Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — Page 2

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BEBUBX.XCAN NATIONAL TICKET. For President, WXT.T.TAM BLOW ABD TAFT. For Vice-President, JAKES SCKOODCBAFT SKEBKAN. For Congress, BEPUBX.ICAN STATE TICKET. For Governor, WXNEXEDD T. DUBBIN. For Lieutenant Governor, THOMAS T. MOOSE. For Secretary of State, FBED X. KING. ■» Tot State Treasurer, JOB FBEEMAN. For Auditor of State, X. NEWT BBOWN. For Attorney General, F. H. WUBZEB. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, SAMUEL C. FEBBELL. For State Statistician, J. L. PEETZ. For Beporter of Supreme Court, WARWICK H. BIPLEY. For Supreme Judge, First District, WOODFIN D. ROBINSON. For Supreme Judge, Fourth District, LEANDEB J. MONKS. For Appellate Judge, Southern District, DAVID A. MYERS. For State Senator, L. D. CAREY. Tor Joint Representative, CHARLES C. WARNER. For Prosecuting Attorney, FRED J. LONGWELL. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. For Treasurer, ABSON A, FELL. For Sheriff, ALTON L. PADGITT. For Recorder, GEORGE W. SCOTT. For Surveyor, W. FRANK OSBORNE. For Coroner, WILLIS J. WRIGHT. For Commissioner, Second District, DANIEL S. MAKEEVEE. For Cnm»<e«lniwr, Third District, CHARLES A. WELCH.

THE MAXWELL MYSTERY.

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but she impresses me as nothing more •r less than a merry, light-hearted, innocent girl. Coquettish, perhaps, |>ut I think the depths of her nature are honest and sincere. “Now, we have all agreed that her testimony regarding the inkstand and the paperweight cannot in the very nature of things, be true testimony. (For ink spilled on a carpet will remain there, and bronze horses cannot get up on a.table by themselves. "Personally, then, I am forced to the opinion that Miss Leslie’s mind is affected —temporarily only, I trust But surely there is no other explanation for her strange statements. And, granting this, may it not be possible that her whole story of the man in the automobile coat is but a figment of her diseased mind?” "It is possible,” said Mr. Hunt, “but they tell me that Miss Leslie is so clear-headed and rational in her conversation that I find it difficult to disleleive her story of the intruder.” “Nor do I ask you to,” said Mr. Maxwell. “I only want to call your attention to thet logical point that such grave discrepancies in one part of her recital might argue doubt in other directions. “I have a logical mind, but I have none otf what is often called the detective instinct. That is why I wish to put this whole affair entirely in the hands of an able detective. "And again of a detective’s ability I do not consider myself a judge. If you think, Mr. Hunt, that you can take care of it successfully, I have sufficient confidence in you to give you the entire responsibility. Or, should you prefer to call in ah assistant or an expert from the city, I am quite willing you should do so.” H I don’t want to seem egotistical, Mr. Maxwell,” said Mr. Hunt, “but I can’t help feeling that Mr. King and I can take care of this thing. "Then we will leave it that way,” •aid Mr. Maxwell. "I shall be glad to have Mr. King for my guest as long cs he will stay, and you may consider yourselves authorized to make such investigations as you see fit “I do not presume to advise you, but I want to ask you to take an old man’s Warning, and be sure of your proofs before you ad on them. Clues are often misleading; evidence may be false. But there are certain kinds of facts tftat point unmistakably to the truth. Those facts you must discover, and . then follow where they lead, irrespective of whom they may implicate •ad fcWtvfogs to any personal preju-l <tee.*L —A I aouldn’t help wondering if Mr. suspicion that either Mr. Crane or Mbs Gardiner, or both, know more tragedy than they had yet

burglar, but some past acquaintance of Philip’s who had some strong motive for .ending the boy’s existence. “It was some'one whom Phillip knew and recognized. The motive he did not know, for he was both surprised and grieved that this individual should intend to kill him.” , With that we parted. Mr. Hunt went home, and I went back to Maxwell Hall. 1 mulled over the Inkstand question until I felt as if my own brains were addled, and I finally fell asleep resolving to make the solution of that puzzle my definite work for the next day As a beginning, I begged Dr. Sheldon to allow me a short interview with Mildred. He readily granted this. In my talk with Mildred she repeated the statements she had made the day before, and she seemed so entirely herself and so sure of her memory, that I had no reasonable ground to doubt her assertions. “Are you sure, Miss Leslie,” I asked, “that you really threw that inkstand? Might you not have intended to throw it without doing so?” She looked at me in amazement. o “Certainly, I’m sure I threw it,” she said. “I distinctly remember picking it up and throwing it at the man. It did not hit him; it fell short of him, for it was heavier than I thought. “So then I threw the bronze horse at him. That was heavy, too, and it struck the thick rug with a soft thud. That didn’t hit him either; I never could throw things very well. But I scarcely knew what I was doing, and my acts were impulsive. “When I entered the room,” I said, “the inkstand was undisturbed on the desk, and the bronze horse also. Mildred looked utterly blank. “I think,” she said, “I have as much reason to doubt your statements as you have to doubt mine. For I know I throw' those things I positively threw those things just as I have described to you, and if, which sterns impossible, they were returned .to the desk, it was done by other hands than mine, either human or supernatural.” This interview made me more than ■ever determined to solve this, mystery before going any further. I went in search of some of the servants and learned that the library had not beeii swept since Monday night, and that the maid who dusted it distinctly remembered seeing the bronze paper weight in its usual place, and also asserted that the large inkstand was undisturbed, and that it did not need refilling. (With this new knowledge, or rather, with this corroboration of previously attested statements, I went to the library, determined to discover something, if I had to remain there all day. (To be Continued.)

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COL W. T. DURBIN SOUNDS KEY-NOTE

Opens Republican State Campaign With Great Speech at Marion. i ” .t- 4 > .-. ■' STATE ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED He Shows Up Democratic Extravagance In the Handling of Indiana’s Financial Affairs. Marlon, Ind., Sept. 12.-—Col. Winfield T. Durbin, Republican nominee for Governor of Indiana, opened his campaign here today. In his keynote speech he said: Nearly fifty years ago, as a boy, I answered the call of Abraham Lincoln and Oliver P. Morton, and offered all that I had to give in behalf of my country. ' Fifteen years ago the call of patriotic duty came again, and answering the summons of William McKinley and James A. Mount, I served my state and my country as best I could so long as my services as a soldier were required. There came to me on August 6th a

COL. WINFIELD T. DURBIN, Nominee for Governor.

call from my party —the party of Lincoln and Morton, McKinley and Mount —which it seemed to me at the time, and seems to me now, to be as much a call to patriotic duty as the summons of the sixties and nineties. I do not believe I am wrong when I say that there never was a time when it was more important for the citizens of Indiana and of the nation to stand firm for the foundation principles of republican government, and to “hold fast to that which is good." A Call to Duty. I did not seek the task of being the standard bearer of Indiana republicanism in this campaign. The call came to me from my party —and grateful for the honors it has conferred upon me in the past, it found me ready today, as it did in the earlier years, to lead in this fight as willingly as I would have followed some other leader. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth and my right hand forget its cunning before I malign the great party organization that has so signally honored me, or strike a blow at the party of Lincoln and Grant, McKinley and Harrison, Morton and Sherman, so long as it remains true to the principles of historic republicanism, which it has not deserted. The Republican Record. I deem this call to duty especially binding because it came from what I believe was the best republican convention held in the state of Indiana for a third of a century. The republican state organization in Indiana ten years ago adopted the policy of refusing to accept contributions from corporations having interests at stake in legislation or administration. I wish to say further that Indiana during the twelve years of republican supremacy stood among the foremost of the states in matters of legislation and administration. The republican party in this state is in touch with the forward movement in political and economic thought. Its platform for 1912 is both progressive and sane. “We Are Going to Win” To serve again as governor of Indiana would mean no new honor to me. I have been governor once. It would mean no more to be governor twice, except as an opportunity for further service to the people. I am not in this campaign inspired by personal ambition. But with the responsibility of candidacy upon my shoulders, standing upon a splendid platform with every plank of which I am in full accord, I am in this fight to win. In my time I have seen a good many politicians who claimed to love the people better than anyone else loved them, and I have never seen one who was worthy of the confidence of the people. Men do not find their best friends among panderers and flatterers, nor do the people. The politician who is willing to sacrifice his convictions in order to gain the favor of the people will as readily sacrifice the people whenever some more valuable consideration is offered. And here I wish to say that in judging a candidat for office, judge him by bls record and not by his promises; not by what he says he would do if he had the power, but by what he did do when he had the power. And never trust

any .candidate for office who claim* a monopoly of all the wisdom, all the patriotism, all the intelligence that is given to candidates. Some great trusts have been formed in this country, some especially big ones came into being before Taft began applying the civil and criminal laws to them, but there has never yet been a trust formed ‘which was able to •ecure such a monopoly as that. A Challenge to Prosperity. We confront on the other hand the challenge offered by the democratic party, under the leadership of Professor Wilson and Governor Marshall, to the legislative policies under which this nation has experienced a half century of the most marvelous progress and prosperity known in the history of the world—prosperity only once seriously interrupted, and that was during a brief period of temporary abandonment of those policies. We can get 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896 over again, fellow citizens, by committing the crime of 1892 over again—and we can help in thfe recommission of that crime simply by voting against the administration now in power, the policies now in effect, the prosperity that is now prevalent. I have never been able to understand how a politician spouting hot air was any more valuable to a community, a state or a nation, than a mnufacturing establishment, paying good wages and furnishing the means of livelihood to its employes. In my opinion, the man who declares that in the adjustment of the tariff is to be found a solution of the trust question is either deceiving himself, or seeking to deceive the people. We, the American people, and especially we, the people of Indiana, are more prosperous today than we have ever been before, more prospefous than the people of any country at any time have ever been. This is the condition we are asked to risk by a change in our national policies at this time. Don’t Pass Prosperity Up. “Pass prosperity around’’ cries someone else. You can’t pass prosperity around by -passing prosperity up. One of two men will be elected president in November —Wilson or Taft. A vote for Roosevelt is a half vote for Wilson. This is a practical political fact that will soon be universally admitted. I long have stood for revision downward along protective lines myself—but who is to pay the bill for billion dollar sessions if a tariff bill is framed that will bring in insufficient revenue, as did the Wilson bill at a time when the cost of national government was less than half what it is today?

A Riot of Waste. What is true of Washington is true in lesser degree of Indianapolis; what is true of Indianapolis is true of your counties and your townships, your towns and your municipalities. I believe the time has come tor retrenchment and reform in the transaction of public business. If elected governor of Indiana I pledge the people of Indiana to transact their business in the light of these declarations. The State Debt. It is a rather singular fact, but one confirmed by the record that up to the close of the administration of my successor, Governor Hanly, beginning with Oliver P. Morton in 1861, every republican governor of this state reduced the state debt during his administration —every democratic governor increased it. To my lot fell the honor of paying ’more of the state debt than any other governor in the history of Indiana. In the management of the financial affairs of Indiana the republican party has made good. The three adminlstrtions, Commencing with that of the late Governor Mount, and closing with that of ex-Governor Hanly, are alike entitled to the praise of the citizens of this commonwealth for their fidelity to the tax-payers’ interests in redeeming the bonded indebtedness of the state and for the successful effort at all times to redeem. As a concrete example of the workings of the fee system, the democratic attorney general’s emoluments amounted to over $84,000 during his term, and then some, while under the republican measure, by fixing a definite sum of $7,500 per year, and converting the fees into the treasury this is the amount substantially given attorney’s general for twelve years’ service. And so in the larger counties of the state, and in other offices, this ratio of savings to the taxpayer, resulted. The republican party is a debtpaying party. It takes no stock now, and never has, in the theory that it Is easier to pay interest than principal. Away back in 1860, it eame into a democratic inheritance upon its assumption of the state** administration, of a debt of $10,197,167. A comparison of the resources and population of the state at that time, with that of thirty-five years later, when the republican party was more recently called into power, would give some Idea of its burden, and every dollar of it represented mismanagement, Incapacity, and the fruits of extravagance. False Democratic Claim. Democratic sophomores claim that their party legislature of 1891 passed the tax law, and that it was a remedial measure of simon pure democratic origin. The truth of history is the democratic platform of 1890, was silent as to any provisions for state debt payments, and the action of the legislature was spurred by the vigorous language of the republican platform, supplemented by the growing indignation of the people, and the aggressive insistence looklng to a rem ■dy for the chaotic but natural dem

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OLD FRIENDS IN GILLAM TOWNSHIP

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says that education and religion was the aim of all and this laudable purpose has shown fruition in the large number of educators and ministers who have sprung from that locality. Mr. Guild states that some years ago he counted 125 teachers who had gone to the common schools of that township. Among the prominent Methodist ministers who were taught the fundamentals of Christianity in the Independence church were Revs. T. M. Guild, D? H. Guild, C. W. Faris, D. A Rodgers, C. W. Postill, Frank, Charles and Horace Campbell, Thos. A. and Luther Martin, L. S. Mitchell and John Sebring. Some of these were called back to preach during some of the evenings of the home coming and among those who responded were Revs. T. M. and D. H. Guild and David A. Rodgers. T. M. Guild is now pastor of the M. E. church at Peru, and D. H. Guild of the First church at Fort Wayne. Rev. Rodgers is located at New Carlisle. The program, which was prepared by Michael Robinson and Lizzie B. Faris, also provided for sermons by Rev. Aaron W. Wood, of Lafayette, and Rev. A. T. Briggs, of Valparaiso. On Thursday afternoon Austin Rathfon gave a brief history of Gillam township. He was followed by Judge C. W. Hanley, of Rensselaer, who was born in Gillam township and* received his early education there. He told of many boyhood pastimes and pranks and then spoke of some of the sad occurrences. So touching were the references that the judge almost broke entirely down and it was some time before he could restrain himself and enter into the spirit of his address. He spoke of the men and women, the mothers and fathers whose influences guided the youngsters of forty and fifty years ago in the narrow pathway that led to the right end. He mentioned the names of a number whose teachifigs he especially reriiembered •ind among them was our former townsman, William N. Jones, who was always a power for good and whose voice was always raised ih the support of any worthy cause. He was for a long time the superintendent of the Sunday school there and always had something of interest certain to bring out the best thoughts’ of the lesson. Judge Hanley also recalled with touching encomium a similar work performed by Alfonso Rockwell, now of Wheatfield, and who was not in attendance atShe home coming. He said that it was such men as these find such Christian fathers and mothers’'as existed in those days that inspired the best efforts of the girls and boys to get an education and to live in the sight of God. Judge Hanley said that he did not know of a single person who had ever left Gillam township and brought discredit upon it, while many had proven the value of their early training by their accomplishments in larger fields of endeavor. Durin° parts of his speech there was scarcely a dry eye in the audience. Little groups gathered in the large grounds near the church and indulged in reminiscences. There are many people still living in the township or at Medaryville who have the history of the township and its people on the ends of their tongues. It was generally agreed that Thomas H. Robinson was the oldest native born Gillamite. He was 70 years of age the 23rd of last February and is now a citizen of Medaryville. George W. Faris, now of Washington, D. C., who some years ago represented the Terre Haute district in congress, is probably the best known as a statesman, and so far as we can recall is the only native Jasperite who was ever elected to congress. It was hoped that he could be present at the home coming but he was unable to return. Among the more prominent educators were two of the pastors. Rev. Thomas Nelson became the president of Philander Smith college at Little Rock, Ark. Rev. L. S. Mitchell also became president of a college in the south. Among the visitors at the home coming were George Robinson, of Stockton, Kans.; Dan B. Coppess, of Dayton, Ohio; Elmer E. Rathfon and Mrs Laura Rathfon Fisher, of Chicago; W. P. Poisel, of Dixon, Ill.; Mrs. Morton Prevo, of Caldwell, Idaho; M. C, Faris, of Custer, Wash.; the who have been mentioned in the text of this article, and a number from Rensselaer and nearby points. Among visitors from Rensselaer were Judge Hanley, Jesse Osborne and son, W. Frank-Osborne and family; Tim Com-* er, Mnkjj. Wi Medicus, Mrs. C. A. Roberts, Mrs. Waren Robinson and W. J. Wright. Also quite a number of the candidates and the editor of The Republican. Among the home comers in whose work the people of his old home are greatly interested is M. C. Faris, son of John T. Faris. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter. Flora. Their home is at Custer, Wash., where he is an immigrant inspector for the U. S. His work is to prevent the entrance into the United States of undesirable

foreigners and his especial duty is to Watch the white slave traffic. Many ydung girls are brought from foreign countries to America with the promise of good wages and are planed into housesof shame and never permitted to get into communication with their relatives in the old country. The immigration service has been doing a great work in the rescue of these girls and- in the punishment of the men and women engaged in the traffic. Mr. and Mrs. Faris are in the east at this time on a mission of this sort. They took a car load of immigrants from Washington to New York for deportation. Mrs. Faris accompanied her husband as matron. They also went to Montreal, where two of the girls were taken? “Mr. Faris and wife are devoutly interested in their work and are accomplishing the rescue of many girls and keeping many undesirables from locating in America. The home coming was a great sue- ’ cess and it is quite probable that a permanent organization will be formed and other home comings held in years to come.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFXCBBS. Mayor . .G. F. Meyers Marshal George Mustard Clerk Chas. Morlan Treasurer R. D. Thompson Attorney Mose Leopold Civil Engineer . ...W. F. Osborne Fire Chief ....J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden J. J. Montgomery finTiwrrfTwttIst Ward George Hopkins 2nd Ward .....Elsie Grow 3rd Ward Harry Kresler At Large ...... C. J. Dean. A. G. Catt JUDICIAL.” Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney... Fred Longwell Terms of Court —Second Monday tn February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFYICBBB. Clerk ......Judson H. Perkins Sheriff W. L Hoover Auditor ............... J. P. Hammond Treasurer A. A. Fell Recorder ....J. W. Tilton Surveyor W. F. Osborne Coroner ......... IW. J. Wright Supt. Public Schools. .. .Ernest Lamson County Assessor John Q. Lewis Health Officer , c . E. N. Loy OO3KM3BBBONNBS. Ist District Wm. H. Hershmas 2nd District.... Charles F. Stackhouse 3rd District .Charles T. Denham Commissioners* Court meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOABD OF EDUCATION. Trustees Township Wm. F01ger..... ...Barkley Charles May Carpenter J. W. Selmer..... .Gillam George Tartar. Hanging Grove W. H. Worttoy ...Jordan Tunis . Snip... Keener John Shlrer ....4..... Yenkekes Edward Parktoon. ....Merton George I* Parka*... ..Milroy