Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T SEE IT.

. “The county commissioners of Jasper county cannot escape censure (in Winamac Bridge Co. steals). They should not have accepted bridges that were not right and while they may offer as an excuse that they believed from what examination they made that they were right, they cannot satisfy taxpayers with this sort of an excuse. They are the agents of the taxpayers and have failed to perform their duty in protecting the interests of their clientele.” —Rensselaer Republican, March 10, 1910. “The commissioners did not inspect the work (the Burk bridge). They are not obliged to do« so and have been advised to accept the report of experts instead of acting on their own judgment. Mr. Waymire states that he acted on the report of the engineer and also that if the contract was violated the engineer was to blame.” —Rensselaer Republican, Oct. 2L

A NEW BANK AT KENTLAND.

A Washington dispatch says: An application has been received from H. L. Sammons, L..K. Morrison. P. Washburn, O. P. Keesler, C. C. Kent and A. D. Washburn for authority to organize the Kent National Bank of Kentland, Ind., with a capital of $50.000.

CRUMPACKER AT MT. AYR

The Rensselaer Republican says the Crumpacker meeting was the best held in this section. If number in attendance count, proper you are —if enthusiasm dont count, proper you are again. He reminded his audience of a blind man, feeling here and there to get an applause, but he failed to get it— Mt. Ayr. Pilot, (Rep.)

A NARROW ESCAPE.

y-AVliile at work building a cement cellar at the farm residence of Alfred Peters, south of town, Monday, the walls caved in on Mr. Peters, Firman Rutherford, and Arthur Battleday. They escaped in some manner from being crushed to death, - but Al is laid up with two broken ribs and the other two each suffered a sprained back.

KERN’S SPEECH WELL RECEIVED.

The Hon. John W. Kern was greeted with the best house of any campaign speaker yet heard here during this campaign last Fridav afternoon, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. Mr. Kern is a pleasing speaker and poured some hot shot into “the enemy’s camp." but did not do it in a way that could offend any one but could not be successfully disputed. It was generally conceded that Mr. Kern’s speech carried conviction with it and would result in much good.

BANK FAILURE AT LEBANON.

The Lebanon National Bank of Lebanon, Ind., was closed Monday by the controller of currency. ’ The liabilities were given in the last report at $444,000 and assets $452,000.The faihire is alleged to have been caused from overlending funds. • Depositors w'ill be paid in full, it is stated. An examination made recentlyshowed that the bank was insolvent. The American Trust Co., operated by the same directort as the bank and which done business in the same building with the bank, was also closed, although the latter is solvent, it is reported.

HENRY AMSLER KICKED BY HORSE.

Henry Amsler, aged 72 years, was kicked and badly hurt Sunday morning by a horse which he had just turned out in' the barn lot at his home on North Weston street; The horse’s hoofs struck him in the back, just below the left shoulder blade, and broke two ribs square off. In falling his breast struck a post which fractured two rib? in front. He was in a very serious condition when the doctor reached

him. the broken ribs pressing in on the lungs and he suffered from hemorrhage. The doctor straightened up the fractures and he soon showed a marked improvement, but it was thought tyest- to have a Chicago surgeon examine him, and accordingly his local doctor summoned a surgeon here Monday evening who examined the injured man and pronounced him doing all right, and unless pneumonia should set in he will soon be about once more, his rugged constitution carrying him through.

ANOTHER NEW AUTO.

Delos Tompson Trades His Premier for a Marmon Car. Delos Thompson, cashier of the State Bank of Rensselaer, has another new auto which he brought in from Chicago Sunday. This is a Marmon. 40 horse-power, five passenger touring car. with torpedo body. It is a high class car and it is reported that Mr. Thompson gave 52.000 and his old Premier car, it also being an expensive machine and less than two years old. for the new car. . This, it is said, makes the seventh automobile Mr. Thompson has owned since the craze started a few years ago.

THE PASSING OF ROOSEVELT.

Theodore Roosevelt has Come and gone, but he explained nothing to the people of Indiana. He did not tell how it happens that he is a pretended insurgent “out west” and an actual standpatter “down east?’ He threw no new light on the political situation further than to emphasize his own insincerity. If there is one thing in American politics now plainer than all other things it is the fact that Theodore Roose velt can not be depended on for safe advice. He is merely a selfseeking politician of the kind that this country has no further use for. He fooled a good many people for a good many years but henceforth he can mislead no intelligent man, woman or child. He wants to overthrow the constitution and establish one-man rule at Washington —but aside from that it is doubtful if he has a single political conviction- that he will stand by.

THE COMMON COUNCIL

The common council met in regular session Monday night with all members present. The supt. of light plAnt was instructed to purchase regulator and sockets for street lights. In matter of sewer in alley from Angelica street to Makemself sewer commencing in block 17, the rules were suspended and said resolution put on its passage and the clerk was instructed to give notice. The fire committee was instructed to nfake arrangements for storing feed for the city team. In the petition of J. \V. Tilton, et.al. and‘James Donnelly, et al. tor street lights, supt. of light plant was instructed to instal lights. The resignation of Bert Campbell as city teamster was accepted by the council, and Chester Zea will take his place, Campbell taking Zea’s- place at Maines & Hamilton’s. The following claims- were allowed : _ CORPODATION FUND. George Mustard, marshal..s3o.oo Frank Critser, nightwatch.. 25.00 J Hordeman, repair water pipe 3.00 Babcock Fire Ex. Co, rep hose 7.50 ROAD FUND. Bert Campbell, teamster.. . . 25.00 J Perkins, rail Wash st. bdge 48.00 Jud Moore, use of horse.... 10,50 Studebaker Bros, rep dp wag 1.08 Maines & Hamilton, hay. etc 56.80 R D Thompson, frt on stone 13.68 LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, salary.... 50.00 Mell Abbott, same....-.-.. 25.00 Dave Haste, same. 25.00 Kenneth Rhoades, wk on line 30.00 Shirley Hill Coal Co, coal. . .179.40 Western Electric Co, sup... 177178 Jesse Gates, hauling coal ... 61.13 R D Thompson, frt paid. . . .278.42 Same, car service. . 13.00 T E Malone, salary.. , 30.00 Knapp Supply Co, lead pipe. .12.30 R D Thompson, fr;t paid. . -...- .90 Come to The Democrat office fbr the best Sale Bill printing' in Jasper county.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 36. 1010. - ' - " ' ' , , ~ .I

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Pulaski county will use the Empire voting machines at the coming election. ■ °, The county stone crusher is at work out west of town, near the Stott Grant place. —o— Clerk C. C. Warner will go to Indiaanpolis Thursday *to get the state ballots for the coming election. -O—-;■ New suits filed: No. 7664. Dye. & Thompson Lumber Co., vs. Milo Wilcox; suit on note. Demand $75. —® —■- Remember that Monday, November 7. is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid their going delinquent and having penalty added. Mrs. Rebecca Hurley of Barkley tp., who was recently declared insane and application made for her confinement in the asylum at Longcliff M recovered her reason Friday and it is hoped the recovery will be permanent. pQn complaint of the city marshal Janies Willis was arrested' Monday on the charge of auto speeding on the streets . the day previous. On plea of guilty, he was fined $1 and costs, $3.80 in all, which he paid. Other offend-I ers will be given like punishment! if they do not quit the practice,! the marshal says. | —o“Shorty v Adams’ condition is ( growing worse all the time, andq he refuses to wear a stitch of clothing any of the time. He hollers and yells almost continuously night and day and is real ugly. It seems,strange that the . authorities at Longcliff cannot take hint. It has been nearly two"' months since he was declared insane. but they still say they .have no room for him there.

PUBLIC SALESThe Democrat has printed bills for th? following public sales: Thursday, Oct. 27, E.- K. Koons and others, west and 1 mile nprth of Surrey, on the Thompson ranch. Principally a stock sale, horses cattle and numerous other articles.

JUST LIES! LIES! LIES!

Says- the Republican—Contractors, Like “Judy,” Did More. Than They Agreed. One of the Republican editors was out to the Burk bridge, says the Republican, and measured the extension*built five years ago. He not only found the full 140 feet contracted for, but 7 feet additional. And The Democrat lied! Lied! Lied! Whether the Republican editor began at the point where the extension started we know not, but while reputable people of that vicinity have told us heretofore that the extension “was short,’’] it was not until perhaps two months ago that a republican county official who is in a position to know what he was talking about and who carefully measured the'extension told us that the extension wa? short some 30 -feet. He knew where the extension begun. - The man who furnished every ■ foot of piling use c d in the extension told us but-recently in the presence of witnesses, that 'he knew no such amount of piling was put down as the county paid I for, and that none of it was put down over nine feet. He also said tha£ a certain 'county com•missioner made the arrangements with him for furnishing the piling! . i We have not very much confidence in the Republican editors’ judgment, figures of truthfullness. It ’ will be remembered that one of them inspected the recent improvement to the north end of the same bridge “thoroughly” and then came back and said the specifications had been followed to the closest point. Yet. in its very next issue, “re-nig-ged,” after The Democrat’s exposure and admitted that there ha-I’ • • 1

been some slight changes which ?*did not cheapen the work, nor favor the contractor.” •v The bridge extension is there tjpshow for itself, and The Democrat will have a little more to say about it in its next issue.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

v Editor Jasper Co. Denux-rat Some one reported the sale of Ed \ ondersmith’s 240 acre farm in the Remington Press last week. The report stated that Mr. VonAersmith received S6O per acre Jor the farm, but the agent sold |t for $65 per acre, making a commission of $5 per acre to the j Now as the agent's name was hot mentioned, it might be claimfed that any real estate agent here made the sale, and as we do not want the honor of making' the Sale, will say that Mr.- made the sale, and will also say that .we are not publishing this notice, for the purpose of damaging Mr. but we are doing it to protect our own business as real estate men. We are willing |hat Mr. shoukKmake all the Sales possible, as the more sales the better.— Jones Bros.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

IpOct. 20 to Mr. an Mrs. Frank ’Payne of Union tp.,. a daughter. Brow n, of south of town, a son.

A FEW FOR MR. CRUMPACKER.

In view of the fact that the Crumpacker republican press of this district has made a furious fight on the Hon. John B. Peterson, making the charge that he is a corporation lawyer because he has been employed in a few cases by corporations, and the fact that Mr. Crumpacker himself has made the charge in his speaking tour throughout the district, The Democrat wants to propound a few question for Mr. Crumpacker to answer from the platform when he speaks in Rensselaer to-night. 1. Has John B. Peterson ever to your knowledge been employed as a salaried attorney of any corporation, or has he simply taken a few cases of corporations as they came to him the same as you yourself have done? 2. Have not you since you have, held your seat in the United States Congress been employed as. attorney for the Standard Oil Co., notably in the case of the Standard Oil Co., vs. Fordik,, a personal injury case appealed to the higher courts by the Standard Oil Cd., and in the brief of which yOur name appears as attorney for the greatest corporation and trust the world has ever seen? 3. Since you have held your seat in congress were you not attorney for the Columbian Athletic Club, the big Chicago gambling and prize-fighting aggregation driven from Indiana by the state militia on the order of Claude Mathews, the democratic governor at that time, in its appeal from the action of the state in putting it out of business? 4. Were you not attorney for the notorious bucketshop firm of L. A. Kinsey & Co., of Chicago in its efforts to force the Chicago Board of Trade to supply it with market quotations that it might continue to fleece the public. And this, too, since you have been drawing a salary as congressman? 5. Have you not during the last few months, since your return from the last session of congress, tried a case lasting several weeks, in which you were attorney for the Western Rawhide Co., a big corporation? 6. If it is wrong for Mr. Peterson, holding no public office, to take individual cases from corporations, how do you justify your own conduct in taking. cases from corporations while holding the office of congressman which pays you $7,500 per year and from : which t congress, corporations are frequently asking favors? ... . ■ ;

ROOSEVELTIAN LANGUAGE USED

By the Lion Bunter in Retering to Judge Anderson FRIENDS OF LITTER AROUSED And a Storm of Indignation Is Raised Against the Ex-Presi-dent---M embers of Columbia Club Shocked By Outrageous Language of Their Guest. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 23. —No other incident of the present campaign has- aroused such a storm here as Colonel Roosevelt’s statement to Captain Harry New that Judge Anderson, of Federal Court of Indiana District, was “a damned jackass and a crook.” The publication of this story has caused the matter to be discussed from one end of the state to the other. It seems from statements today by members of the Columbia Club, which gave a reception to Colonel Roosevelt October 13, that several persons witnessed Colonel Roosevelt’s excited gestures when he was making his declaration to Captain New regarding Judge Anderson.

The latter is the Judge who presided over the Panama Canal libel case in which are effort was made to drag* the proprietors of the Indianapolis News to Washington for trial. It is supposed here that Colonel Roosevelt was so enraged over Judge Anderson’s decision that it caused. him to say to Captain New that Judge Anderson was “a damned crook and a jackass?’ when the Captain attempted to congratulate Colonel Roosevelt on having appointed Anderson as Judge. The Columbia Club is the leading political and social organization of Indiana. Its members include more than a thousand of the most prominent men in Indiana. For more than a week the stefry of the statements that Colonal Roosevelt made have . been discussed within the exclusive precincts of the club, but it was not until yesterday that the matter became public. One club member who would not permit use of his name today said that he was within tw T o arms length of Colonel Roosevelt and Captain New when, the former made his charges .regarding Judge Anderson. “I saw Colonel Roosevelt shaking his fist emphatically,” said the club member. “I heard him say to Captain New that the mart was a ‘damned jackass.’ I also heard him tell Captain New that he would tell the man so himself. Colonel Roosevelt appeared to be great agitated. I did not hear him use • the word ‘crook’ and I was not near enough in time to catch the name of the man to whom the term ‘damned jackass’ was applied.” “As soon as Captain New quit Colonel Roosevelt’s side I followed him and asked him to whom the term ‘D—d jackass’ was applied. Captain New, however, refused at that time to discuss the incident.” This member says that shortly afterward he was informed that Judge Anderson was the man Roosevelt referred to. An attache of Judge Anderson’s Court said today that Judge Anderson’s associates at the Federal building had known all about the incident for more than a week. lie said that Judge Anderson himself told him and others at the Federal Court about the incident, but that he had not discussed it with them. He declared also that while the vari-' ous officials of the Federal Court here had known about the matter npne of them had given out any information on the subject. A member of the Republican state organization, who is a very close friend of Captain New and Judge Anderson, said .that he was present when they were discussing the Roosevelt incident. i. • .

! “Captain New told Judge An- | derson about the matter last I Tuesday,” said the member of the State Committee. "1 was presI ent during their interview . Cap- > tain New related everything that had taken place, and what he said was practically the same as was printed last night. He said i that he had attempted to congratulate Colonel Roosevelt on the appointment of Judge Anderson, and that Colonel Roosevelt then applied the term “a damn ed jackass and a crook' to the Judge. Judge Anderson made absolutely no comment! “Since then many members of the club who have -heard about the incident have gone to Judge Anderson to express the indignation, but he has refrained from making any comment himself.” T|ie members of the committee says that Judge Anderson heard of the incident before Captain New told it to him. Captain New refuses to discuss the matter publicly, but the Story that was printed here was shown him before it appeared. He made no denial or confirmation of it. Republican leaders generally seem afraid that the matter will become an issue in the closing w-eeks of the campaign. Colonel Roosevelt was invited to come to Indiana in order that he might help Senator Beveridge. Judge Anderson's personal friends said today that he stands so highly with the people of Indiana that nothing Colonel Roosevelt could say would hurt him in Indiana. They regret, however, that his name has been dragged before.,the public in such a manner. Judge Anderson was seen tonight and asked if he had anything to say in regard to the incident. “Nothing at all,” he replied, in an unruffled voice. “Then you won’t discuss it in any respect whatever ?” "No, not at all.”

THE NATIONAL MONTHLY

The name of every subscriber to The Democrat whose subscription was paid beyond Jan. 1, 1911, and was therefore entitled to The National Monthly a year free gratis, under our premium offer, was sent in to the publisher of The National Monthly in September and they should have received the October issue of that publication. New subscribers should receive the November issue to begin their year with. Should any subscriber not receive the National Monthly by Nov. 10, who is entitled to same under our free offer, they will oblige us by notifying us at once by postal card. With the large number of names sent in by The Democrat we may have made a few errors, and in the hundredsof thousands of names sent in from all over the country it will not be surprising if the N. M. publishers have made some mistakes in copying them on their subscription books.. We want every subscriber to The Democrat wno is entitled so" the National Monthly to receive same, and if any do not receive it by Nov. 10. we, do not want them to be at all backward in notifying us at once.

PRESBYTERIAN RUMMAGE SALE. The Presbyterian ladies will hold their annual rumamge sale on Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, in the room first door north of B. K. Zimmerman’s tailor shop, formerly occupied by Scott Bros. Hundreds of articles of household use and wearing apparel will be on sale at almost your own price. The ladies also solicit articles for this sale, and those having anything they wish to donate can phone Mrs. John Eger. If you don’t want to pay exhorbitant prices for yOur Fall Suit or Overcoat, step into our clothing section and ■ get oui prices on men’s and boy's clothings—Rowles & Parker. The Democrat and The Chicago Record-Herald year for $4.00. We have the nicest line of wool and dress shirts ever shown in our city, from 50c to $3.00 each.— C. Earl DuvalL

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