Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 69.

COUNCIL MEETING The Merriman Sewer Soid Last Evening— Henry ‘ Stevens Gets Contract. — VOTING PRECINCTS ' ] In First Ward Made to Con- I ■ form With County Line —Allow Some Bills. The opening of bids for the selling of ' the Merriman sewer In the south part j of the <lty was the chief business of the city council in regular session' Tuesday evening, three bids being filed by bidders for its construction. The sewer is one of the largest contracts i let for some time, and since the initial filing of the petition for its construe- ■ tion much discussion resulted as to the proposed route first outlined, and which later was amended so as to be more beneficial to all concerned, and in need of a sanitary sewer. The bids for same were as follows: Myer & Myer, bid No. 1.. $1690.50 .Myer & Myer, bid No. 2.. 1298.25 Myer & Myer, bid No. 3.. 1164.64 John Record 1457.00 Henry Stevens 1495.00 i After considering the three bids' filed the contract for the construction of the same was awarded to Henry Ste-( vens, who will at an early date en'ter I into contract with the street and sewer ■ committee, according to outlined specifications. Mr. Reckord, although he proved to be the lowest bidder, his bid had to be rejected, owing to the fact that his check, in itself being sood, which accompanied the bid, failed to have the necessary security as is required by law. A petition for a sewer on North Third street, running to Marshall, was filed, and left in the hands of the street anti sewer committee, which will report at the next regular meeting. Another petition signed by property owners in the south part of the city asked that several pieces of sidewalk be constructed along Elm and Patterson streets. This was also left in the hands of the street and sewer committee, which will look after same as soon as the weather permits. Proof of publication for notice to bidders was filed and ordered to be spread on record. An ordinance that the clerk be permitted to issue the salaries io the r? spective city officials was read and same ordered to be carried out. A request by a party in the south part of the city along M rcer avenue that same be looked after, for him tc go by in leveling up his premises and for a driveway? was left to the street and sewer committee, which will look after same, and take the necessary steps. The street commissioner asked that he be allowed extra help for the cleaning of the streets as soon as the weather breaks up, which w’as granted him. The proposition of liability insurance to be taken by the city upon the completion of the new city hail, which was up before the council at the meeting previous to last evening, and action deferred until a later date, was again taken up at this time. Mr. Kinney, representing the Hartford, of Connecticut, with L. A. Graham as their local agent, gave a few remarks relative to the policy of his company, the requirements, etc., as did Thomas Gallogly of the firm of Gallogly & Johnson. It was stated that since there were several interested in the issuing of the policy to the city, they tie allowed to file blds with the city council and then after considering the various policies, to choose the one which they believed would be the lowest and most beneficial to them. Sin the council has not yet fully determined as to whether they will carry a policy of this kind the project was again continued until the next regular meeting, when more definite steps will be taken. An ordinance for the change of the voting precincts in the First Ward, to conform with those ot the county board of commissioner, was up and with the dispensing ot the rules. w r as placed on first reading, again cn second and again on .ne third and final reading, which was passed. ‘>e ,<.ative to all city and primary elections, will be as follows: Commencing on Adams street, in the center of Third street; thence south along the center of Third street to the south end thereof; thence south in direct line with center of Third street to Russell street; south on Russell to Chestnut, to south corporation

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line All east of the above line will I be known as Precinct A, First ward, I and the voting place will be at the Linn & Patten shop. All west of the said line to be known as Precinct B, First Ward, with voting place at the ■ office of the Decatur Egg Case company. The following bills were allowed; John W. Coffee $ 66.15 Elmer Miller Coal Co 34.01 G. R. & I. R. R. Co 445.57 Jesse Hurst 7.70 * Lucy Gregory 20.00 Protective Elec. Supply Co. .. 10.78 Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Co. .. 41.36 / Sauters Coal Co 26.20 Natl. Mill X- Supply Co 12.70 Producers' Coal Co 42.48 Ohio Kentucky Coal Co 86.04 ■Glauber Brass Mfg. Co 73.66 D. F. Teeple 7.11 A. H. Perfect 10.29 Ft. Wayne Elec. Works 501.25 I BRYAN HEAD LINER At the Jeffersonian Banquet to be Given at Indianapolis April 12th. PROMISES PRESENCE 1 — > At That Time—Senator Kern to be Toastmaster— i Big Plans Under Way. Indianapolis, LAI., March 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—William J. | Bryan will be the head-liner at the I Jefferson day banquet to be given un- ( der the auspices of the Indiana demo- 1 cratic club Friday, April 12th. Mr. Bry- j an has written the committee in 1 charge that he will be present, and , when passing through Indianapolis last i Friday, he gave further assurance. Senator John W. Kern will be the toastmaster. Addresses will be made ( by Congressmen Korbly, Senator ■ Shively, Governor Marshall and the democratic candidate governor, who, will be nominated at the state eonven-, tion. Perhaps another speech will be ; made, but the main address of the ev-' ening will be by Mr. Bryan, who has ( promised to hand it out straight in a | real, old-fashioned democratic speech.( The tickets will be 62.50 apiece and the banquet will be held at the ! beautiful new Hume-Mansur roof garden The number of tickets will be limited to SI,OOO and as the tickets will all be numbered, none will be sold over that amount. “We are going to take care of every man we sell a ticket to,’ said Robert

E. Springsteen, chairman of the banquet committee, yesterday. “That means we are not going to sell more than we can take care of and we find ; that 1,900 can be well served and well taken care of at the Hume-Mansur roof garden.” ; Tickets are not to be sent out on approval, according to Mr. Springsteen. Any one desiring tickets is to send the money direct to Paul G. Davis, treasurer of the banquet committee, 1012 Hume-Mansur building. He is to have complete charge of the ticket sale. A booth for the sale will be placed in the Denison hotel during the state democratic convention, also. It is absolutely essential that tickets be ordered in advance of the banquet, however. All indications point to the most successful banquet that has been held in recent years. The signs of democratic victory and the co-operation of variou - il< sioeratlc clubs in the city and state, with the co-operation of the state and local democratic organization are all boosting the affair so that it is booming along much of its own an ord. And the added attraction of Mr. Bryan has caused an interest that has not been equaled in years.

MISS BULTEMEIER. ASSISTANT. — Mrs Mabel Moran has resigned her position at the Walters & Graham of- ( firc to return to her home at Paulding, , Ohio, where she has a good position as j assistant in a doctor’s office. Miss Marie Bultemeier. of north of the city. | succeeds her here at the Walters & ( Graham office. NOTICE TO PUBLIC. I The attention of all persons is called ( 'to the fact that the hauling of heavy loads, of more than 3,500 pounds, over the present roads in their soft condi- ( 'tion, will have to ’’Ct'.se at once, or 'mosecutions will follow.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, March 20, 1912.

AN EGG STRIKE I — .w, -I — Farmers of State Preparing to go on Strike for Sale of Eggs—May CUT OUT MIDDLEMAN By Forming Pool for the Marketing of Eggs— Form Club. Farmers of the state are preparing |to strike at the middleman, by organizing egg circles, which, it is said, 'have been accomplishing something for the farmer and ultimate cohsumer in the northwestern states. The .plan is for twenty or thirty farmers ■in a community to form a pool for the marketing of eggs. Every farmer in ■the club is designated by a number 'which goes on each put in the pool. iThis enables testers to trace the bad [eggs back to their first owner. ■ The shippers are sent direct to the i large markets and the farmers get the profits that under the present plan, igo to the hucksters and country shippers. If this plan works, and it has worked elsewhere, according to rej ports the farmers receive, the ultimate ■ consumer may say good bye to two ■ classes of middlemen. The organization of these egg circles also extends into the part of Illinois that contributes to the Indianapolis market. Middlemen already are quoted as jhaving told the farmers: “If you j won’t sell us eggs, we’ll not buy your poultry,” but dealers have assured the farmers that they will take the poultry as well as the eggs and will supply farmers with coops in which to make shipments.

EEL RIVER GORGE Sends Floods Into Logansport—2oo Families Are Forced to Flee FROM THEIR HOMES Loss to Property Estimated at About $500,000 —Terrible Fright.

Huge ice gorges that turned Eel river tributary ot the Wabash river from its bed, broke, formed and broke again, in the space of an hour, caused the river to sweep in a temporary channel through residence and business district at Logansport Tuesday, causing 200 families to flee from their homes and causing a loss estimated at $500,000. The families were caught without warning and fled from their homes to escape the rush of the water, which was laden with great cakes of ice, that ripped out fences, trees, as if they had been made of paper, and moved houses from their foundations. Scores of people were caught in their homes and fled to the second stories, where they called in vain from the windows for aid that could not be given while the flood continued.

The first gorge broke at the eastern extremity of the city at 1 o'clock, the river rising eight feet in fifteen minutes. At 1:39 o’clock the flood of, water and ice caught and piled up a gorge thirty 'cot high, opposite Riverside park at Fourteenth street, in a thickly settled residence district. The river, blocked in its progress, turned to the south directly into the streets, 'forming a new channel that ran west--1 ward and found its escape through the park. The second gorge broke within a half hour after it bad formed and the unchecked flood swept down upon the business district below. Several hundred persons were collected along the river bank watching the flood when the gorge broke. A score of the watchers failed to retreat ■tn time nnd were cut off. A dozen I caught trees on the highest ground to I protect themselves, while others fled along a narrow path between the race and river. The hundreds w’ho had es--1 caped waited expecting to see those who were caught swept out into the ice floes and drowned, but the water found a channel through Race street, a thoroughfare leading west from the

park, and went racing between the houses. When the flood reached the business section the worst of the gorge had passed into the Wabash river down the proper channel, and the wa ter had spent most of its'damaging forces. • - • -'■ -O ”• ■ POOR MAPLE SYRUP YEAR. Harry Studabaker, who owns the largest maple sugar camp in Wells county, located north of Bluffton, says that the crop of maple syrup and sugar this season will be the smallest he believes, the history of the camp, ow-ng to the long continuation of the extreme cold, which Is not giving time tor a long maple syrup season. He had only 49 gallons of syrup up to last Saturday night, while a year ago at the same date he had 239 gallons made. He made over 500 gallons of syrup in 1911, but figures he will do well if he gets 200 gallons this spring. If it is the same every place, and it doubtless is, the chances are that maple syrup will be higher in price. 0 ERIE HELPS CAUSE In Fighting White Slave Traffic—Baggagemen Receive Orders to Keep A CLOSE WATCH On Men Who Try to Check the Baggage of Women —Names are Taken.

To help the United States as much as possible in stamping out the white slave traffic, the Erie railroad has issued circulars to the numerous station baggage agents along their line telling them to watch suspicious characters who are traveling with two or more ladies. The white slave traffic in the United States is worse than in any other county, it is said. Thousands of young girls and women are enticed to the big cities by agents supposedly of some big concern offering them employment. They are taken to some house in the city by the agent who holds their baggage checks and are forced into submission. The Erie company has given orders to its agents who handle baggage to (not let any man retain the baggage checks of two or more girls and women (who are traveling under his care. If the women wish to have their baggage [checked they must do it themselves and the checks are handed to them ( personally. Then, too, the records of the railroad company in regard to baggage checked help the United States authorities in chasing down promoters of the white slave traffic. Whenever a suspicious character is detected trying to cheek the baggage of women his name is secured, and put on record. When the authorities wish to ascertain the (names of men who are criminally promoting white slave traffic, they bo to the railroad records and find the names of the men which are recorded. It is saod that these precautionary measures taken by the Erie company [have helped in a great measure to cause arrests of several men in Chicago and New’ York The men whose names were recorded by the baggage agent were exr mined and in several cases they have been convicted. Other railroads besides the Erie have taken the game steps and their example is being followed to a great extent by railroad officials who wish to aid in the fight of one of the greatest enemies to society in the United States. The work of investigating the men w’ho try to obtain the baggage checks of women is not only a railroad law but a United States law and although they are not obliged to do the same, the Erie company feels it is its duty to do the same.

ATTE-ND DISTRICT CONVENTION. Os Christian Church Held at Huntington This Week. Mesdames J. M. Dawson, Henry Stevens. C. J. Weaver and Minnie Daniels left at noon today for Huntington where they will attend the district convention of the Christian church, held there this week. The Rev. J. M. Dawson, former pastor of the local Christian church, who is now conducting a successful revival at Andrews, near Huntington, is on the program for a sermon tomorrow evening.

MOVING PICTURES Exhibitors’ League of State is Holding Convention at Fort Wayne. THE LOCAL MEN Are Attendants—Pictures Were Taken This Morning to be Used in Films. Will Parent and John Stoneburner, owners of the Crystal and Star theaters, this city, are among the 100 members of Indiana Moving Picture Exhibitors' League attending the convention held in Fort Wayne Tuesday and today, closing this evening. The conventions are held every few weeks, the last one being six weeks ago in Indianapolis, when both Decatur men were also attendants. The convention opened Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with H. S. Dickgon of Winchester presiding. Mayor Grice, who had consented to deliver an address of welcome, was unable to attend on account of business affairs, and the matter of considering applications for membership to the league was taken up immediately. Fifty applications were presented. The moving picture men were ban queted at the Anthony hotel last evening, and following this, a theater party, with F. E. Stouder as host, was made up and visited the Temple. I Subjects of vital interest were discussed at the sessions held in the baniquet room of the Anthony hotel today. The pictures of the assembly were | taken this morning by the Pathe coinipany to be used in moving picture films.

A SUCCESSFUL YEAR For Monroe Township Teachers is Drawing to Close—Last Institute. • HELD LAST SATURDAY Teachers Draw Resolution Complimenting Trustee Beer on His Work. — The Mcmroe township teachers assembled at District No. 8, Saturday, March 16th, for their last institute. The two books were discussed by all and special subjects were given by some of the teachers. The close of the day’s work was given by the pupils of the district, who rendered a program which was greatly appreciated by all. The following resolutions w’ere adopted: Resolved, That we extend to the trustee, C. C. Beer, our congratulations for his conduct of the schools the past year and the favors he has shown us and we wish him continued success in his efforts and labors. RUFUS EAST. W. H. OLIVER. N. B. GILLIOM, G. C. LEHMAN. CAROLINE BURKHALTER. DORA HIRSCHY. DAN O. ROOP. lIULDA GILLIOM. ALICE RINAKER. MARTHA R. BURKHALTER. HARRY FLEMING. CHAS G PEPE. FANCIION DAUGHERTY. ELLIS H. SPRUNGER. BESSIE SPRUNGER. — o DECATUR PEOPLE SICK. E. A. Mann today received a letter from Robert Ernsberger, former residents of this city, telling that her mother, Mrs. W. H. Baker, a well known Decatur lady, is seriously ’ll with an attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, wh ohad gone there for a visit w’ith their daughter, w’ere at her home while the illness in the form of the grip overtook her, it later terminating in pneumonia. Mr. Baker was also said to be not in the best of health, and asked that Mr. Mann tell their many friends here of their Illness. Mr. Baker was for thirty years employed by Mr. Mann in the carpenter business.

AND NOW “MOTHER'S BREAD” Is Subject to Knocks From State Food Commissioner Barnard. Preference for the kind of bread that “mother used to make” was held to be based on a worn-out idea by H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commlssionsioner, when he addressed the City league at Indianapolis. The food and drug specialist declared that bakery bread is purer and more wholesome than one-half of that baked by the housewives. A slight gasp of astonishment was evidenced when Mr. Barnard made the statement, and fearing that he might have injured the feelings of the women who consider themselves expert cooks, be explained that bakers’ bread is better than that made at home only because inodern inventions have improved the baking process. ABOUT THE SICK Carl Schlemmer, Monroeville Youth, Known Here, Loses Left Leg. ON CIRCULAR SAW Mrs. Ellen Touhey Seriously 11l Again—Johnny Scheumann Better.

Carl Schlemmer, aged seventeen,, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry,: Schlemmer, of Monroeville, well i known here where they have often i' j i visited at the Henry Schultz home, ■ and others, suffered the loss of his ( left leg Tuesday afternoon and is now . in the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne. 1 in a serious condition. The lad was assisting his father saw some wood ; at the home, anu wnen tne lather and his assistant, Charles Eling, left their I. work for a short time, he began to (, play with the circular saw, which, un- k fortunately, had been left running. In ' some manner, unknown to the father ( or Mr. Eling the son caught his foot in the swiftly revolving saw and it!, was cut off before assistance could reach him. When the lad screamed (for help the father rushed to his side , but his efforts to help him were fruitless. He was taken into the home and Dr. J. D. Morgan" of Dixon was called to attend him. Administering tern po r ary relief, he was taken to Fort Wayne on an interurban car, and taken to the Lutheran hospital, where Drs. Morgan and Duemling performed ! an operation. Mr. Schlemmer and 1 Mr. Eling and also the boy's two sis- [ ters are at the hospital with him. j Little Johnny Scheumann, son of Mr. ‘ and Mrs. Jno. Scheumann, sr., with his ! parents, spent Sunday with his grand- [ mother, Mrs. Drayton Hill. This might not be an unusual occurrence for the ordinary little boy, but for Johnny it w-as a great event. He has been ill with tuberculosis of the spine for several years, and Sunday was the first time since last May that he had been able to leave his home. He is much better and the fact that he was able to leave the house is a matter of encouragement. Mrs. P. J. Hyland returned this ( morning from Winchester, where she j had spent several days with her moth-1 er, Mrs. Ellen Touhey, who is there | at the home of her daughter. Mrs. ; Touhey has been ill for a year or more and for the past two weeks her con- j dltloti Is much worse, she being con- ■ fined trf her bed and her suffering is | said to be very severe. Jesse Ford of Geneva, who was op--1 crated upon for appendicitis al the Portland hospital Monday, is getting along well. Silas Kizer, an aged pioneer, residing a half-mile west of Linn Grove, is seriously ill with the infirmities of old age. He has been feeble for some time but has grown alarmingly weaker in the last few days. Mrs. P. L. Andrews, who has been in poor health for some time, has gone to Hope hospital. Fort Wayne, where she will undergo an operation Thursday. Lawrence Linn is recovering from an attack of appendicitis. He is able to be up and around, though he has not yet been allowed to return to school.

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POLITICS IS BRISK Capital City Crowded With Politicians for Thursday’s Meeting. ADAMS SENDS BUNCH Party of Supporters Left Today to Help Swell the Crowd. Indianapolis, Ind. Mar. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Militant democracy, fired with enthusiasm for party favorites, stormed Indianapolis today. On this, the last day befoie the convention, everv hotel in the city is crowded to its capacity and the crowds promise to break all records for state conventions ever held In the capital city. So intense is the scramble for places on the state ticket that there is not room for headquarters for all of them at the Denison hotel. Interest centers in the contest for (lieutenant governor. For the past j three days a number of leading democrats have been declaring their intention of entering the race and early (today, they were avowed candidates. (One of the most recent announce■ments was that of T. D. Scales, of I Boonville, former First district chair|man. He is the man who found it ■ impossible to find a spot to open his I readquarters. Mason J. Niblack, for(mer speaker of the house, denied tojday that he had withdrawn from the jrace and said that his friends had asI sured him that he has an excellent chance for the nomination. William O’Keefe, editor of the Marshall county Democrat, has appeared

in the field with an excellent armament of heavy artillery which he declares will obliterate Metsker. Leonard B. Clore, of Franklin, is the remaining aspirant for the second place on the ticket. This one contest is the "sole topic of conversation in the ho£el lobbies, although there is a spirited, but friendly contest, being waged for the nomination of reporter of the supreme court. The leading entries in this grand marathon are E. E. Cox of Hartford City, Harry Strickland of Greenfield and Philip Zoercher of Tell City. Strickland is basing his campaign on his geographical location. “Hancock county has been democratic from time immemorial,” said Strickland, “and yet we have never had a man elected to state office. The northern part of Indiana has the clerk of tue supreme court, the secretary of I state and the governor. The southern I part of the state has the treasurer and i attorney general, superintendent of jpublic instruction and the auditor. The ! central part of the state is without jrepresentation. It ig time to give us i a show." I W. H. Vollmer, treasurer, Thomas Honan, attorney general, and W. H. O'Brien, whose career in democratic politics has made him a universal favorite, Charles Greathouse, superintendent of public instruction, and Lew Elllngham, secretary of state, are quartered in this memorable sanctum. In room 55, Lew Ellingham acts as chief host and declares that there is nothing in the world that could make him happier than the confidence his party has displayed in making him the unanimous choice for the place on the ticket again. Among Adams county’s prominent democrats to be in attendance and lend their support to the most exciting meeting ever promised are County Chairman J. W. Bosse, David E. Smith. D. X. Erwin, D. B Erwin. W. Tyndall, R. C. Parrish, Fred V. ; Mills S. Niblick, John C Moran, Ferdinand Bleeke, I’at Hyland, Albert Sellemeyer, Dr. Vizzard of Pleasant Mills. Otheis who left Tuesday were John Heller and Charles Ernst. FARMERS, NOTICE! A beet sugar meeting will be held at the St. John's school house, at Stop 1. , Thursday evening. The officials of llio beet sugar plant will be present to deliver addresses on the beet raising, eto POLICE COURT NEWS. Frank Keting, "the Little Bear,” was arraigned this morning on a plain drunk charge, and pleading guilty, was assessed a fine of a dollar and costs. He went to jail.