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

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 6.

SESSION OPENED The Indiana Legislature Is Now in Session OFFICERS ELECTED Dr. J. W. Vizard is the Principal Clerk of House Indianapolis, January 7. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —Governorelect Marshall watched the convening of the house of representatives today in a cold and cheerless hall. Secretary of State Sims called the house to order, and Thomas M. Monan, of Seymour, was elected speaker, without much formality. Governor Hanly’s message will be read in a joint [session tomorrow. lAn adjournment was taken immediately after the organization was complete, in the senate the Republican majority completed its program of tying the hands of the lieutenant governor by the adoption of the new senate committee rules. They also adjourned. Indianapolis, January 7. —The Democratic majority in the lower branch of the general assembly, in caucus last night, decided upon the followng officers: Speaker —Thomas Honan. Seymour. Chief Clerk —Dr. J. W. Vizard, Decatur. Assistant Clerk—Wm. Habermel, Corydon. Chief doorkeeper—Ex-Representa-tive Thomas Barclay, College Corners. The caucus, which was called to order at 7:30 o'clock in the house chamber, was presided over by Harry Strickland of Greenfield. T. E. Chrisney of Spencer county acted as secretary and Representatives D. B. Hostfetter of Putnam county and A. F. Zearing of Marion county acted as tellers. The closest contest was for assistant secretary, which was won by one vote by William Habermel of Corydon over J. Fred France of Huntington. The caucus, which was a harmonious one, and continued for about three hours, was attended by all the Democratic members of the house save Warren H. Hauck of Lawrenceburg, who is suffering from a broken leg. REPUBLICAN SENATORS. Witile the Democratic majority in the house was electing officers, the Republican majority in the senate, In Room 83 state house, decided upon officials for that body as follows: President pro tern —Will R. M ood, Lafayette. Caucus chairman —W. E. Springer, Elizabethtown. Secretary —W. N. Huffman, Anderson. Assistant secretary—Harry N. Styner, Lafayette. Principal doorkeeper —J. M- Thornberg, Evansville. The only contests were for assistant secretary and doorkeeper. Styner defeated Dr. Keyes, Dana, and Otto Deal of Elkhart, and Thornberg defeated Oliver Jones of Muncie, who filled the position at the last general assembly. The rules of the senate were also changed, the purpose being to give the Republican majority complete control, despite the fact that the presiding officer after next Monday will be a Democrat. The most striking changes will be substantially as follows: “All committees shall be appointed by the senate and all vacancies shall be filled by the senate. All bills, resolutions and motions relating to the appointment of a committee or the filling of a vacancy in a committee shall be referred to * be committee on committees, without debate, and the committee on committees in reporting on any such bill, resolution or motion, shall, if its report be favorable to the appointment of any committee, or the recommendation of the senators to compose such committee may report at any time. All senate bills an dresolutions shall be referred by the president (Continued on page 2.)

TO HAVE A GAME PRESERVE Several Randolph County Farmers to Protect Their Game. Winchester, Ind., Jan. 7. —To form a game preserve embracing several thousand acres of Randolph county land is the plan set on foot by Taylor Green, a young farmer residing west of this city. A large number of farmers in the vicinity have signed an agreement and, according to the present outlook, the project will be a success. The land-owners are entering into an agreement now not to allow any hunting on the preserve for four years after it has been stocked, except the farmers and tenants may shoot squirrels and rabbits each on his own farm only. They agree also to report all violations of the contract to the game commissioner, who will stock the preserve with quail and pheasants. If the plan goes through Randolph county will have one of the finest preserves in the country.

AN EARLY CAUCUS Talk of Taking a Vote on Next Tuesday Evening ARE SCRAMBLING The Candidates All Making a Vigorous Campaign Iryjianapolis, Jan. 7. —Governorelect Thomas R. Marshall may dip into the democratic senatorial race far enough to urge the members of the legislture to hold their caucus the first of next week. His desire Is that the democrats shall make the caucus nomination as early as possible so that they may get down to the business of legislation. Mr. Marshall and everyone connected with the political situation realizes that the senatorial contest will prove the absorbing topic with the members until it is disposed of. Nothing else is discussed here new and it is not believed that the legislature will be able to transact any business until the democrats determine who shall succeed Senator James A. Hemenway. While Mr. Marshall did not designate a date for the caucus it was reported that he feels that Tuesday night would be suitable. John W. Kern, L. Ert Slack and John E. Lamb said this afternoon that Tuesday will suit them. The other candidates, it is understood, have no objection to this date, although the followers of B. F. Shively, of South Bend, are inclined to believe that the longer the contest is drawn out the beter his chances become. It was said also today that an early caucus will be to' the advantage of Kern as it will keep his opponents from pulling and hauling at members who are now inclined to be for him. o .■ — FAVORS INCREASE IN SALARY Senate Committee Acts Favorable on President's Salary. Washington, January 7.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The senate committee on finance today made a favorable report on the bill to make the president's salary one hundred thousand dollars and that of the vice president and the speaker of the house twenty thousand dollars. o— — COUNT TODA SEEKS DEATH. Japanese Nobleman, Who Made College Marriage, Driven to Despair, Tokio, Jan. 6. —Count Toda, w-hose engagement to a royal princess w r as recently because of the discovrey that he had been married while a student at Cambridge. England, and who divorced his wife after his return to Japna, today attempted suicide by taking poison. The attempt was unsuccessful. The count has been deprived of his seat in the upper house.

HE BUYS A FARM E. Woods Makes a New Purchase in Real Estate IN HAMILTON COUNTY • John Conrad Will Move There and Farm the Same E. Woods came home from Cincinnati this morning, and immediately thereafter gave out the information that he was the owner of a fine farm ir Hamilton county. The farm in question contains ninety-six acres, is located twelve miles from the center of the Queen city, and the soil is of that black walnut variety that is productive of everything under the sun. There are near 2,000 bearingpeach trees, 560 apple trees, 580 pear trees, eight acres of black raspberries, three acres red raspberries, two acres of blueberries, eight acres of strawberries. Besides all this the farm is well Improved, has good buildings, but one mile from a traction line, and is one of the best farms that the sun ever smiled upon. He made the purchase from George Nagle, who owns other real estate in that vicinity, and will get possession the middle of February. At that time John Conrad will move there and take charge and control of the same. If is the intention of Mr. Woods to farm his new possession, and Mr. Conrad knows how to do this to perfection. Land in Hamilton county and this close to the heart of such a city as is Cincinnati, does not come to many men, and it so happens that Mr. Woods is one of the few. o A NEW FIRE TEAM Members of Fire Department Held Interesting Meet Last Night ELECTED OFFICERS And Discussed Matters Pertaining to Home Talent Show’ The members of the fire department held a meeting last night at the usual place and transacted business of vital importance to the organization. The first matter taken up was the election of officers and as a result of the ballot, Henry Dellinger was chosen secretary to succeed Walter B. Johnsen, and William Ward was elected assistant chief. This done they immediately instituted discussion relative to the home talent show which will be given under their auspices at the Bosse opera house on the evening of January 18. For an important and plausible reason, the western play at first talked of will not be staged, but in its place an up to date musical comedy. Henry Thomas will have the direction of the play. A special meeting of the department will be held Saturday evening, at which tickets will be distributed to the members to be sold and final arrangements will be perfected. The laddies are putting forth this effort for the purpose of creating a fund with which to purchase a fire team. It is a worthy cause and one in which every citizen should bo interested.

SEEKS TO END RAIL MERGER Attorney General Makes Rhode Island Road Defendant in Suit. Boston, Jan. 6. —A petition to make the Rhode Island company, which, it is alleged, secured control of three street railways in that state and then transferred them to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, a joint defendant with the New Haven company In the pending suit of the United States government, was filed by the United States district attorney in the circuit court today. A hearing will be held next week.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening. January 7, 1909.

HAWKINS HAS A BILL. i He Wants Employment Agencies Regulated. Indianapolis, January 7.- —Senator Nathan B. Hawkins, of Portland, who was a member of the last legislature and recently a candidate for congress in the Eighth district, has drafted a bill for the regulation of employment agencies. The state labor commission under Senator Hawkins' plan would control employment agencies, having the power to grant and revoke licenses. The bill provides for a license fee of SSO in cities of the first and second classes. No agency would be peritted to charge over two dollars upon taking an application for employment and would be compelled to return all but twenty-five cents in event a position was not obtained for the applicant. Senaor Hawkins will also be the leader of a movement tor a constitutional amendment making a S2OO tax exemption on household goods. IN CIRCUIT COURT Jesse C. Sutton Acting as Special Judge PLAINTIFF WINS Jury Gets a Verdict in the Williams-Clark Case For a short time this morning Jesse C. Sutton was acting as special judge In the case of Butler vs. Mayer. The illness of William Mersman, one of the witnesses caused the case to be continued before it had hardly begun. It is over a disagreement of the dividing line between the homes of Henry Mayer and Albert Butler on north Second street. Peterson & Moran is appearing for the plaintiff and Clark J. Lutz and J. W. Teeple for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict in the Clayton Williams vs. Reuben Clark case, giving the plaintiff daamges for S6O, interest $32.40, attorneys fees $7.60, a total of SIOO. The court rendered judgment on the verdict for the sum above stated, without relief from valuation and appraisement laws. Demurrers were filed in the Continental Insurance Co. vs. J. J. Summers et al. Separate demurrers were filed by John Townsend, J. and Ellen Summers, Jacob and Susan Baker. The Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Co. vs. Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Railway, is set for trial Friday, January 15. Elizabeth Sovine vs. John Sovine. dismissed and costs paid, and the restraining order heretofore issued has been dissolved. Judge Merryman being disqualified he has submitted the names of Judges C. E. Sturgis, of Bluffton, James S. Engle of Winchester, and J. Fred France, a member of the Huntington county bar, and from these three names the lawyers on both sides will agree upon a trial judge. The case is the Monroe street macadam road, appealed from commissioners court. A petition was filed asking for authority to make partial distribution of assets to the legatees in the Allison estate. The order was granted, and under the order certain bank stock, telephone stock, and other interests will be divided or sold by the executors in compliance with the orders of the court. Frank Beckman, administrator of the estate of Mary Beckman, begins suit against the Fort Wayne & Springfield Traction company to recover SIO,OOO damages. September 26 lest Mrs. Beckman was in a carriage driving along the highway in Madison township parallel with the traction line. The plaintiff alleges that the company, contrary to its charter,was operating its cars with a steam engine, that the engine frightened the horses driven by the plaintiff and when the carriage was overturned Mary Beckman was thrown out and (Continued on page 2.)

A GOOD REPORT Marriages and Divorces in Adams County Report A BUSY TIME Auditor Michaud is Fast Learning the Ropes James P. Haefling as clerk of the Adams circuit court, in his report upon the marriages and divorces in the county during the year past, has still further evidence that Adams county is in a class all by itself. While many other counties have about an equal number of marriages and divorces, Adams comes up smiling with 211 marriages and but seventeen divorces. This showing is not likely to be equaled in any other county in the state, and it also shows that the laws governing divorce is not abused in this county. Os the seventeen divorces, eleven were granted for cruel and inhuman treatment, four for abandonment, and two for adultery.

All the year-end reports that every county sends to the various departments of the state have not been made out as yet, owing to a delay in the receipt of the proper blanks. As soon as they come all of them will be promptly sent in. The auditors office is busy completing the duplicates for the year, and in a few days they will be turned over to the treasurer. The work at this time of the year in this office is exceedingly heavy but Auditor Michaud is getting onto the ropes in good shape. o— A GREAT MISSION The Elks Employ Money Obtained from Show for Charity DOUBLE PURPOSE Has the Show to Be Given T onight—Everybody Attend » The minstrel show scheduled for tonight and tomorrow night, has more than a single significance. While it is admittedly true that the Elks have given performances in the city well worth one dollar to each spectator, and thus established imperishable renown as clever actors and singers, they have established a principle which by far exceeds any show known to the theatrical world. They have inaugurated a new era of charity which has instilled in the hearts of Decatur people high ideals, and unselfish motives. Their performance of tonight, which will be clever, will be the result of diligent work on the part of those who take part. They have drilled continuously for several weeks, all for the sake of charity, and the money obtained from the performances will be employed in divorcing gloom from the homes of the unflorfunate peopile |n Dpcatur. Is this not a cause worthy of the support of every right thinking individual? Such organizations as the Elks deserve encouragement in their great charitable work and if the Bosse is not taxed to its capacity on both nights the people are refusing to do their part. o TOSSED INTO DEATH’S ARMS. Warsaw Man, Run Down by Limited, Survives to Tell Story. Warsaw, Ind., Jan. 6. —Caught on a grade crossing east of Warsaw tonight by the Manhattan Limited on the Pennsylvania railroad, and thrown fifty feet in his buggy, which was wricked, Chester Munson lives to tell the story. His only injuries are three broken ribs. The train w r as one hour late.

IS AFRAID OF THE SENATE. Hitchcock's Name Being Held Up for a Time. Washington, Jan. 7.—According to gossip about the senate the hesitancy of president-elect Taft in announcing formally his selection of Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the republican national committee, to be postmaster general, is due tn a suggestion that the nomination might call out opposition in the senate. It has been said that if he coninued to hold his position as national chairman considerable objection would be raised to his serving as the head of the pcstoffice department, which has more federal patronage than any other of the executive departments. Intimate friends of Mr. Hitchcock declare that in th eevent it became necessary for him to chose between the national chairmanship and the postmaster generalship, he would retain the former place. o REAL ESTATE SALE John C. Moran Advertises Commissioner’s Sale THE RAY ESTATE Some Lots at Monroe to Be Sold on February Fifth John C. Moran has been named as commissioner and has already advertised the sale of forty acres of land in Washington and several lots in the city of Decatur. It is the sale of the property of William D. Rinehart, deceased, against which there is some indebtedness and several legal heirs to the remainder. The commissioner has advertised the sale of this land and town lots the same to take place at the law office of Peterson & Moran on the 13th day of February. The sale will continue from day to day, until a sale is made as directed by the court. The terms of the sale is one-third cash, one-third in one year and one-third in two years, with possession to be given on March 6. Jesse C. Sutton, as attorney for Alice L. Ray administratrix of the estate of Shelby Ray deceased, will sell inlot number twenty-six, located in the town of Monroe. The same will take place on Friday, February 5, at the east door of the court house. Albert A. Butler has qualified as administrator of the estate of Jesse Butler deceased. o NOW AT PRISON NORTH. Herman Miller Taken There from Fort Wayne. Herman Miller, former marshal of W oodburn, convicted of the murder of his successor, is now an inmate of the northern Indiana prison at Michigan City, having begun his life sentence yesterday. He was taken to Michigan City by Sheriff Reichelderfer yesterday morning. The sheriff returned home last night. “Miller held up very well until I went to bid him goodbye,” said Mr. Reichelderfer. “He was calm and collected on the journey and after entering the prison, but when I turned him over to the clerk and held out my hand to say good-bye he broke down and cried. He was still weeping when I left. I have taken a good many prisoners to the penitentiary, but never one who gave me less trouble. Miller seemed to take it for granted that there was no help for him for the present and was very quiet and very willing. Several times on the way he talked about the case and said he was innocent and that his innocence would yet become known.” —Fort Wayne JournalGazette. o BEN-HUR MANAGER RESIGNS. Eugene Holcombe Leaves Crawfordsville After Friction With DirectorCrawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 6. —Eugene Holcombe, general manager of the Ben-Hur traction line, has resigned and has left the city. It has developed there was friction between Mr. Holcombe and Edward Hawkins of Indianapolis, a director of the road.

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NOT TO BE MISLED The South Will Not Take to Its Republicanization IS NOT DEAD YET Indiana Federal Court Bill Is Still Being Agitated Washington, January 7. —Representative James Hay, of Virginia, one of the ablest of the southern Democrats, has issued a statement to the Democrats of the southern states asking them not to-be misled by Presidentelect Taft’s program for making the south Republican. “The attitude of Mr. Taft toward the people of the south is a matter of surprise and disappointment to all self-respecting s< uthern men,’’ said Mr. Hay. “The people of the south, as well as people elsewhere, have principles to which they adhere because they believe them to be right, but Mr. Taft seems to think that by the promise of political preferment he can persuade our people to desert principles in which tthey believe. Is Mr. Taft a Republican because he has been able to get something by being one? What policy does Mr. Taft advocate which will make for the material prosperity of the south? The south began to prosper when it threw off Republican rule over twenty-five years ago; it has prospered ever since under Democratic state government, and could not have prospered without it, and will not prosper with Republican state government. Washington, January 7. —The Indiana federal court question is not yet dead, say members of congress from Indiana, who want to see federal court held in cities outside of Indianapolis. Representative Crumpacker says that be will prepare another bill and have it the way he wants it He was not satisfied with the Chaney bill, which was defeated yesterday afternoon. But the bill which Mr. Crpmpacker will introduce will not satisfy Representative Barnhart, who wants South Rend. Elkhart, Goshen or some other Thirtenth district city represented instead of Hammond. Representative Foster says he will also prepare in the near future a bill of his own ■which will be confined to his home city. Representatives Chaney and Holliday want Terre Haute to constitute a court division. It was a pretty warm fight which Representative Chaney precipitated when he called his bill from the calendar yesterday afternoon. Chaney, Holliday, Cox and Foster were lined up on one side of the bil and opposing it were Overstreet, Dixon, Landis and Barnhart. Gilhams did not take part in the debate, but voted in favor of the bill. Adair and Rauch voted against it o WILL LEAVE FOR THE WEST Dr. Good, of Warren, Disgusted With Indiana. According to information furnished the News today from a reliable source from Warren Dr. Charles Good has practically completed all arrangements to leave that town, where he has resided for many years and will locate in Kansas City, Mo. He has sold his residence property in Warren and has also sold his farm near Warren, the deals being made through the Ed Mossburg real estate agency. Dr. Good intends to locate in Kansas City for the practice of medicine. Dr. Good has a sister living in that city. The ambition of Dr. Good for many years had been to go to the United States congress and it was thought last summer when he was nominated that his ambition would at last oe realized. The eleventh district had been so split up, however, by factional / fights that the big republican majority/ was again overcome and Congressm/ George Rauch was re-elected. de^ t_ ing Dr. Good. The latter evjr" tly has given up his lifelong ambi/' 1 and will not again aspire for pt/™ 1 h ™‘ ors. He has a host of fi/’ ds 1D tbls city who had always /P ed for bis success. —Bluffton Nt/’