Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 5, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1907 — Page 1

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POCAHONTAS MEET Mrs. Beach of Elwood is Great Minnehaha DECATUR LADIES AS OFFICERS. Mrs. Al Burdg Appointed Guard of Forest and Mrs. James Bain as Great Interpreter. • Indianapolis, October 18.—By a margin of a single vote. Mrs. Lulu Beach, of Wyoming Council, Elwood, was elected Great Minnehaha of the degree of Pocahontas of Indiana by the delegates to the great council today. Four ballots were taken before an election was declared, and on the final ballot the race had narrowed down to four candidates. Mrs. Beach won with 243 votes over Mrs. Nannie Diggs .Winchester; Mrs. Katherine Furr, Muncie, and Mrs. Julia Kerr, Indianapolis. The balloting for Great Minnehaha was finished just before noon and the winding up of the work

of various committees the work of the great council was completed a little after 4 o’clock. Other officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Mary Jones, of Coal Bluff; Mrs. Myrtle Sutten, of Coalmont, and Mrs. Jane Cowan, of Terre Haute, were elected trustees. Mrs. Emma Graham, of Anderson, was re-elected as keeper of records, and Mrs. Mary Teague, of this city, was re-elected great keeper of wampum. Following the usual custom of promotion, Mrs. Iva Hunemeler, of Washington, became great prophetess; Mrs. Lida Roser, of Richmond, great Pocahontas, and Mrs. Jessie Cornell, of Hartford City, great Wenonah. So enthusiastic are the members of the degree of Pocahontas over the prospects for the erection of a great wigwam in Indianapolis that a wigwam committee was appointed to plan for the raising of money during the year. This committee is composed of Mrs. Aline N. Neff, Indianapolis; Mrs. Katherine Reinbold. Terre Haute, and Mrs. Margaret Dick. Richmond. While the great council was still in session a collection of over $25 for the wigwam fund was taken, and on suggestion of the wigwam committee the lodges throughout the state agreed to give entertainments during the coming year, the proceeds from which are to go to the wigwam fund. Another means for raising funds for the wigwam to be used by the women is the doing away with the ten district councils during the year and the money formerly spent in this way will be turned over to the wigwam committee. Great Minnehaha Beach made her appointments this afternoon as follows: First great scout, Mrs. Eugene G r een, Richmond; second great scout, Mrs. Lena Wentworth, Hartford City; great guard of the tepee, Mrs. Della Neal, Washington; great guard of the forest, Mrs. Jesse Burdg, Decatur; great interpreter, Mrs. Florence Bain (retiring great prophetess, Decatur; board of appeals, A. P. Beatty, Decatur; J. E. Sedwick, Martinsville, and M. S. Mock. Muncie. In the council by-laws committee were appointed Henry Sheppard, Richmond; Mrs. Mary D. Snyder. Muncie, and Mrs. Lizzie Melhorn, Connersville. The committe on investments is composed of John S. Kaufman, Muncie; John Wallers, Washington, and Dr. C. M. Stoute, great junior sagamore of the Indiana Red Men, Middletown. In the proposed wigwam to be built in Indianapolis in the form of a modern office building in which wUI be the Red Men and Pocahontas headquarters for the state, the women have taken an equal if not a great er interest than the Red Men. Although the Pocahontas members did not vote a per capita tax for the wigwam fund they believe that during the year they can earn a sum equal to that which might be raised by the tax.

Mrs. Isaac Peters, of Bluffton is in the city, the guest of her son, Earl Peters. A number of people from Berne arrlvd in th city this rived in the city this morning to look sifter business affairs.

NICHOLSON VISITS RICHMOND. Author of Famolus Indiana Temperance Law Talks. Richmond, Ind., October 18. —S. Edgar Nicholson, formerly of Indiana, and author of the Nicholson Temperance law, is one of the visiting Quakers at the session of the Five Years’ Meeting in this city. He is now a resident of Harrsburg, Pa. In an interview here he said that Indiana is one of the states that soon will experience a hard fight between the liquor forces and the temperance people. That the Nicholson law should have been made more effective by the passage of the Moore law is a source of no little satisfaction to Mr. Nicholson. Although both these statutes have points altogether acceptable to the temperance organizations of the state, the author of the original measure anticipates a provision from the next assembly that will remove any dissatisfaction that may now exist. BIG ADVANCE SALE Os Tickets for the Firemens Benefit “MY UNCLE FROM JAPAN.” ' If You Haven’t Purchased One It’s Time To Do It—The Show Is Sure to Please.

The ticket sale for "My Uncle from Japan,” the local talent show for the benefit of the fire department, is progressing finely, and the members of the department express themselves as well pleased with the outlook for the success of their enterprise. The show is a happy combination of fun, frolic and foolishness, and is one big laugh from start to finish, while the musical numbers running through the three acts of “My Uncle from Japan” are the latest hits and cannot fail to become popular immediately. The chorus is doing splendidly and will be one of the special features. You can not afford to miss seeing the Maid of Japan, Tennis Girls, The Tourists, the Yankee Doodle Girls, the London Society Belles, and last, but not least, the German Peasant Girls from Heidelberg. Os course the music of “My Uncle from Japan” is the one big feature, but the lines of the piece are in excellent hands, as the cast will be composed of the following old favorites: Capt. Robert Racket, one of the National Guard, a lawyer when he has nothing else to do, and a liar all the time, Mr. Frank Wemhoff. Obadiah Dawson, his uncle from Japan, Mr. Walter Johnson. Timothy Tolman, his friend, who married for money and is sorry for it, Mr. Clayson Carroll. Mr. Dalroy, his father-in-law, and a jolly old fellow, Mr. Hugh Hite. Hobson, a waiter from the Case Gloriana, who adds to the confusion, Mr. Jesse Helm. Clarissa Racket, the captain's pretty wife, out for a lark and up to anything awful, Miss May Holthouse. Mrs. Tolman, a lady with a temper, who finds her Timothy a vexation of spirit. Miss Minnie Orvis. Katy, a mischievous maid, Miss Francis Bryson. Maid of Japan, tennis girls, tourists, London society ladies etc., by the# ladies of the chorus. The tickets are twenty-five cents; no extra charge for reservation, and the board will open at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, October 23d, at Holthouse Drug Store. Have you bought a ticket; if not, why not, for you will not only see a first-class entertainment, but you will be spending your quarter in a good cause. Remember “My Uncle from Japan" will be at the Bosse Show House one night only, Wednesday, the 23d. __ o BALLOON SAILED OVER INDIANA. Greatest Trip Ever Made—St. Louis to Eastern Coast. St. Louis, October 16.—Swinging through the atmosphere at a speed roughly estimated at twenty-two miles an hour, the United States signal corps balloon No. 10, in which J. C. McCoy and Captain Charles De Chandler, ascended here last evening, passed over Illinois and Indiana last night, and across Ohio today, and atj nightfall was apparently about to land near Point Pleasant, W. Va.. • The distance covered on a straight line measurement is approximately . 500 miles, and the voyage won for, I hese aeronauts the Lahm cup.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, October 19. 1907

LOTS OF MONEY Appropriations Large by Coming Congress GOVERNMENT FORTUNATE. Prosperity Helped to Meet Expenditures—Tariff Question May Be Discussed. Washington, October 19.—1 f all the plans now under consideration for spending government money are presented to Congress at the coming session some hard headed member is likely to inquire where the money is to come from. The estimates of the various departments of the amount of money it will take to carry them through the fiscal year beginning next July, now being prepared, will form the heaviest financial demand that has ever been made on Congress. Many things contribute to this condition of affairs. In the first place the federal government is expanding by leaps and bounds. It is doing things now it never dreamed of doing six or eight years ago. By authorization of Congress the salary charge is larger than ever before and it is likely to be further increased. The general increase in the cost of everything has also had something to do with the increased cost of government. But after all it is a few big undertakings that swell the expense account of the government. It costs to hold insular possessions, and the cost increases from year to year. It is now taking and will continue to take for many years an enormous amount of money to carry on the work on the Panama canal. The greatest navy on earth can not be built up and maintained without the expenditure of enormous sums of money. It takes money, too, to be investigating corporations and “rich malefactors.’’

Washington, October 19. —The government has been fortunate in being able to meet all the extraordinary demands on its Treasury the last few years because of the unusual run of prosperity? But what if there should be a lull in this prosperity? Suppose the demand for foreign-made goods should fall off materially and the custpms receipts in consequence should drop! Such a situation would call for action along one of two lines: The tariff rates would have to be raised (and economists are not certain that high tariff rates always produce the most revenue), or internal revenue taxes would have to be increased. The situation as a whole seems to be one worthy of careful consideration at the hands of the law-makers. The Panama canal we must have —there can be no cessation of work there or cutting down of expenses. A great navy—the greatest on earth —is no (Continued on page 2.) A UGHTSENTENCE For FredSawyertheAutomobile Thief WAS CAPTURED AT VAN WERT. Chicago Jury Finds Him Guilty of Petit Larceny—Given One Year in Prison. According to a jury in Judge vßtetano’s court yesterday, J. C. Hills' gasoline touring car, for which he paid $2,700, is worth sl4. Mr. Hills, however, refused an offer of sls for the machine, and even a later offer of $16.15 also failed to tempt him. By fixing the value at this sum the sympathetic jury was able to bring in a verdict of only petit larceny against Frederic Sawyer, formerly Mr. Hill’s . chauffeur, who stole the machine last summer from Mr. Hills' home, 1536 ■ Windsor avenue, and was arrested , later at Van Wert, 0., being shot by j Sheriff Fred Hott, whom he tried to , run down with-his automobile. ; Judge Bretano sharply criticised the , jury’s verdict and sentenced the de- j fendant to one year in the house of I, (Continued on page !.)

AN EDITOR IS ON TRIAL. Charged With the Murder of One of Hie Printer*. All members of the order of Red Men here are interested in the trial of Joseph P. Williams, former editor of the Indiana Redman, for killing his printer, Herman Pugh, now on at Muncie. The*attorneys in the case say they expect to make the trial a short one. While the lawyers for Williams are not yet giving their line of defense it may be asserted that Williams was a victim of emotional insanity. Doubtless self-defense also will be set forth as justification. According to report it will be asserted that Pugh made a movement toward his pocket as if to defend himself in the course of the quarrel between him and Williams and that Williams thought he was in danger of his life and shot with that idea in mind. COURT HOUSE NEWS Final Report Filed in the Kocher Cause ANSWER IN BIG DAMAGES CASE. Same Probate Business —Several Final

Reports Filed by Administrators — Other Items. In the case of Horace Kohn vs. Joseph W. Hakes, suit on note and account, demand $250, a demurrer was filed by the defendant to each paragraph of the complaint. In the petition for a drain filed by Henry Teeple and nine others, D. E. Smith entered his appearance for Mary E. Harma. D. B. Erwin, commissioner in the matter of Fanny Kocher vs. Josephine Moser et al., a partition suit, filed his final report and was discharged. Bessie Cronin vs. Ft Wayne Morning Journal Gazette Company, damages $50,000. An answer in three paragraphs was filed by A. J. Moynihan, one of the defendants. John F. Felty, administrator of the William C. Felty estate filed his final report, which was allowed, and he was discharged. Final reports w’ere also filed by George B. Maurer, administrator of the Maurer estate; by Mary A. Wemhoff, administratrix of the Bernard F. Henei|off estate; by Joseph D. Krick, administratoV of the Jacob Krick estate. —4_ .Simon Sprupger, trustee of the Abraham J. Sprunger estate, filed a current report, which was allowed. Peter M. Fnlk has been appointed guardian for Merle, John, Jacob and Arthur Fulk, and filed bond for $3,000.

DR. FOWLER ARRIVED HOME.

Dr. W. N. Fowler, Surgeon of the Chicago Record-Walter Wellman expedition, arrived in this city last evening, accompanied by Mrs. Fowler, and will remain here this winter, resuming his practice of medicine. Six months ago Dr. Fowler left Bluffton for Paris, there to meet and resume with the other members of the Wellman expedition party their search for the North Pole. This was the second attempt, and in many respects the preparations were far superior to those made for the year previous.— Bluffton Banner. • T-r — The Passion Play, as it will be presented at the Electric Theater next week under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society Os the Presbyterian church, will be great to behold. The film will be the latest on the road, and it is so long that it would be impossible to show It In the time that otSer minor films of the same subject that are on the road can be shown. The Electric Theater people have taken pains to get the very best and latest film in existence for this show, and it will be a great treat to Decatur people. The music will be great also. There will be quartette singing and other special music. Everyone should buy tickets of the Presbyterian ladies and see this, the best portrayal of the life of the Lord that has ever been seen in the city. The pictures will ' be described as they are shown by a , r »-.on who wi'i be engaged specially for this occasion. '

HEALTH BULLETIN Typhoid was Prevalent in September LEAD ALL OTHER DISEASES. Tonsilitis Was Also Plentiful—Small Pox Existed in Seven Counties— No Deaths. The Bulletin of the State Board of Health for Septemoer, just issued, says: The reports for the month show that typhoid fever was very prevalent. Indeed, it is reported as the most prevalent disease. In the corresponding month last year, typhoid was fourth in prevalence. Tonsilitis existed to a greater degree than in the corresponding month last year. Thir-ty-six counties reported diphtheria present, and it was epidemic in two places in Brown, in one place in Daviess, one in Delaware, one in Grant, one in Huntington, three in St. Joseph and three in Vanderburgh. The disease existed to considerable degree in Marion. Total number of deaths from the disease in the whole state was thirty. Typhoid fever was reported in seventy-six counties, and probably was present in every one of them. The total number of deaths was 133, and in the corresponding month last year, 143. Consumption did its usual damage, causing 325 deaths, in the corresponding month last year, 291. Pneumonia caused ninety-three deaths, and was reported as eleventh in area of prevalence. In the corresponding month last year, ninety-three deaths and fourteenth in area of prevalence. The cancer deaths numbered 115; violence, 199; diarrhoeal diseases, 280. The total number of deaths in the whole state was 2,751; rate, 12.4. The city death rate was 14.1, and the country death rate, 11.3. The death rates of the cities having over 25,000 population were: Indianapolis, 14.4; Evansville, 12.7; Fort "Wayne, 15.8; Terre Haute, 15.9; Anderson, 11.3; Muncie. 9.3; South Bend, 14.6. Smallpox was reported present in the following counties: Cass, Clinton, Dearborn, Madison, Marshal, Martin. Starke, with no deaths.

■ It is now said that George W. Ellis, B former county superintendent of schools; has fled from Elkhart county, ; following charges that he had been guilty of graft practices while in office. ElHs had taken a position as principal , of the New Paris schools, but disapj peared suddenly when charges were made against him by the county attorney, who had been investigating I his accounts. I ® CONCLAVE SESSION Held by Members of the Holy Grail FOUR CANDIDATES INITIATED. An Oyster Supper Followed—The Boy* Will Issue a Monthly Paper. The knights and esquires of the Holy Grail held a conclave meeting last night in the lecture room of the M. E. Church for the purpose of conferring initiatory work upon four candidates who were initiated into the Esquire degree. Those who were initiated were Glen Tague, Sim Burke, George Sheeler and Willie Conrad. The work was quite impressive, and 1 the hew candidates started in this ; new organization under most pleasant 1 auspices. After the initiatory work an i elegant oyster supper was served to < the boys, much to their delight. Ne- j gotiations are going on to organize a t Holy Grail paper, to be published t monthly, and last night the first step c was taken to secure subscriptions, t Outsiders as well as members are re- j quested to subscribe for this paper i 'nd help the boys along. The price of s this paper win be fifty cents a year, i

TO ATTEND COLUMBUS MEETING. Indiana Railroad Commission to Get a Few Pointers. The Indiana Railroad Commission will attend a meeting of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which will be held at Columbus, 0., Monday, October 28. The Interstate Commerce Commission at that time will try cases of alleged discrimination in coal rates and in the movement of cars. The complaint has been filed against the Hocking Valley Railroad Company in Ohio by the coal companies. The Indiana commission will attend the meeting with a view to getting information which will be of value in deciding such cases in Indiana. The Indiana commission also will hold a conference with the Ohio state commission to discuss subjects of mutual interest.

THE SOCIETY NEWS Presbyterians to Celebrate 4th. Anniversary OF THIS NEW BUILDING. Mrs. Kuebler Entertained Pleasantly —Happy Event at Loch Home. Mrs. W. A. Kuebler entertained a small company of ladies at her home last night in honor of the Misses Geraldine Barton and Josephine Henderson. The occasion was a six o'clock dinner and an elegant time was had. The ladies from Fort Wayne will remain over Sunday as guests of Mrs. Kuebler. Several society events are scheduled to come off next week, and from all indications they will be brilliant affairs. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian church are selling tickets for the famous Passion Play, which will be shown at the Electric Theater next week. Don’t fail to buy a ticket. The members of the Presbyterian church are expecting to have a glorious time tomorrow as the fourth anniversanry of the new church will be celebrated. Rev. E. A. Allen, of Epworth, lowa, and Rev. Alexander, of Elmira, Illinois will be present to assist in making the occasion a most memorable one. Each of these ministers will preach during the day and special music will be rendered. All members of the church and friends are cordially invited to attend these services. Sunday school will be held at the usual time.

A pleasant party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loch last night at their home on North Second street, in I honor of their guest, Mr. Raymond Genould, of Warren, Pennsylvania. The event was enjoyable ana an in- ( quiry magazine contest furnished ■ much amusement for the guests. Excellent music was furnished during the evening and an elegant luncheon was served. Those present were: Misses Marie Beery, Frances Merryman, Emma and Edna Hoffman, Zoe Miller, Ethel Barkley Winnifred Johnson, Pansy Bell and Lucile Hale and Messrs. Ross Mills and Von Burke. o WIRING AUTOMOBILE FACTORY. Halfling & Ernst Began Work on the Job Today. Halfling & Ernst, who recently secured the contract to do the electric wiring at the automobile factory started in on the work this morning, and will push the same to completion as i rapidly as possible. The contract is no small thipg, as the entire part ’ of the main building must be wired ( according to spcificatlons, and sixty < lights are to be strung at various ; places throughout the same. Two ’ electric motors will be placed in this < plant, one being a five-horse power t and the other a fifteen, which will be 1 used as power for receiving the ma- ( chinery. The firm, Harfling & Erast, e are fully competent to handle this e job, and will no doubt put in thier c work according to the specifications : and in a manner that will reflect ' i much credit upon themselves.

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IN HIGHER COURTS Some Decisions on Matters of Public Interest RIGHTS OF LOCAL MERCHANTS. A Peculiar Marriage Contract —Rights of a Passenger Who is Riding Free of Charge. The Indiana Supreme Court accords to a member of a convention who is in jured in a collision while riding together with other members of the convention on the cars belonging to a street railway company at the invitation of the company the right of a passenger, in Indiana Traction & Terminal Co. v. Klentschy, 79 Northeastern Reporter, 908. The servants of the carrier did not become the servants of the convention by the latter’s acceptance of the invitation to ride on the carrier’s cars, and the fact that the passenger was carried gratuitiuosly did not deprive her of her right of action if injured by the negligence of the carrier. The rights of local merchants to agree among themselves not to purchase merchandise from wholesalers and jobbers who sell goods to catalogue or mail order houses, and to inform each other of what wholesalers and jobbers make such sales, is upheld by the United States Circuit Court for South Dakota, in Montgomery Ward & Co. v. South Dakota Retail Merchants’ and Hardware Dealers’ Association, 150 Federal Reporter, 415. The Court regarded it not to be unfair competition, intimidation, or coercion for the retailers, either by persuasion or other peaceable means, to seek to prevent wholesalers from selling to mail order houses.

An ingenious marriage contract not to be performed until the death of the young lady’s mother, presumably to avoid any disagreeable interference by the mother-in-law with the connubial bliss of the wedded pair, is revealed in the case of Bailey v. Brown. 88 Pacific Reporter, 518. Judge McLaughlin, of the California Court of Appeals, who filed a concurring opinion in the case, intimates that a breach of such contract did not constitute a cause of action. He asked the question, “How could ; con’ract to marry exist when the promisor might never be under an obligation to marry the promise, and vice versa?” and continued: "If this good mother should live to a very ripe

old age, as mothers sometimes do, no human could tell what might happen. Either of the parties might be waiting for the other, harp in hand, beyond this vale of tears, or both might pine away and die before this promise of future connubial bliss could ripen into a cause of action enforceable in earthly courts.” o_ CAUSED BY THE NEW RATES. Union and Non-Union Companies Clash in an Effort for Business. The fire insurance storm that has been lowering in Bluffton for many months, is at last upon us, the vor-

- tex sweeping down upon the city 1 Wednesday morning, and the pitched battle between the union and non-un-ion companies, the former attempting to coerce the latter into conforming with the advanced rates or ruin their business, is now on, and it remains only for the business men and citizens to stand pat with the men who have labored incessantly to prevent the raise in rating that the trust has been endeavoring to bring about The state agents of almost every standard company are in the city, the trust men visiting every business house and offering a ridiculously low rate for insurance and beanting to cancel the policies held in non-union companies, letting what has been paid go on a policy in a union company. The other element has adopted a course that seems to be checkmating their opponents at almost every turn. The local non-union firms are the Greek and the Hitchcock & Fetters agency, and the members have made a complete canvass of the business district, explaining what the trust is attempting to accomplish, and it ! seems that they are bound to win the fight.—Bluffton Banner.