The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 July 1913 — Page 1

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BRAKEMAN HAS FOOT Gill OFF Other Injuries And Exposure Cause Death at Garrett Hospital Lee Dehaven, aged about 25 years, received injuries when he fell from a train at Leland early on Monday morning, that, coupled with exposure, resulted in his death some hours later at a Garrett hospital. The unfortunate man was a brakeman on the B. & 0., and had beefl visiting relatives in Nappanee. He had jumped upon a freight, third 98, and was going to his home in Garrett, when, in some unaccountable way, he fell beneath the cars at the gravel pit, just west of town. The accident happened about 3 o’clock a. m., and it was six o’clock before help couki be secured. He was then removed to the Jame Callander home nearby, from which place he was brought to the 9:35 train and taken to the Garrett hospital. where he died. One of his feet was cut off at the ankle, an arm broken and there were several gashes about his head and body. These injuries, coupled with the three-hour exposure to the rain, proved fatal. He leaves a wife, who resiaes in Garrett, mother, father, three brothers and a sister in Nappanee. Moving Equipment Mr. Gleason is here preparing the equipment of the Robert Grace Construction Co. for removal to Mounds, 111., on the Illinois Central railroad. This sounds the knell to hope of the B. & 0. being double tracked through here at present, or probably for some time. Last spring’s flood loss of something like $3,500,000 has inspired rigid- economy and retrenchment in the B. & O. management.—Bremen Enquirer. Severe Storm The storm of Monday night did considerable minor damage in this vicinity, especially around the lake, where canvass boat houses were blown to pieces, boats beached, and other damage done. A $15,000 fire destroyed the Marion Ice Company,s buildings at Warsaw and barns belonging to Omar Cook, southwest of Warsaw, and to Theodore Parker, on Yellow Creek Lake, were struck by! lightning and totally destroyed. —Beckman has a new Jot of rugs.!

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Obituary Zylphia A. daughter of Johnathan and Malinda Bushong was born in Starke County, Ohio, June 8, 1850. She departed this life July 15, 1913 at her home in Syracuse, Ind., aged 63 years, 1 month and 7 days. At the age of three years with her parents, she came to Indiana, residing on a farm three miles west of Syracuse. She was married to Chas. V. Smith Feburary 21, 1867. To this union were born six children, Mary Etta wfio died in infancy, Clara F. •Ott and Laura B. Bowld residing in Syracuse, Aubrey V. and Walter L. Smith of Phoenix, Arizonia, and Chas. R. Smith of Defiance, Ohio. She was converted June 14, 1864, baptized by Eider George Thomas January 20, 1865, united with the Church of God at Meloys school house, later at Syra&se of which she was a faithful and loyal member until death. She was a faithful wife and a kind and loving mother ever devoting her life to the interest and welfare of her family and home. Besides mer husband and five children she leaves three grandchildren, one adopted grandchild, relatives and friends to ihourn her loss. The funeral will be held at the Church of God at two o’clock, Thursday afternoon by Rev. Eshelman, interrihent in Syracuse cemetery Card of Thanks —We wish to thank our neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of wife and mother. Chas. V. Smith and children. Electrocuted,at Milford George Richie, a very highly respected young man of Milford, was electrocuted at that place about noon Tuesday. The storm of Monday night had broken some wires at the corner of First and Higbee streets, and as, the young man passed he reached up and caught hold of the wire and was instantly killed. Fighting Law The Kosciusco county council is fighting the county agricultural expert law. No appropriation has been made for an agent. Members of the counjal think the Iflw a nuisance. They may be mandated by those who want an agent. Out of Debt The town of Albion is now entirely out of debt and officials believe that the profits from their municipal lighting and water plants were mainly instrumental in accomplish i ing it. ;

WINDTOSSEDWATER WOMEN SAVE THEMSELVES ON STORM-WHIPPED LAKE. STORM STIRS LAKE MANITOU t. —— Fishermen Had Narrow Escapes anc! Some Were Rescued With Difficulty —Two Women Compelled to Bail Boat With Bait Can—Other Indiana Nev*. Rochester, July 11.—Lake Manitou nSar here, was lashed into a fury Tuesday evening by a severe wind storm which swept over Fulton county and did much damage in this city and elsewhere in the county. Several cot tages were t blown down, and others lost their roofs at Lake Maniton Fishermen 4 had< nawow escapes, and some werp, rescued with .difficulty. An tndianapdßs party, which! includes Mr and Mrs. Rayipond Evenson, was in the thick of the stornii, fbut escaped injury. Mrs. Edward Pontell and Miss Inez Hollingsworth were out in a boat when the stonuj'came. The boat drifted half a mile; on five-foot waves to the south shore of the lake. The women kept theinheads, .however, and while one bailed/with -a can the other used the ■ oars for a' rudder and ran the boat to safety f before the Wind. In Rochester two grain - elevators were unroofed, and hundreds of dollars’ worth of was ruined. Several stores werej unroofed and the stocks of goods wei*> flooded. A new house, owned by Boyd Bidwell, was wrecked. A section of the Jefferson hotel roof was torn off, and many shade trees were/ uprooted. In the rural 'districts even more; damage was done, as thousands of dollars’ worth of growing corn was blown down. John Pyle, two miles south of here, lost hogs valued SI,OOO when the wind picked up the drove and, rolling them over the ground, broke jtfieir legs and rendered them helpless. The animals had to be killed. Keeps Battle Anniversary. Corydon, July 11. —Corydon 1 celebrat-' ed the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Corydon, in w.hich 439 untrained then, armed with squiyrel- rifles and shotgtiii's. fb’ight" 4,509 trained brivalryi' men under General Morgan. after delaying his crossing of the Ohio rivet and hampering his march from the river to this city. The bj®tle here was fought July 9, 1863, but it was the climax of skirmishing that begai'j July 7. General Morgan had captured two Ohio river boats, and- attempted to choss the river, but hg found the' Indiana men ready for him, and with one • rtnon, they 0 h’s nlan.. He succeeded, however ia cro-s ’ the stream, .but the ’ guaic z had chopped down trees m lAs path and while his- cavalrymen wt worrying their way through the. forest and down the log-strewn road, squirrel hunters shot their horses and wounded some of the soldiers. It was not until July ? that Morgan reached Corydon. Here he was checked by the 450 men, but his larger force outflanked the Indiana men and he came to Corydon, where he heard for the first time of the defeat of the confederates at Gettysbttflg. The battle of Corydon was one of the two fights north of the Masoii and Dixon line, the other be ing Gettysburg. Body Is Moved. South BencJ, July e l 4—Dr. H. B. Lemerts, of River Park, for three years has put flowers on the grave of some one else, thinking it was his wife’s. Mrs. Lemerts died in 1903. The body was buried in Bowman cemetery here. The physician bought a lot and the body was placed in its supposed final- resting place. Dr. Lemerts has been- going to the grave and leaving flowers in memory of his wife. .Recently he discovered some flowersithere which,.we're not his own At first, he supposefl they had been placed there by a friend of his wife. The strahge flowers were seen again and he investigated. He learned his wife’s body had been removed to Elkhart county three years before. *■ J Uflhtping Washington, July ll.^E&rl' Thias, age eighteen, was killed and R. J Fielder, his brother, Abe Fielder, and a man named Allen were knocked unconscious late yesterday afternoon when lightning struck the bam on the Abe Huji farm, tenanted by R. J Fielder. The men had sought shelter there from a storm. .Six valuable horses and one mule were also killed The bam is a short distance from Elnora. Key to Lockup Lacking. Gary, July 14.—Two tramps arrested yesterday by the town marshal at Porter, near the Mineral Springs railroad, were turned loose because the JaH door lock was rusty and no key could be found that could turn it. 4 —- — '•To. Vote On County Seat. Vernon, July 14.—8 y agreement of both sidJ&e, the county conftmlssioners . have struck out the answer of the re mpnstrators and sustained the petitioners for a county seat election and September 22 was fixed as the date.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 17,1913

Joint Meeting The Sunday School’s of the Church of the Brethren, of Syracuse and Tippecanoe churches will hold a joint meeting next Sunday. Following is the program: Opening song by schools, 10:30 Devotional exercises Frank Richcreeck Song * By School The effect —good or bad—of the teachers daily walk and profession. By Lafayette Steel. ’ “What Can the Men of To-day Do to Get the Boys to Attend the Sunday School.,” By Wm. Jones. 10:55. “The Ideal Sunday School from the Superintendent’s View Point.” By the Superintend 11:05. Quartett. 11:15 “The I Jeal Sunday School Scholar.” By Hugh Warstler, 11:25-4 “The Mission of Sunday School.” By Sister Jones, 12:00 Opening Song by schools, 1:30. Devotional by O, H. Warstler. Song by schools. 1:45. The Mother as a' Sunday School Teacher, By Minnie Neff, 1:55. Recitation, By Mabie Webar, 2:00. “What Benefit is the Cradle Roll to the Sunday School.” By Alice Kitson, 2:10 General Discussion By Bro. Steel.' Closing song by the schools. Devotional, Bro. Steel. Leader, Jonathan Cripe. Plan For Night Watch A number of citizens were present at the regular meeting of the town board Tuesday evening. A. W. Strieby was reappointed as a member of tbe school board to succeed himself. His present term expires August Ist. The matter of appointing a night watchman was discussed at some length. The town agreed to pay sls a week and it is thought that enough more can be secured from the merchants to make a salary of S6O per mouth, an amount that should prove attractive to a man suited to this work. A fire alarm system was also discussed and an investigation as to its cost was ordered. A green light was ordered installed at the end of the public dock for the guidance of lake people who come to Syracuse after dark. Arrangements are also i being made to utilize the school land on south giintington street for a children’s play ground, but this matter was aflt *ffken up by the board and it will devolve upon public spirited citizens to carry this thing through. The board, at present, is handicapped by a shortage of funds which necessarily circumscribes their work. SMftll-PflX IS M SILO — Six Families Are Now Quaran> tined And No New . Cases The small-pox situation in Syracuse is not proving very serious. No new cases have developed and those already under way are of a very mild form. James Burson, who had the worst case is improving rapidly, and will have soon recovered. There are six families quarantined at the present. They are James Burson, John Gilberts, Sydney Lecount, Mrs. Wm. Garrisson, Wm. Starner and Mart Garrisson. We are not aware which members of the forgoing families are afflicted but they all under quarantin. Very little alarm was manifested in this vicinity compared with what would have been felt ten years ago should small-pox have broken out in the community. The latest statistics we have seen regarding this disease are those of March, 1913, which show that out of 469 cases in the state of Indiana- during that month, there was not one death. Taken to Prison Ada Rentfrow has been taken to the Indiana State Prison for Women at Indianapolis to serve thte suspended term given her in connection with M. C. Cole. She violated nfer parole when she got into a mix-up with an Elkhart man during Carnival week. G. W. Life Savers An organization of Marion cottagers at Lake Wawasee has been organized and is known as the G. W. Life Savers. J. Willis Stevenson has been elected president in honor of his braye rescue of a comrade in distress last Saturday. Will Run Sprinkler W. W. Cripe will drive the spiinkI ng wagon, dating back to Monday. Sam Traster, who drove it last week, having, decided that he could not spare the time from other work.

UNITED STATES JOINS (HL HUNT * - «£ ‘ -■■ Government and Police Search for Mildred Orman. MISSING FOR THREE WEEKS Fiftee»>Year-Old New Harmony Girl Is Believed to Have Been Abducted by the White Slave Traffickers. Evansville.-r United States authorities have joined with the police of Illinois and Indiana in the search for Mildred Orman, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl of New Harmony, who has been missing for three weeks, but whose disappearance was strangely not noticed until now. The girl is believed to xhave been abducted by white slave traffickers, and with this theory came the revelation that at least a score of other girls from cities in Eastern • Illinois and Western Indiana are beiag sought by government officials under the belief that a well organized band of caterers to vice has been at work for the last two months with practically no obstacle to carrying on their nefarious traffic. The disappearance of the Orman girl is the most baffling with which the police have had to contend, but at the same time it has furnished the only practical clew upon which to work. Descriptions of t4b men who were seen following the missing child have been obtained and from these the authorities hope to trace the while slavers. Murderer’s Son Arraigned. Richmond. — The case of Owen Terry, charged with being an accessory before the fact in the murder of Robert Richardson, marshal of College Corner, was called in the Wayne circuit court, and the date for the trial fixed for August 12. Terry’s father, William Terry. shot and killed Richardson while both he and his son were being pursued by the officer for an alleged misdemeanor. The murder occurred near Cottage Grove, in Union county. The elder Terry was convicted and sent to prison for life, and the son was indicted kt Liberty and a change of venire to Wayne county granted. < 7 \ Check Forger Confesses. Laporte.—“Yes. I did it again, and now I am reaady to die. Send me to prison, because I will be better there than anywhere.” This was the confession and appeal of Charles Sperlinsky to Chief of Police Meinke, here, when he was trapped for the third time on a cheek forgery. He is already under suspended sentence and will be sent to prison at once f or ten years. Sperlinski has forged checks la northern always escaping because ofiv-i'-'s pitted him May Educate Hero’s Son. Peru. —The Carnegie institute h«3 taken up ’ the case of the six-' teen-year-old son of Roma Mays, the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad conductor, who lost his life in South Peru at the time of the flood after he had saved the lives of more tffian one hundred persons. The institute asks only for substantial proof of the rescue work of the little boy’s father before it -will agree to educate the son. Car Hits Auto; One Dead. Kokomo. —> George W. Summers, slxty-flve years old. long an employe of the Kokomo Brass works, was instantly killed when an automobile driven by hie son James was struck by an Indiana Union Traction car from Peru. James. Summers was not seriously hurt, and ,his brother Walter escaped injury by jumping. The accident occurred at Tate and Kennedy streets. A high hedge obstructed the view of both motorman and chauffeur. Celebrate Golden Wedding. Lafayette.—Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha Crouch. - celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a formal reception at which three hundred friends were present. Mr. Crouch is the owner of the Crouch stock farm. Fifty years ago Mr. Crouch and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of Roland Hughes, were married at Monticello. Goshen College Goshen. —Prof. N. E. Byers, president of Goshen college, resigned to become dean and professor of philosophy and education at Bluffton college and Menonite Seminary at Bluffton, O. C. Henry Smith, professor of history at Goshen college, also resigned and will go to the Bluffton institution. Rev. J. B. Hartseler of Elkhart was elected president of Goshen college and Prof. Paul E. Witmer, professor of English, was made dean. “Lonesome;” Marries at 74. Lafayette.—“We were lonesome, both of us, and besides that we are in love," were the words, of Mrs. Christiana Lansdown, who was united in marriage to William A. Green. The bride is seventy years old and the gyoom seventy-four. Both were inmates of the State Soldiers' home. Green has lived at the home since 7896, coming here from New Albany. The bride came to_ the home frt>m Floyd county in 1901. They left together for a trip through the south and will reside in New Albany.

A Pleasing “Knock.” Hazel Ridge, Manitoba, Canada, ) July 9th. 1913. j Mr. Geo. O. Snyder. Dear Sir: —Please find enclosed express order to the amount of $1.50 for the Journal another year. We can not do without the Journal. Yours Respectfully, Warren Rupee. New Firm Name Clarke Drukamiller has taken his son, William, into partnership in the livery business, and hereafter the firm name will be Drunkamiller & Son. Died in West Marion Pollock, 65, died at Des Moines, la. His wife and several children survive. The deceased was bom near Cromwell, Ind, and left this section about 40 years ago. —Goshen Democrat.

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Picnic Well Attended The M. E. Sunday School picnic held in the McFall wr.vds was well attended there being 175 present. Goes To Copenhagen Andrew Jensen, a brother of T. Jensen, who recently ;old his holdings in the state of V ishington for a good price and has t>een spending several weeks with hi brother here, left Tuesday afternoon, tor New York City from where ht -'ll sail today, (Thursday) for Copenhagen, for a stay of a year with relatives. Mr. Jensen came to this country several years ago and ’took up land in Washington which became quite valuable in recent years. He made a trip to Demmark six years ago. He expects to return to this country after his stay in the land of his nativity. Sol Miller went to Gary Saturday to spend Sunday with friends.

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