Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRA r

■Volume VII. Number 43.

A DOUBLE I SORROW -A Gloom is Cast About an Already Shadowed Life |J. TOUHEY INJURED ■Stepped Into Opening and Suffers Severe Injury ■ After for several years being unable to see the light of day or his surroundings, totally blind as a conse■pience of an accident which cast a Efeloom over his life, which human hand Hfemnot alleviate nor mind contemplate. James Touhey, familiarly known etui universally beloved has been ■loomed to taste further of the sore snisfortunes of life. Feeling his way ’pith his trusty cane, he was walking past on Madison street toward the Sprague barber shop this morning at 11:30 o’clock when without warning or apprehension he stepped from the Sidewalk into the cellar door of the Murray saloon which had been left ■ben by a deliveryman, his body was hurled against the opposite side of the cellar way and as a consequence his hip was dislocated and the hall of the femur bone broken badly. Bystanders hurriedly rescued the unfortnnate man from the perilous position and carried him to the Sprague barber shop where he remained until a cot -was secured upon which he was conveyed to the home of his sister, Mrs. P. J. Hyland. The injured man was suffering untold agony and when rescuers appeared upon the scene he deplored the idea of being taken home on account of his dear (Continued oa page 4.) MONEY INHER SOCK Adams County Will Not Borrow Money to Pay for Election i COUNCIL MET Made Appropriations for Various Needs of the County K Adams county had money in her ■ock, an<f will not have to issue bonds or borrow acent to hold the local option election, which is scheduled on the boards for next Tuesday. The members of the county council. J. O. Kran- r, E. Uhlman, William Baum■turtner, Mat Kirsch, E. E. Zimmer’man and J. W. Merryman met this morning and made appropriations for the election and at the same time (took up several other matters of importance. The total appropriations were $2,797.68, but of this amount - >350 was for the subsidy elections in French, Monroe and Jefferson townships, and the county held the guarantee of the promoters of the road for the expense of the same. This left the appropriations for which the county made at $2,447.68 Os this amount $1,525 is for the election and the remainder for the payment of some old bills not paid last year. This money so appropriated and more, Stoo, is now in the hands of the coun- .. ty treasurer, and has been accumulated from the income of interest on public funds, and other sources. This Intakes the holding of this election possible from the savings during last year, and also makes it unnecessary Ko borrow a cent or go in debt. o— I Friends of Lon Oxley, who suffer!Jed from severe stroke of paralysis, are trying to raise funds so that he |;can be sent to Martinsville for treat</ment. It is believed that if Oxley can Rte taken to the sanitarium he will be gable to recover and be in good shape, foxley is still unable to talk, owing to paralysis of the vocal cords. Bluffton Banner.

THEY WANT TAYLOR PARDONED iCaleb Powers Wants His Friends in Indiana Pardoned. Lexington, Ky„ Feb. 19.—Caleb I Powers and Dr. Finley are here on j their way to Frankfort, where they ! will appear before Governor Willson I and beseech him to grant a full and ui.conditional pardon to W. S. Taylor and Charles Finley, now in Indiana, j charged with complicity in the assassination of William Goebel, and for John Powers, brother of Caleb, charged with the same offense. A unique plea will made. Powders will make the appeal to Governor 'Willson. He i will point out that Tayor and Finley , long have been in Indiana, that there ;is now a Democratic administration in vogue there which probably would i Insure the honoring of a requisition for them if they were asked by Kentucky; that prosecutors in Kentucky are all Democrats, that they have made no effort to have Taylor and Finley brought back and that they will not likely do so until just before an- ' other election, when they will act for ' | political effect, and they do not be--1 lieve a conviction would result, since 1 Powers and Jim Howard have been pardoned. -■■■ 1 » MEETING OF DRYS Four Hundred People Hear Famous Irish Orator » AT COURT ROOM He Will Speak at the Court Room Again this Evening The second of a series of public meeting held for the advancement of the temperance cause was conducted at the court room last evening, where about four hundred representative citizens of Decatur and vicinity gathered to hear the much heralded Irish orator, John F. Cunneen of Chicago who is chief knight of the Knights jof Father Matthew of Chicago; expies! dent Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Illinois, and a member of the International Association of Machinists. Promptly at 7:30 o’clock the speaker was introduced by Rev. Imler. and he at once launched Into an address which defended the dry side of the temperance question and ridiculed the wet side. Mr. Cunneen was eloquent, he was forceful and every word he uttered seemed to find lodgment in the minds of his hearers. He pictured the vicissitudes attendant to the liquor traffic, he reiterated the falsity of the contention that the existence of saloons reduced taxation and in fact he touched on every conceivable phase of the great question w'ith emphasis. The eloquent address was featured by the relation of statistics which have bearing on the question, and the speaker at one time said: “This is not a movement confined within the borders of the United States; it is not confined within the the borders of North America, but it is a movement which is world wide and which especially is being agitated in Germany, France, Great Britain and other countries. There ,1s an organization in Germany,’’ he continued, “which for many years has worked diligently to abolish the saloons, and if American people wish to be posted on the temperance question they should read some of their literature and see the really gloomy side as it is. The speaker appealed especially to the farmers and working men for their votes against the saloons and he read statistics which tended to show that these are the classes upon whom the saloons thrive. From a dry point of view the meeting was a success. A Mr. Teple followed Mr. Cunneen with an address which proved quite interesting to his hearers. Mr. Cunneen will speak at the court room this evening. 0. —_ CALVARY EVANGELICAL CHURCH Saturday Evening, 7:30 O’clock Sun Time. There will be preaching at the Calvary church Saturday evening 7:30 sun time. Let as many of the voters of Adams county as can possibly attend be in this meeting. The sermon will be a temperance address. Rev. D. O. Wise, Pastor.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, February 19, 1909.

CORN TRAIN HERE I It Starts from Decatur Over the Erie Lines A LECTURE « Prof. Christie to Speak for k Forty-Five MinI utes i i , The Erie railroad will have a corn • tiain on their lines on March 4. The ’ train will start from this city and ’ goes over the Erie lines as far as , Crown Point. Prof. Christie of the . Purdue university experimental sta- ■ tion will be with the train and will give a forty-five minutes lecture at the Erie station on Improved corn cultivation. The train will be in charge of Lewis Jackson, industrial commissioner of the Ere lines, and I the run to Crown Point will be one of the most pleasant of the entire round, which is being made by the • agricultural experiment station at Purdue. The forty-five minutes lecture in this city will be well worth hearing, and we expect that many Adams county farmers will hear it, and by so doing, get the benefit of the speakers vast experience and knowledge in the line of improved farming. We do not know another ■ industry in the land where greater improvements are being made than in the agricultural lines, and as Adams county holds an enviable reputation as being not only the best spot for agriculture, but they also have the . best farmers, a good audience should greet Prof. Christie when he comes to Decatur. We will make further announcement, in a few days. o THE SAD TIDINGS Miss Gladys Mann of Muncie, Died After Much Suffering FRIENDS HERE With Her Parents She Formerly Lived Here Friends and relatives here have received the sad tidings of the death cf Gladys Mann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frajik Mann, of Muncie. The Mann family have the genuine sympathy of Decatur people, since they were \o well known here, Mr. Mann formerly having been the junior partner in the firm of Mann and Beatty. Annie Gladys Mann was born seventeen years ago, 1892, at Decatur, where the family resided till about ten years ago, when they moved to Muncie, where Gladys died at the family home, 402 Sutton avenue, Riverside. The girl had been a sufferer from spinal trouble since she was five years old, and never could play as much as other children. The disease gradually grew worse until she could walk but little, and during the last four months she became helpless. However, the patience and cheerfulness with whion she bore her suffering was remarkable, and made her dearer than ever to the family and friends. Sometimes /it takes great suffering of body or grief of mind to show us the worth of those who undergo such trials, and are the higher and nobler for it. Such was the life of Gladys, her friends all tell of her cheerful and happy life. o ; , Evangelist Miller will sing the “Ninety and Nine’’ tonight, highly illustrated with the stereopticon. These views are very beautiful. You ought to see them. In spite of the bad weather the attendance has been good and the interest has been deepening. The afternoon meetings have been well attended, and great blessing is coming to those who attend. You are cordially invited.

HE RETAXED THE COSTS. Judge LaFollette Gave Paiile Part of the Costs to Pay. Judge LaFollette late Tuesday afternon sustained a motion to retax a portion of the costs in the PailleSwartz suit, decided in favor of the plaintiff during the term cf court just closed. The total costs an.ounted to $92.35 and of this the 1 defendants were willing to pay $29, claiming that the remaining $62.35 was the charge of witnesses called ■ by Paiile and not required to testify. While here yesterday the Amish men paid into the hands of Attorney Whitney E. Smith, $1,033, the amount of the judgment their share of the costs, and $4 interest accumulated on the money since the decision was ren1 dered. Smith turned over the entire i sum to County Clerk Frank Gillespie, who will deduct the costs and pay ( the remainder to Paiile or his attorneys.—Portland Sun. o • ACTIVITY AGAIN Something Doing on the Io a j Proctor-T omlinson Repeal Bill OTHER BILLS The Linton Court Fight Has Reached the Governor’s Office Indianapolis, February 19. —Senator Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne, the chief advocate of the brewery Intel ests in the senate, returned to the city and Senator FroctSr immediately announced that there would be activity in relation to the Proctor-Tomlin-son bill for the repeal of the county local option law’. Senator Proctor, with apparent earnestness, declared that the bill would be reported by the senate committee on public morals as soon as the friends of the measure asked that it be reported. He said that he had been authoratively informed that it would be reported today or Monday. Senator Proctor introduced a bill which is a copy of the Texas antitrust law relating to labor organizations. The bill has been indorsed by the Indiana state Federation of Labor. It provides that it shall be lawful for any kind of wtork or labor, manual or mental, or both, to associate themselves together and form trades unions and other organizations for the purpose of protecting themselves in their personal work, personal labor, and personal service in their respective pursuits and employments. The Garrard public utilities bill was killed in committee and so reported to the house at the morning session. There is no substitute for the bill In committee or before the house, and It seems likely there will be no public utilities legislation at this session. The action of the committee was unanimous, the opinion being that the bill, as drawn, w’as too good for the utilities. The fight over the Linton Superior Court bill has reached the governor’s office, to the end that the governor announced that there would be a public hearing at his office this morning for the purpose of giving the various factions in the fight a chance to present the meets of their respective cases. The senate passed the bill allowing : county clerks to keep transcript fees. . The bill was passed over Governor Hanly’s veto, and, since it was passed in the* house a few days ago, it Is ] now a law. The* passage of the bill by i a margin of one vote came at the end i of an extended debate. 1 0 , — — ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. i I A cordial invitation is herewith extended to the readers of this announcement to attend the English divine services which w'ill be held at <>ur church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The text of the sermon will be the Gospel lesson of the day: ; Luke 18, 31-43 and the theme of dis- 1 course: “The Suffering of Jesus Christ.” Come and bring your friends with you, J. H. Klausing, Pastor.

TARIFF REFORM National Tariff Conference Has Adjourned its Indianapolis Meeting HOT FOR REFORM No Go-Slow Business Will Answer for Them Indianapolis, Feb. 19. —The last session of the National Tariff Conference convention closed yesterday. Scores of the delegates left for home after the adoption of resolutions providing for the creation of a permanent body and the demand that congress proceed immediately for the establishment of a permanent tariff commission. The remaining delegates and officers were enthusiastic over the result of the deliberations of the body and asserted their belief that congress would take cognizance of the work of the convention and that it would play no small part in effecting legislative changes in the present methods of tariff making. By the passage of a resolution “demanding” from congress a tariff comission and another for the building of a national commission Organization embracing every state of the union, the tariff commission advocates at Tomlinson hall squared their shoulders for what may prove to be one of the most desperate fights in the history of tariff legislation. “Get behind Taft” was the watchword flung out by former Senator William A. Harris, of Kansas, and the convention accepted the battle cry eagerly. The Taft watchword, coming on top of the vigorous speech of Senator Beveridge, who riddled the present method of arranging a tariff, filled the delegates with a courage and determination which overrode the fiery but impotent remonstrances of those who cried “Go slow!” o DISTRICT MEETING Nine Decatur Gentlemen Attended K. P. Meeting HAD GREAT TIME They Returned Last Night —Degree Work Fine The Decatur gentlemen who attended the K. P. district meeting at Hartford City yesterday claim for It that the sessions was the most interesting ever held in the district. Early in the day large delegations began to arrive at the above named city, and each order in the district was well represented at the stated time for the initial session to ensue. Nine Decatur members who were Messrs. D. B. Erwin, F. V. Mills, Charles Yager, Orval Harruff, Markey Buffenbarger, W. B. Johnson, Fred Hoenizen, Ed Ashbacher and Harvey Harruff were in attendance. In the afternoon, addresses were delivered by the grand chancellor and other grand officers which were of great interest to all. A candidate was given the first rank by the Van Wert team, consisting of fifty-three members. The work was dramatic and the team is declared to be one of the best if not the best in the state. The roll call of all the lodges in the district which consists of Jay, Adams, Wells and Blackford counties revealed the fact that every ledge was represented. The Decatur men who attended the meeting returned last night at 9:30 o’clock and consequently they missed the big banquet which was given last night. o Clarence L. Ayers, of Detroit, president and general manager of the Northern Assurance company, of Michigan, arrived in the city Wednesday, joining David M. Baker, vice--1 president of the same company who has been here for the past couple of days looking htier business interests and visiting old friends. —Portland , Sun. •

MADE A MASON AT SIGHT President-Elect Taft Can Now Meet You on the Square. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 19. —Presi-dent-elect Taft is a Master Mason. The impressive ceremony which brought him that distinction yesterday was conducted by Charles S. Hoskinson, the most worshipful grand master of the grand lodge of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Ohio. The highest Masonic authorities of seventeen states witnessed Mr. Taft’s admission into the order, so did a body of men representing distinguished citizens of Cincinnati and the members of Kilwinning lodge, of which Alfonso Taft, father of the president-elect, was a member, and ic which Charles P. Taft was inducted urder the auspices of his father. Scottish Rite Cathedral, an ancient edifice devoted to the higher degrees of Masonry, was the scene of the ceremonies. Its main floor and gallery were filled when the distinguished candidate arrived. The procedure which culminated in the declaration that Mr. Taft was a Mason, occupied thirty-five minutes. FORBETTERROADS Department of Agriculture Roasts Indiana on Her Roads A NEW ONE Representative Landis Wants a Country Home for the President Washington, Feb. 19. —The department of agriculture hopes that the Indiana legislature, before it adjourns, will enact some legislation that will result in better road buiding in the state of Indiana. It is contended by officials of the department that-Indi-ana is away behind other states in the Improvement of its highways. “As a rule,” said Logan Waller Page, director of public roads of the department of agriculture, “the work of road building in Indiana is in the charge of men who do not know any more about building roads than they know about astronomy.” Mr. Page asserts that millions of dollars are thrown away every year in Indiana simply because the state has no adequate system for the economical and uniform construction of roads. He is especially severe in his criticism of the Indiana statute which enables farmers and others to “work out” their road tax. Washington, Feb. 19. —Representative Landis proposes an appropriation of $250,000 to build a “summer white house” for the president and his family. Mr. Landis, in his bill introduced , today, provides that “there shall be erected within the United States military reservation at Westpoint, N. Y., upon a site to be selected by the secretary of war, a suitable residence and office building which shall be available for the use of the president of the United States as an official summer residence and executive office and which shall be designated ‘the country White House.’ The said building shall be constructed and furnished in accordance with plans and specifications prepared under the direction of the secretary of war, when ready for occupancy, shall be held in the custody of the war department.” Washington, Feb. 19. —The news from Indianapolis, stating that Delavan Smith and Charles R. Williams will resist removal to the District of Columbia to be tried under an indictment for libel, was read by District Attorney Baker. The district attorney said he is anticipating that no great difficulty will be experienced in regard to the extradition cf those against whom indictments were returned yesterday. o IT WAS SAMUEL BAILOR. It was Samuel Bailor and not Daniel at the heading in our court news the other day said, that gave bond for 11 his appearance in court to answer tolc the charge of receiving stolen goods, j a

WERE in A PANit Big Main Wire Broke Near Murray Hotel this Morning HOTEL ON FIRE Also Meat Market—Many Volts Enter the Wire of Small Capacity The breaking of an electric main wire directly west of the city offices which probably occurred as an after effect of the siege of severe weather wc have just experienced, caused the burning out of nearly all the electric lights in the Murray Hotel this morning and the ignition of the interior of that building and the S. J. Hain meat market. Last night at about seven o’clock the wire supporting the street light at the corner of Madison and Third streets gave away and the lamp fell to the ground crushing it almost into atoms. Elecrician Mylott was called and he placed the wires in such a position as to prevent violence to those passing by. This morning at 5:30 o’clock the big main wire which carries 2,200 volts of electricity broke and fell across the line which leads to the hotel and the Hain meat market. In an instant almost every light in the Murray hotel burned out and the switchboard caught fire as a consequence of large voltage entering the lines of smaller capacities. Other places became ablaze and the big chandelier in the dining room which (Continued on page four.) o CALLED BY DEATH John Brown, late of Monroe Township, Called to Reward 79 YEARS OF AGE Funeral Services to be Held from St. Marys Church Monday The sorrow and sympathy of innumerable Adams county people will be enlisted by the news of the demise o f John Brown, late of Monroe township, who for thirty years has held a place in their esteem attained only by those of lofty ideals and irreproachable character. He died yesterday afternoon at tw T o o’clock. John Brown was a truly desirable citizen, a loving husband and a devout father. His career of usefulness has been an inspiration to many who saw in him an example pure and simple of manhood in its real meaning. He was born in Germany and at the age of thirty-five came to America, settling in eastern Ohio. With his family he came to Indiana and located in Adams county thirty years ago. where he has since resided. Six months ago the wife of the deceased passed into eternity, after they had walked side by side in life’s pathway for more than fifty-one years. The infirmities of old age had dawned upon the life of the aged man and this, together with the attendant sorrow of the loss of his dear companion caused his case to assume a seriousness which foretokened early and inevitable death. Surviving to share in the hour of sore bereavement besides a multitude of friends are six children, George, John, Peter and John P. Brown, and Mesdames Mary Heiman and Margaret Miller. The funeral services will be conducted from the St. Marys church Monday morning at ten o’clock- The decedent was seventy-nine years of age last October.