Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1913 — Page 1

Volume LVIII

CRISIS IN STRIKt Os Cincinr. iti fraction Company Employees Expected to Come Today. POLICE GUARD CARS No Trace of Thief Who Stole Plans of Battleship and Secrets is Found. Washington. D. C, May 14—(Special to Daily Democrat)—lnformal consideration of the proposed 5 per cent Increase in freight rates by all railroads operating east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio rivers began today by the Interstate commerce commission. Washington, D. C., May 14—(Special ' to Daily Democrat) —Secretary of lab-! or, Wilson, today accepted the resignation of Charles P. Neill who for eight years has been secretary of commerce and famous mediator under the Erdman act Neill leaves the government service tomorrow to accept a position at a reported salary of 120,000 a year to superintend the labor conditions of the American Smelting & Refining Co. Secretary Wilson said that it was with the deepest regret that he accepted the resignation of Neill. Neill’s retiring greatly surprised the gov-' eminent officials on account of its following so closely upon the heels of his confirmation by the senate after a < bitter fight of the southern senators who objected to his report on the conditions of southern cotton mills. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 14 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—The crisis in the strike of the two thousand employees of the traction company was expected today with the first attempt to operate cars under the protection of the police. Mayor Hunt today instructed Chief Bookland to protect evevry car with men. Chicago, DI., Mayl4—(Special to •Conmrowu <a rage I) TO MEET SATURDAY Board of Directors of Great Northern Indiana Fair ' Association Will I I DECIDE ON THE PLANS For the Hog and Sheep Bams Which Burned Down Monday. — The board of directors of the Great Northern Indiana Fair Association wish to announce that a directors meeting will be held Saturday, May , 17th at 1 o’clock at the office of Trustee Butler in the Interurban block. Th i« meeting is called for the Purpose of deciding and getting plans for the erection of three new buildings , & t Steels’ park, where the fairs are . Wd, the fire of last Tuesday having destroyed two of the hog barns and ( o®e sheep barn. The meeting was to We been held Tuesday to decide up- , on this matter but on account of some of the members being out of the city It was postponed until Saturday. It is an almost assured fact that new buildtugs will be erected and every thing W >ll be in fine shape for the big fair during the later part of August. The new art hall will also be in readiness for the fair i — — o SAUCE FOR GANDER, TOO. What is sauce for the goose, must t* sauce for the gander, too. A person may not like everything that goes into a newspaper, but he needn’t say no, and give directions how it should done unless he be the editor. "I don’t think every little thing llke this and that should go into a newspaper,” he complains. Let him skl P what he doesn’t The very person who thus complains, would be very first one to go up In the the least hint were given that he not doing his work according to likings of the other.

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MILLER RESIDENCE SOLD. Rufus Soldner Becomes Owner of Fine Decatur Property. Itufiis Soldner of Berne has purchas- 1 ed the Miller property on Winchester formerly the Levi Barkley res!i deuce, and will lease the same, as he [does not intend to occupy it Mrs. Annita Miller then purchased an eightyacre farm in Lagrange county. Mrs. . Miller formerly resided in this city, but now lives at Monroeville. The change was made through the Erwin ' real estate agency. COURT HOUSE NEWS Motion for New Trial in Ber-nard-Myers Damage Case Overruled. JUDGMENT RENDERED I I Guardian Recommended for Margarette Runyon, Who is Aged and Infirm. 1 i In the case of William Barnard vs. [' i William J. and Daniel Myers, an addi-J tlonal remitter In the sum of 115 was [’ filed by the plaintiff The motion by J I the defendants for a new trial was! overruled, to which exceptions were 1 taken by the defendants, Myers & Mey- 1 era. The Judgment on the verdict of I the Jury for the plaintiff for $155 and ' I costs was rendered. Exceptions by > •Myers & Myers. Their motion to re- 1 tax costs was sustained, and the items of the costs herein mentioned and set 1 out, were ordered taxed to the plain- 1 tiff. i 1 The hearing of the petition of Ida 1 ,Ralstain asking for the appointment of [' a guardian for Margarette Runyon, was j held today. Finding was made that the defendant Is unable to manage | 'her own estate on account of old age l I and infirmities, and that a guardian j should be appointed for her. The I plaintiff s attorney was allowed $25 , ■ and tbo prosecuting attorney. SSO. — ; In the case of the Murray Hotel [company's application for the renewal of a retail liquor license, appearance was entered by Walters, Miller and Minton. The regular Judge is disquali- j [fled by reason of relationship to parties in the prohibitive degree, and some action will probably be taken for a change of venue. Late this afternoon J th* case was venued to the Jay circuit court and five days’ time given to perfect the change. The final report of W. B. Weldy, guardian of Frances Laman, was approved and the guardian discharged. The sale bill of John Hessler, as ( surviving partner of John Hessler and i Brother, was approved. The sale of ( personal property was also approved. < INDEXING OLD RECORDS. [ Miss Theresa Baltzell, assistant In ‘ the auditor’s office, has begun a big £ task, that of indexing of one of the ( earliest commissioners’ records, covering the time from 1845 to 1852. The ) book which contains 722 handwritten « pages, is in fine handwriting and preserved. Never having been index- ( ed. ft is very difficult to look up matters often necessary for reference, and the order of the indexing was recent- ’ ly made by the county commissioners. * —— ———o — s BUY NE WCAR. ( f Gallogly & Johnson, the Insurance £ firm, are the owners of a new automo- j bile a Ford runabout —which they will use in their business. The machine was purchased through the Simon Moore agency. MEASLES CLOSES SCHOOLS. t I The St. Peter’s Lutheran parochial ( school in Root township, taught by <. Professor Dorn, is closed this week on j account of the measles and scarlet rash t which is prevalent in a slight degree WILL SHIP HORSES. J C Patterson, local agent for the f National Express company will ship a car load of horses over the Clover I>eaf at 7 o'clock, from the Decatur Horse Sale company to W. F. Mitchel, i at Bangor, Maine.

MADE INSPECTION Government Engineers Made Inspection of the Flood Conditions. VISITED RESERVOIR At Celina, Ohio—Were Astonished at Grandeur of Grand Reservoir. Celina, Ohio, May 14—Col. Henry Jervey, Lieutenant H. A. Finch and R. R. Jones, government engineers, sent out by the secretary of war to investigate the flood conditions of the Ohio valley were in this city, inspecting the topography of the country about the Grand reservoir. Mr. Jervey in a brief interview stated their mission this trip was to get the lay of the waters relative to the Miami river which will be included in their report to the secretary of war relative to the flooded districts of the Ohio valley. The trio walked to the wasteweir and expressed their surprise at its location at that point and when told that an appropriation had been secured for [its removal to the head of Beaver, .highly commended the move. ' They were astonished at the grandeur and immensity of the Grand reservoir and said: “Your city is surely fortunate in possessing such a magnificent body of water,” insisting that It must surely be attraction to tourists.” Th© government is sending out these engineers to get information relative to floodedjdistricts which will probably result |n the enactment of laws regulating the encroachment on or obstruction to the natural or established channels or rivers with a view to prevent a recurrence of any future floods. ELEVATOR BURNS Winchester Suffered a Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire Last Evening. HELP CALLED FOR Looked as Though a Big Portion of City Would be Destroyed by Fire. Winchester had a fifty thousand dollar fire loss Tuesday night when the Goodrich Brothers’ elevator on North Main street was totally destroyed. At one time it looked as though a dozen other properties would be destroyed and a call for help was sent to Muncie and Union City, the latter sending ovc- the entire fire department. The fire broke out a few moments before 6 o’clock and was first seen by Perry Goodrich, a member of the firm, who was sitting in the office of the Irvin hotel. Just across the street from the elevator. The Windsor hotel, the Big Four depot, the office of the Coil fence factory and a half dozen residences were on fire at one time, but all were saved with small loss, the elevator being the only total loss. The estimated loss is $55,000, with $25,000 insurance. A new fire proof elevator is to be built at once. Goodrich Brothers lost an elevator by fire twelve years ago and this second fire is a severe loss. RECEIVED SETTLEMENT. M. M. Ray, adjuster for the Hoosier Casualty company of Indiana, was in the city this morning and made settlement with Frank Schultz, who was operated upon about a month ago for double hernia at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. The check received by Mr. Schultz was for S2B. HECKMAN FUNERAL TODAY. Many attended the funeral pervices for Otto Heckman this afternoon at the Freidheim Lutheran church, the Rev. Preuss in charge. The death of the young man occurred early Monday morning after only a brief illness from erysipelas.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday May, 15 1913.

ATTENDED MOTHER’S FUNERAL. Linus Beard of Fremont, Mich., arrived from Portland and Salamonia this afternoon and after a visit over night with his brother-in-law, Orval and Della Harruff, will leave tomorrow morning for his home. Mr. Beard attended the funeral of bis mother, Mrs. Ixiuls Beard, which was held at Salamonia, last Friday. She was six-ty-one years of age and death was thought to have been due to a stroke of apoplexy, though she had been suffering from a complication of diseases for some time. NEW NARCOTIC LAW Regulating Sale of Narcotics is of Much Interest to Druggists. IS ALSO TAKEN UP By Physicians at State Convention—Dr. H. E. Keller Attending. Local druggists ate very much interested in the new lists of rulings governing the sale, wrapping and labeling of all varieties of drugs which in any way possible might form the "dope” habit The rulings were announced by the state board of pharmacy, and are causing considerable comment in Decatur and throughout the state generally. Most of the local druggists are entirely in favor with the spirit and practical application of the rulings, which they consider comprehensive and reasonable. Many of the rulings are devoted to the manner in which the drugs must be sold, wrapped and labeled. The exact quantity of the drug alluded to is the recent anti-cocaine law, contained in every pill, capsule or other form in which it may be sold, either in a i pur estate or in combination, must be distinctly labeled on the outside of the box, or bottle, printed with red ink or white paper so as to be easily read. Since physicians, dentists or veterinaries are not allowed to sell any drug mentioned in the anti-cocaine law, they need not make any monthly report, but all druggists will be required to adhere to this practice, stating the amount of the drug sold, the name of the physicians who Issued the prescription, and the name of the person to whom the drug is sold. Another ruling requires that all stock of "a drug which comes under the new law which is now in possession of the druggists be labedel to show that it was purchased before the rulings went into effect, and a report of the amount on hand be sent to the authorities." The matter was discussed also at the health officers’ conference held at the Denison hotel tn Indianapolis yesterday. Dr. H. E. Keller, Decatur health officer, is attending the Indianapolis conference. ARE NARROW-MINDED Says Famous French Dancer, In Disgust. Napierkowska, the Paris dancer, who has Just returned from America to Paris, has made some plain remarks' on the subject of Americans. "Really, I have not brought away a : single pleasant memory from the United States,” she says. "What a[ narrow-minded people they are : how utterly impervious to any beautiful impression. I cannot understand how any one can sincerely admire them or their customs, or their towns without any monuments or trees and hardly any museums. “They are hardly civilized. They Jostle you 111 the streets without apologizing. Any charming or stylish object one sees over there invariably comes from Europe. They have not the slightest feeling of elegance of any sort. In fact I am completely disillusioned about them.” La Napierkowska complains bitterly of her prosecution on a charge of indecency, saying that the dance for which she Was marched off to the courts like any ordinary criminal in New York had previously been given by her In several smaller cities without the slightest objection. The Judge who had the Intelligence to have her released is, she says, the only exception which proves the rule of general barbarism in the United States.

ANEW GOSS PRESS I [• ! Daily Democrat Will Soon . be Printed on New Webb Perfecting Press. J , BIG MOVE FORWARD i Prints Four, Six or Eight . Pages and Folds Them at Very Rapid Rate. j The Daily Democrat has closed a contract with the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, for the construction of one of the new Goss Comet perfecting presses, on which the paper will soon be printed. Under the con- • tract the press is to shipped by June Ist and will be Installed and running in this office by June 10th. While this announcement may not convey the real importance of this addition to our readers, it is never the less a big step and one that should prove a move forward, not only for this office but for the community. It will give the Dem- - ocrat the opportunity of printing a s four, si xor eight page paper at one - impression and at the rate of about i four thousand copies per hour. The s purchase was made direct from Mr. J. • C. Cox, the Inventor himself, who per- - fected this ideal press after thirty s years of work and study. It prints t from rolls of paper, thus dispensing 1 with hand feeding and will complete i the equippment In this office. It is a f big city press and the public is Invited ■ to call and see it in operation after Its installation. The press weighs four- > teen tons. Similar presses are now t,ln operation In about fifteen Indiana > cities and have proven most success- > ful. BIG GAME SUNDAY ... , .1 When Big Colored Team' from Marion Meets the __ , Shamrocks. — : i 1 BEST COLORED TEAM? ! In State—Shamrocks Defeated Them Last Season by 1 Small Score. 1 i ' Sunday's base ball game will be the ( drawing card of the season when the Marlon Giants cross bats with the lo- . cal Shamrocks in a fight for honors. ' This team Is the fastest and best col- ' ored team in the state, every man be- j ing over six feet tall and an experlenc-1 ed player. Out of their schedule last season the Giants won 122 out of 130 i games, and the Shamrocks had the honor of taking one of the games. This year, however, the Giants are out for "blood” and will fight every ’ I minute of the game. The Shamrocks . have been playing winning ball every • I game so far this season and they in--1 [tend to keep it up and not let a bunch • of “niggers” break their lucky streak. The price of admission will remain I the same, 25c, but the hour of the game has been changed from 2:30 to | 3:00 o’clock. For a good, exciting i game of ball, played on the square, see . • the game Sunday. RETURNED FROM CONVENTION. [ Dyonis Schmitt, grand knight,and Dr. H. F. Costello, past grand knight, of ■ the Knights of Columbus lodge of this ' city, have returned from Indianapolis, ' where they went as delegates from here to the state convention of the K. of C., which was held Monday and • Tuesday. Every council in the state, ' numbering fifty-two In all, was reprei sented and the usual form of business i matters were discussed and voted upi on. A banquet was given Tuesday ev- ■ ening at the German House to the 125 delegates, a ball also being given in » connection. Upon a vote the delegates > agreed to hold the next state meeting > at Terre Haute. The meetings are I held every year, usually during the month of May.

HAD HIS NOSE BROKEN. Dr. Clyde Baumgartner of Linn Grove Kicked by Horse. Clyde Baumgartner of Linn Grove, a young veterinary surgeon, was kicked in the face by a horse Monday afternoon and had his nose fractured. He will probably have a slight permanent scar from the accident. He is a I son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Baumgartner of Decatur and also a brother of [Miss Pearl Baumgartner, of this city. Bluffton News. INDIANA BRIEFS /Items of Interest from Over State—Columbus Selects Booster Slogan. [TO REBUILD SHOPS :• — Destroyed by Fire at Peru—i Big Oil Well in Delaware County-Other Items, (United Press Service) Columbus, Ind., May 14 —Columbus, Indiana’s Pride,” Is the local boosters’ slogan. An aged darky, blind, and who had to get a relative to forward the motto, won the cash prize for the best city slogan. Peru, May 14—The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad shops, destroyed by fire recently, are being rebuilt Marion, May 14—This city has a pulmotor, valuable life-saving device for Inducing artificial respiration in accidents caused by electrical shock, gas fumes, drowning and pneumonia. —— [ Muncie, May 14—What Is said to be the biggest oil gusher ever found in Indiana was shot recently by Louis Freidmann, near Salem. It is bringing 500 barrels a day. I Kokomo, May 14 —The Indiana Railiways & Light company has asked the I board of county commissioners to Join with it in the construction of a new .bridge at Ohio street. The present structure was weakened by the re-! [cent floods. Anderson, May 14—The "Made In Anderson” Industrial Exposition and home-coming week is scheduled for May 31 to June 7. Lagrange—James H. Greene, principal of the high school at Garrett, [succeeded John M. Geiser as euperln[tendent of the Lagrange public schools. I Evansville, May 14 — Ministers aroused by the decision of “businessmen” Juries which freed resort keepers, are Inaugurating a new antl'vice crusade that has for its object nothing short of the wiping out of the segregated district. Columbus, May 14—Ministers are taking an active part in the local election campaign. In pulpit addresses the churchmen are urging that only good men be nominated. — [ Gary, May 14—The latest decision in the attempt of local saloon keepers to get cheaper licenses was Judge V. S. Reiter’s of the supreme court, re- : fusing to force the city to grant li-: censes for S2OO instead of SSOO. Gary ( saloons figured in ggnsational special legislature during the state legislature I session. 1 Michigan City, May 12—Each Inornate of the state prison wore a white [ carnation on Mother’s Day. The [flowers were presented by friends of the prison chaplain, Rev. O. L. Kiplinger, who started the custom three' years ago. o CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their assistance during our bereavement, occasioned by the Illness ' and death of our husband and father, George Sproul. MRS. GEORGS SPROUL. MR. AND MRS. JACOB J. DRAKE. o UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES. i Poutin' ain’t popular, but th’ thing t’ > do, nevurtheless is t’ hold back from sayin’ things till y’ git ovur yer mad.

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DIED FROM GOITER I ’ , Raymond Coffee, Formerly ' of This City, Died While Being ©Derated Upon : IN LOS ANGELES. CAL. !| Word Was Received Here by Mrs. Cal Robison, Sister 1 of the Deceased. ■'* . | A telegram informing Mrs. Cal Robison of the sudden death of her brother, Raymond Coffee, of Los Angeles, Cal., was received In this city about 8 I ’clock Tuesday evening. The message read that Raymond died about 2:30 o'clock while on the operating table | in the Los Angeles hospital. The sad news came as a great shock to her, and also to the many friends of Raymond, •as he was well known among the set. No cause was given for his death, only that the operation was being held for goiter. It was not until a short time ago that the growth caused any trouble for Raymond. It kept on growing worse and about a month 'ago he was forced to give up his posi- , I sion in one of the drug stores in Los [Angeles. A week ago he entered a I Loe Angeles hospital for treatment. I [but the goiter had grown so large that i nothing but an operation would help relieve his suffering, or give him any chance for recovery. He therefore subhitted to the doctors knife Tuesday. The result was that it ended in his death. Raymond left here last October with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Coffee, and family for Los Angeles, where they have been making their home since, and little did he think at that time that he would not be able to return to Decatur and see his friends again. He was seventeen years old last February, and was the second eldest son of Jerry Coffee. He is survived by the parents and brothers and sister in Los Anigeles and Mrs. Cal Robinson of this I city. No further news has been received and funeral arrangements are not known. z o ABOUT THE SICK Mrs. E. J. Bailey Left Today for Westfield, N. Y. —Will Take Baths AT THE SANITARIUM Bob Galbreath Suffering from Injury to Eye— Struck by Wood. Mrs. E. J. Bailey and daughter, Leota, left this morning for Westfield, N. Y., where they will visit with Mrs. Bailey’s sister, Mrs. Jennie Clever. While gone, Mrs. Bailey, who has been in ill health, will take the baths and other special treatment at Westfield. They will be met at Marion, Ohio, by Mrs. Jennie Furman, who will accompany them to Westfield. [ Bob Galbreath is suffering from a very badly injured eye caused by that member being struck by a piece of [wood which he was cutting. One end [of the wood flew up directly in Mr. Galbreath’s left eye, cutting a gash beneath, but fortunately not injuring the eye itself. The flesh is badly bruised and is very painful necessitating the wearing of a bandage. i Frank Kurber, who is ill of paralysis, is reported as being somewhat better today. o ■— STATE G. A. R .ENCAMPMENT. Fourteen or fifteen of the local G. 'A. R. members will attend the state G. A. R. encampment to be held In Indianapolis, beginning next Tuesday. That city will royally entertain the soldiers and efforts will be made to make this encampment the best ever. The Misses Bessie and Altia Vin- ’ cent returned today noon to their i home at Monroeville after a visit with . the William Barrone family. i