Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 15, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1917 — Page 1

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MACHINE MADE « Mr. Goodrich's “Economy Measures" Tend to Make Governor a Czar. NO CHANCE AT ALL To Hold Elective .Job if You Don’t Fall in With the Steam Roller. (By Willis Thompson) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24—Great noises are being heard from the republican press, beaded by the Indianapolis newspapers, whenever a democratic senator stands in the way of some Goodrich measure, and democracy is at once assailed for “opposing economy.” No matter what the measure proposed the public is advised “It is for economy and the democrats oppose it for that reason.” In the matter of transferring the oil inspection from a democratic department to one controlled by republicans great headlines have assured the people that the move will save the state $125,000 a year. As a matter of fact, as the people are now beginning to understand, the oil inspection department does not cost the state a dollar. To the contrary .the department is a revenue producer. The oil comiKinies pay all the fees for inspection and in 1916 produced and placed in the state treasury $105,800. as against $35,000 when Hanley was governor. The more thoroughly the inspection is looked after the greater the revenue and the greater protection to consumers. if the inspection is thoroughly done it can not be handled by less than the fifty-nine deputies now employed to cover 500 inspection stations in all parts of the state and mtrff* more-than IwWO iwapeethmK in’ each month. And the oil companies pay the inspectors’ fees as well as those paid to the state. Before the bill was introduced Governor Goodrich had a conference with registered lobbyists of the Standard Oil company. Ono editorial in the Indianapolis News Monday releases the cat from the bag. Hero is what the News says: “The oil companies allege that the inspection system is no longer necessary because oil and gasoline as now manufactured are not dangerous, and that the inspections are worthless. These allegations have not been answered by those favoring the system’s retention. The public conviction about the oil inspection department is that it is a political feeding trough, a good deal of a joke and a burden on the taxpayers.” The Indianapolis News is a pretty fair interpreter and exponent of the Goodrich thought waves and herein is revealed the real purpose of the Standard Oil company of the annoyance of having its oil inspected and to cut off the necessity of having this company pay to the state a net annual revenue of $105,000. And this is “Goodrich economy” which the democratic senators oppose. Another “Goodrich economy measure" is that to abolish the attorney general as an elective officer and al low the governor to “name an attorney general and as many deputies as may ba required.” Senator Walton Chambers, of Newcastle, who is a democrat, who usually tries to go into the merits of all bills with some thoroughness, says ho has been unable to find an attorney of any standing who does not look upon this as a dangerous piece of legislation. Many things maw arise in an administration wherein the attorney general may be called upon to investigate the office or official acts ot the governor. Such things have happened. Where tho governor happened to be a big utility owner these things are especially liable to happen. In any event it is considered a dangerous thing to have the attorney general owe his position to any other elective officer, the appointive power having also the right to remove. But listen to this. It is not enough to control the attorney general and all his deputies, with power in the governor to remove at his pleasute There is another • Goodrich” economy hili" which the democratic senators will no doubt be denounced for op posing, although it will be surpris ing if republicans support it. This new bill provides for the removal o any couhty, city or township office:

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Eon demand of five citizens of the county. It enables tho governor to name immediately the successor of the ousted officer, tho governor's man to hold pending any appeal the ousts Jcd may take. This same economy measure re-; • veals its purpose by enabling the governor to go into any couply in the state, to displace the district at tor-' ' ney and name a special judge to I try any cases in which he may wish; ■'(to inject the name of the governor: > as < omplaniant. Can you boat it? In less than a' * year he would oust every district attorney and prosecutor in the state to make way for his own selections. He could remove county officials at will because they were not republiI can state machine henchmen, or, if (Continued on Page 3.) I ; o HORSE IS FOUND I >1 i Sheriff Ed Green and Fred Liniger Identify Horse , and Buggy AT NEW HAVEN k Left in Livery Barn There Last Evening — Are Tracing Man. Sheriff Ed Green and Fred Liniger ■ went to New Haven this morning, wher they identified a horse and ’ buggy left there last evening at a livery stable, as the one that was i hired last Friday morning at the Lig iger stables here by Jesse Banks and ; driven away, and from whom nothing further had been heard. The officers from New Haven tel ephoned this morning to Mr. Green that a rig answering the description 'of this one had been left there last 'evening and the two hastened there . to identify it. ' The man who left it at the place did not return to get it. At last reports he was headed toward Monroeville and the officials had strong hopes of being able to get him. FINED FOR FRAUD (United Press Servicer Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 24 —-(Special to Daily Democrat)—Edith Mill and her : daughter Ida were fined $32 each in superior court today when they pleaded guilty to fradulent advertising. The I women advertised "$65 furs for sale all; s’2.” Detectives found the furs were'; not worth more than $7. A large number of bargain hunters were ; “stung” by the women’s scheme, it i was stated. ; O —4 RAISE TEN DOLLARS (United Press Service) i Washington, Jan. 24—(Special to , Daliy Democrat) —To confer with Canadian government in fixing news , print paper prices to publishers at ten « dollars increase over last missioners of the federal trade com-' i mission will go to Ottawa, it was an-| - nounced here today. c ABOUT THE SICK Robert Edington returned this after-; noon from Fort Wayne where he mis • been a patient at the hospital since a sliver of steel from an engine at the - power house which he was dismanti ling pierced the hall. It is thought i he ,will lose the sight of the eye. i , Sterling Hoffman. Jr. son of Dr. and . Mrs. S. P. Hoffman, who was brought . home Sunday evening from a visit at . Berne where he was seized with an i attack of indigestion, is better. o ENGINEER KILLED • (United Press Service) I > Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 24 —(Special; to Daily Democrat) —Edward Bowkerj 3 an engineer on tba Nickel Plate rail- ; road was killed :®1 several were in- ■ jured when a passenger train ran into an open switch here today. The 1 switch was carelessly left open. y PRAYER MEETING 6 The weekly prayer meeting of the Christian church will be held this ! evening at the home of Mrs. Minnie h I Daniels on North Sixth street. d j -o p ELKS NOTICE s ! Thursday night at eight o’clock the y Elks will have initiation and a social I .session. .... -O ‘ s- Mrs. Rose Reinking went to Fort is Wayne this afternoon to visit with if her parents. Mi. and Mrs. Ernest ir Geiger.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, January 21, 1917.

LOW LIVING COST Os Before the Civil War as Compared With the H, C. of L. Now. THE BOOK OF TIME Delivers Up a Few Pages— Eggs Sold for Eight Cents a Dozen. —— Like leaves from the book of time I are the worn pages of a grocery I ledger which. City Engineer Frank Randall, picked up from the mud ..t I the gutter on South Barr street a few days ago. says a Fort Wayne paper, i The yellowed sheets tell of living co:i---i dilions in Fort Wayne, as the store- . keeper, whose name does not appear |on Uie papers, found them in 185 1. j That was 63 years ago. There are pages which follow I through the month of January, eight ; years before the civil war. They are , penned in the graceful style of that ; day when penmanship was high art. ! Here*is the story they tell: Eggs were 8 cents a dozen. Butter; was sold from the grocers' counter al I 8 cents a pound. Coffee was 10 cents j a pound. Vinegar was 10 cents a gal-1 lon. House rent in Fort Wayne was $2 a month, at least for the dwellings from which the grocery keeper collected toll. A barrel of whisky, of four and a half gallons, sold for $10.38. Every page told of several whisky orders. Selling of liquor was one of the staple trades of the grocer of that day. Wood sold at $1 a cord at that time; when the primeval forests were being felled with a wreckless hand. Half of the cost was for floating the logs down the canal or one of the streams, j the ledger states in a sentence. A doHur bought sixteen pounds of sugar for Mrs. Henry Jones, one torn page reveals. Sale of three pair of shoes shows the foot gear 1o have retailed for $1 to $2.50 per pair. Mit-’ tens were 13 cents a pair. Two pounds of tobacco cost 8 cents. Molasses was 50 cents a gallon. Hats! we cannot tell what kind, sold at $1 a piece. The storekeeper payed $10.85 for thirty-five bushels of oats. He bougiit; hay at $6.60 aload. He sold gingham at 20 cents a yard. Starch was twoj pounds for a quarter. There were many orders for dried apples and salted fish. According to the ancient pages these were staples of food in that early day. Taking it all in all. with the canal boats and ague thrown in, we would rather take our place in the commercial world of [ this H. C. of L. day whose record is just being made. i THE MARION TEAM Decatur High School Boys’ Team Will Meet the Marion Boys IN THIS CITY Friday Night—Decatur Recently Beat Ft. Wayne —Expect Close Game. Lovers of basket ball are looking ! forward with pleasure to the next ini (cresting series of games, scheduled | for next Friday evening in this city. The first boys’ team of the Decatur high school will play the Marion team and a good opening extra game is also announced. The Marion boys are said to be fast players, and a close and exciting game is expected. The Decatur team recently defeated Fort Wayne and they expect to take the scalps of the Marion boys also. The public is invited to come. o DAUGHTER IS BORN. Mrs. Aaron Stevens received word j of the birth of a new granddaughter. , This is the child, Anna Isabelle, born to her son, Hugh Stevens and wife of Great Falls, Montana. The mother was formerly Miss Stella Tucker <qf this city.

* “HER GREAT PRICE” Mabel Taliaferro, the i harming and fascinating stage star, will bo seen on the screen hero at the Crystal Io night in "Her Great Price", a Metro wonderplay of five gripping acts. This is one of the most novel features I ever produced for the screen, and it • is filled with thrills, well sustained I suspense and startling surprises. Miss i Taliaferro, is surrounded by an excel- ! lent cast and the production is mountled on an elaborate scale. Miss Tal.'a- | ferro will be remembered by theatregoers for her remarkable perfonnan in “Polly of the Circus,", “ Springtime” and other notable stage produce tions, TEUTONS FAVOR German Officials and Citizenry in Favor of Wilson’s Arguments. BIG SEA BATTLE Reports from Dutch Centers Say Six to Ten Boats Were Sunk Monday. (United Press service) (By Carl D. Ackermann) Berlin, Jan. 24—(Specilal to Daily , DemocTat)--President Wilsons' senate speech was telegraphed to the Kaiser and field marshal Von Hindenberg at the front today. Ambassador Gerard i ' conferred with Secretary Zimmerman last night and cabled the state department at Washington an outline of the I German foreign offices impression of ; the statement. The presidents' sentiments are viewed with favor publicly and officially. Informal discussion by foreign office officials however developed I the belief that Germany cannot take] ; official c.ognizance of Urn address, > This belief is based on the fact that the allied reply to President Wilson I has never been officially received bv ' Germany and because it is believed ! Germany cannot make further moves toward peace after the insulting reply ! to her own peace suggestions by the : allies. Men in responsible positions today ; expressed their satisfaction over the I presidents’ arguments for “freedom j of the seas,” from the first the Ger-j ' mans have insisted it was the biggest question involved. Germany has also shows she favors an independent Poland —another point upon which th ■ president laid stress. London, Jan. 24—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Persistent reports from Holland today were that from six to I ten German destroyers had been sunk in Monday night's engagement be i tween German and British sea forces. ; The dispatch said Dutch authorities| ■ were considering the interment of the ; German destroyer V-69 which arriv'd lat Yumiden barely afloat and with i many wounded German sailors aboard. I The German official statement re- ' porting the engagement, received io-; day makes no mention of the loss of. any German vessel aside from the one which it declared had reached a Dutch harbor. One British destroyer was sunk the German statement reported. Excepting the torpedo boat which made a Dutch port the German fleet rturned to its base with slight losses according to the official announcement. Buenos Aires, South America, Jan. j 04 —(Special to Daily Democrat) — The German raiders prison ship the I Japanese steamer Hudson Maru left Pernambuco. She steamed out of the harbor and hugged the shore line closely on a northern course persum-; ably headed for New’ York with every anxiety to avoid another capture i>y the German sea rover. All of the prisoners taken by 'he raider and sent to Pernambuco on the Japanese steamer have been* landed and most of them have been furnished transportation to their homes by consuls of the nations of which they are citizens. _o FEED BY FORCE (United Press Service) New York, Jan. 24—(Special to the I; Daily Democrat)—Mrs. Ethel Byrne, .' sent to jail for thirty days for distrlbi uting birth control literature started f her third day of hunger striking tor day. The commissioner of correction f declared she will be fed forcibly if necessary.

Jury bill is up Il > * " For Final Action in House '■l * Tomorrow—Senate Ac- ♦ i tion in Doubt. ■ SENATOR GREEN DEAD House and Senate Hold Short Sessions and Adopt Resolutions. (United Press Service) I ' Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24—(SpecI ial to Daily Democrat) —In brief ses- ■ aions today, both houses of the legislature paid high tribute to the mem- : ory of Senator William T. Green, of I Albion, who died of pneumdhia last i night. Resolutions of condolence , were drawn up in both the house and ; senate. The house held a short business ; session, hearing only reports of comi mittees and then adjourning until tomorrow. Governor Goodrich an- ’ nounced that he will call a special election for Tuesday, February 6th, to fill the vacancy caused by Green's death. The senate adopted a resolution to have Green's chair in the senate draped in black until after the funer- ; al. Senator Simmons of Bluffton is a member of the committee appointed by Lieutenant Governor Bush to draw up resolutions on the death of 'reen. Indiana dry workers are preparing for another great prohibition demoni ;tration tomorrow when the Wright i bill providing for state-wide prohibition will be presented in the house for final action. Speaker Eschbach today confirmed . the statement that he will hand the ■ bill down for third reading and a vote tomorrow. That the dry bill will pass the house i by a large-maiußUy- is pwwfieally wr- ! tain. Interest today centered in senI ate action. Considerable apprehenI sion was felt in both wet and dry cir- | cles over what committee lieutenant governor Bpsii would send the bill to I when it reaches the upper house. SEVEN HURT IN WRECK 'United Press Service) Oil City, Penn., Jan. 24 —(Specia Ito; Daily' Democrat) —Seven persons were j injured, one seriously', when a passen-; ger train on the Pennsylvania rail-; road jumped the track today and struck a freight train. o DR. MILLER A CANDIDATE Dr. J. M. Miller who is filling out the unexpired term of former Councilman L. L. Baumgartner, has filed his intention of becoming a candidate on the Democratic ticket for city' council-; ; man at large. OEMOIJsT ford Westbound Erie Passenger Strikes Ford Car at Preble Tuesday. — MRS. KELLER BRUISED Lewis Keller and Babe Unhurt—Unable to See Trains from East. Nothing but the reputation remaini ed of Lewis Keller’s Ford car when west bound passenger train number ;six on the Erie railroad struck it at three-thirty o’clock yesterday afternoon as Keller was drhfeg across the Preble crossing. * j Unable to see tef the east for much I distance Keller drove onto the tracks i before he was aware of the train, ap- . proaching at perhaps fifty miles an . hour. A pedestrain attempted to warn him, but it was too late and the pilot ; of the engine struck the Ford with i force enough t/ throw Keller, his wife 1 ; and a child into the right of way. , I The engineer of the train stopped -1 immediately and the train crew pick* 1 cd up the unfortunate victims. Mrs. ■ Keller was scratched severely but i Lewis and the baby got out without f damage. This is the second accident at this crossing within four months, i

j MRS PYLE DEAD Funeral services over the remains of Mrs, (’hristia Ann Pyle, wife of i John Pyle was conducted from itu >| M. E. church at New Corydon, this ; morning at ten o’clock. The death of Mrs. I>yle, who was among the pioI neer residents of New Corydon, occurIred/Sunday night. She was seventyfour years old. Surviving her ar ‘lie . husband, five sons and one daughter, all of whom reside in or about New Corydon. They are Segal. Charles, | Robert, Alfred and Smith Pyle and Mrs. Goldie.wife of C. G. Kessler. _. o OUT FOR TREASURER Roy Baker filed his declaration with the city clerk ns a candidate for treasurer of the City of Decatur. He made ■ I the declaration at noon today. —o THE COURT NEWS ’ Edmund Miller Qualifies as Administrator of Nancy Miller Estate. CASE IS RECEIVED From the Court of Justice Liddy—Judge Smith at Portland. Special Judge L. C. DeVoss who heard a portion of the evidence in ths Blue Creek ditch case, has continued the hearing until January 31, at niue o’clock in the morning. Judge David E. Smith, of Decatur. Utting as special judge in the case of Mary E. Ritenour et al vs. W. R.' Hodge, trustee of Pike township, appealing against the assessments of th Redmond-Whitnack ditch in Pike township, found for the remonstralot s Tuesday, reducing several assessments but rendering judgment for the I costs against the appellant remor.-j strators. Judge Smith will dispose of, other matters pending before him as; special judge in the court here. —Port-1 land Commercial Review. In the case of the state on relation! of George M. T. Houck, trustee oft Kirkland township, Adams county, ugainsl tlie advisory board, consisting,, of W. H. Dettinger, Harvey M. Beery; and Albert Reppert, an amended com-1 plaint has been filed in superior court j asking that the advisory board be rected to grant the trustee the authority to borrow the money which , ■is desired to purchase a site upon , which to trect a school buolding in Kirkland township. The indebtedness of the township is placed at SIOO, and the taxable property at $1,050,000. The case was brought here on a change i of venue. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gaz-ette. — Edmund B. Miller qualified as administrator of the estate of Nancy A. Miller. He gave SBOO bond. The papers in the case of the State, ; on the Relation of Velma Myers vs. Frank Burdg, bastardy, were receiv-, I ed from the court of Justice Joel Liddy of Monroe township, Burdg having ; been bound over to the circuit court. Real estate transfers: Rachel Glendenning et al to The Straus Brothers 239 acres of Hartford township, $35,000: William Brown to William C. Long, 86.22 acres of Union township, 1 $10,500; Samuel Ritter et al to Eli W. Steele, lot 706 Decatur, quit claim deed, $100; Samuel Smitli et al to; Samuel P. Schwartz, 80 acres of Wabash township, $8900; Mary E. Colaw to Wm. Howell, 64 acres of French township, $7,000. County Auditor John Mosure and assistants were busy today writing; out the checks for the school fund ap-| , portionment to the various school trus- . tees, who may now get their money. ; i Certificate of the election of the; trustees for the Pleasant Mills and 1 Salem Methodist churches, was re-. ' corded. They are J. D. Winans. A. J. 1 Case, James Watkins, D. B. Room ‘ Dale Cowan. Amos Wagers, C. W. F.! Davis, George McElbany. trustees are: O. J. Suman, A. W Gul-; ' ick, Charles Schneck, Bob Davis, Chas. Feasel and Marcellus Davison. The trustee of the Mennonite church is Daniel Stucky instead of Dai vid Stucky as reported yesterday.

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STURT THURSDAY I” Sale of Tickets for the Four 1 Day Short Course Starts Tomorrow. ; FIFTY CENTS EACH 1 Good for Twenty Sessions —To Cover Local Expenses Only. ' The committee in charge of thft sale of tickets for the short course, i which will be held in Decatur, Febj ruary 6,7. 8 and 9, plans to open the ! sale of tickets to the public tomor- ; row morning. Tickets will be placed iin every business house in Decatur I and the business men are urged to j support the course by selling as I many tickets as possible. In order to make the short course a success the co-operation of everyone will be needed and the business men can do a great deal by talking and urging the sale of tickets to their customers. Tickets will also be sent to other towns in the county and ’ny one not living in Decatur may secure a ticket by calling at any of the banks in the county. Season tickets for the course will be fifty ~ents. These tickets• entitle the holder to attend every session for •he four days. In both the men and '•omen's departments there will be •—o sess’e-s fn the troming. two in 'te -fterroon -d •“te session at •’ •'ht This se”Ron ’Uket will admit i 'he hol-’er to t” •'•'• mssions in all I ’ • t b e c ”m n* z ’t - e”ts School ’• "d-e” will be admitted free, and ; ‘her children under eighteen years I “f age may secure a ticket for twen-‘v-five cents. Some plan had to be arranged hereby sufficient money could be raised to meet the local expense of the course, while it is in this county. Not n cent of the money secured ; from the sale of tickets will be paid Ito Purdue university. All of the I money will be spent for local ex- | reuse, and none of it will go out of the community. The state of Indiana pays the salaries ot the instructors. Purdue university furnishes all of the live stock and other equip* , ment. and the G. R. & I. railroad pulls the car which carries the live stock tree of charge. There will, however, be a number of local expenses, such as room rent, heat and light, board and lodging for the instructors, drayage, feeding and shelter for the live stock, etc., which will have to be met. Considering the fact that week before lasfl over 2,300 farmers went ito Purdue university to attend the annual farmers' short course held there, and they had to pay their car fare, hotel, and board, etc., the committee in charge of the course for this county does not feel that fifty cents I is any too much to be asked of the persons attending the course, considering the benefit that can be de- ; rived. ‘ The same course that was held at week before last will be brought to Adams county as nearly as practicable, and will be held for four days. In this short course one may soi cure Information along any line per- ' taining to the farm and the home, ’.instruction will be given in soils and crops, live stock, dairying, horticul- ! ture, poultry .farm management and ' domestic science. Nine instructors, j regular members of the faculty of the extension department of Purdue uni- ; versity, will be here to give demonstrations and instruction. There is no better place that the farmers of ; Adams county can secure assistance ! in solving many problems than by attending the short course, and dis- ! cussing their problems with the instructors. Hhmg the various line), which they will discuss at the course. As there is a great deal of local in- ; terest in corn production, on Tuesday. the first day ot the course, a ’ corn school will be held. The committee in charge of the corn work has arranged for one hundred, five-ear exhibits of corn. Before the corn school opens an expert judge will score one ear out of each ot the exhibits. When the corn school opens there will be instructors in charge, who will give interested parties direct assistance and instruction in the various points, and show what cuts | should be made for the deficiency j found in the different samples ot forn. Another t!(jrig of great interest to the people of this community will be a demonstration of feeding work which will be taken up in tho ~ Tuonunued on Page H.)