Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 64.

EMPLOYING LABOR . w ■an, E. X. Ehinger Visited St. Louis Agency in Company With Mr. Wagner. WAS WELL PLEASED Every Effort Being Made for Good Help—Mr. Hubbard Gives Interview. E. X. Ehinger, cashier of the Old Adams County bank, recently returned from a business trip to St. Louis y O . While there be chanced to meet E M. Wagner, one of the field managers for the Decatur plant of the Holland-' St. Louis Sugar company, who was there looking after laborers for the beet fields in this territory. Vpon invitation of Mr. Wagner the well known banker went with him to the office cf; L. Sonneschein & Co., where he watch- 1 ed the process of employing the men' and women who will work in the Ad• ' ams county beet fields, and he says he is fully convinced that every possible effort to secure only first class help is being made. “Mr. Wagner turned down a number of applicants,” says Mr. Ehinger, “because they were ur.deA the Influence of liquor, or because of any reason which would prevent them from being first-class workers. Those employed had every appearance of being good workers and they included Austrians, Germans, Bohemians, Belgians and Hungarians." Mr. Ehinger says he believes the help brought in this year by the sugar company will be valuable to the farmers here in doing all kinds of work. He was very much pleased with the efforts displayed by the representatives of the company. F. H. Hubbard, manager of the sugar company, left today for Lorain and Cleveland, Ohio, where he will look after seeming foreigners to work in the beet fields in Indiana. Just befor leaving he said: “The time is approaching when this labor question must be taken, care of, as it is one of the most important parts of our work. A car of laborers will arrive from St. Louis about April 15 and I am leaving now to secure more help. We will try to secure the best help possible and will do our very best to please every beet fanner. We feel that the farmers of Adams county should help us in this matter as it is of much importance to them. If they will get the houses ready and help in getting the laborers well located the biggest part of the troubles are over. This bringing in or foreign help will solve to a large extent the problem of help on the farm, which has been a big one for ten years. We will do oar very best to come as near getting them all good as we can. If when the laborers arrive you will gain their good will by doing them some small favor, you will find them faithful and it will pay you w-ell. When they begin the work in the beet fields, watch them and see that they do the work well. He firm, but be fair. We believe you will profit by IL” - INSURANCE CHECK ARRIVES. The Ben Hur lodge has received tb e check for $1,500 in full of the insurance carried in this order by Curtis Andrew Barkley, whose death occurred a short time ago. The check is made payable to his widow, Mrs. Jessie Barkley. She was unable to come to get it today, however, on account of the critical illness of her little son, Paul, who is ill with spinal meningitis, or tuberculosis of the brain. It is thought the babe cannot recover. o ■ — COMMON SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. County Superintendent L. E. Opllgcr and sister, Miss Wilma, went to Berne I this morning, where they will hold an, examination of the common school scholars. B. F. Kizer, deputy school superintendent, bad charge of the ex-| amination here, which was also held today at the Central school buildlug. A large class is taking the examinations. , ————— —o- — A class of three will be confirmed at the Zion’s Lutheran church tomorrow by the Rev. Wehmeyer, with appropriate ceremony. The catechumens ar« Luella Bultemeier, Marie Boese and Theodore Robenbeck. Special services for holy week are announced for Mon- ( •lay, Thursday and Good Friday. (

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appointed treasurer. I (United Press Service) Washington, D. C„ Mar. 15-(Special to Daily Democrat)—President Wilson 01 ay appointed ex-Governor John of North Dakota treasurer of; . I nited States, to succeed Carmi' Ihompson. President Wilson also re-1 .'-civyd a letter from Richard Olney, do- i <-ming tae ambassadorship to Eng-1 land. SAD MESSAGE. A telegram bringing the sad news 0! the death of her grandfather, W. I Peterson, at Conneaut, Ohio, was re- 1 reived here Friday by Mrs. Fred Mar-i of Alaska, who is visiting here! with Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Connell. The • cause of Mr. Peterson’s death was! pneumonia. He was seventy .years of age. THE CONT EST IS ON Papers Contesting Victory of the “Wets” Filed by the “Drys.” AT FIVE O’CLOCK Last Evening— Ask That the Votes of Third Ward “A” i be Thrown Out. II The contest of the local option election of Wednesday, March 5, when the ' wets claimed a victory by a majority of thirty-two votes was officially de- ' dared "on” when the dry forces filed ' the necessary papers with Auditor T., H. Haltzell, Friday evening at 5 1 oclock. This will be acted upon by the county commissioners at their April session, beginning Monday,, ’ April 7. There are two points on which the contest hinges. One is that there weft forty alleged illegal votes cast ■ by persons who were not legal voters ■of the city or any of its wards. The i other is that they allege the voting in the Third Ward “A” precinct was char- . acterized by irregularities, so tainting ■ it with fraud that the returns from ' that precinct should not be counted. ’ They therefore ask to have the vote ! in that precinct excluded from the results of the election. In that pre- ■ cinct there was a majority of fifty-five • votes for the wets. The exclusion of ■ either the vote of this precinct or of ■ the forty votes declared illegal, would ' throw the election results in favor of ■ the “drys.” The irregularities alleged it\ the voting of Third Ward “A” are these. Declaration is made that members of the ' official election board of that precinct ' absented themselves from the polling place for two hours or more at a i time, during which time votes were re- ’ ceived and deposited in the ballot box.' ; This, it will be remembered, was dur- ; ing the time that pairs of the election officials left the polls to get their dinner, leaving two or more at the polls but not a full board. Another is that ; a key to the ballot box was retained by ' the inspector and none was permitted !to be retained by the judge, as provided by law. They also declare that six or more voters or persons were al- • lowed at one time in the polling places contrary to the provisions of law. The contest is signed by C. H. Col-' ter and Clement L. Walters. R. C. Minton of Indianapolis, state attorney for the anti-saloon league, arrived over the interurban at 2:15 o’clock Friday afternoon. He went over the grounds with the drys’ local attorneys, C. L. Walters and Milton Miller, and the contest was decided upon. The papers were Immediately 1 drawn and filed. The ten days for the filing of the contest expired Friday. ' TO OPEN BIDS APRIL BTH. ' For Site for Government Building In Decatur —Legal Notice Ordered. ' An order for the official advertising 1 for a site for the new federal building has been received at this office. The notice will appear first next Tuesday 'and each Tuesday and Friday thereafter for six insertions. The notice specifies that the site must be approximately 20.000 square feet and if the lot offered is recticangular, its minimum dimensions must be not less than 125 feet. The bids will be opened in the office of the supervising architect at Washington, D. C. I

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Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, March 15, 1913.

AN EXCITING GAME Os Basket Ball at Porter Hall Last Night Between Decatur and Swayzee. (VISITORS' DEFEATED! i - ' By Score of 17 to 4—Game Featured by Splendid Team Work of Locals. —— That basket ball enthusiam is not dead in Decatur because of the defeat of the boys at Bloomington Friday, was proven Friday uight by the large number of spectators that crowded I Pot ter hall, and that the high school >has one of the best girls' teams in the I state wps also proven when the fast team of Swayzee went down to de- | feat to the tune of 17 to 4. The Swayzee girls went on the floor determined to win, but alas! only a few short seconds of playing, and they found they were up against the toughest of propositions and one that was away above their match. However, they continjued to put up a good fight during the I entire game and although they were kept from securing any baskets, the .local girls did not exactly have a I “picnic.” The Decatur team showed [ splendid team work and the game was jfeatured by many brilliant side plays. .The line-up was as follows: Swayzee. Decatur. Hardacre C Dugan Resoner C Beineke | Mark F Kern! Ammon F Butler Black G Hensley Ammon G Hensley o IN THE CHURCHES! German Reformed Confirmation Class Covers Seven Members. THE ZION’S LUTHERAN Also to Confirm—T). B. Robinson at Christian Church —M. E. Holy Week. A class of seven will be confirmed tomorrow morning at the German Reformed church. There will be a special sermon, also, by the pastor, the Rev. L. C. Hessert, and the choir has prepared special music. The class which has been in preparation for some time, and which tomorrow will enter into full membership, comprises Mary Weidler, Grace and Dessie Shaw, Naomi Mayer, Edgar Moyer, Solomon Lord, Elmer Miller. The class will receive its first communion on Easter Sunday. Rev. Hessert announces special services for the coming holy week —on Wednesday, Thursday and Good Friday evenings. D. S. Robinson, the Christian minister of Bergersville, will arrive today to conduct services at the Christian church here tomorrow. Mr. Robinson preached here two weeks ago, and all who heard him agree that he is a very excellent preacher. The annual meeting of the Zion classis of the German Reformed church will be held at the Salem church in Fort Wayne, May 15. This classis includes the counties of Adams, Allen, Wells, Huntington and DeKalb. The Methodist church will hold servives appropriate to Holy week. The 'pastor will preach on the “Twentieth Century Triumphs of Christ” Sunday ; morning. Sermons on the events in the last week of Christ will be preachen on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered on Thursday night. On Easter Sunday there will be the sacrament of baptism and reception of members. o __ TO COMPARE SHEETS. Washington Township Assessor William Blackburn and his deputies, Lewis Fruchte and Ed Kintz met yesterday to compare sheets.

MRS. WHEELER ACCEPTED. Taken tof Easthaven Insane Asylum Last Evening. Word of the acceptance' of Mrs. Orton Wheeler, the insane woman from Geneva, was received this morning and she was taken tMs afternoon to Easthaven insane asylum at Rich! mond. It is thought that she will be cured in a very short time, so a special case was made of hers. Friends and relatives, together with the doctors, took the matter up with Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent of the asylum, asking that she be admitted as soon as possible, as it was thought that with timely treatment she would be restored within a very short time. Dr. Smith heard the petition and acted favorably thereon, with the result that her application was given attention before other filed sooner. The Mrs. Fred Bohren and Adam Cully of Geneva and Sarah Hirschy have not yet been acted upon. Mrs. Wheeler was taken by Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly, Harvey Clark and Mrs. Omlor. THE MEDICS NOTES Dr. Chas. E. Barnette of Fort Wayne Addressed Adams County Board at DR. MILLER’S OFFICE I Dr. Costello Gave Hygiene Talk Before the High School Students, Dr. Charles E. Barnette of Foit jWayne met with the Adams County' I Medical association Friday evening at: I the Dr. J. M. Miller office in this city: and gave a very good lecture on a sub- j ject of interest to the profession, illustrating his talk with charts. Besides a number of the local physicians, Drs. Reussei* and Franz of Berne, and Dr. Parrish of Monroe were present. The place of the next meeting has not been announced. Dr. Costello gave a very excellent address before the high school students this week, this being one of the regular weekly hygiene numbers. His subject was “Hygiene of the Skin and its Appendages,” telling of Its anatomy and the disease to which it is liable, as well as how to prevent and I cure the different forms of disease. . His address was very good. Miss Marie Allison of Indianapolis, a former | high school student, who is now vlsit- ’ I ing here, sang at the chapel exercises, 1 rendering "My Rosary.” TO BE “DRY TOWN” > ■ For the Clover Leaf Engines 1 —Old Water Tank Being Torn Down Here. A NEW ONE BUILT At Willshire—Erie Unable to Pump for the Other Road, Too. I ! 1 Henceforth Decatur will be a “dry town” for the Clover Leaf railroad engines. The old water tank near the station in this city Is being torn down and the Clover leaf engines will henceforth drink their supply of water from the new tank on the St. Mary's river at Willshire, Ohio. The tank here was i filled from the river by the Erie pumping station, which is a short distance ’ away from the Clover Leaf. The traffic on the Erie has increased so much, • however, that double the number of engines have been put on. With the increased demand for water for its own engines, the Erie has been unable to furnish the supply for the Clover Leaf also. Hence, the necessity ■ for building its own tank. As the rail- • road is much nearer the river at Will- ■ shire than it Is here, the tank was built there.

NEW SWITCH YARDS Erie Railroad Will Remove Them from This City to Appleman Farm. WEST OF TOWN Tower Here Will be Used Only for Interlocking— Not for Telegraphing. Within six or eight months the seat of switching activities for the Erie railroad in this vicinity will be removed from this cl(y to the Appleman farm a mile or so west of tho city. The Erie tower at the junction of the Erie with the G. R. & I. and Clover Leaf railroads in this city will be abandoned as a telegraph station, and a 1 new one placed on the Appleman farm. • After that the tower in this city will be used only as an Interlocking station. The-new telegraph station to be installed on the Appleman farm will be the headquarters for the receiving of all messages relating to the switching or passing of trains on this road, and there the switching will take place. Two side tracks or passing tracks will be laid there, together with the other accommodations for the switching. This will remove the switching to a less • populated part of the country, and will lessen the danger to life. While the switching yards were located in this city, the switching was very heavy, and passing over, as' it did, many of the main thoroughfare 1 crossings, was exceedingly dangerous for pedestrians crossing the railroad.: RAILROAD GATES Council Will Designate the' Streets Where Gates Are ' to be Placed AT THE NEXT MEET Several Gates Will be Operated from Central Station, it is Thought. The new city ordinance requiring all railroads to place gates at their public street crossings in this city, is' now in effect. At the meeting of the council next Tuesday, the places where such gates shall be placed will ;be designated by this body. The clerk will then proceed to notify the railroads, and they will then be required to place the gates at those points within thirty days after receiving the notice. Not all street railroad crossings will be guarded by the gates—only those on which the travel is the greatest, and which the council deems the most dangerous. As time progresses and the travel becomes greater on the less frequented streets, gates may be ordered placed there, from time to time. There has been much discussion as to how the gates will be operated, and whether It will be necessary to have a man stationed at each crossing to operate each gate. One railroad understood this to be the requirement of the ordinance, but such is not the case. A series of gates, operated by one person or watchman, at a central station, will probably be the general way ' of caring for this work, thus doing away with the several watchmen at the crossings. Each gate station will operate the gates covering tho crossings within visual range of the caretaker. The gates, it is said, are operat- ' ed by a compressed air arrangement. The city of Decatur has the distinc- , tion of being the first city on thd Erie railroad between Chicago and Marlon to provide for gates at its crossings. It is said the watchmen now on duty at the Erie’s street crossings in this city have received instructions to be- . gin three days' count of all pedestrians or drivers passing over the railroads at their point of watch. The number for each hour in the three days is to be kept strictly correct. This is being done to determine whether the number will warrant the installing of the gates ordered by th« council.

WILL CONTINUE EASINESS. William Butler, the stockman, who had been associated for ten years in the shipping business with Fred Scheiman, who met death this week in the (stock yars in Cincinnati, Ohio, announces. that he wfll continue the bus.iness alone. He expects to carry on the business in the same way that he and his partner had been for the past ten years, and will greet their many patrons in the customary way. I WILL BE FORD DRIVERS. — O. E. Schafer, representing the Grove Garage company pf dealers in Ford automobiles I'or this district, closed two contracts Friday for two new Ford touring cars. The owners will be Ora Newhart and R. H. White of Preble. Delivery will be made in the near future. o — IN BASKET BALL South Bend, Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Wingate to Scrap it Out. ALL OTHERS ARE OUT Lebanon Lost to Crawfordsville This Morning—The Benders Win from Gary. • (United Press Service) Bloomington, Ind., Mar. 15 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —South • Bend, : Crawfordsville, Lafayette and Wingate are the four teams left to finish the i battle for basket ball supremacy in 'the state meet which closes here toj night. In the morning contests Man- . ual Training, Thorntown, Gary and | Lebanon went down, leaving but four ( I (earns. Two games will be played ' this afternoon and the winners will | meet tonight as the curtain raiser for | the Indiana-Purdue game. The morning scores were: Wingate, 16; Manual Training, 11. Lafayette, 30; Thorntown, 8. South Bend, 17; Gary, 8. Crawfordsville, 27; Lebanon, 8. That Decatur bumped up against one of the strongest teams in the state, and perhaps the winner of the basket ball tournament, in their opening game Friday, was evidenced from the fact that the South Bend team after beating I Decatur 29 to 2, cleaned up on two jothers of the best teams in the state, i defeating Seymour 28 to 6 and Short--1 ridge, Indianapolis, -29 to 11. The scores of other games Friday follow: Manual Training, 15; Orleans, 14. South Bend, 29; Shortridge, 11. Lebanon, 26; Shelbyville, 13. Gary, 18; Clinton, 10. Crawfordsville, 20; Bloomington, 12. Rochester, 47; Carthage, 11. Wingate, 19; Rochester, 17. Whiting. 24: Wingate, 12. Thorntown, 43; Nappanee, 9. South Bend, 28; Seymour, 6. Manual Training, 24; Marlon, 14. Clinton, 30; Cutler, 28. Lafayette, 28; Petroleum, 6. Shortridge, 35; Brazil, 9. Gary, 28; Marco, 18. o — — I ABOUT THE SICK. Mrs. Robert Poling left yesterday ] afternoon for Fort Wayne, where she was called by a message that her sis- 1 : ter-in-law, Mrs. Maggie Poling, was 1 ; very ill. Mrs. Poling returned today 1 noon and stated that Miss Poling, who is suffering from a severe case of erysipelas, is worse. She had been ill a week with the grip, but had recovered sufficiently to return to her work, when she was seized with a pain in her head, which resulted in erysipelas. Mrs. Clark Brothers, who has been very ill for a few days, is reported as being better. She suffered a hemorrhage from the nose, caused by the bursting of a bloJTd vessel in the head, Her condition is not thought dangerous. Miss Marie Daniels is confined to her home with the mumps. Miss Dan- ■ lels is a teacher in a school east of ■ the city. i e > Miss Marie MacMUlen has returned i from Washington, D. C., after a fort- ’ night’s visit. Miss MacMUlen attend 5 ed the Inaugural festivities.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS Will of Robert R. Stephenson Admitted to Probate This Afternoon. SALE IS GRANTED In Bieberich Estate—Depositions Ordered Published in Will Case. The will of Robert R. Stevenson, late of Union township, was probated th’s afternoon. It was written October 27, 1909, and witnessed by D. B. Erwin and Newton Anderson. He gives to his wife, Janet, all the real and personal estate for use during her life. At her death it is to be divided equally among their children, or their heirs. The children are: John and William, Nancy Rhonemus, Janet Molenkopp, Annie Jones, Mary Freeh. The son-in-law, Alex Freeh, is to assist the testator's widow in managing her estate. William Stephenson is designated executor, but in a codicil written August 10, 1910, and witnessed t>y G. W. Brewster and Dan N. Erwin, Mr. Stephenson revoked this and asked that D. B. Erwin serve as executor. The petition of William Linnemeier, administrator of the Christian D. F. j Bieberich estate, for sale of real estate, was granted, the sale ordered to be private at not less than appraisement. Payment may be all cash, or one-third cash, one-third in nine months, or one-third in eighteen months. The proceeds are to be applied, first to costs, second for taxes, , third to Hen of $4Ol of Lengerich with ]5 per cent interest; fifth to Sophia ■Bieberich, the balance of her $500; sixth to the debts and liabilities of • the estate. R. C. Parrish appeared as • guardian ad litem for Arthur Bieberich, a minor. The other parties filed waiver of notice. The current report of Pearl Neaderhouser, guardian of Newell B. Rice, was allowed. In the Meyer-Miller partition case, Special Judge C. J. Lutz this morning sustained the demurrer heretofore filed by the plaintiff to the first paragraph of the additional answer of the defendants. Join and separate exceptions were taken by the defendants. In the Schwartz will contest case, all depositions on file were ordered published by agreement. In the case of Wesley J. Cully for the appointment of a guardian for Adam Cully, proof of service of summons was filed. Appearance by R. C. Parrish, prosecuting attorney, was entered for the defendant. The clerk is ruled to answer. Real estate transfers: Clement L. Walters, commissioner, to Sherman K. Alexander, 40 acres, St. Mary’s tp.,; Mary J. Fleming et al. to Henry Magley, 6 2-3 acres, Union tp., $500; Job E. Yaney et al. to E. P. Preston, 80 acres, Jefferson tp., S6OOO. Dr. G. M. Goheen and his attorney, Lee Hartzell of Fort Wayne were here Friday Afternoon consulting his local attorney, D. B. Erwin. Dr. Goheen expresses himself as very anxious for his case to come to trial, as he is confident that he can free himself from the charge against him. Dr. Thafn, who is charged with the same offense, arrived today noon with his brother, John G. Thain, to consult his attorneys, C. J. Lutz and L. C. DeVoss. The cases will not be heard until the April term of court. County Assessor George Gentis was at Berne today, where he met tho township assessors to compare assessments, as they did last week at the ■ meeting held here. o CARD OF THANKS. > The undersigned desires to thank f the many who assisted her during the past few days. The acts of friendship helped to relieve the sorrow caused by 1 the sudden death of her husband, Fred - Scheimann. Especially does she want ■ to thank the neighbors, the flower lat dies and the Rev. Wehmeyer. MRS. FRED SCHEIMANN.