Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 265, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1909 — Page 1

■plume VII, Number 265.’

Ito move Monday ■ Indiana Gas Company Will Hereafter be Located in Bowers 'Building ION MONROE STREET ■ New Room Has Been Pte- ■ pared Especially for Them and is Modern 111 The Indiana Lighting Company ■ which has had its offices in the Nib- ■ lick buildlbg just south of the Daily ■ Democrat offices, for two months past ■ ■will move Monday into the old gas ■ building on Monroe Street, where ■ they will hereafter be at home. We ■ regret to lose-Monyhan and his as- ■ sistants as neighbors, but realise the ■ fact that their location was only tem- ■ porary, while Mr. Bowers was remod- ■ -eling tha permanent place. The new ■ building is -certainly a modern, and ■ convenient one, built for the gas ot- ■ flee and arranged to meet every re- ■ qulrement. New furniture and fix- ■ tures will add to the appearances and ■ the Decatur public will be well treated ■ when they call there. The company ■is growing in a business way each ■■day. Scarcely an hour passes that ■ they do not receive an order for the ■ Installation of this great artifical fuel ■ and another year will find the gas ■ in practically every home in Decatur. ■ Merchants on the court house corner ■ will miss the lights which the In- ■ diana company have had in front of ■ the#r P lace and this may be a sug ‘ ’■gestion to them that such a light in M front of the stores would add greatly ■To appearance and would cost but a ■ very little. , ■ THE WORK IS ABOUT COMPLETE ■ improvements at the Methodist Church are About Completed. i The frescoing of the Methodist ■ church is now in the 'ompleting ■'stages, and the designs are handsome ■ nnd the work throughout is being ■freely commented upon by all those ■ who have seen it. The woodwork is ■ yet to clean and varnish, a new car- ■ pet goes into the auditorium and then ■ the congregation is ready to move ■ back and be at home once more. The B Improvements including the heating ■ plant will cost several thousand dol■lars and will make a decided change ■in the appearance of this house of ■ worship. o— — GAVE ANOTHER RECITAL Another musicale at the academy Hos the sisters of St. Agnes was held ■on Thursday afternoon in which the ■ pupils of the second and third grades ■ took part. The program was opened ■by Master Harold Kirsch, who played ■his part well, entitled, “The Forest ■Home March,” and who received ■ great applause. Norbert Holthouse ■ was next and rendered the "Charge ■ of the Light Brigade.” Ervin Murray I followed with the “Midnight Fire ■ Alarm." These two received high ■ praise from their teacher for the iri- |: terest they took in music, and the ■ progress they have made in the last B month. Omer Niblick gave a very ■ pretty and interesting piece entitled ■ “When You and I Were Young, Maggie.” Raymond Keller then gave ■’•The Charge of the Light Brigade,” ■ followed by Eugene Bremerkamp who ■ also produced a beautiful piece. A | recital similar to this will be given ■every Thursday, so as to be in the ■ best condition possible for the enter- | tainment which will be given on the ■thirty-first of December. The sisters ■ are receiving many compliments for ■the number of scholars they have ■completed in this line and the thorfc ourghness of their work. — o— — THE WAY TO GET A DEPOT K Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. G. Judge ■John F. McClure, of the Indiana rail- ■ Toad commission, has anounced that ■the Baltimore & Ohio railroad Is preto make extensive renewals If and additions to its property at Nan c panee, Elkhart county, on petition ol E •hippers and citizens of that place R The petition, as filed with the comL mission, asks for a new passenget F station, new freight depot, new stock yards and a change of passenger ser- | 'vice to give the resident of the town the use of fast trains.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

GRAND THEATER WAS CROWDED The LaDelle Sisters Proved a Big Drawing Card—Hundreds There. Hundreds of people visited the Grand theater last evening, that place lof amusement being packed contlnj uously from seven o’clock until after Besides a splendid picture show, and besides good music, Mr. Bosse, .who is again in charge of the house, offered a special inducement in the , way of the LaDelle sisters, who did a clever song and dance which greatly pleased the many who witnessed the act. These girls are good and but few of their friends realized the talent they have until last night. A few nights like last evening would make the picture Show business a. ’ dandy. tl o A GOOD ADDRESS The Ban Should be Put on Religion and Politics in r i the Public Schools ( A GREAT MEETING i' ! State Superintendent Aley t Addresses the State Meeting J Indianapolis, Nov. 6. —Religion and f politics should not be given consider- - ation in the selection of school sui perintendents, declared Robert J. r Aley, state superintendent of public 1 instruction, in his address before the association of city and town super* intendents and the school boards of - Indiana, in joint session at the Claypool Hotel, yesterday afternoon. “Ev1 ery school teacher should have both,’’ he said, “but often school boards, having preference for persons whose 1 political and religious ideas are in ? harmony with theirs, select the wrong a person for the place. An improve- , ment on the present system would be to abolish the large school boards,” 8 said Dr. Aley. “Large boards con--8 taminate or simply dodge responsibility, while it is impossible for the 1 smaller boards to do other than that P which is required of them. Then 0 there is the problem of financing the 5 schools. The board should exercise excellent business judgment in order 8 to get the best results.” Referring f to the relation of the school board to a school, Dr. Aley said: "The [closest relation a school board shoulJ have to a school is through the su--1 perintendent, whose power to decide T questions that come under his jusisdiction should be absolute. The ine terference of school boards with ass fairs that concern the superintendent d generally causes rupture with disas--1 trous effect.” In his address on t school sanitation, Dr. J. N'. Hurty, I secretary of the state board of health, 0 advocated the institution of a per--0 feet hygiene system in the public y -schools of the state. The plan was ® that for the treatment of all diseases II by specialists to receive pay for their * services. A short discussion followe No action was taken. t o ■" > ■— — - y WILL MAKE APPLICATION d '• Adam Richey Intends to Apply for e Liquor License. o Adam Richey, of Craigville, was in the city this morning and went to the n office of his attorneys, Mock & Sons, .. [ to make arrangements for the filing of e application for a liquor license, in s order that he might run a saloon in r Craigville. George Mock, attorney, e said this afternoon that the legal ad- - vertisement would be started next week. This will allow three weeks for the advertisement before the meet" ilng of the county commissioners in December. Evidently Adam means e ; business, as he had gone to the ex- -- [ pense 'of employing attorneys and it apparently intends to go to the ex- !- ipense of running his advertisement, s To get another remonstrance in Lan- > caster township the workers have to >f start soon. The remonstrance has j. to be filed the Friday before the i- [ meeting of the commissioners the r following Monday. The remonstrance k way is the only means that the 11- - fcense can be stopped now, as it is n too late to stop it by a local option election now—Bluffton Banner.

TO BE BIG ISSUE — Extravagance in Governmental Expenditures to Be Issue IS TALKED" ABOUT It May Lay in the Shade the Tariff or Currency Issues Washington, November 6. —Public ( men are expressing the view that the big issue in the next national campaign will not be the tariff, currency | reform, or the stricter regulation of I corporations, but extravagance in governmental expenditures. The topic is already looming up large. The I -waste of public money must be checked. Os course this waste is not confined to the federal government; states, counties and municipalities, have been spending money riotously. Possibly the country < may see the r campaign in favor of economy, signs i of the approach of which are plainly I visible, extend down through all the subdivisions of government. Naturally the party in power at the national capital will be the target of the people's wrath if they do make up their minds to strike at the apparent ■ gross extravagance in the adminisI tration of federal affairs. Just now the Republican leaders are displaying i plenty of good intentions with respect to the situation. And yet they are • saying that it may no be possible to • kqep thej appropriations down. i Chairman Tawney, of the house com- ■ mittee on appropriations, may be t counted on to do his part. He has ■ been sounding an alarm for the last -two years. During his visit here last ’ week he’ scanned the estimates pre- . pared by the various departments, s. and gave notice that further cuts ‘ must be made. As an object lesson r he has had the clerks of his commit- ■ tee prepare a statement showing the ? growth of appropriations for the last ’ thirty years. This exhibit shows that ■j the jump in federal expenditures - really began in 1896, when the ReJ publican party chuje into control of t' all the departments of the federal i' government. The appropriations for 5 that year, everything included, s amounted to $457,088,344.72. Fifteen r 1 years later, or for the present fiscal < year, the appropriations amount to 1 [ $1,044,401,857.12. Here then, are the 0 figures of the appropriations commit--1 tee showing that it is costing twice -' as mucly to run the federal govem- » ment as it did fifteen years ago. i- o • FILES QUEER CASE [- —w 1 . Former Portland Man Demands $15,000 Damages ' from a Groceryman s r - FOR DEATH OF WIFE Says Gasoline Was Placed r in Coal Oil Can Causing Terrible Accident i e , L. E. Hahn, now of Union City, j (but formerly of Portland, has filed a rather unusual suit in the Jay circuit n j court in which he asks for $15,000 ’, damages from G. H. Smith, a Portl- land grocer. Just exactly two years t ago today, Mrs. Hahn ordered some s 1 gasoline from the Smith grocery. The "' man who delivered it made a mistake n and placed the gasoline in the recep--8 \tacle in which coal oil was kept. An - hour later Mrs. Hahh wishing to I [start a fire in the sitting room stove :- went to get some oil. Instead she :. Brew out gasoline and when she - [.started the fire a terrible explosion o followed in which she lost her life, i [ Mr. Hahn was badly burned in trying e 'to sav<r her life and now after two > years he asks that he be remunerated e[in the sum of $15,000. Smith the - grocer, says his defense will be that s ( lhe man who delivered the gasoline n was ordered by a member of the Hahn (Continued on page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, November 6, 1009.

LUCKY IN LAND DRAWING ( Captain Boltz of Bluffton, It Among the Lucky Ones. Captain Boltz, agent at the L. E. & W. Allroad station tn this city, was a successful drawer in the land lottery In Dakota, he receiving informa-, tion that his number of 15,000 would entitle him to a farm. As all of the survey has not been made yet the land agent stated at that time he ' ■ would not be told where he would get i his land, but further information witn maps would be sent sometime be- ' tween now and March 1. The land drawing was held Oct. 26. This was the date of the birthday anniversary of the captain and it was because he thought that his birthday date might be a lucky one that he registered. Carl Bonham had a number a little over 11,000 and may also get some i land.—Bluffton Banner. < — < OFFICIAL PROGRAM ■ For the Sunday School Con- < vention to Be Held ( Here Next Week [ i BEGINS WEDNESDAY i [ ] A Number of Talented ' * -1 Speakers Included in the ■ Various Sessions , I The official program for the annual' j session of the Adams County Sun-;. day School convention which will be 1 held in this city next Wednesday and [ Thursday is as follows: Wednesday Evening Session Presbyterian Church, 7:15 o’clock. Song service. Devotional, Rev. E. R. Roop. Music. Address, Mrs. M. J. Baldwin, Supt. Elementary Grades, Indiana S. S. Association. Music. Address, Rev. E. W. Halpenny, Gan. Secy. Indiana S. S. Association. Offering. Closing song and benediction. Thursday Morning Session Church of Christ. 8:30, social hour. ‘9:00, devotional, Rev. Imler. “Spiritual Needs of the Sunday School." (a) Consecrated Teachers, Rev. C. P. Maas. (b) Sanctified Punctuality, C. L. Walters. (c) Missionary Enthusiasm, C. J. Lutz. (d) Everyday Application, Howard Wisehaupt. 9:55, song. 10:00 The Elementary Grades, Mrs. Baldwin. i 10:30, The Adult Bible Class, Rev. E. W. Halpenny. 11:15, Appointment of Committees. 11:30. Adjournment. Thursday Afternoon Session Church of Christ. 1:00, Special Session Teacher Training Dept., in charge of Rev. J. W. Kltewer, County Teacher Training Secretary. 1:30, Song Service and Devotional, ' Rev. J. H. McNary. 2:00, Reports from County Officers. 2:20, Reports from Township Presidents. 2:40, Roll Call by Townships. Special Music. 3:00, Our Pledge to the State Extension Fund: special music. 4:15, Closing Song and Benediction. 4:30, Special meeting with Mrs. Bald- ' win, for primary workers. 1 Thursday Evening Session '■ M. E. Church, 7:15 o’clock. i Song Service. . j Devotional, Rev. C. J. Graves. i' Special Music. , I Reports of Committees. , Ten Minute Talks by ten Speakers. ’ Song, Mennonite Male Choir, Berne. . Offering. I L ' Address, “Bi>le Study by Books,” Dr. ,| Henry T. Sell, D. D., Fort Wayne. , Song, Mennonite Male Choir. ’ ' Closing Song and Benediction. ; — o MARRIED THIS AFTERNOON James H. Smith performed a wed--1 ding ceremony this afternoon the con- ' fmeting parties being Joseph FenI .stermaker and Miss Mary Christman, one of the well known citizens there, t The newly wedded couple are well s known young people and have many i friends who will wish them all kinds | of happiness.

LUCKY IN LAND DRAWING

SWARTZ REUNION Family Gathering Held aY Van Wert Last Sunday Was Happy Event — GUESTS FROM HERE List of Those Present Included a Number from Adams County J. W. Swartz, a prominent citizen, residing in the west end of our city, on Shannon street, was on last Sunday a victim of one of the most pleas-1 ant and agreeable soefal events that has occurred this season. The oc- i casion was wrought by Jesse A. I Swartz of Decatur, Ind., a nephew of: Mr. Swartz and by Jacob A. Swartz, of Cedar Springs, Mich., a brother of Mr. Swartz, it being in the nature of an old time surprise party. The principal feature of the occasion was the meeting of the two brothers, who have been absent from each other for a number of years, and in saying the least, the meeting was certainly a happy one and will always be remembered by those that were present. The large delegation arrived at ■the home of Mr. Swartz about eleven o’clock all being well equipped with well filled baskets of dainty good things and a sumptuous dinner was served. Those that were present included all of Mr. Swartz's children and others which were as follows: Jacob Swartz and daughter Verda, of Cedar Springs, Mich.; Curtis Swartz, of Wren; Charley Swartz and wife, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Molly Swarts, Frank Johnson and wife, Jesse A. Swartz and wife, Mrs. James Archbold, Gradie Light and wife and Homer Elzey, all of Decatur, Ind. day was spent in social chatting, and a good time was had by all present. At a late hour in the afternoon each and everyone expressed themselves as being glad for being present at this particular reunion and as desir-

ing a repetition of such a gathering each succeeding year. After congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Swartd for their kind hospitality, all except Jacob Swartz and daughter Verda, re- [ turned to their respective homes. Jacob Swartz and daughter will remain in our city with his brother ' a few days and will then go over to Lima, where they will visit relatives and old acquaintances. From there they will resume their journey and will go back to Decatur, where they will continue their visit a few days with Jesse A. Swartz, his nephew, and will then depart for their home in Cedar Springs, Mich.—Van, Wert Bulletin. o —

THE SAFE IS HERE Safe for the Auditor’s Office Arrived Here Yes- « • terday i i STILL COLLECTING 1 Delinquent Taxes Now Be- * < ing Paid —The Tax Duplicates

t The new safe for the auditor’s of- , flee has arrived and Schug Bros, who s have the contract have been notified, s ' t and it is likely that they will be here I Monday and place the safe in the ( office according to the contract with , the county at the titae the sale was' made. The old safe and which has • done duty there for so long, will go 1 jto the office of the recorder, where it will continue to serve in the public offices of the county. All the important records and papers will now be safely housed and the new safe will find plenty of use i*n its new home. The employees at the treasurer’s office are now busy doing bhsiness i with the few delinquents that failed ,' to come to the scratch before the day . . Los penalty. Many of them have been I in since and made settlement, and the r few others will have_ to come across. ; The number is not large and the col-I (Continued on Page Two) n

ACCEPTS PLACE AT THE BANK [ H. L. Conter Now on Duty at the First National Banking House. Herman L. Conter, the well known ’ ice cream manufacturer, has accepted I a position at the First National bank i where he will serve as an assistant [cashier for several months at least. He began his duties today and seems . very much at home hi his new job, i' in fact he is as he spent a number of years at this work in the west and is one of the best bookkeepers and banking men in the couiitr’y. Mr. Thomas Durkins, who has been employed at the bank for several years, has resigned, and this made it necessary to secure more help and Mr. Conter was tendered and accepted the , place. . LAST SALOON GONE | — Nickel Plate Did a Big Business and is Now Out of Business 1 THIRSTY ARE DRY 1 I The Effect Will be Watched by Those Who Study Such Problems Adams county is dry. Decatur is dry. So is every town an<> township I I in the entire county. At eleven | o’clock last night, Joe Tonnellier turned the key on his place of business, better known as the Nickel Plate, and this city became dry. I Many have wondered how- it would seem to have a community in which ' there is not a single saloon and now 'you have the real thing. During the past few days the last saloon did an enormous business. Last night a squad of a dozen bar tenders worked as hard as they could and then could ,

not wait on those anxious to quech their thirst. It has been a long number of years, since one could not buy a drink In Decatur, but such is the case absolutely- now, at least so far as is known. A year ago we supported fifteen saloons and three boti tling houses. Now they are all out of business. What the result will be will be watched with interest by j those men who carefully weigh such j ■ affairs and a year will tell how a dry town compares with a wet one. 1 In other towns in this locality opinion is divided as to whether or not the change has been a good one. What will it be here? Upon the sentiment of the people depends the fact whether or not another local option

election will be held at the expiration of the two years. o — LEAVE FOR MICHIGAN Fred LaDelle and Family Will be Absent five Weeks. Fred LaDelle and his family includcluding the son Clifford, and the daughters Mildred and Hazel, left this morning over the Grand Rapids and Indiana for Grand Rapids, Mich., where they open a week's engagement Monday. They have signed for five weeks on the Michigan vaudeville circuit, making all the principal cities of that state. They have the offer for contracts in Chicago, Milwaukee and the northwest but Mr. LaDelle says he does not think they will make that trip. They expect

to be back here after the five weeks,' ’ will take part in the big Elks min- , strel on the evening of January Ist jand will then make a tour through j the south, returning here about March Ist and starting on the same trip through the west which they made this year. They are acknowledged to be the greatest magic , family on the road and are making good in great shape. - —o OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS Rolla Crozier is at the Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne. Rolla Crozier of Union township, is | at the Lutheran hospital in Fortj Wayne, where Wednesday he under-, went, an operation for appendicitis, | Dr. Duemling performing the opera-1 tion It was in every way a success , 'and It is thought that Mr. Crozier will ( | rapidly recover. He is twenty-three i years old and for a year has been sickj i hut now is expected to be as strong ever again.

Price Two Cents

LAST DAY OF TERM A Week’s Vacation Follows and the November Term Opens November 15 EVERHART DIVORCE Was Granted Today—Five New Cases Have Been Filed—Other Items The September term of the Adams circuit court closes today and the session was a rather busy one. The November term opens November 15th, with a one week’s vacation between. Schurger & Smith filed a new case entitled Frederick E. Gnepper et al. ,vs. Oliver Deen et al, partition of real estate. Leota Ross vs. Homer Randebush, breach of promise, demurrer overruled. In the case of Martha J. Everhart vs. Perry J. Everhart, heard yesterday and in which there was much sensational testimony, the court granted the plaintiff a decree for divorce, also alimony in the sum of $1,775 payable SSOO thirty days, SSOO Bn sixty days and $775 in ninety days. Eli W. Steele vs. Isaac Robison, foreclosure of chattie mortgage, judgment tor $140.85. In the Sophia Conrad et al petition for drain, the commissibners were granted until first day of next term to file report. D. N. Erwin, guardian for Grace Freang vs. Christena Niblick et al, report filed showing sale of propertyon First street to Charles S. Niblick for $1,820. Sale approved, deed ordered. Fred Bracht et al, petition for drain, viewers report approved; drain ordered constructed; assigned to Orval Harruff D. E. Smith allowed $175 to be paid by superintendent. MMton S. Hilpert vs. Leota B. Gottschall, to change order of court, motion to dismiss for want of prosecution sustained. Calvin Miller vs. George E. McKean, et al, D. D. Heller appointed 1 special judge and assumed jurisdici tion. Abraham Debolt to Susan Debolt, 40 acres in Union township, $3,000, is Xhe only transfer recorded today. The jury commissioners have been ordered to draw the names of six resident freeholders and householders to serve as grand jurymen to appear Monday, November 15th. The jury commissioners were also ordered to select a petit jury to appear the third Monday of the November term. A marriage license was issued to 1 Henry R. Kuntz 24, a farmer of Wabash township, and Erma-E. Bucher 18, a seamstress, Wabash township. Within an hour late Friday afternoon, four new cases were filed in 1 the Adams circuit court, none of them . however being of very great impor- ' tance. J. C. Sutton was the attorney ’ in two of the cases, the first being entitled Francis M. Cottrell vs. Amos

W. Vance and Jesse A. Buckmaster, suit on note, demand $85.00; another was the Old Adams County Bank vs. Hlpmer Ik Loet*, Jhcob I Atz and Charles Steele, note, demand $100; t Dore B. Erwin as attorney for plaintiff filed a petition for a drain, , beginning in Union township and extending over into Allen county and ayecting quite a number of farm owni ers. The fourth case was a suit on [ account, Albert N. Steele and George I Steele vs. Roman A. Johns, demand sllO, with Hooper & Lenhart as at- | torneys for the plaintiff. I The present term of court has been an unsually heavy one and Judge Merryman and Clerk Haefling are very giad to have a Week’s vacation. During the September term, eightytwo cases were disposed of, seventythree being civil suits and nine criminal cases. A marriage license was issued Sat(Continued on page 2.)