Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 60.

WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE Brief Outline of the Large Grist of Bills Which Now Become Laws

MANY IMPORTANT. A Glance at This List Gives You a History of the Six-ty-seventh Session. FOUR WERE VETOED Three Joint Resolutions and a House Concurrent Resolution Adopted. With the close of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of the state of Indiana, the following bills have received the governor’s signature and will become laws upon their formal promulgation: SENATE BILLS. 18. Greenwall. The cold storage bill. This is said to be the first bill of its kind passed in any state of the Union, and the food and drug authorities of the state expect it to become a model for other states. It limits to nine months the time that food products may be kept in cold storage, and provides for the labeling of cold storage products when offered for sale, at either wholesale or retail. 264. Harlan. Providing for acceptance of gift of Dr. Robert W. Long and wife for hospital purposes at Indianapolis, and providing a fund of 125,000 annually for maintenance of hospital in connection with Indiana university school of medicine. A Joint resolution was adopted voting thanks and appreciation to Dr. and Mrs. Long for this gift. 228. Stotsenburg. Providing for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the admission of Indiana to the Union by the building of a public library in Indianapolis, and creating a commission of four to make necessary arrangements. 301. Parks. Providing that school bonds issued for the construction of new schoolhouses in all towns of from 500 to 2,000 population may run for twenty years instead of ten years, as the present law provides. 233. Beal. Giving railroad commission power to regulate the size of cabooses and regulate their construction, providing that caboose cars shall be not less than twenty-four feet in length. 16. Grube. Providing that when a oandidate for county superintendent has received one-half the number of votes of trustees, the county auditor thenceforth is entitled to vote. 113. Stotsenburg. Providing for the appointment of a locomotive inspector by the railroad commission of Indiana and regulating conditions of safety and sanitation In locomotives. 21. Hauck. Regulating the incorporation of banks, and providing that all bonds of state banks shall be filed with the auditor of state instead of with the secretary of state. 432. Yariing. Providing >hat the Judge of the Marion superior court, Room 5, shall hold court in Shelbyville, Shelby county, four terms of five weeks each. 212. Stotsenburg. Amending teachers' salary law to give teachers exempt from license equality with those holding license for three years or more. 62. Nettervilie. Anti-garnishee law, making it unlawful for persons to buy or sell claims against which Judgments may be entered in another state. 28. McCarty. Providing for the sanitary construction of school buildings and providing for the free medi--041 examination of school children. 37. Stotsenbrug. Providing for Prisoners serving life sentences in Jes Ortonville reformatory being taken to tbe state prison at Michigan city. 23 Kistler. Providing for the appointment of additional bank exam Iners and permitting the removal o! •xaminers by the state auditor. 183. Parks. Providing that cities utsy issue bonds to take up floating Indebtedness caused by court judg “’nt- against the city. 38. Stotsenburg. Providing for the nlllng of vacancies In town offices by slsction of town boards Instead of by moral elections. 208. Wood. Authorizing railroad I ° ol ?2&nies to tak e _stock in interurban

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companies to facilitate the buiTding of union terminals. 76. Harlan. Authorizing the Indianapolis school city to take over and maintain the Winona Technical Institute. 2. Beal. Permitting change of venue from superior courts to circuit court, to ooviate the need of special judges. 1. Akin. Creating a separate circuit court for Sullivan county, now Included with Greene, in one circuit. 251. Yariing. Providing that Interurbans shall provide waiting rooms in cities of 4,800 population or more. 32. Proctor. Amending county option law by substituting city and township for county as units of option. 134. Royse. Amending the law governing the organization and perpetuity of voluntary school associations. 12. Fleming. Providing that traction and railway companies may make ten-year Barrett law payments. 348. Grube. Providing that boards of trustees of state institutions, in paying contractors for the construction of buildings, shall withhold sufficient money to pay subcontractors before the general contractor Is paid: providing also for making provision in ail public contracts for the payment of labor performed while buildings are under construction. 138. Stotsenburg. Providing that political parties may adopt or reject any proposed amendment to the constitution and that such question may be placed on the ballot to show whether any political party is favorable or is opposed to such an amendment. 327. Proctor. Amending the township and city unit local option law passed early in the session to clear up a doubtful point In regard to elections In townships outside of cities, where city and rural precincts meet. 350. Sullivan. Authorizing mining and manufacturing companies to state in their articles oF incorporation whether preferred stockholders shall be entitled to a vote in the affairs of the company. ?75. Grube. Requiring examination of employes of railroads working on section gangs and providing that at least two men in each gang shall understand the flagging system of the railroad. 435. Clark. Authorizing the township advisory board of Center township, Marlon county, to make appropriations for office rent, attorney and clerical help for the township trustee. 156. Strange. Amending road law with a provision for building bridges on highways forming boundary line between counties where streams cross such on the boundaries. 66. Sullivan. Providing for the appointment of guardians on application to probate court without the necessity of showing that persons for whom application is made ar insane. 163. Crumpacker. Providing that in cities of the fifth class where a grade has once been established no changes can be ordered until all damages are settled. 195. Nettervilie. Specifying a clearance of twenty-one feet for wires and obstructions crossing railway tracks ■ and regulating fastening of such obstructions. ■ 236. Moore. Providing for clearing present municipal corporation statutes . of ambiguity and defining the powers r of municipal corporations to incur I debts. t 279. McCarty. Requiring county treasurer to deduct the amount of de- , linquent taxes from any money owing from the county to the delinquent. ’ 378. Greenwell. Giving cities of , the second class same rights in establishing park systems accorded . to cities of the first cias: 88 Wood Providing for monthly 3 report to city controller by treasurer r in cities in which city and conn , treasurer are the same. . 290 Gavit. Empowering county ’ commissioners to build tunne sunder A navigable waterways and public lug „ wavs in lieu of bridges. 214 Hauck. Regulating the trans--0 fer of children from school corpora- * Jons in Indiana to similar corporaHour outside the state. 388 Stotsenburg. Defining dangert Os owners and managers « buildings ! graph wires across ranruau "Timing. Increasing th-alary ’ tomXTake’and St COUn ’ ’■ t,e £o Harlan Reducing the limit of 340. nariHu- from e the Indianapolis genera tg y 90 cents, the present Inn t to I 288. Higgins, “ tult e ° f andTaK. d the memory of soldier J CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR

TWO ARBOR DAYS Have Been Proclaimed by Governor Marshall — April 28 and Oct. 27. PLANTING OF TREES ■ Is Urged For Beauty’s and For Goodness Sake by the Executive. I • Indianapolis, Ind., March 11 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Marshall issued the following proclamation Friday evening: "The race might well despair were there not as many means of uplift as there are of depression in life. Each breast knoweth his own bitterness. No one can surely tell from the human viewpoint what Is the cloudbreaker and what the care-lighter. Sometimes it is a word, a smile, a prayer. All are agreed, however, that sunshine, green fields, running brooks and leafy foliage full oft have soothed the weary brain and knitted up the revelled sleeve of care. He who can furnish to the weary and the heavy laden the shade of a tree wherein to cool the fever of life’s blood and calm the perturbed spirit should do so. That all who can may at the same time provide a resting place for earth’s tired ones, I, Thomas R. Marshall, governor of the state of Indiana. designate Friday, April 28th, and FYiday, October 27th, 1911. as Arbor Days in Indiana, whereon I urge the planting of trees for beauty’s and for goodness sake. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the state of Indiana, at the capitol in the city of Indianapolis, this 9th day of March, A. D., 1911. "■ THOS. R. MARSHALL, Governor. L. G. ELLINGHAM, Secretary of State. REV. EWALD DEAD Rev. D. O. Wise Returns From Peru Where He Attended the Funeral of BROTHER MINISTER Burial Took Place at Bremen Today—Well Known in Ministry. Rev. D. O. Wise has just returned from attending the funeral of the Rev. E. C. Ewald, a brother minister I of the Evangelical church, and who at; the time of his death was pastor of > the First Evangelical church at Peru. His death occurred Wednesday morning and short services were held at Peru Friday morning at 8:30, C. W. Spangler officiating. The body was taken to Bremen, where this morntag another service was held, conducted by L. S. Fisher, presiding elder, of | Indianapolis, burial taking place at ■ Bremen. A large number of the ( neighboring pastors were in attend-, a nee at the last earthly services, ( which can be conducted for one of their beloved fellow workers, who has served nine years in the Evangelical ministry. Rev. Ewald is survived by j a wife. body identified today. (United Press Service.) Fort Wayne, Ind., March 11—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The body found in the St. Mary’s river here, weighted down with iron and bound with wire, was identified today as Harry I. Sherwood, chief electrician at the Anthony hotel. Sherwood, whose real name is said to have been Shaw, came here from Boston. His room-mate reported to the police that Sherwood had been missing since January Ist and this lead to the identification. It is belteved the murder was committed by a lineman or electrician, as the wires which bound the body were tied with “lineman’s knots.”

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, March 11, 1911.

HOME from funeral. Solemn Services Observed Over Remains of Carl Crawford Thursday. Bernard Terveer, Frank Bremerkamp and Tony Contcr, who were in attendance at the funeral of Carl Crawford, which took place from the Passionist Monastery at St. Louis on last Thursday, where he was studying for the priesthood, returned home Friday evening. The remains were not shipped to this city, his former home, owing to his own request that he be interred with the other members of the order at their own private cemetery and on the grounds where the monastery is located. Solemn obsequies marked the last rites held on this earth at the chapel of the monastery. which was assisted at bytwenty religious of the St. Louis house. Lawrence Ehinger (Confrater Vincent) also a member of his class, and stationed at that place, was glad to see his former Decatur friends, and he is enjoying the best of health. He has been studying for the same high calling, having been absent for ' five years, and will require about the same length of time to complete his course. SCHOOL DAYS O’ER For Two Schools in County I —Attorney D. E. Smith Delivered A GOOD ADDRESS 'At Wabash Township School —Another Holds Exercises Today. ■ Attorney D. E. Smith Friday attended the services at the closing of the school in Wabash township, taught by Nelson Bricker, a very good program being given in honor of the event. Mr. Smith’s address was “Why Boys Should Remain on the | Farm,” and it ife said he put forth some very good pleas in behalf of the life that is lived close to the soil and nature. The pupils of the school carcied out the program further in an ex- ' cellent way and at noon there was the bountiful dinner that is usually spread on such occasions from the larder that is overflowing from the store of nature. This was one of the first country schools to close this season. Today is the "last day" for the school in Blue Creek township of which Miss Bertha Ferguson is the teacher. There will also be the big dinner at noon here, which is partaken of in picnic style by pupils and patrons in large numbers, with a good literary program given in addition. o j FORMER DECATUR GIRL DEAD. A letter received, this afternoon late ■ by the Fred Mills family from Mrs. ' Hattie Graham, wife of Lase Graham, 1 of Marion, stated that their daughter, . Stella, died Friday afternoon at 4:35 at that place. Miss Stella spent her early life here and is well known. She has been married for some time, her marriage taking place after leaving here. A husband and a baby, three weeks old, survive. Her brother, Clyde. jWli<> lives near Berne, received ' a message of her illness and left this 1 morning for that place. He did not ' at that time know oh her death. She ' had been in the hospital at Marion, j o SHIPPED STONES TO MONTANA. —— The Wemhoff Monumental Works today shipped to Kalispel, Montana, two fine monuments to be erected in the German Lutheran cemetery at that place. The stones were sold to i parties who had formerly lived in Illinois, for whom this company had done work before, and the fact that they again ordered from them, when living even a greater distance away, is evidence that they are well pleased with them. - LEAVES GENEVA. ■Charles Sullivan of Geneva was in I the city this morning making arrange- i ments relative to his moving his i household goods to Scottsburg, Wash- ; ington county, in the southwestern part of the state, where he will take i up ■ farm work. Some of his goods i have already been shipped and he will soon be ready to leave for his new home. i

FIRST WEDDING ’Squire Frank Smith Holds His First Marriage Service AT CLERK’S OFFICE Ora Click Becomes the Bride of Ira Bodie—Berne Couple. 'Squire Frank Smith, who took his office as justice of the peace the first of the year, and who had been fulfilling the many other duties in that line to the utmost satisfaction, this morning performed his first marriage ceremony. Though it was the first one for him, he donned the toga of his office with the utmost complacency and took his place with ease before the marriagealtar improvised in the little cozy corner in the county clerk's office at 9 o’clock this morning, and with great suavity pronounced the words that made Miss Ora Click, a well known young lady of Berne, the bride of Ira Bodie, also of that town. The bride is just twen-ty-one years of age, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Click, while the groom is just one year her senior. The only witness to the ceremony, besides the officials, was Vance Buckmaster of Jefferson township, an uncle of the bride. The couple are very deserving of the many good wishes that are being extended to them by their many friends, with whom they are favorites. MT. PLEASANT LEAGUE. All are asked to bear in mind the Epworth League entertainment of the Mt. Pleasant M. E. church to be given Sunday evening, March 12th, for the benefit of the missionary fund. There will be no admission charged, but a silver offering will be taken. A very good program has been arranged for that evening. ASSESSORS MET County Assessor Gentis and His Men Met Today at Berne. TO APPRAISE LAND Some Will No Doubt Advance While Others May Not be so Good. County Assessor George Gentis, in company with a number of other assessors of the northern part of the county, went to Berne this morning and at 9 o’clock met in session for the purpose of coming together and setting an appraised value on Adams county land. This is a meeting held each year and the price of former years Is compared with the present one to determine what progress in the way of improvements is being made from time to time. As on oth- ■ er years some land will no doubt be advanced in value to a certain ex-1 tent, while others did not fare so well and may be reduced somewhat. The present assessors and their co-work- , ers are all men competent of carrying ' on their line of work and the reappraisement of the land throughout the county, and when the work is completed there will no doubt be an increased value for the land in Adams county. Those who accompanied Mr. Gentis were William Zimmerman, Jay ' Cline, William Barkley, Ed Gallemey- i er, John Meyer and James Archbold. BIT BY MAD DOG. While trying to separate two dogs which were fighting at the corner of ( Madison and Second streets Thursday Abe Whitright was seriously injured by having one of the dogs bite him I on the hand. The hand was badly ! torn, on the upper side, the incisions i penetrating entirely through the hand. | The injuries were dressed by a-physi-cian and no serious after-results are expected. o Miss Lilah Lord of Monmouth was a shopper here this morning.

FELT EXPLOSION HERE. Decatur, as well as Fort Wayne, which is 221 miles away from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, the little town 1 of 700 inhabitants, which was literally blown off the face of the earth Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock by the explosion of five powder magazines of the DuPont Nemours Powder company, containing eighteen tons of powder and dynamite, felt the shock of this ' one of the greatest explosions in modern times. Houses shook and windows rattled in both Fort Wayne and ; Decatur, and at Fort Wayne, police, besieged with inquiries following closely on the heels of three simultaneous burglar alarms in as many different parts of the city, at first believed cracksmen had laid a trap to disconcert the police department and had 1 then blow a safe somewhere. The shock was plainly felt in this ' city and was commented upon freely. o . • BUYS AN INTEREST Otto Peters Now One of the i Proprietors of the Holthouse Drug Co. - , BEGINS AT ONCE ■ Sells His Store at Willshire —ls a Popular Young Man of This City. ’ Another change in business affairs , was called to our attention this morning when Otto Peters, a popular young man of this city, who for a period of three years, has been conducting a drug store at Willshire, Ohio, pur- [ chased an interest in the Holthouse Drug Company of this city. Mr. Pe- . ters conducted a very successful store at Willshire and for the past year and a half has been the sole owner of the business which he has just disposed of. For one year and a half he managed the store of the Holthouse Drug Co., which they opened at that place, and which he later ' purchased, and which to this day has enjoyed a liberal patronage of the Willshire people. Mr. Peters is a graduate from the Ohio State school of Pharmacy, and just recently received the degree of P. H. C. from the same institution. His main work will consist In the composition of medicine and within a short time a pharmaceutical laboratory will be installed of which he will have charge. He began work bright and early this morning and will from now on be found at this popular place of business. Just recently a change took place at this same stand, when Lawrence Kieinhenz bought an interest, which was disposed of by Horace Callow, who released his stock with the firm. They have been enjoying an extensive business, and with the addition of Mr. Peters to the company a better success is assured them. o GO WEST FOR HEALTH. Mr. and Mrs. Haughton and Jacob Bailey Go to California. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Haughton and daughter, Madeline, of this city and Mrs. Haughton’s brother, Jacob Bailey, of Geneva, left Friday night for Los Angeles, California, where they | will make their home, going in the I hopes that the change of climate will | be beneficial to the health of Mrs.< Haughton and her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Haughton have been residents of I this city for several years. Mr. , Haughton serving as a local insurance agent. H ANOTHER WEDDING A quiet wedding was held this morning at the home of Rev. D. O. Wise ' the contracting parties being a young j couple from Berne. The parties were . John Huger and Ida Roth, ages twen-ty-four and twenty-one respectively. They are going to take up farming as j a vocation and will reside on a farm between Linn Grove and Berne. Both . are children of farmers. The wedding was quiet, only the immediate friends of the couple being present. i \ WILL RESUME SCHOOL DUTIES | Prof. E. E. Rice, superintendent of the city schools announces that the primary grade in attendance at the library, and taught by Miss Bess Congtleton, will resume school work again ' Monday after a several days’ vacation on account of the measles. i

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THE FLKS [ELECT Officers to Carry on the Lodge’s Work For the Year Chosen. FRIDAY EVENING - - Past Year Has Been a Very Good One—lnstallation to Take Place Soon. Quite an interesting meeting of the Elks’ lodge was enjoyed Friday evening, when the electibn of officers who will serve for the coming year took place. It was the regular meeting night and outside of the usual routine of affairs, the newly elected officers were named, who will carry on the work of the lodge for a period of twelve months, and who will take their positions the first of April. A large crowd was present to take part and the evening was one of much interest to all concerned. The officers elected were as follows: H. J. Yager, who held the high position of exalted ruler for the past year, was re-elected to fill the same for another year; Jess Helm, leading knight; Herbert Bremerkamp, loyal knight; Louis Rice, lecturing knight; Charles Niblick. treasurer (re-elected); Earl Adams, secretary (re-elected); Guy Dorwin. tyler; Earl Coverdale, trustee (re-elected); Charles Ernst, delegate. . who will represent the local lodge at ■ the Elks’ convention to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., during the month of July. The installation of the newly appointed officers will take place at their regular meeting to be held , the first Friday of next month, which time is being looked forward to with ( much interest. The past year has been a most successful one hi every way and the officers just named will do all possible to carry out the excellent work of the preceding brethren. _c COURT HOUSE NEWS Affidavit Filed by Miss Schlegel Charging Chas. Ault With Larceny OF FOUR DOLLARS Two Marriage Licenses Issued—Allen County Damage Case Set for Trial. Upon information sworn to by Miss Sarah Schlegel, Prosecutor Parrish filed an affidavit in circuit court, charging Charles Ault, a brother-in-law of Miss Schlegel, with stealing four dollars—two silver dollars and two paper dollars, from her. Ault is said to have left town suddenly. August Yergens vs. Henry Hockemeyer, damages, $2500, from Allen county, set for Monday, March 20th. Charles E. Estell vs. Charles E. Estell, administrator, claim, $644, L. C. DeVoss appointed to defend claim. H. W. Bysllesby Co. vs. Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry., Co., account, S3OO. Demurrer to complaint filed. Laura A. Foughty vs. Charles K. Foughty, divorce, answer to crosscomplaint filed. Cause set for trial Monday, April 3rd. Marriage licenses: Ora Click, 21, Berne, to Ira Bodie, 22, laborer, Berne; Ida Roth, 21, Adams county, to John Huser, farmer, Adams county. o BOUGHT GOODS IN CHICAGO. Mrs.‘Clarence Baughman returned Friday’ evening from Hammond and Chicago, where she spent the week. The greater part of the time she ( spent in Chicago, buying goods for the Baughman racket store of this city, and the remainder of the time she visited with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wertzberger, at Hammond.