Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COMMENCEMENT AT ST. JOSEPHS

Large Number of Visitors Were v.' In Attendance STUDENTS DEPART FOR HOME Wednesday In Large Numbers—The IMay “Hermigild,” Tuesday Night ' oted Great Success. Exercises for the seventeenth annual commencement at St. Joseph’s College were opened Tuesday evenipg, June 18. At 8 o’clock in the presence of a crowded hall the curtain in the college auditorium was raised and star actors of the' C. L. S. told the behutiful and pathetic story of “Hermigild,” prince and martyr of the fifth cen-, tury. The author of this excellent' play, The Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Oechtering. V. G., was himself present and expressed his pleasure and satisfaction in the play’s rendition. 1 Charles Bueehe, who played the part of Leovigild, King of Spain, l deserves mention for his excellent stage work and especially so do Leo Gnau and Urban Koehl who played a's the two brothers, Hermi- 1 gild and Recared. The wrongs inflicted upon Hermigild and the pity- j ful pleading of Recared for his brother’s life made the audience sway with emotion and at times

brought them to actual tears. In the opinion of many it was the best play rendered for several years. l Following is the cast of characters: I Leovigild. King of Visigoths.. Chas. Bueehe I Hermigild and Recared, sons of Leovigild.. Leo Gnau and Urban Koehl | Count Goswin, brother-in-law of Leovigild and Chancellor of the Realm.. Clarence Burkart Argimund, Duke and Commander-in-Chief. . Edward Shields Counts Agilan and Sisbert, Ambassadors of the King. .Edmund Eisenhardt and Michael Petzold Roderic, son of Goswin. .Theodore Fettig I Boso, royal officer and former tutor of Hermigild. .August Halter | Otulf and Agilulf, officers of the Visigoths. .Edward McGinty and Herman Daniel | Utolf, friend of Hermigild. .Lloyd Curby j Claudius and Comminius, Sevillian officers. .Richard Kuntz and Wil-’ liam Rachor Beoulf, blacksmith in Seville. .Frank Beuke j Fredo, peddler and traitor. .Anthony Pax Jailer. .Thomas Williams Teias. . . .Walter Barth Officers, Soldiers, Citizens. Musical numbers: Prologue from Pagliacci. . Prof. W. J. Nowak Violin Humoresque, Dvorak. .Master J. McGahey Alumni March. (P. Andrew) Orchestrated by Prof. W. L. Hovorka . . . .Orchestra i To the Friends that are Gone (P.* Andrew).. Prof. W. J. Nowak Air Varie No. 6 (De Beriot). .Mas-; ter J. McGahey Estudiantina Waltzes. (Waldteufel) .... Orchestra March Militaire. (Schubert) ... .Orchestra The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Ft. 1 read Mass and distributed Communion at six o’clock Wednes-I day morning in the College chapel 1 and at 8 o’clock the exercises werej continued in the auditorium. The speaker for the occasion, The Hon. Michael F. Girten of Chicago, was introduced to the audience by Clarence Burkart. Judge Girten is a pleasant and persuasive speaker; his deep thought i and excellent command of the English language' showed that he is a man of extensive learning. The Rt. Rev. Bishop in praising the gentleman’s speech said: “I don’t know that I have heard a better.” Hon.' M. Girten first recounted the rise and subsequent history of chivalry; the virtues of knighthood and the deeds it accomplished. Then passing to the 20th century he showed that chivalry, although not displayed so glaringly in our own age is still in the hearts of our Christian youth. He recounted some of the virtues which sbonld imbue the knight of our time; he should be master of himself; must respect others and make others respect himself; he must be a man of hope and an optimist, a man of moral truth and moral beauty for these virtues are

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Aged Lady Dies Near Remington.

Mrs. Catharine O’Brien, an old and respected lady of Carpenter tp., died at her home four miles northeast of Remington Tuesday, June 11, at about 12 o’clock, at the age of 76 years. Her husband and youngest son died about ten years ago. She was stricken with paralysis last December and suffered greatly ever since until death came as a relief. She leaves to mourn four children, John, Patrick, Catharine O’Brien and Mrs. T. E. Ree.l. Her daughter Catharine in particular, who so patiently and diligently cared for her mother, has the sympathy of the community. The floral offerings were very beaut*ful -

Have No Authority Whatever to Raise Rates.

The Democrat is in receipt of the following letter, which was mailed at the postoffice in Rensselaer Monday: Will you look up the franchise of the J. C. Tel. Co., and see whether it has right to raise rates from $1 and $2 to $1.50 and $2.50 as now proposed. SUBSCRIBER.” In compliance with this request we find that the original franchise granted the Jasper County Telephone Co., in 1895, (Ordinance No. 41) for a period of eight jjears, and extended March 13, 1899, for ten years from expiration of the then existing franchise, making 18 years in all, and which franchise expires in August 1913, provides as follows: Sec. 4. That said Jasper County Telephone Company shall not increase the present price charged for the use of their telephones during the continuance of this franchise, to—wit: Twelve ($12.00) per year for private use and Twenty-four ($24.00) Per year for commercial use.” It will therefore be seen that there is no authority whatever for the increased charges made for the so-called automatic ’phones, some of which have been in operation here for a year or more.

Some Interesting Old Newspapers.

A few days ago while tearing to pieces an old article of lodge furniture left in the hall in The Democrat building, the writer found some copies of old newspapers that had been used as padding on the top of the article. One of these papers was a copy of the Indianapolis Daily Journal of Friday morning, Nov. 6, 1863, and bore the written address on the margin “Gen’l. R. H. Milroy, Rensselaer.” The leading articles on the front page—all of the front page was devoted to advertisements except two columns—bore the following head: "Potomac Army Ready to Move; Clothing Sent to Our Prisoners; Rebels at Richmond Confident; New Manufactories Opening; Iron Clads Nearly Completed; Rebels Driven Out of East Tennessee and Repulsed in Arkansas; Rebel Force In Mississippi, North Carolina News; Rebel Iron Clads Nearly Done; State Prospering From Blockade Running; Union Gains in, Illinois Election; Union Majority in New York 34,000; Etc., Etc., Etc.” 1 This entire head was only about five inches long, quite small type being used, and all the telegraph news was given in short paragraphs under this head, and appeared in one column. Not much like our modern newspapers of today, surely.

The leading editorial is headed “Feeding Our Hopes,” and relates to the popular belief at the beginning of the war that it would be ended in a few weeks. The Journal editorial reviews the work so far accomplished of putting down the rebellion and shows the fallacy of this view of the war. The other i papers were a copy of the Daily Morning Chronicle of Washington, D. C., of -Nov. 6, 1863, its news, columns largely filled with war fiewS, and “The Presbyter,” Cincinnati, Ohio, of dates of Sept. 30,, 1863, and Jan. 13, 1864. The latter paper bore a printed label of the name of the subscriber,, “G. W. Connell.” Unfortunately the papers were considerably tom in removing them before their value was observed.

Presbyterian Church.

Next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on tjie subject "Omissions.” In the evening Rev. Green will preach. The public most cordially invited to both services.

j THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1912.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomizedi—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Uncle Joseph Smith and C. B. Holley of Kniman were business visitors in the city Thursday. Judge Hanan will attend the democratic national convention next week and the hearing of the Borntrager ditch matter will be taken up again on his return. The Good Citizens League will meet tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at the court house at 3 p. m., at which time a good program will be given and the organization of the league will be completed. The general public is invited to attend Marriage licenses issued: June 18, William Fern Ford, son of Lewis A. Ford, deceased, of Remington. aged 22, occupation barber, to Lillian Sharkey, daughter of W’illiam Sharkey, also of Remington, aged 25, occupation milliner. First marriage for each. The Democrat is told that J. M. Sauser has realized on his advertisement to learn the identity of the parties who broke into his home west of town Sunday afternoon and made free with the contents of his cellar, and that there is likely to be something doing soon. New suits filed: No. 121. Petition of Francis W. Powers, et al. for ditch. No. 7876. Phileas Poutre vs. B. W. Pratt, et al.; transcript from Newton coiihty. No. 7877. August Elbert vsfl B. W. Pratt, et al.; transcript from Newton county. Treasurer and Mrs. Fell went to Indianapolis yesterday, the former to make his June settlement with the state and the latter to visit her folks at Reelsville, Putnam county: \ Mr. Fell will also go to Reelsville with his wife ar.d spend Sunday there. Mrs. Fell will go, from Reelsville to Richmond Wednesday to attend the State Sunday School convention. Mrs. Fell is the secretary-treasurer of the Jasper county Sunday School Association

All of the members of Prarie Lodge, No. 125, and visiting brethren, are asked to meet on the court house steps next Sunday evening at 7 o’clock and march in a body to the Presbyterian church, where Brother J. P. Green will preach the annual St. John’s day sermon.—J. O. Parrett, W. M.

Masons Take Notice.

THEY DID

ROOSEVELT BELT.

At the hour of going to press yesterday no nomination had been made by the republican national convention. Roosevelt lias issued a signed statement in which he says that he is ready to be a bolt leader ami make a campaign on a progressive platform. While the Taftites have the power to nominate their candidate, it is evident that they know he cannot lie elected and The Democrat believes a “dark nag” will yet be nominated, possibly Gov. Hadly of Missouri.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin After the minnow comes the whale of them all. Harmount’s big Uncle Tom s Cobin show has billed Rensselaer and will show here under a mammoth water-proof tent on Saturday evening, June 29. The Harmount Co. comes recommended as the largest and best Uncle Tom’s Cabin show on.;, the road, carrying a company of 35, a concert brass band; ten great bloodhounds, consisting of six Siberian and four American Red Bone bloodhounds, among which are the famous dogs Ben and Baker. This is, without a doubt the finest lot of dogs ever seen with any traveling organization. The Harmount Co. does not carry a big, farcial street parade to mislead the people, but have saved that extra expense and secured good people and elegant scenery, so as to give the public a first-class production of that old Southern drama. Life-like * scenes of the Skinner Tavern; the icegorged Ohio river by moonlight; the home of Phineas Fletcher, the good old Quaker; the wild, rocky pass in Southern Ohio; Mr. St. Clair’s home, showing the tropical garden with its fragant magnolia and oraDge trees, among which nestles the typical plantation homes; the Orleans levee; the slave market; the mosscircled road near Legree’s plantation on Red river, with the cotton in full bloom. Remember we have comfortable seats for 3,500 people. Free band concert in the evening on the main street by our concert band. Prices 15 and 25 cents. You have seen the rest now see the best. Show grounds Hoover lots, on North Cullen street. j 26

- On Saturday and Sunday, June 22, 23, Rev. J. O. Ledbetter, president of the Indiana , Conference of the Methodist Protestant church, will visit our charge. He will preach at Rosebud at 11 a. m. and at 2 p. m., the ordinance of baptism will be administered two miles east of the church. Everyone is invited to attend these services. Bible School will be held as usual at 10 a. m. There will be no services in the evening.—D. F. Myers, Pastor.

On Saturday and Sunday, June 22, 23, Rev. J. O. Ledbetter, president of the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Protestant church, will visit our charge. He will preach at the Mt. Hope cnurch at 7;"30 p. m., and a good attendance is desired hy the pastor. Bible school will be held at 10 a. m.— D. F. Myers, Pastor.

All the news in The Democrat

Rosebud Church.

Mt. Hope Church,

DELEGATES TIRED OUT AND DESIDE TO RETURN HOME

Fireworks at Republican National Convention About Burned Out BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM Neither Warring Faction Willing to Surrender, and Fight Still Bitter. TALK OF DARK HORSE GROWS Because of Failure of .Credentials Committee to Report Short Sessions Are Held and Delegates Give Attention to Third Man on Whom All Can Unite Hadley and Hughes Are Mentioned.

By W. A. PATTERSON. Convention Hall, Chicago, June 20. —The fireworks of the Republican national convention are about burned out. For four days and nights more than 2,000 delegates and alternates have paraded the streets, have cheered and sang and yelled, have followed the kidding of their leaders, have fought and talked and argued, and today a great majority are look lng for a way to let go. The feeling engendered between the warring factions has become so bitter that neither side is willing to surrender to the other. Colonel Roosevelt and his followers can come no nearer securing control of the convention today than they did on Tuesday, when the Taft forces secured their first victory by the election of Senator Root as temporary chairman. At the Bame time President Taft and bis "followers are just where they were on'Tuesday. The small majority they showed on the first test vote is no greater now than It was then, and it 1b too small a margin upon which to risk a nominating vote.

Talk of Dark Horae. The talk last night was of a third man- —a dark horse. Some man who could command strength from both factions. During the afternoon of yesterday it was rumored that Colonel velt had released his delegates, and that President Taft had withdrawn. The rumor brought a sigh of relief from the fatigued delegates, but it was of short duration. The colonel issued an emphatic denial, and from the White House was wired an equally emphatic “no.” Colonel Roosevelt insists that he is contending for a principle and not necessarily a nomination. If the Taft delegates could be sufficiently assured of that fact, could be sure that after the point which tjie colonel has been contending for, the unseating of what he claims are illegally selected delegates, had been carried, and his forces thus placed in control of the convention, it would not take long for an agreement to be reached that would carry this hotly contested point, and the convention would be quickly over. Taft Men Afraid of Colonel. But the Taft delegates are afraid of the colonel, and unless he is willing to announce a clear and distinct withdrawal from the race for the nomination, the fight will be carried on to the bitter end. This fact was clearly demonstrated in the work of the committee on credentials yesterday and last night The light over each contested delegation was waged to the very limit, and the recriminations that have become such a marked feature of the gseat gathering increased rather than diminished ss state after state was taken up. That the Taft forces had absolute control of the committee was evidenced by the fact that each contested dentation was decided exactly as the national committee bad decided it. There were evidences of a compromise when the Roosevelt leaders announced a withdrawal of their contests in the cases of Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Michigan and Mississippi, thus reducing the number of contested delegates to be passed upon from 78 contained in the Hadley motion of Wednesday to 80. But 80, or even half that number, would give the colonel control of the convention, and the Taft adherents would not yield a single point to himMany Delegate* Are “Broke.* Today the delegates are tired, mentally and physloally. Many of them are “broke.’* They want to go home, and would welcome an opportunity to end the cnaselass. and seemingly nse-

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fees, grind and wrangle. They' nay* paid into the coffers of the Chicago hotel beepers and case proprietor* many a good dollar. They hare marched to the music of countless bands until their feet are blistered. They have carried banners until their backs ache, and both sides realise that not a vote has been changed. At four o’clock yesterday afternoon the convention met for the day's second session, but was again adjourned within three minutes in order to glv« the credentials committee more time. During that three minutes an effort was made to start a demonstration for Colonel Roosevelt, and the Taft leaders Immediately attempted to offset it with one for the president, but both failed. The Are had burned out. The pent-up enthusiasm the delegates had brought to Chicago with them to be expended In behalf of their favorites was gone. They wanted nothing but the privilege of getting to work, getting through, and getting home, but both sides show a bull dog tenacity in holding on until the compromise can be mutual, and both of the present contestants withdraw. Session Lasts Four Minutes. The first session lasted for four minutes. After Chairman Root had rapped the delegates to order Dean Walter T. Sumner offered a brief Invocation and Delegate Watson of Indiana moved a recess until four o'clock, which was carried. Mr. Watson's motion was: "Since the credentials committee is not yet ready to report and we cannot proceed with our business until the report is received, I move that the convention take a recess until 4 o’clock." The motion was put and carried without dissent. Who will be the ‘“dark horse" is the question today. A majority of the delegates can be united on any one of several men, among them Governor Hadley and Judge Hughes. Make Changes In Rules. With the exception of two radical -changes the miles that governed the national Republican committee four years ago were adopted by a vote of 22 to 6 by the committee on rules, One amendment provides that when any member of the committee bolts or refuses to support the nominee of the Republican party he shall be summarily deposed. Tho committee Is empowered to name his successor. In the past the successorshlp was dictated by the state central committee of the state affected. The rules committee, however, held that this would give to a state the opportunity to name to the vacancy a man holding precisely the same views as the member deposed. Therefore, it was decided that the power of appointment should be delegated solely to the committee itself. Recognize Primary Bystem. Recognition of the primary system of election of members of the committee w’as contained In an amendment providing that "when state laws provide for the election of a national committeeman, such election shall be considered a nomination to be carried into effect by the delegation from said state.” Under this change a state electing its national committeeman by direct primary vote would take from Its convention delegation entirely the right to name any other nominee. The adoption of thlß amendment, however, was not accomplished until the primary system had been severely criticized In debate. .

Locusts Cause Wreck of Airship.

Madrid, June 21. —A cloud of locusts which have been devastating the regions around Madrid, caused the wrefck of an aeroplane driven by Juan Mauvls at Bajo aerodrome. Mauvis escaped with slight Injuries

The Proof Four Inches Too Short.

Prairieville, Ala., June 16. A few years ago the President of the Jasper County Farmers’ Institute said alfalfa could not be raised there. We are glad to know that he belonged to the great majority whose knowledge was not quite infinite, as evidenced from the 38-inch sample supposed to go Alabama ond better. Your report has it that the sample sent to my father by myself was 20 inches. For the last 72 years that father of mine has not been in the habit of taking dissagreeable medicine, to say nothing of doing it gracefully. We think he broke our sample in two and reported the length of the short end only. Anyway, it was 42 Inches when it left here. It looks to us as if there may be an "African in the woodpile.” Taking into consideration the value of the land, his sample should have been 49 feet high to have equalled the one I sent. Disregarding values of land, if you wish, to equal Alabama’s product. Come again with four inches more, please.. Very truly, WINFRED PULLINS.

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