Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 91.

f THE JUBILEE YEAR I’Of Decatur Historical ReadI ing Club Closed With Splendid Party - - AT E. S. MOSES HOME Company of Sixty Enjoy I Festivities of Twentyfifth Anniversary. S — ®Th.' moving finger writes, and having [ writ, on, nor al] your piety nor wit MbaH lure it back to cancel half a lino Nor all your tears wash out a word [ of it.” sThe above is recognized by the Decatur Historical Reading club, memlers but they also have recognized .that “history repeats itself" and that from the pages written by “the moving they can glean lessons whereby they can profit and change the course and tenor of the pages to come, into the right and true way of life, redounding to good to themselves and the generations to come. This culture has been the purpose of this eJv.b through its quarter century of existence, and the best year of all—the Jubilee Year—was closed Tuesday evening with more than the usual festivities in celebration of the twentyfifth birthday anniversary. To share the pleasures of the evening, each Jfember invited her husband, or some other near friend, and a company of Sixty gathered at the E. S. Moses gMHßdous home on North Second street for the event, which opened with the f (/clock dinner party. Th i Moses greenhouses gave up their best for the tasteful floral decorations of the home, which were carried out as much as possible In the club colors, pink and white. In the arches were twined the dainty, feathery asparagus fern. Swansonia, with its little white flowers, and vining foliag>, was pinned to walls and draperies, and magnificent pink roses, in profus-im. filled vases throughout the rooms. In the midst of this were set the little tables, accommodating four guests each. The large dining room table was given over to the serving of several of the older or honorary members, including the president emeritus, Mrs. Jane Crabbs, Mrs. R. B. Allison, Mrs. Lucy Rout, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Myers and Mrs. Nettie Schrock. The table was pretty with its centerpiece of pink roses. Lace doilies covered the polished table, and the only other decorations for any of the tables were the pink carnations, the club flower, laid at each cover for favors. When all were seated at the tables, the club president, Mrs. S. D. Beavers, cordially welcomed the guests in words of sincerity that sprang deep from the heart. She explained the origin of the club and the occasion of its twenty-fifth birthday anniversary. The club was organized by Mrs. Helen Blossom, now a resident of Fort Wayne. The membership included a few school teachers, and some whose educational advantages were meager; but all felt the need of self-culture, and a desire to delve into the great, unbounded history of the past and present. Attorney J. C. Sutton gave a very! good response, in behalf of the guests. | He complimented the club on its work and the occasion, and his address was a very masterly one in all points. At the close the first of the three f «®Brses of the very delicious dinner ■was served. Mrs. .1. N. Fristoe presided as toastmistross during the dinner, and between the courses very excellent toasts and responses were given. I Following the first course, Mrs. Mary Eley gave a fifteen-minute address on “Our Jubilee Year.” She gave a complete review of the past year's work telling it in a unique and intensely interesting way, with many funny little turns. The year’s study was on China, and she took the members on a trip through that country with the club in its year’s lessons, and also brought in the miscellaneous lessons studied. After the second course, Mrs. C. D. Lewton gave a talk on "Our Husbands,” bringing in several readings to illustrate her points. The address was very complimentary to the men, as she considered them deserving of it .inasmuch as they had no mention CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

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WATER NEARLY RAN UP HILL. Berne on the Water Shed Was Badly Flooded. Berne, Ind., April 15.—That the re- ‘ cent flood was out of the ordinary is a certainty, when it is considered that Berne, which is situated on the crest of the divide, between the Missippi and the St. Lawrence valleys, was flooded to the extent that thirteen . families were compelled to move from ■ their living rooms. The divide, or watershed, runs through the southern Part of Berne. The back waters of ' the Wabash river, three miles south of town, reached to within half a mile of the town limits and lacked just six inches in rise and less Than ten rods in distance from actually flowing over the divide toward the St. Mary’s river which flows into the Maumee river and thence into Lake Erie,

TO JURY TODAY —tan Ralph Hoover Case Will Probably go to Jury Late Today. THE LAST SPEAKER Took Stand at Noon Today —Hoover Wept During Argument. Van Wert, Ohio, April 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —It will probably be 5 or 6 o’clock this evening before the case of Ralph Hoover will be given to the jury hearing his case on the charge of wife-murder. H. L. Conn, the last speaker, and who is special prosecutor, took the stand for the closing argument for the state at noon today. It is expected that he 1 will finish by 4 o’clock, after which court will instruct the jury and ■give the case to them for consideration. The arguments opened Tuesday, with that of Prosecutor Good for the state. O. W. Kerns for the defense spoke from Tuesday noon until four o’clock and was followed by W. H. Dailey for the defense. He spoke until adjournment Tuesday evening, and took up the thread of his argument again this morning, finishing at noon. During the plea in his behalf Tuesday, Ralph Hoover, the accused, who has been emotionless during the greater part of the time during the trial, broke down and wept, when the scene between himself and wife, when he saw her for the last time before her fatal injury, was described.

LLOYD JUDY, OLD SHORTSTOP. Now in Vaudeville With His Family— Appear at Rex This Week. Perhaps few people have recognized the fact that the Judy family appearing in vaudeville at the Rex theater this week have a connection here because Mr. Lloyd Judy, the head of the family, lived here once upon a time. Something like a dozen years ago, when Decatur was supporting a firstclass ball team, the star player of the nine was Lloyd Judy, the shortstop, and say, he was some shortstop! For a good many years he and his family have appeared in vaudeville all over the country and have made good, as those will testify who have seen them here this week. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Judy, the family includes four handsome daughters: Milburn, aged ten; Helen and Bertaline, and little Beryl, who is but two and a half years old, and Who will make her first appearance on the stage Saturday night. The company was dated here for three nights, closing this evening, but they have made such a hit that the management of the Rex and friends of the family have prevailed on them to remain for the week. To do this they have cancelled an engagement. They will be seen at the Rex all week, with a change of program each evening. Lloyd is proud of his little family and has a right to be. They are a handsome bunch of strong ability. ——.... ,i o —' - ' BIRTH OF BOY.

M. and Mrs. Harve Beery, living two miles south of Petersot, are the proud parents of a big ba>y boy born to them early this morning. This is- the only boy in the family of three children and they feel very proud of him.

“DECATUR CAX AMD WILL”

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, April 16, 1913.

MASONS MEETING Annual Spring Scottish Rite Convocation Held in Ft. Wayne. IS WELL ATTENED Hugh Hite and Huber DcVoss Given Degrees— Banquet Tonight, Many Decatur Scottish Rite Masons are gathering with those from all parts of northern Indiana at the annual spring convocation of the valley of Fort Wayne. The convocation opened Tuesday afternoon and will close Thursday. Among the large ciass of candidates for initiation are Hugh Hite and Huber DeVoss of this city. The spring convocation banquet will be spread at 6 o’clock this evening in the large dining room on the first floor of the cathedral and several hundred Masons who are witnessing and participating in the three days’ program will be seated at the tables. The banquet committee in charge of the feast is composed of Edward C. Miller, Albert S. Bond and W. S. Sponhauer. This morning the work was in charge of Darius Council, Princess of Jerusalem, conferring the fifteenth and sixteenth degrees, and this afternoon, Emanuel Chapter of Rose Croix will confer the seventeenth and eighteenth. Following the banquet at 6 o’clock, the work of the Fort Wayne Consistory will be exemplified. Degrees from the twenty-ninth to the thirty-second, inclusive, will be conferred Thursday, the closing day of the convocation.

EXPOSES SECRETS Striking Silk Mill Workers Made Desperate by Struggle, Expose Secrets. DISMISS ATTENDANTS Pathetic Scene at Vatican When Personal Attendants Are Dismissed. Rome, April 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Pope Pius this afternoon took leave of his personal attendents. Every servant was crying as though his heart would break and before the audience had gone forth the Pope was crying too. The first bulletin put out by the physicians this afternoon said: “The Pope slept tranquilly for several hours and his temperature this morning was 101.8. His heart condition 1§ good.” Sterling, 111., April 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Prisoners fired the county Jail in an unsuccessful effort to escape early this morning. Michael Sellers, a prisoner, was burned to death in his cell and Sheriff Wahl was badly burned while rescuing several prisoners. The interior of the Jail was totally destroyed. Indianapolis, Ind., April 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Professional yeggmen blew the money vault in the Keith theater early today, but failed to reach a thousand dollars in an inner drawe. Tlx* noise of the explosion had been carefully smothered and the damage was not. discovered until Manager Hastings entered the office this morning. Paterson, N. J., April 16—(Special to Daily Democrats) —That chemical solutions extracted from metals like rusty horse-shoes, scrap iron and tomato cans from city dump piles, are used to weight down silks, was charged today by W. D. Haywood, leader of the 37,000 silk mill strikers. Desperate by thetwo months struggle, the strikers are beginning a systematic exposure of the secrets of the trade. The exposure of the chemicals has been corroborated by dozens of the strikers. “The silk dress which every average woman takes so much pride (Continued on rage 2)

************** * BLESSED BE THE GIVER. * * * The people of Decatur have been * * most fortunate during the flood * * period of a month past. Located * * In the very center of a territory * * visited by unheard-of rains, this * * city suffered but little loss and * * there was practically no suffer- * * Ing. In many Indiana and Ohio * * cities the loss was great and * ■* thousands are homeless. Now * * that the excitement Is over, we * * are prone to forget the great loss, * * at a time when our neighbors * * are suffering. A plea for aid has * * come to Decatur for the stricken * * In Lawrenceburg. Have you re- * * sponded? If not you should do It * * this week Send your contribu- * * tion either to E. E. Rice or to this * * office. * *************s

HEAR ARGUMENTS Board of Commissioners Listen to Closing Chapter of Long Legal Fight. VEDICT RENDERED Remonstrance Held Sufficient After Long Trial— Saloons Must Close. At 3:30 Mr. Minton closed his argument after speaking but fifteen minutes and the board immediately went into the jury room. Within ten minutes they returned a finding that the remonstrance was sufficient and rejected the application of the saloon men for licenses. This means that the saloons must close at once. Before Attorney Lutz read the decision, President Hendricks asked that no unusual demonstration be made by the crowd. The verdict was signed by the three members of the board.

Promptly at 10 o’clock this morning the remonstrance case was resumed before the county commissioners at the court room. The room was again well filled with interested spectators, including a large number of ladies. Attorney Milton Miller, representing the remonstrators, opened the argument, delivering a half hour speech, in which he set out his views as to the evidence and law and did it in a clear and clean-cut manner. By agreement, two hours was allowed for each side and it was expected that the arguments would be concluded by 3:45 this afternoon. The board adjourned at 11:30 until 1 o'clock, an hour and a half of the four hours granted having been used. Mr. Miller went through the evidence hurriedly and contended that at least thirteen of those contested had clearly been proven to have had the right to sign the remonstrance, this giving the remonstrators a majority of four. As to the question of proof concerning the fact that the exact vote was not proven he argued that they had shown the highest vote according to the record to be that of the candidates for council, but said that if the opposition should say that the board was bound to take Judicial notice of the fact that a mayor and other officers had been voted for, then they must also take judicial notice of the fact that they received a certain vote, and even on this vote that the number of signers was sufficient. He was followed by Attorney Schafer Peterson for the applicants, who spoke an hour, going over the evidence, quoting the law and arguing his position as he believed the law and theevidence. He dwelt at considerable length upon the fact that no proof had been offered that any of the names on the remonstrance excepting the twelve or thirteen in controversy, had given any power of attorney permitting such a signature. He took up the cases of Jonas Fisher, Merle Laisure, G. H. Myers, W. A. Rundell and others, and asked what proof had been offered that they had signed the cai;ds. He also argued upon the three and five-day limit for filing the remonstrance, contending that it should have been filed five days before the board met. He read several sections of the law and several decisions from supreme court reports. He closed at 11:30. Afternoon Session. The court room was well filled this afternoon, the crowd being largely (Oonti&ueb on Page 2)

DECISION IS MADE Soldiers’ Committee Selects Southwest Corner of the Court Yard FOR THE MONUMENT Ask That It be Placed Diagonally Across the Corner. The soldiers and other members of the monumental committee turned out in large numbers Tuesday evening when the meeting was held at the (Bowers realty office to determine the location of the proposed soldiers’ monument. It was first unanimously voted that the monument be erected on the court house yard, and then unanimously voted that it be located at the southwest corner of the court yard, diagonally across the corner. Os all sites on the court house square this was conceded to be the best. The recommendation will be made to the county commissioners before they adjourn their April session, the board having left the matter of location with the soldiers’ committee. It is understood that the work of erection will begin May 5, the Wemhoff Monumental Works having secured the contract. o — HISTORICAL CLUB NOTICE. The members of the Historical club are requested to meet tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock with Mrs. S. D. Beav(ers. This is a called meeting for the .consideration of important business.

ASK AN INJUNCTION Remonstrators Ask That Trustee Magley be Enjoined from BUILDING A SCHOOL Jointly for Districts 7 and 8 —Controversy • Come Up Again. Charles E. Magley, trustee of Root township, finds Himself the defendant in an injunction suit filed in the circuit court today, by certain patrons of the schools of districts 7 and 8. The plaintiffs are those patrons who object to the abandonment of the schools in these two districts, to make wayfor the joint school to be erected near the Mt. Pleasant church. They ask that Trustee Magley be temporarily enjoined from contracting with the architect or receiving any bids for the proposed building, or taking any action thereto, until this matter can be heard, and that at the hearing be be permanently enjoined from erecting this building and abandoning the old schools. It will be remembered that quite recently the petition for the joint school was filed, with County Superintendent Opliger, a remonstrance following, and that after hearing the matter, Mr. Opliger decided for the joint school and authorized the trustee to proceed to build the same. The remonstrators are determined! that the joint school will not be built if they can bring that to pass, and 1 brought the suit today. They claim that they reside far fram the site of the new school, and that the long distance will prevent sending their children. They allege that the far-distant site will depreciate the value of their property, and that the tax burden occasioned by the building of the school, which cannot be done at a cost of less than $lO,000, will be very heavy. The plaintiffs are: Sol P. Sheets, Philip Baker, Henry C. Geels, John Hinck, Frank Roop, Fred Busse, H. A. Kintz, Jeremiah Archbold, Jacob Wright, of District 8; and Samuel Fuhrman, Emory A. Mallonee and Joseph Steigmeyer of District 7. D. E. Smith is their attorney.

UNDERGOES OPERATION. Mrs. J. D. Wisehaupt Underges Preliminary Ordeal. Mrs. John Wisehaupt of Decatur underwent an operation here this morning, as a preliminary to a more serious ordeal for the relief of a diseased bone in the head. She will be cared for at the Foster hospital before and after t/e chief operation, which will take place some time next week. Her condition is considered serious. Her son, Howard, accompanied her from Decatur last evening and was with her today. He has been offered a position as correspondent in the accounting department of a large mail order house at Chicago but has deferred accepting the offer until after his mother undergoes the operation.— Bluffton News. LET’S BE CAREFUL problem of Properly Locating the Soldiers’ Monument is Important. A NEW SUGGESTION One of Our Readers Suggests That Frame Skeleton be Erected as Guide. i. . • ■ —- The problem of properly locating the soldiers’ monument has been a perplexing one and has given rise to considerable discussion and no little difference of opinion. Everybody interested in this monument and the noble sacrifice that it commemorates, who have given any thought to its location, realize how important is its setting and how serious it would be to make a mistake. The setting of a monument is in fact considered as great a factor in its success as the design itself and the two must harmonize or go together if the result is to be-satisfactory.

There have been several places suggested for the location, but the only place immediately available seems to be the public square, which is already I well occupied by the court house and which will need to be further taken jup by additions to this building that are already being talked of. Os the ■ few possible positions here the committee considered them all and made a selection. “Os all the evils they choose the lessor one,” as one of the veterans remarked. Their w’ork cannot be criticised. The best available place, as they saw it, was selected and no more than that could be done by any one. But is it wise to build a monument like this in a place cramped for room, where it must stand “slaunch ways” and unbalanced with J the streets and buildings around it. But how are conditions to be bettered. Everybody desires to see this 'monument erected just just as soon as possible. The citizens of Adams ’county have indeed waited too long 'to pay their due respects to the veterans of the war of the rebellion. But j now that a monument is to be erected let it be permanent and let no mistake be made in its location. Rather than choose a site acknowledeg to be unsuited, start construction and then what the results will be, perhaps it would bo better to study the problem somewhat further. A rough skeleton i frame of lumber could be built conforming to the shape, height, width 1 and breadth of the monument, and ' over this white muslin be stretched and draped in such away as to approach the finished appearance of the structure. The effect could then be ■ studied from all angles of approach and the results be then absolutely understood and appreciated. The cost to do this would be two or three days’ labor, five dollars’ worth of muslin; a little lumber, and would preclude a possible mistake that cannot be estimated.—Contributed.

UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. Th’ best kuro fer a malignant gossip ud be t’ put her un th' detektive force an’ make her run down th’ klues she gits. She shure ud hev t’ du a lot uv real wurk fer nothin’. ' -o BAND NOTICE. All members of the new K. of P. I band are urgently requested to be at | the K. of P. Home at 8:00 sharp tonight. Work of selecting and trying ’new music will be taken up.

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A CITY ORDINANCE Ordering Telephone Companies, Railroads, Corporations and Others TO PAY A LICENSE On All Poles Used by Them Was Adopted by Council Tuesday Night. The regular session of the city council held Tuesday night at their ! usual place of meeting was a long and well discussed one. Attorney L. C. DeVoss acted as city clerk in the absence of Huber DeVoss, who was called out of the city Tuesday afternoon on business. Mayor Teeple called the body to order and the session opened with the filing of the proof of publication, giving notice to bidders that the council would receive bids for the construction of the Madison street sewer. A motion was then made to open the bids, which was second and carried, and the clerk proceeded. Only one bid was filed, this being by W. J. Myers. As the plans and specifications were not on hand the council decided, upon motion, not to award the bid until the next meeting. A petition signed by the property owners and residents along the southeast crossing of Mercer avenue was read in which they asked for the erection of an arc Ijght, was, upon motion, referred to the electric light committee, they to report at the next meeting. » The ordinance, drawn up by Attorney L. C. Devoss, ordering all telephone companies, railroads, street railways, corporations, firms or individuals having poles along the streets, alleys or other public places, to pay a license for each and every one, was placed on its first reading. The first reading required a license of $1 for each pole, that the license should be paid on the first Monday in July of

each year, and that a sworn statement giving the exact number of poles owned by companies or individuals concerned should be filed on the first Monday in July and that a fine pf not ( more than SIOO nor less than $25 would be imposed upon the offender, and that the ordinance should be published in a daily newspaper once a w’eek for two consecutive weeks. A motion was then made to place it on its second reading. ■ Objections were then ready to be heard and Frank M. Schirmeyer, representing the Citizens’ Telephone company, which corporation would be the largest taxpayer on poles, told the council of hi> objections, in behalf of the company. He stated that they were paying about SI,OOO a year tax 1 already, that most of the stock in the 'company was owned by Decatur citizens, and that the telephone rate charged in this city was much lower ' than that of any other city its size in the state. The telephone company has 540 poles and at a SI.OO apiece this would mean that they would have to pay $540 a year license.

The ordinance was then read for the second time, and a motion made to change the time from the first Monday in July on which to pay their license or make their statement, was changed to the 10th of July. Motion for the adoption of the amendment was seconded and carried. The license rate was then argued and fought out. The council finally voted upon a rate of twenty-five cents to be taxed upon each pole. The vote stood four to I ope, it being: Atz, Yes; Hale, Yes; Martin, Yes, Christen, Yes; Chronister, No. Those voting “Yes" having the majority, the rate was fixed at twenty-five cents. The ordinance was then placed jupon its third and final passage, all rules being suspended, and the adoption carried, carried over the protest of Councilman Chronister, who voted No. The question of throwing rubbish along the river bank, near the Fuhrman property was then talked of, and the street commissioner was ordered to look into the matter and make the best arrangements for the dumping of such rubbish with Mr. Fuhrman on his premises. The street and sewer committee filed its report concerning the improvement. of the alley runnig from 'Second to Third street to the waterworks between the D. B. Erwin and 'o. L. Vance properties. The purchasi (OdßUßom on ruse 2)