Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1914 — Page 1

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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. AT;..' ’ Commissioners’ court meets in regular session Monday. Remember that Monday is the last day for paying the fall installment of the taxes. •

The Ryan ditch case, known of record in the supreme court as No. 22475, Ray D. Thompson vs. John P. Ryan et al, is set for oral argument in the supreme court for Nov. 25 at 10 a. m.

Tunis Snip, trustee of Keener tp., accompanied by his son-in-law, H. E. Gilbert, who recently returned with his wife and family from five years residence in South Dakota, was down on business Thursday. The material is here for the new Work street bridge, and same will be put in place as soon as the contractors complete the big 120-foot bridge across the Iroquois rives just west of town, near where Harry Eger lives.

Court notes from the Newton County Enterprise: A grand jury was convened Monday and a large number of witnesses examined. An adjournment was taken at night until the last Friday of the term when further consideration of the cases in hand will be had. The case of the State vs. Clarence Messenger, charged with robbery, was continued for the term.

Everett Meade, who is said to have been “tanked up” almost continuously for weeks, and perhaps months, was placed in jail Wednesday night and given an opportunity to sober up. Meade is a relative of Allen Catt’s, and has been staying there for several months and looking after their place while Mr. and Mrs. Catt were in Montana visiting their daughter, Mrs. Frank Wood. He is said to have received something like SI,OOO in cash from an estate quite recently and has been putting the money in circulation at quite a rapid rate. He was arraigned before Squire Irwin Thursday and on a plea of guilty to intoxication was fined $1 pnd costs, SB.BO in all. In default of payment he was taken back to jail.

John Finn, the democratic candidate for trustee of Kankakee tp., was in the city between trains Thursday. Mr. Finn had the misfortune to pinch the thumb of his right hand between a couple of boards on Aug. 3, but he paid little attention to the injury until later blood poisoning developed and he suffered untold agonies for several weeks and was given several anti-toxin treatments. It was found necessary to amputate the pnember, however, and it wias taken oft Sept. 10, about midway between the hand and firfct joint. Since then he has been getting along nicely and the wounds are now healed, although quite tender as yet. But John had a mighty close call from getting a seat on the damp edge of a cloud.

Last Member of Group Gone.

The recent death of John Coen, removes the last member of a group of twenty-three early settlers of Rensselaer and Jasper county, whose photograph was taken at the home of W. W. Wishard in 1898. In this group at that time were: Jarard Benjamin, Rev. D. T. Halstead, David Nowels, Wesley Hinkle, John Makeever, Clinton Hopkins, Henry Bruce, Henry Babb, William Wishard, Henry Smith, Simon Phillips, Sylvester O’Mera, John Coen, HenrjFisher, James Leatherman, Reece Goddard, Samuel Parker, William Robinson, Isaac Sayler, Joseph Callow, Micah Sayler, Sidnial King and William Cotton. All were old men at that time, and none of them, we believe, died much under 80 years of age.

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS

On Street Improvement Is Adopted by City Council—Total Cost About $12,000. The city council held an adjourned meeting Tuesday night at which the city engineer, F. W. Osborne, presented the preliminary assessments on the brick paving of Washington street and reported same completed according to plans and specifications, and same had been accepted. The report was adopted and the matter continued until Nov. 9 for hearing remonstrances thereto.

The work cost $5.06 per lineal foot, to abutting property on each side of the street. The largest single assessment is that of the city, which totals about $2,500 for the three street intersections and some return curbing. Jasper county, for its 300 feet on the north side of the court house square, is assessed $1,518.

At the regular meeting of the council Monday night, all members were present and the following business was transacted:

Bid of Conrad Kellner for sewer on Angefica street at 53c per foot, providing no rock is encountered, was accepted. The preliminary assessments for the recent street oiling which had heretofore been adopted, was confirmed and the assessment sheet turned over to the city treasurer for collection.

Preliminary assessments confirmed in the Webster and Main street sewers and also on sewer in alley of block 12, original plat, and block 2, Benjamin’s addition. Petition of Leslie Clark for a street light at intersection of Division. Cornelia and Franklin streets, was referred to the light committee. Petition of John M. Knapp for use of Angelica, Front and Jackson streets to move a barn which he has purchased of Mrs. E. L. Clark, to lot 6, block 14, Newton or Clark’s addition, was granted on petitioner filing the usual bond indemnifying the city against any damages that might result.

Here's a Chance for Some Good Man Wanting a Wife.

The Democrat is in receipt of a “want ad” from a young widow, who desires to marry again, providing she can find the right sort ot man. She states that she is a good, hard working woman who loves a home of her own and would appreciate a good, affectionate husband. She prefers a man with a small farm with stock, poultry, etc., where she could help make the living. Her ad appears in The Democrat’s want ad column of this issue. Now, some of you old bachelors get busy.

Warren Zellar's Store Burned at Aix Monday Night.

The Aix store, conducted by Warren Zellars, was destroyed by Monday night. The building was owned by Mrs. Anna C. Gilmore of Fair Oaks, and was insured for SSOO. Mr. Zellars’ stock was valued at approximately $1,200, with SSOO insurance. Both policies were carried in R. D. Thompson s agency. The fire occurred about 11 o’clock at night and is supposed to have started from an overheated stove. It is thought that Mrs. Gilmore will rebuild and Mr. Zellars will occupy the new building.

Big Class to Be Taken in Mt. Ayr M. W. A.

A class of 25 new candidates for initiation in the Modern Woodmen of America order will be taken in at Mt. Ayr next Thursday evening. The Wheatfield team will assist in the floor work. While neighboring camps of M. W« A., are prospering, the Rensselaer Camp is dead; killed completely by the action of a number of its members early last winter in leasing and turning its lodge room over to another order, as The Democrat said it would. There has not been more than two or three meetings with a quorum since that time and the membership is steadily decreasing, without a solitary new addition in the past year. The prosstitution of this splendid order here to selfish interests is greatly to be regretted. Dr. Hemphill Again Back in His Office.

Dr. Hemphill and wife returned Tuesday evening from a few weeks’ sojourn at Mound City and other points in Missouri and lowa, and the doctor is greatly improved in health. He is at his office again looking after his practice and desires to appraise his patrons of the fact;—Advt.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914

Another Boomerang of the Rensselaer Republican's.

The Rensselaer Republican says that “It has probably been noticed that Congressman Peterson has not been billed to speak here this fall. It is rumored that Editor Babcock defied the committee to bring him here, proposing to make a direct fight on him if he made a speech in Jasper county.” Now ‘“Editor Babcock” and Overy member of the “committee” knows that the above is a blank falsehood manufactured out of whole cloth. “Editor Babcock” is one of the twenty precinct chairmen composing said “committee” —an honor, by the way, that neither of the editors of the Republican have ever had conferred upon them by their party to our knowledge—and is also a member of the county executive committee, composed of five members of the democratic party in Jasper county. The question of asking or of trying to get Mr. Peterson to speak in Jasper county or of mentioning the

matter at all never came nor has never been discussed at any time to our knowledge, and we have not at any time thought.of or intimated that we would make any “fight'* on

him should he be brought here. Also, if the editors of'the Republican want to vote for Mr. Peterson —Which it is “rumored” they will—we shall not enter the slightest protest. In fact, we think they are in duty bound to do so. Now, so far as we have been able to learn'from our exchanges over the district, Mr. Peterson has not spoke in either Jasper, Newton,, Tippecanoe, Warren or White counties in this campaign. He has spoke in Lake and Porter. Why this is so we are not prepared to say, but the fact is that he is receiving very lukewarm support all over the district, and no one knows this better than the state committee, which has sent two U, S. Senators and Gov. Ralston into the district to help him out during the last week—Shively here Tuesday, Kern at Gary Wednesday, Valparaiso Thursday and last night at Lafayette, and Ralston at Monticello Thursday—and also sent Bryan here but recently, and it has been currently asserted and never denied to our knowledge, that Peterson did not support Bryan Jn his campaigns, too.

'No one is to blame for this condition except Mr. Peterson himself, who forced an obnoxious district chairman on the democrats, who al-

ligned himself with the machine politicians rather than the democrats who cast the votes, and who has stood for measures in congress ( that are particularly obnoxious to democrats, who believe in the cardi-; nal principles of the democratic party—especially is true of his action, on retaining the 20 cents' per mile mileage graft, when all the other Indiana congressmen voted! to abolish it, and his efforts in behalf of retiring government employes on a pension. Also, his ignoring of precedent of both democrats and republicans, of permitting postmasters to serve out the terms* of their; commissions, but ousting them to put hungry orficeseekers in their place, has been condemned, as the Republican once said, by the decent democrats everywhere. Mr. Peter-; son has shown himself less of aj statesman than a spoilsman, and if the democrats are not very enthusiastic over his re-election it is his own fault.

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ELECTION RETURNS.

The Democrat s next issue will not be printed until noon of Wednesday, instead of Tuesday afternoon, as usual. It will contain the latest general election news and also the complete tabulated vote of Jasper county, or so far as we are able to secure it up to that time, and we hope to be able to give it in full. The Democrat will be mailed out in time to reach Remington and other towns on the Panhandle road Wednesday evening, and stations on the Monon Wednesday afternoon. Rural route subscribers. of course, will not receive their paper until Thursday morning, one day later than usual. Extra copies may be obtained by mail or at The Democrat office at 5c per single copv, and in larger number at the regular quantity price. Election inspectors should bear in mind that they are required to start at once, as soon as the count is completed, with the returns to the county seat, where the board of election commissioners will remain in session all night long to receive the official returns. Inspectors cannot go home and to bed alter the count is completed and make the returns at their leisure. , I See Sec. 145. page 165 election laws);

S. R. Nichols Dead.

Samuel R. Nichols, former treasurer of Jasper county, who had been in a critical condition for some time at his home in the north part of town, died shortly after midnight Thursday night. At this writing arrangements for the funeral had not been completed, but it will probably he held tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Nichols was an old resident of Jasper county and was well known throughout this section of the state.

Senator's Shively’s Speech Was Well Received.

U. S. Senator Benjamin F. Shively s speech here Tuesday afternoon in Ellis opera house, was listened to by a very good-sized crowd, considering the weather, and while the speaker was quite hoarse from speaking at so many other points in a brief period of time, he made a splendid address. Most of his talk was along the lines of the accomplishments of the national administration.

We have always thought that Mr. Str’.-Iy was . one Of the ablest and most scholarly speakers we ever heard—-and we have listened to many of his speeches with great pleasure in the past twenty years. He never indulges in a word of abuse of opposing parties, but in a calm, clear and convincing manner drives his points home in a way that impresses one with the truth of his utterances. Senator Shively's address was confined almost entirely to national issues. He said no administration has ever confronted the problems in time of peace that have come to the present democratic administration. Besides embarrassing domestic problems, he said, there were extremely delicate foreign problems.

Continuing, he said: “During the last campaign the democratic party made solemn pledges and those pledges have been faithfully carried out. In the first place, let us consider the tariff question. The democratic party revised the tariff downward and placed it upon a fair basis.”

Senator Shively said he had been informed that former Senator Beveridge had been asking that the people of the state inspect his (Shively s) record. Shively said he was perfectly willing that his record be inspected. He said that during two years, while Beveridge was senator, the latter had failed to vote ninetyfive times in 151 roll calls. He said Beveridge had averaged not voting thirty-eight times in every one hundred roll calls during the twelve years he was in the senate.

Shively declared that his own record of not voting averaged twentyfour times in one hundred roll calls. He said that in the last eighteen months he had reported into the senate a larger number of bills and joint resolutions than Beveridge reported during the twelve years be was a senator.

- Hon. Thomas M. Honan, attorneygeneral of Indiana, accompanied Senator Shively here, but owing to the shortness of time permitted, did not sjieak. Sehator Shively went from here to Knox, where he spoke the same evening.

W e w in unload a car of Wisconsin sand-grown potatoes, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They are put up in sacks of 150 lbs., 2% bu. each. In 5 bu. lots or more, 55c a bushel. Also a car of apples at $2 and $2.25 a barrel.—JOHN EGER.

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TOWNSHIP TICKETS IN COUNTY.

Democrats Have Tickets in All But One Township, and Progressives in All But Five. The democrats have township tickets in Jasper county in every township except Keener, and the progressives in eight of the thirteen townships, they having no tickets in Gillam, Hanging Grove. Milroy, Walker and Wheatfield. The republicans have tickets in every township, but not all of their tickets are completely filled for such officers as justice of peace, constable and road supervisors. Neither are all of the democratic tickets completely filled in this respect. The progressives have practically full tickets in most of the eight townships in which they have nominated, but in Newton they have only a township trustee and assessor. The democrats, generally speaking, have put out excellent township tickets that are deserving of the support of every member of the party. We have the following candidates for trustees in the different townships:

Barkley .Grant Davisson Carpenter lames Wood Gillam Alva D. Ilershman Hanging Grove .... Joseph Stewart Jordan ......John Kolhoff Kankakee John Finn Marion . . ■ . .Edward Herath Milroy . William Garvin Newton . . Robert J. Yeoman Union . . . James W. Smith Walker Joseph Salrin Wheatfield . ~ .G. D. Gregory

The opposing parties have for trustees: • Barkley—John H. Rusk, Rep.; Harry E. Gifford, Prog.; Frank 11. Henley, Independent. Carpenter—Burr Porter, Rep.; William T. Corey, Prog. Gillam—James W. Stevens, Rep. Hanging Grove-Warren Pool, Rep.

Jordan—William M. Morris, Rep.; Emmet L. Fidler, Prog. Kankakee—Richard E. Davis, Rep.; Conrad F. Meyer, Prog. Keener—Clifford Fairchild, Rep.; Henry C. DeKock, Prog. Marion—Harvey W. Wood, Jr., Rep.; Newton A. Hendrix, Prog. Milroy—George W. Foulks, Rep. Newton--—John Rush, Rep.; Omar J. Kenton, Prog.

Union—George H. Hammerton, Rep.; Solomon A. Norman, Prog. Walker—Henry J. Hinricks, Rep. Wheatfield—Albert S. Keen. Rep.

The names of each ticket, or so much thereof as there were nominations made for, appears below by townships in alphabetical order The democrat appearing first, the republican second, progressives third, the order that they will appear on the official ballot. One township. Barkley, has four tickets, the fourth being a independent ticket, and it appears fourth on the ballot. This ticket has but two candidates thereon, Frank H. Henley, for trustee.

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Helped Pick Up Bodies of Two Girls Killed by Train at Winamac.

D. J. Babcock was up from Lafayette Wednesday for a few hours visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Babcock. He was in Winamac last Friday night and was sitting in the depot with the night operator about 5 o’clock Saturday morning when the two Kelso girls were killed there by a fast train on the Pennsylvania road, mention of which was made in Wednesday's Democrat, and helped the operator and nightwatch pick up their mangled bodies. I hey had been told by the operator that the first train would not stop at Winamac, but that the second one would. They mistook the 4:20 train, which was late, for the 5:10, and rushed out and across one track before they could be stopped, right in front of the flyer. The engineer knew nothing of the accident until the train reached Knox, a suit cash was found on the pilot of 1 the engine.

Miss Myrtle Kelso, one of the girls killed, was starting for a point in Illinois, where she was to take a position as a linotype operator, and two of her sisters had accompanied her* to the train. Death was almost instantanious, the skulls of both girls being fractured, and they were thrown 50 feet to the street crossing north of the station.

The Democrat still has a few copies of Rev. Father Krull’s book, “A History of Religious Denominations,” left, and until the supply is exhausted a copy will be given free with all paid-in-advance subscriptions, new or old.

Vol. XVII. No. 59

TURKEY AT WAR; SHELL RUSS TOWNS; VERDUN FORTS FALL

Cruiser Breslau Bombards Crimea Port. ELEVENTH NATION TO FIGHT Teutons Win Battle West of Lille—• British Officer* and 300 Men Taken —Allies Mass in Effort to Halt Invaders.

London, Oct. 30. —Two Russian cities were bombarded by ships under the Turkish flag. The Breslau, late of the German navy, shelled Theodosia, in the Crlinea, an unfortified port. The Hamidieh of the Turkish navy bombarded Novotosysk, further east than Theodosia, east of the entrance to the Sea of Azov.

The Russian embassy at Tokyo announces that Turkey has opened war on Russia.

The Breslau steamed up before this city without any warning. Promptly at 9:80 o’clock the guns of the cruiser oi>ened fire. Then steadily for an hour it peppered various parts of the city. No one was killed and only one soldier was wounded. There was considerable damage to property, however. The cathedral, the Greek church, a pier, and some sheds were hit by fragments of shells and damaged. A branch of the Russian Bank of Foreign Commerce caught fire. At thei conclusion of the bombardment the Breslau left in a southwesterly direction. This makes the eleventh nation in the war.

Germany has been rushing munitions of war to Turkey ever since the war started, and when the cruiser Breslau entered the Dardanelles and was sold to Turkey it was charged that she retained her German officers and crew. Germans Take Fort* at Verdun. London, Oct. 30. —The main French positions southeast of Verdun have been captured by the Germans, according to a dispatch received by wireless from Berlin. The news comes from the semi-official Wolff agency in the German capital. Another German victory is reported by Wolff to the west of Lille, where, it is asserted, several of the allies' fortified positions have been captured. A number of English officers and 300 privates are declared to have been taken prisoners.

The invaders have gained ground south of Nieuport against the Belgians, who have been unable to com tinuß holding the Germans back on the line of the Yser. Allies Mass for Battle.

London, Oct. 30. — Heavy re-enforce-ments of French and British troops are being massed by General Joffre along the allies’ lines from Dlxmude to Nieuport. Air scouts attached to the French left wing have discerned the advancing Bavarian regiments and the garrisons drawn from Belgian coast towns, and the commander of the army of defense is strengthening his forces against the approach of the new masses of invaders.

The Teuton march lies apparently along the Ypres-Hazebrouck-St Omer road —between that and the River Yser.

The continuing rains have rendered the advance of the Germans difficult, and the attack, which was expected to open during the day with renewed vigor, apparently will have to wait until the field artillery of the Germans can be brought through the Flemish bogs. The German alm apparently is to drive through to Boulogne, keeping some distance from the seacoast.

To the south of Arras the allies advanced their position considerably and still hold them, according to the French war office report. Dispatches from the front claimed still further gains la the vicinity of Ypres, while between the Aisne and the Argonne region several of the Invaders’ trenches were occupied by the British and French, the halt-hearted attacks directed by the Germans subsequently being repulsed with ease.

in the forest of Apremont, where various detachments of Germans had located in small temporary positions, the French troops drove them out, capturing large bodies of prisoners and accounting for hundreds in the list of casualties.'

Farther, east, in the Argonne region, and on the frontier Severe fighting continues incessantly, as the result of which the French troops are reported to have made constant progress.

London Oct. 30.—The startling bit of news from the battlefields wae the declaration In official circles that a German attempt to penetrate the lines of

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