Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1914 — Page 1

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Willis Acquitted of Perjury Charge.

The trial of James L. Willis now of Springfield, Ohio, on the charge of perjury in evidence he gave in his former trial for rape, ended at Kentland Tuesday night in a verdict of not guilty by the jury. The charge was based on Willis’ testifying in the former case against him that he was not out in the vicinity where the alleged crime was committed—on the cross road north of Henry Paulus’ farm, west of town, between the Bunkum and the poor farm roads —on the night, in question, as testified to by the young Thompson girl, who, among other things, said that someone rode by on horseback while they were there. The state’s principal witness was Stewart Short, a young lad of perhaps 14 years of age, who at the time of the alleged crime was living west of town with the family of his step-father, Garland Grant, and several weeks after tlie alleged occurrence and the girl’s story about the horseback rider had been published in the newspapers, claimed that he was the one who rode by and that he saw an automobile at the side of the road.

The testimony of the boy is said to have been set at naught almost hy that of Mr. Grant, who said that it was some four weeks after the alleged occurrence and the boy had read of it in the papers, that he first spoke o‘s the matter, although the state had a number of witnesses who testified that the boy’s reputation for truth and veracity was good. Possibly the jury also took into consideration the punishment of ninety days in jail and SSOO fine which Willis had suffered for the alleged former crime in reaching a verdict of acquittal in the perjury charge, which had been egged on, it is said, by two or three vengeful people here.

Willis was defended by Attorneys Parkison and Dunlap, of Rensselaer, while Abe Halleck assisted the state.

Many Autos Pass Through to Indianapolis Races.

While scores of automobiles had been passing through Rensselaer for the Indianapolis races all week, yesterday was the big day, and several hundred cars went through yesterday morning before 9 o’clock and kept coming all day long. Many stopped here for breakfast or dinner and for gasoline and other supplies. Hundreds of motorcyclists also passed through town, and it seemed that a much larger number of both autos and motorcycles passed through than ever before to these races. Thursday night a large number of cars stopped here for the night, and every available place that could be procured for lodging was taken up, while several spent the night in their cars, being unable to get a place to sleep. Cars were passing through all night song.

The autoists left many dollars in Rensselaer on their way to the races and will leave many more on their way back, which will be at its height tomorrow.

The rains Wednesday made the roads elegant for the trip, in laying the dust, and yesterday was a cool, delightful day for driving.

Hands Badly Burned By Explosion of Gas.

O. H. McKay, the laundryman, met with quite a painful accident Monday afternoon by the explosion of coal gas in his furnace uoider the boiler. He thought the fire was out, and opened the door, when the gas that had formed in the furnace exploded as soon as air struck it. It threw pieces of coal across the room and the blaze burned Mr. McKay’s right hand to a blister and also burned the left hand considerably. The burns' were very painful, but he will soon recover from them. ,

Buss Line to Remington Now in Operation.

The buss line between Rensselaer and Remington has been resumed and buss will leave Rensselaer each day from the north side of th? public square at 7:46 a. m., and 4:00 p. m. Will leave Remington returning, from Panhandle depot at 9:30 a. m., and 5:22 p. m. Fare 75 cents each way.7—C. L. MORRELL, Prop. Phone 206, Main Garage.

Vulcanizing and Tire Repairing. Tom Bissenden is now located in the Rensselaer garage with a full equipment for vulcanising, repairing automobile tires. Take your work lo hkn and get satisfactory results at reasonable prices. ts

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. / ' New suits filed: No, 8237. W. H. Parkison vs. Etigene Purtelle; suit for attorney fees of $5 00. George H. Gifford, executor of the B. J. Gifford estate, was here a few dhys this week on business pertaining to said estate. The trial of Glenn Jones of Lowell, who with\Ray Heilig, also of Lowell, but formerly of Remington, is charged wth the murder of John Mitch, a Cedar Lake saloon keeper, last February, by beating him to death when refused drinks at his saloon, is on trial this week at Crown Point.

The county stone crusher is now at work on the Kurrie place at the south side of town, arrangements having been made to purchase this lock, which has never been touched since thrown out by the dredge a few years ago, and crush it for road repairing purposes, ,we understand.

Ben Ahlgrim, of Shelby, was arrested last Saturday by David Rankin, deputy United States marshal. He is under indictment charged with violation of the postal laws. It is charged that whSn he was a rural route mail carrier out of Shelby he collected money from patrons for money orders and kept the money for his own use. Hie gave bond for SSOO to appear in court to answer to the charge.

Attorney John A. Dunlap was in Chicago Thursday on business connected with the sale* of the 1520 acres of land at Kniman, known as the Warren Springer ranch, which is now owned by the Southern Land Investment Co., who are platting it it/ 10-acre tracts and expect to sell it out for garuening and truck farming purposes, and will soon conduct a big sale, running excursions to the tract from Chicago. If plans go through it will be a big thing for Kniman and Walker tp., and add •eatly to its present population.

A. M. Yeoman of Newton township, superintendent of the Halstead gravel road, which connects the Mt. Ayr stone road with the Marion tp., stone road at the Morlan farm, west of town, was in Rensselaer Wednesday and informed us that about 3 1-4 of the 5 1-2 miles of this road was now' finished and the entire road will probably be completed by the middle of July. Washed gravel from Attica is being put on, and the contractors are hauling it out from Mt. Ayr with two dummy engines pulling 8 or 10 dummy cars, and frequently haul 100 of these carloads per day. The same contractors have the contract for building The Yeoman gravel road in the saml township, but nothing has been done to it dS yet, except grading, and it will probably he about August first before they start on the Yeoman road, as they must tear up the track on the Halstead road and move it to the Yeoman road before commencing to gravel there. The completion of these roads will give us good roads all the way to Mt. Ayr, and one can take their choice of either road in going there.

Mrs. Mary Fendig Buried Thursday Afternoon.

Mrs. Mary Fendig, whose 1 long illness has frequently been mentioned in fhese columns, died at her home on Front street at 9 o’clock Tuesday evening after having lain in a semi-conscious state for nearly two months, during which she had taken but very little nourishment. Cfer sons, B. s. Fendig, and wife, f Chicago, and Simon Fendig of Wheatfield, who 'had provided a trained nurse and done everything possible for her duiring her illness and spent much time at her bedside, were here when the end came. Her daughter, Miss Rebekah Fendig, who

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY MAY 307 1914.

lived with her motner, was also at her bedside. The funeral, conducted by a Jewish Rabbi from Lafayette, was held at 3 p. m., Thursday afternoon, at the hous£, and burial made in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Fendig, whose maiden name was Mary Leopold, was born Nov. 5, 182 7, at Grevenstadt, Rhinish Bavaria, Germany, and among her keepsakes was a certificate issued there by her school teachers in IS4O, showing lrer standing in the school. She came to America in 1 849, locating in Philadelphia, where she had a sister, Mrs. Leopold Tuteur, residing. She later came to Laporte, Ind., where she kept house for awhile for her brother, A. Leopold. She later went to Chicago where she was married to Samuel Fendig in 1856. They came to Rensselaer in the early sixties and this has since been her home. Her husband died here Nov. 4, ISSB. Three children were born to them, all of whom survive— Benjamin S., of Chicago, Simon, of Wheatfield, and Rebekah, who remained at home with her mother. She also leaves one brother, A. Leopold of Rensselaer, and a sister in Germany, both of whom are past SO years of age. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were: Isaac Tuteur and wife, Mrs. Sarah Swartz and Mrs. Oppenheimer, Chicago; Mrs. Wolf, Hammond; Ben Leopold and wife, Brook; Mrs. JuJia Hass, Tipton; Isaac Leopold and wife and Louis Leopold and wife, Wolcott, and Mrs. E. W. Allen, Wheatfield. The floral tributes were profuse and very beautiful. Card of Thanks. To the friends and neighbors who have extended many kindnesses during the sickness and after death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Mary Fendig, we wish to extend our most heartfelt thanks.—THE CHIDREN.

Early Morning Storm Does Considerable Damage.

The rain early Wednesday morning was accompanied by considerable wind along the cyclone strip in Union tp., and on the Firman Thompson farm west of Parr, occupied by William Porter, the big barn was badly damaged and a silo blown down. At the Thompson farm about a half mile west of Parr, the barn was greatly damaged and another silo wrecked. At the headquarters ranch of Thompson’s northeast of Parr, another silo was wrecked, several outbuildings town down and other damage done. Several goodsized trees were uprooted by the wind. A silo was also wrecked on the Lonergan farm near Surrey. Going dn northeast a silo was wrecked at the Amos Davisson farm, also one on one of John Eger’s farms and one on the S. L. Jordan farm, both in Barkley tp. Thompson’s loss, which is in the neighborhood of $2,000, is covered by cyclone insurance, as was that of the Lonergan’s, in R. D. Thompson’s agency.

New Telephone Directory To Be Issued Soon.

The Jasper County Telephone ( ompany will issue a new directory about July 1. The work will be done by The Democrat and will be a departure from the old style card. It will be,in pamphlet or book form, the same as used in the larger cities, and will be interspersed with local advertising. Those desiring an advertisement in this new directory and who have not already been solicited, may phone The Democrat and a representative will call and f?ee them regarding same;' or they may call in person at The Democrat office, as they choose.

Piano Announcement. I wish to state that I am the exclusive local dealer for the famous Tonk and Strohber pianos. I cordially invite you to call at my residence on Front and Harrison streets and inspect these beautiful Instruments. I buy and sell these pianos outright and am in a position to quote the lowest possible prices. No trouble to show.—OTTO BRATIN Exclusive Dealer. • i See this Tonk record: —eleven gold medals. For Decoration Day. Pure Wool Washington True-Blue Serge Suits at a saving to you of $4.50 to $6.50. All sizes. The Dissolution SaIe.—TRAUB & SELIG. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

ATTEMPTS SUICDE AT NEWLAND

-Mrs. \\ ilbur Wolf Takes Laudanum, But !«. Brought Around Without Serious Results. • Following a domestic quarrel, it is alleged, .Airs. Wilbur Wolf, aged 2«, of near Xewland, drank a quantity of laudanum.about 11:30 o’clock Wednesday night with suicidal intent. Her husband tried to reach Rensselaer to call a doctor, but could get no response from “central here after over an hour's trial. He then secured a party to drive to Rensselaer and bring the woman in, but the machine got stuck in the mud and it was necessary to get a team of horses to pull it out. It was about 3 o’clock when they reached Rensselaer, where the unconscious woman was taken to the Makeever house ami Dr. Johnson, after a long time brought her out of the effects of the poison. She wanted to .go home after regaining "ipusness, and was taken there Wednesday morning.

Stand Back, Men; Don't Crowd.

Is the old reputation of the Newton county natives for honesty and minding their own business a thing of the past? MAN—ATHLETIC, WELL BRED, college man, American, Jvith nerve and shotgun, to prevent trespassers on cattle ranch near Chicago. Board and good home for such service. Ample time for study, hunting, fishing. Man using tobacco not wanted. Prefer one with agricultural knowledge, wishing to learn the business, taking a son’s place. References and particulars required. CONRAD RANCH, Conrad, Newton Co., Indiana. This was the advertisement that appeared in a Chicago Sunday newspaper. Things, indeed, have come to a pretty pass if the ranchmen of our sister county have to hire collegebred gunmen to awe übiquitous neighbors. Or can the trespassers be some of those wild boot-leggers of Jasper county whose activities along the banks of the Kankakee still keep that noble river on the list of frontier streams?—Hammond Times. The » “ranchman” jn this case, brother, is a woman—nice looking, stylish, well educated, wealthy, and not too old to love and be loved, as it is presumed the advertiser is Jennie M. Conrad, the owner of the ranch, which bears her name. If the advertiser had only published her picture with the ad, northern Newton county would be over-run with college bred young men seeking this position. The ad has probably brought many responses ere this, for the owner of the Conrad ranch is quite well known, throughout Indiana and Illinois, especially.

Progressive Congressional Convention.

Notice is hereby given to the Progressives of Jasper County, Indiana, that pursuant to a notice given by the District Chairman, a convention will be Lafayette, on June 4, 1914, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress, for the Tenth Congressional District, and for the transaction of sucfo other business as may come before the meeting. You are, therefore, hereby notified to meet in your respective townships on Friday, May 2»th, and select delegates and alternate delegates to attend said convention, The proportion of representation is as follows: Barkley, 1.24; Carpenter, 2.94; Gillam, .46; Hanging Grove •12; Jordan, .54; Kankakee, .76; Keener. 1.45; Marion, 3.79; Milroy, .40; Newton, ,34; Union, I; Walker, .30; Wheatfield, .66. , RTAL B. HARRIS, County Chairman. H. J. JCANNAL, Secretary.

HUSTLING FOR BUSINESS. The man who whispers down • well about the goods he has to sell, won’t reap the golden, gleaming dollars 'like the one who climbs a tree and hollers. I am selling buggies on Front street, a new car just received.—C. A. ROBERTS, Rensselaer, Ind. Notice to Odd Fellows. All members of Iroquois Lodge, No. 1433, are requested to meet at the hall at 1 o’clock Saturday, to be in readiness to march to the cemetery.—FßANK NORMAN, N. G. Birth Announcements. May 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Speaks, a daughter. Buy your correspondence stationery, engraved and printed calling cards at The Democrat office. We carry the largest stock of this class of geode In Jfcepnr county. CaU In and see for loohclL

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of .Minor .Mention From Many Places. ONE killed IN CRASH. Freight Crashes Into Work Train at Delphi and Engine Falls Forty Feet Into Creek. Delphi, Ind., May 27.—One person was killed and several injured, one probably fatally, when a Wabash freight train crashed head-on into a work train on the Deer Creek bridge just west of the city this afternoon. Alva Dills of Defiance, 0., foreman of the work train, was killed instantly. Jacob Wendell of Fort Wayne, a bridge foreman, suffered injuries which probably will cause his death. The work crew had been engaged in repairing the bridge and roadbed near the scene of the wreck when east-bound freight train No. 82 collided head-on with the standing train.

The engine and several cars of the freight- fell through the bridge to the creek, forty feet below. Engineer Harry Neil and Fireman Carl Drops escaped death by jumping from the cab and were injured slightly about their heads. Six doctors were rushed from Lafayette on a special train. Wendell was the\most seriously injured of the men who had been on the bridge. His chest was crushed and he has little chance of recovery. He was taken to the St. Elizabeth, Hospital in Lafayette. He is 40 years old. Injuries of the others in the wreck are not considered serious.

AUTO CASUALTY; TWO HURT.

Tourists Ditched South of Demotte Taken to Chicago. V Lowell, Ind., May 27.—A party of tourists, while driving their auto at a high rate of speed, went into the ditch one and one-half miles south of Demotte. ; There were four in the car and two of the men were badly injured about the head and face. They were taken to the home of a Demotte doctor and their wounds dressed, and today they went on to Chicago. The injured men refused to give their names, and particulars of the accident were hard to obtain.

$25,000 FIRE AT KNOX.

Flour Mill, Elevator and Ten Cars of Freight Destroyed. Knox, Jnd., May 26.—Fire destroyed the Knox flour mill and elevator today. Loss, $25,000; insurance, SIO,OOO. The Long-Thomp-son lumber yard, adjoining, was damaged to the extent of $5,000; insured. Fifteen Nickel Plate freight Cars, loaded with valuable merchandise, also were destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown.

No Dismay in Lake County.

The republicans did their best through every device known to them to get a big vote at the recent Lake county primary. Accordingly it is no wonder they are making the most of the showing. The showing was engineered to be used as a talking point and so is to be expected that the opportunity will be used to the limit.

In the meantime, however, it is gratifying to report the Lake county progessives are not one particle dismayed. When confronted with the statement that they have been wiped out they merely grin. Apparently they have good basis for their grin too. For instance, a few nights ago in a little place in the southern part of Lake county a progressive meeting was held for the purpose of laying organization plans and doing the work preparatory to the coming campaign. At that meeting by actual count there were over two hundred present and the ardor and enthusiasm was of the same quality that characterized the Party at its birth.

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As for the ticket selected by the progressives in Lake county it was or a remarkably high order. Progressives knew well in advance who the nominees were to be and they took the nominations by consent. 1 here is not a particle of reason for progressive dismay in Lake county. Lafayette Courier.

Some Old Standpats.

Head the roll: In New York, Barnes; in Pennsylvania, Penrose; in Ohio, Foraker; in Illinois, Cannon. in Indiana. Watson and Hemenway. The chain is unbroken. These same in influences and the same men that dominated the republican party in the days of its decline are today trying to revitalize it and regain their ascendancy. The attempt to disassociate the Indiana leadership of the party from Penroseism is absurd. What Penrbseism is to Pennsylvania, so is the dominant influence in the republican party of Indiana today. The same figures in Indiana who shared with Penrose the responsibility of wrecking the republican party are today dividing with Penrose the herculean task of resuscitating it upon the old plane. To the progressive republicans of Indiana there is a trumpet call in the complete repudiation by the New York Tribune, solid old party organ, of Penrose and all that Penroseism stands for.

Equally significant is the repudiation of Penrose by J. Benjamin Dimmick, the candidate for the senatorial nomination against Penrose. Their message to the whole country is to defeat Penroseism, in whatever guise of local color It appears. Penroseism isn’t confined to Pennsylvania. It reaches to New York, to Ohio, to Indiana, to Illinois, to every state where the old close corporate machine raises its head.—lndianapolis Star.

Former Remington Merchant Gets New Trial.

The Supreme Court, in reversing a judgment or the St. Joseph Circuit Court, Tuesday, granted a new trial to Ben Kahn of South Bend who was convicted of arson. The Supreme Court held that It was an error to permit the state to Introduce evidence of other fires than the one which he was charged with having staited. “Other crimes than the one for which the defendant is upon trial are never permitted to be shown to prove the fact that a crime has been committed,” read the Supreme Court’s opinion. “Before the proof of other fires is admdssable ft must he established that the previous fire was Incendiary, and then only after evidence has been introduced showing that the defendant set the fire In question.”

Kahn has been out on bond pending the decision of the Supreme Court, He was located at Remington a few years ago and had a fire there, evidence in which was introduced in the trial of the case in which he was convicted. 1

W. H. Postill Buys Milliron Restaurant.

Will Postal, who has had considerable experience in the restaurant line, but who for the past couple of years has been working most of the time at the carpenters’ trade, purchased the W. C. Milliron restaurant in the State Bank building the first of the week and took possession of same at once. Mr. Milliron, who has been in the restaurant business for many years, will retire permanently that line of trade. With his wife he expects fb make alt extended visit with his father at Denver, Ind., and their son, Robert, anil wife in Michigan. He will make Rensselaer his home, and expects to build a new residence on the corner lot of the John Sullivan property on South' Weston street, which he recently purchased, as stated in The Democrat at the time.

Concrete Cement Work a Specialty.

Sidewalks, cisterns, water tanks and all kinds of cement work done. All work guaranteed.—J. J. MILLER, phone 458. Five different grades of legal size typewriter paper kept in stock in The Democrat's stationery department. Also abstract and legal document backs, printed or blank. Don’t pay fancy prices for your typewriter paper when you can buy it here of as good or better quality for much less money. Our typewriter paper is P<ut up in boxes of 500 sheets, but will be sold in smaller quantities if desired.