Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 193.

■Kb STEADY GRIND I Strect and Sewer Committee | j; a d Their Hands Full I With Much Work. |c.U- DORWIN RESIGNS ■ Andrew Foos Appointed to, I Fill His Place—Allow I Some Bills. ■ wits every member on band to disH cuss the city's business Tuesday ev- ■ wini . tot much time was neeessai) ® to detennine that it was going to be W we c ,: uinsiderable discussion, which ■ it proved to be after a slight turn of S the *heei. The street and sewer I committee, who occupied the largest j fl portion of the evening, were the first fl to report, and the Erie railroad comI pany. which failed to comply with the I requests of the city to place a watchfl man at Thirtenth street, for which fl they had been given thirty days to fl do sc, will be again notified by the I «terk to have a man at the post witlifl in ten da> s to afford better protection fl or the citizens of Decatur. A numfl oer of walks which are out of refl pair in various ways, and for 'which fl a notice to property owners had been fl issued, and those that required refl pairs that necessitated their taking' fl up. would have to be rebuilt and re- ( fl placed with cement. There were a ■ fl number of objectors present and this | is where the “rag chewing" started, : in which after some time there was bu; little advancement made, and being unsettled, other business taken hold of. This being the ttme set by the city when they would receive bids tor the walks to be constructed on those streets, where the property owners had been instructed to build and upon whose refusal to do so, it was up to the city for construction. Not a single bid was received, and here apis there was a good chance for discussion, they being unable to go ahead with the anticipated work, owing to want of bids. The civil engineer filed his report for the cotnple-' tion of the Keller sewer, which was I found to be according to the plans, and specifications laid out by the en< tineer. and that the sum of S2BO, the contract price, with an additional. 111.20 for extra work, be turned over to the contractor, which report was approved and ordered to be placed on record A resolution then followed for the acceptance of same, which was : ziso approved. and it with the report, will be spread on record. A preliminary assessment roll for the Gause I sewer was filed and a resolution for j ! its adcptiotl was approved, and likej wise to be placed on the city’s books I for further reference A resolution, which requires that all new sidewalks to be constructed be built according to the plans and specifications i °f the engineer was read and approved. 'Councilman Christen made a motion that nine pieces of eighteen-inch glazed tile be purchased for the repair of the sewer on Patterson street and also that the culvert which j stands in need of improvement be fixed. The civil engineer was also notified to prepare plans and sped-, fications for the new walks which, are to be constructed on the south . side of the court house, the width oi. same to be twelve feet to better cor-, respond with the walks already- along the other sides of the square. The vacation of the J. O. Smith alley in the west part of the city, which was asked for several meetings previous , *to Tuesday evening, was, on ac- J count of the councilmen being unable , 'o look into the matter as to what, benefits would be derived from the, opening of same, was again continued . until the next meeting. John Niblick is to be notified to put in repairs on the walk at the corner of Eighth and Jefferson streets, which in wet weather gives much inconvenience to Pedestrians. Will Parent, living in 'he south part of the city, will also j receive notice to construct a five-foot •ement walk, along with the other no-, 'ices, which will be filed. A number of property owners along Adams afreet and just west of the Grand Jbapids railroad will receive notice to out their weeds within five days or other steps will be taken by the city. ' ouncilmnn Hale made a motion that 'be Citizen 4 Telephone company be authority to instruct the fire chief or assistant where a fire is located 80 he will be able to know where to

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I go when the alarm is sent in for fire. ! Heretofore when an alarm was sent in, it was the custom of the public to call central tor Its whereabouts, and the chief, upon making Inquiry was ! at a loss to obtain an answer from : the many calling in. The city also I wishes to state that when sending in an alarm for fire, one should be sure that there is a fire before they notify headquarters, and give an explanation whre it is, so it can be reached the quickest way possible. Several false alarms have been sent In recently, which not only means a loss to , the city, but caused much trouble iu I various ways. You are supposed to ' semi in the alarm if there is a fire, ' but make investigation first and see that your report is correct. C. U. Dorwin. who for over thirteen years has been a faithful employee of the city at the waterworks plant, tendered his resignation Tuesday evening, to take place August 31st, and 1 1 which was received by the council. An-1 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. A SMOOTH SCHEME Was That Worked by an Estern Man Now Held by Government. HOW IT WORKED Sold a Ninety-eight Cent Typewriter For Three Dollars on Contract. Washington, D. C., Aug. 16 —The postofflce department has just discovi ered what it claims is one of the neati est schemes tor obtaining other peo-' pie s hard-earned cash, formulated in ' years. The nepartment has been watching the development Os the plan for some time, and the recent numerous complaints from alleged victims of the originator of the scheme has had the effect of forcing the issuance ' of a fraud order against the companies concerned and the indictment of i the proprietor of the two offending organizations. According to the statement of the postoffice detectives in charge of the i investigation, the ingenious originator of the scheme had the following advertisement inserted in daily papers ; throughout the country: • Young men wanted to copy letters at home: 115 weekly made easy; congenial work. Send 10 cents as evidence of good faith to Those who were desirous of increasing their weekly stipend by the addition of sls or more—for the ■ amounts specified varied in the differ--1 ent advertisements —sent the required amounts. In return they received a letter saying that the company was anxious to get letters, to be used as testimonials, written on a special typewriter which he was placing on the market. On the receipt of $3.00 the proprietor of the slim-slam game would send a little “novelty” typewriter, which the postoffice detectives claim can be bought at retail for 98 i cents and upon which it is impossible to write 100 letters, much less the I 1.000 for which the “company” was i willing to pay S2O. The originator of the plan is alI leged to have admitted that he bought , the machines for less than a dollar j and that he sold over a hundred of them in three months' through this advertisement. o— — BAND CONCERT. This evening the city band will render another of their free street enter- [ tainments and they again ask the public to come out and show their appre- . elation for music, and for which they have been practicing steadily for the past week. They are furnishing excellent music for the short while which they have put in and all this is re'quired for tnem to hold together, as they have been in the past. FUNERAL OF J. M. ARCHBOLD. The funeral services for the late J. M. Archbold will be held from the Baptist church in this city at 11:00 o’clock, standard, or slow time, Friday morning leaving the house at 10:30 sun time. Rev. Abner Elzey of Ossian will be in charge and interment will be made at the Decatur cemetery. The G. A. R. will meet at the hall at 8:30 standard time, and the family requests that all “sho boys" who can, attend.

THIRD LAP ENDS Aviator Atwood Flew Nine-' ty-six Miles This Morning in About Two Hours. LANDED AT 10:12 At Waterville, Ohio—Will Leave at Four P. M. For I Sandusky. — i (United Press Service.) Elkhart, Ind., Aug. 16 —(Special to I Dail jX Democrat) —Determined to reach | I Sandusky, Ohio, byway of Toledo, by I I nightfall. Aviator Harry Atwood left • [here at 8:06 this morning on his ! flight from St. Louis to Boston. He; passed Goshen at 8:23, Millersburg at | 8:36, and Ligonier, twenty-five miles from Elkhart, at 8:45. Atwood made two unsuccessful attempts to start on his flight with Leo Stevens, bis manager, as a passenger. On his first attempt his aeroplane struck a hedge fence, but the machine was not damaged. After a second attempt Atwod started alone and got away clean. He passed Wawaka at 8:51, Kendallville at 9:06, Waterloo 9:22, Butler, 9:32, and a few minutes later left Indiana. passing over Edgerton, Ohio, at 9:38. He was traveling about for-ty-five miles an hour at an altitude of 800 feet. Waterville, Ohio, Aug. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Aviator Harry Atwood landed here at 10:12 this | morning, concluding the third leg of, his flight. He was in the air two ' hours and six minutes after leaving I Elkhart and covered ninety-six miles ! He landed here for gasoline and supI plies, and as this places is but 37 ' miles from <foledo. he does not expect ( to stop there on his flight after he i resumes at about 4 o'clock this after-j noon. Q TO HUNTINGTON Nearly Twenty of the Soldier Boys Left Early This Morning. THE 160TH REUNION Campfire This Evening Will be the Closing Event of the Meet. - / At a meeting held Monday evening 4t Huntington, and the final one, previous to the carrying out of the celebration for the 160th reunion of the Spanish-American war veterans, of■, which Huntington has the lienor of being the host this year, everything i was completed for the event, and early j, this morning the city presented a most welcome scene to the soldiers . who gathered there from the differ-; i ent cities from which the regiment i ■ was recruited. They spread the word 1 that they would be prepared to enter- I tain the many guests which they ex-: pected to be present, and it was to j them a great honor that they had the j i opportunity of being the entertaining ‘ host. The coming together of the sol-; < diers once more after the elapse of ( I one year will be a most gladsome ; meeting, but many of the smiling faces .: which were present in 1910, have been i owing to the sickle of death, caused , 1 their places to be unfilled. The regis- < tering of guests was the principal ,1 feature of the morning. Between sis-, 1 ten and twenty of the members of ( i Company B left this morning on the ( < first interurban car In charge of Lieu-| tenant Colonel John W. Andrews, and I will represent this post. Several left Tuesday and were met with the others who arrived there this morning. The event will close with a big camp- i fire at the Huntington theater this < evening. j Word has been received in the city from Miss Jessie Magley, who is en- ( 1 joying a two weeks’ visit at Detroit. 1 Mich., by her folks, that her visit is a I most pleasant one and Detroit an ideal ( 1 city for one to view many Interesting i sights.

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Evening, August 16, 1911.

TONIGHT AT CRYSTAL. i Clifford LaDelle will be at the Crys-I tai theater again this evening in his comedy specialty, "The Funny Old Girl From the South.” Cliff has pre ( pared himself for the occasion of the evening and says if you never had o< ! casion to laugh before, you will have | one this evening. In addition to this ’ the usual run of good films will be dis played and the same old price of but . a nickel is asked. DID NOT SEND IN ALARM. W. R. Woods, who owns the pio; - erty which was supposed to be on ft-e Sunday night, when the false a! i m was sent in, asks us to state th: ' he had nothing to do with the giv’r.z of the alarm. He agrees that poor'- who ' send in these alarms, should bv careful. and should know that there is really a fire, as each alarms means | cost to the city of $25.00. IN DESTITUTION Widow and Family of Jonathan Whittenbarger Found in Want. — I ILL WITH TYPHOID And Mother Unable to Sup-i port Family—Aid From Friend Just in Time. At the house situated on the Soloj mon Linn farm just south of the city, Tuesday was found the wife and family of Jonathan Whittenbarger in a destitute condition and the three, | children lying seriously ill from the i ravages of typhoid fever. Some time ago the family moved here and the widow endeavored to sup- [ port her chflifren and succeeded in I that until one one they were tak-I en ill with the typhoid, and her care . was necessary to save their lives. | Then being unable to work she was not able to support the family. Just by an accident Tuesday John Bowers passed the farm and seeing something wrong, stopped and investigated. In years gone past, Bowers and Whittenbarger -were friends together, and he soon learned the exact condition of the home. He at once came to town, where he purchased necessities of life and employed a nurse, taking them to the family at once. This condition has : existed for several days past. Charitable societies should see that the family is cared for. o ——— CLOVER LEAF WRECK. At Bluffton Tuesday morning the Clover Leaf experienced another of its unfortunate wrecks, when an extra freight engine, No. 188, jumped the track in the south yards. The train , was going through the yards at a good rate of speed about 5 o’clock in the ' morning and for some unknown reas- ’ on left the rails. The engine alone ] left the track, the train being con- i trolled before any of the cars were i derailed. Several rails were badly! bent and twisted and it required four ■ hours to repair the track in order to resume traffic. The passenger service was not delayed. oMAY ATTEND ANNUAL REUNION. T. Ernst, the popular custodian of the court house, is in receipt of an invitation to attend the annual reunion of his regiment, the Sixtieth Ohio volunteers, which will be held this year at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on September 26th and 27th. During the past year | eight members of the old regiment I have died. Mr. Ernst has not fully de- ( elded whether or not he will attend the meeting, but likely will, as he has ( been absent for several years and has , a sort of hankering to see the old comrades again, and to talk it over. - - ■■■•< BLACKSMITHS WILL MEET AT MUNCIE NEXT SUNDAY. All blacksmiths of Decatur and Adams county have been invited to Muncie next Sunday, where they are expected to be accompanied by their families and bring well filled baskets. .The affair will be held at the Delaware fair grounds and an excellent program has been arranged, including lectures by some of the country's most scientific men. Local blacksmiths who will; attend the meeting will leave here ( early Sunday morning.

YOUNG LIFE ENDED — - ——• t Druscilla Catherine Parrish ' i'i Answers the Call of the Reaper. i 1 1 FROM PNEUMONIA j 1 11l But a Few Days—Surviv- • I ed by Two Children, Father and Husband. At 6:15 o'clock Tuesday evening. Druscilla Catherine Parrish, wife of: Oren Parrish, residing a few miles' east of Monroe, where she had been keeping house for her father, George Martz, died from the effects of a se-: vere case of pneumonia. Since the death of her mother, three years ago! she has been staying with her father, and had been keeping the home in order. , She had been sick but a very short time ?nd the outcome of her illness Iwas very unexpected and the relatives are prostrated with grief at losing her. i She was twenty-uve years, four months j and nineteen days old, the mother of six children, of whom two are living and four who have preceded her in death. She is also survived by her father and husband. She possessed a kind and loving disposition and was well liked in the circle in which she moved, always being willing to do her part, never complaining. She was an active worker and spent much time to forward the work of her church, where her services and presence will be sadly missed. During her illness she was attended by a nurse from the Lutheran hospital | at Fort Wayne, and everything within the power of physicians was done for her benefit, but to no avail. Ths funeral will be held from the i Valley church Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will take place in , | the church cemetery nearby. SPANGLER REUNION Gathered Today at St. Johns Grove For Their Annual Gathering. THE MOYER ANNUAL Will be Held at Delaware, 0., Thursday—Number of Guests Left Today. The Spangler reunion, long looked for by the many who have made prep-. arations for attending, took place toI day, and with well filled baskets, the [ jolly crowd repaired to the pleasant spot of St. John's grove, along the interurban, where the day was spent in social gathering. Many visiting people who sent notice ahead, met on the grounds, coming from Fort Wayne, while others had already been here, visiting with friends until the day set. A sumptuous spread was served at noon, which was, without any mentioning enjoyed by all to the fuUost extent, and the renewing of I old acquaintances and chatting again > participated in, of days gone by. The v party included a large number, and j the occasion of this year will long be | remembered. Mr. and Mrs. John Spuhler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moyer, Henry Mayer and Neola Moyer of Fort Wayne left this afternocta for Delaware. Ohio, where they will be in attendance at the Moyer family annual reunion which will be held there Thursday. : The gathering, as usual, will be a most i pleasant one and many relatives will < be in attendance. O'"—NEW EXPRESS AGENT. - The express office of the Wells-Far-go company was scarcely able to hold the agent, Ben Elzey, today, and when an explanation was asked by other employees and members of the interurban force, he admitted that a big baby boy found way to his home and that he wasn't altogether himself yet. Een is greatly pleased over the new agent, and all are doing well.

LIKES H«S WORK. Clem Steigmeyer, a young man of this city, and a graduate from the public schools last June, returned Tuesday from Hamilton, Ohio, where 'he has been canvassing that city with a one-volume encyclopedia for a Cincinnati firm, for which he has been working the past sixty days. Clem reports that he likes his work very well, having been very successful in his initial undertaking, and the experience which he received outside of the new line of business which he engaged in was of much value to him. His return from Hamilton was due to the fact that he had orders for one hundred books, which he disposed of, and they not being at hand to deliver, he returned home for a short while un til their arrival. In the fall he will attend some business college to better prepare himself for the business world and the vacation to which he devoted I his time will be of greater value than t that had by the majority of others. BELIEVED ROBBERY Peculiar Trend of Circumstances Leads to Belief of Theft. CLOTHES MISSING And Independent Actions of Several People Build Up a Strong Case. A chain of circumstances which led the belief toward the fact that a robbery had been committed was established Tuesday night by the independent actions ot several parties, who, unknown to each other, wove a fact into the story which when completed, looked as if a robbery had taken place. Tuesday nrgnt the young son of the I woman who does French Quinn's [ washing delivered a washing to that [ home and left it sitting on the back I porch. Early this morning Eugene Steele was awakened by some prowler who had ran around his house and he shot several times to frighten him away. The Quinns heard the shots but did not investigate the matter. Policeman Melchi, who was on his beat, made a trip to that end of town and searched for the intruder, but did not find any evidence of the man’s presence. Then, later in the morning, the washerwoman, finding that the wrong washing had been delivered to the Quinn home, sent the boy back after it, and he finding the washing still on the back porch, loaded it on his wagon and returned home. In the mean time the Quinn family arose and not finding the washing, and coupling together the different links of evidence, notified the police of the supposed robbery. In a few minutes the boy returned, bearing the right washing and investigation soon showed the peculiar trend of circumstances, which led all to believe that a burglary had been committed. o THE MISSING WORD. The words omitted were “will.” from Acker; “store,” from Lachot & Rice, and "and," from the ad of Schaub, Gottemoller & Company. The first correct answer was that of Leon Gass, residing at 429 Adams street. The words were easy, and only requir ed a few minutes to find them, and for the trouble you might earn a dollar. The words omitted tonight are just as easy as those before, so get busy and get in an answer to the contest. ILL WITH TYPHOID. Charles Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Ball, who reside in the south part of the city, is lying at his home seriously 111 with typhoid fever. Charles is a lineman for the Western Union, and lately was taken sick while at work in Pennsylvania. He at once started home and when he arrived here was assisted to his home by a cab, and a physician called. He is in a very serious condition, his temperature being 104. Dr. Beavers and son, Ben, have returned from Chicago, where they witnessed the aerial flights, and also attended the clinic meeting of Rush medical college, which was their principal reason for going.

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WORK IS STOPPED On the Building of Cement Sidewalks on South and West of Court House. THE COUNCIL GETS IN Orders Twelve Foot Walks Instead of Six to Correspond With Others. Work on the new cement sidewalks on the south and west side of the court house square has been stopped pending the settlement of a dispute between the city and county authorities. Perhaps it should not be called I a .dispute, but a misunderstanding— / anyway, the work is stopped, and the walk along the entire south side torn up. At the meeting of the county council last September the sum of S4OO was appropriated with which to build sidewalks. The old walk had become worn and it was decided to make the Improvement. At the Au- , gust meeting of the board of commissioners, a contract was let to Amos Fisher to replace the brick with six- . foot cement walks, his bid being sev-enty-two cents per lineal foot, and James Stultz was appointed inspector. The work was begun Monday, when the old walk on the south side was up and it was expected that a fort-night longer would find lew walks ■ down. At the meeting of the city council Tuesday night, however, it was decided that since there were twelve-foot walks on the north side the south side improvement ■ should be similar, and the engineer > was ordered to prepare plans to that . effect. No order was made for the west sidewalk, where it would be im- > possible to build that width without j removing the <<rees. Now comes the t rub. The appropriation is for but ■ S4OO and this amount will not build , twelve-foot walks and consequently it > i was decided to stop work. The coun- > | ty council will meet in regular annual ;' session September sth, and in the . I meantime the county attorney will 11 look up the matter. It seems likely ! that nothing will be done until that time. The city could sell the walk out as in any other case, but the county authorities could cause much trouble and perhaps prevent the payment of the money. It’s a nice little scrap, but one which very probably will work out with a twelve-foot walk on the south side and a continuance of the west side improvement until something toward the paving of Third street Is done, which will probably come next year. ERIE PAYS INCREASE. • Station agents all along the C. &•. E., which passes through this city, were , made glad Monday when upon re- ■ ceiving their pay envelopes they found that a fat addition had been made to the usual amount. A twenty per cent increase in salaries went into effect. For years the Erie has been hampered in the way of retaining good men, as agents, owing to the fact that the salaries paid on this line were lower than on other roads. Often at towns where connections were made with other lines transfers would take place after the Erie agent had become acquainted with the officials at the other office. The higher wages generally resulted in the man severing his connection with the Erie. Erie officials have been considering a raise in the agents’ salaries for a long time and After much investigation and numerous consultations it was decided to make an increase of twenty per cent. The raise will long be remembered as one of the greatest in the history of the railroad. Small boosts in salaries take place now and then but an increase of one-fifth is decidedly rare. The raise places the i salaries of Erie agents practically on a level with those paid by all of the ! large lines of the country and is in - advance of many others. 1 ----- *»-. - - - ’ POLICE COURT NEWS, In the case of jhe owners, represented by W. H. Kuebler vs. John Jos- !- eph, for possession of the room which :• he is now occupying, and $206 dam- > ages, the case was argued this mornii Ing in Squire Stone's court, and judgi- ment rendered for the defendant, the plaintiff paying the costs.