Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1915 — Page 4

DAI LY_DEM 0 C R A 1 Published Every Evening Excep Sunday by ’lf XUTUt DEMOCRAT fOMPAN’ LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Rate* Per Week, by carrier 10 c el,t9 Per Yearly carrier *0 00 Per Month, by mall M ccnts Per Year, by mall $ 2 - 60 Single Copies - cents Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postofflce in Decatur, Indiana, as second-class matter. The parrisli bill to permit municipalities to sell power and water passed the senate unanimously, which in going some for Pat and the bill. Womans suffrage in Indiana has another chance and the leaders who favor this progressive movement are not leaving anything undone to win out. The bill for a state highway com mission, which has passed the senate would be about as serious a proposition as one could imagine if it should happen to become a law. It would retard improvements and increase expense, would create several new jobs and should be opposed by every citizen of the state on general principles. The Muncie Star has discovered that too many bills are introduced in the Indiana legislature, which is true, but not as true this year as in the past. Any way there is every indication that the percentage of bills passed this year will be small indeed compared with the average session, so what’s the difference? if it amuses some of those fellows down there to ( offer impossible bills, it had not ought to worry the Star or any one else very much if they are killed at the proper time. The Marion County Medical association has adopted resolutions boosting Dr. Hurty as one of the big men of the state and suggesting a celebration in his honor and thtr tn the face of an effort by Mr. Feick to legislate him out of his job. Dr. Hurty is called a crank by many and he admits the charge, but here comes the ‘■Meds" and predict that some day a statue will be erected in his memory. The resolution was probably' intended to head off Mr. Feick and it will likely do the work for which it was intended. Mrs. C. A. Dugan was a guest of tlie Dr. Porter family in Fort Wayne today.

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, I doings in society I WEEK’S SOCIAL CALENDAR. Saturday. Helping Hand Pastry Sale—Uu Office. ' W. it. C. Oyster Supper—G. A. 1 Hall. He prayeth best who loveth s best all tilings, both great and * small, lor the dear God loveth us. He made and loveth all. —Col8 . eridge. i Mrs. Douglas Butler of Chicago am ' Miss Frisinger of Fort Wayne lei' yesterday afternoon for Fort Waym • alter a visit here at the M. A. am John Frisinger homes. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Walter Millet who were married here yeste(rday morning by the Rev. Rilling left or the 2:30 car for Fort Wayne thence to Springboro, Pennsylvania, where they wil spend their honeymoon. The bride was formerly Miss Wilma Opli ger. Mrs. Fred LaDelle and daughters Ha;:el and Mildred, went to Fort Wayne to meet some theatrical friends who are playing at the Majestic theater. The public is cordially invited to the oyster supi>er given Saturday evening from 5:00 to 6:45 o’clock al the G. A. R. hall on Madison street by the Woman’s Relief Corps. Ade licious oyster supper will be served for twenty-five cents. This will be a delightful privilege for those wiio come from the country to stop and remain for the tabernacle services. Miss Fanny Frisinger left today noon for Indianapolis where she will attend a Delta Gamma luncheon at the Claypool hotel. She will go on to Bloomington where she will visit with university friends and *will lie gene a week. Miss Frisinger is a graduate of I. U. Miss Frances Dugan, of the Winchester high school faculty, will not be at home for the week-end. She will remain in Winchester to attend a big Tri Kappa party to be given by Miss Celia Bates. Mrs. Levi Baker gave a six o’clock chicken dinner last evening for Mrs French Quinn and Mrs. Charles Meyers. A fine time was enjoyed. E. C. Bierie of Berne who was here today on business was the guest ci his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. S. P. Hofiman at dinner today. ■ o RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 27 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Governor Ralston today sent a message to the house recommending that the state public service commission be given authority to increase railroad passenger fares if, on investigation, it finds any or all of the roads entitled to the increase. The amended Waltz bill carrying out the governor’s recommendation is expected to be favorably reported this afternoon.

i SWAT THIS BILL | _ i B (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) wide prohibition. s Should the house follow the footsteps of the senate and pass the bill I. for the creation of a state historical commission, Indiana can begin to g< l ready to celebrate its one hundred; h anniversary. The senate bill carries an appropriation for twenty-five thousand dollars, and with this money the good old Hoosier state can properly observe and do honor to the occasion. 1 . Another senate bill is the nine-fool , hotel bed sheets. Senator Grube is ( the author. Passed. While Representative Feick is us- . ing a lot of energy in trying to legislate Dr. Hurty out of an office, along , conies the Marion County Medical so- , ciety, and ?esolutes to the extent of naming Dr. Hurty as one of the really big men of the state and the nation. Here is the resolution: "During this period there have been placed on the statute books of Indiana a considerable number of sanitary laws, practically every one of which has been conceived and written by Dr. Hurty. These laws cover almost every phase of progressive sanitary science. Some of them are unique and original. All of them are of immense value to the citizens of our state. His work has been so practical, so far-reach-ing and helpful and has been pursued with such unselfish singleness of purpose that the state of Indiana will Undoubtedly honor Itself by some day erecting a monument to commemorate his notable public service.” —oHAPPY SERVICE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) pliment came in the form of tremendous applause, followed by nine “rahs” for Rev. Honeywell and his party. The quartet closed the exercises with the bfeautiiui "Honey-Combe” I Honey well-McComb*?) selection; — “There’s Honey In The Rock For You". THE COURT NEWS Order of Sale in Hart Partition Case Was Made— D. B. Erwin MADE COMMISSIONER Murphy Divorce Case Reset for March 3—Damage Case for March 4. As per request made by the late wife, Martha Stevens, in her will, the husband, Henry Stevens qualified as executor. He gave SI,OOO bond. Real estate transfers: Berne Artificial Stone company to Harry Sipe, 35 5-9 acres, Jefferson tp., $3800; Peter Heimann et al. to George Colchin, 100 acres, Washington tp., $14,000; Simon Smit het al. to Adam Neuenschwander, lot 27, Berne, $200; Jacob Baker et al. to Clyde D. Wolf, 10 acres, Union tp., $2600. A mrrriage license was issued to day to Jesse Miles Amstutz, laborer, born September 13, 1891, son of Jacob N. Amstutz, to wed Kathryn Zimmerman, born September 27, 1892. daughter of David Zimmerman. The current report of E. Burt Lenhart, guardian of Maria Robison, was approved and the trust continued. Viola Gaskill qualified as guardian of Ada Stevens. She gave S4OO. bond. Addie Andrews, administratrix of the Caleb B. Andrews estate, filed additional bond which was approved. Tlie divorce case of Mary Beatrice Murphy vs. Carl I. Murphy has been reset for trial for March 3. Clinton Hart et al. vs. Sarah Reed et al., partition of real estate. The plaintiffs were found owners of the realty and as it is indivisable an order of public sale was made, notice to be given. D. B. Erwin was appointed commissioner to make sale and bis bond was fixed at $14,000. An order was made that Sarah Reed be paid $328.76 out of two-thirds of the proceeds, before any division of the twothirds is made. — o * I Democrat Want Ads Pay

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i ' Upon two or three occasions recent- ’ ly some of our friends have called ’ our attention to advertisements which liuve appeared in your local paper.). Judging from the interest which lias been expressed regarding our proposition, each time these ads have appeared, we are more than ever of the opinion that printer’s ink pays. However, since we are very busy, we are quite willing to accept the services of a rather clever, if inexperienced, advertising man. especially so, since lie not only donates nis services, but pays for having his work put in print. Through an oversight on our part, copies of the following letters were not handed to our volunteer advertising man, otherwise he would have worked them in. when he wrote his glowing description of the Troy, Ohio, mausoleum. Since we alone are to blame, we feel that it is only just that we print them now. The first of the following letters was written by one of your citizens, who was desirous of ascertaining the exact condition of the mausoluem in Troy, Ohio. The two following letters are answers received. We might remark in passing that we furnish our buildings with an endowment fund, hence it will never be necessary for the owners of the Decatur mausoleum to provide same, as is being done in Troy, according to Mr. Davy’s letter. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 8, 1915. Mr. Jacob A. Davy, Troy, Ohio: Dear Sir: —There is at this time being promoted in this city a community mausoleum and we have been informed that you are a crypt owner in the mausoleum in your city. We desire to know the true facts from the crypt owners in your building tor the purpose of either disproving or endorsing certain statements made by the Monument Dealers’ association concerning the Troy building. We are especially anxious to know if your building was built unsubstantially in its roof construction or in any other part of it; whether you have had any trouble with water condensing in the crypts; have there been any bodies removed from the mausoleum: if so ; why and what were the conditions found upon the removal of the bodies? We want to have the plain facts from you and will appreciate a statement in detail as to the building's stability and the feeling of the crypt owners in general. We await your early reply. Yours truly. WES HOFFMAN. Troy, Ohio, Feb. 9. 1915. Mr. Wes Hoffman, Decatur, Ind.: My Dear Sir: —Replying to your valued favor just received. I have to answer and say that I am a crypt owner in the mausoleum in our beautiful Riverside, and I have already buried some of our family there; and to settle once and for all, our satisfaction with the same, have to say that if we could not have another just like what we now have our four crypts could not be purchased for the sum of two thousand dollars. We had heretofore considered a private mausoleum, but now- would rather have our crypts in the community mausoleum than in one for our exclusive use. Every owner of the crypts is satisfied, so far as I know and I know most all of them. Yes, soon after tlie building was constructed, the roof did give some trouble, because of the in experience of the contractor in that kind of construction; but have to say that the roof has been put in firstclass shape and all the crypts are perfectly dry. and in fine shape. The remains of three people have the wealthy distiller, who died two years ago, were placed in our mausoleum while the private mausoleum was being built by his family, and after twenty months were taken, and the casket was as dry as when placed therein. There is absolutely no trouble with water condensing in the crypts: any person who states to the contrary is either ignorantly or purposely telling an untruth. The remains of thre epeople have been removed from the mausoleum: Mr. Allen. Mr. Hayner, as above statHOME WEDDING _ 1 (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) an estimable and capable young man, ’ and for some time has been engaged in the insurance business. 1 Guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gerwig, John and Ruby Gerwig, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. '■ | Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rudy, Mr. and

ed, and the remains of an unknown person removed on orders from the crypt owners. Immediately after the Hood of 1913. or some two weeks aft er rather, some person procured the partially decomposed remains of a colored man. and secretly placed the same in tlie mausoleum. Os course, the stench was very strong as the crypt was only partially sealed. Tills body was placed there for the express purpose of putting the mausoleum in disrepute, and as soon as the crypt owners found out what had been done a protest was made and the body was removed in a hurry. These facts did not become kuown generally by the crypt owners, and have but recently come to light. The mau who placed the remains there has now gone to answer for his misdeed, but if known sooner an action would have been instituted for damages; at least that is the feeling now. All of the above facts are well known and can be substantiated by numerous affidavits and testimony, if necessary. The crypt owners are planning for an endowment fund, the income of which will keep the Troy mausoleum in perfect condition, even in the mast (Perfect condition as long as time shall last. Glad to answer anything further that 1 can for you. Very truly yours, JACOB A. DAVY. Troy, Ohio. Feb. 9. 1915. Mr. Wes Hoffman, Decatur, Indiana: Dear Sir:—Your inquiry relative to « the Troy, Ohio, mausoleum received this morning, and I am glad to tell you all 1 know about this building. I am an owner and well pleased,. M e have buried relatives in the mausoleum, and have no reason to regret that we did so. 1 was taken with the idea from the first, and did all I could to effect the establishing of a building in our cemetery. While we had strong opposition, we finally accomplished it, and one of our hardest knockers has died since we had the building completed (E. E. Thompson). Peace be to his ashes. He was the man that said the buzzards roosted in the top of the building and a few other things like that; he said bodies were being removed, but he did not tell why. They were not permanently buried, was tile reason. He also gave it out that bodies had been removed in a badly decomposed state from the crypts. There was one such, and again lie did not tell all the story, for he placed a body in one of the community crypts, a victim of the flood, that had lain in a pile of dirt and rubbish for two weeks. It was badly decomposed when found and he got the sexton to allow him to do that dastardly trick. (The sexton also being a knocker). The crypt was not well sealed when the body was in there and no one knew about the affair until a woman went to clean the building. She brought the news that the building was not fit to be in. That was what they wanted; well, that body was moved mighty quick. So you see there was cause for talk. Now, as to what was really wrong. Tlie roof did leak. Why? It was the first cement roof that Mr. Cebert had ever built. While he was an old hand at the other part of the work, and gave us a dandy building; crypts as dry as punk; the marble was not set up exactly right on the start, but _ he has made that right; also the roof. If your promoters are building after the plans of our building, you need not fear as to its durability and provision for sanitation. It will stand for ages. Should the building be entirely destroyed, the erpyts will be a solid mass of cement, that would fight the elements for hundreds of years. Hoping this will clear up the mausoleum proposition so far as our building is concerned, I am Yours very truly, E. S. ROBBINS. Thanking you for your interest and co-operation thus far and assuring you that we will leave this work in the hands of our volunteer advertising man in the future, we are, Yours truly. RALPH RUNYAN. Advt. CHAS. (’. FELTS. Mrs. George Wagoner, Miss Bernice Bulger. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith, Rev. Diefenbach, Bluffton: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shumaker. Huntington; Mrs. Lola Wallace. Miss Mabel Norj wald. Fort Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Murphy,. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wood, Miss Martha Wood. Harold Graham, j i Decatur. o , ii Democrat Want Ads Pay.

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