Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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M. B. PRICE APPOINTED SUPT.

Of Borntrager Ditch Ordered Constructed Thursday. to : —— NEW TRIAL IS ASKED FOR, And Judge Hanan will Return at September Term to Rule on the Motions—Several Changes Made In Assessments. Special Judge Hanan came over from Lagrange Thursday and rendered his special findings inj the Borntrager ditch matter, finding for the ditch but changing the assessments in a number of instances. The assessment of the city of Rensselaer is reduced from $2,500 to $2,000, and several other assessments are changed. Practically all the remonstrants filed motions for a new trial, but the court did not rule on the motions. He will come over in September and rule on them, but of course of the motions are likely to all be overruled, when the next step will be an appeal. An appeal will delay the construction of the ditch perhaps a couple of years, but will hardly defeat it, it is htought. Following are the principal items in the court’s findings, in brief: Report of commissioners modified as to benefits assessed on certain lands, respectively against each, John M. Wasson, Harvey W. Wood, Mary C. Wood, et al, William L. Hill, Charles Hill, Frank Hill, George Ade, Eliza McCray estate, Warren W. Sage, Alfred Peters, et al, John B. Lyons, Marion I. Adams, Robert I. Adams, James I. Adams, Robert Michal, City of Rensselaer and Henry Paulus, as stated in decree prepared, and by necessary damages assessed to certain lands, respectively in favor of each of - James E. Lamson, William D. Bringle, John B. Lyons, Oral B. Light, Hugh Light, Henry O. Harris, Lewis Klodson, et al, George Ade, Ada D. Bush, John R. Hershman, Abraham Dewees, Edward Hess, 'bt al, and Christian Barton, as stated in said decree. Work referred for construction to Myrt B. Price, who is required to give bond in the sum of SIO,OOO. Bond filed with Southern Surety Co. of St. Louis, Mo., as surety. All motions for new trial not ruled upon, but Judge Hanan will return here in September and rule on same. Geo. A. Williams allowed $2,000 to apply on his attorney fee. Ordered by the court that petitioners pay all costs of giving notice to new parties brought in by its report of the pendency of said petition and docketing same, and the costs occasioned by each remonstrator whose assessment was changed in his favor 10 per cent.

Ed Oliver’s Big Barn at Newland Burned.

The big barn on the Ed Oliver farm at Newland, built less than a year ago, was destoryed by a fire that was first discovered about 9 a. m. Thursday, together with a couple of silos at the north end of the barn, each being about 16 feet in diameter, and holding about 100 tons of ensilage, 20 tons of hay, six sets of good harness, a manure spreader and some ten tons of cotton seed meal, costing approximately S3O per ton, and a few hogs were cremated along with the buildings. The barn was a large one, 50x80x 25 feet. Spontaneous combustion, resultant from some damp straw that had been rained on after recently being thrashed out, and then, while still damp, mowed away, is supposed to have been the cause of the conflagration, which from the start was uncontrollable by the men present, who confined their efforts to saving the neighboring buildings, some of which were badly scorched by the flames. The entire loss is possibly $6,000, with $2,500 insurance on the barn, which cost $3,750 to bulid, while the hay, cotton seed meal, silage, etc., were insured for a thousand dollars, and the harness, etc., were listed at S2OO, in the

Home Insurance Co., with R. D. Thompson. E. E. Grant, state agent for the Home Insurance Co., and R. D. Thompson, with whom Mr. Oliver was talking here in town when notified of the fire, accompanied him to the scene in his Buiek auto, covering the 12 miles in 28 minutes, and they adjusted the fire loss, allowing Mr. Oliver $3,800. It is understood Mr. Oliver will build another large modern barn on the site of this one as soon as possible. The old barn which the one just burned replaced, was also destroyed by fire last year.

Saw the Big Bull Moose.

E. S. Rhoads, the grocer, was in Chicago on business Wednesday and dropped in at the Coliseum in the afternoon at the Bull Moose doings. He heard all t,he nominating speeches and saw- all the prominent Bull Moosers, including the Big Moose. The Coliseum was packed to the doors and the enthusiasm expressed was seemingly very genuine. i

Says Establishing of Hospital Is Sure Go.

The move to establish a hospital in Rensselaer, using the large new house recently erected by James T. Randle, The Democrat is informed by a Rensselaer doctor who has been active in the matter, is a sure go. The Chicago doctor connected with the movement, he states, will move to Rensselaer about Aug. 25, and it is hoped to have the hospital in operation by Sept. 15.

Issue Call for Progressive District Conventions.

The official eall of the Progressive republican party appears in another column for district conventions, as a paid advertisement. The Progressives will put up a candidate for state senator from this distirct at the same time they nominate their candidate for congress, Wednesday, August 14. What action they will take in the matter of joint-representative or a county ticket we aTe unadvised.

A Case of Hara-Kari.

Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodl&nd on business Thursday. Speaking of the depredations of the Bull Moose in the republican corral. Mr. Babcock thinks that it is only what was to have been expected. Sin, he says, will finally destroy itself. This is as inexorable as fate, and to the close observer the final ending of the republican party has been apaprent for many years. There will be no republican party after this campaign, Mr. Babcock opines.

Old Soldiers' Picnic at State Home, Lafayette.

The fifth annual picnic of the Indiana State Soldiers’ Association will be held at the Soldiers Home, Lafayette, on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The G. A. R. Post outside Tippecanoe county bringing the largest delegation of soldiers will be presented with a handsome American flag; Posts having received flags on former occasions, barred. W. R. C., Ladies of the G. A. R. and all soldier organizations and their auxiliaries are cordially invited to attend. Coffee will be furnished free and free transportation up the hill.

Popular Young Couple Married In Chicago.

Miss Irma Kannal, for several years a book-keeper in the First National Bank, and a very popular young lady, was united in marriage Wednesday at Chicago to Harry Parker, proprietor of the Parker studio, Rev. J. C. Parret performing the ceremony. The marriage is the outcome of a courtship of several years, and was only a mild surprise to their friends here, who had suspicioned that they would be married this week, but who had thought the ceremony would be performed here. Mr. and Mrs. Par-ker-to-be took the early train for Chicago Wednesday, Rev. Parret following on the mjlk train, and it is supposed that the ceremony was performed in one of the downtown hotels. The newly married couple left Chicago for a few weeks at Conover, Wis., a famous summer resort, and are expected to return here about the first of the month, which should give their many friends ample time to gather fn the necessary old shoes, rice, etc., for a proper and fitting display of affeciton.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, AUG. 10, 1912.

FOUNTAIN PARK ASSEMBLY OPENS

Eighteenth Annual Session Begins At Remington Today SESSION ENDS AD6UST 25. An Interesting Program Arranged for the Entire 16 Days’ Chautauqua—Hon. S. M. Ralston to Speak Aug. 22. Fountain Park Assembly opens, its eighteenth annual session at the beautiful park grounds one mile north of Remington, today, August 10, which is Sunday School day. The sesssion will last 16 days, anA something good has been prepared on the program for each day. Among the entertainers are: Miss Jeannette Kliing, reader and entertainer; Albert Edward Wiggam, the apostle of efficiency; The Ladies’ Spanish Orchestra, consisting of seven lady musicians; The Lotus Glee Club; Sidney Landon, impersonator of great men. The Southern Jubilee Singers and Players, a colored troupe; y The Pierces, in sketches and short plays; Thomas B. Terhune, of Huntington; Governor R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina; Hon. Samuel M. Ralston, democratic candidate for governor of Indiana, who will speak on “Old Settlers’ day”; Noah Belhartz, humorous enter-' tainer;

Jackson Family Orchestra, assisted by Mr. Frank Darrow, baritone; James C. Ogden, missionary to Tibet; Dr. W. O. Carver of Louisville, Ky.; Benjamin Fay Mills, preacher and lecurer; Dr. Madison Swadner, Asst. den. Supt. of the Anti-Saloon League of America The Tyrolean Alpine Singers and Yodlers; Miss Edna Wheeler, musiciian; Prof. Harrel, magician, etc., etc. President McCullough writes The Democrat and says “the outlook for •• . | a good assehably is most encouraging, and the management feels that this year will be their very best. All the cottages will be occupied and many more could be rented. Quite a number of rooms in the hotel are taken, and there is the usual number of tents.' Most all the rooms for light housekeeping over the Pioneer restaurant will be occupied. A fine Sunday school day program for Saturday; a good one arranged for the first Sunday. In fact, every day will be good days. Special effort will be put forth for a large attendance on Gov. Glenn day (Aug. 15), anti on the Old Settlers’ day (Aug. 22). S. M. Ralston, democratic candidate for governor, will be the orator for the latter date. We expect a splendid attendance and a fine address, as we are told Mr. Ralston is fine for such occasions.”

Popular School Teacher Married.

Miss Nellie Stalbaum pf Tefft and Mr. Ray G. Anderson of Wheatfield, now a traveling salesman, were united in marriage at the M. E. personage here Wednesday by Rev. C. L. Harper. A sister of the groom was the only witness of the ceremony, except the minister’s family. Miss Stalbaum is a well known and popular teacher in the 'Jasper county schools, and The Democrat joins her many friends in extending congratulations.

A Labor War On at Lafayette.

A “walking delegate’’ of the labor unions has made life a burden for the Lafayette merchants by organizing all the clerks and then demanding that the employers do all the work and the clerks be given all the profits. In fact, dictating' to the merchants just how they shall run their business. The latter refused to accede to the demands pf their employes and a strike is *

the result. How or when it will end remains to be seen. The strike started in the Loeb & Hene store, the largest in the city, and sixty clerks went out. They are operating their store now with imported non-union help and declare they will close their store for good before they will submit to what they consider the unreasonable demands of the striking clerks.

Former Congressman Dies Suddenly.

Dr. J. A. Hatcb dropped dead last Saturday at Victoria, Tex., at the conclusion of a speech made at the republican county convention there. Dr. Hatch for many years resided at Kentland and in 1872-3 represented Jasper, Newton and Pulaski counties in the state legislature. He also served one term in congress from this district in the nineties. Ho moved to Victoria, Tex., five year® ago. His age was 75 years. A wife, one son and one daughter are left. The body was brought back to Kentland for burial yesterday.

Mayor Durgan May Be In the Race.

Friends of Mayor George R. Durgan of Lafayette want him to become a candidate for the democratic congressional nomination, it is said. He is now serving his third term as mayor, elected each time by an increased majority, and is a power in Lafayette and Tippecanoe county where his honest and business-like administrations have won the support of the voters of all political persuasions. His friends say he can carry Tippecanoe county by at least 2,000 majority, although the cqunty is normally about 1,800 republican. Mayor Durgan thus Tar has made no public announcement as to whether or not he will listen to the urging of his friends and become a candidate for the nomination.

Remington Press Sold to H. J. Bartoo.

•''John R. McCullough,, who for three years conducted the Remington Press, has sold Bame to H* J. Bartoo, who has been employed on the Press for several months, and the transfer took place this week. Remington is Mr. Bartoo’s old home, but he resided in Rensselaer for several years and later purchased the Morocco Courier, which he conducted for some years with 1 marked success, going from Morocco to Tacoma, Wash,, where he engaged in the job printing business. He is a capable newspaper man and The Democrat extends best wishes to both the new proprietor and the retiring editor of the Press. While the retiring editor is a democrat and Mr. Bartoo is a lifelong republican, there will b*e no change in the neutral policy of the paper, we understand.

Return From Delightful 300 Mile Auto Trip.

j Miss Eva Moore and brothers, Stew'ard, Jacob and Abe, returned Wednesday evening from a delightful 300 mile automobile trip in their father’s Jackson touring ear. They left here early Sunday morning going to Remington, Wolcott, Monticello, Idaville, Burngttsville, Logansport, Rochester, North Manchester, South Whitley and Columbia City, where they visited a couple of days with their uncle, Dorsey Jagers, and family. Returning they came via Pierson, Warsaw, Lake Winona, Culver, Bass Lake, and Winamac. Mrs. Harry Reynolds and (two children of Columbia City accompanied ; them here for a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Moore. They met Geo. O. Pumphrey at Columbia City and he sent his regards to old friends in Rensselaer. He likes Whitley county first-rate and says he would not come back here to farm under any oonsideration. / t Crops looked very poor over east, and on the home route they were especially poor. At no place did they see as good average crops as we have right here in Jasper county.

Eggs Eighteen Cents.

For strictly fresh, clean eggs, 18c. Hens lie I Springs 15c Fancy dressed veals. .11c We pay the above prices to all parties who furnish the above quality.—FANCY PRODUCE MARKET, ,C. E. Prior. Phone 39.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs fromthi Various Departments t . OF JASPER COUNTY GAPITBL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. The four children of Joseph Fross, who was taken to the asylum only a few days ago, their mother dying Tuesday, will be taken, to the Feeble Minded School at Ft. Wayne. The family resided at Fair Oaks. Marriage licenses issued: August 7, Ray George Anderson of Wheatfield, aged 24, occupation solicitor, to Nellie Stalbaum of Tefft, aged 26, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. This is the only license issued this month, and the first Issued since July 20. Following are the Tuesday proceedings of the county commissioners’ at their regular August term, closing Tuesday afternoon, Monday's proceedings having been given in the last issue of The Democrat: F. M. Reed ditch; petition to make tile instead of open granted. W. H.. W’ortely ditch in Jordan tp. reported sold to Riley Tullis for $385. • Ir E. P. Lane ditch; engineer reports same cannot be constructed for S3OO, and notice is ordered as law provides. Albert Swing ditch; sale reported to C. A. Caldwell for $625. F. M. Goff ditch; ditch established. Assessment of A. D. Washburn reduced to $25. Chas. Etb ditch; plea in abatement by J. W. Hitchings is sustained. Petitioners appeal to circuit court. Wm. McAleer petition for ditch; referred to drainage commissioners. Bids rejected in the C. E. Kersey Btone road in Keener tp., and re-advertisement ordered. Election inspectors were appointed for the November election as follows, except in precincts wrere the township trustees will act: Barkley, West —Wm. Snedeker. Carpenter, East—G. W. Harner. Carpenter, Eck. Newton—-James Carr. Marlon* No. I—James E. Walter. Marion, No. 3—Conrad Kellner. Marion, No. 4—Joseph Putts. Union, South—J. W. Smith

SAYS REPORT IS NOT TRUE.

Bader Was Not Released Before “Investigation” Was Made, Says Mr. Darling. Regarding the release of C. L. Bader, the convicted Winamac bridge grafter, before Messrs. Darling and Daily, members of the parole board appointed by Governor Marshall to p“4nvest3gate” before granting the application for a „parole, wherein The Democrat Bader had . been paroled before the members of the parole board had visited Rensselaer, The Dmocrat is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Darling which we publish in full, together with our reply to same. We wish also to add that an Indianapolis paper of last Friday, in mentioning the fact that a parolet had been granted, said:* “Daily and Darling, who were in Winamac, telephoned the governor that if Bader was to see his wife before she died he should be releaesd at once.” The natural inference from this was that they had telephoned from Winamac before coming to Rensselaer. A dispatch from Winamac also bore out this inference, and a Winamac paper of date of Friday, /August 2, stated that Bader was released from prison Thursday, the day Darling and Dally were in Rensselaer. Mr. Darling’s letter and our reply thereto follows: Laporte, Ind., Aug. 7, 1912. Dear Friend Babcock—l am sure' you will be glad to give space to the enclosed. I do not want toj be placed in a false position and I am sure you have no desire to so place me;; V, Fraternally DARLING. Editor Democrat:—l am sure that as a brother newspaper man you have no Intention or deeire to place me in a false position in

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my official relationship in the case of Clinon L. Bader. You state in your issue of August 7th that “Bader was paroled the same: day that Barling and Daily, members of the parole board, were in Rensselaer in the late afternoon investigating the case, and left prison the same afernoon." This is a false and wholly unjustifiable accusation. (The report recommending Mr. Bader’s temporary parole was submitted to Governor Marshall the following day and on that report Mr. Rader was granted permission “to leave the prison and go to the bedside of his wife in Chicago. This report* for recommendation, followed the investigation which we made at Winamac and Rensselaer and which convinced us that public conscience would not be outraged in Bader’s parole. Human instincts should be an impelling influence, even though the individual dealt with he a convict. I am sure that you were misinformed as to the action which you attribute to Mr. Daily and myself. Believing that your sense of justice will dictate the publication of this statement, I beg to remain, with the very kindest of personal wishes, Yours very truly,

HARRY B. DARLING.

Rensselaer, Ind , Aug, 8, 1912. Mr. Harry B. Darling, Laporte, Ind, Dear Sir:-—ln reply to your favor of the 7th Inst, we want to submit a clipping from the Winamac Democrat of Friday, August 2, as follows: 1 “Word came at ten o’clock this morning that Mr. C. L. Bader has been temporarily paroled and that he left Michigan City last night for Chicago, where his wife, who is in a hospital, is lying dangerously ill.” The above was printed Friday, Aug. 2; you were, here in the late afternopn of £ug. 1. A dispatch from Winamac dated Aug. l, also states that you and Mr. Dally telephoned the governor from Winamac to release Bader. In view of this, Mr. Darling, we fail to see wherein the paragraph you complain of was in error. Either the dispatches from Winamac and the item from the Winamac paper are “false and wholly unjustifiable” or you are mistaken about your report to the Governor being made the following day (Friday) and “on that report Mr. Bader was granted permission to leave the prison,’ etc., and The Democrat was perfectly justified in assuming—which it did from the start—-that the investigation was a mere farce and the money Bpenufor same could Just as well have been saved to the taxpayers. As an appointee of Gov. Marshall you of course are expected to carry out the wishes of that individual or Incur his displeasure, and we are in no sense surprised ‘ that you should do so. In fact we would have been surprised had you done otherwise. The governor hag shown a annoyance from the start that a democrat grafter should be caught with the goods on him, as was the case in this instance, and the Influence of democratic friends 'and republicans, who perhaps were also shaking In their boots, caused him to use the most desperate means to keep Bader out of prison. The wishes of the people here were not considered; the court and prosecutor were snubbed and the verdict of the jury of twelve as good men as we have in the county was set aside at tb** behest of a man who la Jong in his denunciation of his public speeches—and does everyin his power as a public officer to prevent punishment of the grafter when he gets caught red-handed. Both you and Mr. Daily admitted to _ the writer that there was no question but what the convicted man was guilty, but sympathy made it almost Imperative that he be released; that there seemed to be a feeling that Bader was not alone in his stealings here, and that it would be wrong to let the others go free and make him sufTer punishment. Mr. Bader was the whole thing so i far as management, sales and collections of the Winamac Bridge Co. was concerned, and so testified. He was the only person or member of tbat company that came to Rensselaer and bid on work toere, and who superintended the erection of bridges and filed the claims In payment therefor.' If you were running down a gang of horsethleveg and rounded up the ringleader, would you . turn him loose because you did not at the same time canturc* all his accomplices? Mr. Bader tv?s the only person on trial; if he had accomplices they had not been caught, and were not on trial. r Had Mr. Bader been the same treatment as oher convicted men of his class and served the minimum term for which he was sentenced, I have no hesitancy in saying that I think there would have been no objections here, where his crime was committed, against his release. Why all these special privileges and efforts to thwart justice have been made, the people may judge for themselves. If justice myst be set aside because of our sympathies for one’s family, we would no doubt, see more than half the inmates of our prisons set free. But, in looking at these matters as they are, we must admit that the poor devil who has no pull, regardless of how flue a family he may have or the

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