Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1911 — Page 2

HE JISPER eODUY DEJHOGIRI f. E-BUBCQgK.tBIIQB lIBWBUSBEK. 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 S, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. t - Long Distance Telephones Office 315. Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911.

CRIME RECALLED BY PLEA

Woman Asks Pardon of Brother Convicted of Killing Husband. Hartford City, Ind., July 10. —The death in 1904 of Preston Sanderson, a farmer, on the charge of whose murder bis wife, he? daughter, her two brothers and a half-brother, together with Samuel Emory, were tried, Was recalled when it became known Mrs. Sanderson was tiying to obtain a -pardon for her brother, William Cook. Cook, with his half-brother, Ernest Sanderson, was tried in Wells county. Both were given life sentences. Mrs Sanderson went to Bluffton to try to obtain the signatures of the jurymen who convicted him to a petition for his release. Otto Cook, another brother, received an indeterminate sentence and died in prison Mrs. Sanderson was tried here and acquitted. Her daughter, Clara Smith, was released without trial and Emory escaped by proving an alibi.

FOUR TRAINMEN ARE HURT

Flagman’s Negligence Said to be Responsible for Crash. Logan'port, Ind , July 10—Thirteen cars and the engine of a Pennsylvania freight train on the Richmond division were piled up on the right of way between WaLton and Anoka Junction. Engineer Charles W. Weiss, Fireman J. E. Lord and the head brakeman, J G McFall, were in the engine when the accident oca rred, and each suf sered severe injuries. All the injured men live in Indianapolis. The wreck was caused, it is said, by failure of a flagman to warn the approaching train that a section gang had removed several rails from the track. The train pounded down to where the rail had been removed, and in an instant the engine and thirteen cars were in a heap;

WANT MYSTERY SOLVED

Petitions Ask that Reward be Offered for Larsen Slayers Lafayette, Ind., July 10 Petitions were filed with the commissioners of Benton county at Fowler, asking that SI,OOO be appropriated, to be offered as a re,ward for the detection of the person who murdered Peter Larsen, the aged Dane, whose body was found floating in a cistern in the rear of his hom,e ten days ago and whose death the grand jury decided was caused by some other hand than his own The grand jury in its report found that Larsen cculd not have inflicted the injuries that caused his death and that they must have been caused by another persbn. The report of the grand jury leaves the case a mystery as the coroner found Larsen commit ted suicide ‘ ;

CENTER OF POPULATION

Now Settles Down Six Miles South east of Bloomington. Bloomington, Ind , July 10— Bloomington was officially informed by the census bureau that it is six miles northwest of the center of population The report from Washington says: “The movement of the center of population from census to census is a net resultant‘of all the various movements of the people east, west, north and south. In the last ten years this center has moved south about seven miles and west about twenty seven miles. The westward move ment was rearly double that of the decade before. During the last cen tury this center has kept close to the thirty-ninth parallel.”

Ask Assessment Raised.

Vincennes, Tnd, July 10 —The unusual request of Mrs. Euphronia Delisle, a Vincennes widow, that the assessment of her house be raised, was granted by the Knox county board of review The assessor returned her assessment at SSO She asked that it be made SSOO, but accepted a corapro mise, the board agreeing to raise the assessment to S3C*O. J

Narrow Escape for Driver. Shelbyvilie, Ind., July 10. Louis Richardson, driver of a trunk wagon for the Hotel Ray, had a narrow escape. The Greensburg Express struck his wagon arid he was thrown fifteen feet. His rightj side was badly injured by the fall. Contemplates Damage Suit. Hartford City, Ind., July 10. —Relative# of Clyde Prentiss, twenty-seven yerirs old, who was electrocuted at the plant of the American Window Glass company, have announced that they will file Suit for damages against the All the news in The Democrat.

WAGE RAISE FOR RURAL CARRIERS

Postmaster General Orders In* crease All along Line. $4,000,000 TO BE DISBURSED Maximum Salary Is Thus Made SI,OOO a Year —Mr. Hitchcock Figuring on Obtaining Parcels Post.

Washington, July 10.—In the current fiscal year $4,000,000 will be disbursed as increase in the salaries of rural letter carriers, Postmaster General Hitchcock having so ordered. This, sum was appropriated for the purpose at the last session of congress in terms that left it discretionary with 1 the postmaster general to authorize the expenditure of the full amount The effect will be to increase the salaries of all rural carriers on standard routes from S9OO to SI,OOO a year, with proportionate increases on the small routes.

On June 30 last there were 41,562 carriers, and their aggregate salaries for the fiscal year just ended was about $35,793,000. The rural delivery system was starred only fifteen years ago. It increased from eighty-three carriers, at a cost of $14,840 for the fiscal year 1897, to 35.666 carriers, at a cost of $24,201,6?G for the fiscal year 1906. A large growth has also occurred In the last five years, the cost •of the service having increased about SIO,OOO. c When the system was first established carriers were paid only S2OO a year. The next year the maximum annual pay was increased to S3OO and in the following year to S4OO. In 1900 the maximum compensation was made $-VOO and in 1902 S6OO. In 1904 a further increase to]; $720 a year was granted and finally in 1907 the maximum pay was advanced to S9OO The maximum of SI,OOO to be paid in the cuirent year is thus five times the salary at which the system was started fifteen years ago An important consideration that Induced Mr. Hitchcock to authorize the full expenditure c-f the $4,000,000 was hit desire to give the rural carriers ample compensation to cover any additional burden to be placed on them by the establishment of the parcel postal system he has recommended for rural routes. Now that the men are to receive such an increase he feels that congress should lose no time to authorize the carrying of parcels. He points out that a parcel postal system on rural routes can be conducted without any extra expense to the government other than the $4,000,000 salary increase which, in hi? judgment, will be nore than offset by the parcel post revenue.

DEATH VALLEY SCOTT AGAIN

Appears in Goldfield, Nev., with Pockets Lined with Money. Goldfield. Nev., July 10.—Deqth Valley Scott, the mysterious stranger who has startle* every large city in the United States by bis eccentricities and wild expenditures of money, turned up in Goldfield with his pockets bulging with greenbacks. Three months ago Scott was in Reno dead broke. How he suddenly came into wealth is a mystery, but he displayed SII,OOO in currency and promised to reveal the location of his fabulous wealth after Aug 1. In the meantime Sootty says he intends making anqlher spectacular whirlwind dash across the continent in a special train. After that Scotty will settle down.

THE WORLD OVER SUNDAY

King George was given a loyal welcome in Dublin. * Colt said Miss Barrymore’s suit is surprise to him. Mexican government plans to float Iwo big bond issues. Governor McGovern vetoed Wisconsin reapportionment bill. Former governor of Nevada arrested as a result of the suspension of his bank. World-wide religious campaign among men planned by Christian Endeavorers. New York Bertillon bureau is to add study of faces to identification system for catching criminals.

Report to teachers at San Francisco meeting said lawlessness is becoming an Americas characteristic. Captain Faria of wrecked Santa Rosa accused of cruelty and blamed for many deaths by survivors. Janies Pettit, prominent board of trade man, was drowned in Lake Michigan, near the Morainh hotel at Highland Park, 111.

House Democrats started investigation of charge that President Taft connived with the Morgan-Guggenheim interests in railroad deal In Alaska.

The first tariff vote of the United States senate was taken with the result a victory for the president. The vote was upon the amendment of Senator Cummins of lowa to the Canadian reciprocity bill, adding meats to thd free list proyidedjn the measure. The amendment was defeated, 14 to 32.

PRESIDENT GOMEZ

Charges Against Him Create General Unrest in Cuba.

ELECTING A SENATOR

; 4ji ' : ... ■■■ ■» Georgia Legislature Will Go about It Tomorrow. Situation Seems to be Governor Hoke Smith Against the Field, with Odds Favoring Smith. Atlanta, Ga., July 10. —The general assembly of Georgia will oallot Tuesday to fill the four-year’s unexpired term of the late United States Senator A. S. Clay, whose place is being filled ad interim by Ex-Governor J. M. Terrell, who was appointed by Governor Erowrn. The announced candidates are Governor Hoke Smith, who has just been inaugurated for a second term; ExGovernor J. M. Terrell, Thomas F, Watson, the Populist; P. A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah Press, and Judge A. W. Covington It is generally believed that Governor Smith will be elected, though his enemies have been trying to form all sorts of combinations to bring about a deadlock. In an effort to defeat Governor Smith his opponents have been trying to get favorite sons to enter from various sections of the state, but it seems to be the governor against the field. It is said that the Senate will cast a small majority against Governor Smith Tuesday, but the house will give him a majority of about 40. ithis means Smith’s election when the joint ballot is taken Wednesday. „i ■ - j It is understood if Governor Smith is chosen that he will not qualify as senator uniil the regular session of congress in December, retaining the governorship till then In order to put through some legislation.

DELAWARE AT BOSTON

Uncle Sam’s Big Ship Arrives at Home After the Coronation. Boston, July 10.—The United States battleship Delaware, which was the largest and most powerful warship at the coronation review last month, arrived here as spick and span as when she was looked over by the critical eyes of the world’s naval experts in England. The ship came across at a very leisurely gait The Delaware’s officers and crew will be given a day or two of rest after they coal ship and then will begin another series of tests, including those of new equipment adopted by the navy, the nature of which comes under the recent order of Secretary Meyer, forbidding the divulging of naval defense secrets.

TOO MUCH MOTHER-IN-LAW

R. W. Luebke of Cincinnati Kills Himself on that Account. Cincinnati, 0., July 10.—Leaving a note in which he declared that there vas “too much boss from mother-in-law” in his family and that his wife sided with her, E. W. Luebke, aged forty-five, shot himself. Luebke in his note, declared that he did not want his brother or sisters to attend his funeral and directed that his body be cremated. He wrote that he hoped his widow would marry a goed man and said that he left enough insurance to care for her until she did so, but did not want her to spend the money on her mother.

Will Rebuild Powder Mills.

Kenosha, Wis., July 10. —The E. I. Dupont company will rebuild the powder plant at Pleasant Prairie, destroyed by an explosion March 8. The buildings will be widely distributed. The company will put in all the safeguards demanded under the new slate laws.

Banker Starts Long Prison Term.

Leavenworth, Kan., July 10.—Julius W. Hopkina, a former Cleveland, 0., banker, arrived at the federal prison to serve a sentence of years for violation of the banking laws.

Woman Drinks Lye.

Anderson, Ind., July 10.—Susan Law, fifty-nine years old, deranged, died from drinking concentrated lye.

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THE GEISHA SASH.

A Japanese Touch in Smart Summer Fashions.

of the new tablier effects gives a striking appearance to this gown of mustard brown satin, which is just the thing for smart afternoon wear. The geisha sashes ‘are known in Paris as “la Japonalse.” They have short wide bows and are worn high. The tabliers are embroidered in oriental fashion In old gold and colors.

Sewer Contract Is Signed.

Vincennes. Ind., July 10. —Work began Monday morning oh the construct’on of a $360,000 sanitary sewer system for Vincennes. The contract between the city and the Vincennes Sewer association was signed up Saturday afternoon. *

Loehr Ends His Fast.

Milford, Ind., July 10. —Del Loehr, of this place, who has been fasting, broke his fast after having done without food;for forty-nine days. He was not hungry until the last day. Though Mr. Loehr is very weak, he will recover.

Bather Drowns in River.

Goshen, Ind., July 10-. —A Greek employed by the Lake Shore company was drowned while bathing in the Elkhart Rival at the county infirmary.

1M Me Bill EL .f* * - ~ [Under this head notices will be published for l-cent-&-word for the Aral Insertion, %-cent per word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than 26 cents but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two oi more times, as the case may be for 26 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.! ' Two Farm Bargains—24 acres black land, all cultivated, on public highway, house, good well and young orchard. Price $35. Terms S2OO down. 70 acres, 7 miles out, on ntain road all heavy corn land, 50 acres in crop land remainder pasture. There are good improvements, consisting of eight-room house, good bam, grainery, cribs, work shop, large poultry house, good well and large bearing orchard of apples, pears and cherries. A bargain at $75. Terms favorable.—G. F. MEYERS, Rensselaer, Ind. jStf For Sale-—A milch cow, fresh, 5 years old, one-half Jersey.—W. E. MIOORE, Phone 246. jl6 For Sale or Trade—A good cheap general purpose mare. Will trade for cow or hog.—FRED YOUNG, R-l. Phone 506-F. For Trade.—A * good Blurry-go-round for sale or trade. What have you to trade? And a 5-passenger Cadillac automobile in good order. On account of my fertilizer business I have no use for them. Your price is mine.—J. J. WEAST, Rensselaer, ts Wanted—Local and traveling salesmen representing our reliable goods. Any man of good appearance who is not afraid of work can make this a satisfactory and permanent business. Write at once for terms. Outfit free. Territory unlimited. Big money can be made. Apply quick.—ALLEN NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y. 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 and I will give you a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR, Ex-sherift Jasper county, Kniman, nd. \ i i 100 Envelopes—Printed with your return card in corner—something every rural mail route patron should not be without—for 60 cents at The Democrat office. 1 • . An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.

• > •• *-* ■ 1 * ., ■ Farm. Loans—We are furnishing the money—DUNLAP & PARKISON, I. 0. O. F. Bldg, Rensselaer, Ind. Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 6 per cent Interest with no commission hut office charges.' Write hftn. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Linotype Borders—Cheapest and best borders a printer can use for job and ad in 6 and 12 paint, 30 ems long, sold in any amount wanted by THE DEMOCRAT. See samples in use in the ads in this paper.Legal Blanks—Warranty; and quti claim deeds, real estate and chattel mortgages, cash and grain rent farm leases, city property leases, releases of mortgage and several Other blanks can be purchased In any quantity desired at THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Road tax receipt and order books are also kept in stock. ts NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given that the Board of School Trustees of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, will on the 15th day of July, 1911, at 10 o'clock A. M., on said day, at the office of Dr. E. C. English in said city, receive , sealed bids for the erection and construction of a one story brick school building and basement, 50 by 70 feet, according to the plans and detailed specifications now on file in the office o the Secretary of said Board. Each bidder will be required to file with his bid a certified check in the sum of $1,000.00 as evidence of good faith that he will enter into a contract with said Board for the erection and construction of said building if awarded said contract. Such amount to be forfeited in case of failure to entetr into said contract and give said bond. The successful bidder will be required to give a bond to the approval of saijl 9 Board in double the amount of his bid, conditioned that he wffll erect and construct said building according to the said plans and specifications and the terms of said contract. The Board reserves . the right to reject any and all bids without any liability on its part. R. A. PARKISON, l ' E C. ENGLISH, GEORGE A WILLIAMS, Board of School Trustees, City of Rensselaer, Indiana. July 1-8-15, - f