Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1911 — Page 4

TIE JISPER GOINTY DEMOGIRT M.lUMtt.BllOtMWllluatl. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday land Saturday. Wednesday issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. / —H Long Distance Telephones Ofifce 315. '.; r Residence 311. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1911.

CHICAG MAN GIVEN BALLINGER’S POST

Walter L Fisher Appointed Seci retary ot Interior. Ballinger’s resignation as secretary of the interior, dated Jan. 19, was accepted by President Taft and Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, was appointed as his successor, his commission being signed immediately by the president. Mr. Fisher take office within a few days. Secretary Ballinger based his resignation entirely upon the condition of his health. The president replied at once, expressing his confidence in Secretary Ballinger and his reluctance to accept his resignation, and requested the secretary to remain in office until the close of the session of congress. ’ • The correspondence between the president and the secretary is not f voluminous, but displays beyond question the confidence which Mr. Taft has reposed in Mr. Ballinger throughout the 1 long seige and the indignation with which he viewed the attacks upon the secretary's personal and official integrity. The appointment of the Chicago attorney was commented on by some as a natural step following bis work on the national conservation commission. In 1908 President Roosevelt selected Mr. Fisher as head of his conservation movement. Mr. Fisher was born in 1862 at Wheeling, W. Va. He was graduated before the age of twenty-one from Hanover college, Hanover, 0., of which for many years his father was president. Four years after his graduation Mr. Fisher was admitted to the bar and began practice in Chicago. As an active worker in relation to Chicago’s municipal affairs the new; secretary of the interior first became prominently known as secretary of the Municipal Voters’ League. Later he became president of this body and retained an interest in its work after ceasing to be an official. His work in framing the traction ordinance and examining witnesses before the Merriam commission are recent things for which Mr. Fisher is known.

INDICTS SEVEN IN FRAUD

Officials of the Michigan-Alaska Development Company. At Detroit, Mich., the 'government investigation into Alaskan coal land frauds involving approximately 48,000 acres, valued at more than $50,000,000, resulted in the issuance of an indictment by the federal grand jury charging seven individuals with conspiracy against the United States. The defendants are W. W. Me Alpine, George W. Ross, F. D. Andrus, A. H. Rcehm, A. L. Holmes, M. C. Leßeau, and J. M. Bushnell. The foregoing are officials of a company known as the Michigan-Alaska Development company. John M. Bush nell is a Chicago inan The others live in Detroit. 1 . u . " The contention of the government is that the defendants conspired to induce between 200 and 300 individuals to become stockholders in the Mich-igan-Alaska company by making “fraudulent and fictitious locations of certain Alaska coal lands, thereby violating the land entry laws of 1910, which made it illegal for more than four persons to form a company for locating coal lands and taking out patents on more than 640 acres.”

INDIANA SOLONS ADJOURN

State Legislature Ends Session Amid Shouting and Singing.' Amid shouting and singing of members the Sixty-seventh Indian.-' general assembly adjourned after a session in which much legis’ation important to the state was passed. A rew constitution was approved and will be presented to the people at the next general election for their approvaL One of the new laws enacted defines the city and the township as the saloon option unit, instead of the county. Other legislation provides for weekly wage payment in mines and factories, for the registration of voters, employers’ liability, ratification of an Income tax, amendment to the United States constitution, labeling cold storage foods, medical inspection of school children and prohibiting third degree methods by police, f-f-- —- ; - An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.

NEW LAWS OF INDIANA

Enacted By the Sixty-Seventh General Assembly. PRESENTED IN A NUTSHELL Here Are Set Out in Brief Though Comprehensive Form the Measure* Enacted b; the Late Legislature Foci the Further Government of the People of Indiana Concise Summary For the Busy Reader. With the close of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly of the state of Indiana, the following bills have received the governor’s signature and will become laws upon their formal promulgation; f SENATE BILLS.

18. Green wall. The cold storage bill. This is.said to be the first bill of Its kind passed in any state of the Union, and the food and drug authorities of the srate expect it to become a model for ether states. It limits to rine months the time that food products may be kept in cold storage, and provides for the labeling of cold storage products when offered for sale, at either wholesale or retail. 264. Harlan. Providing for acceptance of gift of Dr. Robert W. Long and wife for hospital purposes at Indianapolis, and providing a fund of $25,000 annually for maintenance of hospital in connection with Indiana university School of medicine. A joint resolution was adopted 1 voting thanks and appreciation to Dr. and Mrs. Long for this gift.

225. Stotsenburg. Providing for the commemoration of the 190th anniversary of the admission of Indiana to the Union by the building of a public library in Indianapolis, and creating a commission of four to make necessary arrangements.

301. Parks. Providing that school bonds Issued for the construction of new schoolhous.es in all towns of from 500 to 2,000 population may run for twenty years instead of ten years, as the present law provides. 233. Beal. Giving railroad commission power to regulate the size of cabooses and regulate their construction, providing that caboose cars shall be not less than twenty-four feet in length. 16. Grube. Providing that when a

candidate for county superintendent j has received one-half the number Of votes of trustees, the county auditor j thenceforth is entitled to vote. 113. Stotsenburg. Providing for the appointment of a locomotive Inspector by the railroad commission of Indiana i and regulating conditions of safety , and sanitation in locomotives.

21.” Hauek. Regulating the incorporation of b3nks, and providing that all bonds of state banks shall be filed with the auditor of state instead of with the secretary of state. 432. Yariing. Providing that the Judge of the Marion superior court. Room 5, shall hold court in Shelbyville, Shelby county, four terms of five weeks each. 212. Stotsenburg. Amending teachers’ salary law to give teachers exempt from license equality with those holding license for three years or more. 62. Neftenrille. > Anti-garnishee law, making it unlawful for persons to buy or sell claims against which judgments may be entered in another state.

28. McCarty. Providing for the sanitary construction of school buijd,'ngs and providing for the free medical examination of school children. 37. , Stotsenbrug. Providing for prisoners serving life sentences in Jeff rsdnville reformatory being taken to the state prison at Michigan city. 23 Kistler. Providing for the apn'dnlment of additional bank exaini. wrs and permitting the removal of examiners by the state auditor. 183. Parks. Providing that cities may issue bonds to take up floating indebtedness caused by court judgments against the city.

38. StotFeriburg. Providing for the filling of vacancies in town offices by election of town boards instead of by general elections. 209. Wood. Authorizing railroad companies to take stock in interurban companies to facilitate the building of union terminals. 1

76. Harlan. Authorizing the Indianapolis school city to take over and maintain the Winona Technical Institute.

2. Beal. Permitting change of venue from superior courts to circuit courtto ooviate the need of special judges. 1. Akin. Creating a separate circuit court for Sullivan county, now Included with Greene. In one circuit. > 251. Yarling. Providing that interurbans shall provide waiting rooms in cities of 4,§00 or more. 82. Proctor. Amending county option law by substituting city and township for County as units of option. 134. Roys*. Amending the law governing the organization and perpetuity of voluntary school associations. 12. Fleming. Providing that traction and railway companies may make ten-year Barrett law payments. 348. Grube. Providing that boards of trustees of state institutions, in paying contractors for the construe- * • *

tlon of buddings, shall withhold snfßcfe r t money, to pay subcontractor* btfe-<? the general contractor is paid; , pro- id;’ - g also for making provision in all public contracts for the payment of labor performed while buildings are under construction. 138. Stotsenburg. Providing that political parties may adopt or reject any proposed amendment to the constitution and that such question 'may be placed on the ballot to show whether nny political party is favorable or is opposed to such an amendment. 327. Proctor. Amending the township and city unit local option law passed early in the session to clear, up a doubtful point in regard to elections In townships outside of cities, where city and rural precincts meet.

350. Sullivan. Authorizing mining and manufacturing companies to state in their articles of incorporation whether preferred stockholders shall be entitled to a Vote in the affairs of the company. 1 • ■ . 275. Grube. Requiring- examination of employes of railroads working on section gafigs and providing that at least two then in each gang shall understand the flagging system of the railroad.

435. Clark. Authorizing the township advisory board of Center township, Marlon county, to make appropriations for office rent, attorney and clerical help for the township trustee. 156. Strange. Amending road law with a provision for building bridges on highways forming boundary line between counties where streams cross such highways on the boundaries. 66. Sullivan. Providing for the appointment of guardians on application to probate court without the necessity of showing that persons for whom application is made ar insane. 163. Crumpacker. Providing that in cities of the fifth class where a grade has once been established no changes can be ordered until all damages are settled. 195. Netterville. Specifying a clearance of twenty-one feet for wires and obstructions crossing railway trucks and regulating fastening of such obstructions. .

238% Moore. Providing for clearing present municipal corporation statjtes of ambiguity and defining the powers of municipal corporations to incur debts.

279. McCarty. Requiring county treasurer to deduct the amount of delinquent taxes from any money owing from the county to the delinquent, 378. Greenwell. Giving cities of the second class same rights in establishing park systems as are accorded to citie# of the first class.

88 Wood. Providing for monthly report to city controller by treasurer in cities in which city and county treasurer are the same.

290. Gavit. Empowering county commissioners to build tunnels under navigable waterways and public highways in lieu of bridges. 214. H&uek. Regulating the transfer of children from school corporations in Indiana to similar corporations outside the state.

388. Stotsenburg. Defining dangor- ! ous employments and defining duties | of owners and managers of buddings ■ being built or rebuilt. ! 229. Xetterville. Regulating the construction of telephone and telegraph wires across railroad and interurban tracks. 90. Fleming. Increasing the salary of county commissioners in Allen. Marion, Vigo, Lake and SL Joseph coun- • ties. 340. Harlan. Reducing the limit of j the Indianapolis general tax levy from 1 90 cents, the present limit, to 75 cents. 1 288. Higgins. Legalizing the formation of corporations to periietuite the memory of soldiers and sail ms. i 55. GavlL Providing mortgages and deeds shall be recorded within three days instead of forty-five days.

207. Proctor. Prescribing the kind of danger signal posts to be placed at railway and interurban crossings. ! 147. Kane. Allowing issuance of 1 partial payment monthly to contrae 1 tors for work done on sewers, j 213. Hanna. Giving the railroad commission of Indiana additional powers in examining witnesses. | 260. Kistler. Providing for the re- ! pair of free gravel roads by boards of • county commissioners, i 20. jfiarian. Against threatening or j punishing prisoners to extort confessions. “Third degree" bill. 208. Proctor. Requiring railroads to report fatal accidents by telegraph to the railroad commission. 154. Stotsenburg. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Silver Grove. Floyd county. 137. Stotsenburg. Legalizing the Incorporation of the town of Greenville, Floyd county.

155. Stotsenburg. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Georgetown, Floyd county. 217. Proctor. Requiring that railroads equip locomotives with automatic bell ringers. 87. Wood. Raising the pay of police officers in cities of 10.000 to 35,000 population. 27. McCrtv. Providing for the medical Inspection of all school children in the state. 30. Powers; For the protection of certain fur-bearing animals. “Skunk” bill. 29. Moore. Legalizing debts made by trustees In building schoolhouses. 78. Hanna. Legalizing the incorporation of the town of Clayton. 328. Proctor. Providing for storm windows for locomotives. \ 94. Curtis. Providing a fefe of $2 a day for struck jurors. 'l* , > 70. Clark. Requiring a full crew on switching engines. 454- Greenwell. Protecting county auditors against any civil or criminal

liability by reason of any warrants issued by them in good faith upon the authority of boards of commissioners or judgments of courts.

“ 407. Stot3enburg. The governor’s bill amending the state constitution and providing methods to place the provisions of it before the people for ratification or rejection at the general election in 1912.

128. Parks. To provide for the reimbursements of county treasurers out of general county funds when money has been spent for traveling expenses in collecting taxes outside of county seats.

124. Jacksbn. Amending section of an act concerning proceedings in civil eases which provide no distinction in pleading and practice between actions at law and suits in equity. 420. StotseDburg. Providing for a re-extension of time in which to file a bill of exceptions when court reporters are not able to furnish transcripts in time first set. 349. Grube. Providing that teach ers having been engaged in teaching school for six years need not take an examination at specified times as now required by law. 313. Commons. Authorizing churches having burial grounds to abandon said grounds and cause removal of bodies when the cemetery is located within a city or town.

196. Netterville. Specifying a clearance of twenty-one feet for wires and obstructions crossing railway tracks and regulating fastenings of such obstructions.

210. Wood. Permitting townships to refund their indebtedness upon the same basis as present law allows cities and towns to accomplish such purposes... ■

185. Kistler. Providing for payment by county commissioners for certain expenses incident to the construction of free gravel and turnpike roads.

400. Tilden. Replacing senate bill 318. Regarding the selection of uniform system of determining real estate valuation by the various counties. 329. Kistler. Providing for the adoption of a dependent child through application to circuit or superior court instead of only through probate court. 43, Traylor. The corrupt practices act, limiting the amount of campaign contributions and prohibiting corporations from making such contributions. 109. Yarling. Amending public accounting law to provide that prosecutions may he instituted bv local prosecutors instead of attorney general. 33. Royse. Providing for the inspection of building and loan associations by the state auditor and codification of building and loan laws. 175. Stotsenburg. Providing that the physician at the Indiana state prison shall be also the physician at the state hospital for the insane.

161. Durre. Amending present laws by giving county commissioners right to relocate any telephone or telegraph pole on public highways. 438. Stotsenburg. Extending the time of probate, juvenile and superior court judges in Marion county to make elections come in “off” years.

122. Hauek. Defining the duties of county commissioners in issuing bonds and levying taxes in cases where public highways concerned. 73. Farrelr. Providing for a stay of execution of bail on appeal to the supreme court when persons have been found guilty of crime. 356. Greenwell. Putting county superintendents on a straight salary basis and allowing them SIOO annually for traveling expenses. 272. Traylor. Providing that conditional sale of railway rolling stock may be extended to fifteen years instead of ten years.

365. Proctor. Conferring additional right of eminent domain on ralli roads for the purpose of improving right of way. 153. Royse. Amending laws relating to sewer payments so that abutting property owners stand the expense. 399. Sullivan. Increasing the salary of assessor Center township, Indiaanpolis, from $2,500 to $3,500 a year. 44. Wood. Requiring railroad companies to pay damages caused by sparks from engines along right of way. 165. Gavit. Providing for an increase in salaries of clerks and sher- | iffs in Lake, Vigo and Madison counties. 245. Harlan. .Raising tax in the • city of Indianapolis from 4 cents to 6 : cents for track elevation purposes. 246>. Stotsenburg. Providing that in petitions for roads there shall be three reviewers, instead of two. 179. Traylor. Legalizing warrants issued by township trustees on authority of township advisory boards. 424. Hibberd. Readjusting the salaries of clerk, auditor and treasurer of St. Joseph county. 202. Clark. Increasing the salary of the clerk of Marion county from $19,500 to $31,000. 385. Royse. Compelling railroad companies to erect suitable stations in certain cities. < 60. Kistler. Protecting hotel keepers and persons in similar occupations from deadbeats, 152. Parke. Authorizing trustees to use /sefccolhouses which have been donated 1 ~ IS7. Eta!. Providing for popular election cf school trustees in Terre Haute. 144. Gr ecwell. Fixing the salary of the and.‘or of Allen county at $lO,000. 39. Strange. Eminent dogiain for historic purposes. 192, Beal-ShiVeiy employers’ liability act. ■ i. : . 266 Royse. Providing for an i»Continued on Page Eight.

MOST REMARKABLE MOVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa By the World's Famous ‘ BUFFALO JONES and WESTERN COWBOYS • ' ' 'I. : : ' ' ■ 1 ■■ , , , The most thrilling and daredevil feat ever accomplished * • j» ’ • Col. Roosevelt on viewing the pictures said:— “A really phenomenal record of a really phenomenal feat.” The pictures are of the photographic quality from Start to finish, and most of the work is done close up to the camera, so that every movement can be seen. Beginning. with the start of the expedition from Nairobi the pictures take us for miles across the veldt • and jungles to the game country. The big ox carts, loaded with impediments, are shown crossing a “drift,” or small stream; the camp of the expedition en route and fording streams form interesting views. T f ! Arriving at tqe scene 6f action Colonel Jones and his cowboys get busy. The firsWvictim is an ugly wart hog. There is a lively chase, but Iris hogship is soon tangled hopelessly in the lariats, thrown and tied. The next victim of the plainsman’s skill is the hartebeast, of which they make easy work. An eland comes next, and here one of the cow ponies adds to the fun by giving an exhibition of bucking. He got frightened at the eland, which was new to him, and declined to stand while his rider was tying the beast. When the ropers got after a giraffe there was some tall riding. Those big ungainly creatures can go some when they get started, and this one led his pursuers a merry chase before he was finally roped and tied. One of the most sensational scenes is the capture of a particularly ugly rhinoceros. It was one of the two-horned variety, and one of the horns is extra long and dangerous. After several charges the ropethrowers got him right, and he was eventually thrown. The capture of the rhino called for a big celebration in the camp that night among the natives. Succeeding scenes show the capture of zebra, a cerval cat, a cheetah,, which is a sort of leopard, and finally a full grown lioness. This latter exploit was attended with great danger. But Madam Lioness Is eventually shown swinging from the limb of a tree, where she is properly muzzled, has her claws manicured, and is placed on a drag and hauled to camp. This great picture wilt be in the Princess Theatre, Saturday, March 11 Afternoon and Evening, commencing at 1 p. m.

Winied For Sale Rem [ic. [Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the flrsi insertion, %-cent per word for eact additional insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. Nc notice accepted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two oi more times, as the case may be sot 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to th 6 adver tlser.l Wcodchoppers Wanted—two miles west of Surrey.—JOSEPH KOSTA, 1 Fair Oaks, R-l. Phone Mt. Ayr 8-K. Estrayed—One black male pig, wt. about 60 pounds.—Notify Marsh Warren of FRANK FOLTZ, Rensselaer, Ind. ml 6 For Rent—House of four rooms in northeast part of town —ARTHUR H. HOPKINS. For Rent—6 room house on Mc-| Coy avenue, after March I.—MRS. E. H. SHIELDS. tf.j For Rent—Good 8 room house, j with barn, centrally located, within' two blocks from court house. House will be vacant about March 15th. | Enquire of C. H. PORTER, or Phone 13(1. Farm for Rent—House and 100 or more acres of good corn land. Tenant must be prepared to handle and come highly recommended. Or will take in married man as farm hand. For particulars apply at The! Democrat office. ml 3:

To Breeders—l have two stallions, 1 Acrobat A and X-Ray, both trotting horses, that will make the, season of 1911 at the Stock Farm, east of town. —JUNE HENKLE. ts For Sale—3 male Duroc-Jersey pigs, eligible to registration.-—GEO. MeELFRESH, R-l, phone 534-1. ml 6 For Sgle—loo head of bred Shropshire ewes. A , E. KYLE, Remington, Ind., Phone 105-W. al2 For Sale —My property at Aix, 1 Ind , consisting of store room and dwelling house, cheap, or will rent same. Address JAMES WISEMAN, I Renssfelaer, R-2." ts ■ • . ■ I For Sale-—3 coming 2-year-old draft colts, and 2 coming yearlings, 1 pair of mares in foal.—W. A. 1 SHOOK, Kniman, Ind. * mls For Sale—Three horse power gasoline engine,—-BERT ABBOTT, at Babcock & Hopkins’ Elevator. j Pure Blood Plymouth Rock Chickens—Eggs for setting, 50c for 15, ‘ or $3 per 100.— MRS. JOE ADAMS, Route 4, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 529-C. ml 4 __ :, Kggs for Sale—Having procured the first prize winning Barred Rock cockerel at Rensselaer P. show of ; Pullins Bros., also a number of< others from same strain, I will offer some eggs from first pen at $2.50 per setting; sec. pen, $1.50. Also M. B. turkey eggs from Pullins Bros, prize-winning strain at $1.50 apiece. Phone A. ;D HERSHMAN, R. j F. D. 1, Medaryvilte, Ind. j m 26! 1 For Sale —S. C. White Leghorn eggs, 15 for 50c.; R. C. Silver Lac-j ed Wyandotte eggs, 15 for 50c t— j A. G, W. FARMER, Rensselaer.mi9j S. C. Brown Leghorn Eggs—For setting, 50c per 15; $3 per 100.— MRS. W. H. WORTLEY, Rensselaer,! Ind., R-4.

For Sale—All kinds of hardwood lumber,- wood, slabs and posts— RANDOLPH WRIGHT, Rensselaer, Ind., R-3, phone 20-1 Mt. Ayr. aprl For Sale—s Cows, fresh in Mar. 6 miles south-west of Rensselaer, Mt. Ayr phone 23-M —ARTHUR POWELL, Route 3, - Rensselaer, ind. | Seed Com For Sale—Early abunance field corn. This corn is esimated to yield 120 bushels per ere. Ripens from the 15th to the 20th of September, and will withtand the most severe droughts withut injury. I have a small amount of good seed corn that will grow. Price $2.50 per bushel. Seedmen’s rice SB.OO per bushel. —JOHN W. CLOUSE, Parr, Ind., ' R-l, Phone 31-F. aprl —• : —m For Sale—Denish cabbage in any quantity 1 to suit purchaser.—ALFßED DONNELLY, Globe Onion Farm, Rensselaer. For Sale—2 good three-year-old mules, one horse and one mare, will make big team. Price reasonable.—P. T. HORDE MAN, Rensselaer, Ind., two miles east of Parr, phone 507-G. ... ts For Sale —10 head of horses at the O. K. Ritchey farm, 4 miles south of Rensselaer. These horses weigh from 1100 to 1700 pounds each. Two or three of the largest in foal. One pair of matched fillies, 4 and 5 years old, roadsters. Two single drivers, lady broke. ml 2 Farms For Sale—l have a number of farms for sale in different parts of this county and adjoining counties, and I have made up my mind to devote my time to the business. Therefore if you have any farms or town property to sell or trade give me a chance and I will give yon a square deal. —JOHN O’CONNOR, Ex-sheriq Jasper county, Kniman, Ind. For Sale or Trade—Practically new 12-ga. shotgun, 32 inch barrel, single shot; a neat little gun and never shot but a few T Have no use for it and will trade for cordwood o„r anything I can use. Enquire at Democrat office. - — • For Sale—Several good house doors and a number of 4-light windows and frames, all in good condition, taken out of house in remodeling. The first reasonable offer gets them. —-F. E. BABCOCK. For Sale Cheap—A good as new hand garden plow with various attachments. —F. E. BABCOCK. _____—.— , Farm Loans—We are furnishing the money.—DUNLAP & PARKISON, I. O. O. F. Bldg*, Rensselaer, Ind. 100 Envelopes—Printed with your return card ’’’in corner—something every rural mail route patron should not be without —for 50 cents at The Democrat office. Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 5 per cent interest with no commission hot office charges. Write him. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. i _—. - _* Linotype , Borders—Cheapest and best borders a printer can use for job and ad work, in 6 and 12 point, 30 ems long, sold in any amount wanted by THE DEMOCRAT. See samples in use in the ads in this ' paper. i . v -