Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII.

PETITIONS ARE FILED For Paving Mefrcer and Adams Streets But No Action Was Taken A COUNCIL MEETING The Routine Business Was Disposed of and the Bills Were Allowed

Petitions have been filed with the city clerk, Wai Wemhoff, for the paving of Mercer avenue and Adams streets, but these were simply marked filed and will not be read as the streets are now being improved by the county and are not in possession of the city until completed. There was the usual routine of business at the regular council meeting held last evening. All members were present with the exception of Mr. Van Camp. After reading the minutes, some talk on streets and alleys and sidewalks was indulged in, the marshal being ordered to again notify Oliver Jackson to build a sidewalk. A motion carried that Williard Steele's proposition to furnish a dumping ground for the city and accept cinders in payment be accepted. Dr. C. S. Clark was present and asked that some immediate action be taken to prevent the inundation of his property when heavy rains occur. It seems that some catch basins or sewerage is necessary, and the matter was referred to the street committee, with a request to act at once. A petition asking for a fire foot cement sidewalk along Adams street and signed by a number of property owners, was presented and referred to the proper committee. Dr. Thomas who was present, insisted on a six foot walk between Second and the railroad. The specifications for the Frank Brown et al sewer were read and approved. This sewer commences at the north line of Adams stret in the alley between Eighth and Ninth streets and runs north to Jefferson street, where it connects with a large sewer. It is 350 feet long. Upon motion by Burns Mr. Vogt was ordered to send a gallon of water from the new well to the state chemist to be analyzed. It is said that the water from this well is a half softer than the other water and is much easier on the machinery in the pump station and the boilers. The matter (Continued on page 2.)

AMERICAN’S FLAG The New Holiday Will Be Celebrated on the Fourteenth of June PATRIOTIC MANNER The Association Appeals to Various People for Their Assistance The American Flag association have started the campaign for the universal celebration of Flag Day in America June 14th. This association was organized in 1897, and each year the celebration has become more general. This year they have sent out appeals to the governors of the states, the mayors of the cities, the teachers and the editors, asking their co-operation. ’ They tell the flag story as follows: On the 14th day of June, 1777, congress enacted: “That the flag of the thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that th<f Union be stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” The number of the -'stripes having been increased by the admission of new states, the possibilities of the nation’s future development dawned Upon our fathers, and the original thirteen stripes were unchangeably restored by act of congress on April 4, 1818, when it was enacted: “That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States

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be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be twenty stars, white, in a blue field, and that on the admission of a new state into the Union, one star be added to the Union of the flag; and such addition take effect on the fourth day of July next, succeeding such admission. Since 1818, twenty-six stars or sovereign states have been added to the Union, making forty-six in all. Since the struggle of 1861-1865, the flag has become the symbol of a mighty nation. It has been carried to the utmost parts of the earth, carry - ing liberty wherever it has been thrown to the breeze. Americans cannot fail of a feeling of pride and satisfaction, nor restrain the swelling of patriotism in the breast, when we contrast the meaning, in far distant lands, of ours and other flags displayed together. The stars and stripes, within the recent past, have come to possess new beduty for friendly eyes and new terror for the foes of liberty.

ANOTHER WET ONE Spencer County Joined the Few Wet Counties TWO MORE DRY Clay and Pulaski Gave Majorities for the Drys • Rockport, Ind., May 5. —Completely reversing the estimates made by the “drys,” Spencer county voted to retain the saloons by a majority of 53 votes. Rockport, the county seat, voted “wet” by 106, but the remainedr of the township went “dry” by sixty. Grass township, wherein is situated Chrisney, the home of Representative Thomas E. Chrisney, Democrat, who voted against the repeal of the option law, gave the “drys" a majority of 125. It had been conceded dry by fifty. First returns from the election gave the county to the “drys” by 300 and the church people were jubilant. The small majorities given to the “drys” in the farming districts is a great surprise to the “drys." The heavy “wet” majorities in the north end of the county, comprising the German settlements in Harrison and Huff townships, were expected. Since learning of the result in Spencer the “drys" tonight have practically conceded that Posey county, which votes on May 7, will go “wet” by 800.

Brazil, Ind., May 5. —Clay county, “dry” by remonstrance, at the polls expressed herself in an overwhelming manner against the licensed saloons. The majority reported on unofficial returns from the forty-nine voting precincts gives a “dry” majority of 2,167. The city of Brazil voted against the saloons by a margin of 322. The city has a population of about 11,000 and formerly ‘bad! a score or more saloons. Only two precints in the county voted “wet.” Ideal weather prevailed during the day and the vote was out early in rural precincts. At noon about halt the vote had been polled over the county, but in the afternoon voting was slow and the total vote is about 75 per cent. Many persons liberally inclined, who have refused to sign remonstrances, failed to go to the polls today. Winamac, Ind., May 5. —Pulaski county at the polls went on record against licensing saloons, after having been “dry” by remonstrance. The unofficial returns indicate a majority of 400 the “drys.” With ideal weather conditions a large vote was polled in every precinct. Practically the whole “dry” vote was cast. In some townships voters polled “wet” could not be induced to vote. The day opened with a 6 o’clock union prayer meeting at the Christian church. Every hour during the day ail chut ch bells in town were rung. Large crowds of women gathered around every polling place, served free lunch and buttonholed voters to vote the “dry" ticket. Farmers have been delayed with plowing on account of “wet” weather and it was feared they would not leave work to vote. ——o ■ ■ J. R. Graber, the superintendent of the county infirmary, was in the city attending to some business for ■the county farm today.

HELD THE STAGE Senator Dolliver Made a Caustic Speech Against Senate Bill ARE MANY WORDS Much is Being Wasted Over Bills in Congress— Want Reduction Washington, May s.—Senator Doi- { liver of lowa held the center of the stage in the senate yesterday. He unsparingly attacked the wool and cotton schedules of the Aldrich bill and indulged in many dark insinuations that reflected on the good faith of Senator Aldrich. Senator Dolliver’s speech was by far the most caustic arraignment of the tariff measure yet heard in the upper house. It attracted an enormous crowd that filled the galleries to overflowing. Nearly all the members of the senate were in their seats and the sharp thrusts back and forth between Dolliver and Aldrich were enjoyed by senators on the Democratic side of the chamber. Dolliver got on the nerves of Aldrich almost in his opening sentence, and, instead of ignoring him, as it was predicted he would do, the Rhode Island senator arose to his feet every minute or two to express his resentment over statements made by the lowan. Several times Aldrich accused Dolliver of uttering falsehoods. Many of Doliver's remarks were keen as rapier thrusts. Washington, May 5. —It is estimated that more than 2,000,000 words already have been spilled in the tariff debates. The spilling process goes right along without cessation, and for weeks, if not months, the English dictionary will continue to be butchered to make a statesmen’s holiday. The house of representatives consumed nearly 2,000,000 words in telling the country what it thinks of the tariff. Not all of this enormous avalanche of language was actually uttered on the floor, as a considerable part of it got into the Congressional Record by the “leave to print” route. Washington, May 5. —The" wholesale grocers of the country have sent on a committee to urge congress to reduce the duty on sugar. In a letter addressed to each member of the senate ahd house today, this committee points out that the Republican party promised to revise the tariff in the interest of the 80,000,000 consumers of the country. .

WAS KNOWN HERE Judge Elliott, of Kokomo. Died Very Suddenly Sunday Evening NEURALGIA OF HEART Was Good Lawyer—Visited Rome City Each Season for Many Years Mrs. D. M. Hensley is in receipt of a letter from her friend, Mrs. Trees, of Kokomo, which tells the sad news of the death of Mrs. Trees’ father. Judge Elliott of Kokomo. Judge Elliott is well known by the attorneys here and by the Decatur people w’ho visit Rome City, as he had owned the Locke cottage for several years. Judge Elliott served as judge of his district, the thirty-sixth Indiana, from 1902 to 1908, and for forty years had been one of the prominent lawyers of his section. Sunday evening he ate dinner with his daughter, and returned home about six o'clock feeling as well as usual. He retired early and about ten o'clock was found unconscious by a member of the family. The aid of physicians was summoned, but could do nothing, and he died at midnight. Many years ago he was a partner of Hoe. John W. Kern, but in 1870 was chosen as prosecutor of his district, including Howard, Madison, Tipton and Hamilton counties. He

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was re-elected in 1872 and served four years in this office. Among the important criminal cases tried during that term were some which in the defense engaged several of the great criminal lawyers of the state, including Thomas A. Hendricks, Senator Daniel Voorhees and Major Jonathan W. Gordon. Among these cases were the Daugherty-VanHorn murder trial, had at Tipton; the Jonathan Hinns wife-murder case, tried four times on purely circumstantial evidence at Ko-1 komo and Frankfort, conviction following each trial, and the Yancy murder case, tried at Noblesville. The funeral services were held at Kokomo today. REAL ESTATE DEAL John S. Bowers Now Owns the Burt House Lots and May Build Upon It ANOTHER DEAL Frank McConnell Bought the Pillars Property on North Third Street An important real estate deal was consumated a few days ago, and which was just made public today. The deal embraces the purchase by John S. .Bowers of the old Burt House lots on j Monroe street, the purchase having . been made from J. H. Browning -of Indianapolis, he coming into possession of them from Link Brother,,who owned the lots at the time that the I fire gutted the Burt Hotel on Christmas eve, several years ago. The deal I was made through the D. N. Erwin real estate agency, and now everything is closed and the deeds signed and accepted. We were unable to find Mr. Bowers but the news is given out that a handsome brick building will at no distant day adorn the purchase. Mr. Bowers is one of the shrewd business men of the city, and he will not hold the real estate in its present j state, deriving no benefit from the {capital required to buy it. The price is said to have been a fancy one, and the lots are valuable.

The D. N. Erwin real estate agency made another deal in Decatur property, in the purchase by Frank McConnell of the William Pillars property on north Third street. The house will be improved throughout, and when this is done Mr. McConnell will occupy it. The property is a good one. o RISE OF A DUNKIRK BOY Holds Responsible Position in the War Department. Dunkirk, Ind., May 5. —Ernest R. Sutton of this city, who recently returned from Cuba, where for the past three years he has held a responsible position in the war department, has again accepted a position with the department at Washington, his assign ment being assistant recorder to the judge advocate general. Mr. Sutton’s duties in his new position will be the taking and compiling of evidence in the now- celebrated Brownsville case for use by the senate committee to which the matter was referred for investigation. Mr. Sutton is a native born Dunkirk boy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Sutton. - ■■ - -o FT. WAYNE MAN WANTED HERE I Did Some Fast Auto Driving on the Streets Sunday—Will Be Arrested Policeman Amos Fisher went to Fort Wayne this afternoon, where he will arrest a man named Weber, and bring him here to answer to a charge of fast driving. Weber somehow got hold of an automobile last Sunday and came here to show off. He did all kinds of fancy turns on Second street atiJ wound up by giving a speed test through town. He had the best of the officers then, but Fisher thinks he can hold his own with the gentleman on the ground and will serve the papers on him. o This is the real thing in spring weather It is time to buy your apparel for the warm weather, and it will pay always to carefully read the advertisements in the Democrat

MAY TERM ENDS Thieme Ditch Case Decided in Favor of the Petitioners NEWS OF THE TERM Much Business of Importance Transacted During Session The commissioners made their decision on the Fred Thieme ditch petition this morning, rendering judgment for the petitioners. The remonstrance was dismissed and the assessment and report approved and the ditch ordered constructed. The remonstrantrators made a hot fight, the time of the board being taken all of yesterday in hearing evidence in the case. The David Mershberger macadam road petition was continued. Jasper Wable was appointed superintendent on the John Berning macadam road. Margaret Markley was given $7.23 and Eli Kraner $6.92 in refund of taxes. Plans and specifications for the improvement of the closets in the court house basement, and the auditor was instructed to advertise for bids on June 7, the first day of the next term of commissioners’ court. David Buckmaster was appointed by the board as superintendent of the Decatur and Monroe No. 5 and his bond was immediately filed and approved. The board have signed SBOO worth of lob ditch bonds, this being the amount of unpaid taxes upon the construction of this work. There are four bonds of S2OO each, the first one due in November, 1909, the second one in 1910, the third in 1911, and the fourth in 1912. The bonds bear six per cent, interest. Ernest Conrad was appointed superintendent of the August Walters macadam road, and bonds were ordered sold for its construction. The contract for construction was also signed, Eli Engle having been the low bidder.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Judge Sturgis, of Bluffton, Appointed to HAr $5,000 Note Case AN ANSWER FILED By Clara Wheat—Other Actions Taken in Today's Session Judge Charles E. Sturgis was this morning appointed to hear the case of The National Bank of Commerce vs. Cardwell Box company et al, a $5,000 suit on note. The court had submitted three names. The plaintiff cut offi Judge LaFollette and Mr. Allison, a defendant, wiped out Judge Heaton. This left Judge Sturgis, who was named. Defendant J. W. Vail asked the court to name three other judges that he might assist in the selection, but this was overruled and Sturgis duly appointed. Clara 'Wheat has filed an answer in four paragraphs to the complaint filed against her by E. S. Callahan. It is a suit on note, demand $125. The plaintiff was ruled to reply to the second, third and fourth paragraphs of answer. Right-of-ways were filed at the j county recorders office by the Indiana . Lighting company, showing that they, have secured the right to lay their

{pipe lines over the lands owned by ’the following: Fred Schafer, Decatur [Cemetery association, F. M. Schirmeyer. August Heuer, Andrew Appleman, Peter Wetsel, George Geels, David Gerber. James Tumbleson, August Werling, David Werling, Vinson Lewton, John Kirchner, Joseph Daniels, Edward Kirchner, Henry Scherry, Christian Borne, Henry Worthman. Daniel Scherry, Henry J. Kohnerton, Harry Bauer, Otto F. Hilderbrand, Peter Helmrick, Fred Keffer, Art Shady. The price paid was from SI.OO to $19.50, Mr. Appleman receiving the latter figure,while quite a number received $16.00.

The Fort Wayne Electric Works vs. William G. Spencer, suit on contract; motion by plaintiff to compel defendant to make his cross complaint more specific. Mary Knavel vs. Edward Knavel, (Continued on page 2.) AFTER MEAT MEN State Board of Health Are Sending Out Warnings to the Dealers PACKAGES UNMARKED Sausages and Hamburger Are Causing the Trouble Over the State Indianapolis, May s.—An order from the state board of health is to be sent to meat dealers throughout the state warning them against the use of preservatives in the sale of sausage. Samples of this product which have been received and analyzed by State Food and Drug Commissioner Barnard show that some “filler’’ has been used by the manufacturers of sausage and hamburger steak and that the packages in which the meat is contained are not marked as required by law. The law requires all packages of sausage or hamburger containing the “filler” referred to in the order of the health board, to be plainly marked as such, and all meat dealers who violate the law in this regard will be prosecuted. “Sausage and other meat products (except meat loaf)," the order says, “which contain ‘binder,’ ‘filler’ or any form of cereal product, cannot legally be sold unless the package is plainly marked in black gothic letters at least one-fourth of an inch in height.” Attention of meat dealers has been called to the use of the preservative, but no formal order has been sent out. o HE WILL TRY IT AGAIN Walter Wellman is Still Daffy About the North Pole. Washington, May s.—Walter Well-

man announced that he will this summer renew his effort to reach the north pole by means of a dirigible balloon or airship. All the preparations have been made, and Mr. Wellman will sail next week for Paris and Norway. This expedition will be under Mr. Wellman’s individual ownership and responsibility. The capital has been supplied by Americans who are interested in the enterprise solely on scientific and patriotic grounds. No change has been made in the general plan of the expedition, which is to assemble and inflate the airship at the headquarters station, Danes Island, Spitsbergen, in June and July, and to start thence northward through the air in August, provided the weather conditions make a start practicable with reasonable chance for success. The airship to be used is the “America,” which had a trial in a voyage of about twenty miles at Spitzbergen a year ago last September. j, - _ CRUDE OIL IS REDUCED Pittsburg, May 5. —A reduction of 5 cents a barrel was announced by the Standard Oil company in the price of 1 all grades of crude oil except Rags-1 land, which is unchanged. This is the first change in the Pennsylvania and > most of the other grades since March I < >9, 1907, since which time the Pennsyl-|l vania crude has been quoted con-.t stantly at >1.78.

Price Two Cents

RAISED THE GLUE Anderson Local Option Workers Out for Blood HELD A MEETING Local Option Campaign There is Already Warm-, ing Up Anderson, Ind., May s.—The enthusiasm and energy displayed by local men in all lines of business and professions in perfecting the organization of the Citizens’ Option League of this city, gives such a striking expression of the sentiment of the heavy investors in Anderson business and property as to surprise the advocates of the abolition of the saloon in this county. There has been no let up to the vim that characterized the meeting held at the public library last night. No gathering ever called in this city ever developed so many enthusiastic responses as the one that resulted from the word passed around to business men last evening to assemble at the library building. No published notice of the affair had been given and the men who passed the word around expected a limited number of those invited to report and in an informal way discuss the campaign. At the appointed hour the assembly room was filled with representative business men of the city, and when Judge W. S. Diven arose to call the meeting to order he faced a crowd of determined men who represented millions of dollars of investments n this city and who are determined that the saloon must go. Thomas B. Orr was selected as chairman and, within a few minutes, the sentiment of the audience found expression in the formation of the Citizens- league with every man present demanding that he be made a member of the general committee. When it was announced that some money would be needed men walked to the front and laid down cash or checks until $1,500 lay on the table for the use of the executive committee. George Michael Springer, a pioneer 'near Ossian, died Monday after suffering from a stroke with parlysis. The deceased was a prominent citizen and was well known in the vicinity where he lived for so manyyears. — —o CONTRACT IS LET For Construction of the Gas Main to Decatur and Bluffton WILL COST MONEY

i Estimated That the Expense Will be sloo,ooo—Seri vice by July Ist ) The Indiana Lighting company today awarded to the Oscar J. Current 3 Construction company, of Red Key, j the contract for the construction of " its artificial gas line from Fort ’ Wayne to Bluffton and Decatur, and i General Manager S. E. Mulholland es- . timates that it will cost the Indiana - Lighting company SIOO,OOO to prepare e to serve those cities with artificial gas. 1 j Work will begin on the pipe line Thursday, the pipe already distributed over practically the entire route from this city to Bluffton, with a branch from Kingsland to 5 Decatur. Four-inch pipe is used, and ft will be placed two feet beneath the surface of the earth. Work be- ' I gins Thursday upon the construction lof the gas holder at Decatur, which is to be installed by the Kerr Murjray Manufacturing company, of this I city. Before July 1 the company will be serving both Bluffton and Deca.tur artificial gas made in Fort Wayne. I—Fort Wayne Sentinel.