Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1913 — Page 1

Volume XI. Number 144

FOOT BADLY TORN Carl Gotsch Gets Right Foot Mixed Up With a WireTwisting Machine. AT FENCE FACTORY With Result That Flesh is Torn Off and Foot is Badly Mashed. Carl Gotsch, an employee of the Ward Fence factory, met with a painful accident this morning that will necessitate his taking a vacation for' ten days or two weeks. His work is the running of a wire-twisting machine, and he had placed his foot on the top of the machine to rest. His foot slipped and was caught between i two pieces of heavy iron, which come together in close contact and with ■ great force. The toes of the right foot wer e caught between these pieces; and were badly mashed, and the flesh was also torn loose He was-quickly; rushed to the office of Dr. D. D. Clark, i where the injury was dressed. While! the accident was a very painful one it is not thought that any bad results will arise from it. He will probably be able to return to his work in ten days or two weeks.

BABIES AND BEETS Given Care at Same Time by Foreign Mother Who Worked in THE BEEt FIELDS Leaves Buggy in Middle of Row and Passes Baby Twice on the Trip. There ar e some people who find it imponible to do more than one thing at a time. Necessity, however, is the mother of invention, and most moth-, era find it necessary to invent some kind of a laborsaving device or scheme. Among the workers in the foreign laborers in the Adams county beet fields are found some very ingenious mothers. Since the women assist their husbands in the beet fields and thus add to the family treasury It becomes necessary to provide some way of caring for the baby. One mother in Preble township, who has a babe not yet a month old. has found away for this. She has gotten a covered baby cab and in this the little mite is placed. She then' takes the baby cab to the middle of a long row of beets. Going back, she < begins to block the beets at the end of the lino and works up toward the middle. When she arrives at the point the cab is stationed, she looks at the baby and gives him the care he needs. She then finishes the row of beets and works up from the end of the next row, and again reaches the baby cab after a while and peeps in at the babe. If the cab were static: • ed at the end of the row of beets, she would get to the cab once Instead of the twice that she reaches the babe in the middle of the rows. Friends Proved Ungrateful.

The generosity of herself and husband in helping friends who have proved unfortunate and in one case ungrateful, is said to be one cause for the husband and wife being oblig ed to work much harder. She and her husband camo to this count f. and finding the new world an agreeable place, sent money to friends in the old country” to enable them to come, expecting of course that it would be paid back, when they wen* to work here. This they failed to do and it Is not known whether they finally will do so or not In another case they sent money to a friend who arrived in port here, but was refused landing on account of being deaf. Il" was then returned to his native country. and his friends here who advanced him the passage money, will doubtleas lose it.

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REV. w. J. MYERS BETTER. Rians in Visit Changed on Account of Illness. Rev and Mrs. W. J. Myers have reI '"’■ned from a two weeks' visit with relatives. Very soon after arriving at the home of their daughter, Mrs. i Rollo Plfer. at South Bend, Mr. Myers became ill and a physician was neeesHis illness prevented them I from from going to Chicago as planI »ed, but ho did become better to alI low him to go to Bloomington, 111., ’ >0 visit with their son, the Rev. G. H. •Myers and family, while there it was necessary to call a physician also, but he is now very much better and on the way to recovery. They arrived home last evening.

TO FEED VISITORS Plans Now Being Made to Look After the Wants of Those Who Come FOR FIREMEN'S DAY Restaurants and Others Urged to Make Specal Preparations for the Day. The boys who are boosting the firemens convention in this city for Thursday of next week are sure that with a lair weather they will have the biggest crowd In the city ever known here. They are somewhat worried about feeding the visitors. It is possible that the crowd will reach 15,000. It is figured that from eleven to one o’clock the restaurants could not take care of more than three thousand. Several of the lodge and church organizations are planning to serve meals but it is feared that enough preparation is not being made and they asked that if there are any orders or churches contemplating serving meals or lurtch that they leave word at once with Henry Dellinger at the city hall. Berne is planning to send 100 automobiles to the city and they expect to send at least two hundred by train, making a crowd of from 500 to COO from that place alone. Bluffton and Fort Wayne are coming strong and there is no doubt but that the crowd will be immense. Its something to think about and we should get ready for it.

BABE IS CALLED * • Bertha Ellen, the Eighteen-months-old Daughter of James E. Ward HAS PASSED AWAY Succumbed at 5 O’clock This Morning—Funeral Wednesday Afternoon. Another promising young life was cut short this morning at 5 o'clock when the final summons camo for Hertha Ellen, the little daughter of James E. and Susie Drumm Ward of Hobo. The little one was about eighteen months of age and had been ill some

time ago of measles. Later complications developed and dropsy resulted. The surviving members of the family arp the parents and seven brothers and sisters. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon. The procession will leave the house*at 12:30 o'clock for the Dunkard church west of this city, where the funeral service will be held at 1:30 o’clock. The Rev. riochstedler will preach the sermon. Burial will be In the Steele cemetery. — o— BLEEKE CHURCH PICNIC. The Bleeke Lutheran church announces a picnic for Sunday afternoon, .lune 29, to be held in the Otto Bleeke grove. The children will give their program and there will be many amusements, Including two bowling alleys. Everybody invited to come. John Barnett, who has been making his home in Decatur spent Sunday in this city.—Bluffton News.

“DECATUR CAN AND WILL”

TO ETERNAL CITY Os Light Was Called the Spirit of Little Oscar Wietfeldt MONDAY AFTERNOON Son of William Wietfeldt. Who Moved to Midland, Michigan. —- < M * To the eternal city of light and happiness, in the world beyond, was called the spirit of little Oscar Wietfeldt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wietfeldt, after a brief sojourn of only nim; months in this temporal world. His death occurred Monday afternoon at Midland. Mich., to which place the family movpd about two years ago last April. The news of the death was received her e this morning by Mrs. William Christianer, a sister of Mr. Wietfeldt. The catfse of the death was not stated, but as the boy had been ill of whooping cough when much younger, it is supposed that the death was the effects of that. The parents have another child surviving, a daughter, Lillian, about nine years of age. The grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fre.d Wietfeldt, reside in Adams oounty, and there are many other relatives. Mr. Wietfeld is also a brother of Mrs. Fred Witte, Hoagland; Mrs. John Berning, Henry and Otto Wietfeldt, of this vicinity, and Mrs. Herman Knipstein, Fort Wayne.

HAD FINE OUTING Beery and Bright Families Return irom at Lagrange Lakes. WOMEN HAD SCARE Waded Into Lake of Deep Wells and Quicksand — Automobile Trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Beery and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bright of Cralgville have just returned from a ten days' outing at Cedar Lake, Lagrange county, and Sturgis, Mich., where they visited with their brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Johnson, and family- who own a beautiful farm of 180 acres. While there they enjoyed themselves fishing and bathing in the lake. Harve and Marion got the fish while Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bright got a good scare. They were more venturesome than the rest and waded hip deep in a pond after lilies, which grew in abundance. They were later horrified when told the lake contained four deep wells and quicksand. But they got the lilies. ■ The trip was made in Harve’s new Detroiter auto, which flew through the sand and climbed the hills like a squirrel, making the round trip of about 225 miles without one break or having to stop the machine.

CARO OF THANKS. The entert- ‘nment committee, as well as the icmbers of the local Knights of Columbus, wish to thank the ladies who so kindly gave their assistance during and before the banquet given Sunday evening, and through their hard work and untiring energy made it a great success. —— o — NO RAIN IN FORT WAYNE. A fine little shower, but of short duration, was in order here this morning at 6:30 o'clock. Not a drop fell in Fort Wayne at that time, however, is the word given out by D. H. Hunsicker, conductor on the early Interurban car. MOTOR TO HAMMOND. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and two children left this morning at five o'clock in their automobile for Hammond. where tomorrow they will attend the wedding of Mrs. Smith's twin sister, Miss Iva Sincoke and Mr. Henry Fuller.

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday Evening, June 17, 1913.

NEW DRUG LAW BOOKS. Decatur druggists have received books necessary to comply with the new drug law. The pages ar e arranged duplicate, one form to be sent to the secretary of the state pharmacy board and the other to be retained by the druggist. The forms must be filled out when cocaine, alpha, or beta eucaine, opium, morphine, heroin, camiabis indlca, or the salts or derivation of any of them are sold. The date, prescription number, quantity, name and form of the drug bought, name and address of purchaser and the signature of person making the entry of sale are required on the blank. Druggists Hay the new law is an excellent one. In local stores there are not many calls for drugs of this nature.

TAPS ARE SOUNDED For Aged Veteran and Well Known Pioneer of Adams County. MR. CYRUS SACKETT Passed Away Sunday Noon at Home in Van Buren— Paralytic Stroke. Cyrus Sackett, one of the best known men, and one of the pioneers of Adams county, passed away at his hom e at Van Buren, where he had moved less than a year ago, Sunday morning at 11:40 o’clock, death being due to a paralytic stroke. Mr. Sackett was born In Adams county, December 28, 1837, His schooling and early ]if e was spent in the county. November 8, 1860, he was united in UMirnune to Bley. A year after this the war broke out and Mr. Sackett enlisted in Company C, 47th Ind., serving his country through the entire war, more than four years. After returning from the war be bought a farm, and followed the vocation of a farmer. Two years ago his health began failing him, and last fall he moved to Van Buren, to be near his two daughters. Besides the widow, to mourn their loss are five children: T. N. Sackett of St. Louis, Mo.; C. D. Sackett, of Swifton, Ark.; J. W. Sackett of Portland, Ind.; Mrs. N. R. Sullivan and Mrs. Estella M Michaud of Van Buren, Ind. The funeral party arrived her e this morning over the Clover Leaf from Van Buren and were taken to Spring Hill church, where the funeral services were held. Interment was made In the Spring Hill cemetery.

INSTALLING WELDER. That the Holthouse garage is one of the most up-to-date garages in this section of the country, and keeps up with the progress of new inventions, is demonstrated by the addition of a new acetylene welder, which is being installed today. This welder is one of the latest inventions and will weld together cast iron, steel, bronze, aluminum,»brass and copper, witha guaranteed effect. It will fix cog wheels and other articles that have heretofore been thrown away when broken and new ones bought to replace them. This machine will undoubtedly prove very popular and be a great moneysaver. O- ' > COURT HOUSE NEWS. Licensed to wed: Jacob Frank Balzer, instructor, of Mountain Lake, Minn., born June 11, 1884, son of Frank Balzer to wed Jennie Alieda van der Smissen, teacher, of Berne, born June 26, 1884, daughter of Carl van der Smissen, o MODERN WOODMEN MEET. The Modern Woodmen will hold a meeting of importance Wednesday night and every member is requested to b© present and business matters will be taken up and acted upon. o Miss Jean Hunter, niece of Mrs. W. J. Myers, this city, still continues very low at the home of Mrs. Robert Harding in Fort Wayne. A trained nurse la still attending her. Her recovery is impossible and as she sleeps much, It Is believed that she will pass quite peacefully away while Bleeping. Her case is a very sad one.

MILLER IN HIS EAR Big Miller That Didn’t Know Its Place Caused Maddening Pain FOR LITTLE WHILE For Johnny Stults—Taken Out Piece-meal by the Physician. Boys are supposed to like bugs, beetles, insects and other flying, creepy, crawling things—at least we are inclined to thing so when we read innumerable poems and stories of such. Johnny Stults, the popular clerk in the F. V. Mills grocery, may think they are al! right in their place, but he wants them to distinctly understand where their place is, and stay there. A flying ‘lamp miller” did not “know its place’’ last evening and flopped plump into Johnny’s ear, causing him a few moments of intense pain. Johnny was just waiting to get into the Crystal theater to see the show, when the big miller, which was sporting in the bright tight of the theater front, went “ker-flop” into Johnny’s ear. The miller was a large one, about a pall-inch long, and the doctor to whom Johnny hastened for relief, had to take the insect out piecemeal. The pain was maddening for a while, but no serious results are anticipated.

SNAKE STORIES O. P. Mills, City Mail Carrier, Tells pf Two Big Ones Killed. WHILE IN MICHIGAN One Shot While Crawling Up a Tree-- Other Disappeared After Death. O. P. Mills, city mail carrier, and! son, Robert, who have returned from J a visit at Midland, Mich, where they visited with Mr. Mill’s father have an interesting snake story (or rather two) to tell. » While passing along the way home for dinner, they came across a large timber snake, some four and a half feet long. They promptly killed his snake-ship, and with crushed head, and blood pouring forth therefrom, they hung it up on a tree. A short while after dinner they passed that way again, but the snake had disappeared. Presently some one looked up into a large tree, some seventy-five feet high, and there saw a snake, similar to the other, crawling rapidly up the trunk. A call was sent to Ross Mills, planting potatoes nearby, to go to the house for the gun. This was gotten and a shot soon sent the snake to join the other in snakedom. When shot the snake had crawled to a height of sixty feet up the tree. It was evidently the mate of the other, and was about a half foot longer. A little milk snake was captured Monday evening on the sidewalk in front of the Hensley jewelry store, and placed in a screened cigar box in the store, where this morning it attracted considerable attention. The snake did not like captivity, nor much attention, and the harmless little reptile snapped viciously at those who came near. o TO ATTEND CONVENTION. Mrs. John Niblick left today noon for Auburn where she will attend the district convention of the Woman’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church. Mrs. J. M. Miller was to have represented the local society but was prevented on account of illness and Mrs. Niblick is going in her stead. Mrs. Niblick is on th© program for an address.

G. R. 4 I. SPECIAL From Fort Wayne to Decatur Firemen’s Day. The local ticket office of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad was notified this morning that on Thursday, June 26, the day of the big firemen's convention .that a special train will leave Fort Wa;|- at 8 o’clock in the morning for the accommodation of all who want to attend the convention of the Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s association. The train will leave this city at 9 o'clock in the evening and go as far north as Fort Wayne. No trains from the south have been scheduled as a special on that day.

CHANGE FOR WORSE No Hopes for Mrs. E. J. Bailey Have Been Entertained Since Saturday. IS AT WESTFIELD, N. Y. Is Suffering from Neuritis and Complications—Husband Joined Her There.

Miss Victoria Stone received word from Mrs. Jennie Clever at Westfield, N. y., that Mrs. Clever’s sister, Mrs. E. J. Bailey of this city, who has been there several weeks, has taken a change for the worse, and since last Saturday, no hopes are entertained for her recovery. Her case has been diagnosed 83 neutritis or nerve inflammation, and there are also complications. She is unable to lie down and is obliged to rest In a Morris chair. Shortness .01 breath adds much t oher discomfort and it is thought that this arises from an affection of the heart. Mr. Bailey left several days ago to join his wife and daughter, Leota, who accompanied her mother there, and he is now with them. Until Saturday, hopes had been entertained for her recovery, and it was hoped that hpr trip would prove effective in restoring her. Her friends here are grieved to hear of the change for the worse.

LOSS OF SAW MILL Albert E. Michaud and James Sullivan, Formerly of Berne HAVE FIRE LOSS Early This Morning—Saw Mill Burned at Van Buren —Here Today. Albert E. Michaud, formerly of Berne, who accompanied the remains of his father-in-law, Cyrus Sackett, from Van Buren here for burial, stopped off in this city this morning for a very short while and met his brother, H. S. Michaud. Mr. Michaud stated tat just before leaving, the saw mill there, belonging to himself and his brother-in-law, James Sullivan, burned this morning at 3 o’clock. The cause was not yet ascertained when Mr. Michaud left. They had had no fire about the place yesterday. The fire caught near the center of the mill, far from the engine, and they are totally at a loss for the origin, unless it caught from a cigar dropped In the mill and later fanned into a blaze.

Some insurance was carried, but not nearly enough to cover the loss. Mr. Michaud went to Van Buren a year or so ago, and at first worked tor Mr. Sullivan in the mill, later purchasing an interest therein. Mr. Sullivan, who is also a son-in-law oi the late Mr, Sackett, formerly lived at Berne. ' —• —" Albert Mutschler, the meat dealer, who cut his thumb very badly, while sawing meat, is getting along nicely, and has been discharged from the doctor’s care. ( Ju . - * -

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ANOTHER PATIENT i Taken to Easthaven Insane Asylum This Morning by Deputy Sheriff. i ANOTHER APPLICANT Awaits Admission — Jacob Olwein Taken to Hospital There Today. Deputy Sheriff Jest? Kelly, who went to Richmond yesterday morning tr commit Mrs, Lucy Fry to tho Eas.haven hospital for insane, found another trip there necessary this morning. On his arrival home Monday afternoon, h e found that an acceptance for Jacob Olwein, the Kirkland township farmer, had been received. Mr. Olwein was declared insane several weeks ago. and in the meantime has been cared for at his home west of the city, until there was room for him at the asylum. Mr. Kelly accompanied him there this morning. Another applicant for admission ther e is Sarah Hlrschy. aged thirty, now confined in the county infirmary. She is very restless and needs constant confining and attention An operation was performed on her last winter in the hope that her mental balance could be restored, but it has proven ineffective. THE BIG PARADE Chairmen of Committees Announce Line of March and Order of Parade FOR THE BIG DAY Probable That Twenty-five Bands Will Take Part in the Day’s Events. The following information concerning the big parade one of the features for the firemen's convention, should be carefully noted by every one. so you will know just when and where and how each event is to happen:

Line of March. Form on Monroe street: march west to Seventh, south to Adams, east to Second, north to Marshall, west to Fourth, south to Monroe, east to Second, south to Adams, west to Fourth, north to Monroe east to city hall. Order of March. Marshal and mounted police. K. of P. band. Officers of Northeastern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s association in automobiles. Visiting and local city officers in automobiles. Reception committee in automobiles. - Delegates of visiting fire associations in autos. Visiting fire chiefs and firemen. The fire company securing the convention for the year 1914, followed by the other visiting fire associations in regular order, Decatur firemen bringing up the rear. Auto fire engines and fire trucks from Decatur and visiting cities. Ther e will be twenty to twenty-five bands in the line of march. These bands will be placed at regular intervals in the line of march, so that persons stationed at any point on the line will be able to see everybody and hear one continuous strain of musl . J. T. MYERS. Marshal of Parade. O. L. VANCE, Manager of Auto Parade. CORNER STONE IS LAID. Hundreds of people gathered near Tocsin Sunday to see the progress made upon the building of the new Evangelical Lutheran church and to attend the corner stone laying of that church which was held in the afternoon. The address for the afternoon was delivered in English by Rev. Koch of Preble, and Rev. Preuss of Friedhelm delivered the address in German. Following a song service and the addresses the books and documents of the -church were placed In the stone by Rev. A. F. Nees.