Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1909 — Page 1

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ADAMS JOINS THE DRY ONES I ■ I -1 .111 ■'■ ■r '■'< I This County Gives the Drys a Healthy Majority —

I ■ OVER A THOUSAND ■t | Every Ward in Decatur I Wants the Saloons I ' Eliminated IL’ . ‘ _ _ • . ,;■ I WAS MUCH INTEREST I The People Accept the ReI suit with a Great Deal of Pride I < I O--- jr * I Election returns came in better I than anticipated, exqppt that they I were a little slow, but at nine o’clock I twenty-eight of the thirty-three prell Cincts had reported. The first preI cinct to report was “B” Berne, with I 160 majority’ tor the drys, and frotn I that time on it was a continuous headII ache for those who were hoping for II a verdict for the wets. Following I closely on the first report came pre- || cinct "A.” Second Ward witfi but six I majority for the wets, then came preI cinct "A” Third 1 Ward with a tie vote, I and from that time on it was mighty I dry—notwithstanding that it was ratnI Ing hard—until Preble township came I rolling in with 231 wet to 22 dry. I I That was the only breakers, the reI maining reports doing nothing much || but piling up the majority for the | drys. The surprise came in the vote | of the city of Decatur, where every I ward in the city and the two pre- | ' cincts in Washington township out- | side of the city reported dry major- ■' ities. The First Ward gave a dry majority of 90; Second Ward 52; third Ward 86, a total in the city of i 228, and the two precincts in the township added 15 for the drys. Mon- | roe township furnslhed the banner | dry majority, they coming up smll- || ing with 347 majority, and of this If majority the two precincts in Berhe | furnished 248. The total majority in I the county was even a surprise to I those who have worked hard and earnestly for the result that was attained. The canvassing board met promptly ' at ten o’clock this morning and with !, the election commissioners, P. K. Klni ney, D. N. Erwin and Auditor Michaud. The returns were reported, ; canvassed and the. official returns show the following figures by precincts: - Vote of Precincts. Precincts. Tea. No. East Union 57 53 West Union 42 47 - East Root 695, 15 Wert Root 83 84 North Preble .... 4 115 South Preble 18 v 116 North Kirkland 58 50 South Kirkland 57 49 East Washington HH 67. West Washington 80 99 • North St Marys ....... 120 14 I South St Marys 96 16 North Blue Cheek....... 116 27 South Blue Creek 70 21 North Monroe .....151 51 Middle Monroe ........ 54 50 ' Berne "A" ISO 46 Berne "B” ..... 195 35 French .» 55 64 North Hartford 69 , 66 %outh Hartford .......... 92 20 * North Wabash ......... 87 27 I Ceylon ....... '.. 74 22 ; Geneva “A” ;... 78 67 ■ Geneva “B" ..140 78 East Jefferson .........4 57 • 41 West Jefferson ..' 94 26 Decatur, Ist Ward “A”.. 130 67 ' Decatur, Ist Ward *B”.. 90 63 Decatur, 2nd Ward “A”. 113 119 ; Decatur, 2nd Ward “B". 100' 42 Decatur, 3rd Ward “A”.. 99 99 P&eatur, 3rd Ward “E”.. 154' 68 Total 2,923 '1.879 Majority dry, 1,044. , |J*. There was perhaps more interest,

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and with less feeling, than in any election held in Adams county before. Last night this office and the street in front was a perfect jam from aft o’clock until nearly ten. All day today, the crowds have been busy reading the election returns, and bulletins In the Democrat windows. There is also apparent an air of genuine satisfaction over the result, indicating that in the main the people agree with the verdict expressed by'the little ballot Liquor Licenses and Their Expiration J. J. Tonnelier, October 29, 1909. Joseph Knapke, October 31, 1909. William Badders, October 5, 1909, Charles Zeser, October 3, 1909. Albert Lehrman, August 3, 1909. L. B, Brokaw, July 1, 1909. Charles T. Omlor, July 1, 1909. John Herman, May 4, 1909. C. Radamacher, March 2, 1909. C. W. Boknecht February 29, 1909. Ellis, February 39, 1909. John Schafer, March 3, 1909. John Meyers, February 29, 1909. C. D. Murray, December 7 1909. J. W. Bitts, May 4, 1909. L. G. Botkins, April 7, 1909. Louis Keller, February 29, 1909. Jeff Klopfenstein, March 3, 1909. John Hey, December 7, 1909. — 0 *- HE GOt THE COIN George Paille Received the of His Judgment ’ ONE THOUSAND He Says His Wife Still Refuses to Live With Him George Paille, the adopted Amlshman, who secured a SI,OOO judgment in the circuit court against fifteen members of- the Adams county churchmen for the alienation of his wife’s affections, Was in the city Tuesday, accompanied |by Frank Cottrell, of Berne, one of his attorneys, and received a check from County Clerk Gillespie for the amount of the Judgment, minus the portion of the costs in the case he was required to pay. Mrs. Paille, he said, abides by the ruling of the church and will not eat nor sleep with him, although she lives with him and the children, cooks the meals and performs her oter household duties, speaking to him only jrhen absolutely necessary. “Not on* ly have the churchmen frightened my wife by telling her that, if she lives with me, her soul will be eternally damned,” said Mr. PaiUe at the Sun office Tuesday morning, “but her father, who is worth in the neighborhood of $40,000, has threatened to disinherit if she lives with me as a wife should. I have told her that I dare nothing for her father’s money, that we : have enough to render us oomtortabU happy for the renjdnder of our days if she will come back to me, but she dares not defy the teachings of a lifetime.—Portland Sun. ■. ■ ■ — —— ' EVANGELICAL CHURCH. The last quarterly meeting of the cbnference year will begin next Friday evening. The meeting will be held in our church of this city. Rev. E O. Landeman, of Fort Wayne, will officiate. He is « most excellent speaker and those who do not hear him will miss a rare treat. The official meeting will be held Friday evening immediately after the sermon. —o The Wabash river is at the highest stage it has reached in the past six months. West of Peru the stream is within two feet of the top of the banks. . I

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TWO WITNESSES HAVE ARRIVED Huntington, Ind., Feb. 24.—Interest was added to the Baker murder jtrial, which began Monday in the circuit court, by the arrival of John Stout, and Herman Miller, the first and second defendants, who are now serving time in Michigan City for complclity • * X in the -murder of Town Marshal Columbus Croy, of Woodburn, on June 7. 1907, The two men will serve as witnesses for the defendant in the ease now on trial They arrived at l:$0 p. m. in charge of Mr. Thomas H. Larmer, parole agent for the Indiana state prison, and were given over into the custody of Sheriff Patrick R. McCarty. Both Miller and Sout present a fine apearance and seem to have enjoyed excellent halth despite their confinement Just as the two were taken into the jail John Baker war leaving for the court room for the afternoon session. It is thought that neither of the men will be on the witness stand until the latter part of the week, ns indications are that the defense will not get to its side of the case before Friday or Saturday. COURTHOUSE NEWS Action Taken in Several Probate Matters by The Court WEDDING CEREMONY Couple Married at Clerk’s Office by Squire Stone this Morning Julius Haugk vs. J. W. Place et al reply filed by the plaintiff in one paragraph to ths counter claim of thr defendant. Jb In the case of Dallas Grim et al vs. Zemrana Grim et al, the appearance of Hooper & Lenhart'was noted for Jacob Grim, and a rule was made against Jacob Brim to answer the cross complaint of Mills, within five days. E. Burt Lenhart, as guardian for Andrew Meyer, a person of unsound mind, files! a petition with the court asking to sell the life estate of the war din the real estate described, and to reinvest the proceeds. The court appdnted John Stegmeyer and J. E. Ulman as appraisers and fixed their bond at SI,BOO and ordered a private sale without notice. W. B. Weldy, as guardian '{or Francis Laman, filed a petition with the court asking that Thomas W. Mallonee be appointed appraiser to appraise certain property which was approved, a bond being field for $4,000, which was approved by th ecourt. The sale of real estate was ordered by the court, said sale to be private, notice to be given by four weeks’ publication 'and posting. Terms of said sale to be one-third in one year, one-third in two years, and one-third in three year, or for cash if the purchaser so desires. A marriage Icense was issued this morning by Cllrk Haefiing to Martin Affolder, aged twenty-one years, and a resident of Berne, Ind., and Miss Zells Goff, aged twenty-twoy ears, and a resident of Geneva, Ind. The young couple were desirous'of being married at once and Squire Stone was sent for and performed the ceremony in the clerk’s office, which was witnessed by a number of the court housa attaches. ' A marriage license was Issued to Joseph Roth, aged twenty-two, a resident of Hartford township, and Miss Marie rontius, aged nineteen, a resident of Wabash township, the young ccuple returning to their homes this afternoon, and will be united in marriage this evening. x A marriage icense was issued this afternoon*to Elmer Augsburger, aged 1 •twenty-two, of Hartford township, and Sarah Roth, aged twenty-two of| French township, it is said that the, wedding will take place some time tomorrow at the home of the bride in, j French township. e .

BASE BALL LEGAL .Senate Today Passes the Sunday Base Ball Bill ■■.. ■ . / VOTE IS 11 TO 18 Bill Slightly Amended and Will No Doubt Be Signed by Governor Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24.—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—The senate experienced the most exciting time today since the first skirmish on the local option bill, when they took up the Tom Brolley base ball bill. The debate on this bill lasted for two hours, and the arguments both for and against were bitter, and caused much merriment among the members and spectators. Before putting the same to a vote the bill was amended so as to read .that ball games could not be played nearer than a thousand feet to any chnrch or hospital, the word hospital being substituted at the last moment. The roll on the passage was then called, which resulted thirty to eighteen,thus making the playing of base ball legal on the Sabbath. All the bill now needs is-the signature of the governor to ■sake it legal and effective. A number of bills were handed down today for second reading and the senate and house both bid fair to get down to real business and activity before the session closes and promise t - ■ ;; --- to make many new laws. The base ball bill was the only important feature of the days’ session. HELLER. THE LENT SEASON • V / ' Forty Days Fast Began this Morning at / 7 Church / ASH WEDNESDAY Public Amusements Will Be Ignored—Meetings to Be Held The Lent season began at the St Mary church this morning at nine o’clock, when high mass was held and will continue for forty days, it being just forty days before Easter Sunday. During dds time the members of the church will fast They will not eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays, nor on the first Saturday known as Ember Saturday or the last Saturday, which is the day before the big feast Today was Ash day and ashes were distributed. During the forty days’ fast, meetings will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and the way of the cross on Friday evenings. Public amusements of all kinds will be Ignored by the members during, this season. They will not attend ~4ances, shows or any other 1 public amusements. It will be a feast oi devotion and the Lent season is 'recognised as one of the most sacred of all the year.

MAY CAUSE THEM A SHOCK. Washington, Feb. 24. —“It would be just like the newly-elected senator from Indiana, Mr. Shively, to throw a shook into the members of that august body, the United States senate, that would make them sit up and take notice,’ 1 remarked Frank B. Gorman, of Chicago. “He threw the house of representatives into a spasm within an hour after he was sworn in as a member of congress. The successor to Mr. Hemenway presented himself at the bar of the house on the opening day of the session and was sworn in as a member. Within an hour after he had taken the oath he surprised, not to say shocked, the older members of the house by rising in his seat and beginning a speech on the interstate commerce question which lasted fully an hour. This broke all records of the house. It was the first time that a new member had had the temerity to make a speech almost immediately after he had become a member, and some of the veterans gasped when they heard him. So, I say, it will not be surprising if Shively should shatter the traditions of the dignified senate soon after he joins that branch of congress. ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH. The undersigned wishes to announce that there will be German Lenten services at our church Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. All Ger* man speaking readers of this announcement are most cordially invited to attend. J. H. Klausing, Pastor. _— o HAVING TROUBLE An Exciting Time at the Opening of Standard’s Case OBJECTIONS MADE Defense Objects to the Jury Claiming Same Improperly Drawn t Chicago, February 24.—A bitter skirmish signalized the opening of the re-trial of the Standard Oil company, of Indiana tor alleged rebating today. Federal Judge A. B. Anderson, of Indianapolis, had been on the bench only a few moments when John S Miller, of the defense, caused a sensation by filing a motion to quash the venire of 150 men on the ground that it had been Improperly drawn. Sixty per cent of the venire are farmers; only three residents of Chicago and only sixteen live in Cook county, which contains two-thirds of the population within the court’s jurisdiction. Surprise was plainly visible on the face of District Attorney Sims when Mr. Mllller called attention to the personnel of the venire. He promptly recovered, however, and sharply opposed the motion. Judge Anderson finally ruled that the venire was improperly drawn. A new one must be summoned, which is said to mean an indefinite delay in hearing the case. The men called were mostly farmers from northern Illinois-*men of the same type who found a verdict of guilty in the first trial. United States District Attorney JSdwin W. Sims announced that no delay would be caused by the government in presenting its case. Assistant Dist£ct Attorney James H. Wilkerson toffir charge of the preliminary work. The bulk of witnesses and the documentary evidence will be the same as was presented in the other trial. , , . — —o ——— Washington, Feb. 24.—Two Indiana cities will be supplied with obsolete cannon for ornamental purposes if a bill passes which* was favorably reported today from the house committee on military affairs. For the Mrst time on record an omnibus bill was reported out of committee disposing of obsolete cannon by giving them to various cities throughout the country. Under the provisions of the bill Brazil, Ind., will get two bronze cannon and a supply of capnon balls for its courthouse square. The bill doonates to Warrick county, Indiana, four bronze field pieces and a proportionate supply of cannon balls to adorn the courthouse lawn at Boonville.

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THERE ARE OTHERS Howard, Grant, Washington and Newton Counties Go Dry / ' MANY SURPRISES The Temperance Forces Have Everything Their Own Way Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 24.—William Morton, chairman of the temperance forces, says Howard county will adopt county option by less than 1,200 votes. . Witfc thirty-five precincts heard from of the f&rty-six in the city and county, the “wets” have 2,102 votes, “drys” 3,408, a majority for the “drys” of 1,306. The First Ward of the city of Kokomo gtvqs “wets,” 259; “drys” 237; majority or “wets,” 22. The Second Ward gives “wets” 418; “drys” 372; majority for “wets,” 46. Every township in the county, eleven in number, is “dry” save possibly Centef, which is 18 “wet” on the face of incomplete returns. The saloon forces failed to carry Clay, Taylor, Liberty and Erwin township as anticipated, in which are small towns and in which brewery money was spent.. Returns are incomplete from four wards of the city, but while they may cut the “dry” > majority below 1,000 they cannot possibly overcome it. -- A Washington, Ind., Feb. 24. —The option election here resulted in a complete rout of the “wets,’' the county giving the “drys” a majority of 1,357. The “drys’’ carried every township in the county and twenty-six out of thir-ty-four precincts. The “dry’’ majorities by townships follow r Madison, * 272; Elmore, 192; Harrison, 70; Bogard, 88; an Buren, 74; Reeve, 75; Steele, 222; Veale, 81; Barr, 88; Washington, 195. It had been conceded that the “wets” would carry Barr and Washington townships, and the result shows that the “drys” had a greater force than had been anticipated. Charges are freely made tonight that more than $3,500 was used by the saloon forces, the money being in part put up by the brewers with agencies here with the understanding that if the county “voted “dry” the money was te be returned. Thirty-nine saloons are affected by the election, thirty-two in Washington township and seven in Barr township. Great crowds surged the streets tonight and almost as much enthusiasm was shown as at a general election. Marion, Ind., Feb. 24.—The “drys” have won a big victory in Grant county. Sixty-four out .of eight-five precincts have reported, and they give a majority to the “drys” of 1,756. It Is that the remaining twenty precincts will swell the majority to about 2,000. The “drys” say they have a majority in each of the thirteen townships. Unofficial figures indicate that Marion has gone dry by about 200. Mill township, in which Gas City and the town of Jonesboro are situated, gave the “drys” a majority of 210. An unusually heavy vote was cast today. It is believed that almost as many voters went to the polls today as at the general election last (fall, When state and national issues were involved. The total vote last November was 14,579. Morocco, Ind., Feb. 24.—As a result of the county local eption election Newton county will be placed in the “dry” column. The election throughout the county was unusually free from unpleasantness in any form, both factions exerting themselves to maintain order at the polls and to prevent illegal voting. Beaver townshjp gave “dry” 219; “wet" 160; “dry” majority 59. Jefferson went “dry” by 12 and Lake and McClelland townships voted “wet” by a combined majority of 53. Iroquois township gave a “dry” majority of 244, while Grant township gives 110 “dry.” It is believed that the county has gone dry by at least 280. The wires are down and reports are coming in. a slow rate. o— — The Andrews Paving company has filed suits at Wabash against fifty residents of North Manchester to enforce payment of street paving assessments.

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