Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1911 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

ilume IX. Number 262.

IHELD TWO ELECTIONS E Gireva Went Republican xl ept For Tie and Flip ■ of Copper Which 01l for democrat lP|r Treasurer—Berne DemI gyrats Win With SweepI ing Victory. S Dat Democrat) —The democrats of ■ Bate had a sweeping victory in the KjSi election held Tuesday. The reI I TRUSTEE—FIRST WARD. ■ Precinct A. K Hfl Schug, Dem 66 ■ Frßf Allen, Rep 17 ■ Precinct B Schug, Dem 107 Allen, Dem , k 49 I Stet’s plurality .. 173 I Aik s plurality 66 Democratic majority 107 CLERK. Precinct A. CJ (autzenhelser, Dem 60 Laurence Yager, Rep 17 Precinct B. C. Dem 85 ba fence Yager, Rep 74 ■ jS —“ lAzenheiser’s plurality 145 plurality 91 ®e: iocratic majority 54 TREASURER. Precinct A. Bentz, Dem 58 C. Egley, Rep. 18 Precinct B. J Fre.| Bentz, Dem 110 C-ll Egley, Rep. ' 51 S’ plurality 168 Eg! iy's plurality 69 majority 99 MARSHAL. Precinct A. Wpliam Tucker, Dem 58 D. Rep 18 Precinct B, ii.im Tucker, Dem 123 Keuenschwander, Rep 37 Ker’s plurality 181 kiischwander's plurality .. .. " bmocratic majority 126 eneva, Ind., Nov. B—(SpecialB—(Special to* U Democrat)—The wind up o • ■ nt of votes at the town election I Tuesday, created quite a spirited fest, extending far into the nip!:', flting over two disputed votes nn k sides for the candidates to (surer. All the republicans won ' > a good-enough majority, exe<; ' le for treasurer, the votes resultfn a tie. The question of the d> PUie I votes, which was settled as one ■Beach side, still left a tie vote, and ! 'wo candidates settled the tnatter 1 Sipping coppers. Dr. Graham, the 1 ocrat won, being thus the only ' erratic man elected: The vote: CLERK. dam A. Wells, Rep 161 1 E. Briggs, Deni 131 ’ majority 30 1 1 TREASURER. Cross, Rep ~...139 ‘ Br. Iraham, Dem 139 1 MARSHAL. Aspy, Rep 183 | j I*_C Botkins, Dem 104 majority "9 COUNCILMAN. jßthan Shepherd, Rep 145 ( Junes Kelley, Dem 136 j‘ dßepublican majority 9 ■ - - - o ~ * WAS GOOD MEETING. c SJho Yeomens enjoyed a very inter®*ting meeting Tuesday evening, at 1 jjMch time it was decided that they ■ *Ould accept the invitation which had bfcen extended them by the Fort ' Mfcyne lodge to confer the degree 1 w®rk upon a class of candidates at. 1 city on November 27th. The deRRe team was also present and got in practlce ’ and taken altogether ■ w»[evening was one of the most pleas- c ■ enjoyed together for some time. I crowd was In attendance and |Mbral questions of business were at- c -Hied to in addition to the matter of I JBtljling the above question.

WAS OPERATED UPON. Mrs. G. T. Burk Passed Through Successful Ordeal This Morning. . Word received from the Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, where Mrs. G. T. Burke was this morning operated upon for tumor, slated that the operation in itself was a complete success, but at 1 the time of the notice, she had not as yet aroused from the anaesthetic. Al'hotuh the growth iiad been coming lor some time she was not bedfast, and was able to make the trip to the ,: hot pital by her own efforts Her husband was at her bedside at the time of the operation and her son, Sim, left j this afternoon to be present. Unless ■ something unforeseen sets in. which | if 18 bp| <eved will not, her chances for . recovery stand very good. Two of the ■ local physicians were in attendance .and lent their assistance in whatever i way possible. I RED CROSS SEALS Suggestive of Christmas Season Will Soon Make Appearance in Indiana. ——, FOR GOOD CAUSE 1 For Fighting Tuberculosis— Mrs. L. G. Ellingham on Campaign Committee. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. B—A brand i new Red Cross Christmas seal will appear in Indiana late this month. It will convey the same suggestion of the Christmas season and it will repi resent the same cause—the fight against tuberculosis —as in other years, but its design will bo new. i Headquarters for the Indiana campaign have been opened at room 264, the Federal building, with Merle | Sidener and Guernsey Van Riper in charge as sales managers. The campaign will be conducted under the auspices of the Red Cross Christmas seals commission of Indiana, of which Professor Severance Burrage of Lafayette is president. Miss Rhoda M. Welding of Terre Haute, vice president, and Miss V. C. Harrison, South ' Bend, secretary. A campaign committee, consisting of Dr. Theodore Potter (chairman), ’ Mrs. L. G. Ellingham, Dr. Henry Moore and Lanes McPhetridge will assist actively in the work. The actual sale of Red Cross Christmas seals does not begin until the last of November, but in the meantime (lie managers will perfect a selling organization throughout the state. In other years men and women have been glad to assist in the sale, and asurance has already been extended that there will be an army of workers ready this year. The money raised will lie used in fighting tuberculosis in Indiana. While Indiana has always made a good showing in the sale, a number of other states have done even beter. Ohio, for example, had more than three million seals to its credit last year Cleveland alone bought more than one million. Indiana last year bought 683,000, and it is believed that this year the Indiana sale will exceed one million, and possibly reach 1,500,000. The seals are sold for 1 cent each, and are to be placed on the backs of letters and packages. The managers of the Indiana campaign will not say just where they have “set their mark," but they admit it is high. And they believe confidently that the people of Indiana will enter into the spirit of the campaign and send Indiana up among the leaders in this work. “It is a vital matter, this fight against Tuberculosis,” said Dr. Theodore Potter, “and I believe the people are coming to realize it. They can, through the purchase of Christmas seals, aid materially in this battle. The seals are attractive as well, and when placed on letters or packages give them just the needed touch of the Christmas season." SALEM AND CALVARY. Salem Evangelical church, east of city: Sunday school at 9.30 a. m.; preaching, 10:30 a. m. Calvary Evangelical church, east of city, Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 7:30 p. m. E. B. JONES, Pastor.

ONCE LIVED HERE Daniel Hallauer, a Former Resident of Adams County, Dead at His Home IN COLUMBIA CITY At Age of 81—Funeral Held Today—Has Relatives Here. The funeral of Daniel Hallauer, the Whitley county pioneer, a former resident of Adams county, was held this afternoon and many from this county were tn attendance. His death occurred from pneumonia, and it is said his daughter, Mrs. Emma Peacock, who kept house for her father, is also seriously sick with pneumonia. Mr. Hallauer is an uncle of Mrs. Henry Magley of Monmouth, and a great-uncle of Mesdames F. A. Peoples and C. D. Lewton of this city. A Columbia City dispatch says: “Daniel Hallauer, one of the pioneer residents of Whitley county, died Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his home in this city, after an illness of three weeks with pneumonia. Tho deceased was born in Switzerland, April 9, 1830, where he resided until ten years of age, and then came to this country with his parents, they locating in the state of Ohio, where he resided until 1855, when he was united in marriage and then moved to Adams county, where he resided for several years, finally moving to Fort Wayne, where he followed his profession—■ that of a shoemaker —for ten years, and then came to Whitley county, where he has since resided. The deceased. at the time of his death was 81 years, 6 months and 27 days of age. To his marriage were born five children, two of whom, with their mother, preceded the deceased to the great beyond, the surviving children being Samuel Hallauer, of Auburn; Mrs. Emma Peacock of this city, who kept house for the deceased, and Arnold Hallauer of this city. The deceased served four years in the civil war for his country, and was a member of the George Stough post, G. A. R. He was a member of the German Presbyterian church. Mrs. F. A. Peoples and C. D. Lewton left this morning for Columbia City io attend the funeral.

FIND LOST DOCKET Mayor’s Docket Which Has Been Missing Three Years, Found Today. BY JAMES D. STULTS Court House Custodian, in Dark Crypt Under Court House Entrance. James D. Stults, custodian of the court house, made a valuable find early this morning in the dark crypt of the basement under the east entrance of the court house, when he came across the city mayor's docket tor a portion of the terms of D. D. Coffee and from March 27, 1908, to March 11, 1909,-for C. O. France, and which is probably the docket which caused the indictment of C. O. France on the charge of “taking away and secreting a certain docket, ’ upon his failure to turn tho same over to his successor, Mayor Teeple, when he relinquished his office. Mr. Stults had gone below' to work, cleaning up the basement, about 8 or 9 o’clock this morning with a lantern, which was necessary in the dark, gloomy vaults, and accidentally came upon the book in his work. It lay on the ground in a narrow space between the stone wall and the stone abutment that supports the tower pillar, and was damaged to some extent by the moisture which it would naturally absorb from the ground. The outer front binding of leather was fairly well preserved, while the index of the book, with a number of pages, were entirely soaked and not legible. On the cover binding, where is to be found “Mayor's Records of City of Decatur," is entirely missing, having been apparently scratched with a

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Evening, Novembers. 1911.

knife, or other instrument, to destroy it. The book is now in the possession of Mayor Teeple, who will notify the state accountant, Mr. Dehority, of the j finding of it, who will no doubt take steps toward looking into the affair. o - j MORE REAL ESTATE CHANGE’S. Fred Koenig Buys the Schuh Farm— Other Transfers. Tho D. N. Erwin real estate agency reports several more interesting changes in real estate of the county. Fred Koenig, who recently sold his farm, has purchased the 80 acres, a half mile south of this city, formerly | owned by John J. Schuh, and the t Koenigs will reside there after March | Ist. The 80 ocres a halt mile south of | the county infirmary, owned for a year ' past, by Joe Krick, have been sold by i him to Howard Kurtz of McLain coun i ty, 111. David Liby has sold his forty i.acre farm near Preble to Ed Miller, i who recently purchased the James . Tumbleson farm lying adjoining that , of the Libys.

WILL SELL THE LOT School Board Advertises For Bids For Sale of the New School Lot RECENTLY BOUGHT By Them—This Will End Controversy Over Vacation of the Alley. The city school board, comprising F. V. Mills, O. L. Vance and Irvin Brandyberry, met Tuesday evening and authorized the receiving of bids on November 29th, for the sale of the ■ new school lot recently purchased by . them from Miss Hattie Studebaker, ! which lot adjoins the Central school property on tne soutneast side, and on 1 which it was proposed to erect a new 1 high school building. The sale of the lot will thus end the great battle that ! has been on between the board and 1 residents who live near the new 1 school site, who were very much opposed to the erection of the new ' school near their homes, which they ' claimed would destroy their privacy | and decrease the value of their resilience property. It will also end the ' case for the vacation of the alley between the old and the new school lots, which was remonstrated to by the aforesaid residence owners of the 1 vicinity of the school. *lt will be re- | membered that the case was venued to the Allen superior court from here, Judge Yaple deciding in favor of the school board, granting the vacation of the alley. An appeal was then asked to the higher court, and as the thirty I days given to perfect the appeal have not yet expired, no further action will probably be taken, the case being dismissed at once. The sale will be | made at public auction, at the law ofj flee of 1). B. Erwin, Wednesday morning, November 29th, to the highest bidner at not less than the full appraised value. $3,000. It Is said that Dr. P. B. Thomas, whoso residence lies across I the alley on the south of the Studej baker property, and who was one of j the chief remonstrators to the vacation of the alley, and the erection of the new high school building, will be one of the interested bidders. The new school board has deemed it bes* to dispose of the lot and invest the money in another way, on account of the present financial stringency. Just what will be done relative to the building, which is very much needed, on account of the present crowded condition of the schools, has not yet been determined by the board. ■ ... o MADE SOME MONEY. Fair Association Makes a Good Financial Winning. That, the Great Northern Indiana Fair association was. a financial suc- ' cess this year, as well as a success otherwise, is evident from the fact that the books show a profit of $300.87 after the payment of all expenses. The 1 total receipts were $4,180.85, of which $2,644.35 was from gate receipts and $1,536.50 from miscellaneous receipts. The total payments amounted to $3,879.98. The gain this year will be applied on old debts, thus leaving the association with only a little more than SIOO of the old debts.

COMING WEDDING Nuptials of Miss Myrtle Watts and Fred Bouse to be Solemnized ON NEXT TUESDAY At Home of Her Parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Watts— Live in Grand Rapids. An event of much interest in next week’s calendar, will be the wedding of Miss Myrtle M. Watts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Watts, of this city, and Mr. Fred J. Bouse, son of j Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bouse of Toledo, I Ohio. The wedding will be solemnized Tuesday noon at the home of the bride’s parents, on Elm street, by the Rev. C. E. Ehle of Fort Wayne, who i until recently was pastor of the local | Baptist church, with which the bridei to-be has been associated since child- ! hood. The wedding will be a very . quiet one, witnessed by only the nearj est relatives of both parties. Numberj ed among the out-of-town guests will | be the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. i H. F. Bouse, and his sister, Mrs. M. E. ! Lewis, and family of Toledo, Ohio, and . the bride’s sister, Mrs. Will Walters, : of Adrian, Mich. After a wedding trip ' the newly married couple will be at < home in Grand Rapids, Mich., where ' Mr. Bouse has become manager of the branch store of the Ransom & Randall dental supply house, for which he has heretofore been a traveling representative, the firm recognizing his ability handsomely in thus giving him the excellent promotion. Miss Watts is a graduate of the city high school, and prominent in the local social and , church realms, a position due to her truly lovely personality. For the past five years she has been employed in , Toledo, Ohio, where she became acquainted with Mr. Bouse. He has oftI en visited here and is well known by i many Decatur people who hold him in ! the highest esteem and join in wishing them a very happy new life. Miss Kate Henneford of the Niblick store, who was injured about the t hip when a buggy in which she was , riding was overturned week before (last, is showing improvement, though she is still unable to be at her work. OFF FOR HOLLAND j I . Committee Went to Michigan Today to Close Up With Sugar Company. DEEDS FOR LAND I — Mr. Haugk Conveys Tract of Land North of City to the Trustees. An important meeting of a number of business men interested iif securing the beet sugar factory was held evening, at which time the deeds to the Haugk land north of the city, Including the stone quarry property, were delivered, and the bonds were signed, assuring the Holland-St. i Louis company that •'very requirement asked for will be met, including the drilling ot wells furnishing 400,000 gallons of water per day, the extension of water mains for fire protection, etc. Upon motion a committee, Including Messrs. J. H. Heller, French _ Quinn and John T. Myers were sent I with the necessary papers to Holland, I Mich., where the big deal of landing ! the sugar plant will be closed. The , committee has deeds for thirty-one acres and options covering sufficient i ground to meet any desire the sugar I company may have. Work on the plant will probably start within a few days. Mr. Haugk delighted the committee Tuesday evening, when, after several days of argument and surveying, he deeded the entire tract to tho trustee, Mr. Fred Schafer, who will deed it to the sugar company after they have shown the contracts for the 701) ton lacluiy. Mrs. Ella Redding is visiting al the A. J. Porter home soutch of this city.

FUNERAL OF MRS. VAIL.

FUNERAL OF MRS. VAIL. Will be Held Saturday From the Sprang Home. The funeral or Mrs. Idartha Vail, i whose death occurred Monday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. Sprang, will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from the Sprang home on Madison street. The funeral services will be in charge of the Rev. IR. L. Seman#of the Methodist church, assisted by Rev. Gleiser of the Presbyterian church. Burial will take place in the Ossian cemetery, Mrs. ! Vail being one of the pioneer residents of Ossian, where filjty years of her life were spent. Word trom the daughter, Mrs. R. M. Donaldson, of Warsaw, who has been visiting with a daughter, at Seattle, Wash., Is that she expects to arrive in Chicago by Friday evening and will arrive here probably dur- : ing the night. The sons, E. A. Vail of ■ Cardwell, Mo., and J. W. Vail of this city, who has been at Cardwell, also, are expected to arrive this evening. S. N. Vail of Washington, D. C., was 1 also expected this afternoon. ALL IN READINESS l Adams County Annual Sunday School Convention i Opens This Evening in 1 MENNONTTE CHURCH ) ™ Jesse Rupp, President of Or- ; ganization, Will Preside > at Meeting. I - i Commencing at 7’clock this evening i the annual Adams county Sunday school convention will convene at I Berne and everything is in readiness . for the excellent program which has been prepared. The program for this i evening will be as follows: Wednesday Evening—7:oo O’clock. . Mennonie Church, Jesse Rupp, County President, Presiding. Song Service —Conducted by E. A. . Luginbill. Scripture Reading and Prayer—Rev. George Schroeder. Music. . Address of Welcome —J F. Lehman. , “The Training of the Elementary , Teacher” —Miss Hazel Lewis, State t Supterintendent of Elementary Department. Music. ' “The Teacher’s Wages”—George N. | i Burnie, General Secretary Indiana S. S. Association. Music. Offering and Announcements. Closing Song and Benediction. Thursday Morning—9:oo O’clock. Missionary Church, Presiding Officer, Rev. L. C. Hessert, Co. Vice Pres. Devotional —Rev. Crafts. “The Keynote of the Convention” — Rev. Semans. “Graded Lessons” —Miss Lewis. Music. “How to Count Right”—Geo. N. ■ Burnie. Music. Appointment of Committees and Announcements. Three special conferences, simultaneously, as follows: Home Department conference lu charge of W. F. Johnson; Adult Bible Class conference in ■ charge of E. C. Bierie; Teacher Trainl Ing conference in charge of Rev. ■ Kaley. (The state workers will render special help at these conferences ■ Come prepared with questions.) • Noon Intermission —Places of enter-. . tainment will be provided for all delegates. No charges for meals or lodg- , lug. Rev. D. O. Wise of the Evangel!- > cal church left this noon to be in attendance. BEN HUR CONTEST. • i An interesting contest for increase . in membership is on between the red , and blue sections of the Ben Hurs. : and plans for the initiation of a class i of thirty or more on November 29th, i are under way, also for the initiation of an equally large class December 29th. The Fort Wayne team will do the November class Initiation, and two special cars from Fort Wayne will bring a large delegation to this city ■ from Fort Wayne on that day. The home team will initiate the Dcccm i her class. The workers on both sides of the contest are putting forth ■ their best efforts. The losing side will i give a banquet for the winners. The degree team is requested to be at the meeting Friday evening, when ar- ! rangements for the initiation of new . candidates will be completed.

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COUNCIL DOINGS City Officials Disposed of Much Business in Last Evening’s Meeting. MAYOR’S REPORT O. K. Marcus Lenhart Files Complaint of Falling Through City Grate. A very interesting session of the city’s business was indulged in Tuesday evening by the common council, and with all members present, passed upon what business that had come up before them for disposal The minutes of the last meeting were read by the clerk, approved and ordered placed on record. A petition of Abraham j Stoneburner, asking to serve as the new night watchman, in the vacancy made by William Geary, and bearing the signatures of various business men, was read and placed on record. No steps were taken on the petition, as it is believed there will be others to present one, and until this is done no action will be made. The mayor's report frem January 3, 1910, to December 3, 1910, and gone over by the state accountants, has been returned, and statec to be satisfactory, and was ordered to be placed on record. A notice of Marcus M Lenhart, stating that on October 14, 1911, he met with an accident while walking along ths street in front of the Elzey & Falk shoe store, causing him to fall through a grate, receiving such injuries to his arm and back as to disable him from performing any labor. The notice was received and placed on record for future reference. A complaint was also brought up from citizens living west of Thirteenth street, on Monroe street, asking that some crushed stone be placed in the various low places for a better passable condition. The clerk was authorized to notify Mrs. Samantha Dorwin, in writing, of the dangerous condition of the grates in front of the Smith, Yager & Falk store, and ask her to same at once. Daniel M. Niblick, who is overseeing the John Eiting building, at present occupied by the Schlickman restaurant, was notified to put the grate on i a level with the walk, as it now ex- ' tends some inches above the required level, and is the cause of great inconvenience. The problem for the purchase of the new city electris lights, which has confronted the city for some time, was untouched Tuesday evening, but a motion was made that more time be allowed the committee tor. further consideration, and to give a more satisfactory report. As a number of the business men are planning to place electric posts lu front of their ■ business places, a motion was made that all shall be approved by the street and sewer committee before being erected. A second was also made that no posts or the globaa shall bear advertisement of any kinti, which was also approved of. The matter of ■ testing the wells at the waterworks plant, which was postponed for the time being, was placed in the hands I of the waterworks committee to look I Into the matter, with power to act; also for the purchasing of pipe, which ■ j will be necessary to complete their work. Jesse Niblick is to be notified to erect from an eight to twelve-foot tight-bnard fence .running between the Noah’s Ark building and the buildi ing to be occupied by the Harmon Colchin cigar factory. The following bills were then allowed: A. F. Brown ..$ 7.92 W. J Myers 11.00 W. J. Myers 15.35 Clover Leaf R. R 320.09 G. R. & 1 143.38 John W. Coffee 61.19 Waterworks pay roll 18.79 C. F. Butcher 11.53 Wesley Hitchcock 130.00 Amos Fisher 24.48 Frank Peterson 51.50 John Sprague- 13.50 J. G. Smith 50.00 i J. H. Stone 9.00 Decatur Democrat 14.85 > A. C. Foos pay roll 226.66 A. C. Foos pay roll 13.25 i Ft. Wayne Oil & Supply Co. . 10.17 ) William Geary 10.00 1 Mark Mfg. Co 3.03 5 Ft. Wayne Electric Works .... 20.16 B Viscosity Oil Wks 1-50 - National Mill & Supply Co. ... 18.37 c Bass Foundry & Machine Wks.. 72.00 CONTINUED ON page two.

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