Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1911 — Page 1

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Some very Rood things regarding sites for the prospective Knew home to be b’lllt by the Elks will ■be reported to the lodge Friday even by the committee, Including Chas. ■Niblick, D. M. Hensley and (’. C. ■Ernst, which had been appointed to ■attend to this matter. The committee' ■hns been keeping its eyes and ears' Bvnle open ami has about fifteen sites HL recommend as most appropriate ■for this purpose. Among them are the Madison hotel, ■the Gregory property, or “the city ■tmll." opposite the Murrav house, the ■Bremerkamp building on Madison and the old Nitdick homeThe lodge has several good for assistance in the building of the new home, which ■ makes it an assured thing. These are not yet ready, bow|lever, to be made public. Among the is one for the building of the ■home in the business district of the ■city. While the Elks have very adKnirable quarters at present, it is tli.-i- ; ’>*. desire to own their own home, hence action in the matter. <> I Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. I—Tim 11® Amended Proctor regulation bill now will: the senate limits the number of saHe..-: ;s in wet territory to one for evthousand population, fixes a ilfee that may range as high as : ‘ a ' hundred anil fifty dollars and restricts and regulates ■jb siness. The license fee is two himdollats W the state, fifty to the MlsHr< t.-v. and then the city council mav any sum up to five hundred. e license is granted by the county rs. and among the . st’i. - ■ ins it makes a heavy fine for the Bvrst violation, fine and imprisonment |Sor the second and an annulment of license for the third and the holdcannot engage in the business for Bwo years. Druggists are not included ■r. the bill and they are permitted to under the present laws governing part of their business. The and Nicholson laws are held inand the general provisions of the Kill are along the lines of real regula- »-■ :MHi.<n and the belief is general that the ■SHhi-cislature will do their work well an I the interest of the people will be protected. A wail came from Marion cfc ’With George B. hockwood as the auasserting that the local option contained a joker. Marion has llnusua ' situation in that the city of litlHHfrJdarion is in the corner of three townhr MKhins. Their kick was that the city txHnL<<»: Marion might go dry. and then a sa|Boon be started in the townships outof the corporation and there is ■ ‘ >ouhi be no way to hinder them betel ase they could not exclude Marion S'.t«ne hold a local option election or an- other kind of an (lection that Would be legal Mr. Lockwood forgets 9 •'‘that the Moore remonstrance law WO’.tld put every one of those doggeral- out of business, so Marion need ■'••H 3>o- suffer from this joker that will fail to joke when put up to the good peoI pie of Marion and these townships in ©rant county. | The senate gave the referendum a pB try out Monday. Senator Grubbe of county bad a bill which stip.«la::ed that any time within thirty ■bys after a city council granted a jk franchise, that a petition or remonstrance signed by twenty per cent of the voting population could rescind (i-R ■•• aid franchise. Amendments were of-k-B sered by the wholesale, all of which Were defeated, and the original bill . -sH tidied in passage for the want of a -.-.-K . <orc- itutional majority. The intent id' the bill is to cut out the high finan'c^eri,’S some city councils when it | -comes to giving away valuable franchises that belong to the people, and there has been many such franchises given away during the past few years, •especially to interurban railway companies. Some of the amendments "' ii! Sr offered were really good, among them ... r|B bein one that fifty one per cent of the voters on such a remonstrance would be good, and another of twenty per iiß cent of the owners of property, includ,B .f ing women. ff 11 |c\ ■ W: .joiijj Legislative apportionment is beginning to agitate the legislative mind, _ and within the next few days there ,•>. will be something doing in this line. When the bill comes up the rural dls- , tricts and the small towns will suffer, while counties like Marion, Lake and B( j! the large cities, which has shown e t:ff rapid growth will profit. This will not be in the interest of good legislation, iltt 4' a8 tho ave rage member of the rural c.-I.’’ county or district is careful when it l° !! W- comes to going on record with his Tote, and when he goes wrong he u9 ’ ually hears something drop from , B «Ak home. This is not true of the mem-

bers coming from the centers where 1 i selfish business interests too often ' takes the place of a devotion to good government. The country may send their farmers, but they are a pretty good kind of farmers and seldom go wrogn even in the Indiana legislature. L. G. E. o —- BLUFFTON VS. DECATUR. The Bluffton Phi Delta Kappas’ basket ball team with a crowd of rooters are expected to arrive this evening on the 7:03 Clover Leaf train to play the Decatur Phi Delta Kappas. This is the first schedule game of the Decatur team, which was only recently organized, and the members have been practicing for “all that is out” and expect to carry off a big share of the honors tonight. The game will be played in the high school athletic hall. SPECIAL PROGRAM The Christian Endeavor society of the Christian church will give a special program Sunday evening at the Endeavor hour, beginning at 6:15 after which an offering will be taken for the Damoh orphanage. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. At 4 o’clock Tuescay afternoon the “dry” element held a committee meeting in the library hall to attend to the final details necessary before canvassing the city for signatures for the petition for an election in Decatur. The members of the committee, with few exceptions, were all present when called'lo order by Chairman Imler. Twenty-five copies of the petition were given to the chairman who referred same to Attorney Walters, counsel for the “drys,” for an opinion as to the legal status. The general committee, consisting of Rev. Charles E. Ehle, Rev. W. H. Meyers, and Mr. Daniel Sprang, reported that the city was divided into twenty-one districts and one district apportioned to each worker. Early this morning the workers were busily engaged in approaching the voters for their signature and it is the intention of the leaders to complete the canvass today. It is necessary to have at least 199 signatures in order to make the petition hold, but workers will endeavor to get as many more as possible in order to further strengthen their appeal. The report of the various members of the committee will be made in a public meeting to be held in the library hall at 4 p. m. Thursday. Today the general committee was busily engaged in covering the city, seeing that all the districts were properly canvassed and supplying substitutes to assist in the larger districts. As we go to press a canvass of the workers shows that the signatures are coming but slowly. However, the workers are hopeful and in case of their failure to secure sufficient signers they will continue their efforts until 4 o’clock today. IS NOISED ABOUT. Men of Other Cities Interested in Proposed New School House. The fact that Decatur is thinking of having a new high school building is bein noised about over the country, attracting the attention of prominent architects and builders of other cities. Mr. Weatherhogg, a prominent architect of Fort Wayne, called on the Decatur school board relative to the matter of the much desired new building. Mr. Weatherhogg was the architect for the new Anthony hotel. — <»— —■ NEW READING CIRCLE BOOKS. Twenty new reading circle books have arrived at the library. These were purchased jointly by the school and library, and until the close of the school year will be used only by the pupils, after which they will become the property of the library for general circulation. The list includes the following: Why the Chimes Ring, Alden; Little Girl and Philip, Smith; Hans, the Eskimo, Scandlin; Little Bear, Smith; Tales of Old England, Lansing; Stories of Famous Pictures, Powers; The Life of Abraham Lincoln, for Girls and Boys, Moores; Thirty More Famous Stories Retold; New Friends in Storyland, Spaulding and Bryan; Home Life in All Lands; The Later Cave Men, Dopp; Historic Indiana, Levering; Mary Ware the Little Colonel’s Chum, Johnston; The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling; Six Girls and the Tea Room, Taggart; A Daughter of the Rich, Waller; The Young Consul, Drydale; The Belt of Seven Totems, Munroe; Boy Life on

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Feb. 2, 1911

the Prairie, Garland; Wulnoth, the i Wanderer, Inman. Tuesday evening was a great one in the history of the local order of American Yeomen. A delegation of forty-two of the Fort Wayne order arrived at 7 o’clock on a special interurban car and joined with the local members in the initiation of a class of six canddates, ncludng Mrs. Minnie Danels, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hower, Elas Mitch, C. J. Weaver and Mr. Shoemaker. The Fort Wayne team conferred the degree and was highly complimented for its excellent work. A number of speeches were given by John Cook, drill-master of Ft. Wayne; State manager Carter, and others of the Fort Wayne and local lodge. A social period followed, during which refreshments, consisting of minced chicken sandwiches, baked beans, pickles and coffee, were provided. The Fort Wayne special car returned at 11 o’clock. A great many other candidates are in line for initiation soon, and the lodge is rapdly growng. o ———————■ Arthur Abbott, proprietor of the Abbott grocery on North Main street, died at his home on Miller street tfiis afternoon at 1:30 o’clock after an illness of only a little more than twentyfour hours. He was taken ill about 10 o’clock Monday morning while at work at his grocery and went home, apparently suffering from a severe attack of grip. He suffered from a high fever, which went up to 104, but this morning his temperature had returned to normal and the only affliction seemed to be severe rheumatic or neuralgic pains. The neuralgia centered in his stomach, and this afternoon affected his heart, causing his death after a very short interval. Mr. Abbott was the son of Rev. and Mrs. D. W. Abbott of Craigville and was born in Mercer county, Ohio, some thirty-six years ago. He came to this county with his parents and after he grew old enough to leave home he went to Fort Wayne where he was employed as an insurance agent. Ltter he worked at Ossian. He was married about ten years ago to Miss Lena Steele of Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott came to this city some four years ago. Surviving him are his parents, Rev. and Mrs. D. W. Abbott, of Craigville; his wife, Mrs. Lena Abbott; three children, Eva, nine; Louis, seven, and Florence, five, and the following brothers and sisters: Alfred of Craigville, Merritt of this city; Elmer, Lancaster township; Nelson, near Craigville; Mrs. Rosa Hetrick, Craigville. , and Edgar of Craigville, who assisted ; his brother in his grocery until last . fall. One sister, Mrs. Emma Warthman, died a short time ago and anoth- . er brother died in infancy. Mr. Abbott’s parents were summon- , ed from Craigville this afternoon but ■ did not arrive until after he had . breathed his last. His own family and i three brothers, Alfred, Merritt and Edgar, were at his bedside at the end. —Bluffton News.

EVERYONE INVITED To the W. R. C. Chicken Dinner on Saturday. While the chicken dinner and supper to be given Saturday by the W. R. C. at the G. A .R. hall, will be an occasion of reunion for all the old soldiers on pension day, February 4th, this is not for the soldiers only. The public is cordially invited to come. Dinner, twenty-five cents; supper fifteen cents. — —o — THE FRONTIER CELEBRATION Will be Shown at the Star Theater Thursday and Friday Evenings. John Stoneburner of the Star theater, has secured what he believes to be the strongest attraction in the way of a picture show ever given in Decatur. It is the reels showing the Cowboy and Frontier celebration held at Cheyenne, Wyoming, last fall, the same which ex-President Roosevelt Roosevelt traveled 3,000 miles to witness. It shows 3,000 feet of broncho riding pony, Indian, squaw, buffalo races, etc., and will be a great show for young and old to witness. The admission is ten cents, and the dates Thursday and Friday. — August Schlickman, who is to be in charge of the new delivery system, Wednesday gave out the official time when all deliveries will be made each day and which he expects to open up and have everything in good running

order by next Monday, February 6th. The wagons, which have been ordered for three or four weeks, are to arrive here on Saturday, and as soon as they arrive will be put in shape for immediate use. He has his drivers selected and are the best for this work to be obtained In the city. Mr. Schlickman has been at Portland alid other surrounding cities, where this same system is in vogue, and has learned all the necessary pointers needed for the giving of the best service. Four deliveries will be made each day and goods from all groceries will be delivered over the entire city at the same time. Each man will have his own district to cover and will know just where to go, requiring but very little time for the deliveries to be made. The time of each delivery to be made will be found in another place in this issue, and in order to find out the quickest way to obtain your goods, you would do well to read the notice given. IT WAS NOT PARALYSIS. Mrs. Caroline Smith of Pleasant Mills Recovering. Mrs. Caroline Smith, wife of William Smith, of Pleasant Mills, who suffered a severe nervous attack Monday, is recovering and is now able to converse with those about her. It was at first thought to be a paralytic stroke, and as she suffered a stroke of paralysis about a year ago, there was much apprehension concerning this one. She is, however, getting along well now. Mrs. Smith is a sister of Simeon Fordyce, who was at her bedside Tuesday.

Not for some time was such an interesting evening spent by the members of the C. B. L. of 1., when the installation of officers who will serve this year was held last night. The work was in charge of T. McLaughlin, supreme president of the state lodge, and his assistant, George Christen, supreme secretary, members of the Fort Wayne lodge. An address was given by Mr. McLaughlin, which was of interest to all present and much enjoyed by all. A large crowd of the members were in attendance and a social good time enjoyed by all. The new officers assuming their duties Tuesday evening were: President, William Harting; vice president, Vena Parent; secretary, Rose Colchin; collector, Ben Knapke; treasurer, Anna Parent; chancellor, John Starost; orator, Edith Ervin; guard, Julius Bright; marshal, Frances Hess; trustees, Blanche Ervin, Joe Knapke and Peter Losche; representative, Mrs. Amelia Niblick. Tonight there will be a special meeting of the Modem Woodmen at their hall and plans for a big gathering have been made. Degree work will be conferred upon a number of candidates'and all that can are urged to be on hand. o What seemed to be one of the worst runaways in the history of the city, yet one which resulted miraculously small in the way of injury oi‘ damage to property, occurred at 12:30 o’clock Wednesday near the Monroe street crossing of the G. R. & I. railroad, in which three of a string of five teams hitched to stock wagons figured prominently. Owing to the triple mix-up and the great excitement prevailing at the time, with the large crowd that thronged to the scene, a clear account of the affair was difficult to obtain. The five teams and wagons were used in hauling hogs to market, being employed by Fred Krueckenberg of Union township. The hogs had been unloaded at the stock yard and the teams were proceeding north on Seventh street to the Monroe street crossing. When just east of the G. R. & I. depot, a freight train on the track whistled and the last team of the five, belonging to Ernest Krueckenberg and driven by Edwin Krueckenberg, frightenend and started to run. In running it ran into the wagon just ahead of it, driven by the father, Fred Krueckenberg, and that team also started to run. The last team continued its sad havoc by running into the third team, this being driven by Edwin Steele of near the state line, and a sad collision ensued. The fourth team driven by Anton Thieme hastened on and reaching the corner, turned east on Monroe street and got out of the way, uninjured, but the fifth team, driven by Gustav Krueceknberg, stopped, that the boy might go back and help his father manage his horses, and he also was mixed up in the affair. In

the meantime the third team driven by Steele, started to run and turned west on Monroe street, and then swerved across the sidewalk, over the hedge boxing the depot park plot, with the last team still in the rear of the wagon. As the wagon crossed the sidewalk the wagon box was pulled off and completely overturned, with Steele, the driver, under the box. The fact that the box had been raised, with its slat sideboards, as is the custom with stock hauling arrangements, thus raising the overturned box to a considerable height, was what probably saved Mr. Steele from injury or death. As It was, he crawled from under the overturned wagon, uninjured, much to the wonder of the many spectators, who had rushed to the scene, expecting to find his mangled body crushed under the load. Steele's horses broke loose from the wagon, with the driver under the box and unable to hold them, and ran across the lot, but were soon caught. Anton Thieme was the only one who escaped with no damage to his wagons, all of the others suffering broken end-gates, neck-yokes, harness and minor injuries, but which it was necessary to repair before they could proceed on their way home this afternoon. o Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Charges that a bi-partisan combination is at work in the senate were made here today, with the assertion that Governor Marshall will have to look to the house for support of his measures. The governor may sign the Proctor option bill this afternoon, providing it is found to have been properly enrolled. It was reported this morning from the enrolling room and examined by the joint house and senate committee. The senate today killed the bill providing for state board licenses and the Shively bill relating to the selection’ of physicians by state boards. The child labor measure and the Proctor saloon regulating bill will come up this afternoon on special order. New York, N. Y., Feb. I—(Special to Daily Democrat) —A new Studabaker corporation to take over the immense wagon plant at South Bend and the automobile works at Detroit owned by the Studabakers was announced here today. Kleinworth Sons. Goldman, Haas & Co., and Lyman Bros, are perfecting the issuance of $13,500,000 worth of seven per cent stock. The control will remain with the Studabaker interests, it is said. Washington, D. C., Feb. I—(Speciall—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The credentials of John Kern, senator-elect from Indiana, were presented to the senate by Senator Shively today. — o THE POLICE COURT NEWS. In the case of the State of Indiana vs. Clarence Bremerkamp, continued from Tuesday’s session of the mayor’s court, a conviction wa§ had on the Charge of furnishing liquor to minors and a fine of S2O and costs was assessed. Attorneys Peterson & Moran appeared for the defendant and Prosecutor Parrish for the state. Extended argument was had and the attorneys for the defendant filed bond and appealed the case to the circuit court.

No other cases were slated for trial at this time, except the case continued until Friday morning at 9 o’clock. One affidavit remains to be served, and will probably be heard from this week. Tuesday Marshal Peterson served a year-old warrant, issued February sth last, for the arrest of Carl Ernst on the charge of frequenting a gaming house. Ernst has been in the west, but has recently returned, hence the delay in serving the warrant. The case was tried in mayor’s court, a plea of guilty being entered, and a gne of five dollars and costs was assessed, making a total of fifteen dollars. Ernst stayed the docket. Nora Amstutz and Elmira Garwood, have ben at the county infirmary all aged nine and eleven years, and who their lives, have been granted admission to the home for feeble minded youth at Fort Wayne and .were taken there this afternoon. Attorney L. C. DeVoss has filed a new case entitled Frank McConnell and John Mackey vs. Bate Ray, John Durr and Elizabeth Durr, suit on note, demand SIOO.

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Attorneys Lutz and Peterson & Moran have filed two new cases each entitled the A. C. Stone Company vs. Fred Hoffman, et al. In each case suit is brought and S2OOO demanded from Mr. Hoffman and his bondsmen. One case is to collect for stone used in constructing the Monroe Township Central, extension No. 2, and the other for the material on the Reiter and Buhlman road. Attorney J. C. Moran of the firm of Peterson and Moran, attorneys, went to Indianapolis today. He took with him the briefs in the case of Peter Holthouse vs. John W. Poling appealed from the Jay circuit court, and which he will file in the supreme court of Indiana. Real estate transfers: Z. O. Lewellen to Lydia M. Watkins, lot 10, Monroe, $135; James Stump to J. E. Rich, lot 1, Monroe, $200; J. M. Miller, ad ministrator, to Peter Wagoner, lot 17 Decatur, $733.67; Jacob R. Klopfenstine to Joe R. Isch et al, 40 acres, French tp., $4960; John A. Isch to Joe R. Isch, 40 acres, French tp., S3OOO. HERE FOR FUNERAL. Mrs. Samuel Haley, West Race street, and her sister, Mrs. J. L. Gross, North Meridian street, went to Decatur Tuesday morning, where they were called by the death of their aunt, Mrs. George Brown, whose funeral was held Tuesday morning at the Evangelical church in Decatur. Enroute home Mrs. Haley will stop at Monroe for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson, who are both seriously ill. —Portland Commercial-Review. - - 'O “THE MAN ON THE BOX.” Probably the best play of its class, without exception, that has been presented in Belleville, 111., for years was “The Man on the Box,” which was the attraction last night. Bellville people who have lead the book (and this probably includes the larger par* of the population) fell in love with the story, and were anxious to have it interpreted from the stage. It seems as if most of these people were present last night, as every available inch of seating space was occupied, meny people standing throughout the evening, while a few extra seats were provided in the aisles. In many cases the dramatization of a book does not follow the story as told by the author, but this cannot be said of the one under consideration. While it is true that the length of the story precluded the possibility of following out all of the details, nevertheless the most interesting parts were called out of the book and woven into the play in such a manner as to afford an evening of rare pleasure, particularly when interpreted by such a capable company. The piece requires very clever acting throughout, and each member of the company last night discharged his or her obligation in this respect in a manner that stamped them ar, actors and acresses of the first magnitude. The pleasure of the evening was considerably augmented by the magnificent costumes v'orn by the participants in the play.—Times-Democrat, Belleville, 111. ■ . ’ > “The Man on the Box.” by Harold McGrath and Grace Livingston Furniss, will be presented at the Bosse opera house Thursday, February 2nd. This will be an agreeable surprise to those who have read the book, at it is one of the most delightful stories ever written.

USED CARBOLIC ACID. William Seilemeyer of near Magley was in town today on business. Mr. Seilemeyer has been carrying his right hand in a bandage the past two weeks. Some time ago a pimple appeared on his finger, causing much annoyance. After failing to find relief in the appliance of burnt alum, he tried carbolic acid. The bottle had been unused for some time and crystals had formed In it, the strength probably becoming more concentrated. A few drops were poured on the bandage and the next day a very sore hand, which has failed to heal, was the result. ® . . o R. B. Gregory made a business trip to Portland this morning to attend to business for a few days. Professor Withaus of Berne made his regular trip to this city today in the interest of his music class.

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