History of the Indiana democracy, 1816-1916, Part 141

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1104

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At the present time he is engaged in private practice, a member of the firm of Zenor & Lottick, of Corydon.

In fraternal circles of his district he is well known and highly esteemed, acting as present consul of the local camp of Modern Woodmen of America. He is also a member of the R. & S. fraternity of Central Normal College and president of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of Corydon.

Throughout his career he has consistently labored for the promulgation of Democratic principles, and is active in the counsels of the party, being at this time secretary of the Democratic central com- mittee of Harrison county.

In whatever capacity we view him, Mr. Lottick stands as a conscientious worker, deeply inter- ested in the welfare of the community at large.

WALTER J. LOTZ

A valued member of the legal profession of Indiana and an active worker for the success of the Democratic party since he attained his majority, the name of Walter J. Lotz is a familiar one throughout Lake and Delaware counties.

He was born in the city of Muncie on the 17th day of March, 1880, and here his schooling was received. Following his graduation from the high school with the class of 1899, he entered the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, receiving his diploma from this institution in 1901. The same year he was admitted to the bar of Delaware county and entered into the active practice of his profession. In 1910, however, he went to Hammond, and there he has continued to advance in the ranks of prominent attorneys of the state.

During the campaigns of 1906 and 1908 he was the Democratic nominee for attorney-general. Mr. Lotz has always been an adherent of the Democratic party, having been taught its principles in youth by his father, Judge O. J. Lotz, ex-judge of the Delaware circuit court, and formerly a member of the appellate court.

Mrs. Lotz, to whom he was married August 25, 1903, was Miss Bessie Bunch, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bunch, and sister of Mayor Rollin H. Bunch, all of Muncie.

ALBERT LUEDTKE

Mr. Luedtke has served as auditor of Jackson county and has been for many years a leading contractor and builder of southern Indiana, and many buildings and bridges bear evidence of his handiwork.

Albert Luedtke was born on the 29th day of August, 1848. He received his schooling in the schools of his native land, and at the age of seventeen left its shores in a sailing vessel and for seven weeks journeyed westward to America. After his arrival in this country he made his way to the city of Chicago, and here he learned the trade of stone-cutter. In the year 1870 he came to Jackson county and this locality has been the center of his interests.

In the year 1900 he was elected trustee of Carr township, and he discharged the duties of the office with conscientious zeal. In 1912 he was elected auditor of Jackson county, in which capacity, also, he has served the public faithfully and well, his term of office to expire with the close of 1916.

Mrs. Luedtke, to whom he was married in 1869, was formerly Miss Caroline Wright of Indianapolis.

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CORNELIUS LUMAREE

The present postmaster of the city of Wabash, Cornelius Lumaree, has been for many years closely identified with the business life of the community, and has come to his present position well qualified for the duties and responsibilities which devolve upon him.

Mr. Lumaree is a native of Wabash county, born in the city of Wabash on the 28th day of Sep- tember, 1854. On May 16, 1899, he was united in marriage to Miss Lida Leroy and their home was established' at Wabash.

For fifteen years Mr. Lumaree was known as a prominent banker of Wabash, and in the past seventeen years he has been in the real estate, loan and insurance business. On March 24, 1914, he assumed the duties of postmaster, and in this work has continued to the present time. He is affiliated with Wabash Commandery No. 37, Knights Templar.

PETER THOMAS LUTHER

Peter Thomas Luther, Brazil, Clay county, Indiana, was born in the state of Indiana, October 18, 1844, on a farm in Harrison township, Clay county, Indiana. Farmed and taught school until twenty-four years old. Married August 29, 1867, to Mary Elizabeth Crist, who was born March 7, 1847, in Lewis township, Clay county. Was educated principally in the common schools of Clay county; attended State University at Bloomington, but did not graduate. Was elected county surveyor of Clay county in October, 1866; served as such two years. Was elected recorder of Clay county in October, 1868; served as such four years. Was nominated in 1872 by the Democrats for clerk of the Clay Circuit Court; with Greeley on the Democrats' back was defeated with the rest of the Democratic ticket. Served as deputy clerk one year, from the fall of 1877 to the fall of 1878, and deputy sheriff two years, from October, 1878, to October, 1880. Lawyer by profession; a member of the law firm of Luther & Luther (Peter T. Luther and William P. Luther, father and son). Lived in Clay county all his life. Has three children living: Mrs. Minnie Luther Barton, of Indianapolis, India na; William Pitt Luther and Nellie Luther Wein- land, both of Brazil, Indiana. Was a delegate to the Democratic state convention from Harrison township, Clay county, January 8, 1868 (and has attended the Democratic state conventions ever since, with very few exceptions), and assisted to nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for governor. Edited the Brazil Weekly Echo, a Democratic newspaper in Brazil, from April, 1875, to the fall of 1877; used the paper in 1876 in support of Tilden and Hendricks for President and Vice-President. Voted the Democratic ticket all his life.

PHILIP LUTZ, JR.

Though still a young man, Philip Lutz, Jr., is well known in Warrick county as one of the leading attorneys at the Boonville bar.

Mr. Lutz is a native of the Hoosier state, born in Boonville on the 28th day of August, 1888. He attended the common and high schools of Boonville, graduating from the latter in 1907. In the same year he entered Indiana University, completing both the literary and law courses, and graduating in 1912. Having been previously admitted to the bar in his home city, Mr. Lutz began the active practice of his profession immediately following graduation with Judge Roscoe Kiper. In 1914 he formed a partnership known as Lutz & Youngblood for the practice of law, which has been highly successful. In his work, Mr. Lutz is known as a man of progressive ideas and unbounded energy, and he possesses a keen insight into complicated questions such as usually come before attorneys for attention.

On the 17th day of June, 1914, his marriage to Miss Lois Vane Ryse, of Decatur county, was solemnized as result of a college romance. In the same year Mr. Lutz was nominated and elected representative to the general assembly from Warrick coun- ty, leading the state and local tickets.

While in college and in his home town, Mr. Lutz has taken an active interest in political affairs and social movements. He holds membership in various college clubs, including Delta Sigma Rho, Gamma Eta Gamma, Press Club and others. He is a member of Scottish Rite Masons, Elks, Wood- men of World and Owls.

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MARK W. LYDAY

To those who have kept in touch with the career of the brilliant young representative from Ver- milion county nothing seems impossible of achievement by him.

He is a native of this county, born on the 14th day of November, 1889. He attended the public schools of Clinton. After completing the common school grades it seemed that his education must stop, but with characteristic energy he set about to earn his way, and by selling papers and shining shoes on the streets of Clinton he was enabled to help defray his expenses through high school, from which he.graduated in 1908. The following year he entered Indiana University Law School, but soon left this institution and pursued his legal studies at the Cincinnati Law School.

In the year 1910 he was admitted to the bar of Vermilion county, but it was not until the follow- ing year that he entered actively into the practice of the law. In the year 1911 he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney of the county, and in this capacity served until December 31, 1913, in the meantime being admitted to practice in the supreme and federal courts. In the year 1912 he was elected representative to the state legislature, where he rendered brilliant service in the assembly of 1913. In the fall of 1914 he was re-elected to this position, and again. in the assembly of 1915 his activities were notable.

In the year 1914 he was elected city attorney for a term of four years.

In 1913 he was chairman of the city committee, and has at all times been in close touch with the various local organizations. He is also an active member of the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity; the F. & A. M., Royal Arch Masons, Indianapolis A. & A. Scottish Rite, 32d Degree; Murat Temple, Nobles Mystic Shrine; the I. O. O. F. and B. P. O. Elks.

Mrs. Lyday, to whom he was married December 18, 1912, was formerly Miss Huldah Tursher.

DR. FRANK P. LYONS

Descended from a line of Democratic ancestors, Dr. Frank P. Lyons has been true to family traditions and is recognized as a party leader in his home town, Flora. He was born October 26, 1852, in Fayette county, and received his early schooling in the schools of Fayette, Henry and Howard counties, later entering Valparaiso University. In 1876 he was married to Miss Julia Billings.

After reading medicine in Kokomo for a time Dr. Lyons attended the Medical College of Indi- ana and was graduated in 1881. The following year he moved to his present home at Flora, in Carroll county, where he has since held a lucrative medical practice. He was county coroner from 1894 to 1898, and has several times been a member of the school board and town board; is now a member of the Democratic executive committee and county committee, and has often served as delegate to the various conventions of the party. Dr. Lyons is the owner of two farms, director in the First National Bank, an active Mason and is interested in the contracting business.

J. E. MCARDLE, M. D.

J. E. McArdle, M. D., was born in Monroe township, Allen county, Indiana, and has always been a resident of that county. He prepared himself for college at the Monroeville high school, after which he entered the medical department of Indiana University and was graduated with the degree of M. D. from this university in the class of 1907. After graduating, Dr. McArdle spent two years in the hospitals of Ft. Wayne, acquiring practical experience, and then became associ- ated in the practice of medicine with the celebrated Dr. L. P. Drayer. During the years 1912, 1913 and 1914 he served as deputy coroner under Dr. Edward H. Kruse.

Dr. McArdle has taken an active part in Democratic affairs in Allen county and was nomi- nated for county coroner at the Democratic primary, April 3, 1914, his majority being a very flat- tering one. He was successful in the November election and served two years as coroner of Allen county. He is a member of the Elks, Moose, and the Jefferson club. His father, Peter McArdle, has long been an ardent and faithful Democratic worker in Allen county.

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FRANK R. McCARTER

A leader among the workers in the Democratic party in Fulton county is Frank R. McCarter, a native of the county and for many years identified with business and political life of the place.

He was born on the 16th of February, 1872, and received his education in the common schools of Rochester, where he still resides. October 15, 1893, his marriage to Miss Anna M. Gregson was solemnized and their residence established in the home of his childhood.

In the fall of 1910 he was elected treasurer of the county and assumed the duties of this office on the first of the following January, serving for a term of four years. He has for a number of years been an active party worker, serving at one time as county chairman. He is now connected with the First National Bank of Rochester and is widely known among the business element of the city.

PATRICK M. MCCARTY

Patrick M. MeCarty of Huntington is a man of wide experience with men and affairs and fitted by temperament and training for the high positions which he has held.

Mr. MeCarty was born in Huntington on the 22nd day of July, 1862, of Irish parentage, his father and mother having emigrated from County Wexford, Ireland, in the year 1850 and settling in Huntington, which remained their home until death claimed them. The son attended the Catho- lic schools of Huntington and in 1880 and 1881 completed his studies with the Brothers of the Holy Cross at Lafayette. In 1888 he was elected city marshal and served in that capacity for a term of four years. In 1902 he was elected sheriff of Huntington county for a term of two years. The following year he entered the employ of the Erie Railway Company in the capacity of captain of their detective department, his work being between Chicago and Marion, Ohio. At the expiration of four years in this service he again assumed the duties of sheriff and served another term of two years.

During the session of the Indiana general assembly of 1913 Mr. McCarty was appointed as- sistant doorkeeper of the senate; and in the fall of the same year he was elected to the highest office within the gift of the people of Huntington, mayor of his home city.

Throughout his career Mr. McCarty has never ceased to labor for the success of the Democratic party and for many years has been influential in the counsels of the organization, acting as county chairman in 1912. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica and the B. P. O. Elks; and is an active member of the Commercial Club of Huntington.

On June 26, 1894, Mr. McCarty was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Gorman, of Logansport.

RALPH W. MCCONNELL

The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this review is well known in the town of Oxford, Benton county, where he resides, as an active attorney and a broadminded citizen. He is a native of the Hoosier state and was born on the 20th day of November, 1876. In his youth he was married to Miss Lela E. Baum, also a native of Indiana. Mr. McConnell received his educa- tion in the schools of his home district, later attending the University of Indiana at Bloomington and finally graduating from the Indiana Law School. He is not an aspirant for political position, but has been for fifteen years a diligent worker in the cause of true Democracy.

ELAM M. McCORD

Elam M. McCord, son of Rev. Elam McCord, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and Jane Free- land McCord, was born in Wayne county, Indiana. Afterwards his parents removed to western Indiana and settled in Putnam county; later to Bloomington, where he graduated from the State Uni- versity. Taught school three years, returned and graduated from the law school. Located in Mar- tinsville. Was elected prosecutor for the Fifteenth judicial circuit in 1884; was again elected for same circuit in 1908; renominated and elected in 1910; again renominated for same office in 1914.

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CHESTER ARTHUR McCORMICK

Chester Arthur McCormick has served as state senator from the coun- ties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, son of William G. and Mary E. McCormick, was born in Hamlet, Starke county, Indiana, June 29, 1884. He attended the common schools of Starke county, high school (Knox) and normal school, after which he taught several years. He made his own way through school by selling newspapers and acting as local correspondent for several Chicago and Indianapolis papers. While a high school student he wrote and published a hook dealing with the history of Starke county. He has also devoted some attention to literary work, some of his contributions having appeared in some of the leading newspapers and magazines.

At the age of 17 he was the author of a poem on the "Hoosier School Master," which was accepted for publication in a large volume on "Indiana Writers." Mr. McCormick served two terms as clerk of North Judson, one year as deputy clerk of the Starke Circuit Court and two terms as secretary of the Democratic county central committee. For the past eight years he has been editor and publisher of the North Judson News, one of the leading weeklies of northern In- diana.

In the fall of 1914 he was elected joint senator from the counties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, being the first Democrat to represent that district in a regular session of the legislature, carry- ing the district by nearly 700, whereas it is normally from 1,800 to 2,800 Republican. Although the youngest member of the senate in the session of 1913, he was the only member to represent as many as four counties. He has the distinction of having carried his town, his township and his county by the highest vote ever accorded to anyone.

He belongs to the K. of P., I. O. O. F., M. W. of A., F. O. E., B. P. O. E., I. O. F. of A., Re- bekahs and Royal Neighbors, and the National Editorial Association, Indiana Democratic Editorial As- sociation and the Northern Indiana Editorial Association.

SHULER McCORMICK

Shuler McCormick of Vincennes is known to its citizens as a leading at- torney at law and a man of unusual mental attainments.

He is a product of Knox county, having been born within its confines on the 6th day of February, 1886. He attended the public schools of the county, graduating from Vincennes University with the class of 1906. A three years' course in law was then completed in two years at the Cincin- nati Law School under the able instruction of Honorable William H. Taft and Judson Harmon. Having received the degree of LL. B. from this in- stitution, he returned to Vincennes to engage in the active practice of his chosen profession, and a lucrative practice was soon established. In the fall of 1910, at the age of twenty-four years, he was elected to the position of prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district, and in this capacity he served from January, 1911, to January, 1913. During this period he established the record of but five felony cases lost out of fifty-six tried.

Since this time he has returned to his practice, and he is now the holder of an enviable position in the legal profession, with offices in the Hellert building.

On the 26th day of November, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Edythe Pinkstaff, and two sons have come to brighten their home and lend inspiration for new achievements. These are Charles Donald and Chester Lee.

Mr. McCormick has, since his boyhood, been a constant worker for the cause of Democracy, giv- ing freely of his time during the various campaigns and at all times losing no opportunity to further the principles of the Jeffersonian party.

ERASTUS W. MCDANIELS

The incumbent of various positions of responsibility in the public service and a resident of Shelby county since early childhood, Erastus W. McDaniels should be accorded a prominent place in the roster of Shelby county Democracy.

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Mr. McDaniels was born in Jasper county, Illinois, on the 28th day of February, 1863; but at the age of four years was brought by his parents to Shelby county, where they located for perma- nent residence. He attended the common schools of his home district and later entered the Central Normal College of Danville for a full teacher's course, graduating from that institution in the year 1884. Following his graduation he entered the educational field, teaching for a time, and later took up the study of law as a profession.

Admitted to the bar of Shelby county and entering into the active practice of law, later Mr. McDaniels was appointed to the position of county attorney. In this capacity he served for five years, bringing to his work a conscientious zeal and loyalty which placed him high in the esteem of the community at large. He also served as assistant reporter of the supreme court of Indiana, with his office in Indianapolis.

Throughout his career Mr. McDaniels has taken an active interest in the various movements for the improvement of the community at large; and for five years served as secretary of the Shelby county fair association. He is now one of the prominent attorneys of Shelbyville, the senior mem- ber of the firm of McDaniels & Rass.

Fraternally, Mr. McDaniels is allied with the B. P. O. Elks, and has been through all the chairs of the I. O. O. F. He also ranks as major in the Patriarchs Militant.

Mrs. McDaniels was Miss Eva Lautz, also of Shelby county.

A. J. McDONALD

Dr. A. J. McDonald is of sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father was Logan McDonald and his mother Elizabeth Fitzpatrick.

Dr. McDonald was born at Orleans, Indiana, January 16, 1860, and moved with his family to Mitchell at the age of eighteen, where he graduated from the schools. He then taught for one year and entered Louisville Medical College, receiving his degree on March 22, 1882. While studying he won a gold medal for his researches in materia medica and therapeutics.

Dr. McDonald practiced for seven and a half years at Mitchell and in 1889 went to New York and took a post-graduate course at the Polyclinic Hospital. Upon the completion of this course, Dr. MeDonald located in Bedford, where he has since practiced and where he is now in the front rank among medical men. He has been for a number of years surgeon for the Monon Railroad and is examiner for a number of life insurance companies. He is a close student and is highly regarded because of his attainments.

Dr. McDonald is a member of the Lawrence County Medical Association, member of the United States Board of Pension Examiners, Indiana State Medical Society and American Medical Asso- ciation. He is an active supporter of the Democratic party, although he has never aspired for po- litical honors. He is both a York Rite and Scottish Rite Mason and is also a Shriner and an Elk.

On June 26, 1886, Dr. McDonald was united in marriage to Hattie Overman of Mitchell.

MALCOLM A. McDONALD

For many years a pillar of the Democratic party and at one time one of the best-known railroad men in the state, Malcolm A. McDonald needs no introduction to most of our readers.

He was born in Crawfordsville on the 28th day of April, 1848, but dur- ing his childhood accompanied his parents to Indianapolis, where his school- ing was received. Following his graduation from the high school of this place with the class of 1864 he entered Indiana University, leaving this institution at the close of his junior year, however, to accept a position with the engineering corps of the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. Later he held the position of traveling auditor for the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad, running to Peoria, Illinois; and still later held similar positions with the Texas & Pacific and Wabash railways, after which he rose to the position of general manager of the Pittsburg & Western, the Champaign & Havana, and the Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago roads. In 1891 he retired to his farm near Williamsport, Ind., where he has since re- sided, making a specialty of Jersey cattle and standard-bred harness horses.

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Mr. McDonald was a member of the state board of agriculture for four years, from 1893 to 1897, and also served as president of the Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association of Indiana. In 1903 he was appointed as one of the Indiana commissioners for the St. Louis World's Fair. He has been county chairman of Warren county for eight years. In his youth, also, he served as captain of the Hickory Sprouts, an organization of boys during the campaign of 1860. He is now affiliated with the West Lebanon Lodge, F. and A. M .; the Royal Arch and Knights Templar lodges of Danville, Ill., and the A. A. 32d Degree Chicago Consistory and Madina Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

Mr. McDonald has been twice married, his first wife, who was formerly Miss Jessie Scott, and to whom he was married March 31, 1874, having been called by death January 6, 1879. On the 30th day of November, 1881, his marriage to Miss Miriam Noble was solemnized, and she has since presided over his home.

His five sons and one daughter are all Democrats.

DR. MORDECAI M. McDOWELL

A physician of note, a distinguished legislator, a successful stock- breeder and agriculturist, father of the city's mayor, and withal a citizen of unusual worth was the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this article, Dr. Mordecai M. McDowell, of Vincennes.

He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 10th day of March, 1845, but accompanied his parents to Indiana in infancy. School facilities at that period being limited, he was deprived of early schooling, but with brave determination acquired for himself an education by studying at odd moments and at night. While but a boy he entered the army, in the year 1862, serving in Company G, 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and participat- ing in several important engagements. He was at Appamattox Court House when Lee surrendered. The years following the war were spent in the study of medicine in the office of his father. In 1867 he entered the Medical College of Louisville and the following year received his degree from this institution and entered into the active practice of his profession. In 1878 he graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine of Louisville.

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History of the Indiana democracy, 1816-1916, Part 141

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926 Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Stoll, John B., 1843-1926
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis : Indiana Democratic Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1104