Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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A SUICIDE AT FAIR OAKS.

Pearl Bake* 1 ,1 G Years Old, Dies From Self Administered Wuse of Morphine. Dr. 1. X. Hemphill was called to Fair Oaks Sunday afternoon to sA Pearl Baker, a 16-year-old girl who lived with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Dewitt of that place, and who had taken a dose of morphine with suicidal intent. The girl was lying, in a semi-conscious state w hen the doctor arrived, but did not live only a short time after he reached her side, the poison having gotten in its work before his ariyal. Coronor Wright and Drs. Hemphill and English went up to Fair Oaks Monday morning and an autopsy showed conclusively that the death was caused from morphine, and a verdict of suicide will be rendered by the coroner. It is reported- that the girl was in love with and wanjted to marry a railroader, who recently went to X'orth Dakota, where she was to join him, but such a close watch was kept on her by her grandparents, who opposed the marriage, that she could not get away. Her grandfather is an invalid and takes morphine to ease his pain. She had often seen him take the drug and she procured some of it Sunday afternoon and thereafter went up the stairs to her room. When the rain came up she was called to close the windows, but no response was had from her and an investigation was made by one of the Dewitt.'boys, who found her frothing at the mouth and breathing heavily. Dr. Hemphill was called at once but it was too late to save the girl’s life. , ; The girl was a daughter or John and Stella Baker, who lived in Rensselaer several years ago. Her parents separated and her mother later married Allen Gray, formerly of Carpenter tp., and they went to lowa to reside, where Mr. Gray died some two years ago. The mother is still in lowa, we understand, and was expected to arrive at Fair Oaks yesterday forenoon. Pending her arrival the time for holding the funeral had not been set.

Have Pulled Down the Bonus Vote Offer.

It is reported that the postoffice department has shut off the Rensselaer Republican’s voting contest so far as its offering or giving bonus votes is concerned, although it had the nerve to go ahead and publisn its offer of bonus votes even after it had been notified by the local postoffice that the department had held such propositions as illegal and against the rules of the department, and the "contest manager" is reported to have bombastically offered to bet one of the postoffice employes, when his attention was called to the prohibitive feature of the contest, SSO that he could not stop it. It is noted, however, that the last issues of the Republican contains no mention whatever of any more bonus votes, but it is possible that it has laid itself liable to prosecution for persisting in going ahead with the offer after knowing the department’s previous ruling in the matter.

New Switch-board Has Been Shipped

The Jasper County Telephone Co. received notice Saturday that their new switch-board was loaded that day at Genoa, 111., and it should reach 1 here early this week. This ■board was to have been shipped more than a month ago, and the delay has caused the local company much inconvenience, as they have been ready to connect up their lines to the new board. This work will take some little time, but when completed and everything in working order there is no valid reason why the patrons should not receive the very best of service. 'We understand that the manufacturers of the switch-board will sehd several men to help install same.

Oppie Wolf Breaks Leg.

Oppie Wolf, while assisting in getting a load or ice from the Kresler ice house Monday afternoon, attempted to slide down the ice schute:. He caught his foot in a 2x4 piece of the schute and broke both hones of his right leg about midway between the knee and ankle. The injury will lay him up for several weeks.

Notice Red Men. * Special meeting of Red Men order Friday evening, August 28. All members requested to be present. SACHEM. -* ’ Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept, 12 to 17, inclusive.

JOHN G. CULP FOR SHERIFF

L. A. Bostwick for Surveyor and F. W. Fisher (or Com. DEMOCARTS FILL UP TICKET With (lood Strong Candidates at County , Central Committee fleeting Saturday. At the meeting of the Democratic County Central Committee Saturday, fifteen of the twenty precincts in the county were represented, and all townships except Milroy, Newton and Wheatefild. The committeemen all felt much enthused over the prospects for the success of the local ticket and felt that good selections had been made in filling up the vacancies. The most interest centered in filling the place of sheriff, and in placing John G. Culp of Barkley tp., on for this place no better selection could possibly have been made

JOHN G. CULP

out townships, where he is also quite well known. Not a syllable can be said against him in any way, and that he will be elected by a large plurality is generally conceded. For surveyor L. A. Bostwick is probably as well a qualified man as could be found anywhere in this section of the state. He is a very competent civil engineer of many years experience and can fill the office with credit. Air. Bostwick resides in Rensselaer; I-rank W. Fisher,of Kankakee tp.. who was placed on the ticket for commissioner from the First district, i - as well qualified a man as there is in that district. He is a successful armer and stock grower, is welt acquainted with the county, and an exceptionally well posted farmer. In addition to his real estate holdings in Kankakee tp., he owns a farm in Hanging Grove, where he is also well known and highly esteemed. Mr. Fisher is also well known in Rensselaer and over the county generally, and will make a splendid commissioner. The democratic county ticket is now complete and is well worthy of the support of the voters of Jasper county. It is an exceptionally strong ticket and should be elected from top to bottom.

Remington Parties Looking After a “Traction Magnate.”

Cyrus Rice and Perry Griffith, accompanied by the town marshal, were over from Remington Monday looking after H. J. Wilson, one of the I. X. \\. T. Co. magnates who has been stopping over there for some time and is .?aid to have left about a month ago f&r Chicago, leaving his family in Remington. Mr. 'ice. who resides in Remington, has an auto hire bill of $172 against Wilson; it is said; Griffith, v. ho runs a hotel there, has a board bill of $72; Wilbur F. Smith and Orville Reames, whose occqpation we are unable to give, $31.50 and $33. 50, respectively. The marshall had a couple of warrants for Wilson’s arrest, The Democrat is informed, and as Mrs. Wilson and children were leaving on the 10:40 train Monday it was thought perhaps her husband might meet her here or that he could be apprehended in Chicago. the household goods of the Wilsons were shipped here from Milwaukee about a month ago, but have never been unloaded from the car and are still on the side-track, with the demurrage charged up against them. The goods were shipped to Mr. Wilson himself, and the Remington parties above mentioned, decided to

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get out a writ of. attachment and hold these goods, which was done. Whether they are the property of Mr. Wilson or his wi.e will no doubt now be determined. It is also reported that Simon Rice of Remington, is alter Wilson on a SSO check which was given him and which he burned over .after endorsing same to Lefler & Bartee of Lafayette, to whom it came back endorsed "no funds,” and they came to Rice for him to make the amount good. The Democrat is unadvised as to what defense, if any, Air. Wilson has to make for the non-payment of the above bills; but the writs of attachment for the amounts as given were sworn out in Squire Irwin's court and the public will probably bear more about the matter later. Mr. Wilson is the engineer for the I- N.- W. T. Co., and was associated with Eugene Purtelle during the latter’s promotion of the electric line this company alleges it expects to build through Rensselaer. He has also been connected with T. S. Roberts and the latter’s crowd of promotors who have been working on the scheme since last winter. President Roberts has apparently not been doing much in the matter of late, but was down here one day last week and accepted trie franchise granted the road by the city council of Rensselaer just before the sixty day limit for accepting same expired.

if the entire county had been raked over with a fine toothed comb. Mr. Culp is a splendid young man, clean as a whistle in every way and is very popular both in this city, where he resided for some years, and in the

CHAUTAUQUA IN AILROY PARK.

City Council Grants Permission at Monday Night’s Session. At the regular session of the city council .Monday night all members were present and much business was transacted: Permission was given for use of the w est side of Milroy Park for holding the coming Chautauqua, but under the present law the city cannot furnish free lights for such entertainments, neither for carnivals, and the juice consumed by the carnival people next week and also that used in the Chautauqua will have to be paid for, by the Red Men for the carnival grid the local committee for the Chautauqua. The matter of extending water mains from Vine to Cherry street, two blocks, and thus connecting two dead ends, was referred 'to Water committee. Petition o! Joseph X'essius for a light at the corner of Washington and Sparling avenues was referred to light committee. Petition of Emily Wrightman et al, lor sidewalk on north side of Jackson street along two lots formerly owned" by Mrs. Ruth Phillips, was referred to street committee. Petition of M. Gosnell et al, for light at corner of Jefferson and Merritt streets referred to light committee. Petition of .1. C. Grow' for water hydrant at corner of Forest arid v ine streets referred to water committee.. . ' Contract for scraping with a wire brush and painting two coats of 1-amt the Washington and College avenue bridges was awarded to \V B. Peterson at $7 0, the city to furnish the paint. Other bidders were: \V. S. Richards, $140; Frank Alter, $100; Lee Richards, $75; A. E. Kirk, SI3G; Walter Hopkins, $178; C. M. Blue, $lB6. Contract for sewer on east side of Elm street was let to Sam Stevens at $490 and $7 each for catch-basins. Other’biauers were: Lem Huston, $•>10, and Conrad Kellner, $496 both the same, $7 each, for the catch-basins^ Contract awarded Lem Huston for sewer in alley in Benjamin’s add at 40c tier lineal foot and $7 each for catch-basins. His was the only bid filed. City engineer was instructed to prepare plans and specifications for a sidewalk on Plum street, it. 14, bl. 5, and clerk directed to advertise lor bids for constructing same. An ordinance appropriating $l5O tor the Rensselaer band was unanimously passed. Advertisement was ordered asking for bids for furnishing the city with 2,500 tons of mine run coal for the water and light plant. The usual number of qlaims were allowed.

Birthday Surprise on “Grandma" ( > Zard. Mitchel.l, S. D., Aug. 20, 1914. Editor Democrat:—On Thursday, August 20, a few of the friends anv± neighbors to the number of twentylive gathered at the home of Mason Ke»tqn to a surprise on Mrs. Kenton’s mother, Grandma Zard, whose 80th birthday anniversary jt was. A pleasant afternoon was spent. Ice cream, cake and lemonade was served. The friends all wished she would spend her next birthday anniversary in South Dakota.-—A FRIEND. Lincoln Chautauqua at Rensselaer, Sept. 12 to 17, inclusive.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

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. v , Judge Hanley and family and Abe llalleck and family returned Saturday night from their auto trip to Kentucky. They only went as far as Lincoln’s old home, they being told that the last 80 miles of the trip to Mammoth Cave was fierce. They had very" good roads most of the way, but encountered some bad roads and worse hills. They visited Wyandotte Cave and had a very nice trip. In all they traveled about 1,300 miles. Sheriff Hoover is now entertaining two prisoners from White county, who have been sent here because of the unsanitary condition of the White county jail. Thus we are furnishing jail quarters now for three counties, including our own, Newton county having for a great many years, in fact perhaps ever since the county was organized, sent her prisoners here for confinement. With the present cost of foodstuffs, our sheriff is not likely to get very rich at hoarding and lodging prisoners for the amount fixed by statute, 40 cents per day.

li is reported that a poor, hardworking Rensselaer woman who has a worthless husband and is compelled to take in washing to support the ■ "i’*y while the “head” of the Rouse puts in his time in the pool hail, was notified a few days ago to vacate the house they occupy because of being several months in arrears on the rent. The woman states that she has given her husband the money each month to pay the rent’, but instead of paying it, he has blowed in the money playing pool. If the report is true it is too bad that the whipping post has been abolished.

Sheriff Downey went to Rensselaer Saturday and brought Ed King back to serve a term in jail. When the suit went against him here in the spring over the trouble at the Almo, lie had friends to go on his hail bond. The time of this bond expired last week and nothing had been done towards satisfying the claim and the bondsmen turned him over to the sheriff. As soon as the necessary arrangements could be made Sheriff Downey took him back to Rensselaer and put him in the jail there at the expense of this county to serve out his sentence. Ellis, who was sentenced here last week, was transferred there at the same time. —Monticello Journal.

New suits filed; No. 8202. McDowell, Britton & Cheadle vs. estate of Samuel Pass; disallowed claim on note on which Pass was surety and Geo. L. Johnson principal. Demand $291.92. No. 8263. Baughman Bros. vs. same; same kind of claim. Demand SSB. No. 8264. T. M. Callahan vs. same; same kind of claim. Demand $58.03. This is a personal note given by Pass. No. 8265. First National Bank of Medaryville vs. Same; same principal and surety. Demand $325. No. 8266. Same vs. same; same kind of claim. Principal F. E. Maskell with S. G. Pass as surety. !)••- i .and s62.£>o. No. 826 7. G. D. Prevo vs ; same; same kind of claim. Johnson principal, Pass surety. Demand $77.93.

Wolcott, Town Marshal Suicides.

At 2 o’clock this Friday afternoon just as we had finisned printing The Enterprise, the town was thrown into a tumult of excitement when it was learned that Marshal Aaron Brown had been found at the northeast corner of the tile yard dead, with a bullet through his right temple. Mr. Brown left home this morning belore breakfast, and had not been seen since. At noon Mrs> Brown became uneasy and started out to look for him. At the C. T. Boicourt corner she

met William Watson, who said lie would go and look for him. He crime down town and made inquiry, hut no one had seen him, and going to the drug store of Spencer Bros., was trying to get Mr. Brown’s phone to see if he had returned, when it was reported on the streets that he had been found dead in the tile mill yard, which report proved but too true.

George James had gone to the tiie yard for a load of "bats’’ and found the body lying at the end of a pile of tile, on a grass plot, a bullet hole through the head just above the right eye, lying on its face, with his revolver but a few inches from his hand. ML James went to the tile mill and help was summoned front town. Undertaker Holdridge went out and brought the body to the undertaking rooms, and notified the coroner..—Wolcott Enterprise.

Teachers for 1011-15 in Rensselaer Schools.

( The following teachers have been employed for the coming year but the present assignment of grades and work is subject to' any changes necessary in the organization of the schools at the beginning of the school year: ■ - . Ist- Helen Ramson 1st —Nelle Sawin. 2nd—Myra Watson. 2nd-—Edith Adams. 3rd—Minnie Hemphill. 3rd—Cela Anderson. 4 th- —Tillie Malchowe. sth—Jane Parkinson. Departmental 6th, 7th and sth - Ethel O. Dyer, May Stanton, Elsa r iuley, .Mildred Vanderburg. High school—U. R. Dean, superintendent and history; C. M. Sharp, principal and chemh try; J. fra t:oe, biology and agriculture; L. Waive Afallory, mathematcs; Olive White, English; Harriet Shedd, Latin arid German; Pearl Ruihley, Latin and German; Grace E. Stover, music and drawing; Carl Cleayer, manual training and drawing. The commercial teacher has not been employed as yet, but probably will be in a few days as there are two or three applicants being considered. A full Hst will be given, later.

Tin: li.viK pope. In exhorting the elders of the church, of whoni he was one, St. Peter says: Feed the lloek of Cod which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over Clod's heritage, hut being ensatuples to the flock. 1 1 there ever was a man who tried to measure up to this standard it was Pius X. In his will he said: I was horn a poor man, lived a poor man and wish to die a poor man. I beg the holy see to grant a pension ol $ 12 monthly to my sisters." These words, from the head of the most numerous body of Christians, and the most powerful church in tlie world, preach a much-needed sermon. They also afford another lofty proof of the exalted Christian character of th<* man who spoke them. He was not one of the "lords over Cod’s heritage.’’ There was nothing of that spirit in him. He belonged rather in the ranks of "Ihe holy and humble of heart.” We are quite unable to see why even the fiercest Protestant should not recognize the noble traits of this good man, and lie thankful that a great church had so worthy a head. ' Not. long before the pope died the Austrian ambassador to Italy asked him to bless Austria-Hungary and her armies. -His answer was: "1 bless peace.” And he died blessing peace, and praying for it. Is there a man in the world who would not rejoice to see the prayer answered, or one who does not. in his heart feel that peace is the most blessed thing that can come to men or nations? It was the psalmist who said: “The Lord shall give His people the blessing of peace.” The pope lived poor and died poor, lived a peasant and died a peasant,. And his last prayer ‘was, not for victory for any nation, but for peace for all nations. So he was not one of ‘‘the lords qv** God’s heritage,” but one of the ‘‘ensampies to the flock. - Indianapolis -Sews. 1

Special Train to Lafayette Fair Tomorrow.

On account of the Tippecanoe County Fair at Lafayette this week the Monon will run a special train thereto Thursday, starting from Rensselaer at 7:45 a. in., stopping at all stations, arriving in Lafayette at ft: 29 Returning train will leave Lafayette at 9 p. m„ the same night; The round-trip fare from Rensselaer is $1.90; Pleasant Ridge SL7O; McCoysburg $1.60; Lee $1.50; Monon $1.30; Reynolds SI.OO.

Vol. XVII. No. 41.

GERMANS WIN GREAT BATTLE WITH ALLIES

Namur, Nancy and Other Cities Are Taken by Teutons. 816 LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES Killed and Wounded In Stupendous Three Day Clash at Charleroi Outnumber Casualties of Any Modern Battle. London, Aug 25. —Namur has fallen. The fortress upon which the allies placed their main dependence to hold in check the advancing hordes of the German main strength after they had swept past Liege has given away before the advance of the enemy. The news came as a surprise, but was officially confirmed. The war office In giving out the tidings added this significant note: “This necessitates the withdrawal of a portion of the allied troops from the line of the Sambre to their original defensive position on the French frontier.” Namur is at the junction of the Meuse and Sninbro rivers. Its fall without a word of warning of any such prolonged slego of guns as was deemed necessary to reduce It to submission before the German advance Indicates that the uttack must have been sudden, sharp and terrific, and that the main strength of the German field forces must have been centered for the time being on this one objective.

London, Aug. 25 - The allied armies along the lino from Mona to the Moselle have suffered a severe reverse, according to an official statement from Paris. This statement says the English and French, after lighting both east and west of the river Meuse in ltelgtum, fell hack to the “covering positions.” The location of the new position of the allies is not specifically mentioned. It is thought, however, that they have taken their stand on the first line of fortress defenses across the border in France. Tho statement admits that the theater of action for the next few <lay& will he in French territory. Allies Loss Is Great. The statement adds that the casual’ ties suffered by the allies was great. It giv<s no figures, but asserts that the German losses were even greater than the combined French and English, ‘ The officials declare that the assumption of the defensive is temporary It is claimed that “at the right moment, to be decided upon by the commander in-chief, the French army v.lll resume a vigorous offensive.” Heroic work by the French is told. It says one brigade in the front line, carried away by their eagerness, were received by a murderous fire They 6id not give an inch, but, counter attacked by the Prussian guard, they were obliged to retire, only after inflicting enormous losses. Other French Reverses. Other reverses to the French army were described in inessa.ges. A dispatch from Paris said it was officially announced that Lunevllle, A mance and Dienloard, in the department of Meurthe-et Moßelle. had been occupied by the Germans. Germany Wins Three Days’ Fight. Londoiq Aug. 25.—Germany has won her great three days’ battle at Charleroi, Belgium, against the and English army. The press bureau of the war office announces that the Germans have taken the first line and that the French and English have been forced to fall back inside the French frontier. The battle has been by far the bloodiest the modern world has ever known. No one will undertake to estimate the losses. The war office merely says: ‘‘The killed and wounded already outnumber th ( ose of any battle of modern times. The figures are so stupendous as to mean very little.” Pressing steadily after the retreating allies, the gigantic invading force of the kaiser, estimated at 2.000J000 men, now has a firm footing on French soil. Three Other German Victories. At the moment of this victory on the Sambre comes the claim from Berlin —which is not contradicted —that three other great victories have crowned the German arms. The German army tinder Grand Duke Albrecht of Wurtemberg overwhelmingly defeated the French forces

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