Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 93.

POLICE OFFICERS Two Young Men Were Pinched Twice for OverSunday Sprees TRIALS THIS EVENING Saturday Night Was Quiet —A Family Row Settled by the Police Two young men who have been here for some time working at one of the factories, gathered up a beautiful package of “bug juiee” Saturday night and the load made them stagger to such an extent that they were picked up by the police and taken to jail. Sunday morning they repented and called up the officers with a request to be let out and offering to pay their fines. The marshal ordered their release. Later Mayor France discovered that he would be away from town today and decided to give, them a hearing at onoe. When Marshal Butler found them they were again drunk. They were taken into court and fined five dollars and costs each, giving their names as John Smith and Jonh Jones, to which was attached the “true names unknown clause. One of them paid and the other refused. Both got real cute in their remarks and they were accordingly sent back to jail on a second charge of being drunk and disorderly. They will be given another hearing at the mayor’s office this evening. The town was a little quiet Saturday evening from some cause or other and the police had little to do, the two mentioned above being the only ones pinched. Chauncey Roop, who lives in the south part of town, has been having all kinds of trouble with his family recently. They lately moved back here from Chicago Heights, where it will be remembered Chauncey was in a shooting scrape which came near ending his life. On Friday and Sunday evenings they had serious battles at their house and the police were summoned. Chauncey and his wife decided to separate and were to meet this morning to arrange affairs, but as they failed to appear it was generally supposed that they made up.

TO GOLDEN WEST Charles F. Rinehart Will Soon Leave Decatur GOES TO OKLAHOMA He Will Probably Go Into Business in That State Charles F. Rinehart, for many years a Decatur business man. during which time he has owned interests in the bakeries and restaurants now owned by N. C. Anderson and Frank Pari i lsh, will leave the latter part of this week for Kingfisher, Oklahoma, with the view of entering business at that place. It is probable that he will purchase a restaurant if a good proposition in this line is presented to him. It is not certain that he will locate in Kingfisher, but if a suitable location is not obtainable at that place he will go elsewhere and continue on his expedition until he finds a proposition which will appeal to him. He will then return for his family. Mr. Rinehart will leave the city with the well wishes of his many friends, although they are loath to lose his companionship. That he will succeed in the southwest is an undeniable fact for he is possessed of the qualities which mean success for an individual, o Dr. J. C. Grandstaff, of Preble, was in the city this morning on professional business and has returned to his home.

WANTS IN SOLDIERS' HOME George King, of Geneva, Wa'ks to Bluffton Friday. Wishing to get in the Soldiers' Home, but not knowing just how to go at it, Jacob King, Geneva, walked all the way to this city last night and today, thinking that he could operate better from this city than Geneva. He went to Trustee Linn at first, saying that he wished to go to the county infirmary. Afterwards, however, he showed his discharge papers from the army and said that he wished to go to the Soldiers’ Home. The man appeared to be very nervous from his long walk and did not know exactly what he was doing. He apparently had no conception of how he would have to go about the preliminaries to get in the home. According to his discharge papers he served in a volunteer regiment in Ohio during the civil war. The veteran said that he had been making his home with his son at Geneva, but suddenly came to the conclusion that he wished to go to the Soldiers’ Home He said he had been receiving a pension of ten dollars a month. Effort will probably be made to have this amount increased.—Bluffton Banner. —— o — MANYTOOK“EXAM” Class of 132 Took the Eighth Grade Examination Saturday GENEVA AND HERE Last Test Will Be Held in This City on May Fifteenth The April diploma examination for students of the eighth grade, was held in this county Saturday, the tests being conducted at this place and at Geneva. At the Central school building here sixty-two took he examination, while at Geneva there were seventy-six in the class, making a total of 132. At the March examination, there were 231 took the work and this makes a grand total of 363, who have tried this spring. The final examination of the year will be held on the third Saturday of May, the fifteenth to be exact, and will be held only in this city. At that time those who have failed and those who have not yet tried and are eligible may do so, and if successful will be graduates at the county commencement to be held in June, and this diploma also admits them to any high school in the state. Quite a large per cent, of those in the first class were successful, and it is believed the per centage of those fortunate enough to secure the coveted sheepskin wiH be much larger this year than (last. Superintendent Opliger has charge of the examinations. o HE SUFFERED A RELAPSE Will Bobo Suffered a Relapse and His Condition is Critical. Will Bobo suffered a sinking spell this morning and for a time it was thought that he could not survive. He recovered and since then has been resting easier, although his condition is extremely critical and at the best cannot survive many days, and the end may come at any time. A telephone was sent to Ned Bobo and he came in at noon and will stay at the bedside of his brother until a change for the better or worse comes. o DECATUR BOYS HELP WIN. Yesterday “Curley’’ Ellis, Ed Coffee and Charles Pennington of this city assisted the Bluffton base ball team of the “Trolley League” in defeating the Montpelier boys in a game of base ball, the score being 3 to 2 in Bluffton’s favor. Harry Troutman, editor of the Montpelier Herald, umpired the game, and according to the local boys who were in the game, his decisions were fair and impartial, which were much to the satisfaction of all. A return game will be played at Bluffton soon, at which the local players will participate.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, April 19, 1909.

RELEASED ON BOND Alonzo Uptegraft Appeared in Jay Circuit Court on a Cot RECOVERING RAPIDLY Will Appear at Next Term of Court to Answer for Attempted Assault Portland, Ind., April 19—Alonzo Uptegraft, the Jackson township man charged with attempted assault, was admitted to bond Saturday in the sum of one thousand dollars, and is now again at his home in Jackson town ship. Friday, Judge LaFollette refused to permit the bond to be given by the two brothers, Emmett and Otto Uptegraft, alone, as they were not residents of the county. This morning they returned with Clayton Wall, of Jackson township, this county,who joined them in the recognizance bond. The law requires the accused to be personally present in court, and in order to comply with this provision of the statute, the two brothers, Wall and Walter Hardy, carred the wounded man on a cot from the county hospital, Just inside the south door of the court room, the party halted, and without interrupting the Shackleton vs. Armstrong trial being heard by Judge Macy and a jury, Clerk Frank Gillespie took the bond. The terms of the bond requires Uptegraft to appear in court on the first day of the next term of court, and from day to day thereafter, until his case is finally disposed of, or until he is discharged according to law. Since it was reported Thursday evening that a plan had been laid to assist Uptegraft to escape, Sheriff King has had William Walters stationed at the institution as a guard. Uptegraft is recovering rapidly from his wound. A bandage still worn on his head, and he s very weak. HE LIKES IDAHO John Sacks Made a Fortune There in a Dozen Years HE HAS RETIRED And Will Spend Balance of His Days in City of Washington John F. Sacks, who for many years has been a resident near Boise, IdahoT" left here today for Cincinnati, after a several days’ visit with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phipps. From the Ohio city he will proceed to Washington, D. C., where he expects to make his future home. He has accumulated a sufficient amount of this world's goods to last him and keep him very comfortably during the balance of his days and proposes to spend the time at the national capital. In 1888 he left this country and went to Washington state, where he lived until 1897, when he went to Ida ho. That’s the country for any man says Mr. Sacks. In the dozen years he lived there he made more money than in the rest of his life and made it easier. He has several sons, all of whom are still located there and who are prosperous. Wffen’Mr. Sacks arrived there he had but little money. He bought a small tract of land for $260 which is today worth $5,000. He says that ten acres is about all a man can farm there, and that will make as much money as a good big farm will in this country. He says it is a very common thing to raise fifteen ton of hay off a ten acre tract, cutting it four times in one year. Besides this there are the opportunities in mining and other Industries and the constant change of property gives one chance to deal safely and at a profit. He advises every young man who can to go to Idaho as quick as the train will take him. o Nick Miller was the guest of relatives at Fort Wayne over Sunday, returning home this morning.

REFUSED THE APPROPRIATION County Council in Knox County Refuse to Give the Money. Vincennes, Ind., April 19.—The county council in special session Saturday afternoon by Auditor Scott, at the request of the county commissioners, a second time failed by a vote of 4 to 3 to make an option election appropriation. Being a special session, five votes were necessary. The commissioners, who had postponed their decision until today in order to give the council another chance, immediately after learning the council’s decision, refused to call an election. The board of commissioners holds that it cannot call an election without money to pay the cost and the council holds that it cannot make an appropriation without having funds. The drys announced immediately after they learned of the commissioner’s decision that they would ask the circuit court to compel the commissioners to order the election. BEGINS 2ND. WEEK A Busy Morning in the Adams Circuit Court Room CASES SET FOR TRIAL Two Boys to Be Returned from Plainfield—Change of Venue Taken The second week of the April term of the circuit court convened on schedule time, and there was a showing of business, recorded as follows: The Thomas Faylor et al vs. David D. Studabaker suit has been set for trial on Monday, May 24th. E. P. Reed & Co. vs. Fred B. Tague, suit on account $250, set for Thursday, May 20th. State ex rel Otillia Ryf vs Otto Otto Green, bastardy, set for trial Monday, May 3rd. The superintendent of the boys’ reformatory svas ordered to bring Ora and Dennis Baker here on Tuesday, April 27th to appear as witnesses in the cases of the State vs. Warren Reed and Samuel Bailor, who are charged with receiving stolen goods. The Jane Woods et al petition for an extension to a macadam road, has been sent to the Allen circuit court on a change of venue, the affidavit being filed by the remonstrators. The four cases, re-applications for liquor licenses, brought here from Allen county by the plaiptiffs, C. F. Gladieux, William J. Beauchot, Frank J. Gerardot and Herman Hockemeyer, have been set for trial on Tuesday, May 7. Mathias Kirsch et al vs. David E. Studabaker, note $650, appearance by D. E. Smith for the defendant; rule to answer. Attorney D. E. Smith has filed a new case entitled Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co. vs. Peter F. Moser Jr., notes and account and foreclosure of mortgage, demand $2,800. Charles F. Rinehart vs. Charles F. Rinehart, administrator, et al, partition, proof of notice of sale of real estate filed. Attorneys in the case of S. A. M. Butcher vs. Homer J. Greene, suit on leases, argued a demurrer this morning, but the court gave no de'cision. John Weaver, administrator of Eldridge Weaver estate, filed his bond which was approved. Catherine Lewis, administrator of the Grace Chrisman estate, filed an additional bond which was approved. Real estate transfers: Seth A. Winters to Grant Jordon, 89 acres in Jefferson township, $7,000; Wilfred Smith to J. M. Anderson et al, 35 acres Monroe township, $3,650. (Continued on Page Two)

THE OFFICE OPEN Treasurer’s Office Open at Noon and in the Evenings SLOW PAYMENTS Half of the Spring Installment is Yet Unpaid The treasurer’s office will from this time until the taxpaying season is ended, keep the office open during the noon hour and also in ’the evening until eight o’clock. There is thirteen days more in which to pay taxes, and they will have to go some to get in all the amount yet due within the specified time. Half of the collection is yet to-be made and but thrteen days to do the work. The amount yet unpaid is about eighty thousand dollars and this will give a faint idea I of the work those at the treasurer's I office have to do in the short time remaining. Satuiday was a disappointment to the treasurer, as ordinarily it would have meant lots of money paid into he coffers of the county. Friday the day of the horse sale, brought in quite a number, and the amount collected fell off the day following. Monday, May 3 is the last day, and following the law as laid down by the state authorities, every cent not paid on or before that day is delinquent and the penally will have to be added. Treasurer Lachot has closely followed the law since taking the office, and in doing so he has made an exceptionally good officer in every sense of the term. We expect that when the curtain rings down on the night of May 3, the slate will be cleaned and Adams county taxes will have been paid in full. o LEAVESHERETODAY Two Reinkings Leave for the Panhandle of Texas THEY OWN LAND The German Lutheran Colony Have Fine Prospects There Herman Reinking, senior and junior, left over the Erie today for the Panhandle of Texas, where they both will remain for some time and where the latter will likely live permanently. They own two hundred and eighty acres of land in the German Lutheran colony there, and it is for the purpose of putting the same under cultivation that the Reinking's leave at this time. Later on there will be several Adams county families and an equal number of Allen county farmers leave with the idea of taking a permanent residence in this section of Texas. The colony own several thousand acres, and they have a church which, if not now under erection, will be just as soon as a sufficient number of that membership take up their residence there. In a year or two the Lutherans will be thick and plenty there, and there is no gainsaying the fact that the best farmers in the business will go from this and the immediate section surrounding here. Texas or that part of it which has the soil, will show great strides within the next few years, and the land purchased by this colony will several times double itself in value. o RAID ON BLIND TIGERS. Gary, Ind., April 19. —The first raid on “blind tigers” since Gary went “dry” was made Friday night. The keepers of five of the places were arrested, three of them women, and all of them foreigner*. Seventy cases of beer were destroyed.

EVADE PURE FOOD LAW Indiana Meat Dealers to be Taken Upon the Carpet. Indianapolis, Ind., April 19. —Examinations made by the food and drug department of the state board of health of meat and meat products gathered from Indianapolis markets and other markets in the state indicate to H. E. Barnard, head of the department, that there is a movement on the part of meat dealers over the state to evade the pure food laws and as a result a crusade is being prepared which will be sweeping in its nature. As a preparatory step, Mr. Barnard has prepared a general order, which has been sent to the president of the state board for the president’s signature, and after the order has been called to the attention of the dealers it will be the last peaceable attempt made by the department to compel the meat men to be good. After that the courts, according to Mr. Barnard, will be resorted to. It is the general plan of the department to avoid (prosecutions whenever possible. Mr. Barnard believes that educating the dealers and their patrons to be productive of the most good.

TARIFF BY EXPERTS Next One Will Be Made by a Tariff Commission A CRUDE WAY Representative Moss Says Some Sarcastic Things About Congress Washington, April 19. —The indications are that never again will a tariff bill be framed in this country without the advice of a recognized body of tariff experts. There is not the i slightest question that the tariff - framing methods (or lack of method) employed in evolving the Payne bill have brightened the outlook for a tariff commission. If more than 400 members of congress, house and senate were called upon to speak frankly they would admit that their part in framing the tariff bill is nothing more than a plunge in the darkness. They are groping blindly around, hoping for the best, while a few men make the new tariff law. The impotency of the average member of congress arises from his lack of expert knowledge of the tariff and his lack of opportunity to make himself heard and felt. Congressman Ralph W. Moss never penned a more glittering truth than ‘when he w-rote back to his constituents: “I am well within the bounds of truth when I say that if it were not necessary to have a quorum there need not have been a member of the house come to Washington to attend the special session- except the Republican members of the ways and means committee, and the tariff law would have been substantially the same as it will be anyhow.” Washington, April 19. —Secretary of War Dickinson and bis party who are to accompany him to Panama left last night by the Norfolk boat for Charleston, S. C., where they will embark on the president’s yacht Mayflower fqr the isthmus Wednesday morning. The party will spend today at Fortress Monroe and will reach Charleston Tuesday morning, where the intervening time before the departure of the ship will be devoted to sightseeing. The secretary expects to return to Washington about the middle of May. GUILTY OF COUNTERFEITING Cincinnati. O„ April 19. —Pleading guilty to having molds and dies for making counterfeit money in his possession and confessing that he had made hundreds of dollars of spurious coin, William B. Pettus, a former school teacher of Olive Hill. Ky., was held to the federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Adler, this afternoon. Pettus told Commissioner Adler that he had been out of employment for months past and that i he resorted to counterfeiting as an < alternative against starvation.

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TURNING DEAF EAR Governor Marshall Will Not Consider the Senatorship RECEIVING LETTERS Urging Him to Intimate That He Would Accept the Place Indianapolis, Ind., April 19.—Believing that he would be unworthy of the confidence shown in him by the masses when they elected him, Governor Thomas R. Marshall is turning a deaf ear to the urgent appeal of many prominent Democrats that he shall become a candidate for the United States senate. He will serve out his term as chief executive of the state of Indiana, unless death or the unexpected intervenes. It is understood that for the last three or four months a stream of letters has been ftouring into the governor’s office, either pointing the way he could be elected to the senate to succeed Senator Albert Jeremiah Beveridge or insisting on his becoming a candidate. Some of the leading membeis of the • party are said to have called at his office to assert themselves in the matter, but to all personal and written requests the governor has replied that under no circumsances will he desert his present post to aspire to higher honors. The fact that the governor is the first Democrat elected governor of the state since 1892, and because of his clean record out as well as in office, many Democratic workers are confident that he is the logical candidate for the senate, and they are speaking their minds to him at every opportunity. It is said that many of them have been surprised as well as chagrined that the governor did not enthuse at the mere mention of the probability of being elected to the senate and their offers of support. One of the party leaders who discussed the matter with him says the governor was plainly displeased and that he made it clear that he feels that the people elected him because they had confidence in him (Continued on Page Two)

HELIKESTHESOUTH ■ ’ John S. Falk Returns from a Visit in State of Florida i i ’ GONE THREE WEEKS k k »'"■■■ » I Climate Greatly Benefitted His Health—May 1 Return John S. Falk returned last night from the sunny south after a sojourn of more than two weeks In Florida’s beautiful country and physically he has derived a great benefit from the pleasure tour, beside viewing the magnificent scenery in that state. Mr. Falk left about three weeks ago in hopes of benefitting his health and 1 while gone visited Sanford and Orlando, Florida. During his absence , he gained ten pounds in weight and this is indicative of the value of the expedition to him. While in Florida Mr. Falk looked over several business propositions, incidentally, and it is ; not improbable that he will return to the southern state and enter business, although as yet no action to this end has been taken. Orange groves * and the growing of celery and lettuce > is the most profitable business in the south with the possible exception of cotton growing and it is possible, if Mr. Falk returns to Florida, that he will go Into that business. The balmy Sunday has passed into a blue looking Monday, and the top coat is again a necessary article of wearing apparel.