Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1912 — Page 1

Volume X, Number 274.

receivers named ■'k\* Mat Kirsch and C. S. Niblick Appointed to Operate Ward Fence Factory. APPLICATION MADE L,ate Friday Afternoon by Ft. Wayne Rolling Mills —Consent Given. bate Friday afternoon the Fort r Rolling Milla filed in the Adlira circuit Kwtlri a request for the apkointment of a receiver for the- Ward Frn.e company, asking that the sanv* done without notice to the defend Lt tompany Infs application closek followed the filing of a suit by the fort Wayne Roiling Mills against the h'ard Fence company, asking for k»o on account due them The ap■earanco by the defendant company |o the receivership application, war. bowever, made, the Ward Fence conibany filing waiver of issue and setv re of notice of application for the apfointment, and also consent to the application for a receiver, this being one through Will Rundell, the sec itary-treasut*r of the Ward Fence umpany. 'ihe application was heard by edge Merryman, who sustained it. nd appointed Math as Kirsch and C. L Niblick receivers, to take charge f all the assets property of all kinds nd nature belonging to the defetffi nt. Ward Fence company, and conInue to operate the business here. By all labor necessary to operate be same, and purchase whatever ma trials necessary, and to care In full br the operation of the plant, until irther order of the court. Their end was placed at >50.000. payable » the clerk of the Adams circuit purt, which they filed to the approval I ’he court, took their oath as re fivers aad entered upon their new BUM. I The application sets out that the ■l ived Fence company is capitalized at ■loO.OvO. of which more than >70.060 L paid ia in cash Most of this is InBested tn material, machinery, tools, ■upptiea, patterns, etc., representing ’a «ost tn excess of defendant' slndebt Mnesa The manufactured product.

nu«n aa Ward Pance, called for the egpendtture for a while of much mon -y for pattern*. dies, etc., resulting In rapenditures far beyond the proflis. prttfch gave rise to an indebtedness E*rri*d for several years Recently here baa been a rise in iron and steel >n<i owing to the great demand, the mils have been unable to turn out jheir supplies on as abort notice aa before Where it formerly required so or three weeks to bare their supfly filled. It now requires four to ate nonth*. and therefore the Ward fence company ha* been obliged to inUcipate its want* for months, got Infers In early, which n«-<-salutes I heir carrying • stock now, several < imee the value of that r»u.|lred a < fear or *o ago. when they were able i o get their supplies more readily. I rhe application seta out that the conj) tuny now ha* a larger stock and more r a Ina bl- than II had a year ago. and that It purchase.) this without Inerea* leg Its tadobtednrs* over that of a rear ago It set out that th* com ya ay baa carried a heavy burden of Debt, has been unable to pa» divllend* for gpreml year*. and that this he<■aalousd diaaatlsfn* don among thMock holders and that lor years u ba« been a burden to conduct the bd«i heaa without oc«aalotiitig a run upon It by its creditors Fwllur.. to look after obligation* when they malar« caused the with ilrgwal on Noramt «r lltb of the cred K. rating of ot*» of the leading cred” ors from the reporting secret an and”, was feared that thl* wmild bring oth er creditors down upon th* rompan» With full forte The conservation of ’hs bualasa*. the appH<ali<m was deemed beet as the products arc th great demand and there are m«i“ 'sluabfe orders placed. which, when filled, will add much •*" the ’rnesury and profit of th* <ompac». and prsaorre th* induatry and save almost total lowa to the creditor* i The aa—t* in th- form of account*. Ville rsoMvnbl-. slmk. etc.. ar- died •t about 116.000 fleold-s thia. It vemsa of ab rot IM.fioo, in th- form of machinery, toots, pattern*, die*, build W and aa aileg-d equity in the real •■tats onevpi-d by the Ward Fno<« eaaMny ts the busin—a were to be

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wound up and the assets sold with a I view to pro rating the proceeds, among the creditors, the value of all assets except the >15,000 would be wholly destroyed, because of the fact • that the occupancy of the real estate upon which the plant is located Is under contract providing for the forfeiture of not only the equity in the land, but all buildings located thereon and the machinery affixed ,' thereto. ' ( If sold, therefore, in the opinion of the petitioner the assets of the defendant company would not pay cred- ' Itors more than ten to twenty cents ,on the dollar, as the bills and accounts payable by said company are said to aggregate about >60,000, and . that the only way In which creditors can realize upon their claims and the stock of the company become of any value to those who have invested, is through maintaining the life of its . business. ! Discouraging conditions under which the company has worked are not<>d, as dissension among stock(ConttnuH. on Page 2) IS NOT REVOKED State Superintendent of Schools Chas. Greathouse Reverses Decision OF MR. OPLIGER | Regarding the Latter’s Revocation of License of D. A. Baumgartner. Attorney D. li. Erwji this morning

received from Charles H. Greathouw, state superintendent cf public instructs.!, a statement mat had reversed the decision of County Superintend ent Opliger, in the matter of Mr. Opllger’s revoking the license of Professor Il A liaumgartner, a member of the high school faculty It will be re-raember-d that the case was given a hearing before County Superintendent Opliger here in September, on charg es preferred by Mr. Opliger Mr. Itaumgsrtner then appealed to the state superintendent. In addition to the transcript of the hearing given here. Mr. Opliger affiled twentythree affidavits of evidence of add! tional witnesses in order to be able to answer these before the state superintendent. Mr. Erwin. Baumgartner's attorney wrote to ask Mr. Greathouse the date for the hearing of the matter. and was surprised to find that he, had already decided. The letter which came in answer thia morning reed* as follows: Indianapolis, Nov- 15, 1511. Hon Dore II Erwin. Decatur, Ind.: Dear Rlr I have your letter of November Htb in reference to the rexoration of the license of D A, Baumartner I have rendered a decision upon the transcript sent to this De parrment by County Superintendent Opliger lie la In possession of a| complete copy of thia transcript with my decision. Following Is the dectalon: "I have carefully viamined the evidence net forth In the transcript for the revocation of teacher’s license ( held by one. D A Baumgartner, and it I* my opinion that the facts aa *t«t | forth in thia transcript are uot auffl ! clent evidence to revoke his license . Therefore. I hereby reverse the dec is | ton of the County Huporintendent of Adam* County L. E- OpUgsr "I. Charles A. Gs utthouse, superin , 'tcndent of public instruction, do he e by certify Uvat the forogoinn b a trite and complete ropy of th* proceeding* had b-fot* m- In the case wherein D A Baumgartner appealed to me from Die action of the Khod superintend -nt of Adams County V«ry truly your*. CHAR a aREATIIOVRK _ t? " ■ •UPtR'NTfi NOfiNT Hfißfi. The lt-‘ >. A Really. 0. fl. »uper Int-nd-nt ut the Fori WaiM district I „f th- M-thodiat Episcopal church. | , will he present »nd Pi*«rh at tne Methodi. t church Sunday nlaht. I»r : iLatty is her- to hold th- qusrteriy co.feret.c- on Monday nbhtTh* R-v E I. Roman*. t>- D-. of u,r *“ I will Mtbl hl* m»n. the pastor of thi church, in th* communion aenrire f Sunday mornlfifi . i , - on • Wayne

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IS A TEST CASE Three Marion County Jurors Sue to Collect Pay for Mileage. WANT THE PAY For Every Day—Heretofore Pay Has Been for Only One Round Trip. A test case which will be carried through the supreme court of Indian.!, and which will be of Interest to every county in the state, has been filed in the Marion county circuit court ny three men, who. after doing Jury duty, objected to paying their own way each day back and forth from their homes and hired attorneys to bring suit against the county, after the county commissioners had refused to approve their claims for car fare. The Indiana statute reads: "Juro-s, grand and petit, shall be paid >2 a day while In actual attendance, and ."> cents for each mile necessarily traveled." Heretofore the law has been construed to mean Jurors are to receive >2 a day for service and five cents for each mile traveled to the court house on the first day and five cents for each mile traveled the last day in going from the court house. The three men now contend that they should be paid each day for going and coming The statutes, however, consider a day of duty 24 hours and consequently the time spent in traveling to and fro, when not on duty, is that of the first and last days. Although the deciding of the cave in favor of the plaintiffs would mean only a few dollars’ more expense to Adams county, It would mean a great deal more to many of the larger counties. which have isolated parts from which Jurors are often called.

WAS TOTAL LOSS The Plant of the Van Camp Packing Company at Indianapolis Burns. WATER MAIN BURSTS —— —• Eleven Skeletons Found in Gravel Pit—Employees Unite for Low Prices. ll’nlted Press Service) ' lndiana|>olis. Ind . Nov, ffi— (SpeeiM to Dall; Democrat) Fire early todav destroyed the plaut of the Van Camp Packing comitany valued at fifiSO.Ofiu. | The origin of the fire is unknown The blaae wan discovered about 4:3fi o'clock thia morning and was still burning hrlskly st « o’clock, but was under control A serious break In the water main* seriously handhull ped the firemen and threatened to spread the flame* The fire waa discovered by a watchI man and three alarm* were sonnd-d J The break in the water mtt<ns happaned nt Ohio »nd Pennsylvanl t •trwHa and the Denlron hotel and »<h ier surrounding buildings were flood m | becattK- It was out of th- que* 'lion to shut off the water while the I flro was rtutlng Five hundred m-n be out of work while the company la rebuilding The building destroyed was three stories high and of brick construction Noble*ville. Ind, Nov. Ifi—(Rpeclal to Dally Democrat •—Eleven hnm«n akeletona today were nnearthed In a grav-l pit near here I atonih fiend, Ind, Nov >•— (Special id Dally Democrati -Tw-nty llve huu died employees of the Hiudabaker corporation here have organised n nsht against the h|ph price of nnl ■nd other Hvlgg -tp-nsea. — Q F H AWnantrotit of Geneva was here this morning on bualne** lie report* that Mrs Armoatroui. who has be-n seriously 111 with peritonitis for the past four weeks. Is much bet ter and Is now on the way to recov ary.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, November 16, 1912.

LOFTY MONUMENT PLANNED. San Antonio, Tex., Nov, 16—I’roi lectors of the Alama Heroes’ Monument, which Is to be erected in front of the Alamo chapel on grounds of the old Alamo fortress, are going right ahead with their plans and an- ’ t lei pate they may be able to begin ■ construction within the next twelve ] months. The monument will consist I in part of a shaft which will be 802 . feet from the ground to top of dome. I The base will be elghty-five feet I square and for a height of about 70' feet will be divided into various chambers, including an auditorium ' capable of seating several thousand , persons, rooms for all patriotic organ ’ izations and a room for each county in Texa- in which permanent exhibits | may be maintained. Four elevators' operated by electricity will travel be tween the bottom and top and the dome of the shaft will be offered to the Vnited States government for the pur|x>se -of maintaining an observatory. TAPPED THE WIRES * Clarence Holthouse is up on a Charge of Wire Tapping in Mayor's Court. IS UNDER A BOND And Case is Being Heard Today—Linemen Found Tap and Traced Wire. Clarence Holthouse, proprietor of the Holty's Case, in this city, was up before the mayor this morning on a chai ge of tapping the electric wires of tie city, and getting electricity therefrom It is alleged in the affl davit that Holthbuse tapped one tC the lines of the city on November Gt'j and used the electricity without bav- ! Ing It run through the meter Tzflce before, it is said, the electricity was turned off and was supposed to have been kept off until he paid the account of the city. On the eleventh of this month linemen found where th* taps were made and run through the middle window upstairs above the and tracing the wires in they found the attachment to the inside system. Holty was arrested and is un-><-r one hundred dollars bond Attorneys Peterson t Moron are appearing for him and L. <’. DeVoss on the part of I the city. TWENTY-THREE TAKE EXAMS. For Rural Mail Carrier-A Large • Class. A large class of twenty three took lite civil service examination for rural mall carrier held at ths local post office this morning undet the Imai examining board This examination is held to get a carrier to fill a varancy on one of the routes from this city, and to secure a list of •ligltel< < a In case other va> ancles should ore- r It is quite likely that there will be some change In the other carriers and their totites, though this has not y”t been determined. Th.- applicant* were from ail parts of the county, tneluding Gm*»s, Monro*. I .inn Grove. Herne and the rural district*. ji iMil IS ■« is I — I ■ " BRLCNOID SERVICES ■' ’■■■ J The service which began last Tues day evening at the < hriatian church, by Evangelist J Hennstl. am ai«*nd Id ones, and the Interest la growing from night to night Another excel! ent sermon wan given last evening nn' the subject, "Who Made the Bible, , and a special solo by the evangelist, was appreciated Thia evening, ins sermon will be "A Pra>*r from Hen’ and there *lll also he special music Arrangements for Munday a services have been announced, and among them la a special lecture for men, *m "Who Made ihe DevUT to be given Nunday afternoon at three o'clock. All men and boys should b«oi this ami see th* picture of "The Devil " The morning and evening subjects, announced another place in thia pap er. promise tetany good things . i O James D Rtunrta. principal of the rraigvllle arhoola. who has been seriously 111 with typhoid fever, la now convalescing and ia able to alt up a little each day -HlufftOß News.

THE BASKET BALL 1 -- Decatur Goes to Bryant and Wins Game With Plenty of Points to Spare. i NEXT GAME HERE Between the Locals and the Liberty Center Team Next Friday Night. In the second game of the present season the Decatur high school has- ; ket ball team defeated the Bryant ( high school team in their home place ( to a score of 38 to 22. The local team left here about 6 o'clock by automobile and arrived in Bryant in ample time for the game. In the first half of the game the playing was slow and it ended with a score of 16 to 12 in favor of the Deeatur team. The heavy oiling of the floor in the afternoon gave insecure footing and the boys fell frequently, and the dark and short hall caused trick plays and signals to be useless. The line-up for the game was: Decatur: Forwards. Tyndall and Falk; center, Vancil; guards. Peterson and lx»e; Bryant: Forwards, Glentzer and Miller; center, Tuters; guards. Glendening and Ford. During the game the following field goals were made; Tyndall. 1; Fa'k, Vancil, 6; Peterson, 5; Glentzer, 5; Miller I; Tuters. 3. Foul goals: Falk, I; Ford, 3; Glentzer. 1. Seven fouls for each team were made. The officials were Worthman and Guy. The next game will be played In this city at the Porter hall, between the local team and Liberty Center, ijua year, it will be remembered, tt was this team that held Decatur to the closest score of the season. The usual double-header will be given here, commencing about 7 30 o'clock ‘ of next Friday, November 22nd

HOFFMAN-HITE Wedding of Mr. Oscar C. Hoffman and Miss Mary Hite Will Take Place ON TUESDAY NOON Friends of Popular Young Couple Will Receive the News With Pleasure. The announcement of the coming marriage of Mr. Oscar <’ Hoffmatt th* well known young architect, to Mias Mary J. Hite, will h* received with pleasure by the many friwnds of th* couple Th* wedding will take place next Tuesday noon, November ISth. at the home of the parents of the bridw-elect. Mr and Mrs. Henry Hits, and will be solemnized by the Rev. W II Glelaer of the i'reshyteritn ehurch It will be a very simple home wedding and «h* only witnesses will be th* immediate members of the two families and a vary f»w intimate friend* After the wedding trip west tlte couple will return to thia city to reside. their home tm Winchester street having been bespoken Mr H«>ffm:.»i la an anhltmt of ability, well known over thia part of th* stat* and othera. where many building* ar* lasting m<morlsls of his skill. ll* la a SOB of Fred Hoffman, the contra-lor, with whom h* la asaodlated In business Illa bride is a young Indy favored with many desirable tralta, and the new home about Io Ite eatabllshed will br presided over with true hospitality. UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. thia Parisian novelist, Hugh I* H«mv he* redoes<>d th' mattur t‘ a Utt" pint wbun he a** thrt only lb' m» n aho don't luv wimmen understands them It's eqwlvatemt t’ sayin' tteet wltun y' git t' usdeatan a woman ye won t luv her Hut that ain't trnym nothin', Aftur all, did y' ever her* uv a feller that did underotan' wiotm*nt Naw. Ro there yav got aroun' in a circle agin, and y' bln preaunt a prltty fair argymia* t' pacify th' wtm men whan they te*r* whut URous hen been sayl* .

"HE WENT AWAY SORROWFUL." "He Went Away Sorrowful” were the words from which Rev. Rilling spoke earnest words Friday, evening at the Evangelical church. The speaker said: "While th« motive and actions of the rich young ruler who seemed to be upright, indicating that he was willing to follow Christ, he failed at the essential point, failed to take the last step and surrender all in order to receive eternal life. In . > the words 'He Went Away' we have the history' of his life. Many a man Is sad, in gloom, because 'hy went away' as the crisis of his life never to return to God. Then too many who profess to be Christians are sorrow, ful, no Joyful service their Christian life is a drag, a grind, all because they turned away from the best heaven could offer." The song by the ladies' chorus was highly appreciated. No services this evening, but great things are being prayed for for Sunday. POLICECOURTNEWS Grist of Plain Drunks Was Disposed of—Some Fined, Some Released. ONE LAID ON TRACKS The Beet Workers from Williams Again in Court. But Plaintiffs Now. In the case of the State for Mike Reslck, who claimed that Peter Linker hg:i a s'uu. gun in nls hnudu and threatened to shoot him, the 'squire, after hearing all the evidence in the, case, found Unker not guilty as charged. It will be remembered that Linker some time ago had seven of the workers arrested and all were I fined in the Mme eourt. It was al- ! leged that Linker returned home and secured the gun and met the plaintiff out Os doors and threatened to shoot him When Marshal Peterson went to arrest Linker he secured the shot gun which was entered as evidence in the case. Thomas Dillon, who was up before the mayor Friday night on a drunk charge, pleaded guilty and drew a fine of a dollar and coats which he paid George Miller was up next and pleaded guilty to plain drunk and paid a fine of one dollar and coats, and was released about 8 o'clock Friday night. At midnight Mrlchl was called to the Erie yards, where he was found by a man who was passing, lying between Ihe rails on the track and a freight in town which was about to do some switching ll* had to haul him back tn Jail, as ho could not wa'.k. He Wil! be brouaht up this afternoon Henry McClean was the next on* up and he. too. pleaded guilty and paid a dollar and costs for a ja* Harney Carroll was up yesterday and when arraigned said he did not know how he got into town He claimed h* was worklag st Preble, and lost his mind temporarily and rome into town. Ho was released — O"- "■ FORTY HOURS' DEVOTION g Will Opt* Sunday Morning at tn* St. Mary's Church. Runday morning at o'clock forty hours 'devotion will open at th* Mt, Mary's church Ftether Mnrr*l|us McCarty, a P<Mionate father of Nor many. Mo. will be Were during the tteroo days and will say th* solemn high mass tomorrow morning Th* blessed sacrament will be e*posed on the main altar during these days, and the church will be open all tho time for th* falthhil to <-om* and offer ”P Jhelr prorero and'ask for blessings Karh church ha* set a few days of the year for thia service There will be three masses tomorrow, tho first on« at !•>». on* at 7 So and •3° • m. atasdnrd time and at T oo o'clock p m. there will be benediction and a sermon, Tuesday will be the closing day At ? ‘orlnrlt p m there will b* • procession through Ihe churefc with the blessed Mcrtunent. mad* up of th* boys and girl* of th* school, and th* priests M* 0 " Mrs Anna laroan spent the day In Fort Waynw

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SPECIAL SESSION Mr. Wilson Will Call Extraordinary Session of Congress Next April. TO DISCUSS TARIFF Believes That the Matter Should be Definitely Settled and at Once. According to the following dispatch published In tho morning pullers. President-elect Wilson will call congress to meet in special session soon after he takea his office, that the tariff question may be disposed of: "I shall call congress together in extraordinary session not later than April 15. | shall do this nat only because I think that the pledges of the party ought to be rendered as promptly as |>ossible, but also because I know it to be in the Interest of business that all uncertainty as to what the particular items of tariff revision are to be should be removed as soon as possible." The governor did not intend to express himself about an extra session so soon his election. Although he has favored the idea of an extra session becausb the present arrangement would ndt bring the new congress Into session until thirteen months after its election, he had expected to spend more time in ascertaining public opinion. With the time to be consumed in discussion, the gr>y. ernor felt that if an extra session were not called the benefits of tariff revision would be postponed for practically two years. Throughout the campaign he reitI orated that he desired an immediate revision of the tariff and that the democratic leaders knew perfectly well hoW to proceed about It. The governor wax impressed by the ’ argument, also, that with an early an nouncement as to an extra session democratic leaders In congress could begin to take counsel at an early da'e so that much of th* preliminary detail could be worked out before congress convened on April 15tb The governor wax prompted incidentally In making bis early announcement by the fact that many members of congress were desirous of arranging for accotntnodations in Washington for the extra session, if there was to be one, Though the president-elect means to rest while in Bermuda he really expects to give a good deal of time to quiet thought about the problems that face him He will sketch his annual message to the New Jersey legislature. will do some extensive reading on data on the tariff, monopolies, banking and currency reforms and other issues a - UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES Dry Guds Itealer Hill Mtebblns, Bugle Edytur Rerihs an' utber repre suntativ hlzness mtn uv Snooks) ill air thlnkln' strong uv petlshynun th' rs'road komishun an' th' guvymint t' putt ou urller kers thrugh Rnooks vlll an' anutliur klerh et th' postuffis so that their klarks, reportur*. ete, kin alt ther luv lettura. gittrm red »»' off their hand* an' aettuld down tie for'th' rush uv th’ day's trade turns t' kum In Th* petishymun wuz lined by all th' kustofflera. th* pressman, th* nuac kerriera. th* printer*' dly nla, etc. etc. an' will probably be a shure go ■am m—aaißau—a— ■ i 1 — HARRY OVER THE ELECTION G W. Ruprtght Honored by Osmocrat s at Hie Kansas Heme. Mrs John Rr» has received a letter ainm the election, from her brother, tlrauvlllc W Riiprlaht. formerly of near Ossian, no* living In Kanaaa He I* a ata'inch democrat and Jubilant over Ihe feat that Kansas went d*ni<» erotic. Illa party there honored him by making him a member of th* d*m* ocrattc central committse. Th* happinswa of Mr. Hupright was alao augmented by th* fact that Ute crop* thia year »*r* extra good and all of th* colony that **nt *h*r» front h»r* are In good health Mrs R*x visited ther* ■ short tlm* ago ■' » —— meads Ht th* Ultelle* have raa*iv*d word that they ar* atill playing la Chicago, and *tfi*et to b* thwr* n*«t ***h.