Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 17.

THE TRUCK A SUCCESS Fire Chief Miller of Richjwnond Says the Equipment is Excellent. — VERY QUICK TIME Marked the Initial Trial of ; the New Decatur Automobile Equipment. I • At exactly 11:11 the Are whistle no|e titled the waiting assemblage that the jfeptest of the new automobile file truck ■Recently purchased had begun. Situ- •' atedat the site of the new city hall the machine was cranked and under the Redirection o'. Chauffeur Pierce of the ( ggSltecatur Motor Car company and made ' I the run byway of Second and AdI a ins to the scene of the fire in the Fullenkamp addition, a distance of I? ; i practically half a mile, and having two turns to maksf tn the short time of one minute and forty-fie seconds. Carrying Messrs. William P. Cochran and William Harlan of the Kanawha company, who were handling the 'equipment, the machine pulled up to ' ■ tl’«e scene of the fire. Fifteen seconds sufficed to la ythe hose and excite the HBuld and gain pressure from the air ' ? tanks, which contain air compressed ’. to .• cuousand pounds. With Mr. MHarian at the nozzle and Mr. Cochran handling the tank, the fluid was rapidly thrown on the blazing building, which was constructed of pine boards and a huge pile of corded wood within and soaked with five gallons of .kerosene. In just three minutes and thirty seconds from the beginning of the signal the fire was out. This gave ..the liquid just one minute to extinguish the blaze. The second test was conducted with gasoline. On account of the liquid contradicting the action of kerosene th; use of gasoline was made in orde to get a quick, hot, brisk fire. Throwing five gallons of gasoline on the charred boards of the burned building, it was fired and the blaze was allowed to flash skyward. From the instant the fluid was started until the fire was out three minutes elapsed, making very good time for a fire of this nature. In behalf of Richmond. Ind., Fire Chief E. E. Miller and president of the board of works, H. M. Hammond. Bwere present to see the demonstration. Mr. Miller says: “In my estimation the equipment equals if not surpasses the old style of soda water apparatus. Very quick time was shown in the demonstration and the machine seems to be able to handle almost any kind of difficulties.” Richpiond is contemplating installing an auto truck and it is said that they ■will have a race between a horsedrawn wagan and a track. About tnree or four hundred peo pie witnessed the trial and all seem I ed well pleased with the action of the new truck. In possibly two or three weeks it t: will be Installed in Its new home as £ tho heating plant will be fully Install |||jt ed by next Tuesday and the carpenS# ters have about a week’s work ahead jyof them. Then with three paid fireHfetnen to guard the city we will hardly Swxperience the severe fire losses forMinerly the rule. ■ipk--- .

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

LAID TO REST. The last earthly respects over the remains of the late Dwight Spuhler, formerly of St. Louis, where he resided i for the last seventeen years, and who on Thursday ot last week returned home, was held this morning from the North Salem church, attended by a large number of friends and relatives. I The funeral procession left the home at 9:30 o’clock for the church where the services were held, and the in- < terment took place in the church cemi etery. Rev. Gleiser had charge of the ; services. ABOUT THE SSCK i homas Mylott Suffering from Ptomaine Poisoning I —Very Sick Man. MR. LAMAN BETTER — John Steele Takes Change Tor the Worse—Mr. Opliger Improving. Thomas Mylott is still very sick,l /though it is thought he is on the way • to recovery. His illness has been diagnosed as ptomaine poisoning and I .it is thought to have resulted from' eating minced or pressed ham. Mr. Mylott, who :s employed at the Erie ; pumping station, was obliged to work Wednesday night and had gotten some pressed ham to eat as a lunch, at 1 o’clock that night. Some hours afterward he became very ill, and vomiting I resulted. This was continued at intervals, until about 11 o’clock Thursday, when his condition became serious, and a cab was cal'ed to convey him to his home, where medical aid was hastily summoned. Following a letter received Thurs-; day afternoon that John Steele was better, came a telegram Thursday evening to his brother, George E. Steele, stating that he had taken a change for the worse. Mr. Steele then later Thursday evening called but owing to the difficulty in hearing > was unable to learn more except that he was better than he had been in the afternoon. latter news is expect- j ed at any time. John Steele, it will he remembered, was dangerously scalded several weeks ago in an explosion, while serving as engineer tor the Fullman company in Chicago. He has been in the hospital since, but was thought to be getting along well. It was necessary to graft skin to the scalded parts that refused to heal. Samuel Opliger of Linn Grove was here this morning and stated that his son. Prof. L. E. Opliger, county school superintendent, was recovering nicely from the suffering due from exposure in his long walk from this city tn Linn Grove last week. He is still at his father's homo in Linn Grove. He has recovered to such an extent that he felt able to come to this city with his father this morning, but he was not allowed to do so, as it was thought advisable for him to remain indoors a while longer. It is thought he will be able to return here to his work in a few days. There was no change in the condition of Mrs. Horace Callow at the Hope hospital, Fort Wayne, Thursday evening, when Mr. Callow left for this city. He returned again this morning. Samuel Laman, who is suffering from pneumonia, which has affected both lungs, was reported as being slightly better this morning.

SAVtD BY RED HAT Strange Young Woman at G. R. & I. Depot ’Phoning to Pennville Doctor EXCITED SUSPICION Was Thought to be Missing Runaway Hartford City Girl—Not Arrested. A strange young lady giving her name as Mrs. Mabel Smith of Winchester, >vio came in over the G. R. & 1. railroad Thursday afternoon at 3:10 o’clock, later spending some time at the G. R. & I. depot, telephoning to a doctor at Pennville, and who evidently w r as waiting, for some one to meet . her at the station, giving rise to a suspicion from which a tip was given tu the sheriff, attributes her get-away—' without arrest —to the fact that she wore a bright red hat instead of a black hat. For some time a young girl of Hartford City, about fourteen or fifteen years of age. has been want ed, she having run away, and the I sheriff thought this lady might be the I one. Deputy Sheriff Merica went out ! and investigated, but finding that the ; lady gave her age as twenty-eight i years, instead of being a fourteen or ! fifteen runaway young girl, as they expected, nothing came of the case. The ; lady, who was given a room at the : Madison house over night, left today noon over the Clover Leaf, thence to 'Bluffton and Montpelier. Sheriff ; Durkin telephoned to Hartford City before the interview for a description , of the missing girl there, but the description failed to tally with the one here and as no charges were to be ■ made against her, she was not arrest- : ed. The landlady of the Madison house, where she lemained over night, i stated that she was a very nice appearing woman. She was very young in appearance, apparently not over sixteen, but gave her age at twentyeight. She stated that her husband was a traveling man and that shb was to have met him here at the G. R. & 1 1, depot, together with the doctor at Pennville, who had been treating her ! before their removal to Winchester, I the doctors at the latter place not doing her the required good. On arrival CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE THE CALL IS MADE Omni-partisan Convention Will be Held Here on January 30th. 'MR. HANLY IS COMING Other Prominent Men Will be on Program of Temperance Meetnig Here. A call has been issued signed by a large number of representative citizens of Adairs county for a mass meeting of the temperance people of the county to be held in Decatur, ( January 30, 1912 The convention is for the purpose of discussing the temperance situation in Indiana. The meeting win ne held at the Bosse opera house, afternoon aid evI ening. Ex-Governor J. Frank Hanly, ' who is well known for his enthusiastic support of the temperance cause will be one of the speakers. The Hon. E. E. Ballard, who is one of the most eloquent orators in Indiana, and a life, long democrat, has also been secured to speak. There will be a number of the prominent citizens of Adams county and a representative of the AntiSaloon League on the program, and it will be a very interesting event. The original plan was to hold this meeting January 24th, but the date has been changed to January 30th, in order Io get the speakers. Miss Lillian Meyers of Decatur is visiting here for a few days, as the guest of Mrs. Will Berling. Mrs. Berling and Miss Meyerj went to Fort Wayne this morning where they spent the day visiting with friends. —Bluffton News.

Detatur, Indiana, Friday Evening, January 19, 1912.

BIG WEEK FOR THE STAR. Special for Monday and Talking Pictures Rest of the Week. At he Star theater next Monday evening will be seen another of the greatest picture shows of the age, "A Life for a Life, or Caught in Death’s Canyon,’’ 3,000 feet of pictures that make one gasp It is in three reels, the plot being laid in Death’s Canyon, Arizona. This for Monday night only. Beginning Tuesday night mid continu-1 ing the rest of the week, will be 1 shown the Talking Pictures, greatest marvel of all the ages. You will have . to see these to believe how wonderful , they are, Admission, all week, ten cents for adults and five cents for i children. COURT HOUSE NEWS Jury Returns Verdict for Defendants Schug and Metier—Were Out I FIFTEEN MINUTES Kratner-Deiner Case Dismissed—Kirchner Granted a New Trial. It took the jury this morning but fifteen minutes to return a verdict in favor of C. C. Schug and Ferdinand Mettler, who were sued for S3OO damages . each, by Ferdinand Hanni. The trial which began Wednesday was concluded Thursday evening, with the arguments of the jury, the court giving instructions this morning. The case went to the jury at 9 30 and by 9:45 the jury had reached its verdict. Han-, ni claimed that a horse he was leading frightened at the defendants’ automobile, and the horse thus frightened dragged him through the mud, injuring him and causing illness. Schug and Mettler are automobile agents at Berne. A nolle prosequi was filed in the case of John Kratner ana Mary Dein-. er, charged with fornication, and the case was dismissed. It will be remembered that Kratner and Miss Deiner were refused a marriage license here and that they then went to Michigan where they were married, returning here to live. The state claimed that their marriage is invalid, and that they are therefore living in fornication. ; | In the case of Edward A. Kirchnei vs. Bertha Kirchner et al., in which i the juiy some time ago returned a | verdict for the defendants, finding 1 them the owners of the 40 acre farm I in controversy, judgment was ren- . dered this morning by Judge Merryman on the verdict. Upon motion of, the plaintlf for a new trial, the same j was granted. The required bond was I tiled by the plaintiff. War-en A. Hamrick vs. Amanda F. j Hamnck, divorce, application for addi ! tional allowance. Answer filed by defendant. Defendant allowed >ls, pay L able in ten days. 1 Martin Miller vs. Dallas Butler et ’ al., appearance by Walters for defend- ( ants. . 1 The Monroeville Home Telephone Co., vs. Charles G Chapman; appear ance by Walters for defendant. Rule to answer. » —— A. 11. Perfect & Co. X s - Riverside , Milk Condcncory: appeal ance by Lutz ' for defendant. Rule to answer. 1 Janies C. Harmon vs. Alice Hart mon; appearance by R. C. Parrish for . defendant. Application filed by deI fondant for allowance; allowance I' granted for sls, payable in fifteen • days. t Real estate transfers. Cecelia Ehinger to Daniel W. Beery, lot 9<>, s Decatur, $1200; Mahlon T. Sumption s to Benja. O. Jones, lots 183, 232, Ger neva, $4000; John E. Jack to Daniel E. Lehman, 23 1-3 acres, Monroe tp., $1500; U. L. Walters to John S< heis matin, commissioner’s deed, $250. B n The Misses Midge Smith, Marie Palt terson, Bess Schrock and Mrs. E. B. t -Adams formed a party that will hear I'Madame Nordica at the Majestic at Fort Wayne this evening.

FOR THE PROGRAM Dick Myers Appointed Comi mittee from Local K. of P. Lodge to MEET WITH OTHERS At Bluffton to Arrange for Program for District Meeting Here. — At the meeting of the Knights of Pythias Thursday evening. Dick Myers was appointed from the local order to meet with other representatives ot the lodges of the district at Bluffton January 25th, to arrange for the program for the district K. of P. convention to be held in this city Wednesday, February 21st. The matter of the appointment of the committees to arrange for the convention in detail was left with the newly installed chancellor commander, Fred Fruchte, who will name them at the next meeting Thursday evening. A committee of five, on arrangements, will be appointed, and they in turn will sub-appoint committees to arrange in detail for the convention. The Decatur lodge is planning a royal and elaborate entertainment of the delegates and visitors, and will make the convention held here one that will ever be green in the memory of the district. The district is composed of Wells, Jay, Blackford and Adams. The installation of the new officers was also held Thursday evening, and Henry Jamieson was given the rank of page. That the Bluffton lodge and those of the other surrounding cities are bound to make a good showing at the convention is evident from the following Bluffton dispatch: “At a meeting the Bluffton Knights of Pythias lodge appointed Charles Pierce, Fred Mcßride, and Bert .Wasson, a committee of boosters to enlist a large delegation from the Bluff'on lodge to attend the annual district meeting to be held in Decatur in February. Bluffton will attend, headed by a brass band and if any other lodge in the district makes a better showing than Bluffton it will have to go some. Dr. H. E. Robison was named representative from the Bluffton lodge to meet with representatives from other lodges of the district to adopt a program for the Decatur meeting.” LAST SAD RITES - —— For Dr. Marie L. Holloway ! Will be Performed Tomorrow Afternoon. ARRIVED HERE TODAY i I Funeral Will be Held at the I Christian Church Saturday at 3 O’clock This morning at 5:17 o'clock the body of Dr Marie L. Holloway, for many years a prominent lady and phyI sician of this city, arrived over the 1 Clover Leaf from Branson. Mo., where her death occurred Tuesday afternoon, following a several months' illness from Bright’s disease. The body was accompanied by her son-in-law, Will Winch, with whom she made hehome there the past three years. The funeral cortege was met at the train by a large number of friends and the body was taken at once to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Weaver on Fifth street, where the body will lie in state until Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, when the funeral services will be held at the Christian church, in charge of the pastor, J. M. Dawson. Interment in the family lot in the Decatur cemetery, where Mrs. Holloway’s husband, Dr. A. G. Holloway, is interred. It is thought that Mrs. Holloway's son, George Holloway, will not be able to come, as he is ill with pneumonia at Ravenna, Ohio, hut his wife will arrive here tomorrow afternoon. r> Hazel Lenhart, Ed Boknecht, Kenneth Neptune, Edwin Boese returned this morning to the Fort Wayne business college after spending the night here at their homes.

ADDRESSED CONVENTION. S. E. Mulholland of Fort Wayne, suI perintendent of the Indiana Lighting company, on Wednesday of this week delivered an address before the Indiana Gas association, which was full of many interesting and worthy points fort he lighting men to consider, and the address in full appeared in the Fort Wayne Sentinel of Thursday evening. He urged the highest efficiency and a constant consideration of the rights due the public, asserting that i the value of a satisfied customer could not be overestimated. COUNTY COUNCIL •iln/'rease the Appropriation ' i > I for Monroe Street Bridge to SIB,OOO. . ' I WILL BUY LIGHTS Sum of SI,OOO Allowed for Poles—sloo for Horse Fountain is Allowed. i The county council is in session to- ‘ day. Every member is present, includin,;. A. G. tsriggs ot Genevt, president, and John Kranor, of Geneva, representing the district composed of French, Hartford and Wabash; Wil- | liam Baumgartner of Berne, of the I district of Jefferson, Blue Creek and Monroe; Ed Zimmerman of Kirkland, and J. E. Ulman of Union of the, district of Union, St. Mary’s Root, Preble and Kirkland; M. Kirsch and J. W. ; i Merryman of Decatur, representing ; Washington township and Decatur. I ' ■ the morning was spent in allowing the bills, for which the funds had been ex > I. hausted. At the afternoon session the council ! disposed of a number of important items. The matter of appointing an inspector of weights and measure was discussed and postponed temporarily. It is probable that the county will buy the necessary weights and measure, but will not appoint an inspector until the new law has been tried out. The appropriation of $50.00. allowed last September, for a new record in the surveyor’s office, was increased to $l5O. The sum of SIOO was appropriated for a drinking fountain for horses, about the middle of the public square, The sum of SI,OOO was appropriated 1 ’.for the buying of electric light poles, nine for the court house square and ■ three for in front of the jail, the city ,■ of Decatur to furnish the current free. The appropriation of $15,000 for the new bridge at the foot of Monroe j street in this city was increased to ! SIB,OOO. W. C. T. U. NOTICE. Because of the loyalty of the late j Dr. Marie L. Holloway to the temperance cause all former members, as ! well as the present members of the ! Women s Christian Temperance UnI lon, are requested to meet at the home of Mrs W. J Myers to attend the funeral in a body. All members who will attend with those of the 3 other clubs are requested to wear the white ribbon. AT THE CRYSTAL. 3 Will Parent of the Crystal theater. . announces that all next week he will | have here the famous “Ross Comedy i Co. ” comedians and vnudevillists. who will on each evening give a two- • act performance in addition to the ” i motion pictures to be shown. They are -' coming well recommended and this 1 ! week arc at Dunkirk, where they are e entertaining large crowds. An entire e change of program will take place each ' evening and Mr. Parent assures hi: ' patrons that they will be well paid so , the small admission asked. Adults, U ri cents, and children under twelve, 5 f' cents. t i n I- j A 3ASKET BALL. I- ' I The game tonight will be played by s the Decatur high school girls against e the Bluffton high school girls, who wil t arrive this evening over the interurban ■ coming by the way of Fort Wayne. Thi preliminary game will he played b> the second high school team against the St. Joseph team. Games are slatI ed for exciting moments and the lovers of this sport will do well to get tickl ets early. A quarter pays for both games.

Price, Two Cents.

SELECT THEIR MEN City Council in Special Session Last Evening Adopt Men Chosen by BOARD OF SAFETY Selection is Good One and New Men Took Part in • Fire Test Today. In a special session of the city couni cil Thursday evening continued from the regular meeting of Tuesday the unfinished business relative to the selection of three men who will be in / charge of the new lire apparatus ,to I ! be turned over to the city by the Citi- | zen’s Improvement committee was completed. On Tuesday evening the Citizen’s committee recommended several applications to the council, and asked that they make their appointments previous to the fire test today, so that the men selected be given the j opportunity of obtaining the informai tion given out by the representative : of the Kanawha company, manufacturers of the apparatus. This the board , of safety agreed to do so Wednesday - evening, with the citizens committee, f I held a meeting and with the choosing - 1 of men whom they believed competent in every respect, and would answer to I ' the long desired wants of the city in . every particular resulted. The meet- - j ing of last evening was merely for the ■! board of safety to report back to the council of their action and for the ; adoption of same. The adoption of the names was made by means of a report • prepared by the chairman of the board of safety, which read as follows: January 18, 1912. I, Comes now the board of safety, to which was referred the selection of men to fill the regular positions of the city fire department. We wish to report as follows: After due examination of the applicants we have selected the following men to hold said positions: Harry Kooken, Ed Hurst, Joe Kortenbrair. JACOB ATZ, CHAS. N. CHRISTEN. JOHN D. HALE, Board of Safety. Following this a brief talk was made . by Councilman Christen, who stated that although the council last September made anpropriation for only two men it soon became evident that two would be insufficient for the carrying out of the much work and the twentyfour hours each day which one or so ■ i will have to be on duty all the time, and as the salary of these men will not II start until about June, the third man ; was considered and selected. The city attorney was authorized to draw up an ! ordinance defining the work of each I man, his salary fixed, and otherwise ■ for the faithful fulfilling of his duties, ■ which will come up before the coun- > eix at tlie next regular meeting. There s being no other work before the board, •! the council adjourned. ' ————. n - 1 TRAVELING SALESMAN ? A. A. Gottemoller to be Employed by Indianapolis Hardware Firm. A. A. Gottemoller, the retiring partner of the Schaub & Gottemoller com ' pany, which took place last week, will, ■ beginning the first of February, tike 1 a position as traveling salesman with f Laman, Carey & Co., a big wholesale i.' hardware firm of Indianapolis. The '- change will not be an unfamiliar one with Mr. Gottemoller, he having served e in the same capacity for six years, s and with the same company, previous e to his entering in business here. His e territory will be the northwestern part h of Indiana, and he has already com- : pleted arrangements for entering on his new work. Up until his having ' he will reside in this city. POLICE COURT NEWS. A case of bastardy was filed before 'Squire Stone this morning by the State In relation to Opal Rev vs. Thomas Koch, an employee of the automobile plant. Koch came here about a > year ago and admitted in his arraignment Thursday night that he had been with ihe girl twice. Tho child born Thursday night, and Koch's arrest closely followed. He was placed ; in the hands of an officer to find a five hundred dollar bond, which was 1 given this afternoon. The case was set for hearing on February 6 t h.