Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — Page 8

my t c f|l T ,eT! * News Notes ot ML JM lov*n» Itnwt loij Nearby Towns (S> " w A r iccn! to the J»jper ' A* Furnished by Gsu Regular Correspoadeats F Co_r.lv \*t iopo!:s '

! PIXE GROVE. Roy Torte: called on 1 E. R:.' Tuesday a “erne r. : Bluford and Carries r« rU ' Parr goets Wedn< da. Creela Torte: and Neva Beck spent gun da;- ..iter::- :: •< : V. i Bake]?. John T- :• : r Sat and Sunda.v >it u Clint" -Beck: and famuy. v : . .■ v ' v Clint Beck usd :ne misfortune to lose- a fine large ruare. By lightning Sunday evening. .. V. v _. . . Chas. A. Walker and .son' Seth called on John Baker attd family Sunday aCtern-vou: Mrs. Lizzie Cooper and s a Taos, and the former's sister-in-law. Mrs-. Sarah MeC'.-..r. vyre Reus.~--.s-r goers Wednesday William Zimmerman . ;c: ■ near Lima. Oh:. *. W- tines lay to spend a i d,..- s \:*h his - :.. Arthur Zimmerr...-.;. and family, S . . > . : - • ■ - ed the f . :. r > . Tuesday a tid ... - o vi t-n, r. ■u n d * see mrhere tie e;. clone' had - damaged BC re. ..

HAST 4<>Ul»A\. Mam. I . - V • i • v. - .o- . - Davi i 'Wasndra • - - ■ •; aer Tueday. „ , ■; * Margaret Shide is sir a . : v -i ing at this r: r:_ . ♦ Airs. R-h ::g :a n M s sepa Sigiuan Tue~:.*e 1 Ves Criswell - \ Peters Tuesday evenina. Miss Olive Criswell called on Edith. Wen rick Wednesday afternoon. Misses Letts and Orva Lanham were Rensselaer goers - Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Stien did] chopping in Rensselaer Monday.' . Noah Wenrick and daughter Edith spent Sunday with Jacob Dewey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Laffoon spent Sunday with T. W Welt and family. ; , Peter Lucas and George Wenrick spent Sunday with Ves and Emmet Criswell. Misses Mattie and Alice Sigman called on Edith Wenrick Tuesday afternoon. George Wenrick and Leonard Bice went to Rensselaer Monday night. How was lodge, boys? Mr. and Mrs. David Shumaker and daughter -Helen spent Sunday with Mrs. Jennie Gish. . Mr. and Mr . Janies Hall anti daughter Josephine spent Sunday with her parents of near Brook. Mrs. M. Y. Slaughter and Mrs. Homer Slaughter called on Mrs. Chas. Slaughter Tuesday afternoon. Opal Way mire is working for Man Nissus. Mrs. Nissus' mother is very ill with cancer at this writing. ■ Mr. and Mrs. George Slaughter Visited his sister and family, Mr. ant Mrs. Blanket' bip. of near Wolcott. Sundav.

Letter from H. M. Shipman. Central City, Neb., Dear Editor:—l got here the 17th and found the season about the saint as in Jasper. ' There is some water in the three rivers. They were out of the channel some places for three miles. For 25 miles the Platte was over the road so that they could not run trains and the sand it left on the land will ruin 50,000 acres of land in time. One had to look close to tell the water from the sand. A little cement in it would make good blocks. There is lots of alfalfa here, and it looks well. The winter wheat is badly killed. People seem to be in good circumstances Colonel T. R. was here the 17th, the day I got here and spoke from hi* car. Peaches are killed' here; other fruit is ali right. I am well, ana will got to Burke, S. D., in two weeks. . \■ -‘ ■ With love to all of my old neighbors and friends. I remain, Tmly yours, "'W* H." M. SHIPMAN.

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HERE IS KIMONO WRAP

BIDS FAIR TO BE EXTREMELY POPULAR PCR OUTDOOR WEAR. Idea Carries From Paris, and Has Been Taken Up by Leaders of Fashion V| in America—Shown in Tan Eponge. The Kimono wrap is the latest edict for outdoor wear, made by the Parisian fashion arbiters. It has already been taken up by the fashionable New York establishments and bids fair to be a popular spring and fail garment. The model shown is of tan eponge, out kimono style, and caught by one button cn the left side. Around the sleeves are three rows of drawn work, an inch wide and about three inches apart, headed by a narrow tuck Pour rows of the same work are used on the

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skirt of the wrap, at knee length. The sleeves and bottom of the garment are finished with a narrow hem beneath which is used a foot deep frieze of soft twisted rope cord, the ends knotted to form tassels. A narrow collar and triangular revers of embroidery in varicolored oriental designs and above are narrow revers of black satin. The hat is black milan, faced with black velvet and with low trimming of white gull’s feathers across the back.

CHILDISH MODES ARE SIMPLE

One Very Good Idea That Continues to Mark the Fashions of the Present Season. Just at the present season of the year our thoughts turn naturally towards the little people and their requirements. Luckily for the young people of today, simplicity Is the keynote of their fashions also, and the new coat and skirt costumes for schoolgirls continue to be made in serge or tweed with no trimming at gll, beyond a little braiding perhaps on the coats. The skirts are sometimes slightly gored and finished with several rows of tailor-stitching at the hem, but they are more often arranged with a broad plait in front and another at the back, and a group of single plaits on either side, stitched down flatly for some little distance below the waist. The Coats for schoolgirls’ costumes are of the simplest possible kind, double-breasted, and fastened with dark pearl or bone buttons. With these coats and skirts blouses In line French flannel are generally worn, with something bright in the way of a knitted silk cravat and a patent leather belt to match. Those who prefer the full length coatß have plenty of variety from which to choose in navy serge and in rough pilot cloth, in tweeds and in heather mixtures. Then, again, there are those fashionable blanket cloths, with the reverse side in some contrasting color, which can be used not only for the lining, but also for the collars, cuffs and pocket flaps. >•

Veils Match Hats.

Veils the color of the hats or their trimming are being worn. It is quite correct to wear a purple veil, for Instance. with a hat of this color or one having even a touch of purple upon It

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ALLOWED TO SELL NEWS OF TITANIC

Marconi Admits Authorizing Operators to Make Sale. DENIES HE SENT MESSAGES Wireless Men's Deal Which Led tc Holding Back Information of Disaster Allowed by Chief of Company. Washington, April ~ 26.—Wireless messages, intended for the operatoi on the Carpatbia, and intercepted by the United States battleship Florida, read before the senate investigating subcommittee, proved beyond doubt that the officers of the Marconi Wire less Telegraph company gave their consent to barter the news from the rescue ship and hold back for theh own price the details of the sinking of the Titanic. Messages signed by J. M. Sammis chief engineer of the Marconi company, by ‘ , S” and by Marconi himself and addressed to Herbert Cottam, operator on the Carpathia, were read by Chairman William Alden Smith. They instructed Cottam to “hold your story,' 1 "keep your mouth shut” and "meet Mr. Sammis a.nd 'Mr. Marconi at Strand hstel, 502 West Fourteenth street." immediately upon clearing at New York. "Arranged for your exclusive story in four figures, Mr. Marconi agreeing to say nothing until yo’* see mo," was another message.

Marconi a Witness. Guglielmo Marconi, chairman of the Marconi company, was grilled by Chairman Smith on the matter. He was on the stand when the wireless messages were read. Concluding the reading of the messages Chairman Smith asked Mr. Marconi: "What do you want to say about these messages?!’ "I can only say I know nothing about them," was the declaration of the inventor. Q —You gave permission to Cottam to sell his story? A —Yes, I thought he should be allowed to sell It. It was done in a previous case —when the ship Republic was wrecked. Blnns, the operator in that disaster, was permitted to sell his story and he was paid for it. Q —Do you mean to say that you thought that while the world anxious-ly-.awaited Information about this most epochal disaster, the operators should be allowed to withhold the facts and then to give them exclusively to some newspaper for a stated sum? A —l had no Idea that any general information should be withheld, but I had no objection to their selling their stories.

Allowed Cottam to Sell Story. Q —Do you know' how’ they sold their stories? A—l do not. I wish to repeat that I knew nothing about the messages. I gave no instructions in regard to the withholding of information, and I gave no advice or instruction in regard to any exclusive story to anybody. The only thing I did authorize was that if Cottam was offered payment for a story of the disaster he was permitted, so far as the English company w'as concerned, to take the money. Mr. Marconi denied absolutely that he had authorized the sale of any exclusive stories by the two operators whom he stoutly defended. “I did not expect the operators to give it exclusively nor put it up to the highest bidder or sell to any speJ cial news agency or paper.” He added that he did not know what Cottam received for his story, but had heard that Operator Bride got SSOO from a New York paper. Operator Cottam Testifies. Operator Cottam of the Carpathla followed Mr. Marconi on the stand. He said it was 11:20 o’clock, New York time, when he got the first message fj-om the Titanic. He had the receiver to his car awaiting confirmation of time on a message previously sent to the Allan lfner Parisian. As soon as It was received he intended to retire.

"The first message,” said the witness, "was, ‘Come at once. We have struck a berg. C. Q. D.’ I confirmed this by asking them If T should go to the bridge and ask the captain to turn around immediatelv and he replied : ‘Yes.’ ” Witness said the Titanic gave her position and he rpturned to the Canpathia’s captain. Admits “Strand Hotel” Messages. He was asked concerning the messages sent by the scout cruiser Chester on behalf of the president. He said that nothing indicated that the president had ask,ed for a list of the survivors and that the radiograms wm-e Simply signed "Commander” He said he received no messages from the Salem. Senator Smith then read the messages about newspaper articles. "Do you know anything about those messages ” he asked. “Yes, sir,” replied Cottam. "Bride took them and showed them to me or something like" them.” Cottam said that for two hours before the Carpathla docked Thursday night Bride was at the wireless instrument. He knew Bride received messages about “holding his mouth and arranging to sell his story,” and directing him, Cottam, to go to the Strand hotel to "meet Mr. Marconi andjMr. Sammls.” Bride told him he had received such messages from Seagate.

TAFT HITS BACK AT COL ROOSEVELT

Says He Has Not Given Him “Square Deal.” HOT ATTACK IN BAY STATE ' •, ... i Charges Opponent With Shifting Campaign Plans to Attacks on Administration—Speech Bristles With Personalities. Springfield, Mass., April 26. —President Tuft made his answer here to the criticisms that CoL Theodore Roosevelt has made of him and his administration. In a speech that bristled with indignation, in which he named Colonel Roosevelt over and over again, Mr. Taft told a crowd that filled Springfield's public square he believed Mr. Roosevelt had not given him a "square deal" and said he had "misstated” and "distorted” the facts concerning Mr. Taft's conduct and actions in the White House. The president replied in some detail to many of the charges that Colonel Roosevelt has made against him since the present campaign began. He said Mr Roosevelt had knowledge of and was in complete agreement with many of the actions /and policies of the present administration which lately he has condemned and denounced. Says Colonel Shifts Tactics. The president declared that after the Columbus speech of Colonel Roosevelt he found the country unresponsive and he shifted his method of campaign from a declaration of "principles” and “proposals of reform" to a series of attacks on the administration, -Mr. Roosevelt’s doctrine of the recall'of Judges anci the recall of decisions, his willingness to disregard the “wise custom” that forbids a third term!, whether consecutive or not, his appeal to “class hatred and prejudice" and bis “absolute failure" to put forth any concrete propositions for true reform and true progress. Mr. Taft said, all combined to make him believe that the American people should not choose Mr. Roosevelt to sit again in the White House. Mr. Taft declared that he spoke plainly only because he believed it time for him to do so. He brought in Colonel Roosevelt’s name only because, events had forced him to use it. Admits Debt of Gratitude.

“In 1908 Theodore Roosevelt recommended to the people of the United States that I, then the secretary of war, be nominated by the Republican party and be elected. He,labored hard and long to bring this result about and he succeeded. I felt the deepest gratitude to him. “Neither in thought nor in word or action have I been disloyal to the friendship I owe Theodore Roosevelt. When the time came for this campaign to begin I let the people know that I would like to have my administration approved by their giving me another term. At that time Theodore Roosevelt said he was not a candidate and that it would be a calamity if he were nominated. Since then he has changed his mind.” Misstatements Are Charged. So far as he, personally, was concerned, the president said, he never would have attacked Colonel Roosevelt nor had a quarrel with him. “So far,” said he, “as personal ambition is concerned, so far as personal feeling is concerned, I would never answer his charge. But I cannot act for myself. I represent a cause. I represent an element of the Republican party that believes in constitutional government and its preservation; that believes in wise progress under the guarantees of the Constitution. “By mlsstatepents throughout the country Mr. Roosevelt has led many people to believe charges made against me and my administration.”

COAL OWNERS SIGN CONTRACT

Peace for Next Two Year* |« a* aured In Soft Coal Fields of Central West. Indianapolis, April 26.—Representatives of soft coal inixie owners of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana and of the-United Mine “Workers of those states, signed the wage agreement ratified by the recent referendum vote of the miners Ttie agreement will be the basis of contracts to be entered into for the next, two years by the bituminous miners and operators of many states. It grants a wage increase of five cents a ton. , i

Lawyers Discuss Two Big Problems.

Chicago, April 26, —Reform of courts and judicial recall are the two important matters that are being discussed by the Illinois Bar association in its annual meeting, which began in the Hotel La Salle today. Prom 30 other states eminent lawyers have come to deliver addresses pr take part in the debates on these Questions. President Horace Kent Tenney is presiding and made his annual address at the first session this morning. A banquet for the members and their wives Will be given tomorrow night.

Ross R. Winans IS Dead.

Baltimorev Md., April 26.—Ross ReviHon Winans, millionaire capitalist and member of the renowned Winans family, is dead. He was sixty -two years old.

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. BROTHERS MAY BE ACQUITTED Expected That the Stibbins Murder Case Will* Go to Jury This Evening—Quick Verdict Looked For. Bloomfield. April. 26.—1 t Is expected that the jury in the Stibbins trial will have the case by this evening, and that it will not deliberate long before agreeing on a verdict. There is not much difference in opinion as to what that verdict will be The public here expects a prompt acquittal of Slater Edward and Ray Stibbins. charged with the murder of their father, George W. Stibbins, but, of course, the public does' not make the verdict. James M. Hudson, prosecuting attorney for Greene county, opened the argument for the state. He' was followed by Web V. /Moffett of this city, for the defense Shuler McCormick, prosecutor for Knox county, followed Mr. Moffett. Eph Inman, leading counsel for the defense, closed his side of the case and W„ L. Sljnkard made the final argument for the state. In all of my experiences as a lawyer, in the seventeen murder cases that I have tried as a prosecutor I never saw a sadder one than this, said Mr. Hudson. “Xo heart in Greene county beats more in sympathy for this family than does mine. I have no feeling against you. Ray Stibbins. or against you, Slater Edward Stibbins,” exclaimed Mr. Hudsori. advancing toward the defendants, “I have no feeling except the feeling of duty. You, gentlemen of the jury, are not to decide this case on sympathy, but according to the law and evidence; you owe to these defendants a fair trial; you owe It to the state of Indiana; you owe it to your country; you owe it to your God. to see that the law is fairly, honestly and justly administered.”

Selects Bloomington Man.

Shelbyville, April 26.—Prof. Joseph C. Edwards of Bloomington has been selected by the Shelbyville school board as principal of the high school for this city next term. The city recently erected a SIOO,OOO high school building, and Mr. Edwards has been selected with a view to introducing manual training and to increase the interest in athletics in the school. Professor Edwards is an athlete and has made a special study to equip himself for the duties that will face him here.

Proclaims “Cleaning Day.”

Richmond, April 26.—Mayor W T . W. Zimmerman has proclaimed May 3 as cleaning day for the city of Richmond, and the school children have been enlisted in the movement to make this city cleaner than ever before. Stereopticon slides are being used to interest the pupils in the work of cleaning up their yards. Commercial bodies and women’s clubs are assisting in the movement.

Many Seek Canadian Farms.

Indianapolis, April 26.—Many Indiana farmers are going to Canada this spring, according to Henry Leighton, general agent of the land department of the Canadian Pacific railway, who Is temporarily in charge of an office of the company in the Hume-Mausur building. Mr. Leighton says that more than 150 families have departed from Indianapolis during the last thirty days.

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CALLING THE COLONEL A FOOL

The Sentinel (on guard)—Who goes there? The Colonel —Fool. Sentinel—Advance fool and give th« countersign.

Failing Tre e Kills Farmer.

Madison. April 25.—John W. Denny was crushed to death by a falling tree an his farm at Bellview. He was the father of Drs. George, Charles and Fred Dennjr.

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Rosebud Farm and Mill, two * miles east of Parr Phone 507- * B (Jasper Co.) Rensselaer Eir- • change, P. O. Parr, Ind. ! ** : 7>. * • Get your Graham flour and • Corn Meal at Geo. W. Markin * & Son’s General Store, Pleas- ! ant Grove; W. L. Wood, Far- • »ier’s Supply House; Chas. ) Greenlee’s Geenral Store, Parr, ! and Warren Zellers’. General ■ Store, Aix, Ind. Satisfaction guaranteed. . —AMOS H. ALTER & SOX. 1

X-Ray 29,169. X-RAY 29,169. is a bay horse 15% hands high, weight 1150. Sired by Axtell, 5183; he by William L„ 2244; he by George Wilkes 519; by Hamibletonian 10. First Dam. Lulu Harold, bv Harold 1, by Hamibletonian 10, by Abdallah Second Dam, Lulu Patcheon. by Mambrino Abdallah 2201, by Mambrino Patchen 58. Third Dam, Big Queen, by Mambrino Boy 844. He will make the season of 1912 at my residence, 5% miles south and 2 miles east of Rensselaer; 6% miles north and 2 miles east of Remington. Care will be taken to prevent accidentia but will not be responsible should any occur. Terms $lO to insure colt to stand and such. GEORGE WEXRICK. Owner and Manager.

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