Decatur Democrat, Volume 58, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1913 — Page 4

DAILYDEMOCRAT Publlehed Every Evening. Except Sunday bv TIE DECATUB DEMOCRAT COMPANY LEW G. ELLINGHAM JOHN H. HELLER Subscription Ratal Per Week, by carrier 10 centa Per Year, by carrier 15.00 Per Month, by mall 85 centa Per year, by mall *2.50 tingle Copies . 2 cent* Advertising rates made known on application. Entered at the postotfiei In Decatur, Indiana, as ac-ond clamt sail. From all over the middle states come the reports of terrible loss by the recent floods. Here, as elsewhere the damage is large, though fortunately there has been no loss of life. The serious part oftythe flood, however, is likely to come. Our citizens have not, noticed the famine which is bound to. result, but a few days w ill make it j very noticeable. .Five thousand peo-* pie will soon eat up the supply <n a city, w’hen all outside communication is cut off and when shipments of goods cannot be received. There are no butter and eggs or milk on the market. The supply of other foods will diminish day by day and a week of this kind of weather would make us all sit up and take notice.' While there is no assurance that the rains are over, let’s be optimistic, and at least hope for a cessation of the clouds. Any way we are more lucky than most orthe cities in northern Ohio and Indiana. In many places the light and water plants are out of commission and this adds to the discomfort of the citizens. A day or two without rains will make us forget it then it’s the duty of everyone to get busy and help repair the damage. The railroads are the heaviest losers and they will lose no time in replacing all the part;, of their lines destroyed. FOR SALE. An ideal poultry farm for sale; 20 acres, well drained and well fenced land; mostly black soil, on ston° road. Six-room house, barn 26x40, poultry house 10x32, corn crip, plenty of fruit; 214 miles from a live town, 14 mile to good school. Possession on or before April Ist. Price 52,450. ’ 54tf HARVEY & LEONARD. o- —— , . TWO MARES FOR SALE. I have for sale two mares iq foal: Black mare, 8 years old, weight 1700, and sorrel mare, 5 years old, weight 1650. Inquire John Steimgeyer, R. R.. No. 8. 67t3 WANTED. Unmarried man, by month or year, to do general farm work. Enquire of 1 A. D. Suttles. 57tf ‘ “ |, NOTICE. Say—don’t forget the West End bar-, 1 ber shop. Has two first-class barbers. [ Come in and try them. Clean towels , so reach customer. Everything sani- 1 tary. Union shop, by the G. R. & I. ] railway. Welcome to one and all. LESTER BAUGHMAN, 59t6-e-o-d Proprietor. o — I < LOST —A black muff, someplace in J the city. Finder please leave at Nib-,. lick store.—Mrs. James Bell. 72’3 i I- 2 . -•• nr ~ ~ r ~- < Spring Shirts -in a great variety of neat patterns and styles. 50c SI.OO $1.50 .p'’ ■ —— THE MYERS-DAILEY COMPAN V z

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of George \V. Jacobs, deceased, to appear in the Adams circuit court, held at Decatur, Indiana, on the 17th day of April, 1913, and show cause, if any, why the final settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent shoqiu not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their dintinctlon shares. PHILIP GEPH ART, Administrator. Decatur, Ind., March 20, 1913. J. W. Teeple, Atty. 13t2 NOTICE TO NON RESIDENT. The State of Indiana, County of Adams, ss: In the Adams Circuit Court, Febru arv Term. 1913. Henry Magley vs. David Eury et al. No. 8485, complaint to quiet title. I It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause that David Eury, Eury. his wife, whose Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Henry Eudy, ,if he be deceased., whose names are to the plaintiff unknown. All the I heirs, legatees an devisees and creditI org o f Eury, wife of David Eury, 1 whose Christian name is to qhe plaintiff unknown, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; David Euery. Sarah Euery, his wife; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of David Euery, if he be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Sarah Eury, wife of David Eury if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff Unknown; Jacob Strvarer, Elizabeth Shearer, his wife; all the heirs, 'rs-atope devisees and creditors of Jacob Shearer, if he be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown: all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Elizabeth Shearer, wife of Jacob Shearer, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown: Jacob Scharer, Scharer, his wife, whose Christian nam* is to the plaintiff unknown: all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Jkcob Scharer, if he be deceased. whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Scharer, wife of Jacob Scharer. whose Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown, of the. above named defendants are non-residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby biven said David Eury, Eury, his wife, whose Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Honjj Eury, if he be deceased., whose flames are to the plaintiff unknown. All the heirs, legatees an devisees and creditors of Eury, wife of David Eury, whose Christian name is to the plain- ”** -nknown, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plainriff unknown : David Euery, Sarah Euery, his wife; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of David Euery, if he be deceased whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; Jacob Scharer, tees, devisees and creditors of Sarah Eury, wife of David Eury if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; Jacob Shearer, Elizabeth Shearer, his wife; all the heirs, legatees, devisees, and creditors of Jacob Shearer, If he be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Elizabeth ' .Shearer, wife of Jacob Shearer, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown: Jasob Scharer, Scharer, bis wife, whose Christian name is to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Jacob Scharer. if be be de'’f'lsed, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown; all the heirs, legatees, devisees and creditors of Scharer, wife of Jacob Scharer, whose ■ 'christian name is to the plaintiff unknown, if she be deceased, whose names are to the plaintiff unknown, that they be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Adams Cirgnit Court on the 23rd day of May, 1913, the same being the 23rd Juridical Day of the next regular term thereof, to be holden at the Court house in the City of Decatur, commencing on Monday the 14th day of April, 1913, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in their absence. Witness my name and seal of said [court hereto affixed, this 26th day of March, 1913. FERDINAND BLEEKE, Clerk. By L. L. Baumgartner, Dejiuty. D. E. Smith, Attorney for, the Plaintiff. y 13t3 TICKETS FOR HOME TALENT. The seat sale for the home talent play, "Billy’s Bungalow," for Friday evening will open Friday morning at 8 o’clock at the Holthouse drug store. Tickets are now being sold. Get one of the Ruth Circle girls. oFRAME TIMBER FOR SALE. We are tearing down the old bottling works building on North Second street Will sell the frame skeleton as it now stands. Good heavy timber, building is 22x63, and 16 feet high. MRS. WM. MERSMAN, 60t3 No. Second St NUIfCE. Money to lean at a and 6 per cent interest No commission. 288tf ERWIN’S OFFICE. FOR SALE —Single comb Rhode Island Red eggs. From the best strain. Call on Mrs. Dale Moses, corner Indiana and Fifth streets. 69t3

IHE WATERS ARE RECEDING — (Contlnubd from Page 1) . the city, is safe enough for the work i trains to cross over and get water at the tank nearby. The small bridge ■ | near Monmouth Is washed out and 1 . also the one crossing a little Ereek I near Geneva. The work train ran | from Decatur to Berne this morning and got a load of new stone which will be used in filling up the deep gushes / which the water cut in and around the foundations at the bridges. It will be several days before any j traffic can be resumed on the road, i and maybe longer, if the water does , not soon go down. About forty rods [ of track are washed out Just north of the bridge at the St. Mary's river at i the city limits. Along the Railroads. [ I The flood situation along the Erie and Clover Leaf tracks remains about the same except at the Erie where between five and six hundred feet of track has been washed out about a half mile east of the bridge and along the long curve which the road makes at that place. Carloads of stone are being hauled to this place and crews of men are busy balancing the road bed and are working knee deep in water endeavoring to strengthen the submerged track. The bridge is still holding its own against the raging torrent although it- is cla’imed by men who have been closely watching it to have moved about two inches. The river had receeded from one two inches at eleven o’clock this morning and it is thought that the most dangerous part of the situation has been passed. No 4, a passenger going east passed through last night at seven o’clock going over the track which was under two feet of water, but shortly afterward the track was washed loose from the bed and no train has been bible to pass since. It is doubtful jvhen any trains will be run and none are looked for at least for 36 hours. On the Clover Leaf about 800 feet of track have been washed out in the vicinity of Bluffton and considerable other damage done. A work train has been sent out from Delphos and is headed this Way fixing up the minor damage to the track and repairing the bridges over the smaller streams which are rapidly receeding and it is thought that by the time it reaches here the water will have gone down low enough for the men to work on the Wabash bridge at Bluffton and that trains will be running within 24 to 36 hours. Crews will be out on j the different sections and will be ■ worked night and day shifts until the : road is entirely cleared up and every-' thing in good running order. Decatur Families in Flood. Attorney D. B. Erwin this morning I talked by telephone to his brother, ’ Daniel Erwin, who is in Fort Wayne. | , Dau and wife are now staying withi the Judge R. K. Erwins until next 1 week when they expected to move. into their own home in Lakeside near | that of Judge Erwin’s. Lakeside is i all under water with the breaking of | the dyke, and the street car track leading thereto is under five feet of i water. The water had not yet reach- [ ed the Erwin house, when they left itl Tuesday, going to down-town apartments. Other former Decatur families' who live in Lakeside are M. B. V. Archbold, Scott Hughes and Cal Miller. Bloomingdale is said to be even greater flooded and families there are living in the second stories of the houses. Physicians’ Long Trip*. Not least of the suffering caused by the high waters is to the ill and those in need of medical care far out into the country, hedged in by high waters. A long trip miles was made Tuesday by a Decatur physician to a point two miles west of Monroe. While the waters were high he found none impassable. Slaughter House Filled. The Schmitt slaughter and packing house, situated only a short distance [ from the river bank, is filled to the i roof with water, which is a height of about 12 feet. The loss will be a > heavy one, as an electric motor, used in making sausage, and other meats, .is in the building. There was also a i large supply of salted meats in the cooler. The main danger now lies in ' that the building Itself might be ' swept away and carried down the wild stream. * I Vesey Greenhouses Submerged. A. D. Suttles talked Tuesday night at 10 o'clock over the telephone to his cousin. Miss Margaret Vesey, in Fort Wayne. She stated that the Vesey greenhouses, the second largest in the state, were all under water. There are twenty-three large greenhouses in their group, at the rear o fthe Vesey home, and all these are under water. The water has not yet reached the large * greenhouse packing house. Their loss will run up into the thousands of dollars, the loss being occasioned by the chilling of the flowers, plants and bulbs. One green-

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* V* * house alone was given over to or- • chids. containing from 88,000 to |lO,000 worth of orchids. Forty-five men | I are employed at the greenhouses. Miss Vesey stated that from 3,000 to 4,000 Fort Wayne people were home- 1 . less, and the suffering occasioned,; thereby could not be conceived by, ! Decatur people. 1 Colonel Fred is Safe. I Mrs. Fred Reppert was much relieved Tuesday night when she received 1 •a message that her husband, Colonel 1 I’** <■>’ • > 11 Fred Reppert, the auctioneer, was i ; < ;safe. He has been in Ohio Monday l i and was to have been in lowa Tuesday to cry a sale. The message re-' j ceived Tuesday evening was from ■: ■New Madison, Ohio. He said he was.' [between two washouts and it was im-' possible to get out. He stated he was : 1 all right, bad a Pullman car and plen-! ty to eat No Word from Haeflings. James Haefling and family, who, had been in Terre Haute for Iseveral i months, were expected to arrive home tomorrow, and Mrs. Haefling’s sister, Miss Bertha Voglewede, was to have met them tomorrow in Richmond. No, word has been received from them j lately, but it is not thought they were, i in the storm and flood district of the city, as they resided near the central part of the city. Mr. Haefling had his family there during the time that he as state accountant, was going over the officials’ books in that county. Floods at Vera Cruz. Mrs. Ben Elzey had a telephone call from her hister, Mrs. John Scherry, at [Vera Cruz this morning. The Scherrys moved from Magley to Vera Cruz [recently, where they conduct a meat market and hotel. She stated that they had to’tnove out of their homes, as have thirteen other families, on. account of the high waters from the Wabash river. Miller Family Safe. Miss Anna Winnes this morning talked by telephone to her sister, Mrs. Hugh Miller, who resides at Riverside, 1 Muncie. She stated that they were I taken out of their home last evening! by boats, the water coming up within five feet of their home. Tho waters went down last night, however, leaving the streets clear and they were able to walk back to their home this morning. The basements are full and fires are out' in the furnaces, and it may be some time till they enjoy the comforts of life to their fullest. Many I of the most beautiful residences had I their foundations washed away. Three railroad bridges were washed out in ; that vicinity Tuesday and railroad a " .anims

‘treffic is entirely suspended. Logs Are Floating. [ The Eli layers Cement Works and the J. D. Meyers saw mill, near the sugar plant, north of town, are under Jour or five feet of water, and the logs are floating gaily. Eli Meyers states his loss will probably not exceed fifty dollars. Recalls Experience. John D. Stults recalls an experience of 1883, when the river was over the cast levee of the east bridge, when ihimself and Andy Gay, both drove off iof the levee into the water. Andy was driving a team and wagon j when it slipped overrthe levee. The wagon bed and *horses broke loose [ from the wagon, and by holding toi the lines and sitting in the wagon bed, Andy was able to drive into the shore. An hour afterwards Mr. Stults was driving home in a buggy when he went over. He managed to stick to the buggy and finally floated so near land he was able to Jump. His overcoat lodged on a chunk of ice and I was finally rescued. Fremont, Ohio, Mar. 26— (Special to Daily Democrat)—A million dollars will not cover the loss herd A dozen houses have been carried down stream, taking with them a number of j bridges. The L. E. & W. railroad bridge was destroyed. All traffic has • ceased. Muncie, Ind, Mar. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—An L. E. & W. freight train went through a bridge here and was lost in the river. Re-r-erts from all over central Indiana are that the loss by the flood has been the greatest ever known in Indiana and will reach millions. The lighting plants at Bluffton, Huntington, Peru ! and many other cities are down and out, adding to the discomforts of the residents of those places. The Union traction staMon at Logansport, according to information received here, is submerged under six feet of water. Peru is also a heavy loser. Berne, Ind, Mar. 26—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The waters have receded here and the danger seems to be over for the present. Th e watdT is out of the houses and repairs have already started. Fifteen feet of track on the G. R. & 1. which was out near the station here, is being repaired today. I Portland, Ind, Mar. 26—(Special to Dally Democrat)—This city is beginning to recover from the big floods and the tallying up shows that the P

[ city was as fortunate as were most I towns in this section. A number of homes were damaged more or less and the loss to personal property was rather extensice. The waters are receding today. Brief Wire Flashes. Piqua, Ohio, Mar. 26—(Special to i Daily Democrat) —The mosl terrible sufferings have resulted here on ac-1 count of the unprecedented floods.! More than 200 are estimated to be i , dead and the actual figures may not be known for several days as portions '■ of the city show seven to eight feet i of water. i Dayton, Ohio, Mar. 26—(Special to] Daily Democrat) —Dayton has per-1 haps been the greatest loser in central I Ohio. Hundreds of homes and busi- i ness houses are in ruins and the es- [ timates of the number dead are as high as 1,500. Governor Cox has o-r dered state troops here to render aid. i Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 26—(Special to Daily Democrat)—A flash of news here is to the effect that the city of Sidney has been entirely wiped out by the flood. Loss of property and life is known to be large. i— —

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FOR SALE. An American Cream separator, second hand, tn good condition, for sale. Decatur, No. sth St.—C. Cook. 65t3 DEMOCRAT WANT ADS PAY BIG. When you feel confused, nervous, tired, worried or despondent it is a sure sign you need MOT T'S NERVERINE PILLS. They renew the normal vigor and make life worth living. Be sore »nd uk lor Mott’s Nerverine Pills by dnusialt WILLIAMS MFC. CO, Pror*.. CtrrabwL Ok» For Sale BY ENTERPRISE DRUG CO. GOOD 7 room house on High street, hard and soft water and artifical gas, a Bargain if taken soon. Good 7 room house on West Monroe st. Plenty of fruit, hard and soft water and electric lights A bargain don t miss it. Northern Indiana Peal Estate Agency