Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1907 — Page 1

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[I INTEREST GROWING ■The Pledge Committee is I Working Hard ■ t I TWO FARMERS .SIGN PLEDGES H Abraham Boegley of Berne, Joins the J* Boosters—A Factory Fund r is Assured. B 4 ’ II • ♦ »*»»*♦»»**«» H * Abraham Boegley, practical en- ♦ B * gineer and a hustling resident of * ■ * Berne, is business man enough ♦ ■ * to see the future of a lot in the ♦ ■ * Ftactory Fund addition. He pur- * ■ * chased a lot, because as an in- * K * vestment, it is well worth the * ■ 4 price. Mr. Boegley is -a hustler * U * and all right. • B************** I The warmest meeting of the Pledge ■ Commutes was held last evening, n every member present being right upB on his tops. They proposed t.- work ■ today with renewed energy, and in | , fact, never draw a real long breath I until every man and woman in DecaI tur has purchased a lot The list is ■j. growing with remarkable rapidity, I and if the present head of steam J /keeps up, this factory fund transac--1 i tion will be nothing more than a little ■ • recreation. a However, the committee have in I their possession a list of names as I long as the moral law, every one of I whom ought now to be on the list. I / It is safe to say that before this committee finishes their work, no one in I Decatur will be permitted to rest until I have signed their name to the I roll of honor. The object to be ati tained is sufficient in itfeelf to warrant J a the payment asked. The manufacturt‘ »/ing additions is for the benefit of the JT town, for the benefit of every bus- / Iness man, real estate owner and labI orer. You can throw your lot in the I river and still make one hundred per cent on your Investment J But we must congratulate the loyal and pushing populace of Decatur. A They have demonstrated’ their prot gressive spirit in this undertaking, as I they never demonstrated it beJ fore. Decatur can not help but grow < and prosper. With th<e push that is ’ manifested, there is nothing on earth . that can head us off. .The addition f to the list today numbers twenty-five or more, and with this dally grind, the j fun will soon be over. But you can ' never escape this committee,’so you ’ (' had better buy now. V Roll of Honor. | N. ,C. Anderson, R. R. Ashbaucher, ■ W. J. Archbold, ' ' - f Dr. Roy Archbold, J A. D. Artman, ' D. W. Beery, " ‘ ' I Jeff Bryson/ L. L. Baumgartner, J " ' Dr. D. D. Clark, H. F. Callow, ' Earl G. CoVerdale, ' - ' ' ’ ’ ■ T. C. Corbett, v•. •„ ; i J. R. Coffee.' ’ ' • J. D. Dailey, C. A. Dugan, : L. G. EUlnghami V ' ' E. X. Ehlnger, ' it Thomas F. Ehlnger, \ R. K. Erwin, f Daniel Jf. Erwin. > * | W. H. Fledderjohann, / H. A. Fuhrman, ' - '• ■ . E. Fritzinger, , A'..-. *'»• r E. F. Gass, John H. Graber, . A David Gerber, b L. N. Grandstaff. ■ Holthouse, Schulte & Co. Wesley Eh Hoffman. , J. B. Holthouse, S P. J. Hyland,’ f Arthur Hall, O. L. Kirsch, M. Kirsch, \ ... Isadora Kalver, W. C. Kauffman, ' Marcella Kuebler, , B. Kalver, Kuebler, Moltz Co., f Kirsch & Sellemeyer, • E. H. Leßrun, . >• , H. F. Linn, , J. F. Lachot, Herbert S. Lachot, . » ; i C. t>. Lewton, biClark J. Lutz, < -A 111--

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J. T Meyc*., F. V. Mills, EYank Mills, » '* J. T. Merryman, J. B. Meibers, Dr. Burt Mangold, Ell Meyer, P. L. Macklin, Marcus Mayer, Ni<;k Miller. . . C.. D. Murray. John Moser, Mann & Christen, C. 8. Niblick, Dan Niblick, John Niblick, Dick Neptune, Charles Patton, ’ . Cal Peterson, T. M. Reid, James M. Rice, Charles Rinehart, G. W. Roop, 0. Radamacher, Eugene Runyon. F. M. Schirmeyer, W. P. Schrock, D. Schmidt, B. J. Smith, Frank Stone, ■ Schafer Hardware Co., John Spuller, D. E.' Studabaker. S. E. Shamp, John Staker, Chas. F. Smith, Smith Bros., . Jesse C. Sutton, Charles F. True. Lawrence Voglewede, Charlie Voglewede, Elzey & Vance, Dan R. Vail. W.. H. Ward, Martin Welland, J. H. Yager, Charles B. Yobst, Names Added Today. H. J. Yager. M. A. Frisinger. John M. Frisinger. L. C. Helm. Dr. J. Q. Neptune. John Baker. Frank Snellen. ' J. s; Falk. L. C. Waring. Abraham Boegley. John Bogner. Huber M. DeVoss. Thoma.s W. Watts. C. fe. Suttles. Adam Schafer. S. J, Laman. ' , U. E. Cramer. ,» Faye Smith. W; R. Dorwln. Oliver P. Mills. C. J. Heideman. .Warren A. Hamrick. ’ Roy Wolford. J. Earl Butler. Raymond Christen; , Ell Sprunger. Kev. H. Theo. Wilken. ; Rev. George Augmeier. J. L., Gay. , , ♦ John Bogner and L. N. Grand- • ,* staff, two .farmers of Root town- ♦ •..Ship, have signed, the purchase ♦ ,*:pl,edge. They see a good invent- * ♦Jpent;, and they are right. Other .* * farmers ..could not spend a little ♦ money more advantageonsly. ■ ... t '* • • • *.« • ♦ • — —-L—— y . A FLAG. IN EVERY SCHOOL . Gtaptaln rWaiace Foster’s flag MU' introduced In the house by Mr. Gaylor, was pased by the senate last' Saturday a; little scene was enacted. : Captain Foster who Is known as the original 'flag man, produced* a. large, Silk iag, and gave it to Ulysses Ban*, A diminutive page, who mounted a. high stool and waved the flag vigorously. .The; senate applauded. Captain Foster then thanked the senate for its action. He, said: “You have honored yourself and the great state, of Indiana.” Captain Foster then mounted the president’s, and presented the flag which had been waved by young Barr to. Lieutenant Governor Miller. The bill provides that every school house in the state be furnished with a United States flag not less than six feet long and that these flags wave on every state and national holiday. It requires every board of schol trus tees to buy a flag for its schools. When not floated from the school building, the flag shall be displayed in the principal room or assembly hall of the school. The bill provides heavy fines for mutilating or destroying flags .owned by school corporations. Mr. 1 Caylor, who introduced the bill says i that many schools have no flags to < display and that many of the flags now owned by schools are torn and dirty < and should be replaced by new ones.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 14. 1907.

EIGHTH DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS' The Probable Slate—Justice Brewer . Makee an Interesting Talk Abeut Cuba. Washington, March 12.—1 tis now dear that E. H. Harriman ha.» been paving the way for a suggestion to the president ti»*4 the railroads of- - country and rt'e adniinhtratidn co-operate in an cUcit to obtair legislation at the next of congiess,. which will make lawful agreements among railroads for a distribution of traffic. It 4s the expectation here that the railroad magnate who will come back here Thursday for a talk with the chief executive will be prepared to meet the president more than half way. He does not want to fight any longer, and the other socalled railroad kings of the country are encouraging him in his attempt to hold out the olive branch. Washington, March 12. —While neither of the senators will say what the recommendations for the Eighth Indiana ditrict will be, it seems probable that the following names will go to the president for his approval:' Postmaster at Muncie, George O. Driscoll; postmaster at Anderson. Thomas L. Dehority; postmaster at Elwood, E. E. Fornshell, editor of the Elwood Call-Leader. 'lf this shall turn out to be the slate, Driscoll will be Beveridge’s appointment, Dehority Hemenway’s and Fornshell* an appointment agreed to by both. Washington, March 12. —Justice Brewer of the Supreme court of the United States, in a talk before the business men’s Bible class in the First Congregational church, made some very interesting contributions td international history, among them a statement that Cuba might have been free withou a war and at less cost than the Philippines, namely, $20,000,000. Another interesting reference was to the Boer War. ills general subject was that of arbitration. o— —— SHAMEFUL WASTE OF LIQUOR A sight that only a few years ago would nO|t have been dreamed of -In Berne, was witnessed Saturday afternoon by a large number of people, when Sheriff Eli Meyer and Constable Samuel Kuntz with three assistants, ' destroyed the liquor that had been seized in the blind tiger raid a few weeks ago. Prosecutor Henry B. Heller had come to Berne Friday for a hearing before. Squire Joel Liddy' and to identify the goods held by, Samuel Kuntz as those confiscated from Samuel . Sprunger, and to show that said Samuel Sprunger had held them for an unlawful purpose. Samuel Sprung-

er had been, notified, of the triad, but he did not appear. The only two witnesses then called were Samuel Kuntz and Fred Roarer. It did not take long for the show and convince the .court that an order ought to be issued ,tp .destroy paid 11quor.- gqulre Biddy therefore.authorised. Sheriff Meyer to. take charge .of the ssock of wet goods anfi he. accordto Berne the, neit .day and with the assistance ( above mentioned poured the liquor in the, street on the east side of Samuel Kuntz’s building on the corner of ~ Main and Bearing .streets, and it fjpw down the .gutter into the Water street sewer. .. The emptying of 489 pint bottles Os beer, six and. one-half gallons of whiskey in bottles 1 and „ kegs and twenty, gallons ,and thirteen pints of hop cream in.bottles and kegs hept the men busy for. about three quarters of an hour. It,.,was amusing, to watch the different expressions on the faces of the crowd who witnessed what .some men called a waste, others a downright shame. The remarks made during those forty-five .minutes would fill severai pages of magazines like Judge and Puck with interesting reading matter.—Berne Witness. , o—: —— PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO MEET The men of the Presbyterian church will meet in the parlors of the church at 7:15 Friday evening, for the purpose of organizing a men’s society in the chureh and all are requested to be present. Cards have been sent out, but Ifywhave been overlooked, come anyway. Rev. Masters and Mr. Yarnelle of Fort Wayne, will be present and the meeting win be a very interestingone. >

MUNPIE, ANDERSON AND ELWOOD Appointments Came as a Sarprise— New Mea all Strongly Opposed to George W. Washington, March 12. —A surprise was sprung today in Indiana political ckclhs when the following appointments for postmasters in the Eighth district were announced at the White House folowing a call on the president by Senators Beveridge and Heraenway: Robert Carl White at Muncie, H. L. DeHority at Anderson, and E. E. Fornshell at Elwood. This is a complete victory for the anti-Crom-erites. DeHority was county chairman of Madison and fought Cromer. Fornshell shot blood into his newspaper continually against Cromer and White made stump speeches against his fellow townsman. It was supposed that DricolJ would get the Muncie appoint- > ment, but he lost out apparently at the last moment. ■ — A NEWSPAPER MAN’S DRDEAL Had to Write the Story of His Brother’s Crime. To sit beside the clicking instrument with trembling hands, take the of “flimsy,” which bore the message of his brother’s fall from social grace was, the tragic experience of Don Hoopes, newspaperman, employed in the office of the St. Paul Dispatch. He was detailed to handle the “telegraph copy” concerning his nearest relative, in order that he might correct any errors as to the boy’s family and' history and his school career. • L C. Hoopes,' father of the young man, has returned to Kokomo from t&fcago. His mission at this time is to arrange to give a cash bond for •the *young man’s -appearance on the day’set for the trial, he having waived the preliminary hearing. Mr. Hoopes will return to Chicago cash bond of $2,000, for the appearance of his son when he is wanted to answer to the charge. . The Chicago authorities still incline to the theory that Hoopes was only a tool' In the hands of an older person, or at least a more experienced one. The’ trOy, himself, maintains that he was alone in all that he did. - 0

BELLING EGGS BY THE POUND I .. e ■■ . ■n/ In Chlcdgo they are selling eggs by the pound, and an ordinance is before the council to compel potatoes and other vegetables to be sold by Weight Instead of measure. Instead of ordering'a dozen eggs the customer now orders' three pounds of eggs, which'is What an average dozen of eggs should wilgh.' ’’ ■ It Is proposed that bushel measures, half bushel measures and pack measures shall be thrown on the scrap heap. Even bread is’to be sold by the pound. V

The sale of eggs by the pound has long’been advocated. In Chicago at least the hen has come into her own. No longer will the result of her labors big eggs and little eggs, be gathered together and sold as a common dozen, but a big egg wlli count, arid when it is weighed alongside of the little eggs of her competitors the books will show her credit. Only peddlers and unscrupulous dealers will object to the change. , A local grocer to whom the Chicago scheme was described expressed himself. as heartily In favor of it. “At present,” he said, “a peck of potatoes is supposed to weigh fifteen pounds. We buy them by the pound and sell them by measure. An unscrupulous dealer can make a peck measure appear to be heaping over, when in reality there are scarcely twelve pounds of potatoes in it It is the same way with other vegetables. Let the pound weight be legally adopted as the universal measure and fraud on the part of marketmen will cease.”

HOUSE ADJOURNS AT 5 O’CLOCK The Senate Fellows G^-cot^ er 8 Many Bills Signed and Vetoed by the Governor. Indianapolis, March 12. —The session of the sixty-fifth Indiana general Assembly name to an end last evening, the house adjourning sine die at 5 o’clock, and the senate at 8:35 p. in. It has been the custom in the past for the session to continue until midnight of the final day, but after the changes in thp appropriation bill were agreed .upon in the house a motion carried to adjourn sine die. The adjournment put an end to all doubt as to the fate of the Farber insurance bill and the Metropolitan police measure, which continue dead from the veto of Governor Hanly. The hasty adjournment of the house it is said, was for the purpose of forestalling a movement to reconsider the vote by which the McCullough Metropolitan police bill failed to pass over the governor’s veto, and a companion effort to have similar action taken on the failure to pass the Farber insurance bill over the executive disapproval. It is understood that Representative Bowlus was prepared to offer a motion to reconsider the Farber bill, but he did no obtain the floor in time. Speaker Branch at 5 o’clock, recognized Representative Kelly, who offered a motion to adjourn sine die. “I move, Mr. Speaker, that this house do now adjourn sine die,” Kelly shouted. Before the Democrats could recover from their amazement Representative Grieger broke in with “I second the motion.” “All in favor”—instantly there was a chorus of “ayes” that was like the roar of a mob. They did not wait for the speaker to finish putting the question. A few feeble “noes” were uttered, and the speaker declared the session at an end. Then a scene of disorder ensued. The members threw books and papers at each other and the air was filled with all sorts of missilek. One man grabbed a paper basket and thrust it down over the head of Representative Green. With difficulty he got himself clear. The pages took a hand and threw books at the heads of the members. In half an hour the chamber was in a state of disorder. Finally the members grew tired of “playing” and- cleared- the chamber. In consideration of the fact that the senate could not alone transact joint business, that body proceeded in an orderly way to close up its own affairs —the odds and ends. In accordance with custom a committee was appointed by the president to wait upon the governor and to ask him whether he desired the senate to continue in session for further communications. Following the report of this committee, Senator Slack was recognized' and with appropriate remarks he moved that the senate adjourn without delay. Other members, by unanimous consent, also made brie? speeches eulogizing he lieutenant governor for his fairness as a presiding officer and paying tribute to their colleagues. When 'all who desired had spoken, the members, led b? Senators Slack and Springer, arose and joined in the singing of the first stanza of the national hymn; ’ Then, with'a deliberate drop of the president’s gavel, the upper branch of the assembly was declared to be adjourned; ‘ ( Indianapolis, March 12. —Governor ] Hanly yesterday vetoed three more i bills, the messages being sent to the ' hbuse, the senate and the secretary ; of state, the last veto being made after ’ the legislature had adjourned. The , bills vetoed were Representative ] Green’s bill providing for the work- , ing out of taxes of the township trus- < tees; Representative Slimp’s bill re- ]

latlng to the taxation of leases an*d options on real estate, and Senator Stotsenburg’s bill pensioning volunteer firemen in cities of 20,000 population. . Indianapolis, Mareh 12.—Governor Hanly yesterday sent to the house thirty-four bills bearing his signature, and to the senate thirty-nine bills that he had signed, a total of seventy-three bills. Among the number was the public depository bill, the Hawkins antitrust bill, the bucket-shop bill, several educational bills and the railroad commission bill. One of the most important railroad conjmission bills signed by the governor te the Daily bill,

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backed by the shippers of the state kDow n as the “ship){Rce ther third bill signed tne governor grows out of the railroad commission’s investigation of the Woodville, Fowler and Sanford wrecks, it requires railroads with earnings in excess of $7,500 per mile per year to install block systems before July 1, 1909. • ’ —-o— —— — DINNER AT MERRYMAN HOME Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bell Entertained Many Social Engagements For Today. BY PERLE BURDG. A double surprise party was held at the Pythian Sisters hall last evening, in honor of the excellent services rendered as drill master by Mrs. Charles Elzey, giVen by the Pythian Sisters. Miss Vada Martin was also a victim of a surprise, at the same time, given by Mrs. Charles Elzey, she of course, not knowing that the Pythian Sisters had planned one for her. After the meeting of the order closed, the members gave a banquet which without much extravagance of praise, could be termed elegant. Mrs. Elzey and Miss Martin were presented with beautiful gold Pythian Sisters’ pins. An elaborate dinner was given at twelve o’clock today in honor of Mrs. DeVilbiss and Mrs. Cole at the home of Mrs. A. R. Bell of Third street. The guests werp: Mesdames John Peterson, R. S. Peterson, John Heller, Ora France, John Magley, Burt Lower, C. K. Bell, Cal Kunkle, Ella Bell, Fred Bell, Misses Catharine Bell, Lois Peterson, Marie Magley, Margaret Bell, Elizabeth Peterson, Lucile Hale, Florence Kunkle, and Master Dick Heller. . ON THE LIMA & TOLEDO Caused by Dense Fog—A Number Were Badly Injured—Company Tried to Suppress News. August Schlagel of this city, was injured slightly in a wreck which occurred two. miles east of New Haven on the Lima & Toledo interurban railroad about five o’clock last evening. Mr.- Schlagel has not arrived home yet, but it is not believed his injuries are at air serious. This morning’s Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette told of the wreck as follows: In the midst of a dense fog, which was almost impenetrable, a limited car on the Lima & Toledo interurban road crashed into a local car two miles east of New Haven shortly before 5 o’clock last evening. A halfdozen persons were injured rather seriously and a score were bruised. The most seriously hurt are: Albert Beckman, Lima, 0., motorman of the local car ; three ribs brok-' en. Charles Bowlus, Lima, 0., motbrman on tKe limited car, one rib broken. Mrs. Henry Bloemker, 1211 Lafayette street, Fort Wayne, Ind., bad gash in forehead and severe bruises about the body. ..» Mrs. I. E. Sprague, Monroeville, hurt about the head and legs. Miss Winoha Cameron, New Haven, teacher of the Helmick school, east of New Haven, severely bruised. Mr. Edwin Fisher, 344 West Berry street, Fort Wayne, cut about head and bruised. Most of those injured were on the local car and among those who sustained slight hurts were Miss Sadie Wood of Dixon, O.; E. A. Saltsman, Dayton, O.; W. M. Huffman, Fort Wayne; H W. Bates, a traveling man; August Schlaged, Decatur; E. M. Butler and wife of Ottawa, O.; Andrew Adamski, Fayne, O.; E. W. Stump, Lima, O.; C. Mix, New Haven; E. C- Smith, Richmond. The wreck completely tied up traf-

sic on the road, not a single car reaching Fort Wayne after that hour. Officials of the Lima & Toledo company, which is entirely separate from the Fort Wayne companies, not only refused to give out information regarding the wreck but when asked regarding the matter stated that no wreck had occurred at all lilt that the tie-up was due to trouble on the high tension wires. o Mrs. J. C. Patterson and daughter Marie of Decatur, and Dr. Fred Patterson of Terre Haute, spent Sunday with S. O. Irvin and family.—Winchester Journal.

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