Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1907 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

ume V. Number 202

■ess in number Bwer Saloon Licenses ■ Issued Last Year ■atistics been compiled |Sree Counties in the State Are AbDry, Brown, Lagrange | and Pike Counties. ■ndianapolis, August 18. —According I J figures compiled by Miss Mary state statiscian, fewer 11were issued to saloons in the counties of the state during year 1906 than in 1905. Miss |Bbbs' figures, which have just been show a decrease of twentyin the number of licenses isOn the other hand the license have been raised in many cities ■} towns of the state and the reve■e derived from the sale of licenses increased substantially over the ■tenues collected in 1905. ■figures furnished Miss Stubbs by Anti-Saloon league in connection ■th her work in gathering liquor show that since the Moore ■r went into effect at the close of legislature in 1905 a total of 938 ■eons have been closed in Indiana, ■t of 1,016 townships in the state ■) now have no saloons, while but ■ have saloons. The figures show ■o that the temperance people have ■lie a net gain of 170 townships ■thin the last six months. ■Three counties in the state, accords' to Miss Stubbs’ figures, are abso■ely dry. These counties are Brown, ■grange and Pike counties. No ■uor licenses w'ere granted in either ■ these counties during the year 1906. Re total number of county licenses ■ued in 1906 was 5,253. in the year ■OS the total number was 5,277. The ■tai revenue derived by the counties Bom the sale of county licenses durIg the year 1906 was $525,300. The ■tai amount received from the sale ■ city and town licenses that year ■s $890,686.59. The total revenue de■ved from the sale of all liquor li■nses in the state during the year ■O6 was $1,415,986.59. an increase of ■6.268.59 over the $1,369,718 collectE in 1905. $ _o ■ Miss Louise Holbrook has returned om a two weeks’ visit at Elkhart and e has resumed her duties at the >ston store. MOTHER BATTLE 'an Wert Takes First of the Series FTER A TEN INNING FIGHT ocals Only Got Two Hits off Moore —Way Pinched a Beautiful Game —A Letter from Pierce. Van Wert, 0., Aug. 21. 1907. Another extra inning battle and lecatur got the small end. We put p an awful battle, but in the tenth ve fell by the wayside. A hit. stolen >ase and another bingle did the dirt. The official score keeper gives us two hits, one of them was on the scratch irder. The error of Cullens was a foul ball over near the fence. Two Men out when the winning run came In. Wolf drove in the winning run. Well, it was a sad story. All the lads are heart sick. Biddy Burns arrived here at noon out of hugs. He gave them all away at Rome City. Cullen and Engle were down to see the fast train pass, but they turned to spit and did not get to see it. They are going to watch for it again tomorrow evening. Ralph Behringer lost his temper in the tenth inning and started into supper barefooted. Laxon just came in. He said the police sent him to the hotel on account of the curfew law. Wallace went to bed at 7.30. He is going to be true to his sweetheart in Decatur. Rasty "Witham and Johnson are invited out to a pink tea. Oscar Way is taking in all the five cent shows. Keep everything quiet on the stem. Arundel, the new umps. is there with the goods. He is an old pal of mine. The score: ,

VAN WERT. AB R H SB SH PO A E Perdue, 2b...40100330 Conklin, 3b..3000Q150 Campbell, cf. 31111200 Foley, ss... 51110422 Wolfe, c.,.,4 0 2 11 11 o McAllister, If 40100210 Bockwitz, rs. 40 1 00200 Betz, lb ....4 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 Moore, p.... 40200030 t SI 0£ 3 £ 6 Z S£” ” S[EIOJ, DECATUR. Behringer, 2b 40000020 Cullen, 3b.... 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 Pierce, cf.. 40000400 Burns, if.... 40100200 Weber, 1b..3 1 0 0 1 15 00 Wallace, ss.. 30001040 Way, p 4 0 1 0 0 1* 1 0 Johnson, c.. 20001210 Witham, rs.. 30000210 Totals -....31 1 2 0 3*29 11 1 •Two out when winning run was scored. Van Wert ...0 00100000 o—2 Decatur ....0000010000 o—l0 —1 Struck out —By Moore 1; by Way 1. Base on balls —By Way 1. Hit by pitcher—By Way 2. Double plays— McAllister to Purdue; Cullen to Weber. Umpire—Arundel. Time —1:25. NOTES. So far as is know here Wentz will remain out of the game. He has refused to join the Quakers and cannot play elsewhere. President Kling is expected to modify his order rela(Continued on page 2.) o A GREAT BLUFFER Stranger Buys Farmsand City Property BUT FLUKES IN SETTLEMENT Has Worked in and Near Geneva and Also in Various Other Places Near Here. A man giving his name as C. P. Hannell.either a smooth crook or of unbalanced mind, has been causing a stir in this part of Indiana recently by buying large tracts of land and then backing out when the time came to settle. He has been around Geneva and Portland for several days. The Portland Commercial-Review says of him: He called at the office of C. W. McLaughlin and asked to be shown some city property, saying that he had looked over the town and concluded that it was a desirable place to live. He gave his name here as C. P. Hannell, and claimed that he now lived in the vicinity of Van Wert, O. He told McLaughlin that he had a farm of 800 acres there which he had inherited from his father on which there was 70 producing oil wells, netting him an income of $11,400 each month. He showed a draft for this amount, drawn on the Wabash Valley Trust company, of Peru, and said that it was for the proceeds of his oil for the past month. He told the real estate man that he realized that these oil wells were not going to last forever, and that he was putting what he realized from them into land, which could not so easily get away from him. He said that he was buying a farm each month. He said that he had just bought a farm south of Geneva, and wanted a house of six or eight rooms in this city. With McLaughlin, he started out to look at some of his list. He decided on a valuable vacant lot and said he would return Monday to close the deal. Saturday evening Al Cougill, of west Main street, received a telephone message from C. D. Porter of Geneva, stating that the latter had sold Cougill’s farm near Geneva to Hannell for SBS an acre, and the deal was to be closed Monday. Early Monday morning, similar reports concerning Hannell began to come from the southern part of the county. Henry Metzger and wife came in bent on closing a deal with the man for the sale of their farm of 80 acres, and it was also said that he was in the vicinity of New Pittsburg, where he made similar arrangements. Hannell, who is a man about thirty years of age, and single, made an appearance and told a story here, which impressed those who met him. The possession of the certificate of deposit showed that he was able to , carry out some of his engagements. < jt he so desired. He wore a hickory . shirt, without a collar, and was i smooth shaven.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 21, 1907.

“MONTE CRISTO” One of the Best Shows on Road Coming WILL BE HERE NEXT MONTH Manager Boss e Lands a Good Of>e for Decatur—Papular Play House Should Be Packed. The Eugene Moore production of “Monte Cristo” named after that noted actor of the star part, because it shows his artistic handiwork, as a result of his successful tours in the great play, will be at the Bosse Opera House, Decatur, Saturday, September 14th, under the direction of Fred G. Conrad, who was associated with Mr. Moore in his presentation of Dumas’ peerless romance. There have been very few if any better Counts of Monte Cristo than Eugene Moore and the brilliant role as he played it should reveal to the audience all the power of the part. Mr. Conrad has provided an excellent company and an unusually complete equipment of scenery. “Monte Cristo” in Mr. Moore’s mind, was a man who sought vengeance, but did not allow the fact to escape him that a brutal Indulgence of the passion of jealousy undermines the moral force and, detracting from the nobility of the hero’s character, destroys, or tends to destroy, the sympathy of the audience. Mr. Moore's clear dramatic vision is shown in this fact, and this is the secret of the remarkable success of his own manner of presenting the great play. There is another reason why Mr. Moore’s conception of the part as well as his view of the drama as a whole, is apt to result in a finer and deeper imI pression than when played under less and' less artistic guidance. Mr. Moore is an actor of the highminded, thorough old school sort who put heart, brain and right ambition into their achievements. He cannot understand the claims of the readymade stars foisted by managers or their newspaper representatives, with more confidence in advertising than care about ability, upon the unsuspecting public. o Mrs. B. F. Breiner and daughter. Marie, accompanied by Miss Mary Elzey, went to Ft. Wayne this morning to visit with the former’s brother S. D. Crist. o A HAPPY SURPRISE Given Mrs. Frank by the Ben Hurs IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY Other Society Notes—Miss Tonnefier to Entertain this Evening for Misses Grote. By Perle Burdg. Never was a surprise a more complete success than was the one given by fifty members of the Ben Hur lodge last evening, on Mrs. William Franke, at her home on west Monroe ■street, in order to celebrate her thir-ty-ninth ibirthdlay anniversary. Several contests were indulged in and delicious refreshments were served. Many beautiful and useful gifts were received by the hostess to be prized highly A merry and jolly time did the guests enjoy until a late hour, when each looked at the clock and found the old saying true: “Time and tide for no man waits.” They left the home wishing Mrs. Franke many more such birthday anniversaries. Tomorrow the Ft. Wayne and Springfield railway company will run an excursion to Ft. Wayne for the German Reformed church, who will make their regular yearly visit to the Orphans’ Home. Miss Rose Tonneli" will be hostess at an evening party tonight, her guests Misses Louise and Mayme ( Grote, of Louisville, Ky., being the complimentary guests. The amusement of the evening will be progressive euchre.

Mrs. William Harding will delightfully entertain forty ladies at progressive pedro tomorrow afternoon in honor of Mrs. Sherman, of Cincinnati. Ohio. Another pleasant affair of this week will be the progressive peanut party given by Mrs. C. Vogt, on Friday evening, in compliment to Miss Bertha Simke, of New Bremen, Ohio, the guest of Miss Mryle Beachler. o MR. ERNSBERGER TO CELINA. Left this Morning to Make Future Home There. J. A. Emsberger and family left this morning for Celina, Ohio, where they will make their future home. The greenhouse at that place will be greatly increased in size and the plant will be one of the largest in the country. Mr. Ed S. Moses now has full charge of the greenhouses here. He is remodeling the residence and will move his family here in about two weeks. The city dads have ordered the street commission to order the contractor to clean off the newly constructed brick street and get the same ready for the fair which will be held next week. All streets have been ordered put in condition and our city will present a clean appearance that week. _o REGULAR SESSION City Council Attended to Business Last Night 1 SEWER CONTRACT IS AWARDED To Myers Brothers—C. D. Lewton Petitions for a S e wer—Bills Allowed , —Other Routine Affairs. i t The council met in regular session • last evening, Mayor Coffee presiding, i and every councilman answering to i roll call. The petition of C. D. Lew- • ton et al for a sewer in the north part of the city was read and upon motion was referred to the street and sewer committee, who at once filed ' their report favoring the construction of the same. A declaratory resolution on the construction of the Lenhart sewer in the north part of the city was read and adopted and objections to the same will be heard at a later I date. This being the time set for rei ceiving bids on the construction of the Roop sewer, offers from the following w’ere opened and read: Butler and Butler, Julius Haugk. W. J. Myers and I D. W. Myers The bid of Myers aud Myers being the lowest a motion was made that the contract be awarded the above named firm and that the city attorney prepare a contract and bond. Upon motion the marshal was ordered to notify all persons to cut their weeds at once. The following bids were opened and read for the extension of the water main into the Meibers addition: National Supply Co., Knapp Supply Co.,Geo. Keiser and Co., W. M. Patterson Supply Co., United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co., Massilon Iron and Steel Works, and Bourbon Copper and Brass Works. Upon motion the U. S. Cast Iron and Foundry company was awarded the contract for iron pipe. The Bourbon contract for hydrants to the Geo. Keiser and Co., and the contract for 26inch gate vales to the Bourbon Copper and Brass Co. Upon motion the following old orders were ordered destroyed: Nos. 7304, 6875, 7358 and 7295. Upon motion the electric committee was ordere to adjust the piece of wire now on the Eli N. Steele premises at the fair grounds and that they enter into a contract for electric lights to be furnished the fair association. The following bills were read and allowed: G. R. and I$ 241.60 , D. F. Teeple 61.45 j Anderson and Baker 10.25 . Jno. Sprague 96.00 ( J. D. Stults 45.83 t A. Bollman 16.20 C. Bremerkamp 100 H. Harruff 20.00 | Kalver and Hurst -50 j C. C. Schlatter and Co 6.25 j L. C. Helm 32.50 Tom Peterson 21.50 A. Cowan and Co 15.90 t No other business coming before the 0 council, they adjourned. j o 1 John Schafer is a calleir at FL Wayne today. 1

UP TO BONAPARTE Will Determine Action Toward Chicago & Alton THE HEPBURN RATE BILL Does It Apply to Express Companies —Action to Enjoin Federation of Labor. Washington, August 21. —AttorneyGeneral Bonaparte stated that the question of granting immunity from prosecution to the Chicago and Alton railroad for giving rebates to the Standard Oil company, had not been referred to Judge Landis, of Chicago, for determination, as stated in a published report, and he very emphatically stated that he himself will determine whether the immunity will be given. Mr. Bonaparte said that he was then writing a letter to Judge Landis on the sub’ject, but he reiterat- . ed that he, and not Judge Landis, would finally determine the question at issue. Mr. Bonaparte will leave Washington tonight for Lenox, Mass., where he will remain two days. He will then return to Washington, when 1 he believes he will be able to make a public statement of his decision in the matter. I Washington, August 21. —The Department of Justice is anxious to get to the supreme court as soon as possible the question as to whether the Hepburn rate bill applies to express ) companies. The companies are now obeying the law under protest. There is pending in Chicago a suit involving I the question as to whether the companies are subject to the law, and United States District Attorney Sims, of the Chicago district, who is here, says the case will soon be brought to trial. He expects to get a decision from the supreme court on the ques--1 tion some time next fall. 3 Washington, August 21. —James Van Cleave, president of the National Asso1 elation of Manufacturers, began action in the supreme court of the District * of Columbia, to enjoin Samuel Gom--1 pers, John Mitchell and other officers 1 of the American Federation of Labor, 1 and several of its subsidiary organc izations, from using the boycott and so-called “unfair list.” o COURT HOUSE NEWS I Two Replevin Suits From Jefferson Township | APPEALED TO CIRCUIT COURT An Administrator Nam'd, Ais o a Guardian —S. A. M. Butcher a Notary Public. Two new cases were filed in circuit court today, being appealed from the court of John Ault, justice of peace in Jefferson township. The suits are to replevin oil well supplies, now held by defendant. Snyder and Smith represent the plaintiffs. The cases are entitled Suby and Grimme company et al vs. Thomas E. Kramer. The defendant appealed the verdict in the lower court being for the plaintiffs. David Erwin has been appointed administrator with the will annexed, of the Leah Bolds estate, and filed his bond for SSOO. Abraham M. Neuenschwander has been granted letters as guardian for . Lydia. Noah, Joel, Amos, Enos, Dinah . and Martha Neuenschwander, and filed ; bond for $6,000. The bond was signed , by his brothers, Peter and Jacob. , S. A. M. Butcher, of Geneva, has i been appointed a notary public and filed bond for SI,OOO signed by Wil- j liam Drew. t The show at the electric theater last < night was the best yet. The show was 1 a comic one and has Peck’s Bad Boy < beat by far. Every one that attended ; laughed till their sides were sore. I The same show will be put on tonight. Don’t fail to see It.

'■•"'l RICHARD KENNEY ERWIN Judge of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit and Candidate for Governor of Indiana.

;FOR GOVERNOR 1 Judge Erwin of This City Enters the Race J s ; INTERVIEWED AT INDIANAPOLIS 3 r i- His Policy Includes the Reduction of 1 Expenditures of the State ! > Adminstration. o a ’’ Indianapolis, Aug. 20. —Richard K. Erwin, of Decatur, one of the most j prominent Democrats of northern Ini- diana, entered the race for the Demo--1 cratic nomination for governor today, t He was seen at the Grand hotel, where ' he was mingling with the Democratic 3 hosts, and in an interview for the Star • he announced his candidacy and out- ‘ lined the essential planks of the plat- • form upon which he expects to make his race. Few’ men in Indiana are better i known among the Democratic hosts | than Judge Erwin. He now occupies the circuit bench of Adams county. His term will expire on Nov. 23 and he will then begin a hustling canvass | for delegates to the state convention. Pending the expiration of his term he will remain inactive politically, as he has an old-fashioned notion that judgeships and politics do not mix. For twenty-five years Judge Erwin has been a conspicuous figure in Democratic political circles. He was a member of the Indiana house of representatives in the sessions of 1891 and 1893. In the state campaign last year he was Democratic candidate for judge of the supreme court and his popularity was demonstrated by the fact that, with the exception of Mr. Cox, candidate for secretary of state, he received the highest number of votes cast for any individual candidate. “I am out for the nomination for governor,” said Judge Erwin. “If I can't get it then I'll be for the winner. I have lived long enough to learn that as a general proposition nominations do not come to men without their seeking and at the proper time I shall go out among the people of the state an dask them to help me win (his nomination.” < “What do you consider the chief issue in state affairs?” Judge Erwin was asked. “The Issue of prime importance, as I see It,” he replied, “is the extravagance of administration and the necessity for a reduction of expenditures. Economy should be the Democratic watchword in the state campaign next year. There can, and should, be an I administration of affairs for less cost in both state and nation. “I can illustrate my point by comparing the cost of state administra- i tion now with the cost of ten or sis- | teen years ago, say under the Democratic administration of Governor Matthews. When Matthews was governor the total appropriation for the governor’s office for the year 1893 was $12,200. This included the salary of the governor, of all his subordinates and clerical assistants and the con-

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tingent and expenses of the office. The legislature of 1905 appropriated $54,- ‘ 000 for the governor's office and at its last session, in 1907, the appropriation for the governor’s office was swollen I to about $63,000. Thus, within fourteen years, we have seen the cost of the executive department grow to five times its former proportions and goodness only knows where it will stop. Ten years ago the annual cost of run- ’ | ning the auditor of state’s office was about SIB,OOO. Now it is more than three times that amount. Taxes f should be reduced in Indiana. I consider this issue one of prime importance. I am sure that if the people understood the situation they would insist on greater economy.” Judge Erwin's entrance into the governorship race probably will inject t a good deal of ginger into the Democratic gubernatorial situation. Samuel Ralston, of Lebanon, who has been mentioned as a probable candidate, was here when Judge Erwin declared . himself a candidate. “Judge Erwin ; is a good man," was Ralston’s only ■ comment. Judge Erwin called on of- . ficials of the Democratic state com- . mittee and informed them that hereafter he may Ije considered in the gubernatorial running. c. blauxlllary Was Organized Here Last Evening WERE TWENTY-FIVE CANDIATES Special Car Over Traction Line Brought Sev e nty-Five from Fort Wayne Lodge. Last night at the K. of C. hall twen-ty-five ladies were initiated into the mysteries of the Catholic Benevolent League auxiliary of Indiana. Seventyfive people from Ft. Wayne were here to witness the initiatory work, coming on an interurban special, and from what we can learn it was grand. The supreme council of this lodge is at Ft. Wayne and T. J. McLaughlin, of that city, supreme president of the order and staff, conferred the degree. Twelve candidates were furnished .from this city and thirteen from Ft. Wayne for last night’s work, and they were all given the degree. After the initiation an elaborate banquet was served to all present and a general good time indulged in. If a suitable place can be secured, this order will have a hall of their own. o— — BEULAH CHAPEL TO GIVE PICNIC The Beulah M. E. church have arranged for a big picnic to be held next Saturday at the David Steele grove, midway between Preble and Peterson. Various amusements have been planned and the Tocsin band will furnish enlivening music for the day. You are cordially invited to attend this event with a guarantee that you will enjoy the occasion. A social will be given at the place during the evening. . ,