Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Page 1

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PRESIDENT’S WIFE DEAD.

White House in Mourning and Congress Idle in Memory of Mrs. Wilson. Washington, Aug. 6.-—Mrs. Helen Louise Axsen Wilson, wife of the President of the United States, a devoted helpmate and mother, died today at the White House. The "first lady of the land” succumbed at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. The historic mansion is in mourning tonight, with President Wilson and his daughters and sons-in-law weeping over the loss they suffered, but buoyed up by the memory of the purity and sweetness of the soul that is gone The cause of Mrs. "Wilson's death was Bright s disease. It w r as aggravated by a nervous breakdown, attributed to the exactions of social duties and her actf.e interest in philanthropic betterment work. In addition *o other troubles. Mrs. Wilson suffered a severe s ock Lorn a fail in tn? A’hite Ho <?e last F« •- ruary.

MRS. J. P. GREEN TRIES SUICIDE.

W’ife of Former Pastor of Baptist Church Took Poison Yesterday Morning—Will Recover. Mrs. J. P. Green attempted suicide about 8 o’clock yesterday morning at her home on Weston street by taking a quantity of bed-bug poison, which contained bichloride of mercury, a slow acting poison. Mrs. Green is crippled, and has been in very poor health for some time, and it is supposed that the condition of her health prompted the rash act. Mr. Green had gone over to C. M. Blue’s, a neighbor, to get some water and stayed for perhaps 30 minutes in looking over the war news in the daily paper. On his return home Mrs. Green informed him of what she had done. Dr. Loy was hurridly summoned and he later called in Dr. Kresler. A stomach pump was used to draw the poison before it became assimilated through (the system, and it is hoped that she will recover. Mercury is a very slow acting poison and it will probably be about a week before the doctors will he able to declare her completely out of danger. Rev. Green came here a few years ago as pastor of the Baptist church which position he has not held, however, for the past couple of years. The family has had pretty hard work to get along and the condition of Mrs. Green of late had made it all the harder for them.

Tar via Covering Looks Good.

Sherman White of Brook, the Tarvia street oiling contractor, began active work here Tuesday of sweeping the dust off the streets that were dry enough tor the purpose—in some places sprinkling had been indulged in too freely to permit of sweeping until they had a chance to dry off—with a big rotary steel brush, and Wednesday commenced placing on the Tarvia. A large sprinkling tank designed for the purpose, with pipes and levers at the rear, which are operated by a man stationed on an iron seat at the rear of the tank, regulating the flow of the fluid, is used in spreading the Tarvia. Apparently the contractor is doing a very good job indeed. His outfit for spreading the fluid puts it on more evenly than it could possibly be spread by hand —the method heretofore used in what oiling has been done here —and it is probable that the work may be extended to some of the other streets not included in the order of the city council.

Lafayette & Northwestern Ry. Co. Granted Franchises.

Notwithstanding the strenuous opposition made by the Indiana & Northwestern Traction Co., to the granting of a franchise to the L. & N. W. Ry Co., in this and other counties through which it desires to run its proposed roadi, the latter seems to have won out pretty generally, as it also did in Jasper county. Concerning the fight over in White county Tuesday, the Monticello Journal says: “Attorneys representing the rival company known as The Indiana & Northwestern Traction Co. were present and made strenuous objections, arguing that the company receiving the franchise should designate the route the road would follow. The objections were not considered weighty, however, and the franchise was granted.”

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized——Together With Other Notes Gathered Hom The Several County Offices. The Kankakee, or Marble ditch, is to be sold Sept. 16. Newton county paid in $3,670.63 auto license tax for the first six months of 1914, and gets back $3,591.71. White county gets back sl,000.92, but the papers there do not state the amount paid in. Edward von Kanel, the steeplejack mentioned in Wednesday s issue of The Democrat, made some easy money her d Wednesday in painting the court house flag pole. He was 45 minutes at the job and got a S2O “yellowback” for the work.

The field examiners finished checking up the county clerk’s office Thursday and went to Wheatfield yesterday to check up the school board there. They complimented Mr. Perkins on the condition of his books — saying that they were kept as good as any in the state and much better than the majority of them. Township Trustee A. S Keen, Alexander Jensen and R. A. Mannon of Wheatfield, were here Wednesday on business connected with the issuing of $6,0 00 in bonds to pay for the addition of two rooms and basemept added to tt e joint hign school building at Wheatfield this year. The old building of five rooms and basement was erected in 1906, but had become inadequate to accomodate the increased number of pupils. William Erwin took the horse stolen by Fay Dilts from Kouts Saturday night, to the owner, Henry O. Pagels of near Kouts, Thursday. Noah Wenrick, a distant relative of Dilts' near whose place, southwest of Wheatfield, Dilts was arrested Monday while riding he stolen animal, was in Rensselaer Wednesday. He stated that Dilts comes honestly by his crir.iinal tendencies, bis father having served a term m the pentitentary. It is also said that Dilts and his sister, the latter d. essed in boy’s clothes, side a team some time ago in Porter county. Dilts and another man are aiso said to have stolen a team at Chicago Heights and served six months imprisonment for same, later being released on parole. Len Griggs of Rensselaer, who is also a distant relative of Dilts, says that the latter stole a team from the rear of Eger’s grocery stole a few years ago, but the team was recovered and he was not prosecuted. Dilts is about 23 years of age, and seems destined to spend the most of his life behind prison walls.

Attorney and Mrs. A. # D. Babcock of Goodland, were over' Wednesday in their automobile, and A. D., in conversation with the editor, paid his respects to Jasper county’s “improved" roads, which he characterized as the worst in Indiana. And he is not far wrong. The north mile of the Range Line road in Carpenter tp., is especially in a horrible condition, and is simply unfit to travel over at all. , What we need in Jasper county is fiwre intelligent repair of roads already constructed and no more roads ordered built unless the specifications are right to insure a properly built road —something apparently we have been very lame on. Better to have one mile of properly constructed road than three miles imperfectly contsructed. Admitting that the Range Line road between Rensselaer and Remington has more travel than any road in the county, yet more money is spent—wasted would perhaps be the better word—on this road than elsewhere in the county, yet our “improved’’ roads that have very little travel over them—possibly because they are so frightfully bad—are a disgrace to Jasper county, and unless we can build roads right it would be better to abandon trying

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST \ 1914

tc build them at all, for the money Is worse than wasted on most of the lately constructed apologies we ha' New suits filed: No. 8257. Elmer Bush vs. Charles. W. Haskins, action in replevin of a fed male calf. Appeal from Squire VanDoozer's court at Wheatfield, where The case was taken from C. J. Hobbs, rate justice o r the peace at Kersey, who challenged himself to hear said cause because of having expressed an opinion and also having resigned as justice of the peace, to whom it was taken from Squire Greve’s court at Demotte. Defendant asked for a change of venue from the township in Van Doozer’s court, and the court granted same on payment of all costs, including the five witnesses summoned by plaintiff, but defendant refused to pay same and walked out of court. Plaintiff demanded the going ahead with the trial, and evidence was heard, the court finding that plaintiff was entitled to the value of the calf—it had been killed and shipped to Chicago by defendant—and the value of the calf was $lO. The court also found that plaintiff should recover $5 damages, which tctal judgment with costs amounted to $32.23. Defendant appealed to the circuit court. No. 8258. Richard C. Gregg vs. John M. Ellis, et al; action to foreclose mortgage. Demand $2,300.

EXCURSION TO LOUISVILLE

Starting From Rensselaer, Sunday, August 16, at 5:00 a. ni. The Monon will run an excursion over its lines to Louisville, Ky., on Sunday, August 16, starting from Rensselaer at 5 a. m., and reaching Louisville at 12:30 p. m. Returning train will leave Louisville at 9:15 p. m., on same date. The round trip fare from Rensselaer and other stations south to Lafayette, inclusive, is $2.00, after which a gradual reduction is made, and from Bedford, the last stop, the round trip fare is $1.25. The special train schedule from Rensselaer, its starting point, to Lafayette follows: Rensselaer 5:00 a. m. Pleasant Ridge.........5:19 a. m, McCoysburg. , .5:24 a. m. Lee. ....... ...... .5:29 a. m. Monon 5:39 a. m. Reynolds .....5:51 a. m. Chalmers ........6:01 a. in. Brookston 6:09 a. in, Battle Ground. . . . .6:18 a. m. Lafayette . . 6:39 a, m.

Little Girl Critically Ill at Home of L. A. Harmon.

Catherine Sneyd, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J- Sneyd of Chattsworth, 111., who has been visiting the L. A, Harmon family here for about two weeks, took very sick about three days ago with obstruction of the bowels. Her mother v. as sent for and arrived Thursday. Her condition became very alarming Thursday night and her father and brother were dispatched for and came by auto, together with a nurse and doctor from Chattsworth, 80 miles, in three hours after having been sent for, reaching here at about 3 o’clock yesterday morning. The condition of the child is still quite serious, but the contemplated operation had not been performed at this writing.

Notice to Citizens on Streets to Be Treated.

Notice is hereby given that in order to successfully treat the streets with Tarvia B. oil it will be necessary to have the streets perfectly dry in order to allow the Tarvia to penetrate into the roadbed, Citizens living on streets to be thus treated will refrain from sprinkling said streets until after the same have been treated and the Tarvia set.— BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR.

Conveyance Will Be Furnished.

Arrangements have been made for conveyances to carry old soldiers and others who desire to attend the reunion of Company A. 87th Ind. Regt., which will be held at Shelby Grant’s, just west of Rensselaer, next Tuesday. A general invitation is extended to all old soldiers and old citizens of this vicinity to attend, and all are asked to take baskets of provisions for the picnic dinner.

Birth Announcements. " Aug. 3, to Leonard Keister and wife of Jordan tp., a daughter. Aug 3, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Harshberger of Parr, a son. Aug. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Wolfe of Newland, a daughter. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SNORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Geo. Worden’s Home Destroyed by Fire at Remington. This Thursday morning fire broke out iu the roof of George Worden’s home across the creek in the south part of town and the building burned rapidly leaving ruin in the place of a home cottage. The fire company responded immediately and made good time in getting a stream of water on the fire, but before they arrived the roof was all in flames and began to fall in almost immediately.

The fire w hen first discovered 'as in the north roof and in that part of the house there had been no stove or lamp lighted. It is therefore probable that it ignited frofn a spark from the kitchen flue, the roof being so dry that it burned like tinder. Plenty of help was at hand shortly and the household effects were mostly uncermoniously bundled into the street and yard, though some of course were not gotten out of the building. A part of the south end of the house saved and the foundations remain undamaged, the rest of what remains of the walls will have to be torn away. The fire company stayed by the job even in the face of the excessive heat and did good work.—Remington Press.

Purtelle After Franchise.

Richmond, Ind., Aug. 3. —The Richmond & Hamilton Traction Company, recently organized by Eugene Purtelle, of Tipton, has begun an active campaign in behalf of the projected electric line from this city to Hamilton. Petitions signed by taxpayers of Boston township and of Wayne township (including the city of Richmond! were filed with the Wayne county commissioners asking that special elections be called to vote on the question of subsidies. Boston township will vote on the proposition to give SIO,OOO and Wayne township, SIOO,OOO. The commissioners this morning postponed hearings on the petitions until next Saturday. It is said opponents to, the subsidy plan will endeavor to defeat the plan to have special elections called.

Newton County Men Imbibe Too Freely of “Lake Water.”

According to the Lowell Tribune an auto load of seven men from Lake Village, who were returning from a trip to Cedar Lake one day last week, got into trouble from havng imbibed too much “lake water ” They ran their machine into the ditch before reaching Lowell and v hen they got there the driver, J. M. Lilly, who was the owner of the machine, was arrested for running an auto without a license and also for running an auto while intoxicated. He was found guilty on both < barges and his fine and costs amounted t.o about S4O. Al < lark, postmaster and constable at Lake Village, was also arrested, but took a change of venue > from Justice Woodcock’s court. Another of the party was arrested but made a sneak from the court room and had not yet been overhauled, according to ’he Tribune. !

New Fertilizer Factory at San Pierre

s As an outcome of many mysterious visits in the past by strangers to examine the marl beds on the Trissail farm three miles northeast of San Pierre, a fertilizer manufacturing enterprise has been carried on there for experimental purposes for many months, which has now passed the experimental stages and is being expanded into the extensive manufacture of the product, which is given the significant name of “Marlashumus,” because it is mainly compounded from marl, wood ashes and the humus plant >fbod extracted from muck. The product has been

registered as a commercial fertilizer by the Northern Indiana Fertilizer Company of San Pierre, Ind., and is placed upon the market under the certificate of the state chemist.— North Judson News.

Commissioners Appoint Registration Inspectors.

At Tuesday s session of the board of county commissioners the following inspectors were v appointed for the registration of voters: Barkley, east—-Charles P. Moore Barkley, west —Charles W. Reedi Carpenter, east—William Broadie < arpenter. west—-Ad Hensler Carpenter, south—Charles A Bonner. Gillam—James W. Stephens. Hanging Grove—Edward Cook. Jordan—Alva McCashen. Kankakee—C. R. Peregrine Keener—F. M. Hart. Marion. No. I—J. W. Coen. Marion, No. 2—J. F. Hardman Marion, No. 3—C. J. Dean. Marion, No. 4—Charles Morlan. Milroy— George W. Foulks. Newton—Charles R. Weiss. Union, north—Frank Goff. Union, south—James McClanahan. Walker—William Middlecamp. Wheatfield—Thomas Jensen. Other proceedings of the board Tuesday were: Kenneth Groom appointed to scholarship at Purdue Cniversit}. County Surveyor DeVere Yeoman directed to prepare plans and specifications for the following new bridges: 2 in Jordan; I in Walker: 3 in Wheatfield; 2 in Barkley; 1 in Marion. The contractors on the T F. Ma loney stone road in Kankakee tp., were given an extension of time until Oct. 15 to complete said road. J. B. DeArmoqd petition for highway in Kankakee tp.* viewers report filed and cause continued for filing claims for damages and for supplementary report of viewers. Francis W. Powers highway; viewers report favorable on public utility. No remonstrance tiled. Report approved and road ordered vacated and relocated as set out in report. T. J. Prouty ditch; W. F. Osborne, superintendent, files final report and is allowed $162 for services. There was still $105.54 on hand which was ordered pro-rated back to parties assessed on same. In the George R. Clayton and George Hart ditches in White county, the auditor reported unpaid .assessments of $3,899.10 in the former and $1,494.99 in the latter. Bonds ordered issued for unpaid astess■ments in each. County Surveyor Yeoman presents assessments in the C. J. Hobbs ditch, which are aproved and Nov. 5 fixed as last day to p,ay same.

Chicago to Hold Free Poultry Institute.

In connection with the thirty-ninth annual convention of the American Poultry Association, August 10th to 15th, 1914, which will be held in Chicago, HL, there will by a free poultry institute with the following program: On Tuesday, August 11 th, from 1 I a. m. to 1 p. m. in auditorium of Central Y. M ('. A., Mr. Harry M. Lanion, junior poultry husbandry, I . S. dept, of animal industry, Washington, D. C., will give a lecture on poultry raising Illustrated with 1,500 feet of moving picture films. Prof D. O. Barto, professor of poultry husbandry, Illinois State University, will also give an interesting lecture on practical poultry keeping. On Thursday. August 13 th, 11 a. m. to 1 p. tn., at Central Y. M. C. A., Prof. Win. A. Lippincott, professor of poultry husbandry, Kansas State Agricultural College, and Prof. James G. Halpin, professor of Poultry husbandry, Wisconsin Agricultural College will both give interesting and instructive lectures on practical poultry keeping. These lectures are absolutely free and are held under the joint auspices of the Chicago Poultry Society and the American Poultry Association. Every one w-ho is interested in better poultry shocld take advantage of| the opportunity offered and attend one or both of these institutes.

To You Mr, Farmer.

Did you ever stop to consider that the population of the world is increasing every year with practically no increase in land area since the world began. The wise man will take the first opportunity to buy a farm, ou can get one in this new country which is just opening up for settlement in Central British Columbia. Fine farms can be had in the Prince George district, the valleys of the Frazer, the Xecbaco, the Bulkley and Skeena rivers. The land is productive; the climate fine; first class country for stock; nome market. The chance for the farmer to become independent. For information write Whitney Land Co., 420 Germania, - ,t - Paul, Minn.—Advertisement.

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Vol. XVII. No. 36.

BRITISH CRUISER BLOWN TO ATOMS BY GERMAN MINE

Disaster Occurs After Kaiser’s Vessel Is Sunk—l3l Killed. GREAT SEA BATTLE RAGING One Hundred and Fifty Sailor* Drowned When English War Craft Sent Boat to the Bottom. London, Aug. 7.—A1l the news that has been received respecting both land and sea operations has come through French and British sources. Germany’s version of what has transpired has not yet been received and therefore the story has only half been told. Under existing conditions of communication, it will be long before the progress of the German arms can be recounted to the outside world. New York, Aug. 7.—The New York ofllce of La Prensa, the Buenos Aires paper, received the following via Paris: "Berlin, Aug. 7.—By order of the emperor 100 Socialist deputies have been shot in Berlin, among them tho Socialist leader, Herr Liebknecht.” The report Is considered baseless, an emanation of the wild war spirit in Paris. London, Aug. 7.—According to a. Rome dispatch to the Daily Express. Italy has joined England, France andL Russia against Germany and Austria. Halifax, N. 8 , Aug. 7.—The Whits Star liner Cedric came to anchor in the harbor here. She was accompanied to port by the British cruiser Essex, 'rhe warship’s decks were stripped for action and her torepdo nets were out. Intense excitement prevails all along: the Halifax waterfronts.

London, Aug. 7 —An official call to arms was Issued. The war ofllce declared an additional 100,000 men are required for the regular army immediately. London, Aug 7. —The British scouC cruiser Amphion was sunk by a* submarine mine.- One hundred and thirty men were drowned, besides a number of captive Germa-ns. The paymaster, 17 officers and 135 men of the crew were rescued by other vessels of the home fleet. Announcement to this effect was made officially by the admiralty. The Amphion was one of the vessels that surprised the converted liner, Koenigin Luise, laying mines off the British coast The Amphion and the Lance, a torpedo boat destroyer, sank the Luise, with the loss of 150 members of her crew. They stood by and rescued.as many of the Germans as they could. Fifty were taken on the Amphion. Twenty-two of them were Immediately taken to the hospital at Harwich to have their wounds treated It Is believed that the Amphion. struck a mine laid by the Luise while maneuvering to rescue some of the men swimming in the sea from the stricken German liner.

Vessel Refused to Surrender. The Lance had surprised the German boat, and ordered her to surrender. The commander of the German refused. The Lance then opened fire, and in six minutes, with the assistance of the Amphion, which had just arrived, had struck the Luise in a vital spot and sunk her. Both boats then stood by in an endeavor to save as many as possible of the German crew. The Amphion was a boat of 3,360 tons' displacement. Her crew complement was 320 men. The boat had no armor, although her skin was double amidships. Naval men say that she had no chance whatever when the mine exploded. She never was intended for battle service, bpt only fpr scout purposes, and bad been in service only since 1912. She carried ten four-inch guns and two above water torpedo tubes. Wireless messages were immediately sent by the Lance telling of the disaster, and the torpedo boat destroyer Virago was ordered to prepare to receive 200 bounded men and prisoners. The \ irago is expected momentarily to arrive at Harwich or some other point on the coast with the wounded survivors and some of the rescued Germans. British and German Fleets Clash. London, Aug. 7.—The British and German fleets in the North sea off Holland are battling for supremacy. The British warships are reported, to be driving the Germans toward the Dutch coast. Saw British Ships Chase Germans. A trawler reports having seen British warships chasing and firing on

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