Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1909 — Page 1

Volume XII. Number 291.

COUNCIL WAS BUSY Much Business Transacted Last Evening—Woods & Haugk Claim Allowed. BY A RESOLUTION Watchman Will be Placed at Jefferson Street Crossing of the G. R. & I. Every member was present at the regular session of the city council Tuesday evening and considerable business was transacted. Before closing it was decided that at the next regular meeting the newly elected officers I should be sworn In and file their bonds so that they will become officials the, first of the year, thus avoiding an extra meeting for this purpose. City Clerk Wemhoff has received notice' from Mr. Dehority of the state accounting board that the forms have 'not been completed for cities and towns and that therefore the new law will not effect them before January 1, 1911. The first thing taken up Tuesday evening after the minutes of the] and which is now asked from the city approved was the bill of Woods & Haugk-for 1822.89. the amount of the reduction in court of E. Fritiinger's assessment on North Second street The ’ engineer's report on tfee Frank by the contractors. Mr. Lutz represented 'Woods & Haugk and explained his understanding of the law. A vote on a resolution appropriating the amounts asked for was adopted, Christen, Burns and Hale voting “yes." and Martin and Chronister voting “no." The engineer’s report o nthe Frank Brown sewer and the assessment roll were filed and notice ordered to property owners. The street commissioner was empowered to purchase crushed stone to fill up holes where necessary in the various streets. Proof of publication of notice for bids for temporary sidewalks on Mercer avenue was filed but there was not a bid. The street commissioner’s report for the past year was filed and referred to the street and sewer com- ( mittde. Peter Gaffer reported that the Gaffer alley sewer in the west part of town is not in working order and the matter was referred to street and sewer committee, who will test same at once and take some action toward repairing it. A petition signed by Ja cob Eady and fifty other residents of the west part of town was filed ask ing for a watchman at the G. R. & Icrossing on Jefferson street. The matter was referred to the street committee who will offer a resolution at the next meeting providing for this protection. It is said the crossing is a very dangerous one. A petition so. a brick sidewalk, four feet wide, on the west side of Cleveland street and beginning at Oak, was referred to the street committee. The report of the water works committee that they have bought 500 feet of new hose was ordered spread on record. The proposition of extending the electric light lines to the county farm was referred to Superintendent Mylott, who will appear before the board of comm s slotters to talk over the same. It is i likely that the county and Frisinger &. Co. will arrange to build the line and use the current. Rebates on 1quor licenses were made to J. J- Ton nellier, $22.93 and to J. B. Knapke., $417. Bills were allowed as L. C. Helm, fire chiefs " • Waterworks, pay roll ' 2.00 Chas. Heckman .7 Bass Foundry Co •>«: 27 Union Oil Co ■Fort Wayne Electric Co • Quaker City Rubber Co n n M. J. Mylott, pay roll - • W. G. Nagel Electric Co «• " General Hocking Fuel Co * Fort Wayne Oil Supply Co • ’ Sunday Creek Coal Co True & Runyon ’ , Edmund A. Cole & Co 121 75 Chicago & Erie Co ' H. Harruff “, n 0 L. L. Baumgartner Henry Stevens William Geary Amos Fisher D - Teeple 50'00 H ' Kooken . 55.50 John Sprague Henry Stevens _•

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Krick & Tyndall 79,58 Decatur Furnace C 0... 12.00 Wells-Fargo Express Co 3.65 C. U. L jrwln, pay roll 257.25 John Bolinger 234.55 Kelzer & Co 685.00 ■ —1 agar must go to prison. Princeton, Ind., Dec. B.—Henry E. Agar must go to prison. Judge Clements in the circuit court overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced the prisoner to a term of from two to fourteen years In the state penitentiary', fined him $lO7 and disfranchised him for two years. The verdict was received by Agar without motion and without comment. It is probable he will be taken to Michigan City Thursday by Sheriff Skelton. Ninety days were given in which to file a bill of exceptions and Agar says he Intends to appeal, but it is said his friends are advising him to serve the minimum time, believing the forgery and conspiracy cases pending 1 would then be dropped, though the prosecution has made no statement to that effect. for Waterways Some Congressmen are Getting Together. THEY DO NOT LIKE IT Some of Taft’s Appointments Do Not Wash Well. Washington, Dec. 8. —Representatives Dixon, Cox and Boehne, of Indiana, whose congressional districts border on the Ohio river, were invited to the Washington home of Representative Longworth of Cincinnati last evening -for a caucus on Ohio river J improvement matters. Mr. Longworth sent invitations to every member of congress whose districts adjoin the Ohio river, from Pittsburg to Cairo. In his cordial invitation the Cincinnati congressman said: “It has been suggested that it would be wise to have an early meeting of the members of the house whose districts the Ohio ' river to talk over ways and means of procuring speedy legislation for its improvement and forming, if possible, an organization for this purpose. In view of the approaching waterways I convention and the fact that the matter may be touched upon in the president’s message, it seems to me that , this would be an opportune time for the meeting.” Indiana delegates to the rivers and harbors congress are arriving on every train. Among today’s arrivals were Perry A. Randall, of Fort Wayne, who is especially Interested in the Michigan and Erie ship canal waterways scheme via Fort Wayne, and Thomas R. Moffet of Angola. r ’‘l-' Washington, Dec. 8.-Some of the republican senators and representatives are more than half inclined to quarrel with President Taft because he has shown such slight regard for the professional politicians in his appointments up to this time. Privately these same senators and representaI fives' say they are glad to see the president selecting people on /nerit, . every man in public life has at his heels many constituents who feel that they are entitled to a share of the federal patronage, and so the members of congress have to make a show |of indignation now and then. Within I the last ten days a few of the older ' members of the legislative body have 1 taken it on themselves to offer the president some advice. One of these men a senator from a middle west state, admits, that he informed the ! president that if any more democrats [were appointed to federal z office from [that state during'this administration ' the republicans might as well shut up shop. According to the story as it is told the president gave one of his hearty laughs and said he hoped the situation was not that critical. — —“ , Walter Johnson received a letter from Mr. A. F. Hoffmeister, the dis- ; triit deputy of the Modern Woodman , lodge of Fort Wayne, which says that , h "is taking much interest hj this .'camp, as here of late It has been a J very hustling one, and that they have , I taken in more beneficial members I'than any other place in the district.

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, December 8, 1909.

CHECKS WEREGOOD Frank Runyon of Berne Was Held at Fort Wayne While They Looked Him Up. JOKED WITH POLICE! And the Fort Wayne Sentinel Calls Cashier the Vif•lage Cut-Up. The Fort Wayne Sentinel's coMic page editor is responsible for the following: Down at Berne the bank cashier must be the village cut-up. This is borne out by the fact that he answered a leter from the police department in which information was sought about' some checks found on the person of Frank Runyan in away to indicate that he is a facetious cuss anyhow. Runyan poked his countenance over the transom of one of the doors of an apartment occupied by “Dutch Grace’.’ White and she had hysterics and sent for the police, or to be more correct she called the police first. Runyan had been having a good time and when he started on the round-up •he blew his map and couldn't locate himself. He had three checks on him and the police got him and a letter was ' written to the People’s State Bank at Berne, asking some information and informing the officers that Runyan was in custody. “Don’t treat him rough. The checks, are all right. Ha, ha, ha, per cashier" was the answer written on the same sheet the police used to write the letter. Runyan broke a glass at the White 3 place and she had an attorney there 1 to collect for her. It was adjudged by the court that Runyan pay sll for getting drunk, pay for the glass he broke and that he be held in custody until r the order was complied with. 1 ' ■ o-— ■ TIME TO SETTLE > City Attorney Ordered to ’ Collect All Poll Tax Due the City at Once. JHE WILL FILE SUITS t The List of Delinquents Inr > eludes Large Number of 1 Well Known Citizens. J Street Commissioner Harry Kooken t filed his report at the council meeting ‘ Tuesday night and among other facts disclosed thereby was tfie one that , there are in the city of Decatur ex- - actly 769 men, able bodied, between > the ages of twenty-one and fifty, not be--3 longing to the fire department and r not having served the country as a h soldier, whose duty it is either to work ? out or pay street poll tax. His report - also contained the information that of 3 this number 158 have not yet come :, across with either the labor or the t money. He turned over to the council 1 the names of these and it would surf prise many to . know that the list in- - eludes a number of the prominent r citizens. The list was handed to City 1 Attorney L. C. DeVoss, who was inr structed to give one notice to each 3 party and if the same is not paid at 3 once to begin suits. He will do this, 3 and if any of the boys wish to avoid t trouble and save costs they should call 3 at his office and settle. Just as sure s as you do not, you will have to tell 1 why before a court. If you owe, it s i up to you. [> t TO THE DIRECTORATE. 3 8 Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 8. —It is considered probable that Perry A. Randall, of this city, president ot the Tor ledo, Fort Wayne and Chicago Deep 1- Waterway association, will be elected a to the directorate of the National Rivt ers and Harbors Congress at the lats ter’s annual convention in Washington a this week. Mr. Randall has been aske ed if he will accept such an election s and has, accepted. He will deliver an . address before the meeting.

STATE, COUNTY, CITY OFFICIALS Invited to Hear Dr. Powers on Uniform Accounting. Washington, Dec. 8. —Responding to cordial invitations from Indiana state, county and city officials and representatives of leading business organizations of Indianapolis, Dr. Legrand Powers, United States census chief statisiticlan for agriculture, will visit Indianapolis on the 15th and 16th of this I month and deliver three addresses there on the subject of tlje adoption of I uniform accounting in national, state and municipal affairs. Dr. Powers received joint invitations from the Indiana state board of accounts and the state association of township trustees, the Association and the Commercial Club of Indianapolis. All these organizations are to meet in the Indiana city on the dates named, and they have arranged for joint which will be addressed by Dr. Powers. In addition to the membership of these bodies the meetings will be attended by distinguished men in business and profession and also by city 1 and county officials from all over the state. o SILVER WEDDING Celebrated Royally by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marschand Last Sunday. THE PREBLE BAND I ' Was Present and Dispersed Fine Music—£ine Din- ' ner and Supper. ) One of the happiest times in Preble J township in some time was the silver r wedding anniversary celebration of > Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marschand last Sun--1 day, on which date this worthy couple had arrived at the twenty-fifth year of their happy married life. In ac- , cordance with this event the celebra- ' tion took place at their home, seven 1 anjl a half miles northwest of this city, and was participated in by a large number of their many friends, and in > spite of the bad weather without, jollity and good cheer reigned in the Marschand home. At 12 o'clock a royally good dinner was served in the dining room, which was decorated in a beautiful way for the festive occasion, and again, in the evening from » 5 till 9 o'clock supper was Served. The happy hours between were passed by dancing and the playing of games and music. Special mention should be made of the music by the Preble band, as fine a band of musicians as can be found any where in old Adams county. This band comprises Gust Conrad, Henry Gallmeier, Rudolph Buuck, Martin Buuck, Herman i Reese, Adolph Stoppenhagen, Conrad , Scheuman, Fred Doehrman, Otto Con--3 rad, Herman Miller, Herman Stoppenhagen, August jßloomenberg, Martin 1 Bloomenberg. The band made a very • nice appearance as it marched, and i the hymns played during the day were - beautiful and inspiring. Mr. and Mrs. 1 Marschand were the recipients of i many fine presents and good wishes c from their friends, who, best of all, t wished that the years of the couple f might be many. At a late hours, as 3 the band sounded forth the strains j of “Home, Sweet Home,” the com--1 pany dispersed for their homes, clos- • ing one of the best days of their lives. - Those who were present were: Mr. t and Mrs. David Liby, Mr. and Mrs. ' Ernest Doehrman and family, Mr. and ■ Mrs. Louis Cline and family, Mr. and i Mrs. Miller Smith of Geneva, Mr. and t Mrs. Charles Fuhrman, Mr. and Mrs. , Conrad Doehrman, Mr. and Mrs. A. 1 Fuhrman, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Conrad 1 and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gall--3 meier, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Buuck 1 and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bows man, Messrs. Christ Fuhrman, Theqdore Munson of Fort Wayne; Fred oehrman, Lafayette Swygert, Fred Wagoner, Adolph Doehrman, J. Johnloz, of Fort Wayne; Noah Marschand, - Stanford Wagoner, Woner Marschand, - Mrs. Sophia Daugherty of Fort Wayne; >- Mrs. Nick Wagoner, Mrs. Sam Sovine, p of Fort Wayne; Misses Goldie Daugh--1 erty, Maggie Marschand, Edna Sovine, -of Fort Wayne; Leota Smith, of Ge- :- neva, and Anna Gallmeier. Many otha ers could not be present on account :- of the inclement weather. n o a Henry Peters was among the bus! ness visitors' in Fort 'Wayne today.

WILTED LETTUCE • Steam Pipes at Greenhouse Out of Ordr During Tusday Night. 11 —1 REFUSED TO WORK I I Large Quantities of Lettuce Suffered—Loss Not So Great as Feared. What was feared to be a three or I four hundred dollar loss at the Moses & Ernsberger green house this morning is recovering, and it is thought that the loss now will be very slight. All this was due to the very severe weather and the failure of the steam pipes to distribute the warmth properly, causing the freezing of several houses of as fine lettuce as ever put forth shoots and thrived under glass. The greenhouse is heated at night by steam from the greenhouse engines at the north side, and all night the engineer put forth his best efforts to keep up the pressure and make the supply equal to the demands of the zero weather. The pipes distributing the steam to the various portions of the green house, however, were out of order, and all efforts to get them to feed properly were unavailing. It was with despair that the men watched the drooping of the plants and at an early hour this morning it was thought that the loss would reach several hundred dollars. During the morning the plants revived, however, a d it is now thought that the bulk will be saved. The most damage was done in the afterpart of the night, and to the products on the south side, though that on the north side was also touched. The , flowers escaped with no damage and , the lettuce was the chief thing touched. Moses & Ernsberger have gained a wide reputation as growers of let- • tuce, and every day ship a large quanti- ’ ties to the markets in surrounding ’ cities. o— INSTALLED BOILER » - I To Keep Water in Gas Tank > l From Freezing During ’ the Winter. I z ■ NIGHTS AND DAYS, r l ’ Will Probably be in Charge 1 of Frank Bosse—Timely i Installation. i l Workmen under the supervision of Jack Monahan were quite busy Tues- ! day installing a new boiler at the , large gas tank of the Indiana Lighting [ company, located on the Nuttman land > northwest of the city. This boiler is • necessary for the generation of steam » i for the purpose of keeping the water in the tank from freezing during the . days and nights of cold winter months i and will be in use both day and night, i Frank Bosse, living near the tank, will . probably be in charge of the boiler. . That the water in the tank is “some bulk” is evident from the fact that it cost the company about $97 to fill it with water from the city wells. Mr. I Danfer, superintendent of the plant, of I Fort Wayne, was in the city yesterday | conferring with Mr. Monahan and Mr. Hullholland will arrive in a few days to view the work also. The boiler, it [ seems, was installed just in time to . have the tank from the present ext tremely cold snap. o DEATH OF A RELATIVE. I I John Woy left this morning for Ash- - ley, Indiana, where he was called by , the death of his sister-in-daw, Mrs , Samuel Bonebrake, an aged and wel' ; known lady of that place. Mrs. Bone i, brake’s death occurred Tuesday morn i- ing following an operation for trouble >, of long standing. The operation re ;- vealed a cancerous condition, an< i- death was inevitable. The funeral wil it be held Thursday morning. o —r* Miss Celia Kinney has gone to Fort t- Wayne for a several days’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. T. F. Golden. » *

BIG SHIPMENT OF CANDY Anderson & Dolch Get Largest Consignment Ever Received Here. Talk about candies. Anderson & Dolch have received the biggest shipment of candles ever received in Decatur, and it is now on display at their place of business. The attention of church committees and school teachers, who always make glai the hearts of those under their direction, is especially called to this shipment of candies. This firm, as every one knows, always has the best and biggest supply of Christmas sweets, but this year it. is bigger and better than ever, and their prices are just as low as they can possibly be made, and that means lower than any other firm in Adams county, because of the big lot 1 which they purchased. So if you want a good supply for your church, school, or for your own family, you better go to their place of business at once, because their help is continually watting on candy customers, and you want yours before the cream of the stock Ils gone. They will also have a fine line of Christmas trees which will be sold at prices to suit your purse. HELD AN ELECTION Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling Company Re-Elect Its Old Officers. A PROSPEROUS YEAR Frenk Heiman President and M. L. Oliver Secrtary and Treasurer. Monroe, Ind., Dec. 8. —(Special to • Daily Democrat) —The annual meet- ' ing of the Monroe, Grain, Hay and Milling Company was held Monday, with nearly all stockholders present at

the counting rooms of the Monroe State Bank. The business of the past year was gone over and the election of 1 officers to serve for the ensuing year 1 occured. The old board of directors 1 was re-elected, consisting of seven of the best men in the county who will . again guide this institution to the ■ success which it has attained in the , past and the prospect for a successful business has never been brighter, due to the untiring and energetic efforts , of the efficient manager, M. L. Oliver, , who has done all in his power to make this elevator one of the best paying , institutions in the state. The officers , re-elected to serve for the ensuing ' year, consisting of seven directors, : are: Frenk Helman, president; William T. Waggoner, vice-president; M. L. Oliver, secretary-treasurer; Peter Rich, John Rich, Alfred A. Ayers and John P. Nusbaum, directors, all of • whom are worthy and capable business r men and we predict that with their | cooperation and the business qualifi- ’ I cations of their managers that the • amount of business will exceed that ; of the previous year. Following are a [ few items which may be of interest ! to our farmers and others interested in the plant of the amount bought and I shipped from this place and the enormous sumr of money paid out during > the past year: There were 326 car : i loaded and shipped, averaging sne car for each working day. For this was [ paid out $112,338.79, making an average of $354.59 for each day. Besides > this handsome sum, the manager.by close margin and knowledge of finan- > ciering, was able to pay to the stockholders a 5 per cent, dividend which ’ is considered a good showing owing - to the high prices paid to the farmer j for their products, which they market-| i ed at this place. No one but those . : interested in the grain and hay busi- > ness can forra any idea as to the - straining of the business capacity at such a time. Monroe certainly can feel proud to number among its business enterprises such an institution as the Monroe Grain, Hay and Milling i- company, with such a magnificent y showing for the year's work and what 3. it means to the farmer of the surII rounding country to bring his products e- of the farm here and receive therefor a- the highest possible pric. 3 and the le prosperity of the mill I* due to the e- fair and honist dealing of the plant, d May the coming year be as successful 11 as the past one. You can buy the Satong lamp mantles and chimneys at the Mayer Vart sity Store. Como in when in need of i one. Also the celebrated labor-saving (noodle cutter.

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SESSION IS OVER County Commissioners Conclude Their Work and Have Adjourned. BILLS ARE ALLOWED Dr. J. M. Miller Again Employed as Secretary of Board of Health. The board of county commissioners closed their December session at noon today after spending the greater part of the morning in the allowance of bills and other routine matters regularly brought before them. Dr. J. M. Miller was re-appointed as secretary of the county board of health for the ensuing year, his compensation to be as provided by law. Dr. Miller has,served in this capacity for several years and has proven efficient The board employed County Clerk James P. Haefling to index the files , in his office during the ensuing year, agreeing to pay for this service the sum of SIOO. They also approved his | work for the past year. It being by law that the commissioners make an annual report, for which the sum of S2OO is appropriated, the board employed H. S. Michaud, the county auditor, to make said report and he will receive the compensation therefore. - o RICHEY FAILED TO APPEAR. Craigville Man Did Not Insist on a i ( License.

Adam Richey, the Craigville man who has been causing many of his fellow citizens of Lancaster township a bit of worry the past month, had given no evidence today of his intention to ask the board of county commissioners for a license for a saloon at Craigville, and the prima facie evidence indicates that he admits his defeat without a further fight. The big remonstrance on file in the commissioners' court leaves no room for doubt as to its effectiveness, for it would be impossible to remove enough names from It to make it ineffective, but nevertheless Richey has been" causing some of the more timid anti-saloon workers and singers of the remonstrance to believe that he intended to have them all summoned into commissioners’ court to testify as to the validity of their signatures. —Bluffton News. o RECOVERY IS ASSURED. Mrs. Allison Growing Better—Will Regain Complete Health. Reports from the bedside of Mrs. R. B. Allison, who three weeks ago slipped and fell on the sidewalk on Monroe street, sustaining a broken hip and arm, are to the effect that she is growing gradually better and will Tn time fully recover from the bad effects, all of which is extremely gratifying to her many friends who have her welfare in mind. About two weeks ago Mrs. Allison took a sudden turn for the worst and it was thought at that time that she could not recover. She began to mend, however, and though her age retards a rapid improvement, I her ultimate recovery is assured. It . is thought that she will regain complete use of her fractured limbs. o WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE SPOKE Anderson, Ind., Dec. 8. —William Dudley Foulke was the principal speaker here last night at the fifth annual banquet of the Anderson Commercial club. Mr. Foulke took for his theme, “The Value of a Commercial Club.” In the course of his address took occasion to condemn the present cities and towns laws in Indiana and urged the voters to send representatives to the legislature who would favor giving cities the privilege of naming their own form of government. He strongly indorsed municipal government by commission and suggested that the system of iniative and referendum and recall be adopted by modern cities. <•