Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 274.

I BEGAN HIS DUTIES - • I John D. Hale Attended His , First Session as a City Councilman I A REGULAR SESSION North Second Street Must Be Repaired or Suits on Bonds Will Follow John D. Hale, appointed to fill out the unexpired time of the late Anson Van Camp and also the councilmanelect to serve during the next fouri years beginning January 3rd, did his , first official work in that line when | | he attended the regular meeting of | the city “dads." He filed his certificate of election and was sworn In. All members of the council were present and Mayor France presided. A resolution carried providing that the clerk be ordered to give notice to bidders for two weeks that on December 7th, bids will be received for the construction of a sidewalk where needed from Mrs. M. Burdg corner of Mercer avenue to High street, at th» expense of the property owners. As. sistant fire chief, W. H. Ward, was. present and asked that 500 feet of, new |hose -be matter was referred to the purchaa- I ing committee with power to act. The mayor appointed Mr. Hale, the new councilman as chairman of the purchasing committee, also of the water, works committee and a member of the judiciary. Lewis Bracht, a resident of west Monroe street, asked to be allowed the use of city water on a flat rate, refusing to buy a meter, and the question was referred to the water works committee. An offer from the Kalver junk company to buy the stack iron and scrap at the city plant, accumulated during the installation there of new machinery And boilers, was accepted at $8.50 per ton, this not including any of the old boilers or machinery. J. | S. Bowers asked for a water plug near his property on north First street, also one at the packing house, also complaining that some action would have to be taken to prevent the water backing up in the Bowers alley sewer which empties on his land and overflowing. Complaints were filed by citizens living along north Second street that the street is in bad shape and needs repairs. The city attarney was accordingly authorized to notify the interurban company and Woods and Haugk the contractors to repair same at once and If not done to begin action on the bods. The following bills were allowed: O. L. Vance, insp ~...537.90 John Lose, insp 37.91 Samuel Butler, insp 3885 Clover Leaf Ry < 107123 Lord Elec Co 17125 Natural Carbon Co 4 <. ■ ■> A. & C. Stone Co.. 17 - 50 Tibbals Coal Co 33194 I Johp Bollinger 176129 , Julius Haugk 28 93 j Frank Krick, insp 37 90 L. G. Ellingham 3860 Ft Wayne Elec Works 60.1 t, 5 Cl 1 D. F. Teeple n | W. R. Burkhead 9 75 . Water works pay roti 35 2:1 Sunday Creek Coal Co 25 8? Indiana Refining Co B *-J D. F. Teeple 47 R. S. Peterson, elec. c0m.... 10 nfr D. N. Erwin, elec com ionn H. S. Steele, election insp.... 40 50 C. U. Dorwin, pay roll 28 5(1 Reuben Breiner 10 00 C. & E. Ry. Co 24631 Peter Kirsch 22185 Henry Shults 600 9 O'.) John Coots C. J. Voglewede 3290 L. C. Helm, fire chief pay roll 87.50 -'O’' — — UNDERWENT OPERATION Clark Spahr went to Eort Wayne j this morning, where he will make a , visit with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Spahr, who on yesterday morning underwent an operation at the Hope hospital for the removal of gall ■ stones. The operation seems to have j been a successful one in all respects . and unless something unforseen sets in she will soon be restored to her for- ( mer good health. She has been suffer ( ing fro mthis cause for the past two months and an operation was the , only way to obtain relief.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

APPOINTED DEANS IN DISTRICTS The Rt. Rev. Bishop Alerding Makes Appointments. The Rt. Rev. Blehop Alerding, D.D., of the diocese of Fort Wayne, has issued to the clergy of the diocese a letter announcing the appointment of»deans*for the South Bend and Logansport districts. The Rev. Louis A. Moensch, rector of St. Joseph's church at Mishawaka, has been appointed dean of the South Bend district, whirh comprises the counties of Elkhart, Kosciusko, Lapofto, Marshall, St. Joseph and Starke. He succeeds the Rev. John Bleckmann, who died in September. The Rev. John H. Gunedltng, rector of St. Charles' church at Peru, will be the new dean of the Logansport district, comprising the counties of Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Howard, Jasper, Miami, Newton, Pulaski, W%bash and White, jHe succeeds the late k Rev. Bernard Groeger.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ge-zette. better Than man Washington University Man Trying to Prove Chimpanzees Superiority MANY EXPERIMENTS Prof. Shepherd Believes Man Sprang from Highly Developed Monkey Is a chimpanzee man's superior? He is in some respects at least, according to Prof. W. T. Shepherd, of George Washington university, who has been conducting minute scientific investigations here with a troop of eleven of the little animals. Prot. Shepherd asserts that the monkey is endowed with greater faculties for 'perception, sensation and memory than man. The beast is far from attaining the level of man when it comes to reason, judgment and imagination. “While my experiments of the past few months have conclusively demonstrated that the monkey is superior to a human being so far as the lower animal faculties are concerned," said Prof. Shepherd, “I hesitate to believe that the little animal will ever be able to approach the high standard of mentality of man. By this I mean that the monkey never can attain the highest men- . tai faculties, such as exercising I judgment and reason. However, nature, and nature alone, will be able to improve the brain, whether it be the brain of man or monkey. I believe, like Darwin, that the human race sprang from the monkey, or a higher developed animal of this species. That is, the physical form of man undoubtedly can be traced |to (the /monkey. Experiments with the dog an(l cat nave sllown t 0 my satisfaction that the monkey is suiperior in many ways to either of ,these animals. For instance, I arranged a test that I might observe the amount of intelligence displayed by the three animals, and the monkey carried off honors. I placed a stick in a piece of meat and put it within a few inches of a cage in which a monkey reposed. The animal could not reach the meat, but he could touch the stick. Without 'a moment's hesitation the little fellow grasped the stick and hauled the meat into his cage. The same experiment was worked on a cat and dog. but each of these animals failed to see the usefulness of the stirjj. They reached and clawed for rhe meat, but the fact that it might le obtained by moving the stick never occurred to them.” Prof. Shepherd is now busily engaged 'writing a treatise on his experiments. Meanwhile assistants are still further studying the animals, inventing new tests to determine their relative I plane, and trying to “civilize” them. - — —-o —— — important meeting of g. a. r. There will be an important meeting of the Sam Henry Post, G. A. R. at 1 the post hall tomorrow. Thursday 'evening at which time will occur the 'nomination of officers to serve during 'the ensuing year. It is very important that all members who can posisibly do so be present at this meeting. R- D. Patterson, Commander. ' > *' '■ ' . ?

CAUGHT THE THEIF Two Farmers Follow Man Who Stole Chickens and Land Him Near Poe ALSO HAD HORSE Men Pulled Gun on Him and He Gave Up—Taken to Fort Wayne Jail Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 17. —At the end of a chase of twenty-six and a half miles over the public roads south of the city a fellow giving the name of C. H. Hughey and his address as 501 west Main street, was captured two and a half miles south of Poe by Arthur Hyser and John Prince along with five of Hyser’s turkeys and a horse and buggy he had stolen from George G. Schoep, who lives a short distance south of the county infirmary. Deputy Sheriffs Courdevey and Schaenefeld went out yesterday and brought the entire outfit to the city and lodged Hughey in the county jail. The chase was an exciting one and at no time were the selfconstituted officers more than threequarters of a mile behind their man but he eluded them and kept out o’ their clutches for several hours ana finally abandoned his rig. Hughey made a fatal mistake when he doubled back to Hyser’s and gave the pursuing party a chance to get a fresh horse. About one o’clock this morning Hyser heard somebody at his turkey roost and got up to find that a rig was being driven away with a number of his choicest fowls stowed ■in the buggy. He dressed, got his shotgun, wakened up Prince and in 'a short time they were in hot pursuit. Hughey kept dogding about and turnling and twisting about all over the ' southwestern corner of the county land went over the Wells line. He was in Sheldon, at the road house | south of Fort Wayne and then made 'another break to get away through Wells county but his horse was fagjged and at last he jumped out of his j buggy and took to the fields. Hyser : leveled his gun at Hughey and he | threw up his hands and said he had no weapon of any kind—not even a pocket knife. He was taken to Poe and the sheriff was called. In the meantime Schoeph had notified the officers that a sorrel mare and a buggy had been stolen some time during the night from his farm and cards were prepared and were being sent out offering a reward for the return of the outfit. The deputy sheriffs had been told to be on the lookout and when they saw the horse and buggy they knew that they had rounded up the horse thief along with Hyser’s turkeys. INSANITY INQUEST Was Held this Morning Upon the Person of John H. Elston, Well Known HAS BECOME VIOLENT Has to Be Guarded Constantly to Prevent Him Injuring Himself An insanity inquest was held this morning on John H. Elston, an exsoldier and one of the best known citizens of St. Marys township. The board consisted of Squire James H. Stone and Drs. S. D. Beavers and J. Miller. After hearing the evidence, including that by the physician who has attended the unfortunate man, Dr. S. K. Christy of Willshire, they recommended that Mr. Elston bo placed in the asylum for the Insane at Richmond. The patient has been in poor health for some time and aside from the mind trouble is afflicted with epilepsy. For several months he has been violent and it has been necessary to guard him coustantly to prevent him from doing injury to himself or others. He imagines he is in battle and has many other jjueeer hallucinations. He is sixty-six years old and has lived in St. Marys town(Continued on page 2.)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 17, 1909.

REAL RAID IN ILLINOIS TOWN Seventeen Men Fined an Aggregate of $11,425. Belvidere, 111., Nov. 16. —Seventeen keepers of soft drink places wore fined an aggregate of $11,425 and each received a jail sentence of from thirty to ninety days, for selling intoxicating drinks, here today. This is said to be the largest total of fines ever imposed for similar offences in a single sitting of a court. The jail sentences are to be suspended if the fines are paid, but only six took advantage of thia and eleven are now confined in the county jail. The city voted “dry" eighteen months ago, but this is said to be the first day that it has been absolutely “dry.” The loss of the money formerly paid for saloon licenses has placed the city in such a financial position that part of the street lighting system will be eliminated. I BRAVEDTHESTORM Many Faced Blizzard Last Evening to Hear Evangelist Thompson DAMNATION BY FAITH Tonight “Religion. What is It? How Do You Keep it?” the Subject Those by whom the blizzard was braved enjoyed a great spiritual blessing last night at the Church of Christ. A few of the chorus were absent but the others and some new ones, made grand music. Miss Maud ■ Cawley sang a solo which was very appropriate to the occasion. “Damnation by Faith” was Evangelist Thompson's theme and you must study the text II Thes. 4:11-12, to properly understand the subject. The speaker said: There are many strong delusions in the world today. Fortune telling is one of them. He told his experience in the <?ity of Pine Bluff, Ark., when an old negress had predicted its destruction. He related an amusing story of the fellow who believed himself to be transformed into a mouse, which ludicrously illustrated how far imagination can ' carry us. It is a fatal mistake or I delusion to think there is any means or way of salvation except through . the authoritative doctrine of the church of the Most High God and j when a man trusts a lodge or any other institution for eternity he will j be lost. Don't think I am against the lodge, declared the evangelist. I am a lodge man and believe I know its purpose on earth. The lodge is human; the church is divine. The lodge is exclusive, none but good, moral, honest ffien can escape the black ball; the church is universal, the bums, the thugs, the riff raff, the reprobate and the prostitute are welcomed. loved and assisted. The lodge cares only for the body and its temporal needs; the church nurtures the soul and prepares it for eternity. There was one more convert, a splendid young man. Evangelist. Thompson has fully recovered from a brief illness and announces his subject tonight will be "Religion: What is it, How do you get it? How do you keep it?” BURIED ON LAST EVENING Ottis Fickle Died and Was Buried Last Evening. Ottis Fickle of near Bobo who died yesterday morning from scarlet fever was buried last evening, the interment being private. The family have been battling with this contagious disease for two weeks, another child now being on the road to recovery, and the physician hopes that no more fatalities will occur. Every precaution Is being taken to prevent the further spread of the disease and it is hoped they have succeeded. o The mine horror in Illinois, at Cherryville, is the worst in the history of the United States. Nearly four hundred lives were lost, 1,000 or more children rendered fatherless and hundreds of women made widows.

LAND A CONTRACT Decatur Foundry, Furnace and Machine Company Will Furnish Machinery FOR NEW ELEVATOR Also Have Several Other Contracts and the Future Looks Very Bright The Decatur Foundry, Furnace & Machine company have landed the contract to furnish all the materia! necessary for fitting up the new and modern Niblick company elevator. Including in the contract are three Fairbanks-Morse motors, which will operate the machinery, also the cleaners, the belting, shafting, pulleys and all the machinery for the big elevator and ' the automatic scales, which will have a capacity of 1500 bushels per hour. The work on the elevator is progressing. The foundation will be completed this week and the work on the building will begin at once and will be completed in sixty days. The foundry and furnace company are also progressing and are starting off with a rush of business far beyond the expectations of those in charge. They have secured orders for four hand and power elevators to be installed at various places, also the contract for the castings for the Hanna-Brecken-bridge company at Fort Wayne, and a large contract for manhole covers and sewer castings for a Toledo firm. The lathes and planers, radial drill, wood scraper and other machinery have arrived and have been installed and they are now turning out goods in a real business manner. They have secured the services of Jacob Tester, a first class machinist and installer of motors, elevators, etc., also’ of the Schnitz brothers, expert machinists and a good foundry fore--1 man, who with an able and large I corps of assistants are able to turn I out any kind of castings or take care of any work of any kind. They expect to do all lines of foundry w’ork and will turn out structural steel I beams, bridge iron and will meet any concern in the Country in competition. They will secure the services of an expert boiler maker and .will be able to serve threshermen in | the repair of boilers, engines, etc. They will erect a building of ample capacity to take care of this branch of the work and will buy and sell second hand machinery of every description and carry a supply of belting, shafting, couplings, cables and all special machinery. They will use only good mechanics and thus will secure a large patronage through honest and square dealings.

DECEMBER FOURTH The County Teachers Association Will Meet on That Day I THE SCHOOL WORK 1 Much Progress Being Made I and Large Attendance I ( Reported The county # teachers' association , will have their meeting in this city , on December 4. Heretofore the meetings have been held on the last Saturday in this month, but on account: of Thanksgiving the date was changed this year until one week later. A program is now being prepared and the meeting promises to be one of the best ever held. The place of meeting has not been decided upon but later announcements will be made, so that every teacher in the county will know where and when the meeting will be held. The scarlet fever is now < thought to be a thing of the past in this city the precaution taken by the school ■ board and other school officials per- ’ haps saved the day and prevented an ' epidemic which might have closed I s the schools for some time. , I (Continued on page 2.)

WILL VISIT MANY SCHOOLS State Superintendent to Offer Some Recommendations. Jmilanapdlis Js'ov. T 7t. — |l,. Aley, state superintendent of public instruction, stated yesterday that he expects to have some recommendation for the betterment of the schools of Indiana when he completes the round of visits he has mapped out for the different counties of the state. Dr. Aley states that he is not ready to say what any of the recommendations will be, as he has not visited enough schools of different sections to have formed an idea which can be taken as true of all the schools. “I am trying to observe and absorb," said Dr. Aley, “and am not trying to mold the schools in any prescribed formula un'ess to secure greater attention to the individual needs of each pupil.’’ MAY INVESTIGATE Speaker Cannon’s Collusion With New York Democrats NATIONAL MEETING Association of Railway Commissioners Are Meeting Washington, November 17—Representative Herbert Parsons will make no particular effort to have his j charge that Speaker Cannon was in collusion with certain Tammany Democrats and upstate Republican leaders during the rules fight, investigated by congress. He said so today, and he added that he saw no reason why his determination should be changed between now and the opening of the session. This does not mean that Mr. Parsons is at all perturbed at the idea of an investigation. In fact, he said he would welcome a thorough airing of the numerous rumors that pervaded the capital after Speaker Cannon and his organization were successful last spring. He said he was confident that he had enough evidence to convince congress that the speaker saved hie rules by a deal with Tammany and certain Republican leaders from New York stat?. “I made the charge as emphatic as possible,” said Mr. Parsons today, “and I am more than ever convinced of its truth. I heard from various sources before congress adjourned last summer that such a deal had been made, but I had no absolute confirmation of it until the recent municipal campaign began. Washington, November 17. —William J. Wood, of the Indiana railroad commission who is attending the annual convention of the National Association of Railway Commissioners in this city, says he will make an effort to get the national association to memorialide the legislatures of the various states to enace such legislation on the subject of grade crossings and trespassing on railroads as will greatly decrease the number of accidents throughout the country and prevent loss of life. Mr. Wood, as chairman of the committee on grade crossings and trespassing on railroads, has incorporated in his report copies of the bills he had introduced in the Indiana legislature on both subjects. These bills failed to pass, but the Indiana commissioner will press them again next year.

AN INTERESTING MEETING The Men’s Club of the Presbyterian Church Enjoy Pleasant Evening. The Men’s Club of the Presbyterian church met last evening at the church parlors and a very interesting pro-j gram was rendered which made the evening a very pleasant one. Prof. ! Rice and C. L. Walters were the speakers of the evening and delivered very interesting talks which _were. appreciated by those in attendance. ■ After a few remarks were given * t social good time was enjoyed by all. f The next meeting was set for De- l cember the twenty-third and not v I only members of the club are invited j ft but an invitation to the men outside n of the congregation is extended. 'n

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HELD AN ELECTION Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows Now in Session THE MEMBERSHIP Two Hundred and EightyFive Encampments in the State Indianapolis, Nov. 17.—The annual session of the grand encampmet of the Indiana Odd Fellows opened yesterday in the assembly room of the Odd Fellows building with representatives from all parts of the state in attendanoe. The encampment ended its work with the election of officers shortly before 5:30 o’clock last evening and today the grand lodge will begin a two days" session. J. A. Andrews of River Vale, Ind., who was elected grand junior warden for the coming year, won his office after three ballots had. been taken. He bad a dozen of his brethren in the encampment opposing him for the place and the voting was spirited. The office of grand junior warden leads to the post of grand representative in the sovereign grand lodge, an dit is a much sought place at each recurring session of the Odd Fellows. The other officers elected were: Grand representative, H. J. McSheeny, Logansport. Frand Patriarch, W. H. Tabor, Terre Houte. Grand High Priest, H. W. Hodson, Martinsville. Grand Senior Warden. W. J. ■Hughes, Alexandria. Grand Junior Warden, J. A. An1 drews. River Vale. j Grand Scribe, W. H. Leedy, Indianapolis. ■ Grand Treasurer, J. M. Lang, Sullivan. I Grand Trustee, S. P. Stroup, Shelbyville. Immediately after the election the new officers were installed by John B. Cockrum of this city and at the : conclusion of the installation the officers to be voted upon at the eleci tion next year were nominated. All •of the officers chosen yesterday will j advance to the place next above them lat the session next November, beginning with the lowest office, grand junior warden, so that the candidates for the election next year were named ' for the office of grand junior warden. ■ They are Will Johnson, Fort Wayne; J. B. Merriman, Bluffton; J. S. James, Linton; . T. Arbuckle, Rushville; ' G. W. Scott, Sheridan; S. O. Sharp. Indianapolis; Perry Higman, Lafayette; W. A. Breining. Rockfield; J. F. Orr, Bourbon; George W. Long, Nashville; William Thompson, Dunkirk; John Springman. Crawfordsville; A. Stoops, Elizabethtown; G. T. Pattiison, Danville, and R. H. 1 1 Meyers, Cory. Some of those who ' were nominated for the office of grand junior warden for the election next I year were candidates for the place - yesterday. The report of W. H. Leedy, grand scribe, shows the total number of encampments to be 285. The report also shows that there has • ' been a decrease in the number of I members In Indiana, making the tnI I tai membership on June 30 of the ■ present year 17,970, against 18,174 for i the same time last year. The first ! j session of the grand lodge will begin 1 at 9 o'clock this morning, and will i continue al! day. This evening at 7 1 o’clock the first degree work will be ■ given by Shelby lodge No. 39 at - . Tomlinson Hall. The grand lodge a session will close tomorrow afternoon.

SETTLED OUT OF COURT Dr. J. B. Evans and Wife Arrange range Their Domestic Affairs. The case of wife desertion against Dr. J. B. Evans will be dismissed, according to the attorneys interested. By the compromise which was reachCd between the doctor and his wife 'they will divide the pension of the 'veteran, whereby the wife will ger i half of it and the husband the other half. Evans was brought back to this city from Lebanon a few weeks ago after a charge of wife desertion had been filed against him by his wife. She alleged in the charge that he had deserted her and had left her no means of support. —Bluffton Banner.