Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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CHAS. G. MAUZY OF BENTON CO.

Arrested As Result ot Road Tax Swindle in Newton Go. FORMER COUNTY CHAIRMAN ' / . ' ... ' \ • A , . M , .. i .1And Prominent In Republican Politics—Prosecutor Longwell Strikes “Pay Dirt” In His Efforts to Bring to Justice Graf- * ters In His Home County As Well as Jasper

Kentland Enterprise: New developments in the road work graft mentioned last week came to light Tuesday when Charles G. ' Mauzy was arrested and brought into court to answer the charge of offering a bribe to John Starkey, a road supervisor of Beaver township. Mr. Mauzy gave bond and the case will not be tried this term. As an introductory it may be stated that Mauzy took a contract from the C. I. & S. railway company to .perform its road work in Newton county for the year 1909. Mauzy, it is alleged, approached Supervisor Starkey and proposed that if Starkey would surrender to him the railroad’s tax receipt for Beaver township he, Mauzy, would give Starkey a new buggy. The proposition being alleged that Mauzy offered to di : vide profits. We are advised that Starkey refused both offers, and that the work in question has not been done to this day. These facts are in accordance with the testimony given before the grand jury, and on which Mauzy was indicted for attempted bribery. Prosecutor Longwell believes that crookedness exists in some of the other townships through which the C. I. &JL runs in reference to road work and will make a thorough investigation. The railroad company holds a receipt for $270 from another of the west tier of townships to offset its road assessment, yet good men declare on oath that work was not done on the roads of that township last year to the extent of more than SSO or S6O. No indictment has been returned in this case however, and therefore the evidence has not been given the public. Mr. Mauzy is a well known politician of Benton county, and is known to many of the people of this county. For many years he has engaged as a contractor.

KICKED BY HORSE.

William the 21-year-old son of John Baker of near Mt. Ayr, who is working for Charles Borklund of near. Brook, wai> kicked just over the liver by a horse Wednesday, at about 1 p. m., at the Hemphill hitch barn. The right lower lurtg and liver were quite badly injured. The young man was carried into the Makeever .House, where a physician worked ovei him for several hours. He was moved Thursday to the residence of Z. T. Campbell on the south side of the public square, and is reported to be getting along all right now. _

COPSEY-CARR NUPTIALS.

IS The marriage of Mr. John Copsey of Sheridan and Miss Rose Carr of Rensselaer took. place at St. Augustine’s Catholic , church at 9 a. m., Monday, Rev. Father Daniels officiating and Charles and. Clara Brusnahan of Parr being the attendants. Quite a number of the numerous friends of the contracting parties nessed the marriage ceremony! After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served to the invited guests, some twenty in number at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Carr, and the young couple left on the afternoon train for'Sheridan where the groom is employed as a baker for the present. They will not start to housekeeping at once, but will board for awhile. Quite a number of friends gathered at the depot and started them off in gOod.

shape with showers of rice and old shoes. The Democrat joins in congratulations, ' Those present from a distance at the wedding were the mother and two sisters of the groom and Mr. Jorka, from Lafayette; Mrs. Sarah Newman and daughters Rose and Margarite ai\d son of Winamac. '

IT’S STILL COUNCILMAN KRESLER.

J\At the special meeting of the (ity council Tuesday night to elect a successor to Frank G. Kresler, resigned, only one name was presented, that of Harry Kresler, the barber, who received the unanimous vote of the other members. *Harry is a brother of Frank Kresler, so the office is kept in the family anyhow.

THREE-CORNERED DRAMA

An irate husband, an indiscreet wife and a festive young widower figured in a domestic wrangle near the MonOn depot Tuesday night. A justice of the peace, two or three members of the city council and the nightwatch got in as spectators on the flashlight sprung' by the injured husband, and the J. P. later assisted in straightening ouJ and pouring oil on the troubled waters to the extent of dividing the personal effects of husband and wife peacefully, if not amicably. The gay young widower in whose rooms the alleged wayward wife was found, has left town, it is alleged, and the wife has gone west to remain indefinitely.

SNAKES IN A DRY TOWN.

“Shorty” Adams, whose appetite for firewater is said to be practically unquenchable, had a fit of “seeing things” Wednesday morning and was found wandering about in the wet grass nea* the Catholic church at an early hour, minus hat, shoes and socks or coat and vest but with well defined symptoms of the jimjams. He was taken to the home of his mother by the city marshall and a doctor succeeded, afa time, in expelling the ugly things from his sight. He is now all right once more and has announced again that he will taboo booze, which it is hoped he will do. He is said to have secured his latest load up about the oasis at Shelby.

CARLOAD OF PINEAPPLES.

Home Grocery Ships In a Load Direct From the Isle of Cuba. Shipping in pineapples by the car load direct from Cuba is something'unusual in towns five times as large as Rensselaer, yet the Home Grocery here has ordered a carload and expects to have them here on sale to-day. In buying a carload at once they can retail at a profit for the price they otherwise would have to pay forfhem at ( wholesale, owing" to the great saving in freight, and they propose to give their customers the benefit of this saving. Owing to the failure of the fruit crop the demand for foreign fruits, such as pineapples, etc., is bound to be great, and the economical housewife will lay in a supply of fruit for canning for next winter now when it can be had so cheap.

DISTRICT CONVENTION

Sixteen Rensselaer Ladies Attend Pythian Sisters’ Meeting at Morocco. Three automobile loads of Pythian Sisters from Rensselaer attended the district convention of that order held at Morocco Wednesday, and Mrs. Anna Mills, Mrs. W. V. Porter, Mrs. Philip Blue, Mrs. I. J. Porter and Miss Ethel Sharp went via rail. Those going via auto were: Mrs. C. W. Duvall, Mrs. A. C. Woodkworth, Mrs. J. A. Grant Mrs. F. E. Babcock; Mrs. P, W. Clark, Mrs. Anna Tutuer, Miss Blanche Hoyes, Mrs. Harry Kresler, Mrs. Leslie Clark, Mrs. Jud Moore, Mrs. J. P. Hammond and Mrs. S. C. Irwin, the latter going along simply for the.ride, she not being a member of the order.' The ladies report a good - attendance at .the meeting and a most < delightful time, and areloud in their praise of the entertainment accorded them by their Morocco Sisters ; I

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RKNSSELAEK, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1910.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ■**——; — l —• —r*—: —l Commissioners’ court will convene Monday. « ■ > Frank Foltz was in Kentland* Thursday on court, business. New suits filed : No. 7611. Roy. Willey vs. Cornelius Sayler et al; action to quiet title. The County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting next Monday. Irwin & Irwin closed up farm loans laht month aggregating $49,600, and have many more pending. There were ten marriage licenses issued last month, against t-’even «Jor the month previous and eleven, fonjthe corresponding month last year. " , —o — This is the last week of the ’May / term of the Newton circuit court, and there will now be a vacation in the circuit until the second Monday in September, when the next term in Jasper county convenes. Nicholas Sammons an inmate of the county poor asylum, died of hardening of the arteries followed by gangrene Wednesday, aged 80 years. He formerly lived at Demotte but for the past three years had been making his home at the county farm. His brother, Simonin Sammons, took the body to Roselawn yesterday morning where burial was made. The appellate court has overruled appelant’s petition for a rehearing to modify mandate in the case of Elizur Sage vs. International Harvester Co. taken up from this county by Mr. Sage, and judgment of the lower court reversed, the particulars of which were published in The Democrat at the time. The original judgment against-Sage by the jury in the lower court for 'some S2B, will now stand, and will have the effect of sticking the Harvester Co., for the costs. The issues in the Spinney case, wherein the Board of Commissioners is seeking to recover from Charles W. Spinney former treasurer of Newton county, an alleged shortage of $4,702.21, will be made up to-morrow and the case will be called for trial Saturday provided a change of venue is not taken. As Saturday is the last day of the present term the case could not be finished, if begun, and would be continued to an adjourned session held at some time during the summer. But as every taxpayer in the county is an interested party to this suit, it would be difficult to secure an unbiased jury and the case will most probably be sent to some other county for trial.—Kentland Eenterprise. •

COLLEGEVILLE.

The following visitors called at the college during the last week: J. Sindelar and family, John a Blachke, North Judson; Luke W. Reed, Ft. Waynfe; Harvey C. Schmal, a 1908 commercial graduate, Crown Point. The graduation examinations are now in full swing. They began Wednesday, and will continue one week. The commercial class' numbers 13, the normal 5, and 7 collegiates are trying for their A. B. degree. Rev. J. J. Mullen, of Holy Rosary church, Chicago, was down to take leave of friends, as he sailed this week for an extended tour of England*, Ireland and Italy. The invitations for the 15tn annual commencement have been sent out. The exercises will open Monday evening, June 13th Contest for the Conroy, medal. At 7 a. m. on Tuesday, the 14th will be the Rt. Rev. Bishop’s Mass. Following this the class exercises will be held in the auditorium. The baccalaureate address will be delivered by Rev.

~John R 7 Quinlan, of Huntington, j Bishop Alerding will next confer the degrees, award the medals, and speak the closing remarks. The Alumni Association business meeting will be held in the afternoon, and their departure will again leave St. Joseph’s to its nature charms and beiPuties for the long vacation. On Decoration day the Varsity was automobiled to Brook and shoved into an unexpected defeat that was "given with whitewash trimmings while the locals gathered two runs." The Varsity batsmen were unable to touch up the swift shoots of Whiting, Brook’s sta,r center attraction. Although McGurren held his opponeUts to two hits, they managed to turn them, in ft sprinkling of errors, into base circuits. Both pitchers were in fine form in spite of the cold wave that had strayed from some February hiding place. Whiting struck out 18 collegians to the 10 that McGurren pinched at the gangplank. Hayes with his lone scratch hit robbed Whiting of the honor of a no-hit performance. The close game created great enthusiasm in the large crowd. The . Varsity reached third several times, once with three men on bases and no out, yet they failed to annex the the needed counts. In pinches Whiting was absolutely invincible. A little faster fielding on the part of the collegians would have run the game into extra sessions that only darkness might have ended as in the grueling battle of a year ago. The kindest treatment was accorded to the Varsity and the college rooters that accompanied the team, during their stay in the down river town. Batteries: Whiting and Wise, McGurren and Grathwohl. The score: RH E 8r00k.002000000 226 St. Joe.O 00000000 012 The Varsity will play the Wrenb on the college grounds Sunday, June sth, and on Athletic Field Rensselaer, Sunday, June 12, which game will close the season for the Varsity.

CHURCH OF GOD SERVICES

Preaching Sunday morning at 10:45. Subject: “The Witness of the Spirit, that We Are the Children of God, How Received?” Whosoever will, come and hear.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The morning sermon next Sunday will be on the ,122nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian church. . In the evening the Pastor will use the steeopticon to illustrate a sermon on the “Crucifixion of Jesus.” Everyone welcome to these services.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.

The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church is “Insuring the Home for Two Worlds.” Evening theme, “What Shall We Do With Opr Enemies?” Will be pleased to have the members present at the morning service to welcome the Order of Modern Woodmen. Special music by choir Sunday evening. *

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker of Pleasant Ridge, a son. June 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Ora Fay of near Parr, a daughter. Get your new oxfords while prices are low at the Cash Store.— G. Porter. •’ Millet and Hungarian seed at Eger Bros. » A CARLOAD. We have a car load of pineapples hi transit coming direct from Cuba to us. Being bought where pines are the cheapest on earth, with transportation charges allpaid to us we will seU pineapples Saturday Monday and Tuesday at less than Chicago wholesale prices. With the scarcity of fruit this should be welcome news to you. Don’t forget the sale dates —June 4th 6th and 7th. —Home Grocery.

STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

SKULL FRACTURED. Indianapolis, Ind., June 1. — R. R. Lucas, a student at the Danville (Ind.) Normal School, attempted to race with a limited traction car from Danville to Indianapolis to-day on a motorcycle. His wheel skidded and he was thrown his skull being fractured,

INDIANAPOLIS MAN

Held For Theft in Connection With Wrecking of Illinois Back. IndianapoVs, Ind., June I. Wm. P. Anderson, of Indianapolis, was arrested this afternoon charged with grand larceny and embezzlement in connection with the West Union Bank of Marshall, 111., which failed recently. Anderson helped to organize the bank a year ago. It closed because of alleged mismanagement. It is said that $40,000 is missing. Anderson gave $5,000 bond to-night. ... CHEAP RATE TO CHICAGO. Monon’s First Sunday Excursion . Only 75 Cents for Round Trip From Rensselaer. The MonOn will run an excursion to Chicago on Sunday, June 5, and the rate from Rensselaer will be 75 cents for the round trip. This excursion is run over the Louisville division, and Rensselaer is the only stop made north of Monon. The time of train here is 9:15 a. m. Returning train leaves Chicago at 11 :a0 p. m. This is the first Sunday excursion of the season and will likely be largely patronized.

TO HAVE THROUGH SERVICE.

South Bend, Ind., June 1. — Through-train service from South Bend to Indianapolis will be established about July T, according to announcement made at a conference of the South Bend Chamber of Commerce and L. H. Landman, General Passenger Agent of the Lake Erie and Western, to-day. The distance will be reduced to 150 miles, and the running time to four and onehalf hours. The trip will be made from South Bend to Walkerton over the Chicago, Indiana and Southern and from that point over the Lake Erie.

OVERWORKED

Employes and Monon Is Sued "For SII,OOO Damages. Indianapolis, Ind., June I. Charles W. Miller, United States District Attorney • for Indiana, to-day filed in the Federal Court suits against the Monon for damages amounting to SII,OOO. It is alleged that in 20 specified instances telegraph operators were required to work more than nine hours out of 24, and it is alleged that an engineman and a fireman, between Monon and Indianapolis, were required to work more than 16 consecutive hours, in violation of a Federal statute. A judgment of SSOO is asked for each violation.

SETTLED OUT OF COURT

And Suit For of Auto Company "Is Dismissed. Indianapolis, Ind., June 1. — The suit in the local and Federal Courts against John N. W'illys for appointment of a receiver for the American Motor Car Sales Company filed by T. P. C. Forbes, Jr., Eben B. Campbell, New York, and Henry P. Campbell, of Indianapolis, were dismissed to-day. The Courts were notified that a settlement has been,made. Willys, who is President of the sales organization, as will as Overland automobile companies of Indianapolis arfd Toledo, paid the complainants $150,000 in cash and deposited $1,015,000 worth” of Stock in Ihe Overland factories as collateral for payment for the remainder of their holdings. He is planning to form a large company of $2,000,000 capital to operate the Indianapolis and Toledo Overland plants.

LAGER GONE TO WASTE.

Madison, Ind., June I.—The Weber Brewing Company, of this city, having beer on hand for which it could not find a paying market, requested Deputy Revenue Collector Lee to destroy it; This Lee did to-day, disposing of about $3,000 worth of lager.

RUSHING AUTO

Only Salvation For Indiana Girl Afflicted With Heart Disease —Going Day and Night. Newcastle, Ind., June 2.—ln an effort to save her life Mary Carpenter, the six-year-old daughter of O. O. Carpenter, a wellknown business man, is being whisked about the city in an automobile night and day, and the ceaseless run has been kept up since last Friday night, the machine being stopped only to replenish the supply of gasoline and to make a change in drivers and attendants for the little girl. The child is afflicted with heart (rouble and it is difficult for her to breathe. She has been enabled to breathe by the brisk breeze created by the speed of the machine. There seems little chance that the child can recover.

HARMON INDORSED

For Presidency By Democrats of Mercer County, a Bryan Stronghold. Celina, Ohio June I.—The Democrats of rockribbed Mercer County, who gave Bryan the largest majority of any county in the state in his first campaign for the Presidency, to-day by; resolutions adopted by their County, Central Committee indorsed Governor Judson Harmon for President in 1912 and called upon the Democracy of the county to give him an unequalecb majority for renomination for Governor this fall. They also indorsed the candidacy of Edward F. Romer for Secretary of State, and instructed the delegates to the state convention to give him their unanimous support. The fact that Representative S. J. Vining of this county, would be a candidate ‘for Speaker of the lower House at the next meeting of the General Assembly, was heartily received by the convention.

TO THE PUBLIC. John Casey of Fair Oaks, is a representative of the American Educational League pf Chicago, and is soliciting subscriptions for, the book on Traffic in Young Girls, or War on the White Slave Trade. Mr. Casey booked 14 orders in 8 hours and 29 minutes, a total of s2l, made out his daily report and mailed it on the 4 o’clock train the same day Saturday last, all in the little town of Fair Oaks, where people are hungry for good wholesome literature and are seekers after truth, patience and brotherly kindness in aiding and agent who is sacrificing all other business and is devoting all his time and attention exclusively for the protection of parents with young daughters, introducing literature that win teach all the dangers’ to which a lack of care subjects their, innocent and inexperienced gives to snares where escape is impossible. Beware of this infamous traffic, their are fine looking strangefs, cute and cunning, engaged in crime and its profits and are well organized all over the world. xx Millet and Hungarian seed at Eger. Bros. —- Bring your eggs to the big oxford sale at ‘the Cash Store. — G. B. Porter. Patronize The Democrat’s Job Department for best printing at fnwpst prizes Gall and see! .—- Souvenir envelopes of Rensselaer on sale at The Democrat office at 10 cents per package of 25. By the single hundred, with return card printed in the corner, 75c. A proportionate reduction in larger lots. _

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