Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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BONDSMEN ASKED TO MAKE GOOD

Amounts County Was Swindled Out of By Winamac Bridge Go. SUIT WAS FILED YESTERDAY At Winamac, Demanding S7OO for Swindle on Mjlroy Tp. f Bridge, And Other Actions Will Follow. Suit was filed yesterday, we understand, in the Pulaski circuit court against the Winamac Bridge Co., as a corporatioin, the members thereof as individuals and also the parties who signed the bond of the bridge company in the Mllroy township bridge in this county for graft in which C. L. Bader, president and general manager of the company, was tried and convicted over two years ago in the Jasper circuit court. The county commissioners had not required that one of the bondsmen in public contracts be a resifleßt of this county, hence it was necessary to file the cases in Pulaski county, where the bondsmen reside, and a change of venue will in all likelihood be taken from that county and court.

The title of this particular case filed yesterday is “State of Indiana, on relation of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Jasper and State of Indiana, vs. The Winamac Bridge Company (a corporation), Clinton L. Bader, George Frain, Elsie Hathaway, Morrow Hathaway, Frank P. Wade, Philip Dellinger, John W. Frain and George Wade.”

The complaint sets out the facts concerning the letting otf the contract for this 70 foot bridge, the bond of the bridge company to erect the bridge according to the plans and specifications, and the fact that the work as done was scaled down nearly one-half; that as a result thereof the county has been swindled out of several hundred dollars and a demand is made for judgment of $750. While the old Winamac Bridge Co. has busted up and is not in existence now, the company is liable on its bond l —which is supposed to be good—and it is from, this source that the commissioners expect to recover the some 52.500 .which the report of Prof. Smith of Purdue and other competent engined s show the people were swindled out of by this company on bridgas erected by It in Jasp®r county. The matter of bringing these actions has been under way for several months, but there were many minor details to look up before action could be brought intelligently. John A. Dunlap is the attorney to recover the amounts, and it is necessary to file separate suits on each individual bridge put up by this company, as there was a systematic steal in each and all of them. Other suits will follow a§ soon as the complaints can be drawn up.

Mark Schroer Buys Interest In the Rensselaer Garage.

Mark Schroer of Barkley tp., has bought Dan Waymire’s half interest in the Rensselaer Garage and will move to town and take' charge of same in December. In the meantime Mr. Waymire will look after the business for him. With the rapidly Interesting number of automobiles in the country and the large patronage received from touristy, this business should he one of the most prosperous in town. (Mark is a fine young man and will give his personal attention to the business. The Democrat wishes him all kinds of success in his new undertaking.

Make Your Wants Known.

If you have residence property or a farm for sale or rent, advertise the fact in The Democrat’s want columns. Scarcely a day goes by but what one to a hails dozen people call at The Democrat office and want to buy or rent farm or town property: Only Saturday two parties called who want to move to Rensselaer and wanted to rent a residence property. One dfi these would buy if he found something to suit him. Monday a man from a town 25 miles away wrote us to know if he could find a good cottage to rent

here. He wants to move to Rensselaer about Nov. 1, and is a very desirable citizen. It costs you but a trifle to advertise your wants in The Democrat, and you are almost sure to find someone who is looking for or has just what iyou want. Try The bemocrat ads once and you will be firmly convinced that it is money will invested. Remember a 5-line want ad costs you but 25 cents for one time, or 1 cent a word; 1-2 cent a word for each additional insertion.

JOHN MARTINDALE DEAD.

Former County Commissioner Dies After a Long Illness. John Mariindale, former commissioner of Jasper county and a well known and prominent citizen of .Rensselaer, died at his home north of the railroad in the former Kurg Spitler homestead, at 12:30 o’clock yesterday morning, after an illness of about two years or more, a part of which time his life has hung by a thread. The funeral will be held at two o’clock p. m., Thursday at the house, conducted by Rev. Williams, and burial made iin Weston cemetery. 'Mr. Martindale was an old soldier, and the burial services will likely be in charge of the G. A. R. Obituary will be published later.

KILLED BY TROLLEY WIRE.

James R. Baker, Formerly of Barkley Tp., Killed Near Pontiac, 111. James R. Baker, son of John N. Baker of Barkley tp., was instantly killed about 4:30 p. m., Friday at Odell, 111., while working at repairing on the electric railroad, when he came in contact with a live wire. He had mounted to the top of the tower car which is insulated to prevent a person working t thereon from being electrocuted, and was engaged in fastening one of the guy wires at a curve, to keep the trolley wire in the middle of the track, when he made a short circuit of the wires and the full current of 3,300 volts passed through his body, throwing him completely over the trolley wire and to, the ground 30 feet below, and his neck was broken. The funeral and burial was held at Pontiac, 111., his home Monday at 2:30 p. m., and the burial was in charge of the I. O. O. F., of which order he was an honored member. He was also a member of the M. W. A. order. Deceased was born in Jasper county, Aug. 9, 1880, and ?his father, John N. Baker, and three sisters, Pearl, Caroline and Ruby, and two brothers, Bruce and Glen, reside in Barkley tp. Another brother, Willard, lives in Chicago, and another sister, Mrs. George Kimberlin, resides in Rossville, 111. He also leaves a wife and two daughters, Vera and Mildred, aged seven and six years respectively. He had been employed by the Bloomington, Pontiac and Joliet electric line for several years, and was a valuable and careful employe, /

MANY VOTERS REGISTER.

Registration Monday Brought Out Most of the Voters. , Monday, the last date for voters to register, brought out most of the recalcitrants in Jasper county, and in most of the precincts that have reported the total registration exceeds the vote cast two years ago. Of course there will be a small per cent of those who registered Who will not get out to vote, and in | practically all the (precinctis there were some who failed to register; They cannot vote in the November election. I Following is the total vote of two years ago, in the first column x>f figures, and the total v registration { in the second column, in the precincts reported at this writing: Carpenter, East 197 187 Carpenter, West 168 169 Carpenter, South 178 168 Hanging Grove ....... 97 108 Jordan 152 177 Keener ..205 185 Marion, No. 1 276 286 Marion, No. 2 290 319 Marion, No. 4 ( ..205 246 Milroy ..... 65 78 Newton 150 142 Wheatfield .201 257 Walker ....174 176

Look Here.

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.

THE TWICE-A- WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, 1912

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs tram the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. ‘ . \ New Suits filed: No. 7928. Application of Lida Haigh and Luther IK.' Tresoott, alleging -insafSity K>f Mary A. Haigh. Congressman Crumpacker spoke to a fair sized audience at the Ellis opera house Monday night, but he did not change a single vote to his way of thinking. Two years ago the present tariff law was the best ever; now rates ought to be .lower, but it should only be revised by its friends through the recoinmemdations of a committee of its friends. But, then, “Crump” is making his last struggle and he will be laid away with other relics of standpatism in a few weeks now. Prof. Christie of Purdue will be here Thursday and r riday as an instructor in the county teachers’ institute. He will lecture Thursday evening on the subject of “Better Country Life Through Better School.” His work in the institute will be along the lines of agriculture in the public schools. Since there is a great interest being manifested at present in this line of work everyone interested should turn out to hear the professor. The lectures are free. George Martin of Newland was arrested a few days ago on a warrant sworn out by Wm. Postil, charging 'him with assault and attempt to kill his wife last Thursday night, when cries of murder aroused the peaceful denizens of Newland about 7:30 o’clock to the fact that something was doing. Asa result of family row and perhaps too much booze, Martin was found choking his wife, her body lying over the window sill of an upstairs window. Everybody hurried to the rescue, but Bill was first on the job and the woman was taken from the grasp of her husband in an almost condition. It is said Martin had heretofore threatened her with death, and he also made threats against Postil after the rescue, and the lattre had the warrant sworn ou for his arrest. Examination was waived and Squire Irwin bound Martin over to the circuit court under S3OO bonds to answer the charge. L. H. Hamilton went on the bond.

Items from the circuit court docket: No. 117. Joseph A. Akers ditch; M. J. Delehanty, Supt., files final report showing the collections of SB,896.45, and paid contractors, $6,216*56; due contractors $1,596.16, which is allowed, making total contractor $7,812.72; A. Halleck allowed $62.50. Excess [pro-irated us shown in report to parties. Report approved. No. 7700. Prudential Life Insurance Co., vs. Marguerite Springer, et al; cause dismissed, costs paid. No. 7743. Rensselaer Lumber Co. vs. A. Earl Reynolds; cause dismissed at plaintiff’s costs. No. 7813. Willaim Large vs. Arthur Whlliamson; court finds for defendant. No. 7840. C. G. Spitler & Frank Foltz vs. Seth B. Moffitt, et al; judgment vs. defendant E. L. Hollingsworth for $262.50, half to Foltz & Spitler, half to W. H. Parkison, less costs. No. 7854. Edward Lakin vs. Barbara Lakin, et al; Charles J. Dean, George F. Meyers and C. C. Warner appointed appraisers and directed to qualify and report first day November term. No. 7873. A. S. Keene vs. A. S. Keene, adm.; judgment vs. estate for S6O. No. 7874. George M. Kime vs. John D. Miller, et al.; motion for new trial. 1 No. 7886. Henry W. Marble vs. Isaac Cornell, et al.; title quieted. No. 7904. Greenip I Thomas vs. Alfred Collins; cause dismissed, and costs paid. No. 7917. Abner Panooa»?t vs. John Sauser, adm., of estate of Erhardt Wuerthner; claim disallowed. No. 7919. William Pollock vs. Lucile Pollock, et al; court finds

lands indivisable, Charles Reed appointed commissioner to sell at priI vate sale at 1-3 cash, 1-3 9 months, 1-3 18 months. Bond $3,000. Clift; evidence heard and court directs the defendant to pay into | court for the benefit of the plaintiff $lO cash and $lO per month thereafter. No. 7929. Petition of Eleanor Adams that Leonard Adams has recovered his mind and mental condition and is capablb of managing his own estate; court so finds.

THE BULL MOOSE TICKET.

Good Men Named By Progressives For County Offices. The B. M. county ‘tSfcbet placed in the field last Thursday, but which was kept from the public until Monday, is as follows: Treasurer, W. C. Smalley, Remington; Recorder, C. D. Shook, Dematte. Sheriff, S. A. Norman, Union tp. Commissioners, 2d district, Eli Arnold, Barkley tp.; 3d district, Wm. O. Roadifer, Remington. Messrs. Roadifer and Arnold are former township trustees and Mr. Norman is the present assessor of Union tp. All were former republicans, except Mr. Norman, who has always been a democrat. They are all good men and mo one can say aught against them. No one was nominated for either surveyor or auditor.

REV. HARPER RBTURNED.

M. E. Conference Ended At Indianapolis Monday and Appointments Announced. In the conference appointments announced by the Northwestern Indiana M. E. Conference in session at Indianapolis several days ilas<t week, ending Monday in the announcements of appointments, no changes in pastors is made in Jasper county, Rev. Harper being returned to Rensselaer; Rev. McNary to Remington; Rev. Mcßrayer to Wheatfield, and Rev. Quonen to Barkley. Following are the appointments for this the Hammond district: A. T. Briggs, Superintendent;Barkley, E. <M. Kuonen; Brooks T. J. Everett; Chesterton, C. A. Brown; East Chicago, R. H. Crowder; Francesville, S. C. Rogers; Gary, J. M. Avann; Goodland, G. E. Deuel; Hammond, F. O. Fraley; Hanna, J. J. Rankin; Hebron, W. C. Aye; Hobart, V. B. Servies; Indiana Harbor, R. H. Johnston; Kentland, F. H. Hovis; Lacrosse, Charles Deich; Leroy, Andrew Cates; Lowell, G. H. Bright: Medaryville, A. W. Smith; Merrillville and Griffith, T. G. Nagler; Michigan City, J. B. Harper; Mdnon, W. B. Morgan; Morocco, Lynn Bates; Mt. Ayr, supply; North Judson, E. E. Clements; Remington. J. B. McNary; Rensselaer, C. L. Harper; Reynolds, J. S. Goodwin; Roselawn, C. E. Downey; Star City, C. C. Harold; Valparaiso, T. J. Bassett; Wanatah and Creston, supply; Westvllle, P. C. Greenly; Wheatfield and Demotte, C. M. Mcßrayer; Wheeler, J. P. Cox; Waiting, W. B. Warriner; Winamac, H. C. Weston; Wolcott, T. J. Reeder; Calumet, supply; Salem, R. H, Coll is; Crown Point, C. O. Stockbarger.

Would Make Good Ensilage.

C. L. Parks of near Surrey brought in a couple of ears of corn Saturday, the seed of which he brought with him from Tennessee on his retrun from there last spring. This corn, he thinks, would be excellent to plant for ensilage, as it does not iripen here ,the season being too short. It grows tall and has nice large ears. It is a much better corn to plant for ensilage, Mr. Parks thinks, than the regular field corr. raised here. He also brought in several pods of the cow peas or beans grown in Tennessee for feed, the seed .. of which he also brought from there. These got ripe. The peas or beans, rather, are about half the size of the ordinary navy bean, and the pods are about six inches in length. - They are used extensively for cattle feeding in. the south, either cut up for hay or allowed to ripen and the beans threshed and ground into feed. ■

Birth Announcements.

Oct. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. John Lakin of Parr, a daughter. Oct. 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wortley of ten miles north of Parr, a girl. * Oct. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cavinder of Marlon tp., a daughter.

Lyceum Course Dates.

Oct. .7: —Euclid Male Quartette. Dec. 3—Sylvester Long. Jan. 31—Macinnes Nielson. Mar. 10—Sarah April 14—The Buy your box stationery and envelopes at The Democrat office.

WILSON LEAVES GOOD IMPRESSION

Presidential Nominee Greeted By Large Crowds at All Places. ON TOUR THROU6H INDIANA Spoke at Four Places in State Friday and Then for Lincoln, Keiv—Everybody Well Pleased With Nominee. The writer had the pleasure Friday of meeting and hearing speak Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, the democratic nominee for the presidency, and the generally admitted “next president of the United States,” both at Plymouth and Gary, Ind., on his trip from Indianapolis to Chicago. Mr. Wilson spoke at Kokomo, Peru, Plymouth and Gary, and the newspaper correspondents with the special train estimated the crowd at the ‘four places at from 80,000 td 100,000.

1 Being a member of the reception committee that went over from Gary to Plymouth to meet Governor Wilson and returning to Gary on the special train with him, this committe had special opportunity for meeting and talking directly with Mr. Wilson and he left as good an impression on us as he did with the crowds he addressed at each place. We have not the space to go into the details of his speeches whidh were along the tariff lines, giving at Plymouth a talk on the tariff as it affects the farmer, and at Gary he talked on the steel manufacturing business and on the benefits the steel trust has derived from the excessive protection which benefltted no one but the steel truts.

At Plymouth a huge crowd greeted the Governor. There were some five or six hands of music and the Mishawaka Wilson and Marshall club of several hundred voters were led from the depot by a drum cot pa of fourteen pieces. About 400 cadete from, Ouilver Military Academy and the famous Black Horse Troop of Culver made a pretty and an imposing picture. The lat trie acted asgu/ard on Mr. Wilson’s return to the train and were especially addressed at the station while waiting for the special train to back up in position. Automobiles conveyed all the party from the depot to the courthouse square where the speaking was held. Congressman Raney of Illinois spoke a few moments until Governor Wilson arrived, and resumed his speech after the Governor left. At Gary a tremendous crowd greeted the arrival of Governor Wilson and all were taken in automobiles to a vacant space in front of the city hall where the speaking was held. There were several hundred decorated automobiles in line and the Crowd at the station and on tlhe streets along the liiie is given by the newspaper correspondents with the Wilson special at 20,000 people. It was by far the biggest demonstration ever seen in Gary, greatly exceeding that of President Taft’s visit to the “Magic City.” And another thing we want to say of the crowds at both Gary and Plymouth, although both are “wet” towns', the latter notoriously so, we did not see a person undeT the influence of liquor at either place. The state chairman, Attorney-Gen-eral Honan, Secretary of State El- - State Statistician Thomas Brolley, Clerk of the Supreme Court Prance, Senator Shively, John B. Peterson, District Chairman Murphy and other prominent democrats were with Wilson at both Plymouth and Gary. 1 At the latter place several 'hundred .students came oveT from Valparaiso to hear the speaking. Mr. Wilson went to Chicago from Gary, and after a short stop he protceeded on to ; Lincoln, Neb., much pleased with the reception given him in Indiana.

ANOTHER SENSATION EXPLODED

Death of Illegitimate Babe Near Whe&tfteld Was Prom Natural Causes.^ On complaint made by neighbors of the Eugene W. Lang family of northwest of Wheatfield, that an illegitimate babe of Edna Liutner, aged 23, who bad lived with the

L*ang family since the death of her father, some ten years ago, had died under suspicious circumstances. Coroner Weight, Health Officer Dr. Hemphill and Court Reporter McFarland went up to the place Saturday and conducted an investigation, finding that the babe’s death was from natural causes. * Drs. Blood of Hebron and Fyfe of Wlheatfield were in attendance when the child was born. Oct. 2, and Dr. Fyfe testified that the child was born weak and they had to work with it and use artificial means to keep it breathing. In fact the women present were ill working with the babe when he left tthe house. The child died a few hours later in the arms of a Mrs. Crawford, a relative or the family. Mrs. Nordhouse, the mother of the LJntner girl, said she went to the house after supper of the night the child was born, it being born about ll' p. m. and confirmed Dr. Fyfe’s evidence as to the child a condition. Mrs. Nordhouse is unfriendly to the Lang’s, openly making charges against Mr. Lang, and she doesn’t like it because the girl stays there. 'Mrs. Nordhouse they did not see, but from all the evidence gathered and after exhuming the remains and finding no marks on th© body, a verdiot oT death from natural causes will issue, The Lintner girl, it seems, also gave birth to an illegitimate child some five years ago. She charged a nephew of Lang’s with being responsible for her predicament at that time, but the lypung man left the country before any addon was brought against him. The babe died about 36 hours after its birth. The death certificate was signed by the attending physician. In the latter case the girl charged Leo Terry of near Baum’s bridge, in Porter county, as being responsible for her condition, but a hearing before a justice of the peace up there recently, Terry was cleared of the charge. When this babe died also toon after birth the neighbors did considerable talking about its having been put out of tihe way, and the stony grew to such an extent that Dr. Fyfe would not sdgn the burial permit and it was buried without a permit. The health officer and coroner were asked to investigate and both thoroughly satisfied themselves that the death was from natural causes. Lang told them that Dr. Blood had promised to Issue him the permit, but Blood was sick in bed and the officers did not see him.

Oeunty Institute in Session.

The' County Institute opened on 7, at the Methodist church with a fair-sized crowd in attendance. The meeting was opened with “America,” led by Miss Lyravine Votaw of Chicago, accompanied on the piano by Miss Tinkhara. Following this devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Parrett of the Presbyterian church. Then followed “Auld Lang Syne” and “Star Spangled Banner,” and a talk to the teachers by Superintendent Lamßon. There was then an intermission of fifteen minutes during which the teachers renewed old acquainances and became acquainted with newcomers. Professor L. A. Pittinger of the University Training School of Bloomington, Indiana, then spoke to the Institute, using as his eu'bject, “The Purpose of Teaching English Literature,” He says the purpose of teaching literature is to cause people to appreciate the good things of life and to appreciate beauty. The* love of the almighty dollar is eo strong that people have no time to appreciate literature. A teacher in the grades or in the high school should strive to get the pupil into a condition to appreciate such writers as Shakespeare, and the writers of the Bible. After a short intermission Professor George Herbert Betts of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, lowa, gave a very interesting talk on the “Question of Attitude Toward Teaching.” He sayb that the. value of a teacher lies not so much in the learning' that he or she has, but in I the attitude they take toward the pupils. Anything that we wish to I impress upon the minds of children or other people we muts first make concrete In out own lives. The : life of a child is not so much formed by theories as by the Lives ol people. * i j The institute adjourned at 3:'sG until yesterday morning. i ■ Read The Democrat for news.

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