Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1911 — Page 5

'"TriLl. THEY FALL. Coming Oown In Price and Won't Stop Yet. „,hor drop in the market of eggs »‘"til '«• ">« ~h ants p»y<n« a few ccnts ,eBS ( le< day* ago- Tho P reßent u fourteen cents. There is no * in butter. The hog market taken a » tea<| y drop th ® past land from i’ resent indications the is not yet reached. Many flue ® we re sold in the past week and ‘ & I. stocy yards were crowded ,, } . e very day with the expensive met of the farm. Ug is the time of the year when L. Ranges take place throughout [country, many of the farmers iging their place of residence I on e farm to another, while oth- ' improving their farms in variways We mention but a few that B to our notice today, which will if interest to many. J. C. Moses, for some years has beer ( Houte S, bas Just comply ted |ng of his household good ’ ft or farm to the Frlsinger fat rtto oj le 1, north of the city. \ jl Snell, of Route 5, living on the Colchin farm, has just recently td into the new home completed [ r . Colchin, which is one of the jest homes in that part of the tv. It is up-to-date in every reI, haring all the modern improve- » going with a country home, the occupants of same are justly 1 of their new abode. Rumschlag. who has been maklis home on Route 10, moved to foglewede farm on Route 5, the ge being made Monday. Kintz has been busy for several hauling timber to his place on B 12, where he expects to erect m just as soon as he can comarrangements and get things in ing order. 0. 0. F. VISITORS FRIDAY. day evening will be a great day le Reiter Encampment, I. O. O. F. lodges from Geneva and Bluffton be guests in the afternoon and ng and the three degrees will be rred upon a class of eighteen dates. The Rebekahs will serve ir to the visitors. Arrangements ieing made to make the event if the greatest in the history of heal encampment ABOUT THE SICK. aire J. H. Stone has received from his daughter, Miss VrcStone, a patient at the Lutheran lai, Fort W ayne, for floating kidhat she is getting better, though I unable to get any sleep. She present under the care of two ilists, and it is their opinion that kill eventually be restored t® health, which is news received great pleasure by her Decatur ■ u - local postoffice force is experi--1 today the heaviest mail at this if the year in the memory o' the force. The mail carriers were ly "pack-horse burdened” today, are several reasons for this. s that three holidays come in tretch. Sunday there was no telivery, neither was these Monlecause the postoffice force was a holiday in celebration of Unbirthday which came on SunThen today was St. Valentine's id of course an unusually large !r of missives—love or other*cre added to the undelivered 'f the preceding days. Another 1 for the heavy mail of the local * s that the Ward Fence com--1 now sending out its yearly adng matter. From 2,000 to 2,500 Pcs and circulars are sent out the local office each evening, 18 will continue until about 50,W.OOO are Mat .out. To add to' •übles of the office at this par-j y busy time, is the fact that ce is short one man—Sam •~who is laid up with a sprain t ankle. Mr. Shamp was walktoss the icy board that spans 11 U P brick street just west of Mofflce, when his foot slipped 01e ’ giving his ankle just the *' st to produce the sprain. °lf°rd, one of the rural mail ’’ is also off duty and his sub--18 working in his place. unusual interest. Adams County Medical socieBtlng at Dr. Thomas’ office was ““usual interest. Each mem®e“t reported one or more ing cases which occurred in his These cases were fully dlsand many good points were °ut which will be of great n n *i, Sinii ' ar caseß which may 10 future. The members ete Drs. Boyers, Miller, ■ Verß , Costello, Thomas and

Rayl. The society will meet at Dr. Boyers' office March 10th and listen to a treatise on "Neurasthenia," by Drs. Jones and Mattox. ALLEN COUNTY CONTEST. Spellers Consumed Another Day Saturday—The Winners. The Allen county spelling contest, which it was necessary to continue Saturday from the week before, was another all-day contest between the twelve that were left over from the first day, and not until 6 o'clock were the following declared the winners, the first three of which will be delegates to the district contest to be held Saturday of this week at Ft. Wayne: Edith McGonagle. school No. 2, Monroe township; Ella Hemrick, No. 1, Springfield township; Eulilie No. 8, Jackson township. The following alternates were selected to take the place of any of the above three scholars in case of inability to compete: Marguerite Costello, St. Joe w 'awpshlp; Rupert Murphy, Jefferson be I townsiiT' «ii®jhardt Wyss, Monroe m I townshif r ®' & •D| . —the e<|- ■ The ce> also h«e State vs. Harry Straub, d>f the With burglarizing the Laman &’ar*ewraware store, went to the jury menbout 11 Tuesday mornmorning. ' The evidence concluded shortly after the opening of court, An hour and a half was allowed for arguments. Prosecutor Parrish made a strong argument and proved his ability to serve as state's attorney, both In his trial and argument. If found guilty Straub would have to serve from ten to twenty years in prison. At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon the jury returned a verdict, fiinding the defendant not guilty and he was immediately released. A new case has been filed on change of venue from Allen county, Charles Nasser vs. Wabash Railroad Co., damages, $350. The suit is one to recover for a bill of dry goods which was either lost or stolen. I. A. Kalver vs. Decatur Furnace Co., notes and accounts, ordered sold at public auction after two weeks’ notice in Daily Democrat. Marriage Ucenses: Paul McClain, 19. farmer, to Mary Kratzer, 18, seamstress, Berne; Rufus R. Huser, 23, farmer, to Nora G. McClain, 21. The former groom and latter bride are brother and sister. — o BUSINESS MEN’S LEAGUE MET. Talk Over Plans—May Land Good Industry From Cleveland, Ohio. The Business Men’s League held an important meeting Monday evening, at which time reports of various committees were hearni and discussed, and plans for future work talked over. Duties were assigned to committees who will report later. One of the subjects taken up at this time was that of the locating here of a manufacturing plant now at Cleveland, Ohio. It Is an established manufacturing concern, making cans and tanks, and was sighted 'toy Andrew Mylott, who is a friend Os the manager. They wish to locate in Decatur and the League will do what it can to aid them. Several sites are bing looked up and quick action is expected. ——o The Adams county delegates to the district spelling contest at Portland next Saturday. February 18th, are looking forward to a royal battle for supremacy looking of course to the representation of the district at the state contest which will come off Friday, Marek 31st, in the house of representatives in Indianapolis. There will be in all thirty-nine contestants, three from each district. Five delegates from this county will complete with five each from Randolph, Wells and Jay, those from this county being Marion Michaels, Monroe township; Manola Bryan, Blue, Creek; Samuel I Fluckeger, Monroe; Clara Gilbert, Monroe; Minnie Tricker, Blue Creek. The contest, to toe held in the Auditorium, will begin at 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning and continue until the number still on the floor is reduced to three, these to be the representatives of the district in the state match. The three spellers last retired will be the alternates, serving in case of disability from any cause of one of the regular contestants. The superintendents of the city schools of Decatur, Winchester, Bluffton and Portland, will act as the judges,®all Hiving accepted. These men are Pdof. P. A. Allan of Bluffton, Prof. E. E. Rice of Decatur, Oscar R. Baker of Winchester and G. E. Derbyshire of Portland. The four will select one of their number as pronouncer, the remaining three acting as judges. That the work of the pronouncer may be less irksome, the superintendents will work in relays in this position. Superintendent Derbyshire of Por land and Baker of Winchester, will se»

~ IB I - I L- H I — lect words to be spelled from the Fourth reader, while Superintendents Allen of Bluffton and Rice of Decatur will make selections from the Fifth reader. _________ Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14—Governor Marshall's special joint caucus of the legislature was held Monday night. It was a splendid meeting in which all agreed that the proper thing to do was to act together and pass the platform measures. It was further decided that Governor Marshall’s plan for a new constitution is a good one and a bill providing for same will be presented in the house Wednesday. Stotsenberg, Veneman and Seldensticker will prepare it. “The new constitution will contain the following changes: Article I, Section 2—Every man shall have remedy for due course of law, "but the general assembly may enact a workman's compulsory compensation law.” Sec. 21 —Property shall not be taken from any man without just compensation first assessed and tendered "and then only in case of necessity.” As to Registration. Article 11, Section 2 —Provides that a voter must be a citizen and that in addition to having lived in the state twelve months, the township sixty days and the ward or precinct thirty days “he shall be duly registered according to law as in this section provided and shall have paid his poll tax! due and payable in the year of such election and the year previous thereto without delinquency." The registration law is ordered to be provided by the general assembly of 1913. Art. IV. Sec. 2—The senate is to consist of fifty members, but the constitutional limit of the house of representatives is raised to 130 members, an increase of thirty. Sec. 4 —Each county shall have at least one representative in the legislature elected for two years. “A representative quota shall be obtained by dividing the total population of the state at the last national census by ninety-two, and each county in excess of a quota shall have an additional representative for each full quota and . fractional surplus of half a quota in excess of the first quota.” The senate remains the same. Longer Legislative Session. Sec. 9—The time of holding the legislative session is the same as the present constitution, but after fortyfive days, in which the general assembly shall introduce, consider and i amend bills, but not pass them except in emergency cases, it shall adjourn for sixty days, and on reconvening shall proceed to dispose of the bills introduced and shall not re- . main in session longer than sixty days. Sec. 22—The general assembly may adopt special charters for the different cities of the state. Sec. 29—The salary of the general assemblyman is fixed at $lO a day in place of the $6 provided by law now. Art. V, Sec. 14—A three-fifths majority shall be necessary to pass a bill over the veto of the governor in- , stead of a simple majority, as now, ’ and no bill shall be presented to the governor within three days next preI vious to adjournment. , Article VI, Section I—All1 —All state of- ’ fleers shall be elected for four years ' and be ineligible for re-election. Sec. 2—All county officers have the I same restrictions. More Supreme Judges. Article VII, Section 2—The supreme court shall consist of not less • than five nor more than eleven I judges in place of the three to five > restriction of the existing constitu- ' tion. > Sec. 11—The office of prosecuting ‘ attorney is made to extend for four ' years without re-election. ’ Sec. 20 —The general assembly may ■ adopt recall, referendum and iniative laws, on petition of 25 per cent of the voters of the state at the next precedi tag election, but no bill shall ever be passed for the recall of the judiciary.. Sec. 21—The general assembly may by law provide qualifications for persons admitted to the practice of law. Article XV, Section I—United States Senators shall be elected by the general assembly and no elective officer shall have his salary increased during his term of office. Amending the Constitution. Art. XVI, Sec. I—The constitution may be amended if a resolution passed by one general assembly shall be adopted by a majority of voters at the next general election upon which it shall become a part of the constitution but if a majority shall not ratify the same it shall be defeated. A political party may act upon an amendment by convention and have the action printed with the ticket but no constitution shall be submitted to the people till after a majority of the legal voters of the state have petitioned for a constitutional convention. The eighth schedule is changed to provide that the first election to be held under the new constitution shall be held in the year 1913 at which time the state officers shall be voted upon also. Schedules thirteen, fourteen and fifteen are stricken out as there Is no

occasion for them to remain in the constitution. ■ ' ■■ o — — BASKET BALL. Thursday evening the Bluffton high school girls will play the Decatur high school girls a game of basket ball. As a starter the eighth grade will play the freshmen. Two very fast games are assured. The game starts at 7:15. —o RUNAWAY YESTERDAY. Excitement was at a high pitch yesterday noon when the delivery wagon of the Bremerkamp mills came tearing through the streets at the horses' fastest gait. The animal frightened at an Erie train and ran north on Second street to the Mersman ice house before the driver could regain control. No damage was done to the horse or wagon, although many narrow escapes from a serious smash-up were witnessed by the spectators who crowded the streets. TAKES X-RAY AGAIN. Fred Schurger was at Fort Wayne Monday evening and reported this morning that another X-ray examination of the broken hip of Joseph Wetzel was taken at the St. Joseph hospital, although nothing definite could be given out until some time today, i The injured man will be up and about on crutches in a few days and it is thought he might be able to come home about Sunday. — o —“ FARMERS’ INSTITUTE Will be Held at Berne Wednesday and Thursday of This Week. Many from the north part of the county, as well as from the south, will attend the Adams County Farmers’ institute to be held at Berne Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The good program for the two days’ session has previously been announced, and gives promises of a pleasant and profitable meeting. HORSE SALE ON 16TH. The stables on First street will be the scene of' another sale on Thursday of this week. Several horses are now in, and two car loads are coming from Bluffton, which, added to those coming from other sources, will make two hundred and fifty head at this sale. The price of the stock is said to be high throughout the country and with a falling market the prospects of the management are rather dubious. Mr. McNabb of Ashland, Ohio, will be the auctioneer. “The Dons,” a very favorably known quartet, of sexeral years’ existence, held their first reunion in some time Saturday at the home of Don Burke on Ninth street, Don being at home from Depauw university for a visit. The Dons include Don Burke, Howard Wisehaupt, Sherman Beery and Bruce Patterson. As Don is in school studying for the ministry. Howard teaching school, Bruce traveling on the road and Sherman busy with his high school work, the reunions in the past y;ear have been very few and that of Saturday was unusually enjoyable. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Butler entertained at Sunday dinner at their home on North First street. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Spuller and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Evans and son, Misses Letitia Singleton, Etta Mallonee, Steflla Dastis, Roy Lackey, Rev. D. O. Wise, Mrs. Martha Spuller and Miss Woodruff of Geneva. An -enjoyable party was that given at the Lew KSne home at St. John's. Cards and other games were called Into tfiay. after which a two-course luncheon was provided. Those present -were: Messrs. awl Mesdames Henry CaTiemeyer, Frefi Kline, Chas. Getting, Edward Bultemeyer, William Zwick, Henry Koepemann, Ernst Doehrmann, Herman Bice, Messrs. Dick Meyers, Charles Zwick, Ed Zwick, Gustav Shihrmann, Pat Parrish, Misses Anna and Sophia Scheimann, Bertha and Allie Zwick, Anna and Minnie Zwick, of Seward, Neto., and Lydia Doehrmann. The Christian Ladies’ Aid society will meet with Mrs. AdoSpli Hoffman at her home on First street Friday afternoon. The Young Men's Social elub is making arrangements for another of their popular dances to %e given at their club rooms on Thursday evening of this week. Excellent music is assured and the event will no doubt be well attended. The art and literature sections of the Euterpean club will give a national party on Tuesday evening, February 21st, the same to be held at the home of Mrs. Eli Meyer on Fifth street. Arrangements for same have not as yet been completed and will not be so for several days, after gbich.

) more pertaining to the gathering will be published. As has been the custom heretofore each member will be allowed to ask a friend to accompany them. i Frank Teeple this morning went to ■ Hoagland in response to a r. »ssag< which he received from there at nine i o’clock last nignt stat’r.g ‘hnt b's brother-in-law Theodore Minnich who i has been sick at his home there, a 1 at times violent was worse and <o come. Mr. Teeple remarked this moiiiing that his condition at times was very serious and required the assist- • ance of several men to handle him. i Last night he became so disturbed • that he had to be tied in order to con- ' quer him and some one with him all . the time. He had been in this city -for some time at the home of his sisi ter Mrs. Frank Teeple and on last Wed . nesday night Fr. Flaherty was called ■ who administered the last rites of the • church to him. An inquest was thought ! would be held today at his home in i Hoagland and if not taken to Fort Wayne hospital, where he will be held and there await until a vacancy be made at some institution to receive treatment. Recently he has been do- : ing much worrying, he having lost a child in death about four months ago and just recently a case in court going against him causing him much grief. u - . GOVERNOR NOT YET INVITED. i Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 13 —(Special s to Daily Democrat)—Governor Marshall, at 3 o’clock this afternoon had not received an invitation to attend the democratic caucus of legislators tonight, but it is generally reported I that such an invitation would be given him and he will be given a chance to tell the members just what is what. : The governor will call the members I to task for their delay in passing plat- - form measures. Senator Tiledn intro- • duced a bill today to prohibit the sell- > ing of liquor in clubs, even to the ■ members. , o ' — ■■■ 1 SMALL POX AT BLOOMINGTON. Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 13 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Earl Reedes, editor of the Daily Student, and well known college man, was sent to the 5 hospital today at the order of physicians who fear ne has small pox. 5 Twenty-five other students were quar- ’ antined. -o 1 Late Friday nignt tne home of Earl B Thrailkill, a farmer living three and ’ one-half miles south-east of the city caught fire and was totally destroyed. ! About ten o'clock the neighbors noticed a bright light over towards the Thrailkill home and after investigation they found the house a mass of flames with the exception of the summer ' kitchen which was built on the back ' of the house. Mr. Thrailkill was 1 away from home, he coming to DecaC tur in the afternoon and Mrs. Thrail- ' kill and the children were visiting r with neighbors until he called for ’ them on his way home. The first inr timation they had of their loss was 1 when they came in sight of the smould. ering ruins of their home. All their 5 clothing as well as their household 1 goods was destroyed, only a washing 1 machine and a few jars being saved 1 from the buring building. The house • was small, having three rooms besides.the kitchen, one story in heighth. Insurance was carried for two-hun-dred and fifty dollars but it is not suf1 ficient to cover the loss. The loss will ' be keenly felt by the family and the ’ sympathy of the neighbors is being l ’ shown in a practical way. Mr. Thrailkill is a hard-working and industri- ' eus man and is well and favorably • known by many people in this part of the county, who sincerely sympathise with him in this, his time of trouble. i o 1 Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 13 —The buse inefss of the Indiana general assembly i- will begin to be the real thing with s the beginning of the week. It will i. have to be so, whether the statesmen i tfeat have been assembling there for t the past two months like to get down i. to business or not. When all calcu--1 lations are made it will be found that , there are left but seventeen days of , the session, and when the governor - asserts his prerogative—and he will—i that he will accept no bill passed during che last three days of the session, that leaves but fourteen days in which r real legislation can be accomplished, i So they will have to get a hump on - themselves. However, the business has progressed about as far as is usual at this time of the session. Much i has been done, which needs the fin- ’ islring touches to complete. Nearly one hundred bills are reported out of ; the senate and are ready for the final grind. Theytried to give this test to a combination of ten of them Saturday and would have succeeded, but for the necessary quorum which it tak*6 to do business there. In the firrtjt stages of the session they take as many as a dozen bill and pass them in one roll call. This is the reason the legislature is able to accomplish so much during the last < VM >lr nr ♦— n . - - b Akjwr

troduced at this stage of the proceedings, unless it is important, stands but poor chance of ever getting any place. It will be but one grand rush l from this time on, and it is a time, too, when fool legislation is liable to get though. There Is plenty of it, and in I fact but little that would cause the -'ate to suffer should anything happen to put it out of he running. At this tin there are but eight or ten bills that have passed both the house and ute senate and been signed by the governor. Another reason why business will begin in earnest comes from the fact that a joint caucus of the majtrity members of both houses will be held Monday. At this conference all the platform measures and some other recommendations made by the governor will be threshed out and plans laid for rushing it through both branches without any further delay. There has been no intended delay on any of these measures and all that is necessary for their enactment is caucus endorsement. The house would have had a meeting last week, but was delayed for this joint caucus, at which final settlement can be had on many matters of legislation affecting the majority in both houses. As they cannot spare the time to disagree, and besides there being no disposition to disagree, they will likely get right down to brass tacks and conclude their platform business without spending much time. Decatur people witnessed - another change in business circles Monday, ing when the pool room formerly owned and run by Ed Johnson, was turned over to a new owner, John Schafer, a former business man here. The deal has been on for several days and was brought to a close late Saturday, and when the doors were thrown open this morning the new proprietor had already taken possession. It is just abount one year since Mr. Johnson opened this stand and since that time has enjoyed a liberal patronage, owing to the efficient manner in which he has conducted his business. Mr. Schafer, the new proprietor, is well known to all, having a wide circle of friends, who, without doubt, will liberally patronize him. Mr. Schafer has been working at Fort Wayhe for some time, is a hustler, and will get down to business at once. Mr. Johnson, who retires, has nothing in view at present as to what he will do, but will not remain idle for any length of time. o The house will have to wrestle with the regulation bill yet, and from the gossip going there will be much discussion and many amendments offered to this bill. The two points most discussed is the license fee and the limitation. One amendment to be offered, graduates the license, making it five hundred dollars for cities of the first and second class, four hundred for cities of the third, fourth and fifth classes, $250 for incorporated towns, S2OO for townships, and SIOO exclusive beer license in townships outside of cities or towns. There are many who talk in favor of such a scale and its enactment by the house would be no surprise. The limitation, ono saloon for every five hundred population, has many advocates, and this feature will also be given much discussion in the house, unless they settle and agree in caucus what action the majority will take. This is not thought probable. L. G. E. RESOLUTIONS. On the eDath of the Late Thomas Baker, In the providence of the Great Spirit it seemeth good that death should come to one and all his creatures for flesh is as grass, and its glory fades like the flowers disheveled in the wind. We as members of Pocotaligo Tribe, No. 203, Improved Order of Red Men, of Decatur, Ind., deeply deplore the loss of our brother, who departed this life February sth at Marion, Ind.; therefore be it Resolved, That to the sorrowing wife and family we extend our deepest sympathy in their time of bereavement; be it further „ Resolved, That in the death of Brother Baker, the lodge has lost a good and faithful member, the community in which he lived a good neighbor and the family a kind and loving husband and father; be it further Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, that a copy be given to our city papers for publication, and that a page of our records be dedicated to our brother’s memory. WILL DARWECHTER, LEVI POLING, JACOB EADY, Committee. Don Burk, who, since last Saturday has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Burk, left this morning for Greencastle, to resume his school work. They are allowed a vacation of several days owing to an examination \UiiH. wa- Jtfl.i