Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 55.

DEATH MAY BE RESULT Mrs. Bert Bailer and Daughter, Eva, Probably Fatally Burned and Two > OTHERS BADLY HURT In Gasoline Explosion at the Bailer Home This Morn-ing-Terrible Affair. — ****** ******** * THE INJURED. v | # |* Mrs. Bert Bailer, aged about 24, |v Probably fatally burned. Burn- * * ed over nearly the entire body. * Head, face, neck, chest, arms, * I* about the waist, and lower * j* limbs, literally roasted or bak- -- L ed. Probably internally burn- * ed. i , !* Eva Bailer, aged 6. Probably fa- * * tally burned. Burned about * * the head, chest, back and * 4 arms, similar to mother. * k Dorothy, aged 4. Badly burned * ► about face, shoulder and hands. * k Will probably live. k Frank Huston, aged about 22. * k Painfully, but not seriously * t burned about face and hands. Jr |: ************ * ; unt» of the most frightful gasoline ixplosions in the history of the city iccurred at 9 o’clock this morning at he home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bailer m North Eighth street, in which Mrs. Sailer and her elder daughter, Eva, jged six, were probably fatally burn■ed. and her daughter. Dorothy, aged four, and her brother, Frank Huston, Hied about twenty-two, were badly burned ■ So unexpected was the terrible accident, so terrible were the results, Bed so great was the excitement therefrom, that probably the details will never be known. K Mrs. Bailer, with her daughter, Eva, vjwere in the kitchen at the rear of the house, and Mrs. Bailer, it is said, was attempting to light the kitchen fire. Whether she mistook the can containing gasoline for coal oil, or whether, as some said this morning, she had been in the habit of lighting the fire by pouring gasoline in the stove, is unknown At any rate, she lifted the gasoline can and poured a part of the contents into the >aoge. lu an instan , the explosion occurred, and the small kitchen was soon in a mass of flames. Mrs. Bailer’s clothing was in a blaze in an instant and terrified, tl.e wpnian rushed from the back door into the yard, where she rolled in the snowin an attempt to put out the fire. Mrs. 1 Reuben Lord, who lives north of the ( Bailer home, saw the frenzied woman from her windy* and hastily ran to < her. Other neighbors and men from the foundry across the street, soon ar- ‘ rived to assist in putting out her burning clothing, but not before much of the clothing had been burned from ] the poor woman. Mfay this time the cries of the two children, Dorothy and Eva. were heard i as they rushed from the side door, their clothing and hair also ablaze. HMrs. Bailer’s brother, Frank Huston, ®ed twenty-two, was sitting in the . tlrniH, al his side being the six months' ; nW Bailer baby, Hubert, for whom he i was caring. Four-year-old Dorothy, Wth her cousin, Edna Bailer, daugbi|r of Sam Bailer, were also in the Httiag room, with the open door beifeteen them and the kitchen where the Xplosion occurred. When the exploMOn took place, Dorothy, it is said, ran to the kitchen door, and thus caught ||Be brunt of the blaze, with her sister and mother, who were in the thick o’, tie flames. ■Mr. Huston, who is a cripple, having tpjffored the loss of one leg. proved a hero in the affair. With great presence of mind, he rushed to the little Abe and tbrew it out into the cooling gjjnil safe snow, and then made haste to get the children out of the lions--, if thus preventing what might have been several more fatal injuries. Little Ednu Bailer, the cousin, escaped uninjured, as did the babe. Huston, in his heroic rescue, was also badly but not •BHHously burned about the face and hands. sffliind hands did what they could to t o.\ > 'x i r- >"» PAGE TWO

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“FOOTED" IT IN. Mrs. Peter Hess and sister, Amelia Kohne, and May Berling, who have' been considered by their friends the champion walkers in this vicinity, have increased their pace considerably with another long walk of last Friday. They had gone to the home of Miss Maria Robinson at Monmouth to pay the aged lady a visit, she having been on the stek list for some weeks. ' Having completed their desired stay, they walked toward the interurban J line, when taey learned that they had 1 just missed their car. Instead of waiting for another to arrive in sev-I eral hours they walked the distance I from Monmouth, and are now receiv-1 ing ribbon medals for their accom-1 plished feat. DEDICATE SUNDAY Peasant View Baptist Church North of Wren, ! Completed for Worship. EXCELLENT PROGRAM Edifice Erected at Cost of sß,ooo—Pastor Vuker to Deliver the Addrsss. ■ —— Great is the preparation being made by the committee on arrangements for the dedication exercises of the new Pleasant View Baptist church, two miles north of Wren, Ohio, which will take place on Sunday, March 10th, amidst great solemnity. The new edifice, as stated seme days ago is a beautiful place of worship, being a brick structure, with a seating capacity of 400 people, and was erected at a cost of SB,OOO. The pastor, the Rev. J. J. Vuker, with the parishioners, have worked faithfully since the first steps were taken, and by their untiring efforts have completed the fine new edifice. of which they are justly proud. The services will continue until next Thursday, with the observing of services each day, and the occasion will ; be a memorable one in the history of I the church. A number of people from 1 this city will attend and a large attend-, ance will be noted. A collection will i be taken at that time. The following is the appropriate program arranged: -Sunday—Dedication Day. 9:30 —Farewell service in the old house. 10:30 —Music by the orchestra; song ’ by male chorus. 10:45 —Sermon by Rev. C. J. Rose, I Granville, Ohio, corresponding secretary Ohio Baptist convention; subject, “What a Baptist Church Stands for.’’ DINNER AT THE CHURCH. - Afternoon. Song service. Dedication Sermon —Rev. .1. W. Icen- i barger, Dayton, Ohio; subject, "The Church of God.” Report of Treasurer of the Building Committee. History of the Church —Mrs. W. W. Stewart Dedication Prayer—Rev. C. J. Rose. Presentation of Keys to Trustees — President of the Building Committee Win Dudley. Response Chairman of Trustees G. W. Standiford. Benediction. i Sunday Evening. Song Service. Bible Study—Rev. icenbarger; sub-| ject, “The Church of God; an Organ-; ism for Making Disciples '’ Address —Rev. Rose. Benediction. Monday Afternoon. Song and Prayer Service. Bible Study—W. J. Smith, pastor of First Baptist church, Ada, Ohio. Open Conference. Benediction. Monday Evening. . Song Service. Address—Pastor Smith. Address—“ The Church of God; an. Organism for Instructing the Disciples Made to Observe All Things Commanded by Jesus”—rtev. Icenbarger. Tuesday Afternoon. Prayer Service. Address —“The Church of God; an Organism for the Observance of the Lords Supper”—Rev. Icenbarger. Question Box. Song Service. ( Address— “The Church of God; an Organism for the Progress”—Rev. Icenbarger. Address— Pastor Smith. ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

' " Decatur, Indiana, Monday Evening. February 4, 1912. — .. i

IWILL MAKE FIGHT State Red Cross Christmas Seals’ Sale Commission Will Organize FOR BIG MOVEMENT To Fight Tuberculosis—i Mrs. L. G. Ellngham Attends Meeting. The commission for the sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals in Indi- • ana to fight tuberculosis in this state, | will result in the organization of an Anti-Tuberculosis association. Preliminary arrangements for the organ!- ' zation were made at the meeting of j the Red Cross Christmas seals com- . mission of the state at the offices of i Sidener antr Vanßlper. 513 HumeHansui building, in Indianapolis. Sev- . erance Burrage of Purdue university, i president of the commission, called the meeting to receive the report of i the state sales managers of Red Cross 1 seals, Merle Sidener and Guernsey I Vanßiper, which showed that $8,238.60 ; was available for anti-tuberculosis work in Indiana. The report of the' state sales managers showed that more than 1,230,000 seals were sold i by the 426 Indiana agents. The offi- j cers of the commission who will serve; as officers of the nucleus of the anti j tuberculosis association are: Mr. Bui-; rage, president; Miss Rhoda M. Weld-| ing. Terre Haute, vice president; Miss V. C. Harrison, South Bend, secretary, and James W. Lilly, Indianapolis, treasurer. Those who attended the meeting were Dr. Theodore Potter, Dr. Henry Moore, Lannes McPhetridge and Mffs. L. G. Ellingham, Indianapolis; Dr. C. A. Hartley, Dr. W. R.! Cleveland, Evansville; W. C. Ball, Terer Haute; Miss Luella Anderson, Muncie; Dr. S. Edgar Bond, Richmond; Miss Mary W. Lindley and Mr. Burrage, Lafayette. ELECT OFFICERS Christian Church Holds Congregational Meeting Last Evening—Elects THE NEW OFFICERS] —III — y For Coming Year—Report of Clerk Shows Prosperous Year. — j At a congregational meccing held Sunday evening at the Christian church, the election of officers for the ensuing term was held. The financial report read by E. H. Shoemaker, church clerk and treasurer, showed the past year to have been a prosperous one. Besides the payment of the pastor s salary and the meeting oi i current expanses for the year, there were a number of improvements made Jon the church building, all of which have been paid. The following offi■cers were elected: William E. Ramey, ■ elder, succeeding Jacob Eady, deceas- ' ed, he tn serve with G. T. Burke and iE. H. Shoemaker, the other two eld-' ers; Dr. Burt Mangold, trustee, sor 1 three years, he to serve with G. 'f. j Burke and A. D. Artman, other members of the board of trustees;, clerk, G. C. Steele; treasurer, Will Helm; ■deacons, Will Darwechter, Dr. Bui t i ■ Mangold, George Clem, Jesse Beery. I '.Toe Beery; choristers, Margaret Daniels and Mr. Anderson: organist, Marie Daniels. GETTIFU THINGS READY. Charles H. Walters, who came to this county from Decatur recently has I purchased what is known as the Peter • Meyers property at Vera Cruz, the se- ' ment-covered residence property at j the B. G. & C. stop for Vera Cruz, at J the road crossing just south of the little town and it is announced to be his ' purpose to move his saw mil! industry and machine shops there from DeIcatur and establish himself and family permanently at Vera Cruz.—Bluffton News.

MEDICAL SOCIETY. The Adams County Medical society will meet at Dr. H. F. Costello's office Friday evening, March , 1912. Paperk will be read as follows: Dr. W. E. Smith, “Differential Diagnosis of Pain in the Epigastric Region;” Dr. J. W. Vizzard, “Nervous Dyspepsia.” These subjects will afford material for good j discussions, so let all be present. DR. C. C. RAYL, Sec’y. ME TTHE FARMERS; Messrs. Hubbard and Wagner Will Hold Meetings in Union Township. I AND AT WILLIAMS Union Township Was in Saturday—Contractors May Secure Commissary. Meetings with the farmers of this ■ section who are to raise sugar beets this year continue and Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Wagner are anxious that all sign labor contracts who want to, and | arrange all other things for an early . start on the crop. They will hold a number of meetings this week, the first one at Willshire on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting will be held at the bank and all farmers interested ■ in beets should be there. — On Thursday, Messrs. Hubbard and ! Wagner will go to Willshire, where ! ! they will discuss the labor, tool, and i ! other beet problems with the farmers.: All those interested in that section are ’ requested to be there. — Farmers of Union township gathered j at the offices of tne sugar company in I this city Saturday morning and all I were pleased with the explanations of Mr. Hubbard on the various questions. Every farmer of that section w'ho agreed to raise beets will do so and will be glad of it when the crop is harvested next fall. 4 - The river is going down slowly and work on the sugar factory is being resumed as the conditions permit. The contractors are not discouraged, as such a hold-up was expected. Harry Gilman, the superintendent of construction, has returned from Chicago, where he attended to business for the Larrowe company. It is likely that a commissary will be secured to take care of a large number of the workmen. Something must be done along this line and the company has taken the matter into hands. — ■ o I MUCH WANTED I — I i ‘Organ, Who Gets Organ” is the Cry Now Raised For THE FORGER HARRY Nebraska Bankers’ Association Wants Adams Co. to Give Him to Them. “Organ, Organ, who gets Organ?”' ' seems to be the cry raised from sever-. al sources interested in the prosecution ; :>f Harry Organ, the universal forger, i Organ has been held at Logansport tor some time on the charge of forgery, and it seems, will soon be re-: leased there, according to a letter reI ceived here by Prosecutor Parrish. Organ, it will be remembered, is also wanted here on the charge of forgery, the warrant for his arrest being now in hands of the Cass county officials, and will be given attention as soon as Organ’s affairs are straightened out there. The letter received by Prosecutor Parrish this morning was from the Nebraska Bankers’ State association, and asked that Adams county waive its rights to Organ, thus allowing the association to take him back to Nebraska for prosecution, where he is wanted on the same old charge of forgery. Mr. Parrish stated that Adams county would not waive right, and Organ will probably be brought here soon to run the gauntlet of the law here.

KEY WITH HISTORY Will Worden Possesses Big Key to Door on Old Auditor’s Building. j BUILT HERE IN 1849 ;Door is Now Used on Smoke House on Jonas Cline Farm—A Relic. Will Worden is in possession of a j monster iron key, which has quite a i history, being the key used for the | lock on the door on the old building serving for the auditors and treasurer’s office, in 1849, the early days of Adams county. The door and lock which went with this key are now’ used for the very prosaic mission of serving as a door on the smoke house on the Jonas Cline farm in Root township. The old court house stood on the lot where now stands the A. R. Bell house, and was used only for holding court. In 1849, two small onestory brick buildings were made on the court house square—one on the 1 northeast corner, used for the clerk and rceorder’s offices, and the other on the southeast corner for the auditor and treasurer’s offices. While the late Seymour Worden, father of Will Worden, was auditor, from 1867 to 1875, the present new court house was built in 1873, and the two small buildings were torn dow’n. Mr. Worden ■ purchased these, and when his son, i Will, married Cora Lord, later, and ; went to live on the Cline farm, which ' then belonged to Reuben Lord, Mrs. i Worden’s father, the material was tak!en there and used in fixing up the buildings. The only part now left I there of the old buildings is this old [ door. Another door from these build-1 ings that found a long existence there, i only recently succumbing to the inev- ' itable return to dust, was a large, l heavy door, tinned on both sides. The I other part of the material has long I passed away and very little is left as a relic of Adams county’ first public buildings. AFTER MANY DAYS Watch Lost by Lucile Hale Wilson in Chicago Last Fall Returned NAME DISCOVERED On the Inside Leads Young Man Who Found it to Make the Return. Chicago, that “big black hole of iniquity,” or as it is regarded, the most wicked city in the country, has at least one honest man, much to the rejoicing of Mrs. Lucile Hale Wilson. Before her marriage, which occurred last Thanksgiving day, Miss Hale spent several weeks in Chicago last fall, with ner sister, mrs. Hiram Gregg. While there she had the mis fortune to lose her gold watch. As time passed and the watch did not I show up, it was given up entirely for ' lost, lu fact, it was thought that there would be as milch hope of finding it in big Chicago, as of finding a needle 'in a hay stack. The watch, was there- , fore, forgotten, when Lucile bought another to lake Rs place. Lately, how ' ever, the Hale family received a letter from a Chicago young man, stating that tie had found the watch last fall in a restaurant there, but had just noticed the name and address engraved on the inside. As soon as he found this he hastened to return it to the owner, and “Miss Hale,” now Mrs. Edward Wilson, of Nappanee, who arrived Friday afternoon, came to get her watch, “which W’as lost, but is now found." —— ——— ' " POLICE COURT NEWS. The trial of G. C. Cramer, principal of the South Ward school, who was arrested Saturday on a charge of brutally whipping the eight-year-old son of Elmer Archer, will be heard tonight in the mayor's court.

TO VALPARAISO. Charles Lammiman of Monroe arriv- ' ed home Sunday evening from Vai-; paraiso, Ind., where he spent several I days with his son, John D. Lammiman, who has entered college there and will take up a course in wireless telegraphy ana railroad accounting. Mr. Lammiman, who is still a young man has long yearned for the taking up of this course, and for some time has been making a study from what books he could secure, and already has obtained considerable knowledge in the course. He enters upon a five months course, with the expectation of completing it and which he no doubt will. Mr. Lammiman is a studious and ambitious young man and will, without doubt reach his long anticipated step. NEW DRUG FILM Horace F. Callow Buys Interest in Drug Firm of Lachot & Rice. THE LACHOTS RETIRE Work of Invoicing Began This Noon—Open Latter Part of the Week. Another business change was as-1 fected this morning, one which has ■ been under consideration for some ! days. John F. Lachot and son, Herbert, of the firm of Lachot & Rice, dis posed of their two thirds interest to Horace F. Callow, a former druggist! and well known nusiness man of this city. Just two years ago February of 1 this year this drug firm began operation and since the opening have enjoyed a nice, profitable business, with ! prospects of a bright future. Mr. Cal- i i low, the new partner, is not a new man 1 ,in the business, as previous to his leaving for West Plains, Mo., more ' than a year ago, he held an interest in the Holthouse Drug company, aiding much toward the upbuilding of I that progressive firm. The work of invoicing was begun this morning and while this is completed, which will be 1 the latter part of the week, the 1 doors will be closed. The new firm will begin operations under the name ! of Callow & Rice and expect to open their doors the last of the week or the forepart of next. The Lachots, ■ who retire, have nothing as yet in ■ view’ as to their future plans, but whatever they may engage in, success will be theirs. The new and retiring firms wish to thank their many friends for their liberal patronage, and ask a continuance of the same in the future. o FOR PRESIDENT NURSES’ UNION. Prosecutor Parrish Urged to Candidacy by Sheriff Durkin. Sheriff T. J. Durkin is working vigorously to have his friend, Prosecuting Attorney R. C. Parrish, appointed a member of the board of children's guardians, or president of the nurse's union. At least Sheriff Durkin thinks | Mr. Parrish has all the qualifications that such a candidate should have' and will ably support him in the race, as the qualifications were exemplified last week during the trial of the Yaney-Foreman case. When Mr. Parrish’s client took the witness stand she held in her arms, her eleven-' : mnnths-old babe The counsel for the ‘ defense objected to the “sympathy • I racket” and advised that the babe be ■ J given some one else while she testi1 fled. As Mr. Parrish was the nearesl available person the babe was dropped • into his arms ere he was aware and it is said his bachelor arms closed about the babe in great confusion ■ I while he sat there and held on with all his might, afraid to move a muscle. I '■ The babe, however, never whimpered II during the hour the mother was test!- - fylng. That it was not pinched is atl trlbuted to the fact that Mr. Parrish ? was afraid to loosen his clasped arms - and get one hand free to do the pinch- - Ing act. —» r WORK NEARING COMPLETION. Peter Gaffer has completed his work | at. the Mrs. Burdg millinery store. | The walls are tinted a beautiful pale j I green and the wood work and furr.i-| - ture enameled white. Other improve- J - ments are also being made which will f give an artistic setting for the pretty i spring hats, which will soon be in place.

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iA PRISON TERM — Gert Reynolds Given Two to Fourteen Years at Michigan City. ALSO A FINE Os $25 and Costs—Will be Taken to Pen Tomorrow Morning. Gert Reynolds, recently adjudged guilty of conspiracy to steal by the I jury hearing his case, was brought into court this afternoon at 1:30 J o’clock. Upon statement of himself and counsel, that lie did not desire to ask a new trial, sentence was passed upon him, Judge Merryman giving him a fine of $25 and costs, and term of from two to fourteen years in tne state’s prison Jat Michigan City. Sheriff Durkin will probably take Mr. Reynolds tomorrow morning to Michigan City, where the prisoner will enter upon his term of J service. Present with Mr. Reynolds I in the court room were his w ife and i three little children. Mrs. Reynolds ; presented to Judge Merryman SaturIday a petition signed by two hundred ' citizens, asking for suspension of sen ' fence, but this did not avail, and Mr. J Reynolds will have to take the punish- , ment for the crime of which he is ac- . cused. Reynolds, with “John Jones,” i who is said to be Ode McClish, his father-in-law, were indicted by the grand jury upon testimony of Fred Koenig that the two had conspired to steal $760 from him August 8, 1910, by getting him to join a “secret order” in which he could give them good money to be returned to him in bogus money in a much larger sum. Albert N. Steele, guardian of Christine and Naomi Laman, upon petition, was granted authority to lease wards’ lands, for one year. —- Uuon petition John T. Kelley, administrator of the Jacob Fogle estate, was granted authority to accept payment of notes, not yet due, at face amount 1 and accrued interest. A. Gottschalk, special administrator of the Wm. Schwartz estate, was authorized to pay preferred claims. i Philip Gehart, administrator of the George K. Jacobs estate, was ordered to sell off sale notes to the amount of S2OO, at private sale, for cash, at a. discount of not to exceed 5 per cent, to pay off debts. ’ Charles Setter, administrator of the Peter Sather estate, filed inventory No. 1, which was approved. Charles S. Ferguson vs. Lambert W. Coppock, note, $125, submitted by agreement. Judgment for plaintiff for $88.05 and costs. D. E. Smith, attorney for Russell R. Long, Albert Smith et al., has filed I petition for a drain. March 20th is time set for docketing of the petition. o ■ — - BEDSIDE OF SISTER. John Lachot left, at noon today for i Keiffsburg, just south of Bluffton, be- ' ing called there on account of the serious illness of his sister, Mis. Mary i King, w’ho is lying at the point of death with heart trouble and other complications. Mrs. King has been ill ' for some legnth of time and her ago Is somewhat advanced. This fact is I also against her and her death may be I looked for at any time. ■» . — o— NEW EARL OF NEWTON ARRIVES. I [ A telegram received this morning from Earl B. Newton of Detroit read: | “Dandy boy arrived Sunday afternoon, j Both are doing well.” Mrs. Newton was formerly Fannie DeVilbiss Cole ■ Jof this city, and her host, of friends I here are delighted'that the household I of the Newtons has thus been happily completed. —-—o— ROYAL NEIGHBORS. All members of the Royal Neighbors are requested to be on hand for their ! meeting of this evening, which will be held at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting was advanced from Tuesday evening and ! ow’ing to this all members are desired I at this meeting.