Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1910 — Page 1

Volume VIII. Number 297.

STOKES WILL LAND Looks Like the Winner of a $6,500 Job in the Next Congress. INDIANA IS FAVORED Because of Location—Governor and State Officers Will Help Jackson. Washington. D. C., Dec. 17—Stokes Jackson, democratic state chairman of Indiana, probably will be elected ser-geant-at-arms of the national house of representatives, and thus one of the biggest and juciest plums in the house organization of the Sixty-sec-ond congress will fall to Indiana. The place pays a salary of $6,500 a year and certian fees besides. For example, every time the sergeant-at-arms arrests a representative and hales him before the bar of the house to answer a roll call he gets a fee. Salary and fees combined are sufficient to put any occupant of the office in rich, red, luxuriant clover. Jackson made much headway and his boom was put in such fine shape by the united action of the Indiana democratic delegation that it was gen- i erally conceded he already outdis- ' tanced his competitors and left them ' so far behind they will hardly be in sight at the finish. His most active competitor is Clyde Tavenner of Illinois, but the latter candidate is fundamentally weak in the fact that he does not have the backing of the delegation from his home state. There are several reasons, which, combined, put Jackson in the lead from the start. In the first place there is the advantage of geography. The speaker of the house will come from Missouri and the clerk of the house from Kentucky. Unless all signs fail the chief doorkeeper will come from Virginia. The north is entitled to one of the big places and, what is more natural, say members of congress, than that the fourth important place—the office of aims —should go to an Indiana man. Indiana not only is a northern state but it is a pivotal state, politically, and a battle ground of the first importance. It has been conceded all along that if the Indiana delegation should get together and give its unanimous indorsement to some Indiana candidate for one of the big places that Indiana candidate would stand a most excellent show of winning. That is exactly whgt the delegation did when it was formally and unanimously adopted resolutions apprising the nation at large what a faithful and tireless old party wheel-horse Stokes Jackson is and putting him forward as the state’s candidate for sergeant-at-arms. Representative Korbly, who has been an insurgent all week, came back to the reservation on this proposition and joined in indorsing Jackson. The caucus of the democratic mem-bers-elect of the house will be held here January 19th, and that will be a field occasion for Jackson. John W. Kern and Governor Marshall have promised to come over to Washington and work for him then. “All of the democratic state officials have promised they will come, too,” said Jackson. Senator Shively is backing Jackson, also, though not obtrusively, as the sergeant-of-arms is a house matter. Steve Fleming is expected here at any time to put in some licks for Jackson. FUNERAL HELD. The funeral of Mrs. Della Ake, whose death occurred late Wednesday night, was held today from the. Christian church at 'Poe this aft< ■ noon at 1:30 o’clock, with the Rev • McCartney, pastor of the Christian church at Fort Wayne, officiating A large congregation was in attendance to show their last respects to one whom they had known so long. Interment was made at the Poe cemetti.. AN EPIDEMIC AT VERA CRUZ. At the request of Trustee M • 1' Linn, Dr. Goodin, township physician, made a trip to Vera Cruz to examine into a sort of epidemic of skin disease among school children. It is not Positive yet what will be done in the matter. Dr. Goodin reported that one Pupil is attending school who has JPronounced case of tuberculosis. Bluffton News.

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THEY HAVE ENOUGH, Republican. Have Paid For Two and Are Ready to Call It Quite. " hen the democrats won a little over two years ago a supper was wagered on the outcome of the congressional race between N. B. Hawkins and John A. M. Adair, as to who would be successful at the polls. The wager was made between three Dunkirk republicans, Thomas Rogers, Dr. D. P. Murray and Earnest McConnell, and three democrats, C. M. Higman, W. G. Lineback and Joseph Hubertz. At that time the democrats won. The losers cheerfully paid the wwger with a fine spread. The same wager held good this fall when Warner ran against Adair and the result was the same. Last night a fine supper was 1 again paid for by the republicans. The winners again wanted to keep up the wager, but the losers backed out.—Anderson Bulletin. ——O- ■ . FATAL PNEUMONIA Mrs. Martha Troutner Aged Lady of Rivarre, Succumbs to Attack. DIED LAST NIGHT ; Was Sixty-eight Years of Age—Funeral Sunday Afternoon at Rivarre. Mrs. Martha Troutner, a well known * and highly respected resident of Ri-, varre, died Friday night at 8:301 o’clock from pneumonia, though she i had been ailing for some time with j a complication of diseases. Mrs.! Troutner was sixty-eight years, one month and twenty-five days of age, having been born October 21, 1842. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Joseph Coleman and a native of Allen county, though the greater part ol her life has been spent in Adams county, where she has gained a large number of friends wiho will be grieved to hear of her death. The husband and a number of children survive. A sad feature of the case is that the husband is also critically ill. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the United Bhethren church at Rivarre and burial in the church cemetery. _ HOODOO IDEA NO GO. Kingsland Wreck Car Nearly Repaired, Retains Number, 303. Interurban car. No. 303, the illfated car in the Kingsland wreck, which ploughed into a loaded I. U. T. car, killing forty-one persons and injuring two, will be out of the shops within two’ weeks, ready for service once more. The car will have several improvemepts to make it meet with the requirements adopted by the Indiana railroad commission. These include the installing of a separate compartment for the motorman, enlarged baggage room and standard height rear platform. The car will remain as “No. 303,” the company putting no faith in the hoodoo idea.—Bluffton News. ~ Miss Minerva French, living southeast of the city, went to Fort Wayne today to see her father, Henry French, who underwent an operation for a cataract upon one of his eyes abou ten days ago. The operation was pronounced a success by the •P 66 ** 1 ' ists, and they expect to dismiss Mi. .French from the hospital in the ! course of a few days. Miss French I will give a reading this afternoon at Fort Wayne before the Ladies Afternoon club and she will remain In that X over night with her father, and will be joined there this evening by her sister, Miss Xina French, who will X <o her U.W.-BI.V--ton News. REVIVAL AT BEERY CHURCH. Will Begin Tuesday Evening, December Twentieth. Revival services at the Beery church, southwest of the> city, wi S 8 TU E X? KenneU of Kentucky, a 2 nd nreaching evangelist, and singing and preach! g RCT . Erwin >" Ohio. P aßt o r - Antioch class n cordial invitation to all to extends a b accomattend that much good may ' plished.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, December 17, 1910.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Action Taken in a Few of the Causes in Adams Circuit Court. AN INSANITY CASE Ephraim Baumgartner of Berne Declared of Unsound Mind Today. John Schafer vs. The Buckeye Brewing Co., suit on contract, leave asked and granted to file amended complaint and same filed. Irvin Branbyerry vs. Oscar L. Vance, contribution, motion to make more specific and exceptioii by defendant. Old Adams County Bank vs. The Decatur Filler Co., cause set for December 30th. A board of insanity composed of Drs. Ernst Franz and Amos Reusser | and Squire Joel Liddy of Berne, has I declared Ephraim Baumgartner of unsound mind and recommended that he be sent to an asylum for treatment. Baumgartner is sixty-five years old, weighs 250 pounds, has nine children, the youngest being twenty-three I years old. He was an inmate of an ; asylum once before, abont thirty-six years ago. He is melancholy and ! nervous. His home is at Berne. • Real estate transfers: Albert jStrahm to Emilie Scherry, pt. outlot j 71, Decatur, $1600; Adams County to . Susannar Haley, l 4 acre, Washington tp„ $25. 0 — —- WELL TREATED Basket Ball Team Enjoyed Trip to Columbia City Last Night. LOST THE BATTLE Won Last Half But Lost the First by Overwhelming Score —Return Game. Professor Worthmann and his band of basket ball warriors left Friday afternoon for Columbia City, where they met the team of the Columbia City high school ina friendly contest. If was a more interesting game than the final score would indicate. The Decatur lads had a little stage fright ; during the first half and lost out i badly, but during the last half they rallied and showed real form, winning the half. The final score was 52 to 28 in favor of Columbia City. A return game here will probably be a feature of the near future. The boys ' say they were treated handsomely ht Columbia City and every good play made by the locals was cheered equally with that of the home boys and the Decatur team will always have a warm feeling for the boys from Governor Marshall’s town. The game iwas scheduled through Carl France, ; who is now a member of the team 'there. Mr. Flox of Columbia City acted as umpire and Professor Worthman as referee. — STEAM BLEW LID OFF. Os Oatmeal Cooker Burning Face of , Mrs. Geisler. Mrs. Charles Geisler of Willshire, Ohio, related and known to many here, is suffering from very many bad bums of the face. Mrs. Geisler was cooking oatmeal in a closed cooker, when the lid was blown off by the steam. The escaping steam, together with the hot water pufied into her face. . j Herman Bueter, recently elected treasurer for Allen county on the democratic ticket, who has been visiting , here with Mrs. Bueter’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Heidaman, south of town, was in the city yesterday shaking hands with a number of his friends.

PREPARING FOR MOCK TRIAL. Elks Will Give Their Annual Entertainment for Charity Jan. 3rd. Preparations for the Elks’ entertainment to be given on the evening of Tuesday, January 3rd, proceeds to go to charity—are going along as rapidly as possible and everything will be in readiness when the time comes. The entertainment this year will be In the form of a Mock Court Trial and It will be the best ever, according to all the forecasts. The bill of tare, showing the actors, will be out In a few days. The boys will soon be out selling tickets, too, and we wish to call your attention to the fact so you will be ready for them. Remember the proceeds go to charity. The entertainment will be a good one, something entirely new for this section, and with so worthy a cause, there should be no trouble in packing the opera house. REBELS WON FIGHT Mexican Federal Army Lost Eight Hundred Mn in a Hard Battle. NEWS IS CONFIRMED' Father Odenbach Reports an Earthquake That Lasted Over an Hour, (United Press Service.) Galveston, Tex., Dec. 17—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A decisive rebel vistory in a battle with federal troops at LaJunta, in the territory of the Mexican Northwestern and Orient railway, near Minata, is the most severe blow yet suffered by the Mexican government. Official dispatches received here today say that at least 800 soldiers under General Navarro’s command and General Hernaded were ! killed. The rebel losses were also j very heavy but in the defeat of the federals, the insurgents gain greatly. The situation in the state of Chihua- j hua has reached its most serious state since the revolutionary outbreak. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. I—An1 —An earth- j quake shock, lasting over an hour occurred last night, according to the report of Father Odenback of St. Ignatius college. The disturbance was approximately six thousand miles distant. The first shock was registered shortly after 9 o’clock and ended at 10:51, with a slight shock at 4 o’clock this morning. EVANGELICAL 8. S. REORGANIZATION The members of the Evangelical church met In their annual meeting Friday evening to reorganize their Sunday school for the year 1911. The treasurer’s report showed a healthy condition from a financial viewpoint, sixty ($60.00) being in the treasury after all bills were paid. Besides, the first Sunday’s collection of each month has flowed into the building fund. About one hundred and forty dollars ($140.00) have gone into this treasury from the Sunday school. Following were the officers elected: Superintendent —J. F. Lachot. Assistant Superintendent—S. C. Cramer. Secretary—Gladys Kern. Treasurer —Levi Barkley. Organist —Vernia Smith. Assistant Organist—Electa Giancey. Chorister—S. C. Cramer. Assistant Chorister—Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Secretary of Bui'ding Fund U. S. Cress. FINED FOR HOPPING TRAINS. The first ripple in police circles in some time was made this afternoon when a hobo was tried before ’Squire J. H. Stone on the charge of vagrancy and hopping trains, ihe having been arrested by C. L. Clark of Lima, Ohio, an Erie railroad detective. The man was fined $5 and costs. He paid $3, but will make up the rest by being confined twelve days in jail. REAPPORTIONMENT OF DITCH. ’Squire J. T. Ault, John Runyon, Reuben Meyer, Fred Berron of Jefferson township, and George Zehr of Wabash township were here today on business with Surveyor C. C. Ernst, relating to the reopportionment of the John Muter ditch, which affects the land of al! of the above named in [Jefferson township.

HEARD OBJECTIONS City Council Met in Special Session Last Evening to Hear Objections I TO ASSESSMENTS Appointed Committee to InI vestigate the Matter and Report Next Tuesday. A special meeting of the common council for the purpose of hearing objections to the assessments made to i the property owners along Mercer av- ' enue was held Friday evening and was presided over by Mayor Teeple. with all the members being in attendance. This was the only ques- ‘ tlon to be considered at Friday even- , ing’s meeting and a number interested in this street improvement who | had objections to make were present ■ to present their cases or were reprej seated by an attorney, who laid their i complaint to the city officials. Some claimed that their assessments were , entirely too high, others that tlley were illegally assessed and asked that those in charge look into the matter and lower their assessments according to the benefits received, and the increase in value to their property. Mr. Kelleher of Frankfort was represented by his partner, Mr. Holfine, who replied t<r different questions that were asked him regarding the street, saying that they would do all that they agreed to do in their contract. The council then appointed the street and sewer committees and the civil engineer to go over the grounds, where remonstrances had been filed and be prepared to report at the next regular meeting on Tuesday evening of next week. SIX APPLICANTS Took Civil Service Examination for Postoffice at Willshire, Ohio. — IN THIS CITY TODAY Office is a Cancellation Office, Paying From SBOO to SI,OOO. Five men and one lady from Willshire, Ohio, took the civil service examination here this morning, being applicants lor the office of postmaster at Willshire, Ohio, succeeding the late Jacob Beam. The examination was held from 9 to 12 in the local postoffice and was in charge of Geo. Everett and Jesse Helm, who have been appointed civil service examiners. The examination covered reading, writing, arithmetic, letter writing, copying of addresses, making out money order statements, etc., and was quite a stiff one. Two of the applicants—Harry H. Beam and Mrs. Myrtle B. Fisher—are son and daughter of Jacob Beam, the late postmaster, , whose death occurred recently. The I other applicans were Jefferson T. Culily, Garrie W. Mercer, Wtll’am P. Mil- ; ler and Harry Weimer, all of WillI shire, Ohio. The Willshire postoffice ' is one known as a cancellation office —that is the salary is equal to the amount of stamps cancelled during the year, which in the case of the Willshire office, ranges from SB9O to $1,090 per year. —eA VERY SWEET PRESENT, One of the finest Christmas presents received here the past few weeks —and certainly the sweetest present —was the seventy-five pound consignment of fine Lowney candies sent to the W. C. McKinney family from their sons, M. M. and W. W. McKinney, who are traveling representatives of the Lowney company in Wisconsin. The candles are of the best and of all varieties. The sons are expected home in a short while to spend the holiday vacation at the parental home. I ° - J. O. Fisher, who was looking after business matter at Rome City, has returned to his home here.

ARE ARRIVING HOME. Students From Various Colleges Will Spend Holidays at Home. The holidays being once more approaching ,the many young people, who, during the past few months have been attending the colleges and seminaries at various places, are beginning to arrive home for the holiday vacation, and from now on new arrivals will appear almost daily, the students coming to spend the Christmas time with their families and friends. While here they will be honored guests at a number of parties and other gtatheijlngs. During the past year there have been quite a number from tihls city and county to take a higher course of training than the schools of the county can give to better fit themselves for the struggles and strife which they will have to encounter after their school days are over. ASSESSORS MEET State Tax Commissioners Call a Meeting of County Assessors. JANUARY 2,3, AND 4 At Capitol Building, Indianapolis—Township Assessors Also Invited. County Assessor George W. Gentis this morning received from the board of state tax commissioners an announcement and cordial invitation to attend the annual meeting of the county assessors of the state which will be held at Indianapolis in the capitol building, Room 12, January 2, 3 and 4. The meeting will be called to order at 2:39 p. m. on Monday, January 2. These meetings will be quite important and all county assessors will make it a point to be there. An Invitation is also extended to all township assessors, to whom an attendance at these meetings would be highly beneficial, and a large number from Adams county will accompany Mr. Gentis to the convention. The tax commission board wants it understood that these meetings are not held in secret and any citizen or tax payer, is at liberty to attend if he so desires. o PLANT IS EXTENDED. The Indiana Lighting company is pushing the installation of three new 159-horsepower boilers at the plant on Clinton street, and expect to have them In operation by January Ist. Other improvements, including the changes in the coal storage rooms, etc., will be finished by the middle of next month, when the plant of the local company will be one of the most complete and best to be found in the middle west. With the Installation of the new boilers, the Indiana Lighting company's output will be very largely increased and there will be a reserve unit on hands at all times. The improvements, further, will give the company’s plant a sufficient capacity for many years to come. Mr. Mulholland, general manager of the local properties of the Indiana Lighting company, declares the concern will have a capacity equalled by few plants in the country, permitting of extensive extensions of business. — Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. — o WILL SING AT DEDICATION. Miss Lola Belle Erwin of Valparaiso, who visited a short while with her uncle, D. B. Erwin, and family, has gone to Wren, Ohio, where she will sing tomorrow at the dedication of the new United Brethren church. Miss Erwin, who is a singer of much talent, has been beard in this city on several accasions, much to the delight of all who he J. her. o ' STEADILY SINKING. James Touhey received word from Winchester that his mother, Mrs. Ellen Touhey, is gradually sinking and the end Is expected at any time. At present she Is unable to move and scarcely able to talk, and those who are at her bedside are giving constant and careful ministration.

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OPPOSE PARDON Mother of Murdered Woman Insists That Rev. Hinshaw Die in Prison. CHANGED HER MIND After the Parson Had Cut Up Pranks When Released the Other Time. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 17 —Adding deep pathos to a scene before the State Board of Pardons yesterday, when the friends of William E. Hinshaw were battling for his release from the state prison, where he is confined for wife murder, Mrs. Sarah Oyler-Smith, mother of Mrs. Thurza Hinshaw, the murdered woman, sobbed out her protest against the parole. Mrs. Smith, who formerly was Mrs. Oyler, began her protest in mild tones, but as she proceeded her voice became eloquent and she spoke rapidly, sitting a while and then standing at different times. Her flushed face revealed keen mental anguish and when she had finished she settled back in her chair exhausted. She said the letter written to former Governor Durbin, asking that Hinshaw be paroled in the first place was written at the instance of Union B. Hunt and Ellsworth Hinshaw, the latter a brother of William E. Hin-, shaw. She said she had been willing to give Hinshaw a chance and that she would have been willing to bury her grief if Hinshaw had conducted himself as he should. For the first time she recounted that Hinshaw had in the early period of his courtship with her daughter, then a mere child, threatened to kill her. The pardon board began the Hinshaw hearing at 1:30 o'clock yesterday. It continued unti' late in the afternoon. The board had expected to adjourn sine dine, but the session was longer than anticipated, and a session will be held this morning. The members announced yesterday that the finding in the Hinshaw case will not be made for severe! days. That Hinshaw Is somewhat of a gallant and particularly partial to women, whom he flatters and cajoles, was stated by Mrs. Smith. “He kisses old women, middle-aged women and young girls alike," she said. He is audacious, determined, and will either rule or ruin. “I am the mother of Thurza Hinshaw. When the news of the murder reached me, I took it for granted that the story of the burglary was correct and I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. I was talked into signing the letter to Governor Durbin, asking his parole, by Union B. Hunt and Ellsworth Hinshaw. I don’t know anything about law, and I told them T could not write the letter. Union B. Hunt wrote the letter and I signed it. After the murder they told me that they would soon get the men who committed the deed, I had pity for Hinshaw and his parents. “I had hoped better things of Will Hinshaw. After his pardon, if he had been a law-abiding citizen, I would have buried in my heart all things against him. Before her death my daughter told me things that I have never told. Tho Hinshaw family has the dollars and the thousands of dollars to fight this case. We have been an humble family, trying to work together for the common good. I want Will Hinshaw to stay in prison. If he stays there until he dies maybe he will confess. After his pardon he passed my house, tipped his hat and spoke sneeringly to me.” YOUTH'S"*COMPANION CALENDAR FOR 1911. The publshers of The Youth's Companion will, as always at this season, present to every subscriber whose subscription ($1.75) is paid for 1911 a beautiful calendar for this new year. The picture panel reproduces a water-color painting of an old-time garden in a flood of summer sunshine, with a background of Lombardy poplars through which one catches a glimpse of distant hills. The picture being in 12 colors, the tones of the original are faithfully reproduced. Mrs. T. C. Bixler left this afternoon for her home in Muncie after a week's visit with Peters Center and family and other relatives and friends.