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|. Several changes will take place In i the county offices here one week from!’ next Monday, January 2nd. At that time Charles Ernst will succeed bim- ’ self as county surveyor, beginning his second term. Thomas Durkin will become the sheriff, following Eli Meyer, ■ who retires. Christian Eicher will succeed Martin Laughlin as commissioner and R. C. Parrish will assume the duties of prosecuting attorney of the twenty-sixth judicial district, Henry B. Heller, who has faith- ‘ fully looked after the duties of that ' very responsible place concluding his ) second term. Mr. Meyer has not deelded in what business he will embark, but after a several months’ rest will probably go into something in the ■spring. Mr. ‘ Heller wHI continue in the law business, being , a member of the firm, of Heller, Sutton & Heller. He has a splendid record for the four years he has held the office, having conducted same in a fair Mid conscientious and honest manner. We cer- ‘ tainre trish the very best for both old ' T. J. Durkin, who will soon become the sheriff of Adams county, today an- ' nounced that he has appointed as his deputy, John D. Merica, well knmfnr citizen of Decatur who will begin his work at the same time. Mr. Merrlca is a well known citizen of Decatur, able and Splendidly qualified. He has the nerve and all the other qualities neces- . sary for "his duties and Will prove a ( good officer. ; -I R. C. Parrish, prosecuting attorney- ?? -elect, has named as his deputies, ■Chauncey Lautzenhelser, who will look \ after the criminal prosecutions, at Berne and vicinity, and John *H. Rum < yon, for Geneva and that section of the! county. Both men have had experl- / ence and should prove valuable aids I' to Mr. Parrish. Christian Eicher will become county commissioner with the first of the year. He’ halls from Hartford townskip and will represent the third district He is well qualified and will de- * velopcinto a splendid officer. He succeeds Martin Laughlin of Jefferson ' township, one of the most efficient commissioners who ever served old Adams county. He has been president of the board during his entire term of H. service. ’ / Andrew Welfley, recordef-elect, and < Ferdinand Blakey, clerkrelect, will not ( . assume their offices for a year, and C. W. Yager, who was re-elected as treasurer, wiJJ not begin his second term for a year. 1 gUp . □ i SENATE ADJOURNS TO JANURY 5. . *, ] • (Report of Lorimer Committee Filed, But No Action Taken. I. ’ (United Press Service.) . i Washington, D: C., Dec. 21—(lipec- < ial to»Daily Democrat)—The report j •of the senate committee on elections, , exonerating Senator Lorimer of Illi- { nols on the charges of securing his ] j election through corruption, was filed j in the senate by Senator Burrows of j Michigan today. The report was sign- < ed by all the members of the commit- t ' tee, excepting Beveridge of Indiana and Frazier of Tennessee. Action by the senate Was deferred until after s the holidays. The senate today con- t y firmed the nomination of D. C. McCord and D., H. Meyer of Wisconsin to be members of the Interstate Com- 5 merce Commission.*- The senate then { adjourned until noon on January sth. c o ——• . CHRISTMAS ENTERTAIN. . MENT ANNOUNCEMENTS. € _____ r Th® Mt Pleasant Methodist Sunday school announces its Christmas entertainment for Friday night when everyone will be, cordially welcomed. The f children have prepared a fine program c and after this all members of. the school will be given the usual treat, f — c The Mallonee school of which Miss a Nora Ahr is teacher will give a/Jhristmas program Friday afternoon. TEN DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. v t Said the Thermometer This Morning— t First Day of Winter. a Decaturites came down town this I morning with coat collars turned high r and with chattering teeth remarked e that the thermometer stood at just ten C degrees above zero. This was just £ about the coldest weather of the sea- c son—and why shouldn’t it be—the first s day of the winter season? a X" ' w ■' ■""" c A bright and winsome baby girl.a

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made her appearance at the home of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Otito Kirsch. Tuesday aft- i emoon. The little miss cam® just In time to hang up her wee stocking for 1 Christmap and to flourish the Christ- < mas turkey drumstick.. *' 1 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RUINED. < (United Press Service.) Chicago, 111., Dec. 21—(Special to 3 Daily Democrat)—Christmas presents I valued at >250,000 were damaged or i destroyed by fire here today when the < eastbound New York special and a Pennsylvania freight train met in a ' head-end collision. The registered 1 car caught fire and burned. Engineer ’ Westerman of the passenger train 1 was fatally hurt. ' 1. y. ———l A GOOD TIME PLANNED By the Reiter I. 0. 0. F. Encampment " ’for This Evening, t i A royally good tlm® has been planned for this eveningly the Reiter I O. O. at the Odd Fellows’ hall, in which the members of the su- i bordlnate lodge as well as their sister Rebekahs are invited to join. A program of speeches has been prepared and there will be music and other pleasant features of the entertainment including a supper. All members of < the subordinate lodge and Rebkahs are invited. ; Manchester, England, Dec. 21— (Special to Dally Democrat)—Two hundred and fifty coal miners are believed to have been killed today when an explosion and fire wrecked the Treforie mines located twenty-five miles west of Liverpool. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Approximately, four hundred men were In the mine at the time and immediately after th explosion the fire broke out, the flames shotting out of the opening to a beighth of eighty feet. Seven men have meen rescued and twenty dead bodies taken out. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 21 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —One fireman was hilled' and ten injured in a fire which buffiefhtwo structures here early today. The fire destroye the Borne shoe factory and the Taylor-Poole leather plant entailing a loss of two million dollars. Eight other buildings 1 were badly damaged. New York, Dec. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat^—Dr. Frederick A. Cook will arrive tomorrow on board : the steamer George Washington. : j ' ....■■ .■ o * A case entitled Charles C. Schug et Al., vs. ( Sarah J. Passon et al., to set ’ aside final report, was-tried yesterday. : Attorneys Peterson & Moran and C. J. Lutz appeared for plaintiff and D. * E. Smith for the defendant. 1 ■■■'# , i.■ .i... ■■ 1 Three new cases, each entitled i State of Indiana vs. Fred C. Deitsch, 1 for .illegal sale of liquor, were placed- ' on the criminal docket toddy. Deitsch 1 is a Geneva druggist. The affidavit s was made by one Louis Wein, who < says that on August Bth last, he ® bought two quarts of whiskey from > Deitsch and on August 9th ( one quart, ’ paying therefor ?1.25 per quart and that same was not bought on prescrip- ’ tipn from any physician. /h i X ‘ 1 The case against Qllie Ward, for < grand larceny, was dismissed, on mo- 1 tion of Prosecutor Heller. 1 / ——l The case of the National Under- i writers Company vs. M. A. Prising- s er, on note, was dismissed and the 1 costs paid. Alice M. Bittner vs. Charles Bittner < et al., motion to strike out part of < reply, overruled, answer filed by guar- t dian ad litem. ' r ? * ... . i Hyman Goldstefln vs. Motor Trans- } fer Co., damages, cause ordered left ( off trial docket t The case against Homer E. Sowers, « for practicing medicine without a 11- i cense, was dismissed and Uie defend- t ant discharged. ■. ...... .t - . c The Decatur public schools closed e Wednesday for one of the happiest c vacations of the year, the Christmas- i tide. This coming holiday was cele- « brated in a most appropriate way this t afternoon by many of the grades, the pupils giving special programs, and in many case® very elaborate forms of i entertainment including all the t Christmas legends and customs,' vrlth < Santa Claus making his appearance, of J course—were carried out. The high t school literary society gave its first ex- I erclsee of the year, the program being i carried out as announced a few days 1 ago. There were many visitors. The i

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vacation wiitcover a week and a half, school reopening Monday January 2nd. Many of the teachers, including Prof. E. E. 'Rice, the dty superintendent, will attend the state teachers’ association at Indianapolis December 22nd and 23rd. Several left this afternoon and others will not go until tomorrow. Those besides Professor Rice who will attend are D. A. Baumgartner, S. C. Cramer, Ed 8. Christen and the Misses Clara B. Williams, Grace Coffee and Nellie Winnes. Prof. L. E. Opliger, county superintendent of schools, left Tuesday for Indianapolis to attend the meeting of the state association of county superintendents which will be held in advance of the state teachers’ association. . In order to increase the sales of tho Red Cross Christmas seals at which about 2,000 were put on sale in. the various business houses of this city by the Decatur federated dubs, a committee of which Mrs. Nettie Schrock Is chairman, Tuesday evening selected five qr six young girls of the city soract as special representatives of the Red Cross seals on Thursday and Friday of this week. These young girts will be at the various business houses of the city and will personally. conduct the sales of the seals. They will wear-the garb of Red Cross nurses with the red cross on the sleeve and will be very attractive and appealing salesladies. Every one should buy a Red Cross Christmas seal to place on your Christmas packagp, with its, cheery message. Not only will this be a direct Christmas message of cheer,' but it will bring a message of cheer through every day of the year to the afflicted, as the proceeds are to be used in combating tuberculosis in Indiana. From Fort Wayne comes a report that SSOO have already befen realized from the sale there. Decatiy should do her part. A part of those carried by the business houses have been sold, and others given to &ke their place, but in others, not all of their aHottment have been disposed Os. Help the good cause. UNCLE SAM CLEANING UP. Crusade by Government Agents Against Get-Rich-Quick Sharps. the last few weeks, Superintendent William H. Hotchkiss of .theNew York Insurance department, has held up seventeen insurance companies. and their promoting agents, driving them out of the state or compelling them to modify their plans. Postmaster General Frank fii. Hitchcock, within a year, has caused the arrest of seventy-eight invidlduals, firms, “fiscal agents,” and the like, for using the United mails to defraud investors. With scarcely an exception the men arrested carried out their swindling methods of promotion so frequently denounced by this magazine includln gthe usual paraphernalia of alluring prospectus, stock canvassers and newspaper advertisements, in the way of protecting simple-mind-mendacious promises of huge profits. While much still remains to be done 1 nthe way of protecting simple-mind-ed folk from the stock-selling sharks, more has been accomplished in this direction in recent months than in whole years past. Without question, the next step should be to bring the proprietors of. newspapers and periodicals to an appreciation of their responsibility in the matter.—‘Munsey’s Magazine. i ; Mr, and Mrs. John Christen expect to have a happy family reunion on Christmas Day, this event being also the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Christen. Her sons, Harry Christen and wife and Jesse Christen of Ft. Wayne, Bert of Toledo, Gus Christen and wife of Lduisville, Ky.; E. S. Christen and family of Monmouth and Ray of this city, will make the family circle complete, with the exception of a daughter, Mrs. B. B; UM, of Mansfield, Ohio. The Uhls will probably not be able to come until after Christmas, as the services at Rev. Uhl’s church will preclude their leaving at this time. They may come later, but this is doubtful, as Rev. Uhl’s aged mother at Millersburg, Ohto is seriously sick. Among the Christmas family reunions'of next Sunday wilt be that of the G. U. Dorwln family. All the children but one, Mrs. Miles Pillars, of Jonesboro, Ark., will be at home at that rime, the circle including Jesse Braden and family and Miss Gyp Dorwin of Fort Wayne; Miss Mayme, who has been at Peoria, BL, the past month where she has a good position as sten-

ographer; Will Dorwin and family and Guy Dprwln of this city. Mr. Jack phurch of Spokane, Wash., will also be a guest Mr. and Mrs. Will Doberman of Ft. Wayne will entertain a company, of Decatur relatives on Christmas Day. The party will Include Mrs. Doherman’s father, T. H. Ernst, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lachot, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Annen, Mrs. C. M. Hower. A Christmas tree for the Doehrman children and all the other pleasant features of the day, which are enjoyed by both eld and young, will be In order. The Needleeraft club will be entertained Thursday evening by the Misses Celia and Sue Mayer, the evening promising to be an untiaually enJoyaMe one. ''7'”/' Christmas Day will be a happy one ot family reunion at the Dr. P. B. Thomas home. Four generations will pe represented in the circle which will Include Dr. Thomas’ mother, Mrs. Carolyn Thomas and her son, E. R. Thomas, of Glencarn, Ohio, and Mr. and MTs. Otto Haubold and daughter, Helen Estella, of The Menu-ate club will hold no meeting this week, the next to be held next Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Frances Merryman will be hostess. Miss Goldie Gay will be hostess Thursday df the Entre Nous clfe. at a Christmas meeting. / v Mr. and Mrs. George Houser will eat Christmas turkey with Joe Martin |and family. Special pains taken by the hostess, Mrs. P. B. Thomas, made the entertainment of the Sewing club Tuesday afternoon an unusually pleasant affair, the occasion being the birthday anniversary of one of the members, Mrs. Florence DeVilbiss. After the needlework of the earlier hours, ttfe dinner idrvdd at « o’clock, proved to be unusually tempting. The table put on its best “Christmassy” attire in honor of the approaching holiday, as well in regard for the anniversary celebrated ’Tuesday, and gave a very pretty appearance. There was a miniature Christmas tree growing from a mirror lake surrounded by dainty sprigs of •holly for the centerpiece. The place cards were Christmas booklets, each bearing a message of good cheer and best wishes, and every other feature of the decorations and the dinner carried out the Christmas idea. There were no guests other than the club Members. The Taylor-Filmore administration* with the paper given by Mrs. Ed Moses and sub-topics by other members of the Historical club, provided an interesting study last evening at the home of Mrs. Nettie Schrock. Following the study and business period, there was a delightful social time with music and conversation, and refreshments consisting of crackerjack. Among the pleasant things of last evening was .the arranging of a “Christmas envelope” which the society sent to one of its members, Dr. Maridi L. Holloway, now of Branson, Mich. Each member contributed a Christmas card or greeting to the envelope, which was sent with its message of good cheer this morning. The Concord Lutheran Sunday school of Root township has elected the following omcera ior the new year: Superintendent, S. S. Magley; assistant, E. S. Christen; secretary, Harriet Wilder; assistant, Lloyd Magley;'chorister, Helen Fanner; assistant, John Houk; organist, Erma Houk; assistant, Irene Evans. The Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid society held an Interesting meeting at the 'home of Mrs. Ed . Moses Tuesday afternoon, when the annual election ot officers" took place, resulting as follows: President, Mrs. Eli Meyer; vice president Mrs. J. H. Heller; secretary, Mrs. M. A Frtslnger; treasurer, Mrs. Ed Moees. The report shows the society in a flourishing condition, the past year having been a most successful one, both socially and financially, and the prospects for the new year are very bright. Following the business, a very good social time was spent, during which very tempting refreshments were served. The “Foxy Five” girls are anticipating a happy reunion at’Winchester next week as guests of Miss Florence Goodrich’s house party from Tuesday

to Saturday. The Decatur girls will . include the Misses Dorothy Dugan, Veda Hensley and Gladys Meyers, and they will be met at that place by Miss Winifred Ellingham .of Indianapolis. Winifred will then return with them Saturday to be the guest of Miss Dorothy Dugan. o THE VETERANS ARE YOUNGER. More Than One-Third of Adame County Less Than Slxty-five. Robert Blackburn, the local pension agent, takes exception to the statement made recently in a dispatch from Washington regarding the new pension bill, in which it said that there are very few veterans of the civil war SOW living under sixty-five years of age. Mr. Blackburn stated that nearly a third of the living veterans in Ad i ams county are under that age. The reason >he gives is that while many youths enlisted in the army, who were under eighteen years of age, they were listed at the regulation age of eighteen years, many of them in fact being’ much younger. «■" ~ IW ■ I T • ■ That the mock court trial to be given at the opera house here on the evening of January 3rd will be a screaming success is assured by all who know whereof they speak. The trial is given under the auspices --Of the Elks’ lodge, and the exalted ruler, H. .T.Yager, has made a great effort to secure the aid of the best talent in the city to take part. The case is a breach of promise suit and the camplainant is Miss Eva Acker, the popular teach 5 er. Her lawyer is A. V. Newton, a famous lecturer and lawyer, who has had many years’ experience. Every member of the cast is exactly fitted for his or her part and we doubt if the opera house will hold the crowd that will want to attend. The cast as announced by Mr. Yager this morning will be: Judge—Judge James T. Merryman. Clerk —Clerk James P. HaeflingProsecuting Attorney —A. V. Newton. Defendant—Amos P. Beatty, Complainant—Miss Eva Acker. Defendant—Jesse O. Helm. Court Officer —Fred Mills. Court Crier—xTohn C. Moran. Witnesses —Dr. D. D. Clark, Isadora Kalver, Clayson Carroll, Miss Florence Sprunger, Ada Murray. Jurors —Ed. L. Carroll, foreman; Dave Hensley, John Baker, C. C. Ernst, Frank Burns, J. B. Meibers, Tom Baltzell, Jim Hendricks, William Biggs, J. H. Yager, J. D. Reiter, E. B. Adams. o —— Just on the eve of departure for Ohio, where the family was to make their future home, Vesta Ann, wife of Oliver Perry Steele, a well known resident of Blue Creek township, was stricken with heart trouble and breathed her last at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening. Her death occurred at the home of her nephew, Coral Steele, a mile and a half north of Salem, where she and her husband had been staying after the shipment of their household goods to their new home in Ohio. Mrs. Steele, who was one of the oldest residents 6f the county, was sixty-six years, ten months and twenty days of age at the time of her death, having been born in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 22, 1844. No children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Steele, and besides the bereaved husband she is survived by four brothers. The four brothers who survive are Wesley Witten of Zanesville, Ohio; Homer and Thomas Witten of Cambridge, Ohio, and Ben Witten of Byesville, Ohio. A funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the home of Coral Steele, after which the cortege will come to this city and will leave on the 1:33 Erie train for Lima, Ohio, thence by interurban to Nort Baltimore, Ohio. At North Baltimore the body will be taken to the home of a brother-in-law, Joseph Steele, where it will remain until Saturday, when another funeral service will be held. It was to North Baltimore that Mr. and Mrs. Steele had prepared to go to make their home, and- their household goods were already there an stored in the house in which they were to live, when Mrs. Steele became -111, which was about three weeks ago. Her case was said to be pulmonary abscess, resulting in mitral insufficiency. ———- AFTER-EFFECTS OF VACCINATION James Rice, of the G. R. & I. freight department, one of the employees of the road who submitted to the vaccination recently when the company’s vaccination car passed through the ■■ V e ' / ’’ ■

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' — - ■3. ..-a .city, and who has been off duty several days, suffering from the after-effects, is still under a physician’s care, but will probably soon be able to return to his work. ■ •■I GARMENT WQRKERB BTILL OUT. (United press Service.) , Chicago, 111., Dec. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The report that a ' large number of garment workers wHI go back to work, thus breaking th® backbone of the strike, was denied today by Mrs. Robins,, head of the wo. men’s trades union. The strikers will continue their fight until they win out ,> i - * NEW RECORDS IN FRANCE. (United Press Service.) Paris, France, Dec. 21—(Special to — New aeroplane . M records were broken today in France, when Paul Legagneufi broke all rec-~ ords of the world for sustained flights by covering 322 miles in five hours | and fifteen minutes. Lieutenant Zimmerman established a record for a non-stop flight by covering 145 miles ? to four hours and three minutes. — Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. *l—Accord- . , ing to W. W. Spencer, cnairman of S the democratic legislative committee . 7 on party measures, the committee will -W recommend that the local option unit /g be changed from county to city and township outside of the city and stop at that. The democratic platform does pot 1 say a word about regulation or restric- ' < tion of the liquor business,” said Mr. / Spencer today, “and this committee will not tie up the party to any meas- / ure not contained in the platform.” The call of the committee to meet ; • next Monday in this eity was sent out today by Chairman Spencer. The oth- \ 3 er members of the committee are Adolph Seidensticker, Indianapolis; rfl Homer L. McGinnis, Martinsville; Adam Wise, Plymouth, and Edward J. I Veneman, Evansville. Mr. Spencer says that there are twelve subjects mentioned in the democratic state platform on which bills ‘will be prepared as follows! >■ To change the unit of local option from county to city, township and township outside of cities. 1 To provide for better maintenance -I of turnpikes. To prevent child labor evils. For better sanitary conditions in , workshops. J 1 f For a weekly wage law? , , To consolidate; the offices of factory ~ inspector and labor commissioner into ' one office and to call it the state bu- 3 reau of inspection. To provide for the appointment of the state mine inspector by the governor. Co-employee’s‘Niability. To require arbitration of all disputes between capital and labor. To shorten the hours of labor. To prevent competition of prisonmade goods against goods made by fl free labor. » ' Registration of voters. —g, — ■ -■ w CHICKEN DINNER AT MONROE. The Ladies’ Aid society of the M. E. church at Monroe will serve dinner" and supper to the public in the J. J. Hoffer new business building in Mon- ‘' roe on (Saturday, December 24th, the 1 proceeds to be used for church purposes. The entire community is invited to give their patronage. The ■ menu: ’Sk Dinner, 15 Cents. Chicken Pot-pie Bread Butter ' Mashed Potatoes Baked Beans Slaw Jelly Pie Coffee Supper, 15c. Fried Chicken Buns Potato Salad ' Peaches Cake Coffee ts —— e — .... REV. POWELL AT MT. PLEASANT. Rev. Sherman Powell assisted the Rev. J| C. Valentine tn his revival servive at Mt. Pleasant M. E. church Tuesday afternoon and evening. The re- —■>— vlval 4r being carried on most successfully and there is much interest manifest —: o . .. - BTGRK PARTIAL TO PREBLE. The Christmas stork was quite partial to Preble Tuesday, two homes of that town being made happy by its visit. A nine-pound boy was left at the Hetman C. Geels home and another fine boy at the home of Howard Sikes. All concerned are getting along ' nicely and Christmas Day will be an unusually happy on®.

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