Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — Page 1

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday. .. —o— New suits filed: No. 7876. Citizens National Bank of Jamestown, No. Dak., vs. Vern J. Cristler; suit on note. Demand ssoe, o—• Former county superintendent Elmer E. Rodgers of Starke county recently purchased the Williamsport Republican and took charge of same this week. —o—— A petition and briefs have been filed in the supreme court for a rehearing in the Pancoast ditch ca'se from this county, which was recently decided in favor of the remonstrators, Almira M. Stockton, et ah —o —- With the opening of the May term of the supreme- and appellate courts Tuesday, Judge Charles E. Cox became chief justice of the supreme court and Milton B. Hottell chief justice of the appellate court. The chief justiceship in each court goes by rotation. ° The supreme court Tuesday affirmed the decision of the Newton circuit court in -the Everett Hal-stead-S. M. Laßue case taken from this county to Newton on change of venue. The case grew out of a land deal and the payment of a mortgage thereon. Halstead lost out in the lower court, and the decision is now affirmed by the higher court.

The mystery as to the taking of William Purcifull by officials of Tipton Co., from near McCoysburg and having him sent to the insane asylum at Indianapolis is not so mysterious as some would have it. Seems the facts are fast coming to the surface and in a short time the may all be known. We have heard that an attorney wijl be employed to get the facts of the case which are not already known.

Joe Nagel Comes Home Today.

Joe Nage|.,who has been taking treatment in St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, for several weeks, will return home this afternoon, but will have to return to the hospital again in about ten days for further treatment. He is greatly improved, but not well.

Gov. Marshall Went' to Bed.

A prize fight was pulled off in Indianapolis Wednesday night. No, Governor Marshall didn’t act as referee exactly, but he no doubt stuffed cotton in his ears and went off to bed early. It is so unholy to allow prize fights in Lake county, but it would be unpatriotic to try to stop them in Indianapolis. See?

Van Norman Now Employed In Detroit.

Winona Lake, Ind., May 30.: Van A. Norman, who was graduated this spring from Winona College of Agriculture, left Winona Lake May 30 to take a position with a large Detroit certified dairy. Mr. Norman, whose home is at Rensselaer, Ind., •was one of the most popular students in Winona College of Agriculture. He was president of the W. C. A. organization of the Y. M. C. A., and had a position as assistant florist in the Winona greenhouse. He was a leader among the students. He majored in dairying and is well fitted for the position to which he has been called.

High Speed Maintained at Auto Races.

The 500. mile auto race at Indianapolis was won by JOe Dawson, the 23-year-old driver of the No.

8 National, after Ralph De Palma, driver of a Mercedes, had set the pace for 498 miles at a speed of over 80 miles an hour, but whose engine then went bad and he was forced to withdraw.. Dawson made the 500 miles in 6 hours, 21 minutes and 6 seconds, and maintained an average speed of 78.72 miles per hour. In Dawson’s spurt? he shot over the course at a speed of better than 110 miles per hour, or almost two miles per minute. Only ten of the 24 machines starting were in at the finish.

SENSATION IN JORDAN TP.

VI ell Known Farmer Accused of Serious Offense by Sister-in-law. William P. Michael, a well known Jordan tp. farmer; was arrested Wednesday by Constable Parks, on ' a warrant sworn out in Squire Irwin’s court by his sister-in-law. Mrs. Harry Cook, who accuses him of attempting undue familiarities with her on Wednesday of last week, when she claims Michaels came to her . home in the absence of her husband and father and followed her into a bedroom where she went to put away some clothes which she had j been ironing, and made unwarranted proposals to her and attempted by force to carry out his evil designs. She alleges that she resisted him and screamed, for help, when he begged her not to tell of the occurence, but after he had gone she I went to the field where her father, Joseph Gailey, was at work and told hipi what had occurred, later informing her husband also. The affidavit and arrest followed. Squire Irwin set the case for hearing next Friday and fixed the i bond at SSOO, which Mr. Michael had no difficulty in giving. I Mr. Michael’s wife and Mrs. Cook are own sisters ana an the parties are well known and have lived in Jordan tp., all their lives. Mr. Michaels is about forty years of age and has been married a number of years and has several children. Mrs. Cook is perhaps twenty-five years of age and has been married but a few years. Mr. Michaels denies the charges.

Methodist Preacher Goes Wrong.

Rev. C. C. Cissell of Kokomo, superintendent of the Logansport district of the Ml E. church, and cne of the foremost ministers of that denomination in Indiana, has resigned under a cloud. He was a delegate to the recent Minneapolis conference of his church and was arrested in a hotel there where he was registered with an Indianapolis woman who posed as his wife. Cissel confessed his “indiscretion” and in a letter to the forty Methodist ministers of his district asks them to think as kindly of him as they can. The couple were caught dead to rights in their room at the hotel, and the preacher was indulging in some of the product that made Milwaukee famous at the time of his arrest.

Many Race Tourists Pass Through Rensselaer.

Hundreds of automobiles, from the little two-passenger runabout to the big heavy touring cars costing from $5,000 to SB,OOO, passed through Rensselaer Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, on their way to the Indianapolis auto races of Thursday, and they begun to return yesterday in large numbers. i

Quite a number of the tourists, who were mostly from Chicago, stopped over night in Rensselaer and bought gasoline and oil and had minor repairs made at the RensselT. r garages, thus Reaving considerable of “the needful” in the city.

A few minor accidents occurred on the going trip, but none of a serious nature so far as learned. Ed Smith, sporting editor of the Chicago American, and a party of friends driving a big 60-horse National, were ditched some twelve or fifteen miles north of Rensselaer Wednesday morning, caused from the wheels of their car skidding pn the slippery road, the heavy rain of Tuesday night having made the roadway greasy. No one was seriously injured.

Wednesday was cold and cloudly, and, with the wet roads it was anything but pleasant motoring. Up to Wednesday, (however, both weather and roads had been ideal.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, JUNE 1. 1912

Frank Robinson Dead at Iola, Kan.

Warren Robinson received a message Wednesday night informing him of the death of his brother Frank at lola, Kan., where he has been engaged in business for a number of years. His death is understood to have been caused from cancer of the bladder. His health had been poor for some years past. Mr. Robinson was a former resident of Barkley tp., in this county, going to lola some sixteen years ago where he engaged in the brick and tile business. His brother-in-law, L. H. Ponsler, later sold his farm here and joined Frank in the business, which under their capable management has been most prosperous. He leaves a wife, three sons, three brothers and one sister—-Harvey of Sentinel Butte, No. Dak.; Addison of Bloomfield, Mo.; Warren of Rensselaer, and Mrs. L. H. Ponsler of lola, Kan. His age was 48 years. Burial was made at lola.

St. Joe vs. St. Xavier.

St. Xavier’s were again defeated by the Varsity last Sunday by the close margin of one point in the tenth inning. The first part of the game was a walk away for St. Xavier’s. They found no trouble in connecting with Lili’s swft balls and until the sixth inning the score stood 5-0 in their favor. But Burkhart was in no condition to pitch and he weakened considerably in the seventh round and the Varsity made good use of the opening. They rallied and changed the tide of the game. St. Xavier’s would still have won out in. the ninth had not two costly errors tied the score 5-5. In the tenth inning St. Xavier’s did nothing; the Varsity scored on two clean hits and thus won out. This leaves the two teams on even footing, each having won two games during this season. The score: Varsity AB|R|H|POjA|E McArdle, ss ...5 1 3~0 Butler, 2b... 5 2 2 2 2 4 Petzold 3b...5 1 o*2 2 1 Beckman c 4 0 1184# Sindelar 1b....3 0 0 7 0 0 Fitzgerald rf3 0 2 0 0 0 Daniels If 4 0 1 0 0 0 Sabados cf. ....4 0 1 0 0 0 Lfll P 4 1 11 11 37 6 10 31 8 3 St. Xavier AB |R| H j PO| A| E Mueller 2b.......f. 5 i 3~4 2~i Burkart p 5 0 0 2 4 1 Cherry 1b...5 0 111 0 0 Leissing ss. .. : 59 2 1 10 Kaifeer rs . ..5 1 0 0 0 0 Maegher c. . 5 0 1 7 5 1 Walz 3b. 5 1 0 2 2 1 Kenkel If 4 1 1001 Koehl cf.. 2 1 2 1 0 0 Landoll cf... 2 0 0 0 0 0 43 5 10 28 14 5 Hits off Burkart 11; off Lili 10. Struck out by Burkart 8; by Uli 18. Umpire W. J. Nowak.

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School House Contract Let to Chicago Heights Parties.

The contract for Rensselaer’s new high school building was let Tuesday afternoon to the Rahn-Johnson Construction Co. of Chicago Heights, the lowest bidders, at $24,691, and the work will be pushed right along to completion, excavating for the foundation and basement beginning next Monday. Other bidders were: Pierson & Mote, Chicago Heights, $24,994, Smith Newell and brother, Rensselaer, $25,443; E. S. Moore, Danville, 111., $29,000. The building is to be completed by Sept. 15. The contract price includes blackboards and wiring, but does not include heating nor furniture and fixtures. The new building will be located, as heretofore stated, on the lot east of the present high school building, which the school corporation has owned for several years.

LOWELL AND SHELBY DRY.

Cedar Creek Tp. Voted Against Saloons In Tuesday's Election. In Tuesday’s local option in Cedar > Creek tp.. Lake county, the drys won by a total majority of 30. Lowell returned a dry majority of 8 and Shelby a majority of 22. The total vote cast for the township was 524. Both Lowell and Shelby are now dry by remonstrance, and Tuesday's election means that they will remain dry—in theory, at least—for two years more.

Methodist Church.

The Rev. W. N. Gaither of Indianapolis wiM preach at Trinity M. E. church Sunday morning, presenting the work of dur Methodist hospital at that place. In the evening K. Bagdasanan, a native of Armenia, will speak. He will speak of the Armenian people, their ancient religion, about the Armenian Massaens, about the Armenian Missionary work in the orient.

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STEEL BILL ADOPTED

CANADIAN RECIPROCITY MEASURE BEATEN BY SENATE. Lorimer Case to Be Called Up Monday and Remain "Unfinished Business” Until Disposed Of. Washington, May 31. —The senate, by a vote of 35 to 22. from which the names of many of the "old guard” Republicans were absent, passed the bouse Democrat steel bill. The bill went through the senate with but little change, save an amendment repealing the Canadian reciprocity act and placing a duty of |2 a ton on print and other paper, and a few minor changes. The vote on the steel bill was not exactly along party lines,, for the insurgents split on the questioh, some of them being absent, some voting against the measure, and one. Senator Gronna, supporting the bill. Among the prominent Republicans wh> recorded negative votes were Senators Brandegee. Briggs. Clapp, Kenyon, Penrose, Root and Lodge. The passed the general pensions appropriation bill by a viva voce vote without debate. The measI ure carries 1164,600.000, an increase of 112,500,000 over the bill as passed in the house. Senator Kern gave notice that he will call up the Lorimer case on Monday. He said he would keep it before the senate as “unfinished business" until It was disposed of- He said he had communicated with, Senator Lorimer, asking him when be would be here and had received no response.

LABORER BLOWN TO PIECES

Uses Compressed Air Tube as Vacuum Cleaner on Clothing and Is Killed. Kenosha. Wis.. May 31.—A most unusual accident occurred here when Michael Volukas, a Hungarian laborer, was literally blown to pieces by compressed air. He was at work .n a local factory, handling a tube connected with a compressed air tube. Tne air was passing through the tube at the rate of 100 pounds to the square inch. He was using it as a vacuum cleaner on his clothing when th® force of the air tore through the fiesh into the Intestines and Inflated the man like a great balloon before the air could be turned off. The men at work with Volukas declared that his death had resulted from an accident, but the police believe that an attempt was made to play a joke on the man.

GAS KILLS MAYOR’S WIFE

Husband la Also Overcome on Way Homa From Meeting of lillnola Executives. Streator, IIL, May 31.—Mrs. C. E. Schuler, aged forty-six years, of Princeville, 111., was asphyxiated in a local hotel here, and her husband, who is mayor of his home town, was unconscious from the effects of the gas for many hours. He is out of danger. The Schulers were on their way home from Evanston, where they had attended the state meeting of mayors. It is supposed that Mr. Schuler in turning off the electric light before retiring accidentally opened the gas jet on, the same fixture.

TAFT SEEKS SIX IN OHIO

Telegraphs to Committeeman Vorys to Consider No Compromise In His Home State. Washington. May 3L—President Taft has sent a telegram to Arthur I. Vorys, Republican national committeeman for Ohio, declaring that while he does not need that state's six delegates at large to win the presidential nomination, be will not consider a compromise in the Ohio state convention. Senator Burton will leave Washington Saturday to take up the fight for control by the Taft forces of the convention scheduled for early next week.

FISHING PARTY IS DROWNED

Man, Wife, Daughter and Boy Lose Lives in Mississippi Near Hannibal, Mo. Hannibal, Mo., May 31. —Four persons were drowned near here when a skiff, in which they had started out to spend the holiday on a fishing trip, was capsized In the Mississippi river. The dead are 0 : O. T. Kirtley, his wife and four-year-old daughter, and Crandall King. Young King had just graduated from high school.

Birth Announcements. May 28, a stillborn babe to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Parcels, who live on the Lawler ranch, southwest of the city. Burial took place Thursday morning. > -? AU the news in The Democrat

Vol. XV. No. 17.

DAWSON WINS BIG AUTOMOBILE RACE

Makes 500 Miles in 6:21:6, Breaking Record. TETZLAFF IN SECOND PLACE De Palma Loses Event When Almost Certain of Victory Through Breakdown of Car—No Serious Accidents. Indianapolis, Ind., May 31. —Joe Dawson, in a National car, won the 500-mlle automobile race on the Speedway. This time was six hours 21 minutes six seconds, and he averaged 78.72 miles an hour. A worldrecord for the distance on any kind of road or track. The former speedway record was 74.6 miles. Fifty thousand of the home folks and thirty thousand visitors from other cities and towns cheered the victory of the Indianapolis boy and the Indianapolis car. ©Da Palma in Hard Luck. Luck had something to do with the victory, for Ralph De Palma in a Mercedes was ten miles ahead of Dawson in the 496t1i mile. De Palma had led the parade from the tenth mile and seemed sure of victory. But automobile racing is uncertain and with the race almost in his grasp the Mercedes car developed trouble and limped at a snail pace around the track.

Meanwhile Dawson saw' his chance fbr glory and opulence and drove fast but carefully. The victory meant a fortune for the boy, as his winning brought him more than $30,000 Including the extras.' Second place with its SIO,OOO prize and some extras fell to Tetzlaff in a Fiat. Hughes Is Third. Third place was won by Hughes in a Mercer. Much glory and $7,000 goes with this position. Hughes' car was one of the lightest in the race. Fourth place was taken by a Stutz car driven by Merz. Bill Endicott won.fifth place with a Schacht, and sixth position was taken by the Fengle’s Stutz. The White car, driven by Jenkins, took seventh place. A Lozier, driven by Horan, took eighth place, just in front of a National driven by Wilcox, which was ninth, with the Knox, driven by Mulford, in tenth position. Start Is Spectacular. After a spectacular start from which twenty-four cars emerged from a cloud of smoke, which for a minute hid the entire group of Jockeying drivers from view, the race was on. For a few seconds and for the only time in the contest Anderson, in the Stutz, held the lead on the second lap. Tetzloff, in the Flat, secured a fragment of glory by pushing to the front of the “race of lightning bugs.” On the fourth lap, or in the tenth mile, Ralph De Palma in his Mercedes dashed to the front and converted the race into a parade by maintaining the lead to the 496th mile, when to accomplish this feat De Palma was required to establish a world-breaking and heart-breaking pace of better than 80 miles an hour for almost the entire race. Speed Is Terrific. Some idea of the speed of the Mercedes may be understood from the fact that the first hour’s riding established a record of eighty-two and sev-en-tenths miles. Bruce Brown, in a National, who had been a favorite in the betting, withdrew from the race at the 50-mlle mark owing to gasoline trouble. From this point on the real Interest in the race was Inspired by the nerve racking contest for second place between Dawson’s National and Tetzlaff’s Flat. At the half Bragg replaced Tetzlaff and made the race still more furious. Meanwhile “Bob” Burman in the Cutting had been creeping up from a rear position, passing one after another at lightning speed, Burman worked his way into fourth position With still somethlag better in sight when his car turned turtle at the opening of the back stretch. No Serious Accidents. Excitement in the crowded stands was Intense until the official announcement was made that ■ neither Burman nor his mechanician, had been injured. The accident to Burman was the only serious incident of the race, although hearts, and bank accounts were strained by accidents to many cars in th© race.

ARCHBALD WITNESS IS LOST

Secret Service Men Fail to Find James H. Dainty, Wanted by Investigators. Washington, May 31.—The house judiciary committee investigating the official conduct of Judge Archbald, has lost James R. Dainty, one of the star witnesses sought by the committee. A house subpoena was Issued for Mr. Dainty, who lives in Philadelphia and Is an agent of the Everhard estate, owners of culm mines along the line of the Lehigh railroad. The secret service arm of the department of justice tried to locate Dainty, but ha* *alled.