions of the day. The 'committees will arrange the programs during the year. The plans for the ' guest night, next Wednesday, April i 23, give promise of a fitting celebration of thethirtieth anniversary of this club. The entertainment will be given in the Knights of Pythias home, which will be very roomy for the large company, as each member will invite six or seven friends. A group of young girl entertainers from Bluffton, who are quite talented in music and reading, and who have given very good satisfaction at the various entertainments where they have appeared, have been secured. The group includes Hermina Wiecking. Lucile Locke, Josephine Cook, Helen Sw’ain, Hermina Ashbaucher. A pleasing form of after entertainment has also been arranged, and the little girls who will serve the refreshments will be dressed in the costume of Holland, the country last studied by the club. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele threw open their home Wednesday evening for the entertainment of the clerks of the Steele & Weaver store, and a right royal time was had. Mr. Steele, as trap-drummer, and Mrs. Steele, as pianist, furnished music. General social amusements were in order and tempting refreshments were served. The party comprised the following: Eula McKinney, Rose Kleinhenz, Josephine Lang, Gertrude Butler, Esther Enos. Harry Magner, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weaver. —o SEMI-ANNUAL COUNCIL MEETING Os Adams County S. S. Association at Berne April 10, 1913. ’ p The meeting was called to order by the county president, Jesse Rupp, and was opened with prayer by Rev. D. A. Kaley. Members present: Jesse Rupp, Rev. D. A. Kaley, Miss Jean Lutz, O. F. Gilliom. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Department superintendents reported as follows: Miss Lutz, superintendent of the elementary department, reported six new cradle rolls since last meeting; total number of cradle rolls in the county, 35. The teachers’ training superintendent, O. F. Gilliom, reports eleven actice classes in the county at present, one class having graduated last year, Rev. D. A. Kaley, superintendent of the adult department, reported that 13 ! schools in the county have a total of i ' 33 organized classes. I There are 16 home departments in the county as reported by the super-

Intemfent, Rev. W. F. Johnson. The superintendent* of the temperance department, J. L. Smltley, reported three school* that keep* record* of temperance pledges. I The treasurer’s report was read and approved. The *ecretary was instructed to provide stationery for the association. A bill of *1.06 for postage and railroad fare, due to Miss Lutz, was allowed. The president and secretary and O. F. Gilliom were appointed a committee to prepare a suggestive program to be used in the township conventions. The president was authorized to call a meeting of the Sunday school workers of the county to arrange for a Sunday school Fourth of July picnic. The following dates were suggested for the spring township conventions: Jefferson—April 27. Blue Creek —May 4. St. Mary’s—May 4. Wabash —May 11. Washington—May 18. Union and Root —May 18. French and Hartford —May 25. Preble and Kirkland —May 25. Monroe —June 1. The resignation of the president was tendered as follows: To the Members of the Executive Committee of the Adams County S. S. Association; On account of my intention of leaving the county and state in the neaF| i future, I hereby tender my resignation as president of the Adams County S. S. association to take effect not later than July 1, 1913. Respectfully submitted, JESSE RUPP. In answer to the above the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas, Jesse Rupp has given more than eight years of untiring and efficient services at county president of the Adams County Sunday School association, and inasmuch as our standing in the state is largely due to his untiring efforts and efficient leadership, and Whereas. He is now intending to leave the state and has tendered his resignation to take effect July 1, 1913, be it Resolved, That it is with deep regret that we are forced to part with his counsel and leadership; be it further Resolved, That we accept his resignation and that by a standing vote we express our thanks and appreciation for his excellent leadership and untiring efforts and that we wish him God’s speed and divinest blessings in his new home. Rev. D. A. Kaley of Berne, Ind., was appointed president of the association to serve the unexpired term after July 1, 1913.—Berne Witness. There is much interest locally among fishermen regarding the new game laws which will soon go into effect. D. M. Hensley and other fishermen whose annual trips to Rome City are sources of great pleasure have taken especial pains to post themselves on the new laws and Mr. Hensley is probably the first one to take out a license to be used for fishing. The new law provides that no license is necessary to fish in your own county or adjacent counties. Hence those who go to Rome City must have license, while none would be required of local fishers who angle for the finny tribe in Allen, Wells or Jay counties, should they so desire to do. Unfortunately, however, there is little to tempt them in those counties. Nonresidents of the state must have a license in all cases. The wife of a holder of a license, and all his children under eighteen years of age are not required to have a license, that of the husband and father being sufficient for all. The licenses are issued by the clerk of the circuit court and cost one dollar .each being good for a year. The blanks will be provided by the commissioner of fisheries and game. None have yet been received, but all holding licenses to hunt .effective at the time of the taking effect of this act, shall be entitled to hunt and fish, the same as in all licenses issued under this section. As the new law is not yet effective, Mr. Hensley will get a hunter’s license, neither the Adams nor Wells county clerk having yet received the new license blanks. A summary of the fishing laws follows: It Is Unlawful To fish outside your own county or an adjacent one without a license. To sell or offer for sale any pike, pickerel, wall-eyed pike, perch, bluegills, black bass, green bass, rock bass or other species of bass. To take any pickerel or pike less than twelve Inches long, any rock bass

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'or crappie bass les* than six inches ■ long, or any black bass less than ten ■ inches long. ’ To take or have In your possession in any on* day more than fifty bluegills, sunfish, or crappie*, or more than twelve ba*s. Two or more per--1 sons fishing from the same boat may not take more than twenty bass in a day. To fish with any hook and line attached to any bottle or other floating device. To fish with any trot line having any book on it smaller than a 6-0 Kirby. To fish on state breeding grounds ■ set apart by the commissioner of fisheries and game between the twentieth day of March and the first day of July. To ship any game fish out of the state, except that a person may take with him not to exceed twenty-four caught by himself, if he carries them openly. I To kill or stuplfy fish with an electric current To use Indian cockle, fish berries or other substances intended to stupefy or poison fish. To take fish with the hands, or with a gaff hook or grappling hook that are not first fastened on a legal hook and line. To use dynamite or any other explosive in any water of the state, except for mining or mechanical purposes by •pedal permission of the commissionver of fisheries and game. To place an obstruction in a stream to prevent fish from ascending and ' descending. To trespass on enclosed land for the purpose of setting a trot line. To shoot or shoot at any fish. To have in your possession any part • of, or to use at any time, any seine or net of any kind, or any spear or trap, i except a minnow trap, or a minnow I seine not morethan twelve feet long t and four feet deep, with meshes not I larger than one-four of an inch, unless ' such nets or traps are for use in Lake s Michigan, the Ohio river or the Wat bash river where it forms the boundary between Indiana and Illinois, in > which case they must be kept within i two miles of these waters. Owners of , private ponds may have seins for use therein. To use a net or trap in the Ohio i river, or the Wabash river where it - forms the boundary between Indiana and Illinois within one hundred yards -of the mouth of the stream emptying s into it from the Indiana side. i o- ' Os the 701 boys in the Indiana Boys’ 1 School at Plainfield during the last 1 half year, ending March 31, three are from Adams county. This is accords ing to the semi-annual report as filed 1 by Superintendent Guy Hanna, with ’ the treasurer of the state. The report shows the state paid $24,383.11 for the upkeep of the school, ' while the various counties of the state ’ which had Inmates in the institution, • paid a similar amount. The counties • pay one-half of the expense of the in- ' stitution, pro rated on the number of - Inmates from each county. The total ’ I cost of maintaining the school was ’! $48,766.22. 1 Fifteen counties of the state had no 3 boys in the school. These were Wells, J Brown, Crawford, Jasper, Marshall. r Newton, Ohio, Parke, Porter, Ripley, 5 Starke Switzerland Union, Warren and • Whitley. I Marion county leads with 123 Inr mates. The cost to Marion county ■ was $4,284.72. Vanderburg county ' also was heavily represented, with ’ fifty-eight inmates. Vigo had forty- ■ seven, and Allen, thirty-three. In this part of the state counties I with boys in the school areas fol- • lows: Adams 3, Blackford 2, Grant 6, ! Jay 2, Huntington 3, and Madison 17. t ' _o — The delayed visit of Professor Kelley, president of Earlham college, at : Richmond, and a member of the state ' moard of Education, was made to this » city afternoon, he arriving • at 3:10 o'clock over the G. R. & 1. > railroad. He at once took up the mat- ' ter of the inspection of the high ’ ! school, relative to the need of more > room, and the bearing It has upon the j > standard of the high school according' to the requirements of the state ■ board. The one thing that the high I I school is deficient In according to the 1 state board standard, is the matter of ' room. A meeting was then held with the city school board, and the matter ' gone over with them. The board is unanimous in its decision that a new building cannot be built this year, on account of lack of funds. The thing Ito do, therefore, is to provide for the. ■ deficiency in some other way. The ’ ' school board will outline some other ; plan to tide over the difficulty and this plan will be presented to Mr. Kel--1 j ly; who in turn will lay it before the 1 state board of education when it meets in Indianapolis next Tuesday. Decatur civil war veterans will be grieved to hear of the death of a comrade, Captain John Frank Jones, which occurred Wednesday night at 11:25 o’clock at his home on West i Washington street, at Fairmount. Death followed an acute illness which

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