Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1914 — Page 1

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FORTY-NINE ARE DROWNED :ii - , When Liner Monroe Collided Head-on With the Steamer Nantucket OFF NORFOLK, VA. Carried Sixty-nine Passengers and Crew of Seventynine—Caused by Fog. t (United Press Service) Norfolk, Va., Jan. 30 (Special to Daily Democrat)—Steamship officials here announce that the list of missing persons from the liner, Monroe, which sank early this morning is fort y-nine. Norfolk. Va., Jan 30 —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Forty-seven person.-, are believed to have drowned when the old Germania liner Monroe sank I twenty minutes after it had collided with the .Merchants' and Miners' steamer Nantucket off the Virginia coast at 1:30 o’clock this morning. The Nantucket is slowly coming into port with her how crushed and badly damaged. It is hoped that some of those missing got away in the Monroe life boats, but were lost sight of in the inpenetrahle fog. The Monroe carried sixty-nine passengers and a crew of seventy-nine. Twenty-four members of the crew are missing, while twenty-three passenger are not accounted for. The Nantucket carried but two passangers and tiiese or none of the crew were even injured. The pas-eagers and most of the crew of the Monroe were a-b-p when the collision pccurred and tiie confusion must nave ben inde ribahlo. The details are meager, but »i is known* that nearly all those rescued wore picked out of the sea. The Nantucket officers made- a ha.-ty examination and finding that the boat would ride, immediately ordered life-boats manned and went to the rescue of the Monroe. It Is believed that most of those who lost their lives were asleep in their beds. Captain Johnson > the Monroe was saved. As soon as the wireless mexsab*' carie through the fog. a half-dozen boats were off to the scene but they arrived too late to End the Monroe. 0 _ CELEBRATE DAY ■ Christian Endeavor Day to be Observed by Presbyterian Society ON SUNDAY EVENING Miss Ireta Erwin, Leader, Announces a Good Program for Evening. Christian Endeavor da' will be observ'd Sunday evening from •> to - o'clock at the Presbyterian < hurcfi hy the Imai society. Mn-s lr"» E’’* l "- lender, announces the following program for that evening: Scripture Lesson Prayer. Hong . Talk Mrs. W. A. k*T, <>n ( hits* tian Endeavor Duy. Vocal Duet— Mary Erwin, Gtadya McMillen. Talk —’ How We Hein th* arles and How They In Turn Help Cs”— Mrs. 8. D. Beavers. Violin Solo, with piano accompanl ment—Thelfa and Dorothy Williams. Talk—“ The Quiet Hour "— Miss EtnM Carey. Talk-Rev. W. H. Gleiser. prophecy-What the E. Society Will be on Its Ono Hundredth Anniversary" -C. J- I-utz. Mixpali CHURCH NOTICE. On account of the aerilou. illness of ths wife of the pastor there will bo no preaching oervlce at the ' Mills Baptist church next Sunday afternoon. « N. BALL. FMtOfe idWAkMt* * * ** •/*- 4 1 *

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SOUTH BEND IS BUSY. I South Bend, Ind.. Jan. 30—"Segration of vice Is and always will he n failure." said Owen Wiard, the Chicago detective, in an address at the Oliver theater here. "Segregation cun never succeed because it is wrong," he said. "It is a case of going into partnership with the devil." Wiard cited tile Indiana law which enables officials to reach owners of property rented for immoral purposes. “They collect excessive rent* from these premises and a few injunctions and a few arrests of property owners will soon wipe out your vice districts,” the d( tcctlve said. Mayor Keller, the members of the board of safety and the board of public works heard Mr. Wiard. KOHLERJJNERAL Will be Held Saturday Afternoon from Home of Mother at Vera Cruz. TAKEN TO THE HOME From Ft. Wayne Last Even-ing-Mystery of Death is Cleared by Police. The Ixxly of Levi Kohler, the French township man, found dead along the Nickel Plate railroad in Fort Wayne Thursday morning, was taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. Louisa Zatigg, in French township, this county, last evening. It was taken by in terurban to Bluffton, and from there by automobile by Undertaker McBride. The funeral will be Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the house and burial will be at Vera Crux. - The-mother. Mrs. laausa. Zaugg. with whom her auu lived, came to this city Thursday afternoon and left on the 2:30 car for Fort Wayne, on being apprised of the death of the son, and accompanied the ixxly home. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette | give the follwlng details of the death Levi Kohler, 46, of Adams county, was found under the Nickel Plate brideg over the St. Marys yesterday morning, with the top of his head ai.d *ds face crushed and one hand 1 mangled. Ho had evidently been struck by a train and knocked from the bridge during the night. The body was discovered at 8 o'clock yesterday morning by a Nickel Plato train crew. When found the man’s face was against an old rail road tie lying on the bank. Coroner Edward Kruse is of the opinion that the Injuries to his head and fare could not have come from the fall although it is fully forty feet from the bridge to the water and believes that the man wax struck by a train. Kohler ras liaen in Fort Wayne on numerous occasions and a number of people identified the Ixxly. Alva Zaugg. erf Adams county, a half broth cr- states that Kohler came to Fort Wayne with him Wednesday. They were around together during the evening and about 9:30 o’clock the two. asperated in a saloon, on West Main Street. Both left »he saloon rt about the same time. Zaugg stating that he was going to lied. A few minutes Über Kohler returned, remained a quarter of an hour and went away again. togethcnjwitli Charles Hull, a barber residing at 120 West Superior street. The two then hired an automobile and ordered the driver to take Hum to tl>« Hiser road house on the Goshen road. Here they ordered several drinks but it developed that Kohlet had neither money to pay for them nor for his share qf the auto trip. Hull then returned to the city In the auto alone, leaving Kohler behind, who wax forced to walk. He evident |y followed the Nicked Plate tracks and was struck by a train ax he wax crossing the bridge over the St. Mary's. As those who knew the man could In no way account for his presence In the neighborhood where the body wax found an Investigation was start ed by the police department yesterday afternoon and Detective Sergeant lappert, who was put on the case succeeded in "olvluk the mystery, which seemed to surround the case. Kohler, with two brothers, lived 1 with Me mother on the farm near , Vera Crux, but frequently came to Ft. t Wayne." The Fort Wayne Sentinel mentions that among the effects found on his (Continued ou Pago 3)

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Decatur, Indiana,Friday Evening, January 30, 1914.

HIS BUGGY UPSET ■ " 11 ■" 1 * John Heuer, Driver, Thrown Out Under Rig, Sausage Grinder and Press. — ■ ■- HORSE FRIGHTENED 1 But Luckily Did Not Run—- > . . Interurban Force Assist in Getting Him Out. Passengers on the southbound Interurban cur at 8 o'clock this morning, 1 witnessed an exciting affair that took place near Stop 27, near the Perry Robinson farm. John Heuer, of Root township, a brother of Fred Heuer, the druggist, of this city, was driving along the highway at this point, when Ins horse frightened. In its fright it upset the buggy and Mr. Heuer was thrown out under the rig. A sausage grinder and lard press were also overturned on him and he was pinned fast. The interurban car backed to the scene of the disaster and Conductor D. H. Hunsicker, Agent Albert Schaumann and others hurried to get Mr. I’euer out from his perilous position. They found him uninjured, which was considered little short of a miracle. The shafts of the buggy, however, were broken. The very small extent of tiie damage done was due, no doubt to the fact that tiie horse did not attempt to run. GREAT SUCCESS Rev. Carpenter of Indiana Weeks’ Revival at Indiana Harbor. TWENTY-ONE JOINERS Rev. Cepaenter of Indiana Harbor Will Reciprocate by Coming to Decatur. The revival which has been In progress at the Indiana Harbor Christian church for the past twelve days, closed ye sterday, and Benjamin Borton, the evangelist, who has been in charge is preparing to return to his old home in ’Decatur, Ind. The meeting resulted In twenty-one annexations to the church, most of whom are adults who have joined the church by primary obedience and baptism. For the time involved tills meeting Is considered tiie best ever held by the local church. Mr. Borton Is pastor of the Decatnr Christian church, and his work has Iw-en much appreciated by the local congregation. The meeting Is an exchange affair and Rev. Carpenter of tiie Indiana Harbor church la expected to reciprocate later In the season. Sunday the attendance, in spite of the bad weather, broke all records. There .between Indiana Harbor and Decatur is a Sunday school contest brewing at which all records are expected to h< smashed.-Indiana Harbor Times. ■ ■ <r ' ■ — TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL. Terre Haute, lad., Jan. 29— Establishment of a technical training school here Is being conxtaered today by the board ot education, large employers of labor would be asked to allow boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 18 to attend school a number of hours each week on full pay. The employer in return Is expected to receive'more ofßelant work from his employes. Ro>» Polytechnic school Is moving into new buildings and the old buildings of the school sre being considered for purchase by the hoard of education. ■ O 11 ■* — EARLHAM COLLEGE HAS HOPES. Richmond, Ind., Jan. 30— Hope of establishing a new record in Earlham athletic annate—a double victory over Indiana university- will spur the Coakers on tonlatet in the basket ball genie with the Indiana quintet. Saturday the Karllram boys dafagtrd the Indiana quintet. Rime than. hata* I ever, the Bloomington Ixiys have felt . a severe shaking up and tonight t hey will be out for revenge.

• COMING, RUBE WILKINS. Watch for Him—Coming Soon to the / Crystal Theater. We wish to announce our sensational feature for today and tonight, which is: "The Depths of Hate,” a two-reel feature drama; with it a good comedy, "Mr. Toot’s Tooth.” All for f:ve cents. Tomorrow’s show, afternoon and evening: "The False Friend,” Selig drama; "The Actress and Her Jewels," "The Constable’s Daughter.” Lubin comedy; "The Elephant as a Workman," “The Cattle Thief Escapes.” Get the habit. Everybody come. AFTER6OMPERS 4 Duncan McDonald, Illinois, Says Samuel Gompers Was “Howling Drunk” IN SEATTLE HOTEL Gompers Hurls Back “Liar” and Miners’ Convention Was in an Uproar. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 30—(Special to Daily Democrat)—“A booze fighter" is the term today applied to Samuel Gompers, the great labor leader, by Duncan McDonald, of Blinolis, a delegate to Che miners’ convention now in session here. "It’s a He," roared Gompers, rising and shaking his fast at the Illinois man. That Gompers was howling drunk at the recent meeting in Seattle, was the charge made by McDonald, whereupon Gompm (limited upon a table and declared himself. A resolutions committee. headed by Gompers. was in session in a Seattle hotel and were so noisy that McDonald and his wife, who were in the next room could not sleep. He reported it to the hotel management and they went to the room where they found a lot of men around a table with Gompers at the head, howling drunk. McDonald also said that Gompers controled a ma chine which prevented any qualified men from holding offices in the organisation. o - - . LEG ISFRACTURED G. R. & I. Brakeman Daniel Doyle Has Leg Badly Fractured in LOCAL YARDS HERE Yesterday Afternoon—The Stake He Was Using Broke, Striking Him. Daniel Boyle. 122 Wallace street. Fort Wayne, u Grand Rapids a Indiana brakeman, while switching in the yards in this city yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, received a badly fractured leg whan the stake he wax using broke and struck, him. Boyle was attempting to push some tars out of a-spur and; was standing on the pilot holdim: the stake or beam used to push cars across uixin another track, when the timber slipped and the piece struck him forcibly on the leg. fracturing It severely The local railway physician drexxi-d tl.e Injury and Boyle was taken to I’ort Wayne on No. 3. He was tak on to his home and lx reported to be resting quite easy. The wound is not serious, but Is proving painful. .•"HEAVEN." "HaaVOB and How >tn Make Hu re of. It” it the eObJect toe the sermon thte evening at > the Evangelical church.. This subject ought to appeal to everybody. Who has not loved ones in. hcavenf i aChwt srrvii'Ca hkvw been largely attended (tooting'> tlw > .wd4tei Uwl eventag was on<r «*t the heel so 1 tar. Pray for tonight’s meeting. K’o meeting BmfWday evening. A welcome for all. 1

GO TO FORTWAYNE . Decatur Independent Basket • Ball Team Will Play the i Fort Wayne Lyceums I’ S . AT ST. PATRICKS HALL < Tonight—A Good Line Up—t Rooters Will Accomp- , any the Team > The Decatur Independent basket . ball team will leave this evening on ' Hie 5:30 Interurban car where they will engage in a stiff game of basket ball at eight o'clock with the Fort ( Wayne Lyceums. The game will be played at the St Patricks auditorium. The Decatur team has made a splendid showing tills year being defeated only once out of seven games played. The game tonight is the first one between the two teams and the struggle , for tiie honors will lx- a stiff one. Tiie Decatur boys are almost confident that they will succeed in taking the ' victory and thus become more famous as being real basket ball players. The line-up is strong one and the boys have been putting in some good hours of practice work within the last week. A number of Decatur rooters and basket ball fans will probably accompany the team. The line-up for tonight is as follows: Merrill. Gass. Vancil, Bremerkamp, Franks. Neptune. GOING TO MOVE Mrs. Anna Boese, Milliner, Leaves Condemned Building for A NEW LOCATION Will Occupy Building Vacated by T. A. Leonard Tin Shop. Mrs. Anna Boese, the well known milliner, who lias been hx-ated for n.uny y<-arx In om- of the Niblirk buildings on Monroe street, will move the latter part of next week to the Hooper building across the street. This is being vacated hy T. A. Ix-on ard. who is moving to the old Star theater building on Madison atreet. The Hooper building will be repapered and renovated In many ways and Mrs. Boese will have an Ideal place for her establishment. The build(*•> (xcupied at present by Mrs. Boese is one of the string that has been coudeinnod as a fire-trap by the state fire department, and ordered torn donu in 13* days. Mrs. Boese hopes to l>e moved and entirely settled before lb* spring season open*. N C STUDENTS EAT CANDY. Bloomington. Ind.. Jan. 30 — The average student at Indiana university spends twenty cents a day for food lietween meals, according to the best available statistic*. This extra twen ty cents goes largely for sweets. It is lellrved. The main average cost ol food per wwk is >5.15. A few stu dents spend >3.00 a week for board while others onnsume as much as >7.50 worth. The average boarding bonse and boarding club rate In >2.10. .Those who eat in restaurants spend tiie moat. ■ ■■■ THE RITCHIE STOCK CO. The ability of the artists compels Ing the Ritchie Stock comps’ y. combined with the *killftll leaderahln Os Mr. Ritchie Brown, will place n pro gram on the boards of the Bosse np- - swa house on next Monday night. Feb ruary 2. that will be appreciated b} • even the most rapid mover and thinker In the audience. Vatiucville > specialties fill in the time between - act* so that the public la assured ol ■ * bill fell <rf itoMcnt and amusement Mt I thou* a puaidlile dull morvent to the t tpatreux io the theater. •ad ii—»— h ' Mrs Rebekah Eady clerked today at - the Steele racket store In the absence of G C. HU-ele and C. J. Weavet.

> STEPS IN OPLIGER AFFAIR. ’ We are in receipt of an unsigned communication concerning tiie Opliger affair, but as we do not print com municated articles unless signed or substantiated by some one in person. Mr. (Jpliger, according to two trustees who called at this office, is passing out slips of paper to the teachers, requiring them to answer three quest lions, asking whether they believe him to be an immoral man. a competent superintendent, and whether or _ not they believe he has neglected his duty as county sup erintendent. The trustees do not say what further action will be taken in the matter, but intimate that some steps will be made public soon, ANSWERS INOUIRY G. H. Hendren, State Examiner, Settles Matters Relating to Office of THE HIGHWAY SUPT. And Assistants—Map of ail Highways in the County Must be Made. County Auditor, T. H. Baltxell has received from G. H. Hendren, state examiner, a member of the state board of accounts of Indiana, the following letters that contains much of interest to the new office of highway superin- | tendents. Tills office is held in this county, by Ex-Commissioner James Hendricks, since January 1, 1914. Many inquiries have been addressed to this department regarding the fees and expencex allowed county highway superintendents and their assistauU. tActs 1913. page 877.) The superintendent shall receive >5.00 per day for the time he Is actually employed in the work as such superintendent in counties having tour hundred miles or more of county highways. In counties having less than four hupdred miles, he sliall receive >4.00 per day for his services. His salary shall be paid out of the gravel road repair fund of the county. Tiie statutes make no provision whatever for the payment of any expenses of the superintendent of Ills arxistant. In the absence of such provisions the superintendent and his assistants will be required Io take care of their own expense*. Their salary Is all that they are entitled to receive from the county. Our attention has been called to section 5 of the act which provides that an assistant superintendent, when he may deem it necessary, shall have the right to use a team and wlien so doing he shall receive as compensa tlon for the team the sum of 15 cents per hour. The assistant superintendent is entitled to take the above allowance only when aach team Is employed In actual work upon the roads »f the county. He Is not entitled to such allowance when the teain is used l>v him ax a means of conveyance. It Is one of the duties of the highway superintendent to make a mup cf all the highways in hlx county as provided for in this act. No allowance should be made anyone else for making such map. nor should the sup erintendent be made an extra allowance for making It. The act assumes that the Board of t'ommlaaloners will select a superintendent who lx qualified to dtacharge al the duties of the office and one who has knowledge of and experience In the work required of him. Inquiry ha* also been made If the RUperlntendent la entitled to a secre tary. stenographer or office aaalntaat. Tiie lew does not make any provision fol such help, therefore no allowance can be made therefor. Attorney General Honan fully con curs In our construction of the above act. This department is at this time preparing forms for use by the superintendent. assistant superintendents and the auditor of your county. As 1 soon as thoy are received from the printer, copies of them will be mulled you. together with instructions con ! < erning their use. Yours truly. I G. H. HENDREN. Rtate Kx. ■ O-— —— —— I Mrs. Dr R. P. Hoffman returned > from l.inn Grove where she visited with relatives.

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. REPORIH£ MADE Countv Clerk Bleeke Receives Satisfactory Ri • port from Accountant. ; COVERING THE BOOKS i For the Year 1912—He is Well Pleased With the Showing. , County Clerk Ferdinand Bleeke ha . received from the state board of accounts the report of tiie field examiners, Andrew J. Bruce and C. B. Daly, covering tiie examination of his booster the year 1912. The report shows the records of this office kept in excellent condition, and the report is a very satisfactory one. Clerk Bleeke is charged with a total amount of >2,770.03. The total sum paid to tiie treasurer was >2.597.66. which, with a balance on hand to he paid to the treasurer during 1913, of >167.61, made a deficit of only >4.76. Mr. Bleeke was charged with thus sum which he failed to collect from, officers as fees, for the recording of their official bonds. This amount he paid out of his own pocket to satisfy the acounts, but he wilt not be able loser, as the officials whom he had failed to charge enough, afterward, obligingly* dug down into their jeanand paid the sura they should, which will thus repay Mr. Bleeke. The report showed that at the end of the year 1912 Mr. Bleeke held a total amount of trust funds for others in the sum of >3,815.62, including witness fees, judgments, estate ami guardianships. receivers and asaiuMnents. and miscellaneous funds. The clerk’s bank balance at this time, was >4, 497.48, which, with the trust fund-, outstanding checks, and cash on hand in the drawer, made up the full amount. >4,523.38. Mr. Bleeke received as county clerk the total sum of 2,698.60. This was due him from the following sources: Salary. >2.100; circuit court per diem, >436; making bar dockets, >80; mileage for ballots. >11; lxu»rd of election canvassers, >65; expense collecting change of venue case fees, >«;.60. EVIDENCE HEARD Case of State Against Kalver Attracts Large Crowd to the Court Room. FOUR WITNESSES Arguments Heard Tomorrow Morning—Defense Offers no Evidence. The case of the State vs. laadore Kalver. operating a "blind tiger," was called at 1 o'clock this afternoon, having been delayed from ten o’clix k, the hour fixed, because of Attorney Peterson having i>een delayed at Fort Wa>ao. where he wax attending to business. Them were so many Intere«t<*d «pe< tutora that ‘Squire Kinta decided to transfer Ills court from his offices to tile court rocs, where two hundred people watched the progress at the trial. Four witnesses were called by the state, testifying to the buy- 1 Ing of beer and whiskey In smalt qunntltlex during the past two months. The defense did not offer any testimony aud tiie court fixed tiie time for I'taring urgunietitx al 9 o'clock Rat urday morning. In case he finds tiie defendant guilty he will bind him over to circuit court because the lowest tine possible in this kiud of n case lx fifty dollar* and the .Justice cannot administer that heavy a punishment. Mr. Kalver will not open his place of business until after this case lx concluded. It Is said. Mis* Bertha Voglewedx, hookkeep cr for the Hcliaublkiwliug hardware I store, will leave t'jmorrow for Indian I spoils, where she will visit a week with her slater, Mrs. Tom Haefling.