Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 111.

FAIR LAND OF HAWAII Visited by A. J. Smith and Wife—A Delightful Trip. TAKEN BY THEM A Stay in California Also— Some Disastrous Frosts There. Fascinated with the study of geography in his childhood days, and augmenting this with reading year by year as he grew older, A. J. Smith, who has just returned from a visit to the western coast and to the Sandwich Islands, is nevertheless convinced that “the half has not been told." He gleaned some very Interesting things on his journey that can only come from an intimate personal communion with nature in these places. Mr. and Mrs. Smith returned Wednesday afternoon late from their long trip, and Thursday afternoon, after a very brief rest, Mr. Smith consented to an interview, by representatives of the local newspapers. Indiana had not yet entered under the reign of the king of spring, when on March 5, Mr. and Mrs. Smith began their trip, and arrived a few days later in the land of sunshine —Los Angeles, California. But how different that fair city was from that of two years ago, when Mr and Mrs. Smith made an extended visit in the southwest

While this year was still new, heavy frosts laid their blighting power upon the luxuriant vegetation there, and not only ruined the orange and lemon crop for this year, which was just nearing perfection, but in many cases killed thetrees, and the blossoms for this year, rendering them absolutely worthless. No one unless actually visiting the scene can get an accurate conception of the loss, which in fact cannot be estimated. Information on the real condition has been suppressed by the newspapers, and while papers there brought great waves of flood news (they were there during the floods) very little was said about their own frost damage there, which was equally disastrous, as far as money was concerned. The lemons suffered more than the oranges. Thousands of bushels of oranges frozen on the trees were gathered, and could be seen piled up on the grounds, a total waste. One orange grove, two years old, was entirely killed. Mr. Smit htalked with one Adams county man, who is a heavy sufferer from orange orchard damage, who stated his loss this year would be $5,000.

Ornamental pepper trees, which line the driveways for a distance of threequarters of a mile, are singed and likened to dead trees in looks. The Eucalyptus trees, whose wood is much used for furniture ,and which when cut down sprouts up and grows to maturity again in only a few years, have their foliage singed as though they had passed through a forest fire. Many of the oranges that escaped the frost, were lost. The best fruit was shipped. In Chicago when the boxes were examined, even though the boxes contained only one or two of the damaged fruit, the whole box was condemned and a bill for freight sent the shipper, who lost all. The citizens do not like to hear of the disaster and newspapers contain very little Of-It. Mr. Smith does not advise any one to go there from here to make their home or to stay unless they have plenty of money, and go there simply for a visit or to enjoy the climate. Cne millionaire of Los Angeles said: “The best crops we get here are tourists. Th-' "s+y, however, is growing wonderfully. While there Mr. and Mrs. Smith met many former Adams county people. Among these were M. Burns and family, Jerry Coffee, John and Fred Miller, Lane McConnell and Miss Jessie McLean. He also went to the soldiers home -and called on L. C. Wagoner. They left Los Angeles March 27 and went to Santa Barbara, and called on Otto Haubold and his wife, Carrie Thomas Haubold, and family, who are preparing to come back here. Visiting

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other points enroute they arrived at San Francisco March 28 and on March 29 set sail on the steamship Siberia for the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands. 1 hose He 2,100 miles from San FranI cisco, and It takes from six to eight days to make the trip. Their large boat made the trip In six days. On their return trip they took the steamship, The Mongolia. The trips were fine both ways, except the last day of the return trip, when they struck a rough sea. Their boat had 1,052 second-class and steerage passengers and 270 firstclass passengers. When the steamship landed, they had one more passenger than when they left, as a baby had been born on board the ship, to a Portuguese mother and father, steerage passengers. A collection was taken among the passengers for the little arrival, and as no one gave less than fifty cents the little one received such an amount that its start In life will be better than the average one placed in more ' fortunate general circumstances, i The boats were very crowded and i the steamship accommodations were i very inadequate. Many were unable to leave the Island on the big boats and had to wait for the smaller ones. Many of the boats were filled with passengers before arrival at the islands, land visitors there should book passage in advance of the boat’s arrival. The fair harbor of Honolulu, the capital city of the islands, and located lon the island of Oahu, dawned into | view April 4. On arrival there, they , found it a city of 60,000 inhabitants. Like many of the tropical cities, the streets are narrow, but beautiful, especially the residence portion. Waikiki beach, the finest in the world for ! surf-bathing, often has from fifty to 400 or 500 bathers. They visited all parts of the city, and toured the Island in a seven-passenger touring car. Besides Oahu, the island on which Honolulu Is located, they also visited many others of the group of eight islands. These are of volcanic origin and many volcanos still exist. In fact the largest active volcano in the world is in i Hawaii. They visited the volcanos, I toasted postcards over the red hot lava and going down into the pits, reached in and pulled away hot chunks of sul|phur. In many instances, visitors made coffee for their lunches by heatling water in the crevices. I The most Interesting study to Mr. Smith was that of the growing of sugar cane and pineapples.

| Fully eighty per cent of the land is given over to the growing of sugar cane, from which there is an output |of more than a half million tons of sugar. All of the cane on the island of Oahu is raised on irrigated land. On 'the island of Hawaii the rainfall is great and only one side of the island iis irrigated. Mr. Smith visited one iof the largest sugar factories and took 'down some interesting facts. They 'grind sixty tons of cane an hour and i every twenty-four hours turn out 200 | tons of sugar. The sugar cane contains from twelve to fifteen per cent of sugar which is about what our sugar beets contain. Ninety per cent of the i output is shipped as raw material to 'Philadelphia for refining, thus saving I the duty on refined sugar. The rest is I sent to California for refining. About I ?.,500 people are employed at this sacI tory. They have over 20,000 acres of sugar cane under cultivation, all land being leased from large land owners. Only one Chinaman is growing cane on his own land. A railroad system, on the narrow gauge plan, with small cars is used in getting the cane to the factory. The labor is done largely by i Portuguese, Chinamen and Japanese, I Th e superintendents’ office force I are largely American from I the states. From Its reservoir, for one irrigation, this factory used 72,-000-000 gallons of water. I A laborer in the field is paid about twenty-four dollars a month, but he riven free house rent—which in a tropical country is not much—free medical attention and free text books for th e school children, so that their wages are considered very good. It takes from eighteen to twenty months for a crop of cane to mature. The best results are gojten from commercial fertilizers at S3O an acre. Each acre yields about sixty tons. The acreage devoted to the cultivation of the pineapple is growing rapidly as the finest pineapples In the Sd are grown here. The large Jelds of this fn.it, kept clean as our . heet fields here—clean as a gar- , „__ are very beautiful to see. : In ihe island Os Oahu, Mr. Smith ' Jited one Pineapple plantation of 800 acres The owner said the demand ’ great that he has already sold 71J h s to the year 19141. The , ;" m received per ton is $22 and from en to twenty tons of pineapples per , ON PAGE FOUR

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, May, 9, 1913

REAL GOOD-BYES Was Said by Seniors Thursday Afternoon in Closing Song Service. ARE EXCUSED TODAY From Further Study—Commencement Two Weeks from Tonight. !■ * ■■ While the commencement proper will not be held until two weeks from this evening, the real good-byes to school life were said Thursday afternoon by the thirty-five seniors of the Decatur high school, when they conducted the last song and piano service. Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during the school year hatTbeen given overto music and Thursday’s was in charge of the seniors for the last time. Gladys Graham and Lulu Atz gave a piano duet; Irvin Merry a piano solo; Ruth Patterson a vocal solo; Reba Quinn and Lillian Rice a pitno duet. The exercises closed with ' the singing of the class song, the 'words of which were composed and set I to the notes of a musical number by Irvin Merry. This was followed by the class yells. The halls will long echo with the memory of the seniors. This evening they were formally excused (from further study, that they may have the two weeks following, to prepare for the commencement. This will be busy time as there will be the practice for the class plays, the numerous social functions in the meantime, and the getting ready of the mind and the garments for the commencement proper. This evening Professor E. E. Rice will entertain the class at a party. Another of next week will be that of Robert Peterson, who has invited the class to be his guests at the spacious home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hale. AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Rev. D. K. Huber of Brookston will preach again at the Christian church Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Huber was here two weeks ago. o GIVEN A DUCKING Jos. Pease of Geneva Tobogganed Into a Creek in Automobile. IT WENT UNDER Fortunately Mr. Pease Was in the Machine Alone and Swam Out Easily. Joseph Pease, a member of the hardware firm of Pease and Green at Geneva, had a perilous toboggan in a Ford automobile Wednesday evening, says an exchange, when, for reasons beyound his control he left the highway south of Geneva and shot down the seep embankment along a creek tributary to the Wabash river, and stopped only after the machine landed in water that submerged it. Fortunately, when he came to the washout in the highway, Mr. Pease feared that there might be some mishap and he had members of his family to get out of the machine while he negotiated the job of steering his Ford machine across the bad place. When midway of the washout a wheel struck a rut and Mr. Pease lost control and the next instant found himself and machine headed for the creek. Mr. Pease managed to swim to the bank of the stream, uninjured, and when blocks and takle from Geneva hoisted the automobile from the bed of the creek broken wind shield were found to be the only damage of consequence. Had members of his family remained In the machine there might have been some fatalities. o David Liby, who has been afflicted with paralysis since seven weeks ago Saturday, is better, being now able to get around with the aid of crutches.

INSPECTED FLOODED STORE. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele Pay Visit to Logansport Store. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Steele of the Steele & Weaver racket store have returned from Logansport, where they went Thursday to look at the Reed five and ten cent store, which they heard could be purchased at a low price. If he found it satisfactory, Mr. Steele intended to buy it and conduct 1 tas a branch. He found it nearly a total wreck from the March floods, Mr. Reed having lost about SB,OOO. The current rushed through the store, to a depth of the third shelf. Much of the stock was stored in the basement, and with much on thfe. lower shelves on the first floor was damaged beyond repair. The counters and fixtures were swept to the front of the store, and piled ceiling high. The wreckage has not yet been cleared, and unless the store is sold at its inventoried worth, Mr. Steele will not buy. The city suffered heavily and it will probably take two years for it to recover, Mr. Steele states. CiiECKEDSTRIKE Os the School Children by Wholesale Spanking by Parents—Few Arrests. TUBERCULOSIS CURE Does Not Justify Confidence Placed in it, Said Federal Investigator. • (United Press Service) New York, N. Y., May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — Determined to share a like fate, each of the four former police inspectors who were convicted of conspiracy in connection with the vice graft, were convicted to serve a one-year sentence and were fined |SOO.

Washington, D. C., May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —'‘The effect thus far observed does not justify the confidence in the remedy which has been inspired in the widespread publicity.” This is the present judgment of the investigating committee as to the value of the Freldmann tuberculosis serum. It was expressed before the National Association for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, in session here by Dr. J. F. Anderson, federal investigator. ‘‘We believe at present that we are not in the position to express an opinion based upon the recent condition of patients under observation.” The report was a frank admission that beyond discuss.ion the Friedmann treatment is an “acid organism having properties very different than those of any other bacilla. No advance has been made by the government investigators. Boston, May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wholesale spanking by parents and several arrests by the police has checked the strike of the school children for shorter hours. A legislative investigation of the strike is being demanded. Chicago, May 9 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Wholesome food Instead of just “left-overs,’’ a ten-hour day and a policy of non-interference by housewifes, was the demand by the household workers’ union today. —o ■ — CINCINNATI STRIKE. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9—(Special to Dally Democrat) —A strike of street car men to begin at 9 o’clock tonight has been ordered by the executive committee of the newly organized union this afternoon. Organizer Orr said that at least one thousand men would be out. According to the street car men the company refused to consider their demand for higher wages and also to have refused to recognize me union. - — ■ --o AVIATOR KILLED. Santa Anna, May 9 —(Special to Dail yDemocrat)—Lieutenant J. D. Park, a member of the aviation corps of the U. S. A., was Instantly killed this afternoon when the aeroplane in whicn he was riding careened in a gully and struck a tree, near Oliver, six miles north of here. The engine of the machine crushed his head.

C.C. SEAL WAS HERE Man Whose Fall Threw Fred Scheimann Under Train at Cincinnati, Ohio MAKES A VISIT ■ "I —I Here for Short Time—Has Not Fully Recovered from His Injuries. C. C. Seal of Cincinnati, Ohio, the man who figured in the accident in which FTed Scheimann was killed, March 10, in Cincinnati, when he was struck by a train in the stockyards, was in Decatur on a short visit, and was a guest of the William Butler family at dinner. Mr. Seal was first struck by the train and thrown against Mr. Scheimann on the platform, who in turn by the shock of Mr. Seal's fall was thrown under the train, where he was cut ta pieces. Mr. Seal was very badly hurt and has not yet fully recovered from the accident, one of his arms being disabled yet. It is said both arms were covered entirely with bruises and his clothing torn from his body in shreds. In spite of his terrible suffering at the time, be took the precaution to save his wife from alarm, their youngest child, being at that time a babe only four weeks of age. With the help of others he managed to place himself at jhetelephone where he himself telephoned the particulars, that the details, given in his own voice, might not alarm her. The shock and sorrow he sustained over the unfortunate part he played In the accident are great.

It is said that Mrs. Scheimann has all grounds to recover damages from the railroad company, but as she is adverse to litigation she does not wish to begin suit. It is said the platform between the railroads at the scene of the accident was only four feet wide, whereas it should have been eight; and that the train which caused the fatal accident was going far beyond the speed limit. Mr. Blong and son of the Cincinnati commission house, were also business visitors in the city. BASE BALL GAME Sunday Between Ft. Wayne Senecas and Shamrocks to be Fast One. DEFEATED LOCALS Last Season by Big Score, But the Boys Expect to Win Sunday.

The game billed for Sunday will be between the Fort Wayne Senecas, one of the fastest independent teams of Ft. Wayne, and the local Shamrocks. Dur-1 Ing last season the Senecas defeated , the Shamrocks with a heavy score, but | the local boys are in better condition this year than ever before, having strengthened up their weak places wonderfully and with much practice have worked up to the position where it is almost an assured fact that the result of Sunday’s game will be greatly in favor of the locals. Johns will be placed in the box to do the twirling for ' the Shamrocks and Ault will do the catching. The grounds are in fine condltion and every thing indicates one of the hardest fought battles ever played on the local field. ( —• RAISE SEARCH FUNDS. Newcastle, May 9—(Special to Dally J Democrat)—Tomorrow will be “tag day” here to raise funds for the continuation of the search for Katherine Winters, aged nine, who has been missing since March 9. Practically every school child here will sell tags and it is hoped to raise at least SSOO. j o I T. P. A. CONVENTION. The state convention of the Travelers’ Protective, association will open this evening and continue tnrough tomorrow evening at the Anthony hotel, Fort. Wayne. Many Decatur members will attend. , I

TO GIVE MUSICAL. The pupils of the Academy of Music in this city under the direction of the Sisters of St. Agnes, will give a musical at the K. of C. hall, Friday evening, i May 16, at 8 o'clock. The selections I will be given by the higher grades, as I the first and second grades had their ! musical just a few weeks ago. The I program will vary a little and a few pieces will be played by the smaller i pupils of the academy. Tickets can Ibe obtained from the pupils for the /sum of twenty-five cents. o . GAVE GOOD LECTURE. The lecture on Mormonism given at the Methodist church last evening by May Cummisky Bliss of Salt Lake 1 City, Utah, was a very good one, enlightening the people on the great ■ menace that Mormanism is to the Un--1 ited States. The lecture was given under the auspices of the missionary society, and many stereopticon slides illustrated the talk. Mrs. Bliss spoke the evening before at Bluffton. COURT HOUSE NEWS I Grand Jurors Near End of Their Session—Visit Jail and Infirmary AND TAKE DINNER With Supt. Laughlin—Quiet Title Decree Rendered Today. —

The grand jurors visited the jail this morning and from there went to the county infirmary where they inspected that institution. With Sheriff Durkin and Prosecuting Attorney R. C. Parrish, they were guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Martin Laughlin at a dinner fit for a king. At time of going to press the grand jurors had not yet re--1 turned and it will probably be late this afternoon before they report the result of their session. The final report of Calvin Kunkle, executor of the John Woy estate, was approved and distribution ordered unifier the terms of the will and codicil. Upon the filing and approval of his final report in the Jacob Tonner estate, John Tonner, administrator, was discharged. William A. Wells, administrator of the estate of Mary A. Wilson, filed inventory, which court approved. ' George Martz, guardian, filed final report as to Ferdinand Martz. The reJport was approved and the guardian I discharged.

Edward E. Parent, guardian of Omer Parent and Frank Parent, guardian of Bernard Parent filed appraisement of real estate, also bond, which was approved. The petition to sell real esj tate was sustained. Sale was ordered to be private, without notice for cash at not less than appraisement. — i A quiet title decree was entered for Wm. V. Buckmaster against Vincent Bell et al. The mortgage was ordered ! cancelled of record by the court clerk, 1 and J. C. Moran was appointed com- j missioner to make deed of conveyance of lands to the plaintiff. Costs against 1 plaintiff. i 1 The $585 note claim of Anna Laman against the Samuel J. Laman estate, which was disallowed by the administrator, C. S. Niblick, has been placed on the court docket for trial. The : case ’s set for May 14. Rea lestate transfers: J. E. Moser' to Anthony Krumenacker, lot 447 De’catur cemetery, $lO. NOT ATTEND HEARING. (Springfield. 111., May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Lieutenant .Governor O’Hara will not attend the 'meeting of the senate named to investigate charges made against him. The ilieutenant governor had no comment , whatever to make on the statement published in the Chicago papers when approached by friends who are trying to get alibis showing where he was on the night he is alleged to have been jout with a party of men and women.

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“DRYS”WON « IN THIRD Attorneys for Applicants Admit Majority of Remonstrators by Two. CAUSE IS DISMISSED Were With-drawn-Attorneys Differ as to Future Action. The “drys” won in the contest in I the Third ward and the attorneys replresenting the applicants for saloon licenses in that ward, gave up the fight 'at 3:45 Thursday afternoon, withdrawing all the applications for licenses. At 3:40 the attorneys for the saloon men asked for ten minutes in which to consult. They repaired to the jury room and in a few minutes came back and asked that they be allowed to withdraw the applications, which was promptly granted by the board, and the cause dismissed. « lAtorneys for the applicants when interviewed concerning the matter said that the remonstrators had a net ■advantage by two majority. They figure thus: There were 215 signers. Os this number five were admitted to have been illegal, leaving a total of 210. Two more, according to the “wets," could have been proven so, i which would have left 208. Os the twenty-one withdrawals, eleven were resecured on the remonstrance, leaving but ten and reducing the number 'to 198, or a majority of two. The withdrawal of the applications, .according to attorneys for the saloon men, leaves them just where they .started, that there can be no judgment I entered and the applicants can again ask for a license, while had there been a judgment rendered it would have been binding for two years. Now it is claimed that at any time the salpon men believe they can defeat the re-

monstrance they can apply. The pow’er of attorney cards are good unless rvoked. Saloon men when asked i what they intended doing replied that they had not decided, one of them saying that he would await a decision in the Second ward case which has been appealed. It is the opinion of lawyers ‘that bad the remonstrance been found Insufficient, licenses Could not have been granted to those who had previously applied in the Second ward be- | cause of the fact that an appeal to circuit court had been made by one applicant and a supreme court decision is to the effect that one appeal 'affects all the applicants. Mr. Walters, one of the attorneys for the “drys,” takes the position and quotes some authorities for so doing.

that the remonstrance as filed is eftective for two years and that the names ‘cannot be removed even in cases of 'death. He says that he believes the law is plain on the subject and that [the only was in which a license could [be granted would be if additional evidence is secured disqualifying some of the signers of the remonstrance The action of the attorneys for the applicants in withdrawing the applications and dismissing the cause, was a surprise to the many who had taken an interest in the case, as it was (expected it would be fought out to a [finish, probably going to the circuit or supreme court. However, the "drys" had a majority and the continued fighting would have done nothing but further agitate the question. j ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING. ' | Chicago, 111., May 9—(Special to Daily Democrat) —With her arms and legs badly scratched and with her [clothing torn In stripes, Viola Schiiano, pretty elgh teen-year-old Italian girl, was rescued by the police today • from three men who had thrust her t into a taxi cab and attempted to kld--3 nap her. One of the would-be kldnap- - ers, who was arrested, told the police s he had been an admirer of her for sevt eral months, but had not spoken to t her. 11 « — ; Miss Tillie Melbers of the Gass & i Meibers store, who has been off duty i since a week ago yesterday on account . of illness, remains about the same. i