Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Page 4

HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK

Latest News Told in Briefest and Best Form.

Washington President Taft informed the U, B. senate that the department of state has no evidence whatever adequate to show any acquisition of land or any intention or desire to acquire land, whether directly or indirectly, in Mexico by or on |he part of the imperial Japanese government. * The perfected post office appropriation bill as agreed upon by the house at Washington abrogates the rule which prevented federal employes in the postal service from complaining to congress of their treatment. * * J. Bruce Ismay' completed his testimony before the senate committee investigating the Titanic disaster and was allowed to depart from Washington.'' ;* • * The senate, in Washington, adopted the Culbertson resolution calling for a full report on the contributions made to the national committees of all parties In the presidential and congressional campaigns of 1904 and 1908. * • * A broad anti-injunction bill, such a measure as has long been advocated by labor unions throughout the country, was favorably reported to the house by Chairman Clayton of the Judiciary committee. The bill provides that injunctions in labor disputes shall only be issued after the defendants 'have had opportunity to make answer to the complaint against them. • • • Japan’s delegates to the International Red Cross conference, which 1b to be held In Washington next week, have reached New York, and will pass the next few days sightseeing there. • • • Mexican Revolt > “7 . . The boat destroyers Preble and Perry, the largest vessels of the flotilla at San Diego, Cal., went to aea with sealed orders. That they are bound for the west coast of Mexico la the general belief. The quick departure followed word received from San Francisco that the transport Buford - had sailed as a relief ship for Americans in distress on the west coast of Mexico. '. . .

Domestic The jury to try Floyd Allen, under indictment for murder In connection with the shooting of live persons In the Carroll county courthouse at Hillsville, Va., was completed, and the mountaineer began his battle for life. Ten of the jurors are farmers and two are merchants. * *. * The torpedo boat destroyer Beale was launched at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia. The vessel was christened by Mrs. John R. McLean of Washington. • • • Samuel Holler, head of the Broadway Bargain company of New York, pleaded guilty to a federal indictment charging the use of the mails to swindle out-of-town merchants. • * * Thh numbers of jobs for both men and women exceed the number of ap- , plicants at the state free employment bureau at South Bend, Ind. One hundred and seventeen men asked for work and 199 jobs were offered. Twenty-one women asked for work and forty-six jobs were offered. These statements are made in the last monthly report of the bureau. • * •

One hundred and ninety bodies, among them those of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Isador Straus, were brought to Halifax. N. S., on the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, which had been searching an area of more than 30 square miles in the vicinity where the great .White Star liner Titanic sank after striking an iceberg. One hundred and sixteen bodies were buried at sea. ' • • • Milwaukee street cars are running, despite the strike of several motormen and conductors on the lines. » • * The west side main line levee of the Mississippi river near Torras, La., broke, and the crtevasse probably will be the worst in the flood history of the lower Mississippi. Flood water, the highest on record, rushed over parts of two thickly settled parishes. • • * F. W Fowler, a Chicago promoter, was arrested in a hotel at Kansas City, Mo. He is said to be wanted in Chicago in connection with a deal .in which several banks were defrauded of nearly SIO,OOO. " * • • Chief of Police John E. Briggs of South Omaha and Sheriff A. A. Hyers .of Lancaster county were held to the grand Jury at Papillion, Neb., on charges of killing Roy Blunt in the battle with bandits near Gretna, Sarpy coonty, March 18.

POSTAL BILL PASSES

HOUSE ADOPTS MEASURE CARRYING ABOUT $260,000,000. Experimental Parcels Post on Strictly Rural Routes and Other Important Legislation Is Created. Washington May 3. —After several weeks of debate the house finally passed the post office appropriation bill carrying approximately $260,000,000 for the expenses of the postal service for the next fiscal year. The bill passed by a vote of 227 to 6 without a roll call although roll calls were had on several of the legislative features of the bill.

Among the important legislative sections of the bill is that which creates an experimehtal parcels post on strictly rural routes and a temporary parcel post on general routes, This legislation, however, is subject to change at the next session, when a 1 joint committee, authorized by the hill, makes recommendations for the establishment of an unlimited parcels post. As adopted the parcels post rates on rural routes will be five cents a pound for the first pound and one cent for each additional pound on packages hot exebeding 11 pounds in weight. The general rate is 12 cents a pound with a package limit of IT pounds. ' Other legislative features-of the bill embrace the Shackelford, good roads amendment providing for federal aid to good roads by a system of tolls for the use of roads over which rural mails are carried; the Barnhardt amendment requiring newspapers and periodicals to publish the names of their owners and stockholders, and committee amendments revoking the ‘‘gag” rule in the post office department and also requiring that steel cars only shall be used for the railway mail service after. July 1. 1917

DEDICATE “LA FRANCE" BUST

French and Americans Unite in Honoring the Memory of Champlain at Crown Point. Crown Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y., May 3. —Auguste Rodin’s bust, “La Prance,” was dedicated here today to the French gentleman, explorer and adventurer, Samuel D. Champlain, who discovered the lake on July 20, 1619. ▼he impressive services were attended by many prominent New York state officials and a large delegation of French savants, headed by Gabriel Hanotaux, former French secretary of state for foreign affairs. The bust, which is considered one of the best works of the famous sculptor, shows the figure of a woman with a background of bronze. Her head is draped with a flimsy veil bearing an inscription in French. Prominent among the party of visiting Frenchmen was Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, the famous advocate of world-wide peace. In nis speech at the dedication Baron de Constant said, that the United States, England and France led the world in the peace movement and prophesied that all nations would in time realize that money spent for articles of war could be more wisely distributed for educational purposes. He closed his address with a fervid Champlain and his life.

ARE PLEDGED TO BALDWIN

Connecticut’s Governor Is Indorsed by Democratic State Convention to Head National Ticket. Bridgeport, Conn.. May 3.—The fourteen Democratic delegates for Connecticut will enter the Baltimore „convention instructed to use every' honorable effort to effect the nomination of Connecticut’s governor and veteran jurist, Simeon E. Baldwin, to,head the Democratic national ticket. When a motion to this effect came before the convention an effort was made to have supplementary instructions added to the effect that the delegates. should they find the Baldwin boom to lack strength, should east their strength to Clark. This was-Sub-sequently withdrawn.

AERIAL BOMBS DESTROY CAMP

Turks Lose Heavily Wnen Explosives Are Dropped From Two Italian Dirigibles at Aziziah. Rome, May 3.—A brief despatch received at tfie war ministry tells of the destruction of the Turkish camp, “with heavy loss” at Aziziah Jby two dirigible balloons which sailed over the place and dropped explosives into the encampment. This is the first serious destruction done by dirigibles in actual warfare. The report says that, thirty bombs were .dropped, practically anniliHating the Turkish camp. The Turks tried to use their field pieces to destroy the dirigibles with shrapnel but they could not fire at a sufficient elevation and the explosives fell far short. ' ■; . -*

TUGBOAT HITS MINE; 16 DIE

Craft Demolished When It Strikes Explosive in Dardanelles That Had Dragged Its Anchor. Constantinople, May 3. —While inspecting mines in the Dardanelles, a tubgoat, manned by' four officers and twelve soldiers, struck one of the Submarine explosives that had dragged Its anchor. The small craft was demolished and all on board killed. The work of removing the mines in the Dardanelles in atiswer to the protest of the powers is progressing rapidly.

100,000 HOMELESS BY RIVER FLOOD

People in Torras Region, Flee in Panic. CREVICE 1,000 FEET WIDE i Government Is Supplying Rations to Stricken People, Whose Escape Is Endangered by Stampede of l Frightened Animals. New Orleans, May 3.—Giving up their unequal fight against the great floods pouring southward in the Mississippi, the colony of men who tor 24 hours have been fighting to close the crevice in the Torras levee were rescued by a steamboat, and the Hood is spreading over thousands of acres, of the richest sugar plantation in the south. More than 100,000 people are homeless in the Torras region, which is across the river from Angola, La., and are fleeing in panic to higher ground, which, in many instances, is several miles distant. The Angola sugar refinery, recently erected on the Angola plantation by the state, is flooded and will be a total wreck. Crevice Thousand Feet Wide.

The Morgan levee, which is ■ the highest in the world, except the dykes in Holland, is weakening and it is feared that it will gc out. The crevice in the Torras levee is nearly a thousand feet wide and is rapidly crumbling. At baton Rouge the situation is causing serious apprehension. Although the crest of the flood will not reach there for several days, the river is already beyond flood stage. The federal government is supplying rations to the homeless in the flooded area. The escape of people from their homes has been greatly ini peded by the stampeding of animals turned loose by their owners, the frightened horses and cattle swimming up to many of the boats and lasts carrying away refugees from their homes

Torras People in Panic. The residents of Torras, relytng implicitly on the strength of the levee, wefe taken by surprise when the break came. A panic ensued. Before the streets were entirely submerged, however, most of the population managed to board passenger cars that had been kept In readiness, and were taken out of town. Several hundred escaped by riding in freight cars. ,No fatalities have been reported, but it is feared that there will be loss of life m the interior, as the water Is rushing over the country so rapidly that it will be impossible to warn all points affected. Farmers Flee to Hills. Cairo, 111., May 3.—With the river marking 48 feet and five-tenths on Cairo gauge, water has again flooded a great section of country in Missouri and Kentucky, south of Cairo, and hundreds of iamiiies are fleeing to the hills. All territory around Bird’s Point,, Mo., is again under several feet of water and farmers in that section have moved their families and stock to high ground for the second time within five weeks. The water has flooded the drainage district north of Cairo to a depth of about seven feet. Not a foot more of water is looked for until the rivers commence falling.

TAFT IN TRIBUTE TO BUTT

President Delivers Address at Memorial Service in Honor of His Late Military Aid. Atlanta, Ga., May 3. —With quivering voice and tears in his eyes. President Taft paid tribute to Archie Butt, who went down with the Titanic. Archie Butt’s home was here, and great crowds attended the memorial services in his honor. “If Archie could have selected his time to die,” said the president, ‘‘he would have taken the one God gave him. Self sacrifice had become a part of his nature. He loved the south and the people of the south, and he loved his church. ' “Never did I know how much he was to me until he. was dead,” continued the president. “It has always seemed to me that Archie never married because he loved his mother so. The greatest sorrow of his life was when she left him. “When he became one of my family he was as a son or brother.” Many were sobbing when the president concluded.

CHICAGO PRESSMEN ON STRIKE

Newspapers Are Delayed in Getting Out Early Editions—Nonunion Crews to Work. Chicago, May 3. —Uniou pressmen employed on Chicago newspapers have struck. The morning papers were in the streets as usual, but early editions of afternoon papers were somewhat delayed. A member of the Publishers’ association said that nonunion crews would operate the, presses until the trouble was settled.

British Warship Rammed.

London, May 3.—The British warship, Empress of India, one of the obsolete ships of the navy, was rammed si Splthead by a German sailing vessel. Both vessels were badly damaged.

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. v ■ ; \V •. PURDUE EGG SHOW A SUCCESS ) ,— —, . ' V I *■ : V r ¥ Winner* of Exhibit* From All Sections of State Are Awarded Cash Prizes and Silver > Trophies. Lafayette, May 3. —Purdue university's fourth annual egg show, with its 150 entries, is the most successful ever held at the university. With Stanley Wyckoff of Indianapolis acting as judge the selection of prize winning eggs was completed and the winners announced. The grand sweepstakes in the commercial class was awarded to A. J. Bullis of Tippecanoe county. The grand sweepstakes ,in the fanciers class were as follows: Light Brahma department, Mrs. A. B. Slaybaugh, Action; rose comb, White .Minorca, J. J. Wingert of Crawfordsville.' In the students class the grand sweepstakes went to R. E. Arnett of Lafayette. In this class the sweepstakes on white eggs were awarded to Raymond Gardner o» Indianapolis, and the sweepstakes on brown eggs to E. I. Voight of Holgate, O. All parts of Indiana were well represented in the show, and the prizes included cash and silver trophies given by poultry associations, dealers and others. The show will close tonight.

Seeks Heir Who Saved Lives. Marion, May 3. —J. H. Horch of Boise, Idaho, was in Marion searching for Will H. Pritchett, a former resident here, to irMjrm him that he is heir to an estate of $25,000, which was willed to him by the late Frank Horch of Pocatello, Idaho, whose death occurred recently. The fortune is left Pritchett because of his bravery in rescuing Horch’s two little daughters from iheir burning home on a ranch. Pritchett was traveling as a billposter for a circus and on the night of June 27, 1911, put up at the ranch home of Frank Horch. Fire started during the night and Pritchett made his way to the rooms on the second floor, In which the girls were sleeping, and performed a heroic rescue. Horch’s will leaves $65,000 to his daughters and $25,000 to Pritchett. Pritchett is about twenty-eight years old and formerly carried papers in this city.

Indianapolis Boy Is Free.

fcdoomington, May 3.—Because of his youth and also from tHe fact that he had- never been in trouble before, Fred Reeves, seventeen yars old, son of Amzi Reeves, escaped' going to the Jeffersonville reformatory following his plea of guilty to an assault and battery charge with intent to kill Ki Wampler at Ellettsville several weeks ago. With tears streaming down his cheeks the youth promised Judge James B. Wilson, who granted him a suspended sentence, that his conduct in the future would be exemplary. The boy’s father promised the court that he would take his son back to Indianapolis, obtain employment for him and make regular report to the court.

Miami Prosecutor Resigns.

Indianapolis, May 3. —Governor Marshall received the resignation of George F. Merley of Peru as prosecuting attorney for the Miami circuit court, and appointed Hal C. Phelps, also of Peru, to fill the unexpired term. The resignation was accompanied by a petition from a number of the attorneys of the Miami county bar asking that Phelps be appointed. No explanation as to why Merley re-, signed was received by the governor, and he was unable to assign any cause for it, he said.

Says Wheat Supply Is Shy.

Columbus, May 3.—When asked to bid on 5,000 barrels of flour for the Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane at North Madison!, the Columbus Milling company have refused to do so because there is not sufficient wheat to be had in this locqljty tS fill the order. Within the past few days wheat has advanced to sl.lO per bushel and flour has advanced 80c per barrel. The indications now are that the present wheat crop in this locajity wilt; pot produce more than one-fourth or,' a full yield. +

Fort Wayne Shriners Leave.

Fprt Wayne, May 3.—Fort Wayne Shriners to the number of 95 left in a special train over the Nickel Plate and Santa Fe for Los Angeles, where the annual conclave of the imperial council is to be' held. The crowd will he gone about three weeks, making the round trip in the same tfain, consisting of four Pullman sleeping cars and two baggage cars.

Injured in Wrecking House.

Anderson, May 3. —Joseph Guston, seventy-two years old, veteran of the Civil war, will probably die as a result of an accident while assisting to wreck a building in Middletown. He climbed to the second floor, when it gave way beneath him.

Carried to Court to Testify.

Evansville, May 3. —Being unable to walk; Mrs. Mary McMillan was carried on a stretcher into the courtroom here to give testimony in a ca.4rg - suit against a local traction eor n-r,

NMjIMI [Under this head notices wJI be published for 1-cent-a-word for the firs'. Vi-cent per word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. Nc notice accepted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two oi more times, as the case may be toi z 5 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FOB SALE For Sale—-A good 16-foot store counter.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale Good re-cleaned Millet seed.—Enquire of C. H. PORTER, or phone 130. For Sale—lndian Runner Duck Eggs, white eggs, 75c for 15.—R. J. YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3. mlO For Sale—-45 bushels late eating potatoes at $1.50 per bushel.— D. M. PEER, Kndman, Ind. m 22 For Sale—Good 8-room house with 5% lots 50x150, good new barn; $1,850, on Elm street.—H. DAVISSON. 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. Bee Supplies For Sale—Sections, starter, hives, and everything in the bee supply line.—Phone 51S-A or addrefes JOHN KOLHOFF, Rensselaer, Ind. jyi l'or Sale or Trade-—lllinois and Minnesota land. Will take good Indiana farm or city property as part payment.—ROLLlN' A. EIB, Rensselaer, ind. m i 2 For Sale—Eggs from those nice White Wyandottes of Mayhew’s SI.OO -for 15, $5 per 100.— ARTHUR MAY HEW, Rensselaer, R-3, Mt. Ayr, phone 29-H.

For Sale—Bo acres of land in Reener tp., fair improvemehts, 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 w r ater, bath, toilet, and good barn. $2,200. Easy terms.—H. DAVISSON. 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 all kinds in abundance, small barn. 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,~ 5 00.; —HARVEY DAVISSON.

For Sale—s acres 40 rods from city limits, on stone road, R. F. D. A good small house, good well and fenced with woven wire. Will sell at a bargain if sold soon. Will also sell in five or ten acre lots any part of the Monnett 80 acres, being on the west side of gravel road, half mile of city limits. Price $165 and up.—G. F MEYERS. Farms For Sale—l have a numbei of farms /or 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 chance and I will give you a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR, Ex-sherift Jasper county, Kniman, Ind. i

Pulleys and Shafting—The Democrat . has for sale very cheap the following, all in excellent condition: 5 feet 1 11-6 in. shafting. 1 4-cone pulley 13 to 18 inch cones, 3 in. face to each cone! 1 2-cone pulley 16 to 18 inch cones, 3 in: face to each cone. 1 14 inch pulley, 8 in. face. 1 10 inch pulley, 6 in. face. (All the above are iron pulleys for 1 11-16 shafting.) 1 10 inch wood pulley, 5 in. face. 1 6 inch wood pulley,' 4 in. face. 2 15 inch iron pulleys, 2 in. face. The above will be sold separately and at almost your own price, as we have no use for them since installing electric power.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Rent—Two nice rooms in private , family.—Enquire- at Democrat office.

WANTED Wanted—Parties desiring to sell their farm or town property to list same with me. —HARVEY DAVISSON. Wanted—Teams to plow by „the acre for corn. Gall or write as

soon as possible.—JOHN O’CONNOR, Kniman, Ind. M anted—Married man to work on farm, house and , truck patch burnished. For name of party inquire at DEMOCRAT Office. JS Wanted—Pair mare mules well matched in color, size and zaft must weigh 1300 Tbs. or more each;’ between 3 and 6 years old Must be absolutdy sound and gentle. Give lowest cash price and be quick —FRANCIS T. HILTON, Medarvville, Ind. . -ueaaryPlastering —Plasterer of 25 years experience, phone 456.—E. STEVEIVS. ~ i a Storage—l have rooms for light storage on second floor of The Dem ?9.™t building.—HAßVEY DAVISSON. FINANCIAL Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property in any sums un to $ 10,000.-—E. P. HONAN. [}a } hn f Without Delay If I li ithout Commission UU IU < Without Charges for n ] Making or Recording •instruments. . W. H, PARKINSON.

ROB LABOR AND THE PUBLIC

Recent Happenings Have Shed Light on the Operations of the Cotton Manufacturers. Recent industrial disturbances throughout New England disclosed a wage scale very much lower than the public realized. Of the 350,000 operatives, fully 250,000 were earning from $6 to $lO a week, 75,000 from $lO to sls a week, and 25,000, including overseers and foremen, from sls to $25 a week. This wage scale compared to that obtaining 20 years ago shows a reduction of more than 100 per cent., while the cost of living has increased 47 per cent. New England cotton mill wages were not living wages, and, even with the ten per cent, increase, are not living wages, The most- valuable contribution to the discussion of cotton mill wages is the report of the tariff board on the cotton schedule of the tariff law, and just made public. That report shows that New England cotton mills and. in fact, cotton mills throughout this country, are today paying lower wages than are paid in England or any European country; while the cost to the consumer of some grades of goods produced, Is 100 per cent, more than for similar goods manufactured abroad. This means, if it means anything, that cotton manufacturers have employed the tariff to rob both their employes and the public. The cotton manufacturers are thus responsible for the absence of a living wage in the cotton industry. The remedy for this situation is that the cotton schedule be revised by lowering some duties and abolishing others.

SOLILOQUY OF ONE TUMBO

Being the Private Thoughts of a Gentleman Just Now Somewhat Prominent. i ■ Years ago I said I’d never for atfllrd term make endeavor; that was when I reeked of virtue and my conscience was on ..edge; and it beats by comprehension why there’s so much public tension over such a trifling matter as a little broken pledge. Oh, your Harry, Dick and Thomas seem to look upon a promise as a thing that’s almost sacred, but that view is quite absurd save for men of low condition; one who stands in my position is superior to morals, and may break his plighted word. By the highways and the hedges let the rabble keep their pledges—honesty’s a splendid system tor the common class of skates; but my promise doesn’t matter when I hear the frenzied clatter, when I hear the loud kyoodle of the Seven Magistrates. What’s the use of being Turnbo, famous as was Barnum’s Jumbo, if I’m bound by superstitions of the stern, old-fashioned kind? What’s the use of being Teddy if conservative and steady mossbacks with a narrow vision roast me when I change my mind? lam loaded down with laurels, and I db not care for morals, and 1 make my own commandments, make * them as I go along; ancj whate’er I say is proper; mine to choose ’twixt truth t apd whopper, I am in the right forever, and the other fellow’s wrong.— Walt Mason, In Harper’s Weekly.

Stirring Up the Animals.

If the people do not tender Mr. Roosevelt that nomination they must be prepared to be called oligarchs, aristocrats, plutocrats, bosses and so on.—New York World.

“We slugged them over the ropes”

is Mr, Roosevelt's fine comment upon the Illinois primary, when "they” slugged him over the ropes he hollered fraud.

Good Reason for Popularity.

President TafPs civil service reform has the merit of being the most popular with practical politicians and jobholders that was ever devised, because there is no possibility of putting it into effect and his recommendations are obviously Intended to hurt nobody.

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