Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1909 — Page 1

olume VII. Number 217.

ft THREE ARE FINED I For Violations of the Ordinance Compelling Draymen to Have License |AN APPEAL PRAYED I And Ordinance Which Has Caused so Much Worry Will Be Tested There — . The drav war waxed warm last ■•evening. It has been brewing for ■some days past and will likely now fought out and disposed of for good Stand all. It looks as though a good Rxnany people feel that the ordinance K is too broad, especially if it is to be j ■construed as in recent cases. At any' ■i rate, the draymen and the teamsters ■ want to know just how far rem being ■ it is. Is a man who owns a team and ■ does a few days' hauling for some ft merchant a drayman and liabl- unless I' he pays a license? Under the decift Sion of the mayor last evening he is. ft and it this is true there will probably E be an effort made to change or repeal • 1 the ordinance. Andrew Baxter and ft. his son Charles were arrested for hauling coal for .1 D. Hale. They ft stood trial at four o'clock. I. C. Deft Voss appearing so: the city and D. E. I Smith for the defendant. About seven I or eight witnesses were examined and ■the cause submitted. Mayor France I held that under the ordinance, the deE fendants were guilty and fined them I one dollar and costs. On suggestion E of City Attorney DeVoss, it was deftcided that it the defendants would take out the license, the fine would ■ be remitted. Much interest dev. loped if- and there was a division of opinion fey among attorneys and citizens, that I Will cause them to watch future developments with interest. B The evening session of the mayor's p -court was even more interesting when L Dan Hill, an eighteen year old lad, B was tried for violating the ordinance. KHe has been working for about a I Week, hauling sand and brick to the K. of P. building. The evidence required about an hour and upon its Completion, the mayor announced that he could only find him guilty unde.the law, and assessed a fine of one ( dollar and costs. Mr. DeVoss again loked after the city's case and the defendant was represented by Mr. C. L. Walters. An appeal to circuit court was immediately prayed and granted, the bond being fixed at SIOO. The ordinance will be tested in that I court TO ENFORCE THE LAW — It’s a Violation to Set Fire to Forest Lands. — f The state board of forestry in session jEfc yesterday ordered 2.500 copies ot the law which provides a penalty of from $5 to SSO fine for setting fire to forest I lands within this state, printed on' card board. The notices are to be. furnished to farmers free of charge on application. Few people in Indiana are aware that there is a penalty foi causing fires in woodlands. Hunters are often careless in throwing matches: farmers are careless in burning stubble and railroad often neglect to guard against sparks. Prosecuting attorneys have also been negligent in prosecuting offenders of this law. Ac- ( cording to members of the board,; statistics show that for every forest tree planted two acres of forest land has been burned over and the timber wasted. Indiana suffered heavily from forest fires two years ago. The damage done each year by forest fires | jn this state amounts to thousands of dollars. CONSPIRACY AND ARSON j Hammond, Ind., Sept. 11-Thomas j ft. E Knotts, president of the Gary town board, and candidate for mayor on the Democratic ticket, together with his appointees, Joseph Martin, chief of, police, and John Mulcahey, police sergeant. and Dave Johnson, colored, have been made defendants in a sult filed - •in the Lake superior court here. are charged with conspiracy an ar son. the complaining witness being Alexander Rodman, a leader among the colored element for reform, who jays he has been the victim and who, now asks $20,000 as damages. Rod man declares he was falsely accused

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

they elected a chairman c. H. Plessinger is Chairman of Bluffton City Committee. At the meeting of the Democratic city committee Thursday night the time honored custom of electing the county chairman to handle the affairs of the city campaign was followed out and C. H. Plessinger was selected as city chairman. The meeting was held in the office of Eichhorn & Vaughn. The meeting Thursday night was the first one for the new committee, but now that the committee has been organized there will be frequent meetings and the campaign will be carried on with a vim. Charles G. Dailey was selected as secretary of the committee and Dr. Tom Sturgis as treasurer. W hile nothing was done Thursday night relative to the real opening of the campaign the committeemen will get after the sixty day poll within a i few days and get statistics as to' the .true state of democracy this fall. — I Bluffton Banner. o THREE DISTRICTS I I Now Compose the United Brethren St. Joseph Coni ference of Indiana CHANGE BOUNDARIES [ New Superintendents of the Districts Have Also Been 1 Appointed L 1 Lafayette, Jiid., Sept. 10.—At toI day's sesion of the St. Joseph confer- , ence of the United Brethren church ; new boundaries were fixed and the •. conference was divided into three districts—Elkhart, Fort Wayne and Lafayette. The new superintendents i are J. E. Grimes of Warsaw, L. O. i 1 Oilar of Huntington and W. E. Stanley of Rockville. Dr. L. B. Bonebrake president of the Indiana Central In- ’ stitute at Indianapolis, spoke in the interest of the college tonight. After his talk $2,500 was pledged, to be paid . in three years, to assist in building | Hamilton Hall, a dormitory for women, at the college. Among the boundary changes made were the follow- ' ing: Cunningham Chapel and New Hope, taken from Thorntown charge and adde to Frankfort circuit; Farmer Chapel detached from Frankfort circuit and added to Dayton circuit, the new circuit being renamed Mulberry; Brook, Ambia, Morocco, Swaniagton, Clarkshill, Battle Ground and Gilboa circuits unchanged; Monmorenci detached from Grenehill charge and attached to West Lafayette, and named , Montmorenci circuit; Independence ; attached to Grenhill charge and name 'changed to Otterbein circuit. All these points come from the old Upper Wabash conference, which was dissolved. | o SON buried; another born Funeral Stopped at Wilkesbarre Because of Visit of the Stork. Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 10.—While attending the funeral of the 2-year-old son, Mrs. Andrew Zerostek of this city gave birth to another son. She was taken ill in the chuach during .the services and these were stopped ■while she was carried to the residence of the priest adjoining. There she gave birth to a boy. who is in good health and a lusty infant. After she. was removed from the church the service over the body of her son were continued. The father saw the coffin 'lowered into the grave and then hurled on to the parsonage to welcome his new born child — o • UNCLE TOM'S CABIN COMING Oelerich Bros, famous Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. that had such a splendid run at the Academy of Music, New York, will be the attraction at Bosse 'opera house Tuesday, Sept. 14. The following is from the New York Sun: “Never has such a perfect performance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's masterpiece been given in New York, as that rendered by the big double company which now occupies the boards at the Academy. The house is always filled matinee and night, and though 'in the eighth week of their run there ' seems to be no indication of I off in business.’

FIRST WEEK CLOSES Circuit Court Was a Busy Place During Past Six Days TWO NEW CASES Judge Sturgis Will Hear a Cause Here—The Pro-' bate News — The first week of the September term of court closed today with a two hours session, during which quite a little record was made. Attorney J. C. Sutton filed two new cases entitled German Stove Co. vs. | Noah Loch et al, account $350, and E. L. Roberts & Co., vs. Noah Loen et al, account $250. I Andrew Jackson vs. Jane Jackson, 'divorce. L. C. DeVoss appeared for defendant and filed an answer, asking for an allowance." Isadore A. Kalver vs. Decatur Furnace Co., motion filed for leave to sell furnaces at private sale for cash. Sales ordered. Claim filed by city of Decatur for $45.67. Ella Debolt vs. Chauncey Debolt, divorce, appearance by L. C. Walterq | for defendant. John E. Taylor vs. William H. Taylor et al, partition, final report filed and allowed and commissioners discharged. Bank of Wren vs. Cardwell Box company et al, note $6,000. By agreement of parties this cause was assignled to Hon. Charles E. Sturgis as specj ial judge, by reason of Judge Merryman being related to parties interested in the case. | August H. Sellemeyer, administrator of the Matilda Reed estate, filed an inventory and a petition to sell personal property at private sale. I Arbuckle-Ryan Co. vs. David L. Marshand and Margaret Scherry, foreclosure of mortgage, rule against

LET’S KEEP THE COPPOCK FACTORY HERE

About three-quarters of a century ago, in a wild and desolate wilderness, this county was organized. Shortly afterward, in 1836, to be exact, the village ofj Decatur was founded, by the stury pioneers. Then for three score years there was a continuous battle to build out of the little gathering of homes, a town which would fur--1 nish for this community, a market, and give to its citizens every improvement known and in other words make it an unexcelled place in which to I live. Those men were sturdy, far- | peeing and broad-minded. They builded well. Today we have a beautiful city, surrounded by everything necessary to the comforts of life. And what now? Are we going to stand ' still, or are we going Ao prove that 'we too, realize that to advance, to ' continue to grow, we must be progressive? The time Is here. Let’s act and do it quickly. An automobile factory in Flint. Michigan, a few years ago has advanced that place from a i town to' a city of twenty thousand. She’s on her feet and will continue to grow. We have in Decatur right now one of the same kind of plants, whose ' future is even brighter than was the ■Buick a few years ago. We speak of the Coppock and it’s up to us now to keep it here—tp stop doing anything but pull together. A few thousand dollars subscribed in stock will save this factory and will make it a great [institution for Decatur, employing a hundred mechanics, which number will grow from this time on. The experimental stage is over. If there is any one who doubts the possibilities of this concern, they should read ( the report of the committee of Fort | Wayne business men, who have thor'oughly investigated this concern, and , who are so anxious to have it come to Fort Wayne, that they will subscribe for $150,000 worth of stock and more if necessary. This committee included such men as W. J. Vesey, L. F.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, September 11, 1909.

plaintiff and defendant Marshand to answer cross complaint filed by Scherry. M. F. Rice, administrator of the Edward B. Rice estate, filed an additional inventory which was approved. John M. Rose, guardian for Lilly Boze and others, filed a current report which was allowed. Real estate transfers: Ida Crozier et al to Fremont Boners et, al. 4i> acres in Union township SI,BOO. Mary E. May to Ida Crozier, 40 acres Union township, $225. David C. Myers to Daniel J. Cook, 80 acres. Washington township, $7,200. HE WOULDN’T WORK Harry Olsen Begged at Fort Wayne Before Coming to this City WAS RECOMMENDED But How He Got It is Rather Queer —Begged His Railroad Fare Harry Olson, the night clerk at the Murray hotel at Decatur, who is charged with having skipped out with 's7s and an overcoat belonging to guests at the hotel, was in Fort Wayne beegging for two weeks previous to his going to Decatur, and it is thought that it was here that he begged the money which paid his way to Decatur. Tuesday night of last week the man presented himself at the office of O. E. Mohler, secretary of the associated charities, and asked for the fare to Decatur. Olson told Mr. Mohler that he had come to Fort Wayne two weeks before from Chicago,where his family lives. He said he had a relative on the Pennsy signal force, who was out of the city. He said he had been told by a drug store proprietor to go to Mr. Mohler, who would give him his fare to Decatur. From this it is thought that he had been begging in this city for two weeks. The man presented a recommendation (Continued on page 2.)

Curdes, C. H. Worden, H. C. Rockhill, W. M. Griffin, W. H. Kelley, Willis Hatersley and A. L. Randall, all of whose integrity is unquestioned, and who have long ago proven their business sagacity. Their report is of considerable length and says in part: “Our examination of the factory and the correspondence with users of the cars induces us to believe the car manufactured is a good one with excellent power and particularly well adapted to commercial uses. “We have also concluded that there is a wide field open for the manufacture and sale of commercial cars, and that if they are manufactured in abundant number the profits to be derived from the manufacture and sale of the same are unusually large. “The company has had cars in use for more than two years. Among our letters are those from several persons, who have used cars from one to two years, and they report their cars as giving them excellent service and satisfaction, and that their saving in the use of cars over the use of teams is large. “The letters we have received accompany this report and will afford ’interesting reading to any person desiring to see the same. “We have concluded that an effort should be made to bring this factory to Fort Wayne.” Among the letters submitted was a lengthy one from Royse & Wishard, auto agents at Indianapolis, who say in part: We have used the cars and watched their use for about seven months. The use that we have given the cars has been the most severe. This is because we have used .them to demonstrate the qualities of the cars to . prospective purchasers and having ab- > solute confidence in the cars have not i hesitated to put them to the very ' hardest tests to show the buyer. As ■ an example we took out 1,000 pound . car and put 2,100 pounds on it and

WILL RESCUE THEM William Sutilif Goes to Ohio Orphanage to Secure Brother and Sister TO BRING THEM HERE Chldren Have Been at the Home for Ten Years— Gave Evidence in Trial William Sutilif of west of this city, left at noon today for the Light and Hope orphans' home, located In the hills between Vermilion and Birming- j ham, Ohio. His trip is made for the purpose if possible, of saving his brother Bennie Sutilif, aged fifteen, I and his sister Ruby, aged 13, from any' further torture by removing them from : that place. These children were placed in the home when it was located at Berne, by the mother, and after the father had died leaving her with a large family. It was supposed by the relatives that the children were well carqd for, though William says that when he has visited them he noticed that they seemed afraid to talk or tell him anything concerning the manner of treatment. However, they had no idea that they were being mistreated until they read the recent accounts of Mr. Sprunger's arrest and trial in the Daily Democrat. He will take the children out of the home even If he has to bring legal proceedings to do so. William is a young man who has to depend on his own labors for existence. He was a year ago supposed to be dying of consumption, and since that time has slept most of the time in a covered wagon, out in the air. and subsisted chiefly on eggs and milk. He is much better now and has the nerve to go after his brother and sister and will bring them to his own home. He deserves the encouragement of the people of this community. o Judge D. D. Heller, who is holding court at Angola, will be home this evening for an over-Sunday visit with his family, returning tomorrow evening. j

went through everything in Brightwood, hub deep mud, chuck holes, and everything after dark in the month of March and made it in good time. One of our competing cars of a ton capacity got stuck with similar load on same route and had to be pulled out the following morning. Another time we took a load of officials of Kingan & Company on a very bad day and they were instructed to see if they could not find a place around the city (and there are some awful places) that they could stick the car and after being out all afternoon they gave it up. We have taken our 1,500 pound car and hauled 3,600 all over the city on high gear. I could cite you dozens of such stunts, but I simply wanted to show the kind of work our cars have to do, and we never hesitate to put them to it and always have come through. Coppock cars have never been stuck with a load in this city, except in a very few instances where the drivers have carefully run into freshly filled sewers, trenches

and similar things. In spite of this hard usage we have put our cars to, they are ready now to do the same thing and are really better cars than the day we got them. We have all confidence in the product and if their company's finances are repaired we absolutely know we can do a nice business with the car. We are at the present time chaffing at the bit with plenty of business right under our nose and nothing to do but await the outcome at the factory. My advice if you want it is to secure your capital and do it quickly so we can make some of these sales that are now going to our competitors from want of effort on our part. The truck business is just in its infancy, and the next few years are going to see it grow into one of the leading industries. Coppock has gone through all the trials of the game and is an ideal position to come to the top on the crest of the wave. I Let's keep the Coppock in Decatur.

THE FUNERAL AT FORT WAYNE The Funeral of George Magner Held Yesterday. The remains of George Magner, the boy who was electrocuted Wednesday night, was shipped to Fort Wayne today, the burial being had in a cemetery near there this afternoon. With the body went some local people, friends of the family, and the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Magner. Mayor Hamilton sent a bouquet of flowers to the house Thursday, with the expression of regrets from the city. The city officials have done all in their power to alleviate the sorrow of the family as much as possible. Arrangements will be made to raise the span wire which runs overhead the high tension wires. The fact that this wire was so near the high tension wires was not known to the city officials. There have been many stories afloat since the accident, but mq?t of them were merely rumors and could not be corroborated when investigated. —Bluffton Banner. HE WANTS TO KNOW The President Getting’ Information About New Tariff Law OFFICIALS ANXIOUS This Information Will Guide Him on His Western I Trip

i Washington, September 11. Presi-1 1 dent Taft is seeking information from the treasury department as to the results that are being obtained under the new tariff Idw. It is understood I here he desires this information for 'his guidance in discussing the tariff legislation on his forthcoming trip through the west According to treasury officials the department is not in position to supply much satisfactory data at this time. One official said today that .it would be October 1 and 1 possibly later before the experts 'could say whether the revision was (downward or upward. “I am afraid we shall not be able to show that there was much of a downward revision," said one ot the experts today. Washington hears that the president I has made up his mind that he wiil ( not attempt any unreserved defense' of the new tariff law on his western trip. His speeches, if persons who havg recently talked with him may | be believed, will be along the Uno of , the statement he issued the day he I signed the legislation. He will simply defend the bill as the best obtainable 'at this time. The knowing paliticians never took any stock in the story sent out from Beverly some weeks ago ( that the president intended to join ( , issue with the progresisve Republi- , can senators who voted against the * bill. If the latest information is correct, he intends to go on the platform lof the progressives by asserting that the woolen and cotton schedules i should have been revised downward. I The department officials are becoming somewhat anxious over the delay in creating the commission that is to assist the president in determining whether the maximum or minimum rates shall be applied after March 31. This commission, it is pointed out. has an enormous lot of work ahead of it and ought to get to busi'ness at once. 0 — WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK The date of the great Fort Wayne fair, September 14-18, is only a short ■distance away now and a large forct of men is kept at work daily on th< grounds to get the affairs in shap« ' for the opening. Because of the rusl ' i of entries of fine live stock from ever; i quarter of the country, it has bee’ " necessary to enlarge the cattle, sheer - hog and horse barns. The exhibitio: f of live stock will be the largest i; I history of the fair. 3 fl - MRS. BUTLER DEAD IN IOWA f Relatives here were notified yestere day by telegram of the death of Mrs. t Martha Butler, wife of Jacob Butler, - at Clarinda, lowa. Her husband is 1 a brother of the late Jesse- Butler I of this city. The deceased was about , seventy years of age. and had been an invalid for two years past, suffering 'from nervous prostration and old age.

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STATE CHARITIES A State Conference Will be Held on October 23 to 26 MANY TO ATTEND The Meeting Will Be Held at Columbus this Year Invitations are being sent to all judges, county commissioners and township trustees in Indiana to attend the state conference of charities to be held at Columbus, Oct. 23 to 26. inclusive. W. C. Duncan, chairman of the local executive committee at Columbus, was at the office of the board of state charities yesterday in consultation with Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board, relative to the arrangements for the meeting. It is expected that the conference will be one of the largest ever held. The conference opens Saturday evening. Oct. 23, with a general session, at which the principal speaker will be President Emil W. Leipziger. In addition ther will be an adress of wel-

come by the mayor of Columbus, with a response. The usual plan of having prominent members of the conference speak in the different local churches | will be followed this year, for the Sunday morning service. A mass i (meeting will be held in the afternoon, iat which Governor Thomas R. Marshall will make the principal address. In the evening will occur the “Juvenile Charities” general session. Miss Jane Addams of Chicago, president of the national conference of charities and correction, has consented to speak on the subject, “Child Labor.” There will also be short addresses by the Hon. John F. LaFollette of Portland, judge of the Jay circuit court, and the Rev. Francis H. Gavisk of Indianapolis, a member of the board of state charities. The entire morning on Monday will be given up to round tables. Several will be held at the same time —one on state charities, one on county institutions, one on needy families and one on dependent children. It is also the desire of the Indiana child labor committee to hold 'at this time a special meeting of those interested in child labor conditions. On Monday afternoon the committee on county charities will hold its gen'eral session. Several short papers will be read. The general session on state charities will be held in the evening. Os special interest will be a paper by W. A. Dehority, chief of the new state board of accounts, created by the last general assembly. o DEATH OF MAN Judge Harvey B. Shiveley of Wabash,

is Dead. Wabash, Ind., Sept. 11. —Judge Harvey B. Shlveley, 65 years old, dropped dead at his home in this city yesterday of paralysis of the heart. He had practiced law continually and had numerous cases now on docket. Judge * Shiveley was past commander of the Indiana G. A. R.. having been elected ■ in 1895, and was twice elected judge of the Wabash circuit court. He also served in the state legislature. When 17 years old here moved from his birthplace in Preble county, Ohio, to e , Miami county, Indiana, and at the be--11 ginning of the war enlisted in the e e Fortieth Indiana Infantry. At the bat,e | tie of Missionary Ridge he was wound, h ed and discharged after thirty months' •y service. He was common pleas pros■n ecutor in Wabash while the court was p, in existence. In 1882 he was elected >n to the state legislature, and served in ‘with distinction in the genral assembly. He was elected judge of the Wabash circuit court in 1890, and 'again in 1896, and during these twelve 'years he had the distinction of never - having had a decision reversed by the i, 'supreme court until near the close of , his last term. At the time of his ; death Judge Shiveley was president ■ of tt\e Farmers' and Merchants' National bank of this city. Besides his widow- he is survived by a brother, Charles E. Shiveley of Richmond, Ind, former state senator.