Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 270.

GAS FUMES WERE FATAL John Woy Found Dead This Morning on Floor of His Bed Room. GAS FILLED ROOM Had Probably Fainted and Disconnected Gas Tube From Smail Heater. John Woy, one of the oldest and most highly respected men of the city and county, was found dead on the floor of his bedrocin this morning at his home on North Fifth street, his room filled wttn gas fumes which undoubtedly resulted in his death from accidental asphyxiation. Mr. Woy had been suffering from kidney trouble for many years but had been able to be up and around. Thursday he seemed as well as usual, ate with his usual heartiness, and at supper seemed even more cheerful than usual. He has been in the habit of leaving the small gas stove burn in his room during the night, so that should he have occasion to get up, as he often did, the room would be comfortably warm. When breakfast was ready this morning at 5:15, Mr Fansler went to the door of his room, which opens off of the sitting room at the front, and tapped on it as usual to awaken him. He tapped twice, and getting no response, opened the door and was horrified to find the man lying on the floor dead. He was lying in such away that his feet were near the small stove, and one arm lay as though clinging to a small windowrocking chair. The room was filled with escaping gas. Later investigation showed that the small rubber tube leading to the stove had been disconnected, and it is thought that Mr. Woy getting up in the night was seized with a fainting attack, which he has had on several former occasions, and that perhaps in the fall, he fell in such away that the tube was disconnected and the gas fumes rushing forth and seizing him at the time of his faintness, did its fatal work. Dr. Thomas, a friend of the family of many years, was called and arrived within twenty minutes, but life was found to be extinct and nothing could be done to re vive him. The body showed no bruises made by the fall, or in any way. The death, it is thought, occur* red between 2 and 4 o’clock this morning as Coroner Grc.ndstaff said, when be arrived on the scene t':is morning at 9:15, that rigor mortis had net set in. When Mr?. Fansler arose this morning she detected in the other part of the.house a slight odor of escaping gas, but thought nothing of the matter at the time. If the gas had been escaping during the entire night :t would completely have filled the house and would have been noticeable on the second floor, also, which it • - s ' - ter during the day. and this g-vo-= another teason for inferring t‘.<at the death did not occur until the I:' 1 - te" part of the night, and that the gas was turned on then when he fell Coroner Grandstaff has not yet arrived at a verdict, but will probably give accidental asphyxiation as the cause of the death. The death of Mr. Woy comes as a distinct shock to his many friends here, as only Thursday afternoon, apparently in his usual good health, he had been down town, conversing with his friends. For eighteen years he had been a resident of this city and was known to everybody, and spoken of in only the highest and beet terms. Had Mr. Woy lived until next April 13th, he would have been eighty-three years of age, having been born April 13, 1829, in Carroll county, Ohio, the son of George and Catherine W oy. His father died when he was but a babe and he lived at home with his mother until his marriage. Mr. Woy was first married November 29, 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Worley, who died July 5, 1859, leaving one child Silas Luther, who was horn September 19, 1851, and died in 1860, both being bur-, ied in the Monmouth cemetery. Mr., Woy was married March 15, l sfin ,0 Hannah Bonebrake Dunlap, whose death occurred in this city about ten . years ago. The one child born to them died in infancy. Mr. Woy had been a resident of this | CONTIN i'~n CAGE TWO.

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IN VESTIGATE PEORIA FIRE. J (Insurance Agent Says Landlord Did Not Try to Save Furniture. J "'"'■i, 111., Nov. 17—Deputy State l-ne Marshall Henry Hogardus and an ' assistant from the office of State Fire Marshall C. J. Doyle arrived in Peoria to investigate the fire which destroyed the National hotel. They were sent to , . eoria at the instance of D. C. Schupp. 3 i“ n lnsur ance agent, who declares that iownsend, landlord of the hotel, did not make a proper effort to save the 1 Lnii.ure. Schupp represents the M i stem Empire insurance company, ; ’ h had a policy of SIO,OOO on the furniture in the notel. CAMPAIGN STARTS < ( December First for Sale of ' Red Cross Christmas Seals in Indiana. ( . DECATUR INCLUDED Every Seal is a Bullet Fired in the Warfare Against ,‘White Plague.” i This city is to be included in the 11911 sale of Red Cross Christmas seals wuich will begin about December 1 in every town and city in Indiana. The money realized from the sale of tne seals will be used in this state to check the startling increase of tuberculosis. While the work over the state is being directed by the Red Cross Seals Commission ot Indiana to be named by the state managers, a complete campaign pian has ueen prepared ,or every city and under this it is believed every person in the state will be leached. Through the campaign in Indiana mis year the commission expects to sell between one million and two million seals and is busy perfecting the state organization. In cities where anti-tuberculosis societies are active, the work will be under their direction while in other communities clubs and other societies will act as agents. Upon these organizations the state commission is basing its hope that the sales this year will exceed all previous records. . ' The seals will sell for one cent/each and the money raised in Indiana wjill remain in the state tor use >n the fight against tuberculosis. The fact that nearly 5,000 people die in Indiana each year of consumption, costing the state $10,000,000 annually, is spurring the state commission in its campaign to sell Red Rross Christmas seals -Every seal." according to the commission. “is a bullet fired in the warfare against the ‘white plague.”’ The sale of Red Cross Christmas seals this year is in the hands of a newly organized commission, headed by Professor Severance Burrage of Purdue University, Lafayette. The other officers of this commission are Miss Rhoda M. Welding, vice president, Terre Haute, and Miss V. C. liar risen, secretary, of South Bend. Dr. Theodore Potter ot Indianapolis is chairman of the campaign committee, and Merels Sidener and Guernsey Van Riper are the sales managers. Mrs. L. G. Ellingham, Dr. Henry Moore and Lannes McPhetrridge are the other members of the campaign committee. TO SPEAK SUNDAY. The Baptist church, which since the transferring of Rev. Ehle to the Fort Wayne charge, has been without, a pastor, will on next Sunday have the pastor of the Montpelier congregation to fill the pulpit, the Rev. T. Libel’n Jones. The congregation, which has seen in search, since the departure of Rev. Ehle, for a new pastor, is at present endeavoring to secure the services of a minister who will continue the good work begun by the late pastor and look after their spiritual wants as heretofore. The Rev. Jones is a very fluent and able speaker, possessed of many winning qualities, and one who would prove to be a valuable man in the vacant charge. He will speak both in the morning and evening. Mi» subject for the 10:30 o'clock service will be "The Three Great Changes,” and in tho evening at 7, “Hogs and Souls.” Both will be interesting discourses, and all are cordially invited to attend.

GIVEN TO CHURCH Is the Bulk of Mr. Woy’s Estate—Will Probated This Morning. MR. C. D. KUNKEL Is Named Executor—Several Bequests Made in Addition to That to Church. — .J — Owing to the fact that he left no direct heirs, and made very little other arrangement for his affairs, the will of John Woy, tho aged man who was found dead this morning, was probated this morning in the circuit court. The will was written July 31, 1903, with a codicil added thereto August 7, 1903. The codicil does nothing more than correct the names of the church departments to which he leaves the bulk of his estate. R. S. Peterson and Calvin Peterson were witnesses of the will. Mr. Woy provided first for the payment of sickness, funeral and other expenses; second, that all his personal property except promissory notes be sold at public sale; t,hird, that the executor collect, at his death, the promissory notes owned by him, with the least flDSßthle harshness to the makers of the notes; fourth, the executor is to sell all real estate at public or private sale on terms he thinks best; fifth, the executor is to cause the body of his wife and child, buried at Monmouth, to be taken up and buried in his lot in Maplewood cemetery, provided this has not been done by him during his life time; sixts, the executor is to see that his body is interred in his lot in Maplewood cemetery and a proper inscription put on the monument already up; seventh, to Cora Bonebrake he gives $200; to Sarah Fansler he leaves S3OO, conditioned that she and her husband remain with and care fol him as they tvere doing when the will was written, until his decease, this being in full payment for all care or work done for him during his last sickness, unless be should live longer or be more than ordinary’ care, in case of which the executor shall make such additional allowance as he deem just; ninth, the rest of the estate Is to he divided into four equal parts and given to the following departments of the Evangelical Lutheran church of the general synod—to the board of church extension, to the board of foreign missions, to the board of home missions, and tn the pastor’s fund society. C. D. Kunkel is named executor, and will qualify next week. It is thought the funeral will not be held before Monday. RECEIVE INTEREST Indiana Schools to Receive Large Sum as Interest on School Fund. r DURING NEXT MONTH Some Counties to Receive More Than Others, Owing to Number of Pupils. Indiana schools will receive $273,062.34 as interest on the common, school fund in the December distribu tion from the office of the auditor of state, according to the figures compiled by the state superintendent of public instruction and filed Thursday with the auditor. The apportionment of the funds to counties wiil take place after the December settlements. The total amount of interest from the fund for the year November 1, 1910, to November 1, 1911, was $530,908.49. The total amount of the common school fund, which the various counties held in trust in June, 1911, was $8,846,825.10. The total amount of interest paid into the state treasury in the June settlements was $257,747.15. The remainder will be reapportioned by the state superintend eul after it is received from county treasurers. Many of the counties receive more than they .pay in because of the operation of the statute which regulates

Decatur, Ind. Friday Evening, November 17, 1911.

the amount of money disbursed to | them, according to the number of | children in each county. | "THE SQUAW MAN.” Much has been said and written of “The Squaw Mau," which is announc ed for one night at the opera house, tonight, but half of the delights of i, this splendid play have not been told. Men and women who have seen it i again and again at each new represen- J tation find in it fresh qualities to evoke admiration. Its fine AmericanI Ism, winsome interest and clean comedy, endears it to the habitual theatergoer. Besides reading between its lines audiences can always give to it ■ a local framing. The company this ' year is unusually strong. The ladies have won particular commendation for effective gowns and fine appearance. 1 ° “ ;PUTIN TELEPHONES 7' This'System Being Installed by Clover Leaf Railroad | to Take Place - I OF THE TELEGRAPH * r t' e Decatur ’Phone Will be In-. j stalled Monday—Tele- I ; I graph to be Retained. e I The telephone system, which is rap--1 idly being adopted by all the leading railroads in place of the telegraph sys- ' tem heretofore used, in the giving and receiving of orders by the telegraphe ers, is being installed by the Clover Leaf railroad also. The installation is rapidly approaching this city and it is I thought will have reached here by 3 next Monday. The telephone will ’ | work a great revolution In railroad asI I fairs, and the one installed by the Clo- • I ver Leaf will be the first used by rail--1 , roads in this city, except by the in--1 terurban. The telegraph system will • be also retained by the Clover Leaf, 5 to be used in case anything should I go wrong with the telephone. j _____ o TAFT STEPS IN s I — ■ President to Prevent Rail--1 *: road from Right to PanaII ma Canal Until i i 11 THE REQUIRED TIME k —- McNamara Trial it is Believed Will be Ready Sure, First of Next Month. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C„ Nov. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —President : Taft will take up with the secretary ! of war, Stimson, as to the conspiracy of the trans-continental railroads to prevent the establishment as to the use of the Panama canal before the right is-'eent to congress. Charges against the railroads were made to the j president by Bernard M. Baker, it was i learned today. I 7 Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 17 —(Special . to Daily Democrat) —Satisfied that the I jury in the James B. McNamara case ' will be completed by the first of the coming month, both sides are now working hard to finish the details of I ; j actual evidence. While District At- ' torney Frederick will make no statement as to his plans, it was learned here today that the prosecution will i set the first day of the actual trial , to proving the death of Charles Haggarty, for whose killing McNamara is !on trial. After that will come the evidence regarding the exploding of the Times building, for which charge the i defendant is also being tried. , i Shanghi, Nov. 17 —(Special to Daily ■ Democrat) —Self government for the • provinces in local affairs, the central control by Federal govei'nment, are to • revolutionize In conventions which are arising here today. Popular sentiment > has generally ceased to favor a const! • tution as that which is followed by the 5 United States.

PLAN DIDN’T WORK Raymond Leßrun Tried to Bum Way to Gas City— Thrown From Car. NEAR VAN BUREN Later Brought to This City and Injuries Attend-to— Not Serious. Raymond, fourteen-y ear-old son ol | the late Israel Leßrun, was the victim ot a very painful accident Thursday evening while "bumming” his way to Gas City, and although not serious, he can consider himself lucky that his life was spared. He has been making his 'home near Wren, Ohio, and [ getting somewhat tired of his every- [ day living (boy-like style), took it into his head to go to the home of his ' grandfather, Alexander Leßrun, now living at Gas City. He boarded a j freight train and when in the vicinity 'of Van Buren either fell off or was i thrown from his hiding place and reI ceived a number of bruises about the | hbad and right leg. The stpry as told . by the young lad don’t seem to sound ; just right, he statirg that when he I stepped from the train on which he I was stealing a ride, he was struck by another and thrown into the ditch. He I was later picked up by the eastbound passenger train, due here at 7:03 p. m., and brought to this city, where a physician was summoned and his injuries attended to. He was later taken to the home of his uncle, Daniel Weikel, in the west part of the city, remaining for the night, and this morning his mother, now Mrs. Sheets, t arrived from Wren and conveyed him back to his home. This will no doubt prove a lesson to the young man and 'he or any other who should get a notion in his head it would better for . him to consult his elders before he undertakes such a trip. j The 'young lad has been rnaikng his i home with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowen I and had a good home, and his rela-[ tives are at a loss to understand why he decided to leave so uncermonious-: ; ly. He attended school Thursday morn-I ing as usual. J n , The Baptist Ladies’ Aid society en-[ ; joyed their weekly meeting at the < home of Mrs. John Everett, there being a large number present, and the I time passed rapidly for those who attended. A dainty lunch was served by ' Mrs. Everett before uicir leaving. ATHLETIC ROOM I? i The High School Basket Ball 1 Team Secure Old Kover Hall Building. THE SEASON IS OPEN . ! J , First Game Flere Next Friday Evening Against the 5 I ~ Liberty Center Team. The high school boys and girls are ’ happy. At last they have secured quarters for athletics, Including a bas- ' ket ball court. Thursday evening a lease was tpken on ttje old Porter room, upstairs rooms, where the big games will be played during the coming season. For two weeks they have been searching tor a place where they could practice and have their games and the old building which in years gone by furnished amusement tor the people in the way of an opera house, skating rink and general hall, was finally leased from the owner, Jesse Niblick. The first game of the season here will come off one week from tonight, when Liberty Center will play. The work of tearing out the partitions will be done Saturday and the practice squad will be out Monday evening. The team this year will be a good one and tho lads expect to clean up everything in this section of the state. It’s a great sport and the public of Decatur once interested will be as much amused as they are in witnessing a base ball game.

“MADAME SHERRY” AT MAJESTIC i Will Appear Matinee and Night, Sunday, November 19th. Every day’ is bringing “Madame Sherry” nearer to its Fort Wayne engagement. It is hitting the high spots on its second trans-continental trip, I again leaving in its wake millions of laughing, delighted people, and facing many more expectant audiences, as it did last season. Never before haye J I laughter, music, novelty and beauty i of production been so thoroughly and artistically combined as in the case of ' “Madame Sherry,” and all who view the performance admit there’s a reason for its wonderful success. Mail j orders now received. KENTUCKY ORATOR Col. George W. Bain Will Give Second Number of Lecture Course. ON NEXT MONDAY — One of Most Widely Known and Successful Popular Lecturers Known. Colonel George W. l/aiii, “The Kentucky Orator.” one of the most widely known and generally successful popular lecturers the lyceum has ever known, will give the second number ofthe high school lecture course next Monday evening, November 20th, at the Bosse opera house. A notice concerning him says. “A short time ago one of his contemporaries who has traveled this country over and over, and has himself delivered more than five thousand lectures said: ‘Colonel Ba>n has done more good than any other man on the American platform.’ No audience ever felt the sway of his oratory without a j vision of a great personality, matchI less in character, masterly in brain, I sympathetic in heart and sublime in purpose. “Colonel Bain is just in his prime, doing the best work of his life. He j has a phenomenal Chautauqua record, i The call exceeds the number of Avail- ' able dates from year io year. His record at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, is without a parallel, unless it be that i of Dr. J. M. Buckley of Chautauqua, N. Y. He has lectured for hundreds of . chautauquas, lyceums, schools, colleges and societies throughout the Un- . ited States with never a dissatisfied I audience. The universal report is, ‘He i pleased, instructed, and did us good. . We want his again.’ “When you want a man who will I charm your people and give them j something worth while, send for Col. i Geo. W. Bain, ‘The Kentucky orator.' " —r i DECATUR K. OF P. MAKES PLEA I That the District Convention be Held Here. At the meeting of the Knights of i Pythias Thursday evening, which was j attended by A. R. Huyette, of Bluffton, district deputy, a plea wns entered I rtiat. Decatur be given the next district convention, which is scheduled for some time in February. Redkey and Dunkirk are also eager for the honor of entertaining the convention, but it j Is thought that Decatur will win out. i The convention has not been held here for fifteen years. Mr. Huyette gave a . I very excellent address Thursday ev- ' ening, and the evening was one of un- ; usual pleasure. The third degree ■ work was conferred upon Clark Spahr. > I I. -—<* '■ •» HUNTERS SHOOT BOY. I ; A party of hunters from Willshire, ■ while hunting on the Gus Brant farm , near that place Thursday morning s shot at a rabbit and Succeeded in hit- ’ ting the son of Brant. The boy was i out on the farm looking after some - stock and was making a search, ac- . companied by a dog. He carried a s club. The hunters saw the rabbit and ? shot, and th© boy who was on the . opposite side of the brush received the > full charge of shot. He was taken tc - Willshire, where medical att'-ntlon s was given him, the wound not proving - serious. A merchant by tho name ol 1 Straubinger was the unlucky hunter a j who discharged the shot. No trouble will result from the accident.

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THE FIRST NUMBER The Monroe Lecture Course Starts Off With Splendid Address by Dr. Gary. A COAL FAMINE Threatening Monroe—Wind Storm Did Considerable Damage Saturday. Monroe, Ind., Nov. 17 —(Special to Daily Democrat) -The second number .of the Monroe high school lecture i course, which w’as held at the assemI bly room of the school house last ( Tuesday evening by Dr. Gray i Brooklyn, N. Y., was attended by a i lair-sized audience, which was well entertained on the subject, “Ruins of I Gods." Dr. Gray is a forcible speaker and held nis hearers spell-bound throughout the evening's talk. He is one of‘the best speakers on the lecture platform today and should he ever return to Monroe, he will be greeted by a full house. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, many were forced to stay at home on that evening. The next number will be given by George P. Bible on December 4th. This gentleman appeared here last winter, and needs no commendation on our part. He will again have the ' pleasure of delivering his famous lee’s ture to a crowded house, as his work here last year is sufficient to insure a large patronage. The Monroe Live Stock company shipped four car loads of hogs, calves - and sheep from this place Friday, j They are buying a large amount of stock to be shipped to the Buffalo i markets. Louis Mills is the buyer. i -; The town of Monroe is on the verge ‘[ol a coal famine. Our dealers have . | exhausted their large supply during the cold snap. The Hay, Grain and | Milling company has only a small I amount of coal on hand, which will be • [ takep up within a short time. If a 1 new supply does not arrive soon, Mon- [ roeites will no doubt get the “shivers.” ' j New corn is daily coming to our ele- ■ vators, at 73 cents per 100 pounds, which is being stored for future shipments. The large smoke stack at the Mon- . | roe Hay, Grain and Milling company’s 1 ; plant was partly blown down last Sat- ■ [ urday night by the heavy wind storm; : also the smokestack on the W. S. ! | Smith home was blown off. ■ | The fine residence of John Hocker j at this place is almost completed, and I is the most up to date in this part 1 of the country. He is installing a two-horse power gasoline engine to run his electric light plant throughout the house and garage and also to > pump water. I [ Ask Oscar Woods why he did not shoot the rabbit he saw ■while out hunting Tuesday. i Don’t forget the musical to be given • at the assembly room by the Standard I j Bearers of the M. E. church on Novem- [ ber 28th. This will be a rare treat. Don’t miss it. 1 : Our real estate men are on the | jump. They are doing a large bus!j ness in buying and selling farms. Candidates for the various county offices are busy looking up the Monroe voters, soliciting their support for ’ their nomination. The tile mill here is at present burning its last kiln of tile for the season. This plant Is one of the substantial • institutions of the town aud employs 1 several men throughout the season. '■> They Lave a large stock of all sizes -of tile on hand, and by early spring 3 will have their yards completely empB ! tied. They do quite a large business '• j in that line. Rufus Sprunger, the mana [ ager, is a whole-souled and widert I awake business man, and to him is e due the success it so widely enjoys. e o John Badders says if eighteen n chairs are not enough to accommodate g his daily visitors, he w ill put in twelve >f more. They spend their leisure hours r at that hospitable place watching e John's new peanut roaster work. All are welcome.