Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1914 — Page 1

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Volume XII. Number 10.

NEW TRACTION DEAL IS BEING CONSIDERED

PLANS FOR NEW COMPANY I By the Western Ohio Company the Largest Interurban Company In the World ■■■ ■ ■ I I

CONNECT LINES Planned to Extend Decatur gjßoad to Portland and Geto Celina. MEETINGS ARE HELD By the Stockholders of the Various Lines in the New Rw Proposed Deal. p There Is a decided stir among inttrurban magnates. A traction line deal that means lunch to this city ami county. and to this entire section of the middle west is on at this time, with from what can bo inarm <1 from unauthoritative! Source-. the very best chance* of belu- somethin., d.dag very! aeon. We believe that wit! hi a !■ w months the Maple of this community can board a Fort Wayne <\ Springfield car and go to Indianapolis. Isiuisvillo, Cincinnati Cleveland. Dayton and To lodo and many other points, direct »£—While it is impossible at thia lime to secure statement from :ny of the men in authority either ! re or at Geneva or Bluffton. it is known that thej are Inter*- •<]. that me* sing- are being WmM and that several <■, : terences with Nr r capitalists ;:ve been !m dulged In during th ■ pa-t week. It is believed that a statei -nt giving exact facts can be given within a few days. The new deals means the extension ; of the For' Wayne a Springfield line from this city to Portland and the extension of the Riml’on, Geneva X- Celina road from Gfm.i to Celina. T< Mderstar.'! the proposition exactly you should ae< urea map showing the intararban lines and you will find u square, the four corner- of which are Mancie. Fort Wayne. Lima and Day ton. tnaid. 'hat square ar- four Stubb Hum Os trill tlon railway One of these extend , tai Ft. Wayne to this city, another front BluiUon to Gem-,a. the third from Munch- to Portland and the fourth hem Celina to Wapakoneta. About , uir.:>. th- i receiver for the Fort Wayr A- Spring field company. worked out a plan whlciLfcok*'' good for connecting all these ifo. - >y building the road from here to Portland ami the line from Ge Brvu to Celln. He vi-it.d llnam-rnl centers and told th- tory to nun Whom b believed ■ ould pul the deal over if they could he interested. They were not !nt» r* -** I '><l I hiinly sold »O Tforei ' >. liowevr. It seems t-J have been discovered t'-al the plan it a KOt d oo< I* I■' •' 11 ' proposition is the veryhx*-* one ir th- middle west ( in the intern*ba.i tin* <l<-v*land 3-j nanciers have taken the matter up from the fodu-n’lon-. and have ’m( lidding eon -cm*- Willi committee! representing the Decatur road. th* Bluffton fend Geneva line and others and It la kn " that a meeting of thB. & G. Bto holder will Im* held tomorrow to isk* preliminary action In ’ Ute matter It is estimated that the thjgwo * xfotv < m * would cost about one 1 aiilli.n’Stllnt'-. but would furnish a I large increase In the business of etch ■j line. KAt present the tars on these M-’b ends ran bn. k and forth between the point mrniion-d and have no conSnMttng tin* either for passengers or freight. These two connmtlon would increase th* bu ln< in every depart »ent and make each line. It It be Moved. a good paying one. ■ i The Fort Wayne * Springfield line te at (greet** In the hands of a receiver H and M definite action cs” he tnl:»n until aft-r 'he road Is sold, hut elong v.Uh ihln deal, there Is a story In cirtnlntirn and supported by sonic facts at iem-t. to the effect Hint a deal is wdl underwio for the sale of that Hue. •

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I That is to say that a man has been found who is willing to buy the line if he can do so at what ho believes to i be the proper figure and it is quite likely that within a short time the court will be asked to order a sale of the property and to fix a minimum figure at which it may be disposed of. The matter is now in the hands of Judge O’Rourke of Fort Wayne, to whom the case was assigned by Judge I Smith a short time ago. It is thought thjft this purchaser of the prop, rty | will himself extend the line to Berne ' at once, thus giving each of the cor.i- --! panies about the same number of I mileage. Then a company will be organized. it U surmised, witli the owners of the four stnbs to make tl.e entensions. The financiers, it is said. - are willing to furnish the million doi- i lars necessary and at this time every- i thing looks rosy for a traction deal < that will be worth while. It is rumored that the men who are i working the deal out are the same. ; men who financed and practically own the Western Ohio traction lines, the 11 biggest property of its kind in the TTo ! ; ited States. It is therefore quite evi- i 1 dent, if this be true, that this is no , I fairy story and that the probabilities | < are that it will be carried out as plan \ i ned. Os course there ate many details ! I to work out. hut from tlie manner in ■ i which this is being done, we believe I < that there will soon lie some real ac ; I tivlties in interurban circles. i Before the deni is ccmrlnded there t will be a traffic and construction' I agreement between all parties conierned. . Such a deal means much for Deca tur. it means that the general offices and the power house for the line from Fort Wayne to Portland would remain . here, that this line would be a part ■ and a very big part of one of the best systems of traction railway in the world, adding much to the business of this city and putting us in direct touch with many of the big cities, it would give us a line to Indianapolis, ( to Itayton. to Cleveland and Toledo. ' and many others of the great cities cf the middle west. If. as statist y.»u will take your map and study out the prop- I i.sitfon, you wiff see that it is really a Mg scheme, one of the most importar.l railroad circles In many years. Developments are expected scon and will be given out just a < 'Crr—nned on Vise 41 ■■ - O - , TO WELCOME HIM Rev. Julius Seimetz Will be Given Welcome Reception at K. of C. Hall THIS EVENING AT 7:30 Parishioners Will be Given Opportunity of Meeting Their New Pastot. In order that the members of the Ht. Mary’s Catholic church. brotlier i Knights of Columbus. School children and all tho«e who wish to make the acquaintance of Father Julius Seinictx. the newly appointed pastor of the St .Mary's church, a congregational recep tlon to which every one is Invited, will he held tonight at the K. of C. hall. Since the coming of Rev. Seimetz to thio city he has made many warm friends not only among his parishlon erg, but among the good cttlten* of Decatur a* well. Everyone who has met him ndmlrea hi* plearing |>erson-i ality and happy disposition, and haa already become a great favorite among them, Mayor Charles JC. CbrUten will have, the honor of Introducing Father Seimet*, after which the evening will Is* i spent In a friendly way. Luncheon! . will also be served to all present.

Decatur, Indiana,Monday Evening, January 12, 1914.

OUR BIRTHDAY 1 Daily Democrat Was Started January 12, 1903--Has Grown Steadiy. MANY ARE RENEWING — Their Subscriptions for Another Year—Giving Paper Wallet as Present. Exactly eleven years ago the first edition of the Daily Democrat appeared. I'rior to that time the Weekly Democrat had covered this field but the establishing of the rural routes, giving us the opportunity to reach the farm homes of the county each day. made it necessary that a daily/paper be started. Gradually the weekly went down and the daily went up, un-1 til last June when the old weekly pa per established in 1857, was suspend-1 er. The daily had grown steadily and we are now printing 3.000 papers each day and most of the time six and eight pages. To do this we have installed a new Goss Comet press and other necessary equipment. W’e want you to see this big press operate, and believe you will be interested. This! lis our eleventh birthday and we are | proud of the progress we have made, but we do not forget that it is possi- i bie only because we have the support, of the people. W’e want to print all the news all the time and ve want you ! to feel that it is your paper, tliat w- j must work together to make it a sue-1 cess. This month we are giving to a'l > those who pay their subscription to next January a valuable paper wallet ! Y.si want tlw itupei’ this year, so why j not pay it this month? CRIMINAL HASTE ■' — - In Starting Kitchen Fires is Cause of Many Serious Conflagrations " * "I ■ '*— SAYS STATE MARSHAL Coal Oil Lamps and Stoves Responsible for 250 State Fires Annually. Coal oil, used in lamps and stoves. iis responsible for probably 250 Indl-j ana fires each year, many of which' result In serious Injury and death. This is the conclusion of the state fin* marshal following an Investlga tlon of the number and nature of all Area caused by kerosene. I in the period May 15 to October 10. ' according to the fire marshal, there i wore fifty dwelling house fires cans !cd by the explosion of oil stoves. I Fourteen additional fir<*« were caused ; by careleeonesH with kerosene. "Too many tlmM,” said the state i fire marshal, "haste that is almost i < rlmlm.l la u-ed In starting kltciien fires. A little kindling Is piled in the i stove, on top oi ashes and coals. If the fire does net start at once a can of coal oil Is sei sed and some kerosene poured on. A sudden blaze filling the whole room, or u serious exi plosion Is usually the result." The coal oil lamp Is Hkawtao given aa the aource of many dwelling house fires. In July, alone, eleven fires were reported from k-rosene lamps in thia state. in ninny homes where lump*' are used, according to the fire marshal. there are children who are either held up to the light or are allowed to play near It. A sudden lurch or even a fall may overturn the lamp, pouring the blazing oil over the children. The fire marshal believes that i many children are Injured from lamt* In Indiana each year. In order that the number of aecldents resulting from overturned kerosene lamps may he reduced, the ’ll* marshal has suggested that all lamps used be of metal construction. I In thia case If the lamp falls It can--1 not break and the oil will be kept

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I from spreading over the floor. A lamp will not be so easily over turned according to the fire marshal, If not part of It is bigger in circumference than the base. o ATTACKS FORD FACTORY. (United Press Service) Detroit, Mich., Jan. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Nearly zero weather and a forty-mile gale failed to stop 10,000 unemployed men from going to the Ford Motor works this morning. A thousand men stormed the factory doors and several hundred forced their way inside. A policeman was knocked down and severely injured. Other policemen who went to his assistance cracked many heads witli their riot sticks. In a general fight, bricks and stones were thrown freely. The mob finally dispersed when the fire hose was brought into play and drenched the crowd. GEIMER—ULMAN Wedding of Popular Young Couple Will Take Place Wednesday, Jan. 28 at ST. MARY’S CHURCH — Couple Will Have Wedding Trip to Toledo—To Live on J. Geimer Farm. Bans for the approaching wedding of; j Mr. Florian Geimer. son of Mr. and ! Mrs. John Geimer, east of the city,;, j and Miss. Bertha Oman, daughter of' i Mr. and Mrs. Tice UlmanJ living north ! of Decatur, weie announced Sunday < ' lor the first time, at the St. Mary’s i Catholic church. Father Seimetz offi take place Wednesday morning at 7 I o'clock. January 28, at the St. Mary's j Catholic church, ather Selmets offl- ! elating. The attendants will be the bride's sister. Miss Agnes Oman, and : the groom's brother. Mr. Herman i Geimer. A wtddir.g dinner will be served at noon at the L'lman home to about for- ! ty-five relatives and friends, and the event will be a very happy one. The , couple expects to take a wedding trip to Toledo, Ohio, and other cities and upon their return will be at home on i the John Geimer farm. The groom is a well known and enterprising young farmer and the bride ■ a well liked young lady. For some time I she has bran employed at the Girod Baker restaurant aa a waitress, bej Ing skillful and efficient. BEGINS At the New Church of God Building—Will Continue Two Weeks or More. — CHURCH DEDICATED — Sunday With CeremonyFine New Edifice on Cleveland Street. — J The fine now church building re- , cently ere<'ted on Cleveland street by , the Congregation of the Church of , God waa dedicated Sunday with Im- ! I presaive ceremony, under the >u»- . I plena of Brother. Barney Warren of . | Spring field, Ohio. Announcement is I made that a revival meeting la now .! twine held nt the church and will continue a week or two. A cordial Invi-; tation Is etendedx to all to come to I hear the preaching of the truth nt the i! church each evening. Elmore Cook and Louts Reynold*, the pastor, are aaaisted by an able evangelist from abroad. Tlie committee make* the fol-; •, lowing statement! I "We desire to thank those who no . liberally contributed at the dedication • of the church, both by cash and per t sonal offerings.”

TO HELP PASTOR Os Indiana Harbor—Benjamin Borton of Christian Church Left Today. FOR TWO WEEKS Will Assist in Evangelistic Services—Mrs. Borton to Speak Sunday. Benjamin Borton, pastor of the Christian church, left today for Indiana Harbor, where he will conduct a two weeks’ series of evangelistic services for the Christian church at that place. Mr. Borton will not be here to conduct services for two Sundays. Next Sunday morning Mrs. Bortin will give a talk and Sunday evening the C. W. B. M. will have its annual exercises. A week from next Sunday morning a field worker for the AntiSaloon League will speak in the pulpit, as will others in various other churches of the city. In the evening of that Sunday the Christian Endeavor society will give a special service. Mr. Borton and the pastor at Indiana Harbor have been exchanging pulpits j assisting each other in special services j and great good reults from the co-op ; eration. i o TO DECORATE PORTER HOME. Warren J. Hull. 2622 Fox avenue, will leave tomorrow morning for Rome City, where he will decorate "Limberlost Cabin.” the new home of Gene Stratton Porter. Wlien completed the “cabin" will be one of the moat hwwutiful homes (n northern Indiana.—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. TO MEXICO CITY Rebels Today Begin Advance on Mexico City After Last Victory. HARRY THAW IS SANE for Picture-Jubilant Over Decision—Will Not Leave State. Presidio, Tex.. Jan. 12. —(Special to; ; Daily Democrat.) —The rebels advance j against Mexico City today.! General Villa, whose troops captured Ojiuaga Saturday night, sent 15,000 men to Falonir. the terminus of the railroad, there to return to Ciiichachit where they will rest up before a slating In the advance. Other rel*els, will follow dully until only a small garrlaon is left al OJlnuga. Villa be lieves the federals will evacuate Tor rlson without fighting By recruiting l as they go along, It is l>eliev*»d th"; I rebels will have a force of 30,000 when they reach the capitol. — Concord, N. H.. Jan. 12. (Special to Daily Democrat.)- Harry Thaw posed for photographs today and appeared jubilant over the finding o fthe com mission declaring hltn »ane He will not leave the state of New Hamp shire If admitted to bail he stated. Federal Judge Aldrich is ill and the tiall hearing will not be for Severn! days. Albany. N. Y.. Jan. 12.—(Special to Dally Democrat? -New York state officials will arrest Harry Thaw when he crosses the state line Into nnv ; other state. Attorney General Car mody stated today. Now York, Jan. 12.— (Special to the Daily Democart j William T. Jerome today declared that he would not. go to New Hampshire to appear In the federal court and argue for the extradition of Harry Thaw unless renuesttsi to by Judge Aldrich. The i commissions decision which held i Thaw sane will uot have any effect on ■ the status of the case other than giving him tlie opportunity to get be

I yond the jurisdiction of the courts and gain his liberty. "I,et him meet Evelyn and you will see how crazy lie is” said Jerome. Washington. Jan. 12,—(Special to Daily Democrat,) —grinding off tin* legislature grist began today. Both houses convened this morning in sessions which the leaders of the houses hoped would terminate by mid summer but whicii they admit will have to go some. The calendars of both houses are Jammed witli measures. # MRS. JOE CLEM DEAD. Tlie funeral of Mrs. Joseph Clem of Monroeville, formerly of Union township. this county, was held this afternoon at Monroeville. Her deatli occurred Saturday afternoon after an illness of kidney trouble and a complication. She was the mother of Melvin Clem and also leaves three other sons. Mr. Clem is a cousin of Mrs. John Houk of tills city. MOTHERS' MEET W. C. T. U. Will Observe Mothers’ Day Tuesday at the Home of MRS. H. L. COVERDALE On South Eleventh Street— Good Program Arranged for Meeting. Tlie Woman's Christian Temperance Union will observe ’Mothers' Day" Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock when a mother*' meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Harriet Coverdale at I I 313 South Eleventh street. Mrs. Jo , nas Coverdale will be assistant hos-1 tess. Mrs. A. R. Bell, who is superintendent of the Mother's department, has arranged the following very excellent program which will be given at that time: Opening Song. Scr’pture Reading and Prayer--; Mrs. Harriet Coverdale. Leaflet, "The Tactful Mother”- Mrs. C. F, Kenna. Vocal Duet —Mrs. C. E. Bell, Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Paper. “Mothers of the Bible”—Mrs. W. A. Lower. Reading. “The Silent Influence" — I Mrs. Dan Erwin. Vocal Solo—Mrs. Eugene Runyon. Closing Prayer—Mrs. D. T. StephenI son. A cordial invitation is given for all, to attend. IN THEJOSPITAL Mrs. Geo. Woods of Near County Line and Vida Death Have Operations. AT FORT WAYNE Dr. Elizabeth Burns of This City and Dr. Duemling Perform Ordeals. Two operations were performed this morning on Adams county residents at the I.utlicran hospital. Fort Wayne. Dr. Elisabeth Rums of this city and » Dr. Duetnllng of Fort Wayne were the ■' physicians In both case*. II Mrs. George Woods of near the r i county line, was operated on for addominnl tumors. It is thought by I those in charge that the ordeal will be :a very serious one. Mrs. Woods ha* e | boon a sufferer from these tumors tor e the past th’■er year*, they continuing to □ grow until the operation became neei* 1 essary. i- The other patient was Vida Death. * little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifc ford Death, who was operated upon d tael fall for appendicitis. The opera u tlon at thia time was for adhesions r-! and rupture, from which she has been ;-|a sufferer tor some time. ■

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BIG HOTEL FIRE , Fred LaDelle. the Magician. Has Narrow Escape With Life and His Goods ON LAST SATURDAY Lives of Fifty Guests Imperiled—Tells Graphic Story of Fire Fred LaDelle, tlie magician, who is now playing in a Chicago theater, was one of fifty guests whose lives were imperiled late Saturday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock, in a fire which attacked tlie Monarch hote'. Grand av enue and North Clark street. Chicago. The fire attacked the A. E. Fetcher drug store, starting in the rear of the store from an explosion of chemicals. Tlie flames quickly spread to the u> per floors of tlie building, where the hotel is located, routing guests from their rooms. in a letter written to his family here Mr. LaDelle gives a graphic picture of the terrible fire and his narrow escape. All his valuable paraphernalia, including birds, used by him in Ills magical features, was with him in his room, but lie got everything out. He , says in part: "Will try to write to you. but I am so nervous I can hardly write. Well, we have had a narrow escape, as tlie I hotel was on fire. 1 got all my stuff ( out but I had a time to do it. I was lying down, sleeping, when 1 heard the fire engines, but I paid no attention till heard tlie people liallowinu-, wLan 4 huX up and «aw the <-rew<ls, and thought it must be close. I opened my door and the smoke nearly j knocked me down. I was all undressi ed, and my trunk in the room. I hurried and dressed, with my suspenders hanging down, grabbed my vest, cont and overcoat, and stopped to put some cigars in my pocket and the alarm clock in the other. When I got to the hall it was so filled with smoke I , could not see five feet. I found my ; way to tlie stairway and found every--1 body yelling, and women crying. I i forgot to say. when I got outside my door tlie firemen were there, kicking in doors, and told me to get out of the building as fast as I could. Hero was my trunk, the birds and everything scattered all over the room. I rushed back through the smoke to aiy room, and grabbed my two grips, and the birds and downstairs I went, and out : to the street through tlie crowds to the saloon. They put my birds back i of the bar and I went back to the ho- ! tel and upstairs again, through the I smoke to my room and locked my (trunk, after putting my tube trick In i it. which was on tlie table. Down I stairs again and Fields’ transfer man I was there. He said: "Have you got i a trunk?" I said: "Yea, in my room. ’He said: “Come on. we will got it." I said: “The firemen won't let un un there." He said. “Come on." and back we went. We dragged the trunl. downstairs, through the smoke. But ; what do you think' I forgot nil abou: ■ iny typewriter. Well, they stopped I the fire, but I was neared. 1 am »o glad that you and the girls w, re rot here. The office Is filled witli broken ; glass, where the firemen punched the skylight out. My room has smoke in it now. Tlie firemen Just kicked the I doors In to see If anyone was In the ! rooms.” Mr. LaDeUe also assisted a friend, i Jack Hub. a player, to canape witli I hia paraphernalia. Mr. Hub being I. nearly suffocated. Mr. loiDrile said 1 that the Chicago Dnily Journal got u an extra out thirty minutes after the fire and he sent the first page story e of it. with monster headlines. The nr I- tide aay* in part: v "Many escaped byway of the fire e escapes and n score of girls and we s men were carried down to safety by r firemen, who risked their Ilves to en o ter the burning building. Extra com •-! patties of firemen were summoned, whan It was reported that a consideri. able quantity of highly explosive T chemicals was stored in the rear and n in the basement of tlie drug conpany. i Detonations of eight explosions res sounded throughout the Immediate n nelghliorhood and brought crowds oi (Continued on Pago Foui 1 )