Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1911 — Page 1

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lug H-(Special jWpe,— '" >"»e than two- ■ f th- I’ nnsyhania eight /hi ’ X '" ' ’eld in tic hospitals here, B’deaths ic ° f "’ A <liS ‘ I H/ not ••' "Hir. The bod ■Kl.' .’ •!'•<• 11,1,1 Engi *■l nav- '■*“ (,ve, ' e ' l 113 George Wilson, „e-... missing and „ vt „. ■ :.,. buried under * ~ •■‘. ked at tile ell K t'he w-' o ds. near Swinat Fort 'A iyne at about i •■soiling, "hen the ui-re > lian u mile *, ■■ d d. (»i: by two monster (Ufht-d mt” a westbound "^■ lra:n *t:. *as standing on' The wreck was one' in is'ory of the road ' a gloom over the Summit :-•■ad over the city and ' "as soon circulnts* ’ f the state. Grow such s'otiws always do. the .' rej. !-d here, was wide , '^B r . l2 re ■ being reported that ( fifty »w' H dead and many in-' Liter it was said that the train "as the Rome City! ei< .''-ment was intense r ■ :n’il real news tie A number from here to in Fort Wayne scrr.- ' 'he wreck she-’ it ocenrrrd ind describe th* to” as such events The train was a solid and there were no passen from Decatur or vicinity, most eastern people en ( from 'hicago The three we-- led thirty or forty j a pile o' junk, from which , ' imagine the original , the s. tn cars of the flyer how many were killed, but , that but two bodies. Engin— Ira Berger of Fort' and " n’t George Wilson. | the wreckage. If this is list it i will probably not several of the inThe list of seriously in twenty md as many more hurt. flyer, complete Pullman ruan.ng at an unusual!’ or speed, being more than Sr late T::e first engine of the ".i ■ • -gotiated the switch but -he second engine ■ points Tiie derailed engine the first engine squarely ■ and ov-Durned it, while the ■f train cashed directly into whi a was standing on the ■ freight w ere twisted and I ■-■•mblance of railwhile the engines. baggage and mail car, an i tn st passenger coach rails. impai the three engines ■- :a’ ■ the air, coming down wrecked iron and steel. The boilers burst at of tii,-. collision and great 1 ' hissuig steam, scalding waburniim tigers filled the air. train was made up of seven ’•hi '■' •••■ ■ of all steel construethe exception of one. The carried baggage and the 'hi- ,bmation smoker and while immediately behind the the diner. Most of the seinjured were seated in the dinsmoker and busof the cars turned comwhich, perhaps, helped to kep down the list of fa- ,. ar was not d anl aged ■B Went, but the smoker was ! nlmost completely around and for half its length by ■ er Os the thirty or more who i n t he oTer t W enseated in the smoker, and S ■ the women passengers were ,n the parlor car and observathey escaped with notheßßriou. i t) lan a severe shakThe first three coaches left ■ ‘ a nd went into the ditch, e fwward trucks of the fourth ■* ere oEf the rails and the coach M Or -ait its length in the ditch. ■ T h« Killed. E Arlck. freight engineer, ■ “for street. ff 1 ' 3 '‘ Snyder, Crestline, Ohio., .

Unaccounted For. Fred R. Burger, engineer of second i engine, believed to he buried under flyer, right hand torn off, both legs fractured, cut about the head. A. E. Vritt, Brooklyn X. y. ; C on- ■ ductor on Pullman car. right sholder' blade broken The Injured. Saniued Rosenthal, Grand Forks. X It. right hip dislocated. Boy Berry, Chicago; minor cuts and bruises. Daniel Daugherty, 5«24 Grove aven 1 ue. Chicago: face cut and hip injured 1 William freight, freight fireman. Fort Wayne; scalp wound sustained by jumping from locomotive. F. G. Bolyard, fireman on first engine. Fort Wayne; scalp wound, serious. W. E. Thomas (colored), Chicago; arm broken, bruises of head and [ breast. G. C. Chattel, Chicago; hands and arms cut by flying glass. N. H. Crawford. 2215 Drittenhoff afreet, Philadelphia; scalp wounds, hands and right leg cut. Ed Cohn, Xew York City; fase bruised. Victor Sowers, mail clerk. Mansfield, Ohio; back wrenched and foot injured. James E. Sullivan. Xew York City: ' arms and legs bruised. Wm. Marshal (colored), 3131 Armour avenue, Chicago: dining car; 1 scalp wound, right arm and legs 1 ' scalded. R. 8. Perkins. 523 Dearborn street. • Chicago; waiter dining car; light hip hurt. A. F. Seibold. Chicago, barbel; wrist hurt. Returned to Chicago. F. H. Brobst, Ellis hotel. 4201 Ellis avenue, Chicago; steward on dining; car; right arm dislocated, scalp i wounds. L. B. Havens, 1737 Broadway. Xew York City; left hand cut and hip in- - Ijured. ■ R. B. Russell, Toronto. Ont.; right ear torn off. face bruised, left shoulI dec broekn. Condition serious. H. G. Coles, 3353 Wabash avenue, * Chicago; waiter dining car; right ' band injured. Earl Morris, East Palesine, Ohio; I right hip bruised, head anil face cut. | I serious. E. J. Massager, Milwaukee; left hand and leg badly injured. H. J. Dose. New York City; head j bruised. beroy Benz, Chicago; right hand' and head cut. N. F. Thomas, 3217 State street. l Chicago: minor injuries. Theodore Robinson, 11 East 34th street, Chicago; colored chef on flyer; knee cap broken and hand cut Leonard Bell, 11 East 34th street. Chicago; colored chef; fractured leg and minor bodily bruises. F. M. Brown, Jersey City: porter on flyer; leg fractured. Luddington Patton, Milwaukee.' I Wis.; cut by flying glass. Mr. Seaman, Reading. Pa.; cut about head and bady bruises. H. J. Anderson, Allentown, Pa.; bruises. H. E. Broil, Allentown, Pa.; cut and bruised. Patrick E. Maline, 2324 Calhoun street, first engineer on Pennsylvania wreckage of overturned locomotive George Wilson, fireman on flyer. Ft. Wayne. i - I A food exhibit being prepared in the laboratories of the state board 0.. health will eclipse all former exhibits j attempted by tht pure food depatt-| ment of the state board of health, ac-. cording to H. E. Barnard, food and drug commissioner. It is planned to start the exhibit on a tour early in September and show it at county seats throughout the state. In most cases the pure food exhibit j will be snown m connection with the, tuberculosis exhibit of the state board of health. Requests have reached the department from other states for the exhibition of the specimens, prepared by Mr. Barnard and his assistants. New York is one of the states wishing to have the exhibit shown within its boundaries. Trays are prepared, showing ah varieties of food, spices, condiments, jc. . lies and fruit products The adulterated food is shown beside the unadulterated and the relative prices of each kind are tabulated. The label laws of the state are exemplified in the exhibit and numerous examples are shown of the way which manufacturers fool the publ with labels. Meats which have been sold to housewives and whu la ter have been found to contain tub ercular germs form another phase of the exhibit.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday Aug, 17. 1911

At 6.1,1 oclock Tuesday evening. Druscllla Catherine Parrish, wife of Oren Parrish, residing a few miles east of Monroe, where she had been keeping house for her father, George I Martz, died from the effects of a severe case of pneumonia. Since the death of her mother, three years ago . she has been staying with her father, and had been keeping the home in | order. She had been sick but a very short | time and the outcome of her illness , was very unexpected and the relatives •ire prostrated with grief at losing her. She was twenty-five years, four months and nineteen days old, the mother of six children, of whom two are living and tour who have preceded her in death. She is also survived by her father and husband. She imssessed a kind and loving dis-1 position and was well liked in the cir- ! cle in which she moved, always being willing to do her part, never complaining. She was an active worker and spent much time to forward the work of her church, where her services and presence will be sadly miss- | ed. During her illness she was attended by a nurse from the Lutheran hospital ■ at Fort Wayne, and everything with- ' in the power of physicians was done ' for her benefit, bitt to no avail. The funeral will be held from the Valley church Friday morning at 10 ' o’clock. Interment will take place in ithe church cemetery nearby. — -1.1 (► ,i. . — * —- LIKES HIS WORK. Clem Steigmeyer. a young man of 1 this city, and a graduate from the public schools last June, returned ! Tuesday from Hamilton, Ohio, where i ne has been canvassing that city with i a one-volume encyclopedia for a Cincinnati firm, for which he has been working the past sixty days. Clem re ports that he likes his work very well, having been very successful in his initial undertaking, and the experiI ence which he received outside of the new line of business which he engaged in was of much value to him. His | return from Hamilton was due to the i fact that he had orders for one hun- | dred books, which he disposed of, and I they not being at hand to deliver, he 1 returned home for a short while unI til their arrival. In the fall he will 1 attend some business college to better ' prepare himself for the business world ' and the vacation to which he devoted I his time will be of greater value than I that had by the majority of others. .... ~ ■ I— A chain of circumstances which led the belief toward the fact that a robbery had been committed was established Tuesday night by the independent actions oi several parties, who, unknown to each other, wove a fact into the story which when completed, looked as if a robbery had taken place. Tuesday ntght the young son of the ! woman who does French Quinn s | washing delivered a washing to thflt I home and left it sitting on the back ! porch. Early this morning Eugene Steele was awakened by some prowler who had run around his house and he shot several times to frighten him away, j The Quinns heard the shots but did | not investigate the matter. PoliceI man Melchi, who was on his beat. I made a trip to that end of town and | searched for the intruder, but did not i en 4 any evidence of Hie man’s pres- ' ence. I Then, later in the morning, the i washerwoman, finding that the wrong I washing had been delivered to the i Quinn home, sent the boy back after I it. and he finding the washing still on the back porch, loaded it on his wagon and returned home. In the mean ) time the Quinn family arose and not finding the washing, and coupling to- ! gether the different links of evidence, • notified the police of the supposed robbery. ln a few minutes the boy returned, bearing the right washing and investigation soon showed the peculiar trend of circumstances, which led all to be lieve that a burglary had been committed. Work on the new cement sidewalks on the south and west side of the court house square has been stopped pending the settlement of a dispute between the city and county authorities. Perhaps it should not be called a dispute, but a misunderstanding—anyway, the work is stopped, and the walk along the entire south side torn up. At the meeting of the county council last September the sum of 1400 was appropriated with which to build sidewalks. The wa»C had become worn and It was decided ta.

make the improvement. At the Au-' gust meeting of the board of commie- j stoners, a contract was let to Amos ( Fisher to replace the brick with six- ( foot cement walks, his bid being sev- j enty-two cents per lineal foot, and James Stultz was appointed inspector. ( The work was begun Monday, when .the old walk on the south side was j torn up and it was expected that a fort-night longer would find new walks ( down. At the meeting of the city , council Tuesday night, however, it was , decided that since there were ( twelve-foot walks on the north side the south side improvement should be similar, and the engineer was ordered to prepare plans to that ( effect. Xo order was made tor the . west sidewalk, where it would be im- . possible to build that width without | removing the trees. Xow comes the rub. The appropriation is for but *4OO and this amount will not build twelve-foot walks and consequently it was decided to stop work. The county council will meet in regular annual session September sth, and in the meantime the county attorney will ' look up the matter. It seems likely that nothing will be done until that time. The city could sell the walk out as in any other case, but the county authorities could cause much trouble and perhaps prevent the payment of the money. It’s a nice little scrap, but one which very probably will work out with a twelve-foot walk on the south side and a continuance of the west side improvement until something toward the paving of Third street is done, which will probably come next year. — With every member on hand to discuss the city's business Tuesday evening not much time was necessary to determine that it was going to be one of considerable discussion, which it proved to be after a slight turn of the wheel. The street and sewer committee, who occupied the largest portion of the evening, were the first to report, and the Erie railroad company, which failed to comply with the requests of the city to place a watchman at Thirtenth street, for which they had been given thirty days to do so, will be again notified by the clerk to have a man at the post within ten days to afford better protection for the citizens of Decatur. A number of walks which are out of repair in various ways, and for which a notice to property owners had been issued, ahd those that required repairs that necessitated their taking up. would have to be rebuilt and replaced with cement. There were a number of objectors present and this is where the “rag chewing'' started, in -which after some time there was but little advancement made, and being unsettled, other business was taken hold of. This being the time set by the city when they would receive bids for the walks to be constructed on those streets, where the property owners had been instructed to build and upon whose refusal to do so, it was up to the city for construction. Not a single bid was received, and here again there was a good chance for discussion, they being unable to go ahead with the anticipated work, owing to want of bids. The civil engineer filed his report for the completion of the Keller sewer, which was found to be according to the plans and specifications laid out by the engineer, and that the sum of *2BO, the contract price, with an additional *11.20 for extra work, be turned over to the contractor, which report was approved and ordered to be placed on record. A resolution then followed for the acceptance of same, which was ' also approved, and it with the report will be spread on record. A preliminary assessment roll for the Gause sewer was filed and a resolution for its adoption was approved, and likewise to be placed on the city's books for further reference. A resolution, which requires that all new sidewalks to be constructed be built according to the plans and specifications of the engineer was read and approved. Councilman Christen made a motion that nine pieces of eighteen-inch glazed tile be purchased for the repair sewer on Patterson street and also that the culvert which stands in need of improvement be fixed. The civil engineer was also notified to prepare plans and specifications for the new walks which are to be constructed on the south side of the court house, the width of same to be twelve feet to better correspond with the walks already along the other sides of the square. The vacation of the J. O. Smith alley in the west part of the city, which was

' asked for several meetings previous !to Tuesday evening, was, on account of the councilmen being unable 1 to look into the matter as to what ! benefits would be derived from the 1 opening of same, was again continued ' 1 until the next meeting. John Niblick is to be notified to put in repairs i on the walk at the corner of Eighth ' and Jefferson streets, which in wet I weather gives much inconvenience to pedestrians. Will Parent, living In the south part of the city, will also 1 receive notice to construct a five-foot cement walk, along with the other notices, which will be filed. A number of property owners along Adams j street and just west of the Grand Rapids railroad will receive notice to 1 ' cut their weeds within five days or other steps will be taken by the city. Councilman Hale made a motion that the Citizen’s Telephone company be authorized to instruct the fire chief or his assistant where a fire is located so he will be able to know where to ( go when the alarm is sent in for fire. ( Heretofore when an alarm was sent 1 in, it was the custom of the public to , call central wr its whereabouts, and ; the chief, upon making inquiry was | at a loss to obtain an answer from j the many calling in. The city also wishes to state that when sending in an alarm for fire, one should be sure ■ that there is a fire before they notify headquarters, and give an explanation whre it is, so it can be reached the quickest way possible. Several false alarms have been sent in recently, which not only means a loss to the city, but caused much trouble in various ways. You are supposed to send in the alarm if there is a fire, but make investigation first and see that your report is correct. C. U. Dorwin. who for over thirteen years has been a faithful employee of the city at the waterworks plant, . tendered his resignation Tuesday evening, to take place August 31st, and which was received by the council. Andrew Foos, who is second man, and next in line for promotion, was appointed to succeed him with the sam» salary of Mr. Dorwin. The electric light committee was then authorized to select another man to fill the vacancy made by Mr. Foos’ promotion. Mr. Dorwin asked the mayor and council for a recommendation of his com petent work and that they sign it, which they did willingly. The work of taking up the school matter relative to the maturing of the school bonds of the South Ward school, and which will have to be reissued, was ' left untouched and will no doubt be taken up at the next meeting. The following bills were then allowed: Electric Appliance Co * 29.78 Fluhart Colliery Co 14.91 John Sprague 15.00 ’ National Coal Co 35.72 L. Hammond 9.00 Citizen's Telephone Co .70 Citizen's Telephone Co 13.10 ' G. R. & I. R. R. Co 221.77 A. & C. Stone Co 27.50 Union Oil Works 34.67 George Keiser Co 36.00 John W. Coffee 9.77 Protective Elec. Supply Co 15.3 S Wm. Burkhead 9.50 Waterworks pay roll 6.44 Metropolitan Brick Co's bill of *156.80 was also allowed, but with the reduction of the freight to be made. !—o Washington, D. C„ Aug. 16 —The postotfice department has just discovered what it claims is one of the neatest schemes tor obtaining other people’s hard-earned cash, formulated in years. The department has been watching the development of the plan j for some time, and the recent numer-1, ous complaints from alleged victims of the originator of the scheme has had the effect of forcing the issuance of a fraud order against the comi>anies concerned and the indictment of the proprietor of the two offending organizations. According to the statement of the | postofflee detectives in charge of the investigation, the ingenious originator of the scheme had the following advertisement inserted in daily papers throughout the country: “Young men wanted to copy letters at home; *ls weekly made easy; congenial work. Send 10 cents as evidence of good faith to Those who were desirous of increasing their weekly stipend by the addition of *ls or more —for the amounts specified varied in the different advertisements —sent the required amounts. In return they received a letter saying that the company was ( anxious to get letters, to be used as testimonials, written on a special typewriter which he was placing on (

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the market. On the receipt of *3.on the proprietor of the slim flam game | would send a little “novelty" typewriter. which the postofllce detectives claim can be bought at retail for 98 ' cents and upon which it is impossible to write 100 letters, much less the I, for which the "company” was ' willing to pay *2O. The originator of the plan is alleged to have admitted that he bought the machines for less than a dollar and that he sold over a hundred of them in three months' through t <is advertisement. ' The Spangler reunion, long looked for by the many who have made pre: ■ ! arations to attend, took place yesterday, and with well filled baskets, thjolly crowd repaired to the pleasant spot of St. John’s grove, along the interurban, where the day was speti; in social gathering. Many visitinit people who sent notice ahead, met cn the grounds, coming from Fort Wayne, while others had already been here, visiting with friends until the : day set. A sumptuous spread was ! served at noon, which was, wittfou; j any mentioning enjoyed by all to the ; fullest extent, and the renewing of j old acquaintances and chatting again ’ participated in, of days gone by. The ] party included a large number, and the occasion of this year will long be remembered. Mr. and Mrs. John Spuhler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moyer, Henry Mayer and Neola Moyer of Fort Wayne left yesterday for Delaware, Ohio, where they will be in attendance at the Moyer family annual reunion which will be held there Thursday The gathering, as usual, will be a most pleasant one and many relatives will be in attendance. ■ - ERIE PAYS INCREASE. Station agents all along the C. &. E.. which passes through this city, were made glad Monday when upon receiving their pay envelopes they found that a fat addition had been made to the usual amount. A twenty per cent increase in salaries went into effect. For years the Erie has been hampered in the way of retaining good men, as agents, owing to the fact that the salaries paid on this line were lower than on other roads. Often at towns where connections were made with other lines transfers would take place after the Erie agent had become acquainted with the officials at the other office. The higher wages generally resulted in the man severing his connection with the Erie. Erie officials have been considering a raise in the agents’ salaries for a long time and after much investigation and numerous consultations it was decided to make an increase of twenty per cent. The raise will long be remembered as one of the greatest in the history of the railroad. Small boosts in salaries take place now and then but an increase of one-fifth is decidedly rare. The raise places the salaries of Erie agents practically on a level with those paid by all of the large lines of the country and is in advance of many others. BAND CONCERT. This evening the city band will render another of their free street entertainments and they again ask the public to come out and show their appre ciation for music, and for which they have been practicing steadily for the past week. They are furnishing ex-v cellent music for the short while which | they have put in and all this is re'quired for tnem to hold together, as they have been in the past. FUNERmu vr J. M. ARCHBOLD. The funeral services for the late J. M. Archbold will be held from the Baptist church in this city at 11:00 o’clock, standard, or slow time, Friday morning leaving the house at 10:30 sun time. Rev. Abner Elzey of Ossian will be in charge and interment will be made at the Decatur cemetery. The G. A. R. will meet at the hall at 8:30 standard time, and the family requests that all “the boys” who can, attend — —o— DID NOT SEND IN ALARM. W. R. Woods, who owns the property which was supposed to be on fire Sunday night, when the false alarm was sent in, asks us to state that he had nothing to do with the giving of the alarm. He agrees that people who send in these alarms, should be care--1 ful, and should know that there is | really a fire, as each alarms means a cost to the city of *25.60. •

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