Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 17, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1919 — Page 1

Volume XVII. Number 209

SEEK OPINION OF THE FARMERS Board of Education Held \nnual Session — Postpone Endorsement OF COUNTY AGENT To Succeed Mr. Meeks —All Township Schools Open Monday, September 22 The Adams County Board of Education held the annual September ses-l sion yesterday in the office of county! superintendent. Every school corpora-1 «jn was Iretjhesented—and tqx estimates and levies were considered! and adjusted. The agricultural agent matter was freely discussed, and C. A. Jackson from South Bend, Indiana, was predated to the board by Purdue’s locating agent. Mr. Myers, and it was decided that a little, better acquaintance with the new aspirant for the position, should be gotten before any j decisive steps be taken toward his employment. It was suggested that the advice and counsel of some of the progressive stock raisers and farmers' in each township be sought, and their opinions considered, before action was taken by the trustee of their township in the selection of an agricultural agent. The board of school trustees, who: are required to endorse the nomination by Purdue, want an expression) from those who claim to most need; such an agent, so that the board may act intelligently, and not make- a mistake in the acceptance cf an agent wo lacks the fitness to give the stock . raisers and farthers, such modern! ideas and as may be up to their idea cf an agent's fitness for the position. A majority of the trustees feel ‘hat Adams county is just as much entitled to a competent agent, as any other county in the state, and it is the sentiment of the^ board the county! should not be continually training new! beginners for some ether county to use. . Possibly Adams county could sup ply a beginner- or more than one if that would be satisfactory to Adams county farmers and stock men. The board decided by a resolution that the township' schools shall begin! in each township on the 22nd day of September, 1919. The matter of placing teachers, and the remedy for violation of contracts made by teachers, was thoroughly discussed, after which the following resolution was adopted and is now in! three. "Resolved that we herein request the eounty superintendent of Indiana, to withhold the teacher’s license from him or her, who resigns n written teachers' contract to teach tn Awe or more school corporations! for the school term, within the same ■ school year—-without first obtaining the consent in writing, of the first i trustee of school corporation with j which he or she first contracted to! teach for said term of school. ‘PROVIDED further, that when the manuscript made by said teacher, is sent to be graded by the state superintendent, that the county superintendent enclosecopy of this resolution, and also, his certificate asserting that he or she who made the said manuscript has violated the provisions of this, the above and within resolution.”

MARTIN MOEKE BADLY BURNED Adams County Boy Suffers Electric Shock in Fort Wayne. Martin Macke, son of William Macke, living northwest of the city was very seriously burned at Fort Wayne last week when 2,200 volts of electricity passed through him while at work in the General Electric plant. He had just commenced his duties a few days previous and. was not entirely acquainted with then. The man who works with him was not there at the time and, thinking that he could do the work alone, he turned I something or threw some switch which sent the electricity through him His arms and hands were drawn to-1 get her and burned almost to crisp and it may be necessary to amputate one of them. Other parts of his bodv were also badly burned. He was taken immediately to the hospital and a special nurse is attending to him. It will be several months before he will be fully recovered.

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CORPORATIONS BUMPED County Auditor Mosure this afternoon received notice from the state tax board fixing valuation on the thirty-seven corporations of Adams county. Nearly all were increased, i were doubled, others boosted us much as three to five times. The largest was against the sugar company which was increased to $864,285. The Berne Hay & Grain company was | increased from $17,690 to $73,033; the | Delphi Straw Board company to I $25,000 and the Schafer Saddlery ; company to $04,496. council mF COUNTY LEVY General Levy for County Including Bridge Tax Maybe Twenty-one Cents COUNCIL IN SESSION That Rate Would Not Include Appropriation for Tubercular Sanitarium At three-ten this afternoon indications w»re that the general tax levy for Adams county would be 17'/ 2 cents while the special bridge tax would be 3J/ 2 , making a total general levy of 21 cents on the hundred dollars and based on a net valuation of at least fifty-one million of dollars.. This levy does not include an appropriation for the building of the sanitorium, a resolution being adopted appropriating an amount not to exceed forty thousand dollars and the expenditure of rot more than ten thousand dollars during the year 1920. This amount is to be raised by the issuing of bonds if necessary. The members of the county council held their regular sesion at the county auditor’s office at which time they approved the annual budget of expenditures and were gathering totals in view of fixing the general tax levy for the coming year in the county. The budget as allowed by the council called for $105,968.10 which is alurtrt a third more than last year, this year's expenditures calling for bridge building and repairs which was scarcely a nitem in last year’s budget and also including an appropriation of six thousand dollars for expense of general elections, not levied last year and an additional appropriation to redeem some bonds, heretofore issued by the eounty. The levy is based on a fifty-one million dollar valuation and it is thought that the rate will be twenty-one cents, including the bridge tax. The library and road tax. will be made in addition to this. The twenty-one cent levy as figured now does not include an appropriation for the building of the tuberculosis sanitorium. Included in the county budget, al-

(Continued on Page 5) LOSE THEN WIN Willshire Beats Decatur Sunday by Close Score of 1 to 0. LOCALS COME BACK And Trounce Rockford Here 12 to 2—To Play Ft. Wayne Next Sunday." The Decatur Shamrock's defeated the Rockford. Ohio nine yesterday afternoon on the local diamond by the lop-sided score of 12 to 2. The home team garnered eighteen healthy swats from the Ohio crew, while the latter aggregation were only able to pound out three. Cochran and Coffee were ! the batteries for Decatur, the former | pitching superb ball. The Shamrocks could hit almost at ; will, and everyobdy was swinging the I stick heavy. A week ago Sunday. ' Rockford held Decatur to a six-inning tie, 2 to 2. which was called on account of rain. This was the first home ! game of the season and a good crowd was present. Next Sunday the locals j w-til play a Fort Wayne Pennsylvania shop league team. , Because they could not registex any effective hitting at the right time, the Shamrocks lost to the Willshire nine Sunday on the Ohio diamond by (Continued on Page Two)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday Evening, Sept. 2, 1919.

IS JUDGED INSANE Verne Lyons of Bine Creek Township Passed Upon by Sanity Board. ARRESTED SATURDAY Ned Bobo and Bub Burrell Are Fined for Public Intoxication. Verne Lyons, aged about 25. of Blue Creek township, was judged insane vesterday in Squire Kintz’s court 1-y an insanity board, consisting of Drs. Miller .Costello and Thomas. Lyons! was arrested Saturday night by Piliceman Reynolds and deputy sheriff Roy Baker, on an affidavit filed by his brother. Erank Lyons, of this city, and was taken to the county jail. The young man, who has been working as a farm hand for John Ralston, and several other, residents of Blue Creek township, has been acting peculiar* for about two weeks. Prior to his arrest he had not eaten a regular meal in that time, living on fruits and vegetables he could find in the fields. Hjis roving about over the countryside had frightened the neighbors, who requested that" he be taken in charge. Some difficulty was experienced by the officers in making the arrest, as Lyons tried to hide in the woods. He is now in jail pending admission to some asylum. « ♦ ♦ Ned Bobo, formerly of Decatur Flew into town Saturday night, visited with the police force and the mayor a short I while, and left for Chicago yestewlay. While in the city, he met one of hisj old pals, Bub Burrell, and invited him | to partake of a home-made concoction.: guaranteed to have some kick in it. | The drink consisted mostly of j>n:icai ginger, lemon extract and other nonprohibited compounds—and it had a kick in it. Policeman Reynolds picked them both up Sunday, and while they protested vigorously .navigated them safely to jail, where they slept it off. Yesterday, both were assessed a dol-1 lar and costs in Mayor Yagpr’s court for public intoxication. Bobo paid the i combined fines, amounting to $22 and then left Lawn. * * K Gail Hendricks, son of Jim Hendricks of Monti was hrrested by Policeman Reynolds Saturday for cutting corners at Second and Monroe streets, with the Adams eounty highway truckj. Hie leaded guilty this morning in Mayor Yager’s court and got a dollar and costs, amounting to eleven dollars. <-

OSES OF CANCER Christian F. Bieberich, Resident of Preble Township, Passes Away SUFFERED LONG Funeral Services Will Be Held Thursday Afternoon from Home and Church. Christian F. Bieberich, a life-long resident of Preble township, passed away at 6:30 d’clock yesterday afternoon at his home one and a half miles west of Breble. after an illness of over a vear and a half with cancer. For z the past sixteen weeks he has been bedfast, and death came as a relief to his suffering. Mr. Bieberich was one of the best known farmers in this section of the county, having resided for thirty-nine years on one farm. He was born in P'reble township. April 27, 1853, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich BieberI ich. Thirty-nine years ago he married* Maria Koldewey, who survives him in death. Besides his wife he leaves four children, Herman and Paulinee at home: Bertha, wife of Henry Kaichner; Emma, wife of Charles Buettner, and nine ' children. His brothers and sisters are ■ Spohia, Nuerge. Louis Eldering and 1 John Biebefich of Preble township and Minnie and Charles of this c£ty. Mr. ! Bieberich was a man of steadfast * worth and character and his death ; brings sadness to the entire community wherein he lived. Funeral services will be held at one o’clock (sun time). Thursday from the house and 1:36 o’clock at the St. Paul I Lutheran church. Burial will be made | in the church cemetery.

THREE ABE HURT IN AUTO CRASH Elmer Miller Sustains Fractured Skull and Bluffton Men Lesser Injuries FORD CAR HITS BUICK At Crossroads Four Miles from Decatur—Machines are Badly Damaged. The condition of Elmer Miller i at 3;30 o’clock this afternoon was about the same as this morning. He is partially conscious, at times relapsing into unconsciousness. * * ♦ Elmer Miller, aged 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Millei of West Monroe street, suffered a fractured skull; Louis Speheger. aged 227 son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Speheger, living a mile and a half south of Craigville and Jack Plank, aged 23. of Bluffton, sus-! tained lesser injuries when the light Ford truck driven by Miller and the Buick six touring car. driven by Speheger crashed together about 5:30 o’clock last evening three miles south* and a half mile west of Decatur. Miller is in the Decatur hospital where he underwent an operation at 8:30 o’clock last night to raise the frontal bone in his head, which was crushed in the accident. Speheger's shoulder was dislocated and he is, badly cut about the head and face, besides suffering from the shock Plank suffered cuts and bruises about the arms and legs, but was able to return home last night. Speheger and Plank in the Buick were going east at a high rate of speed and Miller was going south, also driving fast. Both cars were bound for Detatur, Miller returning home from Frankfort where he had been working for the Martin-Klepper company of this city and Speheger to get two girls, who were to join he and his ' friend on a picnic party. At the crossroads, the Ford struck ! the Buick near the rear door, caus- ' ing the machine to become unmanagej able. It rolled over several times, fin- ' ally landing in a corn field ninety feet I east of the crossroads, upside down land headed west. Miller’s car, after ; the crash, hurtled into the ditch at the east side of the road, probably j crashing into a fence or telegraph post. Miller was thrown out of the car over the windshield, and it is believed his head struck the telegraph pole thus causing the fracture. Both Speheger and Miller were rendered unconscious. According to Speheger. he or Plank did not see the Ford until it was almost upon them, too late to avoid the collision. It.is probable that Miller (Continued on Page Four) RETIRES AFTER A LUNG SERVICE / ! Changes Made by Citizens Telephone Company at Annual Meeting MR. .KINZLE CHOSEN As President and Manager —Herman Ehinger is Secretary. F. M. Schirmeyer, who has served as secretary of the Citizens Telephone company sitce and who during most of that time has been the general manager, retired today, succeeded by George E. Kinzle as manager and Herman Ehinger as secretary. At the annual meeting of the stockholders last night the following were elected as directors: George E. Kinzle, Leo Yager, S. E. Hite, E. X. Ehinger and Herman Ehinger, the latter succeeding Mr. ‘Schirmeyer on the board. The directors organized immediately afterward by electing George E. Kinzle. president and manager; Leo Yager, vice president; Herman Ehinger, secretary and E. X. Ehinger, treasurer. Mr. Kinzle. who becomes manager, is concluding four years as county; 'Continue!,’ on Page Four' THE WEATHER FORECAST Indiana —Fair tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature. |

STEAL OAKLAND ’ _____ I Car Belonging to John Helper Taken from First Street Saturday Night 1 THIEVES MERE SEEN Attempting to Start Motor —Police in Neighboring Towns Notified. An Oakland automobile belonging to' I John Heuer living northeast of the j city was stolen from First street SatI nrday night, while the owner was in i the main part of town. The car had' been left in front of Mr. Waring’s l residence early in the evening and it! must have been taken between S: 3G ’ and 10 o’clock. , Several persons who were repairing the lights on a car standing near the i Heuer machine noticed two men work- | ing in an attempt to get the motor' started, and remarked that someone 1 else was having trouble. Mr. Heuer had taken the key out, and that is why the thieves experienced difficulty in starting the machine. The men went east across the river bridge and are believed bound for | some Ohio city. The local police weie j notified, who in turn warned the police in a number of Ohio towns to be on the lookout for the car. It was a 1918 model touring car, with the license I number 77947. It was not insuied from theft. TIRES ARE STOLEN Thieves Remove /Nhw Keilly-Spring-field Tires From Dore Erwin’s Buick Automobile. Sheriff Melcbi, accompanied by Dore , B. Erwin, were at Toledo Saturday night, where they identified the Buick stolen from the streets of Fort Wayne on Sunday of last week. The machine was recovered through information sent out by Sheriff Melchi i! of this city, the telegram coming to [ him Saturday. The men intended to bring the car home on Sunday, btr . i could not do so because om the tires . and rims having been stolen. Une - windshield glass was broken and the : license plates were gone. The car i j was discovered in a vacant barn seven ’! miles east of Toledo, the information : ’ being given to the police by a small ’ j boy, who will receive the reward. Mr. ‘ Er win left last evening to pay the ’ j reward and will purchase new tires and drive the car home. i FOUR OPERATIONS I Margaret Kern, little daughter of ■ Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kern of Eleventh street, was operated on this morning 1 by Drs. D. D. Clark and Grandstaff, of Preble for tonsils and adenoids. She withstood the ordeal well and is getting along nicely. Lloyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. StoutenI berry, living near the Washington I church was operated on for appendiI citis Sunday by Dr. D. D. Clark. He i is getting along very well. — ’ Marguerite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lhamon had her tonsils and adenoids removed yesterday by Drs. Parrish and Roller. Miss Flossie Dudgeon of Indianapolis is the nurse. She is doing well. Mrs. W. E. Kintz was operated on at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. I She was thought to have gall stones! and when they operated they found that the gall bladder had grown shut. This with the appendix was removed, | the ordeal taking about an hour and a half. Drs. Beavers of this city, was assisted by Dr. Miles Porter of Fort Wayne. It is thought that she will get along alright. PICNIC A GREAT SUCCESS The picnic given Labor Day by the St. Agnes sodality of the St. Mary’s | church was a great success, one of the biggest crowds that ever attended an outing of this kind attending. Hundreds of people enjoyed the chicken dinner served by the young womfen Other amusements w’ere also provided, consisting of games and the giving away of valuable prizes. Up to this afternoon no tabulation as to the , amount received or how many dinners were served had been made, but ! those in charge stated that it was a , most wonderful success. The proceeds will be turned over to the building fund for the new St. Mary’s church. The stands and booths also [did a rushing business during the day.

A GOOD TIME AT LAKE I The Daily Democrat force enjoyed' I a two days' vacation and outing at James latke, where they enjoyed the' hospitality of the Hollman'cot Lage and I jLooted, fished, bathed, feasted and j i made every minute count. The party ( left here in autos Saturday evening | and returned last night. The party included Herman Hollman. J. II.! Stewart, Guy R. Myers, Roy Kalver, : Dick Ehinger, Meredith Stewart,! , Lawrence Williams, Robert Garard,| I Harold Magley, R. C. Perry, Dick Heli ler and J. H. Heller. FARMER’S PICNIC A RIG SUCCESS I Decided to Make It Annual Event — Campaign for Membership to Ass’n. STARTS WITH RUSH — A Hundred Joined YesterI day—Speaking Program was Most Interesting. I , More than five hundred farmers , from various parts of the county at- ! tended the first annual picnic of the j Adams County Better Farming asso- , ciation, held at the Hager grove near, I Monroe yesterday. I The occasion was a Very happy one and it was decided to hold similar events each year. The Berne band furnished the music and it was excellent. The refreshments of course were good and the program in the afternoon I was most interesting. I Mr. R. E. Marshall, a former Purdue man and one of the progressive farmy ers of the county, presided. Mr. J. R. Smalley, Allen county agent was first g speaker. He told of the co-operative gruit growers association, dairymen ’ and the potato growers and finished with an outline of the work being 0 done by the Allen county farmers as--0 sociation in the weighing of products. Louis Taylor, secretary of the state. s federation of farmers, a live one, described the work done by the federation and in progress now. having rer duced the price of twine in many por n tions of the state seven to eight cents. secured a lower freight rate on farni 1 products and foods. In the high cost ' of living campaign he showed that the 3 " farmer Is blameless and said they q were proving that to the public. Mr | Walker of Montpelier, chairman of i this district for the farmers associai tion conducted a membership cams paign for the Adams County Better i Farming association, securing about 100 members, the' membership being five dollars per year. The picnic was the beginning of a campaign for mem- . bership in Adams county which will be taken up immediately with a countyi wide drive. The picnic was a great ! success and was so voted by those ( present. NEW PRINCIPAL I Byard Smith Accepts position at Monroe High for the Coming Year NAME THE TEACHERS E. L. Minch to Form Several Musical Organizations | in Decatur H. S. - Byard Smith, son of Judge and Mrs. 1 D. E, Smith, has accepted the prin-j > cipalship of the Monroe high school, and will assume his duties when the I fall term opens September 8. Byard l is a graduate of Decatur high school! and of Indiana University in this year's class. He will probably teach mathematics and history. i The other teachers fpr the high school are Edna Neaderhouser of Berne and Clyde Hendricks of Monroe, who were there last year, and a Mr. Busche of Monroe, who graduated from Purdue this spring. Miss Beitler of Berne will teach the seventh • and eighth grades. • I The high school and seventh and i eighth grades will open September 8, - and the remaining grades September t 22. 1 * • * '■ E. L. Minch, who has been selected l " to teach manual training in Decatur s high school, will, in addition to his o (Continued From Page 5)

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[LABOR DAY WAS < OBSERVED HERE ! Big Parade and Program Marked First Observance of Labor Day in Decatur AT WATERWORKS PARK i Everybody Joined Hands and Observance was Suc-cess-Rev. Buxton Spoke Never in the history of Decatur was Labor day—a day rightfully dedicated Ito the laboring man who with bis sinews and the sweat of his brow, makes the mammoth wheels of the ini dustrial world go ’round—most fittingly or appropriately observed than yesterday. The entire day was demoted in honoring the laboring man and in carrying out the worthy pro- ! gram arranged by the local federatii.n of labor. The crowd was one of the | largest that ever attended a celebra- | tion on a holiday in Decatur and from ! early morning 'till past sundown there was a continual whirl and buzz, which was significant of the impoitnnce of the observation. At a little past ten o'clock in the morning the big parade headed by the Decatur band, a couple I of squads of soldier boys and the large truck of the Decatur Produce company. on which was built a float representing the Railroad Men’s union, followed by various other labor organiations and unions, automobiles, I ' and the hundreds of citiens who joined ! in the parade marched from Liberty Way down Second street and then to the Waterworks park, where that cozy little grove became the mecca of every person in Decatur during the day, and where the afternoon program was held. Included also in the line cf march was the carpenters, brick layers, paper hangers, barbers and ’ other organizations. A squad of young Americans carrying a large banner with the inscription, ‘Carpenters Union. Our Dads Belong" preceded that organiation in the parade. Oilier unique and fitting banners were also displayed and the trucks of Fred Ashbaucher, The Also IToducts company. Christen & Smith. P. J. Hyland. La Fountain Handle company, the Fire truck and the firemen, the Acker Cement Works and the Standard Oil trucks w-ere decorated with floats and advertisements and joined in the parade. Assembing at the Waterworks park, Bobby Bradley, the eleven-year-old .acrobat gave a few stunts which were greatly enjoyed and those who had brought with their their basket of lunch, enjoyed their dinner at tho park. A' stand was erected there where refreshments were sold The afternoon program was presided over by Silas Whitman, perman- , ent chairman for the day. w’ho called !on W. F. Beery's male qnarte* to f render a few vocal selections, followed i by the notable address of Judge-elect, John C. Moran, music, and the in(troduction of the speaker, Dr. A. G. A. : Buxton, by Judge David E. Smith. Rev Buxton gave a most wonderful talk, I paying a worthy tribute to the labor man and imparting a true patriotic ! spirit in his eloquent speech. Following Rex. Buxton’s talk, Mrs. L. A. Holthouse, accompanied by Mrs. Carrie Haubold as pianist, gave a vocal solo. Concluding the program, the , young acrobat gave a number of his 1 stunts and feats. This young boy is ! from Kokomo, comes from poor par- ! ents and after he completes his common or public school education, he desires to enter college, therefore a collection was taken up at the grounds ' and turned over the the little fellow, I who appreciated it beyond words. I Taking yesterday’s observance of Labor day as an example of the first public observance of the day in De- | catur, it is sale to predict that next [ year's celebration will far surpass ’ anything that was ever held in this • i . community. Plans are already being 5 made for next year’s observance of the day. 3 1 Yesterday’s observance was a com -t'plete success and as Rev. Buxton concluded his speech by saying, let's all jcin hands, work together and give thanks that we are living under the r stars and stripes. An excellent spirit prevailed throughout the day which attributed to its being such a success. a—- — ADVERTISED LETTERS S j Chuck Hedley and D. F. Foreman, ■j JOHN W. EOSSE, P. M.