Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1912 — Page 4

“BACKING'UP” A FAITHFUL OFFICIAL

THE JftSPEfi COUNTY »GRM f.f. BABCOCK. EDITOB AND PUBLISHER. I A OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Advertising rates made known on application. j Long Distance Telephones Office 315. -■ Residence 311. Entered as Second Class Matter June b, 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. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1912.

GREATEST FLOOD IN LATE HISTORY

Eight Persons Drowned and 7,005 More Homeless. MILLIONS IN PROPERTY LOSS Levee Above Cairo, 111., Gives Way to Sweeping Waters and Factories, Houses, Lumber Yards, Etc., are Borne Away. St. Loiiis, April s.—Seven thousand people homeless, nearly 10,000 more » fleeing their homes or preparing for instant flight, eight persons "drowned, a property loss extending into the tens of Billions, dozens of cities up and down the river under water or menaced, and levees giving way before the pressure of the vast wastes of water like cardboard, briefly tells the story of the greatest flood in lato .history.

__ Everywhere a grim and determined fight against the great “father of waters” is being waged. Millions of bags of sand and dirt are being'uscd to strengthen levees, long since weat'ened by the pressure of the flood and by long continued rains. Everywhere in the entire water-swept valley men are working with but one idea or purpose that of staving off impending breaks that would sweep away homes and perhaps lives. In the wake of the flood is the grim spectacle cf pestilence which may result ffonr the o' erflow When the waters recede. * The five-day fight of th* reep’e of Cairo to. save the Cairo drainage dlfj trict ended in a complete rout and all hope ’of saving the industrial and agri cultural district of 8,000 acres JV -t north of that city was abandoned. In of beautiful alfalfa fields and fine manufacturing plants there is a sea of turbid water. The break in the Mobile and Ohio embankment was the beginning of the end. t Water ran through the crevasse all "day, but hope was entertained until late in the afternoon of stopping‘the flow at the Illinois Central right of waj. About 3 .p. m. a fresh break occurred in the Big Four embankment near the plant of the Pioneer Pole and Shaft company. With a rush the wit ter swept in, hurling houses and lumber piles before them. All along a five-mile stretch of levee from the Illinois Central bridge th Cacho rivqr, rhe water was up to the very top of the levee. There was nothing to build on and no hope whatever of checking the flow. Hundreds of workers were strung along this levee They were hastily rushed back into the city for fear that they would be caught between the breaks and drowne* At the plants of the Chicago Mill and Lumber company and the Weis Peterson Box company men were put to nork in a desperate effort to remove the veneer material before it was washed away. Reports from Arkansas towns back of the ..St. Francis levee, across the river from Memphis, state that many of them are partly flooded from backwater in she inland streams The St. Francis levee protects an area as large

—Bradley in Chicago New

as the state of Delaware and 5(10,000 people. Thousands have fled to the hills. , : ’. - The Ohio and Wabash rivers in Indiana. already racing over their levees in many places, have not yet leached their highest mark. The weather observer at Evansville, Ind., predicts the crest will be reached next Tuesday. Most of the levees are strained to the breaking point now, and can never hold out with a continued rise until next Tuesday. In some places the Wabash river is fifteen miles wide ahd considerable live stock has been lost. It is estimated that losses from the flood along the lower Ohio will be the greatest since 1884. Terre Haute reports the Wabash is the highest there since tfle disastrous flood of 1884 and that the people are on the move for safer localities. The arrival at Charleston. Mo., of mail by boat from Belmont, Mo., brings tidings that the latter has been wiped off the face of the earth and the citizens housed in a house boat where the postoffice is doing business Loss in property and live stock is beyond estimate and many have lest the savings of a lifetime. It is feared also many lives have been lost in this section. At Hickman, Ky.. flood conditions are worse than ever, with hundreds of food refugees pouring into town from Missouri and Kentucky Water is running o-er the government levee, the last »Tccl. of the rrkin I. os<■dis’, rial •-EG.r WEter, end lrct:;:g in ’ ’-st !':cl’,man added to the sericw.r.m-.-- of L. t rn’.-'.om with whli.li t’.e authorities- are cor.fronted '

FOX RIVER DAM BREAKS

Head of Water Hurled ir.ia Ot. Cl—lies and Aurora, 111. Aurora, 111., April 5. —The Fcx r : -c! i dam at St. Charles went out <.r:- ;te > desperate efforts cn the part cf work- , men to hold back the water. A jam of ice tore a huge hole in the center: of the dam, and great mountains of I ice and water rushed into the lower portions cf the city. Dyr.tr. ite whs used to break. up the jar.:, but with little success. The river* shewed a rise of four feet, the highest point ever reached at St. Charles. * CO N ST A NT I NO PL E—The Turkish Porte has decided to distribute $60,000 among the Malissori tribesmen of Albania in accordance with the agreement reached between the tribesmen and the Turkish government, whereby the revolution was ended. PUTNEY, ENGLAND—The big annual eieht-cared rowing contest etween crews representing the Oxford and Cambridge universities, which started at Putney bridge, was declared no race aftey both the shells had become waterlogged. 1.".’ ■:; ■ '■ ' .• •. ■’ ’. . if - NEW '£ORK —Senator Joseph M. Dixon, head of the Roosevelt national committee, reached New York on his way to Vermpnt and issue a statement claiming the state for Roosevelt, •

wIW 7 v -~ v ~~ N - detail of Denhii Work should he overlooked if the patient be looking for permanent comfort with convenient, talking and eating. I 1 am scrupulously exact in my examination and in the work I undertake. Every little detail receives from me the same careful attention ds is given to the more important matters. Having a long and practical experience in highclass Dentistry, mj r ■work is thorough in every respect and always satisfactory. • J. W. HORTON

JAPAN CLEAR OF MAGDALENA BAY

No Proof Mikado Is Seeking to Gain Foothold Thera. TAFT WILL TELL OF INQUIRY Congressman Sulze- Thinks Whole Affair Is Brought Up in'Order to Further Republican Fight for Two New Battleship*. Washington, April s.—Devoid of sensational features and reassuring in regard to the relations of the United States with both Japan and Mexico will be the repljr which President Taft will make to the Lodge resolution on Magdalena bay. , The reply will show, in fact, that this government has not been able to discover any effort on the part of either Japan or Mexico toward arranging a concession to Japanese interests on Magdalena bay. j Representative Sulzer, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, seems inclined to regard the “fuss” that has been raised oyer the Magdalena bay reports as designed to fur-1 ther the navy fight for two battleships. At any rate it is noted that Secretary Meyer had been quick to seize upon the situation created by his friend,; the senator from Massachusetts, to urge his battleship program. | Representative Sulzer claims to be informed as to the situation in regard to Magdalena bay and he issued a formal statement declaring that the report that “Japan or any syndicate acting for Japan, has acquired rights, diiectly or indirectly, at Magdalena bay, or elsewhere in Mexico, has no foundation in fact.” The Sulzer statement characterizes the Lodge resolution as , the “merest buncombe.” One of the most interesting features of this report will disclosure of an apparent attempt by Americans and others claiming to have concessions or options on concessions in Magdalena bay to sell them to the United States in anticipation of their falling into Japanese hands. Ever since the Japanese war scare the Washington authorities have reccgnized numerous attempts of this nature to make ff profitable deals with the American government. •

Powder Mill Explosion Fatal.

Youngstown, O. April 5 —An explosion from an, unknown cans? wrecked the press hiill at the Burden Powder Works pear Quakertown, Pa. Andrew Victor, cn employe, waa-. k’Red. Another man seen near the mill is missing. 1 ' Windows two miles away were shattered'.

FORECAST OF THE WEATHER

mdlana Urir today and probably temerrow: net much change in tempera'ur<=. J’lincis—Fair today and, rrobably tomorrow: not much change in temperature. .. ' < Wisccns'n —'Fairtoday: 'unsettled and cooler tomorrow; moderate to brisk south and sauthwest winds.

MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago Cash Grain Quotations. - Chicago, April 4. Wheat—No. 2 red, sl.ol@ I.C4*. No. 3 red, fiSc't- $1.03; No. 2 hard winter: sl.Oll .G ' n,; No. 3 hard winter. [email protected]; No. 1 northern spring. SLOB @1.12; No. 2 northern spring, 1.10; No. 3 erring, [email protected]. Ccrn— No. 3, No. 3 white, 7514 C <6e; No. 3 yellow, <414'075c. Oats — ■ No. 54 8: c: Nc. 2 white, I No. 3 white, 54 5514 c; standard, I 55@55t£c. ■ ■. I Chicago Live Stock. ! Hogs—Receipts 16,000. Quotations ranged at heavy Imteb. s, 1 [email protected] light butchers,;.s7.79-?i ; heavy packing, and $6;[email protected] good to j choice pigs. i Cattle—Receipts 4,SCO. Quotations ranged at $8,404! 8,65 prime steer; i [email protected] choice to prime fed 11 f i cows, $5.60 JI 6.60 good to choice heif- ! ers, 1 @ 5.50 fair to good Stockers. SB.OO-5 8.50 good to choice veal calves. .‘Sheep—Receipts 17,000. Quotations ranged at SS. choice to prime lambs; $6.00(57.25 good to choice yearling, [email protected] /ood to choice wethers, [email protected] fair to goed Owes. Live Poultry. Turkeys, per lb., 14c; chickens, fowls, 1514 c; roosters, 10c; sprinasj 15%c; ducks. 15c; geese, 9c. Butter. Creamery, per lb., 30c; prints, 32%c----extra firsts, 29c; firsts, 28c; dairies, extra, 27c; firsts, 25c; packing stock 22c. ‘ - Potatoes. *8 Wisconsin, $1.40@ 1.45 per bu; Michigan, [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., April 4. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, Ni Y, quote as follows; crfttle—Receipts 2 cars; market steady. Hogs—Receipts 5 cars; market slow; heavy and Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs. $7.25@ 7.50. Sheep—Receipts 10 cars; market slow; top lambs, $8.50; yearlings [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; <wes [email protected]. Calves, [email protected].

LI YUEN HENG

Vice President of Chinese Republic Reported Killed.

Photo by American Press Association.

the wvter at Aurora is four feet I.igner than the former high-water ir; rk. A part of the outlying section of the city is under water and the foundations of the new Lincoln school have been washed away. All factory work in St. Charles has been stopped and the same condition may soon obtain in a few of the Aurora factories close to the river.

RATIONS FOR SUFFERERS

Army Supplies to Be Shipped into Flooded Districts. Washington, April 5. President Taft ordered the quartermaster’s department to ship ai;my rations to the flpod sufferers in the Mississippi valley This announcement was made following a visit to the White House of Senator-Elect Ollie James of Kentucky and Representative Russell cf Missouri. The president also indicated to his visitors that he favored an appropriation of $250,000 by congress to buy food for the flood stricken residents cf those states.

HEIR IS TO VISIT CANADA

Plans Under Way to Have Prince cf Wales Make Dominion Tour. Ottawa, Ont., April s.—ls the plans now being completed for the Cartier centenary celebration are carried out, the Prince of Wales will visit Canada in the fall cf 1914-as the guest of the Deminion government. The proposal for the visit of the ‘prince came officially from- Prime Minister Borden and has the enthusiastic indorsement of the Duke of Connaught. The formal invitation will be prepared immediately and forv.arde,d by the duke to England It is proposed that the prince make a complete tour of Canada, including the Yukon. If the invitation is accepted it will raehn that the Connaughts will remain in Canadla at least two and a half or three years longer. There have been rumors recently that they are to retirn to England this year.

MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE DONE

Chance for Enactment of Presidential Primary Law Has Been Lost. Lansing, Mich., April 5. Both houses of ther-legislature quit work last night and the second special session came to an end today. All the measures recommended by Governor Osborn in his call for the extra session have been acted upon, several of them adversely. The most important bills passed by both'houses are to prohibit breweryowned saloons in this state; to sußmit to the voters next fall a constitutional | amendment giving votes to women and a workingmen’s compensation law. £ll efforts to enact a presidential preference primary law, effective this year, were 'defeated

Family of Alahama Official Cremated.

. Columbus. Ga.. April s.—Th the ruins of the home of Vs. M. Dunn, treasurer of Lee County, Alabama, were found the charred bodies cf Mrs. Amanda Dunn, fifty; Cleveland Dunn, twentythree, and a little, son of four years. Mrs. Minnie Dunn, wife of the treasurer. is probably fatally burned. The Origin of the fire is unknown.

Saves Wife’s Assailant.

Elkton, Ky„ April s—lson Taliaferro. a thirty-year-old negro, was saved from lynching only by the pleading of George W. Robinson, whose wife the negro is alleged to have attacked. Robinson, a prominent farmer, begged that the law be allowed to take its course.'

Battle Rages at Jiminez.

Jiminez, Chihuahua, Mex„ April 5. Determined to avenge the rout and defeat of Campa by the federals ot Parral, the rebels have thrown practically all their available force against the city and the battle is raging again.

Li Yuen Heng Reported Killed.

London, April s.—lt was reported here from Tien-Tsin that General Li Yuen Heng, the vice president of the Chinese republic, has been assassinated- The report has since been confirmed. 7 i • ■ '.A ... ■' .

{Under ttUa head notices wJ be pubUstied for 1-cem-a.-word for the ark. in^ r ? OI ‘- Per word for aact additional insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. Nc uvtice 5 accepted for lem than 25 cents, but short. notice* coming within the above rattf will be published two oi more times, as the case may be foi ib cents. Where replies are sent in The Demociafs care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.) FOR SALE For Sale—Some young horses.— ARTHUR I. PUTT, Remington, dt-3. For Sale—A good 16-foot store counter.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Oliver or Jewett typewriter in good condition and price reasonable.-—ARTHUR H. HOPKINS. For Sale—Good 8-room house with 5% lots 50x150, good new barn; $1,850, on Elm street. —-H. DAVISSON. For Sale—Some general purpose mares—ANTON TRULLEY, R-l, phone 506-G. i— _ For Sale—l Black Driving Mai;e 6 years old, wt. 1000 pounds, with foal; also one yearling colt. —SIMON COOPER, Parr, Ind. al4

For Sale—Three good lots in Demotte, just across the street from church; good barn but no house. Will be sold" cheap.—BOX 58, Rensselaer. For Sale—lndian Runner Duck eggs. $1 for 15 white eggs; 75 cents for tinted.—FßED WALING, Rensselaer, R-3, phone 29-G, Mt. Ayr exchange. a i4 For Sale—Bo acres of land in Keener tp., fair improvements, for quick Sale only $26 per acre; half cash, balance on time.—HARVEY DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale—Lot 75 ft. front, with a fine modern residence, located right up town, with electric lights, city water, bath, toilet, and good barn. $2,200. Easy terms.- —H. DAVIS3ON. x For Sale—A good cow now giving milk, easy milker, fresh in September. Also one 2-y ear-old heifer,: fresh in November.—MßS. L. A. GREENE, R-3, box 98, Rensselaer, ■ For Sale—Good modern house, barn and all necessary outbuildings, all in fine condition, with 10 lots located on north side.—Enquire at Democrat Office or address Box 58, Rensselaer. For Sale—Five room» cottage, practically new, lot 50x167, fruit, shade trees, etc. Price for quick sale SBSO, half cash, balance on time at 6 per cent.—Enquire at Democrat office or address BOX 58, Rensselaer. •

For Sale—Good 5-room house in west part of town, cement sidewalks, improved street, good drilled well, lot 62x254, fruit of ail kinds in abundance, small bhrn. Fine shade trees. Price $l,lOO, half cash balance on easy terms at 6 per cent-—Enquire at Democrat office or address BOX 58, Rensselaer. - —■ ' Nice eight room, two-story house city water, electric lights, two lots, small barn, on improved street, cement sidewalks, sewer, etc., all paid for. Is now rented at $lO per month. This property is almost new and is a bargain at the price sl,500. —HARVEY DAVISSON. Farms For Sale—l have a number, of farms for sale in different parts of this county and adjoining counties, and 1 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 you a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR Ex-sherift Jasper county, Kniman.i Ind. . , t, i-

Eggs for Hatching—l have a pen of well bred, selected and wellmatched S. C. While Leghorns. Eggs for sale, 15 for 60c.—A. G. • FARMER, Phone No. 425, Rensselaer, Ind. , a 25 WANTED Wanted—All kinds of mason work, also carpenter" work.—C. : TULLEY. Box 2.01, Rensselaer. a 7 Wanted—Parties desiring to sell [their farm or town property to list same with me.—HARVEY DAVISSON. , Agents Wanted—To sell our SPECIAL Accident and Health Policies, issued to Men and Women; giving $3,000 death,; and sls weekly benefits; casting but $5 a year. All occupatiops covered—easily sold. No experience necessary; exclusive territory; large commissions with renewals given; permanent income guaranteed. NATIONAL ACCIDENT SOCIETY, 320 Broadway, New York. Est. 26 years. m3o4w FOR RENT For Rent—Fine large, well lighted room, 24x75 (including two small ante-rooms), on third floor. Excellent quarters for some light manufacturing plant, such as overall, sun bonnet or glove factory. Will rent for term of years.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Rent— To family, with no ■mall children, the flat over The Democrat office is for rent after

April 1. is provided with city water, toilet, electric lights, etc. Will be rented to small family onlv ' THE DEMOCRAT. ’ For Rent— -Nice large front room -Sfecphfi floor of The Democrat building; suitable for dressmaking shop or office.—THE DEMOCRAT. FINANCIAL Farm Loans—Money to loan on f ; >7n n A r ° Perty 1D aDy SUms Up to SIO.OOO.— E. P. HONAN. Live Agents— Men or women to handle high , grade article needed in every home. S4O and up weekly re 1° hu " tlers - Free sample Hubbard, No. 1 West 106th St, New York City. a i4 I Ont Ihn Wit ' hout De - a y Hl 1 Without Commission I tIUI lllv Without Charges for HI Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON. —■ - Buy your typewriter paper for .'egal work at The Democrat office. We also handle abstract and legal backs of best quality, and prices are no higher than others charge for inferior goods. u Important Notice Stockraisiers, Poultrymen Before buying ypur Stock Dip and Disinfectant for spring use, get my bulk prices on Rawleigh’s Dip and Disinfectant, which is best and cheapest by actual test. Approved by the Department of Agriculture for official dipping. FREE. A new 32 page book on Dipping and Disinfectant free to you this trip. If you want it before I call, request it on a postal card. It will pay you t o rea( j before you buy. O. N. HILE. Rensselaer, Ind.

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<1 We are paying for Butter fat this week 31c WILLIAM H. DEXTER Rensselaer, Indiana

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE. State of Indiana,) County as Jasper) In the Jasper Circuit Court, April Term, 1912. The Trust & Savings Bank, Adm. o' Qie estate of Sarah E. Lane, deceased. vs. Lewis J. Lane, et al. Complaint No. 7832. Now comes the plaintiff, by Ab« naham Halleck, its attorney, a<nd files its petition herein to sell real estate to pay debts, together with an affidavit that (the defendants, Lewis J. Lane, Melda Laura J. Lane, Emerson Lane, Orlando Lane, Ella Lane, Monroe M. Lane, and Edith M. Lane, are not residents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on the twenty-first day -of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court, being May Ist, 1912, to be holden on the 2d Monday of April, A. D. 1912, at the court house in Rensselaer in said County and State, and answer or demur to said complaint the same will be heard and determined in their absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto (Seal) set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Rensselaer C. C. WARNER, Clerk, Remember The Democrat office is now located on West Washington street, nearly opposite the postoffice. i An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.