Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 56.

THEY ARE INDIANS The Senate Still Fighting Over the Appropriation Bill IN THE HOUSE They Transacted a Grist of Business this Morning Indianapolis, March 6.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The senate spent the entire morning on the general appropriation bill, and at noon they were yet several miles apart, and Indications strongly pointed to a conference committee composed of two from the house and two from the senate. Six o’clock this evening is the limit for the bill to reach the governor, but the outlook is anything but good for the bill to be agreed to and be placed before him at that hour. The majority in the senate are trying to load the bill with all kinds of appropriations, but the majority in the house will not stand for it, especially after hearing from the governor a few days ago, that the finances of the state were on the ragged edge, and that the appropriations would have to be cut down to the bottom. The senate has played a very foolish game of peanut politics, trying to load down the appropriation bill to bolster up the finances o' the state—in the minds of the people of the state. It is merry fight and just how it will end, is as yet problematic.

Indianapolis, March 6. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) —The house was the business end of the legislature today, They passed a bushel of bills, ■among them being: Bills Passed Dy the House. House bill 502, an act construing •section 17 of an act concerning drainage, approved March 11, 1907. House bill 536, an act legalizing the incorporation of the town of Bainbridge. House bill 577, an act legalizing ■al! ordinances heretofore passed in gcod faith by incorporated towns. House bill 576, an act legalizing all ■acts and ordinances in reation to street improvements. House bill 327, a relief act for George Clark of Allen county. House bill 632. a special appropriation to complete the payment for the legislative session. The amount as stipulated is $22,000, and this makes the total appropriation for this purpose $137,000. Senate bll 203, to legalize the incorporation of the town of New Chicago, Lake county. Senate bill 192, authorizing county commissioners to lease a part of the (Continued on page 4.)

JUST A LITTLE SPECULATING One Estimate is That Seven Counties Will Remain Dry. Indianapolis, March 6—Now that the county option law is to be with us for at least two years, there is speculation as to what will happen by the time the legislature meets again. That practically all of the state will be voted “dry” seems sure. A leading representative of the brewery interests was heard to remark that he did not expect more than seven out of the 92 counties to go “wet” and no one has made a larger estimate of “wet” territory, while some persons place the limit of counties at five. Many enthusiastic county optionists assert that this (Marion) county can be made as dry as an Arizona desert on a vote. That is very doubtful, but every one admits that while the present wave is waiving, strange things are likely to occur and there is a good deal of talk about “storm cellars,’’ which words may mean different things in different localities.

HELD NIGHT COURT Affidavit (Filed Against C. D. Murray Causes Night Session ASSAULT - BATTERY Was Charged—A Counter Affidavit Was Filed by Murray Mayor France was called upon to hold court last night at nine o’clock as a result of the filing of an affidavit against Charles D. Murray by John Uptegrove, in which assault and battery was charged. Uptegrove has been employed as cook at the Murray hotel for some time and yesterday offered his resignation, subsequently demanding pay for his labor. Mr. Murray paid him what he thought was due the man, but the recipient thinking the amount to be too small, resorted to abusive language and consequently Murray ushered him to the door, threw him out and as he was going, gave him a couple helpers In the form of kicks. Uptegrove immediately filed an affidavit against Murray, and the two appeared in court before Mayor France where Murray retaliated by filing an affidavit against Uptegrove charging provoke. His honor imposed a fine on the latter amounting in all to fifteen of the bard cold, and the case against Murray was postponed until Wednesday evening of next week, when it will be tried if the prosecuting witness appears. Uptegrove resides in Fort V, ayne.

THE TAFT CABINET NAMED Sent to the Senate and Confirmed Yesterday. Philander C Knox, of Pennsylvania, to be secretary of state. Franklin MacVeagh, of Illinois, to be secretary of the treasury. Jacob M. Dickinson, of Tennessee, to be secretary of war. George W. Wickersham, New York, to be attorney general. Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts, to be postmaster general. George V. L. Meyer, of Massachusetts, to be secretary of navy. Richard A. Ballinger, of Washington, to be secretary of interior. James Wilson, of lowa, to be secretary of agrciulture. Charles Nagel, of Missouri, to be secretary of commerce and labor. Huntington Wilson, of Illinois, to be assistant secretary of state. Beekman Winthorp, of New York, to be assistant secretary of navy. William Loeb Jr., of New York, collector of customs for the district of New York. Lewis Dalby, of Virginia, to be an Indian inspector. John P. McDowell, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Williston, N. D. —.— O 1 —-' Mrs. John Reiter and son Richard have gone to Kendallville, for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Tom Weller. They will remain for some time.

THEY ARE TALKING Decatur is Getting Ready to Clean Up and Shine BE AN AGITATOR Let’s Work for the Cleanest City in the Universe Talk of the work a civic league could do in this city is taking form, and we may expect to see things beginning to develop along this line at no distant day. People are talking and when people talk, look out. There will be something doing before you really have time to get in right, so the thing to do is to now, and and without further delay, become a real live agitator for a cleaner, and that means a better Decatur. We should dlean the alleys .until they shine, and we should clean the front yard and the back yard, and see to it that nothing escaped the cleansing process. There is nothing like taking a bath occasionally, and this is true of most everything in the catalogue. For many years Decatur has enjoyed an unexcellend reputation as being the best shaded city in the universe, but the beauty of this shade will be greatly marred, should cleanliness not prevail also. Talk up the process and when the things gets buring hot, lets draw on the already organized Decatur Civic league, to lead off in the grand march. There is no use to talk about calling for a meeting of this organization until the agitation reaches the point that such a meeting will bear the fruit of action. So begin at once to be a real live agitator, and while you are at it, be one in earnest. Talk out loud so your neighbor will hear it, and then get your i.eighbor’s neighbor to join in the grand crusade for a better and cleaner Decatur.

HE ARRIVED TODAY A. A. Gottenmiller Will Have Charge of Hardware Store WILL MOVE HERE He Will Assume Control on First Day of April A. A. Gottenmiller, of Indianapolis, arrived in the city today to make arrangements to assume control of tho Decatur Hardware store which has been purchased by he and Clark Ketch, of Richmond. Mr. Gottenmiller was accompanied by his wife and they are now busy looking up a location to take up their abode. Mr. Gottemille is a young man of ability in the business line, and he will conduct the store in a manner which will please his customers. He is thoroughly versed in the hardware business Mr. Gottemiller and wife will return to Indianapolis tomorrow evening to arrange to ship their household goods to this city, and he will assume the management of the store the first of April. Meantime Mr. Ketch will remain here and have charge of the place of business, assisted by Clem Heideman, who has been in the employ of the Decatur Hardware company for some time. Decatur public will welcome Mr. Gottemiller to their midst and wish for him much success in the business venture. COULD SINK ANY WARSHIP. Chalon-Sub-Stmoe, March 6. —The Petit Creusot works launched a submarine engine of destruction invented by Gustave Gabet. It is a radio-auto-matic torpedo controlled by Hertzian waves and is capable of carrying explosive charges varying from 300 to 900 kilograms. Such charges striking the strongest armorclad warships would sink them in a few seconds. The experiments with the torpedo were wholly successful.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, March 6, 1909.

KEALING SENDS IN RESIGNATION He Has Served as District Attorney for Eight Years. Washington, March 6—United States District Attorney Kealing, at Indianapolis, has resigned rather than participate in the efforts of the department of justice to bring Delavan Smith and Joseph Pulitzer to Washington to stand trial for criminal libel in connection wth publications concernng the Panama canal. Mr. Kealing has held the office of United States district attorney for nearly eight year 3 and his standing with the department of justice is said to be high. In connection with the Elkhart bank case, Mr. Kealing prosecuted and convicted all the officers of that institution, including Walter Brown, w r ho was his close personal friend, and a member of the republican state committee.

JIM TOUHEY FUND We Take It That Every One Has Subscribed Who Cares to APPOINT COMMITTEE They Will Meet Monday Evening and Take Charge of Fund The Jim Touhey fund is still $304.25, and as it has not grown any for several days, we take it for granted that every one who cares to has subscribed, and we deem it the proper time to turn the same over to those for whom it was intended. At the same time we feel that the charity giving people of this city have been more than generous and that it is but another testimonial that we are a just and righteous people, and when it is our duty to give, we are generous to a fault. The money may not bring back to Jim Touhey all that he has lost, yet it will be the means of giving him some of the comforts that otherwise he would not have, and in addition to that it will always remind him that his friends have not forgotten him during the trials of affliction which have so often visited and left their mark upon him. As the Democrat has previously stated, the money comprising this fund belongs to those who subscribed it. We are entitled to no particular credit for the part we have played, but as one always feels better for doing something that will benefit and help mankind, so we feel better for adding our mite to the Jim Touhey fund. We have taken the liberty of appointing David E. Smith, H. L. Conter and Charlie Voglewede as a committee, and we request that they call at this office on Monday evening at half past six o’clock to check up and go over the financial end of this transaction, and take the money and turn it over to the afflicted man or his family at any time and in any way they may see fit The hour is made at 6:30, In order that it may not interfere with any other engagement they may have.

HAD THEIR FRIENDS GUESSING John W. Emery and Miss Wilma Wilso'n Are Married. For several days past John W. Emery and Miss Wilma W ilson have had their Berne friends guessing as to whether or not they are married. Some of their friemls rather emphatically stated they were and others as strongly denied the truth of it. Those who are still in doubt about their marriage need be so no longer. Mr. Emery stated to the Witness that on Thursday February 25, he was married to Miss Wilson at Covington, Kentucky. Rev. J. S. Blackburn of the Presbyterian church of that city performed the ceremony which makes them man and wife. Both are quite well known young people. Mr. Emery is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Emery of Blue Creek township, who for a number of years lived on Miss Wilson’s farm just east of town. She Is an only daughter of Charles Wilson, deceased, also a niece of Miss Bettie Wilson, with whom she has lived since the death of her parents. Mr. Emery is in the commissioned timber business and intends to follow that line of work. The couple will reside in the Wilson home on Water street. | —Berne Witness.

ANOTHER MEETING Township Assessors Have Another Meeting Today ARE CONFERRING Getting Ready to Make an Equitable Assessment The township trustees are holding a counsel of war today, comparing notes and getting next to all the wrinkles of the game. They have been working just one week, and this is the first conference since beginning to cover their respective townships. They report the work as progressing in a very satisfactory way, they all seeming to be well pleased with this first week’s showing). Beginning Monday they will get down to the real thing and will begin to systematize their work with the view of covering the ground in the quickest possible time, and at the same time assess all personal property in accordance with the law and the instructions given them by the authorities of the state and also by the county assessor. The attendance at the conference today denoted a great interest in the work and a desire to perform the work in the way intended. County Assessor Gentis was extremely busy during the day and seemed to take all the Intricate questions propounded and to give them the infer mation needed to continue the work of making as near an equitable assessment as it is possible. The just and equitable assessment of proptry has been worrying great minds for many years and as yet it has failed to be properly adjusted all around. o TO NEW QUARTERS Haefling and Leonard Are Moving Their Quarters REMODEL ROOM Will Occupy the Building Vacated by Myers Saloon Thomas Haefling, electrician, and Thomas Leonard, tinner, who have operated their places of business in the Moser building near the laundry, have rented the room which has been vacated by John Myers and they are remodeling It preparatory to establishing headquarters therein. The improvements to be made will be extensive and the’ gentmen expect to have an attractive room when the same is completed. A better location could not have been secured by Messrs. Haefling and Leonard for their respective businesses. The interior will be painted and papered and the front will undergo a decided change. The many friends of these gentlemen will be glad to greet them in their new quarters, although It will be several days before they will be ready for occupancy. Haefling and Leonard have always done a lucrative business and now that they will be centrally located their business will no doubt increase. . . . —— ... , FINE STALLION MAY DIE. Impaled Itself on a Sharp Board Noubu to Bluffton, Ind., March 5. —Online, a fine stallion valued at $2,500, inflicted probably fatal injuries at the home of Albert Wilson north of town. The owner, Alonzo Birckley, had driven there from Uniondale with the animal and placed it in a stall, when it and a horse in an adjoining stall began kicking >and 'Online impaled itself on a sharp board nailed to the man ger. A terrible injury was inflicted; in the abdomen and veterlnaries do not believe it will live. j

QATE FOR AFRICAN TRIP Ex-President Roosevelt and Party to Leave March 23. Oyster Bay, N. Y„ March 5. —ExPresident Roosevelt announced for the first time that he would sail from New York for Africa on March 23rd, at noon. He will take passage on the steamer Hamburg. Mr. Roosevelt said also that he had received so many letters, telegrams and cablegrams that it would be physically impossible for him to answer onetenth of them and that while he appreciated the sentiments expressed in the various communications and would like to answer them, it would be mpossible to do so. He added that he would have nothing to say on any subject nor would he attend any public functions before departing on his hunting trip. Except for a few trips to New York City Mr. Roosevelt said he would spend the time at Oyster Bay. Wearing a knickerbocker suit he took a vigorous walk through the woods near Sagamore Hill today. o — — ■ ■ ■■ TWO MORE ARE DRY Whitley and Hancock Counties Produce Dry Majorities SHELBY TODAY A Battle is on in Shelby County Today Greenfield, Ind., Marcffi 6.—The anti-saloon voters made a clean sweep of Hancock county yesterday and by their acts at the polls have declared against licensed saloons by a majority of about 1,300. Eleven saloons in the county are affected by the vote. Twenty-five out of the twenty-seven precincts in the county thus far reported have scored a majority of 1,226 for the “drys” and the other two precincts will increase the total majority to at least 1,300, or perhaps more. Doubtful townships and doubtful precincts have given “dry” majorities. This city gave a “dry” majority of 248. It was reported and freely discussed on the streets today that the saloon men would contest the option election in Hancock county if the “drys” win on the ground that the commissioners' order for the election was illegal because they have not signed the docket record of their session. This fact, the temperance people say, will have no effect on the result of the election, since the supreme court has held commissioners’ and court records to be legal in many cases where they were not signed. Another ground for contest, it is said, 1 is the fact that the voting booths in the Fish precinct of this city were i erected in a grocery where business • was being carried on. Election day passed quietly, without trouble or i demonstration, i Columbia City. Ind., March 6. —The ! “drys” won a sweeping victory in the Whitley county local option election yesterday, carrying the county by 1,- . 150 majority, according to complete unofficial reports. The “wets” carried but three precincts in the county, all In Columbia township, where the heaviest vote was in the city. It is estimated that nearly 80 per cent of the voters expressed an opinion today. The day dawned bright and clear, and the polls in nearly all precincts opened at 6 o’clock. At the same time church bells began to ring in this city, calling to mind that an election was being held. I ( Shelbyville, find., March 6.—Both I temperance and anti-temperance 1 forces closed their work last night ; and are ready for the county local > option battle today. The former had i • eakers here tonight, while the sa--1 loon people continued working quietly i j for a quick and decisive battle. Both l sides are confident of victory. The I “drys” concede nothing to the “wets.” not e- ■ n one precinct, while the i“wets” acknowledge the "drys” will ’ gain the victory in ten of the four- < | teen townships. I

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HELPING CANNON J. E. Watson Trying to Save Him the Speakership MILLER NAMED Succeeds Kealing as United States District Attorney Washington, March 6.—Speaker Cannon, seeing that he is being driven into a tight place by the house “insurgents,’’ has drafted Representative Watson into service. He has asked Watson to stay here and take charge of his organization and in the momentous fight between the speaker and “insurgents,” which is now on in earnest, Watson is the general in. chief of the Cannon forces. Watson was in consultation for a long time today with President Taft and the aid of the president was solicited in trying to line up votes for Cannon. Mr. Taft and Cannon are now on more friendly terms than they were in the fall, when Mr. Taft suspected Cannon of laying plans to thwart a real revision of the tariff. Washington, March 6. —Senator Beveridge announced last night that Charles W. Miller will be recommended by him for the office of district attorney to succeed Joseph B. Kealing. Senator Beveridge had not intended to make this announcement at this time, but finding that the general trend of speculation was toward Mr. Miller he decided that he might as well make known his Intention in regard to the matter. Because of the rush of business incident to the new’ administration it may be some time before the president formally appoints Mr. Miller to succeed Kealing. Washington, March 6. —One of the gigantic contests connected with the revision of the tariff will be over the tariff on hides. There have been enough developments in the last few days to show that the program for free hides will be bitterly resisted in both branches of congress by the members from the cattle-raising states. o THE WETS MAY LEAD OFF They are Talking of Calling an Election in Madison County. Anderson. Ind., March 6. —This ■ county promises to become the battle- ' field of one of the hardest fought contests in the state between the tem- ■ perance people and the liquor element. According to a rumor circulated tonight the vote on the county option measure in this county will be precipitated by the liquor men Instead of the temperance people, asking for ' an election. For the past sixty days, 1 it is said that a poll of all the town--1 ships in the county has been taken ' by representatives of the liquor element and according to the returns they claim sixty per cent of the voters of the county will vote “wet” If 1 the election be held within the next . sixty days. There has been considerable quiet work done by the liquor men and a fund is reported to have been raised that is believed now Io be sufficient to throw this county “wet” by a good majority. By asking for the election instead of waiting for the temperance forces to take the initiative it is believed that a decided advantage can be gained at the very start. o——————■ AID SOCIETY ORGANIZED. ‘ Ladies of St. Paul Church Have Organized. i The women who belong to the St. Paul church have organized an Aid Society. They met on Thursday at . the church. They will sew and work , to help the church. The officers are as follows: President, Mirs. C. T. 1 Payne) secretary. Miss Elva Zerkie, I assist, secretary. Miss Dale Payne, treasurer, Mrs. Havre Smith; asst, treasurer. Miss Pearl Miller. The other members are Mesdames G. VV. Miller. Will Zerkie. Simon Meyers. David Fuhrman. Will Arnold. Ollie Johnson, and Miss Mary Miller. They will meet every two weeks on Thursday. There are several who will soon be taken in as members.