Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume V. Number 64

ARE NO FLIES ON LOT SALE Over Thirty Names in the Pledge Column Today

INTEREST GROWING Decatur is Showing Unparalelled Enthusiasm ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOT SALE The Sale Will Likely be Held in the Court Room —Business Houses Asked to Close. ************** * The ministry of Decatur is rep- * * resented in the Factory Fund en- * * terprise. Rev. H. Theo. Wilken * * and Rev. George Augmeier, both * * of the St. Mary's parish, signed ♦ * the pledge yesterday. The latter * * purchased a lot some years ago, * * in a similar contest where he was * * located, and afterwards sold it for * * twice the money paid originally. * * This is the usual story. * ************** The sale of lots by the pledge and ribbon route, is going merrily on, the list today exceeding that of yesterday, when twenty-nine were turned in. The contest gets better as it grows older. The people are just beginning to grasp the magnitude and the benefit to be derived from locating a factory here that brings more people and more business. They are just beginning to realize that Decatur can, if she will, do something great. The people are responding nobly. We can not resist again congratulating our loyal and progresisve people. This little contest as brought to light more evidence that Decatur is chuck full of progressiveness than anything ever attempted. They are all working too. This is what counts. The Pledge i Committee is beating the bushes with force and good results, names are | coming in and pledges are being signed, and from everywhere comes enI couragement and good cheer. Arrangements for the lot sale will soon begin. It will likely be held in the court room, and every business house in the city will be asked to close for an afternoon and to help in the sale. It is proposed to make ■ this a big day in Decatur, and arrangements to that effect will go forward without delay. In the meantime the sale of lots on paper will continue, and if you have been missed, get a pledge and sign it and a badge and wear it. Name* Added Today. Dore B. Erwin. J. Kline. William Geary. Sam Butler. C. O. France. J. P. Haefling. Will Berling. Warren Reed. D. M. Hensley. George Maqsona. E. E. Snow. J. F. Cramer. Jacob Schafer. J. D. Meyer. J. M. Lenhart. Simeon J. Hain. Thomas J. Durkin. A. C. Foos. Charles H. Tyrrill. Anna E. Winnes. J. Winfield Maddy. John D. Hale. Fred Scheimann. Northern Indiana Real Estate Co. Decatur Lumber Co. Isaac Babcock. John D. Stults. Charles Pennington. W. G. Spencer. Decatur Abstract Co. A. Van Camp. J. H. Heller. Roll of Honor. Rev. George Augmeier. N. C. Anderson, R. R. Ashbaucher, W. J. Archbold, Dr. Roy Archbold, A. D. Artman, D. W. Beery, Jeff Bryson, John Bogner.

J. Earl Butler. L. L. Baumgartner, John Baker. Abraham Boegley. Dr. D. D. Clark, H. F. Callow, Earl G. Coverdale, T. C. Corbett, J. R. Coffee. Raymond Christen. U. E. Cramer. J. D. Dailey, Huber M. DeVoss. C. A. Dugan, W. R. Dorwin. L. G. Ellingham, .. E. X. Ehinger, Thomas F. Ehinger, R. K. Erwin, Daniel N. Ervin. W. H. Fledderjohann, John M. Frisinger. M. A. Frisinger. J. S. Falk. 7 H. A. Fuhrman, E. Fritzinger, E. F. Gass, John H. Graber, David Gerber, J. L. Gay. L. N. Grandstaff. L. C. Helm. Warren A. Hamrick. ' Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Wesley E. Hoffman. C. J. Heideman. J. B. Holthouse, P. J. Hyland, Arthur Hall, O. L. Kirsch, M. Kirsch, Isadore Kalver, W. C. Kauffman, Marcella Kuebler, B. Kalver, Kuebler, Moltz Co., Kirsch & Sellemeyer, E. H. Leßrun, H. F. Linn, J. F. Lachot, S. J. Laman. , Herbert S. Lachot, C. D. Lewton, Clark J. Lutz, Thomas Leonard, J. T. Meyers, F. V. Mills, Frank Mills, J. T. Merryman, J. B. Melbers, Dr. Burt Mangold, Eli Meyer, P. L. Macklin, Marcus Mayer, Nick Miller. Oliver P. Mills. C. D. Murray. John Moser, Mann & Christen, C. S. Niblick, Dan Niblick, John Niblick, Dick Neptune, Dr. J. Q. Neptune. Charles Patton, Cal Peterson, T. M. Reid, James M. Rice, Charles Rinehart, G. W. Roop, C. Radamachqr, Eugene Runyon. F. M. Schirmeyer, W. P. Schrock, D. Schmidt, Frank Snellen. B. J. Smith, Frank Stone, Schafer Hardware Co., John Spuller, D. E. Studabaker. Eli Sprunger. C. E. Suttles. S. E. Shamp, John Staker, Chas. F. Smith, Adam Schafer. Smith Bros., . Faye Smith. Jesse C. Sutton, Charles F. True. Lawrence Voglewede, Charlie Voglewede, Elzey & Vance, Dan R. Vail. W. H. Ward, Thomas W. Watts. Martin Weiland, Roy Wolford. Rev. H. Theo. Wilken. L. C. Waring. J. H. Yager, H. J. Yager. Charles B. Yobst,

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening March 15, 1907.

JOE HOWER LOST HIS TEMPER And Created a Scene at the Mission La ß t Night. Amid a stormy session at the Mission last night, in which many of the converts were giving vent to their happy feelings, one Joseph Hower was struck by several paper balls thrown by some of the small boys. This greatly enraged Mr. Hower and in an Instant he was on the outside handing some straight talk to the guilty parties that it would seem no sane man would swallow, but nary a man, large or £mall, mustered up enough nerve to undertake to fulfill the contract that the enraged Mr. Hower was trying to let. At las. a peacemaker appeared on the scene and succeeded in ebbing the tide and the boys will remain uninjured at least for a short time. _o IS SENT TO PRISON Louis Freang Sent up for s Grand Larceny i PLEAD GUILTY AT HAMMOND Burglarized a Store Last January— Three Boys Sentenced at Same Time—Freang Has Family. Among the first cases to be disposed of in the superior court today were those of Lewis Freang and the three Chicago young men who robbed L. Levey's tailor shop one night during the latter part of January. Each of the four men pleaded guilty, Freang to grand larceny, and the trio consisting of Jos. Hall, Frank Storts and Ed Mahoney to robbery and were given indeterminate sentences of from two to fourteen years in the state reformatory at Jeffersonville. They were also disfranchised for ten years and were given an additonal fine of $lO to pay the court costs. Freang is a notorious character and a wife deserter, having left a wife and child in Decatur, Ind. Before pronouncing the sentence upon the three young men from Chicago the judge lectured them saying he knew he was giving them a rather severe sentence but that he had learned through past experiences that the court’s leniency is generally abused and that by giving them the severe sentence he hoped to cure two of the prisoners of the cocaine habit, while the third one really had something coming as he had already served time in the bridewell in Chicago. Whatever caused their delight at the sentence is not known but it was noticed that when they were taken back to the jail they danced and jigged and jollied each other as though they were going to a picnic.—Hammond Herald. Freang's wife lives here and was preparing to bring new proceedings against her husband for desertion. She will probably secure a divorce. o EXEMPTION BILL WAS VETOED Governor Hanly Say* There Mutt be a Limit Somewhere. The mortgage exemption bill raising the exemption from S7OO to $1,200 fell under the axe of executive disapproval along with fifteen other bills. This bill, which had for its object the raising of the exemption from S7OO to SI2OO fell because it has led to widespread abuse throughout the state. Under the provisions of this bill, says the governor the amount of exempted property in the state would be increaed from $48,000,000 to $83,000,000. In vetoing this bill the governor said: “The statute has led to widespread abuse throughout the state. Many ficticious mortgages have been executed and placed on record for the purpose of securing this exemption—mortgages from husband to wife, wife to huband, father to son, son to father, have been frequent. These facts are similar to taxing officers of the state, especially to members of the state board of tax commisioners. If the present bill were to become a law it would but Increase the temptation In this behalf. A limit to mortgage v exemption must be reached somewhere, unless the general assembly intends to provide for the exemption of the mortgage indebtedness of the citizens of the state, whatever its magnitude.

AN INVESTIGATION The Harvester Trust to be Closely Scrutinized MANIPULATING STOCK MARKET Senator Beveridge to Addre** American Academy of Political and Social Science. Wasington, March 15. —The department of commerce and labor has begun the investigation of the harvester trust, authorized by Congress last December. It is alleged that the trust, which does business under the name of the International Harveter company has killed competition in the sale of harvester machinery. Just now the department is trying to ascertain whether there is healthy competition among local dealers in farm machinery, and whether the quality of the machinery now marketed is on the average as good as in former years. Special agents have been sent to various sections of the country to gather information. If the department finds that the International Harvester company and allied concerns are in the combination to shut out competition and regulate the prices the department of justice will be asked to bring suit to dissolve the alleged trust. Washington, March 15. —The deepdown belief in Washington is that the railroad managers are deliberately manipulating the stock market with the hope of forcing the president to yield to the railroads. No one in authority will make such a serious charge as this and yet it is current talk in official circles. The fact that railroad market values are melting away at this particular time when the presidents of the great railroad systems are arranging to call on the president to tell him that if he does not do something to allay public feeling a panic will result is regarded as a suspicious circumstance. Washington, March 15. —On April 12 Senator Beveridge will address the American Academy of Political and Social Science at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. He has been invited to deliver the annual address for the last four years, and this is the first time he has found it possible to accept. His subject will be “Development of Colonial Policy of Americans.” o THEY MAY NEVER GET IT Frankfort Citizens Have Put Up a Check for the Clover Leaf. There is a certified check in the hands of the county auditor for SSOO that may remain there for some time, notwithstanding the fact that a demand has been made for its return. At the time the election was ordered for the voting of the subsidy to the Clover Leaf for the improvement of the company’s shops at this point it was necessary that the expenses of the election be guaranteed by some one, inasmuch as there was no appropriation available out of which the necessary funds could be taken. Parties here in the city accordingly placed a certified check upon the Farmers’ Bank for SSOO in the hands of the auditor and the election was held and carried. The law provides that in such cases where the election carries" that the party benefited by the election shall pay the expenses, so that in the end the cost of the election will be paid by the Clover Leaf. The parties that gave the check made a demand upon the auditor for its return but the demand was refused as the Clover Leaf company had not paid the expense of the election. It is quite likely that the company will wait until the tax is placed upon the tax duplicate, the money collected and paid over to them before they pay the expenses so that from all indications the certified check is doomed to remain in the hands of the auditor for a long time to come. — Frankfort Crescent. o NOTICE, EAGLES! The F. O. E. Aerie No. 1570 will meet this evening at 7:30, sharp, at their home, at corner of Monroe and Second streets. All members are urged to be present. D. D. COFFEE, W. P.

BAPTIST PRAYER MEETING HELD Easter Chorus Meats Tonight for First Practice. A very interesting Wednesday evening prayer meeting was held by the Baptists at the home of Mrs. Miller. The day was dark and cold and dreary yet a few gathered in His name and received a blessing. Next Wednesday evening we expect to meet at the home of Mrs. Winnes and extend an invitation to all interested to meet with us. If yop are not interested come and get Interested. Tonight, at the church, the Easter Chorus will meet for the purpose of looking over Easter music. We want the young people of our city, who are at liberty, to meet with us tonight. Let every Baptist, who can sing, be present. If you can’t sing, come and learn. Regular services will be held at the church Sunday. o WEIGHING MAILS Unde Sam Looking After Railroad Contracts WEIGHED EVERY FOUR YEARS Indiana in the First Territory Where the Mails are Now Being Weighed. The weighing of mails—an interesting quadrennial proceeding—is now in progress in the third contract section of the United States, of which Indiana is a part. The task begun on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 12:01 o’clock, and it will continue for fifteen weeks or 105 days. This weighing process takes place every four years and upon the information acquired by it is fixed the compensation which the government shall pay the railroads for carrying the malls. This compensation is based on the amount of mail actually carried, and in order to ascertain the amount many men are employed through civil service channels and are paid $3 a day. Not until the civil service lists are exhausted are congressmen permitted to recommend weighers. The third section, where the weighers are now doing their work, comprises the area lying between the Ohio river and the Canadian line and the Missouri river and Buffalo. It includes the states of Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Missouri. About 700 weighers are employed and it is their duty to weigh every letter, package and paper carried from initial to terminal points. Each train carries spring balance scales for weighing the smaller packages and warehouse scales for heavier packages. One day last week nearly forty-five tons of mail or 89,000 pounds, was handled by the weighers on one train in the third section. —— oPURCHASES A PALACE COACH Fashion Stables Own an Up-to-Date i Outfit. i Louis A. Holthouse has In his pos- : session at the Fashion Stables one of i the prettiest and up-to-date coaches i that has ever been seen in our city and something that cannot be dupli- , cated in the state. The outfit is known as a Palace coach and is used exclu- i sively for weddings, parties and funerals. It has three seats and is trimmed in black satin, with a satin tufted top, being rubber tired with nickle- i plate trimmings. The inside is fitted i with several electric buttons which j are used to attract the attention of ] the driver. The rig was built accord- i Ing to the instructions of Mr. Holt- | house at Detroit, Mich., and is some- < thing out of the ordinary as nothing < like it had ever been constructed in i Detroit. The rig is a beauty and j speaks volumes for the progressive- i ness of Mr. Holthouse, who is en- t deavorlng to give the people of De- s catur attractive turnouts. It would 1 pay you to stop and take a look at t the rig. ] o , WARSHIP ON THE OHIO RIVER ( I Washington, March 15. —For the 1 first time in American history a war- 1 ship flying the colors of the United e States will ascend the Ohio River to Evansville, Ind. Senator Hemenway j has received the president’s promise i for a naval demonstration. The gun- t boat Wasp was selected for the serv- 1 ice. 1

COURT HOUSE NEWS Three New Cases Were Filed Today TWO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES A Quiet Title Suit—Smith Divorce Case Sei For Trial—Other Legal Matter*. Attorneys Peterson & Moran represent David D. and Mary Clark, John and Rose Baker, who are plaintiffs in a quiet title suit filed against Emily and Joseph Johnson, complaint on notes and foreclosure of mortgage, demand S2OO. The complaint consists of six paragraphs. The Berne Lumber Company has filed suit against Elizabeth and Adam Cully and Hiram Kraner, to foreclose a mortgage, demand $350. Merryman & Sutton are attc for plaintiff. Another new case filed is that of William L. Keller vs. John Higgins and others, suit to quiet title. The case was filed by Schurger & Smith, attorneys. Peter Smith vs. Odessa M. Smith, divorce, set for trial Thursday, March 21. Frank R. Hill vs. Elias S. Liby et al., suit on. note, demand S2OO, separate demurrer filed by each defendant. George M. Beard vs. Eli Meyer et al., false imprisonment, separate demurrer filed by defendant Green. James E. Moser vq, Harry Cordua, appraisement filed, proof of posting and publication of notice of sale filed. Elizabeth Kern vs. Chicago & Erie Railway qompany, damages $1,500, change of venue granted to Allen Circuit court. o WILL MAKE AN EXPLORING TRIP E. D. Moffett Wil! Journey into Hud son Bay Country. E. D. Moffett, the attorney and expostmaster, is now mapping out a trip up into the Hudson Bay country some time this spring. One or two other Hartford City lovers of adventure are figuring on accompanying him on the trip. They will go prepared for a long camping out expedition and will pay some attention to the geology of the country while they are killing large and small game and landing all the fish they want. Mr. Moffett has made geology a study and especially the mineral branch of the subject. He will look for nuggets along the route and if he should be lucky enough to discover something that promises good returns by developing he will upon his return to Hartford City or ganlze a company and go into the mining business. There are unexplored regions in that part of the country, or parts of the vast domain that have been so little traversed by the white man that it is virtually undiscovered as far as the study of the resources is concerned. —Hartford City News. o A MAIL CARIRER IS LAID OUT South Bound Interurban Collide* With Buggy Near Bluffton. Thinking to cross the interurban tracks at the crossing three miles north of this city before an approaching southbound car this noon, William McAfee, mail carrier on rural route number five, failed to properly guage the speed of the car and the rear end of his wagon was struck and the outfit deposited in the side ditch. The mo torman of the car divined the driver’s intention and a collision being unpreventable, applied the brake and at the time the wagon was hit, was moving slowly, coming to a stop a few feet i farther on, the crew going to McAfee’s assistance. Other than a few bruises 1 he was found to be unhurt but his i wagon was for the time put out of ] commission, both shafts being broken < past mending. McAfee had retained 1 his hold on the lines and although the 1 horse was frightened it did not break < away. : After righting affairs as best I possible the car came on to this city, while McAfee went on the hunt of a farmer with a buggy to loan so that he could resume the delivery of his. mall. —Bluffton Banner.

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LITTLE HELEN MEYERS IS DEAD Remains Arrive From Columbus at Noon Today. Little Helen Meyers, the eighteen-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyers, died at their home at Columbus, 0., at six o’clock last evening, after an illness of three weeks from a stomach ailment. The remains arrived in this city over the C. & E. at 12:58 today and were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baumgartner, 260 First street The funeral party consisted of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers, and Mrs. W. A. Hutchinson. Mrs. Meyers was formerly Miss Emma Jackson. Baby Helen was a bright and beautiful child and her death has caused sadness and sorrow. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. THE USUAL CROWD They Attended the Horse Sale Here Today THE BIDDING WAS SPIRITED Many Buyers From Many States Were on Hands and the Sale Moved Briskly. Two hundred horses, the finest flesh in all these United Colonies, found new and happy homes at the regular semi-monthly sale of the Decatur Horse Sale Cmpany, held today at Boch & Rice's barn on First street. Col. Reppert was on hands, feeling fine and with a tongue that ran like a watch and a voice that could be heard forty city blocks. The genial Dan Beery, the best horseman between the Atlantic pacific, was in charge and assisted by Boch, Rice and others kept the sale moving along in an interesting way. There were a number of strange faces among the buyers and two dozen states were represented. The crowd was as large as usual and the bidding started off briskly. Horses sold from SIOO up, each being fully described before a bid was taken and sold as described. These sales are conducted honorably and in a strictly business way and the promoters are entitled to the success with which they are meeting. —o DIRECT FROM EUROPE TO BERNE Came Herr Klein, a German Traveling Man. It is not very often that traveling men from Europe come to Berne to sell goods, but such was the case last Tuesday, and, of course, it was the Book Store that drew the German drummer to this place. It was Herr A. Klein of the firm of Bischof & Klein, of Lengerich, Westphaien, Germany, who landed at New York, three weeks ago, and visits only large places like New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Berne, Columbus and the like, to sell Germon lithographed goods like art calendars, scripture emblems, chromo text cards, souvenir postals, etc. Herr Klein does not speak a word of English, but gets along very well in his travels. This is second trip to this country, but the first stop-off at Berne. He said it paid him well to come here as he sold a big bill of goods to the Book Store. —Berne Witness. o MEETINGS STILL IN PROGRESS The Micsion Meetings Still Hold the interest of the Public. Meetings are still in progress at the City Mission. Last night four preciou souls fell at the altar and were gloriouly saved. Many are under conviction. A more wonderful outbreak of souls than ever before is looked for. People remain at the Mission Hall until one o’clock in the morning leaping and shouting and praising God. Rev. Williams of Georgeville, 0., will preach at the Mission tonight and will be with us for some time yet. He is a man wonderfully filled with the Holy Ghost, and all who wish to enjoy a sermon from the skies should hear Brother Williams. He has led hundreds *o the feet of Jesus, through his preaching. Meeting at 7:30. Sundays, at .2:30 and 7:30. All are invited to atI tend.