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I THE FORT WAYNE DAILY NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. of All Makes Are Being Exchanged for PACKARD PLAYER PIANOS In this instrument all the beauties of tone that have made the Packard the choice. of musicians and the critical piano buyer have been retained. In combination with the most artistic player mechanism on the market, is today the Ideal Home Piano, enabling everyone toproduce and enjoy musicthe best of you want it.

SPECIAL- -Packard Player prices are from $200 to $300 less than similar instruments. Ordinary pianos taken in exchange. FOR RENT -Slightly used Pianolas, at reasonable rates. Just the thing for your summer. cottage.

Packard Music House 930 Calhoun Street LOCAL WOMEN HONORED ARE ELECTED OFFICERS AT MIS. SIONARY MEETING. Fort Wayne District Society of M. E. Church Closes Session at Bluffton.

(Special to the News.) BLUFFTON, June 16--The Fort Wayne district convention of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church closed at today after a busy morning sesnoon sion, at which the new officers presided. Fort Wayne and Decatur shared election -honors, and ominor smaller towns on' the offices. The results of the election are as follows: President, Mrs. John Niblick, of Decatur; vice-president, Mrs. Herman Howell, of Decatur; recording secretary, Mrs.

Delle. Edmunds, of. Fort Wayne; treasurer; Mrs. Peter Quicksell, of Fort Wayne. Miss Irma Trisch, of Fort Wayne, was chosen secretary of temperance for the district.

The session this morning was, opened with devotions by. Mrs. H. Li. DeWitt, of the Trinity M.

E. church, Fort Wayne. The round table was led by Mrs. Murray, of Lagrange, and a talk was given by Mrs. A.

B. Cline, of Bluffton, on the subject, "Next Year's Work." The meetings were held in the Bluffton Methodist church auditorium. The convention was one of the most successful ever held by the society. THE DEATHS Oberst. Earl Monroe Oberst, the young student of Angola college, who was struck by a fast passenger train on the Lake Shore several days ago, and who has been lying unconscious since then at.

St. Joseph's hospital, in this elty, died Tuesday night at 11:45 o'clock. His were at his bedAide at the remains were parents, removed: to the undertaking parlors of Schone and prepared for shipment to the home of the parents at Fremont, 0. Besides his parents, four brothers and three. sisters survive.

Stecher, Mrs. Louts Stecher, fifty nine years of- age, the. wife of Charles Stecher, died Tuesday evening at her home, 464 Buchanan street, after brief illness. Mrs. Stecher had not been feeling well for several days, but at no time was her condition thought to be serious until Tuesday morning.

She is survived by her husband, who is at present in Denver, two daughters, Mary and Edith 'Stecher, and three sons, Fred, of Peru, George, of Cincinnati; and Albert, of Fort Wayne. Her mother, two brothers and a sister also survive, living in Adams county Ind. The deceased was a member of the Bethel EvangelIcal church. Lauer. Mrs.

Mabel Lauer, wife of Frank Later, died at '2 o'clock Wednesday morning at. St. Joseph's hospital of heart trouble, brought on by a serious case of appendicitis. She was appar: Have You Dyspepsia When the stomach will not digestthe food it craves you should recognize this as nature's warning a forerunner of dyspepsia. Otherwise you soon find yourself fast in the gnawing grip of this dreaded disease.

Pabst Extract The Best Tonic the essence of modern diet, prevents and relieves dyspepsia. Furnishing nutrition without demanding unnecessary work of the stomach, a desire is created for more solid foods and the capacity furnished for their digestion. Insist Upon Te Being Pabst Order a Dozen from Your Local Druggist: TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HEINZES PROSECUTOR DOESN'T LIKE DISAPPEARANCE OF BOOKS OF UNITED COPPER. NEW YORK, June United States District Attorney Wise declared today in the circuit court that he intends to press to immediate trial, If possible, the indictments which have been returned in connection with the disappearance of the books of the United Copper company, upon which the government had relied to make its case against F. Augustus Heinze for alleged.

violations of the national banking laws. So soon as Judge Ray took the bench Wise presented the indictments. The first was a joint indictment which charged Arthur P. Heinze, F. Augustus Heinze, Sanford Robinson, Calvin O.

Geer and Charles Warfeld with havins, "conspired to obstruct the course All five were held in $2,500 bail to appear next Monday to answer to the indictment. Robinson is already under indictment. for "obstructing the course of justice," and is to appear and answer to this on A. similar indictment accusing F. A.

Heinze and Arthur P. P. Heinze of this alleged crime was then handed up by the district attorney, and they were given until Wednesday to answer this charge. In the meanwhile, however, formal pleas of not guilty were ordered recorded by the court. MORRIS- BREAKS JAIL HUNTINGTON BURGLAR KNOCKED WOMAN ATTENDANT SENSELESS.

Got Away on a Freight Train, But Was Recaptured at Rochester by Sheriff. (Special to the News.) HUNTINGTON. June Clarence Morris, usually known as "Bogey" Morris, escaped from jail here at. 6:30 this morning by knocking down the woman who was serving him nis breakfast. As she was passing the tray of food to him through the small opening into the cell where Morris was imprisoned, he thrust his feet through the opening, knocked her senseless and, squeezing his small body through the opening, managed to get away.

He was followed to the Erie yards, where he hid himself oh a freight car, and while the officers were hunting he was being carried west on the train. Being informed by si some trainmen who saw him on the train, the officers sent word to Rochester to sheriff of Fulton county to search the train for him. He was. discovered at 10:30 on a coal car, completely covered with coal. He will be returned here today.

Morris, who had served. time in prison before and only recently released, was convicted of burglary in robbing the grocery store of Lowser Brown near the Erie depot about a week ago, and was being 'held in jail preparatory 'to being taken to' 'Jeffersonville, to serve a sentence of from two to fourteen years. TO INCREASE CAPACITY INDIANA LIGHTING COMPANY LETS IMPORTANT CONTRACT. Fort Wayne Firms Favored by Concern in Giving Jobs For Doubling Plant Capacity. A contract to duplicate the gasmaking now in use at the local Indiana Lighting apparatus, company was let on Wednesday by that concern to the Western Gas Construction company.

Work on the apparatus will begin immediately. The contract price was in the neighborhood of $50,000. The new apparatus will have a capacity of 1,000,000 cubic feet of gas each day, With the apparatus now in use the Fort plant will have a capacity of 2,500,000 cubic feet every twenty-four hours. It is expected that the construction company will complete the work in about six weeks, and when new machinery is all in running order the Fort Wayne plant will be one of the largest gas-making plants in the country for a city the size of Fort Wayne. The entire output will be consumed in Fort Wayne.

notable feature in connection with the letting of the contract to the Western Gas Construction company is that the gas company, in all places, is letting the contracts for material which is to be used in Fort Wayne to Fort Wayne manufacturing institutions. Just recently the contract for the construction of four additional gas hold-. ers was let to the Kerr Murray company here. Girls Strike; Tie Up Town. SEBRING, June hundred men and women are without employment.

and the entire industrial, commercial and domestic life of this town is paralyzed today as a result of a strike of 140 decorators in the Sebring potteries. Suspension In New York. NEW YORK, June 16. -W. B.

Smith' Company, members of the Consolidated Exchange, with their main office at No. 11 Broadway, and tour branches in varlous parts of the city, announced their suspension this afternoon. "No statement regarding labilities or assets is as yet obtainable. Philadelphians are to be entertained with free outdoor music this summer. The two branches of the munielpal legislature have voted $15,000 for concerts by the Philadelphia orchestra in the city hall plaza in addition to music in the parka by the city band.

Do You Recognize These Symptoms? Physicians Say They Spell Death. Blurred vision- spots before the eyes sore back, particularly on arising in the morning- in urinyou these symptoms, they may mean--Bright's Disease, lacerated neck of the bladder, gravel stone in the bladder, stone in the kidneys, inflamed urethra, dropsy, albimen in the urine. and eventually death. Befcre you spend too much money in investigating, suppose you try some of the Nott Melon Seed Compound! If you take it for a few days you will rind that the Kidneys, Stomach and Bladder will handle the food and water that "you consume more easily than if, tor. instance, you don't use -Nett's Melon Seed Compound: The Melon Seed Compound puts the water and food that you eat and drink into a better shape for kidneys and stomach to handle.

Try it before it Is too late. Bradley Bros have a stock on hond, and remember that a few lithia tablets, dropped into each glass of water that you drink when you haven't the Compound handy, is oftentimes of great assistance.For sale and. recommended by Bradley Bros, ADMIRES THE TREES MR. ROBINSON PLEASED WITH CITY'S FOLIAGE, Spends the Day With Colonel Foster and Others in Going About the City. "Fort Wayne's trees are magnificent," declared Charles Mulford Robinson Wednesday after spending the morning in company with Colonel D.

N. Foster, president of the city park board, in touring the city. "I am par.ticularly pleased with the city in this regard," he continued. Since arriying in the city Mr. Robinson has viewed most of the principal points.

Wednesday morning WAS chiefly devoted to an inspection of the parks, 'and the city beautification pert declares, that the disposition of these parks is admirable. As one of his main working points in preparing plans for the improvement of a city is to connect parks where this is feasible it is Highly likely that he will do considerable along this line here. Wednesday, afternoon Mr. Robinson was taken in an automobile to New Haven making the trip going along the road leading beside the river and returning by another route. He was impressed with the beauty spots along these routes and it is possible that some plan beautifying the roads connecting Fort Wayne and New Haven may enter into his calculations.

Mr. Robinson expects to leave the city either Thursday or Friday and later he will return for another visit. to the city. A GREAT SUCCESS The Sacred Cantatas at the First M. E.

Church Well Received. A record crowd filled the First Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday evening to hear the sacred cantatas which were rendered under the leadership of 0. E. Richard. The cantatas given were Gounod's "Gallia" and Hiller's "Song of Victory," with 0.

E. Richard at the piano and Mrs. Clara. Collars Bond also singing rendered the two choruses. beautiful solos, "See, It- is Written -in the Book of the Righteous" and "He is Tears That Soweth." The concert Tuesday evening was one of the best that Mr.

and Mrs. Richard have given in Fort Wayne and the production was fully worthy of the showers of praise that came from all sides. churches in the fourteen states and territories between a line drawn north and south at Kansas City and the eastern line of Callfornia. THOUSANDS KNOW THAT MIONA Cures Dyspepsia. It is Guaranteed by Meyer Bros.

Co. or Money Back Yes, dear reader, thousands of happy healthy people throughout America' rejoice and are thankful that they learned of Mi-0-na, the mighty stomach tonic and liver regulator. If you have any symptoms of indigestion or stomach distress, such as sourness, belching of gas, heartburn, shortness of breath, biliousness, disziness or headache, try Mi-o-na tablets at Meyer Bros. risk. They give almost Instantaneous relief, they make you feel good in a few days.

If taken according to direction they will cure any case of indigestion, acute of chronte. Mi-o-na is sold in every town In America and by Meyer Bros. Co. in Fort Wayne for 50 cents a large box and if you want to enjoy and easily digest your meals so that life will be a pleasure; get a box today, "For several years, I suffered with sick headache, had smothering spells, could not sleep at night, all caused from indigestion. I tried several doctors, and none of them could do me any.

good. Last summer got a box of I took them and now eat and sleep well, have not had a headache for 3 months and have gained 18 pounds in flesh, and would not be without a box of Mona for any: thing. Miona is the finest medicine there is for a deranged stomach or as a general tonic or nerve medicine. shall always be glad to recommend it." -Mrs. J.

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Try Laxative Pills, the sale and sane constipation cure. 25 cents at Meyer Bros. Co. TY Mr. R.

8. Hunting has: returned from the east. Miss Florence Mills, of Harlan, is visiting- friends and relatives in the city, Miss Erma Orr, of 1415 Callioun street, is giving a supper tonight in honor of Miss Jessie Farrand, who will be a June bride. Mrs. Wilmina Farrand.

announces the engagement of her daughter, Jessie, to Mr. Russell Saunders, of Chicago. The wedding will take place June 26. Miss Viola Braun entertained the C. J.

G. club Tuesday evening at her home, 1225 East. Lewis street. Prizes at red letters were won by Miss Edith and Miss Stella Jacobs. A delicious luncheon was served.

The guests were Misses Stella Jacobs, Bertha Eckels, Irene Kasten, Esther Saffen, Ida Plepenbrink, Della Kramer, Stella. Bennigen, Martha Wagner, and Edith Klenke. Miss Stella Bennigen will be the next hostess. McMaken-Weber. Miss.

Ethel Weber, daughter of Mr. William J. Weber, who resides four miles from the city in Adams township, was married at her home Tuesday, to Mr. Fenton H. McMaken, of Adams township, the Rev.

J. F. VIchert officiating. The bride and groom will spend their honeymoon at Clear lake. TilI-Diebold.

Miss Kate Diebold and Mr. Harry Till, both of this city, were married at St: Mary's: Catholic church Tuesmorning by the Rt. Rev. Father Oechtering. A large number of relatives and friends were present, and after the ceremony relatives repaired to the home.

of the bride, where a splendid wedding breakfast was served. Hitzemann-Ward. Miss Jeanette Ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ward, of Rochester, and Mr.

Otto Hitzemann, of Fort Wayne, were married at the home of the bride on Monday. The bride is a most attractive young woman; and the groom, who is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Brelmeyer, of this "city, holds a responsible position with the Bass. company.

The bride and groom have gone east for a trip, in the fall will go to housekeeping at 335 Creighton avenue. Introduces New Dance. (Special to the News.) MILWAUKEE, June Hulda Hanker, of Fort Wayne, at the annual convention of dancing masters in this city, today introduced a new which created something of a among those in attendance at the event. The dance combines some new features and it is expected that it will make a decided hit during the coming winter. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF FORT WAYNE CHURCHES: The Lutheran Emmaus society will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at their hall.

The congregational meeting of St. Paul's Lutheran church: will be held tonight for the purpose of selecting a new teacher for the parochial school. The Ladies' Bible class will give an ice cream social Thursday evening, June 17, at the church, corner Miner and. Creighton. avenue.

Everybody. invited. The children of the Lakeside Sunday school will enjoy a picnic Thursday afternoon at Robison park. They will meet their teachers at the Lakeside normal school at 1:30 o'clock. The women of the First Presbyterfan church will be entertained at the home of Mrs.

John Shoal, In Spy Run avenue, on Friday afternoon, June 18, from 2:30 till 5. All the men of the church are invited to the affair. (Continued on Eighth Page.) NEW DEPUTY 8. J. Errington to Temporarily Fill A.

R. Walter's Place. Owing to the fact that Amos Walter is confined to his home by fie ness and unable to attend to his duties as deputy United States officer, Sam J. Errington, of the Hibernian Rifles, has been appointed to temporarily fill the position. Mr.

Walters is suffering from rheumatism and it is feared that it will be some time before he is able to be about again. LOCAL COURTS Monroe Liquor Licenses. The remonstrances recently fled in Monroe township against the granting of liquor licenses to Ben McIntosh and Conrad Brewer came up Wednesday morning in the commissioners' court and were continued until Friday morning. Attorney Leonard, for the applicants; filled an answer to the remonstrance, in which he claimed that twenty-five of the 848 signers of the remonstrance were not legal voters. He also showed that it was up to the remonstrators to prove that these twenty-five have a legal right to vote.

The Forks Case. Angeline Forks, in the superior court, has begun suit against some of her relatives, claiming that they have conspired to bring about a separation between her and her husband, Conrad Forks. The defendants are Sophia and Charles Forks and August Rofling. She claims that in the presence of her husband these relatives falsely accused her of intimate relations with other men, As a result of which she was driven from home and her three children taken from her. She demands $3,000 damages.

P. B. Colerick is her attorney. Cases Dismissed. The case of the Chicago Candy com- The Boston Store Special Sale OF: Lace Curtains 100 pairs 60-inch Lace Curtains at worth $1.50.

100 pairs 60-in. Lace Curtains at worth $1.75 100 pairs Ruffled Muslin Curtains at 25c. 100 pairs Ruffled Muslin Curtains at 39c; worth 50c. 36-inch Curtain Swiss at 8 1-3c; worth 10c. 36-inch Curtain Swiss at 10c; worth 12 1-2c.

Couch Covers at 98c; worth $1.50. New styles in Figured Lawns at 6 1-4c; worth 8c. New styles in in Figured Lawns at 10c; worth 121-2c. Fancy Lawns at 121-2; worth 17c and 20c. Linen-Finished Suitings at 12 1-2e; worth 15c.

New styles in Fancy at 10c; worth 12 1-2c. A line of Fancy Ribbons at 25c; worth 35c. Ladies' Umbrellas at 85c; worth $1.00. 36-inch Suiting at 12 1-2c; worth 17c. 36-inch Wool Suiting at 19c; worth 25c.

36-inch All-Wool Suiting at 29c; worth 50c. A line of Children's Wayne Knit Hose, all sizes, at 15c; worth 25c. Do Your Trading at the Boston Store This Week, as We Have a Great Many Special Bargains to Offer. Wm. Hahn Co.

THE BOSTON STORE ently improving on Tuesday, and was cheerful up to within five minutes of her demise, and died very suddenly. She lived at 1908 Hanna street. Her husband is employed as a painter by the Pennsylvania railroad. She leaves besides her husband, one son, Sylvester, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Martin Wilson, a brother, Charles Wilson, and two sisters, one living at Marie Lake, and the other at MilwauShe was a devoted member of 'St. Patrick's Catholic chruch. Petri. Mathias Petri, aged seventy years and single, died Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock at St. Joseph's hospital of a complication of.

diseases due to old age. Petri was born in Germany, but came to America many years ago and engaged in farming in Indiana. The remains will be shipped to Huntingten for burial. Destrow. Mrs.

Anna Destrow, of Detroit, died Tuesday evening at Hope hospital of a complication of She was thirty-three years of age, and is sur. vived by the following relatives. her husband, two children, sisters and three brothers. The body will be shipped to. Detroit for burial.

Keller. Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock, at his home on Ewing street, occurred the death of William E. Keller, aged forty survived years. The deceased is by his. wite, one daughter, his mother, Mrs.

Abraham Keller, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Coelett, The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence, 713 Ewing street, after which the remains will be shipped to Prairie Grove for burial. Keller had been ill sinco September, Funeral Announcements. Services will be held for Charles Harris on Thursday at 3 p. at the residence on South Hanna street, the Rev.

Mr. Leach officiating. The reniains will be shipped on Friday morning to. Logansport, over the Wabash, and Interment will take place the afternoon at Pisga cemetery. The funeral services for.

Viola Wise will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, 3220 Fairfield avenue, the Rev. R. C. Jones offielating. MACCABEES MEET Had Last Meeting With League Tents Tuesday Evening.

Wayne tent No. 54, K. O. T. entertained the tents Tuesday night of the order from Garrett, Auburn and Kendallville.

This was the last meeting of the season of so-called Interurban league the Maccabees, which includes several towns besides the ones named above. Speeches were made last night by Sir Knight A. E. Thomas, past. great commander, of this city; Sir Knight L.

B. Fretz, president of the league, of Kendallville; Great Record Keeper, J. W. Replogue, of Goshen; Great Lieutenant Commander E. Mowbray, of Peru, and others.

EX-CONCORDIANS Alumni of Institution to Meet Students Tomorrow. A particularly Interesting ball game will he played at Concordia college tomorrow when alumni of the institution, returning to their homes from the seminary at, St. Louis, where they have been attending school during the winter, will meet present students in a ball game on the college diamond. This is an annual event and is always an occasion of intense rivalry. Owing to this ball game the schedule prepared for the cadets has been intertered with.

However, there will be drills on Friday and Tuesday afternoons. Of Local Interest A. A. Ringwalt, of Minneapolis, is in the city visiting friends. William D.

Gordon, of Peoria, has purchased the Killian Baker home on East Main street; and will erect a modern flat building on, the ground. Mr. Gordon is an old Fort Wayne boy. W. E.

Stout, who has been representing the firm of Longmans, Green in Indiana, has been given the position of western manager of this concern. His readquarters will be in Chicago, and he will have charge of all the business in the states from Ohio west. pany against Mary Maloney has been dismissed. The litigation was over some property which she had In her possession. The old case of the NAtional Furniture company vs.

Tracy B. Woodworth was also dismissed. Circult Court Jury to Report. Instead of reporting on June 18, 83 requested, the circuit. court jury will not report until June 22.

The case, which was to have come up on June 18, has. been dismissed. Marriage John E. "Shara, twenty-eight, and Edith Boland, twenty-five. Charles Weibel, twenty-three, and Alma Schnitker, twenty-two.

Emmet E. Trump, twenty-eight, and Allie M. Harrison, twenty-seven. Valentine Schutz, twenty-eight, and Edith Engmann, twenty-three. James C.

Cowan, thirty-one, and Julia A. Webster, twenty -four. Hugh T. C. Boland, thirty-two, and Clara Gerard, twenty-nine.

Charles G. Pepe, twenty-two, and Mina M. Moudy, eighteen. Grover C. Scheld, twenty-four, and Mabel G.

Toy, twenty-four. Russell M. Baker, twenty-four, and Lydia O. Miller, twenty-two. THE LAST CALL Sunday next, June 20, the Journal will publish a special merchants' and manufacturers' edition, and it will interest advertisers to know that their time to get in is limited.

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