Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 7, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1909 — Page 1

Volume VII. Number 300.

HE MET HIS DEATH Tilden Miller Met Death in Accident at the Bimel Factory. leg was severed Died Before Physician Could be Summoned to Stop Flow of Blood. Portland, Ind., December 20.--{Special to Dally Democrat) — A I frightful accident happened at Biniel factory in this city at 11 o'clock today, which caused the death of Tilden Miller, a son of Henry Miller, living three and a half miles east of Geneva. A circular saw bursted, part of it striking Tilden Miller on the leg, severing the member, and death came before a physician arrived and the flow of blood could be stopped. The deceased has Uved in Portland for several years and leaves a wife and four small children. The accident has cast a gloom over the city, and especially among the employees of this factory, ■ where Mr. Miller was a genuine fa ] vorite. He was thirty years old. Geneva, Ind., Dee. 20.—(Special to Daily Democrat)— There is genuine sorrow in Geneva today on account of the almost tragic death of Tilden Miller, who has lived the most of his life near here and is known to almost , everyone. His father and family, living east of this place, are heartbroken, messages of the accident and death reaching here just before noon. ■ , . iQ ’ - ■ -- ARE REAL SAVAGES I • I Four Wild Children Found Within a Few Miles of I1 Newark, New Jersey. TAKEN TO A HOME - Three Children Burned to Death in Chicago—Parents Helpless to Aid. (United Press Service.) Newark, New Jersey, Dec. 20. (Special to Daily Democrat)—Four savage children, ranging in age from three to eleven years, who have never been washed, have worn nothing but a few rags, when they were found, who had never seen a stairway, or any of the things that go with civilisation, were found by Superintendant Kimball of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, in a . rude hut in the Orange mountains a ■ few miles from this city. They were won over by visions of old Santa Claus and were taken to the home for Unfortunate Children. Tltev " ,ri wild over the Interior of the home, which seemed like a fairy lane, an when ordered to go upstairs, >e> crawled on their hands and km•> • Their father is a wood chopper an their mother is dead. (United Press Service.) Chicago. 111., Dec. 20.-(Special to Daily Democrat) — Three c " were burned to death here t is Ing while their parents, Mi. ‘ John Caronia, were Schering shed less than a hundre ‘ and who discovered the Are tdb late to save the children, whose ages two, four and eight years. (Unlted ecia] St. Petersburg, Dee. 2 ■ Dally Democrat)-By We wooden bridge across t B > .er at Jdoys.vr, seven 1 ’ ]ugf j drowned, accordnig to i. received here.

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ITS A REAL COLD OLD WORLD. Rollo Mock, a Young Bluffton Criminal Thinka «o Anyway. That the world was a cold one was demonstrated to Rollo Mock Friday afternoon. After the charge of arson against him had been changed and he had been given a fine and costs on the charge of intoxication he went out to find some one to stay his docket. The sheriff knowing that he would return to jail if he found no one permitted him to go alone. It was not long until he returned and stated that he guessed he would lay out his time. Mock said that he had approached one or two friends and asked them to stay the docket for him, but that they all appeared to think that he was liabut to run away and consequently he had concluded that he would lay out sentence and ask no help from anyone. Bert Earl has no one to assist him and he will have to lay out his fine. He says he hopes to be out of jail by Christmas, although there Is some doubt whether he will conclude his sentence by that time. —Bluffton Banner. NECK WAS BROKEN Mrs. Moore, formerly Mrs. Oberwagner of This City Met Sudden Death. FELL FROM ROOF. She Was Reaching for Some Clothes When She Slipped and Fell 20 Feet. Friends have received word of the sudden and accidental death of Mrs. Augusta Moore at her home at Toledo. 'Mrs. Moore formerly lived here, her former husband, now deceased, Gus Oberwagner, having served for some time as cashier of the National Bank of this city. She was well known here and was loved by those who met her. Speaking of the accident which caused her death the Toledo Blade of Tuesday morning said: While reaching for some clothes on a line attached to a porch in the rear of her residence on the second floor of the three-story flat building at 1618 Washington street, about 7:30 this morning, Mrs. Augusta Moore, 59, lost her balance and, falling headlong over the railing to the ground, a distance of twenty feet, sustained injuries which caused her death in twenty minutes. The woman struck on her head on a heavy wood covering of a I cistern. Her skull was fractured over the right eye and her neck was bronMoore was leaning against the porch railing reaching for some garments that were a few feet out on the line, when her feet slipped on the snow-covered floor of the porch, causing her to loose her balance and plunge headlong over the railing. No person saw or heard her fall and her relatives, who were in the front of the house, did not know of the accident until ten minutes later, h Mrs E Truax, a daughter, saw J*; mother Wing in the back yard Lith oozing from a cut In her forehead. With the assistance of . . bors Mrs. Truax carried the injured woman upstairs to her bedroom and then summoned Dr. • Moore is survived by another daughter. Mrs. Fred Schuler of New wk OW "XZ« «*• 3 here trom Delphos. Ohio. The “”“nlheUkent.o.lPlio.«”“lai. > —' T HE ROADJUPREVISORS. But Four Townships Have Reported BU Th elr Elections. from the road supervisor “oming in But elections are reD orted. In ehoeeu W ' k na f7three"and John Buckmaster Burke in thro. r p Limen . in f ° Ur ' Albert Arnold in two, stall In one, - In French, J. Fran \ L t m one, David Zimmerman C r? a n Washington, William Repin n one Jacob Omler in two, 2 William Durbin in three. I

Decatur, Indiana. Monday Evening, December 20, 1909.

HAVE TO FIGHT Senator Hale of Maine Feels the Political Ground Slipping. AND HE IS A PIONEER Indiana Among the First in the Rural Mail Delivrey. Washington, Dec. 20. —The state of Maine, tired of reaction, is Turning on Senator Hale and is threatening to retire him precipitately from public life. The senior senator from the Pine Tree State, who is one of the landmarks of the senate and who is sometimes called the "Rock of Gibraltar,'- because of his steadfastness of devotion to reactionary policies and the special interests, is thoroughly frightened by the demonstrations of opposition at home, and he has hurried back to Maine to look after his fences, with the chances that the burden of leading the fight to maintain reactionary control of the senate will. be left to Senator Aldrich during the greater part of the winter. Heretofore Aldrich and Hale have been team workers in beating down all attempts to apply progress to legislation. New England is no longer the reactionarybackbone of the nation. On the contrary there are large sections of Mas-' sachusetts, Connecticutt and Maine that are aflame with progressive senti- j ment. The anti-Cannon feel through-, out New England is surprising in its extent and the speaker of the house is as unpopular in Massachusetts as he is in Indiana or in any of the middle western states. Washington, Dec. 20.—Better rural mail delivery than any other'state in the union is a new distinction for Indiana. The fact is revealed by figures compiled in the postoffice department. In addition, the state is the pioneer in the rural mail delivery movement, which gives it another niche of honor in the annals of rural free delivery. to namTa ticket Democrats of Wells County i Will Hold Their Primary in January Bth. MANY CANDIDATES Representative Merriman Has Fight On—Committee Met Saturday. L I The democrats of Well county will i hold their primary election on Satur- ’ day, January Bth. This was decided ’ when the county central committee r I met Saturday. Each candidate will • pay t»n dc’.ai'i- ‘o get his name on the J ticket. Already a number of candi- ' dates are in the field, among them 1 being the following: For representative, Robert Kilander, J. B. Merriman: ftfr auditor, W. M. Bell, H. S. Robinson, Clem T. Kain; for treasurer, William J. Dustman: ' for clerk, Robert Saurer, Adalgo Wan--1 del, Alex Lydy, M. J. Sawyer; for ’ sheriff, Freem Carlisle; for recorder, 5 Dan T. Brinneman, John Kreigh, Jasper Middaugh; for assessor, John H. Crum, William B. Little, Harry S. Gaunt, C. Stogdill; for coroner, Herman Thoma; for surveyor,' T. C. Guldin, Charles Decker; commissioner, 1 second district, Eph Lutz; commissioner, third district, Perry Gilbert. a r THREE GIVEN FOREIGN JOBS. 1 (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C., Dec. 20. (Spec--1 ial to Daily Democrat) —President r Taft today sent to the senate nomi- .- nations tor the following foreign posi- . tions: To be Ambassador to France, . Robert Bacon of New York; to be Amt bassador to Austria, Hungary, Rich--ard Keren of Missouri; to be Ambassai, dor to Mexico, Harry Lane Wilson of i Washington.

I RHODIUS DIED THIS MORNING. | Indianapolis Man, Whose Fortune Caused Controversy, is Dead. (United Press Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 20. —(Special to Dally Democrat) —George Rhodius, aiound whose million dollar estate a 1-gal battle has waged for three years past, and whose marriage after a sense tional elopement with the notorious , Alma Dare caused much talk, died today at a private sanitarium near here, his,death following a stioke of paralysis. It Is understood that a will, ( I exists, which document it Is claimed I was made by Rhodius before he became insane, but this may be disputed by the filing of further suits in court. Young Rhodius went the clip a few years ago, and has been much talked about. He owned a part of the circle block. I s ILL A LONG TIME : 1 1 Judge Allen Zollars of Fort: 1 Wayne Died Sunday i Night. * — f 1 IS GREAT SORROW i ( ■ 1 He Occupied a Prominent' 1 Place in the Affection of ( the People. t i ' : i Fort Wayne, Dec. 20. —Judge Alien , i ' Zollars died shortly after midnight at 1 . his home, 736 West Berry street, after 1 1 I an illness from gall stones since last ' I February, and which several opera- i ’ , tion failed to relieve. Ever since his I ’ return from the hospital a month ago, I' after a third operation, which failed | ’ to mitigate his sufferings. Judge Zol-i' lars had been gradally declining, and his physicians and family had little, 1 if any, hope of his recovery. Sunday ' evening his condition took a sudden ! change for the worse and during the ' evening hours the members of his family, grouped about his bedside, ' tearfully awaited the end. Death 1 came peacefully, the aged juri. * ap- ' parently experiencing no pain, and his 1 passing into enternity was like passing into a deep sleep. Judge Zollars was seventy years of age last September and until the past year he had enjoyed good health. In February last he first symptoms of serious illness developed, and he had I been an invalid, wholly’ or partially, ever since. In April an operation was resorted to, which seemed to have a beneficial effect for a while, but complications developed and in May there was another operation. Late in the summer his condition again grew grave and the physicians found a third operation necessary. Since that time there has been alternate periods of recovery and relapses, but about a month ago he became so much stronger that he was able to return home. While he failed to regain strength It was hoped that he would improve until a few days ago, when a rapid loss of vitality betokened approaching dissolution. The news of the death of Judge Zollors will be re- ■ celved with deep sorrow. Few men were more widely known personally and no man occupied a more exalted position In the respect and affections of people of all classes. He was respected for his learning and loved for his honesty, his sympathetic nature and his kindly, generous qualities of heart. Judge Zollars was a member of the Baptist church and stood high in Masonry. His life was that of the true Christian gentleman, solicitous of others, jealous of his honor and supremely generous to those in need. Surviving Judge Zollars are the wife and three children—-Fred L. Zollars, who is also his law partner; Charles E. Zollars, who is practicing law in Chicago, and Mrs. Clara Bond, wife of Herbert Bond, of this city. There are three grandchildren. o — AT DECATUR M. E. PARSONAGE. A quiet, though happy, wedding took place Saturday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage, when the Rev. Powell pronounced the words that made Roy Hendricks and Miss Minnie Col- ' Uns husband and wife The grO3>n " !s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hen ■ dricKS and the oride is a daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Collins, both ■ families being well known residents ■ of Monroe township, where their ■ friends are many. The young couple t will make their home In Monroe township. '

DEATH INTHE WEST I Lee Porter, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Porter, is ’ > Dead at Seattle. , ■ ( HE FELL FROM A ROOF —1 Os High Building Saturday ' —Passed Away Saturday Night—Bad News. —.— i The H. S. Porter family received a , sad message this morning from Seattle, Washington, stating that their : son, Lee Porter, died Saturday night from injuries received during the day by falling from the roof of a high building on which he had been working. No further details were given in the message, and will not be known until his friends at Spokane can be communicated with again. The young man was known to nearly every person in Decatur, having been bom in this city where he spent the greater part of his score of years of life. Two or three years ago he went west and has been located at Seattle, where he was engaged in the rootling business. The message received about 8 o’clock this morning was the first intimation of his Injury, and came as a terrible shock to the family and friends. Mr. Porter, the father, is now on a hunting trip in Arkansas, and the news was withheld for a long time from the mother, who is not in the best of health at present, and it was feared the shock might prove very serious to her health. The old est son, Allen, of Lebanon, was sent for and it Is expected that he will arrive at home to take charge of affairs. The other members of the family, Clarence and wife, and Mrs. Harriet Shanks, from Montana, and Edith and Wilbur, are all at home, having come to spend the holiday season, which promised to be an unusually happy one, because of the reunion of many long absent, but which has now turned to sorrow by the death of this, one of the youngest members. The (Continue don page 4.) CHANGON VOTE Official Sheet Was Wrong on the Commissioner’s Vote in This Township. CORRECTED TODAY Reduces Mr. Eicher’s Majority Over Huser to ThirtyTwo—A Stir. Quite a stir was made this morning when it was announced that quite a mistake had been made in reporting the official vote for commissioner for third district in the Washington township vote. Michael Miller, who was the Inspector, discovered the mistake by hearing some one discuss the fact that Mr. Ketchum had carried the township. He knew this was not true, and at once began an investigation, finding that the tally sheet had been read wrong and consequently the vote reported on the official table was badly jumbled. He at once reported the matter to Chairman Gallogly and the matter was corrected this morning. The correction does not change the results any, but reduces Mr. Eicher’s majority over Jacob Huser to thirtytwo instead of sixty-two. As reported the vote was, Eicher, 71; Huser, 91; Ketchum, 92, and Kranor, 34. It will be readily seen that this vote is too high, and the correct figures are as

follows: Eicher, 41; Huser, 92; Ketchum, 34, and Kranor, 22, reducing Mr. Eicher’s majority over Huser an even thirty. The correction was made., on the official sheet at the ■ clerk’s office and everything is lovely again, the real results not being changed. • ~ - -o-— i Washington, D. C., Dec. 20. —(Spec.-, i ial to DaMy Democrat.)-—The final apr peal of John R. Walsh the Chicago 3 milllonarie, acused of wrecking three - banks, was formally presented to the supreme court of the United States.

WILL GET AFTER ZELAYA. Representative Adair to Introduce a Resolution in Congress. Washington, Dec. 20. —Declaring that the government of the United States should not see Its own citizens murdered and their property destroyed without taking action. Representative J. A. M. Adair announced today ( that he will introduce In the house to- ' morrow a joint resolution authorizing the president to restore order, main- ■ tain peace and protect life and property In Nicaragua. The resolution will declare that it is the duty of the ■United States to demand the arrest, trial and punishment of Zalaya, by a t Impartial tribunal In Nicaragua for the willful murder of citizens of the United States, an apology from Nicaragua, and such damages and repara- 1 tion as may be just. It also provides ' that there shall be established in Nicaragua a responsible government, re- : publican in form, and empowers the 1 president to use such means and take such steps as may be necessary to carry the resolution Into effect. PARALYTIC STROKE Charles Magley, Root Township, Suffers a Sudden Stroke. HE WAS HELPLESS And Speechless for a While But is Now Much Better —Will Recover. Charles Magley, trustee of Root township, and one of the best known young farmers of that vicinity, suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday morning, and though his condition was quite serious for a time, he is much better today and it is thought that he will soon recover, with rest and quiet. Sunday morning he was somewhat drowsy and slept until 9 o’clock, when he arose and went out to attend to the usual morning chores of the farm. He returned to the house in about a half hour, and sitting down, complained of not feeling well At that time no one was in but his moth-er-in-law, Mrs. Jonas Cline, wso hastened to assist him. He got up presently and started to walk towards the couch, when he fell, striking a stand with so much force that a fish in a glass bowl was thrown against a shell and killed. He was not hurt fcy the fall itself, but was rendered helpless and spechless by the stroke of paralysis, and the cries of Mrs. Cline soon brought the other members of the family to the scene, and medical assistance was summoned. He passed a very restful night, and is now able to help himself and to talk, though he will need be quiet for some time. During the past week there was an unusually large pressure of business mat- . ters, relating to the office and to other things with 'which he is connected, ' all of which told upon his nervous ’ system and it is thought that this su- ’ perinduced the attack of paralysis. ——o 1 WORKING FOR BUILDING. J ■ — L If you think a club house, for all ! women's societies, with permanent • rest room for our country women who • will be induced to trade here, is a de--1 sirable enterprise, give your influence ’ to it, and join the league or subscribe

’ and renew all your magazines and ’ journals through its members or sec--5 rotary,” say the members of the • American Woman's League, who are j ' now working for the establishment 3 of such a building in this city. The ' money for the purchase of a lot Is 1 now being raised through their efforts, ' after which the building will be built 1 by the league. o —

London, England, Dec. 20. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —It is feared that a large loss“of life has occurred in the burning of a large store at Gladtham. Three hundred people were Jn the store when the fire broke out. Five dead bodies have bcm removed and fifty injured have already been conveyed to the hospitals. Washington. D. C.. Dee. 20.-(Spec-ial to naily Democret)-The name of Daxton Hidden of Indiana, to be secretary of the legation at Netherlands and Luxumbourg. was presented to the senate today by President Taft. t

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SCORECARDSYSTEM • Will bp Used for Judging at the Adams County Poultry Show. SOME OTHER NOTES How the Score Card Aids the Dealer and Raiser in Business. The judging at the poultry show will be by score card this winter. It is a fact, in my opinion, that the score card system of judging fowls at the local shows Is far superior to the comparison system simply because the amateur exhibits more frequently at the local shows than at others, and by what I have observed the comparison system is of but little benefit to the amateur. It is different with the national shows, as the majority of exhibitors are experienced poultry men, and are as well informed regarding the defects of their varieties as the judges. Hence, ft is really use'ess to use the score card system at the large shows. I am under the impression that a local show will have better patronage when a score card is used and will cause more real interest by this method, as any number of amateur breeders would not patronize the shpw should the comparison system be used. The majority of amateurs come to the show to have their birds scored, with a chance of awards as a secondary matter. -x. Local shows will have much more prestige with the amateur breeder if they hold a score card show. It Is quite the reverse with the larger shows, as the exhibitors are already familiar with the defects that exist with their fowls and are more anxious to get up the ribbons in order to claim all the honor due them, and be • in position to take care of all the business that is offered them. Many birds change hands at the shows at good prices, consequently the awards up at the earliest possible moment is of more importance to the (Oontl»ueO on page 4.1 —— oA LEG AMPUTATED ■ Herman Bosse of This City Undergoes Serious Operation at Ft. Wayne. —— OCCURRED TODAY > 1 Hoped That Loss of the Left Leg Will Save Young Man’s Life. , Herman, the eldest son of Mr. and I Mrs. Frank Bosse, underwent an op- - qration this morning for the amputation of his left limb just above the knee. The operation took place at St. Joseph's hospital. Fort Wayne, and was performed by Dr. McOscar

and Dr. Aidle of that place, assisted by Dr. Costello of this city. It took place at 9 and required about an hour to complete the work. Herman awoke from the anaesthetic all right and appeared very bright, but was suffering much pain. He has been at the hospital for about ten weeks and while there has had three lor four operations performed, but never to do any good, and the onlything left to maintain life was to amputate the limb. It is thought that he will recover, although thirty-six hours are required to foretell the out- ’ come. His father and mother were present at the operation and did ail ' they could to console him. Mr. Wil111 am Bosse was also there. 1 o — t Grand Gane, La., Dec. 20.-(Special > to p a iiy Democrat) —A stolen hog caused a race riot here today and I three men are dead, six are wounded, /while the district is divided into a pitched battle between the whites and blacks. Negroes are fleeing to escape punishment. John Allen, a farmer, accused a negro named Rowers of stealing one of his hogs. In the battle Bowers was killed, as was also Alien, and a man was rushed to his as -distance.