Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

HK'olume VII. Number 164,

OTHERS IN FLOOD [Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Buhler Were Aboard the 11lFated Sante Fe Train BOTH WERE RESCUED Wonderful Escape, as Mr. Buhler Was in Poor Health—Friends Hope I Messrs. Fisher and Rupright were hot the only people known here who [were aboard the fast flying Atkinson, FTopeko and Fante Fe train when it [slid from the rails into the raging haters near Pomona, Kansas, a few ■days ago. The news has been receiv|ed here that Mr. and Mrs. Jesse BuhBer, formerly of here, but recently living at Marion, were also aboard the [train. Both escaped without injury. |As has been stated several times, Mr. [Buhler Is in poor health, suffering [from lung trouble. He and Mrs. Buh[ler left Marion on the seventh for Las EVegas, New Mexico, where he hopes [to regain his health. They were off [train number five, made up of ten [coaches. Three of the coaches left [the tracks and rolled into eighteen [feet of water. The other seven re[mained on the tracks but sank gradlually, slow enough that those aboard [were rescued in due time and taken [to places of safety. It was a terrible i affair and while those who were well rand strong enough to help themselves [were saved miraculously, it seems [really wonderful that Mr. and Mrs. [Buhler should be fortunate enough to [escape awful deaths in the flood,when [the condition of Jesse is considered. [The many friends here are glad to hear of their safety and hope the health of the popular young man will [improve rapidly at Las Vegas. WAS INTOWN TODAY Trustee D. W. Huffman Re covering from Long Siege With Blood Poisoning HAD TOSS REMOVED His Recovery Now Seems Assured and Permanent and He is Glad of It ! Trustee Daniel W. Huffman of Prei ble township, was in the city today [for the first time in two months, and [in those two months there has plenty and then some happened to Mr. Huffman. He has been having a race with [ blood poison, and it now looks as [though he had the better of the situation, and in the end would win out. During the time he has been housed [three toes on his right foot have been [removed. The foot is healing nicely [from the operation, and while it will ; be some time yet, perhaps months beifore he will be able to use his right foot, yet all indications point to an I end of the threatened trouble, providj ing care Is used. Some twenty odd ! years ago Mr. Huffman lost his right [ hand in a corn shredder and this fact i greatly interferes with his ability to I use crutches, and as a result he canInot walk without assistance. He ’3 looking real well and is gaining in i weight and in every way showing the i signs of improvement. His many [ friends hope that he will rapidly im- ! prove and permanently recover from ; the afflictions that hart been on his trail for the last few months. — —o — GOT FASTENED IN HAY ROPES Charles Burr Was Quite Badly Bruised While Working in a Barn. Charles Burr, of Monmouth, was quite badly injured a few days ago w-hile working in the barn at the C. ! D. Kunkle farm. The men were hoisting hay into the mow, and | Charles was caught in the ropes and . carried up about twelve feet, falling to the floor, and sustaining severe bruises. No bones were broken but he is still laid up as a result. Charles i lost an arm a few years ago and has been most unfortunate during bis life.

HE WILL SORTER RIP THINGS Representative Adair to Make a Speech in the House. Indianapolis, July 12. —Representative Adajr of Indiana, who recently said in an interview that some highfMced funerals in the senate would be a good thing, will deliver a speech perhaps today that will be at variance with his ordinary pacific utterances. He proposes to show up the millionaires of the senate and then export the methods by which they secure their elections and the cunning and subtle influences that they exert over legislation. He will contend that as long as the senate is made the dumping ground for millionaires the people cannot hope for anything better than I the Aldrich bill. He will pay a tribute to the services performed by Senator | Beveridge in behalf of the masses and he will administer a scientific “skinning" to Speaker Cannon, boldly charging in his capacity as representative that Cannon has packed the house wing of the conference committee in away that shuts the door of hope against the consumers of the country. o DROVE LAST STAKE Work to Begin on the Bluff ton, Geneva & Celina Traction Line MRS. HOUSER DEAD Many Interesting Happenings at Geneva—Gasoline Explosion Geneva, Indiana, July 12. —(Special to the Daily Democrat) The last grade stake in the survey of the Bluffton. Geneva & Celina Traction line was set in this place at 12:47 Saturday. This completed the survey between this place and Bluffton, and the officers of the company now’ say they are ready for construction and that this part of the work will begin in a fewdays. It is the purpose of the company to rush the construction, and the time has almost arrived for the counting of the time when the electric cars w-ill be seen in this town. Geneva welcomes the new addition and will give the new road a royal reception upon its completion. R. Earl Peters, representing the financial and circulating departments of the Decatur Daily Democrat, was meeting the Geneva business men here today. Mrs. Mattie Houser, wife of Philip Houser, living six miles southeast ot Geneva, died Saturday after suffering for a long time with dropsy. The deceased was thirty-one years old, and leaves a husband, six children, one brother, a father and mother. Th«* funeral occurred at ten o’clock today' from the M. E. church at New Corydon, the services being conducted by Rev. W. H. Shepherd, pastor of the U. B. church at Jay City. Interment was made in the Dougherty cemetery. Mrs. Belle Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. William Wells in this place. Rev. M. A. Hailan, financial secretary of the Methodist Memorial home for the aged at Warren, spoke at the M. E. church Sunday morning at 10:3 j and at the U. B. church in the evening at 7:30. Large congregations attended both services and were much impressed with the speaker and the work in which he is engaged. The inclement weather put a quietus upon the first of the twilight services, mention of which has previously been made. Weather permitting these services will be held as arranged on next Sunday evening. El Burdge, the short-order restauranteur is moving from the C. D. Porter room on the north side of Line street to the E. Mann building on the south side of the street. Mr. Burdge is to be congratulated upon securing such a good business room and location for his business. The two Geneva drygoods store are doing a great business with their July clearance sales, and are drawing peo(Continued on page 2.)

WEST AND SOUTH The President to Skylark Through the West and South TWO MONTHS’ TRIP He Will Make Short Stops All Along the Line Washington, July ;L2. —Indications multiply that President Taft's announced itinerary for his western and southern trip this fall will be materially extended. The president himself did not include in the tentative list which was published all of the places where he expects to stop long enough to make an address and hold a brief car-end reception. The itinerary announced was made up of those cities where the president will spend from one to three days. Strong efforts will be made by congressmen and state officials to have the president stop, for a few minutes at least, at nearly all of the towns of appreciable size through which his train will pass in the daylight hours. Already the president has been bombarded with such requests. He has suggested to all of his callers and correspondents that they take the matter up with him later in the summer when the detailed plans for the trip actually are under consideration. When the president travels the railroad officials take every precaution for his comfort and safe conveyance. They nqt only realize the necessity of safe-guarding the president in every possible way as a matter of public policy, but realize that regardless of the cause of the accident the railroad which permitted the president's train or the train to which his car was attached to suffer damage would receive a serious setback in the minds of all the people. The old idea of sending out a pilot engine has largely been abandoned, however, except on some stretches of single track. Three men always ride on the engine. Sometimes the third man may be the division superintendent. Always there is a representative of the traffic department on board with authority to take control in an emergency. The railroads much prefer tn carry the president by special train and often do so nowadays in preference to hauling his car at the eud of a regular train. ————o SOLD THEIR FARM I Frank W. Dibble and Family Will Remove Here Early Next Spring AN ILLINOIS CITIZEN Makes the Purchase of the Big Farm and Will Move There March Ist James Collison, of Champaign county, Illinois, has purchased the Frank W. Dibble farm, located about two miles east of this city and will move here the first of March next year, that being the time decided upon for the possession of the farm. It is said that at that time Mr. Dibble and family will return to Decatur to live, though no definite plans have been made. The family formerly lived here for a number of years, during which time Mr. Dibble was a part owner and manager of the transfer lines. They have many friends here, who will be glad to learn that they expect to return to Decatur even though they have enjoyed many occasions with them during the several years they have spent on the farm. The real estate transferred includes 140 acres of good land, very valuable, because aside from it being productive is just close enough to town to be convenient. The deal was made through O. Gandy & Co., real estate dealers of Fort Wayne.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening, July 12, 1909.

PRICES ALREADY GOING UP Cotton Mills Not Waiting for Final Action in Conference. Washington, July 12. —The prices on cotton goods have already been raised by the agents of the mills in whose intreests the cotton schedule was revised upward by the senate finance committee. The beneficiaries of Senator Aldrich did not even wait until the bill came out of conference. Such a delay would have deprived them of three or four weeks' profits. The startling facts have been disclosed in a thorough canvass among the cotton jobbers in New York. The invoices for goods purchased within the last week or two will prove interesting reading to the members of congress who have declared time and again during the debate on the tariff bill that the amount of duty is not added to the cost of goods produced in America. o ADOPT NEW RULES State Board Arrange to Comply With Laws Passed by Last Legislature CONCERNING SCHOOLS Believed the Obedience Will Greatly Reduce the Usual Sickness The state board of health has adopted rules to comply with the new health laws passed by the last legislature. The rules of the state board of health have the force of a statute, and become laws upon their promulgation. Since the adjournment of the legislature the board has had the rules in preparation and unxier discussion, but only agreed upon their final form at the meeting recently. The most important of the rules adopted by the board has to do with the preparation of schools for pupils. In explanation the board states that simultaneously with the opening of the public schools diphtheria, measles, mumpS, scarlet fever and manyother diseases usually increase. “This is caused," so the statement reads, “by unclean schoolrooms and furniture, and by the congregation of the pupils. They mass together and contact spreads infection. Some pupils may have just recovered from a communicable disease, or they may be from families that have been smitten, and, being infected, they transmit disease to those who are susceptible. “It is reasonable to assume that the suddenly imposed confinement in the school after a period of freedom frets the children for a few days, causing more or less nervousness, so resistance is lowered.’ 1 School boards are forbidden to overcrowd schoolrooms, and must order all sick children home as soon as discovered. Other regulations regarding the cleanliness of rooms and out-buildings are named. In the construction of new buildings school boards must provide dry sites and such drainage as shall be necessary to maintain them dry; stone foundations, with cement floor basements for all two stories or more in height. Lighting shall be from one side only, the light being required to fall over the left shoulders of pupils. Blackboards must be dead black in color. The remaining rules have to do with the things required of health officers, and those applying for positions as health officers. All officers are required to be able-bodied physicians, with no defects of hearing or vision. They are required to be familiar with the state health law, the vital statistics law, the quarantine law, the pure food and drug law and all other laws they are required to enforce. Q ■ ■ ■ — HAS A GOOD POSITION AT GARY Charles Knappe Here for a Visit with Relatives and Friends. Charles Knappe, of Gary, Indiana, is here visiting his parents and other friends enjoying thus his two weeks’ vacation. He is employed in the electric power house at the big steer plant there and has a splendid position. He graduated two years ago from Purdue and at once accepted a portion with the steel company. He began on construction work, but now has charge of one of the important de- . partments. He will return to his | work the ’after part or next week-

FOREST STRIPPED But Little Timber Remains on Indiana Land RECKLESS WASTE This Country is Cutting Its Forest Three Times as Fast as it Grows Washington, July 12. —The government made public some rather surprising figures in regard to the extent of deforestization in Indiana. These statistics show that originallythe forests of Indiana covered 19,520,000 acres, or 85 per cent, of the total land area of the state, which is 22,966,400 acres. The announcement proceeds to state that he government's estimate of the present forest area in Indiana is 4,000,000 acres, which is only 17 per cent, of the total land area. In other words, the "woodman’s ax” has felled the forests on 15,520,000 acres of Indiana land. The bulletin also states that 22,824,827,000 feet of lumber have been Cut in Indiana in the period beginning with 1880 and ending with 1907. This is 3 per cent, of all the lumber cut in the United States in that period. Speaking of the general destruction oi forests throughout the country the report says: “We are cutting our forests three times as fast as they are growing. There is menace in the continuance of such conditions. While we might never reach absolute timber exhaustion, the unrestricted exploitation of our forests in the past has already had serious effects and it will have much worse if it is allowed to continue unchecked. White pine, for example, which was once considered inexhaustible, has fallen off 70 per cent, in cut since 1890 and more than 45 per cent, since 1900. The cut of oak, our most valuable hardwood lumber, has decreased 16 per cent, since 1900, and that of yellow poplar 22 per cent. The same story will be told of other woods if they- are not conserved. The fact that timber has been cheap and abundant has made us careless of its production and reckless in its use, as we take 250 cubic feet of wood per capita annually from our forests, while Germany uses only 37 cubic feet and France but 25. On the other hand, Germany-, who has learned its lesson, makes its state forests produce an average of 48 cubic feet of wood per acre. We have as fast growing species as Germany or faster and as good or better forest soil if we protect it.”

A SERIOUS ILLNESS Irvin Carter, of Pleasant Mills, in a Very Dangerous Condition RESULT OF A FALL I Broken Rib Punctured the Lung, Causing Two Abcesses to Form Irvin Carter, one of the best known citizens of St. Marys township, is very seriously ill and it is feared he cannot recover. For some years he has suffered from organic trouble and this disease has been aggravated because of an accident which occurred several weeks ago. He was at work in one of his fields when he fell, striking heavily on a board and sustained severe injuries. Several ribs were broken and one of them pieced his lung. From this injury he has suffered terribly, being now- afflicted with tUfe second abcess caused thereby. He is very low today and from, the reports received his death may be expected at almost any time. His many friends here are sincerely hoping for favorable reports from his bedside, though the news recently has been most discouraging. : o W. H. Wiley, former manager at the Coppock Motor Car company, and now a resident of Marion, was in the city. I today. I

HE IS VISITING AT BLUFFTON Andy Carlisle a Former Employee at Jeffersonville Reformatory. Andy Carlisle, of Louisville, brother of Marshal Carlisle, is in the citytoday on business and for a short visit. Being jh farmer employe at the state reformatory and up next to the superintendent when in the reformatory, besides living just across the river at Louisville yet, he naturally came back here with a large amount of -gossip concerning the shakeup at the institution. While Carlisle thought that it was all right to make the change, he is not in sympathy with the appointment ,of Dr. Sharpe. He does not think that Sharpe is the man for the place. Carlisle said that he was not surprised when Assistant Superintendent. Barnard was discharged. According to the former Bluffton man, it was no secret that the officials of the institution were accepting gifts from contracting firms who were getting prison labor. He said that he knew of these gifts long before he left the reformatory. Carlisle thinks that W. H. Whittaker will soon recover his norma! condition of mind —Bluffton Banner. ——■ . - - o ■ . KNIGHTS WILL GO Decatur Holy Grail Boys Anticipate a Great Time at Winona Lake AUGUST 10TH TO 20TH

Eighty Tents Will Form Boys’ City—Base Ball League—Other Sports ’ Decatur members of the Knights of the Holy Grail are busy with plans for their outing which will occur at Winona Lake this year, opening Auggust 10th and continuing until August 20th. The place of the camp w-ill be the same as before, but some improvement will be made. There will be eighty tents, a gymnasium outdoors, three tennis courts, base ball diamond, basket ball field, running track, swimming beach and an eating pavilion. More towns will be represented this year than ever before. All of the castles in the old towns, Garrett, Ligonier, Wolf Lake, Decatur, Monroe, Churubusco, Tipton and Whiting will be found in attendance, and the new castles in Muncie, Anderson, Yorktown, Hobbs, Elwood, Sharpsville, Jonesboro, New Castle. Greenfield, Brazil, Sweetzer, Kokomo, Ossian, and others will be represented. The

Rev. E. L. Jones, who was the military head last year, will bring a crowd < from Ossian, his new Charge. The r Rev. W. W. Kent will have his zouaves ] in camp. The Big W. quartet of Per- t cival castle will furnish the music, t Fritz, the clown, will again entertain 1 at the bonfires. The athletics of the c camp will be under the charge of a < skilled man, Bertram Haugh, of An- i derson. About eight base ball teams , will make a hard schedule of ten i days. They will fight it out for a pen- < nant. The tennis contest will be i heavy. The field meet will britfx ( together some of the best amateur ; performers seen in the state. The basket ball schedule will be fought out under the arc light. Competent judges will be in charge. Besides these games, instruction in track athletics for high school bows will be given in the morning. Other athletic features will be cross-country runs before breakfast, swimming, golf and boating. One special. feature of the camp is military. The camp is always under guard night and day. No boy is absent from camp without the password. Maj. Francis I. Stults of Huntington, is the military head. Major Stults is a man of great ability and large experience. The portrayal of the beautiful Holy Grail ritual is one of the finest that can be given. A. B. Hoffman of Chicago has selected a fine ' team of young men there and has them perfectly drilled for the work. They will put on at Raikes hall, and the adult public can see it by speaking to the Rev. Perry Edwards Powell. Ph. D., the supreme merlin of the order. He will be present at the ini- i tiation. Christian merlins, most of I them ministers, will be in charge of I the local groups of the boys. There e have always been some women in the a camp, mainly wives of the merlins, t [and some mothers of the boys. a

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SOME POLICE NEWS Mrs. Chauncey Roop Walks in from Preble to Escape Her Husband WILL SEEK A DIVORCE Darius Robison Up on Charge of Drunk—a Saturday Night Fight Mrs. Chauncey Roop, who has been forced several times to call the police to protect her from her husband's wrath, came to this city last evening, walking from Preble, and reported to the police that she could no longer live in safety with her husband, and that she will not return to his roof. They formerly lived in the south pare of town and a few weeks ago moved to Preble. • Roop, it is said wants his wife to leave and wants to keep the three children, saying that he will care for them with the assistance of his mother. The outcome will probably be a divorce suit. Mrs. Roop is staying with friends here. „ Darius Robinson tanked up Sunday afternoon, in some unaccountable way and was landed by the police. He was brought before the mayor this evening, where he was taken charge of by George Zimmerman for whom he works and- who promised to have him in court at seven o’clock this evening at which time his trial was fixed. - ■ t Two men engaged in a fierce battle on north Second street late Saturday night. One man named McKinnin and the other was a farmer from east of town, whose name could not be learned. The latter was badly beaten. They escaped before any arrests could be made.

REAL ESTATE DEAL Prof. Beachler Sells His Handome Home to Mr. John T. Myers WILL MOVE AWAY Will Build Home at Union City, Near Where He Owns a Big Farm

Through a deal closed Saturday evening, the beautiful Fourth street residence property of William Beachler, was transferred to John T. Myers, the well known clothier. The consideration was $4,000, and possession will be given August first. The home is one of the modern and convenient ones of the city is well located, nicely finished and all together is a splendid place to live. Prof. Beachler will move to Union City, about the first of the month. He owns a valuable farm of 129 acres within a half mile of the city. He will not occupy the farm, but will build in Union City, and when not engaged at teaching will live there that he may be in close touch with his farm. It is quite likely that he will not teach during the coming winter, but will devote his time in getting settled in his new home. His host of Decatur friends will wish him a prosperous and pleasant future in his new home, while re1 gretting very much that he has dei termined (to \leave here. The real ’ estate deal was made through the • Fruchte & Bitterer agency of this ■ place.

1 A SUDDEN DEATH YESTERDAY f The twelve days' old baby of Mr. s and Mrs. Lawrence Springer, residing ■ on Fourteenth street, died yesterday j morning at five o’clock, death being ? caused by the excessive heat. The • baby gave every indication of health, )' and on the morning of its death it was apparently bright, death coming in an instant and without any warning whatever. The funeral occurred at the house at two o'clock this afternoon the same being in charge of Rev. T. Imler. Interment was at the Ray cemetery. The parents are grief stricken and are receiving the sympathy of their many friends who are tendering all possible assistance.