Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 7.

SUSPENDS I SENTENCt | As to Jail Imprisonment f. Eli W. Steele During Good Behavior. KMUST PAY THE FINE —— —— I ■ Kof SI,OOO, and Also the Cos:; I —Costs Amount to More Than SSOO. ft —- oo \\ St.-«l*- app.-ai •■<! in coni ' Jihlk** Merryman '• 1,1 0,1 t,le O' ’ B|» r y which recently found him g * ,U1 battery. Judge M. s verdict included a fine of $ EtSnd costs, Steel,. i<> stand comm | the same ar- j.ai.l or repl.. ' i ‘* t' 1 " sentenced tO SIX UIOT/ i’- 9 ® l a '* The Jail sentence, how. Kha.s suspended so long as the defdoes well, he being . .unmitt. mi iMon of the probation •er In this court. if " ■*! he .vis in the case amount t m half the amount of n meh estimate <f the c. a’*-:;.* being $528 1(0. Tli.m - Of the attori' ■hfty seven witnesses . 'mmol Eyrt 1 Hige number soon ran ' ,r Steele made area: j.Jß* l ' to stay the docket. ffp*' ll '■ ~f t ,i, ‘ prominence of th., one the E.lacn < . . omm u being own. ■ '.'*rk. east ov.t the . v as t! <• .minty •<* and battery -to ■U'd. r l;e ... I. . ... he shot Steel., claimed f HMBbsc and the Jury found him g ■Bb'* -ault .-.nd buttery and 'uishment the maxim;. fine for tins offense and th* imp . RMD- : in jail for six months KIS EUBY IN "TEJIRY HUT." Jim, Ka< 'ling Vsr.tex Ls From T' t Touge Ind ana City 1.1 ■as i located for several we*-> and W I they V. .11 tua:n or solong •n- Hia family la with him and nt. ta Vtg. <ount> Is >.-n heavy. 1 licenses dwlm I!H2 and nearly *oe divor* frante the largest per cent, of <! Wees t! the state and perhaps tn th Terre Haute, hat ov opium 'he w br. -ry in the 4f ate and Nwrel diauDc a Hardly a day isvases b . a mor< or sulcl.lv is reported at. toughs vment thrives ttntheoth. haad U>«- «U> is one of the best in th I Stale »Wu n business view Coal m *r» are r gv part of th. i»q>ul*ti*c M tkfo >K>Ut>'> |>r..du.ed H ere ,o.d 1.l Star tj any in the state I DEALERS* MEET, ■ jlcwsds New In Clhcinnav ding Annual Session. ■— ogtawed*. the popular shoe early Tuesday morning for Ohio, where he la now atShoe Deniers convention, vittg held tfcta week. A» lion all the newest styles M shoes i® be *.»nt durtcc season are on display, the «rs sending them there tit>n |a attended by dre*ta » ko go to get the Ideas of now J sat, f.s.'4#nr on the mark* I j THE male quartet tiSfciL .wm oiv» <" Lscture Course » wl MtNfr lot. O" alreadv |.«>kinit . »anl to the new number of the ** wi - ■» quartet and bell ring | be January Hth. one, sorrow, (tpeelal aftm to the fart that the the largest set of or my similar orgaal« ,io ° s

1 decAtur daily dei iocrat “DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

DRINKING FOUNTAINS. Will Be Gift of Tri Kappas To The city. 1 The Tri-Kappil sorority have decldt * d to devote the procaeds from their X’ew Year’s charity ball to the pur- < base of a gift for the city and county. I’hia gift will take the form of two unitary drinking fountains which will bt attached to the proposed soldiers’ memorial, and will be a gift much appreciated by the public. THE EASTERN STAR. E Will hold is regular meeting Friday evening at sevnn o’clock at which time the new of fivers will be installed. IS " . VIEWERS NAMED « • Commissioners Take Care of is a Big Bunch of Work— Macklin as Engineer. 73d ORDER FOR SHERIFF i 4 bi That He Refuse to Accept idt« City Prisoners —Council Completes Work. to — bt m The turnpike affairs kept the county >? nmissioners t>usy Tuesday after 1 1 soon. Several of the roads were contaued for the* present and will be b* • •aken up next month. On each of th. following roads Phil L. n -be county surveyor, waa named as 1,. ineer: Albert Reppert road. Daw Dilling and Jacob Roth, viewers, pf to meet January Uth at auditor's of- ,|) Ice; Frank Coppess road, John Run- #! yo and John Wechter, viewers, meet h’lUary 13th, at Monroe; Byron WhitB , !reload, R E Duty and William , A.man, viewers, meet January 14th at >f. roe; Willis Magner road, Henry Ij. Di nson and A. 8. Keller, viewers, j ‘t at auditor's office, January 11th; x John Christen road. Marion FYen< h g.. •. C. E. Bohner. viewers, meet January 11th, at auditor's office; Jacob Yodo road, Marion Andrews and Peter St x key, viewers, meet January Uth st Monroe; Spring Hill road. Frank i ,l -. tier and James Hower, viewers,’ sect at Monroe January 13th; Pau! <1 road. Fr.-<l Bultemeler and Noah y Himeregg. viewers, meet January ( l«t!i at auditor's office. e An order was issued by the conunla- , •rs to the sheriff tbkt hereCter he ~ all not receire into his custody for' M mfr* keeping o, confinement in the j >unty jail, any ixmons, unleaa they' t have been arrested upon a warrant ls-j I ■lty a court of competent jurisdlcj er unlegg stx-h person has been! , idj lged guilty of a crime and la do-| j. livered to the sheriff from a court, and | ~ that hereafter no bills will be allowed r for such prisoners The county count <:! I ueeday deducted nine dollars j from the sheriff's bills where he had i ,-lurged for taking care of city prisj os-rs. It Is likely that the matter r will be settled In court. The city . .outtcll takes the {KmiUoa qhat the i sheriff cannot refuse to take the priei, oners, though he might charge them t for the services, if he refused to do m a suit will be filed and the question taelrd. The commissioners awarded the i ~ titmct for the furnishing of a washms machine for the county Infirmary • p» win nee * Klnirl, theirs being the r only bld. 113. It Will be operated by r rlrctrlclty. , Th<« munly council concluded their I and adjourns*! tndav They' re l f U ,..l an apprupriatloo asked of • for paving the Monroe street ( m .< floor with brick. T> c txterd just before adjourning at . viranted the petition of the Chi , ago A Erls railway for M franchise to hy ita second track across public high** ays alongside the mein track. Ihiwgb Adame county The Frl« In , dmtb • tmcklag through here -- ■ - ♦ I CLOSffO TMg DIAL. Vane Weaver Purchases Whittaker ■roe Jewelry Stere. vane Weaver returned today noon from fUrykar, Ohio, where he purchnethe Whittaker Bros* jewelry store, owned last by C. U Haley Ha will Irsir Monday to take charge of bis nF « store. «

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, January 8, 1913.

■ LIKE A GRAB SACK Is Parcels Post Mail Bag These Days—Apple Butter Was Sent ON ROUTE TODAY ■e Also Lard Cans, Crock of Butter, Haimes from Harness and What-not? Possessing all the curios of a grab sack, are the parcels post mail sacks at the local postoffice these days. Local postal clqrks state that it is an interesting sight to behold when the mail sacks are emptied on the tables for assortment. It makes the work all the more pleasurable wondering what is going to come next. One of the rural route carriers took out with him this morning two very large lard cans, going no doubt to some farm house to hold the yield from some of the winter's butchering. One carrier had a jar of fine applebutter to leave for a patron and Harve Rice, the genial city mail carrier, packed snug and safe in the bottom of Ms mall sack a crock full of flue butter from a Michigan dairy. Woe be to the crock, if he should slip and fsllJ on the Ice. It is some consolation, however, to think that the cold would preserve the pretty resigns on the butter eollA. An axe, handle and all, waa among the parcels this mom'ng, also, as well ns the hames from a set of harness, Umbrellas are common occurrences, but It la a poor consolation to the carrier walking in the rain to know that he cannot "hist" one. O. P. Mills, who baa been off duty this week on account of illness, returned to work this afternoon. W. R. Dorwln will enter upon a ahort vacation, which he will spend In Ohio Milt | Leavell, who has been substituting so VBia, will continue for Dorwln. r ——o—- ■ . Mrs. Thomas EHey will entertain the I'ntted Brethren ladies' Aid so- 1 ■ ciety Thursday afternoon. FISH ARE DAZED •Deputy Game Warden Fleming Sends Man Here to See What is Drained. ' I ' ’ INTO THE RIVER I To Injure the Fish Which Are Dazed and Helpless in River There. Not dead, or dying, but apparently dax«-d and helpings, flab of all apnclea In the 8t Mary's river south from the county Infirmary are to be seen by hundreds at the tap of the water beneath the Ice. some of them froxen fast, or floating about in tbe rapids. The cause baa been a subject of an Investigation by Captain of (tame ttapu ties It D. Fleming, but he la still pus sled Vslng axes, mm and boys are shopping holes In tbe Ice and are removing the fish, which make no effort to get away Ed Shell purchased four large catfish from one of the hunters and took them borne and placed them In a tank of fresh water The next morning jho fish were as lively t» they ever were. Pickerel weighting from eight io ten pounga have been caught in thia manner. As there are no factories nearer than iMw-atur draining Impurltiea Into the river and as the roadltlon n»ver prevailed before thia winter, captain Fleming suspected that the euanr beet factory recently ataHed at the Adams county town, mtaht b* responsible Ha sent Deputy William Fleming there yesterday to make an Investigation and upon hla return latter declared that there was noteme discharged from the new plant, that would pollute the water to tbe extent of Injuring fish II la possible. Mr Fleming thinks, that the water tn the river la so low that the fish become chilled and tienumbed When asked yesterday If tbs man

who are taking the fish from the river are violating the state law, Captain Fleming said that he believed they were, as the statute prohibits the catching of fish by any means aside from a hook and line. He has never before, however, been confronted with a condition whereby it is possible to “angle" with j>are bands, and he will not bring prosecutions.—Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. <i - — ■ TO ESCAPE SCHOOL. Little Johnny Corbett Facet the Wide, Wide World. Little Johnnie Corbet, twolve-year-old son of T. C. Corbett, of Decatur, was taken up by tbe police at the Pennsylvania station Tuesday afternoon. He was found wandering about the station with no apparent destination. He was brought to the station where close questioning developed the fact that he had run away from home Monday morning in order to escape going to school. His parents were unable to locate the lad until notified by the local police, who held him pending the arrival of his father Tuesday night, when he waa released in his custody.—Fort Wayne Journal-Ga-xette. RETURN TO CALIFORNIA HOME Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Lewis, who have spent nearly a year in our city, during the time that* Mr. Lewis was in charge of the work on the sugar plant /or the Larrowe Construction Comft»any, left today on their long trip to their home near Ixts Angles, Cal. Mr. Lewis went to Detroit, to finish up some matters for his company, and Mrs. Lewis went to Wewanna, 111., to visit with her parents, until Mr. Lewis joins her there the latter part of the week, when they will proceed to Los Angles Their son, Howard, has preceded them. Mr. and Mrs. returned Monday of this week from a ten days visit to the east, visiting with his relatives at Bethlehem, Penn., then proceeding to Philadelphia. Niagara Falls, Buffalo, N. Y.. and other interesting cities. Enroute to their western home, they will stop off to I visit Mr. Lewis brother in Colorado, ! and expect to take several side trips. During their stay here, they have made many friends whose good wishes go with them to their home in sunny California. a-—— A DISAGREEABLE DISCOVERY. Fred Schurger. the genial clerk at the Menig Bi Hard Parlor, is at the present, probably the heaviest burdened and most worried man in Decatur, and all on account of a small Innocent . looking package which he has in his josseMion. This morning, Fred took -a notion to Investigate several packages which had been left in his hands -for safe keeping and which had never jbeen called for. Imagine hla surprise .when upon opening this certain packI age to discover several articles which young unmarried man like Fred should blush to behold Among the articles were 3 pair of white hose; 2 pair of yellow striped hose; 1 pair of pink striped hose; and 1 pair each of red and blue hose; also one half dozen of Varied colored nectles. Fred says he appreciates the neckties, but if the party would only remove the feminine articles from bls possession he would be Indebted to him forever. -MUTT AND JEFF*' PLEASES. 'Mutt and Jeff" of comic supplement fame, with a bevy of pretty chorus girls, greeted a well filled house last evening and kept the audience In a cont I nous uproar with their comic artions and funny sayings. The Imitation of Bud Fisher's famous coml* mm was carried to the blKbest degree of perfection, and asstated by a strong cast, pretty chorus girls, and catehjr songs, they made a decided hit. REMOVES TO WHEELING, W. VA. Chntles Rom, who Visited here, has left for Wheeling. W. Vs. where he will make his future home Mr Rosa who la field manager for the Howard Bible Company, of Chicago, has been appolntrl to the new territory. Hla wife ha» gone to ftauldlns. Ohio, to visit with relatives before joining him at Wheeling, where they will make their home. Charley la a Decatur boy. being a son of Jack Rosa of this city. OPERATED UPON. The youngest daughter of eiCounty CnmmlMloner David Werllng of Preble was operated upon for appendicitis this morning* by Dm C. 8. Clark. J. C. Grandstaff and Me Oecar

ISOLATE CEM AL I All Long Distance Y ’ires Out of City Cut Off xcept One. THE ICE COAT Proves Disastrous — V’estem Union Wires Are J All Cut Off. • The heavy coat of ice that binds evi eqjrthing out of doors, played havoc I with telephone and telegraph wires, i In solitary state the long distance opsat this morning at the Citii zens’ Telephone office, with all the . wires out of ttfe city cut off except i one. That was between this city and . Wren, Ohio. i Not tbe least possible chan- e was . there of communicating with Fort Wayne, Bluffton, Preble, Geneva, Berne, Monros*, Monroeville, Craigville, Van Wert, Hoagland or Williams, until the lines are repaired and , the linemen are having plenty of work thapo days. A number of the local wires were also broken with their 1 heavy weight, though the service lot cally is fairly good considering the • burden. In many cases telephone > poles are reported broken, as well as ■ the wires. The long distance sen- > | ice was not impaired until the rain 1 and sleet of last night got in its work. > — • J. C. Patterson, local Western l'n- ’ ion Telegraph operator, reports all his, 1 wires cut off this morning. Tuesday 1 ■ | afternoon several were broken and the reign of . the (gements Tuesday night • completed tbe work. . The ice did not cause much trouble •on the Decatur interurban, though '(there were other things to delay traf sic. The car that left Fort Wayne at ’ 7 o'clock this morning had some cable . trouble outside tbe Fort Wayne city ( limits and did not reach here until • 11:40 o'clock. A "booster” car was ■ sent out from here at the regular time, • 8:30, and mode the return trip arriving here as the same time as d-d the regular car that had been held up. COURT HOUSE NEWS Court Adjourned This MornI ing on Account of R. N. Andrews Funeral. I WERE FEW ENTRIES I I ’ ' Executor Kuhn Granted Order to Pay the Debts of Decedent. i , Only a short session of court was ! b«dd this morning. Judge J. T. Merry I man adjourning until 2 o'clock on sc-, count of the funeral of It N. Andrews, the civil war veteran, which was held this morning , In the case of Michael Kuhn, Jr. «-x- ( I ecator of the will of Michael Kuhn. ar, vs. Margar*-tta Schott et al, a p*- 1 , Utlon filed for order on the commls sinner to pay him 11,073.13 to i<ay , debts of Michael Kuhn, ar., waa bus* ' , talned and order made accordingly. , Hoagland Rtate Bank vs. John If. t Koenig et al, separate answer tU««<l by H*-nry U«rM; rule to reply. Sarah A. Brown vs, Rudolph Bauman et al. Separate answer In two ! paragraphs to the cross-complaint of , R Bauman filed by plaintiff. i I Stuart Brown vs Rudolph Bauman et al. Separate answer In tw® pant i grapba to cross-complaint of It Bau> , man filed by plaintiff MaaßmflM M ß , A representative of a Fbrt Wayne business bouse has been here for a .lay or two. investigating the accounts of a former representative of the company. whose account* are muddled, snd who la said to be short several hundred dollar*. On account of his fan Sly and because the shortages were made good, the Identity of the man wan held up by thn Fort Wayne officials

FUNERAL HELD TODAY. Body of Mrs. Anton Krumenaker Brought From Ft. Wayne Today. The body of Mrs. Anton Krumenaker, whose death occurred In Ft, Wayne Monday night, was brought to this city this afternoon, and taken directly to the German Reformed church, where the Rev. L. C. Hessert conducted the services. The body was laid to rest in th® Decatur cemetery. Accompanying she body, were the husband, who was at her bedside when she ;>assdd away and several other relatives. Her death occurred at the home of her niece, Mrs. C. E. Thomas. ORIGIN OF LIFE Must Have Been Good, Says Dr, John P. D. John — Imbossibility of FIRST CELL BUILDING

From Chaos is Cited--Noted Lecturer Pleases Large Audience. Dr. John P. D. John, former president of DePauw university, a promi- ' nent lecturer and preacher, opened a series of lectures at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, coming under the auspices of the Methodist Brotherhood. Dr. John is an eloquent and forceful speaker on the great truths of Christianity, and the targe audience that braved the ioclement weather Tuesday evening was fully repaid. The attendance was unusually large in spite of the bad weather. Dr. John gave a very strong address on "A Glimpse of God in the Microscope." It is a strong lecture, blending the teachings of science with ithe higher spiritual developments of the twentieth century. The theme is prefaced with the axiom, "The whole cannot tie greater than its parts. It is impossible to stretch two and two into five." Dr. John said: "In a piece of living tissue we find three things: nutrient matter, formed matter and germinal matter.” Then followed a discussion of tbe known scientific facts concerning the cell, facts upon which both the church and science are agreed. The lecturer continued: "Whence the first call? There was a time when no life existed on the 'earth, and therefore no call, Materlali isin not being able to bridge tbeebastu between the living and non-living natter. steps out on the plank of faith. It says that, somehow, in the turmoil jof a cooling planet, the atoms may | have fortuitously rushed together In 'such proportions as to give birth to the first cell. But the materialist today claims that there is no life except from pre-existing life. Physical fort e, then, not being able to produce life ’from non-living matter, whence came tbe force which raised the dead matter ! to life? I "You cannot stretch two and two into five. Put matter and Its laws together, and before you can get life you 1 must add One. and that One Is God. "The cell whluh builds tbe body la structureless: that la, there Is neither muscle, bone, nerve or brain In It. From tnls substance, common to all plants and animals, and chemically the same wherever found, come forth all the countless and dissimilar products of life. There must, then, be some force behind th* cell that builds |up these infinite varieties of Ilf*. Rtructureleaa germinal matter and phyalclal law cannot build th* tlamw®. .They tack One, and that One Is Ood "Who tamtht tbe nerve builders the nature of nerve fiber, that they should Jiuild nerves with the power and for ibe purpose of sending impulses? Th* nerve builders and the muscle builders are Independent of each other and neither knows whs' the other is doing. Tbe workmanship of those germinal artisans gives unmistakable evidence of far-reaching design Whose de sign! Not that of th* workers, for th*y are Ignorant of their own op*r atlons and of their fellow workers Two and two cannot malA five They l4tck One. That On* la the Designer, and that Designer la Ood " Dr. John will lector* this evening on 'A Glimpse of God In th* Human Body," and Thursday evening, "A Glimpse of God Without Kyow " Th* aeries will continue until Munday even Ing The public Is Invited

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COUNCIL DOINGS Council Held Interesting Meeting Last Night—A Prosperous Year. THE JAIL QUESTION City Paying Off Debts and Taking Up Bonds That Are Due. The city council held its first meeting of the year Tuesday evening, with the usuai amount of business to transact and the allowing of bills. (From the reports read at tnls meeting Jt showed that the councilmen are directing the clty'a affairs in as wise away as possible. The session opened with the reading of a petition from the Erie railroad to be given the right-of-way over

certain streets, that they would have to cross with the laying of their dou- , ble track through Decatur. The petition was passed by tbe council. Next in order was a motion to transfer 31,300 of the SI,BOO reserved for the paying of old orders, to the general fund, as ail the old orders have been paid, some time. This motion adopted and carried, so 31,500 •. more was added to the general fund. I; The report of the city engineer on t the setting of the stakes and grade • on Nuttman street was then read and t approved. t Captain Dellinger then made the ret port of the fire department. He said i it would be impossible to run the fire t truck during this icy weather without ' skid chains on the front tires, and the -way the machine was now built they ' could not be put on without a new ■ and longer axie. The truck Inspector ■ from the Grand Rapids Auto Trusk .’company. Grand Rapids, Mich., was i here some time ago and snld that the f company would send them a now [axle, in exchange for the old one. as » It was a mistake on the part of the r manufacturers A few days ago a let- > ter was received from the company nt Grand Rapids that the old axle could : he used with the skid chains. Mr. t Dellinger stated that It would rub the I tires too much by using the old axle i and would cause them to wear out ■ sooner. A motion to have this qnesi tlon made a part of the record was . then In order, and carried. The next question before the conni ell was the mueh-dtaputed one on the • Imprisonment of city lawbreakers. The city attorney gave his opinion on i the question and said the sheriff would have to receive every prisoner that ■ was brought to him. no matter who I made the arrest, nnd before they were ’ committed If the prisoner broke a i city ordinance the sheriff could make ' the city pay for the prisoner’s board and lodging It rn-ems to be the opinion of the councilman that there Is little use in building a city jail as ' there are only a few city law breakers In a year. Most of th* offenses com* under the stat* laws Th*- city clerk was ordered to give nolci* to tbe Indiana Pipe Um com'pany. which Is working on Eleventh 'street, to leave the afreets and crosspngs In as good a condition as they found them The finance committee made Its report snd the bills were allowed. Councilman christen then made a motion that th» commltee should take i IS.fiOfi of the |9.<w» city bonds that ' have become due, th* money to he i'tis«d for th* paying of theae bonds to i be taken out of he sinking and general funds. SI.SM out of the sinking I and It.SOO out of the general fund. The bonds to b* taken up are held hy ths Old Adame County hank and the ' First National bank. Twenty five hunI dred are to b* taken from the Old Ad f ams Coqnty. and |s«o from th* First • National bank, which Is all they hold. • Thia motion waa a*conde«l and car Cried. Th* following bills were allow'rd: • Waterworks pay roll I S3EB - M J Myiott pay roll «S WI jThe <‘ran* Co. M?fi r J, |l Buhler Peter Kirsch Indiana Electric Appliance Co, 3» 32 r J. J Rwlft A, r Foos, extra labor - 2, ‘ Iprntecttre Electric Ruppiy Co, 30 00 t Indlanatsdls Pelting * *"l»piy $1 C® •« l Standard Oil Co * ss » D E. Treple 4,9 i. H Muqller Mfg Co. MO (XUmNCim* uN FAGF. THREE