Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1913 — Page 1

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CORTEGE ARRIVED Remains of Late Fred Scheimann Arrived Early This Morning. MOW/ AT THE HOMS Body May be Viewed— Berne and Geneva Men Also Witnessed Death. The funeral cortege accompanying the remains of the late Fred Scheiinann arrived herejhia morning at 2 o'clock over the O. R. & I. railroad from Cincinnati. Ohio, where his death occurred Monday afternoon, the train due here at 1:27 being a little late. The body was accompanied by , his partner. Will Butler, and by his brother. John Scheimann, who left Tuesday morning for Cincinnati on being apprised of his death. The cortege was met at the station by & large number of sorrowing relatives and Yager Bros. & Reinking, with their conveyances, who then proceeded to the home at 519 Mercer avenue, where the body will lie in state until the funeral Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the house and 2 o'clock at the Zion's Lutheran church on West Monroe street. Friends who desire to see the body | may do so at any time at the home. The details of the accident were, in the main, as given in Tuesday’s Democrat. I,ouis Sprunger of Berne and Charles Havelin of Geneva were also eye-witnesses of the accident, as was J. Steiner of Paulding, Ohio. The body was literally ground to pieces from the upper part of the chest down. The upper part of the chest and the head, except for a hole in the back part of the head, and a few scratches on the face, is the only part of the bciiif- that escaped mangling. Seal Blames Railroad. There were many red-tape matters to be gone through with before the body could be brought here, including the coroner’s inquest, and this part has not yet been finished. A heariug as to fixing the blame will be heard Thursday before the coroner and at that time the matter, regarding any claim which might be due from the railroad will be determined. According to Mr. Seal, who was first struck by the train, the city-bound passenger train did not Bound its whistle and the noise of the freight train prevented getting any warning . of its approach. < Cincinnati Paper’s Story. The Cincinnati Times-Star tells the following story' of how the victim of a train hit and killed another, the first man struck being a human misBile whose body was hurled against that of his companion, sending him to his death under the wheels of the car. “One of the strangest accidents ever recorded occurred at the Hopple street station of the B. & O. S.-W. Monday afternoon. It cost the life of one man and another was probably fatally Injured. C. C. Seal, head of the live stock commission firm of C. C. Seal & Co., this city, was struck by the cow-catcher of a locomotive, hurled against Mother man, Fred Scheimann, of Decatur, Ind., and knocked Scheimann under the wheels of a second trsln that w-as passing on the other side of the platform on which the men had been. Scheimann was ground to death instantly under the wheels of the train, and Seal was severely Injured. “Scheiman, Seal and James B. Gibson of Buffalo, N. Y., were on the plat-, f orm, which is between two tracks. It Is thought that in order to get out of the way of the freight train Seal ventured too far to one side and was struck by the passenger locomotive. “The accident was witnessed by Louis Sprunger and Charles Havelin. Coroner Foertmeyer was notified and Permitted the removal of Schetmann’s body to the undertaking establishment of Bfasse & Borgmann. Seal was Beverly cut in the accident and was treated by Dr. J. C. Evans, 2948 folerain avenue. “Scheimann was a stock raiser, and had been In Cincinnati on business. j “Gibson is in the sto<*s sales department, and lives in New York. “To Dr. J. C. Evans, Seal said that the city-bound passenger train did not sound its whistle, and that the noise of the freight train prevented him from getting any warning of Its approach.”

j William Butler, who returned from ' Cincinnati today, Mr. Seal's injuries j will not be fatal. He was much iraI proved and was able to be up Tuesday. 1 His escape, however, was a very l narrow one, and had he not fallen against Mr. Scheimann, whose body, acted as a brake, he would undoubt- | ! edly have fallen beneath the train., iHe was standing talking to Mr. Schei-i . mann on the very narrow platform between the two tracks. Mr. Seal was near the approaching freight, and some one warned him to step in a; little further. Not understanding ha i stepped in the wrong direction, and ! was struck in the side by a projecting, j part of the freight This threw his i i feet against Mr. Scheimann in such a] j way that Mr. feet were i ! pushed from under him, his feet fall- j Ing directly In front of the approach-; Ing passenger train. His feet were j first cut off, and each successice truck that passed caught the clothing and (Continued on Page 2) DIED LAST NIGHT j ; W. F. DeVilbiss. Allen Countv Fruit Grower, and Former Hoagland Druggist " CLAIMED BY DEATH 11l Three Days With Pneu-i monia—Brother of Late Dr. A. L. DeVilbiss. William F. DeVilbiss, for a year one of the best known fruit growers in Indiana, and a brother of the late Dr. A. L. DeVilbiss, of this city, died at 11:55 o'clock Tuesday night at his home, 335 West Pontiac street. Fort Wayne, after a three (jays’ illness from pneumonia. When his health began to fail, due to kidney trouble, Mr. DeVilbiss sold his fruit farm, northwest of Fort Wayne .and removed to Fort Wayne. He grew stronger and was on the road to recovery when attacked with the fatal pneumonia. Mr. DeVilbiss was born near Spencerville, DeKalb county .and spent his early life there. As a young man he went to Hoagland and embarked in the drug business. After a short time there he went to Fort Wayne and opened a store. He was one of the original members of the S. F. Bowser Oil Tank company and remained in the firm during Its first few trying years. He entered the fruit growing business sixteen years ago and, adopting improved and scientific methods became known all over the central states his exhibits winning prizes wherever shown. His display at the world's fair at St. Louis in 1904 brought him sev- j eral medals. He w r as one of the most j active members of the Indiana State Horticultural society. He was a member of Harmony ( lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F. Surviving relatives Include the following children: Dr. Lydia DeVilbiss Schauck, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Will A. Johnson of Washington township, Allen county; Will DeVilbiss, of the United States army, stationed at Fort Harrison, Montana, and Mrs. E. E. Springer and Miss Marlon DeVilbiss, of Fort Wayne. There are also left two brothers and one sister —Dr. Allen DeVilbiss of Toledo, Ohio, and Thomas Devilbiss and Mrs. Alexander Bowser of Fort Wayne. Mr. DeVilbiss was twice married and Is survived by his second wife. MANY “KIDD” ELOPEMENTS. Many “Kidd” elopements are reported from Fort Wayne. Following the elopement a short time ago of Miss Gyp Dorwin of the Kidd Medical company, and Thomas Dent, comes another elopement of two Kidd Medical company employees. They are Joseph Fugazza and Miss Pearl Short. They | left Monday afternoon for Hillsdale, Mich., and were married, and relatives did not know of their intentions until they received a telegram from them. I — PENSION CLAIMS ALLOWED. I Robert Blackburn has received word j of the allowance of two widows’ pension claims, for twelve dollars a month. One Is for Sarah Andrews, widow of Robert N. Andrews, for pen- j sion for January 16; the other for, Sarah Purdy, widow of Lewis H. dy, from January 15. j

ENJOYED THE TIME He Was in Jail Here, Did Dr. Goheen—Said it Was a Novelty to Him. HE DIDN’T SPEAK To Dr. Thain—Neither Did Dr. Thain Speak to Any Other Prisoners. Relative to Dr. Goheen, the Fort Wayne News says of his release hero: “On alighting from the car in this city, Dr. Goheen seemed in good splr'lts and has remained so. He denies j having charged the Allen County Med-1 I leal society with instigating his ar-l rest, and denies all knowlege of Mrs. iMarhenke, upon whom he Is charged with having performed a criminal operation. In speaking of his Jail experiences Dr. Goheen says he enjoyed the time spent there as a novelty. Dr. Thain, he says, did not speak to him all the time they were in jail, allthough they were confined in the bull pen together with the other prisoners. Neither did Dr. Thain speak to any of the other prisoners.'’ I According to the Fort Wayne News, i the dejection of Dr. George Thain, while confined in the jail here, was said by his wife to be due, not to his< guilt; but to worry over the illness of his four-year-old son, George Thain, j jr. The little boy had been ill with! pneumonia and lurig fever for a week, j and prior to his arrest, Dr. Thain had ] been his constant attendant, and his ; detention in jail here, was a matter] of much worry to him. The first night j he was here he sat up all night and j played solitaire. When he was brought j here he had no chance to dress, and i wore only light houseslippers. Dr. Thain and his IWpther, John G. Thain, came from Fort Wayne yester-, day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and returned on the 5:30 car Tuesday evening. While here they consulted Dr. Thain's lawyers, who will defend him. THE THREE FLOYDS A Company of Magicians Will Give Entertainment at Opera House. THE SENIOR CLASS Puts on Special NumberWill Demonstrate Many New Experiments. Floyd, the magician, who is to give an entertainment at the Bosse opera house Tuesday evening, March 18, is without doubt the most skillful exponent of pure slight-of-hand that has ever appeared on a lyceum platform. He followed the line of work for over twenty years. He was the pioneer and still maintains the lead. He has Invented, designed and presented more brilliant magical experiments than any j magicians now living. He is constant- j ly at work upon some new and won- j derfu! mystery, and so startling arej some of the effects-end so nearly per-1 feet his art that be has but to command the most unheard things to happen and they transpire. He will be assisted by Mohola, the mind reader, and a really talented magician. The Floyds come under the auspices of the high school senior class. This Is, however, not a number of the lecture course, but is a special entertainment. The Floyds include a com!pany of three —two men and a woman j all highly experienced as magicians, and an excellent entertainment can be looked for. POCAHONTAS BANQUET. The Red Men will Yneet this evening to make arrangements for the giving of their banquet to the Pocahontas ! lodge, Wednesday, March 19. Mrs. Fred Buechner returned to Ft. Wayne this morning after attending , the funeral of an aunt, Mrs. Mary Grund, aged fifty-nine, which was held |at Schumm, Ohio, yesterday.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday March, 13 1913.

SAY POLICEMEN GRINNED And Spat on Suffragette—Sending Out Letters of Protest. No wonder the suffragettes on their march in Washington March 3 cried, when they found their way blocked and themselves jeered at by the throng of men. According to Miss Anna Page of Boston, who was one of the marshals, a policeman, paid to protect the women marching in the suffrage parade at Washington actually spat upon one middle-aged lady. LetIters of protest were sent yesterday to congressmen by prominent Massachusetts suffragettes, who say they suffered great indignation In the hands of hoodlums, encouraged by grinning policemen. ENLARGE DISPLAY CAPACITY. The Gass & Meibers store is preparing to enlarge its Annex department, with the greater room given by the i removal of the Peter Cohter shoe reIpair department to the Elzey & Hac.kIman shoe store. They will further extend their cases and tables, and give greater room for their new spring displays. Their opening will be held soon. COMBINE PARTIES Frank Munsey Makes Third Appeal for Republicans and Progressives TO JOIN FORCES Two Killed and Seven Injured When Street Car Jumps from the Track. (United Press Service) New York, N. Y„ Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Frank A. Man- ! sey today made his third appeal for the republican and progressive parties to meet on neutral grounds and form an entirely new party. He pointed out that the republicans hady plenty of money and mediums of publicity which the progressives had not. He said that j the suggestions that money for camj paign expenses could be raised by j ! popular subscription was a falsity and that all attempts had failed. Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Two passengers were killed and seven injured today] when a street car jumped the track and crashed into a building. Springfield, 111., Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)— Governor Ralston of Indiana was one of the fourteen governors who in response to the letters sent out by Lieutenant Governor O'Hara either promised to co-operate in the white slave fight or to make recommendation to the state legislature. From men close to President Wilson the senate probers learned that he was in sympathy with the minimum wage law. Chicago, 111., Mar. 12— (Special to Daily Democrat)— Department store owners who have had their pay rolls scrutinized by the Illinois white-slave investigating committee, may take voluntary action by increasing the salaries of girls and women in their emI ploy. Overtures have been made to hold a Joint conference between the senate probers and the retail associaj tlon. Rockland, Mass., Mar. 12 —That Rear Admiral Joseph Eaton, who died last Saturday, may not have died a natural death was believed today to be the cause of the police investigation into his death. The fact that Eaton was in the best of health only a short time before his death is believed to be significant. Several years ago Mrs. Eaton charged her husband with poisoning their infant boy, but an autopsy proved that the boy bad not been poisoned. London, Eng., Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Despite the strenuous efforts of the authorities to suppress the Incident, confirmation was obtained today of a recent supposed suffragette attempt to burn the British museum. A woman was alone for some time in one of the rooms of the building and following her departure a watchman found a smoldering quantity of oil soaked rags, -which would undoubtedly have burst Into flames in a very short time.

THE SALOON EIGHT Contest Papers Must be Filed by Friday of this Week According to Law THE REMONSTRANCES Workers Are Busy—Some Figures on the Number of Signers Necessary There seems to be but little new In the scrap between the temperance forces and those favoring the open saloon. The contest papers have not been filed as yet but it is necessary that they be on file by Friday, as the law requires that this be done within ten days. The work of securing enough signers to the remonstrances to prevent the Issuing of licenses is proceeding, workers being out In the various wards. The men in charge say they could not tell if they wanted to exactly how many have signed, a3 all the workers have not reported. This action Is based on the vote cast for mayor in 1909, the last city election. At that time the total vote cast 1,053, while at the local option the total vote cast was 1,200. However, in filing remonstrances, it is necessary that they be filed by wards. From the vote of 1909, therefore, it is necessary that the following number of signers to remonstrances be secured to put out the saloons: First ward, 163; Second ward, 168, and Third ward, 196. At the local option election last week the dry votes cast were as follows: First ward, 195; Second ward, 192; third ward, 197. In securing signers for a remonstrance, however, there are a number of things which enter which make it impossible to figure out the dope and only the cambeing made will tell whether or not the saloons cpn be put out of any or all wards. At present there are no saloons in the First Ward, five retail saloons and one wholesale in the Second, and two w holesale houses in the third. BARNDESTROYED

At Early Hour This Morning by Fire—A Large Amount of Machinery OF BUTLER & SON Concrete Contractors, Destroyed—Probably Caused by Tramps. The large frame barn on the property of Tim Corbett and occupied by Butler & Son, concrete contractors, was totally destroyed at 2:30 this morning by fire. The blaze was first discovered by Mrs. John Mayer who immeadiately sent in the alarm but the blaze had gained such headway that by the time the department arrived on the scene the barn was an entire mass of Games and they could do nothing to save the place or its contents and directed nrnst of their efforts in protecting the surrounding build-1 ings. All of the machinery of Butler & Son was destroyed, including two large gasoline concrete mixers, wagons dericks, shovels, two tents and other accessories. This machinery was valued at SBOO and insurance to the extent of S3OO was carried on it. The barn was owned by Mrs. Margaret Meibers and a small amount of insurance was carried upon it. What the origin of the fire was is unknown but it is thought by Mr. Corbett to have been caused by tramps who have been sleeping there at nights. BABE AT PFLUEGER HOME. A fine baby boy was born this morning at 1:30 o'clock to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pflueger, residing east of the G.us Sellemeyer farm, formerly the Leonard farm north of the city. The Pfluegers came here from Schumm, 0., and prior to moving to the farm three weeks ago, Mr. Pflueger worked for the Kirsch & Sellemeyer lumber company. Mother and babe are getting along well.

OFF FOR PANAMA CANAL. F ,M. Schirmeyer left this morning for Fort Wayne, where he will Join a party of Fort Wayne friends, who will then leave for Chicago, thence to New Orleans, where he will take a boat to the Panama canal regions. They expect to be gone three or four weeks and will have a delightful time. A. R. Bell of this city had wished to Join the party, but owing to the fact that there were no vacancies in the party, and no more accommodations to be obtained, he was deferred. Passage i 3 j booked entirely full up to May first, and until then, there will be no more opportunity of obtaining a passage with these parties, unless someone should change his mind at the last minute. Mr. Bell hoped that this would be the case In this party, that he might go with Mr. Schirmeyer. None, however, changed their minds, and the party being complete, Mr. Bell was obliged to defer his trip. CHURCH AT TOCSIN Handsome Edifice Will be Erected by Bethlehem Lutheran Congregation. MANN AND CHRISTEN Are the Contractors—When Completed Will Cost Twelve Thousand.

The Bethlehem Lutheran church will be the name of the new edifice which will be erected in the near future for the Bethlehem Lutheran congregation of Tocsin and vicinity, the same to be erected about a mile and a half nortfi of Tocsin. Mann & Christen of this city have secured the contract for the building of the edifice, and will begin working on the construction witnin tne next week or ten days if the weather permits. The church is to be built of pressed brick, with a basement under the entire building, and slate roof, with a spire reaching into the air about 75 feet. Steam heat will be installed and every up-to-date method will be carried out to make this church one of the finest for its size in the state. When completed it will cost about $12,000. It will be built on the order of the Friedheim church, which was put up j by Mann & Christen, in the north part of the county. Vincent Smith and his force of men, * representing the firm of Smith & Christen, have returned from Rockford, Ohio, where they have completed t installing a heating and plumbing ] system in the Carnegie library. They 1 also installed a heating and plumbing l plant in the fine new home built there ] by Will Christen. Mann & Christen are putting the finishing touches on the balcony which is the rear extension of the Page Blackburn building, occupied by the Enterprise Drug company. This balcony includes an overhanging floor for the office department, to which runs an open stairway, the open stairway then ■ running from the balcony to the second floor of the building which will be used as a store room. The space on the first floor under the balcony will be an extension of the general stock i 1 room. The enlargement of the room is made by the removal of the partition, which up to this time has been at the rear of the drug store. Besides increasing a better light Is given, and Manager Herb Burroughs and his force of clerks will have an ideal working room. Mann & Christen this morning began work on the remodeling of the front of the Dorwin building occupied by the Lehne Jewelry store and the Western Union and National Express ! agencies of J. C. Patterson, local 1 agent. The new window will be used by Mr. Lehne for his displays and will be a handsome one. A prism-glass upper front will be built above the large plate glass, and the rear wall of the inside front will he of glass. -a CARD OF THANKS. The family of Mrs. Martin Marhenke wish to thank the neighbors and friends who assisted during her illness and at the time of her death and for all kind favors shown.

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VOCATIONAL LAW — What the New Educational Bill Means to the Various People of Indiana. ARE MANY CHANGES Not Compulsory on Any County But Ones That do it Have Advantage. (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 12—(Special to Daily Democrat) —The importance of the vocational education law enacted by the 1913 general assembly of Indiana can hardly tie overestimated. It is expected to eventually revolutioniize the educational systems of the I state. Where in the case of the public service commission bill Indiana followed other states. In this case Indiana leads the nation. Already other commonwealths are asking for copies of the law with a view of enacting similar laws. It is not compulsory on any county in the state to undertake vocational Education. But by a little thought It ican be seen how counties will gain in [the long run by going ahead with the [new education under the act. Tn the j first place an additional levy of one cent on each one hundred dollars of I taxable property in the state is laid by j the law. The resulting fund will be j used by the state board of education to assist in founding vocational educational schools and departments in existing schools. If a county does not take advantage of the new system it will only pay taxes to help some other community. But if a county undertakes vocational instruction the state will pay twothirds of the expense, and out of the fund raised by the one cent tax. Country and city communities benefit by the new law, because vocational education in the bill is defined as “any education the controlling purpose of which is to fit for profitable employment.” And the general term is divided again into "Industrial education” and agricultural education” and “domestic science.” Trades, crafts and wage-earning pursuits, including the occupations of girls and women carried on in stores, workshops and other establishments are Included under industrial education.

Occupations connected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic animals, forestry and other wage-earo ing or productive work on the farm is embraced under adriculture education. Domestic science education, in the law, is defined as “that form of vocational education which fits for occupations connected with the household.” Evening and part time classes for employed men and women are provided for in the law. Any school city, town or township may go through its board of school trustees or school commissioners or township trustees, establish vocational schools or departments in the same manner as other schools or departments are established and may maintain the same from the common school funds or from a special tax levy not to exceed 10 cents on each SIOO of taxable property, or partly from both sources. Two or more communities may cooperate to establish and maintain vojeational schools or departments. Un'der restrictions, residents of one community may take up vocational training in another district’s school. After September 1, 1915, elementary agriculture shall be taught in the grades in all town an(3 township schools; elementary industrial work in the grades and in all city and town schools, and elementary domestic science in the grades of all schools of city, town and township. The state [board of education shall outline a ! course of study for each of such grades as they may determine which ’ shall be followed as a minimum requirement. Similar courses may be made optional in the high schools. The state board of education is authorized by law to Investigate the subject of industrial education and to aid in its introduction around the state. It shall make annual reports to the general assembly of the progress of such education. The law even changes the make-up of the state board of education, requiring that in the future it shall consist of the superintendent of public / (Continued on Page 2)