Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 27 October 1914 — Page 1

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LARGE CROWD | WAS PRESENT Hon. J. C. Moran Addresses KVoters at Court House Last Evening. — (explained issues Os the Campaign and Refutes All Charges Made | -by Independents. ' * Before an audience conservatively estimated at ZOO voters and whirl' filled ilte assembly room of the court house last evening, the Hon. John ('. Moran, one of the leading attorneys ’’of this city, for two hours explained the issues and principles upon which the democratic ticket in Adams conn ty stands, and denounced and branded the malicious falsehoods and misrept'esontations which the progressive party is endeavoring to make ® an Issn ■ to influence* the voters of Adams county. Mr. Moran was introduced as speaker of the evening by'County Chairman Henry Heller. ImtßPdiately, in his characteristic] manner, he captivated the audience and" throughout the evening held the interest and attention of every person present. Mr. Moran opened his address with a short explanation of the ? progressive measures passed by the ( national and state administrations, stating that never before had such i laws been enacted that seemed to satisfy everybody and was so universally endorsed as the new tariff bill, and fthe currency law, by the national administration and the public service commission and inheritance tax law by the state administration. Mr. ran then opened up on the county issues, saying: “We have in this county an independent ticket, a ticket se- j lected at Berne on the evening prior to the day of the convention held in that city and in which this pre-ar-ranged ticket was nominated. I might | say at this point that you republicans it here tonight did not have one single thing to do. with this ticket, and I also might say the same to the rank and file of the bull moosers. A meeting of the republicans was advertised to be held in the office of the republican county chairman before their convention, chairs were arranged and all details attended to, but from some cause or other this meeting was se- > cretly held in the office of the chairman of the bull moose party and the next day the republicans of this county discovered that they had been turned over, body and soul to the new reform party. We have three men on this ticket holding office at the present time and Which was given to them by the democratic party. These men stood behind the democratic principles, upheld the party in all its issues and are today drawing their salaries as democratic officeholders, but at the same time are doing their best to disrupt and disorganize the party that put them in power. “We have a man in this court house, elected by the democrats, but now running on the independent ticket, who is violating the statutes of the state of Indiana every day by making a political bureau of the treasurer's office and passing out printed literature that is malicious attacks on the party that put him in power. And yet these men are advocating a reform and retrenchment policy, with an economic platform. Did Samuel Nussbaum, when he was assessor of Monroe township, and drew his salary of $324.25 offer to return any of that money to the taxpayers? The only reason he could not draw more was because there was no more money appropriated for this purpose. And yet these men are going throughout the county advertising themselves as patriots, trying to save the people money. Walter Thornhill has been running for office ever since he has been able to run, but that is as far as he I has ever gotten. Four years ago when a certain chesty attorney endeavored to start an independent ticket Thornhill was the first man to offer his services, willing to sell his political K rights and principles for an office. S’ Yet these men who are endeavoring | to disrupt the party that placed them I in power are continuing to draw their I salary of the offices they now hold.

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If there was a spark of fairness or honesty about them, they would resign their office of trust given them 1 by the party against which they have now turned," Mr. Moran then explained the lack of ability and fundamental knowledge of Mr. Zerkle, who is running ' for county surveyor on the inpendent ticket. "To show how well acquainted with the geography of the county Mr. Zerkle is, a voter to whom lie was talking asked him how he was running in Jackson township. Mr. Zerkle ■ replied that lie had not been out there yet, but 'Billy told me I would get 41 votes in Jackson township.’ Zerkle cannot tell of one of the duties of the • surveyor's office, and yet lie is making tile statement that if elected he will do tlie work for half the money. How can he do this when it would be impossible for the commissioners to appoint him on account of his lack of , requirements as a civil engineer? Has Walter Thornhill, as township trustee, returned any money? Has ISam Nussbaum, who drew every cent appropriated for the work of assessor, ; returned any money, or lias Billy J Archbold, who owes the city, paid pack any of the deficient funds? Arc these men on the square or are they trying to fool the people?” Mr. Moran then went into detail regarding the advertised missing $9,272.75. “When John Lachot was ready to leave the treasurer’s office he made his report to the board of I commissioners. It was then discovered that his balance did not correspond with the cash and which was short in i • comparison with the ledger. As soon as this was discovered the board of commissioners sent to the board of ac- ' countants asking for two examiners. Two men were sent down here who I i .went through the office and found a shortage of $9,272.75. Charles Yager ■ had taken thp office at that time. I When the examiners found Lachot short, I happened to be his attorney, and went with him to Indianapolis be-] fore the accountants. We explained the situation but the report of the two examiners was shown to us and we were told that the shortage would stand until straightened up according to law. Mr. Lachot then iiired two 4 private accountants, one of them an ex-auditor, and who found that Mr. Lachot was entitled to SI,BOO interest on old orders, and which he had paid, but had not received credit for. When this error was found we again went to Indianapolis and were credited with that amount. Two examiners were | again sent here to fix the credit and I also found and gave recommendations that over $4,000 additional credit be given on certificates of error. This left a balance of $3,003.93, which was still Short, but on August 14, 1913, as the treasurer's books will show, this cash balance was paid in by the bondsmen of Mr. Lachot and the books were straight. Archbold accuses Mr. Yager of being short in his accounts when he left the office and yet Mr. Archbold returned to him $22.70, the amount of which he was ahead in his balance. The independent party is making their accusations on the strength of the inspection of the books of the treasurer’s office by two men, Simon Brandyberry, who cannot even spell his own name correctly, and a man by the name of Frank Heller, from near Linn Grove, who mistook the adding machine in the treasurer’s office for a cash register, these two men having gone over the books in two hours while it took the expert accountant two weeks to make the examination. When accused ’ of being short in his accounts as city ' treasurer, Archbold published a letter ’ in the Berne Witness, stating that the charge was not true. In a second letter, however, he said that he was not short to his knowledge, and yet at ' the same time produced a resolution ' from the city council granting him a raise in his salary in order to cover ' part of his shortage. I also went to Indianapolis with Archbold when he was found short by accountants, and who had fixed a day for him to explain the 1 situation, and if I had known on the ' way down or on the way back that ] Billy did not know he was short. I cer’,tainly would have told him. Now the I Witness comes back with an article Jtelling that if it can be proven that !Archbold was short in' his accounts, 1 that he promises to make good. And ' this is the kind of a man that is askI ing for your vote on the independent ‘.ticket, a man against whom you have - to prove that he has done wrong in ’ order to force him to make it right.” lj Mr. Moran also gave proof that the • surveyor’s office overhead expenses on < gravel roads does not exceed and m II several cases were much lower than in r adjoining counties, and also compared 1 i (Continued on rage Four) i

Decatur, Indiana.Tuesday Evening, October 27, 1914.

A BLUE RACER ■ — t Frightens Woman on Mercer Avenue—Pursues Her r t for a Distance. RUNS ONTO PORCH i Believed to Have Nest in the Old Cemetery on Mer- > ** > cer Avenue. i r What is believed to have been a big blue racer snake lias created ,'much terror on Mercer avenue. One ( day last week, a lady who was returni ing home at noon, heard a rustling at her feet, when about fifteen or twenty •' feet from the Al Burdg residence, and ' looking down, was horrified to see a I large snake of a bluish black color, ! with a peculiar flat head. She start'i ed and ran to the Burdg porch, to summon help, and was further horril fled to see the snake run after her. ■ Its head was raised a foot or two in its undulations. Before help came, the snake disappeared. j It is believed by some that the snake has its nest in the old ceme- , tery near that place. About three I years ago a blue racer was seen near there and it was thought that it dropped from a load of hay. It is now believed that there is a nest in the ■ old cemetery, where there are many ' good hiding places in the deep depres- ' sions of the old graves from which bodies have been disinterred. Children of that vicinity are warned to be particularly careful, as the large snake would undoubtedly prove fatal to a child in its embrace. biHoHence Plans Are Made for Layman’s Missionary Conference to be Held IN THIS CITY Sunday and Monday, November 22 and 23—Committees Named. Plans are being formulated for a big Layman's Missionary conference ( to be held in this city, Sunday and, i Monday, November 22 and 23. ;1 Good speakers of note, including re- ' turned missionaries, will be secured ' and the purpose of the conference . will be to create a greater missionary , interest among the men. The moveI • ment is interdeiminational and after the conference the men will return to i ' their various churches, to further carry out. the good work. There will be • mass meetings for men and good pro- : grams will be carried out. There will I be no raising of money, no collec- , tions or solicitations. The various . visiting speakers will preach in the , city churches on Sunday morning, and Monday’s session will close with t a banquet. I I The executive committee held a , meeting last evening in the office of t Attorney C. J. Lut.i, where the vari- . ous committees were named to prepare for the conference. The exec3 utive committee includes: Chairman, j C. J| Lutz; vice chairman, G. T. Burk; a secretary, J. B. Kiracofe; treasurer, s M. Kirsch., and the first named, or t the chairman of the following commit- •. tees: B l Publicity Committee — Frank a Downs, John Heller, C. F. Davison, t Fred Rohrer. | Finance—A. J. Smith, John Nllr I lick, Eugene Runyon. :-1 Statistics—Rev. Borton, Martin II Worthman, Ray Collins, Ben Hoage land, Henry A. Fuhrman, H. S. Micha anl and C. L. Walters. " | Arrangements —C. E. Bell, August e Sellemeyer, Burt Lower. n I Extensions —Rev. Rilling. Rev. n Gleiser, Rev. Borton, Rev. Stephenn'son, Rev. Hessert, Rev. Harman, Rev. d Grimes, Rev. Schroeder, Harve Schroll.

TO REMOVE CANDIDATE < Indianapolis, Oct. 27, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Suit has been filed in tlie superior court today to remove Frank X. O’Brien from Hie Marion county democratic ticket as a candidate for juvenile court judge. The suit was tiled in the name of tlie state on relation of Newton M. Taylor, present judge and tlie democratic candidate whose vote was second to O'Brien in the primary. The state alleged that O'Brien practiced “fraud misrepresentations and deceit on tlie voters of Marion county at the primary.” The complaint also alleges that O'Brien is the same as John O’Brien who bears a police record in St. Louis, Mo., and that the complaint is backed up by the Bertillion records of that city. wFlllHhere “With Lard In Our Hair And Our Ears Pinned Back”—ls Acceptance to HALLOWE’EN PARTY For Saturday Evening—Big Parade of Masqueraders Opens the Event. “We’ll all be there with lard in our hair and our eats pinned back," is tlie expressive acceptance of the public to the invitation of tlie Hallowe'en municipal party for Saturday evening, given by the Woman’s Civic Improvement League.

"Everything is working out fine," said one of tilt committee this morning. “We have been giving tlie privilege of roping off Madison street a half block west of the Murray hotel, and Third street a half block north and south of the Murray House.” This will be brilliantly lighted. Everybody has contributed nicely and responded with help, but more will be accepted. Mrs. George Flanders has seen many ladies who will contribute candies; Mrs. J. S. Peterson, the pop-corn and cracker-jack; Mrs. C. V. Connell, the refreshments in general , including sandwiches, pies, coffee and other things. If you want to help, notify any of these ladies. The merchants have responded nicely with eatable donations, the following being very liberal: Miller & Beal, Baker & Girod, Smith & Son, Hunsicker & Miller, F. V. Mills, Williams & Sons, Hower & Hower. Sam Hite, Star Grocery, Wholesale Fruit House. The meat markets will also be solicited. | Rev. Seimetz, pastor of the St. Mary's church, has donated the logs i that will be used for the large bon fires. The Murray House has promised its aid in every way possi'VThe great evening will open with the parade of masqueraders, beginning at 7 o’clock. The parade will form at the Judge Merryman home on Marshall and Second streets, and five judges will be stationed at the Wear-U-Well store, the point of disbanding. (The merchants who contributed tlie many prizes will be named tomorrow. | An especial feature will be the vaudeville. This will be in charge of Mrs. L. A. Holthouse and will be given in the salesmen's, room of the Murray hotel on Madison street. This will be ten cents. It will be well to mention ■ here that there will be only two booths where tickets for the features will be sold. No money will be received at the various stands elsewhere. | Fish ponds will be in charge of Miss Coffee and the children have contributed nicely to these. Tiiere will be two fortune telling booths, witli four fortune tellers. The public is most cordially invited. WILL SERVE SUPPER Tlie Mite society of the Pleasant church will give a supper at the ■ home of Jay Cline, Hallowe’en, Friday night. The supper wjll be served from 7:30 to 9:00 o’clock after which a short program will be given. The public is cordially invited to attend. o — K. OF P. HOME OPEN We have been requested to call attention to the fact that the Knights of Pythias club rooms are open days and in the evening until ten o’clock Mr. Frank Parrish is in charge. i

IN COURT ROOM 1 I — ■ - '■> I Will Lecture on Corn anl Its Standardization be Given Thursday. ]AT TWO O’CLOCK i , By Dr. Duven and Prof. G. I. Christie—Public is Invited. I — II .» The grain dealers of the city have announced that they have secured tlie circuit court room for the lecture on corn and its standardization for Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock This 1 lecture will be given by Dr. J. W. T. Duven, of the bureau of grain standardization, of Washington, D ,C., and also by Prof. George I. Christie, of the agricultural extension department of Purdue university. Tlie lecture party is making a tour of the state by automobile and Adams county has two stopping places for them Thursday. They will speak at Berne at 10 o’clock in the morning. The public is cordially invited to the court room Thursday afternoon. Tlie high schol classes especially interested in this work, will attend and expect to get much benefit from the lecture. Farmers and grain dealers and all those interested will find the 1 lecture of especial merit. G. A. R. MEETING Members of the. G. A. R. are requested to meet at the hall at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning to attend I • tlie funeral services for Mrs. Kennedy. o SECURE AGENCY Kalver & Sikes Appointed Agents for Northern Adams for Ford. WILL PUSH SALES Mr. Doyel, One of State Agents Here Today to Make Contract. Mr. Doyel, one of the Indianapolis ' firm, which has the Indiana agency for the Ford automobile, was here to-1 , day and closed with Kalver & Sikes i to act as agents for the north half of ■ Adams county, including Union, Preble, Root, Kirkland, Washington, St. Mary’s townships and the city of De- ’ catur. The contract was closed at | ■ noon today and the firm will occupy • the new garage building being erected ' - on Madison street by Julius Haugk.l Walter Cross of Geneva has the south ■ part of the county and the north part l of Jay. Arrangements are being made ' ■ this afternoon for some one at Berne, . to take a central tier of townships in . Adams. Heretofore the Grove Garage company of Bluffton have controlled ■ Adams, Jay and Wells counties, but i the business has grown to that place, ■ where the firm believed the territory i should be divided and the Grove company retains only Wells county. | Mr. Kalver has employed Mr. Luther Hower, who will assist him in looking after the Ford interests. o— ■ JACK FROST HERE Jack Frost, who has been hiding beneath the leafy trees and rank vege-, tation, for one of the longest times in autumn ih several years, was routed out last night by the snow storm and this morning his tracks could be traced everywhere. October 26 is late for practically the first frost of the season. Get down your 013 book of Riley and read "When the Frost is on Jhe o— „ FUNERAL TOMORROW The funeral services for Philip Van ■ Lake the Belgian whose death occur- ; red yesterday at the county infirmlary will be held Wednesday morning : at nine at the poor farm. One of the local ministers will officiate.

BOX SOCIAL PROGRAM A box social and short spicy school program will be given next Friday evening, Oct. 30 at the Kimsey school in Blue Creek township. Tlie money will all be used to the very best advantage of the school. Secretary of Treasury Maggie Clynch treasurer, Frank C. Weehter, Treasury, Advisory board. Kimsey Literary committee and Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wechter a special committee appointed for decorating, planning for contests, games etc., promises that the banquet part of the evening will be a most entertaining one. We extend cordial invitation to our many friends to help us make it a grand and successful affair. o NAME OFFICIALS The County Commissioners Name Members of Various Election Boards FOR TUESDAY BATTLE — " Complete List of Those Who' Will Receive and Count Your Ballots. — The county commissioners met late yesterday afternoon and approved the' appointment of the following election boards for Tuesday’s battle: East Union —Inspector, Fred Koldewey; judge, George Schlemmer; clerk, Frank Mclntosh; sheriff. John Drake. West Union —Inspector, J. A. Fleming; judge, John Steigmeyer; clerk, Ferdinand Reinking; sheriff. Perry James. East Root—lnspector, August Busick; judge. Martin Gerke; clerk. Henry Luttman; sheriff, J. W. Knapp. West Root—lnspector, Charles Magley; judge, Charles Getting; clerk. Charles Dirkson; sheriff. Jacob Wright. North Preinv Doehrman; judge. Carl Kiefer: clerk, A. E. Stoppenhagen; sheriff, Gustave Miller. South Preble —Inspector. John Hoffman; judge. Wm. Jaebker: clerk, Edward Kolter; sheriff. Peter Bauer. North Kirkland —Inspector. William Zimmerman; judge, George Ernst; elerk, ; sheriff, Ott Schlickman. South Kirkland—lnspector. William Adler; judge, J. G. Crum; clerk, A. K. 1 Stoneburner; sheriff, Will Sautbine. North Washington—lnspector, Ben Eiting; judge, W. A. Bauman; clerk. I John F. Snow; sheriff. George Kinta. | South Washington—lnspector, Albert Spuller; judge. F. O. Martin; ' clerk, J. A. Hendricks; sheriff, Caleb Andrews. North St. Mary's—lnspector, Elzey Jackson; judge, Jason Hobbs; clerk, 'C. H. Carter; sheriff, Sol Swank. South St. Mary’s—lnspector, O. J jSuman; judge, Henry Crownover; clerk, Marion Case; sheriff, J. W. Hill. North Blue ('reek —Inspector, Frank Weehter; judge, Jacob Mitch; clerk. Will Merriman; sheriff, Hiram Varnette. | South Blue Creek—lnspector, M. P. Irvin; judge, Dehner Douglas; clerk. James M. Foreman; sheriff, Chaney F. Sipe. North Monroe —Inspector, Samuel Martz; judge, John Urick; clerk, Marion Oliver; sheriff, Harvey Sells. Middle Monroe —Inspector, C. C. Beer; judge, Dennis Striker; clerk,' Dow Jacobs; sheriff, John Burry.

Berne “A" —Inspector, T. A. Gottschalk; judge, Wm. F. Lehman: clerk. Julius C. Schug; sheriff, Isaac Grim. Berne “B” — Inspector, Albert Neuenschwander; judge, Joel Liddy; clerk, Wm. Hirschy; sheriff, Henry Michaud. French —Inspector, John Mosure; judge, Henry Presdorf; clerk, Henry Graber; sheriff, John J. Gerber. North Hartford—lnspector, John W. Cowans; judge, Charles Reynolds; clerk, Frank Nussbaum; sheriff, John Chrisman. South Hartford —Inspector. Jasper North; judge, Nathan Stahl; clerk, Chester Hall; sheriff, F. M. Mundhenk. Ceylon—'lnspector, Clem Michael; judge, Ben Leichty; clerk, John Felty; sheriff, Phil Cross. North Wabash—lnspector, C. A. Neuenschwander; judge, R. B. Kerr; (Continued on Page 3)

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ENGLAND FEARS GERMAN ATTACK Germany Plans to Capture Seaports as a Base for Cruisers. IS STILL UNCHANGED Severe Fighting on Frontier But no Decisive Advantages Gained. London, Oct. 27—(Special to Daily Democrat)—High military and naval authorities declare they are confident that the Germans will not attempt an invasion of England, but evidences are multiplying that this is seriously the German's plan. Tlie Daily Mail’s correspondent al Bergen quotes a German general as saying: “In the course of time we shall possess Calais and probably Dieppe and Havre. Our 12inch howitzers with tlie long range of . fourteen miles and more may give I England an additional surprise. The French harbor will serve as a base for ■our torpedo boats, destroyers, submarines, cruisers and Zeppelins. These i harbors can be made impregnable from the sea by a simple line of mines. I Bordeaux, Oct. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Reports from Ayr as declare that the Germans are contiiX'ng their furious bombardment of Arras and that the entire city is practically destroyed. — Paris. Oct. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—While the Germans are being held in check in the north, the French are on the offensive in the ' east. The combined army of Toul and Nancy lias thrown tlie Germans back across the front and are pushing them toward Metz. At the same time the French army with headquarters at Belfort has pushed across the upper Alsace and reinforced tlie French forces already there holding ALkii'.» and Thann. It is considered certain that the plan to move heavy forces into upper Alsace and then to move north, sweeping the Germans before them so that tlie enemy's forces centering around Strassburg will be unable to go to the aid of the Germans left, which is threatened by the mass movement. • Berlin, Oct. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The war office today announced that while the fighting is still in progress all along the/ Franco-Bel-gian frontier at no point has either side gained a decisive advantage. — I London, Oct. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The Copenhagen correspondent for the Tinies wires that reports received there from German sources hay that the Kaiser has issued the direct order that no matter what might be the cost. Calais is to be taken. 1 Perrograd. Oct. 27, —(Special to tlie Daily Democrat) —It was officially announced today that several determined attempts on the part of the Germans and Austrians to resume the offensive had failed. Tlie Germans, it is stated are endeavoring to entrench under cover of their artillery but the Russians continue to harass them and inflict heavy losses. | o I EXPRESS FREE. I J. C. Patterson, local agent for the

National Express company, received a message from the superintendent that Christmas gifts for the children of Europe to be sent on the steamship from Brooklyn, November 10, may be sent free where express is nevessary, to Brooklyn. The packages or boxes must be labeled to the effect that they are Cbristmas__gifts for the children of Europe. —O" 1 DAUGHTER IS BORN. ———— A girl baby was born to Mr. and ' Mrs. Martin Aumann of near St. John’s , this being the first born. The mother - was Miss Ida Bultemeier. G. A. R. NOTICE The G. A. R. are requested to meet, in a body at the hall Wednesday morning at 8:30 o’clock to attend the funeral of Mrs. Louise Kennedy.