Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1912 — Page 1

Volume X. Number 179.

TWO DROWN IN QUARRY Frank Yednar and Steve Skeya, Beet Workers, Met Death While Bathing IN STONE QUARRY Accident Occurred Friday Afternoon and Bodies Recovered This Morning. Fran 1, Yednar, aged forty, and Steve Skeya. aged twenty, natives of Croatia, and employed in the Adams county beet fields, were drowned in the Julius Ha'igk stone quarry in Blue Creek township at about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Their bodies remained in the water all night and the news was not received generally here until late in the evening. The first news of the affair was received in a telephone message from Floyd Merriman to the offices of the sugar company, x Manager Hubbard, accompanied by E. M. Wagner, John Egis and a representative of the Daily Dembcrat, left immediately for the scene. They arrived therei shortly before 6 o'clock, to find the Hl ace deserted with the exception of lilr. Merriman and a beet worker who had heard the news and come to see if he could assist his comrades in taking the bodies from the water. Later the three men who had been in the water with their unfortunate companions arrived and told the story in their broken language. The men were members of Jim Rubnic’s crew, five in all, and had just finished the hoeing of the Jim Halberstadt farm and had planned to make a settlement Friday. They had gone to Monroe to meet L. A. Thomas, who was to arrange the matter, but he was busy elsewhere, and they returned to their place. They rode out on their wheels and being hot, decided, to take a swim in the old stone quarry. They had never been in there, and had no idea of the depth. Three of the men undressed on the soqth side of the quarry, while "Little Trunk,’’ as he was known, went to the north side and Steve prepared for the pwim on the west side of the quarry. Frank was first to disrobe and immediately blunged into the water. He waded out about fifteen feet and sud- • denly began to flounder. His companions »t first thought he was “bluffing,’’ as he was an expert swimmer, but Steve seemed to realize that he was drowning and rushed to his aid. He ran over to where Frank had entered the water and apparently heedless of, the depth or not realizing what he, was doing, rushed into the quarry. He managed to get close enough to Frank that the latter could get hold of him and they both sank together. Rubnic and his two comrades stood stunned and amazed for a time, and then went a mile or nfore to the home of Floyd | Merriman, where they told the story , and had him telephone to the com-. pany here Mr. Hubbard and those | who accompanied him, secured a raft, at the quarry and tried for an hour or , two to locate the bodies but without | snivmw and they returned to this city at about 8 o'clock. They secured some help, had two grappling hooks made and returned to the quarry this morning to continue the search. Yednar and Skeya were both natives of Croatia, a country adjacent to Aus- : tria. Yednar had been in this country for some time and had worked for the sugar comptfhy in the St. Louis field. He was a good workman, as was Skeya. The latter was but twenty years old. They were unmarried men, but each is survived by a number of relatives who live in Croatia. One of their comrades, who watched them drown, and were powerless to aid, was a cousin of Skeya. The clothes and bicycles of the two unfortunate men were still lying where they had been placed by the men, when the Decatur men reached the quarry. Later they were taken in charge by Rubnic. The men had about one hundred dollars each coming to them, but they owe considerable of that amount, and when this is settled there will not be much left. However, it is said that Yednar had saved considerable money which he has on deposit in a Chicago bank. The stone quarry, as stated, is what is known as the old Haugk quarry. It has not been worked for .several years and is filled bank high with water. It

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is said to be from thirty to forty feet deep. The point where the men drowned is on the north side, and though they sank about fifteen feet , from the bank, the water here was at least twenty-five feet in depth. People in the immediate vicinity of the accident did not learn of the drowning until late and many of them until this morning. Mr. Jesse Ray, who farms the place, and who was at ■ work in a field almost within a stone’s throw of the quarry did not kno,w of tbe accident until after the party from this city had arrived. He immediately left his work and did what he could to assist in recovering the bodies. Bodies Recovered Today. Early this morning, Peter Mongcy (Continued on Page 2) . . 0 IS STILL SOARING Price of Clothing is Going to be Advanced Next Year as Well as Shoes, IS THE REPORT I. ■ ■ [ * Wool Clip Was Smaller This Year—Cost of Living Will be Increased. The price of clothing is going to I be advanced next year, along with the ■ advance in shoe prices. This increased *»-_ on the already high cost of livl.,g is c’-’-rly indicated, merchants say, by the prices named by leading ■ ; roducers of cloth who have lifted the ■ prices for the spring of 191.8 season • | from 7% cents to 20 cents a ya r d ■, above those which prevailed last year, , I when the values for the last spring ’ I season were announced. Shoes will also be given a boost in price, how- ' ever, the increase on footwear is ' scheduled to come September 1, when >! something like thirty per cent above , i the present cost will be tacked on. How much the merchant tailor dr ; the retail clothier will charge the consumer because of the advances that i have taken place cannot be stated ac- ' curately because there is every likeli- ■ hood that the quotations just made ■ will be advanced further before the i| season is very old. ■' Cloth prices are higher for the next . spring season, agents say, because of 1 conditions over which the manufactnr- > ers have no control. They say that ■ ,the most important element that brought about the advance is that the domestic wool clip this year is about thirty million pounds smaller than a year ago. The price of wool has also gone up abroad, while mill owners say that the high scale of wages ahd the shorter working hours will also have their effect on the increased price of cloth. _ o POLICE COURT NEWS. Robert Edington was arrested late Friday afternoon on a warrant charg- . ing him with wife desertion. The affi- . davit in the case sets forth that Hazel Edington, his wife, was deserted by . him on July 21, 1912, and he has left her no means of support. He was I brought up before the ’squire and the , case was postponed until 7 o’clock tonight, when it will be heard in ’Squire Stone’s court. The mayor s office is getting fixed up, paper hangers being busy putting on new paper and painting up the office. It presents a new appearance and makes the office much more aci ceptable. —o THIEF CAUGHT. Word has been received at Win- ’ Chester that the man who held up Al- ’ fiert Rupe, the night agent at the i Grand Rapids & Indiana station ten i days ago, and succeeded in getting away with $97.63, has been captured , at Columbia City, Ind. No particulars : are known. The fellow attempted . the same thing at that place, robbing I the Pennsylvania depot of more than i a hundred dollars. He was caught a I few hours later by Pennsylvania de- ■ tectives.—Vnion City Eagle. YEOMEN, NOTICE! All members of the Yeomen lodge ■ are asekd to attend the meeting Monday evening, when the work will be given. Preparation is also being made for the initiation of a large class, August 7th, when Grand Master of Ceremonies Staulcup will be present.

Decatur, Indiana. Saturday Evening, July 27, 1912.

; SAYS SATAN’S TEN t t Have Replaced Those of Moses—St. Louis Pastor Preaches on ’ ✓ t I t DEVIL’S DECALOGUE a 1 Gives Rules for Observance Os Devil’s Up-To-Date Sunday Services i Rev. Louis Scott De Burgh, pastor I of the Windsor Methodist Episcopal church, St. Louis declares the following ten commandments of his Satan- ) <ie majestic have taken the place of those of Moses: 1— can have as many gods as you want. 2— You can make for yourself one graven image in likeness of the Almighty Dollar. You can bow down to the god of greed for he is the lord thy god, visiting the iniquity of the * fortunate who happen to have plenty upon the unfortunate who happen to have less, showing mercy only to the blind parasite who love him. 3 — You can take the name of the , Lord in vain, provided you wish to e hyperbolize in conversation with no malice aforesaid. 4— Remember the up to date Sab5 bath. In it you shall get up at noon, z go to the ball game and visit a vas riety show in the evening for in six 1 days we are (jompelied to work for a I living and we need a good time on •, the Sabbath. «- 5 s—Don’t honor your father and 1 mother lest the old pair enjoy life too - long. s 6 —Don’t comniit any premeditated ( i murders on the principle of tempor--3 ary insanity. 7—-You may .commit adultery, but r lookout you don’t have to pay ali- ■ mony. t 1 B—You8 —You may reasonably steal any- :- thing within the law of the land, ev- ■ en a railroad. e 9—You can bear false witness b against your neighbor behind his back if there is any money in it. t 10 —You can covet your neighbor’s f house and wife (whether you are ■- married or not), and everything that t belongs to him. t Also eat one another according to e the law. t ■ _ —0 ; BACK TO THE CITY 0 0 f Foreign Beet Workers Arrested for Riot Leave Adams County—One-sided e WAS THE STORY 1 V ' Says Julius Earhart—Says B Landlady Put Coal Oil e in Their Food. ’ Four of the Hungarian heet workers, ? who were arrested for rioting on the G Isch farm recently, and who served ~ their jail sentences, and paid the fines inclusive, were brought to this city from the Isch farm, Friday evening by Julius Earhart, via the Earhart automobile, leaving later in the evening . for their city homes, having shaken . the dust of the Adams county beet s fields off their boots. "Mr. Earhart rei sides about a mile and a half from the r place where the men worked and 1 boarded, and he is inclined to sympas thize with them. Mr. Earhart stated 1 that while the fight did take place 5 between the foreign beet worker i boarders and their foreign landlord 1 and landlady, as stated, the cause, however, he said, was not that the men had been drinking, as alleged, but that the landlady had gotten mad at them and put coal oil in the food she cooked for them, this bringing on the e racket. Mr. Earhart said the men ar- -- rested were just as good as the rest of j the foreign workers. He stated that 3 they were men unable to talk Eng- • lish, or to make themselves under- >. stood, and consequently just one side of the affair was made known.

“BILLS DAY" IS LATEST. Williams are Jealous of Johns and j Form Organization. So great has been the success of the Johns' reunion at Riverside park, Eaton, and so great has been the spirit of rivalry between the many Johns and tbe Bills of Eaton, the Bills have decided to have a “William Day.” \ number of men held a meeting and arranged for a Bills' day. The date for the first picnic will be August 29, at Riverside park, Eaton. Thursday, August 15, is John's Day at Eaton. SCAFFOLD BROKE Thomas Buckmaster Fell While Working at the James Fristoe Home ON FRIDAY EVENING Ankle Badly Sprained and Back and Chest Were Also Wrenched. Tom Buckmaster, the carpenter, met with a very painful accident while at work on the James Fristoe new home in the south part of the city, when the scaffolding, upon ’ which he was working, gave away and i he fell to the ground, a distance of about eighteen feet. He was picked up by fellow workmen and medical as- | sistance sent for to ascertain the ex--1 tent of his injuries it was then learned that he had received a badly sprained ankle, while his chest was a'so bruised and sprained and his ■ back somewhat wrenched. He was i taken home, and is today bedfast, . feeling very sore and will for some 1 time. This is the second accident | with which he has met in the last few years, having been run down by ' a motorcycle while working at ■ Flint, Mich., and for a while was in | a very serious condition. He was, . I unable to work for some time and the j I accident of Friday will necessitate | i his taking things easy for some | weeks. That no more serious injury j was the result is considered lucky. i . o — STONE REPLACED Keystone Falling from Position on Catholic Church Steeple Again 0. K. STEEPLEJACK WARD Os Buffalo, N. Y„ Placed it in Position and Looked After Others Loose. C. E. Ward, the steeplejack of Buffalo, N. Y., was in the city today and I replaced the keystone near the spire of the St. Mary's Catholic church, which fell from its position some weeks ago. Mr. Ward has been here on several previous occasions, gilting the cross several years, and doing other repair work where necessary. The stone which fell from its position a short time ago, was thought to have ' become loosened from the weather and the sparrows, which for years • have been nest-building, and gradual- ; ly worked it loose. (It was reached by i means of working himself upward and downward with block and tackle, - while the others which were thought ■j to have become loosened, were also II looked after and placed in a safe con- • dition to prevent falling. I Mr. Ward is an expert workman in • this line, and he worked as/cool-head- • ed as though he was standing on the 1 ground. The ropes were first thrown , around the steeple end he then work- • ed himself up from below to the det sired postion, the. height being perr haps nearly a hundred feet. > o > UNCLE HEZEKIAH OBSERVES f Hank, th' Hateful, sez it's ain’t no t trick t' be faithful t' yer lost love - when the peace and silunts of meny - yeres bridges thi time 'ith its restful- » ness; th’ rub cums in bein’ faithful t' , th’ one thet y’ git, naggin’ thrown in.

TO HIS LOST LOVE Hermit, Miser and War Veteran Remembers Dead Sweetheart in HIS DYING HOUR Faithful, Though Fifty Years Had Passed Since Her Death. With the memory of a ffity-year-old love in his heart, A. Hufenhauser, hermit, miser, lay down on a straw-cover-ed bench in his log hut on the Ridge road south of Gary and determined to die. Neighbors, who had missed him for several days, broke into his retreat, and there was brought to light one of the saddest romances in Lake county. The dying man was removed by the police to St. Margaret’s hospital In Hammond. When they approached Hufenhauser’s abode the neighbors went about it cautiously, for in the past his old army rifle was a grim warning to keep away. No answer came, they broke down the doors and found the white-haired hermit inside. At first it was thought that he was dead, for a month’s growth of beard covered his unconscious face and his skin had the pallor of death. Nearby was a card on which was inscribed the following sentiment which revealed Hufenhauser’s loyalty to a woman now fifty years in the grave: “To Johanna Wenzel, Westorf:: Den ob im kaupf und schmerz kein hauch der jugend bliche neiderech i vergisst das herz, den traum der er-; stein liebe.” The translation is: “Strife and] worry may fade the bloom of youth, but love’s first dream remains forever in the heart." When the Indiana troops returned I from the war there came to the Ridge 1 road a vigorous young man, who purI chased a forty-acre farm and who ) I started to build a home for his be- | trothed, who lived in Westorf, Ger- ! many. Before the structure was half I completed there came news from over I the sea that the young woman was no I more, and from that day Hufenhauser isolated himself from his neighbors. The unfinished home and the materials stand weather-beaten on the farm just as they were left nearly a half century ago. Nearby is the log hut where the hermit has made his home and brooded over his lost love.; o— A SONG SERVICE Will be Rendered Sunday Evening at Evangelical Church by Y. P. A. MUSICAL TALENT) I Os City is Well Represented l —Excellent Program is Prepared. \ Sunday evening at 7:30 a song service will be rende ,- cd at the Evangelical church, y.nder the auspices cf the Young People’s Alliance. The program promises good things. It is strong, and represents the musical talent of quite a number of singers. Tbe public is cordially invited to attend. The following is the program: Anthem—“ Praise the Lord All Ye Nations." « Scripture Lesson in Song—Twentythird Psalm. Male Chorus —“True Hearted, While Hearted.” Junior Chorus —“The Day is Gently Sinking to a Close.” Reading—“ Tommy's Prayer.” Ladles' Chorusr—“Rock of Ages.” Bass Solo and quartet—“lt is Jesus. Duet—“ Somebody Knows.” Reading. Male Chorus —"Nearer to Thee.” I Junior Chorus. .Anthem—“ Christian Soldier." Offering. Male Chorus—“ Though Your Sins be as Scarlet.” o— ■ Mrs. Lulu Swerenger was a Fort Wayne business visitor today.

EXTENDS A CALL. Schumm Zion Church Awaits Reply of Rev. Meyers of Missouri. The Zion Lutheran church at Schumm, Ohio, which has been without a pastor since the transfer of the Rev. Hoile to a South Bend congregation, is anxiously awaiting a reply from the Rev. George Meyers of Cape Girardeau, Mo., who was extended a call on Monday evening last. The Rev. Meyers is known here and has been apastor in Canada, but now has charge of a congregation nt Cape Girardeau, Mo. Since the departure of the regular pastor the Rev. Wehmeyer of this city has been conducting services, and will hold the afternoon Sunday service tomorrow. ATTEND FUNERAL Mrs. Joe Brunnergraff Received News of Father’s Death in Detroit DIED VERY SUDDENLY Left This Morning to Attend Last Sad Rites—Joined by Relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brunnergraff and children, Clarence, Walter and Elizabeth, and Mrs. Barbara Game and Mrs. Catherine Peters of Chattanooga, Ohio, left here this morning for Detroit, Mich., where they were called i on account of the death of Mrs. BrunI nergraff's father, Henry Neumann, of | that city. The message was received I Friday morning, arrangements being made for their leaving today, after the relatives had joined them Friday evening and spent the night here. No particulars were given as to the cause of his death and the here is unable to account for the sudden death jof her father. The mother died a few years ago, the end coming suddenly, and it was believed that heart trouble might have been the cause of the sudden' calling away. He was known ' here to some people, having visited ' here last winter and acquainting himself with a number of friends No funeral arrangements were given, and could not be given at the time of their departure this morning. He was sev-enty-one years of age, and leaves four children in Detroit, and one residing ■ at Toledo. o - GOOD GAME SUNDAY. i The ball game of tomorrow be- 1 tween the Shamrocks and the Monroe | Badgers promises to be a fast one and the fans are anticipating a good,' close game, with the locals showing the visitors that they will have to go some if they want to carry home the 1 honors. Some good practice work has been put up by the locals and they afe in fine shape for the game of I Sunday. The Monroe team which was previously beaten, i§ ooitiing' I ' with “blood in their eyes,” afiTd confident that the tables will be turned if .at any time. Several new players I will be seen on the diamond and the battery will be the best Decatur can produce. The boys ask you to come out and spend a quarter, see a good game, and help them along financially. A HEAVY CROP. Zaeh Archbold, who lives in Root township has probably harvested the banner crap of rye this season a twelve acre field of which produced four hundred and thirty-seven bushels or exactly thirty-six and five twelfths bushels per acre. This is a heavy crop for this section of the country and considerable comment is being heard concerning the large yield. DISTRICT DEPUTY TO COME. A. B. Glick of Huntington, district' deputy of the Ben Hurs, * succeeding j Mr. McElfresh, of Fort Wayne, will be in at'endance at the meeting of the kcal court next Friday evening and will I.T-e something inter e-’ting to | brirg tefore the lodge. The presence of all members is desired. ' ———"-o | SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. The school board * ill hold a meeting Monday evening, when bids for the outside painting of the north and south w>rd schools will be received.

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WILL MAKE PETITION Soldiers of Adams County Will Ask Commissioners to Appropriate THE SUM OF $ 10,000.00 For Erection of Monument in Decatur for Adams County’s Soldiers. At the September session of the Adams county commissioners will be presented petitions from tho various ! voters nf Adams county, asking that an appropriation of SIO,OOO be made for the erection of a monument for the soldiers of Adams county. A resolution to this effect was adopted this morning at a meeting of the soldiers in the G. A. R. hall. Several weeks ago, when the matter was first brought up, Thomas Mallonee, commander of the G. A. R„ appointed a committee to devise ways Und means of securing the monument. Two plans were considered as feasi- ! ble: One was to solicit from citizens; the other to ask the commissioners for an appropriation. At a meeting j held Friday evening in the Bowers i Realty company’s office, the commiti tee reported the latter way as the ! best, and decided to ask for the ap- ' | propriation, thus giving all the taxpayers an opportunity to help in the good work. j Their reports and petition forms, drawn in regular order by their ati torney, A. P. Beatty, were this morning presented to a mass meeting of the soldiers at the G. A. R. hall, and 1 unanimously adopted. Steps were immediately begun for the appointment of committees—two in each township, and several in the towns—to present the petitions to the taxpayers to secure the required number of votes. As the number of voters in the county, according to the latest statistics, is 4,270, more than half of that number, 2,135’ will be required to make a majority. It is thought that these can very easily be secured, as all the residents recognize the fact that the honor they can bestow in this way, is i hut a small one due to the brave boys i who fought for the preservation of ■ the county, building the secure foundation upon which the prosperity and ! worth of this county and state and union now stand so firmly. At a meeting this morning committees were selected in part to present the petitions for the names of the voters, but as the matter is necessarily one requiring great care, it was not completed, and the meeting adjourned ! until this afternoon. The names of the committees will be given later in '' full. It is desired that all voters give the J matter their attention and signature, ■ | in thus bestowing upon the soldiers I that which should be theirs by right. i! The resolutions drawn and presented to the G. A. R. and adopted this morning, read as follows; Decatur, Ind., July 27, 1912. I We, your committee heretofore ap- ■ j pointed by Sam Henry Post. No. 63, | G. A. R.. DecatiX> Indiana, heretofore appointed by said post to investigate and devise means and plans for the purpose of securing the erection with--1 in Adams county, of a soldiers’ inonu- ‘ ment in commemoration of the servi t iges and patriotism of the soldiers I who fought and died in defense of the i 1 union of states and the rights of men, ’ I beg leave to make the following re- ’ port: First. We recommend that petitions be circulated among the legal j voters of Adams county, Indiana, ask- | ing the board of commissioners of I said county to appropriate for the pur--1 pose of erecting said monument, the ' sum of SIO,OOO. Second. That said petitions be presented to said board of commission- ! ers at their regular September term, 19)2. | Third. We further recommend that said petitions be circulated at once, by distributing the same in the | various townships, towns and city in ' said county. S. B. FORDYCE, D. K. SIIACKLEY, JOSHUA R. PARRISH. FRED F. FRECH, ” Committee.