Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1916 — Page 5

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ADAIR CARRIES STATE THREE VOTES TO ONE HARRY S. NEW HOLDING DOWN WATSON FOR SENATORIAL TOGA-GOOD-RICH FOR GOVERNOR

(United Frees Service) Indianapolis, Mrach 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Harry S. New held his lead this afternoon over James E. Watson in the neck and neck race for the republican nomination for United States senator, but it became apparent that unless second choice voles intervened the nomination would be thrown to the convention by the vote cast for Arthur Uobinson. which held the balance of power despite its small numbers. * Rei>orts from 1323 precincts including 96 in Marion county gave New 43,299, Janies E. Watson, 41,265, Arthur Robinson, 10,035. Equally positive were the indications that James p! Goodrich had been nominated by the republicans for governor and that John A. M. Adair had beaten Leonard B. Clore for the democratic nomination by a three to one vote. Reports from 1085 precincts including 96 precincts in Marion county gave James P. Goodrich 37.900, Warren S. McCrea 21,358, Guincy A. Meyers. 7,887. Reports from 590 out-state precincts gave J. A. M. Adair 22,763, ard R Clore, 8,535. Politicians admited that if most of the Robinson supporters should have voted for New for second iheice or for Watson for second choice a primary nomination v < 11 still be possible but they believed this improbable because or tno seecnd choice voting has been light. At New's headquarters late this afternoon it was estimated New would have a plurality of nine or ten thousand. At Watson’s headquarters it was estimated that Watson is gaining 15 votes per precinct outside of Marion county. Watson headquarters would not estimate a possible plurality for Watson. Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 8 (Special to Daily Democrat) —Indiana's first state-wide primary proved a misdeal so far as a republican nomination for United States senator was concerned. This was admitted with reservations, at 10 a. m today at the headquarters of Harry S. New', who is contesting the nomination of James Eli Watson. At 10:30, 716 out of a total of 3.177 precincts, including eighty from Marion county, gave the following senatorial vote: New, 21,784; Watson, 21,001; Robinson, 5,611. Six humfred and eighty precincts, including eighty from Marion county, gave the following vote for governor: Goodrich, 26,462; McCrea, 14,756; Myers, 5,668. At Goodrich headquarters all were

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confident that Goodrich would he nominated at the primaries. An outstanding feature of the primaries was the large vote polled by Charles Warren Fairbanks, presidential candidate. He polled 6,330 votes in eighteen precincts in Marion county, running close to the leader in the hotly contested senatorial fight. Adair won easily the democratic nomination for governor from Clore. “It will go to the convention,” was the statement at New’s headquarters. “We will have a plurality, but we can't beat both Watson and Robinson.” The statement was then qualified: "If Fort Wayne gives us five to one, and South Bend gives us a lead, and we hold even in Terre Haute and Evansville, we may get a majority.” Returns from eighteen of South Bend's fifty precincts gave Watson 850; New, 790, and Robinson, 311. New claimed Marion county by 12,000 majority, but admitted that Watson would overcome most of this in . the state. Unofficial returns from eighty Marion county precincts gave New 6,903; Watson, 1,286, and Robinson, 1,245. Terre Haute, March 8, —(Special to Daily Democrat (—Sixteen out of fifty precincts gave today to Goodrich 862 McCrea 655 and Meyer 154. Charles W. Fairbanks 1414, President Wilson 1252, New 754, Watson 659 and Robison 310. Indianapolis, March B,—(Special to Daily Democrat (-Charles Warren Fair banks, republican candidate for presi dent showed surprising strength here today in the perferential primary. H polled 10,316 votes in 111 Marion county precincts. Despite the fact that lie had no opposition he ran within two votes of Harry S. New, leading candidate, in a bitter contesting fight for United States senatorial nomination. Muncie, Ind., Macrh B,—(Special to Daily Democrat.)—Six out of 35 precincts gives for senator, Watson, 320, New. 195, Robinson, 90. For governor. Goodrich 467, McCrea 149 and Myer 39. BULLEOIN. Bluffton, Ind., Mar. B—(Special to Daily Democrat)—The official count shows that Adair received 1,756 votes; Clore, 763; Denny, 1,119; Foster, 892; ■ Sark, 970, and Simmons, 1,279.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, March 8, 1916.

ROADS—BRIDGES Contracts Awarded For Five Roads and a Large Number of Bridges BY COUNTY BOARD Many Bidders For Public Work—Board Resume Duties of March Session Th county commissioners reconvened this morning and disposed of a large amount of business. Reporis were filed by Treasurer Kinzle, and Marlin Laughlin of the county infirmary, which were approved. C. J. Lutz filed a petition asking for the appointment of a constable in Washington township. A dozen bidders for the five macadam roads made an interesting scrap the low bidders being as follows; Henry Bauman road —Julius Haugk & Son $3,600 Curtis Fritzinger road —Engle & Andrews, $4,600 Daniel Kaehr road,—Merryman & Fugate $3,857 Fred Minger road —L. O. Bears, $3,199 Peter D. Steiner road—A. B. Beiberstein $3,330 The low bidders on a number of bridges advertised were as follows: Beckmier in Root township, John A. Jones, $427.50 but contract will not be let as specifications for new bridge are to be prepared. Bethel bridge, Jefferson. Roy Steele, $1,294. Burk bridge, Wabash, Burk Construction Co., $15,000. Geo. W. Gates bridge. Monroe, H. S. Tapp Construction company, $2,600. Graber bridge, French Berne Artificial Stone company, $477. Luginbill birdge, Monroe, Burk Construction Co. (Continued on Page 3.) THE COURT NEWS Many Real Estate Transfers Are Noted—Recorder is Quite Busy. new case is filed In Circuit Court —Certificate of Trustees’ Election Filed. Certificate of the Christian church trustees’ election was filed with the county recorder as follows: Andrew Artman for three years from January 1, 1915. and Dr. Burt Mangold for three years from January 1, 1916. The Bucher Engraving Co. vs. The ” (Continued on Page 3.)

I “THE HOUSE OF TEARS. ’ Emily Stevens, who is the sensation of the season on the speaking stage In New York City, In her marvelous , starring role In "The Unchastened Woman," will be seen on the screen here at the Crystal on Thursday in “The House of Tears,” a wonderful five-part featuro produced by Rolfe Photo Plays, Inc., for release in the Metro program. This is the third MeI tro picture masterpiece In which Miss Stevens has been starred, and she has repeated her success in “Destiny, of 1 the Soul of n Woman,” and “Cora,” her two former screen triumphs. Miss Stevens is supported by an excellent cast in “The House of Tears," which includes Henri Bergman, the well known dramatic artist, Walter Hitchcock, Madge Tyrone and other prominent players. BRISK HALF HOUR Council Kept Busy Last Evening With Reports, Motions and Petitions. TO RECEIVE BIDS For Year’s Supply of Coal and Oil at First Meeting in April. A short but brisk session of the city council was held last evening and for a solid half hour municipal affairs were dished out in regular "apple-pie” order. After the minutes for the last two sessions were approved a petition signed by a number of property owners asking for the improvement of Ninth street with brick and cement sidewalks was filed and upon motion referred to the street and sewer committee. A notice from D. F. Teeple, the drayman, was filed and placed on record and a motion made instructing the streeUarfiT sewer committee to look after same. As waivers in the aggregate sum of $146.36 had been signed by property owners in the matter of the First street improvement, a resolution was passed and adopted authorizing the clerk to issue improvement bonds to this amount, payable in ten years with interest at 6 per cent. The purchasing committee was instructed to buy a car load of paving brick for immediate use of the street commissioner. The street and sewer committee reported favorable on the John Wagner petition for a sewer and instructed the civil engineer to draw up plans, specifications and profiles for same. The committee also reported favorably on the petition of Martin Mylott for a sidewalk along South Fifth street, and refused to grant the petition of J. S. Bowers et al for the improvement of Marshall street with tarvia. The petition of Mr. Gauze for a sidewalk along West Thirteenth street was also refused at this time by the ! street and sewer committee. The com(Continued on Paga 2.)

SPELLING MATCH Open to All at Pleasant Mills, Friday Evening, March 11. A BIG DEBATE Will Come off Same Night Between Pleasant Mills and Willshire H. S. There will be a debate between the Pleasant Mills High School and the Willshire High > School next Friday night at Pleasant Mills. Dora Davis) and Charley Acker will represent i Pleasant Mills while Argyle Davis and Hugh Price will represent Willshire. The subject for dehate is; "Resolved that Our Army and Navy should he increased.” The Willshire school lias the affirmative, while Pleasant Mills has the negative. This is the return debate between the two schools as the first debate was held in Willshire on February 25. In this debate the Pleasant Mills students had the ffirmative This debate was decided 81 to 79 in favor of Pleasant Mills. The judges in the first debate were Dale Cowan and Russel Dull of Willshire and Prof. Shaffer of Ohio City. Immediately after the debate there will be an old fashioned spelling match open to all. This means that teachers as well as scholars will get to spell. The words will be taken out of the common school speller. There will he three prizes given for the best spellers as follows; first prize one ($1.50) dollar and fifty cents, second prize, (75c) seventy- five cents; third prize (50c) fifty cents. Rules will be announced the night of the match. There will lie an admission price of ten cents charged to all. The debate will commence at 7:30. Everybody come. jUNtassj pur “The Hoodoo” Presented in Fine Manner at Opera House by THE JUNIOR CLASS Os High School —Show Excellent Ability and Fine Training. - . —j “Home talent plays” are always interesting and well received. But tliat of the annual class play of the high school juniors last evening was more than usually so. The clever play. “The Hoodoo’ with its many interesting situations; the interesting characters ■ thereof; the excellent cast chosen from the juniors’ able ranks; and the excellent coaching given by Miss Virginia Cravens and Ray Penrose of the high school faculty; combined to make ! last evening’s presentation at the opera house, a magnificent one. The juniors are receiving many compliments ' today for the excellent way in which , they carried off the evening. Each member of the cast carried off : his part as though fitted naturally for it, which is indeed, about the best compliment that could be given any actor. Seating room was at a premium but the audience was well taken care of with the placing of extra seats. During the evening Miss Dorothy Williams, pianist, played. Miss Martha Tucker, who is a very talented elocutionist, gave two fine readings between.the acts. MISSIONARY TO SPEAK. — Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Robinson, returned missionaries from China, will address the missionary circles of the city at the Baptist church, Thursday at 2:30 p. m. All ladies interested in missions are urged to be present. They will speak again in the evening at 7:30. This will he a general meeting, to which every one is invited. SPECIAL LENTEN SERVICE. Special lenten services will be held at 7 o’clock this evening at the Zion Reformed church. The ladies' quartet will sing and the theme for the evening will be “Striking the Keynote for Lenten Services.” All are invited to attend.

COMPLETE RETURNS IN FOR PRIMARY ELECTION WINNERS IN ADAMS COUNTY RACES HAVE SAFE MARGINS-ADAIR WAS IN USUAL SPLENDID FORM

The primary is again a matter of : history and the interest which becomes I rather intense, especially about a i newspaper office when the returns are coming in has begun to lessen. The democrats have selected an excellent ticket, well distributed over the county, men of ability who will lead that party to a great victory next fall. The men chosen are well known all over the county. Senator Kern was renornnated without opposition and a great vote w r as cast for Wilson and Marshall as the national candidates. Joseph W. Walker, of Geneva the nominee for representative is a Geneva business man, educated, a good campaigner and a high class man in every particular. Ahrani Simmons for joint senator is a well known lawyer, a man of great ability and a political worker clean and capable. John Adair for governor will run in the state like he has for ten years in the eighth district. Orval Harruff, an expert engineer who has had ten years eyperienee was named for surveyor; John Mosure of French township, a former trustee, a farmer and a good business man was the choice for auditor, George Kinzle was renominated for treasurer and his ability as a candidate is well known. Fruchte for prosecutor, Green for Sheriff and Clark for coroner had no opposition, Robert Schwartz for commissioner in the third is a good clean business man and David Dilling in the first ! has proven his worth. Its *> strops? ticket and will win easily next November. There are no sore spots to heal up, the winners are ready and willing to work. The losers are ready to help. We’re off for the greatest victory ever known in the county. The voters of Adams county paid bm little attention to the second choice column on the primary ballot i yesterday only about five per cent of j the democratic voters taking advar j tage of that privilege. Even at that the second choice Voters made some dierence in the totals for commissioner of the third district, giving Ja cob Moser a slight advantage over j Schwartz. The vote came in farily good up till one o'clock. South St. Mary’s was first, reporting at eight o'clock and fifteen minutes later two more had reported the democratic vote, including North Kirkland and North Washington. By midnight the various scraps were fairly well settled and at two o’clock twenty-seven of the thirtythree precincts had given in the dem- ' ocratic results. Adair showed his usual running ability in this county, se- j curing five votes to every one registered for his opponent. The republi- ; van votes were slower as they were j counted out second and at midnight only ten had reported. These were sufficient, how'ever, to indicate that Goodrich for governor and Ball for congressman had carried the county, and Watson was probable winner here. The vote was a little below the usual vote for each party, due to the fact perhaps that the local fights were

not as hotly contested as usual. The.! democratic vote totals about 2,600, j which is only about 100 votes short of i that of two years ago. The progressive vote in this county 7 ! was very light, so light in fact that it almost winked out. This fact is explained by the reason that many of that party did not vote and many of those who did wished to vote for Kitzelman, a former progressive, and a candidate for the republican nomii nation for congress. t Moosers Did Not Vote. r The progressives cast but twenty-six votes in Adams county, several hun- , dred remaining away from the polls while many of those who went voted either the republican or democrat ticket. Third District Commissioner, j Robert Schwartz will be the nominee 4 for commissioner of the third district, t after an exciting race with Jacob Moser. Schwartz has a plurality of r 144 votes and the second choice votes 0 will have to be added to get the exact results. This will not make any great

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change however as the second choice votes cast for Peele and Boice were not numerous and were fairly well devided. Simmons Is The Winner. Bluffton, March 8, —Abram Simmons lias defeated Harvey Sark for joint senator of Adams, Blackford and Wells county by a majority claimed to be between 400 and 500. He carried Adams county by 128, Wells by 299, this being the official vote, and Blackford by about 100 according to the best obtainable figures at two o’clock this afternoon. Portland, March 8, —At Denny headquarters here it is claimed that Judge Denny has defeated Prank Foster of Anderson for the congressional nomination by a large sized majority. He lias carried every county in the district with the possible exception of Madison. One message from there says Foster carried the county by s’lo while another gives an equal majority to Denny. BULLETIN Fort Wayne, March 8, —New carried every county in the 12th district, iris plurality being something over 3,000. BULLETIN Fort Wayne, March B,—Lute returns indicate the renomination of Cyrus Cline for congress by the democrats, in spite of the German vote which went solid against him. BULLETIN Kokomo, March 8, —(Special to Cie Daily Democrat)—Harry S. New carried Howard county by the official count by 210 plurality. Had No Opposition. Dr. D. D. Clark for coroner, Ed Green for sheriff, J. Fred Fruchte for i prosecutor, and David Dilling for com- | missioner, first district, had no oppoi sition in the primary and their names I do not appear in the table showing the vote. The vote for each will be given later. Republican County Nominees. i The republicans had but one conJ test in the primary in the county, that : for surveyor. The other candidates chosen were; Representative—Alpheus Bowen. Auditor —Harry Fritzinger, Decatur. Prosecutor —E. B. Adams. Coroner —Harry O. Jones, Berne. Sheriff —Reuben Lord, Decatur. Treasurer —William Arnold, Kirkland. | Commissioner. First District—Samuel Fuhrman, Root township, j Commissioner, Third District—John Brown, Wabash. Bull Moosers Win Easily. The progressives had but little in this primary to excite interest. The ticket contained the names of J. Frank Hanly for governor, James B. , Wilson for senator, Carl W. Thomp--1 son for congressman, P. B. Thomas for representative and the delegates ' for state delegates, none of whom had ’ any opposition.

Democratic Precinct Committeemen. | South Preble —John G. Hoffman. | West Jeerson—-Frank Orndorff. | North Blue Creek -John Durr. I Decatur, Third Ward B —C. N. j Christen. North Preble—August Bloemberg. East Jefferson—Jacob J. Tester. * East Root—August Walter. South St. Mary’s— Andrew J. Case. Decatur Third Ward A—J. O. Sellemeyer. Geneva B—James H. Kelly. South Blue Creek—W. A. Sipe. Geneva A—George Ineichen. Decatur—First Ward A—F. V. Mills. Decatur, First Ward B—Charles Yager. Decatur. Second Ward A —Henry B. Heller. French—Henry Presdorf. Middle Monroe—Vance Mattax. North Kirkland—Simeon J. Bowers. * South Kirkland—John W. Parrish. South Hartford—J. W. Heller. , North Hartford—Fred W. Studler. East Union—Frank Mclntosh. Wabash, Ceylon—Jos. Chrisman. North Monroe—J. E. Nelson. (Continued on page 2)