Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 269, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1913 — Page 1

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BEAST fiTTfiGK proved rm | -.County Commissioner Hen- ' ry Zwick Died Suddenly J This Morning. — : OF heart trouble! I Seized ’While With Grand- ' son in His Bam at Home A at Williams. j *— ■—4 1 very sudden (l o atll oCfur . ' | red this morning alsuit in O ' l ln( . k , R when Coumy ( • OMmi , slom , r ||( . n) . y i the well known merchant and ' K.poMinaster at William, whore he has ' KB ftl ns l">-tmasb-r for more than ' K'* t , U,ri/ year.-, and was also ticket agent ' » 1 G - K - * I railroad, dropped i Sp’- 1 J in his barn from an attack of KBrt trouble. Mr. Zwick had boon ■ to heart trouble for the past | two years or more, and this morning .• htu! amnplaintd of pain about the L H’’ ' liu ' Ois store room P abakt t berm on his arm P in company with his little grand i aged four years, had gone to the| which is across the road front p f the house and store. Later Ira Mef’Brli- who came to the store to get ■Stott:© corn weighed, went to the bank fcto neck Mr. Zwick. and found the bode Ihyln' on the floor. The little grand Ksoti. not realizing the seriousness of ■•the case, ami not knowing what was,, MUbronK with the grandfather, said:! ■HGrandpa won't talk."" Rearing that f Mr. Zwick was dead. Mr. Mcßried , f ■ ba>-t< ' od tn tim house and informed RMRtbe family of his rendition, lie wasl K that- utken into the house and exatp i W'PffliUicn .bowed f at life was without! I ■ • dottiit txt ant. and he was pa .t all ■f«art:.r, aid./Coroner It. It. Clark wa

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*°" nt ’ r "lection, -to January 1, i 91 2. He w .. a SP " ?I1 ‘ 1 lPnn throe uary ’i 191 'r 7“ lIaVP eXplr " d Ja "’ term or , av ’ lnK ““ "expired ™ n ° about thirteen months, lie ecutim. r lrioUS an “ “M'* ln "X- ' 1 o the county's business and e 10Me a valuab|( , mpmbe: . Ills successor, who serves out his un-Mtir-d tetm will be selected by the wo surviving commissioners and the J**"’ who win form a totod law ti PUrpos< '’ affording to the • This will probably bo dono at - “en regular meeting day of the 'atard. Ute first Monday in December. r. Zwick has always been a elti2«n of this county. He was horn in rede township September 9, 1854 being at death, fifty-nine years, two months and four days of age. He rereived his early education in the schools of his community. He resided on a farm in Preb|e township until the year 1882, when ho moved to the town of Williams, where he resided at the time of his death. During hit career as a citizen of Williams Mr. Zwick was engaged in the creamery and general store business and was 'ery successful. For thirty years or more he served the government as postmaster at Williams, which he •Ccn-nued on Page 4) o— — STATE JNSPECTOR Os Schools Coming to Visit Local High School Next Week. ALL IS IN ORDER Teacers Will go to Fort Wayne to Visit Tomor-row-Other Notes.

A. 0. Neal, state inspector of schools, is expected to come next week to give the promised inspection of the local high school. The manual training departments have been Installed , and everything is moving along pmonthly and nicely, and condition- ' i were never bettor. It is fully expect ] ed that Mr. Neal will give Ills stamp of approval and that all will work out as desired relative to the commission, which was promised shoZd the conditions l>o complied with, as they have. The local officials and teachers have done their part as best they could, and the approval of the state is now awaited.

A Visiting Day. All the public schools in the city will be dismissed tomorrow that the teachers and superintendent, ('. E. Spauld ing may take this for their regular • visiting" day. The greater number of them will go to Fort Wayne where they will visit the schools, and particularly the classes in which cadi teach-1 er individually is most Interested, to glean helpful suggestions by eomparl I A parent-teachers-mot her asao- | elation, for the mutual advancement ( L the child and IUJi

ln swkm in P"" ln r ‘™ lUpttot church and some of the loach\.r may attend the afternoon session. ?orbtua>. hwt ant | I Wayne schools, wm -ill direct the tewhen " J* which will l». tnost helpfulBasket Ball Gam*. ThP local hhtli achool hoys bwkol T win Kd to Marion to pin.' !"*• Zv thorn. In ease he d waync- \ • hANO badly cut. WI,U Ztomlu.r company. *•’ v t he Den" 1 • w | n dow frames h prepare I Into the saw. o'his riKht torn and th« The thumb wn N() nIMII tn lirat ««*' eU ‘‘ J he may * f" -’•'Tv.™ - “ l>c the thumb. hftl)prll „i al i wen’ ul1 '" ,„ k .h|s morniwiI about » ——7 t 7t Tristoe of nochef Mr irtf. hPfF • h»flthFr# ;«"■ nd worth Merriss-

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Evening, November 13, 1913.

HUGH COAL PILE At Sugar Factory Bursts Into Flames and Department Was Called Out. CAMPAIGN IS CLOSING Factory Will Finish Cutting Next Week—Mi. Bristol Makes Esperiment. Th© fire department was called to the sugar factory grounds Wednesday afternoon, because of a fire' In a huge coal pile, which had lieen burning for weeks. Tho lire was caused by spontaneous combustion and smoldered for days, but yesterday burst into (lames and the company was called out. After two hours they sueieed.-J in outenlng the blaze. The loss is slight. No alarm was sent in, the call being made after an explanation and the boys nt tho engine house did good work. Tho sugar licet campaign Is nearing the end. It is probable that the big plant hero will finish cutting beets tlie middle of next wook and all farm era are notified to have their beets in by that time. The crop in this territory 11/.r year was light, caused by tlie blight which came after the warm rains in August. There has for some time been much dispute among the farmers of this section us to whether or not the beets ■brink in weight after being lifted. T. 8. Bristol, a well known farmer, who lives near town, settled the question in his own mind this year. Three weeks ago ho lifted his beets and weighed them. Then covered them!

well and left them until yesterday when he hauled them in and weighed them again. They had not lost a pound and hereafter he says he will he In no hurry to get his beets hauled. TO THE HOSPITAL Foreign Beet Worker Who Was Slugged Taken to Fort Wayne Today. FOR AN OPERATION Believed It Will Restore Him—Was Accompanied by E. M. Wagner. August Br.bkovic. the foreign beet worker, who was found crazed and paralyzed Wednesday morning on the old Hite farm, near Sheldon, in Allen county, and was brought here Wednesday and taken to tre jail, a* it was believed he was Insane, was taken today noon to Fort Wayne by hla brother and will be entered at the St. Joseph hospital ns a patient. An examination was made by n physician last evening, who stated that he believed the Indentation of the rkull at the buck of hla head waa made more recently than last summer when he was first robbed of 1280. and It la now believed It was made the night before by a nlugger, who then robbed him of thirteen dollars, which llabkovlc had gotten front hla em ployefc It la said that Hahkovlc was 'here day before yesterday attempting I >n gpf th» money dur him from tho Lngar company, hut c* Mr. Hubbard ' was out of the city, he could not get it i that day and returned home without ■I It. it is thought that he was slugged while on his way homo hy some onI who knew he hud heen here to get his money, and who wanted to rob him ] of it. Hud he had that with him. ho would have been the l<*er of all. It . is believed that trepanning the akull I will remove the pressure nnd restore I him to his normal mental condition. Ii was learned that ha has seventy (toiinrs coming to him from the sun ar company for Ma work here nnd this wn» turned over for him. Hnh- . hovlc i» married and has a wife and' two children In Europe. It la said h«

> ' was not a drinking man, and was very 1 industrious ami a lino follow. Tlie • that has befallen him in a lar country, whore he Is tumble to ; peak tlu* language. Is indeed a pltla- > ble one. They wen 1 accompanied to Fort Wayne by K. M. Wagner of the “Ugat com finny. — ■—o - ■ - - MAYOR DURCAN CONTESTS. (United Press Service) (I Imfayette, Ind.. Nov. 13 (Special to Daily Democrat) Contests to deter mine the exact vote on November 4. were filed today in tho circuit court here by Mayor George It. Durgan. democratic candidate for re-election, and Joint Welsbaeh, democratic can did.ite for city clerk, against Thomas Bauer and Ed J. Vaughn, citizens' ticket candidates for respectively the same offices. Bauer was officially < redited with a majority of sixteen votes and the contest between Vaughan and Wrisbach was a tie at 2,759 votes. When it became necessary to ask for a recount of the city clerk vote; Mayor Durgan decided to ask fori a count of tlie ballots for mayor, also, although Durgan believes that Baurerl was the victor. Judge DeHart will tip I point three commissioners to recountl tho ballots BURIAL TODAY Mrs. Katharine Champei Laid to Rest in Mt. Olivet Cemetery AT FT. WORTH, TEXAS Was Member of Second Family in Adams County —A True Pioneer. I In the death of Mrs. Katharine

- ('hamper, which occurred at Handly,! Texas, yesterday morning. Decatur, lost one of its oldest residents. She was a daughter of Peter S. Studabaker. who came from Fort Recovery. Ohio, to this county in 1834, the family being the second in Adams county. Mrs. ('hamper was at the time o. tho removal of the family here, but a year old. Tim family came to this! city in 1852. and it was here at th.-! home of her brother, tho late David Studabuker. that Miss Katharine wa i married to Dr. David Cjiauiper. They ] resided here, and then later went Io lowa. latter they removed to Monro<’ ville, where Dr. Champer’s death oc curved in 1874. Since the death of tin wife of her brother, the late David Studabnker. In 1891. she made her home with the family. She Is survived hy the following children: Rose, wife of William D. | Weiler, nt Handly, Texas, at whose] home her death occurred and with ] whom she had spent several winters; David, residing in Texas, and Nellie, i who is married and lives in Detroit. Mich. A son. John Champer. died in j Mexico City about fifteen years ago. I Mrs. Champer was a member of the ] Methodist church of this city, and also | of tho Woman's Christian Temper ance Union, of which she was an ac : tive member. While she was not a member of the Shakespeare club, she was closely associated with tho members and was an attendant at all the open meetings. She was a woman rldi In the experiences of life, and her stories of the early history of the county were always Interesting. Rhe was a kind and amiable Indy and there Is sincere grief over her demise. She had been ailing a number of years from u complication of disoanra, i including gall stones nnd kidney trou hie. The funeral was held this afternoon, nf ? o'clock nnd burial took place nt ! Mt. Olivet cemetery. Fort Worth. Tex an. < ’ - ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN. (United Press Service) Hanover. Ind.. Nov. 13- (Special to; Daily Democrat)—The campaign loin crease the productive endowment of Hanover college to n half-million dollars will open November 28. On that date a "home-coming" of alumni an I, other alumni rxerciaea will be held., In answer to a roll call, each alumnus ' will announce hla subscription to the endowment fund nnd in rase tho one called la dead, friends or relatives will l*o at k'sl to subscribe in bJt< uuiU"

estate teachehs ) ■ > Association Will Meet December 22 in Indianapolis —Program. ,IS NOW COMPLETE Was Rushed to the Printer to Get Them Out by Novembei 20. Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 13—Tho program tor the Indiana State Teachers’ association was completed today and was sent to tho printer to lie rushed ! through by November 20, when 20.00 • I copies will be distributed to the tenchI er: throughout, tlie state. The annual convention of the assoI elation will be held in Indianapolis Doi comber 22. 23, and 24 and the Hotel i Severin has been selected as head- | quarters. The hotel will accotnmo- ; rate most of the sectional and the | general sessions will be hold at Tom I linson Hull. Dr. George I). Strayer of > Columbia University will address the ' general association at tho opening I session December 22. Tuesday mornj ing Dr. George T. James of the University of Minnesota will give the j principal talk. In tho afternoon tho ; association will listen to former OovI eruor Kitchen of North Carolina, who : has the reputation of being one of i tho strongest orator* of the south. Some Specialties Arranged. Among other specialties arranged for teachera will be a lecture on do-1 mestic science by Miss Fannie Snow i | of lx*wis Institute, Chicago, and a talk | on ■'the “three Il's” by Jenkin Lloyd I I Jones of Chicago. A special feature of the convention will be a detuonst pit ion in public school tnutic to be given at Tomlineon hall Tuesday evening The high school chorus of Kokotno will appear

I in a number of special selections, and I during the evening will combine in a I great chorus of 200 voices. Through I out the convention the male chorus fVont tho Shelbyville schools will be on the program THREE ARE DEAD As Result of an Explosion in a Coal Mine Near Terre Haute. WAS FOUND GUILTY William Circle of Winchester Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder. (United Press Service) Terre Haute, lnd„ Nov. 13 (Spec lai to Dally Democrat)—Three men 1 are dead as the result of an explosion in (he Higgins Martin coal mine nt | i'lne Ridge late last night. Sam Spukard, aged 88. and William Curcell. aged 40, wen- suffocated, while Henry Poss, aged 60, mine engineer dropped dead from heart trouble, In dneed by excitement after h<* hnd rounded the alarm. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 13—(Special to Dally Democrat)— Guilty of mur der In tho second degree was the ver i diet returned by the Jury in the <-as<> of William Circle of Winchester. who i was charged with the murder of Mrs ■ Ida May Drown In that city on July 10. Circles' alibi, that ho had been , homo on the night of tho murder was ‘ only «übt(Uißttated by hl« wife nod son. Hl* sentence was life Improson I mont. - —« Port Huron. Mich.. Nov. 10—(Hpor I inlto Daily Democrat I The name of , the steamer J (I. M< (loan was today addrnl to the long list of vessels that I wont down in the storm that swept tho great lakes Sunday. Twenty-one bodies of the McGwana' crew have Imon recovered here today, two ol I them Just north of this place. It Is , regarded oa certain that t’o- vraatd ! sank with all on board. The McDeae * iiassod this port at 2:10 Sunday morn Ing and has not heen reported since Tho McGann wan a 432 foot steel Iroightor. commanded hy Captain C

) 11. Nyo of Cleveland. A heavy fog k prevailing over lake Huron made it impossible so rattempts to Identify the upturend voase! off this port. Hotiles of fifty-one v.. ...us have been re- - covered. Most of them were washed up on the Canadian shore. Only two of them have been identified. Both of theso belonged to the ill fated steamer Regina. o TONIGHT AT OPERA HOUSE. < "Th© Midnight Express,” that greet sensational railroad comedy, comes to the opera house tonight with all seen- • ery nnd accessories. Tho company cotnos highly recommended nnd the play promises to lie tho event of tlie season. The comedy abounds with funny sayings and situations and there will bo something doing all tho time, good specialties will bo introduced throughout the play, making ft an evening of real pleasure for those that attend. Seats now on sale at the drug store. -o ■ ' Don Burke returned Tuesday evening from Columbus, Ohio, where he with seven other boy students of De I’auw university. Greem astle. Ind., attended the Anti-Saloon l.eague convention. Mr. Burk© made an address before the convention. He left this morning for Greencastle to resume his studies in tho university. SHOW MADE A HIT Athletic Association of Decatur High School Made Good Financially. VAUDEVILLE STUNTS Os Actors Were Good—Be-, tween 1100 and 1200 Tickets Were Sold. i —. ... . _

Tho special show at the Rex theater Wednesday evening, given fnr the benefit of tho Athletic association ot the Decatur high school met with great success. both in a financial way and in plrasing every |«-r- on present. A matinee was given in the afternoon for (he benefit ot the children, from :’:3O to 8:30. The evening show opened at 6 o'clock and a packed ho-jse was enjoyed until about 10:30. The rain kept a number nway. who had pur chased tickets from the high school students. The show was given as a means; for the high school to raise enough money to encourage the remodeling and furnishing the rooms for use of the athletic association. The students hnd their whole hearts in the object and set out to actomplish it, and Un result shows that they did very good work. Detween eleven and twelve hundred tensent tickets Were old, of Which over a thousand were disposed of by the students alone. The vaudeville | actors, who were Kenyon Wallers, ('e-' <ll ('ole. Dwight Peterson. Glenn Nep tune. Eugene tlremerkamp and Misses Hope Hnffman and Midge McMillen, played their parts to perfectloa. Ml--Hope Hoffman nnd Kugcno llreim-r kamp dollveroda solo. Kenyon Wul tars and Cecil Cole, "the world's fam ous flutists." as they called them selves, pulhsl off a few srlwtlons on their 98-eent flutes, which were well received by tho nudlente. Dwight Peterson and Glenn .Neptune- sang n few classical selections, their favorlt--holng "The Milky Way." Miss Midge McMillen, who Is the possessor of a most beautiful voice, took the part of a little gypsy girl and sang a few so lections. The show was a good onnnd the boys nnd girls feel themselves lucky over the fact that the performance paid so well. The students, aiwell M the trachofn of the Decatur high school. Join in thanking tinmany patrons who contributed In buy Ing tickets for the show and helped the good along. The Misara Rutli Dowers and (Dennys Mangold acted as ushers dur Ing the show and their task was not n light one. ..in. .—.is——o—raw— ii —■ a QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. Rav. S H. Baumgartner at Evangelical Church Tonight. H--v R H. Itaumirartner, Napier--1 vlllo. ill., will preach thia evening at 7:30 ut tho Evangelical church, after which the quarterly conference will meet. Alio the choir will sing sos Sunday s service.

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; DAVID LIBY DIED SUDDENLY I 1 i Well Known Farmer Drops Dead on Road While EnRoute to This City WITH HIS WIFE Attempted to Get Out of Rig and Dropped Dead Between the Wheels. One 6f the most sudden nnd unexpected deaths occurred this morning uliout 9:45 o'clock, when David I.ihy, a well known farmer of Preble, suddenly dropped deml while driving to this city with his wife to attend t > some trading, While driving along tlie road between the homes of Phil Baker and John Cchurger, Mr. I.iby remarked to his wife that be was feeling rather 111 nnd thought that ho would get out of the buggy for a minute. Ho stopped tlie horse and was making an attempt to reach tho step with his foot, when ho suddenly collapsed ami fell between tin wheel:: lof the buggy. Tlie screams of Mr l.lby attracted the atte.k'lon of Mail Carrier Earl Butler, and also Mr. Baker. They hastened to the buggy and not knowing that Mr. Lfhy was dead hastily sent a call for Dr. C. S. Clark. l'|s)i his arrival the physician announced that death had been instantaneous, and was due. as far ns the meager examination at that time could disclose to paralysis of the ' heart. Mr. Llhy, prior to this attack, ha I ■ uttered two similar attacks of paralysis, the second attack being so sever© that he lay tor weeks between life and d nth. finally rallying, but as a i result was Impeded In his walk. Mr. l.lby was bom In Ohio alxty-fiv-

years ago. He moved to tnis county during the cjvil war and when about twenty-four years of age, locating In Kirkland township. Mier he sold Ids property in that township and movisl to Root township Several months ago he moved to Preble ai which place he resided up to the tim« of his death Mr. Llhy entered into tho isrnds of matrimony three lime-; during his life, he lu-iti, urvived hy hia third wife, who was formerly Mrs. Iloilo Swigart. He is also survived hv two children, they Is-ing Mrs. Charles ' ltd! of Craigvtlle. and William l.iby, of Monroe, one daughter, Mrs l-'.liza-liotli Whitehurst, having preceded hint In death. Five grandchildren ajso survive. Mr. Üby was one of tho be t known farmers in Adams <ounty, he always being in tho lead and assisting in every way possible every moment that would In any way l*enett the county and r«||dent». He was -v kind, big hearted man. ready and willing to help any ono in distress oven to tho point of depriving himself, and ! Il will take years to heal the scar of eorrow that his departure from this life has made. - —o 1 “ UNION LABOR WINS VICTORY. Indianapolis. Ind.. Nov 13-(8p«ldl to Daily Democrat)-—Union labor wo.t another victory In this city, although the Idglier wages were secured with not «|ulte so much noise ns the street ear turn had to make. The local union of moving picture operators have wontltdr lona fight against the theaters. a strike inaugurated on lotbor day. Tho new wage scale was a compromote but the wug. s am higher than ever before at)d are considered a great victory for the operators. The plctur* theatir owners were well organlxwl and put up a stiff light hut orgnnlr.-d Ulmr in the city bucked up the striker* and turnmi their patronage away from non unl<m shows. LIST INCREASING. (United Prraa Barvice) I Chicago. 111.. Nov. 13- That at least 178 lives were lost and eleven vexI .els destroyed In Sunday's bllgrard. which swept over tho Great Uk*". < ordlng to latest figure*, is the beliof twta y. in addition to this fou«<*« vraJda have brau irarttally or who* I demolished, hut the err** escaped. ■ -ty — Tho beet campaign will dose the ‘■'■nldfl’e "f w— ** ali< * farwr!! llshcstld take dne notice of this. Get r your beet • In by that tltuc or it wijl 1i bo too late. Tho factory thia year r. jut an average nt nhout 800 toßu of | boota per day.