Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ELECTION RETURNS IN WEDNESDAY’S DEMOCRAT.

The Democrat will not go to press until about 6 a. in., Wednesday for its next issue, and will contain a full report of the general and county election as nearly as can be obtained at that hour. It will be possible to give a complete list of the officers elected in Jasper county, no doubt, by that time, together with a tabulated vote of the precincts. Papers will be sent north on the milk train Wednesday morning to the various postoffices, and will go south on the 11:20 a. m., train, but will not reach all the rural route subscribers until on Thursday. The Remington and Goodland and Rentland packages will be taken by automobile to Remington in time to get them out over the rural routes there Wednesday morning. If possible we shall make arrangements for the McCoysburg rural route. Subscribers on the Fair Oaks rural route will receive their papers as usual, they going out on the milk train Wednesday morning with the usual packages for Fair Oaks. Extra copies of this issue can be obtained at The Democrat office for 5 cents each, or will be mailed to any address for the above sum. Watch for Wednesday morning’s Democrat with its up-to-the-minute election returns.

Motor Cars On LaCross Division of C. & E. I.

Ex-sheriff John O’Connor was down from Kniman Wednesday evening and informed us that he had that afternoon been shown by the C. & E. I. agent at Kindman a copy of an order sent out by the officials of the road, stating that motor cars would be installed on the LaCross Division Nov. 1, for carrying mail and passengers, and the carrying of sanie on the present mixed train would be discontinued. It was Mr. O’Connor’s understanding that a motor train would be run each way every day, but the time schedule of same he did not learn.

Raised 40,000 Bushels of Onions.

Dr. Turfler states that he raised 4,000 bushels of onions on his farm north of town this year after they were screened. He had out fifteen acres. He has sold and shipped one carload and has 2,500 bushels in storage at Alf Donnelly’s onion house north of town. Next year the doctor expectcs to put out a few acres of beans, also. The latter pay extremely well and there is considerable land in Jasper county that is adapted to raising this crop. It is interesting to note that not enough beans are raised in this country to supply the demand of consumers, and canneries, and millions of bushels are imported every year.

Money Evidently Was Not Stolen.

Two little girls, one of whom was the daughter of Mrs. E. J. Kays, while .returning home from school Tuesday afternoon, stopped at the house formerly occupied by Dean Merica, and in looking about a trash pile in the rear of the house found a roll of bills in the weeds. As Mr. Merica had lost some $15.00 recently which it was thought at the time had been taken from his pants pocket one night, it was thought this was the money supposeed to have (been stolen. In communication with Mr. Merica at Francesville, he described the money he had lost and it was found the denomination of the bills wes precisely the same, and Mrs. Kays sent the money to him Thursday. How it came to be where it was found is a mystery.

Not On The Fence, But Through It.

While out campaigning in Whitd county Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Warner, C. C. Warsier”s E-M-F auto took a notion to go through a wire fence about three miles west of Monticello. The fence was of woven wire and the auto easily knocked it out of the way, but a barb wire on the top was not so easily disposed of, and it caught Mr. and Mrs. Warner across the face and tore one side of the latter’s nose quite badly. Their clothing was also torn somewhat, but the machine escaped with only one bent fender. The auto ran some twentyor thirty feet into the field after

passing through the fence. Other autoists came along and assisted them to return to Monticello where Dr. Goodwin dressed their Injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Warner were returning from Monticello when the accident occurred, and after being patched up they resumed their journey, arriving here at about 9:30 that evening.

Roselawn Party In Auto Accident.

J. Wi Crooks, the Roselawn druggist who was arrested some time ago on several indictments charging the illegal sale of liquof, was fined $lO and costs on one of the charges at Kentland Monday. It is reported that the other indictments will be dismissed. While Mr. Crooks and John Parker and family and Mrs. D. K. Frye were returning home from the trial at Kentland in an automobile, the machine was overturned and all were more or less injured, a 7-year-old son of Mr. Crooks getting one leg badly iractured and splintered and the flesh terribly lacerated. Mrs. Frye also was cut considerably about hte face and was unconscious for some time. The boy was taken to a Chicago hospital for treatment. Mr. Parker was driving the car, which is said to have ben running at a very high rate of speed, was unconscious, it is said, until Tuesday morning. The accident occurred on a perfectly level road about one mile west of Roselawn.

Vote Unanimously to Retain M. W. A. Hall..

There was a very good attendance at the regular meeting of the M. W. A. camp XV ednesday. and the subject of kiling off the camp came up in the way of certain members desiring to have the camp give up its hall, and rent some small obscure room for a meeting place. After a discussion of the matter in which it was very evident that every member present was opposed to the plan, except two or three, and on a vote being taken on the proposition to retain the hall for another year nearly every member voted in the affirmative, while the opposition, who Syppafrenttly wanted to wreck the camp did not have the nerve to get up and vote in opposition. The decision, in our opinion, is a wise one, for had it been opposite it would have been but a short time until the present membership of 135 in good standing would have dwindled to almost nothing. The “excuse” given for desiring $o abandon the hall and all its furninshings was a *vey flimsy one, and that those who favored the plan had ulterior motives was very apparent, and they should be weeded out of positions of trust in the order. All the members voting to retain the hall signified their willingness to pay a special assessment should it become necessary to keep up the expenses of the hall, which it is unlikely it will be.

Still Threshing in Some Parts of North Dakota.

Jacob Clouse of Remington, who has been in North Dakota, about Larimore, since last March, returned home Thursday. When he left Larimore Tuesday evening snow was falling and it was quite blustery. In some sections the railroads were blocked by snowdrifts. The train he came out on was packed with hardest hands leaving the state, and Jake had to stand up all the way to Grand Forks, the seats being all taken and the baggage car and aisles filled.

At Lacota there were 300 men waiting to take the train, but only about half of them were able to get on board, and the trainmen were compelled to close the doors and pull out leaving half of the would-be passengers on the depot platform. Up in the Devil’s Dake section there is considerable threshing yet to be done, v but about Larimore it is all finished, or nearly so. The snow has driven so many of the transient hands out that Jake thinks they will not be able to get all the threshing done this fall.

Former Goodland Priest Asked To Take Up Missionary Work.

Laporte, Ind., Oct. 29.—Bishop' Herman J. Alerding of Ft. Wayne, has made request of the Rdv. Father Zircher, pastor of the St. Joseph’s Catholic church in this city, to eh-1 gage in special missionary work, and the latter now has the matter under advisement, though the congregation.in this city will be a unit against his resignation of his charge. Father Zircher was sent here from Goodland, Ind., as the successor of the late Father August Messman.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

KSNSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, NOV. 2, 1912.

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 state case of Cook vs. Michaels of Jordan tp„ was tried at 1 Kentland Tuesday and resulted iin a fine of S3OO and costs being as- ■ sessed against the defendant. Five marriage licenses were issued last month, against nine for the preceding month and fifteen for Octo- ( ber 1911. Perhaps the agitation for woman s sufferage is scaring the ; iyoung men away from matrimonial ■ chains, and this accounts for the slump of this October over that of 1911.

A gang of gypsies were overhauled j near Surrey Thursday soon while making a quick getaway from Mo- : rocco, where it is alleged one of the , young women lifted an old man's purse - and SBO. Officers pursued , them in an auto and arrested the girl near the C. L. Parks place and , took her back to Morocco, the two , wagons comprising the gypsy outfit , also turning about and heading for ■ Morocco to help the girl out.

j R. S. Drake, a prominent farmer . and former trustee of Hanging Grove I tP-, has bought a 403 acre, well imt proved farm, southwest of Lafayette and is thinking of moving upon same. Mr. Drake owns about 30Q . acres of land in Hanging Grove tp.* | which, we understand, he intends to retn out. The price paid for hu I "Tippecanoe county farm, which is ( well-improved and has a large brick house, was sl2l an acre.

Local Election Returns.

The Jasper County Telephone Co., , will throw open for free use of its ■ patrons all lines controlled by the company next Tuesday night for receiving or sending election returns.

Medaryville Postoffice Robbed.

j The postoffice at Medaryvile was j robbed Wednesday night of stamps ( and money aggregating about S3OO. j The cracksmen secured tools from a , blacksmith shop and blew open the ' safe with explosives. It was evidently the work of professionals. The ■ robbery was not discovered until ’ Thursday morning when postmaster Nicoles opened the office.

The Morocco Booster in commenting on the recent promises made in the Purtelle railroad matter says,: “This refreshes the mind of the editor of the Pilot, of promises mate years ago. Cars to be running in 90 days, the old town to be made a junction, power-house located there, etc. Its not “hot air” but boiling, and now, to see it simmering way over east makes a fellow think that there’s plenty of stalls at Longcliff.”

Says Racing Will Be Resumed at Porter.

Gary, Ind., Oct. 29.-—Reports here to-night say that racing will be resumed at the Mineral Springs track on Friday. While the majority of the horsemen have taken their “ponies” to other tracks, there are still fifty thoroughbreds stabled at the track. They were out today the first time since the militia left Monday morning. The Gary Post, the official organ of Mayor T. E. Knotts cf Gary, a brother of A. F. Knotts, the president of the Mineral Springs track, prints the following statement from the track officials tonight: “Racing will be resumed at the Mineral Springs track by Friday or Saturday of this week, and possibly before Friday. It simply depends on how long it takes us to get affairs reorganized. The troops have left the crac< and we intend to go right back and go ahead with racing.” Mr. Knotts did not Indulge .in “ifs and ands,” but said positively that racing would be resumed this week, unless the militia returned. He

This Is Cruel.

said there are still fifty horses at the track to put on some good racing, and the only reason for a couple of days delay is the necessity of advertising and making arrangements for trains.

“If the troops return we shall stop racing again,” said Mr. Knotts, “but as often as they leave, just that often we will go back to racing a<ain. Of course, if the courts should enjoin racing that would be the end of it, but we have no fear they will do anything of the sort. The soldiers can have no effect as long as they are not present. When they advance we shall retreat, and when they retreat we shall adtvance.” Mr. Knotts further stated that the troops had acted in a scandalous manner during their occupancy of the grounds. He charged them with being drunk, insulting women, and making themselves generally offensive and unruly. He said the grounds were put in an unsanitary condition and that several thousands of dollars Worth of lumber was burned up by the troops in bonfires. The lumber was on the ground for the purpose of completing the grands:a« <<.

HEBRON POSTOFFICE ROBBED

Safe Dynamited and Money and Stamps Carried Away. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 28.—Burglars forced an entrance to the postoffice at Hebron late Sunday night, dynamited the safe and obtained $lO in cash and $l5O worth of stamps and money order blanks. A posse of citizens tracked the thieves to a swamp two miles from Hebron where all further traces were lost.

VICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN DEAD

Death Due to Bright's Disease— Governor Hadley of Missouri Likely to Succeed Him on Ticket James S. Sherman, vice-president of the United States of America, died at his home in Utica, N. Y„ at 9:42 p. m., Wednesday of urenic poisoning caused from Bright’s disease, after a lingering illness. His age was 57 years. The funeral will be attended by the entire U. S. senate of which he was the speaker. Governor Hadley of Missouri is being talked of to succeed Mr. Sherman on the republican national ticket. Hadley was a prominent Roosevelt man in the regular republican epuvention held in Chicago last June, but did not bolt the Taft Ticket

High School Notes.

The work of the beginning chorus composed of the Freshmen is showing marked improvement, while the advanced chorus is the best for several years. The question “When will we get into the new building,” is being asked many times a day, but so far has not been answered. The game Saturday promises to be the best of the season, as Morocco has won from Hammond by the score of 12 to 0, and from Danville, IlyL, by a big score. The Rensselaer boys, not having had a game for two weeks, are in fine shape, and will, no doubt, give a good account of themselves.

In order to get a large crowd out the plan has been adopted, by which all students who sell three twentyfive cent tickets will be given a free ticket. The game with the Wabash high school was one of the most expensive games that the local high school ever had, costing about $75, but with a good turn out Saturday the deficit will be wiped out and the athletic association will be put in good shape financially. ( Games have been hard to get this year as many schools do not have teams. Below will be found the complete schedule for 1912: Oct. 19—Wabash H. S. at Rensselaer. 2—Morocco H. S. at Rensselaer. Nov. 9—Watseka, 111., H. S. at Rensselaer. . 'W; ■ Nov. 16—Kankakee, 111., H. S. at Rensselaer. Nov. 28—(Thanksgiving Day) Curtis H. 8., Chicago, at Rensselaer.

Auction Sale The undersigned wilt sell at public sale on Saturday, November 9th, at 2 p. m., in Parr, Ind., one ice house, 20x20x14 feet, shingle roof and about 30 tons of ice; one 20* horse steam boiler; one creamery lot. Terms— Cash or bankable note .payable six months from date with 6 per cent, interest.—PAßß CREAMERY CO.

DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL NOTES Of Interest to the Voters of Jasper County.

Democratic Speaking at Parr. There will be democratic speaking at Parr tonight by local speakers. Let everyone turn out.

Don't fail to come out to the polls' and vote next Tuesday if you have registered and are a legally qualified voter. Remember, there were* enough stay-at-home democrats in Jasper county to have elected our entire county ticket two years ago.. Don't let this happen again. Remember that to vote a straight ticket next Tuesday you make at X within the circle containing the emblem of the party ticket you wish to vote; if you want to vote a m<xed ticket, do not mark within the circle, but make an X in the squae at the left of the name of each candidate for whom you desire to vote, and make do other marks whatever on your ballot.

It is a matter of record that two years ago the republican state committee in Indiana expended $95,000 for their campaign in this state, and this, too, bear in mind, has nothing to do with the local contributions. Here is an average of about SI,OOO to each county in the state. And that was not a presidential campaign either. Even that vast sum failed to carry the state. It would be interesting to know how much wil be dumpedjn to try to carry Indiana for the republicans this year.

Remember that a vote for the democratic candidates for con sty commissioner means a vote in favor for the collection of the $2,500 the taxpayers of Jasper county were sw indeled out of by the Winamac Bridge Co., and its return to the pockets of the taxpayers. A democratic board of commissioners has already instituted suit to collect on these amounts; if a republican board is elected, in view of the past inaction of republican commissioners, you need not expect these suits to be pushed nor the money recovered.

A Word As to Geography.

Here is another matter. Mr. Republican Voter, we want to call your attention to before you cast your vote next Tuesday, and that Is the manner in * hicb the Rensselaer “patriots” of your pjarty have gobbled up all the places on your ticket to the exclusion of the thirteen townships of the county. Understand, Rensselaer already has the auditor, clerk, surveyor and coroner, and the county ticket that they ask you to support has not only the last two named from Rensselaer but the recorder and sheriff as well. Do you want every county office filled with men from within gunshot of the court house?

The democratic ticket is made up of men from all sections of the county, as will be seen by examining the ticket printed on the second page of thi 8 paper. Your republican organ dared not publish the location of its county candidates that you might be confronted in every issue with the fact that all but three—in addition to the hold-over offices of auditor and clerk—were located in Rensselaer. Not Marion township, understand, but right in Rensselaer. The location of your candidates was purposely omitted from the ticket published in the Republican for the very reason above stated. Jasper county in area is the second largest county in Indiana, and has thirteen large townships, yet all other parts of the county were ignored and the offices filled up with Rensselaer men, or will be if the republican county ticket is elected next Tuesday.

Have Republicans a Big Slash Fund In Jasper County?

According to the sworn statement of Edgar Dean Crumpacker, republican candidate for congress from this district, required to be filed with the clerk of the house of representatives in Washington, he had spent 1500 up to the time of filing his report of campaign expenses. Monday last. Of this amount >IOO was paid to the treasurer of tfie republican county committee of Jasper county. Benton, Tippecanoe and Warren counties are also given SIOO earh No doubt he will give as much more

which will not be made public until after the election. In view of the past record of the republican machine in Jasper county we may reasonably infer that every roan on the republican county ticket has “contributed” an average of SIOO each. This added to that received from the district candidates would swell their fund to about $1,200. Then comes the usual liberal “contribution" from the state committee, which will probably swell the total amount of the republican campaign fund in Jasper county to $2,000 or $3,000. Now, we want to ask you, Mr. Taxpayer, how any such sum can be used legitimately in this county? Do you believe a half, a third or a tenth part of such a sum can be used for legitimate campaign expenses in Jasper county?

Only a very few speeches have been made in the county, outside of the local speakers who always serve without pay. But if Crumpacker had already contributed SIOO, as he swears he had, before last Monday, and probably as much more before election day, and what one may reasonably expect the other candidates on the county • and district tickets have ponied up, what use can all this money be put legitimately in an agricultural county with a population so small as ours? It is indeed very seldom that the democrats haave, all told, SIOO to pay all the expenses of their campaign in Jasper county, and this contributed, too, by the local democrats, as it is -very little the candidates are expected to put up here. Our legitimate expenses, therefor'* falling within the SIOO mark, how can the opposition expend the vast 0 sums we know have been spent here in the past and do it legitimately? Further comment on the subject ia unnecessary. But don’t forget that Edgar Dean Crumpacker testified under oath that he alone had “contributed” SIOO to the republican campaign fund in Jasper county prior to Monday lost, and may have contributed another SIOO or S2OO thia week.

Looking Backward a Few Years.

It was only a dozen years ago, Mr. Voter, when Mark Hanna was traveling about the country and teMing the people there were no trusts. You remember how Alf McCoy and every republican of prominence in Rensselaer and elsewhere, parrot-like, took up Hanna’s words. It was echoed on the stump. Can you find a republican anywhere todaty who has the temerity to deny that there are trusts and lots of them, or dispute the statements made by the democrats about the existence of thesq iniquitous combines of capital and the danger they were in unless they were curbed? Not a one anywhere. All now admit they have increased to a fearful extent and must be curbed. Only a score of years ago the republicans also told you that the tar- s

iff was not a tax, but if it was the foreigner paid it. That statement also has long ago been sent to their campaign scrap pile and has not been heard on the stump or elsewhere in the last decade. Can you trust the republican machine operators to curb the trusts creatures of their own making—> or make any revision of the tariff in the interest of the masses of the people, in view of their past record. Tnink this over when you go into the booth next Tuesday to mark your ballot and then vote as your own better judgment tells you.

Birth Announcements.

October 2?, to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brady, a daughter. Nov. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. John Donnelly, of north of town, a son.

Given Away.

To introduce Red Cross Baking Powders we will for a shotr time only, give a large beautiful framed picture absolutely free with every can Rhoads' Grocery.

Progressive Meetings.

Monday, Nov. 4 Aix. Osborne, (Hanging Grove tp.) Yeoman, (Newton tp.) Queen City, (Milroy tp.)

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