Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1913 — Page 1

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hujuukn tu EARLY Council Holds Short Session Tuesday- Maintenance j Bond of E. Woods FOR NINTH STREET; i Filed and Approved-Will ' Bring Suit Against Will Winnes on Account. | Tho regular session of the city council held Tuesday evening was a short one and the different business matters np before the house were taken care of hi short order. The meeting opened with the fll| n .. of the maintenance bond of E. Woods for Ninth street. The bond and bondsmen were approved and a motion made to spread it of record. The street and sewer commlttemade a favorable report on the Mar k<>l street sidewalk and Ute final resolution was passed ordering the city ' treasurer to collect the amount as- | pegged on t ach property owner along the Improvement. The purchasing committee, through I Jacob A:?.. chairman, was ordered to , buy a grindstone for use at the city waterworks plant. I*- I - Detoss. city attorney, present ed the council with two bills against Will Winnes, former proprietor of the Decatur steam laundry, that ho " had neglected to pay when asked, on i several different occasions. The total sum due the city for light and water is 1221.30. The matter was discnssed and a motion was made order ing the city attorney to bring suit against Mr. Winnes for the account. The clerk was instructed by motion to notify the Schafer Hardware company and the Edington heirs to build a sidewalk along their property alon. Line and Penn streets. A resolution fixing the wage* o( the employes of the city waterworks plant ■nd the city superintendent of water •nd light was passed and adopted The salaries fix, d in the resolution arf a little higher than heretofore paid They can he lowered or raised at am' time. The amounts are: City superI intondent. $125 a month, a raise ol $25;; first cug'ncer. ISO a month, a raise of s.* sisond engineer, I*o a month. a raise of *•’; firemen. $W each, a raise of $lO a month.

fephcse employee .are deserving (>■| the raise, as they have worked faith j fully for the past four years for the * city and the present council feel’ that E? they should show their appreciate. ’ fa this way. The finance committee f then allowed the following bill, ana

; the meeting adjourned: ■> - — „ , #34.401*1 J J- H. Cole I O. L. Vance ? B <»- ~a" 7o n rt K H - Bls,eP,<’ 8 I s,eP,< ’ I‘Jjohn Lose ■ ® ani ” u '"; r lO m f^ A -'"’" ho P 7 Kltblcago ft Erie Mi John Coffee .. I «• L - c " roi ‘ B felly Firemen .. ■ • •• 33.5; n K Dewtur Democrat <0 I IG. F. Kintx ' H4.lti!a . IA. C. Foos pay roll . f m. J. Myi*'“ w jJuip K Shoal Creek <'oul Co. | Sundsv creek Coal<° I Erie Oil co. ■ ■■" 172..H3 B Ft. Wayne Electric \ k*_ ■ ( National Mill ft Supply so. -1 J, <!j C. Clemens ‘ jm|, | T. A. Leonard ..... ' wou h B- Waterworks pay r*' l jygp B J. B. Buhler 5.M : • Henry Schult* I L. A. Ilolfhouse ' 4d W | L Fireproof Garage »q do , I Dan Erwin ■ ■ — ',2— A BUMPER CROP' ■ Word of « b I I Just reached us , nilh | P . Mr. K rw,,dinp I, s Wagoner i tt> t flnl*h«>; | ’ In corn and yes hP husking II *“>' ' f m the fle»' f cured 1.20" b« h,b ''Xty l^’ 1 ’ I - I ' il ’ B,ll, per acre. T,li * . Ard from In A " I , B . yield’ we have 0 a J J ,ms county, and It ■L crop. — B Tt of I ehtf l ”' ,i * nr .'' ! 8, Tl "' *’ 15 L arty *« ur,t< ’ l, #l I and nve imna^ 1 s m<»t* tended last even B | joyahle tiniewas •>

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCR A I

INTO HOUSE. BO kinn 0 ?H k r lr,tO W ° me P ft ' Rein 0 n Cause Much Annoyance. Rhnr «f after dusk Tuesday even'tmilil n Mr rWnkinß was at _ riolnklng was out of tho city, upon it " f ,o ’ lnß n,Pn look u to Mr 77 s 0 11 ann<> yanco Mh homking. Their fir-, net was then W ff ° M POr,h W,,h ”>'"*• ' on. not bpinK sat[gnpd wUh (bK Uuy broke Into lho r , ir (|oftr ( . nrr|p(l kttt'hen utensils and ( ~o th|n(t ln , n , yront yanl. ffib-d tho kitchen with „ " 1,,fl »•"* house in a had state ” upheaval. Mr. Reinking this mornhad several strong dues leading " 11 culprit* and as soon as bo f-t Wdisfied of their guilt, will prosecute uiotn. — o ( good SERVICE; — t In Christmas Mails Will be 1 the Result if List of ' “Dont’s” , q f WILL BE OBSERVED t Attaches Agree to “Lick” ’ Stamps But Renig on the ‘ Wrapping Stunt. ' < i Postmaster \V. A. Lower will agree f , with efforts of other., to educate the 1 I /patrons of the Decatur postoff'ue on £ how to do their part in the sending a of mail especially during the holiday I ' season. .Many official, have isned n s ( large list of dott’ts” that it Will bo well I tor us to study well, it is desired by „ 'i.the postoffice department that all c i Christmas packages he delivered on d or before ChrMams day. This can t ; be done if tho patrons will assist in c .'observing these "don'ts." <1 ol Don't put off sending your Christit mas present until three or four days < ■- before Chrtatmas and then all conic t I at once, it w.ll take more time to | - mail your packages this year than in t 1 former years. You have permission < vito place on your packages, "Do not ( r-!open till Christmas." >1 Don't tome to the po totllco to i a wrap your packages but have then: 1 1 -(surely wrapped before attempting t-« I Pl mail them- »'«> 111 k >' r,ur Man " H ' but will not wrap your packages.

Don't get mad at the clerk when he refused to accept a poorly wrapped - package, for he Is held accountable (or any damage that may occur hy hi - having receiv’d bUtl ‘ package. Don’t wrap y»ur package with tis ,Le paper and then tie ordinary oew-

Ing thread and insist that they ar.' J well enough wrapped. Don't forget that your return address must 1* on every package, and ] should be Placed at the upper left hand corner. Don't forget to pla< <* the st rec number If ?o“f l»ekage is for a city, rural route number if for the 'Zh'enclose writing in your pa.k . as It make- it first-class and you liable to a fine of ten doe , r< The fohowlng kind of message. Martha Jane? and other like PI S se. l your images as that L them Draw'**' , . (n «ot that the department i Poßl * r parluweu f‘ ,r 5 I * lll tn ’“L is than »JS. or <or • s•* - "* "11 r* ol *'" — talking pictures. . “Huttcrllelds.'’ a* 'I 1 " Tl "‘ h , 7; Thursday night will teT1 the Ural •'“* lh " ''l I troduce fi) H yo u have heard 1 fa' ,,lklu *j’ t the real lhlnß~*> • * ,H “ fh any o<h*P n ‘* ch ‘“'’ .■phono*"'’’ * btt , r „ u | p..0p10 who . d 0 the wlk “'’; cbaractur as thW i iwlll wkf ?’"in. and give you a m/nmduiilon m <<«»" r kl , v»“* ,r *”*L J . t« making all the dion. guarantee you *IH worth- The prlc> ton c** 10 eV * r ?T t - lou f t.pHMt ’ wr *'

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, November 19, 191 J.

NEW ICE BOOKS Must b eUsed by Ice Men of State—Unit Check Five Pounds—Consume! Has A BETTER DEAL All Scales Must be Tested— Ice Weighed Just Before Delivery. Woo unto hint who wiixeth fat In dispensing to tho multitude eoagelcd aqua punt. Saturday this was entered on the official records of the Indiana stalo board of health by liar-1 ry K. Barnard, stalo Inspector of weights and measures. tlto followin’ tor the ice man: "I have further instructoff^lnspectors to allow tho Use of the coupon book in payment for ice only when the unit check is five pounds or lest.. Tho practice heretofore frequently followed of soiling coupon books con taining 25 to 50 pound checks is fair neither to consumer nor ice man and makes it impossible for either party to got or give full value. "Delivery men should he instructed to lake cheeks in unites of not more than live pounds to the nearest weight shown by scales at the time of delivery. That is. if forty-seven pounds is delivered, checks to the amount of forty-five pounds of ice i< delivered, checks to the amount of fifty pound : should he taken, etc. In ordering check or coupon books, or in arranging for next season's business, please see to It that these instruction are carefully complied with to the end that the business of handling ice may bo conducted on the same lines as those'followed in the cause of other commodities." Tho commissioner further orders that all scales miiwt he tested, and tho cakes of ice must bo weighed immediately before delivery. The penalty for giving short weight or measure is a fine nf not less than 110 nor more than SIOO. to which may be added a jail sentence of not more than three months, with a fine o fss to SSOO, to which may be added six' months in jail for a second offense. HOME FROM GARY Delegates to State Conference of Charities and Corrections. RETURN LAST NIGHT Had Fine Conference— Were Shown Over Steel Plant Yesterday. Simeon Fordyce and D. K. Slunk Icy. delegate* from the Adams county board, and Caleb Andrews, Adams county attendance officer, returned Tuesday night from Gary, where the, attended the state conference of charities and corrections. The conference began lust Saturday und continued through Tuesday. Prominent state workers were present and a fine program was given. Mr. Fordyce of thii city took part in a discussion relative to child welfare und the placing of children in foster homes. A visit to tiie Gary steel plant one afternoon was also interesting und Instructive. The (inference will be held next year at Madison. A Gary dispatch to the Muncie Star states that about thirty delegates suf fared severely Monday from ptomaln-v poisoning believed to have been caused by tainted veal served at a church dinner. Some of the persona who ate the veal wore suddenly attacked by severe cramp* and were compelled to summon /betors, but luckily the Decatur men were not among the num- ’ her. ■ - - fl ' ' "— * COURT Mount NEWS. *7Tb7 Bailey filed a new suit nn note ' for Samuel Slmlson and Peter Soldnor against George M. Drewster. I healrstnte transfers: George F. . Glendenlng et nl. to Ed Stahley. 20 . acres. Hartford ip.. $2400: Henry Hite »t al. to John Everett, quit claim deed to « acres, Washington tp.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL*

• •» ■ .... ... 1. . I I SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN. A m-v. i.'initnry bubbling drlnkln t cup :iilnehni<-ii! has Ix-i-ii added to the fountain in tho middle of the iong court hou-io corridor. Tho old hyIrani nllnchmont has boon removed and lho bubbling cup installed. Tho <np i of rial’s from tho pi nt, r of which lho wnlor bubble:’ when the button I- pre- ad, the cup being soli'draining. i f, WILL HAVE MARKET. The Ruth Circle of the Christian church announces a Thanl;-giving market and pastry sale for Wednesday of next week. This will bo nt the Lichtle A- Pennington meat market. west of till- Ohl Adam. County bank, and it good stock of Thank .giv i ing dainties will ho sold. - - ■ <> — CARE IS TAKEN In Scarlet Fever Cases—Epidemic Will Probably be Avoided With GOOD PRECAUTIONS Henry Gunsett Home is Quarantined — Schools Will Not Dismiss. Now and then an isolated case 01, scarlet fever liobs up. but with th--i very good precautions taken it is b< ! iieved that an epidoiuic will not ensue. Tho schools are laJting precaution to disinfect and fumigate, and unless the fever becomes epidemic, school will not bo dlMnltwod. When unit pupils become 111. they are sent homo at once, with instructions not to return until they have a dix'tor’s certificate, that they have! fully recovered. With good care, the epidemic that is prevalent in Fort l Wuym- and surrounding citibs, it is thought, will Im- avoided here. A new case of scarlet fever came to notice yesterday, Iteing that of .Miss' Ida Gunsett, daughter of Henry Gun sett, a student In the high school. Her sister. Lydia, of the Zion's Luthera: I parochial school, is also ill, and th-'j iiouse is under quarantine. A child in tin- John Case family an-l the huby in the Albert Graber family, aro also said to Im- ill of scarlet fever. ‘ Tonsllitis was prevalent during thpas' few days among studonis, as In nothing serious has rerultcd, as in each case, prompt medical attention 1 was given. o — POLICE COURT. The throe hobos who were arrested | yesterday afternoon on a Clover Leaf, freight by Marshal i’eterson and Erie Detective Morgan on a charge of vag-' rancy. were brought before Mayor Teeple this morning. All three | pleaded guilty to tho choree and wore . fined »5 and costs. Not having th-, amount of the fine on them they were! (ommited to the county Jail. These i were the three men on whom flv--j I brand new coats were found. How | ever as there wns no evidence point-1 . lug to their guilt and aa it has not! . been found from whom tho coats wer--I taken, no case has yet Imcn brought . up In tho matter. Tiie bundle found at the Elick tile factory und with i tltoao found on the tramps consisted . of seven Blue and eight Brown coats [ manufactured by Morris Moran A Hon , and wen- of lot numbers 413 S un.l I 41.19. r Aa u result of a light which took place lust evening nt Monroe betwee t r A. 8. Keller. James Anderson and James Hendricks, nn affidavit wat i filed In the court of 'Bqnlro Stone this . morning \«uln*t Mr. Keller nn the i charge on assault und battery. Ml. I Keller pleaded guilty to the charge and was assessed a line of $1 und > costa, amounting to $9.80. which he . paid. An affidavit will also bo prob . ably filed against Anderson and in return against Hendricks. A drunk, giving hl* name ns Edward Durkn was arrrated this noou by Marshal Peterson In the Erie yards, after r cmployoH had pulled him off tho track several times. He was too badly lit- . toxlcatod to ho given nn immediate n trial and was therefore placed,ln jail > until sobered up. H* had sl3 on him n und this will undoubtedly be uses! in the paying of his fine.

THE TURKEY CROP Is Now Ready for Market—--1 Good Prices Prevail for Thanksgiving Season. MUST HAVE TURKEY Eating of the Noble Bird Has Prevailed for Many Centuries. A week from tomorrow Is Thankai giving. As the time for the Thanksgiving festival uniwH near, the , thoughts, unhidden, turn to the bird i which has bi-come synonymous with i til-- word Thanksgiving. Ar. far hack as the fifteenth century. wo have a n-coid of tho turkey ! being used for food as luxury on this I annual event. Ever since that period . it has boon a very popular bird for tiie ! big feast. It has steadily grown in popularity until in the cities, at least. • the people would no more think of a ! Thanksgiving dinner without turkey than one of the fair sox would imagine- herself going to church or out for la promenade on Easter Sunday with outa new Easter bonnet. Strictly speaking we have hut onmarket season for tho turkey in a year. While tho bird is stored in . J limited way, tile only real turkey mari ket is Thanksgiving with a limit-si, demand following about one month later when Christmas season cornea. The 1910 census showed that thh country for that year produced 6,50<i. 000 turkeys. We find hy this report that Texas Is the heaviest producer of the bird, with Ohio fifth and ou * own It mi la \y in line. Usually the b--:* time to market the bird is from eight days to two weeks , la-fore Thanksgiving. The slock will lie txiught this season at a price of about fourteen cents to the farmer !n the country; this w jl make it costhe city customer about 25c to 20c at retail dressed. The time for the farm er to sell his flock this sea-on will extend from tho present time until Wed m-sday of next week. FIVE IN FAMILY Os William Pancake of Allen County 11l at One Time of Diphtheria. DAUGHTER IS DEAD Mother is Sister of Mrs. Henry Schultz of This City—Sad Case. 1 ’ With five in the family ill nt the 'same time of diphtheria, the family of i William Pancake, residing two and » I half miles southeast of Monroeville. I I was even more sadly stricken when I the eldest of their throe children. Ver 11 mt lola. ag<-d eight years, died. The i death occurred Monday night and the 1 1 burial took place Tue -day. i Those 111 are Mr. and Mrs. Pancake. 11 and their two younger children. Th I parents u.re now recovering and able to la- aluiut when It Is necessary, but the children are aaid to be very ill. A ; I trained nurse fit in attendance. i ■ Mrs. I'ancnke Is nslairr of Mr >. I Henry Schultr of this city. Tho fact t that the lious«- Is quarantined and i neighbor* are unable to assist, make« ■ the case n very sad one - --—i i" i 0i — i mins— —■ — WILL CUT BEETS AGAIN. I - The sugar company wishes to announce that they will start cuttinq - beets again Thursday after ale v days’ delay, caused by not haviict enough bMta to start on. The cu' I ting will start Thursday and prolwbiy • continue until next Tuesday or WedI- nendar morning. All having beets ar t requested to bring them in before this • time. , —— I ■ 111 Ipl.s l» • — - I The city council met In regular am t alon last evening and fora bout au i hour disposed of the different bust n«*s matters before them.

| COIN HOLDERS NECESSARY. If Rural Route Letters Deposited Are Not Stamped. A now order hi-’iiod by the po-tof lice department relates to the placin - of stamps on all lir ti iais mall col l< etod on rural route :. It tat- ■ lino all first-class mail placed in rural f mail boxes shall be stamped Itoforo being so deposited. When stampin’: is not practicable the coins should IxI plated in coin holders and not insetted in an envelope, wrapped in paper or left loose in tho box. Prior Io this it was allowable to wrap (lie coins In paper or in envelopes when coin hold era wore not used, now even tills is done away with. WHS A SURPRISE 1 Wedding of Gladys White and F. R. Ellis PerformI ed at Close of I CHURCH SERVICES Sunday Morning to the Surprise of the Kokomo Congregation. A copy of the Kokomo Tribune received here gives particulars of the wedding of Miss laiura Gladys White, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. <’. White, of that city, and Floyd Raymond Ellis. Tho wedding came as a surprise to tho congregation of Grace I (liureh. Kokomo, of which Rev. White, former pastor lit re, is now minister. At tiie close of the Sunday morning services, after tho pastor had delivered a message, and Dr. J. M. Moulton. of Indianapolis, had spoken. Instead of the usual closing anthem, wedding music was sung and played. During an "Andante" the veteran usher of the church was seen escorting the two young pi-oplo down the | aisle to the altar and when tho mush ( eased, the R< v. White, who had stood I awaiting the couple, united them in marriage, with the ring ceremony. Tho day was known as "Official Boar I Duy" and the congregation hud sup , posed that lite beautiful decorations of palms, clirysanthemums and rose* that embowert-d the altar were thoro for decorations in honor of Official Board ttay. The Tribune says: "Mr. Ellis is a son of Mr. und Mr: John W. Ellis. 817 South Webster stn-et. Tiie young man lias for sev oral years been employed in the office* of the lluyues Automoldle company. At present he holds the position of secretary to the superintend ent of that concern, lie has spent ail Ills yenra in Kokomo and l» as good a boy as th« town Ims ever reared. "Tlso bride is the ■ Idest daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. John C. White. She is one of the winsome little women . In,the world. Just good u* gold all! i tho way through, Site has been a most lielpful and willing worker In lier father's church, having served for ‘ some time a* superintendent of the cradle roll. Thera I* conalderaWy , more than ordinary personal lovell • nos* about tier, and all her friends ■ who were at Grace churel Sunday morning assert that she was never , mom beautiful than she was In tho hour slie became a bride. "The Ellis and White families dine I together at the White home following I tho ceremony. The newly wedded i couple slipped away nt 2 40 o'clock, bourdlng u traction cur for aotue point which they did not take the trouble to tell. Upon Utelr return, th>< will hi’ nt home ut Rl7 Soutli Webster street." t o ■' ■ 1 ANOTHER SEA HORROR. (United Fraas Service! New York, N. Y„ Nov. 19- (Special • to Dally Democrat) -Another tale ol t heroism at (tea wan brought forth to • day when tiie Fnmnnnln decked with 103 survivors nf th« Ilnlmm. Thpnssenger* from tho burning ahij wore taken off In a raging storm. The u sea wal so iitgh that tbo passengers I- w«ra forcedto Jump, being caught by the I'umminin crop -

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SMALL PERCENT r ! Only About Two-Thirds oi Children of School Age Attend School. I I 'STILL UNCHANGED Mexican Situation Probably Will Not be Changed ! Until Congress Meets. Indian.'ipolix, Nov. 19 (Special to Dally Democrat,) Ono-third of th-’ i children in Indiana under school ago do no t attend school and ii” the 1 grade* la-come higher them is n ’toady decrease in tiie number. The official figures for tiie latter part of 1913 und 191,: showed Illis state of conditions today. The total enrollment for tho year was 539,518. When the school enumeration was taken in May it showed 781.434 children of school ago. The total daily attendance was 425,881. Tho decrease in enrollment between tho eighth grade and high school is enormous. Tho figures show that 55.M2 in the eighth grade decreased to 20.654 in the first year of high school. Mexico City, Nov. 19,—- (Special tn Daily Deinocrat.l Nelson O'Shaughnessy today said that he is not going to leave Vera Crux ou any account mid added that he expected no instructions to leave tho capital from Washington. The new congress it scheduled to open tomorrow. Washington, Nov. 19. —(Special to Daily Democrat.! If further negotiation between William Hale and Genrul Carranza depends on formal present al lon of credentials to I'ri'sldont Wilson, those negotiation* must --nd. Till* was mnde plain by otlici*ls today. Halo will not Im accredUcd in a manner that would mean recognition of that faction as a government. If reports are true from General Ca.'ranza at Nogules, that he now demands official credentials, the negotiations will be dropped. Portsmouth, Eng.. Nov. 19.—(Special to Daily Democrat,! —Tho British dreadnaught Duke arrived in this port today with twentyseven survivors ol tho Glasgow steamship Scotsdyk-- which burned to the water* edge shortly after midnight. Tho > rescin-d Included both passenger* and crew. No live* won- lost. Tho ship burned in tho English eiiaiinel. The Duke was on her triul trip and had on board several high officials In tlm admiralty. o —- AN EXCELLENT REPORT. (UnHed i'ress Service! Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov. 19 (Special to Daily Democrat! Elghty-fivo thousand members und large property holdings valued at five million, were tho figures given hy Grand Master II W. Carpenter in his report to tho grand lodge. I. O. <>. F. He declared that the order was In u most prosper ous condition. Among the recommendation* wore those for n system of district deputies for each county to bo appointed to work for tiie gtaal o( tiie order und lho appointment of u traveling auditor. Tlio grand treasurer reporte dthat on October 31 the grand lodge had a balanco of 118.632.70, Officials are to bo elected tomorrow by order of suci ossion. William Natter of Vernon. ind„ I* to tea grand master, und J. C. Arbuckle* of Rush- ' ville, deputy grand master. i . _.. — — —o LIBERTY CENTER VS. DECATUR. I — ; The local high achool Iw-ket hall I team i* preparing for their first liomd . glime of tiie season to la> played here > Friday evening at 7:30. Tiie aocmid • team of the l.llx-rty Center high i, school will play hare also. To-setwo it school will play hcrealso. Throe two being the first home game* tho Decatur boys have played »hl* year, ami they Intend to make it a victory. . «■— 0 ' ' ONLY THREE CITIES. d >» i United I'reau Servicet > Fl PMO. Nov. IJ—(Special to Dally h Democrat >— Only three cities In tho entire northern t>»rt "f Mexico remain r> in the hand* of tho federal*. Wltii e these all of the otbsra aro in « the power of the rebel*. Two of thn y rouialnlhg ettiott sro rxpcct»d to full within a short time