Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1911 — Page 4

lit JISPER conn DEMOGIRI f.i.BlBC(ICI,tBIII)IIIIDWIBllSMB. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second Class Matter Jun* 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. i Advertising rates made known on application. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 311. SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 1911.

Williamsport, the county seat

of the banner republican county of this, the Tenth congressional district, voted “wet” Monday. Washington tp., in the / ame county, also voted wet. There isn’t even a democfat paper published in Warren county and democrats are so few and far between that they can scarcely find enough in a township to sit on the election boards. Oh! how sincere the Indiana republicans are in their bellowings about wanting everything “dry.”

Down in Tippecanoe county a few days ago nine Greek railroad laborers who had worked hard all week and not being able to speak English or knowing anything about the game laws of Indiana. went hunting on Sunday. Two game wardens swooped down upon them and they were taken to Lafayette where they were soaked S4O each, a total of $360, which they paid from their hard earned savings and Went back to work on the railroad, and, of course, will have a wholesome “respect” for the administration of justice in this country.

The government receipts from internal revenue for the last fiscal year broke’all former records, according to the official report just issued. The totai receipts were $322,526,299.73, .an increase of over $33,500,000 "over last year. Two-thirds of this vast amount was from intoxicating liquors, of which the increase was 5,942,417 gallons in -distilled spirits and about 4.000,000 barrels in fermented liquors, or beer. Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, in the order named, produced the largest amount of distilled spirits during the year, while New York, . Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin led on fermented liquors in the order -named. Illicit distilling has increased in the south especially where prohibitory laws have been enacted, says the report,, and are chiefly in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and 2.488 distilleries were seized and destroyed during the year, as compared with' 1,911 during the previous fiscal year. 4he enormity of this may be appreciated when it is stated that there are but 923 registered distilleries in the ejitire country.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING. .

The meeting Tuesday of the democratic state committee brought to Indianapolis scores of enthusiastic democrats from every part of the state. Every county was represented. Prominent among the throng were United States Senators Shively and Kern and Governor Marshall. Congressmen from practically every district, state officials, county officers and members of the rank and file from ■ throughout the state mingled! with the committeemen and talked over party prospects. It was a jubilant throng; an aggressive bunch; a united army. The crowd filled the loony of the Denison hotel and, and from every source, good news was heard. It was «the general opinion that party success was never so bright and that the party itself was never in better condi-

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tion for - a caJnpaign. A widespread/victory in 1912, not only in Indiana but in the nation at large, was predicted on ail sides. Good fellowship abounded and party feeling yran high. The committee went into session at o’clock. One of its first acts was to adopt unanimously the following resolutions: . “ “The democratic state committee of Indiana, in obedience to the unanimous wish of the united and victorious democracy of this commonwealth, presents to the democrats of the United States, as a candidate for the presidency, Governor Thomas R. Marshall. “In thus presenting our distinguished governor, we are not acting upon his suggestion or with his knowledge. We admire the dignified position he has taken with reference to‘ the great honor of leading his party, as a candidate for the highest office in the world, and we approve of his persistent refusal to personally urge his claims either directly or by indirection “If nominated, the honor must come to him unsought, as the will of his party freely and fairly expressed. It must come to him wholly by reason of his splendid public record, his wise statesmanship, his nearness to tlje people and his understanding of their needs, his high character and engaging personality, as well as his political strength and availibility. “Governor Marshall is a democrat; one who believes in his party and in its principles. He is in sympathy with the prevailing progressive ideas of government, but all else, he holds fast to the fundamentals of the democratic faith —that popular rights must be safeguarded and privelege in every form be combated. “We congratulate the democrats of the nation on the number and exalted character of the men suggested and urged for this nomination, and beg to give assurance that whoever may be the democratic candidate, he will, under the leadership of Governor Marshall, receive the electoral vote of Indiana.”

The committee had been called together for the purpose of setting the date for the district conventions, at which members of the new state central committee are to be selected. Prior to the meeting it was generally understood that the district conventions would be held the last week in December and that the new state committee would meet in Indianapolis to reorganize on January 4. The call for the Tenth district 1 meeting will be made by •Chairman Murphy for Lafayette on the 28th of December.

Apportionment of delegates to the state and district conventions is on the basis of the vote for Governor Marshall in 1908, rather than on the vote for secretary of state in 1910, which means that the democratic state convention will be composed of 1,747 delegates, with 874 necessary to a choice. The counties in this district will be entitled to the following representation; Renton 8 ; Jasper 8 ; Lake 30, Newton 6; Porter 9; Tippecanoe 26; Warren 5; White 12. Total 104. So far as learned there is no opposition to the, re-election of Charles Murphy for district chairman. Murphy is said to favor Ed Hoffman of Ft. Wayne for state chairman.

A CUT OF CHARACTER

is that shown above; a cut in values is —shown “in —my —exceptionally fine Clothing that I am now showing for Winter wear. I have a large variety of fabrics in the latest designs and colorings, and I fit you to a “T,” and to your entire satisfaction. Here you get style as well as durability, and yet my prices are not as high as are charged elsewhere. \ JOHN WERNER, Tailor Rensselaer, Ind. -ULU'.

MRS. PATTERSON FREED BY JURY

Woman Who Slew Husband De* dared Not Guilty. HER STORY TOUCHED HEARERS Counsel for Defense Make ElOquenl Appeal for Freedomfor Prisoner, Alleging Her Child When She First Met Emil W. Stfouss. Denver, Colo., Nov. 30. The jury that tried Mrs. Gertrude Patterson for the murder of her husband, Charles A. Patterson, formerly of Chicago, freed her by its verdictThe prisoner smiled when the fore man pronounced the words, “Not guilty.” Soon she was surrounded by members of her family and friends, who congratulted her warmly. .. .1 ~ Before the jury retired a dramatic speech was made by Prosecutor Benson, comparing Mrs. Patterson to Kipling’s Vampire. Counsel for the defense eloquently asserted her innocence, saying she was a mere child when she met Emil W. Strouss. The woman who won her battle for life shot and killed Charles A. Patterson here in a quarrel, and told a story of cruelty on the witness stand. The murder followed a few days after Patterson had sued Emil W. Strouss, a Chicagoan, for $25,000 for the alleged alienation of Mrs. Patterson’s affections. On the witness stand the accused woman told of indignities heaped upon her by her husband, and her story touched the jury. The state contended that Mrs. Patterson murdered her husband in cold blood, but she declared shp shot only after Patterson had beaten he/ and knocked her down.

WOLGAST UNDER KNIFE

Michigan Fighter Operated on for Appendicitis. i Big Championship Fight with Freddie Welsh is Declared Off and Money Refunded. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 30. —Ad. Wolgast, the little fighter who was operated on for appendicitis, is reported as resting easily, and it is declared he will recover. The big fight for the championship of the world between Wolgast and Freddie Welsh, which was to have taken place before a Thanksgiving day crowd, was, of course, declared off. Several days ago the house had been sold out for twenty-round battle and the receipts, $35,000, will be returned to those who paid for tickets. Wolgast has been in fine condition apparently all along and the odds had risen to 3tol on the American. He ate a hearty supper and right after that complained of some pain in the abdomen. He retired early, but at 2 a. m. Tom Jones, his manager, was awakened by screams from the little fighter’s room. He rushed in and found Wolgast in agony. Physicians who were called decided that an immediate operation was necessary.

HASWU-CHANGSURRENDERED

Doubt Cast on Official Report Over Which Premier Rejoiced. Pekin, Nov. 30. Doubts are now cast on the circumstantial official report of the surrender'of Wu-Chang, about which Premier Yuan Shih Kai was so elated. The exact situation cannot be learned and it seems that the government itself has no definite information... It 4s stated, but not confirmed, that the rebels, of whom there are 20,000 still effective, have shut themselves up in Wu-Chang and closed the gates. They are said to be* still dickering for an armistice which, up to last reports,’ had not been granted. There were —artillery —exchanges — tween the imperial gunners at HanYang and the rebels at Wu-Chang. The rumors suggest that General Li Yuan Hung, who, it may be recalled, recently delegated the rebel military command of the rebels to General Huang Hsin, does not agree with the latter in regard to the surrender. Huang Hsin says that he is not Treat en yet , ■ Deaths of Huctirg Season. Calumet, Mich., Nov. 30.—The season for deer and birds in northern Michigan, which closes today, after being open six weeks, has taken toll of not only 10,000 deer and countless birds and other game, but also of nine hunters. Two score others were seriously wounded.

Divorce for Annis’ Slayer.

New York, Nov. 30.—A final decree of divorce was granted to Captain Peter C. Hains, the slayer of William E. Annis. Captain Hains brought action several months ago, naming Annis as co-rfespondent.

Gomez' Widow Dies.

Havana, Nov. ,30—Bernardo Toro do Gomez, widow of the late General Maximo Gomez, died from an apoplectic stroke at her residence In Cerro.

POPE PIJS X.

Venerable Pontiff Elevates Churchmen to Cardinalate.

FALL OF GRAND STAND

Sixty Persons Injured, Several of Them Fatally. Accident Occurs in Jackson, Miss., Just Previous to Big Football Game. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 1. —At least sixty persons were injured, several fatally, when a grand stand collapsed here, throwing 2,000 persons to the ground and burying many under the debris. The accident just preceded the calling of play in the University of Mis-sissippi-Agricultural college football game. Many women and children are among the injured. /he stand crashed without warning. Secretary of State J. N. Power sustained severe wrenches of the back and ugly bruises and Lieutenant Governor Mansip was bruised and cut about the head. Miss Mollie Burch, secretary to the chancellor of Mississippi college, was the worst sufferer among the women. She is bruised severely and it is feared sustained internal injuries. Many of those hurt were socially prominent. A preliminary investigation shows no cause for the collapse of the stand.

MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago Cash Grain Quotations. Chicago, Nov. 29. Wheat—No. 2 red, 94%@96%c; No. 3 red, 92%@94%c; No. 2 hard winter, 96%[email protected]; No. 3 hard winter, 94c@ $1.00; No. 1 northern spring, $1.06@ 1.06; No. 2 northern spring, $1.05© 1.08; No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn — No. 2,68 c; No. 2 yellow, 70%c; No. 3 new, 6.@6.%c; No. 3 white new, 62@ 62%c; No. 3 yellow new, 63@63%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 48%@49%c; No. 3 white, 47%@48%c; standard, 48%@ 49 %c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 25,000. Quotations ranged at $6.35 @6.45 choice heavy, [email protected] choice light, [email protected] heavy packing, and [email protected] common to good pigs. Cattle —Receipts 9,000. Quotations ranged at $8.65 @9.20; prime steers, [email protected] good to choice fed beef cows, [email protected] good to choice, heifers, [email protected] selected, feeders, $3.65 @4.40 fair to good stockers, $7.50@ 7.85 good to choice veal calves. Sheep—Receipts 12,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice to prime native lambs, $4,[email protected] good to choice yearlings, [email protected] good to choice wethers, [email protected] good to choice ewes. Butter. Creamery, per lb., 36c; prints, 37%c; extra firsts, 33%c; firsts, 29%c; dairies, extra, 30c; firsts, 27c; packing stock, 21%c. Live Poultry. Turkeys, per lb., 15c; chickens, fowls, 8c; roosters, 7c; springs, B%c; ducks, 12c; geese, 10%c. potatoes. Wisconsin, 83@85c per bu.; Michigan, 85@87c. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 29. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y.» quote as follows; Cattle—Receipts 2 cars; market steady. Hogs—Receipts 20 cars; market lower; heavy, [email protected]; Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, $6.00. Sheep—Receipts 10 cars; market strong; top lambs, $5.40 @5.50; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, 3.50; ewes, [email protected]. Calves, $4.80 @8.50.

RICH CEREMONY IN THE VATICAN

Newly Elevated Cardinals Re* ceive Their Red Kats. BRILLIANT CHURCH SPECTACLE Three Americans Among High Churchmen Elevated to Sacred Col- ■ lege in Most Imposing Services. Rome, Dec. 1. —A vast crowd filled St Peter’s Square by 9 a. m. waiting for the opening of the bronze doors of the beatification hall. There were nuns and monks and students of foreign colleges and hosts of others. Americans and English students in their black cassocks, Germans in red, Scots in purple, a typical Roman crowd, a familiar sright at papal functions. The new and old cardinals assembled in the Sistine chapel, where, in the presence of the pope, the sacred college took the oath of allegiance prescribed by the apostolic constitution, to which is now added the oath not to veto the election of a cardinal.

During the conclave there was an hour’s private ceremony, after which the pope entered the room and donned his mitre of white satin, richly adorned with gold, and heavily embroidered cope of gold cloth. The pope was then seated in the gestatoriad chair, in which he was borne shoulder high to the hall, where 6,000 persons silently, almost breathlessly, awaited his coming. ? t . The cortege was one of the most imposing the world has ever seen. First came the red brocaded attendants and chamberlains and then a long row of monks and friars in white, black and brown, then procurators of religious orders, Dominicans, Capuchins, Agostinians, redemptors and others, consistorial advocates in black and red gowns edged with ermine, and four mace bearers in black silk. There was a prelate carrying a cushion upon which was the pope’s mitre, a cross bearer and candle bearers and then the sacred- college of cardinals, walking in twos, each followed by a train bearer in purple' and a gentleman in waiting in black velvet with a gilt sword.

There were more nobles and then came the pope. On each side of his chair were bearers of ostrich feather flabelli, while clerical dignitaries surrounded.

After the pope had taken his seat on the throne the cardinals advanced separately for the act of “obedience,” and, kneeling upon the steps of the throne, which were covered with flaming robes, each kissed the papal ring. Then the cardinals sat upon benches while the master of ceremonies pronounced the Latin formula “accedat.”

Two cardinal deans and four mace bearers proceeded to the Sistine chapel and returned with the new cardinals.

The professed cardinals arose and each new cardinal went toward the throne and genuflected three times, after which he kissed the papal foot and hand. Finally accolades were exchanged with the pope, his holiness kissing each cheek of each of the new cardinals. The newly elevated cardinals then exchanged accolades with the professed cardinals and returned' to the throne, where they received their red hats.

When each was hatted and had received his ring the pope embraced all of the cardinals and then blessed the multitude.

BROWN FINISHES FIRST

Wins Grand Prize Race on Savannah Course. Millionaire Driver Hangs Up New Redord for Road Racing the World Over. Savannah, Ga., Dec. I.—Racing over a track hardened by a cold wave. Brace Brown, the millionaire automobile driver, captured the grand prize race bn the Savannah automobile course. This was the second time this honor had come to him, be having won the eveht last year. His record this year was much faster than that of 1910, his average speed for 411 miles being 74.45 miles an hour, a new record for road racing the world over. Eddie Hearne, another young millionaire driver from New York, seated in a Benz car, was second in this race, finishing less than a minute behind Brown. Hearne was driving the car that Bruce Brown won the grand prize with last year. Ralph De Palma finished third in his Mercedes. The whole race was a thrilling event There was not a moment during the time it lasted that interest was not at white heat.

Jumps from Train in Dream.

San Francisco, Dec. 1. —While dreaming that he was aboard a ship that was about to collide with another at sea,; Lieutenant T. P. Bernard of Fort Slocum, N. Y., jumped from the window oF~a Pullman attached to a Northern Pacific train near Clarendon, Ida., but escaped seroius injury.

BOY IS BURNED TO DEATH

Brother and Father, Overcome by Fumes, Rescued by Firemen. Marion, Ind., Dec I. —Brose Benke, three y?ars old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Benke, was burned to death at his home at Gas City as a result of a' gasoline explosion. An older son was rescued in an irconscious condition, due to inhaling the fumes in an adjoining room, and Mr. Benke, who was asleep in the house, also was rescued’ by firemen. Mr. Benke is a glasswork-! er and is employed at night He had' not awakened whe nhis wife left the; house to do some shopping. She' locked the children in the house with their father before leaving. It is believed that the children were playing with fire in the kitchen range, which was near a gasoline stove, and thus were responsible for the explosion, although the older boy, who was rescued, was unable to tell how the fire started. The smaller child lived but a few minutes after the accident

CONVICT TO RETURN HOME

Indiana Man Receives Clemency at Hands of Ohio Governor. Columbus, 0.. Dec. 1. —The Thanksgiving pardon from the governor of Ohio went this year to Charles V. Sherman of Rushville, Ind., who was received at the penitentiary in ’January, 1905, to serve a life sentence for the killing of his wife, Effie May Sherman. at Hamilton. He was convicted of second degree murder Sherman, who is a railroad man, re .turned home one night and tried to caress his wife. It is said she had a bad temper and struck him A quarrel ensued and he hit her with a chair, killing her. Overcome with remorse Sherman then tried to kill himself. One of the conditions of Sherman’s pardon is that he return to Rushville. Ind., where his mother lives He is thirty-six years pld The pardon for Sherman was recommended by many influential Indiana men.

DAIRYMEN'S TRIAL TAKES DAY

Experts Testify m First of Eleven Cases in Anderson. Anderson, Ind.. Dec 1. —The trial of Clifford Curry, charged with selling impure milk, was begun in the court of Justice of Peace Showers This is the first of eleven charges against Anderson dairymen to come to trial The principal witnesses for the state were Deputy State Food Inspector Tucker and William D. McAhee. Dr S. C. Norris, city chemist, called as an expert witness, testified that visible dirt In the milk did not affect its purity except to provide a lodging place for bacteria.

A number of customers of Curry testified that they had been buying milk from him for years and had never noticed visible dirt in the miik. The case was continued

SENTENCEOUT; MEN ARE FREE

judge Discharges Two from Technical T%rms in Prison. - \ Columbus Ind.. Dec. 1 Judge Wickens of the Bartholomew circuit court Issued an order discharging Jacob Kirk and David Fox of Monroe county, convicted of whitecapping Thomas Vanest, a blacksmith of South Bethany, several years ago. They were sentenced to an Indeterminate period of from two to ten years in state prison, but the . sentences were suspended. The order of the court was issued on a letter received from the warden of the Indiana state prison, informing him that the minimum time of the sentences had expired.

VETERAN DIES OF EXPOSURE

Body of Charles E. Black Found Near Maricn HorneMarion. Ind.. Dec. 1. The smwcovered body of Charles C. Black, seventy-four years old, a member of the Marion National Military Home, was found near the track of the Chesapeake apd Ohio railroad by section hands The opinion of Coroner V. V. Cameron is that Black was taking a stroll, became exhausted and fell to the ground, dying of exposure. Black drew his pension money Moh-

day when he left the home He did not go back there. Twenty dollars was found in a pocket when the body was discovered. ■ V

AUTO JUMPS WIRE FENCE

Edinburg Woman Internally Injured in Accident Near Columbus. Columbus, Ind., Dec. I.—Mrs. Mattie Tillson of Edinburg is in a serious condition from internal and other injur- : les, received in an automobile acci- ’ dent, in which she was thrown through a barbed wire fence and into a field. The machine, which was being driven by her daughter Gladys, plunged down an embankment and upset Hagry Houghman, who was also in tne machine, and Miss Tillson were taught under it, but were not seriously hurt

To Hold Terre Haute Primary.

Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. I.—The state Democratic committee took the control of the , city primaries to elect delegates to the state Democratic convention out of the hands of the local organization. Two members of the state cqmn-ittee xrere named to supervise the holding of the primaries.