Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1912 — Page 1

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Bull Moosers Nominate

At the meeting of the precinct chairmen in Rensselaer Thursday afternoon a county ticket was nominated, but the personnel of the ticket is being kept secret until published in the space purchased of the Rensselaer papers by the progressive party. Therefore the people must be kept in suspense for a few days.

Dr. Moore Given Judgment for $65.

In the case of Dr. Moore vs. Dr. J. H. Hansson and the Overland automobile company, where the plaintiff charged that a second-hand and inferior autoinobile had been palmed off on him at an exhorbitant price, etc., the jury gave plaintiff a judgment for $65, not because the auto was second-hand or inferior which it was clearly shown it was not —but because it was proven that the agent had agreed to sell the auto at actual cost, as he had contracted for so many machines during a certain time and the time limit was about up. As a matter of fact he had sold it for some $l3O over what it cost, but he had paid another agent. $25 to release this particular machine and was at some expense besides, so the jury on this showing, agreed to split the $l3O in two and give Dr. Moore judgment for $65.

Shively’s Speech Tuesday Afternoon Well Received.

The Princess Airdome was comfortably filled Tuesday afternoon to hear Senator Shively’s speech, which was devoted to the tariff question almost entirely. Mr. Shively is a splendid speaker and a recognized authority on this question, and handles the “Queen’s English” in a manner to make the rest of us feel ashamed of our command of language. The speaker was introduced by W. R. Nowels, and during the entire two hours he spoke he held the close attention of his hearers. Judge Hanan of .Lagrange, who was here to rule on the Borntrager ditch matter, occupied a seat on the stage and was introduced by E. P. Honan and made a few brief - re-"’ marks, as also did Arthur Tuteur, democratic nominee for prosecuting attorney, and ex-editor J. R. MeCollough of Remington. Rfter the speech making Senator Shively was taken out to St. Joseph’s college where he met the faculty and students and made a few minutes talk to the latter along educational lines. District Chairman Murphy was also here and Senator Shively, Judge Hanan, Mr. Murphy and County Chairman N. Littlefield were entertained at supper by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan.

High School Notes.

The seniors take up civil government this week. School will be closed next week owing to the Teachers’ Institute. A high school orchestra, consisting of ten members, was organized this week. ' The athletic Association held a meeting and elected officers Wednesday evening. Annabel Wartena of the Sophomore class has left school on account of her health. The high school pupils were dismissed Tuesday afternoon to hear the speech of Senator Shively. ' The four members of the senior German class, who are leading Hermann and Dorothea, had their first recitation Monday evening. The exemption rule went into effect Monday. It applies to the whole high school and all pupils making an average of 91 per cent in their studies and abiding by a few restrictions as to deportment are exempt from semester examinations. The high school students assembled Wednesday morning and listened to the report for September. Mr. Dean also gave a few encouraging remarks to the football boys pertaining to the schedule of the games. Although no games are set as yet, several letters have been written to different teams and Mr .Dean feels confident of a goo dschedule. ~ Following is the report of the high school for the month of October: Enrollment for the month —Boys, 71; Girls, 86; Total, 157; Per cent of Attendance Boys, 95.4; Girls, 96.6; Average, 96. Oases of tardiness, Boys, 20;‘ Girls, 6; Total, 26. Freshmaq attendance 978 Sophomore attendance ..943 Junior attendance .........981 Senior attendance 966

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Th« Legal News Epitomized—“-To-gether with Other Notes Gath. ered from the Several County Offices. Attorneys J. A. Dunlap and Frank Davis were Indianapolis business visitors the first of the week. Attorney A. D. Babcock of Goodland was over looking after some legal matters Tuesday afternoon and Wtednesday. New suits filed: No. 7926. State, ex rel, Jay W. Stockton, vs. Edward Lane, et al j action for damages for failure to transport plaintiff’s children to school. E. P. Honan was appointed a delegate to the Conservation Congress held in Indianapolis this week, but other business demanding his attention, he was unable to attend. Editor C. A. McCormick, democratic nominee for state senator, pame down from North Judson Tuesday afternoon with J. A. Blochke and Jesse Eberhart of San Pierre to the Shively speaking. Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 3, Ernest W. Ackerman, of Fair Oaks, aged 22, occupation signal maintainer to Jessie Frances Brewser, of Rock Island, 111, aged 23, occupation clerk. First marriage for each.

The will of Mary A. Cooper, deceased, was filed for probate Wednesday. The instrument was executed Nov. 20, 1911, and after providing for the payment of all just debts all personal property and. household goods are bequeathed equally to the three daughters, Mary E. Richmond, Sarah E. Geary and Laura E. Schwanke. The real estate of decedent, lot 7, block 7, Weston’s addition) to Rensselaer, is bequeathed to the son, Francis Marion Cooper. E. P. Honan is made executor of the estate.

Remember that the next and LAST DAY for the registration of voters is MONDAY, OCTOBER 7. Unless you have registered at either the May, September or October sessions you cannot vote at the regular election in November. If you registered at either of the previous sessions and have not since changed your residence, you do not have to register again. To be a legal voter you must be a resident of the state six months, the township sixty days and of the precinct thirty days, and must have registered. Items from the circuit court docket: No. 100. Joseph Borntrager ditch; motion for new overruled. Superintendent of Construction, Myrt B. Price, ordered to proceed without unnecessary delay and determine the coet of proposed improvement and thereafter apportion same to the several tracts of land assessed and certify such amounts to the Boards of commissioners of Jasper and Benton counties to the end that bonds may be issued' to pay for said Improvement. City of Rensselaer, B J. Gifford, C. & E. I. railroad and others pray an appeal to the supreme court, and bond fixed at $2,500, which is filed and approved. Abe Halleck is allowed S3O for use of auto in inspecting lands and route or the proposed drain, and J. M. Knapp is allowed l $8 for livery hire. No. 7893, Henry D. Vance vs; Jeremiah Dugan, ert al; plaintiff granted change of venue and cause sent to Newton, county. No. 7902. Mary M. Chappel vs Pittsburg Chicago & St. Louis Ry Co.; judgment for $350, full amount asked for. No. 7906. John Gaffey vs. Clifford Wells; motion sustained to set aside default. Defendant granted change of venue and case sent to Newton county. No. 7925%. In matter of admission of Helen A. Guy to bar; committee reports favorable and admission ordered. Be sure and buy a Bradley sweater coat, ,in all colors and grades, from SI.OO to $8.50. At Duvall’s quality shop.—C. EARL DUVALL.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, OCT. 5, 1912

LYCEUM DATES FOR THIS YEAR.

Yl ill Open Monday Evening, October 7th, With the Euclid Male Quartet. 1; The course this year will consist of ■ five numbers, and the price will be $1:00 so rthe course if the committee can dispose of two hundred season tickets. Should the sale of tickets be less than two hundred it will benecessary to charge $1.25. From all reports the sale of tickets is very favorable, and the two hundred will probably be sold. Single admission 35c. The talent is the very best ana will no doubt please the people. There will 1 be two musical numbers, two lectures and a reader. The course will open Monday evening, October 7th, at the M. E. church, with the Euclid Male Quartette.

The Euclid Male Quartette is in the filth year of ts organization and has made for itself an enviable reputation on the concert platform. Too much stress can not be laid upon the fact that during this time the quartette has retained the present personnel and thess years of association and constant study and work together coupled with signal individual ability have produced an ensemble which gives the greatest satisfaction and is remarkable for its nicety of blend and balance. Tneso rour men re college-bred—an graduates of Antioch College. Their repertoire is extensive anil varied, consisting of classical selections. both sacred and secular, folk soßgs, popular ballads, plantation melodies, sentimental, pathetic and humoruos numbers. Comedy encores I with action, are a feature, as are the vocal solos rendered by the various members of the organization. The other numbers of the course are as follows: SYLVESTER A. LONG, Sylvester A. Long, author of the popular Life Problem Lectures spent eight years as a high school and college teacher. He has other business interests, but is now giving most of his time to the platform' because he considers the Lyceum the* most Democratic and purely Ameti-J can expression of the general uplift movement of the age. He is a man full of new ideas and intensely interested in the practical problems of life. A thorough education (Mt. Morris College, Chicago University, special training for the Lyceum and extensive travel, together with Lis experience on the platform) enable him to serve the most exacting audience. MACINNES NEILSON. Among the younger men who have given themselves to the Lyceum platform wtthin recent years is Maclnnes Neilson. By virtue of a combination oT rare gifts he has come into high favor and made a position for himself at once secure and estimable.

Mr. Neilson is a Scotchman, and with the Britons of the North he lived till the completion of a successful educational course at Glasglow University. He is a scholar and familiar with history and the best in fiction and poetry, 1 his lectures are characterized by a gracefulness of diction a clearness of expression and a directness of appeal. Classical and forceful, his word-pictures, full of nature, are yet never above his hearers. His thought is clear, real, human; and clothed in the vestment of scholarly* simplicity, is admired by the cultured and uncultured. Mr. Nielson’s Scotch accent is a delight, and there is a peculiar plaintivehess in the voice that makes his appeals irresistable.. With it there is a constant interplay otfpathosi, wit and humor, yet Mr. Nielson treats no subject trivially. He is distinctly a man with a message, and a message that in fearless and impassioned speech, burns itself into the minds and hearts of his auditors. SARAH MILDRED WILMER. It is not too much to say that Sarah Mildred Willmer in the quality of her work now ranks In the Lyceum where Sarah Burnhardt ranks ceum where Sarah Bernhardt ranks in the theatrical profession. In her ability to interpret the masterly literary productions from the platform she has no superior. In temperament or emotional powei Y the ability to move an audience to laughter or tears, Miss WiMmer is without an equal. No task of interpretation has been too great for her and no audience however great the expectation, ever has gone away disappointed. THE BOHANNANS. Ord Bahannan, tenor and imper-

sonator, brings to the Lyceum platform a store of culture and experience acquired through association with stock and road theatrical companies in America, followed by six years abroad, where his robust tenor voice was schooled by Lamperti, Sbriglia and Jean De Reszke. Mr. Bohannan has toured Germany with the Dresden Mixed Quartet, in concert and oratorio, and appeared wtyh Stadt Theatre Company of Kiel, Schleswig Holstein, in Opera. This artist’s peculiar adaptability for the Lyceum platform is probably best illustrated by the following kindly criticism: “Equipped with a beautiful resonant tenor voice, a fund ot spontaneous humor, perfect knowledge of the dialects and a deep sympathetic understanding of the world’s pathos, Mr. Bohannan is indeed a prince of entertainers.”

Jean Bohannan, pianist and soprano, has acquired international distinction as a Composer, several or her songs having found a ready market in England and Germany as well as in America. Those who are familiar with “To You,” “The Plaidie,” “The Time To Smile,” and numerous other secular songs, may learn with surprise that this unusually versatile musician has over 100 compositions (mostly sacred) to her credit, which have been accepted for publication.

She has written a thirty-minute song cycle and a massive male chorus of “Captain! My Captain!” As if all this were insufficient, Jean Bohannan has climbed to the rank seldom attained by her sex—that of successful organist, leaving one of the largest organs in Pittsburg, that of the East Liberty Presbyterian church, to identify herself with the Lyceum work. —Advertisement.

Erring Preacher Reinstated.

True to their teachings of “Do unto others as you would have them do nnto you,” and acting in Christian faith, the members oi the Kempton Christian church have forgiven their pastor for his short comings and have re-instated him in the church fend Sunday the Rev. J. A. Parker Was once more in charge of the chfurch and preached his first sermon since the unfortunate affair for the minister and his family.—Delphi Herald.

Hon. John B. Peterson in City Wednesday.

Hon. John B. Peterson of Crown Point, democratic nominee for congress from the tenth district was in the city a few hours between trains Wednesday, while on his way home from a visit through the southern counties of the district. Mr. Peterson is well pleased with the democratic outlook for success this year and things look good in the counties visited for the retirement of Mr. Crumpacker.

Obituary of Mrs. Walter R. Lee.

Rose Lutz was born on a farm near Manhattan in Will county, Illinois, February 22, 1876 where she lived until she was 17 years old, when she moved with her family to Jasper cotinty, Indiana, residing in Hanging Grove township. On May 29, 1895, she was married to Walter R. Lee, and to this Union were born three sons Archie, aged 16, Cfcil, aged 15, and Howard, aged 3, all of whom survive her. In the fall of 1905 she with her husband and two older sons moved t° Rensselaer, where she has since lived until the time of her death Sept. 30, 1912. at the age of 36 years, 7 months and 8 days. A more perfect wife, a more loving mother, could not be conceived. Her one thought being for her loved ones and the welfare of those around her. In her long illness of mearly four years she was the most patient of sufferers, never at any time offering a word of complaint, always looking to the bright future, when she would be well again to enjoy life with those dear to ber. V

She joined the M. E. church at the age of 15 and remained of that faith until her temoval to Rensselaer in 1905, when she joined the Presbyterian church. _ v Besides her husband and. three aone, ehe leaves her mother, Laura Lutz, of Rensselaer, three sistere, Mrs. John Maxwell, residing on the homestead, east of Rensselaer; Mrs. Fred Arnott, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. A. D. Bickford, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and two brothers, Wilis A. and Walter Lutz, both of Rensselaer. x x

I insist on having Munsing unton suits as there are none as good in quality and fit for the prices. All sizes. SI.OO to $4.00.—C. EARL DUVALL.

Progressive Party News.

Senator Shively. The speech of Senator Shively, at the Princess theater, was listened to by perhaps 350 persons. There were about 115 voters present and the most significant thing in connection therewith, was the fact that -80 per cent of the 115 veters were men well advanced in years. There were very .few young men present. When Mr. Beveridge was here he spoke to more than 800 people. There were fewer old men and a greater number of young men. In fact the Progressive party is the only party that appeals to the young men of the country, because it looks forward and not backward; it is fighting real battles in behalf of real issues, and not mock battles for political capital.

But the speech of Senator Shively was a good Democratic speech. He devoted the greater part of his time to the discussion of the old issue of tariff. He, like the Republicans, regard this as the great issue, although the Republicans have no particular issue this year except “let well enough alone and cuss Roosevelt.” The Senator’s speech illustrates the truth, asserted by the Progressive party, that the old parties are not meeting the issues. Not a word about child labor, wherein a million children are being ruined in body, mind and soul; not a word abo ’ut the woman wage-earner of whom there are four million in the United States, half of whom are working for a wage so small that they can not provide themselves with sufficient food, clothing and shelter and maintain their honor; not a word about the minimum wages for women workers; not a word about compensation for those injured in idustrial occupatios, either by accident or disease Incident to their employment; not a word about those things that affect the very life of our people, but much about the tariff, that old talking point for political advantage. -

In ’6l our fathers shouldered the musket to free four millions of slaves and preserve the union of the states, yet the slaves were infinitely better provided for than are a million ot children of tender years-, broken in mind and body by the infamous child-labor system. In the name of justice, in the name of fairness and in behalf of those less fortunate than we, how long will the old parties refuse to faice the real issues and quit fighting their old sham battles over issues designed for political advantage only?

It is for you to say, Mr. voter. )Ve ask you to strip yourself of your prejudice, however that prejudice may have been acquired, whether through long continued association with the old organizations, or by inheritance. Come out and stand for the real issues.

The Tariff.

t Four years ago, after an agitation lasting several years prior to that date, the republican platform promised a revision of the tariff. Everyone understood this to mean a downward revision. And they so understood it because every party newspaper and political speaker said the tariff plank meant a “downward revision.” Mr. Taft in his speech at the George Ade rally, to answer to a question put to him by one in the audience, ae> to what he understood the proposed revision to mean, said with considerable emphasis in substanec as follows: “I understand the revision of the tariff means revision' downward.” We took him at his word and we elected him by a plurality of two million votes. Congress cbnvened in special session to revise the tariff. It was evident from the beginning that the leaders of the party did not mean to keep faith with the people. Many members of Congress made a consistent fight to redeem the party pledge, but whew'the time came to vote, many jfell fn line, by reason of the party lash and the desire to be regular, and voted for the thing against they had contended. Represent at lye Crumpacker was one of these. Albert J. Beveridge and about twenty - other Progress've senators refused to support the tariff bill. In other words Beveridge voted as he fought. Crumpacker voted as the other fellow fought.

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Kniman, Tuesday evening, October 8. Pleasant Grove, Wednesday evening, October 9 McCoysburg, Friday evening, October 10.

During all this tariff legislation, not once did President Taft raise his hand in defense of hi s promise to the people. He was completely swallowed up by the standpatters. Suppose he had said to Mr. Aldrich and his kind, “Gentlemen, unless you enact a tariff law in accordance with the plank in the republican Platform, I will appeal to the people and the force of public opinion will compel you to keep your promiße,“ and as a last resort he could have said, “If you don’t keep your promise 1 will veto your bill.” But he lacked the courage of his conviction; he permitted himself to be surrounded as Senator Dolliver has well said, “by men who know what they want and how to get it.” But even had that been all the voters might yet have excused Mr. Taft; but instead of keeping still after a poor performance, he went about the country abusing those of the republican party who voted against the tariff bill and read them out of the party, at the same time pronouncing the Payne-Aldrich tariff law the best tariff law ever enacted.

Being chided by several newspaper® for failure to keep the party pledge, he said in a speech in the cast, that the platform did not promise a ‘downward revision.” And so it did not; but Mr. Taft did and the voters who put him in power understood It as a “downward revision.” The first election following the enactment of the Payne-Aldrich bill, swept Into power a Democratic house, leaving Indiana with one lone member, Mr. Crumpacker, whose majortiy has steadily declined from about 8,000 of fifteen years ago to 1,800 In the last election. The entire country went Democratic. Then we had an exhibition of tariff grabbing the like of which, eveh the old stand-patters such as Cannon and Aldrich, had never seen. The democratic member* at once showed that there was no hope from them as to a fair revision of the tafiff. \Mr. Underwood became the very acme of standpatism and Mr. Bryan severely denounced his attitude. but Mr. Underwood had a strong following and nothing was accompli-jed of importance.

But you are asking, what will the Progressives do in regard to the tariff if placed in power? Every Progressive member of Congress fought for a just and fair revision of the tariff. They did not hesitate; they had the courage of their convictions and voted as they talked, and they are the only ones who did. So we have reason for our faith, that if placed In power, they will enact a tariff law in occordance with the party promise. And what is that promise? It is this: A protective tariff, based upon the difference in cost of labor at home and abroad; all of which is to be determined by an impartial inT vestigation by men of high qualifications, acting as a “tariff commission” with full power to fix rates and change the same as conditions may justify. In other words the Progressive party proposes to go about the matter in a business-like manner get the facts first and then act accordingly; and not' use the tariff as a “horse trading” proposition, against the interest of the masses of the people. In this way only can the tariff be taken out of politics and made a matter of business. This the old parties will oppose, because they fight their mock battles over the tariff question, campaign after campaign, trying to make tha people believe that it is the one great issue that confronts us.

In order to reduce my buggy stock for other goods I will for the month of October give attractive prices, cash or on time. C. A. ROBERTS; Rensselaer, Ind.

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