Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 269.

WAS STRUCK BY THE CAR Wagon Driven by C. Klueber of iiesse Cassel Struck by Interurban Car. driver WAS thrown Fifteen Feet —Miraculously Escaped With a Few Minor Bruises. Christian Klueber, aged about sixtyfive, a prominent Allen county farme.-, residing a quarter of a mile north of Hesse Cassel, on the Tort Wayne & Springfield railway, miraculously escaped with a rew nrnor bruises this morning at 7:15, when the load of grain on which he was riding, was struck by the southbound interurban car, due here at 8 O’clock. Mr, Klueber was thrown some fifteen feet from the wagon into the way between the railroad and main road, but in such a way that he fell on the bags of oats, which it is thought protected him in a great measure from the force of the fall. It is thought he will recover with no ill effects. Mr. Klueber's homestead, including his house and two barns, lies on the west side of the road, with the interurban track between his home and the main wagon road. Mr Klueber had gone to his barnyard and hitched his team to a load of oats to take to market. His wife, it is said, had warned him that the car was due in a short while, and to be careful in crossing the track, from the barynard to the wagon road. Mr. Klueber pulled his cap down over his ears and In doing so it is thought dulled his hearing so that he could not hear the whistle of the car. He also lighted his pipe, it is said, before driving away, and was apparently on the track before he noticed the approaching car. He succeeded in getting the horses and the main part of the vehicle over the car striking the rear of the wagon, breaking every spoke out of the wheel, and otherwise demolishing *he entire wagon. The contents of the wagon, including the bags of grain on which Mr. Klueber was sitting, were thrown some fifteen feet, Mr. Klueber falling among the oats in such away that the oats deadened the force of the fall and to this is attributed the fact that he is not so seriously injured. Several of the bags also struck him as they fell, it. is said, and the fact that it was the lighter oats, instead of wheat or heavier grain, may also have had much to do in rendering the consequences of the accident less. The interurban car was in charge of Motorman Henry Kruel and Conductor Jesse Schug. Motorman Kruel, it is said noticed the man when he appeared on the track, and immediately reversed the brakes, and made all possible attempts to stop the car. but as an orchard at that side of the road somewhat obstructs the view, and as the car was going at a speed of about thirty-five or forty miles an hour, the time and space was too limited to make a complete stop in time to avoid the accident. The ear, however, had been slowed down to about ten miles an hour when it struck Mr. Klueber, and soon came to a standstill The occupants of the car were badly jolted, and fearing a much greater disaster, hastened to the scene, finding Mr. Klueber limp and unconscious along the way. Mr. Klueber’s son was a witness of the accident and hurriedly informed Mrs. Klueber, who at the time was telephoning. Mrs. Klueber heard distinctly the noise made when the car crashed into the wagon, but did not know of the accident until her son informed her. She was rendered crazed with fear and grief and ran shrieking to the scene of the accident, and her cries were heart-rend-ing. Mingled with her moans was the lament, “I told him not to light his pipe until he got across the track 1 A telephone message to this city at S o’clock gave the !mp r< *‘ ! “i r,n that the car had struck tw’o people and that there was a fatality or two, but this luckily proved untrue. Dr. Charles S. Clark, the railway's physician, left on the s o clock car with O P. Schu.:. the general passenger and freight afenl, and when they arrived at the Klueber liome. they found that Mr. Klueber had . A .

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revived and was standing by the stove warming himself, though his mind had not yet cleared and his talk was of a rambling nature. He was given a thorough examination, and then put to bed as he was very weak from the shock of the accident, his heart action also very weak. The only injuries | found by the doctor was a bad bruise on the left hip, and a bruise on the lead - It is thought that he will soon recover. ■h. Mercer, who had been summoned irom Poe, arrived just before the Jucatur physician and party were Had} to retu.n. When the wagon was struck by the car, the horses fright- , ened and ran some distance north down the road, where they were finally caught. It is said that the accident happened through no fault of the railroad. I hat Mr. Klueber escaped with so slight injuries is considered miracuI lous. Mr. Klueber is a cousin or Mrs. H. ’ H. Bremerkamp of this city. OVERCOMt BY GAS . ——... , — Mrs. Wm. Beik and Grand- ! daughter. Ethel Smith, 1 Nearly Asphyxiated. 1 » A NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. Beik, Dazed, Fainting and 111, Managed to Call Neighbors. I Weak, dazed, fainting and ill nearly ' to death from gases from a hard coal burner, which escaped during the night, Mis. William Beik, of Fourth ■ street, had presence of mind enough, i though barely strength to sustain it, after repeated efforts and failures, to drag herself at 9:30 o’clock this morning to the home of her nearest neighbor, Dr. P. B Thomas, where her halt articulate words brought help to her granddaughter, Miss Ethel Smith, who was even more overcome, and w ho undoubtedly would soon been beyond the power of revival. The hard coal burner was started Wednesday, and from some '-ause the flue carrying off the gases did not work properly, letting them escape into the room, thence into the bedroom nearby. During the night Mrs. Beik awoke, tut was already greatly dazed by the fumes and suffered a severe headache. She called to her granddaughter, who lives with her, to help her as she felt very il, buh Miss Smith was beyond power of action. Mrs. Beik had presence of mind enough and strength by exerting herself to the utmost, to close the bedroom door and open the window. This relieved her a little, but not greatly. When morning came she had strength enough to go to the window to try to summon aid, but no one saw her appeal before faintness again came upon her. After repeated faints, attempts and failures, she managed to drag herself at 9:30 this morning to the Thomas home, and to speak but one word, ■ Ethel." Mrs. Thomas, very much alarmed, hastened over and finding the conditions there, summoned the doctor, who soon arrived, and after working with both the unfortunate women, soon had them beyond danger, and had not help come in the very nick of time, both cases would undoubtedly have proven fatal. Since the death of Mr. Beik a few months ago, Mrs. Beik and granddaughter have been living alone. Mrs. C. E. Bell, whose husband was associated with Mr. Beik in the LaFontaine Handle factory, and who is an old filend of the family, was attending them today. Mrs. Beik has been subject to heart trouble for some time and this, added to tho other, made her case very bad. —O — — ~~ RECEIVER INDICTED. (United Press Service.) Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—James E. Mortimore, receiver for the Toledo & Chicago Electric Western railroad, is under indictment here today, charged with violating the Indiana twocent fare rate. ______ magley postoffice. Washington. D. C„ Nov. 16-A civil Eervlee examination for postmaster of Magley, Ind., will be held at Preble nn December 2nd.

DELIVER NO MAIL Mail Carriers Wil be Allowed to Enjoy a Day of Rest on THANKSGIVNIG DAY One of the Days Set Axsidc by Uncle Sam for No Mail Delivery. The next rest day besides Sundays with the rural route mail carrier, will be Thanksgiving, November 30th. On Thanksgiving they may stay at home and toast their shins, so far as your Uncle Samuel is concerned. There is but one legal holiday in all the year that the rural route carriers have to work. Christmas they spend driving over the country roads delivering the late Christmas mail and many hearts are made glad as a result that possibly otherwise would know but little Christmas until after December 25th had passed. The mails at this season of the year are very heavy and postoffices throughout the country are swamped. It takes all hands to dispose of It. Thanksgiving will be a holiday for the carriers and they may spend the day as they please. But the city carriers do not get off so easy. They must report at the postoffice at the regular time in the morning and put up their mail as usual, but do not [ have to go out on their routes, the , postoffice being open for an hour in the morning. After that the day belongs to them. • July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, , New Years and Washington’s birthday , are among the holidays enjoyed by ! the rural carriers CLOSED TOO SOON ) _ 1 Are Public Schools When i i Contagious Diseases Appear n Community. SAYS DR. HURTY » Says Children Are Often More Liable to Disease i 1 Than When in School. > J ■ Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has prepared a ' circular letter to be sent to all public . health commissioners in the state, by which he hopes to stop hasty closing i of public schools when contagious di- ’ aease appears in the community. Dr. Hurty contends that many schools are closed where there is no necessity of ■ . such action, and thkt the children are often more liable to disease under such conditions than when in school. ■ The better plan, he said, would be to , , have medical inspection by the health f officer in the school each day as long as the contagion is in the community, and to have all pupils suspected of be . ing sick sent home. The cases of contagion in a community of ten thou . sand people, Dr. Hurty, said, should not La regarded as an epidemic, while that many cases in a community of one thousand would warrant such action as is required in an epidemic. ( In the instance of diphtheria, Dr. ’ Hurty said, there was often no need to , close the school Proper examination of the throats of the pupils and close co operation with the pathological lab-J oratory of the state board, he said, with quarantine for all real and suspected cases, would be the proper solution of a problem presented by diphtheria where the cases are few. — “ RODGERS IS FEELING FINE. Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 15—“ I’m feeling mighty good,’’ said Aviator Calbraith P. Rodgers today, as he puffed coni’ tentedly at a long, black cigar. The ( aviator added that by the end of the week he expected to be quite recovered from the effects of his fall Sunday I

Decatur, Ind. Thursday Evening, November 16, 1911.

“MADAME SHERRY" Will be at the Majestic Theater, Sun- | day, Matinee and Night. “Madame Sherry," was the musical comedy rage of New York last season. I Stealing into the metropolis quietly I late in August, the piece scored sen-: sationally, and attracted overflowing, audiences to every performance for nearly a year. The newspaper praise elicited by the piece was quite as phenomenal as the production’s box office success. Woods, Frazee and Lederer are responsible for the production, the book being by Otto Bauerbach and the music by Karl Hoschna. “Madame Sherry” is announced for an ■ appearance at the Majestic theater,; Fort Wayne. November 19th, matinee ; and night. Seat sale opens Thursday. MESSAGE OF DEATH Father of Edgar Kilbourne Passed Away at Home at Baltimore, Md. ’ ’ I . ILL SOME WEEKS r| } ' I Mr. Kilbourne Left Last i Evening to Attend Funeral Rites Friday. '] Mrs. Edgar Kilbourne of Ft. Wayne, ' who has been here visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. Deininger, was suddenly apprised of the death oi Mr. Kilbourne’s father, Wednesday evening, when a message telling of the sad naws was received from his home at Baltimore, Md. The message was at first sent to Mr. Kilbourne at Fort Wayne, but as he was on his weekly trip, and could nut be located, the message was forwarded to Mrs. Kilbourne here. Although no particulars regarding his demise were given, he has been in failing health for some weeks, but no thoughts of his death were dealt upon by his son, and the message came as a heavy ■ blow. He was a contractor by pro- 1 session and had reached about his sixtieth year. The funeral will be held Friday, the message not giving the exact hour, and Mr. Kilbourne left I Wednesday evening to be in attend- i ance at the last earthly respects for ; his father. o SPECIAL TONIGHT. I “The Keefer Theater Barty'' will . leave over the interurban by special car at 7 o’clock this evening and a, large number will compose the crowd and take advantage of the cheap rates ■ which have been offered, $1.25 for the I i car fare and a ticket to the play,; “Polly of the Circus,” at the Majestic, i The Keefer theater party is some-' thing new in the way of advertising, and is being put on by a number of' towns having interurbans running into Fort Wayne. These will be carried oil from now on every so often, and when arrangements can be made for the conveying of a crowd to the play -o p INTERESTING SERVICES. - At M E. Church—Rev. Semans Will Speak Tonight. i A fair-sized congregation listened to . an excellent sermon at the Method- j ist church Wednesday night by Chas. : H, Smith of Markle. Tonight the pas- j tor will preach the sermon. Rev. B. ] ' E. Parker was to be the speaker on j Friday night, but he has an attack of j the grip and w:'J not be present. The 1 pastor is expecting his father, the Rev. E. L. Semans, D. D., of Warsaw,, , for the Friday night meeting. I o ______ , THE TAYLOR QUARTET. i 1 Will Sing at Berne Friday Evening r Under W. C. T. U. Auspices. J I The Taylor university quartet will r give an evening’s entertainment, con- t sisting of solos, quartets and readlnfes I at Berne Mennonite ch ’’‘Hday t evening, November 17th- '* M ' r to hear them '* "hnrgt A silver offer: come to Berne ui the W. C. T. U-, a: omuicnded ente Mr. and Mrs. „. r .. today for Clinton. <■ will spend the wintei . her brother, George Daugherty. > < '■

DIED IN THE WEST Body of Mrs. Louise Hartman, Well Known Here, Taken to Bluffton. HAS RELATIVES HERE Lived at Santa Cruz, Cal., for About One Year—Heart Trouble the Cause. — The body of Mrs. Louise Hartman, aged 30, whose death occurred last; week in Santa Cruz, Cal., arrived this ; morning at 4:46 over the Clover Leaf: railroad, accompanied by her husband, Otto Hartman, and two small sons. The cause of Mrs. Hartman’s death was a severe attack of heart and kidned trouble which was suffered three weeks prior to her death. —Bluffton Banner. 1 The deceased was known to a number of people in this county, where ■ she often visited, prior to her leaving for the west, where for the year past she has been making her home. A number of relatives reside in this county, and were deeply' grieved when apprised of the death of the young woman. The brothers and sisters left to mourn their loss include Mrs Lydia Mottise of Berne, Peter Klopfensteine, Monroe township Samuel Klnpfensteine, residing in the northern part of the state; Jacob Klopfensteine, of Michigan, and a sister living in Tenneesee. The deceased, with her husband, was a former resident of Montpelier, where Mr. Hartman owned and operated a hay bailer, t>ut for the past year they have resided at Santa Cruz, Cal. The remains w'ere taken to the home of John Rich at Bluffton, where they will lie in state until the burial service, which will be Friday morning at the Evangelical church. Interment was made in the cemetery nearby. MOVED TO STURGIS ■ ■» iI.W Edward Luttman, Formerly of Magley, Buys Interest in Restaurant. IN STURGIS. MICH. With Brother—Mrs. Luttman Here Closing Up Business Affairs. Edward Luttman, who for some time has conducted the general store at Magley, and who recently sold the same, to D. Leyse, has purchased a half interest in his brother’s restaurant at Sturgis, Mich., and with his family will make Sturgis their home, having rented a furnished house there. It wns the intention of Mr. ; Luttman, upon selling his store here, : to go to Texas for. the benefit of his j health, but doubting the benefits to be derived from going there, and not desiring to go so far away from his old ; home, he decided to go to Sturgis. Mr. Luttman is now in charge of the restaurant with his brother, and Mrs. Luttman is here for a few days closing up business affairs, which will be finished by Saturday when she will leave permanently for Sturgis. MANY PRIESTS ATTEND. Wednesday at 2 o’clock a meeting of the Fort Wayne deanery of the Fort Wayne diocese convened in the residence of Rt. Rev. Bishop Herman J. Alerdlng. About forty priests from Fort Wayne and from towns and churches in this vicinity were in attendance. Bishop Alerdlng Rt Rev. John H. Oechtering presided at | the meeting, which was held for the purpose of discussing various dogatlc, lithurgical and moral questions A :hted with the parish. This meetone of several that were held Lroughout the Fort Wayne dio others were held at South :®mond, Logansport, LafayMuncie -Fort Wayne Newt. Wilken and Father Flaherty i umbered among those attend ine Fort Wayne meeting.

HAD FINE TIME. A splendid time was the report this morning of the Modern Woodmen who attended the initiation exercises which were conferred upon a class of five candidates. A record-breaking crowd was present, upwards of seven-ty-five responding to the invitation for the evening of pleasure. The (work of conferring the degrees was given by the local forestry team, and excellent results were the outcome of their long drilling. Following this work several addresses, which proved of great interest to all, were given by different members and were attentively listen‘ed to by the many present. Arrange ■ ments were also completed forth: giving of an oyster supper on Wednesday evening, November 29th, to be in charge of the lodge and Royal Neighbors. The price will be within reach of all and only a dime will be charged for the supper. The program of Wednesday night rounded up with a smoker, which was highly enjoyed by all. HONOrTb. ERWIN —' d Appointed Member of K. of P. Grand Lodge Judiciary Committee, — FOR COMING YEAR' i I Appointment is Made by Grand Chancellor Hart— i Comes Unsolicited. ■ ■ II ■ Rl Hon. D. B. Erwin, une of. the prominent attorneys of this city, and a loy- j al and active Knight of Pythias, lias I been appointed a member of the ju-1 diciary commiuse of the grand K. of! P. lodge for the coming year, an honor I that is indeed a worthy one. The appointment was made by Grand Chancellor W’iiliam P. Hart, and comes unsolicited by Mr. Erwin, being there- 1 fore a great surprise and all the more 1 pleasurable and more highly appro elated. The other members of the ; committee are William J. Busikrk of i Paoli and Daniel V. Miller of Terre Haute. The Knights of Pythias will hold a: ' important meeting this evening, when the third rank work will be • onferred District Deputy Grand Chancellor A R. Huyette of Bluffton will be present ; and the plans for the district meeting 1 will be discussed. 1 —1 Another reason why the meeting of ‘ this evening will be important, and a ] full attendance of the membership de- ; sired, is at this time, plans will be con- ; sidered for the frescoing and decorat- : ing of the walls of the new K. of P. Home, the trustees having had the : advisability of doing so in mind for j some time. Kover. of Fort Wayne, ' the well know n aritst, and also the ; German artist, who is decorating the ! new Mennonite church at Berne, have 1 both submitted plans for their consideration. When the home was built the walls were Icit plain, the matter i of their decoration to be considered ! ; Inter. NEXT MONDAY EVENING. Next Monday will be drill practice ; for the Yeomen degree staff, and all ’ members are earnestly requested to > j be on hand to take part in the evening's exercises. They are fast get- ; ting themselves into shape for the i conferring of the degree work upon ‘ the Fort Wayne class oa the twentyseventh of this month, when a large ! number will be taken into the Fort Wayne lodge. They will also take a large number with them for the evening of pleasure, and enjoy the several hours at the hands of the neighboring lodge, which has extended an invitation to them to be their guests. Another interesting event which now confronts the order is the fifteenth anniversary of the institution of the order, and when great festivities will I be in order at Indianapolis, al! «nrj rounding lodges being asked to take i part. A class of five hundred mem- , bers has been started, which will be taken in at this time, and will lend much to the happy occasion. The home lodge will no doubt send the degree staff, and the occasion promises to be one of great, celebration. Mrs. Alice Ray and daughter. Miss Wilba, who were shopping here, returned to their home.

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THREE MEN HURT When Fast B. & 0. Train Crashed Into a Switch Engine at Breese. THE TRIAL TOO SLOW London Papers Give Young American Tenor Much Space For Praise. (Ui: ’: ;1 i ir.;, St‘l Vh . .1 Breese. 111., Nov. to Daily Democrat) —.1. Gush of Washington, Ind., engineer of a mail Lain, and two.other persons were injured when a fast Baltimore & Ohio mail train crashed into a switch engine ■ here today. Two c&r loads of mail ' were burned, I Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 16 —(Special ;to Daily Democrat) —Angered by the j severe criticism by Judge Albert G. j Burnett of the California appellate ■ court, who told the state bar associa- | tion that the delay in obtaining a jury j in the James B. McNamara case was la crime, Judge Bordwell made it plain. ! to both sides that the dilatory practice , must end. The judge will allow no ’ more lengthy arguments, but will j compel the laywers to submit in brief, ; and if arguments will be necessary, j wiil hear them outside of court hours. Washington, D. C., Nov. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Orders for : the dispatch of a regiment of United j States soldiers to China were awaited here today by the officials of the war i department, who have been given no- ’ tice that men would be needed. Army ’ officers are prepared to act quickly, ’ when orders are given. London, Eng., Nov. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat)— Newspapers here today speak in unmeasured praise of Ordilla Harold, the American tenor who made a big debut here as Arnold in Will Pell, and considered ibe most difficult rolo in grand opera. A few years ago Harold was driving a delivery wagon in Muncie, Ind. COLONEL G. W. BAIN, ORATOR Will Give Second Number of Lecture Course Monday Evening. The second number of the high school lecture course follows closely that of last Thursday, being scheduled for Monday evening, November 20th, when Colonel George Bain, known as “The Kentucky Orator,” will give a lecture. Those who have not a season ticket for the course, can secure a ticket for this lecture, which promises to be not only brilliant and popular, but laden with truth and instruction. ° HAVE SPECIAL CALL. The W. R. C ladies are making . special arrangements for a big meeting to be held at the hall on Friday evening, the 17th. at which time Mrs. i Weston of Montpelier will be here to ! inspect tho local lodge. An urgent call is extended to all the members to be on hand for the evening and to take part in the doings, which will be carjl time, and to extend ; r . i.,.”.:y to Mrs. Weston as MOTION TO QUASH. (United Press Service.) Chicago, 111., Nov. 16 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Immediately after Judge Kohlsaat called the cases of the ten indicted packers today' who were seeking to prolong eight years of delay in bringing the cases to trial, by seeking a decision from the United States supreme court, and included in the criminal section of the Sherman anti-trust law, the government took action which placed action on the defensive. Attorney James Sheehan, special prosecutor for the government, moved that, the affidavits be quashed on the grounds that the ten defend ants had surrendered in the marshal's office and not in the open court. INDICTMENTS RETURNED. (United Press Service.) t Kansas City, Kans., Nov. 16—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Indictments charging rebating were returned by the federal grand jury this afternoon ■ against the Baltimore & Ohio and the ' Lehigh Valley railroads.