Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 202.

I engine I BOUGHT I Kanawha Hose and Chemical I £n d Ladder Wagon— I On Decatur Truck. ! the contract is let For New Building—Will be Completed About Dec. 1 —To Test Outfit. Spe< ;fieations and guarantees far Kanawha apparatus: I Greater flire-exttnguishing effi tiecjf 2. More powerful and more uniform preHure, delivering strong, steady itresm at any height where hose can be taken—2o stories. 3. Greater capacity in same size of | tanks, as no gas space” is necessary . 4. Greater ease and economy in I handling. i. Quicker action. No Waste: Unused chemical soluI item is never thrown away, and air ! pressure assures that the very last drop can be thrown on the fire. No Acid: Absolute safety and no ; possibility of injury. The business men's committee, coni-! posed of M. E. Brackett, John Nib lick, C. C. Schafer, W. P. Schrock and E. Fritzinger, and the improvement' committee of the city council, composed of J. D. Hale, C. N. Christen and i Jacob Atz. met Friday night in the offices of the Ward Fence company, where they awarded the contract for the building of the new city fire build- ■ ing to Linn & Patton, at their bid price. >11,356, including the plumbing and beating. They ordered the brick ; Friday night and will begin the con- j junction of the building at once, with I the expectation of completing same | within ninety days, thus making it ready for occupancy by about December Ist It was also decided after a two days' session ‘o award the contract for the apparatus to the Kanawha Chemical Fire Engine Manufacturing company of New York, factory at South Charleston. West Virginia. The appartus will consist of a Kanawha chemical and hose wagon, with ladders, which will j be mounted on a DeAatur motor truck. I The Kanawha company has already j contracted for the truck here, which will be shipped to their plant at South Charleston, and there the attachments mounted. It will then be shipped here, and according to the contract signed up at noon today, if the outfit I does not do just as represented, the car belongs to the Kanawha company. l Several cheap buildings will be con- 1 structed at the outskirts of the city, the fire alarm sent in and the auto wagon ' will make its dash and outen the fire. The Kanawha company has been rep- 1 resented here by Mr. Charles H. Meiggs of New York. He as well as all other men here, were enthusiastic over the Decatur truck, which, they sav Is the equal to any on the market, including the famous White, which is usually used. The apparatus will be ready for ui»c End will Ik- here about December Ist or sooner if ixjssible. at which time the test will be made. The new outfit costs even >5,000, the committee making a saving of a few hundred dollars by using the Decatur truck. Mr. Meigs left this afternoon. He is Pleaped with ths treatment received here and praised the work of the committee. He. as well as the other men, who were here, said that they found Pleasure in dealing with the committee of business men, and spoke of the difference here and at many places, where politics and other matters had •risen and played a part in the dealings. Here it was simply a matter of getting the best for the least possible • money, Mr. Meigs said that when the new outfit is installed here no city of the size In America will have a superior fire-fighting equipment. CARO OF THANKS. We desire to offer our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who assisted us during the illness and death of our father, Seymour Warden, ’nd especially to the Yeomen lodge for fheir beautiful floral offering. W F. WORDEN AND FAMILY.

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SUNDAY BALL GAME. Another game of ball between the Ward Fence company employees and the employees of the Decatur Motor Gar company is scheduled to come off ' Sunday afternoon on the grounds of ’ the latter, near the automobile plant, I and a fast and exciting game is look |ed for. Last Sunday the Ward Fence ' team made a victory over their oppo- , nents and the opposing team, not satisfied with the defeat, will try hard to turn the tables tomorrow. Both teams are fast for what little practice they secure and are able to put up some ball, and always enjoy a good attendance. A SPREAD RAIL Lehigh Valley Train Goes Over Trestle With Many Old Soldiers. MANY WERE KILLED Were Returning Home From the Rochester G. A. R. Encampment. — Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 26—Speeding east and behind time, Lehigh Valley passenger train No. 4 ran into a spread rail on a trestle near here yesterday and two day coaches from the mid-section of the train plunged j down forty feet, striking the east em liankment like a pair of procestiles. In the awful plunge and crash at , least thirty-seven persons are believed ,to have been killed and more than sixty injured. • The injuries of several are so se-1 rious that it is feared they will die. Crowded with passengers, many of whom were war veterans and excursionists from the G. A. R. encampment at Rochester, the train, made up of fourteen cars, drawn by two big mogul engines, was forty minutes late when it reached Rochester Junction, and from there sped eastward to make up time before reaching Geneva. The engines and two day coaches had just passed the center of a 400foot trestle over Cannandaigu outlet, 150 yards east of the station at Manchester, at 12:35 o’clock, when the Pullman car Austin, the third of the long train, left the rails. It dragged the dining car with it and two day coaches and two Pullmans, in this order, followed. All jumped over the ties a short distance when the coupling between the day coach and the rear end of the diner broke. The forward end of the train dragged the derailed Pullman and the diner over the trestle safely, after which both plunged down the south embankment and rolled over. The free end of the first day coach, in which most of the victims were rid ing. shoved out over the gulf, and followed by another day coach, stripped the guard of the south side of the trestle and plunged to the shallow river bed more than forty feet below. The end of the first day coach that Went over struck the east embank-j ment of solid mascnry, and with the | other sixty-foot car behind it, both I shot against the wall with terrific force. Both cars were filled with passengers and in a few moments the cars lay, a mass of crumpled wool and metal, under which a hundred men, women and children, many of whom were killed instantly, were buried. BLEW FUNERAL. The funeral arrangements for .Mrs, j Phoebe Jane Blew, which had not been made Friday in time for pubiicotion, have been completed, and the funeral will be held Sunday morning at 9 o'clock from the home, with the Rev. Hessert, officiating. After the serv- ; ices the remains will be taken at 10:54 i over the Clover Leaf to Bluffton where | interment will be made at the Fair- ■ view cemetery. a 1 1 — — NOTES FROM COURT HOUSE. Attorney F. S. Armantrout of Geneva filed a new case entitled William Vance vs. Zachariah T. Aspy, et al., to foreclose mortgage, demand, $172, and the sale of real estate. — Marriage license: A., T. Macklin, 25, farmer, to Addle Garlinger, 19.

GOES TO TEXAS. — William Burkhead and T. C, I Coffee Will Drive Overland to That Place. TAKE MANY WEEKS i Will Look Over Land With J View of Settling There j Permanently. Monday morning a change will take ' effect in the city trucking facilities, William Burkhead, who for years has run a light dray, and established himself in a nicely paying business, giving over his interests to Philip Summers. For some time past Mr. Burkhead has been considering a change, and | but lately determined to move to Tex- j as, where he intends to take up land ; and settle permanently. He succeed-| ed in finding a buyer for his dray here and giving possession next Monday, will devote a few days to preparing a wagon with which he will travel overland to the point he desires. He will be accompanied by T. C. Coffee, who will also look over the prospects for locating there. The trip will be made entirely by wagon, they fitting out so that they may camp along the way. It will take several weeks to make the entire distance but possibly no better method of a close examination ; of the land enroute could be devised. | Mr. Summers, who takes over the business of Mr. Burkhead, is an ex- j perienced man in that line of work, | and will no doubt prove a valuable. addition to the city's trucking facili- ( j ties. A QUIET HOLIDAY — Will be Labor Day in Decatur. There Being Nothing Special Arranged. THE K. OF C. PICNIC And Several Family Reunions Will Make Up the Day’s Festivities. Labor day for Decatur promises to be a quiet one and will pass over about like other years. A number of; picnics and family reunions will take place as this is generally a day for the coming together of many to spend the day in happy pleasure, to . be had at this time. The Knights of | Columbus picnic to be held at the Henry Eiting grove will attract many , to the grounds as there will be a num-1 ber of amusements, including h all | ■ games, races of different kind', rope-, walking and blindfolded striking to provided. Many anticipate leaving ' the city, going to Fort Wayne and ; Marion, where special celebrations are ' I being arranged, and where large i I crowds will spend the day. Everybody | is cordially invited to attend the dis-, ferent picnics and gatherings to be held, and although it will be a quiet day, much pleasure will be had in the usual proper way of keeping it. -1 QUARTERLY CONFERENCE, The quarterly conference of the Evangelical church held a very inter- * esting session Friday evening when the reports of the Sunday school superintendent, the Y. P. A. president, and recording steward were given. The entire work of the evening was a success and the work which has been going on in the past was highly approved by those present. In general everything is in an excellent condition and the good that has been accomplished since the last meeting was more than satisfactory Rev. J. J. Wise, elder of the Fort Wayne district, presided over the meeting and gave an address previous to the conference session. A good attendance was present. - — -o “ — - — There were a large number who took in the low-rate excursion to St. Louis, Mo., this morning, to enjoy ( the sights of the western city for sev- ( eral days.

Decatur, Ind. Saturday Evening, August 26,1911.

PITCH GRAVEL ROOF. I F. V. Curran A Son. of Marion, Ind., [ and extensive dealers in the roofing 1 business, have secured the contract for the placing of the new roof on the I , building being erected by Henry I Knapp on East Monroe street. It is known as the Old Style 5-ply pitch and j gravel roof, and the workmen have al- , ready commenced work. They have been doing considerable work in this part of the state, and just recently I placed the same material on the roof ■ of the new Monroe school house, and also on the Pennville high school, re- > i cently completed. ROAD DISAPPROVED i- it - — ; Joint Session of Adams-Jay County Commissioners 1 Held Friday. , 111. ■! — I IN CITY OF PORTLAND * I Relative to the New Stone Road—Amount of Stone i l Excessive, I A joint session of the boards of commissioners of Adams and Jay i counties, heta rnaay at Portland, referred back to the viewers for an amended report, the petition for a • stone road on the Jay and Adams county line, and known as the Ford ■ and Shafer road. Peter Soldner of [ Adams county and Shardick E. Davis 1 of Jay county, viewers named on the 1 road, will qualify next Saturday, and I are directed to file their new report on | or before Monday, September 25th. | After an examination of the report; i favorable to the construction of the • road, the board concluded that the , amount of stone provided for was too great and refused to approve it. The ’ viewers provided that the road should ‘ be double-tracked with a stone portion ten feet wide, the stone to be 14 inches deep in the center, and lit. inches at the side. The instructions’ of the board to the viewers are to provide for 11 inches in the center and 8 at the side. Henry Zwick, Christian Eicher and | J. A. Hendricks, the members of the i Adams county board of commissioners, ' were all present. Two members of I the Jay county board were in atendance, Commissioner Mark Jones failI ing to come. While here Commissioners Millett and Smith signed the bonds issued for ’ the construction of the W. A. Hart gravel road in Jefferson township. I Twenty bonds of >615 each have been j issued —-Portland Commercial-Review.' □ I, POISONOUS WATER; I . ■, Os the River Causes Boil to Become Affected With t Blood Poisoning. , j WAS IN SEINING ! ' . | l 1 And Now Peter Mougey is ‘ Laid Up With Serious i ' < and Painful Limb. t i |i Peter Mougey, the popular black- r smith, whose shop is located on .lesser-l ' son street, is suffering from a serious ' case of plood poisoning as a result of 1 1 seining in the river lately. Last Week Mr. Mougey accompanied ’ the North River club and assisted in j seining the river. At that time he | was suffering from a boil upon his ‘ right limb, and the water of the river, | J which at this time of the year carries ' poisonous excretions from the weeds and plants which grow wild on its ' banks, contaminated the boil and it rapidly began to get worse. Friday it proved to be so painful that Mr. a Mougey was forced to go to a physician and is now under treatment. The t limb is swollen badly and is proving r very painful to him. It will require c some time for a complete recovery and a considerable care will be necessary, t 1— —o— t Rev. Imler was the officiating minis- a ter at the Macklin-Garlinger wedding, t 1 which took place at noon today at the ( v 1 home of P. A. Macklin on First street, j

ALMOST A HUNDRED — Modem Woodmen of Local , Camp Went to Ft. Wayne For Annual Event. I OF LOG ROLLING i — Special Reserved For Their Return After Ritualistic Work Tonight. I _ Modern Woodmen, reaching near the one hundred mark, left this morning for Fort Wayne to attend the annual ’ log-rolling which wll be held there this evening, as well as the other program 1 scheduled, which took place during ' the day, including the monster parade, which met on the corner of Harrison and Main streets at 11:30 a. m. The address of welcome, response by oth--1 ers, took up some time, after which ! the remainder of the day was turned over to the entertaining of the large j crowd of visitors which flocked to the city on every interurban and steam road having access to the city. The locals left at 8:15 in their special car. Pleasant Mills and a portion of Monroe going afterward, joining them at I the appointed gathering place. The Forester team, in uniform, accompan- ( ied them and the home lodge was well represented at the big gathering. This evening the giving of the degree work will take place and the special car ; will be preserved for the locals to return upon the completion of the pro- ; gram. A number of other people also joined the boys, taking advantage of I the low rate and viewing the large 1 crowds and parade while there. GRANDSTAND FELL — Five Hundred People Fall, When Part of New Grandstand Collapsed, AT ELGIN, ILLINOIS The Total Death List of th# G. A. R. is 27—Eight Others Will Die. Elgin, 111., Aug. 26— (Special to Daily Democrat) —In a wild panic which followed thousands ran in front of the grandstand, when Starter Wagner was killed, stopping the race. The soldiers used the buts of their rifles, while the deputy sheriffs clubbed the i panic-stricken people. Among those < injured was Airs. Ray Graham, daughter of Unites States Senator Lorimer. It is believed that three other women will die. The most seriously injured were rushed to the the nearest hospital, and the race started again. Elgin, 111.. Aug. 26—(Special to Daily | Democrat)—Just as the great Elgin j National trophy race started this morn- ■ ing a section of the newly construct- j ed grandstand collapsed. Five hun-, dren men, women and children were buried in the debris. Throngs endeavored to reach the stand as the racers flashed by at a seventy-five mile an hour clip. The races were declared off temporarily, while soldiers, with bayonets, cleared the courts. Only one person was reported to be seriously injured, although scores received minor accidents and bruises. Evansville, Ind.. Aug. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Sheriff Schales was closeted with Willie Lee at the jail here this morning, confident that before the day was over, the prisoner will have completely broken down and confessed to brutally murdering his father, mother and brother. The confession of Lee yesterday is not believed to be entirely true by the authorities. It was declared the father was the first victim, while Lee said he was the last. He maintained a different attitude after the severe sweating. Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 26 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Following a complete search of the ruins of the wreck on the Lehigh Valley railroad county and railroad officials agreed today that the death list was twenty-seven, and of the thirty-eight injured, in the hospitals, not less than eight will die. They have definitely determined that the wreck was caused by a defective rail, which crumbled under the cars.

MARRIED AT HIGH NOON TODAY. 1 1 At 12 o’clock sharp today, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bhil Macklin, on First street, in this city, occurred the marriage of Miss Addie Garlinger to J Mr Ancil T. Macklin. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Imler of the United Brethren church, the guests including the members of the Macklin family. Mrs. Phil Macklin served a delicious dinner. The bride and groom are residents of the south part l of the county, the groom being a brother of the well known clothing ’ merchant of this city and soli of the late P. A. Macklin The young couple 1 will reside on the Macklin farm near : Geneva. U. B. CONFERENCE Os Northern Indiana Will Be Held at Kokomo For One Week. BEGINNING SEPT. 13TH Rev. Imler, Who is on the Temperance Committee, Will Attend. . The Northern Indiana conference of the United Brethren church will hold their anntial. weeK s session at Kokomo this year, beginning on Wednesday . September 13th. The state is divided ; into three districts, and the northern ■ district comprises eighteen thousand : members. Bishop Matthews of Chi- 1 cago will preside over the meetings, j during which time much business will be brought up before the board for dis-1 posal, and atended to as formerly, and I new rules or changes made, just as is j seen fit by those in whose hands this work is left. Rev. Imler of the United Brethren church, this city, and who is a member of the committee on ternj perance, will be in attendance and give ' < a report on this subject. The coming session promises to be one of great Interest and nearly all of the ministers of the district will be present to take part for the successful carrying out of ! the prescribed work. Many addresses ' on important subjects will be discussed by able speaekrs and a large at- ‘ tendance is assured. o- ——— “HUMAN HEARTS.” Till we have reflected on it, we are scarcely aware how much the sum oi Human Happiness is indebted to the stage. We acquire cheerfulness and vigor from mere association with our' fellow-men in the theater, and from the looks of happy expectancy radiating ! from our neighbor's countenance, inspired by anticipation of prospective 1 : enjoyment of good, clean, wholesome drama, well acted and properly presented. Such, at least, is the idea brought forcibly to mind in gazing over an audience assembled to witness ‘‘Human Hearts” aptly described as the “For- ; ever Evergreen Success.” “Human ’ Hearts” is a play that invariably ap--1 peals to all that is best in man's na- ’ ture, and uplifts him from the sordid 1 ! cares and petty worries of daily toil; ■ and trouble. The story of “Human ' Hearts” is clean, wholesome and in-' telligible to everyone. There is no suggestion of vulgarity in any of its acts; but a story of convincing strength is told by the author in a manner that appeals irresistably to all classes of theater-goers. The great success of “Human. Hearts” is made possible by its inter-' esting story of humanity and human feelings and the skillful manner in which it is told. It touches our heartstrings, rouses our latent better instincts and makes us feel kinder towards our fellow-men for having wit- ; nessed it. “Human Hearts” will be presented this season with an especially strong company of players, and the same fidelity to scenic and mechanical detail that made its former visit notable. The engagement is for Monday, August 28th, at the Bosse opera house. o ■ A SLIGHT WRECK. The G. R. &> I. railroad experienced another slight wreck this morning when the trucks of a box car jumped the track and stopped the traffic for an hour or so. The accident happened in the yards while the local crew was switching and aside from the delay, no damage was done.

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HICKS FORECAST For the Month of September Says There Will be Plenty of Storms. ENTERS WITH ONE Much Rain Will Fall During the Month—Cool Nights Assured. A regular storm period is central on the 3rd? covering the Ist to 6th. The earth's autumnal equinox and the mercury period are both in force at this time. It will be' natural to expect decided fall of the barometer, with all other attendant changes to active storm conditions during this period. Very warm and humid conditions, with south winds and low barometer, will admonish of equatorial storms. The 3rd, 4th and sth will be the crisis of the period. Watch storm developments on and touching these dates, especially in southern extremes. The mercury period will prolong and intensify tendency to threatening, weather following this period. A reactionary storm period is central on the Bth, 9th and 10th. Aloon is full on the Bth, the central day of the mercury period, and on the celestial equator on the 9th. The annual mag- ' netic and electric crisis also falls withi in this period, extending forward to ! about the 15th. On and about the I 11th of September maximum “earth ! current?,” disturbing telegraph lines, ; exciting auroral lights and causing . seismic shakes, very naturally reach ' a crisis, over the globe generally. Look I for fierce equatorial storms on and ' near the 9th and 10th, followed by 1 change to much cooler weather and ! frosts to\he northward. Seismic per- ! iod, 6th to 11th, central on the Bth and 9 th. A regular storm period united with ’ mercury period and the autumnal 1 equinox from the 12th to the 16th. i This period will bring return of falling barometer, change to warmer, I cloudiness, rain and thunder, but we ! do not figure that general and abuni dant rains will fall at this time. In all probability equatorial, or West Ini dia storms, bringing dangerous winds 1 and heavy rains to those sections, and lup the Atlantic coasts; but counter storms from the northwest and through the interior states will result in cooler weather, but far less precipitation. Dangerous gales, with possible tornadoes, are among the possibilities during this and other September periods. A reactionary storm period falls at the center of earth’s autumnal equinox I—from 1 —from the 19th to the 22nd. Threat--1 ening storms, with more or less vio’"nee, will he perfectly natural at this time, or at any time in this part of the month. New moon on the 22nd will prolong low barometer, high temperature and stormy conditions generally, a day or two longer than normal at this time. Chances for good, general rains grow better as we approach I the close of September. Change to 1 much cooler about the 22nd to 25th, ■ first in the west, progressing east and ( south. A marked seismic period covI ers the 19th to 25th, being central on ' the 22nd. A regular storm period covers the last week in September, the crisis of the period falling on the 26th. 27th * and 28th. Autumnal storms will be general at this time, and cool nights with frost in many states may be expected as we pass into October. For thirty years we have persistently striven to correct the error that equinoctial storms are to be expected only on March and September 21st and 22nd. For three or more weeks before and after these central dates, equinoctial storms are liable to come, beginning in August, and often occurring in October. The gradual approach of the sun to, and recession from the equator, conspiring with other astronomic causes at given times, bring on great equinoctial storm weeks before and after the central days. WAS A MISTAKE. That an advance man of the Ringling circus was here this morning and that that show intended to show here on the 22nd of September was the erroneous report circulated by someone this morning. Just how the information became to be circulated is not known. However, the show is not coming here this season.