Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 25 January 1912 — Page 1

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LEG TORN FROM BODY Olsen Smith Gets Foot Fastened in Belt While Placing it on Pulley. ... AT HEADING PLANT Found by Workmen in Pitiful Condition—Removed to Lutheran Hospital. — ■ Olsen Smth, aged twenty-two, employed in the capacity of fireman at the Adams heading factory, corner of Seventh and JeSerson streets, met with a terrible accident at 7 o'clock this m< . nine while trying to place a belt on * pulley and it is believed by tellow workmen that his foot became fastened in the belt and carried down to the fly-wheel, where it was torn off above the knee and left securely bound with the big pulley, and that he escaped death is considered miraculous by those connected with the plant and familiar with the quarters in which he had to free himself, and out of further danger. He had gone to work at 6 o'clock, the usual hour, and everything was in good running order, and the machinery going for the day’s work. At the time stated he wished to start the pump, whch furnishes water from the supply tank to the steam condenser, but he noticed that from some cause or other the belt had run off the pulley, seven or eight feet from the floor, and he went up to place the same in position for running How the injured man met with the misfortune no one is exactly able to state, as there was no one present in the engine room at the time of the accident, and al! that could be obtained was from Mr. Smith, who said that he was putting on the belt. It is believer! from the appearance of the scene that the used his foot in the placing on of the belt, which when the belt once started, became fastened and, unable to free himself from this position, clung to the belt and was carried a distance of eighteen or twenty feet to the drive wheel and where the amputated limb was still hanging when found. The limb was so tightly wound by the belt that it had to be chopped out and G ~ flesh was ground to a pulp. The large pulley near the froof was pulled from its fastenings, and with it cut off all of the different steam pipes running through the room, and the heavyfalling piece, with the escaping steam from the boiler soon sounded to the other' workmen in the other parts of the building that something wrong had happened. Enoch Eady was the first to reach the scene, but when he first reached the door the room was so full of steam that ne was compelled to step back, but at the same time he heard the moans of Mr. Smith from somewhere in the room. He made the second attempt This time, upon opening the door, he noticed the form of a man lying near the door and holding the limb from where the foot had been torn, to check the flow of blood somewhat, who said, ‘ For God's sake, help me.” Mr. Eady then called for help and Jacob Hess was the first to riach him, and they pulled him from his position, and with the help of oth ers carried him across the G. K. & I. tracks, just south, to the office. The door panel had to be broken in, as none of the office force had yet arrived, and where the injured man was made »» comfortable as their labor could provide, while a sheet was made into a cord and wrapped about the leg. Drs. Smith, Beavers and Miller were at once sent for and responded, ban daging the injuries the best way possible for his removal to a Fort Wayne hospital at once. When found all his clothing, from the right shoulder down to his feet had been corn from his body and was still clinging in small threads torn to shreds. His face was besmearedl with blood, and from the escaping steam he presented a most pitiable condition to those who found him. He never lost his nerve, or became unconscious, and how he extricated himself from another large running belt, which he had to get around, as well as other objects, to the door, remains unexplained. As soon as his injuries were attended to he was carefully placed In an automobile with Dr. Smith, Roy Baker, a fellow workman, and Charles Miller as driver. Tram the Fashion

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I stables and taken to the Lutheran hosI pital, Fort Wayne, for better treati ment. | The young man is the son of Olsen I Smith, and years ago was a resident of Ossian. Later tho family moved to I Hart, Mich., where they have since re | sided. Some time later he came to j this city and at first was employed as ■ firemen for several months at. the city ■ electric light plant. From there he : went to the interurban power plant, w here he served in the same capacity- for two years or more, then going | to his present place of employment. He has been employed at rhe Adams I plant only a short time, but had won the respect of-all ills co-workers and was well liked by all. He was making I bis home at the John Foughty resiI dence on Eeleventh street, and the ! word of the sad accident was received ; with much grief. Although he suffered intense pain from the injured limb, i a cut was found on the neck, ■ but this injury was slight, and although he lost considerable blood it , is believed that with the care afforded ) him he will survive the injuries. His father was wired at once, and he will ' reach the city as soon as he can. CONTINL’«b Oft PAGE TWO. o COURT HOUSE NEWS Judge Merryman Hears Ft. Wayne TemperanceLiquor Case. CHARGES SAUTBINE Sues sex Damages Sustained While Injured Working in Fort Wayne. Charles F. Sautbine is asking for $2,500 damages in superior court at Fort Wayne from Michael Kinder, John Baltes and Mr. Scherer, contrac- > tors on the Sacred Heart academy improvements, for personal injuries sustained while at work on the building. Sautbine declares his skull was fractured by a falling brick, dropped from the third story by another workman. Colerick and Hogan are attorneys for the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Charles Sautbine, is a Craigville man, who was working at Fort Wayne at the time of his injury. He was in a hospital for some time. Before Judge Merry man of Decatur the W. C. T. U. and the Fort Wayne Fair association are battling over the possession of several hogsheads of beer a couple of gallons of “plank road’’ whiskey and some glasses that were seized by Sheriff Reichelderfer on the third day of the fair last September. The goods were taken on a search warrant issued by Judge Edward O'Rourke on an affidavit by C. 8. Ridenour that the goods were being kept at the grounds for an unlawful pnriK>se. The case promises to stretch out over a week, and every inch of ground is'being bitterly contested by the attorneys. A. E. Thomas, former prosecu tor, and T. E. Ellison are appearing for the W. C. T. U. and Elmer Leonard and John Eggeman are the attorneys for the defendants. —Fort Wayne News. The February session of the countycommissioners will convene a week from next Monday, February sth. Harley Welker, son of S. T. Welker, residing four miles east of the city, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Merica on a grand jury indictment, for public horse racing. Welker gave the SIOO bond and was released Attorney Shafer Peterson went to Fort Wayne this morning in the Interests of the Bosse case again. He went i to Fort Wayne yesterday for the purpose of making up issues in the case, ■ but found on bis arrival there that i Judge Merryman was holding one i court and Judge O’Rourke the other, i so there was no opportunity of his get- • ting a hearing then, so he was obliged i to return today. ; Attorney D. B. Erwin was at Port- . land yesterday on business in court, ! dismissing a case in which some Berne • citizens were Interested. t i Real estate transfers: Decatur Cem- - etery Assn, to G. W. Shady, lot 272, - cemetery;. Elmer. E.. Friedline. to > David W. Slater, lot 99, Geneva, $1500; i George Weber to Ovid Stow, quit claim - deed to realty In Root tp., $1.00; Charj lotte Weaver to Byron T. Ault, 40 acres I Wabash tp., S4OOO.

FUNERAL FRIDAY Body of John Steele Brought from Chicago to Wife’s Relatives’ Home. NEAR OSSIAN, IND. Arrived Last Night—Funeral Will be Held Friday Afternoon There. The body- of John Steele of Chicago, formerly of this city, death occurred there Tuesday morning from burns received in an explosion of steam pipes, six weeks before, while serving as engineer for the Pullman ! works, was brought to Fort Wayne at jlO o’clock Thursday evening, from I which place it was taken overland to I the home of Mrs. Steele’s sister, Mrs. | Baker, residing near Zanesville, Indi- | ana, a little village north of Ossian. > The funeral will be held tomorrow aftI ernoon at 2 o'clock at the' church near Zanesville and the burial will take place there in the churchyard cemetery. The body was accompanied by ‘ Mr. Steele’s son, Jesse, of St. Louis. ! and the deceased s brother, Dayton V. i Steele, of this city. The widow, Mrs, John Steele, accompanied by Mr Al i Steele, of this city, arrived in Fort ' Wayne on an earlier train at 8 o’clock, ' from which place Mrs. Steele went to i her sister’s home, where the body was ' taken later. Mr. Al Steele retrned to this city Wednesday night to be here to attend the iiHieral of his son-in-law, - S. J. Laman, which was held this aft- ! ernoon. Mrs. John Steele's home was ' near Ossian before her marriage, hence the reason for taking the body to that place for the funeral and burial. : o BURNEDTOGROUND i Geo. Hindenlang and Family Rendered Homeless by Fire This Morning. I AT THREE O’CLOCK Children Flee Barefooted to I I Neighbors—Very Little Saved —Second Loss. I I — .1 I For the second time in seven years, j George Hindenlang, a prominent farmv er of Union township, living five miles ' [ east of this city and tw-o miles north of | Robo, is homeless, the result of the j total destruction of his home by fire , early this morning. The family, con- ; slstlng of Mr. and Mrs. Hindenlang and seven children, were soundly sleeping, when from some cause Mr 'Hindenlang awoke at 3 o’clock this morning and found the roof over tli.-Vi heads in one mass of flame. Fortu uately the entire family was sleeping in bedrooms below and were thus able to escape, which might not have been their fortune nau they ocupied the upper rooms.. The tire is supposed to have resulted from a defective Hue i as it started in the roof. The flames gained such headway that no efforts could extinguish it, and very nearly the entire contents of the house wore lost A little of the bed clothing was gotten out, nut all provisions, furniture . and clothing were lost. Only partially enough clothing to dress was gotten out by the family and tho children , were forced to flee to the neighbors through the bitter cold, without shoes. The three younger children are quite young, their ages ranging from 9, 6 and 3 years. The house was burned to the ground. About seven years ago . Mr. Hindenlang’s house on this place was totally burned, that being au en,l tire loss. He then purchased a house I on a neighbor’s place and moved it to 1 this farm, remodeling the house for .' their occupancy, and this Is the one ' that burned this morning. He carded , ; some insurance In the French townI sljip insurance comnany, but not ■ enough to cover the loss, which w.ll be several hundred dollars. The house i was of two stories, with five rooms ot the ground floor.

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r FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE SUIT. Dismissed by Deluded Wise —Relatives to Care for Child. I Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 25—Mrs. Jennie Kirkwood of Linn Grove has dismissed a fraudulent marxiage which she had filed against Lewis Kirkwood in a local justice court. Her husband fled from the county before a constable' could serve him with a warrant and when ■ his relatives came forward with an offer to take their baby and furnish it a home and care for it she agreed to . dismiss the prosecution. — — ■ n THE WHITE PLAGUE Claims Life of Jacob Haley at County Infirmary at r I Age of Seventy-one. J I DIED LAST EVENING > Half Hour After Suffering Hemorrhage of Lungs— Funeral Tomorrow. A half hour after suffering a severe . hemorrhage of lire lungs, Jacob Haley, , a well known man of the county, died I Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at 1 the county infirmary, where he had ' been an inmate twenty-one years. He * had been a suherer irom tuoerculosis 5 of the lungs for the past year or more, ’ but had never been confined to his bed entirely, but was able to be up ■ and around, or to sit in a chair, which afforded him better relief, and at the ’ time of the hemorrhage Wednesday. ’ had been able to be up. Mr. Haley was seventy one years of age. He was never married. His aged father, who was also with him at the infirmary lor some time, died a few years ago . He is survived by a brother, Dan Ha ley, a sister, Mrs. Dan Straub, of this city, and other relatives. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the chapel at the infirmary and burial at the infirmary cemetery. The Rev. L. (’. Hessert of the German Reformed church, this city, will probably conduct the services. 0 ANNOUNCEMENT. Revival services continue at the Calvary Evangelical church east of the 1 city. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services. Sunday school at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30 next Sunday morning at Salem Evangelical church, east of city. REV. E. B. JONES. STRUCK BY TRAIN Narrow Escape of Portland Rural Mail Carrier Witnessed by D. B. Erwin. .j STRUCK BY TRAIN > On G. R. & I.—Horse Killed i But Man in Rig Escaped 1 With Little Injury. I w I While Attorney D B. Erwin of this city was at Portland Wednesday afteri noon at 2.17 o’clock at the G. 'R. & 1. i depot waiting for his home bound : train, ho wltnewed the narrow escape of a Portland rural mail car i rlei', whose rig was struck by a south- ■ bound G. R. S I. train which leaves i here at 1:11 in the afternoon. The ru . rail mail carrier drove directly in front > of the on-coming train. His horse was : killed, its feet being cut off and the i shafts of the wagon were cut off smooth > from the vehicle. The wagon was over- ' turned with the driver inside, but strange to say he escaped with very : little injurETAOIEM [earw.vb -ETAO i slight injury. The mail carrier had ’ been off duty for several weeks, dur ■ Ing the mending of a broken leg, but I ho had recovered sufficiently to allow ■ him to return to work last Monday ■ with the aid of crutches. Charles Mag I ley and several others, on their way s to the Muncie poultry show, were or i the train. The carrier’s name is Geo Maxwell.

JA NEW PARSONAGE Zion Lutheran Church at , breidheim Let Contract I > for Handsome Home. II ; FOR THE PASTOR r ' ) Mr. Linderman of Ft. Wayne Lands Contract—Brick . Have Been Hauled. I — r The churches of Adams county have long been pointed to with pride and among them all the Zion Lutheran, located at Friedheim, in the northwest part of Preble township, where ninety families, as good as live in this great commonwealth, worship each Sunday, j It is a beautiful edifice, complete with a $2,000 organ and in every way comfortable and commodious. This handsome property is now to be further > beautified by the erection of a parsonage at a cost of between $4,500 and $5,000. The contract was awarded to Mr. Linderman of Fort Wayne, he being successful over four others. The brick were purchased from a Fort e Wayne firm and a part of the contract ■, was that the congregation should de--4 liver the brick to the ground. They t have already done this, a large numd ber of men and teams going on the job and the 70,000 brick were delivered within three days. Work on the new house is to begin at once and be completed as soon as possible. The pastor, Rev. Pruess, beloved by all his congrep . gation, will occupy the new parsonage when it is completed The old frame g house will be removed and occupied ’ by Rev. Preuss until the new- one is ready. When -this improvement is made the church will have a property "worth at least $25,000. y MAY BE The man 11 t 1— 1 — Warsaw Baker, Missing Two * ' Weeks, May be Insane j Man Here in Jail. I TO SEND PHOTO i -1 I a ’ , Is Also Believed to Have Been in Fort Wayne Recently. | Several messages that may lead to the identification of the insane man I now confined in the Adams county jail, have been received by Sheriff Durkin, j A telephone message Wednesday evening from Warsaw from the chief of J police stated that a baker had been missing there about two weeks and ■ answered the description of this man Ito a certain extent. The baker was 1 said to have been a heavy drinker. The ■ chief of police will send a photo of ' the missing man to establish the iden1 tity | Sheriff Durkin also received an un1 signed letter this morning from a Fort j Wayne citizen, who enclosed a new spaper clipping, giving a description of • the man held here. He stated that he I believed from the description that the i same man was in that city January 114th. The man who called at that place on that date gave his name as s "Mitchell,’’ the same that this man ’- gave to Sheriff Durkin, but who later i. told the police here that his name was d Charles Smith. The letter stated that "Mitchell” said he had arrived in Fort - Wayne from Toledo, Ohio, where he i- had been confined five months in a s hospital. He seemed to be suffering i- from cold, exposure and hunger, and t wore a light summer suit and sums mer underclothes, with oxfords. At e Fort Wayne he was given a pair of h blue overalls, heavy woolen socks, •- a fur-lined “slicKer” overcoat, and otht er things. There he told them that y he was a cook and tried to get work. ) applying at the state employment bud reau at the court house, but was unsuccessful. He told the Fort Wayne :t man that he had no relatives but had v friends. The Fort Wayne man refusy ed to sign his name, as he did not 5- want to lose the time that would be y lost should he be called to take part n in a trial or legal proceedings, but sent >. the mesage in the hope that it would lead to locating of the man's friends.

NOW A MEMBER. L. C. Helm has but recently returned from Lafayette, where he was in attendance at the organization of a SIOO.- ' .000 club in the Lafayette Life InsurI ance company, for which he is the loI cal agent. Some time ago the agents were notified of the impending orga;i:- | zation and all w-orked with vigor to I be included in the club, but it was ori ganized with only about a dozen members, among whom is L. C. Helm o! I this city. Mr. Helm has been assoeiati ed in the insurance business for several years and is fast becoming one of the leading insurance men of this se.tion of the country. FORESTRY TEAM REORGANIZED. The Modern Woodmen held an enthusiastic meeting Wednesday evening, when the forestry team was reorganized, with Walter Johnson, ehlei forester. After reorganization some excellent drill work was given, this being in preparation for the degree work to be given next Wednesday evening. Several candidates will be initiated and the forestry team will do the work. FOR CONVENTION —..'W— ■ '■ Dick Myers Assisted in Outlining K. of P. Program for Convention. OF THE DISTRICT To be Held Here—Judge Erwin to Give Welcome Address in Evening. Dick Myers of the local K. of P. lodge returned Wednesday evening from Bluffton, where he met with representatives of other Ibdges of the district to outline the program for the district convention to be held here February 21st. The meeting was called at 2 o’clock Wednesday aftemoou in the K. of P. Home at Bluffton and was presided over by District Deputy A. R. Huyette of that city, who is also county superintendent of schools Delegates from ten of the fourteen lodges of the district were present and included the following: N. M. Johnston, Tocsin; G. M. Way, Ossian; J. A. Palmer, Roll; R. D. Myers. Decatur; Donaldson Wilson, Uniondale; W. W. Briggs, Geneva; W. E. Simons, Bluffton; Philip Schug, Berne; F. C. Foreman, Berne, and J. E. Millikan, Montpelier. The following program, in part, was ' outlined: 10 to 12 —Reception of delegates from district; then adjournment for dinner. 1:30—-Parade, in which all knights will take part. 2:00 to 1:30 —Business meeting, in which, among other things, Grand Chancellor Hart will give his instructions, and in which the degree will be conferred upon the past chancellors. 6:30 —Degree work, in which the rank of knight will be conferred upon several candidates by the Ossian team. 8:15 -Public meeting at the K. of P. Home. This evening session will be in the nands of the local lodge for the entertainment of the visitors and the public in general. The program lo this has not been arranged, but will be left in the hands of a committee to be appointed at tho meeting to be hold this evening. Enroute from Bluffton Wednesday evening. Mr. Myers stopped off in Fort Wayne and arranged with Judge Erwin to give the welcome address. The response will be given by W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton, demoi cratic nominee for judge Further i than this, however, the program sou . the evening is not known The loa,, I lodge is arranging for an • tertainment of the several hundre/j or itors who will be here Februair j m to attend the district convey > gist • ———„ -—y , g | st REV. WORK TO Si/ Zthodist i G‘ e * ■ ~ . ipar . Rev. Semans of y eV<?n ”'Yj sh< - has secured speaker for the ’> > Rev. G. B. Work/or of t* ‘ hl] I who years ago wjfateresting o < ce charge. He isZngs are U ’ er, one an ( ’ 0,11 b( ■ thought, a at this un' 1 i will not fa/ — ' a was a Fort Wayne bus- a J J Jtor today. iness /

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LAST SAD RITES ——. —■>» Performed This Afternoon for Samuel J. Laman, Esteemed Citizen, at METHODIST CHURCH Revs. Semans, Work and Gleiser Officiate—Lodges Give Ceremonial. All business was suspended in the city this afternoon, when, with one accord, the busmens men oi the eit'., with a large number of other members of a sorrowing populace gathered at the Methodist church at 2 o'clock. I where the last sad rites were performI ed for one with whom they had long and kindly been associated in a busiI ness and social way—the late Samuel J. Laman, whose death occurred Sunday night after a short illness from pneumonia. The Rev. R. L. Semans of the Methodist church had charge of the service and was assisted by the Rev. Gleiser of the Presbyterian church and the Rev G. B. Work of Warren, former pastor of the Methodist church here, and who officiated at the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Laman. The Knights of Pythias and tho Elks of which the deceased w r as a member, attended in a body, the knights giving their ceremonial at the church, and the Elks at the cemetery. The floral tributes were many and were exceedingly . beautiful, and testified in their silent j way to the esteem In which Mr. La- | man was held. The pall bearers were j selected from both lodges. Those from | the K. of P. were James Hurst, James Bain and O. L. Vance; and from the Elks, Charles Voglewede, Charles Teepie and Charles Ernst. Honorary pall . bearers, named by Mr. Laman himself, when he realized the seriousness of his I condition, and that he could not recov- \ er, were Al Burdg, Charles Niblick. C. ['A. Dugan, Page Blackburn, Dan Erwin 'and C. L. Walters. Among those from out of the city who had arrived by today noon to attend the funeral were: George H. Marquaa-dt of St. Francisville, Ill.; Rober Clear, Mrs. Allie Myers, Mrs. Lewis Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Black, of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Marquis Marquardt, of Bluffton; Rev. C. B. Work, of Warren; Mrs. Jud- ■ kins and sons, Frank and Dick, of Del- ; phos, Ohio; Mrs. Bliss, of Lima. Ohio: I Mrs. Grewe and daughter, Arvilla, of | Pittsburg; Samuel Alexander, of Del- | phos. o MAY ADOPT CHILD County Recorder and Mrs. / Andrew Welfley Take / Young Boy to Rear / FROM PEORIA, J i / 1 1 z Member of Which Mrs, / ■X Z Sister W/ AndlcW yh to be very little boy. . County Re/V of Pe orla, Welfley hav/O hler ’ , oV _ re . 1' proud of t/bom ftU(l i i eleven-year homo - 41 cciveA&st Monday to JwhoZh Place the boy . wZwn open >- Ularrived here! bo y *0 P* Ten ’ “ few months ago he ’ CE U of the Glenwood school ’ anlnma iated about twenty orphans, located We ifl e y’s leß dut’of ChlC^ py now with her ter . Mrs. matron of the iter, was form • whjle tber e beenwood school, a v _ rgU whPU me much p(>nnectlon w |th th" 10 seVere hhlp bov whose love for bo oi, the little . her w vislt , r was also R" , d tbenl to r. - lm on’the M Xed her to B ive visitors, a w ' mi an d h'» nd a g X realized. Becomes iopeß are now recomm endatlon» has already won a place”' Xtions of his foster parents.