Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 191.

FOUR DEAD THIRTY HURT When Double-header Pennsylvania Flyer Crashes Into Freight Train. AT FORT, WAYNE L as t Evening—Worst Wreck Eighteen-hour Train Has Ever Experienced. Z Fr>rt Wayne. Ind., Aug. 14—(Special to Daily Democrat) —More than two-1 More of personi wuo were injured in the wreck of t!*e Pennsylvania eight-een-hour Chicago to New York train *re being held In the hospitals here, md the deaths as the result of the disaster may not exceed four. The bodies of Baggageman Snyder and Engl neer Arick have ben recovered. Ira Burger, engineer and George Wilson, flremaa. of the fyer, are missing and ire now believed to be buried under the debris The eastboung Pennsylvania eight-] een-hour flyer, w as wrecked at the en trance of the w e st yards, near Swinney park, at Fbrt Wayne at about 7 : o'clock Sunday evening, when the train, running at more than a mile a minute, and drawn by two monster engines, into , a westbound freight train, ahlch was standing on the side traejf. The wreck was one of the worst m the history of the road and cast a gloom over the Summit City. The news spread over the city ; like wildfire, and it was soon circulated over this »ection of the state. Growing. as suclg stories always do, the news when if reached here, was widely at variance. It being reported that forty or fifty were dead and many injured Latter it was said that the wrecked trim was the Rome City special am| excitement was intense for an hour or two, until real news began arriving a number from here who happened to be in Fort Wayne were at the scene of the wreck shortly after occurred and describe the scenes as/ horrifying, as such events always site. The train was a solid vestibule ,and there were no passen- ( gers abroad from Decatur or vicinity,' they bein ; mostly eastern people en ■ route bus e from Chicago. The three big engin were piled thirty or forty feet high/ a pile of Junk, from which it was t lr d to imagine the original shape. C f the seven cars of the flyer all but oi e left the track and all . were badly det lolished. It is still not known Positive!; how many were killed, but, It is be! eve< i that but tyo bodies, those of Engineer Ira Berger of Fort j tt ayne ; u j Fireman George Wilson,' are bene ith the wreckage. If tlrfs is l -ue the j 8 t o f dead will probably not ■ wceed R lU g, though several of the injured wil die. The list of seriously injured is twenty and as many more ’ere painfully hurt. The Byer, a complete Pullman train, w L runring at an unusuallv h'gh rati O s speed, being more than an hour llate. The first engine of the passenjL r train negotiated the switch 8U « esj Lily. b U t the second engine trails when the drivers hit the switch points. The derailed engine 1 ’hiried'the first engine squarely around land overturned it, while the, speeding train crashed directly into I* 1 * freight, which was standing on the main track. The engine and two cars ' of s he freight were twisted and sm aab>-ii out of all resemblance of rallr°ad rquipment, while the engines, combination baggage and mail car, dining car an( j fl rß t passenger coach left the, rails. the impact, the three engines * e nt high into the air, coming down in a tangled heap of wrecked iron and tvisted steel. The boilers burst at tlle tin-ie of the collision and great! 'loudS'Of nissing steam, scalding wa-' (er anj| burning cingers filled the air. The' train was made up of seven cMctteg and were of all steel construetioa Srith the exception of one. The 'roach carried baggage and the aext Was the combination smoker and I while immediately behind the was the diner. Most of the sodoui.'y injured Were seated in the diner a, td combination smoker and buf'et - None of the cars turned compl*»iy over, which, perhaps, helped

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materially n> kep down the list of fa-1 taiitiee. The baggage car was hot damaged to any extent, but the smoker was turned almost completely around and I was telescoped for half Its length by > the diner. Os the thirty or more who were injured in the wreck, over tweni ty were seated in the smoker, and as I nearly all the women passengers were seated in the parloi* car and observation platform, they escaped with nothing more serious than a severe shaking up. The first three coaches left the rails and went into the ditch, while the forward trucks of the fourth coach were off the rails and the coach rested for half its length in the ditch. The Killed. William E. Arick, freight engineer, J 1320 Winter street. Valentine Snyder, Crestline, Ohio., baggageman. Unaccounted For. Fred R. Burger, engineer of second | engine, believed to be buried under CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. OUTFIT STOLEN Horse and Buggy Belonging to George Wolfe Mysteriously Missing. DO QUICK WORK Trace Stolen Property and Arrest Sam Railing on Charge of Theft. Saturday nignt at his rooms, Samuel Railing was arrested by Sheriff Durkin and Policeman Melchi on a I charge ot stealing a horse and rig be- j . longing to George Wolfe, a farmer, I residing on the Eli Engle farm, four miles southwest of this city. I All the day Railing had been drink ing and by nightfall was in a very muddled shape, and in some manner believed himself employed by a traveling man to drive him to Willshire.' While in this frame of mind he visited the stables and was refused a rig and then returning he stood at the rear of the True & Runyon store. At this time Wolfe drove through the alley and hitched his Ijorse in the rear of the Star theater and Railing later appropriated it, drove it to the street and turned west. Several persons ’ sitting along that side of the street were amused at Railing's driving, ne I locking wheels with another rig, which at that time was passing, but not stopping. How far west he went is not known, but John Bowers, who was passing found the empty rig where ; Railing had deserted it and drove it 1 into town, where he inquired at all the barns and later placed it in one f4r j safe keeping. In the meantime the rig was missed by Wolfe, and he instituted a search, accompanied by the ' police, and they were not long in find- , ing the property and tracing Railing. Railing was taken to jail and as yet nothing has been done in his case. He will probably be bound over to circuit court. CARNIVAL TO COME? For several days it has ben ruI mored that another carnival will reach the town next week and pitch 1 their tents, but upon investigating the matter it was found that no advance man or other employee of a carnival > has been here, and at the city offices 1 no Inquiries have been made converu--1 ing license or other rates, so we are ' at a loss to account for the rumor. At 1 present so far as known no carnival 1 intends to locate here next week. — — TO CHICAGO. Dr. Beavers and son, Ben, will leave ' this evening for Chicago, where they will attend a clinic meeting to be held at the Rush Medical college. While there they will also take in the aviation meet, which is being held there this week. The trip will be one of great interest to both and in addi- ' tion will combine pleasure with business. ’ ' O — WILL MOVE HOUSE. Elmer Moser is contemplating moving his residence which is now located on the same lot as his gallery to his other lot, just across the alley and has gone so far as to give the contract for the excavation of the cellar. When moved and repaired the home will be much more acceptable, it having more ' of a lawn and improvements around it.

MONTH OF AUGUST Is Known as Popular One For the Holding of Family Reunions. MANY ALREADY HELD And a Number of Others Are Scheduled to Take Place For Remaining Weeks. The month of August, the most popular of all for the holding of family reunions, is here again. Already a large number have been held during the past half of the month and many more are scheduled to take place during the nearly three weeks which remain. There are families who believe in clinging to the old rite, namely of spending the day at the country home where their youthful years were spent in harmony, while others desire some suitable park or shady place, where the day can be spent at leisure and free from daily occupation and toil. The main reason why August is so popular is that owing to the crop season, which comes in principally ahead of the month, and which, if held sooner, would deter many from attending the happy gatherings and reunions, which they could attend if held later on. It is doubtful if there is a family residing in the county that can not scrape up a relationship with the heads of families which have arranged for reunions. If there Is a person I or family in the county who is not reI iated in any way. they need not miss i one of the best times of their lives I but will find a welcome awaiting them at any of the reunions. They will be fed until they can eat no more and will suffer with headache and other troubles until they will not soon forget the day and feast. MR.COFFEE CHOSEN D. D. Coffee Chosen as Chancellor of C. B. L. Organization. HELD AT LOGANSPORT Gathering Was a Most Interesting One — Large Number Present. At the state gathering of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, which held its annual meeting at Logansport last week, and brought to a close the latter part of the week, Decatur was favored with a state officer in the person of David D. Coffee, who was elected chancellor to represent the organization fpr the coming year. The gathering war n most spirited one, councils from throughout the state being represented by a delegate and great Interest was manifested during the holding of she entire session. The following officers were elected: Attorney Peter D. Smith was unanimously re-elected state president. The other state officers elected are: Vice president, John Zwissler of Richmond, secretary, John Langan of Tipton; treasurer, W. S. Margowski of Delphi; chancellor, D. D. Coffee of Decatur, spirituad adviser, the Rev. Fr. Biegal of Elwood; orator. Philip Young of Huntington; Marshal, Peter Brown of Fort Wayne; guard, Henry Kaslter of Elwood; trustees. Thomas Flynn, Kokomo; Peter McArdle, Monroeville; John Sheidler, Huntington; supreme representative, Andrew Geraghty of Elkhart. Twenty councils were represented and the delegates had their headquarters at the Murdock hotel. High mass was celebrated in St. Bridget s church at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning, the opening day, and the business sessions were held in the Knights of Columbus home on Market street. - -- —o — MACCABEES’ NOTICE. Every member of the Lady Maccabees are requested to be present at the regular meeting tonight. Initiation will be in ordet.

Decatur, Ind. Monday Evening, August 14, 1911.

i TAKEN TO PORTLAND Will be Jesse McCollum, Confessed Horse Thief, This Week. -II «■»■!» 7 Sheriff samuel J. King will probably go to Fort Wayne the first of the coming week to bring to the Jay county Jail Jesse McCollum, who is being held there for horse stealing, and who will be tried here. The prisoner has I been held pending search made for oth- ’ er stolen animals and there has been no hurry for his presence here, Inas much as no steps can be taken until k the September term of court.—Port j land Sun. IN THE TOILS '■ , Several Decatur Society e Young Men Arrested For I t e Speeding Sunday e i > ON BLUFFTON STREET f e 1 They Probably Gave Bond e e For Appearance Later and $ ~ TT Came on Home. 0 .- Ij The unparalleled smoothness of i- the Bluffton asphalt streets, combined . < with a good automobile, caused three '■ of our Decatur boys to infringe upon the law governing the speeding of mo-' y tor vehicles in the parlor city Sunday J t afternoon and a policeman, who was | e on the job broke the little dream by i ’’ I arresting the bunch and escorting n I them to the county bastlle. where thev 1 -• I s | were kept in the machine until some s ! disposition of their case was made n ’ It seems that Bluffton nas been, in i e the past, the scene of many fast rides : 11 1 which were made by visitors who have ' r arrived in the city by auto, and the po-1 ’■ lice are determined to stop it. A fewweeks ago a visiting automobile party was arrested for the same cause and (were assessed a fine, but our boys ar- , rested on Sunday had a blue prospect I of getting home last night unless the mayor relented and held court on the legal day of rest. Just how the boys " managed to fix things up with the officers So that they could come home last night is not known, but they were here last night. They have probably given bond for their appearance there at some future date, and will go over , and pay the piper. The father of one of the boys makes ■ a trip to Bluffton about twice a week and the officials there let the boys go - and when the father arrives the matter will be taken up with him, and it was interred that it would probably be about $lO and costs. HOMEWARD BOUND s■ — ■ Mrs. E. S. Moses and Miss Gertrude, Sailed for New York Saturday. 1ARRIVE NEXT WEEK 5 _____ t e I Trip Abroad Has Failed to Result in the Good That Ie Had Been Anticipated. e- - Mrs. Ed S. Moses and daughter, Miss ; Gertrude, left Amsterdam Saturday for . ; New York, where they will arrive' 1 next week and come immediately to f their home here. It will be most disf couraging news to the many friends f of Miss Gertrude that the trip did not e benefit her as was anticipated. For ; two years past she has been suffers ing from rheumatism and after taking f treatment at various places In this country and from many physicians, it 1 was decided to try the ocean trip and - to spend a few weeks at the health 3 resorts of the old country. While 1 Miss Gertrude gained in general a health, according to a leter received - Saturday by Mr. Moses, her disease >■ has not been remedied and it was decided to come home at once. They had planned to tour Europe had Miss Gertrude improved, but this trip has been abandoned and they will probab- - ly arrive home the latter part of next t week. For some time they have been ,- at Baden Adhem, Germany, a famous I cure for rheumatism.

ROCK BOUNDSHORE I Was What Decatur Proved 1 I to be For Crescent Amuse- i ment Company. t t ON SATURDAY NIGHT i Each Show Grounded Their Tent and Made Exit For Greener Fields. - The Crescent Amusement company i which played here all last week to poor houses, hit the rocks Saturdaynight and the entire organization dis- , banded. The merry-go-round went to < Warren, where it will play at the fair j this week, and it was accompanied by , i one or two of the other devices. One of the shows made a trip to Van Wert and the others wended their way to fields which looked greener. Some of the attractions are not out of town yet, and no one can positively state I when they will go. | It is rumored that Saturday night some of the people connected with the company entered one of the restaurante here while intoxicated and ordering melon proceded to throw the . fruit at about everything in the place ' and only stopped when a husky clerk threw them out. As a whole, the com- | pany was one of the quietest that has I struck the city for many years, and I during the week the citizens were re- ; galed with witnessing four of the best , baloon ascensions ever staged here. I Considerable trouble was had the first I of the week on account of one of the i shows making a get-away during the night and the company was seriously I handicapped in putting up a front which would create confidence in their I ability to entertain the crowd. i Two of the shows did not set up ; their stands at all, as the officials, when granting the license, refused to ( allow them to operate. WEDDEDSATURDAY I Rev. W. H. Gleiser of the Presbyterian Church Here Claims a Bride. THE ANNOUNCEMENT Was Read During Sunday Morning Services —Miss Hyde Was the Bride. At the morning services at the Presbyterian church In this city Sunday morning, Edward S. Moses, clerk of the session board, read an announce-1 ment. which said that Mr. Peter Lowe I Hyde announced the marriage of his I daughter, Mary Hannah, to Mr. William Henry Gleiser, this important event having occurred at Winona Lake on Saturday, August 12th. The cards say that Mr. and Mrs. Gleiser will be at home in this city after October Ist. Rev. Gleiser is the pastor of the church here, having been installed only a few weeks ago. He left here Monday for Chicago to take advantage of a three weeks’ vacation, and while the purpose of his visit was surmised, no public announcement was made until that of Sunday morning. The marriage ceremony was performed by the I groom s father, Rev. Gleiser, of Watseka, 111., who came from Winona i here and conducted services Sunday morning. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Peter Hyde, near Hutchinson, Kans. She is a graduate of the Chicago Kindergarten college, and has I had some experience as a teacher in i that line. Rev. and Mrs. Gleiser are I now enjoying their honeymoon and ’ will arrive here Friday, September Ist. < They will reside at the parsonage on < Mercer avenue, where they will be "at 1 home" as announced, a month later, i Rev. Gleiser has made many friends in 1 Decatur during his short stay and the good people here will welcome him and his young bride. Their wedding date was the same as that of the groom’s mother and father, and was also the birthday anniversary of the groom’s sister. ■ o Miss Mayme Ray of Cincinnati, 0., has arrived in*the city for a visit with 1 relatives. I

PACKARD BAND HERE. The Packard band of twenty-eight pieces from Fort Wayne came in Saturday afternoon on the 4 o'clock car and were met by fourteen automobiles from Berne, being conveyed to that city to take part in the great "bargain day” festivities carried on there Saturday by the merchants and the Berne fire department. The festivities drew great crowds to Berne Sat-1 urday, and the streets were crowded. o FAST TRIP TO FORI WAYNE. night when the news reached Decatur of the terrible wreck of the flyer several or the citizens here made an automolkle trip to the scene in short time. In Dr, Miller's machine, the doctor, Charles Fritzinger. Harry Watson and John Bowers made the run, arriving in time to see the wreckers begin the work of saving the passengers. VISIT EACH COUNTY State Board of Health Preparing Pure Food Exhibit to be Shown at EVERY COUNTY SEAT To Start Out September Ist and Make Visit of Week at Each Stop. A food exhibit being prepared in the laboratories of the state board of health will eclipse all former exhibits attempted by ths. pure food department of the state board of health, according to H. E. Barnard, food and drug commissioner. It is planned to i start the exhibit on a tour early in I September and show it at county seats ' throughout the state. In most cases the pure food exhibit will be snown m connection with the tuberculosis exhibit of the state board of health. Requests have reached the department from other states for the exhibition of the specimens, prepared by Mr. Barnard and his assistants. Jlew York is one of the states wishing to have the exhibit shown within its boundaries. Trays are prepared, showing all varieties of food, spices, condiments, jellies and fruit products. The adulterated food is shown beside the unadulterated and the relative prices of each kind are tabulated. The label laws of the state are exemplified in the exhibit and numerous examples are shown of the way in which manufacturers fool the public with labels. Meats which have been sold to housewives and which later have been found to contain tubercular germs form another phase of the exhibit. Fruit products preserved with benzoate of soda arid those made from pure fruits are shown and adulterated spices of all varieties are inclosed in small labeled glass jars where the public can see exactly th*e difference between the pure and the impure. In many cases, Mr. Barnard said the adulteration of the products shown has ceased so far as is known in Indiana and the exhibit in these cases is meant merely as a warning to the Hoosier housewife. There has been no spice adulteration in Indiana, so far as is known, according to Mr. Barnard, for the past three years. A week will be spent in each county seat visited by the exhibit. - -o —— ENDORSED A. ». MOFFETT. At a meeting of the Northern Indiana Editorial association which closed its session in Mishawaka Friday, a special resolution was adopted favoring A. . Moffet, of the Elwood Record, former superintendent of the Decatur city schools, for president of the National Editorial association, and urging that the next meeting of that body be held in Chicago. • o— — A COMING WEDDING. The bans of matrimony between Miss Anna Radamacher, a highly esteemed lady of this city, and Mr. Philip Ardner of Toledo, Ohio, also known to a number of people in this city, were published for the first time Sunday at the St. Mary’s church, the wedding to take place after the elapse of two weeks.

CAMPFIRE MEET Huntington is in Readiness For Entertaining of 160th Reunion. CO. B TO ATTEND Large Delegation Will Leave on First Interurban Car Wednesday. Everything is in readiness for the leaving of Company B of the 160th Indiana regiment on Wednesday, the 16th, to be in attendance for the 160th reunion of the Spanish-American war veterans, wnten wm oe held in Huntj ington on that day. The locals have secured a large number, and already more than on former years have signified their intention of joining the crowd for the day’s exercises They will leave on the early 5:50 a. m. interurban car for Fort Wayne, and from there will be conveyed over either the traction line or the Wabash railroad. John W. Andrews, lieutenant colonel, has completed all arrangements and Company B will be well represented. The following entertaining program has been prepared for rendition: 0:30 to 11 —Delegations visit points of interest in city. Public buildings, churches, lodge hails, etc., to be open. 11 to 12 —Gather in court house assembly room to organize. Picture of gathering to be taken on court house steps. ‘ i 12 —Mess call. Meals served to coml' rades and their escorts on jail lawn. 11 1:30 to 3 —Business session at assembly room of court house. 3 —Parade and auto ride through the city. l | 7:30 to 9 —Campfire, Huntington >' theater. i 1 The above is the outline for the ( busy day on August 16th, when Hunt- ! ington will be hostess to about 300 : veterans of the Spanish-American war ! at the reunion of the 160th Indiana. : 1 The towns sending companies and 11 those to be represented at the Hunt--11 ington meeting are Marion, Bluffton, ’ ■ Ossian, Decatur, Columbia City, WarI! saw, Wabash, Peru, Logansport, Las1 ayette, Tipton and Huntington. :} Plans for the campfire are progresi i sing rapidly. The welcome address ! will be by Mayor Milo Feightner and ■; the response by Colonel W. L. Kiger 'of Bluffton. The speaker of the occasion will be the Rev. J. F. Noll of St. will be by the Temple quartet and an orchestra. A big feature of the program will be the showing of the war scenes, Cuban scenes, and pictures a > camp life. i ■ i a —— POLICE COURT NEWS, i Sunday morning Marshal Peterson - picked up James Coverdale, who was t lying in an alley in a very intoxicated condition and escorted him to jail. - This morning he was arraigned and i pleaded guilty, the affidavit being filed ■ before the mayor, the prosecutor be- - ing out of the city. He drew considi erable less than usual, owing to the ’ prosecutor’s fee not being taxed up. ) He threatens to file affidavits against other parties who were implicated _ 1 his downfall. II i i At 2:05 this afternoon a wedd. ■ was solemnized by 'Squire Stone ar\t- : his office, the contracting parties bes ing Samuel W. Neuenschwander, aged 26, of Missouri, to Olga G. Gfeller, a i resident of Adams county, aged 19 years. They will reside in Missouri. A civil case in which the owners, represented by W. H. Kuebler against John Joseph, for the possession of the room which he is occupying and S2OO damages, was called for trial this morning. Attorney DeVoss appeared ■ for the plaintiff and Dore B. Erwin for the defendant All the morning • was taken for the admission of evi- - dence and at noon a recess was taken s until Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock. 1— t A WEEK’S FISHING. Sam Shamp, Wid Dorwin and Roy Wolford, all postoffice employees, left » Sunday for Sturgis, Mich., where they >- will endeavor during this week to 1- break all records for big fish. They n are at Crouse lake, and will camp durr, ing that time. ~ . — f- Messrs. Ed Moses and Wilson Lee if were entertained at luncheon at the Jacob Atz home Sunday'.

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