Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1909 — Page 1

■'olume VII. Number 41.

■COURT HOUSE NEWS ■Jury Disagreed in the Mollie Fravel Perjury Case Bother court items ■Dan Bailor and Warren Reed Were Arrested ■ A jury was dispensed with in the ■tuse against Melvin Gallogly for asand battery, and the evidence ■as heard by the court.’ The case likely be argued tomorrow and decision made. I Samuel Bailor and Warren Reed arrested on warrants issued ■tharging the receipt of stolen, propTheir bond was made at S2OO the cases will come up later in ■pl. l term. The stolen property was ■teal taken from the Clover Leaf railby the Baker boys and sold to ■hem, mention of which was made ■beveral days ago. I There was a round of juvenile court ■r. which the two Baker boys figured. ■They plead guilty to petit larceny, ■md were sentenced to the Indiana ■School for Boys, at Plainfield. Fred ■?> Ayres was also sent to Plainfield, ■pe being an incorrgible. I After deliberating for eighteen the jury in the Mollie Fravel ■case announced to the court their ■n possibility of agreeing, and the ■court discharged them. The evidence ■and arguments were all completed ■yesterday evening before the close of ■court, and they were instructed and ■sent out They reported at 9:30 this ■norning and after stating that it ■vctlld be impossible for them to agree ■they were discharged. The case was a hard one for the state, and Bit following after a similar case ■against Johnloz, the result is about Bwhat was expected.

Adam Mosnre who Is on trial in the Wells circuit court for criminal usault, is a product of French township. He is charged with assault ipon Elsie Pearl Martin, aged fourteen, and an inmate of the Weils iounty infirmary. Should they prove the charge, it may go hard with Mosure. We understand that he will try and prove an alibi. The state case against Merl Laisure tor petit larceny, has been discharged ind defendant discharged. Louis Keller, the Monroe saloonleeper, pleaded guilty in open court to the grand jury indictment of permitting persons in saloon on Sunday. He was assessed a fine of $lO and costs. The last will and testament of Joseph Brown, deceased, was admitted to probate. It bequeaths to the brothers of the deceased, isaac Brown, $200; Adam Brown $225; John Brown $150; William Brown $lO, and his sisters Clara Brown $l5O, Martha Brown $l5O, Drusella Mumma $250, Amanda Miller SSO, Victoria Brown SSO, Abraham Brown S3OO. The will also provides for the payment of all debts, and names Joseph Brown as executor of the will, R. S. Peterson as special judge, will render his decision in the Bremerkainp guardian case at the opening of court tomorrow morning. The transfer of real estate includes S2.niuel Opliger to Dsivid a small piece of ground in Hartford township $54. Thomas J Vorhees to Frank D. Brew’ster, thirty-nine acres in Jeffereson township $3,000. —Q- - ATTACKED BY FOX TERRIER Evansville, Ind., Feb. 17. —While Mrs. Thomas Whitney, wife of a wellIcnown railroad man here, was walking along the street, she w r as attacked by a fox terrier dog, which bit her in the arm, mistaking a lynx head on her fur coat for a live animal. The woman is in a serious condition and blood ipoisoning is feared. Several people on the streets who witnessed the attack ran to the rescue of Mrs. Whitney and beat off the dog.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

BOOSTING FOR THE ROAD Linn Grove Business Men Helping Along Traction Line. The Linn Grove business men and citizens are desirous of helping boost Bluffton, Geneva & Celina Traction line and for the purpose of putting their efforts into concerted action a meeting of railroad promoters will be held this evening at a public hall in Linn Grove. A party of Bluffton men including Abe Simmons, W. A. Kunkle, R. F. Cummins and L. C. Justus will make the trip from here in a big bob sled, over much the same route as they hope before this time next year to make in one of their new traction cars and at that place they will be met by a party of Geneva citizens. The Geneva boosters have already raised in stock subscriptions over one-half of the $75,000 which they proposed to place.—Bluffton News.

THE COUNCIL MEET Matters Making Progress for the New City Building WANTS A SEWER John Merica Petitioned for a Sewer in the South Part of City Regardless of the inclement weather the council met in regular session last evening. Mayor France presiding and every councilman being present and answering to roll call. The session was not a very busy one, as there was not many matters to be taken up and at half past eight the members adjourned. The first matter taken up was the reading of a petition signed by John Merica et al asking for a sewer in the south part of the city, and upon motion the matter was referred to the city engineer, C. Vogt, who was advised to look into the legality of the matter and to report back to the council at their next regular meeting. Architect Oscar Hoffman, whose services were some time ago secured by the city to prepare plans and specifications for the new city hall, was present at the meeting, and presented his specifications for the building, which were read and after making a very few minor changes in the seme, the specifications were approved by the council. This proceeding was followed by the reading of a resolution authorizing the city clerk to give notice in a newspaper of general circulation that the council would, on the 16th day of March, 1909, receive sealed bids for the sale of city bonds amounting to twelve thousand dollars, these bonds are to be in the denomination of one thousand dollars each and are to bear interest at the rate of four and one-half per cent to be paid semi-anuually. Immediately after the sale of the bonds on the above named date the council will then adopt a resolution to advertise for bids for the construction of the building, and from that time on the same will be rapidly pushed to completion. The following bills were then read and allowed: Johns, Mandal & Co $ 20.97 Union Oil Works 27.27 Lagonda Mfg. Co 13.02 Central Electric Co. 5.95 Bass Foundry 7.90 George Kiser & Co 1.31 Sunday Creek Coal Co 109.96 O. B. Wemhoff 180 D F, Teeple ................. 47.67 C & E 160.55 J. D. Hale 48.35 F. Spuller 6-08 Steele Bros 23.62 H. Harruff 1 20.00 F. Foos 2.10 Union Steam Pump Co 13.23 Ft. Wayne Electric Works 37.85 National Mill Supply Co 5.66 Standard Oil Co 86.23 L. G. Elllngham 34.95 No further business coming before the council they adjourned, to meet at their next regular meeting. o — Senator Beveridge is seeking to have SIOO,OOO appropriated for a postoffice building at Goshen instead of the $70,000 originally contemplated.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, February 17, 1909.

SCOTTISH RITERS A Two Days’ Session at Masonic Temple March 16 and 17 THEIR NEW HOME Their Beautiful Cathedral Will Be Complete for the Next One The final semi-annual reunion of the bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Fort Wayne, in the present quarters in the Masonic Temple building, will be held on me i«th and 17th of March, and will conclude with a big banquet on Wednesday evening. By next September, the time for the next semi-annual convocation, the Scotitsh Rite bodies will be comfortably housed in the Scottish Rite cathedral, now in process of construction on the corner of east Washington and Clinton streets. The program for the March convocation has been issued from the press of C. J. Lose. It calls for the inauguration of the work on the afternoon of the 16th, at 2 o’clock, when rites from the 4th through to the 13th will be conferred. The sublime and mysterious degree of perfection, the 14th, will be conferred in the evening, and the 15th and 16th on Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon will be for Emanuel Chapter of Rose Croix, when the 17th and 18th degree work will be carried out. The banquet concluding the convocation will be one of the biggest features of the two days and invitations to guests in all northern Indiana will be sent. Hon. Edward G. Hoffman will be the toastmaster. —Fort Wayne Sentinel.

MUCHDANAGEDONE The Citizens’ Telephone Company Repairing Lines SLOW PROGRESS Better Weather and Ail Lines Will Be Working The damage done to the wires and other property of the telegraph and telephone wires is yet hard to estimate, but it is expected that within a day or two 4he weather will subside sufficiently to get a line on the actual damage done. The Citizens’ Telephone company are heavy losers, and the damage done will take some time to repair, although service will be given their 'patrons nearly everywliere in a vory short time. Tho greatest inconvenience will come in their country lines, miles of which are now out of service. Arrangements are already going forward for the immediate repair of all the defects and it is a safe bet that no other telephone company in the country will be giving complete service as soon as will the Citizens’. The Citizens’ Telephone company will soon have a new telephone directory for the use of their patrons. Since the last one was published the company has grown so that a new book is needed for that reason if for no other. Linemen for the Citizens’ company were working in the southern part of the county yesterday, but the progress was slow and the wreckage great. — o Ward has reached the city announcing the death of Mrs. William Anderson, of St. Louis, Mo., sister-in-law to N. C. Anderson of this city, and who was reared in Union township, this county. The deceased was a sister of R. Mumrna of this city and J, A. Mumma of Union township. Mrs. Anderson live dat Wren prior to going to St. Louis. Surviving to mourn her loss, beside the husband are four children, Mrs. M. S. Johnsen, and Bernice. Carl and Frances.

TO HAVE A CORN SHOW. Allen County Farmers to Have a Corn Show. A corn show will be one of the interesting features in connection with the farmers' institute to be held in the assembly room of the court house in Fort Wayne on February 26 and 27. The contest is open to the farmers of Allen county, and Hon. G. V. Kell, of Huntertown, is superintendent of the contest. Regarding it Mr. Kell says: “First, second and third premiums will be awarded on the following: Yellow, white, Lawton and other varieties. Also valuable premium for sweepstakes. We desire to make the exhibit instructive. Each sample will be scored by the Indiana Corn Growers' association score card. A duplicate card will be placed with each sample scored which will enable the owner to study the strong as well as the weak points in his exhibit. Ten ears of one variety constitutes an exhibit.—Fort Wayne Sentinel.

ON PACIFIC COAST One-Half of Navy to Be Kept on Pacific Waters AGAINST COURT BILL The Fairbanks Are to Make a Trip Around the World Washington, Feb. 17. —One-half of the United States navy should be kept on the Pacific coast at all times is the opinion of the senate. An amendment to the naval bill was agreed to providing that in the dis cietion of the president one-half of the navy shall be kept in Pacific waters, so far as practicable. The president already has the authority so to divide the fleet, but the amendment amounts to an expression of congress in favor of such action. As introduced originally, the division of the navy was mandatory. Washington, Feb. 17. —Attorney General Bonaparte fired a broadside at the Indiana federal court re-organ-ization. In a letter to Chairman Jenkins of the house judiciary committee the attorney general goes on record in the most emphatic terms against the plans of the re-organizers, which, he says, would involve a great deal of expense and would be without* counterbalancing benefit to the people of Indiana. Washington, Feb. 17.—1 n the opinion of President-elect Taft Philander C. Knox is now legally eligible to receive the appointment of secretary of state. That he will be the premier in the Taft cabint was positively stated by Mr. Taft at the white house, the statement being made after two conferences today between the pres-ident-elect and Mr. Knox. Washington, Feb. 17. —Vice president and Mrs. Fairbanks are contemplating taking a trip around the world shortly after the adjournment of congress. They probably will take a steamer at San Francisco, visiting Hawaii and the Philippine islands, then China and Japan and returning via Europe. The time of their return is not definitely fixed. o . HE PLEAD GUILTY. Columbia City, Ind., Feb. 17. —Dr. J. W. Hartsog of Fort Wayne was arraigned before Judge L. H. Wrigley of the Whitley circuit court Monday afternoon and plead guilty to a charge of illegal practice of medicine. He was fined $25 and costs. The affidavit was made at the instance of Mrs. Frank Schneider of Churubusco. Last April Dr. Hartsog, who is a licensed oculist, gave the mother of Mrs. Schneider some medicine with which to treat her eyes and total blindness resulted. Q A loss of $1,500 was caused at Ligonier Tuesday, when the four-story wall of the Banta-Bender Manufacturing company’s building along the Elkhart river bank in that city fell in. The foundation has been undermined by the water.

IT WILL BE HOT Local Option in the Senate Beginning to Warm Up Some ARE LINING UP Its Report from the Committee Will Be De- . layed Indianapolis, February 17.—1 n the fight in the senate against the Proc-tor-Tomlinson bill, the charge will be made that the bill would not only repeal the county option law, but that it would also repeal the remonsttance feature of the Nicholson law, and would wipe the Moore blanket remonstrance law off the statute books. A leading Republican of the senate declared yesterday that the bill “teems with iniquity,” that it would do all these things, and put in the place of these temperance measures, a law which means pretty nearly nothing. While the enemies of the bill are lining up against it no action is being taken toward reporting it by the committee on public morals. The pclicy of delay, adopted a few days ago by general consent among the Republicans of the senate, is being carried out. Senator Mattingly, chairman of the committee, said yesterday that no meeting of the committee had been arranged, and that he did not know when one would be held. Further than this he would mske no statement. It is generally understood among the Republicans who oppose the measure, however, that the Republican members of the committee, wiht the possible exception of Senator Orndorf, who may support the bill, if amended, will hold a report back as long as possible.

GETTING TICKETS The Election Commissioners Are Busy Today ARE WORKING HARD Much Work is Being Done by the Organizations Election Commissioners P. K. Kinney and D. N. Erwin are busy today counting, wrapping and sealing election ballots for use in the election next Tuesday. The ballot is not a very portly looking affair, having nothing on it save the squares “yes” and “No” opposite which is: “Shall the sale of intoxicating liquors be prohibited.” With the idea in view that each and every voter may express his sentiments, the Democrat would again admonish its readers that the wording on the ticket is misleading, and that if you want to vote dry mark the square encircling the word “yes,” and if you want to vote wet, mark the square containing the word "no.” Both the wets and the. drys are working hard and the contest bids fair to be pretty evenly matched by election day. Much personal work is being done, and by the end of the week the organization work on both sides will have been complete. -■ o SOLD THE RINEHART FARM John C. Moran as Commissioner. Sold Some Real Estate. John C. Moran as commissioner in the W. D. Hinehart estate has sold the forty acres farm west of the city, it bringing one hundred dollars an acre, the purchaser being Joseph Meyer. The commissioner also had for sale a house and two vacant lots in the west part of the city, but the bidders failed to make any advances on it. The farm is a good one, and well worth the price named,. although it is unusual for land to bring such a price when sold by an officer of I the court. |

HAVE PAID THE JUDGMENT The Amish Have Paid Up What They Owe in Paille Case Dickey Wickey, Christ Swartz, Joseph Hilty and Bishop Joseph A. Swartz, of near Berne, four of the defendants in the Amish damage suit here in the circuit court on change of venue from the Adams circuit court at Decatur, were in this city Tuesday and deposited with Whitney E. Smith, one of the attorneys in the suit, the sum of $1,036.35, the amount of the judgment and a part of the costs rendered against them. In conversation with those who were here Tuesday it was learned that Paille and his wife are still co-habltating together, but not in the true sense of husband and wife, Mrs. Paille still cooking his meals but not eating at the same table with him and occupying different sleeping quarters.— —Portland Sun.

A GOOD PROGRAM A Sunday School Institute to Be Held Thursday THREE SESSIONS It Will Take Place at the Presbyterian Church The Sunday school institute for all workers in every Sunday school of all denominations will be held at the Presbyterian church on Thursday of this week, bids fair to be largely attended with workers from all parts of the county. The program gives evidence that the meeting will furnish plenty of entertainment, the sessions lasting through the morning, afternoon and evening. Officers and members in all the schools of the county are invited to attend and participate in the day’s program, which fellows: Morning—9:3o. The Acts and Epistles (1909) (45 minutes E. W. Halpenny The Standard of Excellence Mrs. M. J. Baldwin The Intermediate Department 1216 —Charaacterlstics E. W. Halpenny Appointment of Committees by Presdent City Sunday School Ass’n. Noon—2:00. Lesson Preparation Mrs. M. J. Baldwin The Intermediate Department (Problems and Suggestions) .. E. W. Halpepny Reports of Committees and Business. Parallel Conferences — (a) Elementary Grades (1-12).. led by Mrs. M. J. Baldwin (b) Adavanced Grades and S. S. Officers... .led by E. W. Halpenny Evening—7:3o. The Missionary Spirit in Sunday School E. W. Halpenny Stories and Story Telling Mrs. M. J. Baldwin Offerings for State Extension Fund. o DOINGS IN POLICE COURT. Charles Sezer Arrested for Selling Liquor to Minors. Night Policeman Amos Fisher this morning filed an affidavit against Charles Sezer in whlsh selling liquor to minors was charged and the defendant will be arraigned before Mayor France. Henry McLain who last Friday was placed in jail on a charge of public intoxication was released this morning after furnishing ball for his appearance in court next Wednesday, when his trial will come off. Henry became 111 while In jail, and asked to be given a chance to furnish bond. o « Mrs. Frank Drabenstot, of Huntington, has just located her daughter in White’s institute at Wabash, after a separation of eight years. Fifteen years ago the woman's husband died, leaving her destitute with a family of children. She was compelled to place them in an orphan asylum and had lost track of them in the Intervening 'years. The daughter is now 18 years 1 of age. 1

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KILLED IN SENATE The Governor’s Mansion Bill Put Out of Business OPPOSED TO IT Most of the Democrats Oppose Change in Text Book Law Indianapolis, February 17.—The governor’s mansion bill, carrying an appropriation of $60,000, met a crushing defeat in the senate yesterday. There were but five votes In its favoi, those of Snatorg Brady, Clark, Cox, Farrell and Wood. Thirty-eight votes were cast against it. Bland, Fleming, Forknor, Halleck, Kane, Proctor and Shafer were absent. An amendment offered by Senator Kistler provided that $20,000 instead of $60,000 be expended. This was lost after considerable discussion, and then the members proceeded unceremoniously to do away with the measure altogether. Representative Harry Strickland, of Greenfield, caucus chairman of the Democrats of the house, is unalterably opposed to the Garrard bill to abolish the present uniform system of textbooks In the schools of the state and place the selection of school books in the hands of political boards in each count}', He sees in the bill an attempt to throw the present excellent public school system of the state into the worst kind of politics, and he is against it for that reason as well as for other reasons. The house corporations committee will make a divided report today on the bill introduced by Representative Hewig which provides that the legal rate of interest on municipal bonds shall be 4% per cent and that municipal bonds shall be exempted from taxation. The committee inserted an amendment to the effect that gravel read bonds shall be exempted from taxation. The majority report will be for the passage of the amended bill. The minority report for indefinite postponement will be signed by Representatives Strickland and Greiger and others who are opposed to exempting bonds of any kind from taxation.

The ways and means committee of the house yesterday decided to recommend for passage the bill introduced by Representative Wickey providing for an appropriation of $5,000 to be used by a commission of nine, to be appointed by the governor for the purpose of investigating and reporting to the next legislature needed legislation for the conservation of the state’s natural resources. The senate did spend considerable time in killing bills during the day. Senator Clark’s registration bill was . first on the list. The bill gained the votes of Senators Cox and BH'and (Reps.) but it still lacked a constitutional majority, the vote being 24 for and 23 against its passage. Senator Clark later announced that he would call the bill up at some future time , Representative Hill’s bill to abolish i the office of state fish and game commissioner was the special order in . the house on convening yesterday afternoon. Speeches by the author and Representative McGinnis were made in support of the bill. The measure was defeated 68 noes, 25 ayes. — —o1 ELECTED ON TELEPHONE BOARD Anderson. Ind., Feb. 17. —George W. . Beers, of Fort Wayne, was re-elecdet president of the Delaware and Madl- • son Counties Telephone company at i the annual meeting held In this city. J. P. Evans. S. M. Foster, S. S. Fisher and Mt. Beers, all of Fort Wayne, were chosen members of the board of directors. J. T. Cunnun. of Chicago, will speak in the court house Thursday evening at 7:30 on the subject of temperance. Mr. Cunnen is an Irish Catholic, and comes highly recommended. He is a great orator, and handles his subject with a most pleasant and convincing argument.