Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1911 — Page 1

Volume IX. Number 290

SMOKE CLEARS Beatty, Baltzell, Archbold and Macklin the Winners in the Contests. BIG CROWD WAITED For the Returns Which Were Received at This Office— Ticket is Strong. THE TICKET. For Representative—A. P. Beatty. For Judge—David E. Smith. For Prosecutor —R. C. Parrish. For Auditor —Thomas Baltzell. For Treasurer —William J. Archbold For Sheriff—Thomas Durkin. For Surveyor—Phil L. Macklin. For Coroner —D. D. Clark. For Commissioner, Second District -Jim A. Hendricks. For Commissioner, Third District — Christian Eicher. The smoke has cleared away and out of the mist comes the ticket as named above. It was a well conducted primary campaign, ending with an orderly election. The returns were awaited by a crowd of many hundred who gathered at this office Tuesday evening. The first returns came from the Second ward, Decatur, at 6:07. Others came in quick succession, until ft o'clock, when all but three were in. Then the crowd waited good naturedly until 11 o'clock, when East Root reported. Then the crowd lingered to talk it over. The ticket is considered a strong one, and the democrats of Adams county will support them to a man at the election next November. CASE BEING TRIED. The trial of C. M. Foreman vs. Geo. W. Souers & Son of Huntington, in the United States court, in which the former asks damages to the amount of 125,000, for injuries received some months ago by a vicious stallion. Vhe case has been hanging fire for some time and much controversy has been the result. It is attracting quite a bit of attention and many witnesses are being called into court to give their side of the affair. Several people from this city are also witnessing the progress of the trial.

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take in new members. The federation of paper bailers jg getting stronger each day and several new members have already been ad- | ded to the popular organization. Isadore Kleinhenz, vice president of the new assembly, is kept quite busy these days and has accepted the as- [ distance of a brother member of the order to aid him in the heavy work of billing, which requires considerable of his time. The lodge is fast growing and a bright future Is predicted. Editor Spade of the Willshire Herald was numbered among the business callers here yesterday and later left for Fort Wayne to attend to somo business matters which required his attention between trains. , GET LITTLE MONEY Yeggmen Early This Morning Blew Postoffice Safe at Harland. — MEN WERE ALIVE When Removed from the Cross Mountain Mine— More Believed Alive. (United Press Service.) Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Cracksmen blew ' the postoffice safe at Harland near here early today, escaping with $26.36 , in money and $40.00 In postage stamps. About $60.00 in money was overlooked by the cracksmen. Briceville, Tenn., Dec. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Government rescuers today estimated that there were between twenty-five and thirty men imprisoned in the Red Cross mine who are still alive. Briceville, Tenn., Dec. 12 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Rappings heard in another portion of the mine from where five men have already been rescued today led the searchers to believe that more men may be rescued 1 from the living tomb in. the Red Cross mine of "the Knoxville Coal & Iron i company. It is certain, however, that 1 the death list will, as a result of the explosion, remain large, and which imprisoned 200 men. 1 New York, N. Y., Dec. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —Mrs. Virginia Evers, whose husband, Frederick Evers is rated in the commercial agency to be worth far above a million dollars. was today sentenced to serve three months in the penitentiary on Blackwell Island on a charge of cruel- ' ty, beating Miss Alice Ramboles, her Swede ward.

STOP AT EIGHTH More Children Cease Attending at This Period Than I at Any Other. DECREASE IS SHOWN ■ ■ Adams County Enrollment Placed at 4,867, With a Daily Average of 4,001. More children ceased attending In diana public schools upon reaching the eighth grade during 1910-1911 than ever before, according to enrollment figures compiled in the office of Charley A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public Instruction. That grade is the turning point in the lives of the majority of children, the state official believes, and as in former years, it has been shown that the need of the Hoosier school system is some kind of elaboration of the school work at that period which will induce children to complete the eighth grade and enter high school. The total number of children attending the eighth grade in Indiana school last year was 39,600, while during the year before 41,385 were registered. The total number of children enrolled in the public schools of the state last year was 530,267 and the average daily attendance was 471,726. For the school year 1909-10 the to tai enrollment was 531,459, and the average daily attendance was 420,789. The falling off in total registration is credited by officials of the state superintendent’s office to the fact that many new county superintendents took office during the year just passed and being unfamiliar with the meth ' ods of compiling total enrollments, probably caused this discrepancy. For Marion county the total enrollment in 1910-11 was 39,347, compared to 38,664 the year before. The average daily attendance last year in the county was 31,423, and in 1909-10 it was 30,666. The total attendance in all township schools of the state last year was 284,516. In cities, 190,865 children were enrolled, and in towns the lists showed a total of 54,886. The total number of white boys attending school in 191011 was 261,851, and the total number of white girls was 255,915. The total number of colored boys ' attending was 4,932. and of colored girls was 7,569. SUNDAY SCHOOL ELECTION. Sunday school election will take place at the Winchester U. B. church on the* 7th of December for the purpose of electing new members for the , i coming year. It will be of interest to all present. Some other business is | also to be transacted. Everybody is invited to come.

Decatur, Ind. Wednesday Morning, December 13, 1911,

THEY MADE POP-OVERS. High School Girls Successful in Cooking Class. ! The first lesson, involving practical , work on the part of the students, in , the domestic science class tought by . Miss Stella Philips of Fort Wayne, at the gas office, was given Monday after- ' noon, being the making of pop-overs. The first section of the high school girls received instruction, and then, , protected by big aprons, stirred in the | large yellow bowls provided them, the concoction, the first in the bread line, , from which pop-overs are made. These , were placed in the oven, and then it i was seen that not enough time could i be given the students for the baking, ! so Miss Philips agreed to bake them this time, while the next section was assembling. The pop-overs were a ’ grand success, as the Democrat reporti' er, who was given a peep into the ■ oven just as they were baking, can , testify. The next two sections were given the recipes, and directions, so i that with the next lesson, they can • begin at once on the making and will s also have-time for the baking. A lesson on candy making will also be given next Monday, as it comes just be- ! fore Christmas. —o— TWO WITHIN WEEK 1 Death of George Jacobs Last Night Closely Follows That of Child. • I —— i ♦ OF LAST WEEK Had Been Bedfast Only Since Saturday—Was a Prominent Resident. I I — After having been bedfast only since ’ Saturday and from what proved to be > a baffling illness to the physicians, ! George Jacobs, a well known farmer, I residing two and three-quarter miles east of Monroe, passed away at 12:45' o’clock this morning, from symptoms of typhoid fever and other ailments. I He had been in failing health for some time, and only last week a one-year-old daughter also died suddenly, from pneumonia. All medical skill proved to be of no benefit to him and Dr. McOscar of Fort Wayne, who was called,' was also unable to bring relief to the sick man, as well a% other physicians. who had been caring for him during ,the first dawn of his illness.. He was , nearly twenty-eight years of age, the son of the late John Jacobs, and was | numbered among the best known residents of the community. He was horn but a half mile from where the fam-I ily resided, and his entire life was 1 spent near Willshire, where he grew I >to manhood. He was married eight I years ago, and to this happy union were born six children, three of whom I ' have also passed to the great beyond. | i Mrs. Jacobs, who was unable to with-1 , stand the many trials of the present. i 1 that of the death of their little datigh- | ter, and now that of her husband, is, I also suffering from a nervous break- | down, and medical attention is also ! i necessary. He leaves to mourn their ' j loss, besides a loving wife, three chll-1 dren, Martha, Lawrence and Norman, 1 a mother, Mrs. Martha Jacobs, and | one sister, Mrs. G. H. McManama. The I funeral will take place on Thursday j morning, the cortege leaving the j house at 10 b’clock for the Monroe ( JI. E. church, where the services will be held. Interment will be made south ( of Monroe. ,

CHICAGO NAMED. (United Press Service.) Washington, D. C„ Dec. 12—(Special <to Daily Democrat) The national re--1 publican committee, meeting here to- ■ day, selected Chicago as the place of holding the next national republican convention, on June 18, 1912. The name of St. Louis was presented as ' a contender for the convention and was then withdrawn. Buffalo and Cincinnati also named as candidates, did not appear in the vote. Chicago got forty-three of the votes against Denver, Colo., 7. St. Louis received one ' vote. The resignation of the post- ' master general, Hitchcock, as chairman was accepted and former Governor Hill of Maine was elected to fill out the unexpired term. Harry S. New, of Indiana, was appointed chairman of 1 the committee on arrangements for the convention by the executive com- | mlttee.

Lt NG LIFE ENDED Mrs. Margaret Ruby Died at Early Hour This Morning at Home OF HER DAUGHTER Mrs. John Barnett—Was Nearly 77 Years Old— Funeral Thursday. Mrs. Margaret Ruby, for forty years a resident of the county, died this morning at twenty minutes to 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Barnett, on Mercer avenue, with whom she made her home for the past seven years. Had Mrs. Ruby lived until next February 15th, she would have been seventy-seven years of age, and her death was due to a complication of diseases superfinduced by old age. She had been gradually failing for the past year, though she had been bedfast omy since Monday morning. For the past two months, however, her weakness, had been more apparent and so frail was she that it was necessary to assist her by leading her from place to place. Mrs. Ruby’s maiden name wqs Margaret Roop. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Roop and was born in Seneca county, Ohio, February 15, 1835. When but three years of age she came with her parents to Van Wert county, Ohio, w'here she lived until forty years ago. when she came to this county. She was married first to Philip Thatcher, and to them were born ten children, three of whom are living. They are: Samantha, wife of John Barnett of this city; Martha Jane, wife of George Strickler of near Monroe, and Amanda, wife of Richard Ross of Van Wert county, Ohio. Mr. Thatcher’s death occurred February 1, 1870. The widow was married to a second husband— John Ruby—December 10, 1875, at Pleasant Mills, his death occurring March 19, 1884, She is survived by one brother, Jacob L. Roop, of Willshire, Ohio, and two sisters, Mary Troutner of Willshire and Susannah 'Ritter of this city. Mrs. Ruby was a good Christian lady, highly beloved by all, and death came to her, happy in the assurance r,f a long and useful life, well lived. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Christian church, the services to be held by the Rev. J. M. Dawson, assisted by the Rev. A. Kohne of Willshire, Ohio. Interment in Maplewood cemetery.

IS SOLE OWNER Otto Reppert Buys Interest j of His Partner, Charles H. Walters I I IN THE FOUNDRY 'And Machine Shop—Walters Will Return to ViI _ cinity of Vera Cruz. Purchasing the interest of his partner, Charles H. Walters, In the Walters & Reppert Foundry & Machine Shops on Eighth street, Otto Reppert thus becomes the sole owner, and will continue the work without a partner at present. Walters & Reppert have been the owners of this plant, which was formerly the Van Camp foundry, > for some time, and have built up a 'good patronage, through their excel--1 lent work. Mr. Reppert will continue 1 to serve the public in the same good 1 and prompt manner. Mr. Walters, ' who has lived in this city on North Fifth street, since assuming an interest in the foundry, has purchased a ten acre tract of land near the interurban station near Vera Cruz, and will locate there some time in March. Mr. Walters prior to moving here, lived in that vicinity. ' Clem Steigmeyer, who is attending college at Indiana university, will arrive home on Thursday of this week to spend the holidays with his parents. He is taking a complete course and so far is well pleased with his undertaking

DAVID DICKERSON DEAD. Died Suddenly Monday Night at Monroeville. David Dickerson, sixty-four, lifelong resident of this city, died at 9 o'clock Monday night from heart failure a few minutes after returning to his home from attending a picture show. Mr. Dickerson had been in good health and spent the day at his usual work as a painter, going down town during the evening to attend a moving picture entertainment. Returning home he fell dead while preparing ’o retire for the night. The deceased is survived by a wife and one son, the latter residing at Sturgis, Mich., where h,e is employed as a machinist in a large factory. A brother, who operates a motion picture show, lives at Convoy, Ohio. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette Mr. Dickerson was well known here. ABOUT THE SICK Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller Operated on This Morning. ILL THREE WEEKS Doctor Required to Take Screw from Glennis Merica’s Nose. Robert, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller of North Fifth street, underwent an operation this morning at 10:30 o’clock by two physicians of the city, the operation removing about a quart and a half of pus from a cavity in the left lung. Some time ago the boy suffered an attack of influenza and this is thought to be the result of that illness. He has been ill about three weeks. William, year-old-son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell, had the misfortune to cut the end of one of one of his fingers by getting it caught in a w'ringer. # Glennis, four-year-old daughter 6f Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. J. D. Meriea, had the misfortune to get a foreign I particle, which was thought to be a | button, up her nose this morning, and | all efforts of the parents to extract it I failed. She was taken this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock to a physician, who succeeded in getting it out, and it proved to be, instead of a button, a screw, with a head as large as a pea and about a quarter of an inch long. The doctor stated that it might easily j have been drown through the nasal | opening into the wind-pipe, in which case the child would have choked tc death in a very short while.

SimeomFordyce is improving day by day, which news is very pleasing to his many friends. Mrs. M. F. Rausch and Mrs. I Vuker of Wren, Ohio, went to. Fort Wayne this morning to call on the former’s son, Lester Rausch, a patient at the Lutheran hospital, where he was operated upon last Thursday for appendicitis. lie is getting along well. — 0 BOSS BUYS MORE FACTORIES. Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 12 —The Boss Manufacturing company, with general offices at Kewanna, 111., and with factories scattered throughout Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Nev, York, all being engaged in the manufacture of cloth gloves, mittens and corn huskers, has closed a deal whereby it takes over the three glove factories owned by the Gregg Glove company, operating factories at Frankfort, Lebanon and Crawfordsville. The Boss company owns the Bluffton mitten factory and the acquisition of the three factories named above makes the company the owner of about twenty factories. The Gregg company, which sold out at Frankfort, was organized in 1903. —Bluffton News. o FOR BENEFIT OF CHARITY. The W. R. C. has engaged the Star theater for Friday evening, when the proceeds of the show of that evening will be used by them for charity. They ask the patronage of the public ou that evening. There will be special music by the chorus, and readings by talented speakers.

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HI|T BY ENGINE Charles E. Cloud Met Almost Instant Death at Lynn Tuesday Afternoon. LEGS CRUSHED OFF Driving Colt Which Ran Away, Throwing Him in Front of an Engine.

Ex-County Recorder and Mrs. C. C. Cloud Tuesday afternoon at 3:51 o’clock received a telegraph message from Lynn stating that their youngest son, Charles E. Cloud, had been Killed by a train. The message was signed by the young man’s father-in-law-. J. E. Lacy, of that place, and conveyed no further details ot the sad occurrence. Later news regarding the said affair was received aS follows. About 3:15 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Charles was driving a pony into the city of Lynn and when near the Big Four tracks a switch engine was just returning from the coal docks after taking its load. The driver done all in his power to control the pony, but without avail, and all in a sudden made a leap in front of the approaching engine throwing him and the driver directly in front of it, dragging both a distance of two hundred feet before the train could be stopped. When picked up by the train crew he was still breathing. Both legs had been severed near the body, along with a number of other ugly cuts and bruises. Life was not extinct until fifteen minutes following the accident. The sisters of the young man, Mrs. Letta Peters and Miss Mayme Cloud left Tuesday night for that place. No arrangements regarding the funer:/ were known here, and it is not known whether the body will be brought here for burial. The deceased was born in this city twenty years ago last March 15th, and practically his entire life was spent here. Last June 15th, he was wedded to Miss Lucy Lacy of Ljmn, they going to that place to make their home. Mr. Cloud was a brick mason by trade and was quite skilled in that line for one of his youth. He was most highly esteemed and the news of his sudden death comes with the greatest sorrow to all here. He is the first one of the Cloud family of children to be called, the youngest, and in the very prime of manhood and health. He leaves besides his wife of little more than half a year, his parents and the following brothers and sisters: Frank ,of Hot Springs, Ark.: Mrs. Letta Peters, Joe. of this city; Mrs. Lulu Bright of Craigville; Harry, of this city; Jesse, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mayme, at home. RORY O’MORE. One of thebest and most interesting films that has been shown at the Crystal theater for some time will be the one of this evening, Mr. Parent having secured the Rory O’More, the story of an Irish patriot, and one that has won fame throughout the country. The story, which is one of those that touches the heart, represents Ir. O’More fleeing from the English officers, nnd on his way steals a few moments to spend with his sweetheart, Kathleen, who has been followed by ■William Black, the informer. letter, hearing that he is to be imprisoned, he flees and is overtaken, arrested and placed in captivity and placed on trial. So the story goes, and it is considered one of the best in motion pictures today. Another Interesting film will be the "Square Love," an Indian poem, which will also be well worth your thne. —o POLICE COURT NEWS. This morning the plain drunk that was arrested by Marshal Peterson Monday afternoon, was arraigned and it was found that his name was Chas. Vangilder, and not Schieferstein, as stated, but that he works for a Mr. Schieferstein. He pleaded guilty and drew the eventful dollar and costs. His inability to talk plain Monday was the cause of the mistake in names.