Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

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JELLING WORKERS Vof New Club Just Organized | k. OF C ENTERTAIN FRIENDS I HBM I Over a Hundred in Attendance at One I of the Most Enjoyable Events I Ever Given Here. | The “Willing Workers" is the apI propriate name which was decided I upon by the young girls of class three I of the Christian Sunday school for I their club name, when they held their I first meeting at their teacher’s home, I Miss Merle Burdg. on Mercer avenue, I yesterday afternoon from two until five. The club is organized of a crowd of girls who are willing to help and do what they can. At the next meeting further arrangements will be made and announced. With thirty tables conveniently arranged in the card rooms, and a party of tour at each small table, playing progressive pedro was the scene of gayety last evening at eight o'clock until after ten o’clock at the K. of C.'s club rooms, where the members entertained their lady friends. Eight games were played and Miss Anna Miller led the ladies in having the highest score, Miss Miller was the recipient! of a beautiful handpainted vas>Frank Wemhoff proved the winner among the men, and was awarded an elegant K. of C. badge. Immediately following the close of tills amusement came one which young and old enjoyed, that was the dancing, which opened with a slow waltz and ended with Home Sweet Home. The young people danced until a wee hour of morn. Jpvery moment being enjoyed to the fullest extent. Ladle Aid Society of the Christian church will be delightfully ennffUdned at the home of Mrs. Harvey ■sKof Monroe street on Friday afterA special program is being preUw! and several other main features will prove pleasant. ; No ice to Ben Hurs —Each member iof «e degree staff is requested to be tomorrow evening to prepare on June 21st. L. L. ■MBigartner. Chief. H. o of persons who heard the of J. H. Walters at the M. E. Kb Sunday afternoon, under the of Chas. A. Knott lodge, K. say it was by all odds,the most address or sermon heard in B’ißhire in half a dozen years.— Herald.

■ARD OF REVIEW ley Continue in a Very Busy Session ■ rages PERSONAL PROPERTY Root, Preble and Kirkland ■—One Marriage License Was ", Issued. board o< review have comthe averages of the appraiseon personal property in I nion, ■ . Preble and Kirkland townships, the figures are: Implements, household goods, $35.60; wag-

I and vehicles, $26; horses, $76, e, $16.30; hogs, $3.30; sheep. 1 Root township: Implements, household goods. S3O; wagons, horses, ’69; cattle, ’l2; sheep. I; hogs, $3.25. Preble: Implewagons, $15.50; horses. $67; catsl4.oo; sheep, $3.50; hogs, $3.41. Hand: Implements, $37.94; houseI goods, $28.75; wagons, $11.32; les, $70.38; cattle, $15.27; hogs. Today the board is hearing oblons from Kirkland township and raging personal property in Washton and St. Marys. Henry Wafel i others were before the board yesjay discussing the Preble townP assessments, but made no objec- | marriage license was issued to ka Chandler and Mattle D. Chris-

THE CONTROL OF HOG CHOLERA Purdue University Sends Out a Bulletin. Scattered outbreaks of hog cholera are present in many sections of the country. These outbreaks, and infected yards as well, are the centers from which the disease spreads. Another important factor In perpetuating the disease from year to year, is the feeding of infectious material to hogs in order to immunize them. Such methods of immunization cause a light form of the disease; the germs become scattered about the yards and the health of neighboring herds is endangered. In neighborhoods where outbreaks of hog cholera occur, stockmen should practice such precautions as are necessary against the spread of the disease. This control work should not be left, to the owner of the deceased herd. When this disease occurs on a farm, the herd should be quarantined and all possible precautions taken against the spread of the infection to neighboring herds. The diseased animals should not be scattered over the farm, or allowed to run in yards that border on streams, and hogs that have a chronic form of the diseasb must be prevented from straying away or mixing with neighboring herds. Other farm animals should not be allowed to run through infected yards, or litter allowed to accumulate in the yards. The liog houses, feeding floors, etc., should be cleaned daily and disinfected. The most convenient and practical disinfectants to use are the tar disinfectants or stock dips. These may be used In from two to four per cent water solutions. The final cleaning up of the premises mus tbe thorough. All litter should be burned, or placed where other animals cannot come in contact with it. The dead hogs should be burned. The Veterinary Department has been experimenting with a hog cholera vaccine during the past year. The vaccine used was prepared from the tissues of rabbits that died from inoculation with blood of a cholera hog. The results of this method of conferring immunity have been satisfactory, and the vaccine will be tested in the field the coming season.

THE NATION’S FLAG Its Birth to be Observed To-morrow WHAT THE DAY STANDS FOR Is a Hundred and Thirty Years Old and Floats Over Ninety Million People. Tomorrow will the the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of the birth of the flag of the United States. The flag was designed for a naxion of thirteen colonies, stretched like a belt along the Atlantic coast, made up of less than three million of people without common traditions or language; drawn together only by common danger from savages within and oppression without which threatened their existence and liberties. The flag now waves over a great nation extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the lakes; from the Atlantic to beyond the Pacific ocean; and inhabited by nearly ninety millions of people, who speak a common language.

Our flag is now, in form, the oldest flag of civilized nations. The resolution by congress for the adoption of the stars and stripes on June 14, 1777, was as follows: ‘Resolved that the flag of the United tSates be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” The design of this flag is credited to George Washington, and in part was taken from his family coat of arms. Such is the origin of a flag dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal.” Let us honor the natal day of our national flag—displaying it from our public buildings, schools, business houses, and homes in recognition of this memorial day. Such recognition will nourish the greatness of our nation, inculcate noble citizenship, the principles of civil liberty and be an object lesson to the new generations ;that have come upon the stage since the civil war.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, June 13, 1907.

ENGINE RAN AWAY Causing Some Damage for the Interurban OICURRED AT THE GRAVEL PIT Locomotive Dashed into Four Sand Cars—Luckily no One Was Injured. The engine used to haul gravel for the ballasting of the interurban track bed, became uncontrollable yesterday morning and ran down the incline at the gravel pit at a rapid rate, demolishing both ends of the tender and damaging the floor in the cab of the engine. Four cars had been loaded with gravel at the pit and the engine was being backed down to haul the gravel on the road, when it became unmanageable on account of the air refusing to work. The engine bumped into the car of gravel with terrific force, but neither engineer Sullivan nor fireman Peterson were injured. The other trainmen jumped before the crisis came. Workmen were put to work making necessary repairs to resume the balasting and it is thought that the work will move along nicely now. o ERIE TO RUN ONE EXCURSION Annual Trip to Niagara Falls—There May Be Only One. Traveling Passenger Agent O. L. Enos was in the city Monday, and announced that the Erie would run its annual excursion to Niagara Falls August 17. No other excursions at reduced rates have yet been considered and none are likely under the present operative conditions. It is possible that special trains may be operated on account of the big annual celebration at the Fairfield county fair, near Lancaster, Ohio, in September, and the Ohio-Indiana excursions may be handled by the Erie, but a rate of less than the regular two-cent fare will hardly be offered. No week-end excursions will be run to Chicago this year as the regular fare is but little in excess of the three-day limit rate of recent! years. Passenger business on the Erie maintains its own for this season of the year, and traffic in the resort districts is beginning to pick up with prospects of warmer weather.— Huntington Herald. Charles Case, of Cleveland. Ohio, who has been visiting friends here for some time, will return tomorrow and resume his duties as a machinist.

oWARRANTS ISSUED For the Arrest of Hold-up Suspects WHO ROBBED G. R. & I. AGENT Believed to be in Kokomo —Will Be Arrested Today and Brought to this City. That Detective William Stevens o£ of the Grand Rapids railroad has some clew to the men who robbed the depot some time ago is evidenced by the fact that a warrant was issued this morning by Mayor Coffee for the arrest of Harry Frim and Curtis Wll--of Kokomo, and was forwarded to that city today, where Detective Stevens will receive it and then proceed to capture his men. Detective Stevens since the robbery of the depot, has been searching diligently for a clew and is now confident that he has his men in a corner and that they cannot escape him. When arrested the men will be returned to this city, where they will have their hearing before Mayor Coffee and will undoubtedly be bound over to the circuit court. The robbery is still fresh in the minds of our readers, and is also fresh in the mind of Israel Stoneburner, the agent. Further developments in this sensational case will be published tomorrow. The holdup was one of the boldest ever perpetrated in this section of the state.

BASS FISHING WILL BE GOOD According to the Game Wardens of Northern Indiana. Fishermen and game wardens who are familiar with the lakes and rivers of northern Indiana say that the effects of the tardy spring season are to be seen beneath the waters, as well as in the vegetation in fields and woods. The game warden who patrols Winona lake says that the bass, which usually begin nesting in May, have only begun spawning, being about a month behind the usual time in this task. Lily pads and beds of water weeds, where the bass generally build their nests, have had their growth retarded by the lack of the warm rays of the spring sun, and the bass may now be seen rooting out the sand where the weeds are slowly growing. Where anglers have tried their luck in the last week the bass have declined to strike —another sign that the nesting season has begun. The fishermen say that this uncommon condition beneath the waters of northern Indiana means that the spawning season will run well into July, although usually it is over by the last day of June, and the bass are in humor to strike a live or artificial minnow. Indiana's toothsome pan fish, the blue gill and sunfish, are also showing the effects of the cold waters of the late spring. They are building their nests in shallow water, some of it a foot in depth, that they may catch the little warmth that has been coming from the sun. The summer oulook for bass fishing is regarded as unusually good. PLAY ThFIaME Decatur’s Amateurs Win From Portland MAKING IT THREE STRAIGHT Took Yesterday's Battle on Jay County Grounds—Are Touted as State High School Champions. The Decatur High School base ball team of this city certainly has an enviable record so far this season, and now bid fair of being called the champions of the state. The boys have played but three games,and have won these from the much heralded Portland Sluggers, who all of last season did not lose a game, and were called the champions by every paper in the state. With this reputation staring them in the face the local lads undaunted tackled them early in the season at home, and won by a score of five to three. Tuesday a return date was played at Portland and the locals again demonstrated their superiority over the Sluggers, defeating them by a score of six to three. The Portland boys, thinking they could defeat the locals, induced them to remain over Wednesday and they again locked horns with the result that the locals again won five to three, thus making the champions look cheap, and practically assuring Decatur the amateur championship of the state. Buffenbarger pitched both games, and did his work after the stlye of a veteran, and is touted as a comer. We congratulate the boys and wish them further success. The boys were treated nicely at Portland. o ANNUAL FIRESTONE REUNION Was Held at Wren—A Delightful Gathering. The home of Mrs. Rachel Brown in Wren was the scene of a delightful gathering. Thursday, June 6, the occasion being the 31st annual reunion of the Firestone family. It is an annual event of much import to the kinship of this large family, and yearly the gatherings increase in numbers and interest. From the time the guests began to arrive in the forenoon until dinner was announced a general good social time was indulged. The dinner was one of those elaborate affairs which have become a feature of family gatherings all over this land of plenty, and was participated in with vigor and joyousness by all present. The day was a most, pleasant one in every respect, the enjoyment of all being due in a great measure to the efforts and tact of the hostess, Mrs. Rachel Bowen, and her son, Frank. —Willshire Herald. o— Mrs. Mary Baumgartner went to Bluffton this morning, where she will visit friends for several days.

DYNAMITE CAPS Exploded Prematurely, Causing Injury TO SQUIRE JAMES KNAVEL His Hands Were Frightfully Lacerated—Accident Occurred Last Evening. James Knavel, a farmer of Root township, was very painfully if not seriously injured late yesterday afternoon, the result of a box of dynamite cartridges exploding, tearing the flesh away from all of the fingers and burning several small holes in his face and neck. Mr. Knavel had taken the box of cartridges to his work house to prepare the same so that they could be used the following day to blow stumps and in some mysterious manner unexplainable by him or any one else an explosion occurred, while he was leaning partly over the box and holding it with both his hands. The explosion ripped the box into a thousand pieces and tore the flesh on Mr. Knavel’s hands in a frightful manner. A small piece of shell penetrated his right cheek and another piece cut a small gash in his neck on the left side. His wife hurriedly hitched up to a rig and brought Mr. Knavel to this city and his injuries were dressed by Dr. D. D. Clark. Several of the fingers were badly mutilated, especially the thumb, but Mr. Knavel would not consent to having the same amputated. However, the full extent of his injuries will not be ascertained until he returns in a few days to have his hands dressed again, and the matter of amputation will then be finally decided upon. That he escaped instant death is a mystery to all. o SALOON KEEPER USES LABELS Business firms of Blackford county are taking warning by the arrest of persons in other places for violation of the pure food lays. At montpelier one saloonkeeper has labeled all his bottles in such a manner that no one seems to know what he means. He has had labels printed and pasted on his bottled wet goods which read as follows: “This bottle is sold for what it holds, not what it contains.” This distinction without a difference is more than the friends of the “mixologist" can decipher, but the saloon man says he has been advised to label his goods that way, and it will conform with the pure food law, and he has done it. ANEWORDER Issued From Governor Hanley’s Office CONCERNS DEATH OF ITALIANS County Clerk Must Notify the Royal Italian Consul at Denver, Colorado. County Clerk Gerber has received a communication from the office of Governor Hanly which calls attention to some international legislation. Representatives of Italy and the United States have agreed that where an Italian dies in this country or an American in Italy without any known heir or any provision for the disposition of his estate the consul or representative of the country of which the decendant was a native shall be notified. In the notice sent out from the governor's office it is stated that the Royal Italian Consul, Pasquale Corte of Denver, Colorado, is the proper party to notify in case of the death of an Italian in this state. The notice is general to all county clerks of the state and attention is called to the matter for the reason that many Italians are employed on public works in this state and their relatives have frequently made inquiries several months after men have died or have been killed. o Clayson Carroll returned this morning from a visit at Kenton, O .

AT THAT THERE ARE WORSE Boston Man’s Funny Dream on Tom Railing. Ed Bangs, a Boston sporting writer, gives the following story in his paper: “John I. Taylor, owner of the Boston Americans, tells a good story about a young player named Railing, whom he picked up in Decatur, Ind., and nook along to Little Rock, Ark., on the spring training trip. After the team had been working out for a week, Taylor could not see wherein Railing had displayed any sort of form that would stamp him as a ballplayer. He decided to release him. During the time he had been at Little Rock Railing held aloof from the other players and 'trained' by throwing a ball against one the posts of the grandstand and catching it on the rebound. This was his forte and he never once took the field and tried to stop a ball. Neither did he try to wield the ash. The funny part of it was that Taylor had a young pitcher named Killian who complaned of a sore arm and John I. instructed his trainer to work on the young man and get the arm in condition. The trainer labored four hours every day, but he worked on the wrong man. Instead of attending to Killian he had been rubbing Railing's arm. That was the last straw and Taylor told Railing that he was of no value to the club and informed him that he w’ould pay his transportation back home. “Why?” asked Railing, when Taylor told him to pack his belongings. “Because you have not done anything,” was the reply. “Well, what was I supposed to do?” was the next question that sent Taylor staggering into his corner. The Boston magnate did not attempt to explain further, but told Railing to prepare himself for the homeward trip. Just before leaving, Railing said: “Well, I don't want you to think that I have any hard feelings towards you.” And John faintly smiled.” IT COSTS MONEY To Operate the City of Decatur IS NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS This is the Total of Expenditures for Last Year—A Reduction Over Former Years. Those who are under the impression that it does not take much money to defray the expenses of the city during a year will probably be surprised to learn that the expenditure of this city during the past year has reached the enormous sum of nearly ninety thousand dollars, this including the payment of salaries, labor, supplies and payments upon the various bonds that are outstanSing against the city. Although the present council has made every effort to cut down the expenses during the past year, they have reached a figure far beyond their expectations. The expenses, however, during the past year have been far less than former years and the council is to be congratulated upon this score alone. They will make an earnest endeavor to reduce the expenses during the coming year and from all present indications will do so. One of the big items is the fuel bill and the solution of how to reduce this has caused considerable worry. Many theories have been advanced, but none have proven practical or possible at this time. — o FURNACE CAUSES FIRE. The brick high school building at Keystone, suffered damages of about five hundred dollars from fire on Wednesday night of last week. The fire is said to have started from the furnace, through the ventilating shaft, and it is thought that birds’ nests had been built in some of these passages and they caught fire. The fire was, fortunately discovered before it had gained great headway, and was put out by the bucket brigade. The loss was fully covered by insurance. —Geneva Herald. Mrs. Isaac Bowman, of Richmond, came to the city this afternon to be the guest of friends and relatives for I several days.

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THE FIELD SERVICE Causes Problem for Secretary of War PRESIDENT GOES TOOYSTER BAY Getting Ready for the Census of 1910 —Senator John Tyler, of Alabama, Dead. Washington, June 12. —The Assistant Secretary of War has a problem on his hands in drafting a plan for the temporary organization of a military force for field service. These regulations are regarded necessary in order to help the militia of the various states out of a difficult position. They are threatened with loss of the federal allotment which is made annually by congress and which is not to go to the national guard after next January unless the militia is organized on the basis of the regular army, or the volunteer army. At present there are certain insurmountable obstacles in the way of this adjustment. In every case it is found in some essential particulars to conform to the statutory provisions. The funds for the next fiscal year will be due on July 1, and it is probable that all of the states will draw them early in the new fiscal year, so that they will not be deprived immediately of the governmental allowance. It is probable also that the war department will recommend an extension of the limit until January, 1909. In the meantime the state legislatures will have to reorganize the militia commands, to which there appears to be no objection on the part of the militia authorities. As an aid, however, to this compliance with the law the assistant secretary of war is engaged in the preparation of new regulations which will require fewer radical changes in the organization than is the case under the present conditions.

President Roosevelt left Washington for his summer home at Oyster Bay, L. 1., at 8:50 a. m., today, byway of the Pennsylvania railroad. He and his party occupied the private car Magnet, which was attached to the rear of a regular train. The party included Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Cowles, the wife of rear admiral Cowles; secretary and Mrs. Loeb, and Mr. M. C. Latta, one of the assistant secretaries. They will reach Oyster Bay about 5 o’clock. x i Representative Crumpacker, of the Tenth Indiana district, will have many responsibilities on his shoulders in the next congress if he is reappointed chairman of the committee on census, as he undoubtedly will be if Joseph G. Cannon is re-elected speaker of the house of representatives. The new congress will have to provide for the taking of the 1910 census and Mr. Crumpacker's committee will initiate the legislation. It takes nearly two years to get ready to take a census. There is now a nucleus for an organization as congress, after the work of taking the 1900 census had been completed, made the census bureau a permanent institution. If Director North gets permission from congress to introduce reforms he has in mind, the 1910 census will be much more accurate than any heretofore taken by the government, and will take a wider scope. Representative Crumpacker is thoroughly in sympathy with the advanced ideas of the director. According to the schedules of the first census the total population of the United States in 1790, exclusive of slaves, was 3,231,533. United States senator John Tyler Morgan, of Alabama, for thirty years a member of the upper house of congress, chairman of the senate comprominent as a brigadier-general in prominent as ab rigadier-general in the Confederate army, died at his home last night. Senator Morgan had been in bad health for a number of years, but had more or less regularly attended the sessions of congress. He suffered from angina pectoris, which was the cause of his death. At the death bed were his daughters, Miss Mary and Miss Cornelia Morgan, and his secretary, J. O. Jones. o Manager Spade of the Portland Sluggers base ball team has hired Buffenbarger to pitch for his team the fourth of July. Buffenbarger made a decided hit with the Portland enthusiasts.