Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 69.

I WINDS DO GREAT DAMAGE I Handsome Residence ofCJ. Lutz Badly I Wrecked by Storm Early Today * a.—

■ LOSS OVER SISOO. First Day of Spring Ushered in on Wings of Fiercest Gale Ever Known Here. | SEVERAL INJURED | Trees and fences Down, Barns and Outbuildings Crashed Into Kindling. Awind that began raging after mid- | night and gradually rising in intensity, reached its climax in fury this morning at 7:30 o'clock in a small cyclone that swept through the county, and the first day of spring was ushered in with the worst storm that the county and < city has ever known. Thousands of K dollars worth of damage was done in ■ this vicinity. Just how broad the sweep was is not known, as telegraph and telephone wires are down and communication with the outside world, and with the farmhouse, a short disfl tance out, is cut off. Houses and buildings were blown down, trees upfl rooted, roofs torn off and great damfl age in general done. Several minor injuries were reported, but no loss of life. The wind gradually subsided in intensity, but blew quite briskly the greater part of the day. A very little K rain in the early part of the day accompanied the wind. At Lutz Home. With a thunderous crash that could I ■ be heard for squares, the entire roof; of the west wing of the C. J. Lutz j home, south of the city, was torn off by the strong west gale this morning about 7:30 and scattered for a distance of 200 feet around the premises. K The family were seated around the breakfast table when the accident happened and all rushed for the celler thinking the entire house would be blown away so strong was the gale, . It was neccessary for the family to retire to the celler three times on account of the dangerous and alarming impetuosity of the wind. It is thought by Mr. Lutz that the gale first blew down the gable, which was broken | off to the square, and then securing' r. strong leverage on the roof, lifted 1 it completely off the walls. The north side of the roof was first to go, then the south side, not having a brace of any kind was taken off,this side blowing against a wind mill and completely demolishing it. The room under the demolished roof is used as a guest chamber and it is very seldom that guests are not being entertained at the home and given use of this room, luckily however this- Was one of the times that the room was unoccupied. Had the room been occupied the person, or persons, without doubt, would ] have been crushed to death as the entire gable fell upon the bed, crushing j ft to the floor. The damage done to , the building will amount to probably i SISOO. the loss however is covered by ( Insurance carried in the Continental , CO. A gang of carpenters under the ; supervision of Linn & Patton were ■ immediately put to work fastening ; ■ down the balance of the roof and making things secure and unless the , weather should turn warmer and rain . should fall, no other damage is expect- , ed. Window Panes Broken. In innumerable homes window glass was shattered, the wind simply blow- • Ing through the windows. Hardware dealers did a thriving business. Among broken windows reported was a large plate glass at the Peter Meyers home on Mercer avenue; W. J. Myers had two windows blown in; the J. H. Voglewede, J. 11. Bremerkamp, . the county clerk’s office, Harry Imler home, also suffered in this way. The window in the west room of the county clerk's office began splitting Thursday afternoon. A glass in the second of the building occupied by the Winnes shoe store was shattered, sending the fragments to the sidewalk. The newly remodeled home of Mrs. Emma Daniels, formerly the old Niblick .

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—- homestead, did not escape. All of the j sashes in the little dormer windows at the east were gripped by the whid and simply twisted out of the windows, breaking the sashes as well as the glass in them. The dining room window at the A. M. Henry home on North Second street was blown into the room in fragments this morning, the noise and crash badly shocking Mrs. Henry, who is ill. (Continued on Page 2) NIPPED IN THE BUD "" - •«! Was Elopement of Blaine Campbell and Mrs. Mendenhall. OF NEAR GENEVA Her Husband Said She Could Go After She Deeded Back Property. The elopement of Mrs. Martha Mendenhall and Blaine Campbell, liv-' ing one mile west of Geneva, was forestalled in this city about ten' o clock Thursday forenoon when Stephen Mendenall, husband of the runaway woman, came to Portland and stopped them at the L. E. & W. depot, where it is supposed they had ; intended to board a train enroute to lllinios or Oklahoma. The couple left their homes some j jtime Wednesday, arriving in this city , that afternoon. They were trailed i here Thursday by the husband and' "Doc” Barber, in the latter's automobile. Mendenhall was In the office of The Daily Sun when he saw his wife and Campbell passing enroute to the depot. They had driven to this city 1 in a buggy but It was not learned what, I had been done with the outfit. Marshal Tiebcn was appealed to and went with 1 Mendenhall to the depot where the latter talked with his wife and her paramour and informed her that she could have Campbell so far as he was con- ' < erned but he was determined that she should deed back to him a property at Marion, where they formerly resided before she left. This she consented to do and they left the city, returning to Geneva. The Mendenhalls moved to the Joseph Eckrote farm west of Geneva less than three months ago from Marion. He was in charge of the Lewis Freldman oil lease and Campbell, who is a son-in-law of Dckrote, and lives on the same farm, was employed by Mendenhall as a pumper. Campbell’s wife is dead and he has three children,' which he has abandoned to elope with his employer’s wife.:" For some time, Mendenhall said, he had known that Campbell had been paying attention to his wife, who is twenty-eight years old, the same age; as is Campbell. The husband caught the couple in a buggy Tuesday night j near his home, when he returned from , work, he having been operating the i lease at night for the past several I weeks. Some words were exchanged and Mrs. Mendenhall was persuaded to accompany her husband Later, she got in communication wiui Camp-' bell and the elopement which had its unexpected culmination in this city' was planned. —Portland Sun. o DR. P. B. THOMAS SPEAKS. Gives Hygiene Talk on "The Brain" at High School. Dr. P. B. Thomas gave an excellent address this morning before the high school on "Hygiene of the Brain," which proved just as popular and pleasing as the preceding numbers of the hygiene course. All about the structure of this delicate organ, and its diseases, care and treatment, were given. The next regular weekly address will be given next Friday by Dr. Beavers on '“Emergencies; Medical and Surgical." ‘ %

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A SERIOUS CASE Death of Edwin Kiefer Was Caused by Black Diphtheria Instead. | OF THE QUINSY Had Been Here for County Diploma Examination Sat-urday-11l That Night. The death of Edwin Kiefer, the Blue Creek township young boy, of near Salem, which occurred Wednesday night, was caused by black diphtheria instead of the quinsy as at first stated. A private funeral was held this morjiing. The boy who was fifteen years old, and a son of J. F. Kiefer, was in this I city last Saturday and took the examination at the central school bouse with the many others, for county diploma. He seemed well at that time, but went home that evening and became ill. He grew worse rapidly until death came Wednesday night. The family formerly resided near the Washington church, southwest of the city. He leaves besides his parents, the following brothers and sisters: Emery, of Lima, Ohio; Calvin, of Dayton, Ohio; v James and Owen of near Salem; Mrs. Joyce Kiefer, of Saginaw, Mich..;M rs. Anna Young, Salem. AN ORDER OF SALE Os Interurban by the Receiver Will be Asked from Court by — OLD STOCKHOLDERS I Decided Yesterday — Committee Named to Plan for Reorganization. j At the meeting of the stockholders and bondholders of the Fort Wayne & Springfi Railway company, which 1 closed Thursday evening at 5 o'clock after an all afternoon session, it was decided to ask the court to order a sale made within thirty days of the , interurban line, by Receiver French Quinn. The petition was drawn and signed and will be presented to court.! The petition asks that the sale be i made for not less than $250,000. No definite action toward the reor-1 ganization of the old stockholders was taken at this time, except to name j a committee to plan for the same. This' committee includes the following: O' E. Dunan, John H. Koenig, St. Mary's, ( Ohio; William Fledderjohann, New Knoxville, Ohio; Charles Dirkson, Martin Gerke, John Niblick, this city; Henry Hensal, Logan, Ohio. The committee will plan for the reorganization, I the purpose of which will be to buy I the road unless some other company ,steps in and offers a price at which they think they can afford to let the ( road go. ( About one hundred attended the .meeting. — oREVIVAL SERVICES. Rev. T. D. Jones wishes to call the attention of the people who have been attending the revival services at the (Evangelical church at Salem that the services will continue over Sunday. Sunday's services will close the revival for the conference year. There will also be preaching at the Calvary Evangelical church and a good attendance is desired by the pastor. ——o— , 8080 CIRCUIT. Sunday services at follows: Bobo and Salem, 10:30 a. m. Bobo, 7:30 p. m. Revival meetings are still in progress at Bobo and Mt. Hope. J. O. HOCHSTEDLER, Pastor. BIRTH OF GIRL. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson, living south of Monroe, are the proud parents of a big ten-pound baby girl, born to . jthem Wednesday. ,

Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, March 21, 1913.

NO ACTION TAKEN. Regarding Consolidation of St. John’s and Williams Schools. No definite action regarding the consolidation of the Williams and St. John's schools, as mentioned ''before, was taken Thursday, on account of the absence of County Supterintendent L. E. Opjiger, who is in the south part of the county for the remainder of the week. The Williams school is Dist. No. 5, Root township, and the St. John’s school, Dist. No. 1, in Preble township. The consolidation would mean the closing of the Williams school and the transference of the pupils to the St. John's school. There would be no new school built. The patrons handed their petitions to Trustee C. E. Magley and Daniel Hoffman, who brought the same here yesterday I afternoon to present to Mr. Opliger, j The matter will probably be taken up Monday with him. NEED NOT CLOSE Law Passed by Recent Legislature Permits Saloon Applicants to Continue. UNTIL BOARD ACTS •« ■' —— --i Licenses Here Expire April 5 and Board Meets April 7—Law Covers. The licenses of the five retail saloons and the wholesale houses in Decatur, as well as the saloons at Preble and Williams, expire April 5. Each! has applied for a renewal, but the com-! missioners do not convene until April I 7. and this would require the places , to close from Friday until Monday, but I it seems that similar conditions have : ■existed at other places over the state 'and the recent legislature passed a I law which is now in effect which per[mits the applicants to continue in busliness until the board has determined | same. The bill which will be of injterest here just now follows in fullI An act to amend section sixteen of lan act entitled “An act concerning intoxicating liquor,” approved March 4, 1911, and declaring an emergency. (H. 'l5B. Approved March 7, 1913.) | Section 1. Be it enacted by the (general assembly of the state of Indi-1 | ana, that section sixteen of the above; entitled act is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. No license or any renewal thereof as in this act provided, shall be granted or issued for a greater or I • less period than one year; provided, l (however, that when any original 11'cense is granted by the board of commissioners, such license shall be dated jas of the date of the order of such iboard granting the same; or, where jan appeal from any order of the board i of commissioners granting an original 1 ( license or a renewal thereof, the su-| i perior or circuit court shall grant such , original license or renewal, then such I license or renewal shall be dated in case of any original license as of the date of the order of the board of commissioners granting the same, and in! cage of renewal as of the day following the date of the expiration of the license or renewal so renewed; or where either an original license or any renewal thereof is refused by such board of commissioners and upon such appeal -such license or renewal is granted by the superior or circuit court, such license or renewal shall be dated as of the date of the judgment of such court granting the same. In case of application for any renewal the applicant* may continue in such business until the board of commissioners determine such application, and if such renewal be granted by the board of commissioners the same shall be dated as of the day following the date of the expiration of the license or renewal so renewed. Nothing in this section contained shall operate to abridge the rights of any applicant for license or renewal thereof given by section 32 of the act of which this is amendatory. Sec. 2. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. ■■■ o~ ■' - A CHICKEN DINNER. The Evangelical ladies announce a chicken dinner to be given a week ' from today in the Morrison building.

A LARGE CLASS Numbering Thirty-five Will be Graduated from High School This Spring NO ARRANGEMENTS! — Made For CommencementTerm of Decatur Schools Ends May 23 What is probably the largest class j ever graduated from the Decatur high school, will this year receive their diplomas for the completion of the course. The class numbers thirty-five. The class last year, which numbered twenty-three was thought to be unusually large, but this years class goes far ahead of that. The present term of the city public schools will close May 23. The date, however, of the commencement has not yet been determined, but will probably be held upon, or near that date if the same is carried out as in other years. Nothing regarding the commence- | ment has yet been determined, and it is not yet known whether a lecture will be given or whether each member of the class will participate in the exercises. For several years past, a lecture by a noted educator, has taken the place of the miscellaneous program. A BIG PROBLEM Will Be How to Make $2,000 Do The Duty of $6,000— How Will Mock & Mock COME IN ON IT May Bring Suit to Determine Their Share of Judgment For Attorney Fees It will take an expert to tell how ' to make three ends meet in this instance—or how to make $2,000 go as | far as $6,000. It might be an easy | matter for the editor of the wo- [ man’s house-keeping department of a magazine to tell how to make thirty j cents do the duty of a dollar, but court may be called upon to decide the above question. This is the question that stared County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke in the ’face. When tiie judgment of $2,000 I in favor of the plaintiffs in the Faylori Studebaker case was paid in a short • time ago, there were $6,000 worth of attorneys liens, already filed, against the judgment. The firms of attorneys were Mock & Mock, Simons & jl>alley, Sturgis & Stine, each asking | for $2,000. All were attorneys for the plantiffs. Mock & Mock served notice on Mr. Bleeke not to pay the money to any of the others, until the case should be further settled. Then Simmons & Dailey appeared on the scene and demanded the amount of their attorneys’ fees’ Hen. They gave an indemnity bond, signed by both themselves and the firm of Sturgis & Stine, securing Clerk Bleeke against any loss or action that might be taken against him by Mock & Mock. Clerk Bleeke then paid Simons & Dailey the $2,000, the amount of their lien. Mock & Mock then appeared on the scene and made a formal demand for their money. Whether a suit will be brought i against Clerk Bleeke, by Mock & Mock in this matter, to obtain their share i of the money, is not known. Whether i or no, Clerk Bleeke Is safe, as the bond given by the other two firms will let him out of the matter. The suit, if brought, will be only a friendly one, to determine how the judgment will be divided so as to let all of the attorneys in on a part of their fee lien. _ DAILY CENSUS REPORT. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Miller of Marshall street are rejoicing over the birth of a big baby boy, born to them Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Miller was formerly Miss Bertha Selgmeyerr.

HOUK CASE WOUND UP. The final chapter in the Amos E. * I Houk case was recorded yesterday, when Trustee in Bankruptcy D. Burns (Douglass went to the Pixley-Long ‘ (block accompanied by Mrs. Houk and | removed the defaulting republican (chairman's belongings to Douglass' ot|iice on Calhoun street. All of Houk's (belongings amount to little. He has a I few law books and some office files, ,a part of which was bought by Judge 1 |B. W. Skelton and placed in republican headquarters on the same floor, i No one in Fort Wayne seems to have i [the first inkling of where Mr. Houk ■ is. His wife still maintains that she knows nothing of his whereabouts and although she is more interested in him than any one else in Fort Wayne, she says she would not attempt to shield I him if she should find out where he is. Attorney E. V. Harris is attorney lor Mrs. Houk.—Fort Wayne JournalGazette. THE EGG MARKET Much Lower This Year Than in Previous Years, Just Before Easter. ■ THE EASTER RABBIT i Can Fill the Nests to the Top —Expected to Take Another Drop Soon. ■ Easter is only three days away and I | to think that the egg market is lower , in price now that it has been in a good ■ I many years, is *astonishing news to I the consumer, for it generally takes a ' |jump about the time the Easter rabbit , makes his rounds to the many nests placed for him. With this good news ’ Ihe will have to add an extra egg in ' every nest he visits this year. The low price this year is attributed . to the fact that a large output of cold storage eggs has been taking the place 1 I of the fresh country eggs for the consumers in tiie cities, and the mild winter, which we had, which enabled the hen to lay more. In 1912 at the present time, the groceries were paying 17 cents a dozen and retailing them at 19 cents. Today they are buying them lat 14 cents and retailing them at 16 .cents. A slight slump was noticed in the eastern markets Thursday evening and there 4s a probability that they will take another drop before Saturday, so there will be a good chance to eat of the fruit to your heart’s con- 1 tent on Easter morn. LOUISE DUNBAR—JOHN MILTON 1 ~ ! Coming to Decatur in “The Light Eternal.” t A generous measure of local public j approval has been extended to “The', Light Eternal, the big spectacular de . votional drama, which played to over . 25,000 people in Fort Wayne at the Majestice theater and which comes to the ( Bosse opera house Tuesday evening. ( The play will be given here with the ■ same excellent cast seen in Fort t Wayne, including Louise Dunbar and j John Milton. The staging is especially , massive and elaborate and bears the t stamp of the actor-manager, Henry t Miller. Care has been taken to avoid t offense to the most exacting church- | men and at the same time to embody , all the essentials of successful drama, ; Interest in the action is well sustained ( and the story beautifully told. The ; devotional note is strong, and the sue- , cess of the play has proven that a fer- ; vent religious drama' has even more , chance of public approval than the socalled salacious and problem plays. , None of its predecessors have been so intense in dramatic action or so magniflcantly staged, and none have depended so little on theatrical claptrap for the upbuilding of climaxes as does “The Light Eternal.” From beginning to end it is a powerful drama perfect in every detail of presentation. LAST GAME OF SEASON. The last game of basket ball for the high school team will occur at Porter hall Saturday night, when the fast local team meets the second team of the Concordia college of Fort Wayne. It will be a battle royal. As a curtain raiser the second high school team will met the freshmen of the high school. It will be the last chance of the year for the lovers of this clean and wholesome sport. The first game will be called at 7:20.

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A ROUSING RIOT Among Italian Laborers and Irish at Magley Construction Camp ON THE ERIE ROAD Officers Kelly and Melchi Marched Gang to Decatur —Left for Chicago. Another Italian laborers’ riot at Magley Thursday afternoon was ended Thursday evening, when the band of eighteen Italians who were discharged Thursday, was marched to (this city Thursday evening at 5 o'clock jby Deputy Sheriff Jesse Kelly and Policeman Cephas Melchi. They left this morning at 3:02 over the Erie for Chicago. The gang of laborers has been employed on the Erie double track construction work at Magley, for about two weeks, in charge of Patty Durkins, the superintendent of that division. The Italian boss was Mike Divore, and it is said he was a tough rascal who has just finished seven years’ service in the pen for killing his brother-in-law. Several of the others have served in the pen and the gang, 'all around, was one of the toughest jever employed by the construction jeompany. Many of the neighbors have jcomplained of their lawlessness, also. (The construction company found that I they divided about half of their time iin insipid working and sat on the ties i the other half. Accordingly the sui perintendent from Huntington came I down and advised Boss Durkins to i pay off his men and discharge them. (This was done about 8 o’clock Thursday morning, but the gand hung around the camp and refused to leave. (Whereupon the officers from this city were called out to help in the matter. , About nocn, the new construction gang, consisting of twenty-three Bulgarians, from Chicago, all peacefully inclined and very fine people seemingly, arrived, knowing nothing of the fight on hand until their arrival. They were taken to the camp, and remained there, until the Italian laborers' luggage could be gotten from the shacks, which they went to occupy. The Bulgarians took no hand in the fight. Then began the tug-of-war for the possession of the shacks and cars. The Italians refused to remove their bej longings and insisted on staying there all night. Deputy Sheriff Kelly and | Policeman Melchi finally prevailed I upon them to load up and at 3 o’clock, I arrangement was made whereby Lew- | is Kruetzmann, a resident of near Magley, was to haul their goods to thia city for $5. The goods, consisting of trunks, cooking utuensils, etc., was [loaded, and still the Italians refused to leave, seemingly desirous of hanging around in the neighborhood to create any trouble they could. Just before starting to this city, about 5 o'clock. Boss Patty Durkins told Deputy Kelly to file a bill for the Decatur officials’ time at the construction office. Mr. Kelly, with two of the Irish employees of the company, stepped Into the office and as he did so, the Italian boss of the discharged gang gave the sign for the onslaught. At that time there were present only Boss Patty Durkins and his two Irish engineers, together with Policeman Melchi. The Italians made a fierce onslaught onto the* three Irish, wielding boards, pick handles, rails and any weapons that came to hand. Mr. Durkins was struck over the head and his two engineers rushed to assist him. At this point Policeman Melchi made his entrance as a hero. He rushed into the thick of the fighting mob and with bare hand, which were cut and bleeding, separated them, until Officer Kelly and the others came to assist him. Wielding their weapons right and left, but fighting chleflly with bare hands, they finally quelled the mob, but not before the Italian boss's aged father, a man about sixty-five years of age, was knocked over the head and felled to the ground. They were finally organized for the march here, all walking, except the aged than, who had been knocked down and was unable to walk. He was given a place on the wagon. When they reached here, the Italians at first defused to pay Mr. Kreutzmann, but Deputy Sheriff Kelly finally secured the money for him and the Italians left early today. It is thought they had been wait(Contlnued from Page 1)