Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 181.

REPORTS ARE FILED » State Accounting Board Makes Reports Upon the Sheriff of This County. FEES WERE RETAINED Fees Retained Upon Which There Has Always Been Much Contention. I The first reports from the state accounting board upon the officers of Adams county reached the board of 'commissioners during their session this week, and in compliance with their request were marked filed and •re now a part of the public documents of the auditor's office. The reports dealt with the office of sheriff, and embraced the time from January 1, 1904. to December 31, 1906. when A A. Butler filled that office and from January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1909. under the present official, Eli Meyler. The examinations were made by F. M. Wilson and William R. Pressnail, two expert accountants, representing the state board of accounts, and during their stay In Decatur demonstrated that they knew their business, and besides they are genial and accomplished gentlemen. A summary of the report follows: A. A. Butler. January 1, 1904, to Dec. 31, 1906. Executions and sale fees....* 784.54 Fees collected and unpaid.,.. 4.30 Drawn from county treasury. 1646.53 H Error in prison board bi 11.... 31.05 Total 12440.42 •Credit 20.00 Total due 12420.42 Eli Meyer. . January 1, 1907. to Dec. 31, 1909. Exei'utions and sale fees.. $ 319.44 Fe»-s collected and unpaid.... 42.81 Drawn from county treasurer 623.43 Error in board bill 25.60 I Total $1011.30 Kjg Tn a note upon the report the examKiners say: “In reference to uncollected fees as shown by the records, we find there remains on the books nothing except worthless matter, such as non residents, whereabout unknown. 4ue to the fact that the clerk has made an exceptional effort along this ane, collecting the sheriff s costs along with the fees of the clerk's office. Mr. Eli Meyer, upon assuming the responsible duties of the sheriff's office, followed the custom of his predecessor. ;Th<- proper records have not been kept, which necessitates much laboreffort and consumed considerable time making the examinations of his •'accounts. The quarterly bills of exi Sense presented by the sheriffs have •t no time been in proper form for ' the reason that they have not been itemized. We have given Mr Meyer instructions we thought necessary to enable him to keep his ittook - properly. He seems willing to Ft Atari y them out and we believe much improvement will be made along this Xne. We take this opportunity to fc Shank Mr. Meyer and his deputy, Mr. ‘’.■Green, for the courteous treatment accorded us during this examination.” In nearly if not every instance the mount charged against these two offi®*cers are for fees which there has albeen more or less contention as to whether they belong to the county or the officers themselves. The report will show the contentions of the Ktate accounting board, and if they -..are correct settlement will 'be made .along the lines of the report as tiled. The report shows that there were no : wilful misappropriation of the public funds, but merely a contention over the fees of their office. It is but fair to also state that there is not a county in the state in which these same fees have not been retained by the ;officials, and according to the report •fib 1 here, they will all have to dig up. RED MEN BANQUET TONIGHT. | There will be an important an 1 pleasant meeting of the Red Men lodg< this evening, at which time initiatory I work will be given and at the close 4of the work a banquet will be served. J All members are urged to attend this ■■bession.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

WABASH WILL VOTE AGAIN. Second Local Option Election to be Held Early in 1911. Wabash county, the first county in Indiana to vote under the law granting county local option, is also the first to enter the fight for a second election. The wet element has Indicated an intention of calling an election as soon as possible. The first election was held December 29, 1908. The second one can be held, therefore, any time after December 29th. Sunday at North Manchester the first gun was fired In the campaign for this second election. Not to be caught napping, the temperance forces held a mass meeting in the chapel of Manchester college. Ministers and others made speeches. CURFEWTO CEASE . ■■■■ > North End Residents File Petition Against Blowing of Whistle. AND COUNCIL ACTED Regular Session Held Last Night—The Business as Transacted. “Curfew shall not blow tonight,” according to action taken by the city council at their regular meeting held Tuesday evening. At that t'.ne a petition signed by R. S. Peterson and about thirty other residents of the north part of tho town, was presented. asking that this noise which disturbs the people of that section greatly, be dispensed with, and upon motion it was so decided. This does not effect the ordinance which prevents children remaining on the streets after 8 o'clock, and the officers will see that the law is followed just the same. The petition also asked that a smoke consumer be placed on the stack at the city plant and this matter was referred to the electric light committee. All the members were present at the meeting but Mr. Chronister and Mayor Teeple presided. Property owners adong Cleveland street were ordered to build sidewalks. Some discussion of paving Adams and Mercer streets followed. Mrs. Sullivan, who lives on Adams street, was present and said she was not able to build a cement sidewalk as ordered and asked a delay, which was granted. D. F. Teeple asked that some action be taken on a petition filed months ago, asking a repeal of the hack and dray ordinance and a twenty-minute dispute followed, in which Mr. Teeple and City Attorney DeVoss handed each other some rather hot shots. Marshal Peterson filed a new bond for $5,000, signed by A. J. Smith. J. M. Frisinger, E .Fritzinger, and W. H. Fledderjohann, which was accepted. The finance committee reported the report of Mayor Teeple for the first half of the year and the report of Treasurer Archbold for May as corrected and they were accepted. The following bills were allowed: City Telephone Co $ ®-'BO Geo. Schlegel 4 ~° W. McConnehey 440 G. R. & I- Ry. Co 251.49 Clover Leaf 38.58 Sunday Creek Coal Co 377.87 C. & E. Ry. Co 236.66 Vnited States Oil Co 8.19 Water Works Pay Roll 140.52 Frank ePterson 50.00 Producers Oil Co 41.1 > Geo. Keiser & Co 28.42 L. Hammond 24.00 Henry Peters n - 29 M. J. Mylott pay roll 247.25 G. F. Kintz, salary 34.00 S. Melchi 50 - 00 A. T. Brown 29.91 J. Buhler 2 - 99 U. Beckner l l;; J. G. Smith 50.00 J. J. Serift n - 70 J. J. Swift 11.70 William eGary 40 00 C. U. Dorwin 225.00 J. Brite, salary 121.52 R. E. Gilpen, salary ;- 100.00 O Rev. and Mrs. Hessert and children will leave tomorrow for Fort Wayne, where they will visit over Sunday. On Sunday Rev. Hessert will deliver one of the sermons for the rededication of the St. John's Reformed church which has been extensively remodeled.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 3. 1910.

CROSS NEVER KNEW Candidate For Auditor of Oklahoma Died Before Returns Came in. MISS MOORE BLIND Terra Haute Lady Shot in Jerusalem on Way Home —The Crippen Case. (United Press Service.) Oklahoma City. Okla., August 3 — (Special to Daily Democrat)—William Cross, democrat, present secretary of state, and probable nominee for auditor of state as a result of the primaries held yesterday, died here early this morning. It is not yet known whether or not he was nominated as the returns are slow in coming in. (United Press Service.) New York, N. Y., August 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Miss Agnes Moore of Terre Haute, who was shot last March by a fanatical Moslem at Jerusalem, arrived here today and left at once for her home in Indiana. She is totally blind in one eye as a result of the shooting. She was accompanied by Miss Anna Sankey, also of Terre Haute. .—UN. • (United Press Service.) London. England, August 3—(Special to Daily Democrat) —“There is doubt that we will be able to identify the body of the woman found as that of Mrs. Crippen when the inquest Is resumed,” said a Scotland Yard official today. Scotland Yard denies any knowledge of a reported confession of Crippen at Quebec.

CONSIDER PLANS For Southern Extension of Interurban to Monroe— Decision WILL BE MADE August 19 —Committee Appointed to Meet at St. Mary’s on That Date. Just what plans were considered by the ninety stockholders of the Fort Wayne & Springfield railway company at the special meeting called by the directors and held in the assembly room here from 12 till 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, have not been made known, but suffice it to say, they related to the southern extension of the road. President Fledderjohann informed us today that the matter had not been determined, but has been placed in the hands of a committee of twenty, who will meet at St. Mary’:, Ohio. August 19th and there determine the same. The decision at that time will do doubt be of vital Interest to the company, which is making every endeavor for the extension of the road south to Monroe. Os the six miles to be covered between this city and Monroe, three and one-half are graded and the ties hauled. The most difficult part has been graded and the remainder of the construction would be smooth sailing. The decision will be awaited with much interest by the many who will be benefitted thereby. o IS RECOVERING NICELY. Mrs. Milton Kidd Sustains Dislocation and Fracture of Knee. Guy Kidd of the Schlickman & Girod restaurant reports that his mother, Mrs. Milton 'Kidd, living seven miles southwest of the city, who was injured in a fall Sunday afternoon, is getting along very well. She had been suffering from rheumatism for some time, and in stepping from the porch, her leg gave way and she fell, dislocating the left knee cap and also breaking it. Drs. J. C. Grandstaff and C. S. Clark of this city were in attendance.

MUSICAL MONDAY EVENING. The Y. P. C. U. of the U. B. church will give a musical at the library hail on next Monday evening, August 8, 1910, the program will be ufi follows. Music —Orchestra. Anthem—Choir. Instrumental Music —Miss Nelson. Solo—Miss Vera Hammond. Reading—Marie Ball. Instrumental Music —Mrs. Yoder. Song—U. B. Quartet. Music —Orchestra. Solo —Miss Zelma Nelson. Reading—Miss Grace Baxter. Song—M. E. Church Quartet. Instrumental Music —Miss Rex. Reading—Zelma Stevens. Pantomime —Three Girls. Music —Orchestra—. Conclusion. Admission 15c and 25c. THE CHINCH BUG C. J. Voglewede Furnishes a Suggestion Which Should Prove Good. A SOAP EMULSION Government Has Tried it and Reports It Will Do the Desired Work. Recently an inquiry was sent to this office for some means of getting rid of the chinch bug, which has been doing quite a little damage over the county. Charles Voglewede, the well known shoe man, has made quite a study of this problem, during his spare moments, and has given us the following suggestion, taken from Circular Neu 113, published by the United States Department of Agriculture: “In fighting the chinch bug there is at present no more useful substance than kerosene, either in the form of an emulsion or undiluted. From its penetrating nature, promt action and fatal effects on the chinch bug, even when applied as an emulsion, it becomes an inexpensive, insecticide, while it has the further advantage of being an article universally found in every farm house, and is therefore always at hand for immediate use. The emulsion has the further advantage of being capable of sufficient reduction in strength to preclude injury to the vegetation while still strong enough to be fatal to insect life. Diluted and ready for use. the emulsion is prepared as follows: Dissolve onehalf pound of hard soap in 1 gallon of water, preferably rain water, heated to the boiling point over a brisk fire, and pour this suds while still hot into 2 gallons of kerosene. Churn or otherwise agitate this mixture for a few minutes until it becomes of a creamlike consistency and. on cooling, forms a jelly-like mass which adheres to the surface of glass without oiliness. For each gallon of this emulsion use 15 gallons of whiter, mixing thoroughly. If applied to growing corn, it will be best to use the emulsion either during the morning or evening, saybefore 8 a. m. or after 5 p. m„ as at these times it will be less likely to affect the plants than if applied in the heat of the day.” — , o —— TO WELCOME FATHER TRAVERS. Special Program For Priest Who Has Toured Europe. The members of the local Catholic church arc making arrangements for a reception to be tendered Rev. Father T. J. Travers upon his return from his trip abroad. A special program will be given at the church on East Walnut street on the evening of Tuesday, August 16th, when Father Travers will be welcomed back by his congregation. About two hundred invitations will be extended to the members of the church and their friends. Father Travers left here the fourteenth of May for the old country, and during the past three months has visited Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, England and other places of interest. His last stop was in Ireland, where he visited relatives, leaving that place Monday on his homeward journey. Arriving at New York next week Father Travers will spend a week at Notre Dame, South Bend, arriving in Portland on the evening of the 16th.—Portland Sun.

Toured Europe.

FOUR COUNTIES Are Represented at W. C. T. U. Picnic Rally in Lehman’s Grove AT BERNE TODAY Interesting Program of Addresses, Declamations, Readings and Music. Many from this city and county, r .s well as from Allen and Wells counties. are attending the W. C. T. U. tally day picnic held today in the Lehman grove at Berne. Speakers representing all of these counties are on the program, to which also, some of the best talent in music and elocution are contributing. In the addresses Wells county is represented by Mrs. E. A. Willis of Bluffton, Adams county by Lenore C. Hoffman, Linn Grove: Allen county, Mrs. A. Niven, Fort Wayne; Jay county, Mrs. Nettle Stovenour, Portland. Music will be furnished by the male choir of Berne and by Milo Neuenschwander, Emma Bixler, Mrs. E. D. Engeler, of Berne; Carl and Ivan Welty of Fort Wayne; Howard and Daniel Hoffman, Linn Grove; declamations by Josie Sauder, Ada Shell, Lester Smith, of Berne, and reading by Miss Pontius of Geneva and Minerva French of Linn Grove, added much to the interest of the day. The morning session was opened at 9:30, with the invocation by Rev. Hiram. Amstutz, and at 2, after the picnic dinner, by the Rev. J. W. Kliewer of Berne. All the ministers of Berne, besides many others from out of town, who were in attendance, gave talks. This will be the last meeting of the Berne and Allen county organizations together until the state convention, which will be held in Fort Wayne October 14th to 18th.

GETS A PROMOTION Who Served Several Years For Standard Oil Company at Preble as ASSISTANT ENGINEER Gets Promotion as Engineer at Station at Griffith, Indiana. E. A. Hoffman, who has served most faithfully and efficiently for several years as assistant engineer for the Indiana Pipe Line company at the station at Preble, has received a promotion to the position of engineer for tbe company at the station at Griffith, Ind., thiry miles south of Chicago, and is now moving his family to that place where they will reside. The position is quite an advance over the one held at Preble, and for that reason the regret, otherwise felt at leaving Preble, where Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have lived since their marriage four years ago and gained many friends, is somewhat lessened. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have sold their residence property at Preble. including a comfortable and beautiful new house which they recently erected, to J. Jaebker. The new position carries with it a home in the station house, including all modern conveniences, with light, heating plant and bath, so they will be very comfortably located there, besides being located very near Chicago, with the advantages of a suburban residence. That they may have abundant success in their new home is the wish of their host of friends here. o— — SOCIAL POSTPONED. The social which the Mt. Pleasant Epwon.. League was to have given Tuesday evening, August 9th, on the lawn at the H. E. Butler home in Root township, has been postponed on account of the circus which comes August 10th, and which It thought would lessen the attendance of the social on the evening preceding that event.

HIS MACHINE WAS MISSING. Dr, Clark'* -Hupmobile Wa* Taken Poiseition of by Two Young Men. Two well known young men Tuesday evening took possession of Dr. C. S. Clark’s Hupmobile, and proceeded to enjoy a ride about town. Dr. Clark in the meantime had a call and wanted bis machine very badly, and finding it absent from where be had left it, supposed it had been stolen. The police were summoned and shortly afterward the boys drove the car up and hustled away. The doctor was rightfully invery' dignant and at first decided to prosecute the lads, but later decided not to do so this time. The offense Is one, however, that should not be repeated by these or other boys or young men, as the consequences might prove rather serious. SANITARY SYSTEM Os Bubbling Drinking Fountains Will be Installed in Central School. MANY ARE IN USE In Larger Cities Where They Are Highly Recommended. Bubbling sanitary drinking fountains will be installed in the central school building along with the other plumbing improvements now under way, making this building one of the most comfortable and convenient in the district. This new system will it) way with the highly unsanitary tincup system, where germ after germ is passed along from tin-cup to mouth and from mouth to tin-cup again, a system which, contributing to the spread of disease, has been the bane of health improvement societies and the doctors' great source of revenue. The school board has closed the contract with P. J. Hyland for the establishment of two fountains in the lower hall and two in the upper hall, and these will be put in at once, as it is much more convenient to do so now, while the water system is being installed than it would be later. The fountains are made of porcelain, with porcelain bubbling pipe, as well as a basin made of this same material. No cups are used, the mouth of the drinker being applied to the bubbling pipe. The ever on-coming flow of water keeps the pipe and basin clean and wholesome, and all the clatter and noise, and the inconvenience, as well as the dirt and slopping from the use of cups is done away with. It is said also by those who have used this system that less water is used than by the ordinary faucet method, in which it is necessary to let the water run for some time before drinking in order to get a cool drink, and in which so much is wasted by the pupils in rinsing the cups. This fountain System has also been installed this year in the Bluffton and Montpelier schools and in many schools of the large cities and public buildings and parks, where they have been used they are spoken of in the highest terms. • — o MAT CRUM OUT ON BOND. Craigville Man May Not be Prosecuted For Forgery. Matt Crum, former Craigville man, who was returned here from Minneapolis to answer to the charge of forging the names of his brothers to notes, was released from the county jail this afternoon under bond of SI,OOO, which was furnished by his two brothers and G. W. Burkett, the three signatures all being placed to the bond. It seems very likely that Crumm will not be prosecuted on the charge. He was specifically alleged to have forged a note of $75 and although there were others reported, no charges were filed on them. This note of $75 has been paid off to the Wells County bank, which was out on the forgery. Matt himself, had a certificate for SSO, which he applied, and his paid the other $25. —Bluffton News. o A BIG YIELD OF OATS. B. E. Booker of Washington township, living on the old Arthur Fisher farm, four miles west and one mile south of this city, has threshed 1,700 bushels of oats from twenty-four acres which is the best report on yield yet made this year. I

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INSURGENTS WON Kansas Insurgents Name Candidates For Governor and For Congress. IN MOST DISTRICTS Missouri Renominated Fifteen Congressmen—Negroes Disfranchised. (United Press Service.) Topeka, Kans.. August 3 —(Special to Dally Decocrat) —Incomplete returns indicate that Governor W. R. Stubbs was renominated at yesterday's primaries. He is an insurgent and aided the candidates for congress of that faction. Os the eight congresssionai nominations, six of the insurgents have won out and the other two are still in doubt. The results as bulletined today are: First Distrist —In Doubt. Second District —A. L. Mitchell, insurgent. Third District—ln Doubt. Fourth District —S. W. Johnson, insurgent, defeated Congressman Miller. Fifth District —R. R. Rees, insurgent. Sixth District —E. E. Young, progressive. Seventh District —C. H. Mafison, no opposition, insurgent. Eighth District—Victor Murdock, no opposition, insurgent. (United Press Service.) St. Louis. Mo.. August 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Complete returns from yesterday’s primaries show that fifteen of the present congressmen were renominated. Champ Clark was named without opposition for his ninth term in congress. (United Press Service.) Guthrie. Okla., August 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Under the new laws over 14,000 negroes were disfranchised at yesterday's primary elections in this state. IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. They Will Have a Short Session Again Tomorrow at Road Letting. The engineer and superintendent for construction of the Decatur and Monroe No. 5 road, filed with the commissioners their report, showing the completion of the road, and after examination the same was accepted. The board is not in session today, but they will be tomorrow when bids will be received on the Monroe Elevator Macadam road. This is but a short piece of road and will likely not create any excitement among the contractors. SOUNDED CRY OF INSURGENCY. (United Press Service.) Des Moines, lowa, August 3—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With an open denunciation of the Payne-Aldrich law. Senator Cummins today sounded the cry of insurgency, as temporary chairman of the republican state convention. “The republican party,” he said, “cannot endure, half insurgency and half standpat." With a majority of 400 the insurgents are expected to adopt a state platform, endorsing only Taft’s good intentions. o — - DR. CRIPPEN HAS CONFESSED. (United Press Service.; Quebec, Canada, August 3—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Detective Dew this afternoon granted a brief interview to newspaper men in which he intimated that Dr. Crippen had made a full confession to him of murdering his wife in London. Dew declined to discuss the details. o COURT HOUSE NEWS. A marriage license was issued to Charley Mosel, 22, a Van Wert county, Ohio, farmer, and Bessie Erickson. 20, of Union tow nship. Real estate transfers: W. D. Conrad to Christian Eickloff, 64 acres. Preble tp„ $4700;; Ernest Schlickman to P. B. Dykeman, 2 acres, Union tp , $160; George L. Bobilya to J. M. Frisinger, 40 acres, Root tp., $3500; C. C. IFouts to Amos Steiner, 7 acres French tp., SI7OO.