Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 197.

making PROGRESS « Portland Men Are Taking Active Part in Securing Rights-of-way. aND NEW DEPOT L A. Graham is Helping— Believed Cars Will Run by January Ist Next. ■Bad weather, the kind that would jrte impossible any out door conuruction work, will be the only thing ih»t will prevent the building of the p or t Wayne & Springfield electric li M to this city from the north, and punting cars by January 1. 1912," U id one of the local business men Saturday forenoon in speaking of the : ,rapvsi that is being made in securing the right-of-way for the Fort Wayne & Springfield traction line Min the Jay and Adams county line M Portland The work of taking up the right-of-way has been going nicely this week, especially during the pest couple of days, and already better than six ■lies of right-of-way have been secured It will be necessary to institute condemnation proceedings in the circuit court to secure some of the pmpoeei right-of-way. Arrangements have been made for a committee of Portland business sta to go to Muncie next Monday forenoon to hold a conference with Ball Bros , owners of the Muncie 4 Portland traction line, relative to the erection of a union depot or terminal station in this city. John Koenig, resident of the Ft. Wayne & Springfield company, has also arranged to sake a trip to Cleveland. Ohio, next Tuesday, following a meeting of the directors at the headquarters of the line in Decatur. While in Cleveland •be aspects to close up the affairs with ti>e Cleveland Trust company, through »hkh concern the traction company it securing the money with which to raastruct the road from Decatur to Portland CONTINUBD ON PACE TWO.

HOODOO SWITCH Brkeman J. White of the Clover Leaf Suffers Broken Arm at WILLSHIRE QUARRYI Another Brakeman Broke His Hand at the Same Swith Last Week. J White, a Clover Leaf brakeman, •uffered a serious fall and injuries Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at Willshire, Ohio, when he fell from the, 9i a box car which he was get-j &a s out of the quarry there. The ea *'-8 had backed down into the and coupled to the car, and 'bikeniari White was on the top when some manner he lost his balance fell from the top to the road-bed low He was seriously bruised and “t 1 bis right arm broken. His comUnions hurriedly made up the train iM th « local pulled in here where he *” hurried to the company's surgeon, j Miller , who set the arm. ust last week a brakeman by the of Steele, while pulling a car :J® of th e 8311)0 gw jtch, suffered a * on hand, and came here for surgiMention. Brakeman White has a Mhw who is bill clerk at Bluffton, a few weeks ago, while riding on p Hot of an engine, was thrown his position and lost his right NlbUck ’ litt,e Bon of D N ' • >• greatly improved over his i, Hon of the past few days, and It Hl that he will get along I. . ■» ' K •>

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THE UNITED SHOWS. The United Shows, comprising a train of twenty-three cars, passed through the city Sunday morning on its way to Foit Wayne, where It will 1 pitch Its tents all the coming week. This company is an aggregation of small shows, and is recognized as the best carnival company on the road today. They have secured a block near j the base ball park in Fort Wayne, and ' will show near the heart of the city. | Many from here will probably attend AN AUTO ACCIDENT Os Friday Night Pioved to be Serious, Involving Seven People. THE AUTO AND RIG Were Considerably Damaged and Two Occupants of Buggy Injured. — Friday evening a Bluffton automobile party, containing five young men , 1 of that place, Weisell Cummins, Lowell Barcus, George DeHaven. Harold Tribolet and Milton Spitler, which had visited this city, was returning home, when they collided with a horse and buggy belonging to Gus Yahne, and occupied by Yahne and Earl Landis, two young farmers of near Honduras. The road at the point of the accident, just opposite the Samuel Henchon farm, is a double-tracked east and west road. Tim Cummins automobile, driven by Weisell Cummins, was going west on the north half of the road, which would be the right hand side of 1 the road, and Yahne was driving east also on the north half or the road, to him the left side. He says that he was just turning out to allow the auj tomobile the proper side of the road when it swerved into tbe pike and crashed into his rig. Mr. Cummins said that he could see Yahne coming, and that he tooted his horn twice, and when he thought that the horse was i not going to turn out for him he turned to the other road, with the result that he collided with the rig. The horse was knocked down and both of the occupants of the buggy thrown out. Yahne escaped with some scratches and bruises and Landis is reported to have some injury to his hip. The horse was dragged over a 1 hundred feet, and when the machine 1 was stopped it lay under the body, ' badly hurt, and it will probably not recover. The front of the buggy was demolished, both of the wheels being broken, the shafts demolished and other minor breaks. With the shock of the collision, one of the auto party. Milton Spitler, was thrown out of the auto, going through the wind-shield, but did not sustain ' any .serious injury. The front of the machine was badly batered up, and it had to be towed to Bluffton by a passing autoist. Later another buggy, ! occupied by Jesse and Raymond Lan | dis, both deaf mutes, and brothers to Earl, drove along and carried him home. That all those who were in the ac ! cident escaped serious injury is remarkable, as with the speed of the machine and rig, a nasty wreck occurred.

G. R. &. I. HAS SUIT. Deputy United States Marshal A. R. Walter was today engaged in serving summons on railroad officials in an action instituted by the United States against the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad company, in which damages in the sum of >5,000 are demanded. Violations of the federal act limiting the time of service of employees to sixteen hours is charged. It is alleged that the G. R. & I- company emjloyed men from 10:30 a. m, January 1, 1911, until 3:10 p. m.. January 2nd, the crew making a run from Fort Wayne to Richmond. It is alleged also that the company employed men from 6 p. m., January 2, 1911, until 12:25 p m., January 3. Five men composed each crew, it is alleged, and judgment is asked for SSOO for each person employed on the trains _ -~o CENSUS INCREASED ONE MORE. The population was again increased one when a baby girl wasjborn to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Johnson. Mother and babe are doing nicely.

A STOLEN 7 SUIT Offered Night Policeman Melchi an Opportunity Which He Accepted. 1 I LOCATED THE GOODS And Placed the Guilt on the Proper Party—Suit Has Been Recovered. 1 Saturday night when Jack Meibers . returned home from his trip to the various racing meets he found that his room had been rifled and a S2B suit ■ of clothes stolen. He brought the matter to the attention of the police and Night Policeman Melchi was successful in running down the clues and establishing the guilt of the proper party. Jack had telephoned to Sheriff Durkin and he was working on the case when Melchi came from the south end where he had talked with Terry Ginley, who stated that a man had tried to sell him a suit of clothes. Melchi soon found that the party who was ttying to sell the clothess was well within his grasp, he being Joseph Brady, sailor and cigarmaker, who-was sent up for a plain drunk a few days ago, and now’ in the jail laying out an eleven-day sentence. Melchi had a talk with him and located the suit in the possession of Harve Ginter, a barber, who purchased it of Brady. Ginley, who 1 offered the sut at $4, did not see the goods, but was able to identify Brady as the man who tried to sell it to him. Brady admits selling the suit, but deciares that he purchased the suit of another fellow, who sold it to him for $1.75. Soon after the officers met and after comparing notes made a trip to see Ginter, who admitted buying the suit, and Marshal Peterson and Mr. Meibers made a trip to Ginter's home, where they secured the suit. Just what charge will be .made against Brady is not known, as the officers are investigating a story of his offering a watch for sale to some party, which, if true, may bring him to answer for a more serious charge, that of larceny.

ARE IMPROVING ■ Mrs. Guy Johnson and Two Children Were Badly Bruised in Wreck. BUT WILL RECOVER Mrs. Johnson Had Top of Ear Cut Osf —Son Thrown Through Window. Word from Mrs. Guy Johnson, who with her two children were in the Big Four wreck at Columbus, Ohio, Friday evening, is tnat they are recovering from weir injuries and from the shock. Mrs. Johnson was btyily bruised about the head and body. She alighted on her head and the top of one ear was cut off. Eugene was thrown through a window and a 200pound man alighted on top of him. Hifi. little body was badly bruised and he is black and blue all over as a result, but no bones were broken. The babe, Mary Elizabeth, was also bumped up considerably, her cheek being badly swollen as the result of coming in contact with something, just what, could not be learned. All together, the Johnsons are considering themselves pretty lucky to have escaped as they did, when others all about them, were more seriously injured. It was a terrible experience, and one they do not care to go through again. All three are in bed and Mrs. Mary Christen of this city, mother of Mrs. Johnson, will remain with them until they are able to be about. —o - * J. A. Harvey, a progressive farmer who came here from Tipton county and resides on the Lenhart farm south j of town, is boosting a milk condenser for Decatur. He contends that the lo- ( cation of one here would advance the price of farm lands fifty per cent. The matter is being investigated.

Decatur, Ind. Monday Evening, August 21, 1911.

SUMAN FAMILY HAS DIPHTHERIA. | Three cases of diphtheria have been reported from the home of D. F. Su- i man. who operates the fertilizer plant, . just north of the city. One of the cases is said to be quite serious. There are several more children In the homo, and as there is no mother to care for t them, the condition is said to be one worthy of sympathy. Mr. Suman is doing the best he can, but is working under difficulties. The “contagion" card was posted this morning and the health officials will do everything in 1 their power to prevent an epidemic of the dread disease. GIRL RAN AWAY Pretty Rena Tarsha, a Syrian, Disappeared From Toledo Home — LAST SUNDAY MORN Came to Decatur Where the Trail Was Lost—May be in Fort Wayne. Just a week ago Sunday morning at . 7:40 o’clock pretty little fourteen- ! year-old Rena Tarsha, a resident of Toledo, and of Syrian blood, disappeared from her home in that city, * and is known to have come as far west I •as Decatur on the morning Clover ; I Leaf train. j Soon after her disappearance it was' found that with tier, there disappeared 1 also her friend, a sixteen-year-old I American .girl. The Toledo police ! were given the case’and they traced the matter until it was found that the girls had bought tickets to Decatur, j Indiana, and then the matter was . placed in the hands of Miss Tarshas i uncle, Lewis Tarsha, who at once came on to this city, where he enlisted the aid of Sheriff Durkin, who, ac-, ' companied by Marshal Peterson, made ! a diligent search, only to find that ■ she had probaniy made her way to' Fort Wayne. The uncle followed her 1 I I there and was to have returned on the 4 o’clock car, but failed to do so. i The young girl had black hair, black eyes, full face, a small mole on the left cheek, is short and heavily built, and when last seen wore a blue checked dress and a small white hat, trimmed in black. She alighted from the train and is said to have come! straightway lip to the city, from where her goings were rather uncertain. The relatives arg enlisting the aid of the officials all over the middle west in an effort to find the missing girl. The Fort Wayne police made a search for her and were unable to locate her whereabouts, but a close wateh will be kept and in all probabilities she will be apprehended in the near future.

POLICE COURT NEWS. On an affidavit filed in 'Squire Stone’s court by Miss Gertrude Keller, j who resides on North Fifth street, Edward/Kleinhenz was arrested Saturday , night on a paternity charge. He was arrested about 8 o’clock and was giv-, en a preliminary hearing at once, at which time he furnished bond for SSOO . to secure his appearance in that court , Wednesday morning, August 23rd. j John Saulfrank was arrested Satur-1 day nigh on a drunk charge and when brought up this morning.pleaded guil- ( ty and drew the usual fine. SI.OO and costs. The civil ’ suit brought against E., Burt Lenhart, Norman Lenhart and j ■ Lewis Shilling, by Joseph D. Krick, a ,■ matter of S4O in the court of Justice j Stone was begun there this morning, i at 9 o’clock, and will probably extend j throughout the day as the defense is fighting the case very hard. ■ '■ > ■ FISHERMEN RETURNED. -- - - - The party of fishermen who have been at Sturgis, Mich., the past week catching the record-breaking strings. . arrived home this morning. Roy Wolford, Walter Johnson and Guy and Wid Dorwin stayed the limit and were, very successful in landing plenty of, fish. A picture is promised, showing j a string which it was necessary for ( four men to hold up while being pho-, tographed. ’

BY PITCHED BALL Edward Bowman Was Severely Injured in Monroeville Sunday Afternoon. HIS JAW WAS BROKEN — Was Assisted Here and an Hour Was Required to Dress Injuries. — While engaged in playing base ball with the Decatur team in Monroeville . Sunday afternoon Edward Bowman, a j young man residing four miles west of i this city, was struck with a pitched . ball as he was to bat in the fourth inning, the force of which broke the jaw bone on the right side and splinI tered a molar. I When in the field he played third ■ base, and coming in from the third inning he awaited his time to the plate. | Stepping up to the plate he awaited the delivery by the pitcher, who threw 'an “out." Bowman, believing the ball . was going to strike him, threw his j body to the right, and the ball curving, struck him on the right jaw, just at the base of the ear, breaking the jawbone and splintering the molar. When he dropped heavily to the ground, and his companions hurried to his assistance. Seeing that he was ' seriously hurt they administered the ' treatment at hand and hurried him !to this city. The place vacated by I Bowman was filled by Martin Ault of ’ this city and the game went on. When the party arrived at this city they took ■ Bowman to the office of Dr. Roy Arch- ! bold, where,- assisted by Dr. Boyers, , the injury was dressed. It required I over an hour to properly set the bone, and when coippleted Bowman was unable to talk very strong. The jaw was swollen to twice the normal size and will prove painful for several weeks, during which time he will have to subsist upon liquid nourishment. j That he was not injured more severely than he was is hard to explain. as usually a blow at the base ‘ of the ear lays a man out for a while, | and Bowman did not lose consciousness at any moment.

CALL OF REAPER Summons Wm. Beik, Decat tur Business Man, to New and Better Life. AT LAFONTAINE. IND. (Funeral Will Take Place on Wednesday—Many From Here Will Attend. After an illness dating back only a few months, during which time he was ' even permitted to be about and to ' some extent care for his business duties, William Beik, half-owner of the ' LaFontaine handle plant, one of the leading industries of the city, a well known and highly respected citizen, died at A»is former home at LaFon, I taine, Ind., this morning at 4 o'clock. | His illnes was somewhat of a baffling one. All that could be done for the restoration of his health had been done, but to no avail, and all the advice of the different physicians whom he had consulted, could do nothing but prolong life but a short time longer. His illness was thought to be cancer of the stomach, while the doctors of his home town disagreed on this point and some stated that he was suffering with liver trouble. Four weeks ago he was unable to do anything, but took life easy, and with Mrs. Beik returned to their former home at LaFontaine, where he grad- ' ually grew worse and where death occurred. Mr. Bell, his partner, paid him a visit Sunday, returning home this noon, but the sad news of his death was sent to friends here before he reached home. He was fifty-three years of age and his whole life was almost spent at LaFontaine, and for the last two years previous to his coming to this city he was engaged in the manufacture of handles. Just last October he purOONTQfUBB ON PAQB THREE

TO ENTER MINISTRY. Rev. Snyder of the German Reformed church of Magley, left Sunday evening with his son, Carl, for Sheboygan, Wis., where the latter will enter the seminary there and prepare himself for the ministry. For some time his thoughts have been directed toward this profession and he is hearkening to the voice of conscience within to the aspiring of a more noble calling. WM. SCHULTZ DEAD Prominent Farmer and Beloved Ossian Citizen, Answers Reaper’s Call. SICK SEVERAL YEARS Was a Brother of Henry Schultz of This City— Funeral Tuesday. Christian William Schultz, a well-to-do and highly respected tanner, a lifelong resident of Ossian, Wells county, and a brother of Henry Schultz of this city, passed away at his home, two miles east of that town, at 2:45 o’clock Sunday afternoon, death being caused from asthma and pneumonia. His illness dated back for several years, having been in failing health for some time, but not until last Monday was he taken worse, and since then his condition was regarded as serious, and the end was foreseen to be not far off. A telegram sent the relatives on Thursday caused great excitement, owing to a mistake on the part of the operator, who. instead of saying that he was very seriously ill, sent word of his death. Mr. Schultz was the son of Henry and Catherine Schultz, the father and mother having both been born in Germany, coining to this country and moving to Wells county, where the deceased was born and where his entire life was spent. He was unmarried and lived with a nephew, Adam Schultz, both having been caring for the farm together. He was a man possessed of many excellent qualities, beloved by all, and his demise is sadly felt by the many relatives left to mourn their loss. He j leaves three brothers and three sisI ters, who are: Mrs. Rosa Brinkman lof Muncie, Mrs. Catherine Berthold of Modesta, California; Mrs. Hattie Richards of Fort Wayne, Fred and John Schultz of Fort Wayne and Henry Schultz of this city. Mr. Schultz was born August 11, 1864, and at death was forty-seven years and nine days old. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Elhanan church at 2:45 o’clock, the cortege leaving the home for the church at 2 o’clock. Rev. W. E. Hunter will have charge of the obsequies and interment will be made at the Elhanan cemetery. Many of the relatives from this city i will be In attendance.

CONCORD PICNIC. On next Wednesday, August 23rd. the Concord Sunday school will hold their picnic in the Clark grove, just east of the interurban station at Monmouth. Something like twenty-five schools have been invited, and most I of them have signified their intention of being present for the day. This ■ picnic will be one of the good, old fashioned kind, such as we all used f to delight in attending. Prizes are ( offered for the best singing by the dis-1 feren schools, and if you enjoy good vocal music you will certainly be more than pleased with this. There will be ] some short, interesting talks by prom ' inent speakers, and also some splen | did declamations by the scholars of j the various Sunday schools. The Decatur city band will be present to march in the schools and will play throughout the day. There will also be a brass quartet present, which will 'render some very fine music, suitable for the occasion. If the weather is favorable this will undoubtedly be the largest and best picnic given in northern Adams county in many You owe it to yourself and family to take a day’s vacation and attend this big picnic. All kinds of refreshments served on the grounds. Everybody cordially Invited. Mrs. Myrtle Mallonee arrived home from a visit in Huntington, where she had visited friends and relatives.

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MAKING GOOD TIME Atwood Expects to Reach Utica, N. Y. at 6 O’clock This Evening. TAFT EXTENDS TRIP Tonado Which Swept North Dakota Sunday Was a Terrific One. (United Press Service.) Lyons, N. Y., Aug. rill—(Special to Dally Democrat) —Aviator Atwood was up early this morning overhauling his aeroplane, determined to carry out his contract that he would circle the city of Utica before nightfall. Atwood may change machines at Utica, as an aeroplane is reserved there for him, but says he will not make up his mind until he arrives there. The following schedule has been arranged for today. Leaving here at 4 p. m., he will fly over the state prison at Auburn, allowing the convicts to see the machine. He will reach Syracuse at 5 p. m., and will arrive at Utica at 6 P- m. , - < Washington, D. C., Aug. 21—(Special to Daily Democrat) —President Taft today clinched the decision to extend his western trip to the coast, accepting the invitation to lay the corner stone of the million dollar city hall Oakland, Cal. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 21 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Reports received here today from the tornado-swept district indicate while only four bodies ’ have been recovered, It is believed when all communications reach here, that at least a score of lives will have been lost in yesterday’s storm. The 1 1 property loss will exceed a million dollars. t London, Eng., Aug. 21 —(Special to Dally Democrat) —Alleging that the railroad companies are not keeping ' pace with their assertions made, labor ! leaders, it is believed, will again rei new’ their work of the past strike. It j is thought the measure of the government will force the companies to car- . ry out their agreement to the letter. f Thousands of railroad employees re- ! turned to work and the food conditions of Liverpool are greatly improved.

SEPTEMBER FIFTH The Local Rebekah Lodge Will Go to Bluffton and Give Degree There. MANY WILL ATTEND Geneva, Berne and Hartford City Will Go in Full Force That Day. The Blaffton lodge. Daughters of Rebekah, has set Tuesday, September sth, as the date for a big meeting in this city, when they will entertain many visitors from sister lodges from adjoining counties. The Decatur lodge was invited to give the degree work and accepted the invitation but not until the meeting this week was it decided positively what date would be selected for the meeting. There will be ten or twelve candidates for the work, and as the Decatur degree team has a great reputation for the excellence of their work the candidates will no doffbt be taken care of in approved style. In addition to the Decatur lodge there have been special invitations to the Hartford City and Geneva lodges to attend in a body and see the work. Rebekahs from any other lodges will be given a hearty welcome. A big banquet will be a feature of the happy occasion. Hartford City and Geneva will come by traction cars and Decatur will come the overland route. —Bluffton News. The lodge will leave Decatur in rigs about 5:30 the evening of the meeting and will arrive in Bluffton about 7 o'clock. It is possible that many of the members, not belonging to the team, will attend also to swell the delegation from Decatur.