Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1912 — Page 5

Come With Us. RENSSELAER will celebrace this year— and when Rensselaer does anything, you know she does it right. We have made special preparation for the business of the Fourth, and will be able to take good care of you. Come to our store; make it your headquarters. We have an exceptionally full list of Fruits, Vegetables, and Quick-Meal Specialties, and will greatly appreciate your business. See, or Phone 41 early. Home Grocery

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Today's markets: Corn, 67c; Oats, 43c; WheE>, sl.Ol. Buy your box stationery and envelopes at The Democrat office. Aden Rupe of Warsaw visited with friends here over the 4th. Oscar Phegley was over from Mouticello to visit relatives over th? It a. Lorenz Hildebrand came down from Chicago Tuesday for a few days visit. Mrs. Hurley Beam is spending a few days this wetk with her husband at Chicago. Miss Harriet Landor of Minneapolis is visiting Lr. and Mrs Horton over the 4th. We have a large assortment of hair switches, can match any shade. —Mary Meyer-Healy. j 6 Mrs. John Kopsey and baby of Sheridan spent the 4th here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Carr. J. J. Montgomery and Chester Zea made a business trip to Monticello and Chicago the first of the week. Harold Clark, returned home Wednesday from a few days visit with James Mead and family at Hammond.

Mr. and. Mrs. F. X. Busha ofj Lafayette came Thursday to spend j the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam. Mrs. Frank Borntrager and children of Ft. Wayne are spending the week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.*W. Reed. B. S. Fendig and little daughter came down from Chicago Wednesday evening to spend the 4 th. Ben returned to the city Thursday J night, but Miriam will remain for a longer visit. Charles Bradley of Portland. Ore., and Miss Nellie Marshall of Rantoul, 111., spent the- 4th with Mr. and Mrs. Lon Colton of near Pleasant Ridge. Mr. Bradley is an uncle and Miss Marshall a neice of Mrs. Colton. Charles Myers, the Wheatfield merchant, passed through here Wednesday in a new 5-passenger 1913 Lambert touring car enroute home from the factory. The car is the first of the 1913 class to be released, and is certainly a beauty. Mr. and Mj?s. W. N. Hurley and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hurley of Day-J ton, Ind., came up to spend the 4th with relatives here. They are farming near Dayton and have out 96 acres of corn, 50 acres of oats and 40 acres of wheat, all of which is looking fine. Frank Kelly, ..ead of the Kelly Grain Co. of Remington, who was arrested by the Remington marshal on June 24 for “‘Torching” in his 5-passenger Del amble car, ' was tried before Squire Dickinson at the Remington town hall Tuesday, Attorney Mose Leopold of this c H y defending him, with Jasper Guy assisting the prosecution. The. court found the evidence was insufficient and rendered a \erdict of acquit a l .

Cleve Eger spent Wednesday in Chicago. Advertised letters: B. Galbraith, Supt. W. F. Clark. Charles Britt went to Attica Wednesday for an over the 4th visit with friends. John Smith and family went to Chicago Wednesday for a visit with relatives over Sue day. Robert Johnson of Lafayette has been the guest of E. L. Clark and family the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hopkins went to Monticello Wednesday for a few days visit with he 1 - father. : H. R. Ktirrie came down from Chicago Wednesday to spend the 4th here with his family. Wm. Porter and wife came Wednesday from Hammond to spend a few days with relaitves and friends. Ben Leopold and family motored over from Broot Thursday to spend the day with his parents, A. Leopold and family. 1 Frank Burch and family came from Chicago Wednesday for an over the 4th visij, with her brother, E. J. Dura'll and family. o Mrs. A. O. Garriott and little daughter came from Hammond Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. A. Leech, and family. R. S. Bowman and children of southwest of the city went to Kirklin Wednesday to spend the 4th and a few days with relatives. Dean Merica, who has been spending the past week with his parents at Francesville, motored over Thursday to spend the day with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor McCoy came down from Chicago Wednesday evening and spent the 4th with old friends. Chas. F. Jackman of Worthington. Ind., has been selected as the new superintendent of the Monticello schools out of a field of 60 applicants. 1 Mrs. Ernest Lamson and daughter, accompanied, by her nephew, Robert Michael, arrived home Tuesday from a visit of several days with her parents at Union City. Union services will be held at No. S school house, three miles j west of Rensselaer, at 10:30 Sunday, preaching by B. W. Williams and others. Ever;.body bring filled baskets. . v , Joe Putts of south of town left \\ ednesday on extended prospecting I trip through the He went Ito Fargo, N. D., first and then will visit several of interest 3long the route. Mrs. R. A. Parkinson accompanied her daughter Ruth to Chicago Wednesday where the latter will receive medical advise and treatment for a chronic ailment for which she was recently operated on.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought

Dr. M. D. Gwin made a professional trip to Chicago Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Yeoman came down from Gary to spend the 4th with relatives here. Mrs. Sweet of near Delphi came Wednesday for a short visit with her sitser. Mrs. W. I. Hoover; . ' f The Gaiety Theatre is said to have taken in S9OO the 4th. They had a splendid show and deserved a good patronage. Miss Sarah Patterson arrived here Wednesday from Pittsburg for a several weeks visit with Rev W. G. Winn and family. Dr. Schmadel, mother and brother Ray of Lafayette and Miss Eiake of Indianapolis visited Dr. and Mrs. Horton over the Jth. Misses Ruth Stoudt of Remington and Gladys Cobb of Crescent City, 111., are guests of Mrs. F. E. Babcock since Thursday. George Hemphill, Forest Morian, Yern Haas and Junior Benjamin were down from Chicago to spend the 4th with home folks. Miss Orabelle Kirg returned home from Winona Like Wednesday, accompanied by her brother Fred, who will remain the rest of the week. Dora Lyons, aged three years, was drowned near Delphi Thursday. The little girl’s mother is a daughter of Mrs. Julia Healey of this city.

Some more of the carnival shows came in yesterday, but they will not be allowed to show, we understand, and will move on to some other easy mark town. E. M. Timmons, wife and granddaughter of Plymouth, Ind., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Schafer, and other relatives for a few weeks. Conrad Kellner has purchased a late 1910 model five passenger 40 h. p. Apperson touring car of Joe Erbs, and will now be as capable of stirring up a breeze as any of them. Mrs. Pearl McCord of Indianapolis and Mrs. X. C. Pumphrey cf near Columbia City are here to see their father, T. W. Haus, whose condition was thought to be somewhat improved yesterday. About SSO was cleared at the production of a ‘Noble Outcast, a four act drama presented by the members of tne St. Augustine's Literary Club, at the Parochial school hall Monday evening. One of the attractions of the 4th that created a great deal of comment and curiosity w r as a South Bend watch, keeping perfect time, frozen in a big block of ice in front of Clarke’s jewelry store. W. C. Babcock and B. J. Moore went to Chicago Tuesday where the latter purchased a Jackson 5-passen-ger touring car. which they drove through that evening. This is the only Jackson car in Rensselaer. It is a very nice looking machine Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the house on the Mrs. Eva Greenlee L*rin in Barkley tp, Monday morning, and the household goods were also a total loss. The fire was not discovered until it was beyond control, there being no one at home. Insu.ance of $1 000 was carried. A complete report of the democratic convention in brief and the platform adopted in full wilt be found on the inside pages of "today’s Democrat. Preserve- this copy for future reference. It will come in handy to refer to in refuting the “arguments” of the fellow on the other side during the campaign. > 1 ' Mrs. Joe Nagel went to Lafayette Thursday morning, where she was present at the operation on Mrs. Bert Campbell at St. Elizabeth’s hospital. She returned home the same evening and reported that Mrs. Campbell passed through the operation nicely snd it is expected she will convalescent rapidly. The remains of John B. Clemons of Shelby were brought here yesterday on the 11:20 a m., train from Hammond lei burial in the Crocket cemetery. The funeral was held at 11:30 p. m., today from the Christian church, conducted by thd pastor, Rev. Winn. Mr. Clemens died in St. Margaret’s hospital, Hammond, Wedresday night. His age was about 73 years. Buy your box stationery and envelopes at The Democrat office.

CONVICTED GARY MAN DIES.

Gibson Worried Himself to Death Over Conneilmanic Briber}' \ Charges. Gary, Ind., July?: 3.—Walter Gibson, the onlj' Gary councilman convicted during the trial of Mayor T. E> Knotts and five city council men. tvho were arrested- on charges ofbribery in connection with the passage of the Dean heating franchise, early this year, died at his home in Tolleston Tuesday. Gibson was fifty-six years old. Worry ove** his conviction is said to have bem responsible for his death.

DIRECTS FILING OF LAND SUITS

Indiana Governor Socks to Recover Tracts in Kankakee Valley. Laporte. Ind., June 30.—Governor Marshall has Instructed Adam -E. Wise, a Plymouth, Ind., attorney'. to prosecute actions in the state courts to recover for the state large tracts of land in the Kankakee valley, extending from St. Joseph county 'to the Illinois lino. The tracts are held by ,individuals. who laid claim to the lands with the reclamation of part of the Kankakee River by drainage. The Northern Trust Company of Chicago is one of the defendants. The fictions involve hundreds of land owners in the two states.

KICKING BRYAN AROUN

fn Missouri llocause He Rooted (lark’s Houn’ Chautauqua Dates Canceled. Mexico, Mo., July 3.—Citizens of Vandalia, Mo., me* with their Chautauqua committee today and the decision was unanimous that W«u« J. Bryan must not appear on this year’s program in Vandalia. The Nebraskan was scheduler! to open the Chautauqua there next month. Will Daniel, secretary cf the committee wired the RedpathViwter Chaujtauqua System of Cedar Rapids, lowa demanding tha* Bryan’s engagement be cancelea and asl.’ed that Champ Clark be substituted. (-’• B. Ellis, a leading democrat of the town, decla*ed it would not be safe for Bryan to come to Vandalia as a result of Clark's defeat-. The feeling against the Commoner s rtry intense all over the acngresnonal district, represented by Champ Clark. Bryan’s -Chautauqua dates are being cut all over the section. ,

TELLS OF DISAPPOINTMENT

Calls Commoner False Friend to Husband. Washington, July 3 —Following receipt of news that Governor Wilson had been nominated at Baltimore, Mrs. Champ Clark, who had been receiving the ballot returns in the Speaker’s ante-room, sent word to the press gallery of the house that she wished* to talk to newspaper men. The members of the gallery responded to- her invitations. She was plainly excited, her eyes glistened and he 1 * mouth was set in a firm, straight 'me that betokened extreme nervousness. “Be seated, boys,” said Airs. Clark. Then she rose from her own chair and approached the group. “Feel my pulse,” she said, extending her wrist to each of the correspondents in turn. “Is it not strong, is that the pulse of an excited, overwrought woman? “I am not excited. lam g-avely and greviously disappointed. For twelve years I have shared my husband with the democratic party. “The party has been, ihy only rival. lam done with it. “The junior member of the firm of Clark & Clark is done. “I have known for all these twelve years that William Jennings Bryan was a false friend to my husband. I have W'arned him Over and over again, “Mr. Bryan is too selfish, too self-centered to be a fhend to; any one. He has, under the cover of this false friendship, been Champ’s foe. He even w r ent so far at one time as to go into Clark's own district in an endeavor to defeat him. ) > “Mr. Bryan, has his candidate, Mr. Wilson. Let him elect him!” Mrs. Clark was attired in a suit of dark blue and golden brown changeable silk. She wore a large black picture hat with black ostrich tips. - 1 H

17 Cents for Eggs. I will pay 17 cents" per dozen for strictly fresh clean eggs, and 11 cents for good hens. Fancy veals, 10 cents. Phone us before you kill.—Fancy Produce Market, C. E. Prior. Binder Twine at 014 c Pound. Farmers venting binder ..wine from the Gleaners can procure same as long as present carload lasts at C. E. Prior’s Fancy Produce Market at 6% cents a pound, cash.— Omar Kenton, Sec.

FURNITURE MEN CLOSE MEETING

Banquet Concludes Session of State Association. OVER ONE HUNDRED ATTEND Frank J. Rahe of Fort Wayna la Elected President and William E. Evans of Brownsburg First Vice-President. Indianapolis.—Advertising men of Indianapolis met the retail furniture dealers of the state at a banquet at ; Indianapolis, when the Adscript club was host to the delegates to the annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealers' association. About 325 were present, including a large part of the membership of the club and the newly elected officers of the state organization. The new officers of the furniture, men are: President —Frank J. Rahe, Fort Wayne. f First Vice-President —William F. Evans, Brownsburg. Second Vice-Presidents —J A Munschoff, Indianapolis. Secretary-Treasurer—R. D. Leatherman, Tipton. Executive Committee Chairman — Fred S. Coulter, Frankfort. The banquet was the conclusion of the one-day session of the furniture association, which was held in the Claypool hotel. Sentiment is still the cornerstone of the world, including business as well as the other things of life, according to H. Walton Heegstra of Chicago, the principal speaker of the "evening. It is the atmosphere subtly thrown about the buying and selling of the business man that removes actions from the commonplace of arithmetic, and makes them dependent on the knowledge of humanity. Mr. Heegstra showed how the whole chaip of salesmanship, from the first national advertising of the manufacturer to the placing of an article in the home by the driver of the delivery van, is no stronger than its weakest link, and how a thoughtless remark or action by the least person connected with the transaction may invalidate all the careful work of all the others. Charles P. McDougall of Frankfort was the next speaker. He insisted that advertising was intended not only to sell a certain article, but to cause a demand continuing indefinitely, and, viewed in that light, was of prime importance m to the retail merchant. Charles A Bookwalter made a short address, welcoming the visitors to the city. He said that it is the newspaper reporters who have showed the advertising men now to take advan tage of the personal appeaj Another speaker was Mark P. Goodlet of Chicago, secretary of the National Retail Furniture Dealers' asso elation. 1 After the conclusion of the banquet, the menu of which contained such dishes as ‘‘gold lacquered pine knots in saw-dust,” ‘‘filet of Spanish leather” and ‘‘stambou stain,” the ‘‘Howling Order of Yellow Dogs” held an initiation for those who Wished to risk life and limb, and for some time the bay ing of the “exalted chief cur” and the “pups” beat against a shuddering moon. Vunito Kaltz, violinist, and Henry Kent, monologist, entertained before the banquet. Pardon Board Adjourns. The state board of pardons, after a session of four days in which more than forty cases were considered, adjourned. The next regular meeting of the board will begin Monday, Sept. 23, although a special report In the case of C. L. Bader, the bridge grafter,' whose case was laid before the board by Governor Marshall, will be made within a few days. The results of the session Just ended will not become known until Governor Marshall passes on the report prepared by the hoard, containing its recommendations regarding pardons or paroles. Cases taken up at the closing session of the board were as follows: Charles Bray, sentenced from Grant county In 1910 for forgery: William Pettit, sentenced from Clinton county in 1910 for one to fourteen years for stealing a ring and money from the coat of a fellow employe; Gordon Wentworth, sentenced from Elkhart county in 1909, for assault and battery; Otto Griffith, sentenced from Vigo county, April 6, 1911, two to fourteen yearß for assault and battery, parole refused by the governor, November 22, 1911; Earl ,Spltler, sentenced from Howard county, In February, 1911, for conspiracy to commit a felony, and Floyd Dunn, sentenced from Clinton county, in 1909, for ten to twenty years for committing burglary in breaking into a cigar store, where he was employed, and robbing the cash register. \ ■ ' • '• ' • . • ‘V ‘ State Buffragists Issue Declaration. Uninvited, three men Joined with the delegates to the state convention of the Indiana Equal Suffrage association, which opened at Logansport, in signing the “Women’s Declaration of Independence,” submitted by Dr. Hannah M. Graham. The declaration declares against any political party not favoring women suffrage and In signing, the men said that they didn’t want to bejong to a party too narrow to recognize the justfoe of equal suffrage.

Postmasters Close Meeting. President Taft sent a telegram of thanks to the postmasters assembled in Indianapolis In answer to greetings forwarded him. The telegram was addressed to M. R. Snlser of Madison, president of the Indiana Association of Presidential Posfr masters, but arrived a few mlnntea after the final session of the convention had been adjourned The telegram reads: “I thank the postmasters of Indiana for their congratulations and good wishes. Please extend my cordial greetings to them." The postmasters In their message to President Taft had extended congratulations oh Ms renomination. Many of them have pledged their support to him. The annual election of officers was held with the following result: ' President—John M. Johnston Uogansport. First Vice-President—Eugene Cummings. Cannelton. Second Vice-President—John Owens, Noblesville ; * • ' Third Vice-President —Frank Sheets, Mooresville. Secretary-Treasurer—Will H. Arnett, Kokomo (re-elected). Mr. Arnett was re-elected for the. third consecutive term, his election being unanimous. Dr. M. A. Soliutt of Michigan City, at the final session, spoke on “What Special Benefit Would the Postal Department Receive by the Classification of Postmasters?” Doctor Schutt advocated the classification of oil toastmasters, asserting that the action would Increase the efficiency of the administration of the post. oslces. The position taken by Dr. Schutt was largely acceptable tq the postmasters. Mr. Boyd’s address was on “Rural Carriers and Substitutes." He said that some arrangement should be made whereby substitute carriers later are advanced to regular carriers as a step toward improving the efficiency of the service. The postmasters pfissed resolutions in favor of parcels post and good roads. They pledged their assistance in the movement to obtain road legislation and declared that they will vote for those candidates who promise to support good road hills Typos Will Meet In Muncle. The sixth annual meeting of the Indiana state conference of typographical unions will be held at Muncle. Sunday, July 21. The star feature of the meeting will be a lecture under direction of William B. Prescott of Chicago, head of the International Typographical Union Technical school. Members of the Ben Franklin Club of Indiana and all employing printers, together with the men in their employ, have been urged to attend this' meeting and hear the lecture. Among other things to- come before Ihe business session of the conference is the report of the secretary of the employment bureau established one year ago. George Haines is in charge of this feature of the conference work. The printers' baseball club of Indianapolis will play a picked team from Muncle. A large delegation from Richmond is expected to liven things up in general, as they are after the next session. Details Banking System Faults. The three great faults of thk? present banking Bystem of the United States, which cause periodic paqlcs and financial depressions, are the rigid reserve laws, lack of organization of the banks and the lack of an elastic currency, according to Robert W. Bo®, ynge, of Denver, Colo., who spoke at the annual meeting of Group 4 of the Indiana Bankers’ association in Indianapolis. Mr. Bonynge asserted that the remedy for the present banking troubles is the adoption of the plans recommended by the National Monetary commission January 8, 1912. The speaker explained briefly what the commission reported. He Bald that the proposed national reserve association would not be a central bank, but would be a union or affiliation of all the banks, in which the independent banks would lose none of their present powers. The association would be able to do many things the present banking laws will not permit banka to do. By means of rediscounting short time commercial paper, banks needing money could get it on short notice from the reserve association to which they belonged and which would be a part of the national association, Mr. Bonynge explained. Among the powers and functions of the national association would be that of acting as the fiscal agent for the government and instead of hoarding millions In gold In the treasury, the association would place It with branch associations. The national association also would act as custodian for a large percentage of the bank reserve now held In vaults. The election of officers resulted as follows: President —John P. Frenzel, Jr., Indianapolis. Secretary—William H. Wade, Indianapolis. Btate Incorporations. Articles of association were filed with the secretary of Btate as follows: South Bend Improvement company, South Bend; capital stock. $100,000; to deal In real estate and to Improve same; Incorporators, G. A. Buggs, F. W. Andrews. The Ed C. Minas company of Ham -mond has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $125,000. Continental Investment company, Indianapolis; capital Btock, $10,000; to deal in securities; incorporators. A. P. Vestal, A. ft. Pollard and J. WetjqL