Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 157.

HANDED OUT ONE The Supreme Court Decides the State House Appointments CASE OF POLITICS The Republicans Win Without a Struggle in the Supreme Court Indianapolis, July 2.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—Just in order to show that there is no politics in the supreme court of Indiana, that august body today decided that the appointments of custodian and engineer at the state house made by the republican state officers—state auditor and secretary of the state —are entitled to their places instead of the appointments made by the governor. Ever since time immemorial the governor has made these appointments, but unfortunately at present writing the governor is a Democrat, and the Republicans took this way of shearing down the governor’s power. Now comes the supreme court of Indiana, and furnishes to them the law by which they can play this peanut game. Great is the supreme court. J. o TOR FRITZINGER Judge O’Rourke Renders Finding in the North Second Street Case STATUTE FOLLOWED Says the Court—Assessment Stands Reduced to the Sum of $962 The case of Woods & Haugk vs. E. Fritzinger, to collect $679 and the interest for about two years, was decided by Judge O’Rourke at 1:30 this afternoon, the finding being for the defendant and that he recover the costs in the case. The evidence was •concluded this morning and the attorneys argued the case about an hour, the court asking until after dinner to render his decision. When the north Second street improvement was . built, Mr. Fritzinger was assessed , $1,651 on his stone quarry property. He objected but the council did not reduce the amount, whereupon Mr. Fritzinger appealed to the circuit court. The court appointed three appraisers, who went over the street and reported that in their judgment Mr. Fritsinger had been assessed too high and reduced the amount to s962,which Mr. Fritzinger paid. The contractors then filed suit to recover the difference between the amount paid and the assessment. Several close law questions arose during the trial but the, court held that the Indiana statutes had been followed in the procedure' and that he could only find for the •defendant. Judgment was rendered accordingly and the plaintiffs asked exceptions which was noted on the docket. o NOTICE TO G. A. R. AND W. R. C. All members of the Sam Henry Post, Grand Army of the Republic, as well as all other ex-soldiers in this locality, also the members of the Homan's Relief Corps, are requested to meet at the hall Sunday morning, to attend in a body, the patriotic services to be held at the Presbyterian church. The post held a meeting last night and decided to accept Rev. Spet- i aagel'fe invitation.

JOHN BRANYAN HOME AGAIN Returns to Huntington After a Year in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Branyan and children arrived in Huntington Wednesday afternoon, direct from Saskatchewan, Canada, where they have been making their home several months. They come to make this city their home, Mr. Branyan to rer.ume the law practice. The effect of the climate and high altitude on people in that vicinity varies very much. Mrs. Branyan, essentially an invalid three years before leaving Huntington, comes back restored to health and feeling well. Mr. Branyan has been afflicted with heart trouble since going to the northwest and found it necessary to move to a different climate, though he was able to work up to Saturday evening, the time of the departure of the family for Huntington.—Huntington Herald. THECHURCHDOINGS Rev. Sherman Powell Will Deliver Sermon on “Bribery” WILL BE INTERESTING Sacred, Patriotic Services at w the Various Decatur Churches In a number of Decatur churches services with a patriotic tinge will be observed and most enjoyable meetings are anticipated. The Rev. Sherman Powell, pastor of the M. E. church, will deliver a sermon Sunday morning on the very important subject “Bribery," and the general public is cordially invited to attend. Members of every political party are requested to be present as the discourse will be one of unusual interest. The choir will render inspiring sacred music. A delightful patriotic service will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and a special invitation has been extended to the old veterans. Rev. Spetnagel will deliver a sermon fitting to the occasion. In the evening the young people will observe patriotic services. The male chorus will furnish music. An ice cream social will be held at the U. B. church lawn tomorrow evening for the purpose of swelling the parsonage fund. The cause is a worthy one, and should receive the support of the people. Omer Ream, a student of the blind school in Indianapolis, brother of Harry Ream, who is making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lyons, is scheduled for a talk at the U. B. church tonight on “The Ways of the Blind ” He is a scholarly young man, and will no doubt greatly interest his auditors. ; Miss Mane Bali will give a reading ■and the Big W quartet will render gayera! selections. THEY READ DIME NOVELS Why Lads Ran Away from Home — Stole Rig from Farmer. Columbus, Ind., July 2—Earl Metcalf sixteen years old, arid Ray Thompson, eighteen .both of New Albany, were captured last night between Seymour and Scottsburg in Jackson county, witu !a horse and buggy which belonged to’ Brock Smith, a farmer. The boys ran 'away from home Saturday and came here. Deciding to return home they took the horse and buggy. The boys are in jail here. They confessed that their reading of dime novels and wild west stories caused them to act as they did. o— GONE TO DENVER, COLORADO Indianapolis, July 2.—Robert J. Aley, state superintendent of public instruction, left yesterday for Denver to attend the National Educational association, which meets there next week. Aley is a member of the executive council. He is also on the program for two discussions of papers by promI inent educators and one paper upon [‘•Books and High School Pupils.”

WORK IS STARTED Amid Fervent Prayers Work on Home for Aged Was Started AT WARREN, IND. The Services Were in Charge of the Rev. M. A. Harlan Special services were held yesterday morning on the ground where the beautiful home ter the aged members of the Methodist church will be erected near Warren when the first spade was stuck into the gorund to begin the work of excavating for the foundation of the memorial of Mr. and Mrs. William Chopson. The service was in charge of Rev. M. A. Harlan, the field secretary of the conference to whom honor and credit is due for working up an interest among the Methodists of northern Indiana to the extent that as much money has been raised by the church as that furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Chopson. His plan was to get as much cash as possible to help in the construction work and then to get pledges for future payments. The greater number of the pledges are in the form of notes payable out of estates of wealthy people when they die and also bequests provided in wills of prominent people. These sums, aggregate thousands of dollars and insure annuities for the support of the home and the aged. Rev. Harlan has shown great business ability in getting this matter in such a shape that the home may be founded upon a purely business proposition so far as the support is concerned. Because of his ability in placing the institution on a financial footing the | Methodists of the conference are giving Rev .Harlan much praise. Pastors of all denominations of warren [assisted Rev. Harlan in the special ■services this morning. As Contractor I Jonas Griffith called his men to work I the first shovel of dirt was lifted while prayer was being said. The work will then go on under the guidance of those who have so well planned the work and spiritual protection jwill be asked that the good cause may be carried on honestly and peaceably. Rev. Harlan and the Warren pastors [planned this service at a late date, but they had extended a general invitation to all interested in the work. PROF. RICE HERE * New Superintendent is Meeting the People of Decatur % TO MOVE HERE SOON Received the Glad Hand from the Many to Whom He Was Introduced Prof. Elmer E. Rice, of Bloomington, Indiana, is here today and is circulating among the citizens of the town, getting acquainted and arranging some affairs preparatory to removing his family to this city early next month. Mr. Rice is the newly elected superintendent of the Decatur public schools and he has the appearance of being a scholarly and able gentleman. He was in hands of the board of trustees and met many of the patrons here today. At present Prof. Rice is taking a post graduate course at the state university, which will give him a masters degree before he comes to Decatur. He is highly educated, being a graduate of Valparaiso and Bloomington, and has had the necessary experience to make him a valubale man. He will devote his very best efforts to making the schools in this city the best in the state and will be able to do this with the assistance of the people here. No man can do it alone, as it takes the aid of every parent and every patron of the schools.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, July 2, 1909.

ANOTHER COURT DECISION Judge Paulus Rules on Time Local Option Law is Operative. Marion, Ind., July 2.—Judge H. J. Paulus of the Grant circuit court decided that the word “passage” as written in the county local option law refers to the time the law became effective and that liquor licenses granted after Sept. 26, the date on which the legislature physically passed the law and the governor affixed his signature, and before Nov. 20, the date on which the acts were proclaimed, are valid and good for one year from the time they were granted. The decision affects nine saloons in Grant county. Judge Paulus is recognized as one of the ablest circuit judges in Indiana and his ruling on this question has been awaited with general interest throughout the state. The opinion contains more than 5,000 words. The prosecutor filed an ex- ' ception to the ruling, but It is understood that no appeal will be taken, since the question already has been carried from Wabash county to the i supreme court. o— RAISED NEW POINT Senator Shively Questions Constitutionality of Corporation Tax MAY GO OVER Plan to Let Special Taxes Go Over to the Regular Session Washington, July 2. —Tn the senate Senator Shively of Indiana created something of a sensation by challenging the constitutionality of the proposed tax on the net earnings of corporations. He raised a new point, basing his contention of unconstitutionality on the application of the tax to a form of corporation organized in Indiana for the holding of real estate and the collection of rents therefrom. The supreme court .held in the income tax cases that a federal tax on rental income is unconstitutional. Senator Shively showed that the proposed tax on corporations, applied to Indiana real estate corporations, would levy a tax on estate corporations, and he held that tinder the clear and unequivocal language of the supreme court in the income tax (Pollock) case, the corporation tax also would be unconstitutional. Washington, July 2. —Another effort is being made to reach an agreement in the senate that both the incomg tax and the corporation tax propositions shall be put over until next winter. It is now known that Senator Aldrich is friendly to this plan. He said to some of his lieutenants before he went out ot the city yesterday morning that if he could bring about a compromise of that kind he would be greatly pleased. The insistence of the president that the corporation tax shall be adopted at once is, senators assert, all that stands in the way of, a speedy agreement to postpone. The expectation today was that some of the more influential senators would within the next day or two attempt to convince the president that in view of the chaotic condition of the party on'the question of levying the corporation tax it would be wise for him to consent to letting the whole subject of special taxes rest until the regular session. Washington, July 2.—The treasury statements Issued show the government receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30 to have been $604,432,846. The disbrusements aggregated 244,002, making a deficit for the year of $89,811,156. o SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER Crawfordsville, Ind., July 2.—A unique method of disposing of a stock of liquor was the one employed by S. S. Burrows, whose saloon closed last night because of the county local option election held here in March. Burrows sold his stock at auction, all goods being sold to the highest bidder. W. D. Stewart's saloon was closed last night because of the county .voting dry. Crawfordsville now has (but ten saloons left.

FOURTH QUESTION Where Are You Going to Spend It and How Are You Going to Do It ARE MANY WAYS Decatur People Will Scatter and Many Will Have Their Own Celebration Have you figured out just what you are going to do on the fourth and fifth of July? You get a double celebration this year, and are thus given an opportunity to celebrate in divers ways. Many people are planning a two days’ excursion to the lakes or to some other place where they can get away from the noise and the shootin’ crackers, etc., while others want all the noise they can find and will hunt for the place where they think they can have the most fun and find the biggest noise. Various towns about here will celebrate the occasion, some on the third and some on the fifth, and they have all been duly advertised so its a case of pay your money and take your choice. In this city the Fourth proper will be celebrated with appropriate services at the churches, the day falling on Sunday. On Monday if you don't want to leave Decatur you can have your own celebration in your own way. Read the declaration of independence to the children, fire off a few buzzers and burn your fingers and you will have done your duty about as well as if you had made yourself sick. After all its the spirit that counts and most everyone in Decatur has the proper regard for Bunker Hill and the other thrilling events of the revolution. tj THE ENDLESS CHAIN ROUTE Washington, July 2. —The endless chain letter writing process seems to have been adopted in behalf of some of the candidates for census supervisor in Indiana. Over 100 letters have been received by Senator Beveridge urging the claims of a candidate who lives in Winchester, Ind. There are more than 150 applicants for the eleven census supervisorships which Senator Beveridge will have at bis disposal. BURIAL SATURDAY Remains of Late A. J. Peoples Will Be Laid to Rest Saturday IN MAPLEWOOD Was Born and Lived in Adams County for Sixty Years The funeral services of the late A. J. Peoples, whose untimely demise occurred yesterday afternoon on the Erie track in this city, will be held from the Evangelical church Saturday afternoon, trie cortege leaving the home in the south part of the city at three o'clock. The Rev. D. O. Wise will be assisted in the services by Rev. Horace Kohn, of Willshire. Interment will be made at Decatur cemetery. The late Mr. Peoples was born in Adams county, and with the exception of three years lived within her confines during all his life. He was industrious and lovable and during his career has enjoyed the fellowship of a large following of friends. His sad and sudden death will be deplored by innumerable people. Besides a bereaved widow, three children, Mrs. Henry Matthewson, Fort Wayne; John Peoples, Fort Wayne, and E. M. Peoples survive to mourn the loss of a devoted father. Mrs. John Barger a daughter, died two years ago. The 'decedent was sixty-three years, eight months and twenty-four days of age I lat the time of his death. |

MEETING OF THE JOINT BOARD What the Journal-Gazette Says of the Board Meeting. County Commissioners Zwick, Laughlin and Miller, and County Attorney C. J. Lutz, of Adams county, were before the Allen county board yesterday proposing the joint construction of a bridge over the St. Marys river on the county line. The law provides that when a county line bridge is to cost not over $5,000 the costs shall be apportioned according to the assessed valuation of the two counties, but where the cost exceeds $5,000 the joint boards may compromise. The Allen county commissioners offered to compromise, but the visitors objected, as they wish to have the assessment based bn valuation. This would mean that while, the petitioners for the bridge nearly all live in Adams county, Allen county being the wealthier would have to pay fourfifths of the cost. The matter was de_ferred until next week. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. o GAVE STAG PARTY Mrs. Connell Entertained for Her Brother, Mr. Fred Martin FROM FAR ALASKA Members of the Old Bon Marche Club Enjoyed a Happy Reunion Col. Fred Martin, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was the guest of honor at a very pleasant social event given by his sister, Mrs. C. V. Connell at her home on Fourth street, last evening. Present were the members of the old Bon Marche club, fifteen in all, and of which association Fred was a charter member in the days before he started on his search for gold. The reunion of the boys was a happy affair. The dining room of the pretty home was decorated with steins and pretzels, and the other rooms in good taste. The amusement of the evening was pinneuchle, and in this Mr. Frank Barthel proved his superiority- and received as a gift a handsome gold nugget pin, from the Klondyke land A three-course Dutch lunch was served to which each guest did justice, proving that the years that have passed have not stpien their appetites. Splendid music enlivened the hours, which passed too rapidly, according to the boys who were there. Mr. Martin will leave in a few days for his home at Fairbanks. 0 PAYING VICTIMS OF WRECK Railway Company Settling Damage Claims and Avoiding Litigation. Michigan City, Ind., July 1. —Fred Sawhaki, who was internally injured in the south shore wreck at Dune Park June 19, brought suit In the superior court here in the sum of $1,999. This is the first suit growing out of the wreck to be filed in Laporte county. The South Shore company today settled claims amounting to $17,319, as follows: Mrs. Rika Gilbertson, of ter, Ind., $5,650; Mrs. Charles Johnson, Chesterton, Ind., $5,019; Mrs. H. H. Hutson, Niles, Mich., $6,250 for death of the husbands and SI,OOO to Nan Robertson, of Sidney, Ohio, for a broken nose. o BOOSTING THE RECORD-HERALD

Representatives of the Chicago Rec-ord-Herald, one of the greatest papers in this or any other hemisphere, are here this week, boosting their subscription list. They are giving beautiful articles of mission furniture, through the City News company, among "the articles being mission lamps, rocking chairs with leather seats, sets of dishes and wall and mantle clocks. There is no extra charge for the paper which is paid for either weekly or monthly to the CityNews company and is delivered to any, part of the city. If they miss you and you are interested call the newstand, phone 39. o ■ As the Fourth of July will be observed in this city on Monday the Singer Sewing Machine man.will keep t his office closed all day to keep in line f with the other merchants. I

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REPORT IS FILED Squire J. H. Smith Served in the Absence of Coroner Grandstaff PEOPLES ACCIDENT Papers Were Filed this Afternoon, Showing the Cause of Death Squire James H. Smith this afternoon filed his report of inquest held last evening over the body of Alexander J. Peoples, who was killed on the Erie railroad yesterday afternoon, the squire being called on to serve on account of the absence of the coroner, J. C. Grandstaff from the ocunty. It was the squires first duty of this kind but he performed same in the correct form. His reports show the statement Os Dr. J. M. Miller, who examined the body, and who said that he found the scalp cut ; a two places about two inches above the right ear, the skull fractured, also fracture of the spine, four ribs broken and loosened from the spine and the back badly bruised. The evidence of George Mclntosh and Joseph Evanson, who witnessed the accident was given and the squire's report followed, the latter reading: I, James H. Smith, a justice of the peace tn and for the township of Washington, Adams county, Indiana .having been called to hold an inquest on the body of Alexander J. Peoples and having viewed the body and heard the evidence and made all inquiry do find that Alexander J. Peoples came to his death on the first day of July, 1909, by being unavoidably struck on the head by the pilot of engine number 77, westbound on the Erie railroad, Decatur, Indiana. 0 GO OUT TUESDAY Two More Saloons Quit Business Next Tuesday, July Sixth BROKAW AND OMLOR The Remaining Five Will Be Cosed by November Sixth On next Tuesday two piore Qecatur saloons close their doors which will leave but five thirst parlors in our city, and these will close within a few weeks. Chil Omlor and Bud Brokaw will close their places of business next Tuesday night, July sixth, their licenses expiring on that date. Albert Lehman is the next to surrender his license, which will be done August sixth. Badders and Zeaser will go out of business October the fifth and the remaining two will do business until November the sixth. These are Joseph Tonnellier and Joseph Knapke. A number of the proprietors of the saloons have decided to enter other lines of business. Lafayette Ellis has the option on a place of business in another town, and in all probability will leave Decatur this fall. Bud Brokaw will leave for the west. The others have not determined definitely as to what vocation they will pursue.

• GIFT FROM MONTPELIER. s "Dummy” Watch dogs Were Sent to Burglarized St. Marys Store. St. Marys, 0., July 2. —Levering & , Heap, clothiers, recent proprietors of , a similar store in Montpelier, Ind., t have received three watch dogs to be ' placed on duty at their establishment. 1 The canines were received from 1 friends in Montpelier, who read of the r burglary at the store Sunday night. - The four-legged pickets are built of r I some sort of textile fabric, stuffed with saw-dust and with wheels attached to their feet. They are now anchored to the firm’s safe, by means of a coil of rope cable. o Mrs. Chas. Kern arrived in the city this afternoon from Elkhart to visit for a few days with her sister, Mrs. Leo Wilhelm.