Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1912 — Page 1

Swolume X. Number 47.

PLACE SELECTED ■ Eighth District Democratic at Muncie I Selected Winchester. I DISTRICT MEETING ■ Had Been Only City to Make f Application for Conven■tion—Mr. Bosse There. I Ki Muncie, Ind., Fbb. 23 —(Special to 'Dall: Democrat) —The Eighth district democratic convention in session here this afternoon, selected Winchester as the meeting place for the next district convention, which city had beet, picked previous to the convention. County Chairman J. W. Bosse represented Adams county in the meeting today. Muncie, Ind., Feb. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —In accordance with a eat! issued by the democratic Eighth district chairman, V7. A. Kunkel, of Bluffto’. the democratic county chairmen of this district met in this city this afternoon, wnere the time and place of the district convention for the pu:,ose of nominating the democratic candidate was fixed. The meeting was called to order promptly at 2 o’clock at the Delaware hotel by the district chairjnan. The session was attended by the county chairman from Adams, Delaware, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Wells counties. Accoiding to the previous plans it was thought that the district meeting ”'ou!d go to Winchester, as the Ran dolph county democrats are the only ones who have made a request for the district convention. Congressman Adair, also, is said to favor Winchester as the meeting place. County Chairman J. Frank Mann stated last niehf that there was no doubt but what Congressman Adair would be renominated by acclamation. NEWS FROM COURT HOUSE. The court today gave his decision in the divorce case of Warren A. Hamrick against Amanda F. Hara- " rick, granting the divorce to the dei fendant, Mrs. Hamrick, and rendering judgment against the plaintiff for costs. The trial extended from last Thursday to last Saturday and was taken under advisement by the judge until today. Real estate transfers: Frederick Heffner to Peter Miller, 80 acres, Jefferson tp., 57200. HAND IMPROVING. |. Reuben Gllpen, who a week or so ago.! had the misfortunte to have a large hook on the end of a log chain hook him between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, piercing it tor some depth, is improving. The hand is still very sore and somewhat swollen from the painful injury received He is forced to be off duty, and the injury will require careful nursing for a week or so. TO BLUFFTON. SgHoward J. Wisehaupt of this city, who was working for a book company InHie east last season, has gone to where he hns been called to ■V.Wi over a position which has been offered him. He is not certain just whht line he will take up. he having serr.ll offers, one for Texas, another ftp he east, and some locally, and will . jok over all before making a seI ect bn I POLICE COURT NEWS. Marshal Peterson is again on the job poilowing a few days layoff on account of a very sore throat. The trouble was caused by the extremely damp weather of the past week and a# he was forced to be out in it, was greatly chilled, and the sore throat resulted. BfflK — o— ZION LUTHERAN LENTEN SERVICE. Rev. H. Wehmeyer, pastor of the Zion's Lutheran church of West Monroe street, announces that there will be lenten services this evening ®Sjb7:3O o'clock.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

PLAY PORTLAND. Last Basket Ball Game of Season to be Played Here This Evening. The last scheduled basket ball game in this city will take place this evening when the locals will meet the tast Portland team in the Porter room i when they expect to give the visitors | a severe drubbing. Some weeks ago Portland defeated the home team in a fast and exciting game and another similar to that one, and one believed , to be the best of the season, will be pulled off tonight. Since this will be the last one the boys expect to see I a large attendance and enjoy the pat- ■ ronage which is due them, through i their excellent playing of the entire season. Previous to the big game there will be one between the girls' teams and two good games can be seen for the same admission. HOOSIER STATE I — Leads, and All Others Follow in Mileage of Good Roads Built. 24,955 MILES BUILT Giving Us a Safe Lead in Mileage—lmprovements Constantly Going on. Washington, Feb. 23 —Traveling at the rate oi ninety miles a day, it would take an automobilist sixty-fiv? years to cover all the public roads in the United States. Should the auto- : mobilist be twenty years of age when he started, he would be eighty-five be- ( fore he covered the last mile of the journey. , There are 2,199,645 miles of public roads in this country, including all new roads built up to the year 1909. The increased mileage by the construction of new roads is slightly less than 10,000 miles a year. The total mileage of stone roads in 1904 was 36,818, while in 1909 it was 59,237. The total mileage of said-clay brick, bituminous macadam afid other improved roads in 1904, was 6,806, while in 1909 the mileage reached 28, 372. Indiana in Lead. Tho office of public roads has jufet issued a table showing the states hav- , ing the largest mileage of improved (roads: 1904 1909 Indiana 23,877 24,955 Ohio 23,400 24,106 New York 5,876 12,787 Kentucky 9,48 G 10,114 Illinois 7,724 8,914 Massachusetts ...... 7,843 8,463 —„ ... —... REBEKAHS BANQUET. The Rebekahs are arranging to hold a banquet' and give initiatory work next Tuesday evening at which time the candidates will be given the degree. Following that there will be reports from the two sides in the contest which they are having, and a banquet will be served. Some time will be taken up in perfecting some floor work in order to maintain the high honors which this degree staff has earned tor themselves. Under the efficient management of Mrs. Andrew Artman the staff has won the , title of being one of the best in the northern part of the state. o SPECIAL MEETING. The Reiter Encampment, u branch of the local subordinate Odd Fellow lodge, will bold a special meeting tonight at which time they will confer the first degree on several candidates. Others who have taken the • first degree upon last Friday night, i will be present and witness the work. » If the degree is finished in time the / second degree will probably be given 1 to the entire bunch of candiates. The 3 special meetings will be continued unr til ail the candidates have been given all the work. CAR WAS STUCK. The 2:30 car, northbound. was |f stuck in the street in the business t section this afternoon and drew quite e a crowd, who watched the exertions g of a crew trying to get the car out. No cause for the stoppage was given.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, February 23, 1912.

IT’S SYRUP TIME Farmers Owning Maple Groves Are Preparing for Spring Work. A GOOD SEASON Warm Days and Cool Nigths Are the Ideal Conditions for Production. “When the weather conditions change again and it moderates even to the extent that it did only last week, there will be a good flow of sap, considering, of course, the number of maple groves now' in the county." I The above remark was made by a farmer who has engaged in the maple sugar industry each spring for several years. Nearly all t,he farmers who have sugar camps are predicting that this is going to be a grand year for molasses. They say the winter has been just right—plenty of snow and a freeze that has kept the sap locked down in the roots. • While maple syrup making has lost some of its picturesqueness that attached to it in the good old days, there is still enotigh of that sort of thing connected with it to engage the fancy of every fellow who loves the smell of the bush and the breath of outdoors. The modern evaporator has supplanted iron kettles and stirring pans of the earlier days, the sap bucket has taken the place of the hewn trough in which the run was formerly caught, and the portable tank is now used to convey the sap to the sugar house, instead of the barrel and mudboat of a more primitive period. But despite these improvements the process of sugar making is delightful. There is nothing else in all farm life quite like it. It is one of the things in which men in truth get "near to nature’s heart.” Only those who have spent a night in a camp, in the glow of the furnace, and the odor of the simmering sap, know how fine a thing it is. Only those who have ridden forth through the woods at dawn, through the scent of spice and hazel and adder, to gather the treasure from the bleeding trees, know the heart-deep joy of sugar making. o ■ EPWORTH LEAGUE Arranges for Special Program for Sunday Evening at M. E. Church. MISS AGNES EADY The Leader- Address to be Given by J. C. Tritch— Special Service. The Epworth League servise at the Methodist church Sunday evening will be in charge of Mis”, Agnes Eady. The subject tor consideration will be "The Courage of Truth.” The following program has been arranged for the meeting: Song. The Lesson: Amos 7:10-13; Acts 5:28-32. Prayer. 1 Song. Short Readings. Piano Solo. Plano*Solo It eno Eady. Address—W. J. Myers. Address—J. C. Tritch. Vocal Solo—Cecil Andrews. Address—C. L. Walters. Song. Announcements. Closing, with David's Prayer. There were more than one hundred present last Sunday evening and it Is confidently expected thaX there will be a greater number present next Sunday evening. A cordial welcome to all. J The basket ball game tonight prom- : ises to be a hummer and as It is the i last game of the season the lovers of . the sport should make it a point to at- . tend.

CHIROPRACTOR WINS AGAIN. Second Trial of J. E. Meyers at Huntington Results in Acquittal. Huntington, Ind., Feb. 23—A Runt ington circuit court jury after three hours of deliberation found for the defendant in the case of the state vs. ,T. E Meyers, a chiropractor This is the second hearing of the case, which | was originality started against the chiropractors of Indiana, at the instance of the Indiana state board of health. In the first trial the jury disagreed. It is understood that the state board plans to make a second test case at chiropractors in another part of the state, and will probably not appeal this case. Meyers was charged with practicing in Indiana without a license. The chiropractors insist they merely make adjustments and do no doctoring with medicine, in fact do not make cures, leaving the restoration of the patient to nature by a “laying on of the hands." They say they use no medicines or the knife. ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. Martn Laughlin of the County Infirmary, Sick With Lagrippe. FRANK GASS BETTER i Others Improving—Joesephi Hower is 11l With Complication of Diseases. — 1 Mrs. Martin Laughlin of the county I infirmary is kept closely confined to I 1 her home suffering with an attack of! the grip, of several davs’ duration. Mrs. Elizabeth Rademaker of Third street, who suffered a paralytic stroke ! nearly two weeks ago, is improving nicely and unless something unforeseen sets in, will be able to be about ' in the near future. The condition of Frank Gass, the ' popular dry’ goods man. is daily show- ' ing improvement and will in the near future again be on the streets as jov- j 1 ial as ever. ' Joe Hower, who resides on Elm street, in the west part of the city, is j tying at his home in a serious condi-! tion suffering from a complication of i diseases. Mr. Hower has been em-1 ployed at the handle factory as a sew-j yer, this being his trade, and was suddenly taken ill some time ago. He is a member of the Red Men lodge and is well known throughout the city, and his many friends will be sorry to learn of his illness. Jesse Williams, the prominent farin- . er/ who resides north of town about ,a mile, is said to be much worse. Mr. Williams has suffered from rheumatism for many years and is now grow- ‘ ing quite old. Andrew Krumetiucker, who has j been quite ill the past week, is now I able to be about. His wife, who has i been ill for a long time, is said to be some better, but is still very weak. ! 1 WILL MOVE MONDAY. ‘ Joseph & Lang, who operate a con- ; fectionery and soft drink parlor in the ■ Barthol building, opposite the court house, are arranging to move to their i new location in the John Meyers- ; building, just north of the Page Blackburn drug store, on next Monday or Tuesday. They are now fitting up the new location in an approved style and the paper hangers and painters are now putting on the finishing touches. It will he papered in a somewhat similar manner to the present location, and will be thoroughly up-to-date when occupied. It is thought that it will take two or three days to get thoroughly installed after which they will be able to care for all their business. 1 o t ORGANIZE BAND. 1 t The band boys are again active in ■ the organization of the band for the coming season and steps are now under way for the renting of a room in - which to practice. A meeting will be a held Tuesday or Wednesday evening f of next week to have the elections and to attend to other matters demanding attention before the organization.

DIRTY EGG LOSS The Agricultural Secretary Claims Loss from This Cause is $5,000,000. BIG ANNUAL. SUM Are Not Gathered Often Enough—He Doesn’t Live Where They’re Scarce. While there are a few egg producers who take the best of care of their product, the average farmer considers the eggs produced on the farm a by-product and makes very little provision for their care, aside from gathering them. A large loss is caused by dirty eggs, the number being enormous, and according to the estimate of Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, this money loss to the farmers in the United States amounts to about $5,000,000 annually. This loss is very largely brought about by not gathering the eggs often enough. In wet weather more dirty eggs are found than al any other time. This is caused by the fact that the hen’s feet are often covered with mud or other filth and in going to the nest to lay she rolls the eggs already in the nest. ! An insufficient number of nests is I often the cause of many of the dirty ' eggs found. Eggs are laid on the ■ ground and around the hay and straw ! stacks, and becoming -stained, are ' classed as “dirties.” Again, when | too many eggs are allowed to remain I in a nest some are broken and many lof the others "become smeared with I broken yolks. This condition is often | brought about by allowing the brood ! hens to use the same nests with the 1 layers. On a farm where one nest to every four hens is provided and the nests are kept clean and well bedded, it is found that very few dirty eggs are produced. After gathering the eggs, care should be taken not to put them where they will become heated, or near oil, onions, or othei vegetables, as they really absorb odors. Although dirty eggs may be perfectly fresh, they invariably sell as “seconds” and when but a few dirty eggs are mixed with an otherwise fi esh, clean lot, they materially decrease the price of the clean eggs. FIREMEN TO TREAT — Upon Completion of New City Hall Will Entertain Mayor and Staff. COMMITTEE NAMED Which Has Already Taken ( Steps in This Line—Will Show Appreciation. With the encouragement given the fire laddies by the mayor and city council relative to the good time and banquet which they deem it their duty to hold, as a slight appreciation of j theirs to the city for the fine building, ■ ' which will soon be ready for occu-, pancy, mOre active steps will now be i • taken by the firemen, who have ap- j pointed a committee to look after the | same. It is believed the new building! will be completed before the elapse j of many weeks, and they have started in plenty of time to make the event what they wish it to be. The mayor and his staff, the councilmen, will be invited, as well as others, and the boys promise that although it may not be the best banquet ever attended ! by them, they will treat them in such ! away that they would be willing to receive a return invitation. Everything is coming along in excellent shape, and since the new building will be principally devoted to the home of the firemen, they want to i put on thetr part of the show, and will j ■ do all in their power to secure the • proper protection which is desired by i the city. Since the council has given > consent to the committee in charge, ; they will also take further steps at j , the next regular meeting, ami both - will co-operate to make the evening . a pleasant one.

MR. WAGNER CALLED TO MICHIGAN, j On Account of Death of Brother-in law—To Return First of Week. Mr. E. M. Wagner, fieid manager for the Holland-St. Louis Sugar ton:-; pany in this county, left this morning foe*St. Louis, Mich., in response to a telegram, telling him of the death of his brother-in-law, J. R. Walters. The latter was an old soldier, whose health has been very poor for several years, having been stricken with paralysis three years ago. He died Thursday afternoon and the funeral services will be held Saturday. Mr. Wagner will return here the first of the week. During his absence the office will be in charge of his assistant, L. A. Thomas, and the chief stenographer, Miss Nina Wagner. WITH THE LODGES Elks Have Important Meeting Scheduled at Their Hall This Evening. i NOMINATE OFFICERS — Yeomen Held Their Penny Social Last Evening and Clear Neat Sum. —. — . j One of the best times enjoyed by ' the Yeomen for many a day was that of Thursday evening, when their pen-, ny social was conducted. In spite of I the inclement weather which prevailed the crowd exceeded far above the expectations of the committee in in charge, and which made the evening a very pleasant one. The program was carried out as announced several days previous and everything on hand was disposed of at one cent. The money obtained from this evening of pleasure will go toward the paying off of the debt resting on the new robes recently purchased, and which they, wished to pay off in this When the sum was counted and payed I against the remaining debt tlere was a balance of two cents left over, to be placed in the treasury of the lodge. This was more than satisfactory toI the members add all are well pleased ! with the success which was accorded ! them. There will be a business meeting < of the Elks this evening, along with , the Elks’ tablet memorial service,' which will require the presence of all the members of the lodge. The nomi j nation of officers will also take place for the election on next Friday evening, and for this reason it is hoped ■ that all who can will respond to the ‘ request to be on band for the even- , ing's work. MOVE TO OHIO. I ‘ l Will Loshe and Family to Move tc Fort Recovery Next Week, Will Loshe, who has been making 1 his home on Rout 5, soutji of the city i for a number of years, is completing ! arrangements for their moving to Ft. j Recovery, Ohio, where they will make! their home. Mr. Loshe, who owns ; jan eighty-acre farm there, will move onto same, it being near his birth-' ’ plape, which will seem more familiar , ito him then and other place. One i week ago last Tuesday he held a most successiul sale of all his farm stock ! and various implements and expected j to ship the remainder of their goods on next Wednesday. BAKERY EXCHANGE. The Eastern Star ladies wish to call the attention of the public to their, bakery exchange which they will con!duct on next Saturday at the office o' | the Indiana Lighting company during j the afternoon period. At that time | the ladies will have for sale all kinds of home-made baked goods, including pies, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, etc.; Patronize the ladies, who will thank you in return. o—3UT TWO DELIVERIES SATURDAY There will be only two deliveries' made tomorrow afternoon and only I one at each house So do your ordering all at one time. i JOHN BEEL, Prop.

Price, Two Cents.

NAME OF MARSHALL Was SprLing in Oklahoma State Convention Today to Break Deadlock. RIOTS IN LONDON The Death of Eight Babies in New York Nursery is Being Investigated. .(United Press Service? Oklahoma City, Okla Feb 23 — (Special to Daily Democrat) —In an attempt to break the deadlock in the ; Oklahoma state democratic convention over the question of pledging the state’s national convention delegates to either Woodrow’ Wilson or Champ j Clark for the democratic presidential ' nomination, Governor Bruce appeared | before the convention early today | and announced the name of Governor Marshall of Indiana. The governor I pleaded that the convention end the i fight between Wilson and Clark by ' endorsing the Indianian, and declared j that any of the three men could be : elected. His speech was cheered for ! fifteen minutes. The convention finally agreed upon a compromise, and ' adopted a report pledging ten of the state delegates to Wilson and ten to Clark. , Lisbon, Spain, Feb. 23 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Scores were injured here today in a street crash between Turkish republican troops and several hundred monarchists. A monarchist, who jeered former King Manuel and Pope Pius and hooted the republic, was charged by mounted policemen when they attempted to parade. New’ York, N. Y., Feb. 23—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Until the report of the chemist examining the contents of the stomachs of the eight babies who died under mysterious circumstances in the Brooklyn nursery for infants, the authrities will take no further steps in the matter. Coroner Physician West said today that he was confident that the bodies had been poisoned. “PAID IN FULL.” I “Paid in Full,” the well known drama, was presented at the Empire theater Sunday afternoon and night to ■a fairly large and highly appreciative ‘ audience. The play has been given ; here before and many were so well pleased with it tho first time that they ! went again Sunday and were not dis- ! appointed. The different parts were i portrayed by able actors and actresses !in away that brought only words of 1 approval from those who were pres- ! ent. The scenery was beautiful and appropriate, which did much to fa- ! vorably impress the play. “Paid in ! Full” was thought by many to be the best play of its kind that has visited this city this season. Quincy Whig, 'Qi.ir.r; ’ll., Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1911 | “Paid in Full" will appear at the i Bosse theater on Tuesday, February )27th. THE HORSE SALE. < The horse sale opened this morning at 10 o’clock with Auctioneer McNabb of Ashland, Ohio, in charge and about three hundred horses were in the barns awaiting sae.l A fair number of buyers were in town and a few farmers were present In the past It has been the custom to hold the sale every Friday, but it was neces sary to dispense with this arrange ment on account of the Inability of the buyers to collect a fair assortment Os stock in the short time allowed them. The next sale will be held at the First street stables on Friday, March Bth. TEACHER’S PAY ROLL I —— Will be Allowed at Meeting of the School Board Tonight. — The school board will hold its regu- | Jar meeting tonight. Little beyond the allowing of the teachers’ and the 'school employees’ monthly pay roll is scheduled for the session. o - 1 R. A. Irland of Geneva was here today on business. Mr. Irland is a 1 prominent liveryman of that citv and came to attend the horse sale.