Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Tidings From Relatives in the War Zone.

E. P. Honan received a postcard Thursday morning from his brother, Dr. James H. Honan, who is located at Badnauheim, Germany, saying that they were well. The card was written by Mrs. Honan and was in German. They could not write a letter, as everything is censored, aad only a few words were written on th.- card. The card was dated Aug. 2. Yesterday morning Mr. Honan received a cablegram from the Dr. dated Aug. 28, and sent from Gravenhage, Holland, containing three words, “Safe and well.” Dr. Honan and wife, who spend their winters here, he having a winter home and sanitarium at Auhad expected to sail for America on Oct. 11, but the war will probably hasten their departure, and if they can get out of the country it is likely they will do so at once. In fact, their presence in Holland would indicate that they had gone there to get out of the war zone and secure passage to God's country.

Family Hears From Henry Luers.

The family of Henry Luers received a letter from Mr. Luers Thursday morning which was written August 3. He was still at Vechta, Germany, and stated that he had three nephews and one brother-in-law in the German army, and that the conditions there were very sad, so many people mourning the death of relatives and loved ones in the battles or the departure of others for the seat of war. He said that he was going to try to reach home by Sept. 1, and if he is successful in getting out of the country he will probably arrive here next week.

But Their “Paper” Seems to Be Honored at the Banks.

“Still Building the Road on Paper,” sluringly remarks the Rensselaer Republican in a heading to an article relating to the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern Ry. Well, so far the banka are honoring the paper of the promotors of this road and none of it hhs come back endorsed “no funds” to haunt the holders. Neither have we heard of any of the parties connected therewith jumping their hotel or auto bills, nor are there any warrants out for the arrest of any of the parties, so far as The Democrat has learned. What a record the Republican has for backing enterprises! Just look back over the list for the past dozen years or more and see if you can recall a single instance in which it was on the right side of anything.

Many Will Attend College Again This Year.

Rensselaer and vicinity will be well represented again this year in the various educational institutions of the country. Misses Ethel and May Clark will attend the Woman’s College at Jacksonville, 111.; Misses Florence and Aileen Allman and Miss Marjorie Loughridge will attend Western College at Oxford, O.; Kenneth Allman will again attend the pharmacy school in Chicago; Miss Emily Thompson will attend a girls’ boarding school at Ossion, N. Y.; Alfred Thompson and Edward M. Honan will go to Ann Arbor, Mich.; Edson Murray at Madison, Wis.; and Kenneth Groom will enter Purdue University.

Fountain Park Assembly Will Close Tomorrow.

Fountain Park, near Remington, will close its 1914 session tomorrow, and the biggest attendance of the season is looked for. The program, which appears in another column, is one of the very best, if not the best, of the entire session. Pres. Grose of DePauw University; Clinton N. Howard of New York City, and the Williams Jubilee Singers, with other minor features, provide a day's entertainment, which no one can affofd to miss. Make your arrangements to go to Fountain Park tomorrow.

Household Goods at Auction.

As I am breaking up housekeeping I will offer a quantity of household goods at my residence on Front street at "2 p. m., Saturday, Aug. 29. All in fine condition and includes an almost new large size baseburner and a good organ.—MßS. J. P. WARNER.

All kinds of casing and tube work. Liner work a specialty. Located over Fred Hemphill’s blacksmith shop. Service guaranteed.—STOCKWELL & BRADOCK 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. 8268. Charles Collins vs. Emerald Aldrich and wife. Complaint to foreclosure mechanic's lien. Demand $24.50. An interesting article relating to the early history of Beaver Lake, from the pen of former sheriff John O’Connor, appears on another page of today’s Democrat. The republican township convention for Union tp., will be held at 2 p. m., Saturday, Sept. 5, at Parr. G. H. Hammerton, H. J. Reeder and Joseph W. Brown have announced themselves as candidates for trustee, and Frank GCff of Fair Oakr, for assessor.

Marriage licenses issued: At g. 26, Gilbert D .Seegrist, son of Samuel Seegrist of Tefft, aged 20 June 23 last, occupation farmer, to Arvilla Mae Albin, daughter of Luther Albin, also of Tefft, aged 20 Sept. 13 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under age, the father filed written consent to issuance of license. Married by Rev. P. C. Curnick in the clerk’s office. Clerk J. H Perkins received a letter from the authorities of - Longcliff insane asylum Thursday, in which they stated there was now no vacancies in the men’s department of that institution, and there would therefore necessarily be consiuerable delay in accepting men patients from the northern insane asylum district. Additional quarters are now being constructed, but will not be completed before June or July of next year.

MRS. I. N. HEMPHILL DEAD.

Sudden Death of Rensselaer Woman in Chicago Hospita.l Mrs. I. N. Hemphill, of Front street this city, who was taken to Chicago last week and operated on in the Hahnemann hospital last Friday, died at 11 o’clock Wednesday night. Undertaker W. J. Wright and members of the family went to Chi-

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cago on an early train Thursday morning, returning with the remains on the 2 o’clock train the same afternoon. While Mrs. Hemphill’s condition was known to be somewhat critical, as disclosed by the operation or partial operation performed on her, her (jeath came as a great shock to the relatives and many friends here. Her daughter, Miss Minnie Hemphill, had gone up to Chicago Tuesday morning to be with her mother, returning Wednesday night on the 11:05 train. She had left her mother resting nicely and apparently getting along as well as could be expected. The hospital attendants state that she was breathing naturally and her pulse seemed to be all right within five minutes before the tims she died. Word of her death was received here shortly after her daughter reached home. Mrs. Hemphill leaves a husband and five children, two daughters, Minnie and Elizabeth, and three sons, Georgia, John and Floyd. She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. C. J. Dean and Mrs. David Alter of Jasper county and Mrs. L. W. Benbow of Winamac. Mrs. Mary E. Troxell is her stepmother. Her age was about 56 years. The funeral will be held today at 3 p. m., from the house, conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett of the Presbyterian church and the Ladies of the G. A. R., assisted by Dr. Curnick of the Methodist church, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

New Telephone Directory Books Turned Over to Company.

In response to inquires The Democrat desires to say that the new telephone directory books recently printed by this office, were turned over to the telephone company and will be put out by the latter as soon as their new switch-board is installed. As quite a number of changes will be made in the numbers it w ould cause too much confusion to have the new books in use before the new switch-bbard is installed.

EARNING HIS $6,000 PER YEAR.

“Ross” Murphy Returns From Joy Ride With One of the Rig Chiefs. A recent issue of the Indianapolis News says: "Crawford Fairbanks, Joseph H. Shea and Charles .1. Murphy arrived home Tuesday afternoon from a vacation of several weeks spent in New Jersey and New York. They visited a number of seaside resorts. The trip was made in Mr. Fairbank’s big automobile. Mr. Fairbanks is the well known Terre Haute brewer, and the head of the Crawford FairbanksTaggart political machine. Mr. Shea is judge of the appellate court and candidate for re-election. Mr. Murphy is a member of the public service commission and democratic district chairman of the Tenth district.”

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. Young Lawyer Dies of Wound. Hammond, Ind., Aug. 26. —In an effort to eject a shell from a pump gun, Attornely W. K. McAleer, former republican prosecutor of Lake county, accidently shot his nephew and junior law partner, Vernon McGirr, this morning. The accident occurred as they were about to step into their automobile south of Hammond, ■where they had beep f ar an early morning hunt. McGirr, wbo was 25 years old and unmarried, died four hours after the accident. 11c was a graduate of Valparaiso University and until recently was secretary of the Lake County Republican central committee.

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

A. M. Clark Writes of the Crops in Kansas. Gardner, Kan., Aug. 23, 1914. From Windy Kansas to The Democrat and My Friends: As 1 see you have solne reports of crops in different localities and some of them are friends of mine, or were one day, will write something of our crops. We had a good wheat and oats crop. I had 75 acres of wheat and threshed 2,250 bushels, or an average of 30 bushels per acre, and 20 acres oats that made 1,507 bushels, or an average of a little over 75 bushels per acre. I helped thresh three weeks and didn’t thresh any wheat that made less than 26 bushels, and threshed one 20 acre field that made 4 6 bushels per acre, and no oats that made less than 65 bushels per acre. We had a fine prospect for a bumper corn crop up till the first of July. It has been a little too dry since that, but my corh will make 4 0 bushels or better. I am done plowing for wheat but will not sow for another month. We are well and enjoying ourselves out west. Give my regards to my old friends and neighbors.—A. M. Clark.

The Drainage of Beaver Lake.

The drainage commenced sometime during the Civil War, by cutting a spade ditch through what is known as the dividing ridge two

and a halt' miles south of the now Lake Village, and continued to the Kankakee river, both by spade and scraper, in the year of 186fi. James Halleck erected, a sawmill on his farm one-half mile west of the now Lake Village on this ditch bank and made considerable lumber for the needs of the community at that time and also erected a two-story building on the opposite side of the ditch, which was used for a store below and a hall above. The hall was used by the public for preaching. literary work and dancing. There was also a blacksmith shop there. This drainage work was carried on from time to time from the dividing ridge south and easterly, all up stream, until they had completed both main and. laterals to a point where they would give even fair drainage. The main ditch was completed to a point about the center line of Section 12-30-9 in McClellan township. At this point there was a real lake of water, about onehalf mile wide and about one mile long, extending into Colfax township, where it was necessary to have a dam so as to have a real opening, or, in other words, the tapping of Beaver laike, which took place on August 28, 1874, noon time, my birthday. This is why I remember the date so well. Mr. Milk, with shovel in hand, started the flow of water for the Kankakee river. There was a very large crowd of people there. A few that 1 call to mind, were Mr. Lemuel Milk, rather of Jennie M. Conrad, Ceorge Milk, a nephew of Mr. Milk, Mr. Cooley and son, Charley, then a young boy about 12 years old. 1 remember he wore a smart suit, loose coat, knee pants, salt and pepper dots, a sailor straw hat and had a small shotgun, about number sixteen guage and was shooting at kill-deer. There was also there from the Chicago Union Stock yards, Mr. Allen Gregory, both of the Mr. Congers, Mr. Ada ins and Mr. Bancroft, also several others that I have forgotten the names of, and those of near by home. Some of them still living are Isaac Kight of Fair Oaks, Joseph Kight of Thayer, T. Kight of Roselawn, Samuel Kight of Lake Village, James Tuber of brook, Samuel Itouch of Monience, George Wats of Kankakee, 111., Chris Larson, now of Kersey, Jasper county, I. W. Burton, now living on the banks of the Kankakee, at the place called Blue Grass, a beautiful spot in the northeast corner of Newton county. I think that, the now exJudge Darroch, then a young school teacher, was also there. That is to tiiC best of my memory. There were many people there that are now dead. Mr. Spry, who was Isaac Kight’s father-in-law, Mr. Halleck, the father of Mr. Abraham Halleck. Mr, Mart Burton, who was a father-in-law of Joseph Kight, Mr Stoner of Lake Village, William Burton, father of I. W. and William H. Burton, Jesse Julian, father-iri-law of Samuel Rouch, that is as many as 1 can remember now. There was surely a big crowd there, a real picnic, and the Chicago “big bugs,” as they were then called, brought all kinds of eating that was good and well cooked, different brands of cigars, and not forgetting the different brands of whiskey. After dinner there were short speeches by several, but the first and one that I remember t.h<? most in particular when Mr. Milk was talking about Ihe great enterprise at hand, Mr. Bancroft got up and asked Mr. Milk this question: ' say, Lemuel, what is the use of your going to all this trouble and hard work and expense when some day the man that marries your daughter will spend it and forget your hard work?”

I remember this JuHt as if it was only yesterday, when Mr. Milk turned to Mr. Bancroft and said: "Bancroft, if the man that marries my naughter has as much pleasure in spending [t as [ have in making it, I will be well paid.” •Just think, what a noble thought from a noble man like Mr. Milk. I always admired him after that. After the speechmaking, the good things wet and dry were 'used freely, but no one got “boozy.” | remember also that all those that came from Chicago came via Momence on the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad, now the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, and had to be brought from Momence in wagons to Beaver Bake, a distance of about twenty miles, and no stone or gravel roads either. That was surely a wild looking country at that time where the horse theives made their headquarters at Bogus island. How J came to Indiana and why I stayed, leaving Chicago with full intention to go to New York and reenter the United States navy—being recently honorably discharged and wanting to take a vacation before I left for the east, I went to the town of Chebance, 111,, eight miles from Kankakee pity, where an uncle lived on a farm, a few miles from Chebance. I went there to make a visit and to shoot chickens and quail, and while there I had the pleasure of being introduced to a gentleman by the name of Milk, a large land owner, both in Illinois and Indiana, and in conversation with him he became very much interested in ray talk about my travels around the world on board an American man-of-war. He invited n)e to take a trip with him one day to visit some of his farms, which I accepted with

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Vol. XVII. No. 42.

ALLIES POWERLESS TO STOP GERMAN ADVANCE TO PARIS

Lille, Valenciennes and Longwy ‘ Captured. CAPITAL READY FOR SIEGE Defensive Operations Are Begun and All Trains Are Expected to Be Stopped as Teutons Continue March Into France. Pariß, Aug. 28. —With the Germans forging ahead In northern France, the Belgians active in the vicinity of BrusBels and Mallneu, with the German oenter and left llank checked by the allies, Paris this morning believes the conflict of millions appears at last to be in progress. The people of Paris realize that the allies are lighting to block all ( roads to this capital, with the Germans hardly farther away than 90 miles, the distance between New York city and Philadelphia. Paris believes the German's objective Is Paris itself. The Impending battle probably will be an attempt by Germany, with the hugest army ever employed, for a swift attack, to sledgehammer Its way through the allies’ offensive barrier while trying to outflank them between their left and the seaboard. This is evidenced by the fact that the French have retreated from the fortified city of Lille and have abandoned Roubalx and Valenciennes, near the Belgian frontier. They have fallen back on Arras, where a battle of great Importance 1b expected hourly. More than Beven hundred and fifty thousand Germans are reported ready to march on this point, It is said. Longwy also has fallen, after a fierce bombardment by the Germans. London, Aug. 28.—A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam states that a message from Antwerp contains the information that the Germans have recaptured Maltnes.

By C. F. BERTELLI.

7,000 Germans Reported Killed.

Paris, Aug. 28.—The war office gives out the following: The French troops have retaken the offensive in the Voeges mountains, driving back the German forces, which Wednesday forced the French to retreat to the side of St. Die. The Germans bombarded St. Die, an unfortified town between the Vosges and Nancy. For five days the French offensive attack has been uninterrupted. The German losses are considerable. More than twenty-five hundred dead German soldiers have been found southeast of Nancy on a battle line extending for three kilometers. More than forty-five hundred more are lying along a four kilometer line in the region of Vltrimont.

(This is the battle In which 600,000 men were engaged—3oo,ooo on each side.) Longwy, a very old fortress of which the garrison consisted of only a single battalion and which has been bombarded since August 3, capitulated after having held out for 24 days. More than half the defenders were killed or wounded. Governor of Longwy Honored. Lieutenant Colonel d'Arche, governor of Longwy, has received the decoration of the Legion of Honor for his heroism in the defense of the town. On the River Meuse our troops have repulsed several German attacks with extreme vigor. A German flag has been captured. The Belgian troops in the noble defense of Namur and the French regiment eo-operating with and being supported by them, have rejoined the main French lines. In the north the English army, attacked by a German force numerically far superior, after brilliant resistance has retired slightly upon its right. The French armies have maintained their positions in Belgium. The army at Antwerp by its offensive movements has drawn and held before it several German divisions. French Still Hold Lille. London, Aug. 28—The French embassy denies that Lille has been taken by the Germans. Serious fighting was In progress in the vicinity of Lille in the morning, as‘'well as Valenciennes and Roubaix, also reported to have been captured. But the Germans, ae cording to embassy officials, were forced to retire. A dispatch from Ostend—which was occupied by British marines—reported the capture of these three cities, all of which are well within the French border. Military men were disinclined to credit the report, despite a Daily Express dispatch from Ostend. whi^b

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