Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1909 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

\oluine VII. Number 258.

BAD WRECK ON THE ERIE Thirty-five Emigrants Injured in Smashup at Tocsin, Eleven Miles West

SEVERAL MAY DIE East Bound Freight Collides With a West Bound Emigrant Train WITH AWFUL RESULT Five Freight Cars Demolished and the Property Loss is a Heavy One One of the worst wrecks which ever occurred in this section, was the result of a collision of an emigrant train and a freight on the Chicago & Erie at 5:15 o’clock this morning at Tocsin, eleven miles west of this city. As a result thirty-six people were injured and the road * suffered severe damages. At the hour mentioned, the second section of west hound passenger train No. 44 had arrived at Tocsin, where they had received orders to side track for an east bound freight, the second section of No. 80. While the train was standing at the station the freight came into sight, both on the main track The freight crew saw the passenger and made an effort to stop the train, hut the air brakes refused to work An effort was made to stop the train by the hand brakes and this partially succeeded, but before the freight could be entirely checked and before the passenger train could be backed up, the freight going at perhaps ten miles an hour, crashed into No. 44 with disastrous results. The passenger train as stated was a second section, and was made up of twelve coaches of emigrants, who had just landed In New’ York and were enroute to Chicago, where they were to be dispersed to various parts of the country. When the smash-up came, neither engine left the tracks, but the jam shoved the baggage car of the passenger train upon the first coach, causing the almost total destruction of that car, and injuring many of the emigrants. The work of rescue began at once, the Tocsin people, including the two physicians at that place, doing all in their power. Within two hours, thirty-five of the emigrants had been taken out all more or less badly injured. Six of them were seriously hurt, receiving broken legs, arms, ribs, etc., while the others escaped with severe cuts and bruises. It is 1 likely that at least three or four of the injured will die. The news was at once sent to Huntington and the wreck train bearing physicians and others hastened to the scene to aid in the work. The injured were all taken to the Huntington hospital as soon as possible and will be given the best of care. The other eleven ■coaches of the train were taken around the wreck on the sidetrack and were soon on their way to Chicago. The emigrants were Macedonians, who come from the north part of Greece and were not the ordinary dirty dagoes. They are a good lot of people, and are said to be expert workmen in certain lines. The scene was one never to be forgotten by the few who gathered. The screams of the injured, the agony of the dying and the frantic cries of the friends who had escaped and were searching for dear ones and relatives, made the scene a terrible one for those who gathered Strange to say, the members of the two engine crews escaped unhurt, excepting one, Fireman Zimmerman, of the passenger train,who was badly bruised and for a time was believed to be seriously hurt, but recovered sufficiently to aid in the rescue work, though later it was necessary for him to receive attention from the physicians. Five freight cars were derailed and demolished. Two of these were loaded with sheep, of which about half were killed outright. The other cars were loaded with merchandise and hides. The financial loss to the Erie will be a heavy one, (Continued on page four.)

MARRIED THIS MORNING Esq. James H. Smith performed a marriage ceremony this morning uniting in the holy bonds William H. Jackson, of Huntington, and Bessie E. Brown, a resident of this county. The ceremony was performed at his office at half past ten. The groom is an employe of the Erie railroad at Huntington and they will make that place their home. to makefifty The Decatur Motor Car Company Getting Their Affairs in Hand TO MAKE FIFTY CARS Want to Manufacture Them at the Rate of Ten a Month L. W. Coppock is off for Cleveland and Detroit on a bqying mission for the Decatur Motor Car company, and while gone expects to contract for most of the parts of fifty cars. It is the intention of the company to manufacture this number of cars, and by the first of January they will begin turning them out at the rate of ten a month. This means that May will see fifty cars ready for delivery, and it will be a surprise party if the entire number is not all sold long before the time limit scheduled for their completion. At the present time it is almost impossible to buy automobile parts and get a delivery. It is right in the heighth of the buying season, and the increase in the demands for this sort of manufacture is enough to make one believe that the next year will be one of the best ever and that the demands will be so great it will be next to impossible to supply it. The Decatur company propose to get into the swim and it is not at all probable that before the first fifty cars are complete they will begin the preliminaries of making the next order one hundred cars. o— TO ELIMINATE WIRE HAZARD Commissioners Seek to Prevent Accidents at Crossings. The railroad commission of Indiana has instituted an inquiry into the question of care In preventing contact at crossings between telegraph and telephone wires with the hightension wires of the electric lines. In a circular prepared by Commissioner Henry M. Dowling it is stated that many wires crossing steam railroads are too low for safety. “This hazard, ’ “states the circular arises from the wires being originally stretched too low; (2) or from their being fastened to weak or rotten poles; (3) or from their being constructed of inferior material which quickly rusts out and breaks, especially when acted upon by the smoke from locomotives, or (4) because the poles are too far apart, causing the wires to sag.” The commission is asking all the different railroads to furnish a list of all such dangerous wires where they cross lines, where the steam and electric lines run parallel to each other, the station nearest to which the objectionable wire is located, the number of the telegraph pole nearest the wire, the heighth of the wire above the rails, why the wire is dangerous, and the name and address of the ownei. Fred Deininger, who has been at Fairbanks, Alaska, for about the past three months, returned home this morning. He says that several hundred people are there trying to secure work, and but very few of them are successful. Frank Barthel, who went with him to that place, is being employed by Fred Martin and is well and doing fine.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, October 29, 1909.

WALSH TRIUMPHS Is Assured of His Liberty During Appeal of Case ROADS NOT SOLD Rumor of Walsh Roads Be ing Sold to J. P. Morgan Not Confirmed Chicago, Oct. 29.—John R. Walsh, railroad magnate, adjudged guilty of misappropriating funds of the three banks he once owned and conducted, triumphed over the government in the decision given by the United States circuit court of appeals. This granted him continued liberty instead of remanding him to a cell pending his fight before the United States supreme court to set aside the fiveyear prison term. Under the court’s decision Walsh remains free on the $50,000 bail bond signed by the Illinois Surety Company. Government counsel, however, aver that his triumph will be short lived. Belief that the Walsh fight will soon end and that before Dec. 15 the Iron gates of the United States prison at Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., will open to receive him is expressed by government lawyers. Walsh’s victory of the day, says the district attorney, is only temporary and gives the government the right to guard the banker continually. Secret service men will begin a strict surveillance of Walsh at once. Meanwhile Attorney John S. Miller, chief counsel for Walsh, is preparing to carry the case to the supreme court. The Walsh railroads have not been sold to the United States Steel Corporation, to J. P. Morgan, nor to any one, according to positive statements made here and in New York today. Furthermore, it was declared that there is no longer any possibility of Mr. Walsh negotiating a sale of his properties.

THE HOOK WORM John D. Rockefeller Spends a Million to Stamp it Out IN THE SOUTH A Disease That is Prevalent Among the Poor People New York, Oct. 29.—A gift of sl.000,000 by John D. Rockefeller to fight the “hock worm disease,” was announced at the office of the Standard Oil company today. A dozen well known educators and scientists, selected from institutions of learning in the south, where the parasite is prevalent, were called in conference with Mr. Rockefeller’s representative at 26 Broadway, Tuesday, and at that meeting Mr. Rockefeller’s desire to ! organize a commission to carry on a 'campaign against the malady was [discussed. As a result of this discussion of the situation, the Rockefeller commission for the eradication 'of the hook worm disease was or[ganlzed. The members of this comI mission, as selected by Mr. Rockefeller are: Dr. William H. Welch, processor of pathology in John Hopkins ! university, president of the American Medical Association; Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research; Dr. Charles W. Stitles, chief of the division of zoology. United States public health and marine service and discoverer of the American species of hook worm and the prevalence of the disease in America; Dr. Edwin A. Aiderman, president of the University of Virginia; Dr. David F. Houston, chancellor of Washington University, St. Louis; Prof. P. P. Claxton, professor [of Education in the University of I Tennessee; J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of education in North Car[olina and president of the National ■ Educational Association; Walter H. .Page, editor of The World’s Work; IDr. H. B. Frissell, principal of Hamp-

ton Institute; Dr. Frederick T. Gates, one of Mr. Rockefeller’s business managers; Starr J. Muphry, Mr. I Rockefeller's counsel in benevolent matters , and John D. Rockefeller Jr. I The “hook worm," according to New York medical authorities, is a hairlike parasite, to which Is charged a form of anaemia prevalent especially among the poor people of the south. It was not until recent years that members of the medical profession recognized that a parasite caused the malady. In December, 1902, Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, then a zoologist in the bureau of animal industry at Washington, who had been studying intestinal parasites, announced to the Pan-American sanitary congress his conviction that the so-called “laziness” and "shiftlessness,” widely observed in certain portions of the south, was a specific disease, due to “hook worm.” Many i members of the congress expressed surprise at the announcement, and up toe the present the disease has been , a mattr of some controversy. o PROGRAMSAREOUT The Scottish Rite Masons to Meet November 16, 17 and 18 THE DEDICATION The Beautiful Temple Will Be Dedicated on Wedicated Fort Wayne, Oct. 29.—The official programs for the ceremonies incident to the consecration and dedication of ' the new Scottish Rite cathedral, of ( [ the Valley of Fort Wayne, to be he'd , i Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, | ; November 16, 17 and 18, as well as for the ceremonial session of Mizpah 1 temple, of the Ancient Order of the[ Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at the Oasis of Fort Wayne, to be held Friday, November 19, were issued Thursday and are now being sent broadcast over the country. The programs j for the two big events, each distinctly | separate from the other, and each of an unusual magnitude and importance, are beautiful works of the printing art and from the press of the Fort Wayne Printing company. With the publication of the program complete, the Masonic orders are ready for the unusual ceremonies which will mark the dedication week, ceremonies on which the local Masonic bodies are and have been for the past year centering their greatest efforts. When the Scottish Rite Masons have come and gone and the pilgrimarge of the visitors is once more taken up on the homeward journey, the Children of the Prophet, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Imperial Council of North America, will come over the hot desert sands to visit the Sacred City of Mecca. Hundreds of the be-fezzed. nobles will grace the portals of the' oasis of Fort Wayne for these ceremonies to be held on the day following the close of the dedication ceremonies. A program of surpassing ; beauty has been issued for the event and Mr. E. H. Merritt, the illustrious potentate of Mizpah temple, has issued his edict. ROCHESTER BECOMES CITY Proposition That Town Change to Urban Ways Was Carried. At 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Rochester became a cbty, as it was at that time the county clerk entered the report of the election inspectors in the civil order book. The election held i Monday resulted in a better than two to one victory for the city forces. The majority vote that the town put on city clothes was 233. Within the next ten days the board will call an election for the selecting of new city officers. Owing to the fact that the ' present councilmen's terms do not ex- ! pire until December 31, and they have much business to settle before the first lof the year, the election date will | probably be about Dec. 20. Within | ten days after the election the new j officers will take their seats. As to salaries of the new city officers that is a matter that they fix themselves after they are in office. o Lawrence Klelnhenz and Forest Elzey drove over to the wreck at Tocsin, which occurred this morning.

LIBRARY VACANCY Harry Tribolet Took Great Interest in the Library THE FUNERAL TODAY Held from Home of His Sister, Mrs. E, B. Williamson The death of Harry Tribolet leaves a vanacy on the city library board, and it is a vacancy which will be deeply felt, for he was one of the very best posted members in every detail lof the library and it was one of the things that occupied a great deal of | his attention. He was always thinking of the library and something that couM be done for it, and much of its present condition of excellence is due to his efforts. He was almost a constant reader and was ever trying to interest others in reading. He has been a member of the board ever since it was organized under its present form as a city library, first being appointed by the city council and later by Judge Sturgis, and the latter will make the appointment to fill the vacancy. Part of the members are appointed by the council and part b” Judge Sturgis. The death of Mr. Tribolet is the third that has occurred on the library board since its organization in its present form. Mrs. J. P. Hale was the first member of the board to pass away, and Dr. A. E. Sprrngstead was also a member when he died. —Bluffton News. The funeral of W. H. Tribolet, who was found dead Wednesday morning ( at his home on west Market street, 'will be held at one o’clock Friday afj ternoon, at the home of his sister, ' Mrs. E. B. Williamson, on west MarI ket street, and the services will be in charge of the Rev. W. W. Mar I .in, pastor of the First M. E. church. Burial will take place in Fairview cemetery.—Bluffton News.

TICKETS PRINTED Everything in Readiness for the City Election Next Tuesday GOOD ORGANIZATION Democrats in Fine Fettle and Are Ready and Waiting for the Big Event The election commissioners, Clerk; ■ Wemhoff, R. S. Peterson and D. N. Erwin, today prepared and had printed the tickets that will be used in the city election next Tuesday. They were printed, wrapped in packages for each of the six precincts, sealed j and are now ready to deliver to the I inspectors tomorrow. The inspectors who will be in charge on that day are' John Lose, Frank Krick, Charlie Voglewede, Sam Butler, O. L. Vance and Hervey Steele. The organizations have everything in hand and are or will be ready for the election. The Democrats have had an excellent or- ' ganization and have made one of the ■ best campaigns ever put up in the city, and now the election day workers ! have all been selected and they are ; ready for the big event, the casting of the ballots that determine the of- ; fleers for this city during the next 1 four years. In away the campaign has been full of interest, but the feeling is not running at high tide and there is little or no bitterness. o The new smoke house in the Bliss Hotel was opened Wednesday by Frank Fry. The room formerly occupied by the Marshall bar has been fitted in an up to date manner by Mr. Fry and presents one of the most complete smoke houses in the city. I The new feature for the hotel it is thought will greatly increase the business and keep a number of the traveling men in the city over night who before hurried through their work and out of the city before evening.—Bluff- , ton Banner. '

MAY NOT HAVE GRAND JURY Wells County May Get Along Without a Grand Jury. When asked if there would be a grand jury next term of court Prosecutor Secrest said that he did not know as yet, but that in all probabi! ities one would be called. He said that there were no special reasons why a jury should be called, but that probably some cleaning up would be done. The prosecutor said that although the law stated that an annual visit should be made to the county institutions he did not think that it would be necessary to call a grand jury for this, as he did not think that the institutions demanded a special jury for the purpose of making a visit. Mr. Secrest knew of no special law violations which would be investigated by the jury.—Bluffton Banner.

COURT HOUSE NEWS The Drago-Harding Slander Suit Will Go to the Jury this Evening A HARD FOUGHT CASE Cases Against Cardwell Box Co. Venued—Contract Cases Set for Trial The $3,000 slander suit in which Frank Drago seeks to recover that amount from his sweetheart's mother. Mrs. Beulah Harding, will <o to the jury at about six o’clock this evening from present appearances. The evidence was concluded at noon today and at 1:50 Dore B. Erwin began the opening argument for the plaintiff. He was followed by Homer Underwood for the defense, and the attorneys spoke in the following order: Mr. Sommers, Mr. Moran, Mr. Leonard and Judge Erwin will close for the

I plaintiff. It twill require about an ' I hour to read the court’s instructions. Each side was allowed an hour and a . half for arguments. Hiram Kraner et al vs. Saluda J Sailor et al partition, bond filed and ' approved. . The cases of F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee, vs. John Schaffer, suit on con- [ tract, before Judge J. F. LaFollette, has been assigned for trial on Thursday, December 2nd, answer filed. F. M. Schirmeyer, trustee vs. Decatur Abstract & Loan Co., answer filed; cause set for trial on Thursday, December 2nd. F. M. Schirmeyer trustee vs. John W. Tyndall and Henry Krick, dismissed and costs paid. The National Bank of Commerce vs. Cardwell Box Company et al, note $5,000, before Judge Sturgis, answers filed; change of venue granted; cause , sent to Wells county. Bank of Wren vs. Cardwell Box ' Co. et al, note $6,000, change of' j venue granted; cause sent to Wells county. Bessie Brown, who was divorced only the tenth of last month, does not evidently enjoy single blessedess, for ' i she was united in marriage this morn- • ■ ing by Squire James H. Smith. Her ; record is an unusual one, for she is ! now only eighteen years of age. She ; was granted a license to wed Wil’iam .H. Jackson, aged 25, of St. Marys ! township, and was married a few 1 minutes afterward.

—. . , A MATTER OF MUCH GOSSIP Washington, Oct. 29—The vacancy on the bench of the supreme court i of the United States caused by the ' death of Associate Justice Rufus W. I Peckham, of New York, is the subject j of most of the gossip in Washington j [just now. It is one of the most im-j

portant matters which will confrant President Taft upon his return to ; Washington. The latest prediction of, well informed prophets here is that| Horace H. Lurton, of Nashville, judge | of the United States circuit court in [ the Sixth circuit will be Justice Peckham’s successor.

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THE BIG SMOKER Court Room Packed Last Evening and It Was an Enthusiastic Crowd SPEAKERS IN FORM The Boys Enjoyed the Cigars Much and the Speeches More Last Night

It was a rip-roaring, old-fashioned, stazler ,a meeting that gladdened the hearts -of every candidate on the Democratic ticket and their hundreds of friends—that smoker at the court room last evening. The big room was packed from one end to the other, and the smoke was so thick you could cut it with a bread knife. Everyone was happy, unless It was a disgruntled Republican who had come there for the purpose of looking on, and if there were any of these present they went home sick and discouraged. The city band was out and plajed a number of pieces on the streets and in the court room. Judge Heller was scheduled to preside, but was detained at the last moment and W. H. Fldderjohann served as the chairman. The first speaker of the evening was the well known young attorney, Henry B. Heller, who made an effectual and earnest talk, pledging his support to the platform as adopted by the Democrats and his services as prosecutor to assist in the en- : forcement of the laws. He was fol- , lowed by Dore B. Erwin, who warmed jup on the subject and made a great speech. He compared the candidates, man for man, Conter with Teeple, etc. 1 and gave some good reasons why the [ voters of Decatur should not support Grandma Fordyce. And then Dave Smith sailed in and such a talk had not been heard in Decatur for several

| moons. Dave is one of those kind of : public men who says what he thinks and he said many things last evening. He told of his high regard of Herman Conter and of the fact that the old council has proven their ability and 1 are deserving of the support of the I voters of the city. Albert Sellemeyer, a young school teacher made his first ' appearance before a Decatur audij ence and he proved that he can make a political speech. He expressed his opinion on the campaign questions and instated that the thing for every Democrat in Decatur to do was to vote for the ticket, both from party , and business interests. Albert will ’no doubt be called into service next year when the campaign is on for he has proven that he can do the work. ’Judge Erwin was saved for the last and began his address by telling the | boys how glad he was to be heme, and he meant it. He said he was not here to dictate nor to advise even, 'but to simply tell how the various questions appeal to him. He also compared the candidates, much to the benefit of those on the Democratic ticket, interspersing his speech with a half dozen good stories that made ius all feel that it was the old “Dick' back again. He spoke for a half hour and with telling effect on his hearers. It was a great meeting, disclosing the interest that is being manifested in the campaign and the , fact that the Democrats of Decatur ' are determined not to be blinded by tne little side issues that are talked to make the voter lose track of the ' real issue. The crowd remained until 1 the last minute, and during the eveni ing cigars were free.

JOHN MAGLEY HAS FIRE LOSS The home of j'ohn Magley at Monmouth was the scene of a fire at six o’clock this morning. John had gone over to his store an hour before , 1 and passed out through the kitchen. At the time mentioned he started to the house to call Mrs. Magley and found the smoke so thick in the kttchen ihat he was unable to enter. Hustling around to the front door he

'broke in the glass and aroused his wife and children, who were In a 'room almost directly over the fire. A , few neighbors aided John and the ! blaze was soon outened. The fire had originated in a closet beneath the .stairway. The loss will not be very large.