Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 295.

SUGAR BEET CRAZE Spreading—Whitley County May Consider the Feasibility of GROWING THE BEETS Decatur Factory May Establish Station at Columbia City. The beet culture fever is spreading. The Columbia City Commercial Mall says, in part: “J. A. Brock, representing the Vu ited States beet sugar industry, was in the city Tuesday on his tour of Indiana in the interests of beet sugar production generally. He started in at Decatur where the only beet sugar factory in the state is located, although it has already been demonstrated that Indiana can support 166 such factories as the one costing 1750,000 located and now in operation at Iterator. "It is the business of Mr Brock to educate the different communities to the possibilities there are in growing sugar beet*. There is no question but the soil in Whitley county is well adapted to growing sugar beets has been demonstrated in Adams, Hunt ington and DeKalb counties and other surrounding territory. Several years ago sugar beets were grown quite successfully tn Cleveland township, but the long distance from a factory at that time made the crop unprofitable. Now if the farmers would pledge 200 or more acres to growing beets they could market them at a factory station that would be maintained here by the Decatur factory and would receive the same price as if hauled direct to the factory, minus an inconsiderable freight charge. If the farmers of Whitley county should decide to grow sugar beets here an • xpert would be sent here free of cost to them to anailze the soil and educate them In the cultivation so that even the first crop could be grown successfully. All that would be provided for free of cost to the fanners "Indiana alone, if developed, could supply one-half of the Bolted States with sugar from 1«6 factories that It is possible to maintain, but at pres ent has only one factory—that at Decatur—and theu only one-half of Its available beet sugar producing area would be used and then, too, the sugar beets could be rotated with other farm crops "This paper offer* the suggestion that a number of the representative fanners Interested. Including the officer! of the Corn Growers 1 association and the Winners Institute, get to gether and send a committee to visit the Decatur factory and Interview the sugar beet raisers there and see. If assurances can be given of the crop being raised successfully In Whitley countv, that a movement is started to raise the crop in the county and secure a buying and shipping station here." IMAGINES MB'S ROCKEFELLER. An Insanity commission composed of Justice of the Peace A G. and Dr* F. W Mlnrks and G I. !*»• ry. held an inquest Tuesday forenoon at the office of the former to determine the sanity of August Kleinhenr. • young man of South Portland. »ho ( has been mentally deficient for some time. Although harmless Klelnhrnz has alarmed many Portland citizens by his actions, daspl'e th* has not shown violent Inclination* his sanity is said to be due to slve render Me imagine* > • * partner In business with John I Rockefeller and with th* W‘* r hft " promoted many Imaginary ' ' and other Industries and think* that t he is the owner of large oil lea-’S. •. | peeUllly In the west Os late h< | •pent much of hl* time in the vkini'l of the 0 R A I. depot, where Im watches ail trains Klelnbens was « Judged Insane by the commission and application for bis admittance to Ea-* haven asylum tor treatment will made at once --Portland fiun. TRAIN ID NURSE FOR MR MOORE A trained nurse has been secured to attend Mr. T R Moor<- who has been quits 111 for several day* an attack of heart trouble It «• hot ’ •d by his many friends tbs' bls re covary will ba speedy from this time on.

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milk DIRECT from hay. i Mllk made direct from hay by a scientific process, which 1* always sweet and never sours, has been discovered by the Milwaukee Synthesis c°mpany, it claims. It Is declared that this milk has all the qualities of the milk from a cow, but the manner of l making excludes certain germs, which prevents souring. I The concern making thq milk, Which is done under a chemical process transmutes timothy hay into milk without its passing through the stomach of the cow. The milk does not differ in the slightest from cow's milk, it is said. COURT DOUSE NEWS Cold Snap at Court House is Broken— Steele Trial Resumed Today. SEVERAL NEW CASES ! Filed—Big Grist of Civil and Probate Matters Attended to. After a two days' unbroken cold snap, the temperature at the court house became normal today, with the finish of the repairs of the heating plant boiler, which put this heating plant back into commission again. Everything is now going along smoothly. The trial of Eli W. Steele, which was interrupted for two days, was resumed again this morning. It is thought the case cannot be finished this week. In all, ninety witnesses have already been subpoenaed, for both sides, and there may be more. The trial began a week ago last Monday. Mr. Steele is charged with intent to murder Jacob Keiper, whom he shot.

Will Ward charged with < onspiracy to steal filed a new recognizance bond which was approved. John W. Ward was discharged from any further liability on former bond. The case of F. J. Shephard vs Oscar Burry was left off trial docket. First National Bank of Rochester, vs. Abe Bock, et. al. The demurrer heretofore filed by the defendants to each paragraph of complaint. Dothe court overruled as to each paragraph and the defendants jointly, except to the ruling of the court as to each paragraph of the complaint Defendants ruled to answer alaolute in five days. C. J. Lutz for the First National Bank of Decatur has filed suit against Wm. H. Hedderjohann. Martin and Berman Gerke on note deni&nd 11-00. Attorney Lutz for the First National Bank of Decatur also filed a new suit on note, demand If'OO. against John J. and Henry Meyer. Edward Moser, guardian of Francis C Moser, filed current report. ■■•—asm The current report of Peter N. Moeer. guardian of Henry Snyder, et. al. was allowed. John C. Aiwsburger. guardian of John Beeler of unsound mind, filed, report of sale of personal property which was approved and the sale confirmed A petition to repair buildings and fences on the land o ward sustained -nd the earn, authorized to thoamount of IJM Th., lease of l<» acre. ward, land was reported and approved. The final report of William IL »re«. administrator <»f the John Hilt estate, .a, affirmed and the administrator discharged. William B Drew was •***•'« „ administrator of ,b * " „ B e estate, upon apprml of hl. final report. The inventory of William F. StepIm.* estate, »as approved. A nelltlon F** 4 Cfcarl * " S- U ll.k administrator de bonis non N ‘ b J tomu-lJ Laman estate author the gam J account

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, December 11, 1912.

FIREMEN’S SHOW ■■ me / • .Me——* The Volunteer Firemen Arrange to Hold Show on Friday Night AT THE CRYSTAL • When Feature Film, Rameses, King of Egypt, Will be Shown—Two Reels. Friday evening, December 13th, the volunteer firemen of the city will have a special show at the Crystal theater when a specially ordered feature film, "Rameses, King of Egypt,” in two reels, will be shown, the net proceeds of the evenings work to go into the fund for paying the expenses of the volunteers convention which will be held here next June 27th, and at which time over five thousand visitors will be in the city for a day. The play to be given is a drama, showing the love of a mighty monarch for a modest shepherdess of wondrous beauty, her abduction by the king and her attempted rescue by her lover who tries to assassinate the king, and who is thrown into prison, later to be pardoned by the king, who makes a sacrifice to prove his Intensifying love for the girl, who he see* happily married. This show will be shown for one night only and you will certainly be favored with a drama of the highest class once you attend this show. The proceeds will be used to further arrangements for the big day, and you will see a feature play in return. HELP THE CAUSE

Each Red Cross Christmas Seal Purchased Will be a Shot Against THE GREAT ENEMY Tuberculosis —Will Help in Fight Against it in Our Own County. The bright little Red Cross Christmas seals, not only cheery and bright in themselves, but also in the promise of the good which the money derived from their sales can do. are on sale at many of the mercantile houses now, and there is much demand for them Please remember to put one cn every Christina* package you send They coot Just one cent each. This Is small In Itself many *old. will bring In many pennies that will .roll up into dollars. This money from those sold In the county will be used for the benefit of helping those In this county afflicted with tuberculosis And there are many more than we who are careless. have knowledge of. Not only nt* the efforts spent In curing, but. what Is belter, In preventing hl this case, as In many others, an oun< e of ' i-revenUoa la worth more than a pound of euro." and will be the chief means of stamping out what Is becoming known •• our "National Plague.” An Instance of the terrible ravages of the great white plague, and Its terrible . onsequencee, la that of Aaron Troutner. of this city, who 1s now in a very poor condition at the county Infirmary hospital, where h» was taken He has bent 111 long with tuberculosis and his family was broken up. hr being unable to care for them. Several of the older children ware placed In other*' care, and the mother and her Infant, tho babe being too small to be taken from the mother's rare, remained with the husband at homo, the wife asalatlng In making • d< ’ ,n « washings The husband's health has failed rapidly and It Is **ld he la now Bt the point of death at the Infirmary, where ho was taken to be given the rare required Those who would llltr to assist In the sale of stamp*, snd who have not alrrady secured a supply, ran do so by calling on the general aalra man-, ager. Albert Rellemeyer. at the Holthouse IruK Mot*, appointed such by

Dr. P. B. Thomas, who is county president of the anti-tuberculosis organization effected here in October by tho late Dr. Henry Moore of Indianapolis. Dr. Boyers Lectures. Dr. Boyers of this city, who is a member of the state board of health, gave a very instructive lecture Tuesday evening on “Tuberculosis” at the Zion's Lutheran school house in tho west part of the city. The audience was quite large. The lecture was a very practical one, dealing with the various phases of this disease, and its cure and prevention. Those who heard it, were well pleased, and the doctor is to be commended highly for , the stand he has taken for the betterment of public health and public conditions in general. GET FIFTY FLUNKS Qf the $300,000 Initial Appropriation for Parcels Post Delivery. ) I THE ZONE MAPS Also Received by Postmaster Lower—None of the Other Supplies Here. , Decatur gets fifty dollars of the initial appropriation for the parcels post delivery, according to Information received today by Poetmaster W. A. Lower. Postmaster General Hitchcock has appropriated among 1600 portofficea 1 having city delivery, $300,000 of the parcels post appropriation of $750,000 to be used for the equipment for the delivery of the parcels post business. This will be used onlyin getting the business started, after which a regular appropriation for the year will be made. This will be bused upon the amount required for the first fifteen days' delivery, a report of which must be made to headquarters. Probably the whole amount of the fifty dollars appropriated here will be used in paying for the carriage of the parcels. It is certain that the amount will not go very far, but it is thought to be large enough to give the department some Idea as to the amount needed to conduct the new system here. The new zone maps of the whole Vnlted States were also received, but none of the other supplies necessary have yet arrived. The zone maps

show the districts into which the V. 8. Is divided, and which determine the postal rates ou packages sent. Bluffton also has received a fifty-dol-lar appropriation. > WIFE WAS CRUEL Left Him, Sold His Furniture, Cashed His Pension Checks. AND LEFT HIM ALONE So Aaron Zirkle Wants a Divorce from Catherine Zirkle. The divorce suit, mentioned In thia paper Haturday evening as being in (•reparation, has reached the Adams circuit court, being tiled by C. L. Wai ter*, st tor tipy for tho plaintiff, Aaron Zirkle, who wants a divorce from Catherine Zirkle. The plaintiff is alxty-nlne y*a« old. a veteran of the civil war, and his wife also la quite aged They wore' married In the *e* and lived together until ikot, when bo says she left him and baa refused to live with him I since. Hh«- left, he alleges, for French ‘ Lkh, and before going sold all their househould goods, which ho claims be bought with bls owa money. He was sick In bed at tho Ume, be affirms. 1 but that did not deter her from taking all the furniture, beds and all, and leaving him no place to lay hla head, except be seek shelter with tbs neigh bora. He aver* lh*t be la aged and infirm and unable to wortt. bls only moans treing a pension from the government ' (Cotitmuon oa <togo 1)

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THE ERIE GRADE I The Grading Will Probably be Finished by March for Laying of Steel. AND IN OPERATION About September or October of Next Year it is Thought at This Time. t The construction of the grade for • the proposed Erie double tracking I scheme from Marion, Ohio, into Chicago is being pushed rapidly along land it is thought that the work as laying ballast and steel will begin about March Ist, and that the roadway will be completed easily for fall traffic. | It seems that the Erie is very anxious to have the new roadway completed, for as one of the officials Is quoted, “the road is like pouring tho full contents of a bottle through the neck all at once,” and congestion is constantly a menace. In fact, the - road had four tracks nearly as far , west as Pittsburg from New York and doubletrack from there to Marion, 0., , and this stretch of single track to Chi|cago has to accommodate the traffic handled by all of these other tracks. | Once the second track is opened for . traffic the congestion of traffic on this division will not be so marked, as . much quicker service can be had. i Locally, in Adams county, the grade work will be easily finished for the i steel by March and it is probably that . the steel will be laid as soon as possii ble. • o ,_ .. . ORGANIZE TONIGHT Clover Leaf Railroad Inau- , gurates Move for “Safety First.” I WILL MEET TONIGHT 1 At Frankfort to Organize—- ► Moral Obligation to SupJ port Cause.

11 | Superintendent C. L. Hinkle of the - Clover U<af hu issued a bulletin to all officer* and employees of tlieTroad which is as follows: "The result* obtained by the vari- ' ou* railroads who have Inaugurated the 'Safety First Movement.* by ap- | pointing safety committee, clearly demonstrate* the great good to be accomplished by a proper organisation of this nature. “We desire to place the Clover Loaf at tho head of the list ao far a* safeety and efficiency I* concerned and one of the first moves to be made In pmt direction is the inauguration of I* safety committee composed of the .officers and employees of the company "A general mass meeting will be J held In t'aneld Hall, at Frankfort, Ind., thia evening at » p. m , for the pur'pose of effecting an organization of thia kind adapted to bring about the i beat result* on our road and you are cordially invited to attend end bring your families who are. needles* to say. vitally Interested In your safety and It la your safety and that of the public which la to be given the first consideration by the |>roiwised committee, I "We. therefore, feel that with each officer and employee rests • moral obligation to lend their personal sup- | port to thia movement and to do everything In their power to make the organization a success “It la proposed that the safety committee be composed of the following member*: Ruperintendrnt, perms net chairman: superintendent of tranaporialoti. trainmaster first and second divisions; tr*iums*t*r third and fourth divisions: chief engineer, master mechanic, road foreman of m glnee "Mr. Hinkle states that the public la cordially Invited to attend the meeting, a* the scope of the move meat will Include safety to general 1 public a* well as passengers and et»I ploysea of the road "

BUTCHERING TIME HERE. ______ The real brisk winter days have started a new Industry on the farm—the annual butchering season. For several days the farmers have been grinding their butcher knives, scouring the big Iron kettles, grind stones have been oiled up, and lard press and sausage grinder made Inmaculate, and this week the butchering season opened in earnest. The farmer has waited patiently for the advent of cooler weather to lead their well fatted hogs to the slaughter. And now spare ribs, back bone and real home-made sausage, ham and other choice meats will grace the average farm table and he and his family won't give a cuss about the high cost of living. ANNUAL ELECTION Fred Schaub Elected President of the C. B. L. of I. Society. THE OFFICIAL STAFF Royal Neighbors Also Held Election of Officers Last Evening. The C. B. L. of I. elected the following officers for the new year, the same to be installed In January: President, Fred Schaub; vice president, Blanch Ervin; secretary. Rose Colchin; treasurer, Anna Parent ; collector and chan- ' cellor, Barney Wertzberger; orator, ' Peter Loshe; marshal, Ix>na Meyers; {guard, Julius Schultz; trustees, John (Starost, Mrs. A. Kohne and William {Harting; representative to the *u[premo council, William Harting; alternate, Rose Colchin. The Royal Neighbors elected the following officers Tuesday evening to serve for the ensuing year: Oracle. Mrs. William Richards; vice oracle. Mrs. Rebekah Eady: past oracle, Mrs. William Fledderjohann; chancellor, Mrs. John Christen; recorder. Mrs William Biggs; receiver, Mr*. C. C. Enos; marshal. Miss Hora HodderJohann; inner sentinel, Mrs. John Ray; outer sentinel, Mrs. Nellie Eady The Masonic Blue txidge was also among the various order* who elected officer* teat evening. Their *taff I*: Worshipful Master. Charles E. Dunn; Senior Warden, William L Junior Warden, Dick Meyers; i secretary, E B. Adams; treasurer, G. T. Burk; trustee to *ucceeed himself for a three year term, L. C. Helm. HELD FOR DRUNK But Man Who Claims Geneva as Hl* Home May be a Forger. Gerald Miller, who claim* Geneva as his home, was arrested by Officer* Smith and Pry Tuesday evening after he had attempted to cash a check tor 122 50 at the Morris Meyer place The check born the signature of C. H Brown and has been pronounced a forgery While Miller Is held on a charge of Intoxication, It Is probable that this charge will be changed to forgery.— Fbrt Wayne Journal Gazette. FAST AND FURIOUS Was Basket Ball Gam* Between Bryant and Decatur Team*. The Decatur elty basket ball team won another victory Tuesday evening Tho Bryant team Is a fast bunch, but they were not fast enough to lake the victory from the Decatur hoys The local team was ahead all through the game and at the close they had the high scorn of MH to IS. The Decatur team will go to Fort Wayne Thur* day night whom they will play the Turners, CONSIDERED TRACTION DIAL. (french Quinn, receiver, and W 11. Fledderjohann. general manager of the Fort Wayne A Rprlngfield Inter urban Hallway company, with lino* extending from this elty to Decatur, were In the city yeatorday holding a conference with partle* representing the local traction company It I* probable that the proposition of tho Fort Wayne A Northern Indiana Traction company purchasing the Da catur line la under consideration- Fl Wayne Journal Onset to. x

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EGGS FALL FAR Cents in Past Week—Fell to Twentyfive Cents Today. AND MAY GO LOWER Local Dealer Says by Saturday They May Fall to Twenty Cents. Eggs have taken a fall from the skies to the bottomless pit, apparently, and an egg spot on your shirt bosom at present need not mark you necessarily ax a man of means, in the post week the price of eggs paid, Iby local dealers, has dropped eight .cents on the dozen. About a week ago local dealers were spying thirty-three cents. Tuesday the market said twenty-eight, and this morning it was dropped to twenty-five. Ixxal dealers say they anticipate a drop to twenty cents by Saturday. Mistress Hen must have adopted the Santa Claus role. Eggs by parcels post, it I* believed, can be used to break the high price of eggs in the cities In the country eggs are' sold for about one-third the price charged for them in the cities. A country poultryman or egg dealer can work out a list of customers in : the city and arrange to ship to them twice weekly .or oftener. a dozen eggs. In a like manner the city butcher can arrange to send his rural custoj mer each day through tho mails a roast or steak for dinner by posting it in the . morning before the mail leaves the post office. If after January 1 a rural carrier from the Decatur postofficr comes in from his trip with a sponge to his nose and bespattered with a foreign looking yellow substance it will be be cause of the parcels post conveniences. for under the new regime of carrying mail and merchandise the rural mall carriers have to carry a* part of their equipment, eggs, butter, meat and other such articles as the farmer may see fit to send. Os course, if eggs are sent the car(rier will not be required to stop and candle all the hen fruit. If some of , the eggs are of questionable character and the Jar of transportation causes a combustion, there la no provision made to clean out the package. The mall carrier will have to come in with his cargo.of mail and freight and turn It over to the postmaster. One of the department officials, who Is very enthusiastic about tho tryout which the new system is to have, recently gave out the following; “The ambitious Indiana hen will come Into her own when the new parcel* post law goes Into effect Jen- ' nary 1. The shipment of eggs, meats and drowsed fowl# from the farm to the city consumer can be safely carried on through the malls after approaching New Year's day, when the parcel* poet law become* operative. The parrels post commission after months of study and investigation, has sum hit ted to Dnatmaster General Hitchcock regulations providing for the transportation of these products. "Rtrong corrugated pasteboard egg crates and meat boxes of light weight will ba used, Box manufacturera have appeared before the commission and have submitted a •> hem» for th* construction of egg erate and meat box which the com .tlsslon has Indorsed and which It declares will solve the problem of shipping these articles of food through the malls The crates and l>o»r* are constructed similarly to the boxes used In tho German paroet boat system “ All merchandise must bear parcels post stamps and tru*t be mailed at a postnffica nr sub-stat lon. ——— - - *» —i ■■■ -i FOR CHRISTMAS CHARITY. The W R C. will give a benlflt show at the Rtar theatre next Tuesday evening, December IT, Besides many good reels of moving pictures, there will be special music, the high school quartet having consented to sing tor the evening Ton coats will be chanted. The ladles will use the proceeds for Christmas charity. MRS. NOAH SWARTZ DEAD. Mrs Noah Rwartx. a young lady reriding near Herns, la dead from consumption Iler death occurred *at the bom* of her fatherinlaw, David Rwartx, the Amlrh preacher.