Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1911 — Page 3

K.|,e r. (Mich.) Daily RegisE lveK a n account of the reception ■ club of Hay View held H () j tmong the guests lilted IF Vis> >• A- Hindman of Hartford !■ Prof I K Norris of Greencastle. Hr',,.i, an instructor In the Hartford ■ liish hool; Mrs ,j€W El,,n ’ ?ha ’" H’pecator. Mrs. J. A. M. Adair of ■rtland. wife of Congressman Adair; I chase and daughter, Mrs. Hra<e Murphy, of Muncie, wife and fluglit'r o' Indiana's former governChase. Professor Norris and Hindman were on the reception Wnimitt’' lhe affair was K'ven comKnentac to Dr. Wiley, government K n ,ist. and Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary Wthe Indiana state board of health. \VH,.v was unable to attend owing ■ piessiug business in the capita). K| ls . Crank Carroll was hostess at Social withering given at her home ■ tbe so uth part of the city Thurs■y evening when several hours of soK pleasure were spent by the invlt- ■ guest* The time was whiled away ■jptly in conversation, while other Kusements were brought forth to K ~ the evening a pleasant one. A Impting luncheon was served by the stess. Guests included the follow- ,■ Messrs, and Mesdames Oliver hug. Harry Imler, Howard Burdg, irl Butler, Charles Throp, Charles irdg and Henry Gerke. -o - — THE MISSING WORD. Tbe words omitted were "have," ;ni the Meyers Cement Works, and ne," from Brushwiller & Baker. The st correct answer taken from the Hot box was that belonging to AdriBuekmaster. The words omitted >m day to day are easy, so easy in :t that many overlook them. Re•mber it must be some necessary >rd. something necessary to give ■n: • to the sentence An■her easy bunch of words have been l,ft out for you to find over Sunday fid you Miould hustle an answer in r the contest which closes Monday on. BEN HURS TONIGHT. ■ The regular meeting of the Ben Burs will be held this evening at the Bed Men's hall and an extra good atBndaixe is desired. Business will ■tine up before the lodge which will Necessitate Ihe attention of all and a Brge number is being looked for. o— COURT HOUSE NEWS. | A marriage license was issued to Kinda K. Gause, aged 17, daughter of ■outer Gause, Decatur, to wed George ■. KAck, 24 years old, today, a ialorer, son of Joshua Krick, Decsttur. I Real estate transfers: M. R K. temetery to Charles H. Schenk, lot |2l, cemetery, $10.00; M. R. E. ceme|ei' so Harry Mcßrier, lot 124,'terne■try $10.00; Jesse Callihan to Willart Melds, part lot 70, Geneva. f$W). o TO PASS OVER VETO. I Washington, D. C„ Aug. 18—<Spe<r> so Daily Democrat) —Amid wild kenet This afternoon the house took hr 'he 'task of overthrowing Taft's icto tc the wool revision bill. Repxe ient.-rtive .lames, democrat, of Kentucky, decried Taft, saying he would h down in history as placing site pro against the wishes of the Anrrir® people. Austin, republican, of I'wujvssee, against started the Clark | boom for president amid uproar, tenPott «f Wisconsin, appeared and adkbd tbe'house to vote for the wool Mil), r fi tM»d firm and vote against Taft, baying If they did not the country ►<xde uelieve they were insiuoew:. Adjournment by the middle of nest’ beet was forecasted by Democrats Header Tinderwood this afternoon pft spent today preparing bis vote •or the farmers' free list bill. ■ «> At a meeting of the Knights of Ce 'imbue Ttrursday evening ail arrange bents tor Che giving of a picnic on La•or day were completed, and which til) be field in tthe Henry Kiting grove Mt south of tbe city, where the Catli’•'e school pleatic was held in June. It p HI be known as the K. of C. picnic, •ut everyone is tori ted to be present 18 >t is a day w«t aside for a good '•tie, and all are asked to come nd swell the number. Various amusements will be afforded for the event, “eluding several ball games, running afe8 > as well as other sports which •'■ll be provided for by the committee ' ho was appointed to look after this ne ; Some wished that It be held at lobinson park this year, but it was #t *r decided that it would be better Dr a >' to attend if held a short dislnce out, where any one wishing to t'end could do so. Everybody is inited. left YESTERDAY. - - and Mrs. Bernard Lengerich and Theo Smith Off For Germany. 1 1 M)s Theodore Smith Thursday, in 1

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company with Mr. and Mrs Bernard Lengerich, left over the Erie for New York City, arriving there this evening, and at 10 Saturday morning will set sail on the steamship Washington for Munster. Germany. They had intended going sooner, but on account of the illness of Mr. Lengerich. which overtook him last Sunday, they were delayed a day in starting They will be absent for six weeks and perhaps longer, Just as they see fit, and when they believe they have witnessed all the sights they care to. They will make stops at several cities of interest, but their main visit will be at Munster, where relatives of both parties are residing. STORK LEAVES GIRL. A baby girl is the glad news received by the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Alban Coulter, residing in the north part of the city, and which was born this morning. Ruth Lillian is her name and every one is joyful over the new arrival.

State of Indiana. Executive Dept. By many man it has been taken to say: “This is mine." To most men comes the call: "I must.” But it is tbe elect only who say, "I can." Happy they, who, whole of body and mind, face the future undismayed by wrong and ignorance and oppression, with the calm assurance that the devices of the high and mighty are vain when they hope to build without a builder, and when they dream that beauty may be dimmed by the ashes of discontent. Wise is that people whose master builders recognize worth and deal justly with their entered apprentices. Justice is never too perfect. An expression of our desire for it is always fitting. Words do not help much—but they hearten for the moment. May Monday, September 4, 1911, which is by law Labor Day in Indiana, be given over to inspiring words in the cause of justice, and the untangling of the threads of passion, prejudice and cupidity, that 01. t of them brothernood may weave for us garments of peace and righteousness. in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great sea) of the state of Indiana. Done at the Capitol in the city of Indianapolis, this seventeenth day of August, A. D., 1911. THOMAS R MARSHALL, Governor.

By the Governor, LEW G. ELLINGHAM. Secretary of State At a late hour Thursday night J. L. Robison, a resident of Hoagland for many years, and well known here among lodge circles, died at his home from the effects of tuberculosis. For many months past he had been ill with the dreaded disease and had been uniter the care of a physician. For the last few days he has grown steadily worse, and his demise was hourly expected. He has been a member of the local order of Red Men for many years, at one time being collector in bis home town for ffia members who resided ia that neighborhood. He has always taken a deep interest in lodge work and was well known by the state officials. The funeral will be held at the home Saturday at 1 o'clock in charge of the Red Men who will drive there Saturday morning. — When visited at the county ja-J Wednesday upon his rettiuu from the court of Justice of tbe Peace A. G Lewis, Jesse McCullum turned «xer to his sister, Mrs. Howard Jones, of Chicago, a life Insurance policy in the sum of $2,000. which be took out only about three months aga. Mrs. Jones will pay the premiums 'i® tbe as they come due and ar the enynnation of her brother’s piiMMi sentence, which he is now bound to serve, <will pass the policy back 1® him. Attaches of tbe jail, prisoners asMii .others, were greatly moved when M. (Cullum’s two sisters called at the jail do ;see him and talk with him and one ,o1 ithem offered up a fervent prayer sot her wayward brother. Quite a crowd corrgvegated in the vicinity ol the jail at one time whilethe sister, almost <tftatMMted with grief and pity brought on by (the actions of her brother, prayed «ft«t be might be forgiven of his sine by rhe Creator. MeCu'ttum was asked Wednesday evening if he had invested the money derived 'try »im from the sale of stolen horses life insurance, but he said he had not. He claims to have worked hard for all the money he lias spent on the $2,000 insurance policy, but says hi. otter money come easy and went the same way He says also that he spent much of it on a good time and that he was slightly add c ■ ed to the use of liquor and to use his own expression, "drunk some.’ it will be in September before McCullum will be arraigned in the circuit court to receive his .entence to state prison. The law makes he minimum sentence for-horse Mealing three years and for tbe second offense the shortest term is twenty yea h I prlsopmept.-’-Portland Sun. o _ _

Professional robbers of dental offices are working in Indiana at this time and Decatur dentists have been warned to protect themselves against the robbers and to be on the lookout for loafers about their offices. The city has been visited a number of times in the past by professional dental office robbers and good hauls were made. But for several years there has been no report made of their return. A number of dental offices in this part of the state have been robbed in the last few days and it is said the work bears the earmarks of having been committed by professional talent. Sheet gold, which is used in large quantities by dentists, finds a ready market and is not bard to dispose of. Nearly all the Decatur dentists own safes and keep their supplies of sheet gold in them. Thus it is not believed that the thieves will be able to make a haul in Decatur sufficient to pay their expenses for their trouble if they come this way, but a close watch is asked to be kept.

Monroe. Ind., Aug. IS—(Special to Daily Democrat) —All members of the Modern Woodmen of the Monroe lodge are requested to meet at the lodge room on next Monday evening. There will be initiation and a royal banquet tendered the new members, which will immediately follow the work. Let all members be present on this occasion, as all preliminary arrangements to attend the log rolling to be helS at Fort Wayne on Saturday, August 26th, at which there will be a large, representation of the Monroe lodge to participate in the festivities, which are always looked forward to as a most important event. Monroe is now to have a real jelly, molasses and cider factory, to be built at once, just north of the town, to be erected and operated by a party from Winchester, who purchased one and one-half acres of land for that purpose and expects to be in running order within a short time. With the interurban running through Monroe within a short time, and the G. R. & I. railroad, would make this already little. growing town one of the best points for factory sites on the map. Let us begin looking to that end, and do something to encourage some sort of industry to locate here. Our capitalists should get together and organize an improvement club for the purpose of erecting more business rooms and dwelling houses, as the demand far exceeds the supply. Wake up and loosen up the strings on your "weasel skins.” Dallas Butler of Decatur completed the concrete work on the John Hocker building Thursday afternoon and moved his machinery to Ceylon, where be begins a bridge abutment contract. He carries a complete outfit and tbe work done here shows his ability in his line of work.

The solicitors for the securing of signatures on the interurfban extension are doing good work here, as they have ’ almost the requires amount of names necessary to insure the building of tbe road. Mrs. West, an aged Tady of this place, who has been sitk for a short time, » slowly recoverirg. Mie. M. F. Parrish is on a several weeks’ visit with her parents and other reftrtives in the eastern part of Ohio. W. V Keller is making arrangements to move his stock of goods into tee recently purchased .♦tore building erected by J. J. Hofer. He is now con gating a removal sale. Tire Royal Neighbor, had a big rime Wednesday night wtnen they imparted the mysteries of the order to one «f eur 'leading young ttadies. This order is erijen’ing a steady growth and is composed of-some of our best and leading ladiw- They egpect to be heard from in t lie near future. Something doing Watch for farther par-tk-ular<. The state 'bqunJ of health. >since it began its study <•< conditions accompanying the epidemic of potomyelitis. or infantile paralysis, i*. the state, lias obtained a lot of data which is being compiled and from wnich the board expects later to draw s*<me general and specific conclusions concerning the disease. From the amount of data on hand at this time, covering some tn mty-five or more cases, the board has decl tied to ven ture any generalities eo x*niing the cause of the epidemic. One of the theories which has grown among some physicians of the state Is that the disease is transmitted from domestic animals to children. The board’s data shows that less than five per cent of the cases reported supply possible grounds for such a conclusion. Gases involving this phase of the question show that where there was pojomyelitis among the children of a

family there were farm animals which were paralyzed from some mysterious cause, but whether the children caught Jhe contagion from the animals, or vice versa, the board is not prepared to say. The board sees the possibility of connection between dry weather and consequent larger quantities of dust in the air, and the disease. Most of the cases reported originated during the recent extremely dry weather when the air was heavily laden with dust, often from streets and high ways. The pathological laboratory of the board has been unable thus far to make appreciable progress in isolating the germs of the disease in order that they may be classified. The germs pass readily through the finest filter known to laboratory authorities, the porcelain filter, and no color has yet been found that will differentiate the polomyelitis organisms from other bacteria in specimens ex- ‘ amlned. That the disease is transmitted by a germ, the health authorities have accepted as a fact. It was believed for a time that. it. was transmitted only through the mucuous lining of the throat, but the authorities now be-1 lieve it can be transmitted otherwise.

POLICE COURT NEWS. Joseph Brady, aged fifty-one, for set en years a sailor, and the rest of the time a cigarmaker, fell off the water j wagon Thursday night, and as a result was arrested by Night Policeman Melchi. He was arraigned this morning in Mayor Teeple’s'court and pleaded' guilty to public intoxication, drawing >I.OO and costs, or a total of sll. Ho , went to jail to lay out the fine. He is an Irishman and carted the usual equipment or a tramp, he having a razor, penknives and other utensils. Mrs. Guy Johnson, formerly Miss Maud Christen, of this place, and her two children, Mary Elizabth. and Eugene, were in one ol the cars which | overturned Friday afternoon, when * the Big Four flyer was wrecked near the city limits at Columbus, Ohio, as mentioned in one of the dispatches in the Daily Democrat Friday evening. Mrs. Johnson had been here for a visit • with her mother and other relatives, leaving last Saturday for Lynn. Ind..' where she visited Mr. Johnson’s mother until Friday, when she started home. The first news that she had been in the wreck came in a telegram to her mother, Mrs. Mary O. Christen, asking her to come. She left Friday night for Columbus, where the John sons reside. Mrs. Johnson's name appears in the list of slightly injured, and as no further word has been received, it is presumed that she was not badly hurt. The children’s names are not mentioned and no doubt got off with slight bruises. The Big Four train, fastest on that road, and running between Cincinnati and New York, was drifting into the Ohio capital at a fifty-mile rate, down grade, when a switch split, the train broke, and four cars rolled down an eighteenfoot embankment. Thirty-five passen gers were more or less hurt, two fatally and it is said that not a passenger of the four cars escaped without some kind of injury, though many were alight. Mabel Heminger of Mt. Carmel. 111., had her left arm torn- off and her mother was fatally hurt. A number received broken limbs, internal injuries and scalp wounds. The BSg Four Limited was considered a safe train, it being one©T their slogans that during all the years it had been 'operated, no one had ever been injured. The many friends erf the Johnson fam ily here are hoping for news that neither Mis. Johnson or the children were injured to any serious extern*. It is thought probable that the shock was most severe and perhaps ttte cause of Mrs. Joiarson's -sending Ui»r her mother.

NEW CRCSSWG SIGNAL. Saturday a new idling sweat use.' effect ou the Erie railroad effecting all the crossing watchmen on tie road. Recently the company had :i, suit in the Chicago courts decided against them and this morning The inspector of the road name along axd notified the watchma® that when a train was coming and the persons an' rigs could not cross to signal them with the flag, and when the track wa* clear to motion them with the band. This is intended to relieve all doubt as to what the watchman means in the mind of the drives or pedestrian. o Because Indiana school officials and teachers persist in writing letters to relative to the meaning of the Stotsenburg amendment of the minimum wage law for teachers passed at the 1911 session of khe general assembly, Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, is sending out letters for the better understanding of this -subject. His leter j follow: * "‘i presume that the confusion concerning tbe minimum wages of teach-.

era In due to the reading of 8. B. No. 212, page 131, acts of Sev. 1, of the teachers’ minimum wage law. it does not amend any of the other sections 1 therefore suggest that you read Sec. 2 of tbe teachers' minimum wage law, found on page 146 of the acts of 190 f. The 1911 act provides that the multiplier to be used for beginning teachers is 2%, for teachers with one years' experience. 3’4. Section 2, of the 1907 act, explains what Is j meant by a beginning teacher, by a 'teacher with one school year’s ex- j perience, and by a teacher with three or more years* successful experience. Three things are necessary in order that one may be classed as a beginning teacher. They are graduation I from high school, twelve weeks’ professional training and twelve months' license. Four things are necessary in order that a teacher may be class-! ed as a teacher with one school year’s experience. They are graduation from high school, twenty-four weeks' professional training, two years’ license and a success grade, j Four things are necessary that one may he classed as a teacher with) three or more years’ successful experience. They are graduation from higlt school, graduation from the professional course of an accredited normal school, a three years’ license and a success grade. Since all of these things are necessary to determine the classification of teachers, you readily see that experience alone does not ; determine the classification and minimum wages of teachers." INJURED HIS BACK. Peter Amsbaugh, an employee of the Laman & Lee hardware store, had the misfortune of injuring his back in a painful manner Friday afternoon, while endeavoring to lift a keg of nails into a farmer's wagon. In making the lift he was overbalanced in some way and the strain of the heavy weight injured the ligaments of his back. He is confined to his bed and j it is thought that several days will I elapse before he will be able to get around. POLICE COURT NEWS. j Friday night Policeman Melchi picked up Ike Zimmerman, who was navigating the streets in a very unsteady ' manner and thus morning he was arraigned in the Mayor's court on a charge of public intoxication. He en- ' tered a plea of guilty and was given the usual amount. SI.OO, and costs, to- ' tailing $ll.OO. which amount was stay ed by responsible parties. Another continuance was held in ' the assault and battery case in which I Ben Amerine alleges that William Shoemaker attacked him. Attorney DeVoss appeared for the defendant ' and Prosecutor Parrish for the plaintiff. Considerable argument was nec ! essary to conclude the postponement. ' WINS IN THE RUNNING RACES. ■ ■ - J. W. Meibers, the horseman, came in this morning for a few days’ rest alter a month’s campaign on the Indi 1 ana racing circuit. He has two of the best running horses on the turf this year and has won two races each week since he has been out. They have been on the track at Mt. Vernon, Lebanon, Frankfort and other places and are now shipping to Bellefontaine, Ohio, where they will start the coming ' week. Lase will go to Ohio about ! Tuesday. Dr. Krick, an osteopath of Bluffton, ■was in the city Friday afternoon looking for a suitable room, with the expectation of opening an office in this 1 city. Decatur sworn's a good field for the ■ 'oartwing on of this kind of physical .treatment, ft having been tried on ’ several occasions, but on account of all previous doctors being unable of obtaining tbe required license were forced to leave the city, or secure the necessary -credentials. Dr. Krick, who anticipates coming here, will he free ' tfrom all TLis trouble, as he has the ' required four years’ cotniun hlgn ’ school course, along w.T a tv 1 years' ‘ course in normal ?olkga, in addition to his course in osteopath’. For a ' year or so he practiced in the state of Kansas where he enjoyed a liberal patronage, after which time he came ,to Bluffton, where he practiced with UJr. Blackman for the same length of SSime, and where he also enjoyed a re■selectable practice. As yet he has trt*m unable to find a suitable location bm will return the forepart of next veeik. when he will complete arrangements for opening hls office, which jrill k-e as soon as he can get thing-; in shap* The annual state gathering or log rolling of the Modern Woodmen of America wRI this year be held at An . derson and the camp of that city at a meeting on Tuesday evening complcl- , ed all arrangements for the rendering of an appropriate i»rograat on the day j set. which is Day. They are ( 1 looking for one of the largest crowds , of Woodmen ever collected in the city

and believe fnlly that one thousand Woodmen from all parts of the state will accept the Invitation and be 011 hand. Members frona one hundred and fifty camps have been issued invitations and the local lodge here is preparing to send some at least sot the representation of the home eamp. Six or eight uniformed drill teams will compete for prizes in addition to a number of other interesting features | which will add great interest to the day of pleasure. The distinguished guest of the dav will be Charles E. Whelan of Madi son, Wls., national lecturer of the order. He will deliver an address in the afternoon. The official program for the state log rolling is as follows: 8:30 to 10:30 —Reception of delegates at Woodmen hall. 10:30 a. m. —Business Session. 1:00 0. m. —Parade. 2:00 p. m. —Address by National Lecturer Charles E. Whelan, Madison, Wis. 3:00 p. m. —Competition drill; three prizes, $75, SSO and $25. 5:00 p. m. —Amusements: foot race, first prize. $5.00; second prize’ $2.00; wheelbarrow race, first prize, s’.ou, second prize, $2.00; sack race, first prize, ■3.00; second prize, $2.00 8:00 p. m. —Initiation work at hail. 8:00 p. m.—Grand ball at Company M. armory. | The D. N. Erwin real estate agency has been quite busy the past few days and besider disposing of several farms in the county and elsewhere has closed three or four deals for changes of ' city property, always of much interest to our readers. Among those made public are: The sale of the Touhey residence on Ninth street to Tom Leonard. Mr. Leonard will repan and modernize it at once, preparato-y to occupying it himself, and will make it a comfortable and up-to-date home The Jacob .Miller property, corner of Seventh and Jefferson streets, w is sold to Morton E. Andrews, who wi’,l occupy the house as soon as he can secure possession. I Another deal was the sale of the Hubert Di Voss proty-rty on South Mercer avenue, and the purchase <>) an eighty-acre farm in Kosciusko county by him from C. C. Clemens, the First street blacksmith. The farm is a good corn farm, and Hubert will soon be realizing from his ci;op of golden ears. The real estate business in,Delatin' seems to have suddenly awakened and several more pending deals will probably be dosed up within the next few days. — —oGENEVA MAN GETS HIS. i William Buttcher, the Geneva resi dent who was arrested in this city on July 28th—the day the Barnum ABailey circus exhibited in Portland on two charges, one for public intoxi--1 cation and he other for "bootlegging." was given a hearing in the court of Justice of the Peace A. G. Lewis P. day morning. He was bound over i>> ' circuit court and was released on bond in the sum of $lO6. I Butcher served a ten days’ senten** in the county jail here for intoxii a tion and upon his release was served 1 with the warrant based on the affi- ‘ davit charging him with the illegal : sale of liquor. At that time he wa* released on his own recognizance and the trial set for Friday when he ap- , peared. j Justice of the Peace Lewis held that inasmuch as lie could not assess a fine in a case of this kind. It would i be unnecessary for him to pass juduI' inent. in the case and he held tbe de 1 fendant to answer to the charge in the circuit court. The law fixes the ■ lowest fine for "boot-legging’* at $5" and a justice of the peace has no au- ■' thority to assess a fine in cases of i' this kind exceeding $25. —Portland I Sun. i — — — U—- ' FAST FREIGHT ON. 1 This week the clover Leaf inaug 1 urated a new schedule for one fast ‘I freight each way every day, which J will carry merchandise from a trans ‘j fer from the M. K. & T. to Ohio City, ' where they will make connections I with fast freight on the Erie, considerably lessening the time of transit. J The freight alliance with the M K. AI T. and the Erie will mean one fast i freight through Decatur each way. every day. o : TO ENTER MINISTRY. I Rev. Snyder of the German Reform 1 ed church of Magley, left Sunday even ing with his son, Carl, for Sheboygan. ' Wis., where the latter will enter the ( seminary there and prepare himself for the ministry. For some time h, thoughts have been directed toward thir profession and he is hearkening ' to the voice of conscience within to ' the aspiring of a more noble calling