Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 81.

WENT DOWN m THIRD TIME E A Solomon Lord. Young Son of Reuben Lord, Went I Under River’s Waters A TIMELY RESCUE — By Deputy Surveyor John | Gillig—Two Companions ■ Also Given Icy Plunge. But for the timely rescue effected t>y Deputy Surveyor John Gillig this miming at the risk of his own life, .*tomon. fifteen-year-old son of Reuben Hx>rd, of North Third street, ’ would In all probability have been found in a watery grave in the icy i Waters of the high St. Mary’s river this morning at 8:30 o’clock. The accident happened near the old Fritzinger stone quarry and lime pit sear North Second street, east of the « A. M. Henry home, when the boy, with two companions, ‘‘Jinks,” son of Mike Meibers, and John, son of John Mayer, ■were thrown from their boat into the water in the middle of the river. The ■other two boys got out unaided. Last week Mr. Lord built for his son a boat. This was hauled from the lumber yards this morning and launched with great pride by the boys, who at once planned to make a try-out of the neat little craft. They launched her and started across the river. Just south of the quarry is a large cable stretched across the river by the Standard Oil company, it is said that this was broken or sagged in such a way that the boys did not see it. Their boat struck the cable and in an instant the craft had turned over end for end. The boys were all thrown out into the middle of the stream, which is still high, but not beyond its banks. The Mayer and Meibers boys ■Succeeded in getting hold of the cable and dragged themselves to the bank, while their companion, carried away in the current, was unable to make the ■hore. He is said to be a good swimmer, but the chill waters and swift ■current benumbed and exhausted him and he went down three times. By this time he was carried down the stream a half a block or more, at a point north of the quarry. There he managed to grab hold of some willow bushes sticking from the water. By this time an excited crowd bad gathered. Mrs. Hugh Hite happened to see a rig approaching, in which Surveyor Phil Macklin and his deputy, John Gillig. were riding. She ran to them and explained the circumstances and in just a short while Mr. Gillig made his way to the fiver bank. He saw the exhausted boy clinging to the willows in the midst of the waters and heard his feeble cries for help, which grew more feeble with each breath, as he called for help, saying that he could hold on only a little longer. A rope was brought to the scene by this time, and without removing his boots or heavy clothing, Mr. Gillig grabbed one end of the rope and at once waded into the water to make his way to the boy far out near the willows. Mr. Gillig waded out into the water ann-pft deep. Luckily the Mayer boy had succeeded in getting a boat which he drew out near the boy at the willow tree and called to him to get into it. The Lord boy was too exhausted, however, to do so and could do nothing more than grab to the boat and hold on. By this time Mr. Gillig succeeded in reaching the boat, and clinging to this and holding to the rope, by skillful maneuvers, managed to get the boy near enough to the bank, so that he could take him in his arms and wade out to the shore. Carrying the boy, now thoroughly exhausted and half unconscious, in his arms, Mr. Gillig waded to the bank, where many helping hands were extended to complete the rescue and take the boy to his home. The Lord boy was so thoroughly exhausted by the cold and shock, and so benumbed that he was half unconscious and for a half hour was unable to speak. A physician was called to attend him and he advised rolling the boy up in woolen blankets while stimulants were giv-! en him. It is thought he will get along all right, the only danger now ■ being from cold. (Oontnraeu on Page 2) '.K

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BABE AT NEWTON HOME. i —— Martha Elizabeth Newton arrived this morning. Both in fine shape," is 1 the good news of the telegram received here this morning from the 1 babe’s father, Earl B. Newton of Detroit, Michigan. The mother was formerly Fannie DeVilbiss Cole of this city. The little lady has been named Martha for a cousin, Mrs. J. H. Heller, and Elizabeth for her grandmother Mrs. A. l. DeVilbiss. THE HALF NOT TOLD Says George Votaw of Geneva, Who Returned Yesterday Afternoon FROM DAYTON, OHIO Talks to Deputy Sheriff— People Went Insane in Search for Folks. George Votaw of Geneva, who returned late Thursday afternoon from Dayton, where he went to look up his three brothers, his mother and niece, who were in the flood district, states that newspapers did not exaggerate the terrible disaster. “Why, the half has not been given,” Mr. Vostated to Deputy Sheriff Jesse M. Kelly of this city, who was enroute home from Richmond, where he accompanied Mrs. Catherine Bohren to the insane asylum, riding from Richmond to Geneva with Mr. Votaw. Mr. Votaw found his relatives were in the flood district, but safe. Tho waters had receded from their home, they had cleaned it up again, and were back again in their home. Conditions there are terrible, however, Mr. Votaw stated, and Mr. Kelly remembered some of the unusual and nearly unbelievable conditions as given by Mr. otaw. The mud was left 6 or 7 inches deep on the streets and in the houses through which the current swept. On third street water stood 30 or 35 feet deep. The current was so swift that rolled 40 or 50 large steel cars into the river like so many balls. Car loads of stock were also swept into the river. The drift-debris is something awful. In one house Mr. Votaw saw three dead horses which had floated into the bay window. Workmen were also engaged in pulling three dead horses out of the interurban station. The fertilizer plant there is reaping a harvest. Wednesday night, on Springfield street alone, the fertllzer company had 150 dead horses heaped up, to cart away. In North Dayton people were shut off from food from Tuesday to Friday, except for a car load of hogs, which they killed and ate from time to time. The people In the car shops suffered much. Three or four were drowned. The others clung to the iron works above the raging floods thirty feet deep below. They clung there without food, drink or warmth until rescued, suffering much. When the floods arose, the National Cash Register company started all its force to making boats. Theso were made of rough lumber—simply a great square rough box with holes cut in the sides for the oars. The boats sent out to rescue, were manned by two people—one to row, the other to bale out the water. The cash register buildings were converted into a hospital for the sick and morgue for the dead. Mr. Votaw talked to people who had been in Dayton since last Fridny making a fruitless search for their loved ones wfio resided there. Os some they could get no clue, and many searchers went insane, through fear and anxiety, and were taken Into custody by the officials. One of Mr. Votaw’s brothers had started to work when the waters began to rise. He turned to go back to 1 his home and family and before he 1 got there he waded waist deep in the swift current. The city is under strict martial law. Nothing is sold, all rations being doled out. It would be as impossible for a millionaire to buy a pound of coffee, as it would be for a penniless 1 tn an. ! No one Is allowed to walk on the sidewalks for fear that they might pil- ■ fer. Everybody is obliged to walk in ' the middle of the street, where a strict CONTINUED CXS PAGHJ THREE - J

GOT SLIGHT CLUES I I C. H. Fluke Still Searching for Demented Brother Who Ran Away. FLOOD DISASTERS 'Excited Him—Was Seen Hugging Close to HeadingUlant Engine Here. C. H. Fluke and others, of Markle, were here again Thursday afternoon consulting with Sheriff Durkin as to ‘ the whereabout of Mr. Fluke’s brother, j Lewis Fluke, who became demented I ’and whose condition was made worse 1 ’ by reading of the flood disasters, and i who Monday afternoon ran away from) his brother’s home and came east j down the Erie railroad. It Is quite certain that Fluke was seen at the Smith restaurant here Tuesday afternoon while his brother was here, but what became of him thereafter is not known. Mr. Fluke got another slight clue of his also while here. It is said , that a man answering Fluke’s descrip- j tion was seen at the heading plant her, one evening. He was hugging close to the engine trying to get warm. Mr. Fluke attended to the issueing of some reward and description cards which Sheriff Durkin will send out in ! i the hopes that the man can be restored to his relatives. Fluke Is agout 52 years old, looks 45, weighs about 140 i pounds, is slightly stoop shouldered, has a brown mustache, wore blue overi all suit and brown cap. Any informai tion relative to him should be tele- , phoned at once to Sheriff Durkin. His brother offers a reward of twenty-five dollars for his return home. ■, o K. OF C. MEETING. ■ j Monday, April 7, regular meeting of | our council. A good attendance is dei sired to help in the discussion of the! ; several important questions which ! will come up before the meeting. J G. K. t , | COURT HOUSE NEWS Brown-Bauman Case Came I , to Abrupt End—Cause Withdrawn from Jury. DEFICIENT PLEADINGS On Part of Some of Defendants—Given Privilege to File More. The Stuart Brown vs. Rudolph Bauman et al. case came to an abrupt end this morning when it was about to be 'given over to the jury. At this point leave was asked by and granted the defendants to withdraw the submission of the cause from the jury and to file amended issues in defense, which 1 was granted without prejudice to eith-1 er plaintiffs or defendants, at the cost I o fthe defendants. The suit was brought by Brown against Rudolph, on a note, demand, SSOO. This note was given by Rudolph Bauman for rental, Bauman being a tenant of Brown's farm.. Bauman claimed that mis-represented the farm and succeeded by fraud, in getting the note, and therefore refused to pay it. His mother, Anna Bauman, and his brother, Rudolph Bauman, were sureties on the note. In their answer, they failed to allege fraud, hence a deficiency in the defense. When this deficiency came up, the withdrawal was asked, ( and a halt taken to give leave to file additional pleading. The case will ' probably come up in the April term of .court, when a whole new trial will be , in order. Clerk Bleeke today received from jJ. Fred France, clerk of the supreme .court, a copy of an order made there April 2 in the case of William Ward vs. State of Indiana, on appeal. The entry was as follows: “The motion to strike out the notice to dismiss the ( appeal is overruled, but It being maife by such motion to appear that there is (Continued on Page 2)

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Decatur, Indiana. Friday Evening, April 4, 1913.

HOOVER CASE HARD FOUGHT. The trial of Ralph Hoover in the Van Wert court attracts much attention, the court room being packed to the doors. An Important witness used Thursday was the nurse, Miss Ellen Smith, in attendance at the Hoover home during the time Helen Hoover was confined to her bed, owing to the result of the shooting. Miss Smith arrived at the sick room about 3 o'clock the afternoon after the shooting and remained with her until she was taken to the Fort Wayne hospital. Witness accompanied the injured girl to the hospital and was with her until her death. It developed that the main reason for calling Miss Smith to the stand was to get into the record certain ! parts of conversations said to have been had in the sick room between the dead girl and her mother, to which attorneys for the defense objjected. The jury was dismissed .'from the room during the argument ’of counsel and in their absence At- i torney Dailey of the defense, among others, asked the following questipns and was answered as indicated: Q. What did Mrs. Drake say to her daughter A. Helen, do you know me? Q. What did Helen say? A. I think she shook her head. Q. Repeat other questions and answers between the two. A. Mrs. Drake said, “Who shot I you, Helen?” and she said something I did not understand. Then Mrs. Drake asked, “Helen, did Ralph shoot you?” and I thought she shook her head. Q. Who was in the room at this time? A. Mrs. Hoover, Ralph, Mrs. Drake and myself. Q. What, if anything, did Ralph say regarding these questions? A. He said, “I didn’t do it and , when she comes to I don’t think she | will say so,” this statement having i been made after the defendant had , left the room. When attorneys for the state ques-1 tioned Miss Smith it was brought out that when Mrs. Hoover was ask-| ed who shot her she uttered some j sound very similar to “Ralph.” Dr. Ellis was a witiless and testified that when the injured woman was i asked in his presence who shot her, I she did nothing but moan. A great (battle was in progress at the close of j Thursday evening’s session, the point (hinging on whether to admit the bedi side story as evidence. This was arI gued this morning. —c, THE BURKHEADS’ EXPERIENCE. In the Indianapolis Floods—Luckily Escaped. Decatur Democrat: We wish our friends to know that we escaped the flood direct, but felt the effects of It very much, as we are on West New York street, near the high water, but above it. We have had two families, with their children, with us, who lost all they had. Our sister, Miss Dessie Merryman, was in the Inundated parts of West Terre Haute, Ind., and lost everything she had, except the clothes she escaped in. Miss Maggie Merryman left Terre Haute at 4 o’clock on Tuesday evening and sat in a Pullman coach within sight of Indianapolis three days and night and could go neither way. Our I water power was off for four days, our ' street cars did not run for five days, and the Indianapolis gas was off. We assisted in the care of over 500 men, women and children at Manual Training high school that had lost all by the flood. It was a common sight to see houses and furniture go down tho river to hit the White river bridge and be crushed like eggs. One lovely piano is sitting on the street near here that was dragged out of the water. It resembles an old pair bed springs. Five of the neatest little houses which Mr. Burkhead had just finished laying hard-wood floods in, were destroyed completely. Mrs. Bulkhead is a sister of Leonard Merryman of Decatur. His mother and his other sisters and families' escaped. Mr. Burkhead is a son of G. S. Burkhead, and is a hard-wood floor contractor of Indianapolis. INSURANCE CLAIMS MANY. The Continental insurance adjuster here yesterday stated that there were 1,500 claims in Indiana to be adjusted. From over the entire United States notice of 8,000 has already been received. These are for both wind and fire, so this vicinity is not the only one that suffered from the recent little cyclone.

FELL IN CISTERN Lawrence Potts, Three-year-old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Potts HAD NARROW ESCAPE From Drowning in a Thirtyfive Foot Well When the Top Broke. Lawrence Potts, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Himar Potts, living on the corner of South Thirteenth and Patterson streets, would have met his death Thursday evening at 5:30 o’clock in the cold, icy waters of a thirty-five foot well, built on the south side of the house, had it not been for the heroic act of John Brothers, who heard the frantic cries of the mother and ran with all haste to the well, and jumped in after the little boy. Lawrence was standing on the too, when the boards that covered it broke and let him tall to the bottom. Mrs. I Potts saw her son fall into the well and with frightful cries she drew the attention of Mr. Brothers, who came running to her for assistance and on 1 learning what was wrong, did not take time to think, but made a jump into the deep hole and caught the little fellow just as he was going under for the last time. Mr. Brothers was I ■ helped out of the well with the unconl scious boy, and with the assistance of 1 neighbors, who came rushing to the place, they rolled him over a barrel for some time and succeeded in get- ■ ting the water out of his lungs. A physician was immediately sent for ,and with his aid they started to administer I the first aid process to the still unI scious boy. After some time he re-: gained consciousness, and this morn- ' ing the report from the home was that he was feeling real well, not forgetting the close shave he bad from meeting death, and the family Is still thanking Mr. Brothers, who saved him from drowning. Mr. Potts is employed on the Erie : section gang. o— _ LONDON IN DANGER Os Attack of Militant Suffragettes Revengng Mrs. Pankhurst’s Conviction. CAIRO IS HOPEFUL Os Saving City Unless High Winds Come Up—Workers Ready to Escape. Cairo, 111., April 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Sand banks which would give away in a twinkling should a high wind sweep the water towards this city, was all that seperated Cairo from destruction. The river is above the Ohio levee standing at 54.7 feet. Water is sweeping through the hastily constructed bulkheads and soldiers and citizens are fighting desperately to save the banks but are ready to seek refuge in 50 boats awaiting them should the situation go out of their hands. Barges and steamers are patroling the river front in order to aid in rescueing workers should the water over take them. Yet the people are hoping the fears of yesterday that the bulkheads would give away were groundless and today it is believed the water would fall before any high wind arose. London, April 4 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —Great Britan today is 'fearful of an attack on militant suffragettes who are starting oue to revenge the conviction of Mrs. Pankhurst. The railroad station at Oxles was blown up by an alarm clock contrivance similar to those used by dynamiters in America. The London Northwestern railroad train was wrecked near Stockport but the coaches were almost empty and no one was injured. In London two hurrying women carrying suit cases aroused the suspicion of the police and were arrested. An investigation showed the suit cases to be filled with ex(Contlnue* on rage 3)

WAS FOUND GUILTY. (United Press Service) London, Apil 3—-(Special to Dally Democrat)—.Mrs. Emily Pankhurst was found guilty for Inciting malicious destruction of property and was sentenced to serve three years’ penal servitude. Tho jury deliberated but a few minutes and recommended mercy. Mrs. Pankhurst made no comment when the verdict was read. She 1 acted as her own attorney in the case. FACING THE CRISIS Senator Newlands Says Nation Should Look to a Prevention of Floods. GIVES THE CAUSE Says Rains Run Inti Rivers too Rapidly Since Country is Well Drained. (United Press Service) Washington, D. C., April 3 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —That the country is now facing a crisis which will put to the sharpest test the capacity of the government for prevention of annual floods, was the declaration of , Senator Newlands of Nevada. He outlined a naUon-wlde plan for preventing “such floods as occur ninety-nine out of every 100 years.” All the losses from these floods,”' the senator said, “are due to one 1 cause—the too rapid run-off of rain.' What is needed in the rivers is steadiness of flow, and on the land the obstruction of the run-off to prevent soil erosion. “First among the means of obstructing run-off is the preservation and replanting of our forests. A second means is found in the proposed construction of dam formation of large reservoirs at selected sites on the headwaters of streams. The stor- ! age of large bodies of water in this manner for the regulation of water i supply on canals and rivers, is practiced at many places in France and other countries and for at least 75 years in Ohio and the Miami and Erie canal, and elsewhere. The cost of the works could be repaid, in part, at least, by the sale of the power generated. “A third means is the deepening, widening and straightening of the river channels, the building of levees and the laying of revetments along the banks. These are methods of undisputed propriety, always provided the work is done in a comprehensive way, taking each river system as a whole into consideration from source to mouth, and removing the appropriations from political control.” Senator Newlands pointed out that the time is ripe for a decision to save the country from further waste by flood. Half a billion dollars —half the actual cost of running the government —will save the United States from many billions of damage, he estimated. — o COURT RECORDS FOUND. Auburn, Ind., April 4—Quite a number of the records which were supposed to have been destroyed in the fire that swept through the building temporarily occupied at the DeKalb county court house some months ago, have been found, although they are, as a rule, in a very bad condition. One particularly valuable record was found yesterday, giving all of the judgments for five years up to February 1 of this year. This was Record No. 10, and Record No. 8 has also been recovered. Many others ar/ still missing, and may never be found. All records that have been found will have to be copied. o EASTER HATS FOR. THE POOR. A committee of Mrs. A. L. .Taqtia, Mrs. J. J. Moran and Mrs. T. J. Taylor were appointed to look after the distribution of hats among the needy poor of the city. When Mrs. Dollins closed out her millinery store, there were seventy-four untrimmed summer hats purchased for a small amount and these will be distributed among the needy, free of charge, Friday afternoon at two o’clock at the Salvation Army hall.—Portland Sun. Mrs. Dollins contemplated starting la beauty parlor here.

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PAPERS WERE FILED TODAY * Remontrance Filed Against Granting of Saloon Licenses in Second Ward ITS NIP AND TUCK Number of Signers Shows Majority Over Number Required Under the Law At 3 o’clock this afternoon AttorneyWaiters filed ten more names to the remonstrance, making a total of 182 and thirteen more than the number necessary to put the saloons out of the Second ward. Mr. Walters stated that he believed this was about the limit, though a very few more might be obtained before the auditor’s office closed for the night. At 8 o’clock this morning, Milton Miller, attorney for the “drys," filed a remonstrance at the county auditor’s office against the granting of licenses to any of the applicants in the Second ward, and the matter will be duly presented to the county commis- ' sioners next Monday. If held sufficient, this will prevent the granting of the licenses to any of the five retail dealers in this city and to Scott Ellis, wholesale dealer. The only license that could be granted would be to Isadore Kalver, who is in the Third ward, and tvho will have the license :to conduct a wholesale liquor store ( for a year al least. The saloonkeepers or any one else could apply for a .license in the Third ward, which would come up at the next meeting of | the board in May, but the “dry” I forces say they will immediately begin I a campaign to make that ward “dry.” I The remonstrance filed this morning was in three sections, two of them signed by C. L. Walters, attorney in j fact, and the other by L. A. Graham, under the same title. During the past month workers have been busy secur- ■ ing the signatures to cards giving 'these two men power of attorney to sign the remonstrance which was filed i today. The first sheet of the remonstrance is signed by forty, the second , by sixty and the third by seventy-two, a total of 172. The “drys” kept up | their work today, they being allowed | until tonight to file remonstrances. | The contest is based on the vote cast at the last general city election and the remonstrance must contain the names of a majority figured upon the candidates for any office at that election receiving the greatest number of votes. In the election of 1908 in this city the vote for mayor was the highest, in the second ward being 336. It would therefore be necessary to secure 169 signers to the remonstrance, and as the list filed this morning contained 172 names, it is sufficient, unless some of the names are declared to be those of illegal voters, that 1% parties who could not vote tn this ward if an election were held. R. C. Minton, of Indianapolis, state attorney for the anti-saloon league, is here today and will assist in conducting the contest. The remonstrance heading reads as follows: “We, the undersigned, legal voters in the Second ward, in the city of Decatur, in the county of Adams, and state of Indiana, do hereby respectfully represent that we are opposed to the traffic In intoxicating liquor and we hereby object to the granting of a license to any person for the sale of Intoxicating liquor in said ward.” The first name on the remonstrance is that of J. D. Andrews and the cause will therefore bo docketed “J. D. , Andrews et al., remonstrance peti- • tion.” ) The “wets” had the right to file ’ withdrawals up to last evening, but i none were filed. ) If the fight is taken up in the Third • ward it will be necessary to secure t 197 signatures, as the total vote cast 5 there for mayor was 382. At the re- - cent local option election, 197 votes i were cast for the “drys,” and it promises to be an even wanner fight than 5 was that In the Second ward, as several different arguments will enter.