Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VII. Number 294

REV. CONSELLER • of Lima, Ohio, Will Assist Rev. Imler in Revival at U. B. Church. BEGINNING DEC. 26TH Revival at Union Chapel is Progressing With Interest —Two Converts. The Rev. Imler, pastor of the United Brethren church in this city, is arranging for a serious of evangelistic services, and will open the revival at his church In this city on the day after Christmas at 10:30, Sunday morning, December 26th. The Rev. E. Counsellor, of Lima, Ohio, and a former pastor of the church here, has been secured to assist in the services, which promise to be especially productive of good. The Rev. Counsellor has had a long experience in the ministry and is especially strong In evangelistic work, thousands having been converted by his preaching, and all greatly helped by having heard him. The Rev. Imler is also an earnest and eloquent minister, and with the efforts of these two, combined with those of the congregation, a very powerful meeting should be held. The Rev. Imler states that the revival which has been in progress for the past two weeks at his other charge, the Union Chapel, two miles east of the city, continues in interest. Two have been converted during this time, and the general interest of all revived. The services will continue indefinitely. —— o SOL SCHNEPP VERY SICK. Sol Schnepp, a well known farmer living about four miles east of the city, with seized with what seemed to be cramps Friday noon, and is in a very serious condition. Drs. Clark were hastily called again about noon today, and apparently the sick man was again taken worse. Drs. Clark state that they have not yet determined the nature of the ailment. It will be remembered that Mr. Schnepp suffered prlonged hemorrhage of the nostrils in the spring, at which time he nearly bled to death, but this illness is not of that nature. annualTlection Eastern Star Elects New Officers for the Coming Year. ON FRIDAY EVENING - 'T — Officers Will Take Their Office on the First Day of the New Year. Last evening at their hall the Eastern Star order held a very interesting meeting and besides the discussing of several important business questions the election of officers for the ensuing year took place. These officers -will take their places the first of the year and will do all in their pow er to make the year 1910 a happy and pros perous one. The following are those who were elected: Worthy matron, Mrs. Ollie Peterson; worthy patron, Mr. John D. Hale; associate matron. Anna E. Winness; secretary, Nellie M. Blackburn; treasurer, Mrs. Mon e Hensley; conductress, Mrs. Little Annen; associate conductress, Mr o . sie Flanders. The order now com prises a goodly number of members and many a happy and intere ® " evening is spent in their hall toge i GROTE-GARMAN WEDDING SOON. The wedding Twss Esther Grite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grote, prominent residents of the Bleeke settlement, will take place in a short time, the groom being Mr. Joe Garman, a well known young a ’”” e of near Convoy, Ohio. The wee <mg will be quite a large one, witnesse many friends of the young coup.c. will be solemnized at the 1 e theran church by the pastoi, the ev i » Bauer.

THE DON’T SERVE THE PURPOSE. —' I I. bed Cross Stamps Won’t Carry Letter to Destination. A special from Washington says. Thousands of letters bearing the red cross stamps are being sent to the dead letter office for lack of postage. Notwithstanding the plain instructions issued in connection with the sale of the Red Cross stamps, quite a number of letters are being mailed bearing these stamps in lieu of regular postage. Red Cross stamps are not postage stamps and letters or other mailable bearin these stamps alone must be treated as unpaid matter. The addressed is notified to remit postage, and if it be not received, the letter or other matter is sent to the dead leter office. Prominent among those who decorate their Christmas mail with the stamps b the president. All the white house mail carries the Red Cross stamps. WORK OF BOARD Work of Board of Accountants Outlined by the Governor. POLITICS IS BARRED Aimed to Make This Branch Strictly a Business One. Indianapolis, Dec. 11. — Governor Marshall Friday outlined the work of the board of accountants regarding ■ the investigation of county, township, city, town and justice of the peace offices. The investigation of former officials, he said, should go back wherei ever the bondsmen are responsible, i which, according to the Indiana law, : is, under certain contingencies, either five or six years. Within a few days i Chief Examiner W. A. Dehority will have his appointees as field comrnis--1 sioners to anounce. Before such announcement is made, however, the board will meet again and decide what number shall be appointed. The board is almost at a loss to know how many appointments to make. The question at issue is whether the work of examination shall be done all at once . or as nearly so as possible, or whether it shall be stretched over a considerable period of time. If the work Is to be pushed vigorously In all sections of the state, and cleaned up to January 1, 1910, when the news forms and uniform accounting system are to be put In use, It will, of course be necessary to employ large numbers of field examiners. If, however, it Is decided that the work may drag out over a long period, but a few will be employed. One of the arguments against the employing of a large number is that it will mar the efficiency of the work to some extent by making It apparent to the appointees that they will of necessity be employed but term porarlly. When the examination of . applicants was held here there was In the neighborhood of 200; the number successful will be lowered from this figure very materially, as It was a prevailing sentiment, among the applicants that the examination was severe The board has not decided what shall be made the passing grade. Until this point is decided it wil not be known how many eligible there are for appointment. Since the examination the chief examiner has been busy looking up the references of every possible eligible. As Govern- . stated, the chaptertheme? to X"wr com! unsaid, able examtv ’ Xn the work to be done A— '• B Z Tn each examination consponsible. In eac examin ers, ducted two one a demoe . ftgreed t 0 - Publican. matters and to : act unanimously in ion As • keep politics out o „n nn the • ■ ~ -XX"" ’ know that It is thorough.-

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday Evening, December 11, 1909.

AN OLD RESIDENT , • h John Dettinger, a Pioneer of Vera Cruz, Died at His , Home Friday. — ‘ 1 ( HAS DAUGHTER HERE j if J Lived in This Section FortyFive Years—Death Due i to Old Age. ■ . i - John Dettinger, one of the promi- , nent residents of Vera Cruz, and an ! early settler in this county, died at', his home in the former place at 12:30 , Friday after an illness of several months brought on by old age He has been in poor health the entire winter, but was confined to his bed , only for the past three days Until 1 within a few hours of his death he retlned his mental factulties and recognized the members of his family and friends who were admitted to his room. However, this morning shortly before passing away he lapsed into unconsciousness and did not rally before death Mr Dettinger was seventy-seven years of age and was born in Prussia, Germany He came to America when a young man, and with him was Miss Mary Kyle, also of Prussia, and whom he married immediately upon landing in America. For the past forty-five years they have lived in Vera Cruz and are well known and highly respected throughout the county. There were fourteen children born to them, of whom there are eleven living: Mrs. John Lobseiger and Mrs. William Merkley, near Vera Cruz; Wilson, Dettinger, Charles Dettinger and Mrs. Dayton Hower, of Magley; Mrs. Richard Humphrey, Bluffton: . Mrs. Rose Wolf and Mrs. Mary Brock, of Marion; Samuel and Jacob Dettinger, of North Dakota, and Mrs. Bence ' Linger of Decatur. He is also surviv- - ed by his widow. One son, John Det- ' tinger, was killed two years ago on , the railroad near Craigville. Word of his death has been sent the children 1 out of the city and no arrangements ' will be made until answers to tlje ■ messages have been received here. ■ Bluffton Banner. r GRANT FRANCHISE I — — ’ Indiana Lighting Company and Bluffton Council ' Get Together. ► I ’ MEANS BETTER GAS I ■ ; Not Only for Bluffton But Also for This City and 1 Fort Wayne. ’ Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 11.—(Special to , Daily Democrat) —After months of i wrangling, threatening, and some ac- ’ tion in court, the Indiana Lighting 1 company has finally been granted a ’ franchise to construct eight miles of gas mains in this city. It was not the old franchise, but the city feels that it has won the points they contended for. Mr. Mulholland appeared before ’ the board Friday night and presented an entirely new franchise in which he did not refer to the old natural gas perpetual franchise and in which he agreed to furnish 600 British thermometer heat units instead of 550 heat units as now furnished at Decatur and Fort Wayne. It is contended here 1 that this will mean better gas for those places also. The franchise was granted by a unanimous vote of the council. Mr. Mulholland stated that 1 the franchise will have to be sent to ' New York where it will probably be ■ signed by the president and other officials of the gasy company and will • be returned here by the later part of ■ next week. By the middle of ChrisJ- ' mas week It is likely Bluffton will 1 be using gas as the lines are now up to the city limits and it will not require long to test the lines. The injunction against the company will not i be dismissed until the acceptance of the franchise is filed.

THE PHOENIX IS STILL GOOD. A Theft of a Million Didn’t Effect the Big Company. Adams county policy holders in the Phenix (fire) Insurance company have been assured that they are in no danger of loss through the defalcation of George Preston Sheldon, erstwhile president of the corporation Sheldon, lying at death's door at his home in Greenwich, Conn., has been Indicted for larceny In the first degree by the grand jury in New York for the alleged misappropriation of the company of which he was the head for twenty-two years. Sheldon is accused of stealing $45,000. Foliowin Sheldon’s iisdictment State Auditor Billheimer sent a query to the superintendent of insurance of .the state of New York as to whether the affairs of the Phenix were in such condition to warrant stopping the operations of the company in Indiana. Auditor Billheimer has been assured that the capital of the company will be unimpaired and that the interests of the policy holders will be safe guarded. BLOOD ON MOON I The Republican Leaders Are Fighting Each Other. AN AMENDMENT Congressman Cullop Wants Postmasters Elected by the People. Washington, Dec. 11.—President Taft and the so-called leaders of Congress, Speakers Cannon and Senator Aldrich, apparently have about reached the parting of the w-ays. Notice was served today by Cannon and Aidrich that they will fight the President's proposed interstate commerce legislation to the last ditch. Simultaneously Senator Aldrich picked up the “big stick” and went after Secretary of the Treasury MhcVeagh, one of President Taft's most trusted cabinet officers. To rebuke Secretary MacVeagh for his recent tariff speech in which he said that the republican party has faced about and is now a low tariff party, and to forestall all further suggestions of tariff revision, the Aldrich-Hale-Cannon combination carried the war on the administration into the finance committee of the senate today. Senator Aldrich and his sympathizers held up the nominations of Royal E. Cabell, to be commissioner of internal revenue, and James Freeman Curtis, to be assistant secretary of the treasury. The reason for this action was that the finance committee had declared hostility against secretary of the treasury MacVeagh because of his low tariff views. Washington, Dec. 11. —Representative W. A. Cullop of Indiana may propose an amendement to the federal constitution to be known at No. 16. Mr. Cullop is an ardent advocate of a reform In the selection of postmasters. He would have them elected by the people, just as county and city officials are elected. The business of running a postoffice is the people’s business, as he views it, and he believes there is just as much reason why a postmaster should be elected by the people as there is that a sheriff or a judge of Jhe court should be elected. o SHERIF MEYER LOSES CANOE. Sheriff Meyer is mourning he loss of his canoe, which in fair weather he had left moored along the river bank back of the jail. Just as the cold snap came on Mr. Meyer decided to get the canoe and carry it up to a dry place before the water froze and caught the boat in its icy clutches, but he found that it must already be In some one else’s clutches, as the boat had made its get-a-way and was nowhere to be seen. After the river froze over Mr. Meyer made a walkover down the river as far as the southern briJigeß in the hopes of finding that it had broken loose and become moored along the banks in a drift, but was unsuccessful in locating it

COURT HOUSENEWS I Action Taken in Several Cases in Circuit Court Today. A MARRIAGE LICENSE Several Real Estate Transfers—A Change of Venue Taken to Wells. Absolam Brown vs. Fred Schafer et al., breach of warrant; demand $350; apeparance by C. J. Lutz for defendant. Rule to answer. James Hurst vs. Peter Wetael, foreclosure of mechanic’s lien, $100; rule to answer absolute in five days. Letta Thomas vs. Elsie Thomas, replevin, answer filed to second paragraph of complaint filed. Cross-com-plaint filed. Rule to answer. The case of John W. Watkins vs. John W. Meibers, alienating affections of wife, demand, $6,000. Affidavit for change of venue sustained and case sent to Wells county for trial. Ten days granted to perfect change. A marriage license was issued to Floyd Rinaker, 19, a printer at Berne,‘to Edna Ryf, 17, of Berne. Real estate transfers: William Gerber et al. to Gieon Gerber, 40 acres in Kirkland tp., $4600. John J. Summers, 80 acres, Monroe Tp., $8000; Isaac Sumpters to John J. Summers, 80 acres, Monroe tp., SB,OOO. ICE COMPANY IS GUILTY. New York, Dec. 11.—The American Ice company was found guilty today in the state supreme court of restricting ■ competition in an attempt to create a monopoly of the sale of ice and the . court imposed a maximum sentence of $5,000 fine The conviction is the first under the so-called Donnelly anti- ' monopoly law and will be fought to ■ the highest court in the state . JUNIOR CLERGY L _ ■ Young Priests of the Diocese . Organized Thursday at I Kendallville. I WILL STUDY HISTORY ’ And Sacred Scripture—Father Angermeier on Executive Committee. At a meeting held on Thursday at ’ the home of Rev. John Keller, pastor of the Immaculate Conception church, Kendallville, Ind., plans were perfected for an organization of the junior clergy of the Fort Wayne diocese. The object of the union’s for the study of history and sacred scripture. Officers were chosen as follows: President, Rev. John Keller, Kendallville: first vice president, Rev. Gustave Hottenroth, St. Mary's, Fort Wayne; second vice president. Rev. John Schmitz, Auburn; financial secretary, Rev. James Durham, St. Patrick’s, Fort Wayne; recording secretary, Rev. Edward Mungovan, Arcola; treasurer, Rev. Joseph A. Lynn, Aeademie; executive committee, Rev. Lawrence Eberlee, Goshen; Rev. Michael P. Louen, Besancon; Rev. George Angermeier, Decatur. Others present at the meeting were Rev. John Kibbl, of Edgerton, and Rev. John B. Steger. Although the new union of the , clergy has just started it is hoped that . within the near future all of the ju- : nior priests will be affiliated with it. As the day of the meeting was Fa- • ther Kelley’s birthday anniversary a - little social reunion followed the busia ness session.-—Fort Wayne Sentinel. — o_ Harmon Conter, who had been at--1 tending the convention of the Ice ;■ Manufacturers’ association at Cincinnati, returned to the city.

HE LIKED WHITE STAG CIGAR. Mr. Jackson of Colorado Will Take Home Bunch of These Smokers. George M. Jackson, a former resident of Pleasant Mills, now located at Del Norte, Colorado, and who has been visiting friends hare for some time, was in the city today arranging to return to his western home, where he is engaged in mining. He says that the greatest draw-back he has found in the mining country is that it is impossible for a man to buy a good cigar unless he pays a high price for it. Since coming here he has been smoking the White Stag, made by Lose & Thomas, of this city, and it just suits his taste. He bought a thousand of them today to take home with him and he expects to order them hereafter as he needs them. THE MONROE NEWS Andrews & Mills Did Seven Thousand Dollars Worth of Business There. IN PAST TWO WEEKS More School Room is Needed—Two Real Estate Deals This Week. Monroe, Dec. 11. —(Special to Daily I Democrat )®-O wing to the inclement weather this week the Royal Neighbors postponed their regular meeting last Wednesday evening until December 22nd, when every member is requested to be present for the purpose of reorganizing and electing officers i for the ensuing year. This will be a ; meeting of Importance and every member should not fail to attend. , Andrews & Mills shipped four car . coads of cattle and hogs from this ■ place this and last week, for which ' they paid to the farmers of this community the handsome sum of $7,000. This firm is is a hustling one and put ' in circulation a vast amount of money through the year, for which is due in part the prosperity of this town. The Monroe postoffice now sports ! a brand new receiving mail box which was hung out Thursday by Postmaster Johnson, and a short time thereafter some big fellow was attempting to find the place where he could get some shewing gum, supposing it was a penny slot machine. The postmaster wants it distinctly understood that it is a mail box and not a slot machine. This has been a busy week at the mill, owing to the excellent condition of the roads. The farmers are taking advantage of the same and quite a large amount of tile are being hauled. What Monroe badly needs just now , is more room In the school, as the . number of pupils is growing larger every year and the capacity of the various rooms are over-crowded. There ’ should be at least two more rooms provided and also one or two teach- [ ers; also an apartment for a laboratory aparatus and science, which is a most potent factor in the educational line in the common schools. A good idea would be to abandon the school one mile south of here and with very small expense to the township would enable the pupils of that school to attend Monroe graded schools, where they would derive a greater benefit, ■ as no doubt there will have to be ■ built a new school house at that place ■ which could be dispensed with in con ■ solidating the country school with the . graded schools of Monroe. Let th< s patrons discuss this matter and se< , what is beneficial to both patron am pupils, as the demand in the higl a school for more room is greatly want t ed and also the capacity of the teach i- ers now employed is inadequate foi t. the number of pupils enrolled. The l- high school facilities should be an ar a gument to its needs. O n Hocker transacted business in Decatur Thursday. B Two real estate deals were made - hero this week, whereby John Hocker (Continued on page 2.)

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ELECTION TALK Could be Heard on Every Hand in Decatur Today —Election Saturday. CROWDS WERE HERE From Every Section, Talking and Boosting—Now for Real Finish. This was election Saturday and the boosters were in from every township in the county, telling the strength of their favorite candidate and insisting on support from other sections. A noticeable fact was the one that the visitors to the city were nearly all men and they were all talking business. One could hear most any kind of a report he cared to. The democratic primary will be held next Friday and the interest in the outcome of this very important affair waxed warm today, for on this day always, the Saturday before the election, the hosts gather from far and near to figure out the dope. The workers have had their instructions from the candidates and from now on the time will be spent in putting on the finishing touches. There are a number of very interesting battles and as a quiet tip we might say that the resu'ts can be told more accurately a week from today. The morning train on the G. R. & I. brought in a bunch of workers from the south part of the county, while others came over land, not only from the south, but from the north and east and west. This was the real warm day of the campaign. —o— INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION. , Washington, Dec. 11. — Senator Shively today introduced a joint resolution providing for a survey for a r ship canal across northern Indiana 5 and Ohio, connecting Lakes Michigan i and Erie. His resolution is similar to the one introduced by Senator Beveride a few days ago. t ———-o— * : MEDICS’ MEETING ’ Adams County Mdical Association Held Meeting Friday Evening. k AT COSTELLO OFFICE # t Dr. Rayl Read Interesting k ( Paper —New Officers Elected. The Adams County Medical assoclar tion was well represented last evening at. Its regular monthly meeting at the office of Dr. H. F. Costello. A very , Interesting and well prepared paper i was read by Dr. Rayl of Monroe on ■ an important subject in the medical profession, and was freely discussed I by the various doctors present. After I the regular session the matter of re--1 organization for the ensuing year ■’ came up and the following officers 1 were elected ifor the coming year: } Dr. Beavers, president; Dr. Rayl, vice e president; Dr. Smith, secretary and e treasurer. The association meets e monthly on the evening of the second Friday In each month, and the next session will be held Friday evening. , e January 14th, at the office of Dr id Thomas. The medical association ;h haß been in existence for many years and the meetings are productive of h: much good and interest to the proe session, who are thus mutually able ’ to profit by the exchange of ideas and experiences in their practical work. — o i P. L. Andrews and wife, who have been making their homo on Ninth street, have removed to the Andrew - Barkley property in the south part of the city.