Decatur Democrat, Volume 57, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1912 — Page 1

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I COUNCIL MEETING I The Merriman Sewer Sold I Last Evening— Henry I Stevens Gets Contract. VOTING PRECINCTS In First Ward Made to Conform With County Line —Allow Some Bills. The opening ot bids for the selling of the Merriman sewer In the south part of the . ity was the chief business off the < ity council In regular session Tuenlay evening, three bids being filed by bidders for Its construction The , sewer is one of the largest contracts) let for some time, and the initial i filing of the petition for its construction much discussion resulted as to the proposed route first outlined, and which later was amended so as to be more beneficial to all concerned, and in need of a sanitary sewer. The bids for same were as follows: > Myer & Myer, bid No. 1..51600.50 ..Myer & Myer, Bid No. 2.. 1298.25 Myer & Myer, bid No. 3.. 1164 64 John Record 1457.00 * Henry Stevens 1495.00 After considering the three bids filed the contract for the. construction of the same was awarded to Henry Ste- ' vens, who will at an early date enter into contract with the street and sewer committee, according to outlined specifications. Mr. Reckord, although he proved to be the lowest bidder, his bid had to be rejected, owing to the fact that his check, in itself being, good, which accompanied the Lid. fail-, ’ ed to have the necessary security as is required by law A petition for a sewer on North Third street, running, to Marshall, was filed, and left in the , hands of the street and sewer committee, which wiii report at the next regular meeting. Another petition signed by property owners in the south tart of the city asked that several pieces of sidewalk be constructed • along Elm and Patterson stree s., This was also left in the hands of the street and sewer committee, which will look after same as soon as the weather permits. Proof of publication for notice to bidders was filed j and ordered to be record. An ordinance that the clerk be permitted to issue the salaries to the respective city officials was read and same ordered to be carried out. A request by a party in the south part of the city along Mercer avenue that same be looked after, for him to go by in leveling up his premises and for a driveway, was left to the street and sewer committee, which will look after same, and take the necessary steps. The street commissioner asked that he be allowed extra help for the cleaning of the streets as soon as the weather breaks up, which was granted him. The proposition of liability ; insurance to be taken by the city upon i the completion of the new city hall, which was up before tne council at the meeting previous to last evening, i and action deterred until a later date, was again taken up at this time. Mr Kinney, representing the Hartford, of Connecticut, with L. A. Graham as i their local agent, gave a few remarks relative to the policy of his company, the requirements, etc., as did Thomas 1 Gallogly of the firm of Gallogly & Johnson. It was stated that since , (here were several Interested in the issuing of the policy to the city, they be allowed to file bids with the city ■ council and then after considering the various policies, to choose the one ■ which they believed would be the low est and most'beneficial to them. Since the council has not yet fully determin- ; ed as to whether they will carry a Policy of this kind the project was again continued until the next regular meeting, when more definite steps will be taken. An ordinance for the. change of the voting precincts in the. First Ward, to conform with those ol the county board of commissioners, c was up and with the dispensing of the i rules, was placed on first reading. ; again on second and again on the:; third and final reading, which was Passed. Tt><> ■»•’» >e K.ative to all i city and primary elections, will be as follows: Commencing on Adams street, in the center of Third street; thence south along the center of Third street to the south end thereof; thence south in direct line with center of Third street to Russell street: soutbgpn Russell to Chestnut, to south corporation

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line. All east of the above line will be known as Precinct A, Flrat ward, and th voting place will b e at the I.inn & Patten shop. All west of the said line to be known as Precinct B, hirst Ward, with voting place at the office of the Decatur Egg Case comPany. i The following bills were allowed: John W. Coffee $ 66.15 Elmer Miller Coal Co. 34 ot O- R- & 1. R. R. Co. 445.57 Jesse Hurst 770 Lucy Gregory 2 0.00 Protective Elec. Supply Co. .. 10.78 Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Co. .. 41.36 Sauters Coal Co 26.20 Natl. Mill & Supply Co. 12.70 j Producers' Coal Co 42.48 Ohio Kentucky Coal Co 86.01 (Glauber Brass Mfg, Co 73.66 D. F. Teeple .. .1 7.11 A. H. Perfect .A 10.29 Ft. Wayne Elec. Works 501.25 j -0 BRYAN HEAD LINER At the Jeffersonian Banquet to be Given at Indianapolis April 12th. PROMISES PRESENCE At That Time—Senator Kern to be Toastmaster— Big Plans Under Way. Indianapolis, T .,d.. March 20 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —William J. | Bryan will be the head-liner at the Jefferson day banquet to be given under the auspices of the Indiana demo-, Jcratic club Friday, April 12th. Mr. Bry-i an has written the committee in charge that he will be present, and when passing through Indianapolis last I Friday, he gave further assurance. Senator John W. Kern will be the ) toastmaster. Addresses will be made I by Congressmen Korbly, Senator • Shively, Governor Marshall and the democratic candidate governor, who I will be nominated at the state convention. Perhaps another speech will be made, but the main address of the evening will be by Mr. Bryan, who has promised to hand it out straight in a real, old-fashioned democratic speech. 1 The tickets will be $2.50 apiece' and the banquet will be held at the j beautiful new Hume-Mansur roof garden. The number of tickets will be limited to SI,OOO and as the tickets j will all be numbered, none will be sold over that amount. “We are going to take care of every man we sell a ticket to,’ said Robert j E. Springsteen, chairman of the ban-1 quet committee, yesterday. "That means we are not going to sell more than we can take care of and we find that 1,000 can be well served and well taken care of at the Hume-Mansur roof garden.” Tickets are not to be sent out on approval, according to Mr. Springsteen. Any one desiring tickets is to send the money direct to Paul G. Davis, treasurer of the banquet committee, 1012 Hume-Mansur building. He is to have complete charge of the ticket sale. A booth for the sale will be placed in the Denison hotel during the state democratic convention, also. It is absolutely essential that tickets be ordered in advance of the banquet, however. All indications point to the most successful banquet that has been held in recent years. The signs of democrat-) ic victory and the co-operation of various democratic clubs in the city and state, with the co-operation of the state and local democratic organization are all boosting the affair so that It is booming along much of its own accord. And the added attraction of Mr. Bryan has caused an interest that has not been equaled In years. MISS BULTEMEIER, ASSISTANT. ' Mrs Mabel Moran has resigned her 'position at the Walters & Graham ofifice to return to her home at Paulding. Ohio, where she has a good position as ) 'assistant in a doctor's office. Miss Ma-, rie Bultemeier. of north of the city . | (succeeds her here at the Walters & ■Graham office. NOTICE TO PUBLIC. The attention of all persons is called , to the fact that the hauling of heavy) loads, of more than 3.500 pounds, over, the nresent roads in their soft condi-, tlon. will have to •’<’-»«« at ance - or jnosecutions will follow.

AN EGG STRIKE I J — Farmers of State Preparing to go on Strike for Sale of Eggs—May CUT OUT MIDDLEMAN 1 : I By Forming Pool for the II 11 Marketing of Eggs— Form Club. : Farmers of the state are preparing ,to strike at the middleman, by organizing egg circles, which, it is said, have been accomplishing something I for the farmer and ultimate consumk,er in the northwestern states. The plan is for twenty or thirty farmers in a community to form a i>ool for the marketing of eggs. Every farmer in .the club is designalud by a number 1 which goes on each put in the pool. This enables testers to trace the bad eggs back to their first owner. The shippers are sent direct to the large markets and the farmers get the \ profits that under the present plan, go to the hicksters and country shippers. If this plan works, and it has worked elsewhere, according to reports the farmers receive, the ultimate consumer may say good-bye to two classes of middlemen. The organization of these egg circles also extends into the part of Illinois that contributes to the Indianapolis market. Middlemen already are quoted as .having told the farmers: "If you ■won’t sell us eggs, we’ll not buy your poultry,” but dealers have assured the farmers that they will take the poui-' (try as well as the eggs and will supipiy farmers with coops in which to make shipments. EEL RIVE? GORGE Sends Floods Into Logansport —200 Families Are Forced to Flee FROM THEIR HOMES Loss to Property Estimated at About $500,000 —Ter- < rible Fright. i Huge ice gorges that turned Eel riv-I era tributary ot the Wabash river from its bed, broke, formed and broke 1 again, in the space of an hour, caus- 1 ed the river to sweep in a temporary ' channel through residence and busi- 1 ness district at Logansport Tuesday, ' causing 200 families to flee from their 1 homes and causing a loss estimated at ' $500,000. The families were caught 1 without warning and fled from their 1 homes to escape the rush of the wa- 1 ter, which was laden with great cakes 1 of ice, that ripped out fences, trees. 1 as if they had been made of paper, and moved houses from their founds- 1 tfons. Scores of people were caught. 1 in their homes and fled to the second I' stories, where they called in vain from 1 the windows for aid that could not be 1 given while the flood continued. 1 I The first gorge broke at the eastern !' extremity of the city at 1 o’clock, the 1 river rising “ight feet in fifteen min- I utes. At 1:30 o’clock the flood of )1 water and ice caught and piled up s 1 gorge thirty feet high, opposite Riverside park at Fourteenth street, in a 1 thickly settled residence district. The river, blocked in Its progress, turned to the south directly into the streets, ' forming a new channel that ran west- ' ward and found its escape through the park. The second gorgb broke within a half hour after it had formed and ' the unchecked flood swept down upon the business district below. Several hundred persons were collected along the river bank watching ' .the flood when the gorge broke. A score of the watchers failed to retreat in time and were cut off. A dozen caught trees on the highest ground to protect themselves, while others fled along a narrow path between the raee and river. The hundreds who had escaped waited expecting to see those who were caught swept out into the Ice floes and drowned, but the water found a channel through Race street, a thoroughfare leading west from the'

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park, and went racing between the houses. When the flood reached the business section the worst of the gorge had passed into the Wabash rivetdown the proper channel, and the wa ter had spent most of its damaging forces. o POOR MAPLE SYRUP YEAR. Harry Studabaker, who owns the largest maple sugar camp in Wells county, located north of Bluffton, says that the crop of maple syrup and sugar this season will be the smallest he believes, in the history of the camp, owmg to the long continuation of the extreme cold, which Is not giving time tor a long maple syrup season. He had only 49 gallons of syrup up to last Saturday night, while n year ago at the same date he had 230 gallons made. He made over 500 gallons of syrup in 1911, but figures he will do well if he gets 200 gallons this spring. If it is the same every plac", and it doubtless is. the chances are that maple syrup will be higher in price. ERIE HELPS CAUSE In Fighting White Slave Traffic—Baggagemen Receive Orders to Keep A CLOSE WATCH On Men Who Try to Check the Baggage of Women —Names are Taken. To help the United States as much ' as possible in stamping out the white) slave traffic, the Erie railroad has issued circulars to the numerous station I . baggage agents along their line telling 'them to watch suspicious' characters who are traveling with two or more ladies. The white slave traffic in the United ' States is worse Jhan in any other county, it Is said. Thousands of young J girls and women are enticed to the big j cities by agents supposedly or some) big concern offering them employment. l .They are taken to some house in the jcity by the agent who holds their baggage checks and are forced into submission. x | The Erie company has given orders I to Its agents who handle baggage to (not let any man retain the baggage checks of two or more girls and women who are traveling under his care. If the women wish to have their baggage checked they must do it themselves and the checks are handed to them 'personally. Then, too, the records of the railroad company in regard to baggage checked help the United States authorities in chasing down promoters of the white slave traffic. Whenever a suspicious character is detected trying to check the baggage of women his name is secured. and put on record. When the authorities wish to ascertain the. names of men who are criminally promoting white slave traffic, they go to | the railroad records and find the ■ names of the men which are recorded. It» is saod that these precautionary measures taken by the Erie company have helped in a great measure to i cause arrests of several men in Chicago and New York. The men whose names were recorded by the baggage agent were examined and in several i cases they have been convicted. Other i railroads besides the Erie have taken I the same steps and tneir example is being followed to a great extent by railroad officials who wish to aid in the fight of one of the greatest enemies to society in the United States. The work of investigating the men who try to obtain the baggage checks of women is not only a railroad law but a United States law and although they are not obliged to do the same, the Erie company feels it is Its duty to do the same. ATTEND DISTRICT CONVENTION. Os Christian Church Held at Huntington This Week. Mesdames J. M. Dawson, Henry Stevens, C. J. Weaver and Minnie Daniels left at noon today for Huntington where they will attend the district convention of the Christian church, held there this week. The Rev. J. M. Dawson, former pastor of the local Christian church, who is now conducting a successful revival at Andrews, near Huntington, is on the program for a sermon tomorrow evening.

MOVING PICTURES Exhibitors’ League of State is Holding Convention at Fort Wayne. THE LOCAL MEN Are Attendants—Pictures Were Taken This Morning to be Used in Films. Will Parent and John Stoneburner, owners of the Crystal and Star theaters, this city, are among the 100 members of Indiana Moving Picture Exhibitors' League attending the con-1 vention held in Fort Wayne Tuesday and today, closing this evening. The conventions are held every few weeks, the last one being six weeks ago in Indianapolis, when both Decatur men | were also attendants. I The convention opened Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with H. S. Dickson of Winchester presiding. Mayor Grice, who had consented to deliver an address of welcome, was unable to attend on account of business affairs, and the matter of considering applications for membership to the league was taken up immediately. Fifty applications were presented. The moving picture men were banqueted at the Anthony hotel last evening. and following this, a theater party, with F. E. Stouder as host, was made up and visited the Temple. Subjects of vital interest were discussed at the sessions held in the banquet room of the Anthony hotel today. The pictures of the assembly were ■taken this morning by the Pathe comi pany to be used in moving picture films. ASUCCESSFULYEAR; For Monroe Township Teachers is Drawing to Close—Last Institute. HELD LAST SATURDAY I ■ Teachers Draw Resolution Complimenting Trustee Beer on His Work. The Mouroe township teachers as- ; sembled at District No. 8, Saturday, March 16th, for their last institute. The two books were discussed by all and special subjects were given by some of the teachers. The close of the day’s work was given by the pupils of the district, who rendered a program , which was greatly appreciated by ail. (The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That we extend to the I trustee, C. C. Beer, our congratulations for his conduct of the schools the past year and the favors he has shown us and we wish him continued success in his efforts and labors. RUFUS EAST. W. H. OLIVER. N. B. GILLIOM, G. 0. LEHMAN. CAROLINE BURKHALTER. DORA HIRSCHY. DAN O. ROOP. HULDA GILLIOM. ALICE RINAKER. MARTHA R. BURKHALTER. HARRY FLEMING. CHAS. G. PEPE. FANCHON DAUGHERTY. ELLIS 11. SPRUNGER. BESSIE SPRUNGER. —_ DECATUR PEOPLE SICK. E. A. Mann today received a letter from Robert Ernsberger, former residents of this city, telling that her mother, Mrs. W. H. Baker, a well known Decatur lady, is seriously ’ll with an attack of pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, wh ohad gone there rfor a vtstt with their daughter, were at her home while the illness in the form of the grip overtook her, it later terminating in pneumonia. Mr. Baker was also said to be not in the best of health, and asked that Mr. Mann tell their many friends here of their illness. Mr. Baker was for thirty years employed by Mr. Mann in the carpenter business.

AND NOW “MOTHER’S BREAD” | Is Subject to Knocks From State Food Commissioner Barnard. Preference for the kind of bread that "mother used to make” was held to be based on a worn-out Idea by H. E. Barnard, state food and drug commissionsloner, when he addressed the City league at Indianapolis. The food and drug specialist declared that bakery bread is purer and more wholesome than one-half of that baked by the housewives. A slight gasp of astonishment was evidenced when Mr. Barnard made the statement, and fearing that he might have injured the feelings of the women who consider themselves expert cooks, he explained that bakers' bread is better than that made at home only because modern Inventions have Improved the baking process. ABOUT THE SICK Carl Schlemmer, Monroeville Youth, Known Here, Loses Left Leg. ON CIRCULAR SAW Mrs. Ellen Touhey Seriously 11l Again—Johnny Scheumann Better. Carl Schlemmer, aged seventeen, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schlemmer, of Monroeville, well i known here where they have often | visited at the Henry Schultz home, j land others, suffered the loss of his left leg Tuesday afternoon and is now in the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne. lin a serious condition. The lad was ' assisting his father saw some wood at the home, ana wnen tne rather and his assistant, Charles Eling, left their work for a short time, he began to play with the circular saw, which, unfortunately. had been left running. Tn some manner, unknown to the father ) or Mr. Eling, the son caught his foot in the swiftly revolving saw and it was cut off before assistance could reach him. When the lad screamed for help the father rushed to his side, but his efforts to help him were fruitless. He was taken into the home and Dr. J. D. Morgan of Dixon was called , to attend him. Administering tern-| porary relief, he was taken to Fort ■ Wayne on an interurban car, and tak-' en to the Lutheran hospital, where) Drs Morgan and Duemling performed) an operation. Mr. Schlemmer and Mr. Eling and also the boy’s two sisters are at the hospital with him. Little Johnny Scheumann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Scheumann. sr., with his parents, spent Sunday with his grandmother, Mrs. Drayton Hill. This might not be an unusual occurrence for the ordinary little boy, but for Johnny it was a great event. He has been ill with tuberculosis of the spine for several years, and Sunday was the first time since last May that he had been able to leave his home. He is much better and the fact that he was able to leave the house is a matter of encouragement. Mrs. P. J. Hyland returned this morning from Winchester, where she had spent several days with her mother, Mrs. Ellen Touhey, who is there at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Touhey has been ill for a year or more and for the past two weeks her condition is much worse, she being confined to her bed and her suffering is said to be very severe. Jesse Ford of Geneva, who was operated upon for appendicitis at the Portland hospital Monday, is getting along well. Silas Kizer, an aged pioneer, residing a half-mile west of Linn Grove, is seriously ill with the infirmities of old age. He has been feeble for some time but has grown alarmingly weaker in the last few days. Mrs. P. L. Andrews, who has been in poor health for some time, has gone to Hope hospital, Fort. Wayne, where she will undergo an operation Thursday. Lawrence Linn is recovering from an attack of appendicitis. He is able to be up and around, though he has not yet been allowed to return to school. l

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POLITICS IS BRISK Capital City Crowded With Politicians for Thursday’s Meeting, ADAMS SENDS BUNCH Party of Supporters Left Today to Help Swell the Crowd. Indianapolis, Ind. Mar. 20—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Militant democracy, fired with enthusiasm for party favorites, stormed Indianapolis ijtoday. On this, the last day befo.e the convention, every hotel in the city is crowded to its capacity and the • crowds promise to break all records i for state conventions ever held n the capital qity. So intense is the scramble for places on the state ticket that there is not room for headquarters for all of them at the Denison hotel. I Interest centers in the contest for lieutenant governor. For the past three days a number of leading democrats have been declaring their intension of entering the race and early jtoday, they were avowed candidates, j One of the most recent announcements was that of T. D. Scales, of Boonville, former First district chairman. He is the man who found it impossible to find a spot to open his readquarters. Mason J. Niblack, for;mer speaker of the house, denied tojday that he had withdrawn from the (race and said that his friends had assured him that he has an excellent chance for the nomination. William O’Keefe, editor of the Marshall county Democrat, has appeared in the field with an excellent armament of heavy artillery which he declares will obliterate Metsker. Leonard B. Clore, of Franklin, is the remaining aspirant for the second place on the ticket. This one contest is the sole topic of conversation in the ho- ) tel lobbies, although there is a spiritied, but friendly contest, being waged for the nomination of reporter of the I supreme court. The leading entries in this grand marathon are E. E. Cox of Hartford City, Harry Strickland of Greenfield and Philip Zoercher of Tell i City. Strickland is basing his campaign on his geographical location. | "Hancock county has been democratic from time immemorial,” said Strickland, “and yet we have never ihad a man elected to state office. The I northern part of Indiana has the clerk iof the supreme court, the secretary of state and the governor. The southern part of the state has the treasurer and attorney general, superintendent of public instruction and the auditor. The central part of the state is without representation. It is time to give us a show.” , W. H. Vollmer, treasurer, Thomas Honan, attorney general, and W. H. O'Brien, whose career in democratic politics has made him a universal favorite, Charles Greathouse, superintendent of public instruction, and Lew Ellingham, secretary of state, are quartered in this memorable sanctum. In room 55, Lew Ellingham acts as chief host and declares that there is nothing in the world that could make him happier than the confidence his party has displayed in making him the unanimous choice for the place on the ticket again. Among Adams county’s prominent democrats to be in attendance and lend their support to the most exciting meeting ever promised are County Chairman J. W. Bosse, David E. Smith, D. N. Erwin, D. B. Erwin, J. W. Tyndall, R. C. Parrish. Fred V. Mills. C. S? Niblick. John C. Moran, Ferdinand Bleeke, Pat Hyland, Albert Sellemeyer, Dr. Vizzard of Pleasant Mills. Others who left Tuesday were John .Heller and Charles Ernst. FARMERS, NOTICE! A beet sugar meeting will be held at the St. John’s school house, at Stop 19, Thursday evening. The officials of the beet sugar plant will be present to deliver addresses on the beet raising, etc. o — ■ ■ POLICE COURT NEWS. Frank Keting, “the Little Bear,” was arraigned this morning on a plain drunk charge, and pleading guilty, was assessed a fine of a dollar and costs, He went to jail. ® • <