Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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CRANK TAKES SHOT AT TEDDY

Roosevelt Wounded As He Leaves Hotel at Milwaukee. SHOT PROBABLY NOT SERIOUS Unless Complications Should Set In —Despite Injury, Colonel Delivers Dong Speech. Milwaukee, Wis., October 14;—A desperate attempt to assassinate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was made to-night as he started on his way from the Hotel Gilpatrick, in this city, to the Auditorium.

As he stepped into an automobile a shot was fired by a shabbily dressed man, who had edged his way through the crowd to the motor car.

The stranger took deliberate aim and sent the bullet crashing into the former President’s right breast, just below the nipple. The assailant was nabbed by Elbert H. Martin, the Colonel’s stenographer, and Captain Gerard, of Milwaukee, a Rough Rider under Roosevelt.

The man'who shot Roosevelt is John Schrenk, 370 East Tenth St., between Avenues B and C, New York City. He is a German. As he was about to fire another shot, the revolver, a 32-caliber affair, was knocked from his hands by Colonel Cecil Lyon, of Tevas, who is accompanying Mr. Roosevelt on his Middle Western campaign trip. Lyon jumped out of the automobile and started to choke the would-be assassin.

Colonel Roosevelt, who had staggered back into the automobile when the shot was fired, raised, .himself and stood looking up at Lyon, who was sitting on the shooter. The former President cried, with a gesture:

“Don’t hurt him; I’m all right.” A Captain of Police' rushed in as Lyon released his grip on the fellow, and with Lyon’s help dragged the man into the hotel kitchen. Colonel Roosevelt sat back in the motor car as an immense crowd that witnessed the shooting yelled to him. With rare presence of mind the Colonel, waving his hat, cried out:

“My good friends, I’m not hurt. I’m going on to the hall to speak. Good luck!” An infuriated crowd started after the Colonel’s assailant shouting, “Lynch the beast! Lynch him!” A great force of policemen fought back the crowd and finally succeeded in getting away with the captive. Schrenk was in terror, fearing that his life would be taken. After endeavoring to his friends that he was in no peril, the Colonel turned to the chauffeur and in a calm voice remarked: “Now, just run up to the hall. I’m not hurt and everything is all right.” The car started up, and in a .moment Colonel Roosevelt was on his way to the Auditorium with a bullet in his side. The former President did not actually realize that he had been shot until got to the hall, five blocks distant. He knew the bullet had grazed him, because he felt it against his side, but he believed it bad simply gone through his overcoat. He proceeded on his way to the Auditorium where he delivered a long speech. He half swooned afterward and was hurried to a hospital, where it was found the bullet had penetrated three inches of the abdominal wall and was more serious than first; thought..

A heavy roll of manuscript is said to have deflected the missle, preventing instant death. The crank who fired the shot claims that President McKinley appeared to him in a dream and told him that Roosevelt was his murderer, and for him to avenge his death.

Advertising B. M. Speaking.

About a dozen auto loads of Bull Moosers from Kentland, headed by Will Ade and including the Kentland band, were In town Saturday afternoon advertising the Beveridge speaking at Kentland Tuesday, and

the William D. Headrick speaking at Hazelden, George Ade’s country place, Thursday. Will Ade, who is a brother of the noted author and playwright, in behalf of his brother, extended a hearty welcome to everyone at Hazelden tomorrow.

BRYAN AT LAFAYETTE.

Special Train From Rensselaer If 100 Tickets Can Be Sold. W. J. Bryan speaks at Lafayette tomorrow at 11 o’clock. Several admirers of the Nebraskan here have said they would like to go down to hear him were it not for having to get up so early' in the morning in order to take the paper train to Monon and there change for Lafayette. The Monon »has (consented to run a special train from Rensselaer leaving here about 8 o’clock, on a guarantee of 100 tickets being sold at $1.90 for the round trip, and if this number can be placed the special will run., Passengers can return on the regular afternoon trains. 1

Another New Lodge Organized. G. L. Anderson held a meeting in Stockton hall Friday night at 8 p. m., for the purpose of organizing Rensselaer Council No. 1076, Mutual Protective League. There was a good attendance and the following officers were duly elected and ' installed: Past Pres., O. N. Hile; Pres., A. G. Hernden; Vice-Pres., Charles A. Casto; Chaplain, David Hines; Usher, Elmer Godshall; Sentinel, Charles Crouch; Guard, Peter Greiser; Secretary. Dr. F. H. Hemphill; Directors, Dr. F. H. Hemphill, Alton G. Hernden, and Oscar N Hile.

The Rensselaer council has a charter membership of thirty-five, and will hold meetings every Friday evening.

Mrs. J. D. Miller Dies Suddenly.

Undertaker Wright was called 1 to the home of J. D. Miller, three miles south and one and one-half miles -west of Francesville, Monday, whose wife died suddenly at 3 o’clock that morning. She had been ailing somewhat, but was up and about Sunday as usual, and her suddeu death was a great shock and surprise to her friends. Heart disease is given as the cause of her sudden decaese. The funeral will be held today from the house, Rev. Quonen of the Barkley circuit officiating, and burial made in the Osborne cemetery in Hanging Grove tp.

Says Townships Incurs No Liability.

Editor Jasper County Democrat: Referring to youi* publication of recent date relative to Voting a tax in Carpenter and Jordan Townships to aid the Indiana and Northwestern Traction Co., I desire to advise that under section 5489 the county and township have no liability on the stock issued to them. Said section provides as follows: 5489. Non-Lia-bility of county or township.—3. No county or township which shall become the owner or holder of any stock in any railroad company shall, in any case, be liable for any debt or claim for work, labor, or material in building such road, after the assets of the company shall be exhausted. It will thus be seen that the township is the favored one, as it may have stock and receive dividends and at the same time incur no liability.

The township is protected l all the way through. Not one penny is paid by it ’ unlep-T*e- road goes through and is put in operation. It must first receive the benefits before any tax is payable. ' t Very Respectfully,

i * * * * * * 1 » 1 il I I I I 1 I I H-i-HI! I I | II I RALSTON AT RENSSELAER Democratic nominee for Governor, will speak i n Rensselaer Monday, October 21,1912 In the Afternoon. Come out and hear Mr. Ralston on the issues of the campaign from a Democratic Standpoint.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 1912.

W. H. PARKISON.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

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., The Newton circuit court convened Monday. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland on business yesterday. The SSO to pay the extra expense of the subsidy elections in Carpenter and Jordan townships was paid to Auditor Hammond Saturday by representatives of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co. —o—

Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 14, Joseph James Dziabis, of Remington, aged 29, occupation 'farmer, to Theresia Trolley, daughter of Anton Trulley, of north of Rensselaer, aged 24, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. This is the second marriage license issued this month. —■o•—• W. I. Hoover went to Chicago Monday to consult the doctors who operated on Mrs. Hoover for gallstones several month ago. A recurrence of the trouble has come on of late and she has suffered several severe attacks, an extremely setvere one Monday morning. Local doctors say that another operation is inevitable. Herman Hordeman is over in , Hanging Grove Township with his traction engine running the rock crusher for crushing the rock for the completion of the stone road the White county line. When coj pieted this will give a complete sj tern of stone roads east from Reihrselaer through White county aof connecting points. an ped

George Babcock Now In Tacom a .

George M. Babcock, eldest son The Democrat editor and fore lintoype operator on this paper, w lth ' has been jn the west for the past t' ay ’ months, writes a letter home und' re date of October 9, and among othc things says: ' re

I left Seattle yesterday and can, over here to Tacoma by boat, sever miles from Seattle. The trip is of fine one, mountains on each side \ the sound and summer homes r. ‘ over the mountain sides. to They have only one big shop he# r ’s They publish a morning and attend noon paper. I “hung up my On the board. When I came ba< at 6 o’clock I was slipped up f two days at $5.50 each day. L. night I set 1650 lines in 7 hov of The “dead line’’ is 1,350; that eve if you set any better than 1,350 11 ... your job is safe. Several of dir ‘ regulars worked seven days *LI-,) lyeek on account of the scarcity;res“subs.” I hope to get in a wet q c work here, then go to Portk Ore., and from there by boat San Francisco. It is about 700 m to San Francisco from Portland, ,‘lfth 400 more to Los Angeles, the ’ 2 gest machine town on the co “ They halve nearly one hundred i e . chines altogether in Los Angeles? ali - The weather here in Taconwrisjust like a nice cool summer mo our ing, everything is as green. as be. Flowers are very much in < yery de nee here. People say the gi r a is just beginning to grow age

that it will be prettier here than it is now.

Tacoma is a considerably larger and more up-to-date city than Lafayette, in buildings, parks, etc. You remember the old cable cars that were used in Chicago several years ago. In Seattle and Tacoma they use them for cross-town service, having tile trolley cars for the best runs.

Tacoma is about as hilly as Seatitle. You can walk five blocks north of the Ledger-News office and then on turning around it is impossible to see the business district, which is located near the water fronlt. Some of the inclines are fifty feet to the block. Everybody here has wheels equipped with coaster brake. On the trip over here one can see the clouds hanging down about the mountains, and fog settles here each night. Snow covers all the high peaks of the mountains around Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma.

City Council Proceedings

The regular meeting of the city council was held Monday night with all members present except Councilman Dean. ,

It was decided to purchase all the private electric light meters, owned by individuals and put in before the city took up the matter of furnishing metersi and putting all consumers on a meter basis. There are perhaps 35 of these meters and they are to be purchased at the present price of such meters by crediting the owner with 90 Cents per month on light rentals until the amounts are paid. Report of fire chief on the G. E. Murray fire presented and firemen in attendace allowed $1.50 each, $13.50 in all. Report of finance committee showed the following amounts on hand: Sinking fund....s 41.08 River st. fund (ov’draw). 48.75 Cullen, same. .. . ... 69.31 Harrison, same (o. d.).:.. t 17.58 Van Rensselaer, satne. . ... 4.31 Forest & Meritt, (o. d.).. 51.97 Van Rensselaer, (o. d.). . . 95.34 Park Fund 387.62 Frkin, Plum & ; Web sewer 353.62 Kurrie sewer. a.... 10.25 Emmet st. fund 7.25 Cedar st. fund. 29.61 Cullen & Forest (o. d.). .. . 63.58 Susan st. fund (o. d.). . . .... 53.20 Makemself ditch.... 90.21 Van Rensselaer st. fund. . . 67.07 Main & Division, (o. d.).,. .68 Weston & Dayton st. fund. 24.55 Washington st fund 12.09 ? Mrs. Kenneth Rhoades , 65.82 Friday from her visit to Kan. - . Miss Maude Scott of Chicago ca 62 Saturday to visit her father, A.®? 41 Scott, of Jordan tp. . .’33. John Herr of McCoysburg weukwEveret, Mich., Saturday to look ai a hotel property which he o' there. 00 69 Joe Nagel and family Lafayette Friday and spent a ,25 days, returning home Sunday <-30 ning. -50 Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgon went to Rockford, 111., Saturdaj.oo , attend the golden weeding of .00 latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. gene Wemple. t>4 ■ Mrs. J. L. Hagins went to 73 fayette Saturday to attend the m ing of the John A. Logan W. R. of which she is a member, and go anniversary of Mrs. G. E. Black9B charter member and former pr 24 dent of the corps. 00 The Woman’s Foreign Mission.so of the M. iE. Church of the H-&0 mond Dictrict, will hold its anC, QQ district meeting at Trinity M.' oo church at Rensselaer, Thursday ,00 Friday of this week. The speakefOO Thursday evening will be a retur|® Missionary. Mr. and Mrs. George Reed in Chicago a few days last' w Philips the, W f n v ing an artifi ; oo Fire Dept. serv. Murray pie.' 1'j.50 ROAD FUND Ches Zea, city teamster... 45.00 R. D. Thompson; ft. on stone 61.99 Ed. Randle, hauling stone. . 52.60 Phil Heuson, same. .. . ... . 1 29.75 O. S. Baker, cutting willows. 5.00 PARK FUND. Gwin & Watson, pipe & fit’gs 6.30

Gleaner Meeting.

The Gleaners will have a meeting at their hall Wednesday night, October 16th, at 8 o’clock. A full attendance is desired.

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.

Progressive Party News. ** [Ad vert ism ent]

Holds Audience for Two Hours At Monticello in Afternoon. Monticello, Ind., Oct. 11.—The Progressive cause advanced several points in White county today as the result of the address of Montraville Flowers of Los Angeles, Cal., who held an audience of men and women, measured only by the range of his (voice. for two hours. He said that there never can be but two great partite, one constructive, the other destructive, and that the constructive party always survives. He also i>aid tribute to Governor Hiram Johnson for the legislation inaugurated by him, which has made California the best governed state in the union. Mr. Flowers spoke this evening at Wolcott. Legislative candidates John Brown and A. L. Mlartin also gave short talks.

After the Payne-Aldrich bill was passed and the Wfinona speech was made, it became a mortal cinch that Mr. Taft could not be re-elected In 1912. This fact was emphasized at the congressional elections of 19101 Wherever the voters had a fair chance at primaries last spring it became evident that the weakness of Mr. Taft was almost spectacular. All the straw votes and newspa]>er polls and nonpartisan canvasser up to this moment prove that the temper of the voters has not changed. When we get up on the morning after the election and survey the remnants of what was once the Republican party organization, let no none blame the bull moosers. The downfall was ■‘foreordained while the cplonel was still banging away at the hipi>otami. Mr. Taft was defeated, third party or no third party, when the returns came in two years ago. The men really responsible for the disruption of the party are those who will be found 1 burled In the ruins. They will be in control of the promises, according to their desires. The Progressives will be on a <hill top, about two miles distant, still singing and giving out amunition for 1914. They distrust the colonel because he won’t come to their little shop up the alley and be measured for a suit of livery. Somehow, it gives them more confidence in a public official if they see (l him wearing one of their uniforms.

When the Democrats, in 1909, found >1,000,000 of state debt sinking fund in prospect for 1910 and! 1911, they lost no time in appropriating that amount, in addition to the sfikte’s prospective income for the two years. At this time the Democrats blame the Republican Senateof 1909 for its part in the sinking* fund raid. The important thing '.s' that the raid was made, and that it J went through in spite of the fact that “economiy” shouting Democrats i controlled the House where appropriation bills originate and in spitej of thb fact that the Democrats had, the vetoing power in 1909! It is* small credit to these same Demo-j crats that they held their appropriations in 1911 below those of 1909, for In 1911 there was no extra sinking fund million that could be reached, as was the case when the big sinking fund raid law of 1909 was[ passed. It was rapacious greed that* started the sinking fund raid. It would have been sheer insanity to appropriate an extra million in 1911 when the sinking fund already had been emptied by the folly of 1909. A few days ago the first voters at one of our Indiana colleges had a secret ballot for President and Governor. The so-called Republican ticket yarned at Chicago in June re-! delved 50 votes in a total of 613, or I a little over 8 per cent. The re-! maining votes were almost] equally divided between Wilson and! Roosevelt; Beveridge for Governor,] received 369 votes. The Democratic' candidate received 92 votes and the* Republican candidate 52 votes. The young men who read and think and! who look to the future instead of j brooding ever the misunderstandings! of the past, are overwhelmingly in favor of Progressive policies and Progressive candiadtes. A good many of the old-line Republicans sincerely believe that every man who refrains from voting for the ticket forced through by the bosses is indirectly voting against Abraham Lincoln and Oliver P. Morton. We have looked over the list

POLITICAL SPEAKING. . Egypt—Oct: 16. Oct. 16—Pleasant Grove, body invited to attend. Progressive Speaking. EveryNewton (Blue Grass) —-Oct. 17. Milroy (Center) —Oct. 18.

of those who worked the old machine in June and we can not find one who helped to preserve the Union or anything else, except his private interests. Thousands of former Republicans decline to vote for Barnes and Penrose and Guggenheim because they believe an Indorsement of those persons would be a national calamity.

Mr. Taft is in a position to preserve the protective system. Mr. WHlson and the Democratic party are bent on destroying that system. The Progressive party and Theodore Roosevelt purpose to adhere to the protective principle and bring about honest protection on a business basis, with benefits distributed' fairly among the people. Mr. Roosevelt is the man to whom the people look. The bosses put Mr. Taft out of the running last June.

We are now being shown a bewildering confusion of figures to prove that Taft was really the choice of a majority of the Republican voters during the third week of June, 1912. The explainers are perspiring freely. It will take many a sheet of paper and many a lead pencil to convince the unbiased spectator on the side lines that the colonel had no claim on any of these delegates.

It is not to be forgotten that when (•he bosses set aside the Roosevelt delegates and renominated Taft, they also set aside the primary verdicta of rank and file millions of Republicans In all the great republican states. Nobody has yet explained why these primary majorities were ignored or rejected by the bosses. Nobody, as yet, has defended this absurd action of the bosses.

■Mr. Taxpaye, the Democrats have crats at the State House have not yet explained why it cost $1,000,000, more In 1911 to pay salaries and expenses of standing boards and commissions than it cost in 1908.

Groundhog statesmanship digs a hole in the public treasury and dodges into the hole whenever the sunlight of publicity rises to dieclose the facts. Nov. 5 will be ‘groundhog day at the Indiana State House.

Col. Durbin was especially unlucky in attacking the record of Beveridge as chairman of the committee on territories. That record was wholly admirable and of a standard high in real courageous statesmanship.

Eivery nonprodiicer wearing an extra chin of two and sitting in a padde<| chair, waiting for the turn of the ticker to give him something for nothing, is against the colonel and regards him as “dangerous.”

The members of the new party may be traitors and ingrates, but out here in the middle west they are so serene in their infamy that some of them are still regarded as patriotic Democrats and Republicans.

Mr. Taxpeyer, the Taggart Democrats have not yet explained why in th 6 salaries of regular officers, deputies and clerks there was an increase of more than <30,000 in 1911 as compared xVith 1908. ' ' ' <■ Let us hope that Dr.' Hurty’s survey ,of Bartholomew County will be more valuable than the job he did on the democratic ticket when he surveyed Marshall as a bigger man than Wilson. \ Primary majorities for Roosevelt in all the great Republican states , speak louder than James E. Wat- ; son’s “defense” of the Taft renomination by the national committee. Mr. Taxpeyer, the Democrats have I not yet explained why it coat more t than $196,000 more to run the State | House in 1911 than it cost in 1908, ( the biggest former year.

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