Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 56.

CHANGED PRECINCTS Commissioners Change East and West Washington to North and South. MORE CONVENIENT Division is Center of Township— Reineker School New Voting Place. Beginning with the May registration, first in Adams county, there will be a change in the voting precincts of Washington township, outside of the city of Decatur, and instead of east and west Washington, as it has been always heretofore, it will now become north and south Washington. A petition signed by C. P. Troutner, and 115 others was filed before the board of commissioners this morning and immediately acted upon. The petition said that whereby an urgent necessity existed for the change of said township that it was therefore asked and the board ordered and adjudged that the boundaries of the vot- - i ing precincts be changed and that i hereafter all that part of said WashI ington township lying south of a pubI lie highway, running east and west I and dividing sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, I 18, and sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, | shall constitute a separate voting L. precinct to be known as South WashI ington and the polls and voting places I shall be in the basement of school I house number 7, known as the Reine- ( ker school. It is further ordered by said board that the part of Washington township outside the city of Deca- | :nr, and lying north of said highway, be described as North Washington, : O.X’TIN erixi page TWO A NEW LODGE I A Chapter of American Insurance Union to be Established Here. f MEETING MARCH 12TH Invitations Will be Given £ and Necessary for Admittance to Meet. W. O. Rayburn, district manager, B American Insurance Union, has comK pieted arrangements for organizing a ■ chapter ot the order in this city at ■ the Elks' lodge .oom over interurban ■ station Tuesday evening, March 12th. I This meeting will be in the nature of ■ an open session and visitors will be ■ admitted by ticket of invitation. The ritualistic work of the order will be ■ exemplified by the celebrated Fort fl Wayne degree staff. One of the spec- ■ lai features of the evening will be an fl exhibition drill by the young ladies' I drill staff of Fort Wayne chapter. * Dr. 'George W. Hoaglan, Columbus, fl Ohio, national secretary of the order, fl will deliver an address on "The Funfl damental' Principles of the Order,” fl and Hon. John J. Lentz, former con■'gressman from the Ohio district, and fl national president of the order, is also fl expected to be present and deliver an fl address. The entire program for tiie ■ evening is as follows: ifg Song—“America”—Audience. g Invocation —Rev. T. Libern .loik'S. I pastor First Baptist church. ■ Welcome Address —C. L. Walters, H attorney. . Class Initiation —Fort Wayne De- ■ giee Staff. Addresses —National Officers of the ■ Order. Exhiblton Drill —Young Ladies' I 1 ” ! I Staff of Fort Wayne chapter, under ■ command of Captain George Brake. A delegation of at least seventy-five I members of the union will be present ■ they coming from Fort Wayne by a fl special car on the night of the installa ■ tion here. o — Mrs. Vernia Plough and Mrs. L. A ■ Thomas visited with Mrs. Trim

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A CHANGE OF HEART. — A Portland girl, it is said, recently played a cruel joke on her mother, ' after the following fashion. She had k accidentally" found a love letter that her father had written her mother in their courtin’ days. The letter was read by the daughter in the presence ». of the mother, the mischievous miss substituting her own name and that of her lover. The mother raved with anger and stamped her foot in disgust, forbidding her daughter to have anything to do with a man who would write such sickening rot to a girl. The daughter then gave the letter to her mother to read personally and, strange to say all became suddenly - quiet in the Home, so quiet even that the stars could be heard unfolding their blossoms silently, one by one, in 1 "the infinite meadows of heaven.” THOSE MEETINGS 11 8 Three Meetings This Week s —Willshire, Williams and 11 i Preble the Places. — e >• FIRST STEEL HERE e i t i • For the Sugar Factory—- >- Construction Men tt ing—Outlook Great. i- i >- t*************, ♦ ', * FARMERS' MEETINGS. * I, * * ' g Wednesday—Willshire, afternoon. * i- * Thursday—Williams, morning. * s * Friday—Preble, evening. * >l**** * a. * *****>!<* '• In announcing the dates tor holding y the farmers’ sugar beet meetings in Monday's issue, a slight error was • made. These meetings will be held at the bank at Willshire on Wednesday and at Williams on Thursday. Farmers will please govern them- , selves by this notice. • Messrs. Wagner and Hubbard, the beet men, will be at Preble Friday evening, where they will meet the farm- . ers of that section who are interested in raising sugar beets. They will ( tell you all about the labor, tool, and ' early farming questions along this , line and every farmer who has a contract or expects to raise beets should also be there- [ The fiist consignment of steel for the construction of the factory build- ( mgs at the sugar site has arrived and is being unloaded today. Six or eight expert steel men are also here,' having arrived Monday evening, and as soon as possible will begin handling the steel to be used in the structural i work. ' I The industrial prospects for Decai tur continues bright. Scarcely a day passes now but that some new enteri prise or building is heard of. The sugar factory, the Erie double trackI ing, the Standard oil lines, the new ' bridge ,the Erie bridge, new roads' i and streets, the new lighting system,' ! and many new houses to be built, will : make things hum in this locality as • soon as spring opens. i i HOURS FOR RECORDER’S OFFICE.) , Under the law the county recorder’s , ofiice must be kept open from 8:30 to • 4:30 on each day, but to accommodate ’ the public we keep open each day - from 8 o’clock until 5. However, from I tnis time on, on Saturdays, the office > will be closed at 4:30. We believe i this is fair to everybody and ask the ? public to take due notice. ANDREW WELFLEY, Recorder. n BROTHERHOOD MEETING. The Methodist Brotherhood will, hold the regular meeting of the mmth) !- at the church parlors tonight at which lime an address will bo given, supple-) e mented by music. The meetings are well attended by the members and a II good social time is had. All members r should be present tonight i — e The official board of z the Christian I ,t church has not yet selected a minisa ter to succeed the Rev. J. M. Dawson, j i- recently resigned, but several appli-; cations are being considered. It is, thought a ministerial student from I Butler college will be secured to fill the pulP’t next Sunday.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, March 5, 1912.

LIVED IN WELLS Otis McClish Who is Mixed up in Swindle Charges Lived in Nearby County AT ONE TIME Is Said to Have Been Mixed Up There in Green Goods Game—Never Proven. Otis McClish, who is mixed up with his son-in-law, Gert Reynolds, and with Will Ward and John Mackey in the alleged swindle game, but who has not yet been caught, was also at one time a resident of Wells county, , where, it seems, he has a "green ' goods” reputation also, however, unproven. The Bluffton News says: | “The fate of McClish is of an inter- ! est in this county almost equal to, ! that of John Mackey, tor while Macs■ey is a resident of this county at the ! present time, McClish was a former ( Wells county man, and lived for a time in Nottingham township and later in Jefferson. It has been claimed, but never proven, that back several 'years ago while he lived in this county he was a leader .n green goods operations, and made some hauls off victims in Jefferson township. An Ossian man, tf'lio was at Bluffton last week, related some of their modes of i operations, and gave the names of some of the men still living in that township who were fleeced, but whether by McClish or others was never established in court. The reason for this, it is said, was that the victims in most cases were afraid to start prosecution or even to relate their experiences. This was due to the strong oath of initiation administered to members of the financial club. The gentleman quoted said he saw one of the form of the oath and dire punishment was promised an informer, even to the extremity of capital punishment. He said that one man who had lost S3OO at that time, about fifteen years ago, came to this home andVrieG like a child at the loss of S3OO, but declared he was afraid to tell who were the guilty parties because they would burn his buildings, kill his stock and do other damage PROF? RICE HOME From Educational Meeting Held at St. Louis, Mo„ Last Week. FOUR DAYS’ MEET Prominent Speakers Gave Talks—More Than 2,000 Superintendents There. I Professor E. E. Rice is home from St. Louis, Mo., where he attended a four days’ session of the Department of Superintendents of the National Educational association, which conven- [ cd on T uesday of last week and continued until Saturday. More than 2,1000 superintendents were in attend'ance from throughout the United States and eighty were represented from this state. The sessions wore held in the Planters and Southern ho- ' tels, they being divided off for various meetings, while at times sessions i were being held at botli at the same I hour. It was one of the best gatherj ings eve” attended by Mr. Rice and I the important educatior.ii 1 topics dwelt upon by prominent men of . learning were deeply impressed in the minds of many attending, for future 'expounding. Among the many promi- ' nent addresses was one of Mr. P. P. Claxton, commissioner of education of ' the United States, of Washington, D. 'C. His subject treated on "Presenti day Problems in Education.” Prof, j Calvin Kendall, formerly of Indiana, I but now commissioner of education in New York, also delivered an able talk. Superintendent Pearse of Mil- : waukee, Wls., who was also to deliver an address, was numbered among the ' speakers, as were many other, which made up the highly interesting program rendered. On Tuesday evening,

'students’ Banquet,” given by the students of Columbia university ji New Jersey, figureri prominently in the sessi .. end the e 'cning » ’ll be long remembered as an important assemblage. Philadelphia was named as the place of holding the next meeting the same week of 1913, as it was held this year. Mr. Rice is well pleased with the time spent by him during these four days, and considers that the many points of interest in educational maters which he obtained will never go amiss. FLITTING TIME Change of Residences About March First Makes Recorder a Busy Man. MANY DEEDS MADE And Entered Upon County Record—The Grist for This Month. March Ist is generally known as “moving time,” or in the figurative term of the east, ’ flitting time." This no doubt accounts lor tne larger number of real estate transfers recorded, ■ making the recorder and his deputy i the busiest people about the court , house. The following have been re- ‘ corded from March Ist: j Amos W. Gulick to Hiram Potts. , quit claim deed to realty in St. Mary's ) tp., $1; Jasper Wable to Elmer E. j Candy, 109 acres, Monroe tp., $12,500; Reuben Beery to Harve Beery, 170 acres, Kirkland tp., $2,000; Frank Everett to Frank P. Halberstadt, realty in St. Mary’s tp., $900; Frank P. Halberstadt to George W. Halber i stadt, 100 acres, Monroe tp., $12,000, ,E. B. Lenhart to Frank P. Halber- ; stadt, 125 acres, St. Mary’s tp., $5,000; I Henry E. Buettner to Jacob H. Baker, j realty in Union tp., $2000; William Hoile to Henry C. Buettner, 100 acres, i'Union tp., $9,000; Amelia K. Hoagland ; to James J. Woods, 5 acres, Washington tp., $1,238; Daniel N. Erwin, guar- ' dian, to James J. Woods, 4.80 acres, Washington tp., $412.50; James J. Woods to Amos E. Fairchild, 5 acres. Washingtoir tp., $1,800; Charles B. Niblick to Joel Kehm, realty in Kirk land tp,. $4,400; Mercie V. Steele to Claud Beam, 40 acres, Jefferson tp., $5,000; David C. Zimmerman to Anna I Laman, 159 acres, Kirkland tp., $lB,800; Jacob Rupel et al. to Amos Staufter, realty in Hartford tp., $3,500; Emma B. Knavel et al., to Wm. R. Wood et al., 8 acres. Root tp. $985. Jacob B. Atz et al. to Benjamin Springer, lot 92, Berne, $2,600; Jonas Liechty to Rosa Roth, guardian, deed for realty in Hartford tp., $1,400; John Liechty to Rosa Roth, guardian, deed ford tp.; Minerva Murphy to George H. Rice, 60 acres, Monroe tp.. $7,500; Henry S. Foreman to E. Burt Lenhart, 114.13 acres, St. Mary’s tp., $8,750; Margaret, J. France to Henry H. Foreman, lot 354, Decatur, $2,500; Elmer E. Hunt to Elmer E. Gandy, SO acres, Hartford tp., $11,000; Granville W. Rupright to Susax Rex, 75 acres, Preble tp.. $1,500; Susan Rex to Alexander White, 75 acres, Preble tp., $7.000; Jacob W. Klopfenstein to Ferdinand Shaffer, 40 acres, Monroe tp.. $4,900; Frederick Schultz to Chalies W. Greber, 70 acres, Root tp, $6,350. John A. Harvey has purchased the eighty-eight acre farm, three and onehalf miles southwest of the city, on which he has been residing, of John T. Price of Clinton county, paying the sum of $l5O per acre John T. Price, in turn, has bought the John T. Summers 120-acre farm southeast of Monroe. As part consideration Mr. Summers has taken over two stores owned by Mr. Price in Clinton county, valued at SIO,OOO. The farm also brought the price of $l5O per acre. Ovid Stowe, residing north of the city for some time, has bought the 160acre farm of George H. Price in Wabash township, for $12,800, and has moved to his new possession in the past few days. Mr. Stowe sold to John T. Price and John A. Harvey a SI,BOO residence in Union City. The deals were mads through J. A. Harvey real estate agency, and Mr. Harvej' was in the city today on business with Graham & Walters relating thereto. Mrs. George Syphers is critically ill with strangulated umbilical hernia. Physicians held a council on Monday and advised an operation. Death is said to be the probable alternative.

COUNT THE PIECES City Mail Carriers Must Make Report of Number of Pieces Delivered. IN THIS WEEK — Any One. Whether Patrons or Not, May Open Postal Savings Account. ‘ Beginning Monday, March 4th, and lasting for six days, carriers who deliver mail in this and other cities in the United States, will be required to count the number of pieces of mail delivered, stops made, number of miles traveled and weight of mail delivered each day. This will, naturally cause considerable figuring. Taking into consideration the fact that some of the postmen on local routes have to make several hundred stops daily, it may readily be seen the strain they are under as they attempt to register each delivery of mail in their mental note book. The easiest way for carriers to make these numerical notations will perhaps be found by filling an empty pocket with a handful of small articles like peas or beans, and as a stop is made, transfer one of these small articles from one pocket to the other. About a year ago the carriers had to obtain the above figures, so that it will come easier, it is expected, durirfg the coming count. When the time for obtaining the figures expires an average will be struck > and a report of the findings sent to the post office department at Washington. The restriction whereby only pa trons of the postoffice may open postal savings account, has been remov ed, and any person may now open an account there. Postmaster W. A. Lower has alsc received announcement that the board of trustees of the postal sav ings department has also arranged to purchase at par any postal savings bonds, upon application of the holder. Assignment of same may be made be fore the postmaster at the local de pository. MAY NOW RECOVER -I Physicians Entertain Strong Hope for Recovery of All Four Injured IN THE EXPLOSION All Reported as Being Much Better Toda j/—Trained Nurse in Attendance. The three physicians attending Mrs. Bert Bailer and daughters, Eva and Dorothy, and her brotner, Frank Huston, tiie four injured Monday in the gasoline explosion at the Bailer home on Eighth street, visited the patients Ihis morning and dressed their bums, finding them all so much improved that strong hopes are now entertained for the recovery of all. Mrs. Bail er and eldest daughter, Eva, aged six years, were thought Monday to have sustained internal burns, but it is now thought that their injuries were confined to the external body. The elder daughter's condition, however, is said to be very bad. The younger daughter, Dorothy, and Mrs. Bailer's brother, Frank Huston, are suffering much less than the other two, their injuries being much less severe. All are now at the Bailer home, w'here Miss Blanche Harshbarger, a trained nurse, who was recalled from the the home of Miss Maria Robinson, at Monmouth, is in attendance. The children were removed to their home Monday noon from that of the neighbor, Reuben Lord, where they were taken after the accident, while Mrs. Bailer was not removed to her home until Monday evening, being carried there on a cot. o J. D. Winteregg of the firm of Hirschey & Winteregg of Berne, was a business visitor here today.

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FIRE AT DEWITT HOME. There was quite an exciting time witnessed at the home of Thamer DeWitt, five miles south of Peterson, when, about 8 o’clock Saturday morning, fire broke out in the flue. The fire was under great headway when first noticed by the owner, the upstairs departments being so full of smoke that it was almost impossible to enter. Mrs. DeWitt and her sis-ter-in-law, did all they could until neighbors could be summoned and the flames were soon under control Mrs. DeWitt and her two-weeks-old babe had to be rushed out to the neighbors, being the first time they had been out of the house. They were cared for by Mrs Babcock until the home could be prepared for their return. The cause of the fire was unknown. The loss was about SSO. Insurance was carried on the house and household goods. PLAN BIG TIME Modern Woodmen to Confer Degree Work and Give Banquet Nert Week. DISTRICT DEPUTY Have Issued Invitations to Surrounding Lodges to Attend Meeting. The Modern Moodmen for some weeks past have been making special arrangements for a big “blow-out” to be held at their hall on next Wednesday evening, one week from tomor row evening. An initiation of severs’ candidates, the presence of the district Deputy, A. F, Hofmeister, of Ft. Wayne, and othe rbusiness of importance, will comprise the evening’s out line. The forestry team is especially requested to be present on tomorrow evening, as there wm oe an important meeting, when more definite arrangements will be completed for the big event. Mr. Hofmeister of Fort Wayne, the district deputy, will be here tc explain plans pertaining to the new laws regulating the new rate of lodge insurance, and otherwise address the members on topics which will be ol great interest to all members. There will be two candidates to receive the work and to be conferred by the Toe sin lodge. Invitations have been extended to Pleasant Mills, Monroe, Bettie, Geneva, Linn Giove, Toe and Tocsin. The evening of pleasure will consist of a big parade through the streets at 7:30 p. m. by the various lodges of other cities in uniform, which will be one of the principal events of the occasion. The round of pleasure will be brought to a close with a serving of a big banquet and smoker. The Knights of Columbus held a very important meeting Monday evening, there being a large number present and the business up for discussion made it a very interesting gathering. A good talk was made by one of the members, which was earnestly listenened to by all present, and which was something out of the ordinary than from most meetings. The Royal Neighbors enjoyed a good time Monday evening when thei. regular meeting was held, instead of this evening. A goodly number responded for the meeting and the usual line of business was cared tor. The C B. L. of I. have complete) their arrangements for the conferring of initiatory work this evening, there i being a number to be taken into the I lodge. The work will be conferred following the usual lenten services. ENTERTAINMENT AT MONRCE. One cf the best and finest entertain ment® evei given to the public will b< given by the Washington Bros.’ quar tet and jubilee singers at the Monroi school house Thursday night, Marell 7th. To all who love real music, both vocal and instrumental, this will be a renl treat Out of the heart of the southland, rendering the plantation songs in costume, these boys make a hit wherever they go and have received the highest commendation in all plnces they have been. It Is Thursday, March 7th, and the admission will be 25 cents.

Price, Two Cents.

THE SECOND DAY The County Commissioners Tear Off Another Big Bunch of Work. FOUR MORE ROADS Will be Sold at Next Term— Bids to be Received on Several Bridges. Four more macadam roads have ( been ordered constructed by the board of commissioners, and bids will be received on them on April 2nd. They are the A. R. Bell road in Washington township; M. F. Parrish in Washington and Monroe; Ernest Fuelling, in Root and the Oscie E. Tucker in St. Mary’s and Washington. Bids for new bridges, culverts and repairs will be received April 2nd, as follows: Tricker bridge, Washington; Mann culvert, Wabash, repairs: Monmouth, Root, bridge; Stprey, Monroe, (bridge; John Falk, St. Mary’s bridge; i Schug, Wabash and Monroe, bridge. The Fred Fox macadam road, the 1 R. P. Davies and the John A. Mumma ' roads, the Jacob Schenbeck were I found of public utility and ordered, I but continued on account of funds. — i Reports -were filed by the county clerk and approved by the board. < > i 1 The county school superintendent was authorized to employ an assistant for not exceeding 120 days during the year 1912, to be paid as provided by law. B. F. Kizer filed his written appointment as deputy. The G. R. & I. railroad was ordered to repair four crossings between Berne and Monroe and three between Monroe and Decatur, and the auditor rjis PAGF TWO RESTAURANT SOLD I —. I ; Parrish & Lichtle Stand Changes Hands—Girod & Bieneke THE NEW OWNERS Place to be Improved—Mr. Parrish Retires Owing to Long Failing Health. Business changes seem to be comi ing quite frequently of late and during j the past few weeks there have been a number of changes, the last to [ come to light being the sale of the Parrish & Lichtle restaurant, which was turned over to Milton Girod and Charles Bieneke, as the new owners. Mr. Parrish, who has been connected j with this well established stand for | more than four years, last August wished a partner, and took Mr. Lichtle and together they have conducted one of the best places of the kind in the I city. The former, whose health has i failed him quite frequently, found it , very inconvenient to look after the affairs as he wished and hence the present disposal of his interest with his ( pal tner. ( The new proprietors have followed this line of work for years, Mr. Girod at one time being a half owner in the Schlickman & Golden restaurant, and is well known here. His partner. Mr. (Bieneke, also, is well acquainted in j the restaurant line, having clerked at the above place for some time, and is ' well versed in the trade. The papers ( were signed and turned over at the ) same time, with the new proprietors taking charge at once. They will rearrange the interior somewhat, plac--1 ing it in a more up-to-date and prej sentable appearance, and will cater to the business in as able a manner as did the retiring partners. Neither Mr. Parrish nor Mr. Lichtle have anything in view at present, but their idleness will not be long, as they wil Isoon be associated in some other business way. Both the new and old members of the firm thank the public for the many favors shown and ask a continuance of the same.