Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 3 November 1909 — Page 1

DECAT UR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume \ 11. Number 262.

RESULTS OF CITY ELECTION Teeple Defeated Conter, Eleven Votes At The Big Tuesday Battle

FOR MAYOR S CHAIR Democrats Elect Rest of Ticket Except One Councilman at Large VOTERS SCRATCHED De Voss. Archbold, Chronister, Hale, Christen, Martin and Atz Win ************** * THE RESULTS. * * Mayor —Judson W. Teeple (Re- * * publican). * * City Clerk —Hubert M. DeVoss * * (Democrat). * * City Treasurer—W. J. Archbold * * (Democrat). * * Councilmen-at-large—Jacob Mar- * * tin (Democrat) and Jacob * * Atz (Republican). * * Ward Councilmen. * * First Ward—lsaac Chronister * * (Democrat). * * Second Ward—John D. Hale * * (Democrat). * * Third Ward—Charles N. Christen * c (Democrat).* * ************** Well it’s over again. Another election has passed into history and there are the usual amount of surprises, disappointments and jollifications. While the Democrats retain the administration so far as the council is concerned, they lost the mayorship, Judson W. Teeple defeating Herman L. Conter by a measley eleven votes out of a total of about eleven hundred cast, and Jacob Atz, Republican, won a place on the council, crowding M. Burns the Democratic candidate and present fricumbent out. It is in every sense a victory for the Democrats and an endorsement of the policies of the men who have served the city for four years past, but the fact that the head of the ticket was lost took the jollifying spirit out of many of the boys who had worked hard for the success of the entire ticket. The election day passed off quietly and the vote cast was an usually large one for a city contest. By seven o’clock this office was packed with men anxious to know the results. The

OFFICIAL RETURNS, CITY ELECTION, NOV. 2nd. 1909 . Ist. ward 2d. ward 3d. ward I CANDIDATES <<%” MAYOR T Confpr d .... 101 40 129 49 107 95 521 »W TeeX’r :: : : 128 56 83 75 -90 100 532 11 CLERK „ , n . 116 49 119 64 99 105 552 92 T"mo e thy coSv 41 » 55 94 8 i | TREAS. . ~ ~ , 126 51 128 76 127 110 618 239 Wm. Archbold, d 93 37 72 46 62 69 379 Earl B. Adams, COUNCIL-AT-LARGE , ~. , 105 40 125 56 108 84 518 Jacob Martin, 82 30 106 53 86 76 433 Milen Burns, 119 50 87 65 35 ~ 90 496 ; Simeon Fordyce, 125 49 80 63 98 97 512 Jacob Atz, COUNCIL Ist. WARD T • + J 123 46 169 20 i Isaac Chronister, d 103 46 149 j Sylvester Peterson, council 2nd. WARD T • TT , , 130 62 192 62 i John D. Hale, 73 57 130 James Bain, COUNCIL 3d. WARD , 95 99 194 13 ; Charles Christen, 97 84 181 E. Fritzinger,

I first precinct to report was A of the i first, and It was at once apparent that there was something doihg, the results showing that there had been ; a large amount of splitting done. Conter lost tRe precinct by twentyseven, while Chronister for councilman carried it by twenty, DeVoss by thirteen and Archbold by thirty-three, while Fordyce and Atz were the favorites for councilman-at-large. . The 1 next to report was B of the second and this added to the discomfiture of those who were expecting an easy victory. Teeple carried it by twentysix, DeVoss by nine, Fordyce and Atz leading while Archbold ran away ahead and his race at least was settled, all admitting his election. Then came the old “bloody third” A precinct, known as the one which always , comes in when needed, but something , seemed wrong there and Conter cark ried it by only seventeen. However ( Martin came along with a dandy vote, , Atz running second, while Fritzinger , carried by two over Christen. The t A precinct of the second ward, stood t by the ticket, giving Conter forty-six e the best of it, and the vote there asc sured the election of Martin and Dee Voss. At this time Conter was ten e votes ahead of Teeple with two precincts to hear from and there -was k much speculation. B of the first came in next and Teeple carried it by sixt teen, Chronifeter and Peterson were f even for councilman, electing the for- £ mer by the twenty majority he rec ceived in the A precinct. Then it was up to B of the third which Teeple carried by five votes, electing him by eleven. Christen carried the pre5 cinct by fifteen and w r as thus elected " by thirteen. In the second ward J. ? D. Hale won easily defeating his op- - ponent by sixty-two. Mr. Burns who - has made a good record as a public - official was defeated, running fourth . while Fordyce was third, with ninet teen less votes than Atz and twenty--1 two behind Martin, who led the tick--1 et, securing a total of 518 votes. The . results may be seen from the above i list and from the table which appears - elsewhere in this issue. It was one i of the hardest elections ever fought f in Decatur and winners and losers r are glad its over. For two months 3 past the results have been discussed j pro and con and there has been some > real hard work done on each side, s Its all over and the new officials will s take their places next January Ist. 1 The men elected are all well known s in Decatur, and need no further introi duction. The city clerk, Mr. DeVoss, i is a competent young man and will > (Continued on Page Two)

A RUN OF TOUGH LUCK — Allie Flowers Lost the Use of His Arm. Allie Flowers, the south side blind man. fa in tough luck, and it seems . still to be pursuing him. First about five weeks ago his right hand became quite sore from blood poison, starting he says from small sores on the ends of his fingers, made by his fingering a , violin so much. The poison threaten- i ’ ed to extend through hits arm, but he says it finally was checked and now a new trouble has developed in the form of rheumatism in the arm. It is rendered useless and he is carrying it about ta a sling. As one of his chief means of making a livelihood is by playing a violin hfa present disabl’ity , Is a greater hardship to him than it would be to the ordinary man.—, Bluffton News. i 0 IS A BAD ACTOR Floyd Shaw Resisted Police I at Alliance. Ohio, and Goes to Workhouse . FOR SIXTY DAYS His Sweetheart Plead for Him, But the Court Refused to Yield — I ’ An Alliance, Ohio, exchange says the following of a former Decatur boy: Floyd Shaw was placed under . arrest Saturday night. He was creat- : Ing some disturbance on railroad ' ground near the Union station when 1 he was arrested by Officer Pinkerton , of the railroad police force. On the way to the city jail Shaw broke from ■ the officer and made his escape, but ’ was recaptured later by the local po- | ' lice at the Anna Miller resort, where < Shaw is the reputed consort of the i . owner of the resort. On Monda? - morning Shaw was called into court 1 of Mayor McConnell to answer for re- ’ sistitag an officer and admitted his : i , guilt. He also admitted carry ing beer | ; to the Miller home and that he was i an agent of the Miller woman. Mayor i McConnel imposed a fine of $lO and | costs and a workhouse sentence of . 60 days upon him. Soon after the sentence was passed the Miller worn* I an came Into court with tears streaming down her face to beg for the rei lease of her lover, but the mayor's • heart was not softened by the flow , of tears and the young man must I serve his term of confinement in the : Canton workhouse.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 3, 1909.

TO SET THE DAY Chairman Gallogly Has Issued a Call for the County Committee PRIMARY ELECTION I | Committee Will Name the Day for the Democratic Primary County Chairman Gallogly has issued a call for a meeting of the Democratic central committee to . meet In this city at ten o'clock on ' next Tuesday, November 9, the ob-1 Iject of the call betag the naming of a day for the Democratic primary election. This call is always one of ( the most important of the committee land many Democrats from all over the county will be here to hear the result of that committee conference. Already there are many candidates in the field and from next Tuesday there will be many more and for the next several weeks they will make it lively trying to take down the nominations for the several offices to be voted for , in the general election next year. The ! : offices to be voted for at that time 'are representative, prosecutor, clerk, treasurer, sheriff, surveyor, coroner, county assessor and commissioner in the third district The latter promises to be an Interesting contest, the candidates now being Joseph Peel, ( Marion Ketchum, Gris Eicher and | John O. Kraner, with a dark horse or ( two that may yet enter. Some of the ' contests promise to be fast and furious and some Interesting times are ahead, judging by the surface indl-, cations at this time. I o A SHORT SESSION j The Council Elect John D. Hale as a Councilman for the Second Ward BILLS ARE ALLOWED A Short Session of the Council Was Held Last Evening The council held a short session Jast pvertlng, Oountjilman Christen presiding. All the councilmen were preset and the business was transacted in a short time. Proof of publication of the notice of election of, a councilman for the second ward I was read, and by a unanimous vote John D. Hale was elected to fill the unexpired term of Anson Van Camp, deceased. This was the only business transacted except the allowance, of bills, and they are as follows: Gara Coal Co I 71.40 Essex Coal Co 9.54 Electric Appliance Co 34.33 Sunday Creek Coal Co 67.83 Ft Wayne Oil and Supply Co. 1.75 . IW. B. Burford 18 00 , I John Sprague 55.20 ( !A, & C. Stone & Lime C 0.... 27.45 IF. O. Schroeder 92.56 iD. F. Teeple 187.81(Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry.. 70.14 j Chicago & Erie Ry 581.03) 10. B. Wemhoff 1.30 j W. J. Archbold 3.00' W. J. Archbold 100 C. U. Dorwin 247.40 Frank Snyder 19.80 Waterworks Pay roll 125.07 M. J. Mylott 241.50 Wm. Geary 10.00 D. F. Teeple 19.54 J. D. Stults 8.75 Harry Kooken 50.00 ' Ft. Wayne Electric Works .. 23.15 H. Harruff 20.00 John Sprague 82.50 Anna Fisher 50.00 George Keiser & Co 885.18 Ft. Wayne & Springfield Ry.. 303.92 o FELL AND BROKE A FINGER Montpelier, Ind., Nov. 2. —While going home in the evening Harry Hart, the barber, had a fainting spell and fell to the pavement. He was taken home and upon examination it was found that the second finger on the left hand had been broken.

(THE DEMOCRATS WON AT BERNE I i Elected Every Officer Excepting City Clerk—Vote Was Rather Close. Berne, Ind., Nov. 3. —(Special to Dally Democrat) —The election hern resulted in a victory for the Democrats, who elected the entire ticket excepting for town clerk, Lawrence Yager defeating Chauncey Lautzenhizer. In .the first ward Phillip ( Schug defeated L. Gragton by twelve (votes for councilman; in the second I Fred Wechter beat J. F. Bockman seventy votes; in the third F. G. . Elchenterger was the winner over Sam Lehman by 110. For clerk th? vote stood I>autzenhizer 127, Yager 155, the latter winning by twentyeight. For treasurer Fred Bents, Dem., received 162 while his,opponent received 124, the former's majority being 38. For marshal William Tucker defeated John Marbough by 86. THE BILLISREADY < Providing for Pensions and Retirement of Teachers in this State OF GREAT INTEREST I — I Because of the Belief That It Will Become a Law Before Many Years | A bill for an act to provide for an Indiana state teachers’ disability aim I retirement law oas just been drawn up by a joint committee of five m- mib< rs, consisting of the following ! Benjamin F. Moore from the Indtanu City and Town Superintendents’ association; Richard Park, from the Indiana County Superintendents’ assolelation;I elation; Robert J. Aley, William A. ■ Mills and Robert I. Hamilton from , the Indiana State Teachers’ associa- j tion. The bill is printed fa pamphlet form and will be submitted to the respective organizations from which the joint committee was appointed. Superintendent B. F. Moore of the Muncie pcbiic schools who fa chairman of the committee and who was appointed from the City and Town Superintendents’ associatioj will make his report this week at the meeting to be held at the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis. The report will be made to the other associations at the annual meetings in December. If the report of the joint committee it accepted and approved by the respective associations copies of the bih 1 will then be mailed to all the teachers of the state with a view of creating sentiment in favor of its adoption as , a law. | The fund for the disbursement among disabled and superannuated ' teachers will be divided into two parts according to the terms of the bill as !drawn; A permanent fund made up of gifts, grants, devises and bequests lin any form, also money or property I placed at the disposal of the board of ! trustees by the state legislature; a current fund, made up of interest on Investments from the permanent (fund, assessments of 1 per cent pei (annum on the yearly salaries of all j persons to whom the act shall apply, assessments of 1 per cent, per annum 1 of all pensions and semi-annual ap- I portionments from the proceeds of; (the tuition school fund, necessary to meet any deficit in annual disburse-( . mets. The management of the fund, It is provided, will rest with a committee consisting of three state officers and two citizens appointed by the governor. . The pensions are divided into two ( classes—disability and retirement, j To be eligible for the first class, the teacher must have taught at least fifteen years and be infirm by reason 1 of disease or age. For the second class , the teacher must have taught : thirty-five years and be not less than 60 years of age. j The amount of pension shall be 1 ! per cent, per annum of the average I salary for the five years preceding the date of application, multiplied by the number of years of service; that is, • if his yearly salary has been SI,OOO, , and the time of service has been forty I years, he would be entitled to rei ceive forty-hundredths of said salary, i' or S4OO each year as his pension. No 'person, it is provided, will receive (less than $250 a year. . <

ELECTIONS OVER INDIANA Democrats Won in Muncie, South Bend, Terre Haute and Other Cities

THE SYPHERS-SMITH WEDDINC V/i‘< Occur at tn. ; ar M'dcme— Band Will Escort Them to Place. Watch for the tig parade at 7 25 this Evening. At that time the Juvenile band will escort the cab tn which will ride George Syphers and Mrs. Francis Smith to the Airdome where at promptly 7:30 will occur the wedding of these popular folks. The admission to the airdome will be ten cents, but this admits the bearer to one show at the Star theater. The presents are to be left at the Star theater. Come early. George will make a speech telling » hy he selected Mrs. Smith for hte bride. ■ -o The revival meetings at the Church of Christ begin next Sunday, Nov. 7th. These meetings will be conducted for the purpose of making firmer Christians and winning soul# to the Master. Therefore everybody, regardless of creeds and opinions, is invited to cooperate. Evangelist Thompson is a man of broad experience; knows the Bible and preaches it with sfaiplicity. o MONROE IS READY Elected Two Democrats and Two Republicans at Yesterday’s Battle WAS WARM CONTEST The Council is Republican While the Clerk and Treasurer is Democrat The election board met and was sworn in at 6 o’clock a. m. after taking the oath they proceeded with what was to be the hardest fought contest ever waged in the town of Monroe. The members of both political parties were represented by legal talent seldom equaled in this quarter of the state, the Democrats by Hon. A. B. Bailey and the Republil cans by S. V. Johnson, who both gave the board exhaustive talks on what and how this election should be (conducted. Notwithstanding the fact of the aforesaid instructions the board proceeded to carry out the election according to law- and statutes. It is said that each and every member of the board were adquatly informd on the acts of the 1909 legislature and conducted the election under the provisions thereof. The results of the election were as follows: Trustee, first ward, John Hendricks d, 32; Otis O. Hocker r, 44. Trustee, second ward, J. A. Hendricks d, 26: W. O. Newlon r, 44. Trustee, third ward, Lewis Lobenstein d, 37; Denis Brandyberry r, 35. , C'erk and treasurer, C. E. Bahner d, | 45; Drussey Osterman r, 25. The officers who will transact the I business of the town of Monroe are Hocker, Newlon, Lobensteln and Bahner, consisttag of two Democrats and two Republicans, all of which are capable, energetic and public spirited , citizens who will no doubt give ar ) account of themselves in the way o improvement and will put the towr of Monroe ahead of any town the siz< on the map. A Few Facts Concerning the Board John Everhart objected to chicken saying he could get nothing but fowls on his travels through the country, but It was noticed that ho done ample justice to all that was set before him. i Jeff Leichty, Wade and Osman Andrews, Clarence and Ben Smith and C. L. Oliver all of whom would not turn down the “mtoce pie” and de'icacy which they saw spread before them, and which was cooked and de. livered by Mrs. Z. O. Lewellen, for, which she has the unanimous thank#! of the entire board.

Price Two Cents

LOST INDIANAPOLIS Fort Wayne Elect Republican Officials But Council Remains Democratic FIGHTS WERE CLOSE No Blood Shed at Gary— Results in Ohio and in Greater New York Elections were held in all the cities and towns over Indiana Tuesday and in many places there were surprises, unlooked for at least to many. The Democrats carried the greater number, though they lost In some important places and It looks as though the honors were about even up. In Indianapolis, Shanks was elected over Gauss, dem., by 1,100. In Fort Wayne Grice, rep., beat Schmidt, dem., by about 900. In Muncie the Democrats took everything in sight by large majorities. In South Bend, David B. Schafer, a former resident here was defeated by Charles Goetz, Democrat, by 1,500. The Republicans carried Evansville while the- Democrats took Terre Haute and Lafayette, also Gary, Michigan City, Laporte, Huntington, Kokomo and a number of others, with a Democratic gain in nearly all of the cities. Below Is a list of mayors in Indiana: Democratic. South Bend, Charles L. Goetz; Terre Haute, Louis Gerhardt; Muncie,Edward Tuhey; Wabash, James Wilson: Valparaiso, William F. Spooner; Gieensburg, J. E. Mendenhifll; Kokomo, J. L. Puckett; Columbia City, B. J. Bloom; Shelbyville, Thomas Hdwk’ns; Elwood, A. Brumbaugh; Huntmgton, Milo Feightner; Union City, William Harris; Gary, Thomas E. Knotts; Batesville, G. M. Hillenbrad; Mishawaka, John Herzog; Lafayette, George R- Rungan; Bedford, A. Fields; . Bloomington, J. G. Harris; Jefferson- ’ ville, J. E. Burke; New Albany, N. • A. Green; Portland, C. A. Paddock; I Logansport, David D. Fickle; Michigan City, F. C. Miller; Seymour, Allen Swope: Vincennes, J. D. McDowell; Goshen, S. F. Spohn; Ham- > inond, Lawrence Becker; Anderson, . Frank P. Foster; Connersville, Finley > Gray; Tipton, N. S. Matz (Ind.); La- : porte, Lemuel Darrow; Brazil, John s Brays: Boonville, T. D. Sceles; Staffs'ton. Frank Smith; Montpelier, I. G. Burris. Republican. Indianapolis, Samuel Lewis Shank; ■ Fort Wayne, Jesse Grice; Marion, i John O. Wilson; Evansville, Charles F. Hellman; Crawfordsville, M. V. Wert; Franklin, William G. Oliver; Rockport, S. E. Kercheval; Winchester, Carl Thompson; Noblesville, E. ■ C. Loehr, Tipton, N. S. Matz; Princeton, D. A. Davidson; Sullivan, T. E. - Hoover; Columbus, Henry Barnaby; . Martinsville, Clinton Hastings; Leb- , anon, E. O. Rogers; Tell City, Theodore Kiefer; Madison, George F. 3 Harper; Greencastle, J. R. Miller; e Richmond, W. W. Zimmerman; DelII phi, F. H. Robinson; Greenfielfi, Ora s Meyers; Sullivan, T. E. Hoover. d Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 3.—The Ren publicans elected their candidate for >f | mayor, city clerk and municipal judge n bv small majorities. The Democrats le l elected four of the five councilmen-at-large and five of the ten ward councilmen, which gires them a 1. worktag majority in the council. Jesse n Grice, the Republican nominee for s mayor, received a majority of 912 over August M. Schmidt. J. F. Mun3 govan's plurality over former Rcpre- . tentative Willfam Freuchtenicht for city judge, by 519. D. C. Stout, Democratic nominee for city clerk, was defeated by 130 by W. T. Jeffries. Vote cast was 13,968. South Bend, Ind., Nov. 3. —Charles 'l Goetz, Democrat, was elected may!or of South Bend by a majority of I (Continued on page 2.)