Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 7 December 1911 — Page 1

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A NEWSPAPER ROW Consolidation of All Papers in Huntington Causes Politicians to Get Busy. TWO NEW PAPERS Will Probably be ResultConferences Being Held There. Huntington, Ind., Dec. 6—Through a series of remarkable evolutions, culminating recently in the consolidation of the two remaining publicity mediums of the city, the fight for supremacy in newspaper circles here is about to be reopened. Bitter resentment is unquestionably apparent in the ranks of both republicans and democrats. The Huntington Herald, now the city’s sole daily publication, the result of the merger of the Herald and Times-Democrat publishing companies, is not long to remain alone in the field that for years has witnessed a struggle characterized by the keenest rivalry. Already plans have been formulated which promise the establishment of two additional dailies. One paper is contemplated by the democrats, one by the republicans. Firm in their convictions that the merger of two distinct party organs can have been inspired only by a motive looking to the furtherance of private interests, the democrats have already begun the sale of stock with the avowed intention of establishing a paper that will stand throughout for party doctrines. Several meetings have been held, attended by such prominent party leaders as L. G. Trixler, former democratic county chairman; J. F. France, L. G. Ellingham, of Indianapolis; E. E. Cox, of Hartford City, and Ed Hoffman of Fort Wayne. Os the $25,000 intended to capitalize the venture, $24,0*0 has already been subscribed. The democrats are not alone in their resentment. Republicans, too, are taking steps toward the establishment of a party organ. Headed by Morton Stults, several years connected with various publications of the city, prominent party leaders are making efforts to capitalize and reinstate a republican organ. Among those said to be behind the movement are I. H. Heaston, M. B. Stults, Dr. C. H. Good and H. E. Rosebrough, al lof whom have held stock in papers formerly operating here. Thad Butler, republican “standpatter," and who for years waged the fight for his (Continued on Page 5.)

THE ANNUAL FEAST Will be Given the Poor of the City by the Elks’ Lodge. ARE MAKING PLANS For Distribution—Let Any One Eearing of Needy Make Report. The Elks' lodge, which is noted for its charity, will this year, according to its long-established annual custom, distribute to the needy of the city, baskets of good things from which the Christmas feast will be spread on a table that would otheiwise be scantily supplied, if not, indeed bare. The lodge has appointed committees to prepare for the distributions of the same, and .anyone knowing of a needy family, are requested to please notify Roy Ai chbold, Milt Hower or D. E. Smith and the name will at once be placed on the roll of those in line for a Christmas basket. Each basket will contain a chicken in addition to the other good things necessary to a good dinner. - Q ' Mrs. Q. T. Burke, who has returned from Hope hospital. Fort Wayne, where several weeks '•go she undei Went an operation, showing’ gran ml improvement day by day, ntpob to the gratification of her friends. -

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ATTENTION, M. W. A.! i The attendance of each member of the Modern Woodmen is wanted this evening at the hall, when the annual election of officers will be held. Important business outside of the election is also scheduled to take place and the attendance of all is necessary. The Eagles will hold a very important business meeting on Thursday evening, the election of officers also to take place. The attendance of each member is also very important at this time and all members are asked to respond to this notice. PASSING FORESTS Ends Sleighing Which Greatly Protected it Through Winter Years Ago. ASKING QUESTIONS As to What Kind of Winter Present One Will be— Best to Prepare. Is the sleigh, the cutter, the mud boat or the plain ‘'bob” sled a thing of the past? Will the coming winter bring sufficient snow to bring those means of transportation again into use?

These are questions that are being 1 asked by a number of people of Decatur following the first signs of' a winter that promises to be one of; the coldest in several years. With ’ the deep snow of Saturday night, if, the warm weather had not come, the snow’ would have been packed to a point where sleighing would have, been possible, came predictions among; livery men, farmers, and city people ' that this wiA would again see the ; sleigh being used. .People who pride themselves with' making weather predictions by noticing the preparations of nature to combat the cold say that from present indications the winter of 1911-12 will be cold. Moss on the north side of tree trunks is unusually thick according to the weather predictors and the bark of the trees is a fraction of an inch thicker than has been the case in the last few years. Birds have extra thick plumage. These indications point to a cold winter, with freezing weather, ice and snow, and with snow and ice will come the revival of sleighing and bobsledding, coasting and skating. Time was when sleighing parties and bob-sled rides were furnished the chief form of winter amusement. Large bobs loaded with young persons could be seen at almost any time during the winter. Sleighing almost entirely supplanted the wheeled vehicles, and farmers at the opening of fall prepared for more than three months of winter. That was before the timber was cut and when the snow would fall on or about November 25th and remain to the first day of March. Streams would be frozen over two or three months out of the year and skating would occupy a large portion of the time of both old and young. With the going of timber, how-| ever, that day has passed. In the' last several years sufficient snow has fallen to permit sleighting, but with| no trees the- sun gets at the snow and soon melts it. Bobsledding has been almost done away with and skating on the river is rare. From present indications the times will change,] however, and sleds and skates will be hunted from the attics, cleaned oi their rust and again put into use. Sleighs will be hauled from the -mow'’ and may supplant for a few days at least the buggy or automobile. PLEAD NOT GUILTY. (Vnired Pres- Service.) Chicago. 111-, Dec. 6-(Special to Daily Democrat)-ln the presence oi; a crowd that filled every available space in the court room the ten meat packers, for whose prosecution he government has been working for the past eight years, plead not guilty o the indictment charging them with restraint of trade. — Mr. and Mrs. Asa Engle, Mrs. Marvin Mygrant and Mrs. Crandall spent the day in Fort Wayne. I Miss Sue Mayer will entertain the Needlecrtift club tomorrow evening, and a good attendance of the members is desired.

THE NEW OFFICERS j For Royal Neighbors’ Lodge s During the Coming Year • Elected. c — f ON LAST EVENING , Mrs. O. P. Schug Elected Oracle—A Staff of Strong 1 Officers. The Royal Neighbors held a very i enthusiastic meeting Tuesday evening, when the election of officers to ' serve for the ensuing year was held: i Oracle —Mrs. 0. P. Schug. Past Oracle —Mrs. C. J. Weaver. Vice Oracle —Mrs. W. H. Fledderjohann. Chancellor—Mrs. John Christen. Marshal —Flora Fledderjohann. inner Sentinel —Mrs. Enoch Eady. : Outer Sentinel —Mrs. John Jeffrey.' Manager—Mrs. Lulu Sweringer. Doctor —Dr. W. E. Smith. Recorder —Mrs. Will Biggs. Receiver—-Mrs. C. C. Enos. Special Auditor—Mrs. Anna Yahne. ( f- - ■ —*» Tuesday evening was also election night for the American Yeomen and the number that responded for the evening's work was encouraging from the very beginning. The event had long been planned and preparation made for a social time in addition to the work outlined for the evening. The following were elected to serve for the coming year: Foreman, Guy I Brown; master of ceremonies, Jesse , Hurst; chaplain, Edna E. Brown; cor- ! respondent, Mrs. Florence Bain; mas- ; ter of accounts, John Cramer. There • are still five vacant offices to be filled I and which will be filled on January 1, the appointments to be made by the j foreman. They are guard, watchman, J sentinel, Lady Rowena and Lady Re-. ■ bekah. The next date, and When an-I other good time is anticipated, will, be December 19th, when a class of I new members will be taken into the I lodge. W. F. Carter of Indianapolis, j state manager of the lodge, will be ! present for the meeting, and they will ’ mage a great efforts to entertain him royally while tn this city. A good I crowd is expected at that time. DE-RAIL MISHAPS Erie Ties Traffic for Some Time as Result of Axle j Break on Car. i WRECK CREW HERE' The Night Express Had to Transfer Over Clover j Leaf—G. R. &I. Derail About 9 o’clock Tuesday night the 1 Erie railroad had another derailment that delayed traffic to some extent and forced the night express, No. 14, to make a round-about trip byway ’of the Clover Leal to Ohio City, where they again transferred to the Erie lines. A rrctght that was running west to Decatur, to pass No. 14, had a car break an axle about a mile east of the city, and let the loaded car down onto the rails. Heavily loaded with coal, it was necessary to call the wreck crew to remove it. In the meantime No. 14 arrived, and also the wrek train on the Grand Rapids, which was bound for a wreck south, and the Erie asked the Grand Rapids to transfer the train, but objected to having the pilot the Clover Leaf offered. While the one man in Decatur knows the road perfectly, the Erie objected to his age until the I Grand Rapids insisted that ' they transfer or stay here. They transferred ■ and went on their way, the wreck train on the Grand Rapids going on south. Later the wreck on the Erie was cleared. The G. R. & I. also suffered a derail in the vicinity of Winchester, during the night, making it necessary , for the callinc of the wrecking crew •Upon the scene and clear the way for I the passing through of their Regular trains. But little damage resulted.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Dec, 7 1911.

STILL NO CHANGE.

3TILL NO CHANGE. The condition of Simeon Fordyce is again reported as showing no change. Mr. Fordyce was stricken Sunday with paralysis, and his physl- •* clan stated that his case is like those in which the victim often lies for weeks and months without showing change, the outcome being wholly uncertain. o ] TO RE-ORGANIZE ] Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, Vice President State W. C. T. U., Will be Here — TO MEET LADIES ' i Interested in Temperance Work—Saturday After- j noon and Sunday. I —I Active steps toward the reorganization of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in this city will be taken Saturday afternoon and Sunday, when Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley ( of Liberty, Ind., will be in the city 1 in the interests of thd W. C. T. U. Mrs. Stanley is vice piesident of the ( state organization of tlje W. C. T. U. and a lady of ability as an organizer and speaked. Mrs. Stani ley will speak at the Baptist church in this city Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock and wishes to meet at that time all ladies interested in the work, a cordial invitation being extended to all. Mrs. Stanley will also be here over Sunday. It has been several years since the W. C. T. U. has had an auxiliary in this city, and there are many former members, as well as others, who will be interested in the endeavor to reorganize. I _. u . . THE SEAT SALE n , I For Third Number of Lecture Course is a Heavy One —A Drawing Card I is COMIC OPERA Press Notices Speak in Glowing Terms of it Wherever Given. ! I The sale of seats for the third num- ! ber of the lecture course for Friday evening, opened at the Holthouse , drug store this morning, and many ' who have not season tickets, took ad- ’ vantage of this special sale. The ' third number will be the production , ’ of the comic opera, “The Captain of 1 Plymouth,” to be given by a chorus of ’ 1 sixty high school students. This has 1 had over one hundred productions, including Chicago, Ea o t St. Louis, St. Lou's. Fall River, Mass.; Albany, N. Y.; Rochester, N. Y.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; lowa City, Iowa; Springfield, Mo., and Dallas, Tex. The opera has a real plot and is founded upon the. well known poem of Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish.” Press notices contain some of the following sparkling gems of praise: “It is the only entertainment given here that is not criticized by some one —all have praise."—Supt. C. W. Houck, DuQuoiu, 111. “People say it is the catchiest, brightest music that they’ve ever heard. You certainly have written a good opera.”—Miss Frances Elliott, Springfield, Mo. “1 have taken part in comic operas and grand operas, but never in any performance that brought forth as much praise as has your ‘Captain of Plymouth.’ For amateurs I know of no opera to excel it.” —Frank 11. Speck, Dennison, Ohio. “No attraction that has been given here, whether amateur or profession- ' al, has caused more favorable comI ment that ‘The Captain of Plymouth.’ ’’ —Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio. ( “The natives all enjoyed the opera and we consider it one of the most successful ever attempted here.” — Carl Crabtree, Bacolod, Philippine Is- ' lands.

PNEUMONIA TIME ■■■in II « Is Again at Hand and When Treacherous Disease Becomes Epidemic. —— I IS EASY TO AVOID But Hard to Get Rid of When it Once Places its Clutch on Any of Us. From early fall until late spring, during all the cold, raw, wet changeable weather, death in the guise of pneumonia rides upon the blast. And nobody can save you from pneumonia but yourself. It is a case where an ounce of prevention is worth tons of cure. For of all diseases this is one of the easiest to avoid and one of the hardest, I , to cure. Science has identified the “pneumococus” germ, it is true. It is everywhere —in the dust, in the damp, and even in our mouths by millions. As a mere potential parasite it does not j amount to much, if only we keep in 'fair “condition.” Over-exposure, overindulgence or any weakening of the system gives the germ his chance for i deadly work. When this germ has once got hold in a weak spot, there is no known drug that will surely arrest its development, no systems of nursing or ' treatment, upon which you may safely rely to carry you through the crisis. And yet of all diseases this is the one in which the physician’s earliest possible attention is most important. He may not be able to cope with that disease directly, but he can conserve your vital forces and give you that “fighting, chance,” which alone can ! save you. Take care of yourself and pneuijnonia can't touch you. An eminent specialist Thas given these rules: | Have plenty of fresh air day and , night. Guard against chi 1J and damp. ! Don't over-eat or over-drink. The Misses Bertha and Emma Kinney went to Fort Wayne this morning for a visit with relatives. FUNERAL SERVICE For Quillar Buffenbarger Will be Held Thursday Morning at j THE LATE HOME Services Also at Spring Hill Church Northeast of Berne—Burial There. The funeral of Quillar Buffenbarg-! er of north of the city, whose death | occurred Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock from tuberculosis, will be held Thursday morning. A service will be held at the house at 8:30 o’clock, in charge of the Rev. D. O. Wise of the Evangelical church, after which the body will be taken to the Spring Hill Evangelical cnurcn, northeast of Berne, where the Rev. Wise will conduct another service. Burial will take place in the cemetery at that place, where a brother and sister and other relatives of the deceased have been laid. Mr. Buffenbarger leaves, besides his wife, three sons —Lawrence, Forest and Harvey; also his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Buffen- * barger, and three brothers —Henry, Mark and Alva, of this city. o CONDITION SERIOUS. Ferdinand, the little three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Bleeke who was so severely scalded by falling over a bucket of boiling water some weeks ago, is still in a very serious condition from the septic poison which has set in, and but very little can be done that seems to relieve him. o— — ■ 1 Mrs. T. W. Watts and daughter, Mrs. Fred Bouse, were guests at Monmouth today.

REBEKAHS ELECT OFFICERS. Also Initiated a Candidate on Tuesday Evening. Burt Hunsicker was given the Initlatory degree Tuesday evening by the Rebekahs, at an interesting meeting held. The election of officers for the ensuing half year was also in order. Several offices will be filled later by appointment, but those elected were: Noble grand, Sadie Miller; vice . grand, Marie Butler; financial secretary, Nellie Wlnnes; recording secretary, Gusta Cramer; treasurer, Stella Crist; trustee, Ella Bolinger. The < office of trustee is for three years. A SHORT SESSION Nothing Important Was Up Before the City Officials Tuesday Evening. I TO BE DISPOSED OF j New Route for Petitioned Sewer Asked for—Bills Were Also Allowed. The city council required but a i short session to complete their busi-, I ness Tuesday evening, and which was I presided over by Mayor Teeple. The minutes of the last two meetings were read by the clerk, approved and ordered to be spread on record.j Street Commissioner James Smith : was present and stated that the time ! was here when better equipment for ! the cleaning and removing of snow from sidewalks was necessary, and which it is almost impossible to do with the present equipment. One j that would be guarantee ! to remove ' all snow and ice was talked of, but this was turned over to the purchas- j ing committee, with power to act. A report of the street and sewer com-j , mittee, regarding a petition fOf 0, sewer to be constructed in the south part of the city that they had examined and gone over same, and believ-; ed that the improvement for which the petition had been filed should be , constructed, and was accepted. A ’ second report pertaining to the same | ! drain was presented by Councilman i Christian, stating that the route for | which the above sewer had been laid out, the damages would exceed the I benefits derived, which was also received. After some discussion from i both sides it was continued and the city engineer again ordered to go over the grounds and if possible take a new survey and be ready to report to the council at the next meeting. A report from the board of safety was f read, recommending that Samuel ‘ Franks be appointed as merchant night policeman, which was approved. The report of the city treasurer, up to and including the month of August, was found to he correct and ordered to be placed on record. The mayor’s report up until September was also approved and it, too, to be placed on record. The following bills were al-! lowed: Win. Burford $ 10.00 ( A. & C. Stone Co 27.90 j F. C. Summers 75 | Schafer Hardware Co 18.26! G. F. Kintz 29.0(11 Kirsch, Scllemcycr & Sons ... 14.68 | Sam Franks 10.00 i Frank Peterson 50.00 i John Sprague 15.00! J. G. Smith 50.00 Sauters Coal Co 40.90 i ; Water Works pay roll 24.50 i M. J. Mylot pay roll 262.80 Ft. Wayne Electric Wks 42.3 S Bass Foundry & Machine Wks. 41.85 O. E. Baker 22.00 1 Electric Appliance Co 91.80 , Seph Melchi 50.0' Protective Elec. Supply C 0.... 20.92 i | A. C. Foos pay roll 252.30 The Adder Machine Co 75.00 i G. T. Burk 50 ' Hide Leather & Belting C 0.... 134.59 Clover Leaf R. R 47.60 Clover Leaf R. R 56.02 i J. S. BOWERS BETTER. ■ Word from vae sanitarium in Indianapolis, in which J. S. Bowers o ■ ■ j this city is a patient, and who Sunday became worse ,and was very ill i indeed, is reported as being much i better. In fact he was so much im ■ proved that. Tuesday lie was able to write a letter home, telling of his improvement, and the nurse stated to , Mrs. Botfers, in a telephone message, ; that hopes for his recovery were very 1 good.

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IS IN FULL BLAST Decatur Joins State Wide Movement in Great Campaign FOR THE SALE Os the Red Cross Christmas Seals—Effort to Sell at Least 2,000,000, The Red Cross Christmas seals campaign Is now on in full blast in I Indiana. And until January Ist there i will be no let-up among the hunj dreds of workers who are urging the ’ people of Indiana to support the anti- . tuberculosis movement by purchasing ■ these little holiday stickers. : In approximately 250 Indiana cities • and towns there is now an active and | energetic organization pushing the • sales of Red Cross Christmas seals ; and within another week agencies will be established in at least 500 other communities. According to an estimate by the managers of the Indiana campaign at Indianapolis, nearly 2,000,000 Red I Cross Christmas seals are now in the i hands of their assistants throughout the state. Great packages of seals and advertising supplies have been sent from Indianapolis headquarters in every di- , rection, and practically every town of I any size already has received its supI plies. A strong effort is being made to i sell 2,000,000 seals in Indiana this 1 year. I-ast year one city alone, Cleveland, Ohio, sold nearly 1,500,000. The Indiana workers are determined that ■ Indiana shall this j’ear “come into its I own.” They are sure the state will purchase seals more liberally than ever before, and the sales to date indicate that their belief is well found--1 ed. i i Probably the most active organizai tion in the state at the present time iis at Terre Haute. Everything possible is being done there to bring about a record-breaking sale. Already the Terre Haute organization has ordered 200,000 sepls and mayneed more. . The sale will be pushed vigorously in this city and the friends of the movement can help most by making their purchase early. The seals sell at one cent each and are to be used on the backs of letters and packages. The money raised through the sale of seals will be used in Indiana in fighting tuberculosis —a disease which claimed practically 5,000 victims in Indiana last year. TO THE HOSPITAL i Mrs. Horace Callow Will be Brought to Hope Hospital From WEST PLAINS, MO. Tomorrow Evening—Health Has Gradually Declined in Past Year. I — " Mrs. Horace Callew, who until last January was a resident of this city, will be brought to the Hope hospital in Ft. Wayne, Thursday evening, for treatment, according to a message received by her brother-in-law, D. N. Erwin. Last January, Mr. Callow disposed of his interest in the Holthouse drug store, this city, and removed to West Plains, Mo., hoping that the change of climate would benefit the health of Mrs. Callow. It did not bring the desired result, however, Mrs. Callow gradually growing worse, i until it was deemed best to bring her here again for treatment. A week or so ago her sister, Mrs. Erwin, accompanied by little Stanley Callow, who had been here for several months, went to West Plains, and Mrs. Erwin will accompany the Callow family i here. The Callow children, Mary and . Stanley, will come to this city and make their home with the Erwins, ;; while the mother is in the hospital.

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