Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

■Volume VII. Number 35.

SECOND | READING ■Tomlinson Bill Being Advanced in the House MEg * Irwo votes taken ■The Final Struggle May Come Tomorrow Some Time I Indianapolis, February 10.—(Special |to the Daily Democrat, 3;4s)_The ■Proctor-Tomlinson bill went to en■tarossment this afternoon with two ■Amendments, one providing that sa■cons may be established in town|ggßhips within four miles of cities or and the other amendment pro■wides that such saloons may be reanonstrated out of such townships. K Indianapolis, February 10.—(Special I to the Daily Democrat) —The amend- £ «d Tomlinson local option bill was g Sanded down in the house of repre«entatives this morning and advanced Ito second reading. The votes of three Democrats —Gottschalk, Murphy and —who had heretofore held •cut against the repeal of the present law', voted for the passage of the bill, although all three of them declare .(that they will vote against the bill on ■pts final passage. The first vote Klgainst indefinite postponement was Hb4 to 44, and the vote to advance I “it to second reading was 53 to 44. Bjrhe real battle will come when the ■bill comes up for third reading and ■final passage. It is estimated that ’ -a hundred different amendments will ■be offered, and the opinion is exBtptessed that when the bill gets ■through with the different amend■ments, neither its friends or enemies ■will recognize it. The final battle in ■the house” is expected to come in the ■house perhaps not later than tomor■tow. The /Democrats who voted ■against the bill are Christy, Clore, ■Cochran. Coble, Durham, Madigan, ■Maish, Merriman, Sicks and HostetB.’ter. The Republicans who voted for Bthe bill were Haggard, Hewig, Kliber, ■tSchreder and Ratliff.

| Indianapolis, February 10.—The ■ *Deriocratic tnajority jin the house |[bagain delayed taking up the local opK tion question yesterday. It was said, ■“however, by the leaders that the fight Bls certain to come up at the session ■this morning. Yeste/day's delay was ■ •due partly to the fact that the Proc-■’toi-Tomlinson bill, which was re-B-ported by the committee on public jfe morals yesterday forenoon, had tn he ■printed and allowed to remain on the Bdesks of the members twenty-four -hours before it could be taken up ■ under the rules. Another was that ■ it was feared the Allen county memwculd not vote in line. Two reBports were submitted by the commitBtee, one, the majority report, recomB mending the passage of the bill, and ■'the other, signed by the Republicans, ■ or minority members of the coinmit- ■ tee, recommending that the bill be ■ indefinitely postponed. The fight is K expected to come up at 10 o clock ■tfhis morning on the question of adopt(Contlnned on page four.)

NOT PERMIT PRIZE FIGHTING The Governor Warms Up to Such Law Violations. Indianapolis, February 10. —If the prosecuting attorney in any county where a prize fight takes place does not prosecute the offenders. Governor Marshall will instruct the attorney general to go to the place of the law violation and prosecute .the violators. ‘'But,” said he, yesterday, “I am not going to prejudge men; I am not going to say that a man is a criminal before he commits any act, and I am not going to make any grandstand plays. When any citizen furnishes me with information that a prize fight has taken place in Indiana, I will notify the prosecuting attorney to proceed against the participants and if he fails to do so I shall instruct the attorney general to conduct the prosecution in the name of the state." o LEAVES FOR MEXICO Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison Will Go to Southland STAY UNTIL JUNE She Will Be at Oaxaco During Most of the Time

Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison is preparing to leave on an extended tour through the southwest, her destination being Oaxaco, Mexico, where she will remain until next June, with the hope that her health will be benefitted. Accompanied by Mrs. John Niblick and Miss Hattie Studabaker, she will leave tomorrow for Fort Wayne.where the three will be entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vesey for the day. Mrs. Morrison will leave the summit city Friday for Maumee, 0., where she will be the guest of her niece, Hermine Weicking, for a short time, leaving there Saturday for Leipsic, Ohio, to be entertained by Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Edwards. Miss Harriett will meet Mrs. Morrison at Leipsic and they will go from there to Glendale. After remaining there for a few days Mrs. Morrison will return to Decatur, secure her baggage and leave within a few hours after her arrival for Mexico. The first important stop in the far-off country will be Mexico City, where she will make a short stay, going from there to Oaxaco to remain until June. A reunion of Decaturites will be occasioned subsequent to the arrival of Mrs. Morrison at Oaxaco. She will undoubtedly be met at the train by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hite, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wooten, Russell Hairruff and several other people -who formerly lived in this city. When Mrs. Morrison reached Oaxaco last summer she was pleased to find the above mentioned waiting at the station and a most delightful time followed. The trip will be greatly enjoyed. - - o ~ - ~ ~ HORSE AND RIDER BOTH HURT Archie Beerbower Receives a Broken Cheek Bone and Other Injuries.

A rather serious accident happened last night near Geneva, when Archie Berbower was thrown from a horse and received an injury on the side of the face that gives indications of leaving a permanent mark. He was riding at a rather rapid gait and from some cause ran into a rig, the result being a real tearing smashup in which the horse and rider both fared badly. His cheek bone was broken, besides several other injuries, while the horse it is thought will die. The accident occurred about three miles west of Genvea. o REIFF IS INJURED. Manson Reiff is displaying a badly bruised head today as the result of an accident that befell him last night. Manson had started down the stairs at his home in the dark and thinking he was nearing the lower step made a grab for the wall. He fell down the remainder of the flight and for a short time it was thought that the injuries received would result seriously. He is able to be about today, but still unable to eat as a result of the accident.—Bluffton Banner.

DR. I. KING HERE Ann Arbor University Man Inspects Our High School SAYS THEY ARE FINE Graduates Will Be Admitted to College Without Examination Dr. I. King of the department of education of Ann Arbor university was in the city this morning and visited our high school for the purpose of making an examination of the course of study and modes of instruction that the promoters of Ann Arbor university can determine whether or not graduates from the Decatur high school will be entered in their school without submitting to an examination. The school board has been negotiating for some time to secure recognition from the great Michigan college that our school will be ranked among the very best in the state and fro minformation given out by Dr. King, it is an assured fact that no difficulty will be encountered in establishing the relationship. Dr. King made a thorough examination of our high school work and after visiting the various grades he gave out the statement that our high school was up to the standard and worthy of the recognition sought for. The school board and all interested in our schools have reason to have a sense of pride as a consequence of the compliments passed by the noted educational man, and it is a further and more conclusive evidence that Decatur is keeping in pace with the times in al! enterprises worthy of mention. Dr. King left on the afternoon train for Portland, where he will Inspect their school. That graduates of the Decatur high school will be entered at Ann Arbor university without examination is a fact calling for generous praise in favor of our instructors and able school board, for to them is due the glory or the excellent manner in which the course of study is pursued. The pupils who are now in the primary grades will reap a benefit immediately for they will work with a vim to complete the studies of the common grades and the high school that they may be able to enter Ann Arbor, one of the greatest educational institutions the country ever knew.

HE ATTEMPTED TO SUICIDE Robert L. Carlin, of Pennville, Drank Carbolic Acid. Robert L. Carlin, one of the best know-n and most successful oil producers of the Indiana field, attempted suicide at his home at Pennville at six. o’clock Tuesday morning by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid. All day he has lain in an unconscious condition and of the several physicians that are attending him not one holds the least hope for his recovery, all agreeing that he cannot possibly live throughout the night. There is no doubt that his act was due to insanity, as he has been regarded as becoming mentally deranged for several weeks and suffered continually from pains in his head. —Portland Sun.

HE HAS NOT ACCEPTED. Washington, February 10. —Congressman Adair, to Indiana, has an invitation to dine with royalty. Prince Kalanianoale the Hawaiian delegate in congress, and Princess Kalanianoale desire the presence of Mr. Adair at a dinner which they are to give this weke in honor of former Queen Liliuokalanl of Hawaaii. It is not often that a Hoosier has an opportunity to dine with a queen, or a former queen, but as yet Mr. Adair has not sent an acceptance. He is a member of the committee on claims before which Queen Lil’s claim for $250,000 against the United States is pending. ~o BEING BOOMED FOR MAYOR. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 10. —J. B. Gordon, editor of the Evening Item, is being boomed for the Republican nomination for mayor. Gordon led the fight that put the present “reform” administration in power and also the fight that recently left Wayne county “wet”

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, February 10, 1909.

WANT THE RELEASE OF McCOY The Rensselaer Bank Wrecker Looking for Freedom. Indianapolis, February 10. —The attorney general has under investigation the question as to the release of Thomas J. McCoy, the Rensselaer bank wrecker, before the expiration of his maximum sentence on June 19. McCoy was sent to prison under the indeterminate sentence law for from one to three years. McCoy's attorneys hold that he should have been released on Dec. 19 under the act of 1883, known as the “good time act.’’ This act gave a prisoner a certain period of “time off” each year fcr good behavior. The question was raised by McCoy’s attorneys several days ago when they came to Indianapolis to see Governor Marshall regarding McCoy’s release. They contended that the indeterminate law passed by the legislature in 1897 did not interfere with the good behavior features of the old law of 1893.

CLINTON GOES DRY Every Township in the County Carried by the Temperance Forces A REMONSTRANCE An Effort to Make Part of Wayne County Dry Frankfort, Ind., Feb. 10. —The returns complete in the county option election held yesterday give a total majority of 2,055 for the “drys." Every township in the county was carried by the temperance forces. The total of the outside townships was 1,846 majority, and the majority in Center township, the township in which Frankfort is situated, was 209. The temperance people age wildly elated over the result, but made no public demonstration except that the church bells were rung. The voting of the county option will not have any immediate bearing on the saloon business here, since the only saloon in the city closes Saturday night, all of the saloons in the county having been put out by the ward remonstrance law. However, there are several applications for licenses pending and in various degrees of progress in the courts of the county, and they will immediately be disposed of by dismissal. The election brought out a good vote, estimated at the close of the polls at about thrce-fiourths of the full vote. During the morning hours the wets appeared to have slightly the best of it, as there was a heavy rain, which the liberals “expected" and the temperance forces “feared” would decrease the farmer vote, where the “drys” expected to poll their heaviest vote. However, a little aftr noon the skies cleared and the managers for the “drys" heard from the rural sections that a heavy vote was being polled. The temperance forces worked in a quiet way and there was no demonstration by them here as there has been in other sections of Indiana which have held elections.

Richmond, Ind., Feb. 10.—Encouraged by the fact that Jackson township went dry in the recent local option election and determined to make the township dry territory, the antisaloon element in Cambridge City has commenced the circulation of a blanket remonstrance against the saloons and will present it to the county commissioners as soon as enough signatures have been secured. Cambridge City has seven saloons and East Germantown two. SUNDAY BASE BALL BILL. Passes in the Senate but Yet Lacks a Constitutional Majority. Indianapolis, February 10. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The majority report favoring Sunday base ball passed the senate this afternoon by a vote of 25 to 17. It takes 26 votes for a constitutional majority, and this fact leaves the fate of the bill in doubt.

SIGNED THE BONDS Commissioners Held a Session Most of the Day NAMED INSPECTORS Commissioners Getting Ready for the Option Election The board of commissioners met today and spent the most of the morning in signing bonds for six macadam roads, the bonds having come in last night, and are for the William Gallmeyer, W. A. Tieman, W. A. Bowman, E. H. Faust, Preble and Kirkland, and the Henry Wafel roads. Martin Laughlin was not present at the board meeting, and it was necessary for Sheriff Meyer to make a trip to his home in Jefferson township to get hie signature to the bonds.

The board also named inspectors for the local option election, which is now scheduled to come off on the 23rd. The inspectors named are as follows: East Union —Frank Mclntosh. West Union —J. A. Fleming. East Root —George Case. West Root —C. E. Magley. North Preble —Daniel Hoffman. South Preble—William Jaebker. North Kirkland—William Adler. East Washington—Conrad Gillig. West Washington—Ben Eiting. North St. Marys—Elzey Jackson. South St. Marys—O. J. Suman. North Blue Creek —F. C. Wechter. South Blue Creek —James Foreman. North Monroe —Marion Oliver. Middle Monroe—C. C. Beer. French—John Mosure. South Hartford —Samuel C. Stahl. North Wabash —Samuel Soldner. Ceylon-Samuel Biteman. East Jefferson —J. J. Tester. West Jefferson —J. T. Kelley. Berne A—Phil Schug,. Berne B—J. D .Winteregg. Geneva A —W. A. Thornhill. Geneva B—W. W. Briggs. Decatur, Ist ward A —Dallas Butler. Decatur, Ist ward B—George Patterson. Decatur, 2nd ward A —Charlie Voglewede. Decatur, 2nd ward B —Samuel Butler. Decatur, 3d ward A —J. F. Snow. Decatur, 3d wark B—Joseph McFarland. The selection of the boards was taken up this afternoon and completed without trouble. Both the drys and the wets handed in names whom they wished to serve, and these men were appointed.

BIG OIL WELL A GEYSER Fears That It Will Eventually Become a Volcano. Mexico City, Feb. 10.—The famous oil well known as the Dos Boscas, which for months shot a column of flames and smoke into the air for many hundreds of feet, has been converted into a geyser, and fears are eitertained that eventually the well, which for so long has furnished a grand spectacle of the powers of nature, may become an active volcano. The first evidences of this were made apparent today, when in addition to the great volume of bailing water which are being lifted heavenward at the rate of 25,000 gallons each 24 hours, a large quantity of volcanic stone was erupted. o— IT IS TO BE ANOTHER KEYNOTE Senator Beveridge to Address Indiana Republican Editorial Association. Washington, D. C., Feb. 10. —It is expected that the speech which Senator Beveridge will deliver to the Indiana Republican Editorial association at Indanapolis on February 25 will be an important utterance. It is understood that he will sound the keynote of party policy in Indiana and will deal in a straightforward manner with the issues that confront the people of the state. As Senator Beveridge is now the recognized head of the party in .the state, whatever he has to say will be interesting as well as significant.

DUROCS BROUGHT GOOD PRICES D. E. Studabaker Was in This Combination Sale. The Great Northern Indiana combination Duroc Jersey swine sale, held at the Rinehart feed barn yesterday by O. E. Markley, was a grand success, both in prices and attendance. The farmers in the vicinity of the city turned out well at the sale and the bidding of the men was kept at a lively pitch until the last hog was sold from the ring. Fred Reppert, of Decatur,and H. L. Iglehart, of Morgrntown, Ky., both well known to the stockmen of Wells county, cried the sale. Forty-five hogs were sold and everaged s4l in price. The highest price brought for one animal was SIOO. This was sold to Ernest Pancake, of Ransom, 111. Another hog was sold for $95 and several were sold at S6O. The lowest price was $25. Many of the hogs went from the county and were bid in by out of the city breeders.—Bluffton Banner. THE LEGISLATORS A Bill Introduced to Abolish the Office of City Treasurers SOME OTHER BILLS Some of the Provisions of the Tomlinson Option Bill Indianapolis, February 1C. —The office of city treasurer in all county seat cities of Indiana will be abolished if Senator Mattingly’s bill, which was

passed by the senate yesterday, becomes a law. The bill provides that the county treasurer shall assume the duties of city treasurer. A scale of salaries is fixed by the law. The bill provides that all city treasurers now in office shall continue to serve until January 1, 1910. Several speeches were made in favor of the passage of the bill on the ground that to abolish the office would save the state thousands of dollars each year. By Mattingly’s amendment to the bill the salaries allowed to county treasurers for their work for the cities would be fixed as follows: First class cities, $8,500; second class, $2,000 to $2,500; third class, SI,OOO to SI,BOO, and in cities of the fourth and fifth classes, S4OO to SI,OOO. These salaries are to be fixed annually by the common councils of cities affected. Mattingly explained that the amount of city work would vary each year and county treasurers should receive remuneration for extra help necessary to care for such business. Salaries, (under such circumstances, should not be fixed at any one figure.

The bill requiring that plumbers be licensed, introduced by Representative Maas w T as the subject of a public hearing by the senate committee on rights and privileges this afternoon. The bill will be recommended for passage. Among those who appeared in behalf of the bill were A. E. Werkoff and C. C. Pike, of Lafayette: Harry Newman and John O'Donnell, of Evansville, and Jerry Gallivan, of Muncie. The senate committee on judiciary B agreed this afternoon on slight amendments to the Brolley Sunday base ball bill which was passed by the house. Six of the seven members will sign the majority report for the passage of the bill. The Thornton so-called “loan shark” bill will receive a favorable report from the senate committee on labor. Some of the provisions of the Tomlinson option bill are: That no licenses should be issued for saloons outside cities and incorporated towns. That local option elections might be held as to city wards and as to towns, on the petition of 30 per cent of the voters. That the Nicholson and Moore laws should not be reepaled. That remonstrances in effect should not be affected. That the result of any county local option election, prior to the taking effect of the act should not be affected. That after election ninety days be 1 (Continued on page 2.) i

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TAFT WAS ELECTED The Electoral Vote Was Canvassed Today WAS IMPRESSIVE Taft Got 321 Votes and Bryan 162 Washington, Feb. 10.—With impressive ceremony, the closing scene of the presidential election was enacted today in the hall of the house of representatives. In joint session the members of the senate and of the house of the national congress met and counted the electoral votes for president and vice-president, and declared the election of Wm. Howard Taft, of Ohio, and James Schoolcraft Sherman, of New York. After tellers appointed by both houses, and representing both political parties, had careully scrutinized the returns from the several states. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks announced that out of the 483 votes in the electoral college 321 had been cast for Taft for president; 321 for Sherman for vice president; 162 for William J. Bryan or president and 162 for John W. Kern for vice president. This statement was received with prolonged applause on the republican side and settled forever any lingering doubt that might have existed in any democratic mind that

perhaps the final count might show a majority for the “Peerless Leader” from Nebraska. Incidentally the fact was recalled that it was the largest vote ever cast for candidates for president in the history of the United States, the recent admission of Oklahoma having added seven votes to the electoral college since this ceremony was performed four years ago. The joint session began at one o’clock in the presence of a notable assemblage. Admission to the galleries was only obtained by card and these points of observation were crowded with the wives and friends of members. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sherman, with a large party of friends, including Mrs. Rosevelt and MVs. Fairbanks >and members of their families, were interested spectators, and the diplomatic gallery was well filled with the representatives of foreign governments eagerly watching the process of the election of a president in the greatest republic on earth. There was a tremendous outburst of republican applause when Maryland’s vote was declared to be six for Bryan and two for Taft, showing an increase of one In the electoral vote of that state for the republican (Candidates as compared with four years ago. A similar republican demonstration occurred when the teller read that the eighteen votes of Missouri had been cast for Taft, thus duplicating in a former rock-ribbed democratic state the performance of four years ago when it also was carried by the tepuUlican candidates. It was some minutes before the applause subsided. The democrats had their turn when the first electoral vote cast by the new state of Oklahoma was announced as having been cast for Bryan and Kern. After about one hour had been consumed. Wyoming’s name, the last on the list, was reached and with the announcement of her vote, the vice president rapped for order. At his request Senator Burrows counted the tally sheet and announced that the record showed that the whole number of electoral votes cast had been 483; that of these 242 constituted a majority; that William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman had received 321, and Wm. Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern had received 162. The 1 vice president then repeated this statement of fact, declaring that it would be deemed sufficient notifica- ; tion of the election of Taft and Sherman, and directing that the result be spread upon the journals of both house and senate. This terminated the ceremony. The duty imposed by the constitution had been performed. The senators filed out to return to tbeir own chamber, the galleries emptied. and the house resumed Its discussion of pending legislation.