Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

olume VII. Number 50.

■MADE THE ISSUES ■Attorneys Peterson and Beatty Were at Fort Wayne Ji HI S MORNING ■Settlement in the Frank | Berger Case—Other I Business U Attorneys A. P. Beatty and Shafer ■Peterson went to Fort Wayne this ■morning, where they made up issues ■n several cases which are pending in ■the Allen superior court. The divorce ■suit of Mr. Watkins, of Pittsburg, ■and his wife of this city which has ■been pending for two years has taken ■on a new phase. Mrs. Watkins has ■filed a cross complaint asking that she ■be granted the decree together with ■alimony in the sum of $1,090 and ■fifteen dollars per month for the sup■port of her children. The case has ■been set for trial in the Allen superior ■court or March the second. Mrs. Watkins charges abandonment and failure Ito provide. II The case entitled Mrs. Daniel Straub ■vs the Chicago and Erie railroad ■which has been venued from this ■county to the Allen superior court is ■set for trial on April 9th. d Attorneys Peterson and Moran who ■represented Frank Berger and the ■Decatur Horse company in their dam■age suits against the Chicago and ■Erie railroad have been notified that ■the company has consented to comIpromise and the same has been done ■n each case. The money has not as ■yet been paid to the plaintiffs, howlever. The suits will be dismissed ■from the Allen superior court where I they were venued from t his county. Attorny Peterson made up issues in the case entitled J. B. Stoneburner vs. Mr. Day of Allen county this morning. The case has been venued from the superior court to .Tudjge O'Rourke, where it will be tried March 19th. The plaintiff demands settlement or. a note given on a piano purchased of him. o_—

O SOME FIGURES "Growth of Local Option Since Last Fall is Amazing AFFECTS 380 SALOONS Twenty-Four Counties Have Voted Dry in Past Four Months It is astonishing at this time to note the rapidity of the growth of county local option since the time of the passage of the law last September by the legislature, and to note how many counties in the state have taken advantage of the same in such a short time and have voted dry. Since the law has been in operation twenty-four counties have taken advantage of the same and are now ranked among the drys and probably as many more will take advantage of the same within the next two months. The counties that have voted dry since the option law has been in effect are Carroll, Gibson, Fayette, Fountain, Hendricks, Howard, Grant, Davies, Adams, Newtcn, Randolph, Noble, Hamilton, Tipton, Lawrence, Switzerland, Putnam, Decatur, Pike, Wabash, Huntington, Parke and Clinton. Besides the twen-ty-four that have voted dry twentytwo are dry by remonstrance and are as follows: Boone, Brown, Cla, Crawford, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Johnson, Kosciusko, Lagrange. Monroe, Orange, Owen, Pulaski, Scott, Sullivan, Steuben, Union, Warren, Wells, White and Washington, thus making just onehalf of the counties in the state in the dry column. On Wednesday next two counties, namely Sullivan and Jay will hold elections. On Thursday Marshall county; on Friday Whitley and Hancock counties and on Saturday (Continued on Page Two)

J CANNOT HOLD THE RENTER. Judge Paulus, of Grant County, Made a Ruling. Marion, Ind., Feb. 27. —A ruling made by Judge H. J. Paulus of the circuit court today in the suit of Arabella Dow against the Indiana Brewing Association of this city, to enforce the terms of a lease, is of unusual interest to the saloon keepers of the state who have been compelled to close their places of business because of the local option and remonstrance laws. The hollding, while relating to the saloon remonstrance law, would be of equal effect were it the county local option law. The court in its ruling held that a con ■ tract or lease made before the remonstrance law was passed w’ould be effective, if after the act was passed a remonstrance was procured under it. for the reason that the lessee is prevented from carrying out the terms of his contract. Where saloon keepers have leased rooms for a long period of years, the lease being entered into prior to the passage of the county local option law, the saloon keepers cannot be held for the rent after they are compelled to quit the saloon business if the rooms were rented for the sole use of a saloon, according to the ruling of Judge Paulus.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Several Probate Matters Taken Up and Disposed Os THE CLERK’S REPORT Shows That Nineteen Marriage Licenses Have Been Issued in February In the case of Julius Haugk vs. J. W. Place et al, saparate motions were filed by Herman L. Confer and I Katherine Place asking for a new trial. The motions were not taken up by the attorneys this morning. In the case of Menno D. Leichty vs. Emil Franz et ala new summons fcr the defendants was ordered by the court, said summons to be returnable March 15th. The case of the Monitor Oil company vs. the City of Decatur, broke in two yesterday afternoon during the progress of the same, the plaintiff having sued on a verbal contract and it being proven that there was a written contract. The attorneys in the case got together and settled the claim the city agreeing to pay the oil company the sum of $23.12 and all costs up until nine-thirty o'clock on the 15th day of June, 1908, and the oil company to pay all other costs accrued. After the settlement was effected the court discharged the jury. A settlement was effected in the case of Jerome B. Carter vs. Charles Mathewson before the same came to trial the defendant agreeing to let judgment be rendered against him in the sum of $25.00 together with all costs. R. A. Perkins as administrator of the estate of Viola M. Gilbert filed his final report and the clerk set the 23rd day of March as a time when the cause would be heard. T. S. Perkins, as guardian for Norman P. Gilbert et al, this morning filed his final report as to Norman which report was approved and the guardian discharged, and he also filed his current report as to the other heirs which reports were approved by the court. In the case of H. C. Andrews vs. Cecil and Celia Andrews, a default on the part of the defendants was noted and a suggestion of the minority of Cecil and Celia called to the courts attention. Henry B. Heller was appointed as guardian ad litem and filed his answer or the defendants to the partition filed by Francis M. Andrews guardian. The cause was submitted to the court and he found for the plaintiff on his petition and further found that Celia and Cecil were eaqji the owner of the undivided one-third (Continued on page 2.)

WAS A BIG FIRE Waring Glove Factory at Huntington Badly Damaged LOSS WILL BE GREAT Now Estimated to be Fifteen Thousand Dollars, Fully Insured The Waring Glove factory at Huntington, Ind., was visited by fire early last evening and as a result the firm stand to lose something in the neighborhood of ten to fifteen thousand dollars, this damage being caused mostly by smoke and water to the stock that they had on hands. Fr >m what can be ascertained the first must have originated from an overheated furnace and the same was first discovered in the rear of the building by a watchman at an adjoining factory, who immediately turned in the alarm. The fire in the meantime had gained considerable headway and it required about two hours work on the part of the fire company before the same was gotten under control. The blaze crept into a pile of cloth used as material out of which canvas gloves are manufactured and could not be checked. ssr. Waring who was in Decatur, was summoned to Huntington, and left on the first train and informed us this morning that at this time it would be hard to estimate the damage done, but that it would reach well into the thousands of dollars. The fire started shortly after the employes had quit work and retired to their homes, and the persons who closed the factory up stated that everything was in excellent order when they left and the only cause for the same can be attributed to furnace as stated above. The stock and building are fully covered by insurance and it is thought that the loss of the company will be very small although in tie meantime they will fall far behind in their orders as the factory was running at full blast. As soon as the insurance adjusters arrive and figure but the loss the factory will again be put into running order.

TWO MORE ARE DRY Gibson and Carroll Voted Their Counties Dry ANOTHER TODAY It is Conceded that Rush County is Lost to the Wets Princeton, Ind., Feb. 26. —Great joy is felt by temperance forces in Gibson county tonight over the sweeping victory won by them at the polls today. The “drys" won the victory by 1,067 majority, which was close to the estimate placed on the county at the close of the campaign yesterday. Almost 80 per cent of the total vote of the county was polled, which was in the nature of a surprise to both sides. Following the news of the victory of the “drys” the church bells of the city rang out the tidings. All but three townships gave “dry’.’ majorities, those voting “wet” being Barton, Patoka and Johnson townships. The “wets” carried Patoka township, in which Princeton is situated, by thirty-three majority. Nine saloons in the county will be affected, eight going out in ninety days. With one of the saloons the license will not expire until next fall. Delphi, Ind., Feb. 26. —Carroll county has added its disapproval to licensed saloons by an overwhelming majority piled up in today’s election. From Incomplete returns it is estimated the total will be in the neighborhood of of 2,060 in favor of the “dry” forces. On the basis of twenty-three precincts reported out of the thirty in the county the “drys" have a majority of nearly 1.700 and there is little doubt the score will reach approximately 2,000.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, February 27, 1909.

Reports from various polling places throughout the county show that the total vote closely approached that polled at the last general election, interest being great in the crusade against the saloons. Nothing in the way of disorder is reported from any of the precincts and no reports have been made of attempts at fraud on the part of either faction, and the day passed quietly. They Vote Today. Rushville, Ind., Feb. 26. —The local ontion campaign closed this evening with practical!}' no demonstration by either side and the result of the election. although eagerly awaited by both parties, seems to be a foregone conclusion. It is now only a question of majority and the “drys” say this will pile up to 1.500, while the “wets’’ hope to cut that in two. Both factions made their last appeals through the local newspapers and the question is now placed in the hands of the 5,500 voters in the county. The “wets” have been hoping for a repeal of the law' by the legislature and they practically acknowledged defeat today. The “drys” say they will carry every township in the county and even have hepes of carrying the city by a small majority. They are jubilant over the fact that victory is conceded them before the election and believe that much of the opinion in their favor is due to the active campaign that has been carred on.

HE SPOKE TO THEM William J. Bryan Spoke to the Legislators Yesterday THE POLICE BILL Passed the Senate Yesterday—Another Sunday Baseball Bill Indianapolis, February 27. —William Jennings Bryan, smiling and eloquent, expounded Democratic platform doctrine to the members of the general assembly in joint session yesterday afternoon. The chamber of the house of representatives began filling before 2 o’clock, though the Nebraskan did not appear until 4 o’clock. His appearance at that hour, accompanied by John W. Kern, was the signal for cheering and applause. He was accompanied by the members of the committee appointed from the senate and house to escort him from the Kern home, and Governor Marshall. Speaker Honan introduced Representative M. J. Murphy of Montgomery county to preside at the meeting, stating as the reason for his choice that Murphy bore such a close resemblance to Mr. Bryan that he had determined when it was known that Mr. Bryan would be present that Murphy should preside. Senator McCullough’s bill to amend the metropolitan police law passed the senate yesterday by a vote of 39 to 8. The measure would take from the hands of the governor the right to appoint police commissioners in fourteen cities in Indiana, placing such power in the hands of the mayors. A majorty of the senators argued that the law in its present form was objectionable to practically all of those cities which are affected by it and said that it was the duty of the legislature to repeal the measure, as there was a loud clamor for such action. Oratory flowed freely for about an hour before the bill was finally placed on its passage. The house has already passed a similar bill introduced; by Representative Faulknor, so it is practically certain that the McCullough bill will go through the house. The Brolley Sunday Baseball bill, vetoed by Governor Marshall yesterday morning, bobbed up again in the afternoon in a revised form, and was placed in the hands of a friendly committee. Since the governor based his veto on the fact that the bill was so general in its terms that every kind of sport, from horseracing to crapshooting, w’ould be permitted on Sunday afternoon, and said that he “would not further inflict his personal views on this subject’’ on the legislature, the friends of the Sunday game are very hopeful that the new’ measure will become a law.

ASSESSORS MEET Annual Meeting Held Today at the Auditor’s Office WORK OUTLINED County Assessor Gentis Tells His Co-workers What is Expected of Them The county assessors twelve in number, together with their deputies met this morning at the auditor's office with County Assessor George Gentis for the purpose of getting instructions as to how to conduct the work that will commence on the first of March and last for seventy-five days. Every assessor of the county was present and the session which was presided over by County Assessor Gentis proved very interesting and instructive to those interested. The object of this meeting as Mr. Gentis stated, was to get some line on the work that was to be done and how the same should be conducted by his co-workers, and to furnish the assessors with a full line of supplies that would insure that the work was properly done. Mr. Gentis presented to the assessors a schedule that he had drafted as to what the valuation on certain articles and stock should be and as to what the general average should reach, and carefully instructed his men that he wanted this standard reached in every case possible. Heretofore the valuation in some instances has been too high, while in other cases it has been too small, and with a basis on which to work he is of the opinion that a more satisfactory assessment can be made as well as a more equal one. The schedule adopted and which the assessors will follow closely is as follows: Machinery and tools, $50.00; household furniture and library, $30.00; pianos, $65.00; carriages, wagons and coaches, $15.00; horses, $63.00; cattle, $15.00; sheep, s;’.so, and hogs $3.00. If this schedule is followed out closely the board in the end will not have so many complaints to hear at their regular meeting.

A PARTNERSHIP Charles Ross and Lon Ball Are Again Partners PICTURE BUSINESS Mr. Ross Has Resigned Position With Lyman Brothers Charles Ross, who some time ago went to Indianapolis where he accepted a position as mailing clerk with Lyman brothers, has resigned and will in the near future return to this city fcr his future abode. Mr. Ross and family came to this city from Paulding, Ohio, and after remaining here for some time went to Indianapolis. He was in the employe of Lyman Brothers for several years, while their headquarters ’were (located in this city, and his work had been so efficient that they desired his services at the capital city. The work, however, did not agree with him, hence the change. Mr. Ross and Lon Ball of this city have formed a partnership in the picture business and they will secure orders and have them made themselves. They are doing a lucrative business and their success is assured. The headquarters of both men will be in this city and Decatur people will be glad to learn of this fact. The work they do in the enlarging of pictures is fine and they ask the support of their friends, which they deserve. 0 Emma Cowan has returned from a visit with her sister, Mrs. Moser, of Pleasant Mills. C. E. Sullivan of Berne, came to the city today to look after business intertests and returned to his home this afternoon. j

THE INAUGURAL WILL BE GREAT Washington, Feb. 27.—1 n preparation for the inaugural ball on the evening of March 4 the transformation began today of the big, barn-like court of the pension building, the largest brick building, it is said, in the world, into a veritable fairyland. Hundreds of cases filled with pension office documents were rapidly moved into rooms around the sides of the building, while a number of these rooms themselves will be cleared of desks and chairs to be used for waiting, reception and cloakrooms. The decorations for the ball alone will cost about S2OIOOO. This does not include the framework on which the decorations will be hung, which will total several thousands more. In the electrical display there will be between 7,000 and 10,000 incandescent electric light sused. o A film which for exemplified morals and centralized thought surpasses any ever shown in the city is the one entitled “The Queen of the Arena" which delighted large audiences at the Grand theater last night. The management has decided to show the same film tonight in addition to others of equal interest. The queen of the Arena is shown on the curtain beautifully colored and gives the life of in actress who was victimized by circumstances. Do not fail to see it. At the Grand.

PASSED THE HOUSE Sundry Civil Service Bill Carries Sum of $137,000,000 THEY PROTEST American Tobacco Company Get Contract—Boosting Roosevelt Washington, Feb. 27. —After having dragged along for a week the sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $137,000,000, was passed by the house tonight with numerous material amendments. The debate on the measure at times waged warm. This was especially so when Messrs. Bartlett (Ga.) and Hitchcock (Neb.) offered amendments which, had they been adopted, w’ould have forced the attorney general to prosecute the United States Steel corporation for absorbing the Tenneessee Coal and Iron company on the ground that the merger was in violation of the antitrust law. Washington, Feb. 27. —Representatitive Lamb, of Virginia, representing independent tobacco men, protested to President Roosevelt today against the recent award of the American Tobacco company of the contract to supply the navy with 220,000 pounds of chewing tobacco for the next fiscal year. The protest was based on the ground that the government had just been engaged in exposing the doings of this big “trust.” The American Tobacco company which holds this year’s contract was the lowest bidder for the next year’s supply. Washington, Feb. 27. —President Rosevelt is receiving the “glad hand” of admirers from all parts of the country by mail, by telegraph and in person. The messages unite in wishing a prosperous future, while expressing deep appreciation for what he has done in behalf of the country during the seven years he has been president. Many of the messages are in the form of resolutions adopted by patriotic organizations. o The question of whether there will or will not be baseball in Bluffton this summer is one which is agitating the fans to no small extent. Even if the Sunday baseball law should be signed by Governor Marshall, it is claimed that the present ball grounds are too near the inside of the corporate limits of the city to permit the sport on Sunday and consequently it could not be used. There are others who claim that there is not enough baseball fever and enthusiasm in the city to warrant a salaried team. Bluffton Banner.

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SCHOOLBOARD MET Last Night in Regular Monthly Business Session ALLOWED SALARIES Young Man Has Been Expelled for Gross Misconduct The members of the city school board assembled last evening In regular monthly session and proceeded to transact business of importance relative to our educational institutions. The first matter taken up was that of allowing the teachers’ salaries which aggregated $1,669.09 and the janitors' salaries amounting to $l7O. This done the board allowed the following bills: Democrat, Hardware company, $12.00; H. D. Mann and company, disinfecting West Ward, Butler & Butler, cementing basement at West Ward, $94.40; E. B. Adams, insurance, $12.00; C. L. Walters, insurance, $12.00; Fruchte & bitterer, insurance $12.00, and L. A. Graham, $21.60. The treasurerer was ordered to borrow from the Old Adams County bank $325 until July 20, 1909, at six per cent interest. A duty devolved upon the members of the board last night to expell a young n.an who has been attending the eighth grade and who on account of his gross misconduct has made school life unpleasant for the teacher and many of the pupils. The action of Prof. Beachler in expelling him for the current year was confirmed by the board. It is the first time for several years that such a serious case has confronted the professor or the board. The young man whose name we withhold in justice to his parents and by the request of other interested parties, has been of serious offenses of the law and order. He is said to have given tobacco to pupils of tender ages and a few days ago he is alleged to have called Professor Beachler and asked that a girl be excused from school, he assuming the (Continued on page 2.)

AN OPEN SENATE Organized Youths Will Discuss Important Measures TUESDAY EVENING i At M. E. Church—lt Will Be a Great Event i An event which will be much out . of the ordinary of the usual routine is scheduled for next Tuesday night i at the M. E. church when representative youths of the Monroe and Decatur castles of the Holy Grail and of the Knights of King Arthur will conduct an open senate. The senate was organized in the Holy Grail order some ■ time ago and the participants have found it to be a source of amusement and education along parliamentary lines. In fact a number of the boys have developed into orators of ability and they will be at their best Tuesday night when three important bills 1 will be presented and discussed. Sen- ' ators on both sides of the question are thoroughly organized and will put forth their every effort for the passing or the defeat of the measures. The 1 bills which will occupy the attention i of the senate are Woman's Suffrage ; bill, Navy Appropriation bill and the L Abolition of the Saloons, the latter being a proposed amendment to the constitution. Each boy will represent 1 a state, as do our United States seni ators and eloquent speeches will be delivered by Howard Wishaupt, Don Burke, Clyde Baumgartner, William Conrad, Frank Mills, Lawrence Biggs and O. V. Graham, of Moore. Without doubt the church parlors will be crowded on this occasion, as the boys have established a reputation of royal (Continued on page 2 )