Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1912 — Page 1

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WORKING AT ALL TIMES invitation Committee Get- | ting Letters from Every State in Union. Lill be no let-up Berne Sends in List of I Names, Who Will Re- ! ceive Invitations Soon. I There has been considerable talk tat a feature ot the Old Home Week Lould be a museum or art hall. In fchich would be exhibited various old lelics and displays that would cause jiscussion of the days “when we were boys,” etc. We offer the suggestion that it would be better, more attractive and perhaps of more public interest, if this museum would be the ■how windows of tile various business louses. With just a little effort each lan secure any amount of this kind bf articles to make a splendid showing and they would thus be convenient for the hundreds who will be here that week. The matter will no doubt L' discussed at the meetings of the 1 Board and some one named if the project seems satisfactory, to look after' this part, to assist in gathering and . fcroperly making the articles and to kee that they are returned to the I k ■ iv- - Such little things as these kill guarantee a glorious and enjoyable week, and any suggestions would he thankfully received. Why not anake the down town part of Decatur ta delightfully interesting section, one where every time you turn about you find something new and interesting to taik about and look at. Think it lover. Duke Stoops, an old Decatur boy, now living at Petersburg, Indiana, where by the way, he is some “pumpkins,” and a very influential citizen, one of the fellows “who does things,' informs us thjit he will ship to Decatur for “Ol<l Home Week,’ a display that will be worth looking at. It contains a cradle in which he was rocked, long before he became a leader of men or a sticker of type, a bunch of marbles, and he can tell just the day [he won the “whitey" from John Yager, the crystal from Nick Miller, and the agate from Harve Hart, and say pthat “spludgum” that he “skinned" Dick Erwin out of that day he drove in from Union township on a load of ■ wood, that was some day. Guess it will be some show and only one of the many of the big week. Better come home and see it. And, too, Duke is now working on a kite, the bige-est that ever was “flown’ by anybody and all the old timers who are here gets to help him fly it, over Zimmerman’s bottom. This game s getting better every day. Are you in? Monroe and Berne are becoming interested in the Home Coming, and iißiii-s are being sent in from the south part of the county, asking their trtends and relatives to join them for .a. few days at least. The letters being sent in in respcr.se to the invitations sent, are enthusiastic, and all express the hope to ve with us during the week of October 14th. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 20, 1912 Mr. French Quinn, Chairman: Dear Friend:-—Enclosed find name n* •'-• joo Numbers, Weiser, Idaho, oil planning to be among the “Home Coming Crowd" in October Mr. and Mrs. Frank Christen, Hattie Burns Voglewede and daughter, (aro line, Frank and myself. Thanking you kindly for invitation, I am T’yur friend. MRS. F. E. FRANCE. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug 21, I ’ l -- Mr French Quinn, Chairman: Dear Sir:—We wish to acknowledge the invitation to attend the Old Home Week" in Decatur, October 11. Wfe will certainly try to be there. thank you. Sincerely, MR. AND MRS. ALBERT LACHNI1 HI. e 1 " Tipton, Ind., Aug. 21, 191Dear Friend Quinn: —We were lighted to get /our invitation yesterday to “Old Home Week it *' ou be one of the highest joys to be In - Decatur and meet all our pld-tiuK friends We had four successful and happy years, ministering by times n

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great happiness and by times in, deep sorrow with some Mrs. White and myself an- putting this date on our list and will do all we call to gpen(] souk time with you. We came from Kokomo two weeks ago and are hav"'g our vacation in a tent. In all best esteem and kindest wishes, consider Ever your friend, JOHN C. WHITE. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Aug. 21, 1912. Kind Friend French Quinn:—ln reP>y to your invitation will say my husband, the late Charles C. Meyer, was born in Decatur in 1856, and died in Fort Wayne in 1904. Twenty-two .'ears ago we lived in your city. My husband was a clerk in the Spencer & Kuebler store. While I have lived in Fort Wayne twenty-two years, I still have a warm spot in my heart for Decatur. I occasionally visit there, 1 1. H. Hunsicker being my brother. Thanking you for your kind invitation, 1 will try to spend all or part of your Home-coming week at Decatur. Yours respectfully,. MRS. C. C. MEYER. Sloan, Ark., Aug. 19, 1912. Mr. French Quinn: Dear Sir:—l received your letter requesting me to come to Decatur in the Home-coming week. I do not think that I can do so, but if there is any chance for me, I will. Yours truly, , NEAL GASE. Columbia, Mo., Aug. 20, 1912. D. F. Quinn, Decatur, Ind.:— Dear Sir: —Your most cordial invitation received and it sure did set me to thinking about the old town. It is going on nine years since I have been in Decatur, Ind., and if nothing happens and everything goes well I will try and be with you in October. Yours truly, R. A. EHINGER.

1 Mr. French Quinn, Chairman: Bloomington, 111., Aug. 20, 1912. My Dear Sir: —We thank the «hairman of the invitation committee for remembering us among all the other friends, and for the special invitation to visit the old home at this special time. We shall try to come. Wishing you splendid success in this enterprise, I remain. Sincerely. G. H. MYERS. Mrs, C. Meyers, Schrader Block, I Fort Wayne, Ind. Fred Mayer Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Ind. Claud Railing, Lima, Ohio. Charlie Railing, Lima, Ohio. Chancy Rinehart, 304 S. 7th St., Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs Isaac Moore, R. R. 6. Elkhart, lud. Ben E. Miller, care Indiana Point Hotel, Oden, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Brackett, 349 . Paris Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. M. Sheldon Smith, Ogden Ave., West Englewood, N. J. John O'Brien, Vestaburg, Mich. W. J. Burdg, Swazey St., Marion, Ind. Harry Weldy, Nussbaum Ave., Ft. , Wayne, Ind, William A. Conrad, 520 E. New ' York St., Indianapolis, Ind. 1 T. R. Baker, Wayland, Mich. Rose Dunathan. Van Wert, Ohio. . Frank Hammell, Oil Fields, Cal. I Charles Hammell, Coalings, Cal. i Richard W. Peterson, Chattanooga, Tenn., care Nyberg Works. C. B. Smith, Meridian St., Portland, Ind. I Mrs. A. McW. Bollman. Gas City, | Ind. Sister M. Laurins, 27 Convent Ave., Yonker, N. Y. Geo. M. Holloway, Ravenna, Ohio. Mary Winans, Lutheran Hospital, i Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hill, 830 Greely st Fort Wayne, Ind. Zack Smith. Hotel Mann, Bryan, O Mrs. Jacob Closs, 1921 So. Harrison St Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deimer, Trinidad, Colo. John Dickerson, Convoy, Ohio. Elmer Kline, Bluffton, Ind. Mrs Anna Fahrenbach, 1321 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, Ind Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Costello. 6045 Purnell Ave.. Chicago, 111. Mr ,nd Mrs. Robert Schwartz. 209 F Hili • Champaign, 111. J Mr . and Mrs. W. S. Ixiwer, Whitlog, Ka.ns. B ev. and Mrs. J. W. Lower, Ossian, inl ’ (rs W . H. Rexford, 70 Packard St Grand Rapids, Mich. | " j Kirk Rugg, 2658 Meridian R D., ' H yde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. i James Lynch, Hotel Prop.. Branch, I M Rav Houser. 203 N. Delaware St., 1 CONTINUED ON page four

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday Evening, August 22, 1912.

THE ANNUAL VISII Deputy State Inspector of Factories, Public Buildings, Etc., Paid IN THIS CITY Edward Bond Inquires Whether State’s Laws Are Being Enforced. Edward Bond ,of Marion, deputy state inspector of factories, public buildings, etc., was in the city today on his regular tour of inspection to see that the laws in this department are being enforced. His visits were paid to the factory buildings, hotels, lodge rooms, theaters, printing offices and similar buildings, to see that the proper exits, fire escapes, are provided, and other precautions taken for safety in case of fire. The sanitary conditions are also given attention. The matter of the employment of child labor Is also inquired strictly into. The public buildings were all found in good condition. There was found but one violation of the child labor law, and there was no prosecution made, simply a statement asking for a correction of the fault. In this instance a thirteen-year-old boy was found gainfully employed during the evening. The law requires that no girl under sixteen years of age be employed for more than nine hours a day. A child under sixteen years of age cannot be gainfully employed except between the hours of seven in the morning and six in the evening. A childen between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years may be employed nine hours a day in case of a written certificate signed by the parents. In cases of printing offices, precaution must be taken in providing a pipe to carry off the fumes from the vats containing the molten metal used in linotyping, which, in time, if they escape into the workroom, produce injurious effects upon the bronchial tubes.

MAY BE RATE WAR Clover Leaf Started the Ball to Rolling and Others May Follow. I ST. LOUIS THE STAGE Os Operations When Special Summer Excursion Rate Was Announced. -— Because of the abrogation of the Chicago agreement of last April, by which all the Junk Ijiies in the United States voted against runping : summer excursions for less than a 2I cent-a-mile fare in 1912, a passenger I rate war is threatened on all lines inI volved. St. Louis became the stage of operations Tuesday when one of the j roads announced a rate of $6 to Tole--1 do for the round trip, with a five-day ■ return limit. This was almost imme- • diately followed by a similar action ' by the Wabash on the ground that I the Clover Leaf, having set the example, the Wabash was placed in the at- ; titude of self-protfection within its own j territory. In the meantime, it is declared, other middle west lines are preparing to follow the example set by the Clover Leaf and Wabash railroads.As announced the Clover Leaf will run an excursion to St. Louis for a rate of $5 from this city on August 24th. A five-day return limit will be given. o REV. MEYER NEW PASTOR. f Rev. Wehmeyer of this city will go to Schum, Ohio, Sunday, September 1, where he will install Rev. Meydr of Cape Giradeau, Mo., as pastor of the Lutheran church there, succeeding Rev. Hoile, who resigned to go to | South Bend. A student from Fort , Wayne will preach here in the pulpit of Rev. Wehmeyer during his absence.

OPENING OF THE MAJESTIC. Next week’s offering at the Majesic theater, Fort Wayne, will be Klimt and Gazzolo’s masterful production of “Where the Trail Divides." In away Robert Edeson’a American play in four acts justifies the unhappy close of “Strongheart.” At the end of that drama the Indian gave up the white girl he loved and went hopelessly back to his people. Equally pitiful if we may believe “Where the Trail Divides" would have been his fate had he married his sweetheart of the alien race. . How Lander, an Indian marries Bess Lander, the adopted daughter of his own foster father. He marries her despite the sneers of the rough settlement in Dakota and the threats of her unscrupulous cousin. He takes her far from the so-called civilization of Coyote City out upon the dreary plain to live. She frets in loneliness and compares herself to the wild animal he has chained in his yard and listens at last to the pleas of her cousin. How finds out her discontent and there “the trail divides." He sends her away with her new lover, w-ho proves to be a cad. He deserts her. How hears of it and creeps upon the despoiler of his home at night, there is a scuffle in the dark, a shot is heard and the Indian stands hopeless, a pitiful sight in the midst of a great desert alone.

LOST HIS FINGERS I Wayne E„ Son of Marshal Frank Peterson, Loses Three Fingers IN CONCRETE MIXER Was Spending Day With Grandfather on the Work and Got Caught. Wayne E., the six-year-old son of Marshal Frank Peterson, was seriouly injured this morning by having his right band caught in a cement mixing machine and necessitating the | removal of three fingers from the right hand. He, with his cousin, Cal, had secured their dinners early this morning with the intention of accompanying j their grandfather to the scene of the ' contract two miles west and a mile and a half south of Pleasant Mills. The boys were enjoying themselves around the machine when the lad got : caught in the machinery, and before it ■ could be stopped it had ground the ; three last fingers of his right hand so badly that it was necessary for an , amputation to be made. Dr. Miller was at once ’phoned for and he, with j Marshal Peterson started out in an automobile, meeting the incoming party, and bringing the boy with them. Drs. Miller and Thomas went to the home and amputated the three last fingers of the right hand below | the second joint and bandaged the in- i dex finger, which it 1b thought can ba. saved. The index finger of the left hand is 1 also crushed badly. This afternoon the little fellow is resting easily, and with no further complications, will goon be al! right N o NO RACE BETTING. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22—(Special to Daily Democrat) —War on race 1 track gambling is to be resumed In Indiana. Governor Marshall today instructed the attorney general to prepare to ask for an injunction against the Mineral Springs Jockey club, incorporated under the laws of South Dakota, the members of which are said to belong to the Chicago Sporting club, and to restrain the club from opening up a race course at Porter, Ind. It is claimed the club was organized for the benefit of Chicago pool room owners and that to get around anti-betting, the club men issued instructions that there would be only oral betting. The governor believed that this was just as much in violation of the state laws as book betting and he planned to prevent the meeting, which is scheduled for an early date. o BAPTIST PICNIC NOTICE. Attention is called to the fact that all who attend the Baptist Sunday school picnic at Monmouth tomorrow, should meet at the church by 7:45 or 8 o’clock to leave on the 8:30 car. The Sunday school will pay the fares.

KILLED INSTANTLY J. F. McKenna Home from Mansfield. 0., Where He Attended Funeral OF BROTHER, HUGH Struck by B. & O. Freight Train—McKenna Was Home on Vacation. J. F. McKenna, operator at the tower, is home from Mansfield, Ohio, where he attended the funeral of his brother. Hugh McKenna, who met his death by being struck by a Baltimore & Ohio freight train while on his way to work, killing him instantly. Just how the accident occurred, no one is able to tell, but it is thought that he either sat down on the ties and fell asleep, or was struck while he was walking on the track Mr McKenna of this city had left here on Sunday night on his vacation for his home to attend a home-coming of the children, who had not been together for some years, and only a day or two after their arrival there did the sad accident occur. Just previous to his leave he was seen by his companions and stated that he was going to his camping place near the sce'ne of his work. His head was crushed and his scalp at several places was tom off. \ brother, Frank, now known as Brother William Edward, of the Christian Brothers, an order of teachers, was also present for the funeral of his brother. He was thirty-six years of age, and left besides his parents, six brothers. The coming together of the family was indeed a sad one, and far from what It had been expected to be. It was the sixth death to have occurred in this manner at Mansfield within twelve hours.

WILL MEET SATURDAY. The members pf the Great Northern Indiana Fair association will meet Saturday when they will determine whether the art building at the fair grounds, which was destroyed by fire Wednesday, will be rebuilt. THRESHING SPARK II — Ignites Barn of William Busick—Burned to Ground With Hay Contents. TWO HORSES THERE i i Were Gotten Out — New Barn Containing Twelve Horses Also Caught, The barn of William Busick, a for- ( mer Adams cou".ty boy, living a mile across the Allen count'’ line, two miles nortn ot the Fuelling church, i was burned to the ground Wednesday [ afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, togetiii er with about fifteen tons of hay, oc | casioning a loss of between SSOO and S6OO. Tiie loss on the building is about S3OO and half covered by insurance. The fire caught from a spark from the threshing machine engine, which was operating there Wednesday. The barn that burned was an old one, used as a stable and storage place, and the fine, large barn, newer, which stood near, also caught, but the fire was extinguished before any damage was done. Two horses in the barn that burned were saved. The new barn sheltered twelve horses, and it was fortunate that the fire was extinguished there. About a dozen and a half of j chickens that were sitting or nesting in the stable were lost. — 0 YOUNG MAN HURT. Howard Foughty, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cap Allen of Davenport, lowa, former residents of this city, met with a painful accident the forepart of this week, as told in a letter from his parents to friends here. The lad in some way, fell, cutting three ugly gashes ' on his »m. and one of them requiring five stitches to close the wound. Although quite painful, it is thought the injuries will heal without any further trouble.

MONTHS BEHIND. Street Commissioner Jacob Buhler is making strenuous efforts to catch up with his work, he being at this time about two or three months behind in his preparation for the,winter. With two or three men and it being impossible to get more he is seriously handicapped in doing the work necessary. The recent heavy rains have done considerable damage, which, while unnoticeable, is still imperative that it be repaired, and just at this time he is being besieged with petitions to mow weeds in various .parts of the city, and with sewer work on hand that must be done, he must ot necessity ignore the wants of the public respecting the mowing of weeds. In a conversation this morning lie suggested that if the citizens would mow only the weeds in front of their immediate properties the weed problem would be solved completely, and it could be done in fifteen minutes. Have you a scythe? STATE TAX BOARD Fixes Assessments of Prop erty of Railroads, Pipe Lines, Etc. IN ADAMS COUNTY Railroads Assessed at More Than a Million—Telephone Companies. County Auditor H. S. Michaud has received from the state board of tax commissioners, its assessment of the property of the railroads, pipe line, oil, telegraph, telephone companies, etc., in this county. The total amount of the assessment of railroads is $1,056,370. This is apportioned as follows: Chicago and Erie, $355,835. Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne, $392,085. G. R. & I. over C. R. & Fort W„ $24,600. Toledo, St. Louis & Western, $283,850. The improvements along their rights-of-way are assessed as follows: Chicago & Erie, $5,230. Cincinnati, Richmond & Ft. Wayne, $7,815. Toledo, St. Louis & Western, $450 The total amount of traction property is assessed at $101,909. Os this the Bluffton, Geneva & Celina traction company has $43,108; the Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway company, $58.861, the latter also having improvements along its right-of-way in the amount of $2,500. Pipe and oil line companies, telephone, telegraph companies, etc., are assessed as follows: Indiana Gas Transportation Co., $2,277. Indiana Pipe Line Co., $634,237. Ohio Oil Co., $239,470. Pullman Sleeping Car Co., 55.7-7 miles. S3OO per mile. Western Union Telegraph Co., 295 miles, $55 per mile. Telephone Companies. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 404.30 miles, S6B per mile. Central Union Telephone Co., 24.50 miles. $32 per mile. Adams and Jay Telephone Co., 40 miles, sls per mile. Citizens’ Telephone Co. of Decatur, 323.15 miles, S9O per mile. Geneva Telephone-Co., 40 miles, S6O per mile. German Telephone Co. of Craigville, 102 miles, sl2 per mile. Monroe Telephone System, 53 miles SSO per mile. Monroeville Home Telephone Co., 45 miles, SSO per mile. Union Telephone Co. of Berne, IR.5n miles. S4O per mile. United Telephone Co., 90 miles, $62 per mile. United States Telephone Co., 30 miles, $75 per mile. Willshire Telephone Co.. 50 miles, $35 per mile. Express Companies. National Express Co., 16.70 miles, $175 per mile. United States Express Co.. 10.28 miles, SSO per mile. Wells-Fargo Express Co., 22.51 miles, $136 per mile. The assessment of the Adams Express company will be certified at the conclusion of a case now pending in the United States court. 1

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STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Will Parent Struck by Jas. -E. Ellsworth This Morning at 8 O’clock. CONDITION SERIOUS About Even Hopes for His Recovery—Left Lung is Terribly Lacerated. Will Parent, proprietor of the Crystal tb»?ter, an< an employee of the city's electrical department, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured about 8 o'clock this morning when he was struck by an automobile being driven by James E. Ellsworth, better known as "Ed,” just as he had mounted his wheel to ride to the waterworks plant, where he was to work during the day. Parent had stopped at the Adams express office to see about the films for the show tonight and had leaned his wheel up against the curb north of the express wagon, which was standing there, also. As he mounted his wheel, intending to go north, he ran into the street, riding north at an acute angle, and Ellsworth, who was also going north, on the sameLide of the street, ran him down. It is stated by several witnesses of the accident that Ellsworth was going from ten to twenty miles per hour when he struck Parent. When struck. Parent was thrown under the hood of the machine, and there he was held and rolled for a distance of probably thirty feet before he was freed from the machine hood, which threw him under the rear wheel, which passed over his abdomen, close up toward the lungs. Spectators soon were to Parent’s assistance, and he was carried into the Crystal theater, where the family physicians, the Doctors Clark, were called, also Dr. J. M. Miller, and he was soon removed to his home. After running over Parent, Ellsworth seemed at a loss as to what to do, as he continued running north until he came to the corner of Marshall street, when he probably thought better of it and returned to the scene of the accident. Parent’s injuriesH’unfiaEATSHßD lacerated left lung and numerous bruises about the body and head. The report that an arm and shoulder were broken in the accident is erroneous. His condition is very serious, the physicians only hold out hope of an even chance, either way. He is suffering intensely and has trouble with light hemorrhages from the injured lung. It is thought that an official opinion as to his chances for recovery can be given within twenty-four hours. Ellsworth remained in town, visiting the home of the injured man, and naturally feels deeply grieved over the accident. All attribute the accident to the excessive speed of the machine, which could not be controlled In w short a space. Ellsworth lives about three miles southeast of Decatur near the county farm, where he resides with his father on the latter’s farm. The machine was damaged slightly, the left lamp being wrecked, the guard bent and other slight injuries caused by the impact with Parent’s wheel. The wheel was demolished also. Clyde Noble left about noon for Rome City, where he will secure a nurse for Mr. Parent, he expecting to make the round trip in about six hours, leaving Rome City on the return trip at about 3:30 this afternoon. At 2 o’clock Mr. Parent was resting somewhat easier, but his condition still remains serious, and there remain but slight hopes for his recovery. A BABY BOY. A baby boy was the lot left by the stork early this morning' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Camp in the north part of the city. Anson he has been named, and Charles was rejoicing over the fact that it was a boy, the first of three children. All are doing nicely. A boy baby, Harold Dwight, came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Messick at Bobo this morning.