Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 231.

THE BOOSTERS MET Attendance Was Doubled Over Previous Meeting and Interest Shown SEVERAL SPEECHES The Men Who Do Things Are Getting Closer Together in Business Way Twenty-five or thirty men, interested in the welfare of Decatur, met at library hall last evening, to discuss plans for the general betterment of conditions. Before they adjourned each of those twenty-five or thirty had promised to attend another such meeting next Monday evening and to bring along three other men who should be interested in Decatur, so that the next session promises to be a litUe better. It is the idea to continue these meetings until we are on our feet again and everything running smoothly. Its wonderful how a fellow can go to one of these sessions, fueling blue and kinder "don’t care a durn.” and come away full of enthusiasm. Try it and see. The meetings are not held for the purpose of raising money but for heart to heart talks as to the best way to help the town and community. Last night's meeting was called to order by F. M. Schirmeyer and Judge J. T. Merryman was chosen as temporary chairman, accepting the duty with an easy grace and a neat talk in which he stated his idea of the purpose of the meeting. He spoke of the community as the “big family” and said that what helps one must help all of us. His call for talks was answered by a call for C. J. Lutz who said the town chaps oughter be ashamed of themselves to have to send out in the country to get a feller to make a speech. His was a good one just the same and showed that the boys who sent for him knew their business. He said that the conditions here now come to every town, to every family, even to the churches and what we need now’ is a little revival like is held by the churches. He also made a point by urging that we work together, that we extend words of encouragement instead of criticism to our fe’low citizen, F. M. Schirmeyer, that we hold the meetings oftener and get closer together. French Quinn spoke on confidence in each other and the pulling together of the young business men. H .R. Moltz has confidence in (Contimed o» page 4.1

TO WED TOMORROW Miss Marguerite Moore,Formerly of this Place, Will Become a Bride LIVES AT BEAMOND Is Well Known Here— Brother and Family Leave to Attend the Event Tomorrow morning at the home of her parents at Beamond, Ind., Miss Marguerite, the beautiful young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Moore, will be united in marriage to Mr. Bert Chambers, a prominent young man at that place. Miss Marguerite is well known here, she having lived at this place for a number of years, and who has a wide circle of friends who will be glad to hear of the happy event. About five years ago she and her parents moved to Beamond, where they ha<e since resided. Mr. Chambers is a prosperous young farmer, he having lived there for a number of years, and and also has a large number of friends. Immediately after the wedding a sumptuous dinner will be served at the home of her parents, and during the day a large number of her friends and relatives will gather at the place to make it a happy and long remembered event. Mr. and Mrs. t>. A. Moore and children left this morning for that place to be in attendance at the wedding, Mr. Moore being a brothejr of the bride.

i WAS TAKEN TO FORT WAYNE Mrs. Mary Jenkins Conveyed to Her Old Home Over the Interurban. Mrs. Mary K. Jenkins, who has been very seriously ill at the home of Mrs. Belle France on Winchester street, for ten days past, suffering from pneumonia, was taken to her home at Fort Wayne today. She is still in a serious condition, but she wished to return to Fort Wayne so badly that it was decided to attempt the trip. She was carried on to the car in a cot, the interurban stopping in front of the house to accommodate her, and she was accompanied by a trained nurse and by her son. Her friends here hope she will survive the attack though this is quite doubtful, owing to her old age. NEWS FROM GENEVA Rev. Waldo Preached an Entertaining Sermon on Sunday THE TRACTION LINE Hope to Have it Ready for the Cars by the First of the Year Geneva, Indiana, September 28. — (Special to the Daily Democrat) — Rev. Waldo, the newly assigned U. E. minister, preached his initial sermon hero last Sunday. The sermon was universally praised and much is being said complimentary to Rev. Waldo. He is about fifty years old, and with his wife and four children are now’ located in Geneva, where they have received a royal welcome. They came here from Noblesville, where Rev. Waldo was located for some time previous to being assigned to the Geneva charge. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCray, living on High street, is quite sick, John Joseph is getting his candy kitchen about ready for the opening, which will likely occur within a few days. The room is papered and otherwise improved and will be an attractive place. It is already known that Mr. Joseph will deliver the goods and will keep a nice place. Dr. Homer Souers now makes Geneva regularly every Tuesday and Friday. Mrs. M. F. Aspy, of P’easant Mills, was here during last week spending the time with her old friends. Mrs. I. N. Veley is recovering from a serious illness which has kept her bedfast for some time. This will be good news to her many friends who have anxiously awaited news of her recovery. The contractors on the traction line are fast completing their work. The grade is about done, the track is fenced and steel is arriving at both ends of the road, and the work is being pushed for all there is in it. They want to have the cars running by the first of the year. The ladies of the Birthday Club were entertained at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bolds on last Friday. The ladies went out in automobiles and enjoyed the time and entertained immensely. One of the attractions was the immense onion crop which is just being harvested on the Bolds farm. Quite a number from here took in the street fair at Bluffton last week and reported a good time. One section of the Ladies Mite So ciety gave a musical at the M. E. church last Friday evening, which was not only well attended, but was a success in every other way, and enjoyed to the limit. Rev. C. J- Graves is in Chicago visiting with his brother and other relatives, but will be home in time for services at his church on next Sunday. Calvin Miller, of Decatur, was here last Saturday looking after the contracting business. (Continued on page 2.)

THE BONDS GOOD The First Blood Won by the Vincennes University APPEAL AGAIN Ex-Governor Hanly to Now Appeal to the Supreme Court Indianapolis, Sept. 27. —The theory of J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana, that the act under which the Vincennes university bond issue of $120,548 was authorized by the legislature in 1907 is invalid, was given a setback when Judge Vinson Carter, in the superior court, handed down a decision declaring the act to be valid

and refusing a writ of injunction asked by Mr. Hanly to prevent the delivery of the bonds to the Vincennes university. Jji. Hanly will take an appeal to the supreme court as soon as the papers can be completed. During Mr. Hanly’s administration as governor he refused to sign the bonds on the theory that the act under which the issue was authorized is an invalid one. Later Governor Marshall, however, affixed his signature to the papers, but before Secretary of State Sims had signed them as required by law, Mr. Hanly went into the superior court and secured a temporary restraining order directed against Sims to prevent his signature to the bonds until the matter could be threshed out in court. The ground upon which the injunction was asked was that the act was contrary to the state constitution. The board of trustees of the Vincennes university said there was an indebtedness standing against the state in favor of the board, the debt having been contracted by the sale of certain lands. Judge holds that there is a moral obligation on the part of the state toward the university, and that the debt contracted through the sale of the lands was an existing debt at the time the legislature passed the bill authorizing the bond issue, and that the enactment of the law did not create a new obligation.

COURT HOUSE NEWS R. S. Peterson Will Hear Beeler Divorce Case as Special Judge THE OTHER ACTIONS An Administrator Appointed —Real Estate Transfers —Short Session Samuel Beeler vs. Nina Beeler, divorce, by agreement of parties, cause was assigned to Hon. R. S. Peterson, ; for trial as special judge. The case is set for trial tomorrow.

Evaline Archer et al vs. Mary Byson et al, partition, default of defendants; rule to answer, against all defendants appearing. John W. McKean vs. Mary A. and Noah Loch et al, foreclosure of mortgage, appearance by D. E. Smith for Thomas A. Leonard; rule to answer. F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee vs. Chris G. Egley, on contract $150; cause dismissed and costs paid. Jesse A. Swartz has been appointed administrator of the estate of Mary F. Swartz, and filed bond in sum of $5,000. Real estate transfers: Burton Fuller to David C. Meyers, lot 38, Pleasant Mills, $800; S. D. Beavers et al to Julius Haugk, lot 380, Decatur, $2,200; I. Kalver to B. Kalver to Isaadore Kalver, 30 acres Root township $1,500. A. P. Beatty filed a new case entitled Malinda Fronefield vs. William Fronefield, suit on note, demand $165.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, September 28, 1909.

WILL CURE CANCER NEXT Now Comes a Cure for About the Worst Disease. Chicago, Sept. 28. —Dr. Joseph B. Murphy on his return from Europe today carried the message that medical men are laying siege to the enigma of cancer as "explorers have to the north pole” and that the day is at hand when the disease which costs so many lives will be listed among the curable afflictions. Like the finding of the north pole, as the surgeon desired to draw a parallel, more than one man will arrive at the cause of cancer at the same time. In his opinion a period of five years at the utmost will suffice for the medical scientists to find the long-hunted secret of the disease. Dr. Murphy also brought back with him from the International Medical congress, which W’as held at Budapest, a new treatment for cancer which he believes will result in many permanent cures. The new idea is to operate as soon as the disease manifests itself instead of waiting a number of months —the present method.

A CENTRAL BANK A Campaign to Be Waged for this Financial System MAY HAVE PANIC Unless Our Monetary System is Improved a Panic Predicted Washington, September 28. —The advocates of a central bank are getting ready for a publicity campaign that is to be waged in every section of the country. In addition to platform speaking on the subject, which is to be led by Senator Aldrich, the newspapers are to be asked to handle a vast amount of literature in favor of the program. The country is to

be told that it is to be a central bank or nothing. George E. Roberts, former director of the mint, now at the head of the Commercial National bank of Chicago, gave out an interview today in which he says that if the work of the monetary commission comes to nothing the country will be thrown back in a hopeless situation. While Mr. Roberts is an advocate of a central bank, he calls attention to the fact that the bankers of the country are by no means united in favor of the plan which it is well understood the monetary commission will favor. Only recently, he points out, the American Bankers’ Association, through Charles A. Wright, in order to ascertain the feeling among the bankers, sent out inquiries to them. Out of 1,347 replies received 604 indicated that, they were in favor of a central bank, while 568 were opposed to a central bank in any form and 175 were undecided. These figures indicate that the bankers are pretty evenly divided on the question. The | publicity campaign, which is about 1 i to be started, not only with the hope i of creating public sentiment in favor s of the central bank idea, but with the ( hope and expectation of diverting publie attention from the recent tariff legislation, will be conducted large'y < from Washington. s "■ r

Washington, September 28.—The Aldrich-Vreeland financial act will expire by limitation on June 30, 1914, and unless before that date it is replaced by a wisely framed measure of broad scope the country will again be in the perilous situation that is commonly believed to have resulted in the panic of 1907-1908. There is a general realization of the necessity of legislation. Speaker Cannon believes that a mere extension of the present law, with perhaps a few amendments in details, will suffice; President Taft looks with favor upon the proposition to create a great central bank, and there are all sorts of intermediate schemes. Probably that which commands the greatest support will be based upon the recommendations of the monetary commission, which has been quietly but effectively at work for more than a year gathering the material for the construction of the actual legislation.

Ifor camp fire Program for the Old Soldiers to be Held Wednesday Evening I -— .. . WILL BE INTERESTING i Citizens of Decatur Are Re1 ■ quested to Hang Out the Old Flag Tomorrow

The reunion of the boys of the eighty-ninth Indiana infantry and the Ninth Indiana battery will begin here tomorrow and continue over Thursday. The first event of importance ' occurs at the court room tomorrow afternoon, when the state commander will deliver the principal address. Tomorrow evening at the library hall will occur the camp fire, for which the following program has been arranged, and to which the public is cordially invited: Song Male Quartet Invocation Rev. Sherman Powell Welcome Address. Mayor C. O. France Response Jacob Butcher, Geneva Song Quartet Address Clark J. Lutz Song Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Neptune Reading Miss Smith Talks by Comrades. Tableaux.

The business men of Decatur and all other citizens who will, are requested to hang out the American flag or to make such other decorations which shows their appreciation of the fact that these heroes have honored Decatur by meeting here in annual reunion. CHICKEN DINNER TOMORROW The Woman’s Relief Corps will give a chicken potpie dinner at the G. A. R. hall on Wednesday, tomorrow, on account of the reunion and the public is cordially invited to attend and partake of the good things. These ladies have the reputation of serving the best dinners in town and they will keep up that fame tomorrow. Don't miss it.

THAT DISPLAY DAY I Merchants of Decatur Have Special Bargains for You Tomorrow IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Visit the Stores —It’s Fall Opening Day for Every Store in Town

Tomorrow is the day for the first semi-annual display day in Decatur, a time inaugurated for the purpose of showing to the people the line of beau tiful and up to the minute stock carried by the various merchants of this city. It is a good cause, one that should appeal to every merchant, because it gives the opportunity of advertising his goods in a manner unexcelled, and by the people because

they can thus see the goods, and make up their minds what they want in the fall line. It is the idea to have these openings spring and fall, and this one is but a beginning, for it is hoped to improve each time. This year the program will not provide any expensive features, but it will be a foundation from which to build. Practically every merchant in town has taken advantage of the occasion by advertising something special for the day in way of a bargain and it is

believed that the day will be a good one for the merchants, that they will realize the good of such a day twice a year and will gladly back it when, the time /comes. Every citizen of I this locality should visit every store I in Decatur tonsorrow and see the I pretty displays of fall and winter , stocks of goods.

EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT HERE Occurred at an Early Hour Yesterday Morning—Did No Damage. A slight earthquake was felt over Indiana, Illinois and Ohio early yesterday morning, lasting nearly a minute, but with no serious damage. In the south part of the state, the houses were rocked and the windows rattled. The quake was felt in Decatur, but as it occurred at about four o’clock in the morning, but few people noticed it. For several days there has been noticeable over the country invisible electric storms, a peculiar condition. due it is said to the fact that a peculiar spot is on the sun. The electric current effects telephone and telegraph lines and has been noticed here.

MRS. CRAMER DEAD Well Known Woman Called to Reward After Three Score Years and Ten SICK MANY MONTHS Leaves Four Children — Funeral at Salem Wednesday Afternoon

Mrs. Caroline Cramer, aged seventy years, and a pioneer of this com- ■ aunity, died at eight o’clock last evening after months of suffering from cancer of the stomach. For six months she has been in failing health and for several weeks past her condition had been very serious. Her death occurred at the home of her son, two miles east of this city. Mrs. Cramer was well known and highly respected, her three score years and ten of life have been devoted to helping others in carrying their burdens and in doing good. Her husband preceded her into eternity four years ago. since which time she has lived with her son. She was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and came here many years ago. Four children, Mrs. August Brodbeck, Mrs. Oliver Walters, George W. Cramer and Samuel Cramer and one stepson, Harvey Daniels, survive her. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Salem church, the cortege leaving the house at two o’clock, Rev. Roop to officiate and interment at the Salem cemetery.

WILL MAKE STATEMENT New York. Sept. 28—Dr. Cook consented to give the Associated Press a formal reply to some of the most material of the charges brought against him by Commander Peary. A more complete declaration will be made when Commander Peary makes his accusations over his own signature. The statement is as follows: “Commander Peary says that mv sledges were not fitted to arctic trav* 1 and that he would not care to voyage in the arctic with them. The onlysledge the commander say was half a one, which I had given to Mr. Whitney as a souvenir. The remainder of it had been used to make bows and arrows.

WILL INTEREST FARMERS nstitute for Speakers to Be Held at Purdue University.

Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 27—The fourth institute for speakers and the twelfth annual conference of farmers’ institute workers will be held at Purdue university, October 12 to 15. The first two days will be devoted to the normal institute for the benefit of the speakers who will attend the farmers’ institutes throughout the state the coming season. The Conference the last two days will be in the interest of the chairmen of the aounty farmers’ institutes and the I presidents of the women s auxiliaries. I

—o ■ Amos Neubouser. of Berne, was In the city today on business and returned to his home on the noon tradn. Ezra Habegger and Arley McAlhaney, two young men from south of the

county, arrived home from England, North Dakota, where they have been < for the past six months. While gone they followed the carpenter trade and got’along all right. They will remain here for several weeks. I

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HOME A FEW DAYS Tarvey Harruff is Home from His Michigan Farm for a Few Days IT IS STILL GREAT It’s the Greatest Fruit Country That Ever Happened Harvey Harruff is home from Sanford, Michigan, and will be in Decatur, for a few days seeing his friends and attending to a little pressing business at this end of the line. He is still more than deeply impressed with Sanford and its glorious future as a fruit growing country, and from all that is being said there are no flies on their prospects. Mr. Harruff's orchards this year will yield a handJ some return, and with the care he intends giving them their value""will increase by next season. He put out - twenty acres of wheat while there and intends to get action from all the soil he owns there. It must be n great farm and Mr. Harruff is much

impressed with it and with the country in general thereabouts. The apple crop is also promising and in all the year throughout has been an exceptionally good one for those engaged in agriculture in that state. Mr. Harruff will return to his Michigan farm in a few days, and will likely stay there until he finishes all the work that is to be done this year. - — o DOROTHY D. HAUK IS DEAD Six Months’ Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hauk is Dead. Last evening at seven o’clock occurred the death of Dorothy (D., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hauk, living near Williams in Allen county. The deceased was six months old, and had been ill for about five w’eeks with summer complaint. The funeral will occur tomorrow afternoon providing word comes from Samuel Hauk, the grandfather, who is at Beverville, Illinois. There is much tsorrow in the Hauk household as they were quite devoted to the little one taken from them, and they are now almost heartbroken.

AS THE MANAGER R. Earl Peters Accepts a Position on the Auburn Courier—Leaves Soon HAS GOOD PLACE Will Have Charge of the Editorial Rooms and at a Good Salary R. Earl Peters, who has been con-

neeted with the Daily Democrat for three years past, has resigned and will leave in a short time for Auburn, Indiana, where he will take charge of the Auburn Daily Courier, in the capacity of manager. The Courier is one of the best little dailies in northern Indiana, and Earl will no doubt make good as its manager. During his employment at this office he has worked as reporter, solicitor and general outside hustler and has made many friends, who hope for his continued success in his new field. He

VlllllCtA oui-vvcu — has offered his new property in the north part of the city for sale and expects to move to Auburn withta two weeks if possible. He will goto that 'p'-e Thursday <“

, return here for a few days to complete his canvass of the county for this /paper, leaving permanently the latter /part of next week. The new position 'carries with it a handsome increase in salary and the future opportunities

look very bright for the young newspaper man. 1116 friends of Mr. and Mrs. Peters and Baby Leah wish them all the good possible in the future I years.