Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 28.

UNIQUE NUMBER Os Lecture Course Will be Given This Evening by Ned Woodman NOTED CARTOONIST Who Lectures While he I Draws —Is Humorist of Great Originality. f The fifth and last number of the high school lecture course will be given this evening at the Bosse opera house by Ned Woodman. Mr. Woodman is a cartoonist of note and while he draws, he lectures. Ned Woodman comes before lyceum committees with such exceptional claims as will satisfy the most exacting of those who are seeking to place a versatile artist on their course. It lean be truthfully said that no cartoonist has been received with more universal favor than Woodman, since the Commencement of bls platform career a few years ago. As a cartoonist, Ned Woodman first came into public prominence through his many contributions to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Record Herald, The Ram's Horn, Life, Judge, and other publications of national repute. These cartoons, like his work on the platform, have given abundant evidence of Woodman’s ability to show the salient features of some national event by a picture-impression; his ability also to present the humorours aide of some public incident —all conceived and executed with a freshness, an originality, and that touch of art that elevate him to the position of a public teacher. 'Ned Woodman's class of work has a distinct advantage over a mere lecture. His evening’s program is meant to enliven and amuse, to inform and educate —mainly through the eye. The familiar phrase runs: “What goes in at one ear is apt to go out at the other.’’ But what reacnes the mind through the eye has no exit; once there, it is there to stay. Hence the work of the cartoonist has the additional asset of greater permanency. Woodman lectures while he draws, his personality is most pleasing. His attitude before his audience is one of mental and manual alertness throughout, and he is particularly happy in his treatment of the persons, things and incidents under his review. Woodman is a wit, and passes from one situation to another with a light but effective touch, while his audience—the youngest and the eldest, the cultured and the uncultured —respond with all the evidences of delighted appreciation. Not in any sense is Woodman a copyist; originality characterizes both his pictures and his speech. Though Ned M oodman has already had a wide experience, he may be regarded as only at the beginning of a brilliant career as cartoonist and wit. An evening with Woodman has all the virtues to be found in a good lecture, and all the fascination of an entertainment. in addition. ■Suring the season just closing he hhs appeared on about one hundred and fifty of the very best lyceum Courses in the United States and Canada, and the committees are unanimous in declaring him the best. OPENED QUARTERS. Dr. Elizabeth Brothers Burns Now Practicing Over Bowers Realty Co. " ■ » 9br. Elizabeth Brothers Burns, who recently here from Chicago, wnere she' has been practicing medicine for a number of years, now has her offices opened here over the Bow- ! Realty company, where she will ice medicine and surgery, and all professional business in this line. 3urns, who is a graduate of the cal department of the University inois, is well qualified in her work lor one year served as interne in National Temperance hospital of tgo. She is a member of the ChlMedical society, the Medical Wos club, and the Ne Sigma Phi soy. Calls answered both day and - ’Phone 660. CHANGE THE RULES. e meeting of the fair officials m nesday resulted in the revision of premium list subject to the approvaL.pf the board of directors. A few m W r changes were made in the rules governing the fair.

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, HOLIDAYS IN FEBRUARY. February, the shortest month of the year, but has twenty-nine days, this leap year, and began today, has nine ' holidays in the legal and church calendar. They are: Septuagesima, Feb. 4th; Sexagesima, Feb. 11; Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12; St. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th; Quinguagesirna, Feb. 18; Shrive Tuesday—Mardi Gras, Feb. 20; Ash Wednesday, Feb. 21; Washington’s birthday, Feb. 22; Ember Day, Feb. 23. Lent also begins the latter part of the month. DIED FROM SHOT Columbus Harrison, Broth-er-in-law of Reuben Gilpen. Dies in West. I iON LAST SUNDAY Thought to be Improving and Recovery Expected —Once Lived Here. Columbus Harrison, years ago a res- . ident of this city, but for the past i ■ twenty-five years making his home in the west, and now at Foyil, Okla., , passed away at his home last Sunday, . i following a general decline in health, : brought cn from the effects of a gun , shot wound in the foot last October. Such was the word received by Reuben Gilpen, brother-in-law of the dead i man, from his sister. An article relat-1 , Ing to the account of the shooting ap-1 peared in the Democrat on January 10th„ and will be remembered by many, at which time he was improv- ,' ing and it was believed he would re- ■ cover. It was on the night of October 7th, when Harrison, who had already retired for the night, heard a noise and thinking it to be one of his neighbors, went out on the porch to make sure his belief. A rig was standing at the gate and the party inquired the road to a nearby neighbor, while! I a second party from the rear of the home, sprang upon him without any warning, with a gun. He fired three times, one of the shots striking him in the foot. The affair was believed to have been the result of the parents’ in-1 terterence with a young man keeping i company with their daughter, who had ■ celled for revenge. The wound was almost entirely healed over from the blood poisoning which had set in and the family expected to soon leave for Texas for his health. Later a break- ' down followed, from which he never regained his strength, and death was the only relief. He was sixty-seven years of age, and once a well known ■ farmer here, residing just west of the 1 city on the Henry Eiting farm. He also lost a brother, William Harrison, at Saginaw, Mich., but twelve days ggo, and his brother, John, died some months previous, the three dying within eighteen months. He leaves a wife and seven children, and one sister to mourn their loss. The children are Roy, Harry, John, Elizabeth, at home; Mrs. Minnie Bebb, of Texas; Will, of Texas, and May, of Kansas. The funeral was held Wednesday. oSEWER GAS EXPLOSION. People in the west part of the city Wednesday evening heard what they believed to have been a dreadful explosion, but upon a closer examination ■ it was discovered to have been an explosion in a sewer on the corner of I Tenth street and Nuttman avenue. What cansel it no one knows, only that it occurred, and for a time excitement ran high among the near residents, until they learned what it was. A number of children were skating on the ice ■ near the place and from their state- . ments one of them might have thrown I a lighted match into the sewer and the , foul air exploded with a loud noise. Ice i was shattered in pieces and thrown to some height from the man-hole, but : no damage resulted. i o — I IF WOMEN COULD VOTE. What Wouldn’t They do to Crush This Bill. i Annapolis, Md., Feb. I—A1 —A bill designed to protect women from gossip was introduced in the house of delegates yesterday by Mr. Phillips of Wis comico county. The proposed law inf filets a penalty of from six months to - ! three years upon any person who, in i ' the hearing of others, makes any as3 1 sertion reflecting upon the "sod name of a woman.

THE EDITORS MEET Newspaper Heads Gather Today and Friday in Midwinter Meeting. THE BANQUET FRIDAY Governor Marshall and Others to Address Assemblage at This Time. The mid-winter meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial association opened this morning at the Denison hotel, Indianapolis, for a two days’s session, with editors present in large numbers, to extend to each other the glad hand-shake, and listen to the appeals of liigh state officials on presentday needs, and to enjoy the banquet on Friday evening. John Heller left this morning to be in attendance and while in the capital city will be the guest of Secretary of State Lew G. Ellingham. The session for Friday is made up of the following program: Banquet. Toastmaster—Paul Poynter, president of the association. Address —Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Industrial Education—Hon Chas. A. Greathouse, state superintendent. Party Organization—Hon. Bernard Korbly, democratic state chairman. Abe Martin Folks —Kin Hubbard. Five-minute speeches by members of j the craft and guests. Friday Morning. System in a Country Office —Benjamin F. McKee, Lebanon Pioneer. Abuse of Free Reading Notices —W. S. Chambers, Newcastle Democrat. Country Correspondence and Circulation—Lew M. O’Bannon, Corydon Democrat. Schools of Journalism —John C. Mellett, Indiana University Daily Student. Report of Committees Election of Officers. — o . . TO BUY TWO STORES 'George C. Steele of Steele & Weaver Racket Store Left Today ON PROSPECT TRIP With View of Purchasing Two Stores to Form a Chain. George C. Steele of the enterprising firm of Steele & Weaver, proprietors of the well known racket store, left todayon a prospecting tour that may result in his return home with two more stores Added to that conducted by them here. Mr. Steele has been looking about lor some time, with the view in mind of purchasing two similar five and ten cent stores in good localities and II Is said is nearly ready to clinch the bargain. The firm is an enterprising one, strictly up-to-date in its meth ods, and the addition of two more stores, enabling them to buy on a larger scale, and therefore to better advantage, and to sell at a lesser cost, advantageous to the purchaser, would result. Mr. Steele owned five and ten cent stores at. LaGrange and Union City in connection with the one owned here, and is versed in every department of the trade. POCAHONTAS. All members of the Pocahontas lodge are requested to be at the hall tonight at the regular meeting, at which time extremely important business will have to be disposed of. There will also be several candidates who will be given the work and a general good time is promised those who will brave the weather. ■ - u MR. HUBBARD ARRIVES. I■ H — F. H. Hubbard, president, and Mr. ■ Cramer, the superintendent, of the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar company, will ari rive in the city tomorrow to look after i some business pertaining to the erec- ■ tion of the plant here. They will ar- > rive on the 7 o'clock train from the north.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, February 1, 1912.

i PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. ; Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. I—State1 —State house officials who have become interested in the proposal that the democratic state convention declare for a public service commission law are inclined to the belief that the Wisconsin law comes the nearest to meeting the : needs of Indiana. That law gave ad- ’ ditioual powers to the existing board of railroad commissioners. The purposes of the Wisconsin com-. mission, as would be the purpose of an i Indiana commission, is to secure ade-I . quate service and reasonable rates ! The Wisconsin law places under the I jurisdiction of the state board of rail-1 road commissioners, the manufacture ! . and distribution of gas and electricity ■ : for light, heat and power; telephone] and water service: and all persons, I corporations and municipalities own- 1 1 ing, leasing, operating and controlling 1 the same. The commission has com--1 plete jurisdiction of railroad compan- ’ les as does- the present Indiana rail- ' road commission. ■ I The Wisconsin law provides that ev- ■ ery public utility shall keep and ren- > 1 der to the commission in the manner ' > and form prescribed by the commis- ■ sion, uniform accounts of all business r transacted, that every public utility ■ shall furnish to the commission all in-, r formation required; that the commis-, ] sion shall provide comprehensive' 1 classifications of service that shall be • uniform throughout the state: that no i change in rates shall be made by a -: public utility except on ten days’ no- ! tice to the commission; that substitute . rates may be ordered by the commission after investigation; that if. after, I hearing, the public utility has been ■ found to be at fault as to any rate or I ' Service, it shall pay the expenses in- 1 curred by the commission upon the in-! (vestigation; that every public utility! , desiring to advance or discontinue any , rate may make application to the com-, i mission, that the commission shall, if f the change applied for be reasonable, grant the application. The Wisconsin law also provides that every public 1 utility shall, whenever an accident at- ! tended with loss of human life occurs upon its premises, give immediaate notice thereof to the commission and , ■ that the commission shall cause an in- | vestigation to be made. The success of the Wisconsin law I has demonstrated that a commission I properly conducted is cf as much value ! to the public utilities themselves as the people they serve. It enables an I honest corporation to charge reasonable rates and to provide efficient serv i ice without the annoyance of unjust ' competetition, involving rate wars, duplication of plants, etc. The spirit of the Wisconsin law is constructive, not destructive. WANT NO ADVANCE PAYMENTS. W. H. O’Brien, auditor of state, and W. H. Vollmer, treasurer of state, (chief financial officials in the state government, have completed figures bearing on state finances for the six months to end June 30, of this year, and have reached the conclusion the , ! state board of finance will probably ]be able to handle the state finances during that time without calling on . the county treasurers for advance payments from me juue settlement ■ ( with the auditor and treasurer. Both ’ said if necessary at all to call for an i • advance payment, it will not be until, s about the first of June, and then the! i call, if made, will be for a small ■! amount. Both said they were posi- ■ tive in their conclusions, they would !. be able to go through the second half !of the calendar year without a call -■ on the counties. For several years , ‘ advance payments have bean required i I j every half year to meet current ex-1 i' pensos. 1- _ <» TOWN THREATENED. (Vnltea Tress Service.) Sheridan. Ind., Feb. I—(Special to Doily Democrat) —Property loss of 1 $60,000 was caused here today by a fire ! s ( that hreatened to destroy the entire 1 business section of the city. A drug | t 1 store, furniture store and a men’s - clothing establishment were destroyed.( 3 1 A livery barn and a private barn were' I I ) ] torn down to prevent the spread of I 1 ■ the flames. Sheridan has a population 1 1' of $2,000 and no Are protection. Indianapolis was appealed to for aid. o ■ ■ ABOUT THE SICK. L. H. Purdy, who slipped and fell on I- the porch and was badly hurt, is able to sit up , but is still unable to walk, r :- Mrs. C. B. Andrews, wife of the Ad- •- ams county truant officer, who has e been ill with what seems to be a spinal trouble, very baffling, is Improving.

TO GET POINTERS Elks Made a Trip to Kendallville Last Night to Inspect the Home i OF THE ELKS THERE It is a Most Beautiful One— I | Would Like to Model Theirs After It. I Herman Yager, U. C. Ernst, C. C. Elzey, Charles Niblick and Hugh Hite, of a committee, which also included Chairman D. M. Hensley, E. B. Ad ams, F. C. Mills, on arrangement for j the provision ot new quarters for the local order, made a trip to Kendall- | ville Wednesday night, where they ini spected the most beautiful home of the Elks at that place. For some time they have been wishing to get more comfortable and suitable quarters, and a district official who was here recently referred them to the Kendall- . ville home as a model of all that is desirable. The trip was made Wednesday evening, therefore, on the regular lodge night, to get pointers from the quarters at that place that would enable them to make their new quarters here the best ever. The committee has not yet decided what they' will do 'in the matter of the quarters here. I They have been considering the buildl ing of a new home, the securing of > rooms in several prospective business ‘ buildings to be erected this summer and the remodeling of their own pres- ' ent rooms, should the owner agree to do so; also the purchase of a residence to be remodeled sos their use. The matter will be taken up later for their decision. While the Kendallville home is a model of beauty and utility, it also cost several thousand dollars, which ■ may be beyond the means of the local Elks, but at all events, they are unanimous in agreeing that they got several good pointers from their visit there. VIOLENT - DEATHS I In United States Totaled 48,606 in 1910 —Makes Ratio of SIX HOMICIDAL CASES To Every 100.000 Persons— Railroads Killed the Greatest Number. Washington. D. C., Feb. I—Three thousand one hundred and ninety out of 48,606 deatns irom violence in 1910 were caused by murder. This would make the ratio of six homicidal cases to every 100,000 persons. These figures were compiled by Dr. Cressy L. Wilburn, chief statistician of vital sta ■ tistics of the census bureau. The exact I rate is 5,9 for each 100,000 as against ' 5.6 in 1909; 6.4 in 1908 and 6.3 in 1907. Violent deaths resulted to 90 3 persons out of every 1000.000 in 1910, and in 1909, only 85.8 in the same number met death in the same manner. Kailroads killed the greatest number and 7,877 deaths are reported from . injuries from that source. This is an increase of 14.6 in every 100,000 population over 13.1 in 1909. Accidental drowning took the next largest number, 4,818 having met death in the waters of the United States. Flames brought death to 4,182, anC 2,484 were I sacrificed in the mines and quarries 1 during the year. The street car sys- ' terns claimed 1,949 victims and deleterious gases, 1,379, the smallest rate since 1906. Automobiles killed 960 persons, just 1.8 to every 100,000 persons. This is an increase in rate over 1.2 in 1909. I Vehicles, other than trains, street cars and automobiles, killed 1.940. Poison in food caused the death of 157, and other poisons brought death to 1,227. Eighty-nine died from stab wounds •and 556 were buried in landslides. An- ' imals killed 254 and the heat 826. Pennsylvania had the largest number of violent deaths in 1910 and ‘ Colorado the highest rate. New York was second. Vermont reported the smallest number of deaths in 1910 and Wisconsin had the lowest rate in both 1909 and 1910.

THE OPINION. Many of the citizens are discussing the new bridge to be erected over the St Mary’s river at the foot of Monroe street this summer and the concensus of opinion is that, it should be equipped with a double walk. They say that in case of a show or the fair was in progress the two walks would be needed, also that in the near future the land across the bridge will be laid , out in lots and homes erected there, necessitating a sidewalk on either side of the road. MARTHA DECEASED Decatur Has Equal of Hartford City Couple Who Did Not Know OF THE WASHINGTONS Woman Wanted to Know Whether Martha, George’s Wife, Was Dead. Papers over the country are making a great to-do over a Hartford City cou pie that never heard of George Washington. Decatur can go one just as good. She was a woman who did not know that George’s wife, Martha, was not still living. While It undoubtedly shows ignorance, It furnished a bit of amusement to the employees of the county clerk’s office where it came to light. The incident happened about seven years ago, and while it may not be new, in point of time, it is new because it has never appeared in print before. Hanging in the county clerk’s office, among the other pictures, are one of George Washington, and another of Martha Washington, his wife. One morning there straggled into the clerk’s office an elderly lady, accompanied by her sons, Tom, Dick and Harry, and her son-in-law, and their wives and other kin. She came on business relating to having her pension vouchers filled out, or some other thing of vital importance to herself and her kith and kin. When the official was filling out the papers there came to his ears a few stray words, from the men, who were pointing at the picture of George, and among the words were these, “Yes, I heard him speak in the campaign once," etc., etc. The clerk, looking up with an abstracted air, remarked as he wrote, that that was Washington’s picture. Then pointing with the pen over the other shoulder, said “And that is Martha Washington, his wife.” The old lady whose knowledge of art was doubtless limited to the enlarged crayon portraits of her deceased relatives hanging at home in her plush-upholstered parlor, pricked up her ears at hearing Martha's name and said: “Dead, is she?’’ There were no explanations forthcoming from the officials, as they were too busy trying to stifle their laughter. When the pension paper was ready the clerk pushed it forth to the lady for her sigture, and he was not surprised when she “made her mark” instead. CHRISTION ENDEAVORERS To Conduct the Services at Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening. In view oi tiie fact that next Sunday is Christian Endeavor day all over our land, the local society of the Presbyterian church will have charge of the regular evening service. The follow’ing is the evening’s order of service: Prelude. Hymn. Music —Christian Endeavor Quartet. Scripture Lesson —Leader, Miss Beta Erwin. Instrumental Solo Miss Gertrude Moses “What is an Ideal?” —Hugh Perkins Xjytnn. The taking part of the members. , Vocal Solo —Dr. Fred Patterson. “The Importance of Ideals in Christian Endeavor" —Miss Ruth Hammell. Duet —Misses Stella Perkins and Ruth Patterson. “The Ideals of Our Society”—Guy Kidd. Hymn. Benediction. SHORT SERVICE TONIGHT. The meeting at the Methodist church tonight will begin at 7:15 and at 8:00 o'clock the audience will be dismissed so that any who wish may attend the high school lecture. The theme discussed by the pastor tonight will be “Assurance of Salvation.”

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HE WAS CORNERED Geneva Doctor Finally Wrote Certificate That Two Grandchildren HAD BEEN ILL Reason They Were Never Sent to School—Were 8 and 10 Years Old. When finally cornered Wednesday after repeated threats of prosecution by Truant Officer C. B. Andrews, for not sending his two children of school age 1.0 school, as required by law, a well known Geneva man, in preference to being brought here Wednesday for prosecution, handed over a certificate, ■ written by a doctor, the children’s grandfather, that they had been ill and had therefore not been able to attend school and would not be able to do so, I for several weeks yet. Mr. Andrews stated that the children are aged eight. ’ and ten years, respectively, and neither has ever attended school. Os course, . with the certificate, giving a well-de-fined reason for non-attendance, the > prosecution cannot be effected. This is but one instance of many cases over the county that requires the vigilance i of the truant officer to keep the couni ty’s children in line with the great educational advancement over the state. Mr. Andrews, who was at Geneva Wednesday, stated that mumps and sore throat were prevalent there, and other Illnesses are keeping many of the children from attending school. He made a professional business trip to Monmouth this morning. ■ - ■ oCOURT HOUSE NEWS. County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke and Deputy L. L. Baumgartner have completed the January monthly marriage ! license returns, showing the number of seventeen. Realty transfers: Charles T. Payne to John Steele et al., lot 325, Decatur cemetery, S4O; Joseph Shilling to Harvey H. Lammiman, 40 acres, Wabash tp., $5200. Sheriff Durkin was at Geneva today going to serve a warrant from the justice’s court The Farmers & Merchant’s State bank of Geneva has filed suit against John H. Koenig and William Fuelling, complaint on note, demand S6OO. Peterson & Moran are attorneys for the plaintiff. o LINN GROVE BANKER RESIGNS, Homer Neiderhouser, for the past two years, cashier of the Linn Grove bank, has handed in his resignation, to take effect on February 15. On March 1 Mr. Neiderhouser will go to Marion, Ind., where he has accepted an excellent position as assistant manager of the Hoosier Stove company, a large corporation of that city. Mr. Neiderhouser has displayed good ! business qualities, since being in the I Linn Grove bank, and the position at ] Marion is a reward for his integrity. He will enjoy a two weeks’ vacation I from February 15th until ho takes up . j his new duties at Marton. Mr. Neiderhouser was formerly a clerk in the Leader store in this city, and gained many friends during his residence in Bluffton, who will be glad to learn of his success. His successor at Linn . 1 Grove has not yet been selected. — ■ Bluffton Banner. > n • CANDLEMAS DAY. Friday is the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, frequently called “Candlemas Day’ and will be observed at the St. Mary’s church with the blessing of candles before the 8 o’clock mass for the use of the faithful during the year, and also those used in the various homes of the congregation. Saturday, the day following,, the feast of St. Blaze, the blessing of the throats, will be made after the morning mass, and also at 2 p. m. in the afternoon for those who cannot be present in the morning. The Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church was busy this afternoon making bonnets for > their sales department at the home of Mrs. FTed Heuer.