Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1916 — Page 1

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TWENTY-SEVEN DIE IN EARLY MORNING WRECK. THREE CRACK NEW YORK CENTRAL PASSENGERS CRASH TOGETHER IN HEAVY FOG NEAR AMHURST OHIO

(United Service) Cleveland. Ohio, March 29, —(Special to Daily Democrat—A sleeping tnwerman is to blame for the Amhurst wreck, A. S. Ingalls general superintendent of the New York Central decided late toda,. Ingalls said the towerman’s wife gave birth to a child : Sunday night, and that the towerman had been without sleep most of the ; time. Indiana people among the identified I dead were: Charles Nelson, 30, Indianapolis. ' George OJonta, Indianapolis. Raiffian Obbah, Indianapolis. Malcinca Bemmol, Indiana Harbor. Among the injured were: L. A. Griffith, Elkhart, Indiana, bruised and suffering from shock. ' Adolph Lawrence, Gary, Indiana. Twenty three bodies are in the morgue at Amhurst, two at Ixiraln and two at Elyria When the Twentieth centure limited the fastest train in the world, smash- , ed into the wreckage east upon Its , track the debris was thrown hundreds j of feet. Engineer Herbert Hess, of the second section of number 86 said j this afternoon that his train was go- , Ing fifty miles an hour when it struck the first section. He said the two (Mis which he passed prior i to 'the wreck were “clear." He had been running about two miles behind the first section. Twenty coaches and baggage cars were overturned and splintered. All of the coaches were of steel. Two of the great engines turned over. The boiler of section two engine exploded and the water quenched a fire that started in the telecoped day coach of the first section. Two coaches were crumpled into junk. Only three cars of the limited remained on the track. Hoth sections of number 86 were bound from Chicago to Pittsburg The crumpled day coach of the first section was the death coach. The engine of the second section ploughed through a buffet ear day coach and part of a sleeper on the trail of the first section. Survivors told of harrowing stories of suffering. Frank Provost, a New York salesman, told of hearing cries, groans and screams and of one man praying aloud. Legs and arms of victims were picked up and carried about, be said. Parts of the bodies of a woman and a man were found on the pilot of the second engine. W. C. Bradley of Pittsburg said: “A more hideous wreck could ; scarcely be imagined. Up about the engine of the second division, mixed with the wreckage, were the mangled bodies of dead and injured, for the most part unclothed.” Another survivor told of seeing •* man pick up a leg and another man approaching carrying a bundle of arms and legs done up in a sheet ask iitri ..what he. should do n 'ith it. New York March 29; —(Special to Daily Democrat) —The New \orlt 1 11 tral officials here issued a statement this afternoon with the following ex planation of the Amhurst wreck.. "Reports indicat ethat the engineer of the first sectron of train number 86 received a caution signal. A flagman started back immediately but before he reached the proper distance the second section of number S 6 came along with the engine working steam. It appears that the engineer of second section number 86 disregarded the si.-, nal. The engine of the second section of number 86 ran into the str < coach on the rear of the first sc.tiori and all of the injuries and fatallt *®® were confined to passengers In coach, with the exception of a ,M ”’ ( ' and mail clerk who were in the c u > car immediately ahead.” Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 29—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Three crac New York Central trains, one of them thei Twentieth Century Limited, crashed together In a thick fog, or ‘‘ mile west of Amhurst, Ohio, today. At least twenty-seven persons were

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killed outright and forty-three persons injured, some of them fatally, A tally made by undertakers and newspaper men at the scene show that twenty-three bodies, thirteen of them identified, have been taken from the debris. Railroad officials insisted four hours after the wreck that only fifteen dead had been found. All of the dead and Injured were passengers of the first section of eastbound train No. 86. If the coaches had not been all steel the loss of life would have been much greater, said ■ a New York Central official. According to stories told by the passengers the first section of No. 86, eastbound, had just slowed down ready to stop when a block signal was thrown against it one mile west of Amhurst. The second section of No. 86 from Detroit to Pittsburg crashed into the rear of the first section less than two minutes later. A brakeman had been sent back to warn the second section. Passengers said the fog probably prevented the engineer of the second section seeing the warning light. The second section crashed clear through a buffet car and a day coach| of the first section, throwing the wreckage on the next track. In less than a minutes the Twentieth Century Limited, running sixty miles an ' hour, hit the wreck. The Twentieth : Century Limited was derailed, the engine ploughing through three hundred yards of track, but no passengers on the limited were hurt. Most of the dead and injured were rushed to the Memorial hospital at Elyria, five miles from the wreck, at 3:15 a. m. Ambulances rushed from Lorain, Amhurst and Elyria, stuck in the mud. The sound of the crash and the cries of the injured and dying were heard two miles away. Cleveland, March 29. —(Special to Daiyl Democrat —Physicians reported Mrs. Mary Maiston of Indianapolis, one of the passengers who escaped unharmed in the Amhurst v. reck, ga.i birth to a child in one of the day coaches Immediately after the wreck. ON THE MEXICAN FRONT. (United Press Service) El Paso, Mar. 29—(Special to the Daily Democrat)—United States cavalry under Colonel Dodd reached Madera Chihuahua today, indicating development of a new phase of the Villa pursuit, it was reported here. Dodd is understood to have shifted his headquarters to Madera. Co-operating ■with Carranza troops Dodd will throw out a ring of cavalry detachments around the territory in which Villa is believed to be hiding. The ring will gradually narrow until Villa Is forced to fight. bulletin Washington. March 29, -(Special to Daily Democrat)-The Ward liner Engllshman which was sunk a few days ago was shelled and torpedoed aft. r attempting to escape, according to a.fldavits of American survivors cabled to the state department from Ltver£ol. According to the affidavit of the captain of th Englishman the vessel attempted to escape when approached * t P he submarine. After being shelled she hove to and then was torpedo- ) ed. "was badly injured. ' Mrs. James Steel Twas called to Ft hv a serious injury to her - Art hur ten-year-old son of 1 Mr" Rachel Merryman Paulison. The i M R moving on a pile of lumber s b ° h y r **t slipped and caught his leg ’ To tha the bone was broken in two so that u He lg jn the 1 to amputate tne J probably a tonight. ’’ AH business men spellers please meet tonight at the Graham & Wale tors office.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, March 29, 1916.

TOPPLES OFF CAB ’ Geo. Meyers Falls from an Erie Freight Car Three Miles East of City. ■it " I WAS BADLY CUT UP Deep Gashes in Head, Neck and Above Eye—Riding from Crestline. George Meyers son of Solon Meyers living on the Studebaker farm east of the city had a narrow escape from being killed at about four o'clock this morning when he was thrown off of the gondola freight car he was riding on the Erie route from Crestline, 0., to this city. Meyers boarded the ' freight at Crestline early in the morning and when within three miles of this city the train seemed to give a sudden jerk and he was thrown over the side of gondola and tossed to the bank below. In the accident a deep gash was cut In the bead, three smaller ones in the neck and a large one above the right eye. Meyers thought that probably he lay at the bottom of the track for a hair hour after the accident. Although a little weak from the loss of blood he was able to walk to town and secure the aid of Dr. D. D. Clark who dressed the wounds. He was later taken home by his father. George had been working at Wooster, Ohio. O ; SECOND RANK WORK. At the meeting of Kekionga lodge, Knights of Pythias. Thursday night the second rank work will be given. A full attendance of the drill team I and membership is desired at this time as other important business will be up for discussion. PDIicTPOWERS Given Health Officers —Authorized to Arrest Grocers Found Harboring AN ADDLED EGG Will Get Grocer’s Goat Who Sells Butter That is Below Par. The old restaurant joke about a man ordering three eggs for his meal and insisting that one of the three mvst at least be good, seems about to die the death. The city health officer of the cities of Indiana have been given police powers and are authorized to arrest any grocer who is found to be harboring an addled egg. Fish markets are also to be rigidly inspected. The inspector will inspect the butter and get the goat of the grocer who carelessly handles the kind that is liable to commit asault and buttery upon the olfactory organs of the official of the public. In short nothing but pure food can be sold to the public and a dealer who is even guilty of keeping the other kind on his prem- ' ises will be captured by the health authorities according to the orders ‘ from the state officials.

DEATH OF NIECE. Daughter of Meda Stalter Kinnell Died of Diphtheria. Miss Leona Stalter and Mrs. D. M. Hower received word this morning of the death of their niece. Mildred, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kinnell of Milwaukee, Wis., which resulted from diphtheria. Her death occurred yesterday morning at • nine o’clock. The mother was fort merly Miss Meda Stalter of this city. ’ There is a younger child in the Kin- • nel) family, a boy, born las! February J 18th. ) •» —— ATTEND FUNERAL t Mr. and Mrs. John Houk left this 7 morning for Monrceviill' to attend the 1 funeral of David Crab'c. 71. a prominent farmer of that plr.-ie. Mr. and Mrs. Will Spencer left this e morning for Fort Wayne to attend the 1- funeral of their aunt, Miss Ellen Spetijeer.

| “WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY” I The next production at .the Crystal on Thursday will lie "What Will People Say"? a five part feature picture I produced by the Popular Plays and Players on the Metro program, in which Mme. Petrova, the talented emotional actress, is seen in the starring role. This feature is an adaptation from the popular novel of the samt’ , name, written by Rupert Hughes, one of the foremost dramatists, novelists and short story writers in this country. Mme. Petrova is now apearing in ' “The Revolt" one of the season’s stage successes, and at the conclusion of her present tour, will devote herself exclusively to the making of elaborate Metro photoplays. Under the Metro banner she has been seen in silch successes as “My Madonna,” “The Vampire.” aud "The Heart oY A Painted Woman.' In “What Will People Say” Mme. ' ;ova is supported by a select cast • prominent stage and screen artist. FATAL INJURY Jas. F. Johnson, Near Monroe, Succumbed to Injury This Morning. DIED AT 8:04 O’CLOCK - ■ Was Hurt Two Weeks Ago —Was Sixty-eight Years of Age. James F. Johnson, sixty-eight, a prominent farmer, living two and a half miles southwest of Monroe, died this morning at 8;04 o’clock. Mr. Johnson had been in poor health from stomach trouble for a long time, but the immediate cause of his death was the injury sustained a week ago last Thursday. He was hauling corn fodder and was thrown from the load when a wheel struck a rut. One of his hips was dislocated and he suffered internal injuries, causing his death. Mr. Johnson was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and had he lived until next August 14 would have been sixty-nine years old. He was a son of John Johnson and came to this county with his parents, when he was about two years old. He leaves the following children: Frank Johnson of near Monroe; Samuel, of Michigan; Mrs. Nettie Urich, Jasonville, Ind.; Eliza Hahnert, of near Monroe; Cyrus, of Morgantown, W. Va. A brother, Joe, lives in Pennsylvania. There are half brothers and sisters as follows: Noah, Levi, Mrs. Mary Urich, of Monroe; Matilda McGowan, Miamisburg, Ohio; Sarah (Continuea on Page 3.) wilTjaSh Decatur Merchants’ Association to Hold Annual Meet in Two Weeks. MET LAST NIGHT Committees Appointed for Banquet to Audit Books ’ and to Nominate. 5 _ _ The Decatur Merchants’ association

will hold its' annual meeting on Tues- ( day evening, April 11, at which time , a banquet will be given and officers ' elected for the ensuing year. At ( that time H. J. Yager, whb has serv- ] ed as president the past year, will retire, one of the rules being that an < entire set of new officers must be chosen each year. Mr. eager has made a splendid official and has a ' good record. At last night’s meeting of the association the president appointed a committee of three, Harry Helm, C. t j, Voglewede and O. L. Vance, to have charge of the banquet which will probably be held at the K. of P. home. An auditing committee, consisting of 1. Bernstein, M. Kirsch and Murray Scherer, was also appointed, s During the evening Rev. Rilling, pas- > tor of the Evangelical church, and a . booster for “home trade," made an interesting talk to the men. The president also appointed a nominat--3 ing committee, Wilson Lee, Carl 3 Pumphrey and C. D. Teeple, who will - present tickets to be voted upon at the next meeting.

TO BUILD CHURCH ( n i Trustees of Evangelical , Church Plan New $17,000 Church Edifice. 1 I* * FUND IS STARTED 8 1 Old Church Built Fifty-two f Years Ago—May Start ? New Building Soon. 3 —. Rev. J. H. Rilling, pastor of the, I Evangelical church and his board of) • trustees, the board including H. A. I 'Fuhrman, L. L. Baumgartner, Orval| 1 Harrnff. E. B. Macy and Henry Barkley, have begun ar. active canvas for ’ funds, hoping to scon realize a dream I of many years, the building of a hand-! some new brick church on the site of the old one on 'Winchester* street The present church was built fiftytwo years ago, the land being donated by the father of Fred Schafer, well known merchant, who also aided largely in the building of the church The plans of the new church are for a Stolid brick structure, 40x70, with a seating capacity of 600 and with a Sunday school section composed of seventeen seperate rooms, steam heated, well ventilated, modern in every way, to' cost about $17,000 and will be one of the most beautiful and in every way complete churches in this section. The members of the church about 200 are ready and anxious to make the effort. They have a fund on hands of SB,OOO and a resolution the church provides that when 65 p<U cent of tl’e estimated cost sliall have been provided for the work on the new church will begin and it is hoped this can be done within the next few weeks. o NAME OFFICERS G. T. Burk, Decatur, Elected President of Adams County Association of DISCIPLES OF CHRIST County Conference Closed Last Night at the Local Christian Church. The Adams county conference of the Disciples of Christ closed a most interesting and profitable session last evening at the Christian church in this city. A county organization was effected for better and more thorough work, and the officers are: President—G. T. Burk, Decatur. Vice President—John Aspy, Geneva. Secretary-Treasurer — Dr. Burt Mangold. Decatur. Superintendent Christian Endeavor ’ Department—John Schultz. Decatur. Superintendent Sunday School Department —Charles Pyle, Berne. ’ Secretary of Christian Endeavor Department —Vivian Burk, Decatur. President Christian Woman’s Board of Missions —Mrs. Arthur Fisher. State Evangelist Martin and Stale Secretary Cauble left yesterday after--1 noon, after excellent addresses, and

Garry Cook, state superintendent of Sunday school work, spoke last evening, as did Mr. Van Winkle, secretary of the educational department in behalf of Butler college. In the absence of Mrs. Griest, state president of the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions, Mrs. Elmer Ward Cole, wife of the pastor of the Huntington Christian church, spoke in the afternoon. A plea was given in the several addresses of the several state workers, for more effective work in the Bible school, C. B. M. Christian Endeavor and general church work. DANCE THURSDAY NIGHT. The Moose lodge is working hard to prepare their hall for the dance that will be given there tomorrow night. Commencing at 8;30 o’clock the good music that will be provided will keep the dancers busy for the greater part of the evening. New furniture and curtains have been installed in the hall to add a : touch of beauty to the assembly room. The public is invited.

I ' MONMOUTH SPELLING CONTEST. I The spelling contest of the Monmouth teachers and seventh and eighth graders vs the others of the | township schools, to be held at the Monmouth school Thursday evening will be an interesting affair. It '.’.’ill close with a free-for-all spelling contest. Those who attend will be assured of “seeing and hearing the whole performance" as th3 spellers will not be divided as has been done in some cases where the room was not large enough to accommodate all. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Special service at the Presbyter'an church tonight at 7:15, preparatory to the Communion service next Sabbath morning. There will be a talk by tile pastor on “How Should We Come To i The lord's Supper?" By special request Miss Marie Patterson will repeat the solo she sang Sunday night. | It is earnestly desired that as many , as can will attend this important ser- , vice. JAY C. HANNA, Pastor. M E CONFERENCE Opened in Fort Wayne Last Evening — Rev. Karl Thompson Examined. FOR HIS ADMISSION Into Studies of First Year —Bishop McDowell Presides. Fort Wayne, Ind., Mar. 29 —The formal opening of the North Indiana M. E. conference took place here last evening in the Wayne Street M. E. church. The Rev. J. A. Beatty, superintendent of the Fort Wayne district, presided. F. M. Price, president of the Men’s Christian League, of this city, delivered the address of welcome, while the response was delivered by Bishop W. F. McDowell of Chicago, who called attention to the tact that it had been forty-one years since the conference was held in this city. At 8:15 o’clock the Rev. Harry G. McCain, extension secretary, spoke at the anniversary meeting of the temperance society. The Rev. A. S. Preston presided at this gathering. Practically all of the delegates to tho conference are now in the city. Most of them arrived this morning anil are being entertained at the homes of local Methodists during the conference. Candidates Examined. Under the guidance of the Rev. J. H. Runkle, chairman of the board of governors, the examination of candidates was held today. The following candidates were examined for admission into the conference on trial: E. R. Lyon and George E. Whitten. Kimmel; R. I. Stone, Noblesville; William H. Menaugh, Warsaw; B. B. Powell, Wagner; Clyde Howard, Glendale, and Elmer Franklin, Winchester. The following were examined for admission into the studies of the first year: Isaac S. Corn, in school; F. W Chapman, Goshen; R. R. Detweiler, Corunna; J. M. Fordan, in school; B. W. Lewis, Anderson; A. K. Love, Woodburn; C. S Miller, in school; J. S. Phillips, Farmland; Weber Roahring, Salamonie; L. W. Stone, in school; R. H. Stone, Indianapolis; Kari Thompson, Boston; M. M. Thornburg and L. O. Winslow. Greencastle. Second Year List. The second year candidates are as

follows: C. W. Chadwick, Bunker Hill; V. L. Clear, Goshen district; J. 0. Hockstedler, Boston; C. W. Jeffras, Madison, N. J.; A. H. Kenna, supply in another conference; L. E. Markin and F. R. Robbin, in school; A. F. White, South Whitley; F. S. Young, in school; F. S. Haddock, pastor at Mill Grove; D. D. Imler, Madison, N. J.; W. T. Buckner, Andrews; J. Ira Jones, in Japan, not present; A. V. Patton. Point Isabel. Third year candidates are: 0. B. Young, Matthews; Carl E. Bash, Greencastle; Dale C. Beatty, Bristol; J. F. Blocker and W. T. Buckern, Andrews; .J. F. Edwards, Kokomo disi trict; F. S. Hickman, Greencastle; , Ephraim Leese, Swayzee; A. V. Pat'r ton, J. R. Stelle, H. C. Powell and R. . M. Sand, Fort Wayne district; R H. ; Wehrly, Ridgeville. , The following men were examined . in the studies of the fourth year: C j W. Anderson, Shirley; C. R. Booth, t K. H. Carlson, Goshen district; A. C. , Bryt, Joseph Grimes, E. A. Hartman (Continued on Page 3.)

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THE FIGHT ENDED 1 , (I Fourteen-year Figid io Set Aside Faylor Wil! Ended by Dismissal. WHAT THE HEIRS GET Case Heard in Adams Circuit Court Several Times and Appealed. A Bluffton dispatch says of the famous Faylor will case which was tried in the Adams circuit court several times: The celebrated Catherine Faylor will case, which has been in litigation since July 10, 1902, when the will was first filed for probate here, rca. lied a surprising climax today at Portland, where it had been taken on change of venue. The objectors to the probate, Thomas Faylor and other heirs living in Pennsylvania, dismissed their objections and the court ordered the will probated. Since the will was originally filed for probate in 1902 there was another big case growing out of the estate fought through the court, in four trials, by which the heirs finally succeeded in having set asir’, a deed by which Catherine Faylor deeded 100 acres of land to D. D. Studabaker. The deed was set aside on the ground that Catherine Faylor was of unsound mind at the time the deed was executed. The heirs who resisted the probate of the will are not beneficiaries under the will, but are heirs-in-law, and would share in the partitioning of the estate if the will was set aside. Their attorneys indicated today that they have not given up the fight, and that they propose to file estoppel proceedings when the legatees under the will seek the partitioning of the estate, alleging under such proceedings that during the years of litigation to set aside the deed that the beneficiaries under the will contended that Catherine Faylor was of unsound mind, and therefore cannot come in later and seek to hold that she was of sound mind. The benefleiarie’ under the will contend, however, that : ince the will anteceded the deed the same contentions raised concerning the deed cannot be claimed against the will. A lively contest still appears in sight. The estate is worth probably $40,000 to $50,000. The will makes special bequests of $3,000 to heirs whom Catherine Faylor names, in sums of SIOO to SSOO and at the conclusion, provides that all the residue of the estate shall .be divided among the legatees so named. in the proportions in which they share in these specific legacies amounting to $3,000. These specific legacies are as follow s: To Susannah Koonts, daughter of her deceased brother, Isaac Faylor, the sum of SSOO. To Joseph Faylor, oldest son of Isaac Faylor, the sum of S2OO. To each of the four living daughters of Gottlieb Faylor, a deceased brother, namely, Kattie Ann, Amanda, Frances and Mary Ann, the sum of S2OO each. To the children of Elizabeth Hunsi.ker, a daughter of Gottlieb Faylor, if there are any living, also S2OO among them equally. To John Henry Faylor. son of Gottlieb Faylor, the sum of SIOO. To Roy Faylor, son of John Henry Faylor. the sum of SIOO. To Elizabeth Stout, daughter of

Solomon Faylor. a deceased brother, the sum of SSOO. To Peter Faylor, a deceased brother, the sum of S3OO. To George Faylor, son of Solomon Faylor, the sum cf S2OO. To John Faylor, son of the said Solomon Faylor, the sum of S2OO. The will provides that in the case of the death of Joseph Faylor before the testator, Catherine Faylor, the legacy bequeathed to him shall be paid to Susannah Koonts mentioned , in the will. The will provides one special legacy outside of those given to rela- ■ tives, and this is $2,500 bequeathed to Rebecca Houtz, who had helped - care for the decedent. It is specifical- . Iv provided, that Rebecca Houtz is . not to share in the balance of the astate. BROTHER-IN-LAW IS DEAD. > Adam Buetell will leave tonight for • Lima, Ohio, to attend the funeral of 1 his brother-in-law, Peter J. Weot, who died rather suddenly. •