Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ALLEGED BLIND TIGER PINCHED

Cops Raid J. J. Weast's Pool and Soft Drink Place MUCH AMBER FLUID IS FOUND ■r A&' • * '•*£”. *\ But Whether Beer or ft Not Remains to be Determined By Tests Being Made—Weast Forfeits Personal Bond and Leaves Town. Marshal Mustard. and Constable W. S. Parks, armed with a* search warrant, made a raid on J. J. Weast’s pool roorq and soft drink emporium on Washington streeit Sunday morning and found the back part of the room pretty well stocked with barrels of liquid for horse show week. There were nearly 20 barrels packed with bottles, most of which were labeled “Homo,” a near beer that probably comes within the law as a soft drink, and is in the kme class with Tonica, Cream of Hops, etc. There was also found a few barrels of unlabeled bottles which they seized and took to the jail. ~”This unlabeled stuff is sup-

posed by the officers to be beer, and a couple of bottles purchased there Saturday have been sent to Purdue to be tested. Whether it is beer or not remains to be seen, but the disappearance of Mr. Weast Monday and his not appearing for his trial set for that afternoon, lends strength to the belief that he feared the fesult of a test of the stuff found. When arrested Sunday evening on three charges, two of selling intoxicating liquors with-j ou)t a license and one of selling goods on Sunday, he was released on his own recognizance, the bond being fixed at SIOO in each else, and trial set for 3 p. m., Monday, but he failed to show up, and it is believed that he has left the country. Mr. Weast moved to Rensselaer last spring from Jordan tp., where he farmed for several years, and occupies the John Jones property on River street. He secured the agency for a fertilizer and was a hustler in that fine of business. Recently he bought ithe McCathy pool business on Washington street and has been doing quite a good business, especially in the soft drink line. Saturday he had a tremendous trade, and Saturday nigjjt hjs crowd was bigger than the picture shows, and the officers say that they had regarded the place wiith suspicion for some time. Gus Magee, a laborer, was found in the alley in the rear of the place about midnight with a jag on., and when asked where he got, the booze said he had drank it at Weast’s, or that he had drank ‘ the so-called soft drink. lie was put in jail but was turfied loose next morning. There was a good trade Saturday night until a late hour, and Sunday morning it opened up again, but the marshsj went to the place and closed it and made a search for beer. He had been given a tip that the barrels marked “X” were beer, and one barrel so found was confiscated, Mr. Weast claiming this was the only barrel of unlabeled •Pink in his place. Several empty whiskey bottles were found about the place also. Monday morning at an early hour, it is claimed, a dray was backed up at the rear 'door and five barrels of stuff taken over to Weast’s house. A search warrant was procured and his residence searched, where two barrets of the unlabeled bottles were found, and two more barrels were also found in the pool rootp, making jive barrels in all. e When the Officers were taking the.; last. two . barrels from his pool room, Weast went out of the front door and has not been seen since, which indicate that he- doesn’t want to stand a trial.. 'Charle?/Saidla, who has been his chi/1 clerk, is running the ■ •-"> •'. /.t V ' ; f-i

business now, but it is the genuine “Homo,” it is said, that is being dispensed. If Mr. Weast has been handling and selling booze he has certainly been very indiscreet and he should have known that sooner or later the business would be found out.

STOLEN RIG RECOVERED.

Horse and Buggy Stolen at Goodland Found South of Rensselaer Sunday. A horse and' buggy belonging to Richard Voss of Goodland 'was stolen from a hitchrack; at that place Saturday night* and was found by Sheriff Hoover Sunday morning just north of the Catholic cemetery south of town, when he was going over to Remington witih Jim Nelson to take the train there for Logansport. The horse was loose in the road, and the sheriff caught it and took it to Henry Luers’ and told him to tie it up. Later Mr. Luers, evidently thinking thinking the horse would find Its way home, turned it loose or it got loose and it went on south, when Tom Cain took it up. A reward of SSO was offered for the return of the property and arrest and conviction of the thief. ’ It would appear from the rig having been abandoned that some one was over to Goodland who wanted to get to Rensselaer and took this means of reaching here.

GULF-TO-LAKES PARTY

Passes Through This City Tuesday Morning En Route to Chicago. Stained by travel, the Pensacola scout car, carrying four representatives of the Pensacola commercial association, who are searching out the best highways between the Floridk city and Chicago, and energetically working for the improvement of the roads so as to make one continuous stretch of well-built roadway, passed through Rensselaer Tuesday morning about 8:30 a. m., having spent the night at Lafayette. Since leaving Pensacola one week ago Sunday, the party had been in the rain every day except one. The primary purpose of the trifi is to “put Pensacola 'on the automobile map.” While many routes satisfactory for automobile travel have been charted and are given in the automobile blue book, Pensacola is nbt located oh any of these. Members of the party in the scout car are Colonel Frank Mayes, editor of the Pensacola Journal; Dr. S. R. Mallory Kennedy A. M. Avery, Jr., and F. C. Brent,Jr. The car in tvhich the trip is being made belongs to Dr. Kennedy who is doing the driving. Dr. Kennedy is a grandson of S. R. Mallory, who was a United States senator from Florida before the civil war,' and secretary of the navy for the southern Confederacy.

A Painful Accident. "

Mrs. P. W. Clarke suffered a fracture of her right arm, near the shoulder, Saturday eyening. She was blinded by the light from a neighboring house, while on the porch of Alva Potts’ residence, in the north part of town, and stepped off the porch backward. She was taken to the residence of D.r.- Kresler, Mrs. Kresler being a sister, and the fracture was given immediate attention. The arm is giving her a great deal of trouble and she will be unable to use it for a long time.

Mrs. J. N. Gunyon Dies.

The J. N. Gunyon family near Parr was again afflicted Satury day, when Mrs. Gunyon died suddenly from heart failure at about sp. m. The family have been afflicted greatly with typhoid fever, one son, Virgil Gunyon, dying from the disease only a few weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Gunyon also had the disease later, but had almost completely •(recovered. , The funeral was held Monday forenoon frorrf the residence arqi burial-made in Weston cemetery. Deceased leaves a husband five children, three sons and two daughters, Elmer, Elzie, [Clyde Luvie and Goldie.

THE TWICE-A-WEBK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1911.

NEW LEADER IN CONTEST

Lizzie Wiseman Tops the Other Piano Contestants i ' | i,' -. ~\V ' ‘ IDA HURLEY A CLOSE SECOND . 1 jt ■ , •-<■ > «i > f ♦ Maribel Kays Drops Back to Third Place Many, Others Corning Fast Great Many Changes In Line-up. • i A new leader has come to the front this issue in The Democrat’s piano contest. Lizzie has been one of the leaders for some time, anJ who ha§ been hustling hard recently, is - now leader and is closely followed by Ida Hurley and Maribel Kays in order.

There are several other cafididates coming fast and an entirely new line-up among the leaders is possible at any time. , The numerous changes in the standing of the contestants this time is proof conclusive that all, or nearly all, of the candidates are hustling hard. The standing is. Lizzie Wiseman, Virgie Ida Hurley, Parr Maribell Kays, Rensselaer Loretta Nagel, Rensselaer Ethel M Fisher, Rensselaer Alice Daniels, Rensselaer Bessie McElfresh, Rensselaer R-l Fairy Pollard, Rensselaer R-4 Victoria Marsh, Rensselaer R-3 Lucy Morgenegg, Rensselaer R-l Mildred Rush, Rensselaer R-3 Mary Bice, Rensselaer, R-4 Arkana Ritchey, Remington R-3 Stella Platt, Rensselaer Ruth Wiltshire. Rensselaer Ruth E Bull, Rensselaer Myrtle Leavel, Rensselaer Lena Trullsy, Rensselaer, R-l May Shook, Kniman Bernice Yeoman, Rensselaer R-2 Elsie Smith, Rensselaer Wilda Green, Remington Mary Halsema, Rensselaer Ltjicy Folks, Remington R-4 Anna Marion, Parr Mary Gaunt. Remington R-3 Edna Ward, Rensselaer R-4 Hazel Shumaker, Rensselaer R-4 Lois Spencer, "Wolcott Martha Critser, Rensselaer, R-3 Marie Moore, Rensselaer Star Route Helen Horsewood, R-4* The following stores give certificates, one vote for a cent, with each cash purchase. Cut the list out, and carry it with you every time you go shopping. And ask everybody you see to do the same, reminding them, of course, to save their coupons for YOU. The list is: D. M. Worland, Furniture and Rugs Cleve Eger, Hardware C. Earl Duvall, Clothing and Gents Furnishings B. F. Fendig, Drug Store Sam Fendig, Dry Goods Mrs. Mary Meyer-Healy, Millinery Scott Bros., Harness Home Grocery, Groceries Jessen, the Jeweler Depot Grocery, Groceries B. N., Fendig, Exclusive Shoe Dealer O. A. Roberts, Buggies, Wagons and Corn Harvesters. Spencer’s Jewelry Store, Remington. Peck’s Drug Store, Remington. Worden’s Harness Shop, Remington. Surrey Store, General Merchandise, Surrey W. L. Wood, General Merchandise, Parr Alx Store, General Merchandise, Aix ' Whited’s General Store, Wheatfield While new subscriptions and renewals count most and fastest, the free voting certificates given tjyj merchants with each cash purchase should not be overlooked. Candidates should urge their friends to ask for them with each purchase at the stores handling them. They cost the purchaser not one penny and are an essential help to the candidates for whom they are voted. Be sure to sign all certificates and coupons before handing them in. j

SENSATION AT GARY

Mayor Knotts and Several 1 Councilmen Arrested On Graft Charges. A sensation was pulled off at Gary last Friday by the arrest of Mayor Knotts and several members of the city administra-

lion on the charge of having accepted bribes in the passage and signing up of a heat and powrr franchise to an alleged corporation with headquarters in Louisv lle, Ky. A smooth young man, claiming to represent the “company” has been in Gary for several months, and it was he who claims to have paid out $16,000 in cold cash for the franchise, 55,000 of which went to Mayor KtjOttS for signing the ordinance gi anting same. jit is now reported that this s. y. m. is connected with the Burns detective agency and all his work was a elever trap to enmesh the officials of Gary; that he used dictographs to record conversations had and that all the money was marked so it could be identified. Immediately after he had left the mayor’s office Friday he signalled to deputy sheriffs in waiting and. they walked in. and arrested Knotts and found the $5,000 in a pigeon-hole in his desk, it is alleged. U . Knotts claims to know nothing about how the money got in his desk and denies all the charges, as do the others arrested. Knotts’ friends claim it is all a frame-up to get Knotts’ scalp, which political enemies have long and unsuccessfully tried to do.

VOTERS MUST REGISTER

Information About the New Registration Law Which Will Go Into Effect Next Year. Every voter in Jasper county who takes an interest in elections, will find the following epitome of Indiana’s new registration law a reliable criterion to the main points concerning the necessary steps for officials and voters to take in order to qualify for the election. And political workers should clip this out for ready reference. Orders establishing, changing, dividing or consolidating precincts must be made before or during the March session of commissioners’ court in 1912, and notice must be given of such changes before or immediately following this session. The appointment of registration inspectors -for precincts, with notice of appointment by the county auditor, are to be made by the commissioyers during the April session. Inspectors must qualify within ten days after receiving notice of their appointment by commission. i The auditor is required under the law to fill all vacancies in the office of registration inspector. At least ten days before the May session of the board of registration the* county chairman shall nominate, in writing, one registration clerk for each of the places of registration within the county. Five days before the May session of the board of registration, the inspector thereof shall appoint the clerks nominated by the county chairman. May 9, the one hundred and eightieth day preceding the election, is the first opportunity for registration, and is known as the May session of the registration board. September 6, the sixtieth day preceding the election, is the second opportunity for registratiori, and is known as the September session of the registration board. October 6, the twenty-ninth, day preceding the election, is the third and last opportunity for registration, and is known'as the October session of the registration board. Only one registration is necessary. > # All applications for registration must be in person. All persons entitled to vote must be registered in the, precinct where they reside. Early registration should be encouraged. The time of the party workers during the last .registration, will be taken up those Who require assistance in reaching places of registration. No man. is a legal voter who has not registered according to laW. • - ’ ' ", •' ; •' .

Ail the news in The Democrat

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPEB COUNTY CAPITOL ' » v. f ’ The Legal News Epitomized— Together yrith Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorneys A. D. Babcock and son James of Goodland were over yesterday attending court. Attorney J, R. Milion of Monticello died Friday evening after a long and painful illness from a carbuncle on top of his head. The September term of the Jasper circuit court convened Monday. Yesterday was “call day,” and the WQrk of setting cases for trial was in progress as we go to press. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 9, Nevil Leroy Torbet, son of Torbet of Barkley tp., aged 26, occupation farmer, to Vernie Etta Shroyer, daughter of Charles F. Shroyer, also of Barkley tp. aged 19, 1 occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. * Sheriff Hoover has five star boarders now,* Ed Curts of Goodland who is laying out a seven days’ fine, and costs for intoxication, being one of the new recruits. He was brought over Monday. Don Sutton of Demotte is another new boarder. He was brought down Saturday and will lay out a twenty days fine and costs for assault and battery on a Demotte merchant, caused by a dispute over an acebunt.

An insanity inquest held by Squire Irwin and Drs. English. Gwin and Washburn Sept. 4, resulted in the declaring of James Nelson, the carpenter, insane, artd he was taken to the asylum by. Sheriff Hoover Sunday. That Jim is and has been for years a rather odd, character is well known, but that he Is any more insane'than he has been the people who have met him every day will sca-cejy believe, and the grounds on which he is declared insane now impress one as rather frivolous. Mr. Nelson is an old soldier, has been rather cranky in his talk about the inequalities of pensions, that is about all. Instead of coming to Monticpllb to open court last Monday as intended, Judge Wason was compelled to go to a hospital for a surgical operation for an old trouble that had unexpectedly returned in a more aggravated form. He went to a hospital at Springfield, 111., where the operation was performed Tuesday. A letter from Mrs. Wason td Clerk Atkins, received Wednesday evening, stated that he had successfully passed through the ordeal, that he had been under the influence of anaesthetics and under me knife two hours, had rallied nicely and it was thought the operation was satisfactory.— W T hite County Democrat.

From the Drouth-Stricken District.

H. M. Shipman, who has been spending the summer with his daughter, Mrs. Everett Smith at Burke, So. Dak., returned yesterday. Crops are very poor there, generally speaking, but a strip a few milfes wida where Everett lives, the corn is very good, but west of there they have nothing. The tenant on Everett’s i farm, west of Burke (Everett himself lives on a farm 'northeast of Burke) got _onlv bushels oi oats to the acre, and his corn was all caught by the frost in August. Mr. Shipman says from a dozen to twenty teams pass through Burke every day, getting back to -the blder settled localities, and to tljeir old homes ■ :-jr • 1 '• V ■ * •- XT v * I ' :

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in the east. Some are not financially able to get out, and must remain there. Mr. Shipman says that Everett is doing quite well, despite the drouth, and has acres of corn that is exceptionally good for that country. There was more rain in the strip cf country where he is farming,

The Common Council.

The common council met in regular session Monday night with all members present except Councilmen Hopkins and Catt, who were picnicking over at Geo. Ade’s farm. In matter of resolution for sidewalk on east side of College avenue, along outlot 22, Bertj. Harris fifes remcmstrance which constitutes 80 per cent of the resident property owners, and the proceedings were dismissed. In matter of opening alley between Van Rensselaer and Cub len streets, block 19, original plat, resolution introduced and read and on motion was passed to second reading. The council then adjourned until Wednesday evening, Sept. 13, when it is expected a water contract between the match factory and city of Rensselaer will be presented. The following claims were allowed : —CORPORATION FUND. Geo Mustard, marshal...... $30.00 Frank Orltser, nlghtwatch. . . 25.00 G E Murray Co, mdse Fire Co 3.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, teamster, sal... 25.00 J H Perkins Co, rai'l on bdg 31.30 Ray D Thompson, frt paid.. 62.49 Wm Marlin, wk on street... 1.00 Rueben Blackner, same 1.00 WATER FUND. T E Malone, salary 30.00 W Martin, haul water pipe. . 3.50 D Turner, wk mn Monnett H 6.00 Jdhn Moulder, 5ame........ 15.50 John Hordeman, same 29.75 John Richards, same. ....... 12.7 n Rich Shirer, unld water pipe 1.40 Jas B Clow & Son, mdse. .. . 6.35 Hermau Hordeman, Are at pit 16.00 Ray D Thompson, express paid .25 Same, paid for lead pipe..., 30.89 LIGHT FUND, C S Chamberlain, saflary . . 50.00 Moll Abbott,* same 30.00 Dave Ha&te, same 30.00 Kenneth Rhoades, wk on line 19.87 Ed Duvall, same.. 39.75 Standard OH Co, oil .. 29.00 Illinois Electric Co,’sup.... 99.11 Herman Hordeman, fir at pit 15.00

Hot Lunch or Dinner.

I will begin Wednesday, in the Leopold building, two doors* south of The Democrat office, and serve either hot lunch or dinner ‘during the horse show. Fried chicken, peach cobbler, ham sandwiches, coffee or ice tea will be specialties Wednesday. Proceeds made will be given for benefit of M. E. church. —'Mrs. Emerald Aldrich* "

Dancing School Announcement.

To the People, of Rensselaer:— On Saturday evening, Sept. 30, • 1911, Professor E. M. Summers of Chicago, will open a seledt school of dancing at the armory. Instruction- class will be held from 7:3 0 to 9:00 every Saturday evening, followed by an assembly from 9:00 to 11:30. The first regular term, comprising 12 lessons and assemblies will begin Sept. 30th and conclude Saturday, Dec. 16. Additional wardrobe space and seating arrangements have been arranged for, and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades has agreed to chaperon the, young ladies. " A special feature of the assemblies will be a serial prize waltz, in which two couples will be selected each evening during five consecutive assemblies and at the sixth assembly, the ten couples so chosen will waltz for the final awardtnent of the prizes. All those desiring to enroll in the instruction class for the first ’ term may sign up and procure season tickets at the following places: Nowels’ restaurant C. Earl Duvall Larsh & Hopkins Little Indian Cigar Store , Sam Duvall, Jr. . Price per term ticket, including admission to all assemblies, $4.50. Admission at the door, to thoge no4 : .;holding, term tickets, 75c per couple. For further information see Sam Duvaill, Jr.

See Vance Collin

for Buckley Grain Drills and Miller Mbnroe Spreader—West side public. square, Rensselaer. .