Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Jnme V. Number 60

UN THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 1910

MICTION LOT SALE MARCH 26 Decatur to Raise a Factory Fund of I Fifty Thousand Dollars

WILL BE A HOLIDAY two Hundred and Twen-ty-Seven Lots ■ ETAILS FOR THE SALE Greatest Event i« History of Decatur Will Occur March 26—Campaign Now On. ►++++++ + + + ♦ + ♦ + L ♦ L MARCH * L 26 * k WILL + L BE + L A ♦ k HOLIDAY + L IN ♦ fr DECATUR. ♦ k THINK + k IT ♦ » OVER. ♦ L * !►♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ On the evening of February 1. at the Commercial Club rooms the business men of Decatur decided, without dissenting voice, that they would raise a factory fund of fifty thousand Hollars. This factory fund to be used Ito locate manufacturing Industries, tend in this way it is hoped to give Decatur such a growth that nothing Bhort of ten thousand population will hold us in 1910- It was the decree Lt that time—and is yet—that the teensible and business way to deal with this project is to secure the ■fund and then we will be in a position to talk business with any contemplated manufacturing concern. Os course, it is no secret to here say that we expect to land a certain gas (engine plant. It is a plant that from ‘the start will employ perhaps one hundred and fifty people, and If the present promoters realize their expectations, it will be but a few years until it will be the largest and best lecuip’wd mannsac*nrii? its 1 ution of its kind In the United States It is simply so good that to realize its opportunities or to grasp the benefits it will bestow upon the business interests of our city, would be beyond mental "calculation. We have a change (to land this concern, but in order to accomplish it, we must have our m<> ney in our sock, and be reads o act and act quickly when the opportunity is presented. Following the meeting on February :1, a factory committee has spent an. i number of days and many nights iInspecting and buying real estate, a view of laying the same out n Fls, and it is from the sale of these I lots that a fifty thousand dollar fac- [ tory fund, is to materialize, Brau - I Schirmeyer was named trustee an 111 I committee purchased twenty -on acre ' from the Patterson heirs and a>e platted it into ninety lots. Tbe> a purchased thirty acres of I Meibers. Ten acres of this trac ’ west of the Grand Rapids and will be given for a factory cation. The other twenty acres a on this side of the railroad, has een platted Into elghty-four lots I purchased from the Nuttman e. something over ten acres, an I fifty-three lots there, a total o -- lots. An appraisement committee put a value and price upon eac The cdmmittee as " chosen ba ■ e

interest only to place a real and not fictitious value upon each lot. It is a fact that all the real estate platted is valuable and that scarcely a lot will be sold or offered for sale that is not worth every cent asked for It. The disposal of these lots will be by an auction sale on Tuesday, March 26. More definite information as to the place, manner and methods of this sale will be given later. One thing above all others will be done, however, and that is that every one will have a fair and equal chance to purchase the exact lot they may desire. There will be no favoritism shown, in fact, there can not be, as the methods under which the sale will be given, permits nothing but equality. • THE PLEDGE. * • Whereas, Certain real estate * • has been purchased and placed in * • the hands of Frank M. Schirmey- • • er, trustee, to be platted and laid * • out into lots as additions to • • the city of Decatur, Adams coun- * • ty, Indiana, and sold for the pur- • ‘ pose of creating a factory fund • • to be used in locating, installing * • and equipping manufacturing in- ♦ • dustry or industries in or adjoin- * • Ing said city of Decatur, and * • Whereas, Said real estate has * • been platted and the sale of said • • lots set for Tuesday, March 26, • • 1907, the same to be sold at pub- * • lie sale for not less than their * • appraised value, on terms of • • 110.00 cash, the balance on month- * • ly payments of $5.60 each, with • • Interest at the rate of six per * • cent per annum (it being under- • • stood that the purchaser may at • • his option pay the purchase mo- • • ney in hand), * • Therefore, To aid in creating • • such factory fund, I hereby agree * • to purchase lots and to * • pay on the terms above named. • Pledge Committee. The above tells in detail the accomplishments to this date. Various committees have been assigned and some of them are already busy with the perplexities that always attend any project thgt amounts to anything —and this one is the best that was ever attempted in Decatur. This evening at the Commercial Club there will be a meeting of the Pledge Committee. This committee will personally seek out every man, woman and child in the city and many In the country and accept their pledge In writing, that on auction sale day they will be on the spot and purchase one or more lots. The names of those who will have in charge this Important work are: Fred Schafer, chairman. Dyonls Schmidt, J. B. Holthouse, D. N. Erwin, E. X. Ehinger, B. Kalver, Dr. D. D. Clark, B. J- Terveer, D. M. Hensley, J. M. Frysinger, John Niblick, Frank Gass, F. V. Mills, C. N. Christen, Henry Krick, j. C. Moran, C. A. Dugan, D. E. Studabaker, O. L. Vance, J. T. Meyers, - t W. A. Kuebler, j. S. Peterson, S. J. Laman, < W. H. Fledderjohann, H. F. Callow. Al Burdg, , John Lose. Earl B. Adams, C. O. France, -’ Paul G. Hooper, Harvey Harruff. We here and now bespeak for the

Decatur, Indiana, Monday evening March 11, 1907.

above committee that consideration that marks you as a patriotic and progressive citizen. Do not take time in needless explanation, looking for a hole to crawl through, but sign the pledge and commend them for giving their time and efforts to make Decatur the liveliest and best manufacturing city in all this broad land. Advertising Committee. The advertising committee has alI ready been heard from. Bright and I early this morning every home in 1 Decatur knew that there was going to be something doing, and that that something was mighty important to every Decatur citizen. They will convince you before another two weeks that there is no use to try to live in Decatur without owning in fee simple a Commercial Club lot. They | will have something new, novel au 1 : convincing every day. The commltte is composed of: C. C. Schafer, chairman, W. P. Schrock, Dr. Roy Archbold, J. H. Heller, P. L. Andrews, B. J. Smith, M. P. Miller. Appraisement Committee. As stated above an appraisement committee will equalize and place a value on each lot. That these values will be equitable and fair, is assured by the names of this committee. They are: J. T. Merryman, J. W. Tyndall, A. Van Camp. This gives tn detail the action this far taken. We wish but to here add that the lots will be sold on the popular 15 a month payment plan, and that there is not a man In town who can so far forget his duty as to refuse to join this army of boosters whose only aim is to make Decatur a city with a population of 10,000, three years hence. Think it over. • The first pledge for a lot in • • Greater Decatur was signed this * • morning by Mr. Frank Stone of * • Fort Wayne, an old Adams county * • boy who has faith in our future. * • Hundreds of others will follow * • him by pledging themselves this * • week. * i — ■—o —- REAL FIGHT BEGINS Jerome Trying to Break Down the Story THE FIRST WITNESS IS CALLED Statement Issued From London Regarding Evelyn’s Mother, Mrs. Holman. New York, March 11.—The real fight for Harry Thaw's life began today, when Jerome began his effort to break down the entire story of the defense. Frederick W. Longfellow, Thaw's friend, to whom he wrote strange letters, took the stand as the first witness, to identify the letters. London, March 3.—An unofficial statement was given out today, showing the real facts concerning the connection of Craig Wadsworth, second secretary of the embassy, with Mrs. Holman, mother of Evelyn Thaw, during her London visit in 1903. Mrs. Holman was left without funds while Thaw and Evelyn went on a tour of Europe and Wadsworth assisted Mrs. Holman, who applied to the American Society at London. They offered her second class passage to New York, but she refued this, saying she wanted first class passage. Wadsworth cabled Mr. Nesbit's fiance, Holman, who replied: “Do all possible for Mrs. Ne®bit.” Later she sailed to America and Wadsworth's connection with the matter ended. This statement was made to clear Wadsworth.

WOMEN BRUTALLY ASSAULTED Held Prisoners in Vacant House by Six Men. St. Louis, March 11—Almost oil the verge of collapse, Mrs. Tina Schwer, aged twenty-five, and Mrs. William Mulhauser, aged thirty, both living at 1010 South Eighth street, staggered into the fourth district police station this morning and told how they had been held prisoners in a vacant house, near Seventh street and Franklin avenue, by six men who repeatedly assaulted them and held them prisoners from 12:30 until six o'clock this morning, When they managed to escape. STRANGE PACKAGE Package of Money Reached the U. S. Treasury UNCLE SAM WANTS DOCTORS Refused Offer of Red Cross Society —lndiana Increases Her Rural Routes. Washington, March 11. —The redemption division of the treasury department has received from an Evansville bank, the name of which it will not divulge, a large package of money that appears to have been burled in the earth for many years, with a request that the bill be redeemed. No explanation accompanied the shipment. In the package are more than one hundred separate notes divided into small rolls. The bills have rotted until the paper has become almost a solid mass, which resembles plug tobacco. Miss Brown, the expert on mutilated money, has already identified enough of the money to insure the owner about 12,000 in new bills. Washington, March 11. —The war department offers an opportunity for young physicians in Indiana and elsewhere to enter the service of the government It is preparing to hold two competitive examinations for the appointment of young physicians as assistant surgeons in the army. There are now twenty-five vacancies in the grade of assistant surgeon and it is hoped that a large number of these will be filled as the result of the examinations which will be held on April 29 and July 29 at various points in the United States. Washington, March 11. —Ernest P. Bicknell, formerly an Indianapolis newspaper man, and now secretary of the associated charities in Chicago, has received an offer to become the executive officer of the National Red Cross Society, with headquarters in this city with a salary of $6,000 a year. He declined the offer, preferring to continue in his present work at Chicago. Washington, March 11. —According to a March 1 report of the rural delivery section of the Post-office department, Indiana had on the Ist of March 2,130 rural routes in operation. This was an increase of twenty-five routes since June 30, 1906, the end of last fiscal year. There are still twen-ty-seven petitions standing in the state. o LOCATES AT GRANITE CITY, MO. George McKean Will Open a Picture Show. George E. McKean and Harry Fowler have gone to Granite City, Mo., near St. Louis, where they will start a moving picture show this week. Granite City is a hustling city of 10,000 inhabitants without an opera house or any other amusement place, and the boys expect to do a big business. Mr. Fowler is an experienced picture man and was connected with the show here for several months. Mr. McKean will move his family to Granite City as soon as school is out. Architect Christen has completed his plans for the proposed improvement of the St. Joseph schools and Sisters' home, and they are' now in the bands of the committee for their approval 4

OUR NEW PRESS Daily Democrat Installs a Whitlock A MODERN PRINTING PRESS Also Move Press Room Into a New Addition—Will Print Seven Column Paper. The Daily Democrat goes to its readers today for the first time in its history, a seven column paper, and printed from a brand new Whitlock high-speed press, just Installed. Few people realize the expense of such an additon to a printing office, but such a machine in this modern age of invention is a necessity. The Daily Democrat is but four years old, but they have been years of progress. During that time a Simplex type-set-ting machine has been purchased, later supplanted by a double-deck linotype, a folding machine, new type, and a hundred other articles of equipment have been added, besides this new press. At this time we are also moving our press room into a new addition just completed by Contractor W. H. Meyer, who did his work nicely. You are Invited to call and inspect our newly arranged quarters. We have always given our best efforts to furnish a bright, accurate and up-to-date dally paper, but now our efforts will be renewed and we expect to print the neatest paper in any city of our size in Indiana. Our new press will permit us to get out our paper each evening on good time and we hope in every way to please every subscriber and satisfy every advertiser. Our circulation now rubs closely the 3,000 mark and covers Adams county complete. Read the Dally Democrat if you want the news. The completion of our new press room and the installation of the new machinery has been in charge of Linn & Patten, who certainly know every detail of their business. o A PRIMARY LAW Only Effects Four Counties m the State THE DITCH CLEANING LAW Senator Wood Flays His Life Long Friend, Governor Hanly—House Democrats Caucus. The house yesterday afternoon, by a strict party vote, 51 ayes and 42 noes, passed the amended Roemler primary election bill, which is now ready for the governor’s action. It is compulsory only in Marion, Vanderburgh, Wayne and Vigo counties, and retains the convention system for state and national officers. The Kelley bill, regarding the cleaning of ditches, which will soon become a law, repeals section 10 of the ditch law of 1905, the section providing for the repair of ditches, and the one that created so much dissatisfaction over the state. Under the contract feature of the bill, the surveyor determines the amount of work to be done, and the trustee attends to the selling and receiving of the work. An opportunity is given each land owner to do the work alloted to him. The surveyor's fees are limited. It was a dramatic scene in -the senate Saturday afternoon, when Senator Wood, a former law partner and life long friend of Governor Hanly flayed the governor with sarcasm and without mercy. - He charged the governor with duplicity. That afternoon three bills were passed Over the govenor's veto. The house adjourned Saturday »r two o’clock until this morning, when the Farber insurance bill came up for passage over the governor's veto. Saturday and Sunday the Democrats caucused v ,tb a view of voting to sustain the F.evertr-r.

CONTRACT GIVEN SATURDAY A New School House for Monroe Township. A contract was let Saturday for a school house in district three, Monroe township. The bids as submitted were Berne Lumber Co., $3,396; C. E. Stauffer, $3,498; A. Neuenschwander, $3,505.75; Liddy & Lehman, $3,580. and George Brewster, $3,685. The Berne Lumber Co. was the lowest bidder and was given the contract. The school house will be built of brick, and will be a handsome addition to tbe school interests of Monroe township. o— COURT HOUSE NEWS Bob Hammond Pleads not Guilty NOTE SUIT WAS TRIED TODAY Case Against Harvey Sprague—Suit Filed to Set Aside Fradulent Marriage. Robert Hammond, the pipe liner, arrested Friday night, charged with stealing a team of horses hitched on First street, in this city and tbe property of Jacob Weidler, was arraigned before Judge Erwin this morning and plead not guilty. He still claims that some one hired him to drive the team to Bluffton, but don't know who it was. He says he was drinking. Ludlow L. Sheiine vs. Frank Trim, suit on note, defendant ruled to answer absolute within five days. Peter Smith vs. Odessa M. Smith, divorce, default of defendant, rule against prosecuting attorney to answer. George A. Bohrer Brewing company vs. Harry Cordua et al., suit on bond, demand $650, amended answer filed by defendant Roop and separate answer by defendant Andrews. Godfrey Christen and C. D. Teeple, appraisers appointed to re-assess the E. Fritzinger property on the North Second street improvement, qualified this morning, Erwin refusing to nerve. Old Adams County Bank vs. William E. Smith and Harvey Sprague, suit a note given by Smith to Loch, Dirkson & Co., for a buggy and secured by Sprague, demand $l5O, was heard today before Judge Erwin. A. P. Beatty, D. B. Erwin and Merryman & Sutton appeared for the plaintiff and Peterson & Moran for the defendants. Some interesting questions come up in the case. L. C. DeVoss is attorney for Adam Diehl, who has filed suit against Emma Diehl to annul a fraudulent marriage. The complaint says that the Diehls weve married December 13th last and lived togsthar until February 17. The defendant was formerly Miss Emma Loser and seemed determined to marry Diehl and during last December filed a paternity suit against him, before Squire Smith. Diehl married her to settle the case and soon afterward discovered that the girl had misrepresented her condition and was not to become a mother, whereupon he filed this case to annul the marriage. o ■ LOUISVILLE IN HANDS OF MOB All Service Suspended on the Street Railways. Louisville, Ky., March 11.—The street railway company suspended all service today, declaring the city in the hands of a mob. The company will put Pinkerton detectives on all cars tomorrow. The first violence of the strike of the street car men began today, but there was nothing of importance done. ■ ■ o Lofia, Bugaria, March 11. —While walking In his: garden, M. Mltkoff, the Bulgarian prime minister was assassinated by unknown men today and M. Guadernioff, minister of commerce, may die as a result of the effort of the assassins to kill him

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THE HOTTEST EVER Todey’s Session of the Legislature REPUBLICANS IN NINE HOLE Forced to Pass a Number of the Democrats’ Bills—Goodrich Interferes But is Turned Down. INDIANAPOLIS, March 11-—Repre-sentative McCullough announced at 3 o'clock this afternoon that the 47 Democrats and 15 Republicans will vote against the appropriation bill also unless the Republicans suspend the rules and pass the police bill. This would tie up business of the state entirely. e INDIANAPOLIS, MA S 11— Four Republicans refused to\ er the conference and at two o’clock the conference adjourned, having disagreed. The majority party was hopelessly split on the insurance question. Goodrich cracked his heels and tried to whip an agreement to the Farber bill, thereby splitting With Hanly, but his efforts were hopeless. He tried to concede to the Democrats the Metropolitan police bill and this may be successful yet. .Goodrich said that he believed the Republicans were hopelessly lost in this state at the next election if the Metropolitan police bill and the insurance bill are not passed. Indianapolis, March 11.—Crawford Fairbanks, Joe Bell an* Charles Peckinbaugh made affidavits thia afternoon for the benefit of Representatives Fitch and Joyca that Garrett Driscoll of Muncie tried to collect SIOOO from them because he wanted to pay Fitch and Joyce $250 each for their votes on the high license bill. Failing he aked for SSOO that he might pay Joyce and Fitch what he said he had promised. These affidavits were made to support a statement that Driscoll, who Beveridge is nominating for postmaster at Muncie, tried to collect bribes from the brewera for the alleged control of representatives who voted to\_ kill the high license MIL Indianapolis, March 11.—Jim Goodrich, Republican state chairman, came down today and the insurance plot immediately thickened before he had been is town an hour. The house Was crowded when the session opened, every body expecting some sensation. Somebody called up Farber’s bill and moved to pass it over the governor’s veto. It was first necessary to read the bill and while this reading was going on, Republican friends of the measure got busy. They made dickers with the Democrats, that if the anti-Hanly Republicans help the Democrats pass their favorite laws over the governor’s veto then. the Democrats with forty-seven votes should help the anti-Hanly Republicans pass the Farber bill. This deal was made. The first bill the Democrats wanted passed was Sweeney’s Tell City ratlwav bill. requMn'r all trains to stop in Tell City. One after another bill was passed by the Democrats and anti-Hanly Republicans, including the celebrated Logansport sewer bill, but the tsaln hope of the Democrats was to have the rules suspended and pass the Metropolitan police bill over the governor’s veto. Just before the session opened this afternoon it looked as if this will be j done, then the Democrats will vote for J the Farber insurance bill. In the f meanwhile the Hanly Republicans got < busy, called up the Farber bill and* compelled a vote to be taken, which# failed by a vote of 68 to 21. Thff Hanly Republicans then tried iff clinch it by moving to reconsider ag then lay the motion on the tajff but of course the Democrats vog solidly with the anti-Hanly Reuw cans killed this motion by a 70 to 24. This leaves the open for consideration this aftemoj or tonight. During the morntag < Goodrich arrived and he told tljff ,( publicans to have a conference fifteen o'clock today.Xrfe tUd^BJ a. caucus, because he knew jiff Hanly men wouldn’t come. ff body said that Goodrich g < the Republicans must pass tl^ff r Jff < bill or have no hope in the ff ’ ■ tion. That this is what • Republicans in the (Continued on page® g