Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1913 — Page 1

Wolume XI. Number 197.

OBJECTIONS Kopeity Owners Along and JI Kitting Madison Street Sewer Appeared ®ore THE COUNCIL With Remonstrances as to Kr Assessments--- Schoo! r Board Asks Room. <* r main to; io: tl(1 . '' Was the hearing of Os prop'!!# cv.n.-ls ~,..j 5 I,IP Maili.Oil str.-t sewer : . s , to the assessin- ... p.,,.,.,] . cits' Engineer p. KiUz A ' * ere > '•••-. i t and state.! P ; , . | rO,®NoCt!<ins, and ask-d that t1,.-:r as-j * Sessmoiit bo lowered, when the uiqn- 1 ( B ** P aK ; ''i itSi final resolution upon the matter. A motion was fmalh mad. 'W-aad seconded that the matter should ! ,:1 bd inferred to the street and , wer . eomniiti.- they to repoit at th-* next i tn'Hing. The eertifi.ate o: completion of G. F.A Mintz on the Sether s-.wer was ‘ tend and a motion made to place it on ■ record The city engineer was then ordered to .make an assessment roll O' the cost of tiie improvement . The final resolution oi the str. et and sewer committee, accepting thiniprot. ' ent of West Monroe street I »«■ read and a motion made and sec-1 || ended that it should stand adopted J The assessment was placed on file and resolution was passed to hear oh-1 Jertlons nt the n-xt regular meeting' 5 on September 2nd. A jietition signed by a few propert) owners asking for the bricking of] South Third street and the short street connecting it at the south end with Winchester street, passing the] Sam Hite grocery, was read. This short street is not recorded by any ] f ' l itre. The school board represented by ' Suptrintendent Spaulding. J. F. . 1 I'nichte and the library board, repre 11 s Rented by H. B. Heller, spoke to the I council, asking them to give up the i ( 5c tonncil room in the library building , ' for the one next door to the one they now occupy for the purpose. of turning It into a school ~S» root. This question was presented to ' the council before, but on account o! the extra expense of moving into an Other room and of the poor system of! veutillation in the room designated ' ■ for them, they did not approve of the ! change. The. room they now occupy is alwuit the only place suitable for suc> purposes and it would be hard to find another room just as good. A committee was appointed to meet with the school board and the library board » Ith power to act afid they will decide upon the matter sometime next w. ICouncilman Chronister, chairman ol the street and sewer committee, again brought up the pom (state of affairs in which the crossings of the Erie rail toad were In and asked that the matter be looked into and that the railroad he forced to build better cross h. lips. The city superintendent was order cd to build a sower from the witter works plant for the use of a drain from ■K' the wnt i works. The purchasing commlßee, to whom the matter of buying an automobile was referred wns allowed more time | S..as tl. v . .mid not find nn auto truck I miitabh' for the purpose within the f-ffndu of the fund allowed them for ■ti one ' K' The waterworks committee made a ■ import ns to having selected nn overE.FCor nt tiie waterworks plant during the construct ion of the reservoir BAnics (llllig wan selected as tiie suO'nerintimdont nt a salary of >3-00 per fl’ day during the lime tiie work was goHH|tng on. MttL. The city < lei k w;. ordered to notify Niblick to build a twelve-foot BHKfefmc.* within ten days In front of the ■Kg?’* old Junk yard on North Second street, fc finance committee then allowed- th'* following bill, and the me ling » adjourned. A bill was 111"! by Mar jßtduil Peterson for W'. for the cost In ■ raiding the Joe Tonm imr liquor house. This was dismissed upon motion ol Ijjgßg ,tle ,lnanrß commit'' . ns no orders ■ had been issued by any comitt." of i the council for sm It a l urpose Th.* I ease itself in a stat'* offense ami tin ■ city would not be responsible for any ha Scoet acquired in the raiding of the

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liquor house; j "• 'b*! linger | 62.50 ; M- J Mvlott pay roll *163.00 Bbnley-Uarst Coal Co. 42.58 1 '■ R. & 1. R. R. so .jo;}63 ! Sunday Creek Coal o 196.35 ' lol "‘ " ,T oe 88 ' ()7 ' K, "'a 41.00 Indi ma Supply co. \ (50,09 I '• ’. Watson 505 I . i<* Oil ( to 21 43 mdiana Supply Co 37.50 I 'aiding Pump Mfg. co sg.oo 1 '"’teeth;.. Electrical Sup. Co.. 53.12 \ 1 Foos, extra labor 29.00 i'itiz.ens' Telephone Co 4,50 \ C. Foos pay roll 114.90 .lames It. Claw Sons 233.01 •I H. Buhler pay roll 32.00 National Express Co 2.44 Water Works pay roll 411.40 Natl. Mill Supply Co 39.05 Lettie Kintz 5.76 . llolthoiise Drug Co 77.65 I I Hyland 47.03 i’t. Wayne Electric Wks 491.1 S Ohio-Kentucky Coal Co 20.32 Moellering Bros. & Millard... 8.82 C. E. Steele 70.62 arelog’Tce I Hoosier Packing Company Began Operation in Ice Department Yesterday MEAT AND PACKING Departments Will Probably Not be in Readiness For Two Weeks. Tiie big whistle at the Hoosier Pack- ‘ me. Company blew for the first time ir four years, yesterday morning to summon the employees to work- All tiie electric wiring was completed Monday, and the machinery was cleanre and put into readiness and steam was up in the big engine yesterday. The packing and meat department will i not be ready for operation however ’ for probably two weeks as it is nee- < essary to do quite a little work in i those departments yet. secure tbe! stock, and get everything in reailtn®ss. I The artificial ice plant was started yesterday and it is thought by Dynois , Schmidt president of the company, j that the first ice will be put on the market tomorrow. This ice will be delivered almost exclusively to the merchant ni mliers of the company unless i there is a great demand for it by tiie | i üblic. The ice plant has been care-1 fully gon over and reconstructed by an expert from Chicago and is now in perfect condition. The Hoosier Packing . ompany was organized and is being operated by the meat dealers of ibis . iiy. with the idea that in uniting in one company it will greatly reduce the cost of butchering and preparing i”e neat for market and thus do away with tiie Individual slaughter houses, lonois S' ljmldt wns elected president and manager of the company and undI er his skilled supervision the company j j is sure to make a success. ._o—______ TO CHICKAMAUGA REUNION. Confederates Invited To Attend Notable Reunion. Chattanooga. Tenn.. August 20. —Col ■ Adam Foust, of Warren, Ind., president' ci tin* Chicamatlga Survivors Associa ! tion, Vnion veterans, lias issued ai cotdial invitation to Confederate sur-1 j Ivors to meet witli his comrades lu a ■ reunion on Chickamauga battlefield, l September 20, which is the fiftieth an- 1 uiversary of the battle. The reunion will lie held near the location of the 75tli and 101st Indiana regimental monuments on the west side of Foe Held Tills invitation is issued to al) Confederate survivors of the battle, but Col. Foust is desirous that ail survivors who were with th'* lamented Gen. W B Bate shall attend. He alludes to the Bate men ns those “who gave us so much trouble that day." 1 This reunion promises to be one of tin* most interesting and enjoyable events of encampment week, as many survivors of both -irmles will be pre sent to enjoy the day going over old scenes and renewing old acquaintanc(s. col. Fsust ijsks the newspapers of the south and north to give publicity to his Invitation to all survivors, both rnion and Confederates, to attend the Chiekamauga battlefield reunion. Miss Adelaide DeiningT went to Ft Wayne this afternoon to visit a week with her sister, Mrs. E. H. Kilbourne.

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GIRL OF THIRTEEN WINS WIRELESS LICENSE. (Copyright bv International News Service; supplied by the New Process i Electro-Corporation, N. Y.) Thirteen Proved to be Her Lucky Number. William Sulzer, dethroned governor of the state of .New York lias thirteen letters in his name and he was impeached on tiie thirteenth day of August, on the other hand thirteen figures conspicuously throughout tiie me ol Woodrow Wilson, president of the Vnited States, but instead of be-" ing a hoodo for him it seems to figure in liis lucky column. Alice Met onauglity, the thirteen-;.car-old Cincinnati school girl, who is the first person to obtain an operator’s license under the new laws regulatinfe the wireless telegraphy On the great lakes of the Vnited States; in lier case thirteen proved to be a lucky number. The license was issued before the inspector noticed he had made a mistake in the age given in her application. "I did not give them the right age,” declared Alice, whose father is a national bank examiner in Ohio. “I sent lor the blanks and filled them out myself." s Her work on the demonstration set was perfectly satisfactory. Miss McConaughty installed her own apparatus at home, doing all tiie wiring and even erecting the fifty-foot “aerial "

HURT IN WRECK Mrs. C Duke Receives Word That Her Children and Her Mother WERE IN THE WRECK At Warren Sunday-Were Slightly Hurt—Word Received Yesterday. — Though they had read of the wreck on tiie Clover Leaf at Warren Sun day. C. Duke, engineer for the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway com pany. and his wife, supposed that it was a night train, and not the one on which tneir children Bonnie and Arnold, had left to accompany Mrs. Duke's mother, Mrs- Thomas McClain to Whiteland, Ind. They were there fore spared much anxiety in tiie intervening time, between then and the receipt of a letter yesterday which stated that two of tile three D-’catur passengers had been injured in tile i wreck When the westbound passenI ger struck a freight and left tiie track near Warren at 11:25 Sunday noon, ; Miss Bonnie Duke was thrown in such i away tliat lier face and nose were | mashed and bruised. Her grandmothi er, Mrs. McClain, suffered injury to j her head and neck. Arnold escaped i uninjured. Their wounds were dressed and when they arrived nt Kokomo, they attempted to telephone here to the Dukes. Tiie Dukes, however, were r way from home at the time and could not lie located. As their Injuries wore not very serious, they then proceeded to Whiteland and deferrd sending word until the latter arrived yesterday- Mr. and Mrs. Duke are pleased to learn that their injuries were not more serious. Tiie Dukes reside In the Miller, formerly the Levi Barkley residence, on Winchester strcot. CARD OF THANKS. We, the undersigned, desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the many friends who assisted us during the sickness and death of our father. MRS. BJLIAS MITCH AND FAMILY. Miss Vernia Smith return'd to her work at tiie Rnnyon-Engeler store niter a two week's vacation visit.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 20, 1913,

LOCATED AT FINDLAY, O. A letter from the E. IL Lyon family I who recently went to Findlay, Ohio, to make their future home statco they .11 readied their new home safply and are now almost settled and at home Mrs. I,yon and son Elmer drove through stopping enroute at Van Wert. Delphos, Lima, and Bluffton. Ohio. During the week previous to their departure they were tiie guests of Di Burns and other friends. Owing to the : recent deatli of Mrs. Lyon's father, I Mr. Cutting, no social function was given in their honor by friends or Relief Corps of which Mrs. Lyons was a very prominent and energetic member in both State and l.ocal corps, lint many entertained in a quiet way at ! dinners, etc. and all are looking forward to Mrs. Lyons' return to the Dedication of tiie Soldiers Monument ns she was an untiring worker In tiie efforts to secure the Memorial monument. Tiie family are well hut very tired and think of eld Decatur very often. poraTlHOw Executive Committee Sets January 6-10 for County Show to BE HELD IN DECATUR Judge Will be Selected Later — Corn Show Will Also be Held. At a meting of the executive com mitt's* of tiie Adams County Poultry and Corn association in tiie Butler office tills morning it was decided to ■ hold the county show January 6,7. 8, I 9. 10. The show will be held in this city according to an arrangement made i prior to this time, but the place lias • not yet been selected- The judge will also lie selected at a later meeting of I tii" board. For the. past several years the show has been held nt Berne. The executive eommltee comprises - i;n enthusiastic corps of men interests cd In poultry and corn who will make I the show one of high standard, as have j been those of prior years. They are: President, Thomas .Dowling, Decatur; vice president, Charles Magi' ;, Deca- ' tur; secretary and treasurer. Charles • Getting, Decatur; Amos Hirschy..Sam uel Simlson, J. I. llllty, of Berni*.

A LATE SURPRISE 1 As Ex-County Treasurer J. H. Voglewede Thought His Birthday WAS ABOUT TO PASS Without a Word in Memory His Children Came to Surprise Him. When yesterday passed without a word of mention of liis sixty-sixth birtlulay anniversary, the “ominius silence” of his family should have portended something unusual for exCounty Treasurer J. H. Voglewede Evidently it did not, however, and lie probably thought nothing of it except that lie had been forgotten, until at 8 o’clock as the day was fast waning, i. merry company burst in upon him and gave him a complete surprise Tiie party was mad** up of his children and their families, who had previously met at the Fred Schaub horn "■ They brought witli them a gift of cigars for their father, and cards were played and a jolly good social time spent. Mr. Voglewede is agreed that the last part of tiie day is not always the least, and that things may better come late than never. Those present were Tom Haetling and family oi Indian apolis; Charles Voglewede and family. Cl m Voglewede ami family, Mrs. .lames P. Haetling and family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schaub. Bertha, Rose Voglewede and Bernard Voglewede and family. stWgofgrain Allowed-by Farmers—Public Utilities Commission Gives Interpretation OF THE NEW LAW When Title of Grain Passes to Miller, the Storage Is Allowed . Some erroneous impressions have been left by newspaper publications to tiie effect Hint storage o gra'n by Indiana farmers is forbidden undei tiie new public utilities law. Whib | storage in certain circumstances if ' permitted, the old plan of allowing i tiie owners of the grain to leave it in the elevators indefinitely until th* owner gets ready to sell is under tiie i an of the statute. i Illumining tiie provisions of tip new act tiie public utilities eommis sion has given out tile following statement of particular interest to Adam* county farmers nt tills time: “Where tiie grain is delivered tc ; mill or elevator forth" purpose o i interchanging it for flour, feed,* etc. | and tiie same is exchange'', witli tin (privilege of tiie person bringing tin . j grain to receive the flour, etc., at suci , times as may suit his convenience so l this does not make him a public ware ■ houseman within tiie meaning of th' law, for a sale has been made and th' title of tiie grain passes to the nflllei or party exchanging Hour, led, etc. lot tiie grain." "Where a farmer for instance d* •i livers a crop of wheat to tiie miller O' > I warehouseman upon th" conditloi . that the miller or warehouseman is tc <! receive it as Ills liut tile price to l e ’ ( fixed at some time within a glvei ’, date, say on or before Hie first day o I , December or tiie first day of January I'i following or any other date that mnv ' i I e agreed upon, then tiie regulatloi of tiie act docs not apply for tiie rea ’ son that tiie miller or warehonsemai becomes tiie owner of tiie grain whet ' it is d, liven'd ami lie would not tn ' permitted to charge storage lor ti: rem*, as it is his grain and not that oi tiie man delivering it. ' Mrs. IXnne Elizabeth Magly returner' to Kenton, Ohio, today after a Hire, j week's visit with relatives here.

' : SECOND PARK PICNIC. 1 Held at Robison Park Today By Christian Sunday School. . 'Hie second Decatur Sunday school picnic given in Robison park. Fort Wayne, this week, was that of today. ' company of sixty or mon* from til" Christian church left at 8 o’clock on a , special int( rurl .in car for Hie picnic * grounds, and more left at s 3<i on the regular ear. The weather was Ideal <iinl tiie pii-nic promises to li - unusually successful. A reunion will be held with the Andrews Christian Sunday school and the Rev J. M. Dawson lamily. The Methodist pi< nie at th * park Tuesday was tine in all respects, the threatening weather giving place to that of a perfect day. Not an accident marred the day s pleasure and every-, tiling passed off smoothly, WAS RE-ARRESTED ‘Harry Thaw Was Released and Immediately Rearrested—Formal Charge WILL FIGHT CASE Brother-in-law and Sister on Way to Quebec to Take Charge of Affairs, fl’nited Press Service). Sherbrooke, Quel. *<■, Aug. 2D—(Spec ial to Daily !>• mocrati - Harry Thaw was released from Jail here this morning but was immediately re-arrested. ’ The immigration authorities who have! taken charge of the case found that tiie committment under which lie was placed in jail was absurdly irregular therefore he was released but was rarrest'd with the evident intention of deportinr. him as an undesirable alien! and will be returned to New Hanii,shlre. However Thaw s council is de- : tot mined to fight the proceedings ami' It, take advantage of every step. The] coming or New York authorities and Thaw's relatives will probably post-' pone the final action of tiie < as > for some time. — Now York, N. Y. Aug 2'i-(Special 'o Daily Democrat I A< eompani- d by; Charles White, an attorney, am! tarrying a supply of funds. G. 1.. Carnegie and wife, who is a sinter of Harry Thaw, today started for Canada to direct Thaw’s fight for freedom. 'lt will lie some fight," said Carnegii iust before the train left. Carnegie had talked with Thaw over tiie tolep’iono, San Fiancfsce. Cal.. \ug 20- (Spcilal to Dailv Democrat) The inucj white slave case wont to the jury tlii- ‘ afternoon. The outlook for tin* young . man who deserted ills will and 'allies i , ami went to Reno witli a high school airl, ami his brutal stoic o> H — t'liiir is generally disbelieved. The defense attempted to discredit th girl's story "f tin* elopement Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20- -fSpecial to Dally Democrat.)- Lawvers for Governor Sulzer while watching every movement made by Glynn today w< re spending their main efforts in propar ing for the fight of their lives in tiie Imp, acliment trial Glynn's followers were more confident and would have raided Sulzer's o f, b c had not Glynn taken tiie stand of not desiring any sensational publicity nt thatWashington, D. Aug. 20 (Special to Daily Democrat i -.Mopresentatlve Harrison of N« w York, writing member of the house ways and means committee wan today appointed by I’n ' iilent. Wilson to lie governo ' general of the Philippine islands. FOR APPENDICITIS. Raymond Brown Was Operated Upon This Mcrning. Raymond Brown, on" of Adam* l ounty's young farmers, was op rated upon Hits mernili", at the home of hi: ' "rents, two and .i lialt niili s south • ol the city. Mr. Brown is very weak anil th ■ operation wa quite n serious one. Drs. I). D and c. S i' Clark performed tiie operation. Miss ' Blanche Harshbarger is the trained nurse in chiiri',".

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SOIL MUST HAVE THE BROWN EYES i Love Lorn Indiana Youth Searching for Wife Refused Girl With $200,000. HADN'T BJ?OWN EYES ■ls Very Particular—ls Making Tour of State Searching For Wife. ■■■"■ ■ ''= WHO LOVE LORN ACIL IS. a-. I * He is Veil Alexander,a farmer, I * 25 years old, living near i’nion •-!-- 1 * r ny- * * He is looking for a wife. She must be 18 to 25 vears of age; not less than five feet two. * nor more than five feet seven 'g ' =:■ inches tall: weigh not less than :*■ I :■ 115 nor more man 135; end most I + important of all, * | * She must have brown eyes. * Aril has a farm ami a bank nc- | * count. : x ; * Me ‘fj :•* ‘|j Vnion City, Ind.. Aug 21) —(Sr vil ! tc Daily Demon at)—-The only man in captivity wno ever refus'd a pretty girl lieir to >200,000. and very anxi ions to marry him —refused -her ho- : cause she did not have brown ey s is ; Aeil Alexander of Indiana. He used | to have a rural route address out oi j Vnion city, but Aril lias become too large a personage for Vnion City, All ' Indiana claims him today. Aeil Is likely to have tiie local postj master’s salary raised and the local ofj fice entered as a first-class office be(arse Aeil Is looking for a wife That iaet ha’, ing become known in several state- the mail is pouring in ou Veil. Now Veil is particular. Ibo future Mrs. Mevander must be just so and ' even if she bad every requisite but i one and a >200,000 legm y in sight besides she will not do. Elsie, who wrote ' from Wanamaker, Ind found this ouj land Aeil was “awful sorry" to have I iSt used her >200,0'0 bf-eauso she wanted to endow him with all her worldly I goods and wash his < loth'*s and eooic i on Acil's farm, “and all even if I have got so niucli money.'' But Aeil wanted brown eyes, not money. A."i! d'■ s trust to pictures. He | (ravds around looking up prospectsI He says that all the girls are crazv about him: that they ask particularly about ins IO" acres am! his bank account. But while lie has met one tall enough, another one heavy enough, still another who was young ' nougii and niiiyb.- one with brown eyis, h* never found a candidate with all the qualiti s he wants In one. Newspaper ni"n, good judges of manly beauty, declare Aeil is handsome. ' That lie is no fool is shown by the I fact that altltoiurh many traps have ! in*! n laid to snare liis rich s he has j come through untouched. And he has gone as far as Piqua. Ohio, locking for tin* future Mrs A Mom i" Indianapolis. Greensburg, many Indiana towns know Veil. He is likely to turn any place tomorrow because he has left the farm take care of itself while he <s looking for n wife. Only once did Aeil so far forget himself as to get into trouble in tills ; s arcli. In Indianapolis he fell asleep while reading some of the letters : -q ■ .yg l:‘ 'i h:it weld not have been so had. but ho fell iivlei p in a public park and a “cop" pinched him. Aril did not understand I’ow it linppont'd, but before Judge Collins the following morning Aeil gnersml the letters wore so soft !c easily went tc loop on V” tn .Imi ■■ Collins tulvised him to look n arer Vnion City for n brown-r>w d wife 1 Aeil Is awful sorry tor (lie virt w til the >200.000. But she did not have ■ brown eyes. - QUARTERLY CONFERENCE4' There v.il’ be preaching at the Evo nnteilcal church (his evening at >: 10 o’clock, after which quarter l )’ conference and singing liy the rlioir. A wcl- " come to Hie public. d J. H. RILLING. Pastor. —{f- - ——- * - li CENSUS REPORT. y :i Elbert Vancll Is the name of the eleven-pound boy born to Mr ami Mr:| ■ Otin Shlffei ly. east of the < Ity Monday 1 morning. Poth mother and babe are doing nicely.