Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 77.

MOORMAN NAMED Nominated This Afternoon For Congress by Repubicans of Thirteenth. ENDORSE BEVERIDGE But There is Nothing Doing on the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Law. (United Press Service.) South Bend, Ind., March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—John J. Moorman of Knox was this afternoon nominated for congress by the republicans of the Thirteenth district in convention here. The resolution adopted by the convention was most interesting concerning the tariff question, because the only part of the tariff reso lution endorsed was the plank for a board of tariff reform and this was only incidental to praise President Taft, inasmuch as to give it a vitality and usefulness. The sentiment for tariff reform is so strong in the Thirteenth district that the endorsement of the Payne-Aldrich bill was out of the question. Senator Beveridge was indorsed. Mr. Moorman is the editor of the Stark County Republican, and one of the best known republicans of the district, having been the district chairman for a number of years. Congressman Henry Barnhart, who will be renominated by the democrats, is the owner of the Rochester Sentinel and until his election to congress was the editor of that paper. He has since leased it but is still regarded by profession as an editor, as is Moorman.

BADLY BRUISED Dr. Mark Moran of Portland Meth With Serious Accident Monday. THROWN INTO DITCH Was Dragged Two Hundred Feet—His Escape Was Almost Miraculous. Returning to this city after visiting a patient south of Portland, about 6:30 or 7 o'clock Monday evening Dr. M. M. Moran met with an accident that was remarkable for the fact that he was not more seriously injured, or killed. As it was, he suffered a number of severe cuts and bruises about the limbs and body, and is bareI ly able to be at his office. As he was on the levee south of College Corner, approaching the city ■his horse-shied and threw the buggy and its occupant into the ditch several : feet below. Dr. Moran clung to the ’lines and caught between the shafts and one of the front wheels and was dragged for a distance of “bout 200 feet before the horse was finally brought to a stop. A large hole was gouged in the driver's right leg, below the knee, and the knee joint was all but dislocated. A bruise was susta.ned about the head and the doctor suffered a general shaking up. 11 itself was not badly damaged and was ; In condition to be driven to the city, j —Portland Commercial-Review. free demonstration. Schaub Gottemoller & Co., the hustling hardware firm, is gaining qui e reputation among the people here on account of the large amount of goods they are disposing of and the saUs- ■ faction that is derived therefrom j They have been doing quite a bit o extensive advertising and on nex J Thursday, one week from today, j wil idemonstrate the famous .1. • ■ ■ , plow, which can be drawn by a single i man. The exhibition will take place | on the Nuttman addition on Nuttman i avenue, at the corner of Twelfth : street and no doubt a large number [ of interested farmers will be on lan I .to witness the stunt.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

STAR RESTAURANT A DANDY. New Furniture and New Stock—Mr. Frank Parrish Again in Charge. The new Star restaurant, under the ownership and management of Frank Parrish, is again opened and is doing the usual splendid business. All the stock is new and clean and bright. The furniture and fixtures are new or done over to perfection and the place presents as inviting an appearance as any business house in the city. Frank will welcome all his old customers and any new ones who will come, assuring you of courteous treatment. Come In and see us. A good place to eat and headquarters for everything in the bakery line. Were Held in Washington Today For the Late Judge David Brewer. TWO TOWNS DOOMED As Result of the Outpour of Lava—Wolter Must Plead Tomorrow. (United Press Service.) Buffalo, N. Y„ March 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Brigadier General John L. Piermon, United States army, retired, died early today at his hotel here, after a brief illness. He was born in Madison, Indiana, in 1841. in 1841.

(United Press Service.) Washington, D. C„ March 31 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —The funeral services were held this afternoon over the body of the late Associate Jutsice David J. Brewer of the supreme court of the United States. His colleagues acted at honorary pall bearers. The body will be taken to Leavenworth, Kans., Saturday for burial. President Taft, representatives from the house and senate, the department of Justice and the local courts, in addition to the supreme court, attended the funeral. (United Press Service.) Wilburton, Okla., March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —An explosion early today in Mine No. 2, of the Great Western Coal & Coke company here, killed six men. (United Press Service.) Naples, March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The towns of Borrell and Belpasso are today believed to be doomed as a result of the continued spread of the lava from Mt. Etna, These towns are now wholly depopulated. In many places the lava *s 100 feet deep. (United Press Service.) New York, Msfrch 31—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Albert Wolter, charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Ruth Wheeler, dismembering and burning her body, was today refused by the court of general sessions, the ten days asked by Wolters' counsel in which to plead was refused and under protest was allowed only twenty-four hours. Tomorrow morning the date of trial will be fixed and it is expected to be within two weeks. o FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON. The last sad rites for George Hartman were held this afternoon from the Methodist church at Geneva and were largely attended. Rev. J. 0. Graves, assisted by Rev. Cartrr of Berne had charge of the services and paid a glowing tribute to this much honored citizen. Several from this city were in attendance, including L. E. Opliger and Miss Rupert. Interment was made at the Studabaker cemetery. — o BAND STREET CONCERT FRIDAY The Decatur band boys announce that they will give a concert on the crowd will be cut to greet the boys, ent fine weather holds over a large street tomorrow ecening. If the preswho are quite skillful players. They will meet this evening in the hall to practice and all members are given a rousing invitation to be there.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, March 31, 1910.

THE COURT NEWS Attorney Moores, Who is Here, is an Old College Friend of Mr. Taft’s. HAD RECENT VISIT A Bunch of Real Estate Transfers, Including Two Good Sized Deals. Merrill Moores, the Indianapolis attorney, who is assisting in the trial of the case of the German Flnre Insurance Co. vs. Graham & Lower, is a friend of President Taft. They graduated in the same class from Yale college and in the good old days were real chums. Mr. Moores returned Tuesday from a visit with his distinguished friend, the president. Albert W. Taylor vs. Aaron Irian, account, $65.45. Butcher & Armantrout appeared for defendant. Rule to answer. Frank Imboden et al. vs. Sarah Imboden et al., partition, application filed by Elwood Trust Co. for order of court to pay said trust company $l5O, with which to pay debts and funeral expenses of J. Goss. Real estate transfers: Nicholas Colchin et al. to Hattie Gilpen, 20 acres, Washington tp., $1.00; Anna Broadbeck et al. to Samuel C. Cramer, 80 acres. St. Marys tp., $5200; William Arnold to William Moschberger, 100 acres, Washington tp., $13,000; Otto Reppert to William Arnold, tract in Kirkland tp., $16,356; William Arnold to Otto Reppert, 40 acres, Washington tp., $3000; Anna and George Marshall to John R. Curts, 120 acres, French tp., SB4OO. A marriage license was issued to Alfred F. Goldner, 33, a farmer, to Lydia C. Worthman, 24, of Kirkland township.

PRIVATE FUNERAL Edward F. Oliver, Son of Marion Oliver, Died This Morning at Monroe. FROM SCARLET FEVER Causing Sorrow to Many— Nineteen Years of Age —Burial Todty. Monroe was shocked this morning when it became known that one of its best known young men, Edward Francis Oliver, died this morning at 4 o’clock from scarlet fever, complicated with heart trouble, after but a short illness. The young man was born and reared in that vicinity and was the son of Marion Oliver, the prominent grain dealer of that town. He was a bright young man, with a bright and happy future and his untimely death is sadly deplored by all. Only last summer his mother, Mrs. Ella Oliver, passed away and there survive nim his father and two brothers, Chauncey and Homer. A sad featur of the case is that on account of the contagion of the disease the home has been quarantined and the funeral was necessarily private. It was held this afternon and burial took place in the Decatur cemetery. -- —o— ERIE CONDUCTOR IS DEAD. Capt. J. N. Creamer, veteran Erie conductor and many years a resident of this city, is dead at his farm home near Rochester. He had been in poor health many months and the end was not unexpected. The end came Tuesday morning. At the funeral, which is to be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the I. O. O. F. lodge of this city will be there. The O. R. C. will also attend in a body. The deceased was a civil war veteran and prominent along the entire length of the Erie.—Huntington News-Democrat.

NOW ON TO PORTLAND TOWN. Franchise Accepted—Official Say it Will be Built Soon. Portland, Ind., March 31 —W. H. Fledderjohann of Decatur, president of the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, and Attorney Koenig of St. Marys, Ohio, were in the city Tuesday and accepted the franchise from the Jay-Adams county line to county commissioners. While nere President Fledderjohann also ordered this city as granted by the botrd or of County Auditor W. Lea Smith six copies of the transcript, which will be supplied by the bonding companv which wll finance the extension of the line from Decatur to this city. It is said that a buyer has already been found for the bonds and that the actual construction work will be completed and cars running Into Portland before the end of 1910.

TRICKS WONT WORK Senator Aldrich Trys a Smooth One on the Progressive Boys, CUMMINS CALLS HIM And the Regulars Make No Attempt to Meet the Charges Made. Washington, March 30 —Senator Aldrich, who returned from New York last night, today offered the senate progressives a proposition in the shape of proposed “compromise” amendments to the interstate commerce bill. The progressives refused to accept the ottering. The alleged concessions were pronounced bogus and notice was served on the senator from Rhode Island that he is wasting his time in trying to bring about an agreement on the basis he now promises. Soon after Senator Aldrich showed up in the senate today, Senator Elkins, chairman of the committee on interstate commerce, was seen in earnest conversation with him. In a little while Senator Elkins arose and offered a series of amendments to the pending interstate commerce bill, stating that they were approved by a majority of the committee. Senator Cummins was on his feet in a twinkling. He is a member of the committee on interstate commerce. “I wish to state, Mr. President,” said he, “that there has been no meeting of the committee to discuss these amendments. They never have been considered in committee at all. I wish to correct the impression left by the chairman of the committee that these amendments have been agreed to in the committee.” Senator Elkins made no .attempt to refute the sharp challenge of the senator from lowa. The progressives say that the amendments offered by the chairman of the committee at the instigation of Senator Aldrich will not accomplish the purpose of allaying insurgent opposition to the measure. On the contrary the fight is on to the finish, they say, and the prospect is for at least a month of debate for the progressive opponents of the bill, who are prepared to attack all of its essential provisions. According to information received by the progressives the amendments offered were prepared in New York at, a conference which Senator Aldrich had during the last few days with railroad officials and railroad attorneys. That they were intended as a bait to the progressives there can be no doubt, but not a single progressive could be found today who is satisfied with them or who believes that they reach any of the vital defects in the bill.

Decatur Is becoming quite aristocratic—and the tenement owners are beginning to draw the lines of renting quite as tightly as landlords of flats in the large cities —when it comes to the children question. This week a family moved from a house in this city, and it is said that the owner objected to their living in the house because of their one child, a babe i little more than a year old, who is just beginning to toddle around, tramped down thw grass on the lawn. Needless to say the owner is an old bachelor.

ADAIR TO SENATE Is the Plan of District Chairman Beebe and Other Democrats. SAYS A DISPATCH Plans May be Further Discussed at the State Committee Meeting. Anderson, Ind., March 31 —A goodly sized boom for Congressman J. A. M. Adair as the democratic candidate for the United States senate was iniated here yesterday and will probably be heard from in a meeting to be held by the democratic state committee at Indianapolis. George T. Beebe of this city, who represents the Eighth district in the state committee, said that, should Mr. Adair allow his name to be used in this connection that he would receive the enthusiastic support of the Eighth district, despite the fact that his district has already announced several candidates for state offices. Mr. Beebe denied today a rumor that the state committee had been called for tomorrow to discuss a proposition recently made by Governor Marshall that the state convention name the candidate for United States senator. Mr. Beebe admitted that this subject might come up, but he explained that at the last meeting of the committee it was decided to hold monthly meetings and that the meeting tomorow is the regular routine. o— GO TO DENVER NEXT TUESDAY. Charles S. Peterson, who is representing a Denver company and selling irrigated land in Colorado, reports that he will leave here next Tuesday with several parties who are interested in the values to be found in the garden spot. The party will include several business men who will very likely make an investment. The proposition is a good one.

GOES TO FT. WAYNE Irvin Miller Finished Service as Apprentice Baker and Takes Position AT SWARTZ BAKERY Has Proven a Good Man at the Trade and Friends Wish Him Well. Irvin Miller, who for the past eight or nine months has served as baker’s apprentice under Leo Kintz, head baker at the Schlickman & Girod bakery, and who after hours served as a Daily Democrat carrier, has finished his apprenticeship and left yesterday for Fort Wayne, where he has taken a position as second baker in the Swartz bakery on Fairfield avenue. Irvin is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of this city. He has proven an active and energetic fellow in the learning of his trade and has come out one of the best in his line for one of his age. He was also one of the best in the carrier force and gave ample satisfaction to the many patrons along his line. His friends wish him the best in his new opening. TO ELECT OFFICERS. On Friday evening, April Ist, at the Salem church east of the city an election of officers will be held. The offices to be filled are two trustees and a class leader. The Ladies’ Aid society will also hold a meeting on this evening and some important business will be transacted. A large attendance is asked to be present. E. R. ROOP, Pastor. Mrs. D. P. Reynolds, who was seized with an attack of paralysis about noon yesterday, and who was thought to be dying, has rallied and is much better today. She regained consciousness and was able to sit up in her chair. She is said to be beyond reco”°ry, however.

SCHAFER’S SECOND AUCTION Will Be Given Saturday, Rain or Shine —They Do as They Agree. T he Schafer Hardware company will give their second big auction sale of and blankets on Saturday of this week. It will be held rain or shine, as the managers have arranged to hold the sale under shelter in case of bad weather. At the previous sale the Schafer company complied with every promise and the sale was strictly on the square. They will offer a big assortment of buggies and other goods this week and the sale promises to be even more successful than the former one. Read their haif-page announcement on the fourth page of this Issue.

RED CROSS RULES For Prevention of Accidents Were Received Today by Interurban. POSTED IN CARS By Conductors—ls Followed Accidents Will be Greatly Reduced. Not only is the Red Cross society devoting Itself to the alleviation of suffering, but it is putting forth its whole effort for the prevention, believing that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” A number of placards for posting in the cars were received today from the railroad commission by the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway, and were handed out to the conductors w'ho forthwith placed them in a conspicuous place in their cars. The cars bear the heading “American Red Cross. William H. Taft, president.” Each is adorned with a Red Cross mark 1 , printed in red, and below, under a lower heading, “Prevention of accidents," with the first words of each sentence, “Never,” and “Look,” printed in red, are the following rules for the public to observe: Never reach or lean out of car windows. Never step on or off of cars in motion. Never face to the rear in stepping off car. Look for on-coming automobiles. Look for on-coming car when pas 3ing another. Look both ways when crossing the trolley track. Should the public observe these rules it is safe to say the usual number of accidents would be greatly reduced.

WHITNEY’S MUSICAL COMEDY CO. A Troupe of Thirty Colored Artists Here Next Week. The announced attraction at the Bosse, commencing Monday, April 4, is the wonderfully successful “Whitney Musical Comedy Co.” the largest and best company of colored artists in the world. It comes to us this season is an entirely new production, embellished with beautiful scenery and costumes and new and novel effects. The singing and dancing in this enteretinment are well known features, and from the time the curtain goes up until its final fall there is a succession of popular melodies. As the singing is a feature of this company, so also is the dancing. The eccentricities of such comedians as Salem T. Whitney and Homer Tuft are only made the more side-splitting by the graceful and pretty dancing of the ladies of the company, and the genuine buck and wing dancing of the other artists. o WILL MAKE TRIP TO EUROPE. Fathers Travers of Portland and Felix of Whiting to Leave Soon. Rev. Father T. J. Travers of this city, accompanied by Father Felix of Whiting, Ind., will sail from New York on May 14th for a several months’ pleasure trip through parts of the old- country'. The first stop of the couple will be to the Land of Naples, from which place they will go to Rome, spending much time in Italy. Munich, Germany, will be the next place of interest visited, after which they will go to Oberamergau to witness the Passion Play. —Portland Sun.

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STRIKE TONIGHT Indiana Coal Miners Will Quit at Midnight—Means Higher Prices. FOR SEASON’S COAL Powder Mill Goes Up—Negroes Employed by Tobacco Company Strike. (United Press Service.) Scranton, Pa., March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The powder mill of the DuPont company of Germyn near here blew’ up today, killing two of the workmen and fatally injuring another. The wreckage was completely destroyed by fire. (United Press Service.) Terra Haute, Ind. March 31 — (Special to Dally Democrat) —At midnight tonight more than 17,000 men employed in the 152 coal mines of the eleventh district of Indiana will go out on a strike which will continue until their demands for an Increase of 5.5 per cent are granted. The convention of miners, which opened here today stand pat on the “No compromise" plan and the attitude of the operators, indicate a bitter struggle and higher priced coal before the affair is settled. (United Press Service.) Louisville, Ky., March 31 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Today 1,100 negro women and girls, employed as strippers, by the American tobacco company, struck for better wages. A crowd of the girl strikers and sympathizers surrounded the plant and begged for the others to join them.

A GOOD SPEAKER Is Rev. Diehm of Huntington Who Will Lecture at Reformed Church. MEN’S ASSOCIATION Is Arranging For Interestng Meeting Tonight—Everyone is Invited. The “Manner Vereln" club, a men’s association of the German Reformed church, has arranged for a special meeting this evening, to which they have invited the public. The Rev. Diehm, a well known Huntington minister of the German Reformed church, has been engaged to speak this evening. Rev. Diehm is a very interesting and eloquent speaker and has a message for all who attend. The following program will be given: Son —Congregation. Invocation —Rev. L. C. Hessert. Vocal Solo—Miss Della Sellemeyer. Lecture —Rev. Diehm. Bass Solo —Jesse 0. Sellemeyer. Song—Congregation. The public is cordially invited. Let every one turn out to hear nim. The service opens at 7:15. —o I ELKS’ EXCURSION. E. L. Brown, general passenger agent for the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railway, was in the city today and called upon some of the leading members of the Elks’ lodge here and stated that some time in July, when the national convention of Elks would be held this year in Detroit, a special train for Elks only would be run over this road. This will be an excellent opportunity for the local members to attend and without doubt a large number will take advantage of it. The train will start at Frankfort and will stop at all points where parties desire to get on. LYING AT POINT OF DEATH. ■ Mrs. Harriet Longenbacher, who 1 has been a sufferer from chronic bron- ; chitis and nephrites, became much , worse last night and has been in a - dying condition since early this morn- - ing. Her death is said to be imminent. , She makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mathias Kirsch.