Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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WANT COMPANY TO “COUGH OP"

County Attorney Told to Investigate Purtelle Bond SAYS BOND IS NOT BINDING And Commissioners Were So Instructed By Former County Attorney When Same Was Presented—A Chance for Purtelle’s Sponsors to Make Their Bluff Good. The county commissioners Tuesday afternoon instructed the county attorney to look into the Purtelle bond, of $5,000 which was filed last October guaranteeing in the event the subsidy election carried in Rensselaer and Marion tp., to begin active construction of the road within 30 days from the date of the election. Of course nothing was ever done toward constructing the road, and whefi the commissioners referred to the matter Tuesday, we are told that former County Attorney Halleck, who was present, said: “I told the board when this bond was presented that it was no good.” To which one of the commissioners replied, “I know you did.” County Attorney Williams said that he “had never seen the bond,. Auditor Leatherman said he would get it and show it to him, and did so. - Williams looked it over, then shook his head and said: “You

have no bond here; this paper is no good.” He added, however, that if he could learn where the "Bankers Surety Co.” was located—the bond does not state — he would take the matter up and put up a bluff to the bonding company, but the bond in his opinion was not binding for anything. While there may be such a bonding company—as we take the view of the attorneys —it is only morally bound to pay. It would seem, however, that no reputable bonding company could afford to repudiate a bond which it had executed, and the public will be interested in what Mr. Williams can learn about this particular bond. Now this matter is interesting in view of the statement made by The Democrat at the time the bond was taken and the fact that the commissioners went ahead, accepted the bond and ordered the election when their attorney had also told them that the bond was no good. It is also interesting in view of the statements made by the Rensselaer Republican that Hie bond was as good as gold, and the bluff of a Chicago attorney who came down here after the bond had been forfeited and bellowed that the bonding company was ready to pay the bond whenever demand was made; that he drew up the bond and it was absolutely good. The bond was not for paying the expenses of the election and says nothing whatever about that feature, but was for the purpose of guaranteeing the construction of the road, or a part of it at least, in Marion township. It has been forfeited, was forfeited months ago, and now here is-an opportunity for the Rensselaer Republican and the Chicago attorney to make their bluff good. “Cough up,” now, for the county attorney will make demand as soon as he can locate “Bankers Surety Co./’ which so far as the bond reveals may be located most any old place.

N. LITTLEFIELD ELECTED

Delegates to the State Meeting, M. .W. A.—Simon Fendig Alternate. At the county meeting of the various Modern Wood me n Jasper cpunty, held here Wednesday afternoon, N. Littlefield of Rensselaer was elected delegate to attend the State Camp meeting in June, and Simon Fendig of Wheatfield alternate delegate. Wheatfield’s invitation for the next county

meeting was accepted and same will be held there in April, 1914. There was a good attendance at the night meeting, about 8C Woodmen being present, and two candidates were taken through the forests of Woodcraft. The Rensselaer Camp done the work of initiating. After the work a lap supper and cigars were served, and about midnight the local and visiting members departed for their respective homes, having enjoyed one of the best social meetings in the history of the local Camp.

JOE JEFFRIES FAILS.

Former Rensselaer Man Does Not Make Good At Huntington. The Democrat is informed that Joe Jeffries, formerly of this city, who moved to Huntington two years ago and engaged in the grocery business, has been unable to make' good in that city and failed in business last Friday. No particulars were given us as to the extent of the liabilities, but the stock is to be sold at private sale, we are informed.

HARRISON ELECTED

Mayor Of Chicago By Over 17,000 Plurality Over His Republican Opponent. Carter H. Harrison, democrat, was elected mayor of Chicago Tuesday by a plurality-of over 17,000 over his republican opponent Charles E. Merriam. His father, Carter H. Harrison I, served five terms as mayor of the “Windy City,” and the present mayor-elect has already served four terms there as mayor. The term now is four years and the annual salary is SIB,OOO.

TOURING WITH A CAMERA.

Leo C. Goodman, of Chicago, and Myer S. Cornfeldt, of St. Paul, are among the recent arrivals in town, coming in Thursday. These two enterprising, samples of young American hustlers are enroute to the canal zone, working their way with the earnings of a camera, and are photographing everything in Rensselaer, which is the first stop between Chicago and Empire Canal Zone, Panama. They are graduates of the college of hard knocks, and certainly deserve your patronage. They are gradturing something entirely new in photography, firelight photos, which must be seen to be appreciated. They may be found at the Model Restaurant.

H. E. WADE WELL PLEASED WITH NEW HOME.

In a letter to John G. Culp, Harry Wade writes from Deerbrook, Miss., amr*says he is well pleased with the country there and. thinks it has a great prospect. He has 20 acres of corn planted that is now coming up, and he is sowing 80 acres of alfalfa. He states that he has been offered S4O per acre for the 550 acres of land he recently purchased there, or SSO per acre for the best 200 acres of it. He paid but S3O per acre. Harry has several negroes working for him, some of whom he pays sl2 per month and a peck of corn meal and six pounds of bacon per week. Others he is paying 75 cents per day, they boarding themselves, of course.

A PAIR OF “NEAR” WRECKS

South-bound passenger train No. 33 due here at 1:58 p. m., was in trouble Wednesday and did not reach here until about 5 o’clock. About two miles northwest of Rensselaer the engineer discovered that a journal or boxing of one of the axles under the tender had burned out. and the train was tied up until fin engine could be sent from Monon., The two afternoon trains had to be sent around over the Michigan City division. Thursday the north-bound Cin-cinnati-Chicago train, due here at 10'105 a. m., was sidpswiped by a L. E. & W. train at Frankfort and the mail and baggage cars were wrecked. The train was wto and one-hajf hours late ' passing through Rensselaer. No one was injured in the former wreck., but the expressman was slightly skinned up on one arm and hand in the latter.

All the news in The Democrat

THE TWICE-A-WBEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1911.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Cope Hanley, son of Judge Hanley, has been spending the week in Kentland. —-o New suits filed. No. 7721. Eugene O. Magruder vs. John W. Turner, et al.; action to foreclose mortgage. OH— The assault and battery case of Mrs. Belle Marlin vs. her husband, S. M. Marlin, taken to Squire Gaffield’s court in Milroy ip., was dismissed Monday, no one appearing in the case.. -—o— The state cases against "Hank” Granger of Thayer, charging bootlegging, and against Chas. G. Mauzy, charging graft in working out 'railroad highway taxes, were continued for the term in the Newton circuit court this week. —o—■ Remember that Mbnday, May 1, is the last day for paying the spring installment of taxes to avoid delinquency and penalty. The spring installment must be paid on or before the first Monday in May, which this year is May 1. —-o The Newton circuit court ends its March term today, and Monday the April term of the Jasper circuit court opens, which is the last term of court here before the summer vacation, but Newton will have one more term. The next term here—after the April term —will convene the second Monday in September, and Newton’s next term —after the May term —will convene in October.

—o—• The Newton county commissioners granted two saloon licenses Monday for the town of Goodland to August Elbert and* Phileas Poutre. Chauncey Smith was the third applicant, but as only twfo licenses could be granted for Goodland the board decided the other applicants were best fitted and gave licenses to them. Jackson tp., (Mt. Ayr) filed a remonstrance sufficient to shut out saloons, and Lincoln tp., will vote April 29 on the proposition. —o <—• Over in Whitt county, it seems, the same view is taken of the Proctor liquor regulation law, regarding a unit having less than the limit of population fixed by the county commissioners being entitled to a liquor license, as that taken by The Democrat, judging from the following dispatch from Monticello to an Indianapolis paper: “The board of commssioners of White county has ordered local option elections in Prairie, Big Creek, Honey Creek, Princeton, Monon and Cass townships and in the city of Monticello on Thursday, April 27. Of the five other townships in the county, one, Round Grove, does not contain one thousand inhabitants, the limit set by the commissioners, and the others are thought to be so strongly temperance that elections are not necessary.”

The recorder reported $773.95 fees collected. J. F. Bruner was appointed constable for Marion tp., and will divide honors with Squire Irwin. In the Wheatfield local option election matter, H. E. Remley and R. A. Mannan were appoinetd election commissioners; G. D. Gregory and W. B. McNeil, judges; Henry Misch and W. O. Nelson, clerks. Maxwell ditch; attorney fee of $lB9 allowed G. A. Williams and taxed to ditch. Petition of Everett Halstead and 44 others for macadam of gravel road in Newton tp.; M. I. Adams, James McClanahan and Wash Cook appointed viewers, M. B. Price engineer, to meet April 10. Chas. W. Harris petition for highway; viewers report allowing Welsh & Welsh sls, Geo. Iliff $35. Highway ordered established 40 feet in width. Petition of Arthur Powell others for macadam dr gravel nighway in Newton tp.; A. J. Bellows, Sylvester Gray and Eli Arnold appointed viewers, H. L. Gamble engineer, to meet April 10. ( Petition of Tobias Wood for admission Of Frank Owen Wood to school for feeble minded is granted. Final report made in John W. Nowels ditch, showing charge of 42,103.92 and credits the same. Supt. allowed $51.10. « 'Harry E. Gifford ditch; referred to drainage commissioner and Fred Waymire, to meet April 17. Interest on county funds for the

month of March reported as follows: State Bank, Rensselaer. .. .. .$43.29 First Nat. Bank, Rensselaer. 80.67 State Bank, Remington 28.63 Trust & S. Bk, Rensselaer. . . 36.93 Bank of Wheatfield. .\ ..... 14.26

ON NEXT MONDAY

First Copies of New Acts of Legislature Will Be Sent Out. The first copies of the acts of the last x legislature will be sent out to the county clerks for distribution next Monday., The volume contains 860 pages, or six fewer than the volume issued in 1905, the largest since the general revision of the statutes in 1881. In addition to the acts of the recent general assembly, the volume contains a statement of receipts and disbursements by the various state institutions, departments, commissions, etc., which Governor Marshall held should, under the Constitution, be published with the acts.

THEIR SYMPATHIES WITH THE “WETS.”

The wonder-wise at the head of the Jasper County Democrat proved just as unreliable on the Wheatfield election pifcjposition as he has on myriads of other things. He said that an election could not be held in Wheatfield because that township did not have 1,000 people. The county attorney and the commissioners thought differently and ordered an election. Probably the real hope was to ward off the election, thus having the township go automatically wet, and then have a saloon license granted without giving the temperance people a chance. But Bab’s legal mind don’t seem quite reliable, having been found wanting on several occasions, and it is hardly probable the commissioners would accept his recommendation when an attorney is employed to give legal advice —-Mr. O’Healey. Really, now. We were under the impression that if the commissioners fixed the unit of population, and stuck to it, that instead of a smaller unit becoming “automatically wet” at the expiration of a remonstrance it became “automatically dry.” The commissioners fixed the limit in Jasper county at one saloon to 1,000 population, which the Proctor law says they can do. Regardless of whether the courts should finally decide that a unit of lesser population was entitled to one saloon or was not entitled to it, the commissioners could, had they chosen, taken the position that it was not entitled to a saloon and have denied the petition for the election. Then it would have been up to the petitioners to appeal to the courts. We understand that Abe Halleck says that no matter how small a population a unit has, it is entitled to one saloon, but as Abe voted with the brewer-sena-tor, Steve Fleming, against the liquor traffic being regulated and restricted—against the PrQCtor bill—perhaps Abe’s judgment is somewhat biased in favor of the saloon people.

COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

The short Easter vacation will open Wednesday morning and continue till the Wednesday. after Easter. Wednesday was city day for the students, and incidentally the occasion for them on which to do their Easter shopping. The Athletic Board is having troubles all its own. In the last examinations some of the most promising candidates for the base ball team failed to make the required grades, thus putting another handicap upon the organization of the team when the ordinary prospects were none too bi : ght. "The following program was very interestingly rendered by the C. I-. S. Sunday evening: Music, Golden Crescent... . Overture Sheridan’s Ride. . .Conrad Grathwohl The Pilot Frank Krull Taking the Census. .Leon Blackman The Black Regiment. .Philip Wavrica Music, Normandie. ...... .Overture Debate:; “Shall the Navy of the U. S. be Increased?” Chas. McArdle and L. Blottman. Music, American Triumph.. Overture The Best Cow in Peril.. . . .Herman Schweitzer The Uplifting of the Banner. . .Chas. Waiz . • • Mark Twain’s Watch. . .ChaS. Bauer Music, Sounds from the West. .Band

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The pastor will preach next Sabbath morning on the subject “Home Coming.” In the evening he will use the stereopticon to illustrate a sermon on Queen Esther. Everyone welcome.

State and General News

ARREST HALTS WEDDING Man Taken Off Train Bound for Paoli When Charges Are Filed. Bloomington, Ind., April 7. —While enroute to tbe home of his sweetheart near Paoli, where he was to have been married, Frank O’Donnell was arrested and pulled off the train by Chief of Police Hensley and lodged ' n jail here, after a message had been received from Wheatfield saying that O’Donnell had checked out more money, than he had in the bank. The message was signed by J. W. Crooks, J. J. Mulder, C. M. Rice and D. J Frye, all merchants of Wheatfield, who, it is alleged, had cashed checks for O’Donnell. The telegrams asking for his arrest stated that he was short $27.50. When seen at the county jail O’Donnell said he had had an account with tbe Bank of Wheatfield since last fall, and that when he left he had S2B on deposit to his credit and gave checks for less than that amount.

WOMEN HURT IN RUNAWAY

Team Zigzags Through Vincennes Street, Finally Striking Tree. Vincennes, Ind., April 7. —Maud Thorn, twenty-one years old, is believed to have been fatally Injured and Mrs. Emery Smith suffered a fracture of her left leg in a runaway accident here. The two women drove from their home in Harrison township to do some shopping, Frightened by a crowd of noisy children the team zigzagged a principal street for ten city blocks, both women vainly using their strength to check the maddened horses until they collided with a tree at the Court House square. The Impact broke Miss Thorn’s left arm, crushed her nose, drove four teeth through her upper lip and produced serious internal injuries.

WALKER GOES UP FOR LIFE

Case of Warren, Companion of Alexandria Bandit, Follows Jury Action. Anderson, Ind., April 7. —“It was better than I expected," said James Walker, the Alexandria bandit, when the jury in the circuit court returned a verdict that he should spend the remainder of his natural life behind the prison bars. It is. not known how the jury stood in the various ballots while they were out, but rumor has it that on the first ballot the vote stoon seven for hanging and five for life imprisonment. Ten minutes after the Jury In the Walker case had been discharged Rufus Warren, the companion of Walker, was brought into court and the work of impaneling another jury was begun.

MAKES SELF-DEFENSE PLEA

Man Accused of Murder Says He Used Nothing but Fist. Winchcpter, Ind., April 7.—Ed Hiatt of Union City, defendant In the HlattRobe murder case, testified in his own behalf. He said he followed Earl Robe, the deceased, after the latter insulted his daughter, and pointed him out to Offiber Henning, who was investigating; that Robe accosted him and appeared to be drawing a weapon. Hiatt said he struck Robe with his fist and had no idea of killing him. Robe’s skull was fractured and he died next day. The state says that Hiatt used a black-jack.

ADOPT METHODS OF WHITES

Couple Born in Slavery Appear In Grant County Divorce Suit. Marlon, Ind., April 7. —Enos and Hat tie Lambert, colored, who were slave* together on a southern plantation, W'ere principals in a divorce case before Judge H. J. Paulus in the circuit court. The husband is asking for the decree on the grounds of cruelty. It developed that after the emancipation of slaves Mr. and Mrs. Lambert left the same plantation together and Were married.-They came north to reside and, according to their stories, had no trouble until only a few months ago.

JURY GIVES GUILT SENTENCE

Defendant in Forgery Case Has Month to Prepare Appeal. Connersville, Ind., April 7> —The jury In the case against James A. Hamilton, charged with forging a deed for 222 acres of land, returned a verdict finding the. defendant guilty. The trial occupied nine days. It being the last day of the term the court did not pass sentence on the defendant and by agreement of attorneys the court granted time until the May tend for a motion for a new trial.

Vol. XIII. No. 103.

SENATOR LA FOLLETTE

Who Introduced Resolution to Probe Lorimer Election.

LORIMER KEEPS SILENCE

Baffles Arts of Wily Interviewer at Johnstown, Pa. In Senator's Company Were Edward Tilden of Chicago, a Priest and Another Man. Johnstown, Pa., April 7.—Arriving here from Pittsburg Senator Lorimer of Illinois was shown a Washington dispatch announcing that Senator LaFollette had introduced a resolution calling for a new investigation of Lorimer's election to the senate. Lorimer read the message and then stated that he would not comment on it except on the floor of the senate. Asked if it met his approval he .said: “Really I must decline to answer that question.’’ “Do you regard the investigation as the legitimate work of those inter- • ested in purifying the politics of Illinois or do you think it is a conspiracy to eliminate you from politics as your friends assert?” he was asked. His reply was: “I never discuss my personal views with reference to this case except on the floor of the senate.’’ Arriving on the train with Lorimer was Edward Tilden of Chicago, whose name hsa been intimately connected with the Lorimer scandal; Chief Engineer Keating of the Lorimer-Gal-lagher company of Chicago, and the .Rev. Father J. F. Green, president of St. Rita’s college at Chicago. The latter is a stockholder in Lorimer’s construction company and Tilden and Keating are associated with him in some western construction contracts. They came here to inspect a new tunnel cutting machine controlled by some Johnstown people. Senator Lorimer returned to Washingtofi.

ARMOUR THIEF DISCOVERED

Mystery of Robbery Partly Cleared, but Name Is Concealed. * • Kansas City, Mo., April 7. came known that the thief who stole $105,000 in stocks and bonds from Mrs. S. B. Armour, widow of the millionaire packer, was a woman. She was a confidential employe 6f Mrs. Armour and, having confessed and restored most of the plunder, remains in her position. . Those on the inside of the mystery contend that the mind of the thief is unbalanced, that she has a mania for buying high-priced articles, and took the securities to enable herself to satisfy this mania. Because of Mrs. Armour’s seventy six years—and her wish to avoid publicity' in court proceedings and because of the thief’s qontriteness following her confession, the thief will not be-prosecuted.

Unhappy Man.

Who reads all the books that are written Or, putting it plain, that are wrote? The patient proofreader gets bitten Or stung. That poor chap is the goat.

Reason For It.

“Mrs. Jones is so charming. And I notice that she always laughs heartily at her husband’s jokes.” “Yes; she believes in boosting business." .. “Business?” > “Re draws a salary for jokemaking.”