Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 258.

6REAT MEETING LAST NIGHT

John Worth Kern Welcomed by Enthusiastic Thousands BIGGEST RALLY OF CAMPAIGN

RED FIRE GALORE More Than a Thousand Marchers in Big Procession THE (TOWN WAS ABLAZE I Speeches by Hon. J. W. Kern and General Weaver of lowa When John Worth Kern, democratic nominee for vice president, and Geni eral J. B. Weaver, the distinguished lowa veteran and the other noted visitors, accompanied by newspaper reporters and the reception committee who had met the party at Fort Wayne, descended the platform of the special car at the Fort Wayne & Springfield Interurban station last evening, they looked out over a very sea of faces that extended for a block in every direction and almost prevented the party from reaching the speakers' stand erected at the west side of the court house. The big night meeting excelled anything ever seen in this city and Billy Blodgett, of the Indianapolis News estimated the crowd at from 10,000 to 12,000 and the thing that makes the workers feel so good is the fact that no special effort was made to advertise the affair. It was great. Everything was carried out as planned and the boys in charge are certainly deserving of due praise for each did his part and did it well. I A monster torchlight procession was I pulled off just before the special ar- | rived, and was a dandy all right. It I started from the city hall and under I command of Capt. John T. Myers was I handled perfectly. The men in charge I at the starting point, Samuel Doak. J. I D. Rieter and all the others, had conI trol of the getaway and this hardest I of all jobs was done in away that I proved previous experience. As the I prade progressed the red fire all along I the line showed that Dr. D. D. Clark I had carefully carried out his plans, I and the boys in line were cheered by | thousands as they progressed. The g line of march was as announced and J enthusiasm all the way was great. I The parade was led by George Braun i astride a prancing mule, and he was | follewed by about eight or ten nicely H decorated automobiles, with Jesse I Niblick in charge. Then came the ■ hands, three of them, and a thousand ■ men bearing torches. Interspersed I were a number of banners, fitting the ■ occasion and the various issues of the ■ campaign. The parade got back to || the court house at a few minutes be- ■ tore the arrival of the Kern special IB an d as the car came through Second ■ B treet cheer after cheer rent the air ■ and when they arrived at Court street. ■ the yells were enough to bring pleas--3 Pre to the hearts of the visitor. 3 A committee of Decatur people me' W>e Kern party at Fort Wayne, in 8 * special decorated in style and escort- ■ ®d them to this city. In the crowd H * er e Lew Ellingham, chairman; H. S. ■ Michaud, Senator Tyndall, Dr. J. W. ■ v »sard. J. H. Heller, J. P. Haefling. ■ c - H. Ernst, C. S. Niblick. J. F. Lachct. ||| J< *n Ehrman. C. J. Lutz, F. M. Schir- ■ Wer, T. J. Durkins, E. X. Ehinger.

T. M. Gallogly. W. H. Fldederjohann, L. C. DeVoss, Samuel Simison, Jesse Kelly and J. Fred Fruchte. The car was in charge of Conductor David Hunsicker and Motorman Samuei Schindler. Arriving at the stand here Mr. C. J. Lutz, acting as chairman of the meeting, introduced the Hon. John W. Kern, and as he looked out over that great throng of people he was cheered to the echo and cheered again and again. He spoke for thirty minutes and the crowd was with him every second of that time. His voice was a little out of tune, but he was fairly well heard. He began with a tribute to the throng, saying that this was the grandest audience he had spoken to during the campaign and that it looked mighty good to him. He went after the republican party in good style and accused them of using a big slush fund. He was followed by that veteran, General Weaver, of lowa, who spoke for over an hour and held the closest attention of the big audience and giving them much to think about. The party left here at ten o’clock for Fort Wayne, where they spent the night, leaving this morning for another tour over the state. Every man who had a part in the occasion did his best, and deserves due credit. HURLED 30 FEET Five Berne Men Were Thrown in a Fence Corner by Overturning of Auto WERE AT DECATUR And Enroute to Their Home When Machine Upset— No Serious Injuries Returning to their home after enjoying the rousing celebration of last evening, Paul Gerber, of Berne, and four companions, who in the former’s automobile, participated in the rally parade, miraculously escaped what semed to be inevitable death when the machine overturned and threw the occupants forcibly to the ground. The party left this city at the conclusion of the Democratic demonstration and at about 10:30 o’clock when they’had reached a point one mile north of Berne, the spring of the auto was broken, caused by the jar of crossing a bridge. They proceeded onward, but had only gone a short distance when, as they were turning to the side of the road to pass a vehicle, the machine overturned and hurled the five occupants who were Gerber, William Giliam, Harry Shalley, Noah Bixler and John Reminger a distance of thirty feet, the five landing in a fence corner thirty feet away. Fortunately. • no serious injuries were received b' I' the men with the exception of Remr c ger, whose arm was slightly i The machine, however, was badly d u ia ] ’ aged, which will necessitate the ; , penditure of a neat sum of mcn.h a ir. restore ft to its former conditi o j e . m?de The Ladies' Aid Society of flowed i Pleasant M. E. church will j train, ■ {old fashioned oyster supper r an , po lis I urday evening, Oct. 31, at tMarshall .of Mrs. Philip Baker, two m 3. Mr. .! of Decatur, on Decatur an,this, al- . pike. Will begin to serving for , from six o’clock on. Everybc r ted out • vited to come and enjoy the his own , with us. not ac ‘ e yet he

TOCSIN BUILDING NEARLY DONE By December First They Expect to Occupy It. Work on the Tocsin school bui'ding is being pushed with the most possible speed. It is thought that the building will be completed ready for occupancy by the first of December. In the meantime the students of the school are allowed to spend their time playing and having a good time, as they have no school to go to. Superintendent Huy ette is anxious that this building should be completed as soon as possible so that the children will not lose any more time than is necessary. Many times when children are kept out of school for three or four months they lose interest in the school and as a result do not return. The school building will be one of the finest country buildings in the county. There will be four rooms iii it. The building will be fitted out with all the modern equipment of a country school building. ALL OVER TUESDAY Early Returns That Will Indicate the Election Winners SOON TO KNOW Buffalo and Indianapolis Are Expected to Give Early Returns New York, Oct. 27. —Marion county Indiana, and Erie county. New York, the one having in it the city of Indianapolis and the other the city of Buffalo, are expected to give the country the first intimation as to how the presidential election has gone. Both counties will use machines for the first time at a presidential election, and the story of what each has done will be known several hours before any of the other centers of population will be heard from. “If Indianapolis and Buffalo go for Bryan his election will be practically assured," said Chairman Mack today, whose home is in Buffalo. “If Erie county gives Bryan a plurality of 5,000 or more it will mean that he has carried New York state, and is elected. I really expect the county to give him 12,000 or 15,000 plurality.” Four years ago Buffalo and Erie county gave Roosevelt 13,148 plurality. Two years ago Hughes had 1,182 plurality in the county, and a plurality in the state of 57,000. Rochester and Monroe county in this state, also use voting machines, and the tip they give early on election day evening will be watched for with keen interest. Four years ago Rosevelt’s plurality in the city and county was J J,, 9. Both sides are claiming the , 'v this year. The Democratic I "nanagement hears that the- 81 cabinet sent out on Deen a< ¥ & e si? received instruction* 11 ® cn M 0,1,0 aloosevelt to put. asi been m Vj‘ e as on; e Bryan calamity n 1110 mar tT~" '— —~ e information.^ 11 ® all hes in Ohio a kinds of fa L 6b/e seh A exclua P’ nk salf ®’ Cj L Hoping >x and is appl • say, the j. Its action iif Choo l ho Us „ Bake u .ial is similar td~ s - C. j SR. ue injurious elemi. z a-tgo .he soap. Charlesf 00 ®- John c on Duffy himself are/ -f- ’ ers for the clean/ o&0 °I bou 3p le thriving business c . I J- C. M Marion is wellh (ep # Logansport ’ * ‘ Rinehart, Lota. is managing ~~~ / * formerly Van TVs. jjj Vt r . 1 resentative of tl kidney ? rnt °s.- I CI railroad is the AssociatJ lfr e Ure(] ' tor; Hallie Chfn°w at£ r T e « 1 bell are cperij ci{ ' The Tribune L suffer, pers in the qail e(} aoc tors tablished onlWßlTg Cq Pupj] Q , 1 yet a year of ’ J ’ the front s°i ’ Snj/n, of r

Decatur. Indiana, Wednesday Evening, October 28, 1908.

EX-CONGRESSMAN IS DEAD. Allan Langdon McDermott, New Jersey Democrat, Expires. New York, Oct. 26.—Ex-Congress-man Allan Langdon McDermott, one of the foremost Democrats of New Jersey, died tonight at his home in Jersey City from heart trouble. Mr. McDermott was born in Boston fiftyfour years ago. BURNED TO DEATH Mrs. Keizer, of Hartford Township, Suffers Terrible Agony A SAD ACCIDENT Young Lady Was Cooking in Oil Shanty—Clothes Caught Fire The report of a sad and tragic accident which resulted in the death of Mrs. Clarence Kelzer, a highly respected young lady of Hartford township and which was received Tuesday evening just in time for a mention, has caused sorrow to the many acquaintances here. The accident occurred Monday morning. Mrs. Keizer was cooking in an oil shanty in south Hartford township near Where her husband was at work. In some way her dress caught fire, probably from fire which fell from the stove onto the floor. Before she knew it the flames had reached her hair. She was alone in the little building, and rushed out into the air, screaming. Rapidly the flames enveloped her, burning her clothes entirely off and burning her body to a crisp from head to foot. Her husband and other men arriving at the place scon found her in a serious condition. Drs. Price and Graham from Geneva arrived in a half hour, and did what they could to relieve her, but she died at three d’clock that afternoon. She was conscious for several hours and told the story of how r it happend. She was about twentytwo years old and had been married but about a year. The funeral services were held this morning at ten o’clock at the White Oak church. The sad affair cast a gloom over the community where she was held in high esteem. o EXPLODE PETARD AS JOKE Malicious Persons Cause Much Excitement at Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona, Oct. 26.—The authorities were greatly alarmed this afternoon by the explosion of a petard in one of the streets, but the police, after an investigation, expressed themselves as attaching no importance to the incident, as the King Alfonso and Queen Victoria were not w’ithin miles. The police regard it as a malicious joke, but they have searched in vain for the authors of it. Earlier in the day the King and Queen visited the French squadron lying in the harbor and their launch came into collision with a steam ferry with such violence that several of those on board were thrown to the deck. For a moment there was something of a panic, but an examination showed that the damage was only , superficial and both boats were able ; to proceed. —-o * The semi-annual meeting of the 12th district medical society will be held toda yat Fort Wayne and a large num- : ber of the local physicians will be in : attendance. This twelfth district has i nothing whatever to do with the con- I gressional districts but is a division i of the state organization of this so- , defy. An invitation was issued to the local society as well as to many other doctors in northern Indiana and it is i expected to have several hundred doc- I tors in attendance. One of the spe- < cial features of the meeting will be i the demonstration of the bloodless 1 surgery advocated by Dr. Lorenz, the Austrian surgeon, who reduced the ' crippled hip of the daughter of Ar- 1 mour, the millionaire meat packer. A i Chicago surgeon will repeat the same 1 operation, which Dr. Lorenz perform- 1 ed at several times during his stay in ’ this country and which created so 1 much comment at that time in medical 1 circles.

SERVICES INTERESTING. I Attentive Audience Greets Able Evangelist. The services at tihe Church of Christ proved very interesting last night. An attentive audience greeted Evangelist Crabb, who read the 51st Psalm for scripture lesson. This was followed by the touching song “The Wages of Sin is Death." Mrs. Crabb sang this song very impressively. This was followed by a splendid sermon by Rev. Crabb, whose subject was “Is Sin a Disease; If so, Can It be Cured." The statements of Rev. Crabb were earnest, convincing and forcible arguments to those who have not accepted Christ as their “Great Physician" and when the invitation songs were sung two responded to the call. This makes fifteen accessions to the membership since the meetings began. Much interest has been manifested at all services, and much good has resulted. The services will close Friday night,’as Evangelist Crabb has a call in another church for a revival meeting. Every cne is urged to come out to the remaining services. Subject for Wednesday evening is “The Carpenter of Nazareth." The members of the church are especially urged to attend this meeting as a business session will be held after regular services. All should be present. Services at 7:15. COURT HOUSE NEWS , Costs Retaxed in the Teeple Ditch—Default in Divorce Case REAL ESTATE DEALS Marriage Licenses — Only Four Days in Which to Pay Taxes In the Henry I. Teple et al drain, upon motion by Contractor Gabriel F. Everett, costs were retaxed as follows: R. C. Boyd $1.75; J. Everett, $2.15; Charles Hicks, $2.65; C. V. Hilyard, $2.15; L Hicks, $2.05 and clerk's costs 75 cents. Cora Baumgartner vs. William Baumgartner, divorce, default of defendant and prosecuting attorney ordered to file answer. A marriage license was issued to I Phillip Wendall, sixty years eld, a ! farmer, and Elizabeth Rose, forty, of Berne. The groom has been married twice before and the bride once. —

Another license issued was to Otto Henry Haubold, advertising manager, Chicago, aged 28, and Carrie Thomas, twenty-two, of this city. Real estate transfers: Catherine Sprunger et al to John Nussbaum, 79 acres, Monroe township. $7,979; Henry L. Warner et al to Albert M. Manlier lots 40-43 Pleasant Mills, $450; Albert Mauller et al to J. E. Brown to Adah M. Mauller, two and a half acres, St. Marys township, $1.00; W. S. Small to E. E. Carmen land in Wabash township, $250; Mary Gaffer to Michael Gaffer, lot 181 Decatur, $1.00: Robert N. Andrew’s to John W. Warriman, part lot 87 Decatur. S7OO. Catherine Eiting, guardian for Agnes. Margaret and Josephine Eiting, filed an inventory and same was approved. alty must be added if you don’t get your taxes. Better hurry. The penalty must be added if yuo don’t get in by Monday. o WHISKY MEN LOSE FIGHT. Baltimore. Oct. 26. —The first of the so-called “whisky seizure’’ cases under the pure food and drug law was decided today in favor of the government. The case has been on trial in the United States district court before ; Judge Morris and a jury for a week, j The defendants were the Louisiana Distilling company of New’ Orleans, and the charge was a violation of the pure food and drugs act in misbranding forty-five barrels of liquor “bourbon whisky” which the government contended was a product of molasses and other materials, and in no sense what the branding indicated.

THOMAS R. MARSHALL HERE Spoke to a Very Large Crowd This Afternoon

RECEIVERSHIP TAKEN UP. Judge Sturgis Transacts Business at Hartford City. This afternoon Judge Sturgis returned from Hartford City and the receivership matter of the Ossian Live Stock Insurance association was taken up. As a result the Union Savings and Trust company was appointed receiver of the association. C. D. Carr, secretary of the association, was the only officer here. He did not make an appearance, the association evidently thinking that the appointment of a receiver would be the simplest way out of the financial difficulty. According to the petition which Wilson N. Hoot, formerly the collector for the association, the company is in debt over $5,000, and there Is not any money in the treasury. Hoot claims that the members of the company have not been paying their assessments when they came due and as a result the association went defunct. This insurance association has been in existence for several years. When it was first organized it had a large membership and all the members took an interest in it. However, many soon began refusing to pay up when some of the members lost stock and as a result the treasury was soon depleted. —Bluffton Banner. o The campaign is closing. The Marshall speech today is the last one scheduled by any of the parties, excepting the township meetings over the county. A week from today we will tell you all about it. HE IS MISSING T- Earl Patterson Has Suddenly Disappeared from Muncie BOOKS ARE SHORT And He Was a Deputy— Failed to Charge for His Own License

J. Earl Patterson is missing. After signing (or it is purported that he signed) an affidavit appearing in Monday’s Muncie Star, Senator N. B. Haw-kins’-eight dollars a day “expert accountant" is missing and has probably been run out of the district until election. As an evidence of how this man Patterson stands in his home city and county the following extract from ,

a Muncie publication explains itself fully. It says: “Robert I. Patterson, former clerk, made final settlement in December. 1907. Afterwards Mr, Ktnworthy, an expert accountant, went over his books and discovered that Mr. Patterson owed the county $700.36. Mr. Patterson acknowledged the withholding the county's money by paying the amount to the county treasurer June 1, 1908. (See Auditor’s Register of Receipts for 1908, page 13.) J. Earl Patterson, now famous accountant for N. B. Hawkins, candidate for congress was deputy clerk for Robert I. Patttrson during the time this shortage was made, and w-as, in fact, in com- • plete charge of the office, and not only made this shortage, but failed to charge himself for his own marriage | license issued to himself by himself from the clerk’s office during this time. —Portland Sun. c Among the various dwellings that were decorated last evening for the Kern rally was the home of Mayor C. , O. France and Mrs. Mary Wemhoff. i Their lawns were a mass of bunting of 1 about 300 yards and several hundred < Japanese lanterns and pictures of Bryan, Kern and Marshall between the - trees.

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IN THE COURTYARD Made Eloquent, Earnest and Convincing Talk to the Voters D. D. HELLER PRESIDE Delegations From Over the County—Mrs. Marshall With Candidate Tom Marshall, next governor of Indiana, was here today, and hundreds of people heard him talk, and shook hands with he and Mrs. Marshall. Owing to a misunderstanding, in the time of the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, a well planned parade was spoiled. It was understood that they would come in over the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad at 1:11, but instead they came at one o'clock over the Fort Wayne & Springfield. The crowd had gathered at the Murray House and led by three bands, two from this place and the Berne band, they were to proceed to the station to receive the distinguished visiors. They were surprised when the Marshalls stepped off the traction car. They were escorted immediately to the Library hall, where a reception was held, hundreds of people meeting them, during the hour from one to two o’clock. It was ah appy, good natured throng of people, all for Tom Marshall and in dreadful earnest. The city was nicely decorated in honor of the occasion and the guests were delighted with their cordial welcome. Notwithstanding the chilly weather and the fact that the farmers are extremely busy just now at corn husking, there were delegations here from all parts of the county and the crowd was more than satisfactory. At 1:45 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall proceded to the platform at the west side of the court house and where had congregated a large crowd of people, and their arrival there was the signal of prolonged cheering. The venerable Judge Daniel D. Heller presided and introduced Mr. Marshall as the man who next Tuesday will be chosen as the next governor of. this great state. The speaker opened by stating that he had never liked outdoor meetings since, when a lad he once called another boy a liar and he Invited him out into the open. Since then he has an abhorrance of outdoor meetings. Mr. Marshall paid a tribute to the women of Indiana and when the cheer which followed was a little weak said: “I am glad that there are four or five men here who love their wives, any

way.” He spoke fervently for a return to constitutional principles in government, for non-interference by one branch of government with the other. His words were well received and he was frequently applauded. He said there was a contest in this country between aristocracy and the common people, and turning to some old men wearing G. A. R. buttons, said: “If you boys who wore the blue had not offered yourselves as a sacrifice there would have been an aristocracy in this country that would have ultimately destroyed the republic. I was too young to be a soldier in the civil war, and too old to serve in the Spanish war, but I am going to be more lucky a week from today.’’ he said, and again the crowd cheered. “I am paying my own campaign expenses.” he said, "but when I ask who is paying the campaign bills of my opponent I get no answer," he said. “I have said I have given no promises of offices or anything else, and then I ask my opponent whether he has promised anything, and again I get no answer. I believe in my party, and I will serve my party, but I believe I ought to serve the people first.” Mr. Marshall discussed state issues —the panic, bank guaranty, opposed (Continued on page 3.)