Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1912 — Page 1

I Volume X. Number 93.

HORROR INCREASES I Wireless Message Says the Carpathia. Has Only 705 Survivors Aboard. Bodies recovered Boston With Remains of I j Many of the Victims. " (United rress service.) New York, X. ¥., April 17—(Special |lc bails Democrat! —With 200 coffins Ln board and practically the entire Laipply o! Halifax, Nova Scotia, exJhausted, the cableu ship Mackay Benpiett, sailed this afternoon from Haii- 1 [lax to scour the Atlantic and pick up I I I any bodies cast from the Titantic [wreck. There are only 705 survivors lot' board the Carpathia, according to i fa wireless message received here this [afternoon from Winfield Thompson, a [Foston newspaper man, who is a pasJsenger sent on the Franconia. He said I that the Carpathia would reach here 1 at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. Com- i mander Becker of the South Chester ■ s cruisers notifiec the navy department < «t Washington at 1:15 o’clock today f that he had established a communica- J Itlon with the Carpathia. The messuage following read: “The Carpathia’ [stated that the list of first and second J class passengers and the crew had [been sent ashore. Commander Becker ! ■ will relate the list of third-class pas[sengers when convenient to the Car-| jpathia. The message of Commander Ir.ecker was believed at the White Star ’ [■offices here today that only those who ■ ■are already saved had been sent out ] [on the first and second cabins. The > I< i hers on board the Carpathia were I [believed to have been third-class pas[aenge. s. Senator Smith, republican, 1 ■of Michigan, today introduced a resoElution in the senate at Washington, Epioviding for an Investigation of the’ [disaster. A relay wireless message' Efron’ the Carpathia here today an- ; ■Bounced that “all women are saved.” [White Star officials today confirmed a’ frressage that the number of saved was 868 and the number lost, 1,304. It seemed certain that the United States cruisers now on the way to the Carpa-' thia will report the real figures of the lost and saved and until then they will not be available. In a statement about the Titanic and all the dangers of ocean voyages Admiral Dewey said >at Washington today: "It is a fact* | that every person who crosses the [ wild Atlantic takes his life in his I hands every time. For my part I I would rather go around the world in a | well-equipped man-of-war than to take I a trip across the large Atlantic in an I Atlantic vessel. The greed for money ■ | is so great that it is with the sincerest t regret that I have observed ha human lives are never taken into considI cation. Let all good Americans exi ert every energy to have the present . I laws amended as regarding equipment I and life-saving appliances on every I passenger-carrying vessel.” I New York, N. ¥.. April 17—(Special Ito Daily Democrat) —The Marconi I wireless offices here today said they I had received a message from the I Cunaid liner front Franconls, saying I that she had been in communication I with the captain and that the latter. ■ had reported ns follows: "Have on I I board.MoO saved from Titanic. More' I than 2,000 were lost." New York, N. Y„ April 17—(Special I to Daily DemocratF-At least some! I of the Titanic's dead have been recov-1 | ered. A message received at the Un I ited Press office here today from Roy ] I W. Howard, general news manage - I I who Is on board the Olympic, sister 1 | ship of the wrecked liner, which is, I bound for -England, said that the Lew] land liner Californian had some of the | dead on board. The ship will prob-, i ably come to Boston. If the recovety ( ; of the bodies had not been until alter 1 I the vessels sailing fotn Halifax arj rived at the scene many probably [ would have sunk forever, while others i probably would have be mi torn to > shreds by the grinding ice floes that shoot, the sec.s. Officials of the Lev ■ land line at Boston today announced that they believed that the Californian '"ONTTN'm tsN PAGE TWO I

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KEEP UNDER COVER Loose Articles About Your Home or ( You May Lose Them. | There seems to be an epidemic oi bicycle stealing and other articles are missing from various homes about the | city, and we believe it tipis when j warning ought to be taken by the people and keep a closer watch on their loose articles lying about on their premises, if they do not want to have them removed by some unwelcome been witljJ ami SECURING uABOR; _ t Sugar Factory Men Busy 1 i Securing Foreigners to do < fl the Hand Work. j ' CLOSING CONTRACTS ' I A Mr. Hubbard Attending Meeting of Wholesale ‘ Dealers and Jobbers. t < E. M. Wagner has returned from i Cleveland, Ohio, where he arranged 1 lor a number of workers to do the 1 hand labor in the beet fields here during the season. He will return to that city later and will bring the men here ; about May 10th. He will leave Satur- 1 I day of this week for Chicago and ex- i pects to arrive here the twenty-third 1 ]v. uh a special train of workers. Mr. ; F. H. Hubbard came home Tuesday ! evening from South Bend, where he | succeeded in employing about twenty- : | five laborers. He went to IndianapI c'.is this morning, where he will look after the labor problem further. While there he will also attend a meeting of , ' the wholesale sugar dealers and job - ' berg, at which time action will prob- ' ably be taken to further oppose the ’ sugar tariff bill now before the U ntted ‘ States senate. The work of closing up ] ' the contracts with the farmers of this I locality is proceeding rather slowly ' but steadily. The farmers are being i impressed with the idea that the con-1 tracts must be fulfilled, and they' should do so gladly, as it means mu ll | 'to them. Besides the best paying i crop they can raise, the factory here | ' has increased the value of their land j twenty-five per cent, and they owe it I to the sugar company and to the bus- 1 iness men here who have given their . word that 5,060 acres will be planted ■ to make good on contracts. All farm-' ers who have signed labor contracts may expect wittiin the next week or ' two to receive notice to call for their laborers. TO THE HOMES OF DECATUR. Are you missing the extra special j high-class feature at the new Rex this' week? If you are ’tis your own fault. I Never in the history of our city have t we had anything like it before. You cannot afford to miss this world-wide! 1 traveler, John Ennor. The thirty ' ! minutes you spend with him will live ' in your memory as a bright spot in; years to come. John Ennor is not in , the lecture field. The full house last; right had nothing but praise. To-‘ right you may see the frozen north i land and midnight sun. Don’t niss it. The New Rex, tonight. FOR BERNE K. OF P. HOME 1 J. D. Bolinger Awarded Contract for Berne Building. John Bolinger the well known mason contractor, this morning received I word that he had been awarded the i icontract for the building of the fine i new K. of P. Heme at Berne. The , new H< roe home will be a $5,000 brick ! building, twenty-six by sixty-six feet : and of two stories. It will be one of the fine new additions to a town of I handsome buildings. MEET FRIDAY. I AH members of the Ben Hurs are requested to meet at their hall Friday evening at 7 p. m., when several Important business questions will come up for discussion Immediate! action Is necessary for outlined work I and p good attendance ls.needed.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, April 17, 1912.

FIREMEN ARE BUSY Laying Plans for Their Going to Dunkirk in June to ’I i Attend Meet of VOLUNTEER FIREMEN A .AVili ■ ■ JK T ! j Ir The Decatur flreme - v been | working hard recently ig up ’ plans for them to sect ids for their attending the Non Indiana Volunteer Firemen's eonv. >n to be 1 held at Dunkirk on June 2 i, and to make a strong plea for tlu securing of the convention to be held in 191?. Now, for them to go there fully prepared and equipped as hly should be, will require the help of not only the city council, as will be given them, i but they ask aid from the business men and other individuals, and they will call upon them, to show their willingness of having the convention here. It will bring several thousands of people to the city’ and the event will be one of the largest drawing attractions ever held here. A number of other cities will try to secure it, and the locals want to have the necessary backing and financial aid before they leave. Another movement on foot is that upon the completion of the new city hall they wish to give a two days’ entertainment for the public, to be held in the hall. The program outlined will be in the way of conducting stands and have other amusements to entertain the people, and they will invite all to come and visit them. Talks will be provided, and the proceeds* derived in this way will go toward their securing equipment as above mentioned. They also wish to show their appreciation of their new home, which they will occupy, and this will be one of their ways of returning thanks. — o —■ SPECIAL MEETING. The Odd Fellows will hold a called | | meeting in the lodge room Thursday i night commencing at 7:30 o’clock at < which every member should be pres- i j ent. SUSPICIOUS ACTS ’ I Two Men Seen Jumping from Windows of County Clerk’s Office ON TUESDAY EVENING i Cleared Themselves of Burj glary Charges When the Truth Leaked Out. Deputy County Clerk L. L. BaumIgartner, was much surpiised and 'alarmed this morning when he came ' to open the office, when Mr. Stubs, | court house custodian, informed him | that suspicious characters had been I seen jumping from the windows tn the little room at the west side of the I clerk's office, Tuesday evening after ' the office had been closed for the day. He stated that the men were noth ed by passersby who took them fori robbers, burglars, etc., etc., and nori-1 fled the police, who made a mad chase for them. Mr. Stults asked whether] anything in the office had been tarn- j pered with, and Mr. Baumgartner hastened to the little room where the safe kept to make sure, but thinking that the joke had been carried far enough, Mr. Stults hastened to explain that the "suspicious acting mem" were two of the clty''» best known reiidents, who did vhat any others would do if they had been locked into n place for the night—opened the windows and jumped out. The two men who were the cause of the excitement were Dwight Lai hot and Earl Adams, who had been working In tne little room during the afternoon. County Clerk Bleeke left earlier than the Oth-->r», and when Mr. Baumgartner closI ed the office at 5:05 o’clock he forgot 1,., u1 >t the busy workers in the rear | room and locked the door, It was

t about a half hour later that the two men found themselves locked in when they got ready to leave, and after investigating Mr. Lachot found that the window could be opened, so he raised ■ it and jumped out. He went to look for the custodian, thinking that he could open the hall door for Mr. Adams, for whom the jump would have been a great one, but Mr. Adams got tired "of waiting, or wanted to show his athletic ability, so he made the high jump, too, before Lachot returned. The actions, of the two caused much humorous comment among ; those who witnessed the strange feat, but the boys were chiefly excited, with that they were not obliged the ni.v'. ‘ in their close i:ie A HAPPY EVENT Historical Club Entertains Seventv-five Ladies at i i i Closing Event ■ s H OF THE SEASON i At P. B. Thomas Home— Twenty-fourth Year is Drawn to a Close. t It may be true that “History repeats itself,” but the social good times that mark the annual season's closing of the Historical club do not; there never was one whose characteristics were marked by just the superlative degree of brightness and cheeriness and originality as that of Tuesday evening at the Dr. P. B. Thomas home, when the club entertained seventy-five ladies in honor of the closing of the twenty-four years’ season of study. The club colors of pink and white were manliest everywhere throughout the rooms in artistic arrangement of vases of pink and white carnations, potted ferns and blooming geraniums, | with pots daintily covered with pink I tissue caps. Pink tissue hoods also s'haded the chandeliers, reflecting a rosy glow. Conversation held sway until 8:15 o’clock, when Miss Gertrude Mosss opened the program with a pi- ! ano number in her usual skillful way ] ] and then Mrs. S. D. Beavers, in the ■ I absence of the president, Mrs. Jane ] | Crabbs, bade all the guests welcome ! in behalf ol i(he club, on this day that] | closed the twenty-fourth season's 1 I study of the club. Mrs. Emma Daniels , I responded in a fitting way, in behalf. lot the guests, and expressed their illeasu.re in joining with the celebration of the club which for nearly a quarter of a century has contributed to the culture and uplife of the city. "He Was a Prince,” the charming story of Owen Meredith, set to fitting music, was expressively sung byMiss Marie Allison, before Mrs. John Fuming of Huntington, an honorary member of the club, who formerly lived here, a most clever history I of the club as she knew it and as it |is loday. The sketch was a master-1 piece of wit and quite cleverly brought out the answer to the question, “What is there in a name?" by bringing out each member and the part she would play in the club should she "live up” to her name. Her sketch is worthy ol' reproductipn, so here it is: April 16th, this the closing night | of the twenty-fourth year of the Histcrlcal Reading club, brings to our minds the recollection of many profitable and pleasant, evenings spent together during the past winter and of former years We who are away from you and cannot be with you on Tuesdays, as ' of old, appreciate thd efforts you have ] n:ade to entertain us We enjoy it I as only one who has been a member ] of the Historical can. No two closing nights of the club are the same; always some new faces and perhaps we can never be gathered together again just as we now are, so 1 wisli to give >ou a brief review of the club as I knew it and as It is now. Almost a quarter of a century ago the need of a woman's study dub was lelt in this city and from a Blossom sprang The Historical Reading club, organized for women and for study. Who th >n were eligible for membership? Not every Tom, Dick and Harry, but women, and women only. Looking around at the club members you now have, I find, Peter's son, AH's'son and Thornns Then, too, long have you boasted that you were a no-eat, no-drlnk duh, yet I find Miller, Glilig working ovei CONTINT®T/ mw. paGF TWO.

WM. DROEGE DEAD Well Known Root Township Resident Succumbs After Long Illness. DIED TUESDAY NIGHT i >• » . Was Fifty-six Years of i and Life-long Resident the County. i w William Droege, a life-long r ..ent of the county, died Tuesday evening I at 6:30 o'clock at his home in Root township, a mile and a half north of Monmouth, where he had resided the -j J past thirty years. Mr. Droege had been ill since last autumn with sclerosis, or hardening of the liver, but about six weeks ago had recovered sufficiently to be about for two weeks, and only about, four weeks ago, he had been able to come to this city, j where he greeted his many friends. For the past two weeks, however, his condition had been the most serious. . Mr. Droege was born in Preble township fifty-six years ago last March 25, and was the son of William and Eliza abeth Hockemeyer Droege, now both deceased. After his marriage to Miss Mary Heckman, he moved to his present farm in Root township, where the greater part of his life was spent, and where he was known among his many friends as an ente-prising farmer and a man of many fine qualities. His ’ wife survives, together with five chil- ; dren. They are Theodore, Della, Olga and Freda, at home, and Mrs. Charles < Schroeder, of Friona, Texas. Two children have preceded him in dea»h. - there survive him also, three brothers—Henry and Fred, of Allen county, and Ferdinand, of Fort Wayne; also two half-sisters —Mrs. Henry Schroe- < der and Mrs. Henry Heckman, of Allen county. The funeral will be held I at the St. John's Lutheran church, but the date will not be set until word < from the daughter, Mrs. Charles Schroeder, of Texas, is received.' Should they not be able to come, the ! funeral will probably be held Friday, | I but should the Schroeders come, the ] I funeral will probaby be deayed un-! | til Sunday, as they could not make the long trip here sooner. SALE IS STILL ON Bidding is Spirited on Two of the M. F. Rice Estate Properties. SALES NOT CLOSED' But One Will Probably be This Afternoon —No Bids on Two of Properties. Bidding again livened up on the two . properties in the M. F. Rice estate | partition sale at the office of Peterson ■ & Moran but no sales have been de- ] dared yet. Although no bids have j been received on the Journal office | building and the Walters home on Sev-1 enth street, the bidding is quite lively j on the Koenemann and two business | buildings on West Monroe street, ] i -.hich are taken as one, and also on 1 the second house south' of the Brush- ] v iller & Baker grocery, known as the i Lell Segur property. On the residence and two business buildings the following bids were rece'ved: John Baker, $4,400; Amos Yoder, $4,600; R i C Parrish, $4,625; Amos Yoder, $4,800. As no blds have been received since 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the property will probably be declared as going to Yoder at b’s last bid, should no more be received today, as a day must elapse before the declaration of the sale and the receipt of the last hid. On the Segur residence Hie following blds were received: Ben Shrank, $1,900; \mos Yoder, $2,000; Ben Shrank, 2,014. These bids worn given up until 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Yoder appearing again this , morning and raising the bid to $2,100. This will therefore be open at least another day for the receiving of bide.

WILL PRAC'ICE HERE. Clyde Baumgartne. Will Open Veterinarian’s Office Here, Clyde Baumgartu -r, son of Deputy' Clerk L. L. Baumgartner, who last week graduated from the Chicago Veterinary college, after completing a three years' course, has decided to locate in this city for practice. He has leased an office room in the Niblick building, corner of Second and Madison streets, adjoining the office Drs. Clark, and will soon be at ufliv ,\i ::: E 1 Jll- ■^^£. —— -— PUBLIC OFFICES |: I In Indiana Are Held Down V by 50,686 Persons Says n the Governor t t IN HIS REPORT 1 s Nearly All Are Paid—l7,3os 0 School Teachers and Superintendents. c ’ s Governor Marshall has just com- 1 f pleted the preparation of a report - ( for the United States civil service £ commission which shows that there < are in Indiana a iuLtl of 50,686 per- t sous in public offices in the state, eith- 4 er as officials or employees. The fig- t ures were compiled by the state board I of accounts, on receipts of a request 1 I for information from the commission j I in Washington. This show’s that about < two per cent of the entile population , < of the state of Indiana is in some kind 11 of a public office. , 1 With the exception of some of the town councilmen and school trustees I I all of the persons included in the list j 1 I are paid. Some of the paid officials, 1 1 ■ too, draw nominal salaries. The to- j < tai is distributed as fellows: i 1 In the state government. 5,961’ In]' "ounty governments, 9,867: in t>wn- 1 I ship governments, 5.445; in rhe pyb- < lie schools as superintended, teach- ’ J ers or employees, 17.305; in city and 1 town governments, 12,375. ] I The-figures also showed that 640,- 1 < I 111 men in the state were subject to ] 1 i call for military service. The report' i I set out in detail the following con- > < reining persons employed in the varl-. ’ | ous places of state, county, town- s ship, school and municipal govern-]] ments: ! 1 State offices and courts —Officers, 11 94; employees, 355; circuit court i ; judges, 63; prosecuting attorneys, < 16; total, 561. ] * Charitable and correctional institn-j 1 tions, 1,937. Educational institutions —Trustees. : 22; officers, 19; instructors, 534; office]' employees, 56; other employees, 131: | total, 762. I State militia—Officers, 191; enlist-] ] cd men, 2,214; total, 2,404. County governments —Officers. 1,- | 582; employees, 1,220; all other coun-1 ; ty employees, 7,065; total, 9,867. Township governments— Township i I trustees, 1,016; assessors, 1,016; road ' supervisors, 3,681; other township I employees, 748; total, 6.461. j Supeiintendents and teachers and] j employees in public schools. 17,305. ' Incorporated cities and towns —Mayors, 97; clerks, 454; treasurers, 463,] controllers, 16; city judges, 10; city i I and town attorneys, 171; police de-1 partments, 1,292; fire departments, 2,367; er.gineers, 206; board of publite works, 31; board of public safety, I 57; i>ar kcomm'“sjcrers and employes' 335; councilmen, 366; street commtsI stoners and employees, 1,214; rem- -1 tery employes, 153; school trustees,} I 2.90; town trustees, 1,270; water] works superintendents and employees, 376; electric light superintendents and employees, 374; public library employes, 501; health officers, 887; all ] . other employees, 813; total, 12,375. PASTRY SALE. At the meeting of the Evangelical Lndles' Aid society Thursday afternoon at the Home of Mrs. Fred Llnp, the ladles will hold a pastry sale. There will l»o bread, pies, cakes and othf r delicious homemade baked goods. Those wno cannot attend may telephone their orders prd the ladles will deliver the goods.

Price, Two Cents.

COUNCIL DOINGS Usual Bulk of Business Was Threshed Out Last Evening by City Council. TWO WERE ABSENT The Mayor’s Report for Year Read and ier B ~ With Councilman raF owing to his absence from the city, and Mr. Chronister unable to attend, because of illness, which has confined him to his home for more than a v eek, the city council, at its regular meeting Tuesday evening, was unable io act as a whole on all problems, and they were thus held over, excepting that which required immediate attention. The minutes of the past, two sessions were read by the clerk, approved, ond ordered spread on the records. A petition from property owners living along South Elm street, and east to the G. R. & I. railroad, asking for a cement sidewalk was read and referred to the street and sewer committee. Specifications for the Ata sewer were filed. received and ordered to be placed on record for future referenc. Another petition followed from the property owners along Kekionga street, aslking for an opening and street improvement along the Clover Leaf east, so that they can go ahead and improve their homes along said street and that the clerk be instructed to notify the Clover Leaf railroad of the actions which he was authorized to do. The street commissioners’ report for the months of January, February and March was filed and referred to the finance committee to be gone over. People living along North Third street asked that a new arc light be placed at the alley which leads from the Peter Kirsch planing mill to Second street. Another was asked for by the property owners to be placed on the corner of Third and Adams. A third petition for a light was read, atking that a tungston be placed on South First street, near the Theodore Kennedy home. These petitions for lights were all left in the hands of the electric light committee with power io act. There are a number of places in the city where more light is needed, and the city will act accordingly, where they deem more light is necessary. The new street lights recently purchased by the city, will soon be up, perhaps in a month or so, thus giving more light wherever the old ones are, and also increasing their line to the out districts, which are poorly lighted at the present time. The preliminary resolutions for the Atz sewer on North Third street were read, adopted and ordered to be placed on record. The clerk was also authorized to a ivertise that the council would, cu May 7th, hear any and all obpections regarding same. The mayor’s report to the council, covering the years from January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912, was read. Tho total indebtedness of the city on January 1, 1911. i was $71,386.27. This amount comprised waterworks bonds, refnduing bonds of 1897, 1906. 1909, North Ward school | bonds, South Ward school bonds, Old | Adams County bank and First National bank orders to the above total mentioned. The receipts for the year I 1911 were $80,924.09, while the disbursements for the year reached the i tame figtires. Casl in the treasury on j January 1, 1912, wai $21,148.78, while ! the reduction of the city's debt for the | year ending January 1, 1912, was $17,- ] 013.30. leaving a total indebtedness of ' $54,372. This was Approved nnd orI dered to he spread on record. A petiI (lon presented by A. J. Smith, asked I that a continuation of Adams street from Second to First be completed, If | it would not be placing too much of a l urden upon the Presbyterian church, I and in v hich he asked that Mr. Atz | speak to the committee on the aubI’joct. He also asked that a curbing be | plated, or a line given for the placing of a five-foot walk along the north tilde of said street, to be plac<“d along the curb, according to the construction of most all new walks. The city engineer was ordered to prepare plans and specifications for the sewer un Jefferson street and at the river tanks which had caved In and wa»l '1 nway, caused by the high waters durCONTINUED OIY PAGE FOUR