Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1913 — Page 3

\win<l that began ram< after midnight and gradually Fining in Intensity, cached Its climax in fury this morning at 7:30 o'clock In a small cyclone that «*®Pt through the county, and the first day of sprittK * aß ushered in with the worst storm that the county and city has ever known. Thousands of dollart-' worth of damage was done in this vicinity. Jusj how broad the , wee p »»• iB not known, as telegraph an d telephone wires are down and communication with the outside world, M d with the farmhouse, a short distance out, is cut off. Houses and buildings were blown down, trees uprooted, roofs torn off and great damjm in general done, Several minor injuries were reported, but no loss of life. The wind gradually subsided in intensity, but blew quite briskly the greater part of the day. A very little rain in the early part of the day accompanied the wind. At Luu Home. With a thunderous crash that could be heard for squares, the entire roof of the west wing of the C. J. Lutz 1 home, south of the city, was torn off by the strong west gale this morning about 7:30 and scattered for a distance of 200 feet around the premises. The family were seated around the breakfast table when the accident happened and all rushed for the celler thinking the entire house would be blown away so strong waa the gale. It was neccessary for the family to retire to the celler three times on ac-i count of ike dangerous and alarming impetuosity of the wind, it is thought by Mr. Lutz that the gale first blew down the gable, which was broken off to the square, and then securing a strong leverage on the roof, lifted it completely off the walls. The north side of the roof was first to go, then the south side, not having a brace of >ny kind was taken off,this side blowing against a wind mill and completely demolishing it. The room under the demolished roof is used as a guest chamber and it ds very seldom that guests are not being entertained at the home and given use of this room, luckily however this was one of the times that the room was unoccupied. Had the room been occupied the person, or persons, without doubt, would bare been crushed to death as the entire gable fell upon the bed. crushing it to the floor. The damage done to. the building will amount th probably SISOO, the loss however is covered by insurance carried In the Continental Co. A gang of carpenters under the I supervision of Linn & Patton were immediately put to work fastening down the balance of the roof and making things secure and unless the j weather should turn warmer and rain should fall, no other damage is expect- j ed. Window Panes Broken. In innumerable homes window glass was shattered, the wind simply blowing through the windows. Hardware j dealers did a thriving business. I Among broken windows reported was , a large plate glass at the Peter Meyers home on Mercer avenue; W. J. Myers had two windows blown in; the J. H. Voglewede. J. H. Bremerkamp,[ the county clerk’s office, Harry Imler home, also suffered in this way. The i window in the west room of the county clerk's office began splitting Thursday ; afternoon. A glass in the second story of the building occupied by the Winnes shoe store was shattered, sending the fragments to the sidewalk. The newly remodeled home of Mrs. Emma Daniels, formerly the old Niblick homestead, did not escape. All of the sashes in the little dormer windows at the east were gripped by the wind and simply twisted out of the windows, breaking the sashes as well as the glass in them. The dining room window at the A. M. Henry home on North Second street was blown into the room in fragments this morning, the noise and crash badly shocking Mrs. Henry, who is ill. Wind Mills Blown Over. In the sweep throug the north part ( of the county, wind mills on the Ben Pillars and Charles Bohnke farms were blown over. Barns Unroofed. The Ed Luttman farm north of the city, did not escape. Two large sections of the galvanized roof of the barn "ere blown off and other havoc created. The Luttmans are engaged in the dairy business and so much havoc was created that the wagon was delayed about two hours in starting. Two chimneys on the Luttman house were also blown off. Box Cars Unroofed. Box cars standing on the sidings were unroofed. A roof of a car on the Clover Leaf siding was lifted off bodily this morning and deposited in the Burk elevator yard. The roof of another car on the Erie was blown off. Some Funny Things Also. As W. R. Smith, the restaruant man, came down town this morning he Ba w a large empty store box rolling down the middle of the street, forced along by the brisk wind. In another case the tub of a woman in the south Part of the city was caugnt up off the Porch and sent down the street. When last seen the woman was pursuing it down past the South Ward school

• house, , Telephone System Impaired. • | The telephone companies are also > having their troubles, both local and i Jong distance. All communication i u Ith \an Wert, Berne, Monroe and Ft. I Wayne was cut off. The Bluffton, Gef neva. Wren and Preble lines were the II only ones of the long distance ’phones i in order. Many of the farm lines, as i well as telephones in this city were I out of commission. No broken poles , were reported, the trouble lying chiefly with the broken wires. Gus Yake's Arm Broken. • I Gus Yake, a prominent fanner north . of the city, was preparing to drive to • the funeral of his father, Herman !jY»ke, in Kirkland township, this i morning, when some flying debris! i blew against him, breaking his arm. II Telephones were so out of order that! . a long trip was necessary to reach, the nearest telephone in commission to summon a doctor from this city. Tree Across Interurban. ; The Decatur-Ft. Wayne interurban ' line was also a sufferer from the little ; cyclone which struck the country at ’ 7:30 o'clock this morning. The first ; car from this city had made the trip . to Fort Wayne and was on the way , back to Decatur, when a large tree, i near the Thompson siding at Stop 5, five miles south of Fort Wayne, was • blown out by the roots. It fell directly ..across the Interurban track, breaking . I both messenger and trolley overhead , i wires and carrying them with it in; ■ [the fall. The power was immediate-[ ;I ly cut off and the car went dead be-1 ; | tween that break and Fort Wayne. A | farmer living near the scene of disas- . iter assisted in cutting the tree up and J ■ | the length was dragged from the track. The linemen went out and reI paired the wires and the belated car! j arrived here about 12:15%c10ck, mak •' ing the runs thereafter on time. A I slight accident to the wires occurred ' at this end of the line when the Holt- [ house livery sign fell across the trolley, but the damage was slight. Porch Carried Away. i The home of George Davis on the , Studabaker farm east of the city, was , in the wake of the storm which spent i its fury on a porch at the north end of I the house. The porch, which had once : been boarded up, was torn off and car- . | ried out of the yard and across the road. Doors were also torn off of the , corn crib and carried away. Marshal Has Scare. Marshal Peterson was badly frightened when he heard that two houses [belonging to Sam Hite had blown over, and expected in the flurry to have almost more than he could manage. He, was much relieved to learn later that | ' the two houses were only two little . [outbuildings, which with others in the i vicinity, were blown down. S. D. High's Narrow Escape. S. D. High of the west part of the I city, suffered a S2OO loss and had a narrow*escape from injury and death. IHe was in his large chicken house, j feeding the flocks, and was trying to jchase them out of the door against the wind which they resisted. Sudden-, ly the chicken was lifted up and . was dashed into the nearby thirty-foot ■ Wagon shed, shattering both buildings into fragments, as well as the two new wagons and the buggy in the shed. Mr. High ducked in time to get out under Ithe sill as the house was taken away and ran behind the barn for safety. The chickens also escaped just in the nick of time. The buggy was broken to splinters and the two wagon damaged, by the tons of falling timbers. Miscellaneous Damages. The galvanized roof on the Koenemann house on North Second street, formerly the Bohnke property, was blown off. The wind mill on the D. D. Clark farm was laid low. A shed at the Russell home in the west part of the city was blown away, as was the roof of a summer kitchen in that district. A wagon shed at the John Myers farm west of the city was leveled to the ground. Will Richards’ chicken coop was lifted up in the air suddenly and fell in a shower among the frightened chickens, whose cries rent the air. Orchards on the Charles Poling farm were uprooted; buildings on the John Stoutenbury farm overturned, and havoc in general created. A sign on the top of the produce building was broken off, and the chimney taken off of the home of Will Myers, on Winchester street. Mr. Myers is employed by the produce company. Western Union Suffers. Telegraph wires also suffered. All the Western Union wires were cut off until 1 o’clock this afternoon, when J. C. Patterson succeeded in getting a message from Toledo through byway of Fort Wayne. The wires included those from Cincinnati, Fort. Wayne, Indianapolis and two to Toledo. Other Storm Notes. The large smoke stack on the Bremerkamp mill could not resist against the terrible blowing of the wind and had to find its resting place on the ground. The mill will have to discontinue making flour for a few days until a new stack can be placed on the boilers. The Krick, Tyndall & Co's tile mill was also a heavy loser, as the result of the wind storm today. Part of the

roof on the wing of the building was! torn away and a little shed which was ' used for the storage of gasoline was also blown over. No estimate of tie loss has been made. About twelve feet of the fancy gal-1 vanlzed iron parapet at the south end of the top of the Allison building, above the Teeple, Brandyberry & Pederson clothing store, was loosened by • the wind this morning and fell to the street at 7:30 o’clock. One end was loosened first and was blown out over the sidewalk, where It swayed to and fro. From a distance it looked like 1 the heavy iron fire escape ladder and i spectators held their breath in suspense and fear that it might be dasli- ' led upon the heads of unsuspecting I j passersby before they could be warned. The swaying parapet did not hang long, however, until the other end was loosened and it fell with a crash to the sidewalk. No one was near the : place when it fell, but a little boy had just passed beneath and was a short distance away. The strong wind that ushered in the first day of spring made traveling difficult for pedestrians and played hide-and-seek with the hats of the gentlemen. As Hugh Hite, the clothier and hatter, was passing' along Second street his hat was lifted from his head and blown away. When Hugh turned to look for it, it had disappeared. He was informed that it had gone up the [ Drs. Clark stairway and he made a wild chase after it A little afterward, 1 Irvin Brandyberry, another clothier and hatter, while attending to the removal of the fallen parapet, had his hat lifted and sent spinning down the street. Several joined in the mad chase and finally captured the runaj way. Veigh Chronister, clerk in the Girod & Beineke restaurant, narrowly esReaped being cut to pieces this mornling, when the large plate glass in the transom above the double doors of the building blew In, falling all about the [front of the restaurant. Veigh was standing on the inside, and part of the heavy glass fell on his head, cutting it in several places, and also on his hands and neck, cutting several large [ gashes on his left hand. He will be forced to take a few days' vacation, doctoring up the cuts. — ' The John Johns residence on Johns street was damaged by the wind this morning. Part of the roof was torn ' off, the chimney blown down and also the fence surrounding the house. A large hen house on the Doctor D. D. Clark farm east of this city was ■ [also a prey for the terrific wind storm : (this morning. It was a new structure,; having been built only a short time ■ago. Joe Andrews of south of the city is mourning the loss of a large straw stack vldch was blown over the en-' I tire yard. I ' "O 'I EASTER DAY SERVICES. To be Beautifully Celebrated at Presbyterian Church—Cantata. The Easter day will be beautifully celebrated at each of the several services of the Presbyterian church next Sunday, closing with the evening service at 7:30 o’clock, at which time the regular choir of sixteen voices will render the splendid Easter cantaka, “Darkness and Dawn,” written by Frederick W. Peace. The choir has been working on the cantata for some time past and the music lovers of the city will enjoy the program thoroughly. It is not necessary to speak of the choir for it has a reputation of its own for rendering good music. The members taking part in the cantata are Mesdames E. D. Engeler, W. H. Lee, A. M. Anker, J. C. Patterson, Misses Bess Schrock, Estella Perkins and Marie Patterson; Messrs. E. D. Engeler, W. H. Lee, J. C. Patterson, Lawrence Biggs, W. P. Schrock, F. H. Hubbard, W. E. Hoffman and Bruce Patterson. Miss Jean Lutz will preside at the organ and Dr. F. I. Patterson is director, A cordial invitation is extended to the public to hear this program. — O' The elopement of Mrs. Martha Mendenhall and Blaine Campbell, living one mile west of Geneva, was forestalled in this city about ten o’clock Thursday forenogn when Stephen Mendenall, husband of the runaway woman, came to Portland and stopped them at the L. E. & W. depot, where it is supposed they had intended to board a train enroute to Illinios or Oklahoma. The couple left their homes some i time Wednesday, arriving in this city . that afternoon. They were trailed J here Thursday by the husband and' "Doc” Barber, |n the latter’s automo-l bile. Mendenhall was In the office of. The Daily Sun when he saw his wife and Campbell passing enroute to the depot They had driven to this city' in a buggy but It was not learned what ( had been done with the outfit. Marshal Tleben was appealed to and went with | Mendenhall to the depot where the

' latter talked with his wife and her par'amour and informed her that she could have Campbell so far as he waa concerned but he was determined that she should deed back to him a property at Marion, where they formerly reI sided before she left. This she consented to do and they left the city, returning to Geneva. The Mendenhalls moved to the Joseph Eckrote farm west of Geneva less than three months ago from Marion. He was in charge of the Lewis Freidman oil lease and Campbell, who is a son-in-law of Eckrote, and lives on the same farm, was employed by Mendenhall as a pumper. Campbell's wife Is dead and he has three children, which he has abandoned to elope with his employer’s wife. For some time, Mendenhall said, he had known that Campbell had been paying attention to his wife, who is twenty-eight years old, the same age as is Campbell. The husband caught the couple in a buggy Tuesday night near his home, when he returned from work, he having been operating the lease at night for the past several weeks. Some words were exchanged and Mrs. Mendenhall was persuaded to accompany her husband home. Later, she got in communication with Campbell and the elopement which had its unexpected culmination in this city was planned.—Portland Sun. ■ - —>t The licenses of the five retail saloons and the wholesale houses In Decatur, as well as the saloons at Preble and Williams, expire April 5. Each has applied for a renewal, but the commissioners do not convene until April 7, and this would require the places to close from Friday until Monday, but It seems that similar conditions have existed at other places over the state and the recent legislature passed a law which is now in effect which permits the applicants to continue in business until the board has determined same. The bill which will be of interest here just now follows In full: An act to amend section sixteen of an act entitled “An act concerning intoxicating liquor,” approved March 4, 1911, and declaring an emergency. (H. 158. Approved March 7, 1913.) Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Indiana, that section sixteen of the above entitled act Is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. No license or any renewal thereof as in this act provided, shall be granted or issued for a greater or less period than one year; provided, however, that when any original license is granted by the board of commissioners, such license shall be dated as of the date of the order of such jboard granting the same; or, where Jan appeal from any order of the board 'of commissioners granting an original license or a renewal thereof, the superior or circuit court shall grant such original license or renewal, then such license or renewal shall be dated in case of any original license as of the 'date of the order of the board of comjmissloners granting the same, and in case of renewal as of the day following the date of the expiration of the license or renewal so renewed; or where either an original license or any renewal thereof is refused by such board of commissioners and upon such appeal such license or renewal is granted by the superior or circuit court, such license or renewal shall be dated as of the date of the judgment of such court granting the same. In case of application for any renewal the applicant may continue in such business until the board of commissioners determine such application, and if such renewal be granted by the board of commissioners the same shall be dated as of the day following the date of the expiration of the license or renewal so renewed. Nothing in this section contained shall operate to abridge the rights of any applicant for license or renewal thereof given by section 32 of the act of which this is amendatory. Sec. 2. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, the same shall be in full force and effect from and after Its passage. — The glad Easter-time will be fittingly celebrated tomorrow In all of the churches, when glad voices will be raised in rejoicing over the triumph of the risen Lord over Death. Besides the announcements, as given in the regular place In this paper, a number of special services are announced herein. A joyful program, chlejjy of musical numbers, but with a few readings, the telling of the Easter story in song and story and appropriate exercises, will be given at 6:30 o’clock at the Methodist church by the Junior Epworth I League, under tne direction of Miss I Etta Mallonee. Little Miss Josephine ' Meyers will be the leader for the evCASTORIA For Infants and Children. Tha KM Ym Haw Always Bougirt Bears the Bignatw-e of

■ enlng. A very good program is anticipated. Easter Sunday will be cheerfully celebrated Sunday morning and evening at the Evangelical church. At 7 o'clock p. in. a timely program will be rendered under the auspices of the Young People’s alliance, in charge of the literary culture committee. A beautiful service is anticipated. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend this special and annual event. The following is the program : Let Earth Rejoice—Choir. Invocation. Welcome Easter. Join In the Glad Chorus —Choir. Hiding Easter Eggs. Lift Up thy Voice—Choir. Rejoice. Spring Time is Here —Ladies' Chorus. Gethsemane —Male Quartet. Crusaders. Ladies' Quartet Rock of Ages. Calmly Slept the Savior —Solo. Offering. The Empty Tomb. The Lord is Risen. Praise the King—Choir. The following Easter cantata, Darkness and Dawn,” will be given at the Presbyterian church, beginning at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening. Introduction. Soprano Solo—“ When They Were Come to a Place"—Mrs. E. D. Engeler. Chorus —“Thou That Destroyest the Temple." Bass Solo— (a) Rerit —“Now from : the Sixth Hour; (b) Aria—“ The Sun ■ Was Darkened” —Mr. Fred Patterson. • Tenor Solo —“And at the Ninth i Hour"—Mr. Ej D. Engeler. Mixed Quartet —“Thy Life Was Giv- ■ en for Me" —Mrs. Engeler, Miss PatterI son. Vr. Engeler, Mr. Bruce Pattersen. Intermezzo — Soprona Solo —(a) Recit —"When ’ the Evening Was Come;’ H'i Arfa —"In ■ the Place Where He Was (Jrucified" — . Miss Marie Patterson. Pass Recit—“When it Began to Dawn” —Mr. W. P. Schrock. > Chorus—“ There Was a Great Earth- ■ quake." > Soprano Solo—“He is Not Here" — I Mrs. E. D. Engeler. Quartet and Chorus —“Behold, I Tell I You a Mystery.” I Bass Solo —“I Am Alpha and ■ Omega"—Mr. W. P. Schrock. , Full Ccorus—"And Behold I Have , - the Keys." Benediction. I Postlude. i Miss Jean Lutz, organist; Dr. Fred I. > Patterson, director. I e I Dr. J. M. Miller, secretary of the ! county board of health, after a thort ough examination of the case of Edwin ! Kierer, tlfteen-year old son of J. F. , Kiefer, of Blue Creek township, is convinved that the cause of his death j was not black diphtheria, as rumored, , but an acute attack of tonsilitis, with secondary infection of streptoccocus, . (meaning with pus). There was no , membrane in the throat, as is the case , with diphtheria. Dr. Miller, upon havt ing the matter reported to him by . neighbors who feared it was diphtheria called Dr. R. C. Roller, of Willshire, , who treated the lad. but as he was absent, he then caßed Dr. Rayl of Monroe, who had been called in consultation with Dr. Roller over the lad's case. He stated that it was not diphtheria, [ but the aforesaid tonsilitis, and the physician’s death report as sent to Dr. ’ Miller, also contained that statement — o ——— , With but a very few minutes to sei cure the marriage license, between the arrival of their train from Geneva this • morning and the leaving of the inter- • urban car for Fort Wayne at 8:30 o’clock, it was a very hurried party that applied at the county clerk’s office this morning. The groom was Roller C. Keeler, a machinist, of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and the bride-elect, Miss Bergie Lewis, a weii known young lady of Geneva. They were accompanied | here by O. O. Juday, of Geneva, and i after securing the license the party j then left for Fort Wayne, where the ( wedding will take place at 11:30 o’clock. The young couple will then ; proceed at once to Eaton Rapids, Mich. j where they will make their home. The | bride is a well known young lady of Geneva, being a daughter of Sylvester Lewis. .—_ ■ -o 1 - Terre Haute, Ind., March 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—Fourteen miners were killed at Cuggar, Ind., today , in a mine explosion according to ad- | vises received by the Labor union here today. Over three hundred men were employed in the diggings and many are supposed to have been injured. Cleveland, Ohio, March 22—(Special to Daily Democrat)—With six dead, a score unaccounted for and several fatally injured and with property dam- ■ aged to the extent of over two million dollars is the summary of the eighty mile gale which swept over Ohio yesterday. Communication to many districts and cities in the storm swept region had not been restored this morn-

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