Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

■Volume V. Number 167

[CRIED FOR HELP Little Ralph Deem Came Near Drowning ■and was badly frightened ■Finally Scrambled Out—Had Wadded I jn to Recover bis Hat Which Some ■ One Had Trown From Bridge. I Ralph Deem, a little chap, probably ■line years of age, had a very narrow ■scape from drowning yesterday after■oon and was only saved through the ■resence of mind of one of his playBnates, who sat on the bank and urged ■ ini to keep on trying, and through ■is own efforts he finally pulled him■elf to the bank, utterly exhausted. ■The (accident happened just below ■he field in which the carnival grounds ■re located at which point the river pis quite deep. Ralph and several ■lavmates had been taking in the ■aniival and were returning. While fcrossing the bridge one of the boys ■threw Ralph's hat into the river, ■tulph and a comrade ran down the ■river, undressed and waded in after ■he hat. Dean stepped off into a Bleep hole and went down over his ■ead and then commenced to call ■or help. One of his comrades called ■o him and kept telling him what to ■o until he finally scrambled out onto ■he bank safe and sound, but badly ■rightened. Several men saw the accident from the river bridge and ■tartad, across the fields to assist ■he hoy, but by the time they had Beached the scene the lad was sitting ■n the river bank crying. His escape ■as a narrow one and the little chap ■ho sat on the bank and encouraged Bum is entitled to due credit. ■ Q__ ■ BOARD OF HEALTH BULLETIN ■ives Directions on How to Avoid a Sunstroke. ■ 'The state board of health has sent ■lut- the following warning bulletin ■elating to sunstroke: I Two deaths from sunstroke oc■irred in Indiana in the week beginBkng June 15. If people would ex■cise intelligent care, sunstroke ■ould be avoided. We should be careBi not to expose ourselves unneces■rilr in hot weather. When it is ■ery hot we should be extra careful. Being careful is to keep cool as to B m per, preserve a placid mind, don t Blurry . and the body will not get so Hot. Avoid all alcoholic drinks. Beer ■ not so refreshing as cool water, Bid a reaction follows beer drinking. should remember it is a natural Bw, that—what goes up must come ■own, and if we push up our nerves Bid heart with beer or other alcoholic Brinks the heart and nerse will Borne down with a thump. We should ■ractice extreme temperance in hot Beather in all things. e should eat avoid meats especially, and hold Burselves down to fruits, cereals and Bilk Butter milk is an extra wholeBome summer drink. Weak iced tea ■r. moderation is not a bad summer Brink. Strong hot coffee and teas are Bad. They contain a drug (caffein) Bin j| is a heart and nerve stimulant, B<) it is with this drug as with al■hohol— heart and nerve pushed up

By .it, .are sure to come down again. Hot weather is sufficiently stimulating Bf itsell, therefore avoid stimulants Bin n it .is hot. He is a foolish man eats stimulating food and drinks Blcoholic liquors in hot weather. AuBopsies show that nearly all persons Bead of sunstroke have full stomachs. I Workmen exposed to the direct Bays of the sun shoud have theii Beads well protected and should wear Broolen next to the skin. A very good Brecautlon is a pad of cotton batting Br flannel sewed along the back of Bhe undergarment so as to protect the Rpine. Walk in the shady side of the Street; avoid over exertion; let the Bir circulate freely about the head. Bither by .frequent removal of the hat B* r by perforating the hat. I Heat exhaustion is mild sunstroke* Bn case either happens, call a reliable Bhysician. Don't trust your own treatBnent unless a physician cannot be But, while waiting foi a remove the patient into Bhe shade, dash the head and chest ■with cold water, give two or three Strops of aqua ammonia in cool water Buid also apply a few drops of amnionSla to the nose on a handkerchief. o I C. E. Smith, of Richmond, is in ■the city looking after business asRfairs.

DR.MULLINS ELECTED PRESIDENT Os B, Y. P. U. of America—Vice-Pres-idents and Other Officers. Spokane, Wash., July 11. —John H. Chapman, of Chicago, who served as president of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, since its founding, retired at the 16th international convention, just closed in Spokane, and was succeeded by Rev. Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Louisville, Ky„ the other officers nominated by a committee headed by Rev. Dr. Curtis Lee Laws, of Baltimore, Md., and elected by unanimous vote being: Vice-Presidents: Rev. Dr. W. H. Main, Hartford, Conn.; Archibald T. McNeill, Woodstock, Ont; Corwin W. Shanks, Seattle. General Secretary: Rev. George T. Webb, Chicago, re-elected. Recording secretary: Rev. W. H. Weed, Ph.D., Rock Island, Ill.; reelected. Secretary, executive committee: H. G. Baldwin, Cleveland. Treasurer: H. B. Osgood, Chicago; re-elected. Board of managers: B. F. Yourison, Pennsylvania, representing the north; Rev. J. W. Conley, D. D., Nebraska, representing the west; Rev. George B. Macon, Georgia, representing the south, and Rev. L. L. Houghson, Ontario, representing Canada; for one year. J. W. Lowe, Fred A. Willis, John Nuveen and John H. Chapman, Chicago; George Miller, Baltimore; Rev. J. M. Johnston, St. Louis, and H. G. Baldwin, Cleveland. o— The picnic parties that were at Monmouth yesterday returned last evening and all reported a good time. LOOKED SERIOUS A Runaway on Second Street Last Night THE RESULT WAS LUCKY ONE Fred Nichols’ Buggy Overturned and He Was Thrown out But Escaped Uninjured.

Fred Nichols, the veteran butcher, while driving homeward past the interurban station last night, was in quite a mixup when his horse became frightened at the six o’clock interurban car and made a short turn, completely overturning the buggy, and throwing him to the ground. After upsetting the rig the animal started down south Second street on a dead run, but it was stopped at the corner of Second and Adams streets, where ?:i examination disclosed the fact that the buggy was badly demolished and the horse severely skinned up. Mr.: Nichols, however, considers himself fortunate in escaping as luckily as lie did, he escaping without a bruise. The horse becomes frightened very easily, but the occupant of the buggy did not realize that the car was so closely upon him and not enough precaution was taken to avoid, what might have been a more serious accident.

PROF. BROWN FOR SHORT TERM Serves but Three Days as Trustee of National Education Association. Los Angeles—E. C. Cooley, superintendent of the Chicago city schools, was today elected president of the National Educational association by unanimous vote in the nominating committee. No other names were presented. An interesting situation has developed as a result of the election of H. B. Brown, president of Valparaiso university, Valparaiso, Ind., as trustee of the National Education association, succeeding the late A. F. Lane, of Chicago. Mr. Brown was chosen by the old board of directors at its meeting Monday to succeed Mr. Lane, whose term expired July 11, 1907. This made Mr. Brown's term of office just three days, unless he should be re-elected by the new board of directors, which meets this evening. It is reported from authoritative sources in the association that a large amount of opposition has arisen to the election of Mr. Brown for the new term, and that when the matter comes before the new board he will be defeated. Two possible candidates have been mentioned as likely to be named for the place. They are W. T. Harris, of Washington, D. C., (and W. O. Thompson, president of- Ohio State university.

MADE NO DEMANDS Uncle Sam Not Scared Over Japan Controversy SOME STATEMENTS RETRACTED President Receives Evidence of Harriman Inquiry—Hitchcock Makes Statement. Washington, July 11, —From the state department and from the Japanese embassy here came swift and conclusive denial of the accuracy of the statement cabled from The Hague to the London Daily Telegraph and reprinted in this country, to the effect that Japan has made categorical demands on the United States government for satisfaction in connection with the treatment of Japanese in San Francisco, and has served notice of her intention to deal with the Californians herself if the national government fails to do so. At the state department it is said that the American public is fully aware of the nature of all the exchanges that have taken place on this subject; that there has been no correspondence of recent date, and that there are no negotiations In progress between the two governments. This statement is fully confirmed at the Japanese embassy, where, moreover, It is positively stated that Ambassador Aokl is not going to Japan next fall, as was reported in a Japanese newspaper. Washington, July 11. —At President Roosevelt's request the Interstate commerce commission has forwarded to Oyster Bay a memorandum giving the substance of the evidence collected by the commission in the Harriman inquiry. It is understood that the commission made no recommendations to the president and that the complete report is not yet ready and may not be for some time. Washington, July H. —First Assistant Ppstaiaster-Genral Hitchcock has authorized the statement that there is no foundation for published reports that he would succeed Secretary Loeb. He said that the president had never offered him the appointment of secretary to the president Mr. Hitchcock is expected in the near future 'to leave the* postoffice department to enter the treasury department.

AN EXCITING GAME Resulted in a Victory for the Locals BOYS HAVE SETTLED DOWN Play e d Pretty Game Yesterday and tde Fans Were More than Plea ß ** —Score Three to Two. In one of the prettiest ball games seen on the local diamond this year, Captain Behringer’s men yesterday defeated the Portland hunch by a score of three to two. It was an exciting battle, one of those kind that holds the audience in their seats until the last man is out, and the 300 fans present were more than pleased with the results. The Jay Birds scored in the first inning on an error by Pierce and a hit, and in the second they got their secondi run, when Parker put one over the right field fence. They prevented the locals from scoring until the fifth, when Way got a two base hit and was brought in on a safe one by Geyer, who stung one scross the third bag. In the sixth the locals tied the score, Behringer hitting a clean two bagger, and crossing the rubber on hits by Bums and Weber. In the last half of the eighth Nash got a nice single over second base, Behringer bunted and was safe on an error by the second baseman; Burns flew' out and Weber was hit by a pitched ball filling the bases, with one man down, when the old reliable hit a fielders' choice to the shortstop and Nash, who was up on his toes, crossed the rubber with the winning run. There were a number of exciting moments and several brilliant plays, which kept the audience interested. Hunt pitched for Portland and Way (Continued on page Z.)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, July 11, 1907. J

IT DON’T PAY TO GET NOISY If You Haven't Given in Real Valu e of Person*! Property. Under the present laws the concealment of personal property from assessors, is no joke, and when suit is started against a man who has been caught in the act, trouble galore can be made for him if he gets “noisy" about it. For instance, if the man who gets caught and is made to put up a large sum of money by the tax ferret takes a notion to get even by having the contract of the ferrets annulled, the latter can more than return the compliment by having the tax dodger fined to the possible extent of $2,000, and can also see that the tax dodger is prosecuted for perjury. At Winamac last week the big first action of the kind was commenced. E. Beveridge Dill, being one of the attorneys in an action entitled “The State of Indiana ex rel, William J. Reed prosecuting attorney, vs. Louis Duttoe.”" The complaint is in nine paragraphs, and it alleges that property was not placed on the assessor’s list varying from $73,750 the first year to $109,950 during the period. The action Is brought by the prosecutor as the law provides and he Is allowed 10 per cent of the amount of the penalty recovering the same being from SSO to $5,000, which at $5,000 for each year, would, in this case, amount to $45,000. A feature of the suit is that it is brought as a civil action and that it in no way releases the defendant from criminal action if there is sufficient evidence on which one can be based.

A LARGE INCREASE Made on the Standard Oil Co. Assessment BY THE BOARD OF REVIEW Over Seventy-Seven Thousand Dollars Added by the Board Against That Corporation Alone. The Adams county board of review have increased the assessment of the Standard Oil company and the Indiana Pipe Line company practically one and the same corporation, the sum of $77,164. As stated yesterday, Mr. T. M. Towl, chief of affairs in the tax and real estate department of this greatest of all the great corporations, made a personal call before the board and spent nearly all of Wednesday with them. He was treated with due courtesy and suceeded in securing a correction of the assessment on the Preble plant, where an error was made. However, the board made the increase over the county as they believed right. In Hartford township, the assessment was increased from $28,410 to $57,228; in Wahash, from $1,670 to $2,425; in Jefferson, from $1,370 to $3,118; in Blue Creek, from $8,885 to $9,888; in Geneva, $340 was added and in Kirkland and Preble there was a net increase of $44,500. In Kirkland township seven new tanks have been constructed, they being a portion of the Preble plant and these added considerably to the increase in the tax assessment. o_ POSTMASTER HAS THE POWER Can Make You Present Proper Change if He Wants To. It is not generally known that postmasters and their clerks are not compelled to make change for you when you make a purchase at Uncle Sam’s office. This is a queer rule that not one in a thousand persons know. Buyers of stamps or any other purchases at a postoffice must furnish their own change, i. e., the postmaster could insist on the buyer furnishing his own change if he saw fit to do it, but usually the postmaster is glaJ enough to get rid of his “chicken feed’’ and he is always ready and willing to accommodate the public by making the change. If a man or woman wishes to buy fifty cents worth of stamps and has but a silver dollar he or she would be compelled to buy a dollar’s worth of stamps or go and get the dollar changed or do without the stamps if the postmaster was stubborn and refused to make change. This is the law and a queer one. And postmasters are not compelled to take more than twenty-five pennies at 1 a time, if they don’t want them.

HARD ON THE OATS Bad Weather Principal Reason for Shortage ACCORDING TO PROF. J. TROUP Too Much Rain Has Been Conducive to Bacteria and Has Caused a Disease Germ. J. Troup, former state entomologist, now at the head of the agricultural experimenting station at Purdue university, has answered numerous Inquiries from all over the state concerning the infection that Is damaging the oat crop in Indiana to such a great extent this year. To H. E. Young, associate editor of the Farmers’ Guide, Mr. Troup states that he has been able to give the same answer for conditions reported from all over the state, in that the trouble to the oat crop is not caused so much by plant lice, or the little green bug, but weather conditions that have been so unfavorable to crop growth. Conditions are reported the same over Indiana. At first the annoyance was laid to the little green bug or plant louse. Climatic conditions have been such that the parasite animal life which kept in check the lice, were killed and the green bug prospered. Conditions were also conducive to bacteria spread, a germ trouble known as fungus disease resulting in a general blight condition. In some portions of the state later climatic conditions were more favorable to plant growth and where the stock of the oat plant had not been reached the crop has continued to develop and is now fast maturing. Oats is heading out in portions of the state and the fill is beyond the expectations of the farmers in their calculations three weeks ago. Oat cutting will be on inside of three weeks and not later than the first week in August, according to information coming in from the farming districts. —Huntington Herald. o Ben Mclntosh, of Monroeville, was a pleasant caller in our city today, and while here paid our office a visit and renewed his subscription to the Daily Democrat. Macn is a good, whole souled fellow and Is always welcomed to our midst. He is one of the best boosters of the little plcae in which he is located. o AN AIITO WRECK * Katherine and Margaret Vesey Injured IN A VERY PECULIAR ACCIDENT Car Ran Away, Margaret Jumped and Katherine Was Thrown Twenty-Five Feet When Machine Hit a Bridge. As a result of a horse becoming frightened at the automobile owned by Allen J. Vesey, of this city, the car is a wreck and two little children are suffering from slight bruises received in a peculiar accident. Mr. and Mrs. Vesey were returning from a picnic at Rome City and had the Misses Katherine and Margaret Vesey, two young daughters of Judge W. J. Vesey, in their automobile. When the horse became frightened Mr. and Mrs. Vesey got out of their machine, leaving the two children. In some manner the power was turned on and the automobile started down the road at a terrific speed. Miss Margaret jumped, as she was instructed by the frantic cries of Mr. and Mrs. Vesey. Miss Katherine, however, remained in the car, until it struck a bridge and dropted into the stream below. When the car struck the bridge,- the little girl was hurled into the air and fell ‘in the soft mud on the other side of the stream, about twenty-five feet away. In spite of her harrowing experience, her only injuries are a few minor bruises. The front of the automobile was totally wrecked, however, and it is estimated that the damages will be about SSOO. —Ft. Wayne Journal-Ga-zette.

SCHOOL HOUSE IMPROVEMENTS Two Contracts Made by the School Board Last Night. The school board held a special meeting last night for the purpose of letting the contracts for putting in water closets at the north and south ward school buildings. Several bids had been received by the board, and they were very close together on the prices. P. J. Hyland was given the contract for the work at the south school building, the price being sl.010.18, and A. B. Smith and brother was awarded the north ward contract at $990.00. The contracts must be completed before the commencement of the next term of school, which will be in September. Both contractors are men of much experience in this line of work and the school board made no mistake in letting the jobs to them. o • WANTED TO SPEND HIS MONEY Decatur Young Man Made a Fool of Himself. A young man from Decatur, whose name could not be learned, was making a lavish display of his wealth at the transfer corner last evening, offering a bandsman five dollars to “play a tune.” His niece requested Patrolman Johnson to see that he didn’t lost any of his roll, and also to put him on the 11 o'clock car for Decatur. When the time came for the car to leave the officer had a lively tussle before he finally landed the young man on the car, being forced to ride with him as far as Pontiac street. —Ft. Wayne Journal- Gazette. ITEMS OF INTEREST Monroe Milling Company Is Incorporated GOVERNOR HANLEY RETURNS After an Absence of Four Weeks — Patents Issued to a Number of Indiana People. Indianapolis, Ind., July 10. —Governor Hanly returned to his desk today after a four weeks’ vacation in Illinois and other states. He set to work at once on the accumulation of business that has piled up in his absence. Articles have been filed with the secretary of state for the incorporation of the following companies: Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling company, capital $10,000; directors, John Rich, William H. Graham, Marlon L. Oliver, William T. Waggoner, William Adler, Peter Ruit and John P. Nussbahm. These Indiana patents have been issued from the Washington office: William H. Albert, Burrows, check row seeder and planter; Christian Arduser, Cicero, machine for cracking of glass articles; Charles A. Blum, Michigan City, trolley, also third rail; William H. Davis, Eaton, lampblack machine; Herbert H. Ice, Montpelier, pump power; Henry E. Kline, Terre Haute, curtain and shade support; Henry J. Otto, Princeton, operating mechanism for typewriting machines; Robert Silver, Knightstown, closed vehicle body. o The Keller Incubator company, as will be noticed by an advertisement in another column of this paper, are having a special fifteen day clearance sale at which time they are offering special inducements on their machines, the sale commencing today. They are forced to do this, owing to the fact that they expect to improve their business room in the near future and also expect to add some new machinery sod the manufacture of their famous incubators. With the inducements offered, there is no cause why every person interested in the raising of chickens should be without one of these machines and it is an opportunity Jof a lifetime. Do not think the season for ra’ising chickens is over for you have three months of nice weather yet, and during the winter is when young chickens always bring fancy prices, and if you are in the chicken business you are in it for the money not pleasure. The members of this company would be pleased to show you their stock of goods and If you cannot come to Decatur, call them up by phone, and they will quote you prices. Remember, the sale lasts but fifteen days. LOST —A bill book. Finder return to J. S. McCrory, or to this otfice. tt

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SMALL COMPANIES Informal Dinner Given by Mrs. Myers ICE CREAM SOCIAL TONIGHT Mrs. Mayer Given Far e well Surprise —Mrs. Magley Entertained —Other Society Events. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Artman. All ladies are requested to be present. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the U. B. church is being entertained by Mrs. John Weishaupt this afternoon. This evening on the church lawn the Y. P. C. U. of the U. B. church will give an ice cream social. Every body is invited. Winifred Ellingham is eleven years old today and in honor of the event a number of her young friends were entertained at her home this afternoon. The Ladies’ Hite Society of the M. E. church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Della Fetzer on Third stret Friday p. m., July 12. All memhern and friends of the society are cordially invited to the meeting. Mrs. C. E. Magley gave a delightful dinner party Wednesday in honor of Mrs. Rev. B. B. Uhl and children of Mansfield, Ohio. Others present were Mesdames Henry Magley, Jonas Cline, S. S. Magley, John Christen, C. D. Lewton, E. S. Christen and F. A. Peoples. Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer and daughter, Hattie, left this morning for Kendallville, where they will make their future home, their son Fred being interested in the newspaper business there. Last evening the neighbors gave a farewell surprise for Mrs. Mayer at the home of Mrs. J. L. Gay, and it proved a very delightful occasion. The guests were Mesdames Peter Goffer, E. B. Macey, John Parr, D. M. Houser, John Sintz, Joseph Metzger, Abraham Beery, Fred Nichols, Lee Amren, Sam Dook, Charles Cuslck, John Bollinger, John Bright, Fred Sellemeyer, Fred Heuer, Joe Harris, George Roop, W. J. Archbold, (Continued on page 2.) HIS MOTHER DIED L. C. Waring Summoned to Columbus, Miss. BUT ARRIVED THERE TOO LATE To See His Mother Alive—She Died Sunday Morning from Infirmities of Old Age. L. C. Waring of this city is at Columbus, Mississippi this week to attend the funeral services of his mother, who died on the old Waring plantation near there Sunday morning at 9:30. Mr. Waring received a message Saturday afternoon stating that his mother was very low and he left at once for home. At Cairo Sunday enroute, he received another message announcing the sad news that his mother’s spirit had already flown. He arrived at Columbus on Monday morning, and the news here was received by Dr. Boyers, to whom Mr. Waring simply forwarded the message he had received at Cairo and which read: “Mother died at 9:30 a. m.” Mrs. Waring was eighty years old and her death was due to infirmities. She resided with a daughter, Mrs. Lee, at the old southern home, and there are several other children beside L. C. Waring of this city. 0 ■ County Auditor C. D. Lewton was the guest of County Auditor Lindemuth, and other friends, at the court house Tuesday. Mr. Lewton is the present auditor at Decatur and one of the young democratic leaders of northeastern Indiana. Personally, he is a man of fine personality.—Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette.