Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — Page 1

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Republican District Conventions.

The republicans have issued calls for their district conventions. The senatorial convention will be held in Renssealer, Friday, Aug. 9; the representative convention at Monticello Wednesday, August 14, and the judicial convention at Mt. Ayr, Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Progressives Organize.

The Roosevelt republicans have organized in Jasper county by electing Rial B. Harris, chairman; James H. Chapman, Secretary, and W. R. Brown, Treasurer. A call for a mass convention to be held July 29, to select delegates to the state convention appears in another column of The Democrat.

Picnic at Hazelden.

Several auto, loads of Rensselaer people and their guests drove over to George Ade’s farm near Brook Thursday afternoon and had a picnic- supper on the grounds at Hazelden. Those going were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fate and children; Mrs. Geo. Fate; Mrs. J. E. Harrod and daughter Laura of Indianapolis; Miss Bertha Law of Danville, III.; Mrs. F. J. Sears; Mrs. J. Sears of ChP cago; A. Halleck and wife; B. Forsythe; C. W. Duvall; Carl Duvall; Mrs. J. \V Horton; Miss Beatrice Yates; Elmer Wilcox; Delos Dean.

Automobile Thief Caught.

The Kankakee officers, who w r 6re through here last week on the trace of a stolen auto from that city, and who were directed from here to Francesville, found Wilbur Elward. the thief, at Lagro, Ind., at 3 o'clock Thursday morning. He and the machine were at the home of his mother when the sheriff of Wabash county arrested him. The Kankakee officers lost track of him at Logansport, and on their return home passed through Goodland. At that place they learned that Elward had been there Sunday trying to dispose of the car, the same as he had attempted at Francesville. He is now in jail at Kankakee.

Week of Tragedies at Monticello.

Monticello has been having all sorts of excitement this week. Sunday a bright young lad, Bryan Legg, 14 years old, was drowned in the river there; Tuesday evening a young man, about 28 yeas of age, Harold Clark, committed suicide, owing to domestic troubles, by taking a dose of strychnine, and Wednesday evening, Thomas Criswell, a high school boy, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the left breast with a rifle. His aim was too high, however, and he will recover, although a hole was plowed through his breast just above the heart. A. lovers’ quarrel is said to have been the cause of the latter’s rash act.

Complains of Condition of LawnDale School House.

Patrons of the Lawndale school regret to see :he condition the school house ras fallen in. The seats have all been taken out and fertilizer stored in the building, and some is hanging to the ceiling, which will necessitate tearing out the ceiling to remove it. Who looks after this building? f lt has been used for a hitch barn now for two years while tenants farm uninproved land near it. This is not the work of bad little boys, but boys who think they are men, from 19 to 26 in years. Some one had better get busy. If any one doubts this let them go see the building or ask any one who lives in the neighborhood. x x

Brother of Wm. Washburn Dies In Kansas.

William Washburn received a dispatch from Stockton, Kan., about 8 p. m., Wednesday informing him of the death of his brother, David Washburn, and stating that the funeral would be held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Mr. Washburn could not then get a train until next morning and therefore could not reach Stockton in time for the funeral, so did not make the start. David was Mr. Washburn’s only brother remaining out of a family of four boys and two girls. One sister and Mr. Washburn are the only ones now left. David’s age was 71 years. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about a year ago and it is supposed . a second stroke proved fatal, no particulars being given in the telegram. He had resided in Kansas for thirty-five years. A wife and one married daughter survive him.

ANOTHER FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT

Chicagoan Killed and Companion Got Leg Broken. CAR TURNED SOMERSAULT. Both Men Prominent In Chicago, \\ here One Was Connected With the Federal Life Insurance Co.

Two Chicago men, driving an American Roadster- auto, ran into the ditch beside the; road north of the Norman corner, one mile north of town, about 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and the driver was instantly killed and his companion bruised up somewhat and his left leg broken above-the ankle, '

The man killed was R. W. Baradach, special manager of the financial department of the Federal Life Insurance Co., Chicago, and was about 35 years of age. He w-as a member of the Illinois Athletic Association and a Scottish Rite Mason. lie was a nice, clean looking man, well built and, as the position he held would indicate, a man in easy circumstances and of good business ability. Be was the owner of the car.

His colnpanion was Dr. W. H. Barricklow, a dentist of 3901 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. From the latter it was learned they had left Chicago about II p. nt.. Thursday and were on their way to Indianapolis. He was unconscious when found, but revived on the way to town. He could give no reasonable account how the accident occurred. He was .taken back to Chicago at 3:20 p. m„ yesterday. Dr. Barricklow said they w*ere going quite fast when the accident happened, and that a thin bank of fog across the road evidently ob-

scured Baradach's vision, and perhaps in making a slight turn to avoid a bump in the road the car skidded, but there was no evidence of skidding in the track left by the car. They had an appointment with some insurance people at Indianapolis at 9 a. m., yesterday and wanted to reach there by that time, he said. After transacting their business in Indianapolis they were going to Arcola 111., to spend Sunday with Mr. Baradach’s mother, Mrs. Eliza Barahach, Barricklow said. The man killed had his left side and chest crushed in, and death was probably almost instantaneous. There were no other marks on his body. On advice from his people Undertaker Wright took the body to Chicago on the Hoosier Limited last evening. The car was discovered in the

ditch a few moments after the accident by Lewis Tudor, a 19-year-old lad who was going out north on his bicycle, and he hurried back to J. W. Clouse’s,'’ on the former Norman place, and telephoned to Marshal Mustard, who with Dr. Kresler hurried to the scene in the latter’s auto. Both men were easily pulled from under the auto., the machine not having them pinned down, and they were brought to town. The dead man was taken to Wright’s undertaking establishment and Dr. Barricklow to the Makeever House, where his injuries were looked after. He was not seriously hurt except for the broken leg. He is a somewhat, older man than the one killed, and is also a man of good appearance.

The car hangs very low, and as the wheels on the west went in the ditch the front axle scraped the hard bank of the ditch next the road and evidently turned a complete somersaiilt, as when found it lay bottom up and the front of the machine was headed north. The machine was not very badly injured, the glass only being broken and one fender bent and a few other minor injuries. Judging from the track left by the car the brake had been applied just as the front right wheel entered the ditch, but too late to stop the momentum of the car to any extent. ,

The machine passed the Alf Donnelly farm at five o’clock, and was not running extra fast then, but when it passed N. Henson's place, the first house south of Donnelly’s,

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they are said to have been running very fast. The accident happened perhaps 300 yards north of the Norman corner, on a nice stretch of road, and the driver was no doubt hitting the high places” when he either lost control of the car or had let loose of the steering -wheel for some purpose and the car took an angling turn from the east side to the west side of the road, where there is a ditch perhaps two feet deep. *

M hile it is probable the men had been drinking some, whether that was the cause of the accident or not will probably never be known. Some small whiskey bottles were found in the machine, some partly' full and two that had not been opened.

LEGORE HARMON KILLED.

Thrown ®jg>m Horse at Grandfather’s In Illinois and Dies From Injuries. '* L. A. Harmon received a message yesterday morning from Chattsworth, Hl., where »his. son Lagore is visit/ ing his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.Quinn, to come at oiice, Lagore badly hurt in runaway, No particulars were given. Mr. Harmon at once got an auto and was driven to Remington where he took the train for Gilman.

Lagore is a lad about twelve years of age. It was presumed that he was riding a horse and the animal ran away and threw him off. Later—On reaching Chatsworth Mr. Harmon ’phoned back home that the boy was dead From what little we, could learn before going to press the boy was riding a horse and the animal ran away with him. throwing him off and his foot caught in the stirrup and he was dragged lor some distance. Mrs. Harmon went to Chatsworth last evening affd the funeral will be held there.' ■ ■'</■ The sympathy of . the entire community is extended the bereaved family in their sad affliction.

Rensselaer Boys Arrested and Fined at Monon.

Scott Lannnm. and Boss Ramey, both said to reside at Medaryville, each paid a fine and costs amounting to $17.15 in ’Squire Catlin's court Monday evening, after pleading guilty to the charge of intoxication. li’ey had boarded the train at Lafayette after imbibing freely and continued their libations on the car until given quieting orders from Conductor Reed. This interference with their “personal liberty” so infuriated them that when the train arrived here they became abusive to she conductor #nd threatened to do him .bodily injury. The latter promptly turned them over to Marshal Wilson with the result as already stated. Fotir bottles of beer were taken from a suit case which they carried. This was confiscated and destroyed in the rear of the town hall much to the regret of the’ guzzlers from whom it had been taken. They were taken from here to Rensselaer in an automobile, which no doubt afforded them an outlet for their ready cash. Lannam is said to be one of the men who was in the joy ride near Rensselaer recently resulting in the death of the young lady from Lafayette. The charge against them here might have been much more serious had Conductor Reed seen fit td make it.—Monon News.

The young men above referred to belong now in Rensselaer, in fact, Ramey’s home is here, but Lannam, who is a barber now employed in a shop here, came to Rensselaer from Medaryville.

MASS CONVENTION.

TO VOTERS OF JASPER COUNTY: You are hereby notified and requested to meet in mass convention at 2 o’clock p. m., July 29, 1912, at the Princess Theater, in Rensselaer, Indiana, for the purpose of electing seven delegates and seven alternate delegates to the Indiana Progressive State Convention, to be held at Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1, 1912.

The basis of representation will be two delegates and two alternate delegates to each Commissioner's District and one delegates and one alternate delegate at large. The call herein for a mass convention is* made for the reason of lack of time to perfect township organizations and it is desired that all parts of the county be represented by as many voters as possible. RIAL B. HARRIS, Co. Chm. JAMES H. CHAPMAN, Sec.

MORE CHECK FORGING.

E. D. Rhoades A Son Cash $lO Check Tha| Proves a Forgery. Another forged check turned up a day or two ago that had been cashed by a Rensselaer business house about July 3. The amount was for $lO and the check was drawn on the State Bank and made in favor of “Chas. Hancock.” purporting to have been given by Harvey Davisson. At this writing they do not recall the circumstances regarding the taking in of the check, but think ■it was taken in exchange for goods, in part at least. -;w-L_ I Mr." Davisson had no accouqt at the State Bank, but the bank, knowing that he was perfectly good, cashed the check when it came in. and a couple of days ago notified Mr. Davisson that his account was overdrawn $lO. He investigated the matter and pronounced the signature a forgery. The forger had spelled Davisson, with one “s” and had made two different styles of “H," and it was easily seen that it was not Mr. Davisson’s signature. Only a short time ago G. C. Starr was caught for $lO on a bad check. and instances are numerous both in Jasper and surrounding counties where business men have been caught tor small amounts by this means., and "take no checks from . strangers” should be the motto of . every business man as well as in- ! diyiduals.

Speech Center Was Destroyed.

If little Eva Creel of Lee,;who had the left side of ‘ her head crushed last Saturday by falling from a horse, recovers from the effects of the terrible injury, she will not be able to speak. At least onefouth of her skull was crushed and was removed by Drs. Beasley and Arnett of this city and Dr. Clayton of .Monon, when they operated on her at St. Elizabeth hospital Saturday night. Part of the left frontal lobe of the brain was ' lacerated and the tissue removed. The speech Center is located in this, portion of the brain and has been destroyed. There was some improvement in her condition yesterday and there, seems to be some chance for her recovery. —Lafayette Journal.

But They Must Be Seen, You Know.

Not the least objectionable feature of the automobile is its noisiness, and this noisiness is perniciously increased by the open muffler. General observation suggests that it is the hired chauffeur oftener than the owner of a car who is guilty of the unnecessary and inexcusable assault on the ears of other people caused by the open muffler, but the owners are not wholly guiltless. Certain peculiajptemperaments seem to derive delight from causing a motor to make all the noise of which it is capable, and, in some instances, there is a strong suspicion that this is largely due ta desire to attract attention. There is no doubt that attention is attracted, but it is not of the admiring kind, and if the muffler openers could hear what is said about them they would be more inclined to fight than to listen to the mechanical roar.—-Ex.

A Striking Series of Political Dates.

Anybody who is inclined to be poflitically superstitious is invited to consider this curious chain of events in the history of the republican party and its ancestors: Twenty years ago, 1892, was the (year of the great populist bolt which defeated Harrison and elected Cleveland.

Twenty years before that, 1872, was the year of the Liberal republican bolt which failed to defeat Grant but which cost the republicans the house of representatives in 1874 and led to the Tilden campaign of 1876.

Twenty years before that, 1852,» was the year the Whig party went down to its death. It was the destruction of the Whig party that brought about the organization of the republican party. "» ‘ Twenty years before that, 1832, the national republican party collapsed, and the Whig party was built upon its ruins. Twenty years before that, 1812, the Federalist party made its last formidable appearance in a national campaign. It is a striking series of dates: 1812—1832—1852—1872—1:892 1912.-—Monticello Journal.

Read The Democrat for news.

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. It is expected that the hearing of the Borntrager ditch matter will be closed up next week. —o—•

.Miss Katie Shields has bought of A. R. Hopkins the two lots just east of Mrs. E. 11. Shields' residence. on McCoy avenue, the consideration being S6OO. ..'T-W O— • The official call for. the democratic senatorial and representative conventions appears in another column of this issue of The Democrat. They will both be held at Monon on Thursday, Aug. 15. A. O. Moore has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father, the late Wm. E. Moore, who left, a personal estate, principally notes, of about $35,000, and hah filed a bond for $70,000 with H. E. and R. A. Parkison as sureties. o—■ Metta Fulks of Carpenter tp., aged 30 years, who was recently declared insane at an inquest held held by Squire Dickinson and Drs. Besser and Landon of Remington, and Dr. Loy’ of Rensselaer, will be taken to the asylum at Longcliff Tuesday. 1

Marriage licenses issued: July 16, Ellis, Lowell Thomas of Rensselaer, aged 20, occupation carpenter, to Blanche Annetta Coffel, also of Rensselaer, aged 1», occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Father of groom, E. M. Thomas, files written consent to issuance of license.

Obituary of Mrs. B. T. Lanham.

Mrs. Margaret Lanham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Claud, was born at Noblesville,- Hamilton county, Indiana, April 27, 1859. Her death occurred at her home south of Rensselaer at one o’clock on the jjrbrning of July 13, 1912, at the age of 53 years, 2 months, and 16 days. Mrs. Lanham had been in poor health for several months. Through all her sufferings she was patient to the end.

When a young girl she united with the M. E. church. She was united in marriage to Benjamin T. Lanham January 5, 1882, and to this union feeven children were born —-Effie, Clarence, Caroline, Orva, Letta, Raymond and Mort—two of whom, Effie and Caroline, have preceded her to her heavenly home. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, five children, one sister, Mrs. Lucy Boone, and other relatives beside a host of admiring friends.. Although We miss her sadly, we trust that God has called her to eternal happiness, and, as a flower that withers and fades on- earth is refreshed an 1 blossoms again in Heaven. , x x

Sanitary Advice for Summer Tourists

Some of the tourists, from the cities, who so eagerly go forth on their summer vacations, will have typhoid fever in the autumn. > It has always been so in the past, but must not continue in the future. The germ,s must be planted in one before the disease can appear, and we now know that the summer resorter is apt to acquire them. Persons seeking for a ‘'nice place” to go generally ask as to the character of the food and beds, the social life, the music, the fishing or hunting, the temperature and the bath ing. A few now ask about • the purity of the water supply, and a very few ask is the sewage disposed of in a sanitary manner. Later, everyone will ask these last two questions and will further ask—have they flies? If the resort has bedbugs, a great outcry

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will be made and departure will be prompt; yet bedbugs are not near as nasty nor as dangerous to health, as are flies. From infancy all are taught to abhor bedbugs and speed the time when from infancy all are taught to abhor flies. Summer tourists, from cities which are well sewered and which have pure water supplies, will cease having typhoid fever at home in the autumn, when they cease patronizing resorts where flies abound, where the water is not pure, and where the sewage and garbage is not disposed of in a sanitary manner—J. N. Hufty.

Can Make Connections With Monon Excursion Train at Reynolds.

The time of the Monon excursion train next Sunday at Reynolds where connections can be made by the east bound Panhandle traiD ’. u B L 3B «•_ __The .Panhandle train is due in Reynolds at 8:02 The round trip fare from Reynolds is 11.00. Returning special train on the Monon leaves Chicago at 11:30 p. m.. reaching Reynolds Mon da y morn ing at about 3 a. m., where a westbound train can be had on the Panhandle at 8:24 a. m.

FORMED HABIT IN PRACTICE

Dentist Who ’Took Life Told Friends How lie Became Cocaine Fiend Lafayette, Ind., July is,—investigation by the coroner has revealed that Dr. Floyd E Cording, the young dentist whose body was found in the weeds along the bank pf the Wabash river, south of the city. Tuesday, with an empty cocaine bottle an<l a note be-ide it, was despondent over financial and domestic affairs, and that 'he had made threats before to take his life. The coroner learned that Cording was addicted to the use of cocaine, and that he had frequently told friends that he contracted the habit while using the medicine in his practice. The day before the body was found -Mrs. Cording consulted an attorney regarding a divorce and the suit was to have been brought this week. < ording s father had assisted him out of one financial difficulty a few months ago, and recently he and his wife mortgaged their household furniture to raise the interest on a mortgage carried by Mrs. Cording on some Indianapolis property. Instead of paying the interest Cording spent the money, it is said, and it was remorse over this that caused him to commit suicide. The body was taken to his home in Shawnee Mound, this county, yesterday afternoon for burial.

Methodist Church.

Sunday school day. Subject Sunday morning, “The Business of the Modern Sunday School.” Vesper services 6:30. Address Mrs. A. A. Fell. Epworth League subject, 'The Advantages of a Religious Leader, Mrs. J. K. Davis.

Notice of Election. An election of trustees and steward of the Rosebud church will be held Sunday, July 21, immediately after Sunday school.—tv. A. WITHAM, Steward. Notice. Notice| is hereby given <to the members of the Parr F. W. Baptist church that a meeting will be held at the church on Aug. 2, 1912, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of electing a trustee of said church.—HOMEß SAMSEL, Pastor, LILLIE GANT, Clerk.

Cail for Senatorial and Representa tative Conventions.

Notice is hereby given that the democratic Senatorial convention for the counties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, and the Joint- , Representative convention for the counties of Jasper and White, will be held in Monon, Indiana, on Thursday, August 15, 1912, commencing at 1 o’clock p. m. The representative convention will immediately follow the senatorial convention. The basis of representation in said Conventions will be one delegate for each 200 votes or fraction of over 100 cast for Secretary of State in the last general election, N. LITTLEFIELD, Chm. Jasper County. H. L. SAMMONS, -- ‘ Chm. Newton County. C. M. FULLER, Chm. Starke County. W. F. BRUCKER, Chm. White County.