Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1910 — Page 1

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EXPLOSION CAUSES FIRE Gasoline Explodes in the I Myer-Dailey Tailor Shop This Aftrnoon.

HENRY MEYER HURT j Seriously Burned —Loss is Several Hundred Dollars —Jack Monyhan Hero. As the result of a gasoline explo-| slon which occurred in the tailor shop! over the Myers-Dailey Clothing store! at 1 o'clock this afternoon, Henry! Meyer, who conducted the shop was] B seriously and painfully burned about! the face and arms. A fire which fol-| lowed caused a loss of several hun-l dred dollars. Mr. Meyers was using! a half gallon of gasoline to cleanse!

some clothes and had poured the tluidl into a small metal tub which he use* for the purpose. It is presumed the gas from the benzine escaped in-j to the room and reaching the fire un< der the pressing iron caused the > xl plosion Mr. Meyers, who was in th< * room, was knocked down, but wa* able to get up at once, and grabbin* a bucket of water threw it into th* tub. He could have done nothin* •worse for the water but added fuel] to the fire and instantly the roon*| ■was a mass of flames. The front win| dow was broken ont by the explosion and through this the flames shot o* ten feet. Jack Monyhan was on 'h| sidewalk and rushed up stairs, arri® ing just as Mr. Meyers threw the w* ter. He was burned quite badly on the left hand and his hair was ed. His clothes caught fire and weA almost burned off before he exti* puished the blaze. He and Mr. Meyers were hurried to the office of DR Costello, where their injuries we* dressed Mr. Meyers received se •* burns on the forehead and neck, while his arms were blistered and the 1* arm was so badly cooked that t* skin came off. He is suffering much pain but It is believed he will get (Continue don page 4.)

about the sick 1 Mrs. D. P. Reynolds May be Forced to Sumbit to an! Operation. A BAFFLING MALADY - Mrs. Ida Whitright Lying at Point of Death —Mrs* Mumma Meets Injury.!

ja i The Rev. E. R. Roop, of east|of j, the city, was in town today and Mbs r of an accident that occurred to a sled e load of people from Rivarre, wfio t were returning home Monday ing from the revival at Calvary - Evangelical church. The hones driven by J. W. Thatcher frightened and the occupants of the sled (were - thrown out and several injurel. * Mary Fisher received three broken ribs; the little daughter of Mrs. Thatcher received a bad bruise ’ one of her eyes, and Mrs. Kit flMkran's face was badly lacterated by being thrown on the jagged Ice. 1 Mrs. Ida Whitright is lying althe ( point of death with cancer. Itfei 1 for some time with a cancer, lit j thought she can live but a few weta| at the most. Her sistpr, Mrs. Ellison of Granite City, 11l . rived to assist in caring for herM Mrs. William Elzey, living tnlthe ■west part of the city, who hasten sick with the grip for several is able to sit up. Mrs. D. P. Reynolds, who bedfast for about three weeks an ailment that baffles the physi«a| | . *ls no better. She Is suffering fo® | ( sickness that resembles gall s * on ß <■ (Continue don page

HE J)EBN'T WANT THE WATCH. I John C. Coffee, who filed a suit agginit Charles Zeser for the replevin o f g watch, and who forgot to appear ! ln >suulre Smith’s court at the time o f the trial and let judgment be rendered against himself for the costs of the wit’ an< l then who filed another suit to r the replevin of the watch, has - disn il!Se d the second one and paid the costs in that. He has decided tjjat be doesn't want the watch under th. se terms and will let the matter go —

K. OF P. DEDICATION February 17 is Date Set for the Dedication of Fine New Lodge Home. PREPARATION MADE iFor Impressive Ceremonies f —Govenor Morshall Askj ed to Speak.

[ Thisday. February 17th, will be a maiorable day In the history of Ithral order of the Knights of Py-' ithias. and a great day for Decatur, »h.- icing tie date chosen for the Idediotion of the fine new home tbui'.ihg rec-xtly erected by the lodge. 1 ■The on arrangements, injcludig D. F, Erwin, C. R. Dunn,' I Jesse 0. Shlemeyer, J. C. Patterson lai-.I ay Munma, held an important; Imeetig in the new hall last evening, land »t the date for the dedication' land ppoinM the various commit-.' ■tees -ho will care for all the deI tails f the dedication ceremonies. I It wj thought that February 19th, ■ whickmark- the forty-sii'h anniver- 1 I sary { the founding of the Knights ' I of Pytias order, would l» a most ap- ( Hpr '> dat- for the dedication, but. Jas tin date falls on Saturday, it was ■thoup best to hold it ou a day that, Rwouliie mi -e convenient for all, es-,' Hjpecia? for visiting members , who I Mould.ot otherwise return home for, I Bundi The service a the, newj' | hoinr . the afternoon will be open -to i the pilic, and invitation has been I | extend to Governor M ohall, Con-‘ I IressMi Adair, Past Supreme Chan- ‘

cellor alvei’ of Richmond, the grand Miancdor and other supreme officers of tiltlodge to be preset and address ie company. Kniatg of Pythias jg ea from surroun ng towns have io been invited, ad at 2 o’cloeiprecrding the pul '• meeting in theiali, a grand, pai .'• will be held, iwhich all the men rs of the visitiniodg. < will participate. Music wibe provided by • ■ Decatur ori hest and vocal music by. others of theagt talent. In th< -vetting, at 5 oc 't supper will b' - rved at thehojby ti e Pythian - ers, who will ai tak an active part in the dedicat The evening - Jon will **“ a ktte one, for the Idge only, and atjia tin.e it i s expected that a ' ar ßtlass of candidate Will re--9 ceive t third degree. The ffimi-'.. on ar-aigements

mill I <* l • ■' Tuesda evell ; n g appointed the fol*owln<amittees to arrans for the ceremo lin (IPta ii an j to take this even t cos the greatest ii the hfstor > Pr °Bi Committee—W. Lower, A - H ' Weyer, D. E. Stnth, Fred Schafer Q guttles. ’ lnviti a Committee —C - Walters ’ E l«hbaucher, Dr. .1 3. BoyG rist< n, -I. W. Vail H. A. Erwin. Music Wmittee — Albe' Sellepr., d p a tterson. 0. W. Beery ’ I Fell, F. M. S. meyer, He n rbwt 4ot ecori t Committee — Os r .Hoff™an; % Elzey, S. B I'ordyce, H Wn, c. F. Tru< Emerson Bea-, | Pa "%mmittee—John ' MeyFredV JohnS ° n ’ FrenclQulnn ’ -J*." —A. ,1 Smith, & r . mai td all others wli have tees M^°!nted t 0 other REVIVA . T pleasant GIOVE. «h^ V K Va - the Pleasant Grove ° f Decatur, ’ill be ■l7th t 3ay evenin &- inuary ij Benne t pastor ’ the RevMart,n lllce i d ney, Ohio. T p «rv- | tt to be unusually <°od.

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday Evening, January 12, 1910.

ROOM AT BERNE Is Caused by the Death of Mrs. Andrew Gottschalk, Beloved by All. DIED LAST EVENING The Funeral Services Will be Held at Berne on Friday Afternoon, Mrs. Laura Sheets Gottschalk, wife of ex-County Treasurer Andrew Gottschalk, one of the best known and beloved women of the county, died at her home at Berne at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, after an illness of eight days. She was stricken with paralysis on Tuesday of last week, and Thursday noon became unconscious, never rallying during the days that followed. Loved ones were summoned and everything possible done to prolong the life of the lady but to no avail, and the death angel called her Tuesday evening. Three years ago January 29th. Mrs. Gottschalk suffered a similar attack atI tending services at the Evangelical church at Berne, but she recovered and seemed in fairly good health jWhen this Illness overtook her. Laura Gottschalg, nee Sheets, was bom in the state of Texas, January 22, 1853, being at the time of her i death aged fifty-six years, “leven months and twenty days. She was the I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip I Sheets., who shortly after her birth, 'moved to. Botkins, Ohio, where she i was re'ared and where she was marfried May 9, 1875, to Mr Gottschalk. One son preceded her in death, hav'ing died in infancy. She is survived | by the husband, four children: Thurman; Mrs. B. F. Welty, of Lima, Ohio; Mrs. E, K. Shailey, and True; also two sisters, Mrs. J. M Rose of Berne and Mrs. Frank Hennert of Botkins, Ohio, and one brother, Joseph Sheets, of Botkins, Ohio. The funeral service will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Evangelical church at Berne, this hour having been decided upon to allow the friends from Fort Wayne and Decatur to attend the services and return home on the afternoon train. Interment will be made at the M. R. E. cemetery west of this place.

j •TO BATTLE SOON ‘ Big Engagement is Immi- ’ nent in the Nicaraguan Land in Two Weeks. r ; TEN MUST GIVE LIFE ) a i Germany Agrees to Secre't tary Knox’ Plans Concerning Rairoad. (United Press Service.) * ' Bluefields, by wireh » rx Colon, Jan. 12. —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The complete overthri « of President Madriz and the government I forces within the next fortnight is confidently expected by the revolutionary forces and their -ympathizers here today on account f the activity of the soldiers under General Chamorro's orders, which are now advancing on Managua. A decisive battlers imminent (United Press Service.) Barcelonia, Spain, Jan. 12. —(Special to Daily Demochat >-I’he resi ’ dents of Horta, a small ' wn near I here were today sentenced to death J for participating in the recent revolutionary plot, after being tried by court martial. , (United Press Service-) 1 Berlin* Germany, Jan. !-’•—(Spec- • ial to Daily Democrat)—The chances of success of Secretary Knox plan for a neutralization of the Manchurian railroads received a decisive boost today by the agreement of the German government in the plan. A . favorable reply setting that i there was nothing in the Proposal ■ inconsistent with the open door poli icy, equal opportunity being afforded to all nations was dispatched to 1 Washington today.

POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. I I On account of many wanting to attend the lust l ute to be held at Hoagland next Saturday the meeting of the members of the Poultry and Corn association of Adams county, which was set for next Saturday, has been postponed until next Tuesday merning at 10 o’clock, at which time it will be held In the public library. The anInual elecUon of officers will take I place at that time. 1 THE WALL GAVE WAY Monroe, Hay, Grain & Milling Company Sustains a Loss. THIS AFTEROON The West Side of the Elevator Building Gave Away. Monroe, Ind, Jan. 12.—(Special to Daily Democrat)—At 2 o'clock this afternoon the west side of the elevator building belonging to the Monroe, Hay Grain & Milling company gave away and now it is but a mass of i debris, covering the Grand Rapids sid-1 Ing for som- distance. A lack of cars compelled the company to fill this part of the -levator with corn and the weight was oo much for the building, ■ and it gav way. Several 'cars of corn is mixed with the cement block and mortar and is a sight not pleasing Jo the eye, and means considerable loss to the company who will have to stand the loss. Fortunately no one was in that part of the building and no one was hurt. The loss will be considerable, but the exact amount at

this time is not known. — — : MAY BE A WARM FIGHT. County Local Option Election to be Held in W«lls County. The county local option election will now occupy the attention of the voters of Wells county for the next six weeks or two months, and from reports in circulation there will be a warm fight put up in this election, as warm or warmer than a political campaign As the readers know the anti-saloon fore-s met last Friday and organized with C. S. Briimeman as chairman and appointed other officers and committees and started the ball to rolling with a good sized money subscription, and the information at hand is that the “wet” forces will also systematically organize for the campaign It Is said that a county chairman will be selected and a working organization established in each township, the same as the “drys.”— Bluffton News. — - ' KNIGHTS FIRST “AT HOME.'' J. C. Tritch. keeper of records and seals for he Knights of Pythias, has issued sp- cial invitations for their first meeting in the new “Home,” Thursday evening. January 13th. Ten Pages will be eligible to receive the rank of esquire at that time, and business of the greatest importance will be trans a ted at that time. A special Plea that all members of the lodge be present is made. MOTHER IS MUCH BETTER. Word from Dr. J. S. Boyers, who was call, d to Morgantown, Va„ recently by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Boyers, Is that she is much better. His niece Is expected to arrive this week from the west, and up»n her arrival Dr. Boyers will return home.

THE COURT NEWS Judge Heller Returns From Attending Session of Supreme Court. • ______ * NEW CASE IS FILED On Change of Venue From Fort Wayne—Real Estate Transfers Today. A new case was filed here on change of venue from the Allen circuit court. The title of same is Henry Eichels vs. Phoenix Preferred Accident Insurance company of Detroit, Mich. Only the transcript arrived, the complaint not accompanying It, and therefore the nature of same could not, be ascertained. Real estate transfers: James Wilken et al. to Daniel Weldy, tract in Kirkland tp„ $1,000; Florian Siegel to Phebe Siegel, 80 acres, Jefferson tp„ $9,000; W. H. Graham to C. E. Bahner, pt lot 27, Monroe, S3OO. Judge D. D. Heller arrived home Tuesday night from Indianapolis, where, with J. C. Moran of this city and Frank Dailey and W. H.- Eichhorn of Bluffton, he had gone to argue orally before the supreme court in the famous Stahley road case. The orguments were to be made Tuesday | but just at the hour, the court ruled that they did not have jurisdiction in the matter and it was transferred to the appellate court, where the arguments will likely be made at a later date. Mr. Moran and some of the other attorneys remained over to hear I the arguments in the gravel road | case, which is set for today on a mo- ' tlon for a re-hearing. — o FUNERAL THURSDAY. The funeral of Hel.en, daughter of • Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith, whose death occurred Tuesday morning at ’ the home of her grandmother, Mrs. I Catharine Rugg, in this city, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock ! from the Methodist church by the Rev. Powell. Burial in Maplewood cemetery.

FORTHENEXT TERM I Officers of Rebekah Lodge Were Installed Tuesday Evening at Hall. - • A PICNIC SUPPER Will be Given Next Tuesday Evening as Fare Well for Mr. and Mrs. Suttles. With Lydia Shamp serving as installing officer and Mary E. Artman as grand marshal, the following officials of the Rebekah lodge for the new term . took their oaths of office Tuesday evening: * Noble Grand—Mrs. L. L. Baumgardner. Vice Grand—Sadie Kalver. Recording Secretary—Della Harruc. • Financial Secretary —Nellie Winnes. Treasurer —Sadie Miller. Chaplain—Lydia Shamp. Right Supporter to Noble Grand — Nora Butler. Left Supporter to Noble Grand — • Minta Cress. Right Supporter to Vice Grand — Mrs. Mary Artman. Left Supporter to Vice Grand —Mrs. John Bolinger. Outside Guardian —Ola Baker. Inside Guardian —Flossie Bolinger. Past Grand —Mrs. Ell Crist. After attending to other business > matters of importance a general social ■ time was enjoyed. The Rebakahs also i arranged for a picnic supper to be t given at the hall next Tuesday even- - ing as a farewell for Mr. and Mrs. s Charles Suttles, two of the members - who leave soon for their new home at Celina, Ohio.

OF INTEREST TO TRUSTEES. For the benefit of the township trustees who have filed their annual reports with the auditor and expect the printer to get them there for publication, we desire to say that the members of the accounting board who are here, will not permit the reports to leave the office of the auditor. So the trustees who desire their reports printed within the thirty days specified by law will be compelled to make another report and furnish it to the printer for that purpose. ANOTHER SPEECH Representative Adair is Opposed to White Slave Traffic. INSERT A PROBE He Also Wants the High Cost of Living Investigated. Washington, D. C., Jan. 12 —Representative Adair of Indiana attacked the “white slave” traffic in a speech in . the house. Adair is a member of the ■ committee on immigration and naturalization, which has had this topic under investigation. Opposition developed to that portion of the measure reported by the immigration committee which makes it a felony for ' any person to assist another to go from one state to another for immoral purposes. It was : contended by Representative Bartlett of Georgia, Goebel of Ohio and Rich--1 ardson of Alabama that such action ’ would be an encroachment upon states’ rights, as under the constitution each state has the sole power to regulate its own morals. Represeueative Bennett of New York, Austin of Texas, Burnett of Alabama, in ads dftion to Adair, spoke in favor of the s bill, which is aimed at the exclusion I of immoral aliens and the exclusion • and punishment of their procurers. 5 Mr. Mann’s bill simply enlarges upon c the interstate commerce feature of 3 the pending measure so as to prevent I “white slave” traffic between the states. The immigration committee - . . I XV — nil

seeks to exclude from the country all undesirables, especially immoral women and men who deal in their traffic. Washington, Jan. 12.—Representative Adair of Indiana is one of the solons who want to insert a probe into the high cost of living. Mr. Adair introduced a resolution upon the subject and indorsed on the back of it the committee to which he wanted it referred —the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. He thought if he could get it before that committee he might go down in history as the author of a real investigation. Speaker Cannon's eagle eye caught the indorsement Adair had written on the bill. The speaker reached for his pen and gently scratched out Mr. Adair s sentence and substituted for it the folfowing: “Referred to the committee on rules.” Consequently Adair's resolution is sleeping soundly with a lot of other democratic junk in the committee on rules, of which Cannon Is chairman. The indications are for a long sleep. CRISIS IS PASSED. Leon Radamacker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Radamacker, who has been seriously sick several days with pneumonia, today passed the crisis safely. He is very much better and it is thought will recover. Tuesday his condition was very serious and his death was expected at any time. Miss . Norah Koehler, a trained nurse«of Fort Wayne, is in attendance. o UNION GOT THE MONEY. Union township seems to be doing i the~ business in high prices for hogs I just now. William Hoile took down > $381.15 and Fred Koldeway $240.48, i they having disposed of their crop of ■ hogs to William Butler today. The . market price is holding up and those i who are fortunate enough to be mar- > keting hogs just now are getting the candy, and lots of it

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CASE ENDS SUDDENLY Ten Thousand Dollar Case Against the City Withdrawn by the Court. SUSTAINS DEMURRER Question Came Up When Instructions to the Jury Were Being Argued. The ten thousand dollar damage case against the city of Decatur, brought by James Touhey, the well known blind man, ended rather suddenly shortly after noon today, with judgment for the defendant. The case began Monday morning and bad. been hard fought. The evidence wag concluded this morning and the arguments began. Attorney Smith for the , plaintiff spoke one hour and at noon the lawyers were arguing the in- . structions as prepared by each side. In completing the issues to the case the defense had filed a demurrer in which they claimed that the com- ' plaint was bad because the plaintiff had failed to file a claim against the . .city within sixty days after he was . 'hurt. At that time the court over-— ruled the demurrer, but the question . cams up again today when the law- . yers were insisting on an instruction ■ to the jury to this effect. In the meantime several similar cases from , other states were found and when these were presented to the court he . decided that the complaint was not , in accordance with the statute and , he so held. He accordingly withdrew the case from the jury and sus- , talned the demurrer, rendering judg- . ment against the plaintiff for costs, i Attorneys for the plaintiff at once ask- . ed tor an appeal to the supreme > court, which was granted, and the , question ■will he tested, it being claimi ed by Mr. Touhey’s lawyers that he was incapaciated from making such a j claim against the city within sixty f days. The plaintiff filed a petition t to prosecute as a poor person, which ? was granted and Attorneys Beatty » and Smith named as his counsel. , o

1 ■ vr THE SECRET IS OUT Miss Mary Schilling and Hubert Zerkel Married at Van Wert, Ohio. WED LAST MONTH Bride Prominent Teacher of This Township—Groom Also Well Known. The wedding of two very prominent young people of the county, Miss Mary Schilling and Hubert Zerkel, which took place the latter part of last month, at Van Wert, Ohio, has just become known to the more intimate friends of the young couple, in spite of their efforts to keep their marriage a secret for a while. The young couple are representatives of two of the best known families of the county, the bride being a school teacher of this township, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schilling, of near Pleasant Mills, and the groom a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Zerkel, of east of the city. During her holiday vacation from school, the bride is said to have visited with her grandmother at Willshire, Ohio. On December 28 the groom met her there and they went to Van Wert, Ohio, where they secured the license and jvere married by the Baptist minister at that place. They then returned to their homes the bride continuing her duties as teacher. Both are very estimable young people and worthy of the best and highest in life. The groom is a nephew of Mesdames H. S. Steele, George Everett and O. P. Mills of this city, and both he and his wife are known to many residents of Decatur. That their new life may be one of great happiness is the wish of ail.