Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1909 — Page 1

HLlume VII. Nuipber 5.

A CITY BUILDING ” r— Council Orders Plans for Such a Building tEW CITY CLERK '*j&n Important Meeting of the Council is Held ■The council met in regluar session law evening at the council chanters. Mayor France presiding, and ail the councilmen being present except Van Camp, who was absent from the ■Bky The minutes of the former were then taken up. read •r ■ approved, after which the council ■proceeded to their regular routine of The first matter taken up was th • resignation of Clerk Thos. Eh■K".g<r, which was accepted by the «ur.cil, and the mayor then proceedto make his appointment of Walter Wemhoff, which appointment was conand approved by the council. Mr. Wemhoffs bond was then read and approved, after which he was duly in and is now the duly quali- • fled and acting clerk of the city. Mr. Wemhoff at once took up his duties proceeded to make notes of the K Winutes, which he will hereafter have of. A resolution ordering the 5-lßity clerk to certify the assessment o toll on the Ninth street Improvement to the treasurer for collection was read and upon motion was adopted. At this time in all probability came tip the most important part of the entire meeting and which, if carried out and completed by our dads will Knee' with the approval of every taxj payer in our community. This impor- | tant feature of the evenings session ■ was brought out by Councilman ChrisKten, who made a motion that the ens gineer be ordered and instructed to a plat of the city ground 10H&tted on Monroe street and to report feyth- same back to the council at their regular meeing. Mr. Christen 13lfellowed this up by making a motion SMkat the mayor appoint a committee of three members of the council to .. .secure sketches for a city building, and they to report back at the next meeting. This motion carried, and the mayor appointed the following Chairman, Christen. Burns, KSuirl Van Camp, This committee, as- . te: securing the sketches, will un■foubtedly be ordered by the council S|t the next metting to secure plans | w>nd specifications for the erection of (Continued on page 4.) .PETITIONS FILED Subsidy Elections to Be Held in Three Townships JON FEBRUARY BTH To Aid the Bluffton. Berne and Celina Traction Company I The three petitions for subsidy in French, Monroe and JesMgerson townships were duly filed with ■he board of commissioners and they ■ranted them. The petitions ask for I «|16,(TO0 in Monroe township and $4,000 I jr. Jefferson township, the above \/amounts to be given the Bluffton, ■Berne & Celina Traction company to 5- aid them in the construction of an in■lterurban line from Bluffton to Celina ■Rhrough Berne. Rudolph Schug and ■several other interested stockholders ■presented the petitions to the boatd Rand by their request the elections will Rhe held on Monday, February 8. These Selections will be held in all things Kto conform to the general election, tae ■matter being in the h nds of election and to whom returns Kvill be made. In talking with several gjgjjtf those present at, the meeting of S-Mthe commissioners, they all seemed Whnthusia?tic and believed that the ■subsidies would e rry with but little (Continued on page 2.)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

ALBERT W. BAILEY SENTENCED Partner in Honduras Enterprise Must Serve Four and a Half Years. New York. Jan. 5. —For his part in the dispatching of the steamer Goldsboro to Honduras last spring with SBO,OOO worth of goods said to have been obtained under false pretenses, Albert W. Bailey, formerly secretary and treasurer of the defunct Export Shipping company of this city, today was sentenced to state’s prison for not less than four years and six months nor more than six years and eight months. Bailey’s brother, Francis G. Bailey, president of the company, was captured in Honduras at the same time, but eluded his guard and still is at large.

STILL IN SESSION The Commissioners in Session for the Third Day INSPECTORS NAMED Subsidy Election in French, Monroe and Jefferson Townships The commissioners are still doing business without their president, and it now looks like he would have to miss the January session altogether. The petition to place on the tax duplicate some special assessments asked for by the Berne treasurer was dismissed, as the board had no jurisdiction to act. An order was made to refund certain taxes which were erroneous and assessed against Julius Haugk and Margaret Mayer. The petition by Jacob Huser to accept a macadam road was dismissed because the petition failed to bear the required number of names. The petitions were granted for the subsidy elections In French, Monroe and Jefferson townships. Monday, February 8, was named as the day that being the time when Harrison township in which Bluffton is located, will vote on the enterprise. Trustee John Moser was named by the board as inspector tor the subsidy election in French township. In Monroe township, A. B. Bailey was named for North Monroe, C. C. Beer middle Monroe, Louis Gehrig for Berne “A” and Fred Wecter for Berne "B,” John T. Kelley for West Jefferson and J. J. Tester for East Jefferson. The Adolph Schug macadam road, and the Root and Preble Township macadam road were formally accepted by the commissioners, the proper report having been made by engineers and superintendent in charge.

PAYS DECATUR A VISIT. Mr. Bernard F. Sprunger Was Here Yesterday. Mr. Bernard F. Sprunger of Fort Wayne, was a Decatur visitor yesterday and last evening and spent the time visiting with friends. Mr. Sprunger is a singer of more than ordinary note, much of his time being taken in filling engagements in New York, Boston. Cleveland, Toledo, and many other large cities, and where, too, he won much favor from those who know and appreciate a beautiful voice and its accomplishments. Mr. Sprunger is a native of Berne, where he was bom and raised, and where he spent al’ of his early life. His future !'■ bright and some day and that not far distant you will hear much of Mr. Sprunger. o — SERVIAN CABINET RESIGNS. Members Deplore La«k of Confidence But King Refuses Withdrawal. Belgrade, Sejrvia, Jan. 5. —For the second time in two days the Servian cabinet has tendered Its resignation on the ground that it does not command the confidence of parliament. The king has refused to accept the resign’tions of his ministers, pointing out that to do so while parliament was not sitting would be unconstitutional.

USE ELECTRIC CARS Such as Celebrated “Irene” Will Be Operated on Clover Leaf Road A BIG DEAL I las Been Pulled Off According to Statement of the Auditor The possibility of a realization of the proposed merger, which is to include the Clover Leaf, the Chicago and Alton and the "Katy” route into one vast system, seems at this time to be indeed plausible. M. M. McCormick, auditor of the Clover Leaf, who recently has been engaged in checking the books in stations in this vicinity, is authority for a statement to that, effect and he is said to have stated that the deal has been consiimmated on the first of the year as was announced and that the various effects and changes growing out of the acquisition of the new line will soon be manifest. The initial stages of the deal will of course be a matter of the transfer of stock and until the directorate of the new stockholders is placed in power there will be no change in the management of the road which would be noticeable here. Local employes are inclined to give credence to Mr. McCormick’s w-ords and Agent Miller is still firm in his predictions of through trains from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The matter of the adoption of the gasoline propelled cars for the road seems to be rapidly drawing to a focus and a Chicago dispatch which bears an the subject is as follows: “The Chicago and Alton railroad, beginning yesterday, will experiment with a gas electric car between Bloomington and Dwight. 111., a distance of fifty-three miles. Two round trips a day will be made and if at the end of two weeks the test is considered favorable, more cars will be used. In this way the road hopes to compete with Interurban lineis.” This 'experiment is the outgrowth of a trip made last week by the high officials of the road, in the gas electric car Irene, which made two stops in this city. It is rumored that the cars are to be put on the Clover Leaf 3rom Bluffton to Frankfort but the decision of the C. & A. will in all probability decide the question for the Clover Leaf officials.

INSTALL OFFICERS Modern Woodmen and G. A. R. Will Have Installations M. W. A. TONIGHT A_nd a Delightful Session is Promised —G. A. R. Tomorrow Evening The offiqers-elect of the Mlodern Wodmen of America will be installed into the respective offices tonight and the entire membership of the lodge should be present. E. Burt Lenhart will be the installing officer. The officers to assume control of the organization are R. E. Peters, counsel; J. 0. Hoagland, adviser; Eli Meyer, banker; D. E. Hoagland, escort; Dr. W. E. Smith, physician; C. L. Walters, clerk; John Springer, sentry; beard of managers, W. H .Fledder johann, W. P. Biggs and Clyde M. Rice. A social session will also be enjoyed and inflatory work will be conferred. The new officers of the G. A. R. will be installed tomorrow night, Beginning at seven o’clock and a delightful program will be rendered. The officers to be installed are R. B. Patterson, commander; S. B. Fordyce, senior vice; F. h. Freeh, junior vice; L C. Holmes, chaplain; A. J. Teeple, officer of day; Daniel Kitson, guard; T. R. Moore, adjutant; Emanuel Sprague, sergeant, and J Smith, (Continued from page 4.)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 6, 1909.

ffwo MESSAGES TO CONGRESS The President Busy Defending Himself With Congress. Washington, January 6. —President Rosevelt sent two messages to congress today. In the first he recommended legislation giving interstate commerce commission power to compel witnesses to answer questions. This is the result of the supreme court decision in the Harriman case. The second answered the resolutions of the senate asking the attorney general why there had been no action taken against the steel trust for acquiring the Tennessee Coal & Iron company. The president said that representation had been made to him that there would be financial panic in Tennessee if the company was not acquired by the steel trust, and that he told the attorney general that under these circumstances the government must not prosecute.

THE STATE FAIR To Be Held this Year Beginning September 6th A GOOD SHOW It Will Be the Best Attraction Ever Seen at the State Fair Indianapolis, January 6. —The state fair is to be held the week of Sept. 6 this year, the state board of agriculture having so decided at a meeting of the board yesterday. The gates will be thrown open to the public on Monday (Labor Day) the fact of the holiday proving a big factor with the state board in the naming of the date. It was also taken into consideration the week of Sept. 6 will not conflict with the state fairs in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, assuring exhibits otherwise difficult to obtain. The sentiment of the board is to make the fair this year the biggest and best — in fact, they would have it measure up to the term of “exposition.” The board selected officers for the coming year as follows: Oscar Hadley, treasurer of state, Plainfield, president; I. Newt Brown, Franklin, vice president; Charles Downing, Indianapolis, secretary; J. W. LaGrange. Franklin, treasurer; E. H. Peed. Newcastle, superintendent. President Hadley named to serve with him on the executive committee David Wallace of Indianapolis, Knode Porter of Hagerstown. Mason J. Niblick of Vincennes and I. Newt Brown of Franklin. The retiring president is E. S. Tuell of Corydon; vice president, Clem Graves cf Bunker Hill; and the retiring members of the board are Frank Nave of Attica, succeeded by Dan C. Reed of Attica, and C. W. Travis of Lafayette, succeeded by J. L. Van Natta of Lafayette.

LEAVES ARMY FOR WEALTH Washington, Jan 5. —Capt. Edward B Cassatt, of the Thirteenth Cavalry, U. S. A., has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted by the president. The reason Capt. Cassatt assigned for desiring to retire from the army was his great wealth left him by his father, the late A. J. Cssatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad. Capt. Cassatt stated In his application for leave to resign that among the property left him were stock farms and other enterprises, which he found it impossible to manage while serving in the army. Capt. Cassatt is now stationed with his regiment at Ft. Myer, just across the Potomac from Washington.

HAVE TO REGISTER If a Registration Law Passes at This Legislative Session BILL PREPARED It Would Affect Cities of Five Thousand or More Indianapolis. January 6. —Senator Salem D. Clark, of Marion county will introduce a bill for the registration of voters at the coming session of the legislature. A bill for a registration act was offered at the last session of the general assembly by Senator Roemler of Marlon county, but the law "died a-bornin”’ as many members of the senate, and especially those from the country districts, believed such a law would entail a great expense upon the municipalities of the state without benefits in proportion. Mr. Clark believes, however, that there will be a more favorable consideration of the matter at the coming session. He stated yesterday that the bill, as he has drafted it, has little or nothing that was in the Roemler bill, because he came to the conclusion that the bill as offered then was not constitutional. He said that his bill is the result of an examination of the registration laws of New York, Ohio, Illinois and other states having such laws, with some changes and additions to meet Indiana conditions. The bill is to apply to cities having a population in excess of 5,000, and provides for registration prior to a general election. In case of a special election the old registration would be used, but revised. The board of registration of each precinct, which would be named by the board of county commissioners, would consist of four members and the members of the boards thus named would be nominated for the places by the county chairmen of the two leading political parties. The members of the registration boards would receive $2 a day for each day or fraction of a day they served. In city elections the appointments would be made by the town or city clerk. In order to vote a man would have to register 180 days before the election, and the registration board would hold another meeting on the twenty-ninth day before the election for the registration of all those who had changed their place of residence, but who had moved in time to be qualified to vote In the princincts into which they had moved.

HE GOES TO OHIO Colonel P. Foreman Has Purchased Agency from Watkins People HE LEFT TODAY For North Baltimore to Begin Duties Resigned Position Colontl P. Foreman, for many years a resident of Decatur, who for some time has been an employe at the Laman and Lee hardware store, has resigned his position and left this afternoon for North Baltimore, Ohio, accompanied by his family for their future abode. Mr. Foreman has purchased the territory at North Baltimore in which he will assume the agency for the Watkins Medicine company, and he will begin work immediately. He is a hustling young man, salesman of ability, and possessed of all the qualities necessary for success in business life. His companionship in lodge circles and in private life will be missed by innumerable staunch friends, who regret to hear of his departure. That he will make good in the new capacity is assured and the well wishes of Decatur people accompany himself and family to (heir ne<v home. The agency was purchased by Mr. Foreman through Charles R. Dunn, of this city, and Mr. Halligus, who is a traveling representative for the Watkins people.

DISCUSS PROPOSED RAILROAD Residents of Otwell and Other Towns Must Subscribe $150,000. Petersburg, Ind., Jan. 5.—A meeting of citizens of Otwell was held today with reference to the building of the Jasper & Vincennes Electric railway byway of Ireland, Otwell. Algiers, Petersburg and Monroe City. The Chicago Trust company offers to finance the road if the people will subscribe $150,000 worth of stock, Under the old Jasper & Vincennes Electric railway a 1 per cent subsidy tax has been voted in several townships, totaling SBO,OOO, so that, it only will be necessary to subscribe $70,000. THE LIST IS SMALL Delinquent List for Adams County is Very Small A GREAT RECORD The Smallest List in the State of Indiana The delinquent tax list for Adams county will appear in print this week, and as usual from a printer’s standpoint, it is the worst that ever happened. Just twenty-one descriptions comprise the list for 1909, and before the second Monday in February comes the list will be so small that the purchasers of this sort of chattels will be as disgusted as is the printer now. But with all this growling it certainly denotes that progress and prosperity of which you read about in campaign times. Think of a county like Adams with the taxes upon comparatively every piece of realty paid and the money safe in the coffers of the county’s strong box. It is an emblem of that sort of prosperity that counts and places Adams in a class all by itself. The delinquents as published are divided over the county, one being in Pretffe township, one in Washington, one in St. Mary’s one in Blue Creek, three in Monroe, one in Hartford, six for Wabash, two in Decatur, two in Geneva, and two in Berne.

The sale of delinquent lands and lots will take place at the east door of the court house on the second Monday in February, the same being February 8. On the day of sale last year there were but two or three unpaid and it is expected that'the numbei will be even less this year. Praise for considerable of this good -ecord is due to the strenuous efforts made by Treasurer Lachot, w r ho is a constant worker in looking after the business of his office. > o - DESIRES WOOD RE-APPOINTED Richmond Commercial Club Wants Judge Returned to Commission. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 5. —Directors of the Richmond Commercial Club today announced their unanimous action requesting the re-appointent of Judge W. J. Wood to the state railway commission. The directors express the highest regard for Judge Wood. The Commercial Club will cooperate with the Indianapolis Merchants’ Association in obtaining reform in the public accounting system. ■ o — — BOEHNE'S SECRETARY NAMED Robert T. Benjamin, DePauw Student, to Be Congressman’s Aid. Evansville, Ind., Jan. ,5. —Robert T. Bonham, until recently a reporter on the EvansvfWe Pourier, was todaynamed as private secretary to Con-gressman-elect John W. Boehne, now mayor of this city. He is now attend ing college at Greencastle, Ind. Nothing has been heard from John Miller, who escaped from the Easthaven asylum Saturday evening. It was at first thought that he would arirtve at the home of his sister, Mrs. Icy Penrod, Monday morning, but according to people living in that vicinity nothing has been seen of him. Although Miller was always judged as j a good walker, the distance from Rich- , mond to this city is no small distance for the man that holds the world's record. —Bluffton Banner.

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HIS MAIL IS LARGE Judge Wright is Receiving Many Threatening Letters KILLED AGAIN Federal Court Bill Down and Out—The Adairs Here Washington, Jan. 6. —Since passing sentence on John Mitchell, Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison, Justice Wright of the district supreme court is receiving many threatening letters. Some of the justice’s friends are advising him to go heavily armed and to remain indoors after night. The justice said today that he is not afraid to go home in the dark. “I am not at all concerned,’’ said Justice Wright. “I am going about just the same as I always did, haven't stayed at home or gone out under escort and have frequently gone home after the orb of day has set. I do not fear any personal violence, but admit that it is not cheering to read in the mail every morning how many more days there are left of life. One man of a northern state wrote telling me he would be over. I have not yet been woul dbe over. I have no tyet been measured, however, for my shroud and coffin. Washington, Jan. 6. —The Indiana federal court bill was killed today, and Representative Overstreet, leader of the forces that made war on it, did not cease his opposition until the vote by which it met its Waterloo was double-clinched by the tabling of a motion to reconsider. The vote tabling the bill was 32 in favor of tabling and 28 against doing so. The life had hardly been choked out of the bill when the Indiana representatives who have been insisting on this legislation decided to introduce another bill .to reconstruct the Indiana federal court system. Representative Cox probably will begin the preparation of the new bill at once. He said the plan is to introduce the bill in a short time and to try conclusions again at this session. Washington, January 6.—Representative and Mrs. Adair arrived yesterday from their home in Indiana, and have taken up their home at the Portland. They will remain during the regular and special sessions. Mrs. Adair was accompanied by her mother. ARE YOtf GOING? You Are Invited to Enjoy Two Hours of Pleasure With Elks AT THE BOSSE Tomorrow Night—See the Big Free Street Parade The Elks' minstrel at the Bosse tomorrow night will be a great event. The printlpals for the parade have already begun getting the animals ready for the gorgeous display. It has been reported that the parade will be at least one mile in length and it will, In that event be worth coming miles to see. Notwithstanding the fact that the railroads have refused to operate excursions to this city, we a’re informed that hund-ed' of out of town people from this section of the state will be present. This year’s show will by far eclips-' all former ones, and that Is savi-g something. The old favorites will be in evidence and some new talent will be seen th’/ year. The Dec-’tur public cannot / ford to miss the rare treat. V cents will be charged on the flr/Y---and twenty-five cents in the/ bi S Everybody should plan to s/lghts. parade. Remember it is.-sale for Thursday and Friday, /e on t 0" Friday night’s show Xial place, morrow morning- at /