Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1914 — Page 1

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TRINITY M. E. CHURCH

To Have a New $3, 000 Pipe Organ, the Gift of “Uncle” George Hosmef. Uncle George Hosmer, who for several years has made his home here at the Makeever hotel, gave the Trinity M. E. church of this city on Thursday afternoon $3,000 in cash to purchase a pipe organ for the dhurch. Mr. Hosmer is a bachelor and has no nearer relatives than nephews and nieces. He is getting quite well along in years and desired to do something for the Methodist church here. After talking the matter over with Rev. Curnick and some of the members of the church board,

he decided that he would give the church a fine new organ and fixed up the papers Thursday afternoon making the gift complete and without reservation.

Naturally the pastor, church board and members of the church in gep-. eral, are very much pleased over Mr. Hosmer’s generous gift and can hardly wait until the new organ is installed. Their church has recently been remodeled and enlarged at an expense of twelve thousand dollars, and is now a comodious and up-to-date church edifice.

The church was arranged, at the time of remodeling, with a view of sdmetime, as soon as they could get around to it, installing a pipe organ, and Mr. Hosmer’s splendid gift makes this dream possible much earlier than the membership had anticipated, for which all, naturally, feel very grateful to the generous donor. The new organ will be in-

stalled as soon as possible. Public announcement of the gift will be made at Sunday morning services, and doubtless there will be a large congregation of the members and friends of the church, why by their attendance will express their appreciation of the gift."

District Meeting of W. R. C.

The district meeting of the Woman’s Relief Corps was held in the G. A. R. hall in the court* house in Rensselaer last Tuesday. All corps in the 10th district were well represented. The convention was called to order at 10:30 by the District President, Mrs. Rebecca Vail. MrsComingore of Marsh B. Taylor Corps presided at the piano. After two hours of ritualistic work, dinner was announced, and all retired to the banquet hall where the tables were loaded with everything good to eat. All wish to thank Mrs. Emma Atnsler for the delicious coffee that was served in the afternoon. The state president, Mrs. Flora Millspaugh, gave an instructive talk on patriotic work and complimented the convention on the perfect work that was done. There were several post department presidents present, also Mrs. Mary MeCarkle Gemras, Port National Chaplain.

The officers elected for the new year are: District president, Louella Childers, Corps 39, Rensselaer; senior Vice, Etta Ostrander, Marsh B. Taylor Corps, Lafayette; treasurer, L. French Williams, John A. Logan Corps 191, Lafayette; district secretary, Mrs. Sallie Crooks, Corps 39, Rensselaer; delegate to the national convention Washington, D. C» t Mrs. Ella White, John A. Logan Corps No. 191, Lafayette; alternate, Mrs. Bell Frankford. The number registered was 77. xx

Brother at Indian School Died in Chicago.

Bro. Christopher Lutkemeier, who has been out at the Indian school for several years, died at the Alexian Bros, hospital in Chicago at 9 p. m., Thursday/and the body was brought back here last evening for iyirial. The funeral will be held this morning, probably at St. Joseph chapel, and burial will likely be made in Mt. Calvary cemetery. The deceased was a native of Germany and was 62 years of age. He had been in poor health for the past year ,and a half and was taken to Chicago about a month ago. He underwent an operation Monday, but the doctors were unable to save his Jife. i

Yes, They Are One and the Same Party.

Anxious enquirer: “is the Ben D. McColly who went on the bond of the Rensselaer man bound over to the circuit court for boot-legging the same McColly who is the republican candidate for sheriff of Jasper county?” Yes, he is the same McColly,.

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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. New suits filed: Nor 8297. Levi Aretas Hopkins vs. Nehemiah and Caleb A. Hopkins': action for partition of real estate. v

Monday, Nov. 2, is the last day for paying the first, or fall installment of taxes. Do not forget this, as if you let this installment go by without paying, both installments become due and payable and the penalty for delinquency is added. Marriage licenses issued: Oct. 20. Peter Fushelberger of Winamac, aged 50 April 28 last, retired farmer, to Wilhelmina Zimmerman of Rensselaer, aged 4 3 August 3 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for female; second for male, first having been dissolved by death Feb. 17, 1914. Married by Father Daniels of St. Augustine’s Catholic church.

Circuit court notes from the Newton County Enterprise: Judge Hanley was over Tuesday and directed the calling of a grand jury for next Monday. What matters will be considered are not of public knowledge. State vs. Levi Kuboski, charged with child desertion, defendant released on SIOO bond. In the suit of Elizabeth Kuboski vs. Levi Kuboski for divorce, agreement of property rights was matPif plaintiff siven SI,OOO, sls a month for a term of eight years to support children, and a year for five years. The three suits brought by Aaron and Ellen Lopp against the estate of Isaac V. Speck, sent to Jasper county on change of veffiie.

DR. HONAN VISITING HERE

\\ ith His Brother, K. P. Honan.— Recently Returned From Germany. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan of Badnauheim, Germany, who recently returned to America, reached here Tuesday night for a visit with his brother, E. P. Honan and wife. They stopped over in Ann Arbor, Mich., for a few days to visit the doctor’s nephew, Edward M. Honan, who is attending there.

As previously stated in The Democrat, Dr. Honan secured a special train to take his patients from Badnauheim to the Hague. He had quite a little difficulty in securing this train, but in company with a prominent gentleman of Philadelphia, Pa., he went in person to the president of the railroad and stated the condition of some of his patients an<jl a train was placed at his disposal. The itrip from Badnauheim to the Hague usually requires about ten hours, but they were twenty-nine hours in making the journey, their train being held up at many places to allow mobolization and munition trains, which had the right of way over everything else, to pass. They met two trainloads of French prisoners and two trains of wounded German soldiers, the latter having about 900 wounded on board. The wounded were in box and cattle cars, with straw for bedding, and were being taken care of as well as coufd be expected.

On this train there were 110 Americans being taken out of Badnauheim, most of whom were there for a course of treatment for heart trouble. The Germans there were very nice and accommodating to them, and even advanced money to some, of liis patients who could not secure funds on their letters of credit.. This, of course, was all squared up before they left, after letters of credit and express orders were being paid.

IL S. Ambasador Gerrad, to wh.o|n pr. Honan made,, a personal appeal for funds fbr some of his patients and friends, forwarded 500 marks to him to give to Americans in need, who' simply gave as assurance their

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914

home address. Hon. William Dudley Foulk of Richmond, Ind., and Frank H. Dodd, of the publishing house of Dodd, Meade & Co., of New York, assisted Dr. Honan in distributing these funds among the temporarily embarrassed Americans.

two men who looked after the baggage of Dr. Honan’s party on their special train, were millionaires, and millionaires were no better off than their poorer brothers at this time. The train carried no diner, but the ladies had all provided themselves with baskets of food, and they got along very nicely. Arriving in London they found all the steamship offices packed and besieged with Americans seeking passage Tor Uncle Sam’s domain, and Dr. Honan and wife were three weeks before they could secure passage. Several of his patients, however, preceeded him in leaving London. Dr. Honan and wife sailed from Liverpool on the Olympc on the night of Sept. 16. The ship was darkened and stole out as quietly as possible with its 3,000 passengers bound for New York. No was experienced on the trip over.”^

While Dr. Honan was not at any time in the fighting zone, they were within hearing of some of the sea fighting near Helogoland while at the Hague.

Dr. Honan gives great praise to Ambassador Gerard of Berlin, and to Consul General Harris of Frankfort on the Main, for the very efficient manner in which they handled this most trying situation, and for the almost daily instruction* received by him, for the welfare of the American citizens.

As to the County Treasurer’s Candidates.

The Democrat has been told that our friends, the enemy—the republicans —are trying to influence votes against William 1. Hoover for county treasurer, on the grounds that Mr. Hoover has already had two terms in office as county sheriff, and therefore should not be elected treasurer; that he is asking too much. This sort of “dope,” it is said, is being k used to influence democratic voters away from him.

Now, as a matter of fact, while it is true that Mr. Hioover has served two terms as county sheriff, each term is but two years, and he has made three campaigns—he was defeated in the first campaign—for the office, and the term of office for sheriff, bear in mind, is but two years, while that of auditor, clerk, recorder, etc., is four years, and we hear no objections from the republicans to giving each of these 4-year offices, another term, making eight years for them. There is no more reason why any of these other offices should be for a term of four years than there is for the sheriff and treasurer being four year offices, instead of two years, and it is said that if we get a new constitution in Indiana, these offices will all be made four-year offices.

But here is another thing that should be taken into consideration in this matter: Mr. Hoovers republican opponent, Charles V. May, of Carpenter tp., is the present trustee of his township, and will have served six years on January 1 next, when his successor takes the office. He has served six years in public office already, while Mr. Hoover will have served but four years up to January 1, 1915.

Also, The Democrat desires to call the attention of the voters of Jasper county to tl?e fact that Judge Hanley, who is a candidate for reelection on the republican ticket, has already served twelve years as judge, and if re-elected this fall it will give him three terms, or eighteen years, in this one office. He also served two terms as sheriff before he was elected judge, which would make, if he is re-elected as judge, 22 years as an office-holder. Mr. Hoover was not an active candidate for the nomination for treasurer, and if elected he would not take office until January i, 1916. The line of “argument* being put up by republicans in this respect is very weak, to say the least, and it will be noticed that they do not use it where their own candidates are concerned. ‘lt should have no weight wit hi democrats or with the voters of other political faiths.

We wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors, who so kindly assisted us at the time of our mother and sister’s death, and for the beautiful sentiment expressed in flowers. and MRS. C. T. BOICOURT, MISS NANCY REES.

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CENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT HITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Indiana Youth Killed. I Fowler, lnd., October 19.—Earl Turner, is years old, son of a wealthy farmer near Pine Village, this county, was killed tonight as he was driving home alone in his automobile from Oxford. His machine turned turtle.

Fatal Auto Accident in Newton County.

George Crawford of Mauteno* ill., was killed in an a>uto accident on the Burton hill, west of .Lake . Village, Newton county, last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Crawford was driving a large car in which were his wife and two children and his sister-in-law and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Leßeau. As he scaled the crest of the hill he met Charles Brand, who was driving west in a buggy, in turning out to let Brand pass, the edge of the sand grade gave way and the car turned completely over, burying all the occupants underneath. The tenant on the Burton farm saw the accident and hurried to give assistance, but when the car was raised, Crawford was dead and Leßeau was being smothered in the sand and was unconscious, but otherwise was uninjured. Mrs. Crawford and two children escaped without injury. The man passing in the buggy was unaware of the accident, as the car turned over after he had passed. This is said to be the fifth automobile accident at that point this season.

EDWARD L. SHEEHAN KILLED.

Lafayette Contractor Knocked From Bridge by Steel Beam. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 21 .---Edward L. Sheehan, one of tjjie leading contractors of northern inuiana. was killed shortly after noon today, at the new Main street bridge over the Wabash river. He had charge of the gang of men putting in cement wfilks across the bridge. He bad started for home in the Mly and was walking across the bridge when a heavy piece of steel, lowered from the old bridge which is being torn down, fell and struck iUm. He was knocked off t he bridge and fell thir-ty-five feet, alighting on rocks in the river bed. He was dead when the physicians arrived. Mr. Sheehan is survived by a widow and several children. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholicchurch, a member or the Elks lodge, was prominent in democratic politics and was one of the best-known Lafayette citizens.

INTERURBAN WORK STARTED.

Stakes Driven for Line From Lafayette to Kankakee. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 22.—Lafayette’s latest interurban railroad project, the proposed line from this city to Kankakee, 111., was taken out of the realm of speculation yesterday afternoon and made an apparent reality when the first stakes were driven and offices established in Lafayette. The Lafayette & Northwestern line has been in process of organization several months and franchises have been secured arid all the preliminaries arranged. £onds have been sold to farmers living along the route and the company proposes to make a specialty of rural freight service for hauling grain to city markets.

'The line will run from here northward to Montmorenci, then to Remington, Rensselaer, Morocco, St. Mary s, St. Ann’s and Kankakee. There it will connect with the system running into Chicago. O. L. Brown, general manager, opened offices and appointed Harry Schelhous as chief engineer. The survey is now being made and much of the rightof way has already been obtained. It is hoped to complete the line by next fall.

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POLITICAL NOTES.

I S. Wade of I-afayette, spoke at the court house Wednesday evening on the political issues from a prohibition standpdint. William Darroch of Kentland, democratic candidate for judge of j the Jasper-Newton circuit court, was j in Rensselaer a short time Wednesday. VOTE NO on proposition of the. state appropriating $2,000,000 for a centennial celebration in 1916, and YES on holding a constitutional convention. Hon. Wiii. L. Newbold of R<ushville, spoke at Remington Wednesday night and at Wheatfleld Thursday night, for the democrats, having very nfee meetings at each pl^ce. The prohibition party faited to file its certificate of nomination for the county picket in Jasper county and as a result will have no county ticket in the field. They will have but two names on their county ballot, that for representative in congress and for joint-representativ.e of Jasper and White counties. The rest of their ticket is blank.

Jasper county democrats should not give any credence to the many false reports that the republicans are starting in regard to democratic candidates, in the hope of winning away democratic votes from our county ticket. The republican candidates are becoming desperate and are resorting to the most despicable methods to do their democratic opponents harm. Exercise your good common sense and you will pay no attention to these stories. The democrats have up a good ticket and it is deserving of your hearty support. The mistake most commonly made by voters in marking their ballots is to stamp the little square in front ot the first name on the ticket, thinking that this }s the way to vote a straight ticket. Don’t do it; sueh a ballot is only counted for the one name marked. To vote a straight ticket mark the emblem circle at the head of the ticket and leave all the little squares unmarked. If you wish to vote a “scratched” ticket, DO NOT mark within the circle containing the emblem, but make an X within the small square at the left of the name of every candidate for whom you desire to vote.

Senatorial and Congressional Candidates’ Expenses.

Under the Federal corrupt practices act, candidates for United 3tates senator and congress, are required to file sworn statements of their campaign expenses at least ten days prior to the election. Today is the last day for complying with the law, and at this writing reports have been filed of Indiana candidates as follows: Benjamin F. Shively, democratic candidate for United States senator, SI,BOO, which was paid to the treasurer of the state committee. Congressional candidates: Oscar E. Bland, republican, second district, $305.63; William E. Cox, democrat, third district, $677.86; Lincoln Dixon, democrat, fourth district, $805; Roy L. Schattuck, republican, fifth district, $473.75; Finley H. Gray, democrat, sixth district, $475.34; Albert H. Vestal, republican, eighth district, nothing; H. L. Kitzelrnan, progressive, eighth district, $54.60; M. A. Morrison, democrat, ninth district, $467.61; George W. Rauch, democrat, .eleventh district, $840; Henry A. Barnhart, democrat, thirteenth district, $993.70; Charles a. Corbley, democrat, seventh district, nothing; Cyrus Cline, democrat, twelfth district, $871.75.

.Notice to Me Ness Customers. I ain going out of the medicine business and expect to give up the route by the first of January, 'so those knowing themselves indebted to ine, please send same by mail, call and settle, or be prepared to settle when I caII.—ESTON PITZER, Box 225, Rensselaer, Ind., Salesman for McNess Products. s-n-24 I Mr. Farmer, 'V e give 38 lbs. of our best flour in exchange for one bushel of wheat. If you haven’t the wheat, buy It from your neighbor and save 25c on every bushel by exchanging it for flour. We guarantee all of our flour.— IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS, phone 4 56. Notice of Settlement. Persons knowing themselves indebted to me are requested to settle as soon as convenient. I: M. WASHBURN. Subscribe for The Democrat.

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BRITISH GIVE UP AMERICAN SHIP AFTER DEMAND

Standard Oil Tank Steamer *Freed by England. OTHER BOATS STILL HELD Government Held That Vessel's Cargo of Oil Was Contraband —Germans Sink Twelve Ships— Italian Craft Sunk.

Washington, Oct 23. —Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, was informed by the, London foreign office that the American tank steamer, • John D. Rockefeller, seized by British cruisers, had been released. The ambassador received no word concerning the other American ships, the Brindllla and Platuria. His advices were communicated at once to the White House and that was taken in official circles as an indication of Jthe personal interest President Wilson has taken in the cases. The Rockefeller, like the Brindllla and the other two ships, carried illuminating oil which Great Britain la understood to have declared contraband. It was seized and taken to islands off the coast of Scotland.

The ambassador's advices were that jthe Rockefeller’s cargo was consigned merely “to order” at Copenhagen and [that the British cruisers which took it jhad difficulty in establishing its destination. Fuel and lubricants were declared conditional contraband by the I proclamation of August 4. U. 8. Demands Release. Acting Secretary Lansing of the state department announced that the United States had protested to Great Britain against, the seizure of the American steamer Brindilla, now at Halifax, N. S„ as unjustifiable, and demanding its immediate release. ' Secretary Lansing said the American protest, made through Ambassador Page, was similar to that lodged against seizure of the John D. Rockefeller, bound from Philadelphia to Copenhagen. He stated that the Brindilla also was plying between neutral ports —New York and Alexandria, Egypt—and he was satisfied that,, even though there had been a change of registry from German to American, the ownership was continuously American. Carried Illuminating Oil. The cargoes of both the Rockefeller and the Brindilla contained illuminating oil, which has not been specifically declared contraband in any list sent to the state department by Great Britaip, although officials here believe Great Britain regards that oil is covered in the general prohibition against "fuel.” A Norwegian steamer which arrived at Las Palmaß, Canary islands, according to a dispatch from that place, reports that It was visited by a German cruiser, whose captain declared he had sunk 11 British and French and one Italian steamers.

PRISONERS SLAIN, CHARGE

German Embassy Gives Out Story of • Alleged Negro Atrocities jCommitted Against Teutons. Washington, Oct.' 23.—The German embassy has received the following by wireless: “The Roman paper Tribuna publishes an interview with an Italian deputy Just returned from France, who expresses his admiration for the Indian troops he saw at Marseilles. The Senegal troops made the best impression, he says, although they were so bloodthirsty that the French army command was often prevented from sending them to the front. These negro foyces often killed, without the knowledge of their officers, German prisoners, and he sayß that once these Senegalese murdered all the German war prisoners in a railway transport.”

DENIES SHE SHOT WOMAN

Mrs. Carman Tells Jury She Was In Bed When Bhe Heard Crash of Glass. Mineola, L 1., Oct. 23.—Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman told her Btory on the witness stand. It was her appeal to a farmer jury for her life. Mrs. Carman said she was in bed on the night Mrs. Bailey was killed. She testified that she heard a crash of glass arid then a Bhot. She said she did not kill Mrs. Bailey.

Shell Hits Seely's Auto.

London, Oct. 23. —Colonel J. E. B. Seely, former secretary of state for war, had a narrow escape from death at the front recently, according to advices received here. The wheel of the motor car in which he was travel* ing was shattered 'by a German shrapnel shell.