Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1908 — Page 1

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GO INTO BUSINESS Dallas Hunsicker and B. E. Miller Will Buy Racket Store at Angola THEY ARE HUSTLERS Charles Myers is Contemplating Joining the Firm of Myers and Moses Dallas Hunsicker. the genial clerk at the F. B. Tague shoe store, who has worked in this capacity for several years, has decided to go into business for himself and he is negotiating for the purchase of the racket store owned by Charles Myers, formerly of this city, at Angola. A little more than one year ago Mr. Myers left this city, going to Angola, where he launched into business. He has met with an abundance of success in his business venture. Mr. Myers, however, has been contemplating joining the firm of Myers & Moses since the demise of Eli Presdorf and in the meantime Mr. Hunsicker and his brother-in-law, B. E. Miller, of Lima, have been negotiating with Mr. Myers for the purchase of his store. Mr. Hunsicker has resigned his position at the Tague shoe store to take effect Saturday night ,and next Monday he will go to Angola to close the deal. He hails from one of the most highly respected families in this city, and is hustling, energetic and honest in all o* his undertakings. His partner, Mr. Millet, is possessed of excellent bus iness qualifications, he having been agent at various places along the route of the G. R. & I. railroad. The firm of Hunsicker and Miller will no doubt succeed in their own business. Should the deal materialize as planned Mr. Myers will return to this city and engage in the furniture and undertaking business with his uncle. Eli Myers and Carl Moses. Mr. Myers and wife will be greeted by a hearty welcome when they. return to our midst. Alva Nichols has been engaged to supply the vacancy made by the resignation of Mr. Hunsicker at the Tague store. BUT ONE BALLOT Hon. Cyrus Cline Named for Congress at the Convention Yesterday MUCH ENTHUSIASM I He Received Just Enough Votes to Insure His Nomination After all the fuss and feathers it took but one lone, solitary ballot to settle the congressional nomination contest the Demoarats in (the twelfth district. On that first ballot the Hon. Cyrus Cline, the Angola banker, received the required fortynine votes, and was declared the nominee amid much hilarious enthusiasm. The vote: Allen. Adair 9, Cline 37, DeKalb, Feick 14; Lagrange Adair 6; Noble, Adair 8, Cline 6; Steuben, Cline 6; Whitley, Adair 11. Total, Adair 34, Cline 49, Feick 14. Jt required (just fortytnine votes to bag the nomination, and Mr. Cline came under the wire with just enough and none to spare. It was just as good as a thousand, however, and the Democratic nominee may well congratulate himself over the victory achieved.] The early Indications pointed to a stubborn contest, but most Democrats see one way nowadays, so it turned out as an easy victory for the supporters of the Steuben county candidate. Mr. Cline is well known | throughout the twellth district, has long been a leader among the followers of the mighty Bryan, and likely is the strongest nominee that his party . could name. I

HE WAS INSTANTLY KILLED. John Slater the Victim of an Accident in the Oil Fields. Bluffton, Ind., April 17. —John Slater, 40, was killed almost instantly at 9 o’clock yesterday by a falling oil well derrick in the Jackson township field, three miles southwest of Mt. Zion. Two other workmen made their escape from the path of the falling timbers, but Slater was caught by all three of the heavy derrick poles and was crushed to the earth. His life was snuffed out almost instantly. The body was removed to Slater’s late home, near Jeff, in the southern part of the county. He is survived by one child by a first marriage and his second wife and two step-children also survive him. IT IS HOLY WEEK Beautiful Services to be Rendered at the St. Marys Church SUNDAY SERVICES Another Interesting Article by Rev. Geo. Angermaier Lent and holy week the time of preparation for the feast of the glorious Resurrection is at au end. On Holy Thursday, the eve of Good Friday, the institution of the Sacrament of the most Holy Eucharist called the last supper when Christ on the eve of his bitter passion and death in the midst of His apostles changed bread and wine into His body and blood, giving the apostles the power to do the same for He said to them at that occasion “Do this in commemoration of me.” And ever since the holy sacrifice of the mass is daily celebrated renewing this great mystery of changing bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, according to His own command. On Good Friday the death of the Redeemer is commemorated and as an expression of sorrow no bells are rung on this day. The cross or crucifix in commemoration of the crucifixion and our redemption is on this day especially honored. This banner or emblem of Christianity we find holding an honorable and prominent place in our churches and houses. On Holy Saturday the blessing of fire and the Easter, or Jaschal Candle, which is of unusual size, representing Jesus as the light of the world, and the blessing of baptismal water is performed according to the beautiful rites of the church. While on Good Friday the lights in the church are put out as a symbol of the abrogation of the old law, which ended with the rending of the veil of the temple, the new fire blessed on Holy Saturday represents the preaching of the new law, whereby our Lord Jesus Christ the light of the world, fulfilled all the figures of the ancient covenant. The five grains of incense fixed in the Paschal candle in the shape of a cross, represent the five wounds received by our Lord upon the cross. On Holy Saturday the joys of Easter are ushered in by the intonation of the "Gloria” at mass when the organ peals forth joyously the bells in harmonious tones send forth the glad tidings of our Lord's Resurrection. Those who have abstained from worldly pleasures and amusement during Lent will now feel doubly happy. On Easter Sunday the words of St. Mark xvi-6: “Be not affrighted, He is risen; He is not here” announced by the angel to the holy women are proof of the Resurrection of our crucified Lord from the dead and are the most powerful motive of our belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ is the one great fact on which all other arguments for His Godhead depend. All evidence for His Divinity stands or falls with the fact of the Resurrection. Therefore the words of St. Paul (I Cor. xv-14) who says: “If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” But now since He is arisen, the heavenly Father has impressed upon Him the seal of truthfulness; no wall men who have eyes to see and ears to hear must confess that Jesus Christ, crucified and arisen from the dead, is the (Continued on page 4.)

AMONG ASSESSORS Finishing Touches Being Made in City of Decatur GENTIS TO PREBLE Assessing Standard Property—County Board of Review The assessors who have been working in Decatur, have about concluded the labors of personally collecting the schedules of assessments as filled out by those assessable for taxes. This same condition prevails throughout the county. Within a few days the township assessors will begin listing each assessment list into an assessor’ book, and this will be completed and returned to the county assessor by May 15. County Assessor Gentis goes to Preble tomiorrow to assist the Preble township assessor in listing the property of the Standard Oil company there. The Standard has a great pumping station and will be listed at from $60,000 to $70,000. Besides being a great industry for Preble and furnishing employment to a large force of men, the Standard also helps pay the taxes of Preble township, and enables them to keep their tax Ivey below the high water mark. The county board of review will meet, the first Monday in June, and it will be their duty to equalize the taxes of,every individual in the county. They will be in session thirty days, completing their work along the i first few days in July. The board is ! composed of County Assessor Gentis, ■ Auditor Lewton, Treasurer Lachot and two others yet to be appointed by the judge of the Adams circuit court. From information given by those engaged in assessing the property of the county, there will be a very noticeable increase in the total valuation over that of one year ago. The Increase in values is one of the best criterions of growth and stability. NEVER RECOVERED Mrs. Pattison Sick in a Hospital in the City of Mexico A PATHETIC STORY Governor Pattison Never Realized the Victory He Won The widow of the late Governor John M. Pattison is reported critically ill in a hospital in the city of Mexico, whither she has gone on a southern tour for the benefit of her failing health. Mrs. Pattison has never recovered from the shock of her distinguished husband’s death and the nervous strain due to her long attendance upon him during his illness. The pathos of the personal story grew out of the last gubernatorial campaign in this state appeals to every sympathetic heart. Governor Pattison had just realized the greatest ambition of his life and his devoted family circle had just prepared to share with him the responsibilities of great future usefulness, when an inexplicable Providence decreed the abandonment of all his plans and the sundering of ties that bound him to those he loved. Here was a candidate who never realized the victory he won; here was a governor who never performed an executive act; here was a man who bowed to the inexorable decree on a bed of long suffering, when every indication of his career led to the belief that he had long years of public duty and honors before him.

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IT WILL TAKE NEW WELLS. Gas Pressure Not Strong at Portland Says the Review. Those who had not before realized the fact, appreciated Thursday morning, when they started to light the gas to prepare the morning meal, that this handy fuel will soon be a thing of the past, unless new wells should be found, increasing the supply, or acme other good fortune intervened. Practically every consumer on the Fulton line, and their pressure has for some time exceeded that of the old company, found that the supply was scarely sufficient for kindling purposes. Heads of households were compelled to hustle for the wood piles, where there were any, and resort to other old time methods to obtain the required heat. —Portland Commercial-Review. AS CANAL FEEDER The St. Marys River May Be Extended to Grand Reservoir at Celina IT WILL BE GREAT Water Would in This Manner Be Conveyed to Proposed Ship Canal The proposed ship canal between Toledo and Chicago as planned, will be by 400 miles a shorter route than by the way of the great lakes and the government will cause a survey to be jmade in the near future and congress is to make au appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the preliminary survey. The route as proposed will he from Toledo through Fort Wayne and Wabash to Chicago. As is generally known, freight can be carried by ships for one-tenth the expense by railroads and in the event that the plans materialize for the construction of the canal, the towns and cities in the vicinity of which the canal will pass will not only have more advantageous shipping facilities, but new industries will be created and business will be greatly increased. A perplexing feature in connection with the proposed enterprise, however, is the question as to whether or not enough water can be furnished to operate the different locks. It has been stated by some of the engineers that the summit level lat Fort Wayne will drain an area of 1,600 miles, ample water to operate fifty locks. While this may be true, more conservative of the engineers advance the idea that by extending the St. Marys river to Celina and tapping the grand reservoir which is the largest artificial body of water in the world, this would be a great medium as a feeder to the canal, and would furnish an adequate amount of water for the operation of many locks. Another commendable feature about this proposition is that the St. Marys river as a feeder would empty into the canal about midway between the two cities, between which the canal will be built. However, should these plans materialize the St. Marys river would be dredged and made wider and deeper, so that a large volume of water could be transmitted between Celina and Fort Wayne, and it would be so constructed that small boats could be operated between these two points, and thus the St. Marys would be a great trade medium, as well as a feeder to the canal. The feasibility of this proposition emanates from the fact that the expense of extending the St. Marys river and dredging it will be very small as well as the advantages very great and in the event of the realization of these plans Decatur will reap a bountiful revenue from the salvage of expense in shipping and receiving goods. It is probable that this proposition will, in the near future be placed before the congressmen from this district, as well as the congressmen from the district in which Celina is located and it is thought that the same will be favorably acted upon. The concensus of opinion among the people of the country is that the present generation is one in which waterways will play an important part as shipping mediums and for Decatur to be included along the route of even a feeder would be a fitting stage setting upon which to ring up the curtain. Decatur people are only hoping that the above mentioned plans will be fully carried out.

THE REAPER CALLS Jacob Bienz, Father of Four Adams County Citizens. Died from Senility WAS 83 YEARS OLD And Born in Germany from Where He Came in His Early Life After withstanding the infirmities of old age for several years, during which time extreme feebleness and other complications peculiar to senility were much in evidence, Jacob Bienz, of Willshire township, Van Wert county, Ohio, answered the call of the grim reaper last night at his home. The aged man was born in Germany, April 1, 1825, migrating to this country during the early part of his life, settling in Van Wert county, where he has resided for many years. The deceased was eighty-three years . old the first day of this month and • he has lived a life of usefulness. Four surviving children of the departed man reside in this county and are respectively as follows; Adam Bienz, Union township Fred Bienz, Union township; Mary Reinking and Anna Schamerloh, of Union township, Beside these, the widow and following other children mourn the loss of a Moving husband and flaijher: (Louis Bienz, Indianapolis; Margaret Smith, Joliet, 111., and George Bienz, Van Wert county. The funeral services will be held at Schumm, Ohio. Monday morning al nine o’clock and sermon will be delivered by Rev. Giesse. Interment at church cemetery. CAREY E. ERWIN IS DEAD. Carey E. Erwin, of Jefferson township. one of the promoters of the Independent telephone line of that township, also ex-assessor, died Wednesday afternoon from consumption, after (being bedftist ifor more than tfive months with the dread disease. Mr. Erwin was a prominent man, a leader [ in his Sunday school and has a multitude of friends who will join the bereaved ones in their hour of sorrow. ARE FLOURISHING The People of Monroe Can See a Prospective Future for Their Town BUSINESS IS FINE Dr. A. Buckmaster Has Engaged in Business as Veterinary Monroe, Ind., April 17. —Never before have the people of Monroe been so enthusiastic over the prospective future of our little town as at the present time. Not a person who carer 1 to work is out of employment, and business continues to grow better each day. The Monroe Gran, Hay and Milling company, who have nearly com- ; pleted one of the most up to date milling buildings in this section of the state, have put new life into the people of Monroe and vicinity and they already predict great future ac- ' complishments. The merchants have not been afiected in. the least as a consequence of the money stringency and business is flourishing. Our new bank is doing a large volume of business and a neat dividend has already been declared to the stockholders. Dr. A. Buckmaster, who recently graduated from the Grand Rapids. Mich., veterinary college, has located at Monroe, where he will practice. Mr. Buckmaster is a hustling young man, possessed of business qualifications that mean success for him in his professional career. He graduated from the Grand Rapids school with the highest honors, and without a doubt his services will be much in demand in the town and vicinity of Monroe. The best wishes of all are 1 extended for a successful future for 1 this most estimable young man. 1

' 1 HEARST LEAGUE IN STRAITS. Creditors Are After the League for Unpaid Bills. New York, April 17.—The Independence league, the Hearst organization is so beset by determined creditors that it will soon have to pay a large sumos money or go into bankruptcy. If there is not an immediate settlement of the debts contracted by the league with the Trow Directory company and the Whitehead and Hoag company, counsel for these concerns will seek a third creditor, and then begin action in the federal court to effect the dissolution of the organization on the ground that it is insolvent. The attorneys for the cerditors intend to push the case to the limit. WILL ENTERTAIN The Students of the Luckey School Will Render Excellent Program Next Week ROYAL ENTERTAINERS They Are, and Many People Will Attend and Enjoy Festivities The pupils of the Luckey school are arranging to render an excellent program at the school house next Wednesday evening beginning at' eight o’clock and judging from the following program an excellent time will be enjoyed by all wjio attend. The pupils I of this school are noted for their entertaining qualities and without doubt people from far and near in this part of the county will attend. The program as planned will be as follows: Recitation by the small pupils. Dialogue—“Lemuel Drayton’s Fortunes and Misfortunes.” The characters are: Mr. Drayton Roy Luckey Mrs. Drayton Lcshia Garner I Lemuel Drayton Cliff Brown Mabel Orne Mabel Moses Rev. Troufant. Leo. Ulman Play—“ Won at Last” The characters: General Warburton Dale Moses . Ferdinand Fitzsmith .... Leo Ulman , Lieut. Francis Warburton John Bauserman Adolphur Buchanan ....Cliff Brown Mr. Wolf Roy Luckey I Jem Stead Aurie Dykeman Martin Floyd Schnepp Constance Lena Nidlinger Mrs. Fitzgerald Warburton Cressy Nidlinger Mary Bounce Ruth Worden Officer Oliver Schnepp Alfred Dean Trainer. Mabel Magner, Teacher. o CROMER STILL ON TOP. Federal Appointments Still Wear Cromer Tag. Dr. J. W. McKinney this morning received an appointment as a pension examiner to take the place made vacant by the death of Dr. E. R. Horton. The appointment dates from April 14. and Mr. McKinney was rec- ! ommended by both the Indiana senators for the place. Several physicians of the county have been having pleasj ant dreams of expectancy of getting , this plum, not from tile monetary ' value alone, hut to show' the other fellows that they were still in the political running. In the first came the old Cromer and anti-Cromer squabble. ' and it seems Cromer is still on top , as far as federal appointments are ! concerned. The board now consists of Drs. Spaulding and McKinney, of this city, and Dr. Newman, of Ossian, a trio that Mr. Cromer can call upon 1 at any hour of the day or night and i get them to work. —Bluffton Banner. i o The Berne students who passed the j: county diploma examination, are as , follows: Ruth Allen, Elizabeth Bal- 1 slger. Herman Baumgartner, Esther, ‘ Bixler, Mary Burkhalter, Gytress Eley, , 1 Franklin Franz, Adina Gilliom. Austin i Gilliom, True Gottschalk, ChrisUena 1 Habegger. Arman Hirschy, Barbara , t Hirschy, Gertrude Hirschy, Bertha t Kuntz, Clarence Lehman, Melvin Lid- c dy Eddy Rawly, Victor Eiehenbcrger, ? Henry Schaefer, Cliffton Sprunger, t Lydia Sprunger, Martin Sprunger, s Ernest Stengel, Auleta Stengel, Gil-. < bert Stuckey, Hulda Stuckey. |1

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HOBW GOT LEFT Democrats Refused to Support Battleship Program THE SAVINGS BANKS Favored by President— Mansfield Looking for Soft Place Washington, April 17.—Washington comment centered on the vote of the house rejecting the president’s recommendation for four battleships. The result had long been a foregone conclusion to observers who had tested in any way the sentiment of the Republican leaders and their followers. But the small support given to the president by the Democrats is something of the nature of a surprise. It had been given out that Hobson would all but divide the minority, and some of those who held this opinion predicted that sixty-five Democrats would follow him. Hobson himself appeared very confident of success. The strong antagonism of John Sharp Williams to the president’s naval policy was to be expected, but Washington now sees in his sharp rebuke of Hobson the determination of a party leader not to be ousted from bis place by an ambitious youngster riding a hobby he deemed popular and strong enough to carry him to the goal. Washington, April 17.—Tre president wants a postal savings bank bill incorporated in the Aldrich currency bill. He expressed ‘Ms wish to sev|eral senators and representatives who were in to see him today. The senate committee on post offices and postroads has reported the savings bank bill favorably, and fits friends are confident they have enough votes to put it through that body. The house up to this time has not been dispos’d to look with favor on this measure. The president’s callers learned from him today ‘hat he is also very much in favor of a currency commission. He seems to feel thar congress cott'd in some measure satisfy the country by providing for postal savings banks (Continued on page 2.) DITCH RELOCATED Surveyor Baumgartner and Ditch Commissioner Do Preliminary Work ON WALTERS DITCH The Re-Location Will Be Established in Twenty Days—2so Affected Ditch Commissioner Charles Morrison and County Surveyor L. L. Baumgartner returned last evening from French township, where they have been for two days working in locating the Albert Walters ditch, which is more commonly known as the Big Blue Creek. This ditch is more than nine miles in length, one mile of w’hich is located in Wells county and it affects more than two hundred and fifty farmers. Mr. Walters circulated a petition by his attorneys, Peterson & Moran, some time ago for its re-location, and he, with the other farmers whose farms are drained by the ditch, ask that it be made deeper and wider so that it will be adequate to carry the water from the land through which it Intersects. The relocation will be established within twenty days and Presumably the work. loC dredgilng will be completed by December Ist. Before a ditch can be re-located it is necessary that the surveyor stake, level and view the land through which the ditch intersects. In viewing, the number of acres and what acres aro drained must be ascertained and the assessments are made for each forty acres. The people of French township are anxious that the work of dredging be completed so that their land will be properly drained.