Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. t Number 23.

MADE CLEAN SWEEP Four Indiana Counties Voted Dry Yesterday LARGE MAJORITIES A Total of Seven Counties Voted in Favor of the Drys RESULTS YESTERDAY. Maj. dry. Hamilton 2 396 Tipton *.1.581 Putnam 1,564 Decatur PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. Lawrence (Dec. 29) 1,500 Wabash (Dec. 29) 897 Pike (Dec. 31) 892 Saloons which will be closed by yesterday’s elections: Decatur Hamilton ...■ 22 Putnam Tipton . 3 Total .' 65 Tipton. Ind., Jan. 27.—The victory of the anti-saloon element in the election yesterday was even more sweeping than the most sanguine worker anticipated, the majority being one-third larger than any had claimed. The ‘‘wets" did not carry a single precinct in the county. Cicero township, in which Tipton is situated, gave a majority of 390; Wildcat township. Windfall, 350; Jefferson township, Kempton. 254; Liberty township, Sharpsville, 216; Madison township. 192; Prairie township. 179; total, 1,581. The “drys" were so elated over the result that a monster mass meeting of rejoicing of people of all denominations is being held at the M. E. church tonight with songs of praise. The total “wet” vote was 978. Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 27.—The total vote in Putnam county in the lo(Contlnued on page four.) GRINDING AWAY Bubb Damage Suit Making Slow Progress at Auburn MANY WITNESSES Examined — Prosecution Closes —Defense Begins Auburn, Ind.. January 27. —Special to the Daily Democrat)—The prosecution in the Bubb damage suit completed its direct examination this morning and will rest its case until the rebuttal. The defense with Attorney C. J. Lutz as the leading counsel promptly began the presentation of its evidence this afternoon and on account of unforseen delays it is thought that the trial will consume the remainder of the week. It is hinted that the defense has a strong case to : p-esent to the jury and judging from the testimony of their first witness they expect to attempt to prove that Bubb was illegally engaged in the liquor business and was intruding on the right-of-way of the railway company when the accident happened. The general opinion of those who have heard the evidence is that the plaintiff will not recover damages from the Interurban company, although i hard to predict what conclusion twelve minds will arrive at. Suffice to sav both sides are putting forth every effort to win. Attorney Lutz of Decatur has scored a hit with the DeKaib county bar. His cleverness in marshalling the evidence and persistence in the admisability of only evidence which is proper has made him popular here. o — The four-year-old child of Howard Morford, near North Manchester, got hold of a bottle of butter coloring and swallowed some of the stuff. The child narrowly escaped death.

A BIG SUIT IS POSTPONED The Five Hundred Million Merger Case at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27.—The federal government’s effort to dissolve the famous “1500,000,000 Harriman merger'' was again postponed today owing to the absence in New York of C. A. Severance, the chief attorney of the government. The hearing was expected to begin here yesterday in private chambers in the federal building before Sylvester G. Williams, of Denver, Colo., a special government examiner. About thirty prominent Pittsburg manufacturers and shippers have been summoned and will give testimony in the hearings which, when begun, will continue ten days. The suit was filed in Utah less than a year ago and is brought under the Sherman Anti-Trust act. NOW IN SESSION The Farmers’ Institute Bids Fair to Be a Hummer THE FIRST DAY J. R. Burris Spoke Upon Tillage, an Important Subject The Farmers’ Institute opened auspiciously this morning and the initial session was largely attended by rep'.esentative farmers of the county. Inspiring music was furnished by Joe Johnson as an introduction after which the Rev. Richard Spetnagle pronounced the invocation. J. R. Burris of Cloverdale, wag then introduced by Chairman Ed Moses and in a talk replete with logical thoughts he dwelt upon “The Farmers’ Garden and Its Tillage.” In this he supported ideas which appealed generally to the farmers. He recommended that only one-half the area tfe used for gardening purposes that is now being utilized by the ordinary farmer and he clearly demonstrated how one-six-teenth of an acre, if properly tilled and cared for would produce as much as a strip of land tw-ice that large partially tilled. William W. Miller followed with a well prepared address on the subject, “Farm Management." In this he pointed out many useful ideas, which if properly employed, would lesson the work and bring better results. Mr. Miller’s address was an able one and enthusiastically received by his every auditor. J. M. Cantley of Logansport, one of the noted speakers of the state, addressed the institute on the subject. “Spray-Ing for Our Insect Foes,” and again the farmers gleaned well grounded facts which will be of great benefit to them in preserving their crop. The appointment of committees then followed and adjournment was taken for the dinner hour. The aternon session was opened by the rendition of beautiful instrumental selections by Mesdames D. R. Vail and C. J. Lutz after which J. M. Cantley, of Logansport, gave an address on the subject, “Can a Young Man Pay for a Farm?” There are three essentials, said the speaker; honesty, industry and thoroughness, to the success of an individual in any walk of life, and by the employment of these qualities a man can buy a farm for he will always find supporters. The venerable speaker Indulged in a line of thought that greatly inspired his hearers. Mrs. George Bright followed with a talk on commercial butter making, which greatly interested and benefitted the ladies. J. B. Burris then addressed the institute on “The Hog as a Money Maker.” This closed the afternoon session. Tonight a good, program will be rendered, at which time Mrs. Lutz and Mrs. Vail will render musical selections, and the following program will be rendered this evenin gand tomor row morning: Music. The Farmer as a Citizen —J, M, Cantley. Country vs. City Life —Judge J. T. Merryman. Waterways—Charles Bash, Fort Wayne. (Continued on page 2.)

THE BLACK KNIGHT Interested Large Audience at Church Last Night PROHIBITION EFFORT Rev. Hector, of York, Pa., Delivered Interesting Talk A meeting called yesterday by the state secretary- of the Prohibition party for the purpose of re-organiz-ing Adams county and electing officers and delegates to the district convention, proved a marked success in every respect. The Rev. Hector of York, Pa., known throughout the country as the Black Knight, had been engaged for the principal addresses. and he proved entertaining to all who were in attendance. The initial meeting was held yesterday afternoon and this served as a fitting curtain raiser for the whirlwind session of last night. Mr. Lough, state secretary, in the evening introduced, after a brilliant introductory talk, the colored minister who ably lectured on the Two Slaveries, the African - and the Liquor. He quoted statistics which revealed the fact that during the times of the negro slavery, but four and one-half million of people were in bondage, while now there are eighty million slaves to the liquor. He made a forceful and appealing talk eliciting at several times demonstration from his auditors. The Christian church, in which the meeting was held, was well filled w-ith people, eag--er to hear the remarks of the minister, whose reputation Is country wide and enviable. The election of the officers and delegates was deferred until a future time, so completely were the minds of the people permeated with the thoughts presentd. oDeputy Clerk Roop will go to Fort Wayne this evening to visit his friend Albert Burke in the St. Joseph hospital, who is there receiving treatment for an injured eye. Q WILL OPEN STORE Ed Luttman Has Purchased the Case Store at Magley DEAL IS CLOSED Will Begin Remodeling During the First of March A business deal was consummated this morning whereby Ed Luttman became the owner of the Robert Case property at Magley. and he will begin negotiations in the near future to remodel the store building there to establish a general mercantile business as was conducted by Mr. Case. The work of remodeling will begin March first and will be placed in readiness for occupancy as soon as possible. Mr. Case will recommend Mr. Luttman for the postmastership and in all probability he will be chosen to fulfill this duty for the government. • The new store to be installed will be modern in every respect and the people are to be congratulated that they will secure the citizenship of the Luttman family. Mr. Tase and family will leave here during the month of March for Indianapolis, where he will assume possession of a drug store which he will purchase during the intervening time. He has several places in view, and in all probability will close the deal for one of them in the immediate future. The many friends of both families wish or them an abundance of success in their new business ventures. o—“The Cow Puncher” showed to a fair size audience last night at the Bosse opera house and the show was fairly good. The play, a western comery drama appealed to the people, and some clever lariat throw’ing Intensified the interest.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 27, 1909.

JUDGE HEADINGTON HELPLESS His Condition is Critical and Pitiful to One Who Has Known Him. A petition was filed in the circuit court Monday by B. W. Headington, asking that his father, Judge John W. Headington be declared of unsound mind and incapable of managing his own estate. The action is the outcome of an amicable agreement of the family of Judge Headington to f«cure the appointment of a guardian to take charge of the moneys and property belonging to him. On February Bth a trial will be held before Judge LaFollette, and, if the defendant is declared of unsound mind, the appointment of the guardian will be made. Judge Headington was stricken with paralysis over a year ago and another attack a few months later rendered him almost wholly helpless and greatly weakened his mental faculties. — Portland Sun. HAVE BUSY PLACE The Decatur Filler Company is Doing Lots of Business THERE ARE OTHERS The Waring Glove Company and the Krick, Tyndall and Co. One of the dandiest institutions of the city, and about which there has not been much in print, is the Decatur Filler factory, now managed by Dan R. Vail and T. F. Ehinger. They are shipping two and three cars a day and their orders are simply swamping

them. It may be necessary to put on a pight shift and do double turns in order to keep within gunshot of the army of orders. Their working force now is the among the largest in the city. They intend to go some during this year and are making arrangements to get the business and deliver the goods Johnny-on-the-spot. The Waring Glove company is another busy institution that is working a full force and trying to get a breathing spell from a rush in orders and business. While ever since their introduction here, they have never known what an idle moment was, and in the face of that, their business has grown and expanded until they do business and send the famous Waring brand to all quarters of the globe, where a covering for hand is used. This looks like their busiest year and that means that it will have to hump some to outstrip any of the years of the past. The Krick, Tyndall & Co. is another busy institution even at this time of year, and they are making all sizes of tile now as well as they used to make in the heat of the summer. Their plant is one of the largest in the state, and they ship their product all W’ays and all the time. At present their yard is fairly stripped and at the same time they have a full force at work and the plant Is working at nearly its full capacity. o, NEAR BEING GREAT LOSS. Dr. Ross and His Dog Saved the Day. Muncie, Ind., January 26. —The intelligence of a bull dog owned by Dr. Nelson B. Ross, probably saved from

destruction the Jones building, one of the city’s important business blocks early Sunaay morning. As it was damage to the amount of probably SIO,OOO was done to the big stock of clothing belonging to the C. B. Fudge company, w’hich occupied all the lower floor of the building and part of the upper; possibly $3,000 more damage was done to the block itself. There is no clew to the origin of the fire, which broke out in the stockroom of the clothing company. At the time the fire started Dr. Ross, a young‘physician, who has his office and living apartments in the upper story, was awakened by the barking of his bull dog, which was frantically clawipg at and shaking him. Going out into the hail, Dr. Ross saw smoke rolling up the stairway and gave the alarm.

NOT MUCH TALK Local Option Not Being Much Discussed MAY TRY TO ENJOIN Some Talk that an Injunction Will Be Filed The filing of the petition calling for a local option election yesterday did not cause any particular demonstration either from those favoring the drys or those favoring the wets. Much comment was made as to the voluminous size of the authority asking for such an election, but aside from the usual common place remarks nothing was said. There was a rumor afloat that an injunction would be filed against the board of commissioners from granting the petition, on the ground of the unconstitutionality of the law, and for the additional reason that there was no appropriation made by the county council for this special election. The truthfulness of the rumor could not be ascertained. It is said that should the county go dry, two saloons would continue here until next November, they being owned by Joe Knapke and Joe Tonnellier. They secured their license before the county local option law became effective, and of course, could not be disturbed until the expiration of their licenses. But three saloons outside of Decatur would be affected should the drys prevail at an election, should one be called. They are located at Preble, Bingen and in this township at Monroe. There are twelve in this city.

Auditor Michaud has ytent a busy day, the most of which has been in showing people who call for that purpose, the petition for the local option election. WENT A MERRY CLIP Lizzie Cummins Lost Her Father’s Fortune WENT THE PACE Tried to Get Richer in the Adams County Oil Field At Tiffin, Ohio, last week there ended a suit that has been in the courts for four or five years.and which is of some interest to Adams county people. By the decision in that suit William Cummins becomes a bankrupt, and his health and mind are gone and fate seems to have it in for him. In the good old palmy

days of the oil boom in Adams county, his daughter, Lizzie Cummins.was one of the heavy speculators. She owned many leases in the countjA and drilled a number of wells, many of them worthless and many others short lived producers. Her father backed her in these speculative ventures, and she went a merry pace. At that time he was worth a hundred thousand or more, but it has all ’gone in paying and trying to evade paying the thunderbolt of debts contracted by Lizzie in trying to get rich in the Adaris county oil field. At that time Mr. Cummins owned a ninety acre farm in Blue Greek township, but cor><»oi of it was lost several years ago. In the meantime the elder Cummins’ re’id became affected and his business was transacted by a guardian. In all it is rather a pathet’c stviy of how Lizzie took the old man down the pike. o— Charles R. Hailer, of Huntington, has been admitted to the bar, and may begin the practice of law. He has been a reporter on the Huntington I Herald for a long time. |

JEFF DAVIS MAKES A SPEECH. He Gave the Senate a Good Hot One Yesterday. Washington, D. C., Jan. 27. —The evils attending gambling in the products of the soil by the sale of futures or the exchanges was the subject of a passionate speech delivered by Senator Jeff Davis in the United States senate yesterday. Mr. Davis advocated the passage of a bill introduced by him to penalize the use of the mails, the telegraph or the telephone for the purpose of conveying gambling propositions between buyer and seller. After advocating the passage of this measure Mr. Davis denounced what he declared to be the the “money power,” and incidentally touched upon the policy of maintaining a protective tariff as a part of a system which he declared was for the suppression of the rights of the people. NEW TARIFF BILL Stories of Friction Coming from Ways and Means Committee ATTACKS CROMWELL Representative Rainey Says There is Graft in Panama Job Washington, Jan. 27.—From behind the closed doors of the ways and means committee room come stories of friction in the framing of the new tariff bill. The friction grows, rather than diminishes, as the framers

of the bill proceed with their work. In the early stages of the deliberations of the Republican members of the committee the items considered were those upon which there was the least possibility of disagreement. During the last week the Republican branch of the committee has been giving consideration to the real knotty problems of tariff revision—the ones that provoke the most intense differences of opinion between the “standpatters” and the “revisionists” who want to change the schedules materially. Representative Crumpacker is the leader of the latter forces and he has been doing such a good job of it that he has succeeded in making himself disliked by the “standpatters,” while, at the same time, he has had a sufficient following to cause a paring down of schedules on a number of important items. He intends to keep up the warfare, even though it is certain to provoke gieater personal hostility. Washington. Jan. 27. —A sensational and bitter attack on William Nelson Cromwell, President Obaldia of Panama and others by Mr. Rainey of Illinois was made in the house of representatives yesterday. The postoffice appropriation bill was under consideration, but Mr. Rainey spoke under license of general debate, and he was unsparing in his charges of coriuption and fraud against the persons named. At the conclusion of his speech, which consumed more than an hour and a half, Messrs. Stevens of Minnesota and Kustermann of Wisconsin expressed their disapproval of his remarks and entered a defense of the accused.

Washington, Jan. 27. —There was another interesting development in the warfare between the president and the senate when it was announced that &e senate will conduct an investigation to show by what authority President Roosevelt appointed the board of yeferees wheih has just administered a stinging reversal of Dr. H. W. Wiley’s benzoate of soda decision. WILL HAVE TO PAY COSTS. Washington. Jan. 27. —President Samuel Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor, who were recently adjudged in contempt of court and sentenced to terms of imprisonment in the District of Columbia jail, were today ordered by Justice Wrfght of the District supreme court to pay the costs incurred in the proceedings which resulted in the sentence for contempt. The | costs aggregate about $1,500.

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TO TRY TO AMEND House Minority Afraid of Purification Election Bill SOME OTHER BILLS Several Scraps Brooding in Both the Senate and House Indianapolis, January 26—Republicans of the house will center their fire on what is popularly known as the Marshall election purification bill, although it was introduced by Representative Strickland. This was decided at a caucus yesterday. The minority’ will offer amendments to the bill when it comes up on special order this morning by which they hope to relieve it of its drastic features, or at least make it easier for the Republican majority in the senate to kill it. For an hour and one-half the Republicans were In session in room 99 at the state house. It was the universal opinion that the bill is unconstitutional in that it adds qualifications for voters in addition to those pt escribed by the constitution, also that it would deprive many electors of a vote. The senate Republicans, at their conference Monday, decided to await the arrival of the Strickland bill from the house before acting on the measure introduced by Senator Kistler, which is practically the same as the house bill. The Republicans of the house, however, will not permit the passage of the bill in the lower branch without putting up a fight.

A bill of some interest that was passed at the morning session of the senate was the Pearson bill, providing for courts of inquiry. Mayors, justices of the peace or police judges would sit in such courts, the court convening at the request of the prosecuting attorney. The court would have the right to call witnesses and (Continued on page 4.) COURT HOUSE NEWS A Suit for Divorce is Filed by Lawyer DeVoss ARE EIGHT LEFT That is the Number of Delinquents Left • L. C. DeVoss broke the spell today and filed a new case in the circuit court, it being a divorce proceeding, in which Lona Runyun asks for a severance of the marriage vows. The complaint recites many instances of cruel and inhuman treatment, abuse, failure to provide, and a lot of other cussedness too numerous to mention. She married David Runyun in 1889, and they have two children, Bessie eighteen, and James fourteen. A decree of divorce is prayed for and alimony in the sum of five hundred dollars.

The real estate transfers show that F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee, transfers to Rev. R. G. Angermaier, inlot fortyeight, for the consideration of $225. Treasurer Lachot has cut the delinquents down to eight, four of whom have promised to liquidate before the fatal day. The other four are beginning to worry .the placid county treasurer. He has written them four times and next week will take one more shot at getting them to cut their belt. o — Isaac Wells, of South Bend, after having been dumb for five years, has suddenly reonvered his power of speech. The affliction was caused by straining the muscles of his throat. He is unable to explain his recovery further than that he awakened from a sound sleep when his voice was as good as ever.