Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ASSURED AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR

Is Lincoln Chautauqua, Which Ended 1914 Session Thursday Night. The 1914 sesison of the Lincoln Chautauqua ended Thursday night with another fine program. The general opinion seems to be that the talent this year was better than that of last, and there was no difficulty whatever in securing the necessary guarantee or sale of tickets fqr the Chautauqua again next year. And this, too, with no five, ten or twenty lots of guaranteed tickets asked for, only as many as each, one expected to have use for in their family. A total of 615 tickets w T as subscribed for, and the local committee will have better than SIOO to the good from the session just closed, against about sl2 in excess of expenses last year. We have had the very best of weathei for the Chautauqua just closed, and its ideal location has also had much to do with the good attendance right along. Everyone has been well pleased with the entertainments and we may reasonably expect that next year’s session will be more largely attended than that of this year. Senator William E. Mason of Illiois, who had cancelled some of his dates at other places recently, was here Tuesday afternoon and his speech was well received. Tuesday was the really big day of the Chautauqua, the talent for that day’s program being the most expensive of the session. The Royal Black Hussar band was exceptionally fine, while Mrs. Morrison, the reader at both iaorning and afternoon and evening, was pronounced the best ever heard here, and her selections were exceedingly good. Belle Kearney’s lecture Wednesday afternoon was also exceptionally fine. Miss Kearney is a highly educated woman and a splendid speaker. The talent that wejiave had here this year was much better, in the opinion of most people, than that of the Remington Chautauqua at Fountain Park, although not costing nearly so much money, perhaps, by reason of the fact that the talent of the Lincoln Chautauqua is on a program every day and the traveling expenses is very light because of the short distance between towns. For example, the talent came here from Lowell, and went from here to Monon. It will thus be seen that better talent can be secured for less money than could possibly be had by an independent Chautauqua. The Democrat believes and sincerely hopes that this class of entertainment will have a splendid effect here and will finally displace that disease for street carnivals and like entertainment with which considerable of the blood of some of our people has become tainted. No one can attend such entertainments as we have had here the past week without being benefitted ths£eby and becoming better men and women and therefore better citizens.

Harry Kurrie Tendered Ovation at His Old Home.

A dispatch from Paoli, Ind., under date of Sept. 18, says of President Monon railroad system, and a resident of Rensselaer for several years: Harry R. Kurrie, the new president of the Monon railroad, was tendered a hearty reception in this city last night. When he arrived in !his home town he was met by a line of automobiles and, led by the Paoli band, the procession conducted him to his former home, where he was received by the schol children, young people and old friends. Later at the Mineral Springs Hotel, the business then gave a banquet. Elmer E. Stout and Dr. H. E. Barnard of Indianapolis, were among the speakers.

Probably $15O to the Good.

The local Chautauqua committee ■will probably come out in the neighborhood of $l5O to the good in the Chautauqua held here this week. That is, after paying all expenses there will be about thgt sum left in the hands of tlfe comimttee. There were sold 687 adult season tickets and 16 childrens’ seaspn tickets. The cash receipts at the gate were $355.10.

Presbyterian Church.

The services at the Presbyterian church, Sunday, Sept.-20, will be as follows: Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.: preaching, 10:45 a. m.; Christian Endeavor, 6:45 ! p. m.; preaching, 7:30 p. m. Everyone cordially invited to attend all these services.—J. C. PARPETT, Pastor.

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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 From The Several County Offices. Prosecuting Attorney Longwell has appointed C. M. Sands of Rensselaer, as deputy prosecutor. The county council of White county at its meeting last week, made a levy of 30 cents for county expenditures proper, 15 cents for gravel road repair, and 4 cents for court house bonds, a total of 49 cents on the SIOO valuation. Roy Dilts, formerly of Rensselaer, who was arrested near Demotte a few weeks ago by Sheriff Hoover for stealing a horse from Henry Pagels of Kouts, was sent to the reformatory from Porter county this week for a period of one to ten years for this theft. i On information received from Jerry Karsner, who has been intoxicated a few times lately, a warrant was sworn out before ilduire Bruner a few days ago and John Platt was arrested on the charge of bootlegging, Jerry having claimed that he got his booze from Platt. Platt took a change of venue and the case was sent to Squire Irwin’s court and set for hearing last evening. Last Monday Squire S. C. Irwin performed his 200th marriage ceremony, when he united James T. Davis of Kniman, and Miss Etoil JVlima Helsel of .Virgie, together for better or for worse. This is quite a record for the less than twelve years Mr. Irwin has held the office of justice of the peace here, and the per cent of marriages that “stuck” is no doubt as good as those performed by ministers of the gospel. The county council of Starke county has published a request to the people of that county asking them not to petition for any more stone or gravel roads until such time as the tax rate can be reduced. With the roads already petitioned for, Starke county will have over 400 miles of improved roads when all are completed. About 100 miles are at present under construction or have been petitioned for. They ask this because of the present “high rate,” 50 cents on each SIOO valuation. Well, Jasper county can give Starke hearts and spades on county taxes, our rate is 69 cents,, more than one-third higher than Starke, and here lass than 200 miles of improved roads. V * “ • ——' The contract for the concrete abutments for the new bridge across the liver at Work street, has been let to C. W. Platt and Joe Miller, both cf whose bids were the same, ss' per cubic yard. There are about 150 cubic yards in the job. The contract for this bridge was let, so the record snows, to the East St. Louis Bridge Co., but it is rumored that local men are really behind the contract. It is to be completed by November 1. And rumor also has it that the contract was taken at too low a figure. However, the 1 taxpayers are not to blame for this, and they should see to it that the bridge is built strictly according to plans and specifications.

The Kankakee or Marble ditch was sold Wednesday afternoon to R. H. and G. A. McWilliams of Chicago, at 5% centsi per cubic yard, this firm being the lowest of the many bids submitted. Other bids wefe: Timothy Fooey, 6y 2 cents. R. B. Gordan, 6.15 cents. M. J. O’Mera & Son Dredging Co., 5.69 cents. A. V. Mills & Sons, 5.69 cents. Sternberg 8r05.,. 5.98 cents. .1. M. Boyer & Co., 5.88 cents. Rensselaer Dredging Co., 8 cents. Rodger & Black, first section only, 6.35 cents. Northern ~ Construction Co., 5.70 cents. Coleman & Sons, 5.70 cents. J. C. S. Sprafikle, 6.58 cents. Horton & Mosely, second section only, 6.4 cents. Sealed bids were submitted for

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1914.

the work, but several of the many dredge men here to the letting did not submit bids at ail. John Brown, et al, for the remonstrators, posted up a notice in the east court room, where the letting was held, notifying prospective bidders, amohg other things, that the contractors would be held strictly accountable for any damage to lands caused by overflows or otherwise occasioned by the dredging. The contract provides that the work must begin on or before Dec. 1, 1914, and be completed by Dec. 1, 1916, although extra time will be allowed for any inconvenience caused by Jasper county. This ditch begins at the Starke county line, and extends west to a point three miles west of the Monon railtoad bridge, a total distance of 28 miles. It cuts off a number of the short bends in the river, making it about one-fifth shorter than it now is. A petition has been filed and is now pending in the Newton circuit court, to carry the work on west seven miles to the Illinois state line. The estimated cost of the ditch was $328,391.11, or $50,521.71 more than the price at which it was bid off. The estimated benefits w r ere $413,814.93.

YOUNG MAN FULLY EXONERATED

Case Against Edward M. Honan Is Dismisesd. The case of the State of Indiana vs. Edward M. Honan, son of Attorney E. P. Honan of this city, which was set for trail at Montlcello for Thursday, Sept. 17, has been dismissed by the state. The father of Frances Klinger, the prosecuting witness, filed a statement with the prosecuting attorney, Howard T. Brockway, of Wihite county, stating that he had made a thorough investigation of the charges against the defendant and that in his opinion he was satisfied that the charges were not true, and that the defendant was innocent of the crime charged against him and requested that the prosecuting attorney dismiss the case. The prosec'll ting witness, Frances Klinger/ also madjp'a written statement to Mr. Brockway, wherein she stated that the defendant did not commit the crime charged and she likewise requested that the cause be dismissed.

Father of Mrs. Ed Oliver Dead.

James C. Houser died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed Oliver, of near Newland, Tuesday night. His age was 8 3 years, 4 months and 6 days. Mr. Houser had made his home with -ffiis daughter since the death of his wife nine years ago at Danville, 111., where they had resided for about fifteen years. He was the father of nine children, only three of whom survive, Mrs. Oliver of Newland; Mrs. Lyda Hallon of Kankakee, 111., and George W. IHouser of Hoopeston, 111. Mr. Houser had been in poor health and failing since last March. The funeral was held at his daughter's home at Newland at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon, services conducted by Revs. J. C. Parrett and G. W. Titus. The body was shipped to Danville yesterday and laid by the side of his wife.

“John D.” to Have Opposition.

Rensselaer is to have another wholesale oft and gasoline firm. Frank and Art Calkins of Bentbn Hoopeston, and Charles Kennedy of Fowler, are establishing plants at Fowler, Renrrelaer and in this citv Two 12.000 gallon tanks are to bo placed here with the other necessary equipment near the Standard Oil tanks. A large two-ton truck is to be used for wholesale delivery. It is understood that their stock will come from the Indian Refining Company.

Registration Day October sth You cannot vote at the approaching election uhless you register in’ the precinct in which you reside, Monday, October sth, will be your only opportunity to register in Jasper county. If absent from home or prevented from visiting the place dr registration by reason of eicknees, registry may be made by sworn application. Keep the date in mind, Monday, October sth.

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. Calumet Ditch Contract Let. Valparaiso, Ind., Sept. 15.—S. P. Corboy, superintendent of construction, has let the contracts for the Calumet ditch in Lake and Porter counties, 9.8 miles long, to the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Chicago, for $114,900, for the sand work, and to the Northern Construction Company of Elkhart, Ind., for $1 1 2,500 for the marsh. The work is to begin by December 1 and be completed by July 1, 1916.

Tool Carried in Pocket Ends Autoist’s Life.

Crown Point, Sept. 15.—A small screwdriver carried in his inside coat pocket brought instantaneous death yesterday to Fred J. Hanson, bookkeeper, 520 West Eighteith st., Chicago. Hanson joined a party in an automobile trip to Crown Point. He got out of the car and when he attempted to step back he slipped to the street and did not arise. Ripping open his shirt, his friends found a small screwdriver driven into his heart.

Editor Drawing on His Imagination.

A wireless post card which we expect to receive tomorrow from T. F. Downing, who is still helping his wife visit relatives in Jasper county, Ind., says: “Rensselaer is a lot bigger town than when it first started, and several new families have moved in since we left here thirty years ago —of course a few have moved icWay, but no one has grown any older. In passing through Chicago I noticed that they now have electric lights in that city, and also street cars on Main street; think they had just had an awful rain there, anyway Lake Michigan was almost bank full. There is no end of good things to eat back here, and 1 have gained almost a quarter of a pound in five weeks, and the weather is so nice and cool that I am wearing my heavy clothes. This is a great country inhabited by a grand good people, many of Ihem our relation, but Little River, Kansas, is the best place on earth, Europe not excepted even in times of peace. Will try and get home before the watermelons are all gone-—if not save me a few sixtypounders.”—Lil tie River (Kansas) Monitor.

BLIND BAGGAGE TOURIST KILLED

Man Supposed to Be Allison Dodson, of Louisville, Killed Instantly at Monon Monday Night. A man was found dead alongside of the Monon tracks at Monon last Monday night after the passenger train from Chicago, due there at 11:35, had pulled into the station. Two other men were'’seen to jump from the train just as it stopped. Coroner Gable was called and reached there early this morning. He found that the top of the man’s head had been crushed and all the upper portion from the edge of the hair on the forehead back removed with the entire contents of the brain pan. Appearances indicated that he had

been riding on the front end of the mail ear next the engine, and that he had been thrown from the car by the momentum of the train when it struck tlie Y ' switch. His head struck the edge of a battery box standing near the track, completely braining him and breaking liis left arm. The only marks of identification were the initials ”A. I>." tattooed on his arm, a calling card bearing the name Allison Dodson, 728 South Eighth street, Louisville, Ky., and a coin purse bearing the name of a bank in Brentford, So. Dak. He had on two suits of clothes that were good with $26.80 and a new gold watch in his pockets. He was about 30 years old and his face was smooth. It is the supposition that the dead man had been at work in the harvest fields of Dakota, and was on his way home. The body was taken in charge by Wright Hinkle, who wired the Chief of Police at Louisville to learn if any knowledge of an Allison Dodson could be had there.-—Montlcello Journal.

E. P. Honan Receives Letter From His Brother, Dr. J. H. Honan.

E. P. Honan received a letter yesterday morning from his brother, Dr. James H. Ilonan, of Badtiauheim, Germany, who left there soon after the outbreak of the war with two special cars which he had chartered to take his patients to London. He will soon sail for America. Through the kindness of Mr. Honan we are permitted to publish tho letter or, so much of it as would be of interest to our readers. The fvords In paranthesis are ours: “London, Sept. 2, ’l4. * “The Welbeck Palace Hotel, “Welbeck Street W. “My Dear Brother and Sister: “It is at times hard for me to realize that we are in the midst of what I fear may prove one of the greatest wars in history, and no doubt it will be tho most destructive. Mrs. H. has written you of our flight thus far, and as for telling you with pen the details to It, I have lived through too much history in the making to describe it now. Furthermore, I hope to have a long visit with you soon when I shall have many things to tell you. “I do hope you received our two cables (only one of these was received) which would relieve your minds of any worry about us.* * * “I brought all of my very ill patients here with me and shall do the best I can for them until we reach home. “I am going down to the S. S. office to arrange sailing and will finish this later. “Later—We have secured sailings on ft. S. Calgarian of the Allan Line, sailing from Liverpool to Quebec on Sept. 25, and will be due to reach Quebec on Oct. 1 or 2. What our plans’will be on landing I am as yet unable to say, but can probably give you something more definite before leaving here. “We are thanking Almighty God daily, yes hourly, that we are thus far safe and well. “Every S. S. office is jammed with Americans scrambling for places to get home. T shall write you again before sailing.”

Cablegram Received From Father Hordeman.

A cablegram was received here a few days ago by relatives of Father William Bordenian of Frankfort, who was touring Europe at the time of the war outbreak there and from whom no word had been received for several weeks. The cablegram was sent from Grosenader, Germany, and dated Sept. •'». It said: “Not traveling on account of war. Booking for first ship to get home. All is well.” Father Bordenian is a son of Peter Horde man, Sr., of west of town, and a brother of the Bordenian boys of Rensselaer and vicinity. Be will probably reach home soon, as there is apparently little troiible now in securing passage from many of the European ports. The cablegram was sent to l an aunt ‘n Slew York City and she in turn notified his parish at Frankfort, Ind., and it appeared in a Frankfort paper received here by Mrs. John . Figer, who informed Father Bordenian’s father and brothers. At this writing no further word has been received since August 5, from Henry Luers of south of Rensselaer, who was visiting ip Germany when war broke out, although his family js looking for him home almost any day now, they believing that he has secured passage before this.

Birth Announcements. Sept. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. John Putts, a daughter. Sept. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. George Mathews of Newland, a son. Try a "want ad” in The Democrat

Vol. XVII. No. 48

ALLIED DUES SUFFER ENORMOUS LOSSES ON AISNE

Germans Defeated by Frenoh Troops in Alsace. FLANK MOVEMENT FAILURE Teutons Forced to Evacuate Termonds by Allies—Berlin Saya Retirement of Western Wing Was “Tactical Movement.” ' . Paris. Sept. IS—Terrific fighting with indecisive results continues along the Aisne from Noyon to the eastern slopes of the Argonne. The allies, being placed on the offensive in the effort to dislodge the Germans from strongly Intrenched positions covered by masked batteries of artillery, have suffered greater losses in the last two days than in any similar period previously since the war began. French Gain in Alsace. \ iolent fighting also has begun in Alsace, according to tel* grams from Switzerland, and the French are gaining ground The Germans have bombarded Nancy, and about fifty shells fell on the town, causing great damage and several fires. Among the dead were three women and many children. During the bombardment, which lasted from 11 a. m. to 12:46 p. m., the population stayed In the cellars. Trains of Wounded Arrive. The allies regard the position of the German right wing, under General von Kluk, as strong, the enveloping movement attempted by the French left having failed. The center position of the Teutons, however, Is rogarded by the allies as weak, and that of the Ger- , man left as almost untenable. Indicative of the immense losses the allleß have Buffered on the Aisne, numerous trains tilled with wounded are still arriving from the north. Fifteen hundred prisoners and a truinload of I captured machine guns, auto vans and

aeroplanes have arrived at Noisy-le-Sec. German Position Is Strong. German armies are occupying an intrenched position, skillfullly arranged for defense with heavy artillery, on the crests of the heights, and are making a stubborn fight all along the line from the Oise to the Meuse. The French and Rritish have continually repulsed German counter-at-tacks made by day and night. Inflicting Bevere losses on the enemy. The Franco-Hritlsh armies are In splendid condition and full of confidence. The German position is officially described to be strong on their right, weak in the center, with their left almost untenable. Denies Capture of Belfort The Journal Des Debats positively denies that the Germans have taken Uelfort, as reported In Berlin newspapers. The newspaper also asserts that the Germans bombarded Thann, an unfortified town in Alsace, possessing a magnificent gothic cathedral. The allien seem to realize that this third stage of the French campaign is critical. 'Pile tenacity with which the Germans are holding their positions and the persistence with which they return to the attack, despite their terrific losses and the exhaustion of the troops, indicates that this Is to be a battle of extermination. Masked Batteries Prove Effective. The German artillery, DJOOO guns, has continued to be particularly deadly. Their batteries are masked In the hills, where most of their new positions have been taken, and the guns are being served with the utmost precision.

It was because of the accuracy of the German big gun fire that the losses of the French have been so heavy. The war office confines Itself to the statement that the “advance of the allies can only be slow.” Several night attacks have occurred in which (he German sallies have been repulsed. Realization of the critical stage the battle had reached was forced upon Paris when Minister for War Millerand, yho hurried from Bordeaux to Paris for a conference with the war office, up to noon gave out no Information regarding the big battle. Military critics here Judged that the fight being fought north of the Aisne is to cover the retreat of the crown prince In his withdrawal from the Argonne-Meuse region toward the eastern theater of war to meet the Russians. Called "Tactical Maneuver." Berlin, Sept. 18. (By wireless via London.) —Official German statements deny the storiea of French and British successes, and claim that seeming reverse* of the German army are .merely.

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