Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following publie sales: Tuesday, Dec. 8, John Akers, miles north of Gifford. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Charles jGuttrieh, 5 miles south and 3 miles west of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc.

MRS. ALBERT BRAND DEAD.

Rensselaer Woman Dies After But Three Days Illness From Pneumonia. Rensselaer people were shocked yesterday morning to hear that Mrs. Albert Brand, aged about 45 years, had died at her home in the east I art of town at 5 a. m., that morning. She had been sick but three days from pneumonia, and few of her friends had even learned of her illness. Mrs. Brand was a daughter of John English of Rensselaer, and a highly respected woman. She leaves a husband, one child, a daughter about 6 years old, her aged father, one brother, Sam English, of Canada. two sisters, Mrs. Evaline Florence of Brookston, and Mrs. Brosnahan of Spokane. Wash., and a host of friends who sympathize with the bereaved ones in their sorrow. At this writing the time for holding the funeral has not been decided upon, owing to the family not having heard from the distant brother and sister as to whether they will be able to attend same.

JOSEPH HIXON DEAD.

Prominent Resident of North Jasper Dies at Home of Daughter in • < Lochiel. Joseph A. Hixon, a prominent resident of Kankakee ip., who has been in a critical condition of health for a long time, died of paralysis at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. Guy Barnard, in Lochiel, Benton county, Monday, aged 78 years. Funeral was held Wednesday and burial made at Fowler, his former home, W ednesday. He had been bedfast since last May. Mr. Hixon was postmaster at Fowler under the Cleveland administration, and was one of the pioneers of Benton county, where he resided for many years. He had resided in Jasper county for the past fifteen years or more, and was a highly respected gentleman. His aged wife survives him.

SURVEYING CREW ON L. & N. W.,

Expected to Reach Rensselaer letter Part of Next Week. The Democrat is informed by the general manager of the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad Co., that the surveying crew on this proposed line should reach Rensselaer the latter part of next week. He says they are running a real location survey and not a pretended one for bluffing purposes, as has been so often done over this route. With a full crew of ten men, they are making about 2% miles per day.

D. H. Yeoman Has Two Sons Who Are Bank Presidents.

D. H. Yeoman returned Tuesday from Tab, Benton county, where he attended the formal opening of the new Citizens’ State Bank of which his son, D. M. Yeoman, is the president. The bank is capitalized at 125,000, and starts off under very favorable auspices. Mr. Yeoman has another son, James, at Ambia, Benton county, who is also president of a bank at that place, the First National Bank of Ambia. The Yeoman boys are both products of Jasper county, having been born and reared here, and their many iriends in Rensselaer and vicinity rejoice in their rise in the business world.

Ancil Woodworth Seriously Injured.

While assisting county road superintendent, Sylvester Gray, in unload-, ing plank on the sidetrack Tuesday afternoon, Ancil Woodworth was thrown from the car by one of the heavy planks and fell in between two cars and across the rail and partly under' the horses feet. He was quite seriously hurt apd the doctor found that two ribs and an ankle bone was , fractured. He was otherwise considerably bruised up, and at his age one doesn’t recover as quickly as a younger man. He will probably be laid up for several weeks.

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. William Lyons of Remington, is laying out in jail here a $25 fine and costs for another plain drunk. The cases of Lopp vs. the estate o: Isaac V. Speck, deceased, brought here from Newton county, have been occupying the attention of the court and jury since Tuesday. Judge Hanley held court Thursday until about 12:30, and the cases were taken up again yesterday, it was expected to get all of the evidence in yesterday.

Judge John W. Hanan came over from LaGrange yesterday morning to Ipok after some matters pertaining to the Borntrager ditch, in which he sat as special judge ar.d will have jurisdiction until the completion thereof. The deafh of the contractor, C. H. Sternberg, has made it necessary to substitute Mr. Sternberg’s son, Edward Sternberg, as contractor, which the father had provided for in his will. Judge Hanan also made some allowances on account of the ditch, which he went but and looked over yesterday afternoon, returned home last evening. ' Drs, Hemphill, Loy and Washburn and Squire Irwin held an inquest Tuesday to inquire into the sanity of Miss Fawn Casey, the 18-year-old daughter ot John Casey of , Fair Oaks, who. according to the testimony of the witnesses, has been gradually losing her mind for sev.months, and has required restraint during the past week or ten days. The girl is quite large and muscular and weighs 150 pounds. She raves and talks incessantly, loudly and incoherently, according <* the examination papers in the case, and labors under the delusion that her mother is trying to compel her to marry against her will. Application has been ma - to send her to Longcliff, and she will be taken there as soon as tne necessary acceptance is received.

Marriage licenses issued: November 24. Robert Bell Cox of Oxfoid, aged 21 August 14 last, occupation farmer, to Cecelia Marie Messman, daughter of Joseph A. Messman, of Marion tp„ aged 19 February 24 last. First marriage for each. Married Wednesday morning at 8 a. ni., by Rev. Father Daniels at St Augustine's church parsonage. November 25. Ernest Aaron Asher, j sou of Lovell Asher o f Wheatfield i tp., aged 22 March 23 last, occupa- i tion farmer, to Bertha Inez Hersch- ’ man, daughter of Ezra Hershman,' also of Wheatfield tp., aged 19 Jan-j ■uary 7 last. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. Lowell Morris, the 1 Methodist minister at Wheatfield, who accompanied’ the here. Nov. 25, George M. Hudson, son of John Hudson of Carpenter tp., aged 24 November 29, 1914,occupation farmer, to Nora Isabel Branson, daughter of Jacob H. Branson of Jordan tp., aged 22 January' 7 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. J. C. Parrett at the Presbyterian Mause. November 25, Paul J. Hall of Spivey, Kan., aged 25 November 26, 1914, occupation farmer, to Jane Parkinson Moody, daughter of Granville Moody of Barkley tp., aged 22 December 7 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage fpr each.

ANOTHER BAD AUTO ACCIDENT.

Car Smashed to Flinders Here Thursday, But Occupants Miraculously -r—. Escaped Death. ix One of the most miraculous escapes from violent death in an auto accident that has ever occurred in Jasper county, happened in Rensselaer about 11 o’clock Thursday forenoon. Charles Marlin, who works at the Central Garage, was, as near as we are able to learn, going to the

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RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2< 1914

depot in Ed Oliver’s Buick roadster, which was left by Oliver at the garage. to meet some parties who were expected in on the south-bound No. 37 train to go out to Oliver's place at Newland. It is said that Harvey Moore, who looks after the transportation of Oliver s visitors, had left word at the garage for them to send out the car to meet this train, Marlin is addicted to boozing, it is said, and had evidently been imbibing Thursday morning, in fact had been drinking for several days. Soon after he started out from the garage, he met Lou Hickman, who is employed at the garage also at times, and asked Hickman to ride up to the depot with him. Marlin pulled out at a pretty swift pace, and Hickman states that he asked him to slow down two or three times, but that Marlin paid no attention to him and was probably running about 4 0 miles an hour near the W. H. Beam corner when he turned out to pass around De- I Verfc Yeoman, who was going north in his Ford car. At the speed Marlin I was driving when he struck the • crossing near the curb, the carj bounded in the air, some say five feet, and the driver lost control of' it. The car swerved over to the east ’ and struck a telephone pole, perhaps 10 or 12 inches in diameter, just north of the Beam residence headon, breaking the pole off slick and clean close to the ground., It then evidently turned over once or twice and came to a stop some 30 or 40 feet front where it struck the pole and right side up, a mass bf junk.

Marlin was thrown clear of the car and lay in the middle of the street unconscious when picked up. His right wrist broken and he was badly bruised. Young Hickman was pinned under the front of the car and a gash about five inches long was cut in his head. It was first feared that his skull was fractured. His right arm was broken at the elbow, his nose broken and there were several cuts and bruises about his legs and body. That both were not killed outright was indeed a miracle. Marlin will probably always have a stiff wrist to remember his escapade by, but boi h will probably be out in a few days. The car was a complete wreck, the steering wheel, windshield and body being bent, broken and twisted, the front axle twisted off, both front wheels bent and twisted, as also was the frame of the front of the car. It may possibly be repaired, although it would seem that the repairs would cost almost as much as :• new car.

It is said that a bottle of whiskey was found in the car, and the first report was that both Marlin and Hickman were drunk. This in untrue, however, so far as Hickman is concerned, as the latter young man does not drink at all. W. S. Parks, who was subbing for Marshal Shesler. had warned Marlin against his fast driving only a few minutes before the accident. LATER-—The Democrat man Interviewed Mr. Oliver yesterday morning and he stated that he had notified Harve Moore to meet him at the 11:20 train and take him and a i couple of friends out to his place near Newland for dinner. Marlin knew of his call to Moore and wanted to drive Moore’s car for him. Moore told him that he would drive his own car, and Marlin then, without any authority from took Oliver’s car out of the garage and drove it with the above results. Marlin says that he doesn’t remember taking the car or driving it at , all, so he must have been pretty • drunk. The garage is probably responsible to Oliver for the damage to the car, it is said.

Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching service, 10:45 a. in.; Epworth League, 6:00 p. ni.; preaching service, 7:00 p. m. Everybody invited to attend.—REV P. C. CURNICK. Pastor. ■ —-—— * Baptist Church. Sunday school, 9:30 a. ui.;'morning sermon, 10:45 a. m.; prayer meeting, Wednesday evening, 7:30 p. m. , You are welcome.—R. B. WRIGHT, Pastor. Box Social. There will be a box social at the Surrey school on Saturday evening, Nov. 28. Everybody welcome. ~ ! Birth Announcements. Nov. 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Gail Michael of Kniman, a daughter.

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. It. H. Robertson Making Good at Lafayette. Charles A. Smith, for 27 years connected with, the editorial department of the Lafayette Journal has retired front active newspaper work because of his failing eyesight. W. H. Robertson, formerly connected with the editorial department of the Benton Review, and who has been associated with the Journal for some time past, became news editor of the Journal, succeeding Mr Smith. —Benton Review. \ Mr. Robertsoir was formerly publisher of •>. paper at Wheatfield and is well know in Rensselaer, where his friends are glad to learn of his advancement in the journalistic field

Chalmers Bank Robbers still at Liberty.

The insurance adjusters have already dfijusted the burglary loss of the VanVoorst bank at Chalmers, but the burglars are still at large. The conductor on the south bound evening train says a gang of men came down from Chicago on his train the night of the burglary, some getting off at Reynolds and others at Brookston. One of theta wore a blue cravenette overcoat like the one left in the l»ank. Detectives from the Burns agency at Chicago are working on the case. A grip is said to have been found in the stable of the Chalmers Horse Company containing, some f.ises and an empty cartridge box, but up to this time no clues have sufficient to lead to any arrests. The exact amount of the loss was $2,289. —Monticello Herald.

Puts Blame on Roys' Parents.

The Hammond high school authorities have been having some trouble lately with an overflow of animal spirits on the part of under classmen and public sentiment has passed judgment on this conduct. Without any desire to minimize the offenses charged to the young men, they must realize that hazing is a thing of the past and that public property is protected by law. A natural ebullition of enthusiam must find other outlets than by destroying church property. These boys all come from good homes. Their parents are much distressed at the conduct of their young hopefuls. It is too bad that the parents can't handle these matters as they did in the old days. We distinctly remember that there was little desire on the part of school boys to raise Gain when father gently led their boys to several cords of hickory stacked up in the back yard and said: “Now when you get back from school get busy with the axe and the sawbuck and put in your spare time this winter transforming this into stove w r ood, and when you get that done I have something else for you to do." < 1 After wrestling with cordwood for two hours, Uli desire to go out o’ nights and “rip hell out things’’ gets a hard jolt. Bed feels pretty good then. We still insist that these lapses are not so much the boys’ fault as the parents’. Give the boy something to do. that will take care of this excess of animal spirits. A boy is no good without it, but he must have an outlet for it. —Hammond Times.

ANOTHER FACTORY PROPOSITION

Illinois People Secure Option on Rensselaer’s “Match Factory” ■ Building. . ! The Rensselaer Commercial Club has given a 60-day option to E. O.j Linton and others of Waukegan, 111., on the old “match factory”] building and grounds. Linton is the' inventor of a kerosene *gas generator for heating purposes, a measuring tank for oil apd gasoline, and a water distilling machine, and with others expects to organize a company with a capitalization of about SIOO,OOO. Wei' understand,however, that it only expects to sell -bonds at

7 ■•. ..... —r* — first fpr SIO,OOO, which will pay off the existing leins and indebtedness against the match factory and grounds and install the machinery tor manufacturing the three products. The company will then want $!.•»,000 for operating capital, and expect to issue bonds for about $25,000, all told, we understand. The conditions of the option given arfi that the company.'is to pay off all leins and indebtedness against the factory building and complete it in condition for occupancy, and after it has operated same for five years and have paid out SIOO,OOO for labor, it is to be given title to the property in fee simple, conditioned tuat should it leave Rensselaer within 17 years, then title is to revert back to the Commercial Club. Should this company locate its plant here, it expects to employ about 20 skilled laborers to start on, it is said, and will bring these with them. The{r products are something,new, but it is thought will find a ready sale, as they possess much merit. While the company would like to sell some of its stock here, we understand, there is no compulsion in the matter of purchasing stock to secure the factory. The parties will be back here again in a few days and it is probal- - that something more definite will soon be learned in the matter.

ANDREW GRANGER ARRESTED.

Demottc .Man Fighting KequMt ion to Take Him to Chicago for Trial. Deputy Sheriff Gus Grant, accompanied by officers Sullivan and Sheehan of Chicago, went up to Demotte Tuesday afternoon and arrested Andrew Granger of that place, who is alleged to have been connected with the recent theft of the O. G. McClurg Cadillac auto, which was replevlned by McClurg recently and was alleged to have been stolen from its owner in Chicago, mention of which has heretofore been made in The Democrat. The arrest was made on an indictment by the Cook county grand jury, and the officers were provided with a requisition from Governor .Jston te take Granger to Chicago. Granger is resisting the requisilion, and it is the duty of the county attorney or prosecutor to look after the matter in protection of the officers here, and Prosecutor Longwell was. over Thursday morning for this •pi rpose. The defendant filed an affidavit for a change of venue, in the hearing of the habeas corpus, from Judge Hanley Thursday, and the case will come up before Moses Leopold, as special judge, this afternoon.

j Pending the hearing, Granger in ■ confined in jail here. We under stand that the officers returned to Chicago Thursday evening but will jbe back aga’n on’ the 11:20 train j today, and in the event that Granger ' loses out in the habeas corpus proceedings they will take their prisoner to Chicago for trial. /

Xew Prices on Horseshoeing. Four new shoes >1.50, No. 6 and 7, 25 cents extra.—At FRED HEMPj HILL’S shop on Cullen st. ts n ■ 1 Five different grades of legal six* typewriter paper kept in stock in The Democrat’s stationery department Also abstract and legal document backs, printed or blank. Don’t pay fancy prices for your typewriter ! paper when you can buy it here of as good or better quality for much less money. Our typewriter paper is put up in boxes of 600 sheets, but ' will be sold in smaller quantities if desired.

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Vol. XVII, No. 67

800 LIVES LOST; BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK BY BLAST

Battleship Bulwark Is Blown Up in Thames. SINKS JN THREE MINUTES Magazine Explosion Is Official Cause Given, But It Is Feared Craft Was Torpedoed by German Submarine. London, Nov. 27.—The British battleship Bulwark ‘was blown up and sunk in the estuary of the Medway river. Between 700 and 800 men were lost, including Capt. Guy Belater, her commander, and all her officers. Only 12 of her crew were saved. It is announced officially that the explosion was interior and originated in the ship's magazine. The disaster is the most appalling, with the exception of the loss of the Audacious, the British navy has suf sered in the war. it Is even more of a shock than the loss of the Abouklr. Creasy and Hogue at the hands of a single submarine in the North sea, for the Bulwark was destroyed from within—destroyed utterly and instantly. The men aboard her had not a fighting chance for their lives. Sinks in Thras Minutes. The band wae playing aboard the Bulwark. Near her were anchored several other ships. The morning was calm, and but for the presence of the battleship swinging at her anchor there was nothing to suggest anything but peace. Suddenly a terrific explosion occurred in the bowels of the ship. A great cloud of smoke arose, enveloping the Bulwark and shutting her from sight. A great white flash of firn streaked through the black veil; the smoke ctoud thickened and rolled outward and upward. Announcement of the loss of the Bulwark In Sheerness harbor was made In the house of commons by Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty. Disaster In Mouth of Thames. Sheerness lies within the mouth of the Thames, and if It proves that a German submarine blew up the Bulwark this will prove one of the most daring raids of the German army, and one of the most successful since the war began. Mr. Churchill’s official statement follows: "The battleship Bulwark was lying In the harbor at Sheerness when she was blown up. The disaster occurred at 7:53 o’clock in the morning. The ship was torn absolutely asunder and had entirely disappeared when the smoke cleared away. It Is the opinion of the admirals at Sheerness that the ship was destroyed by an explosion of the magazine. Only 12 members of the crew were saved. The destruction of the Bulwark will not sensibly affect our military or naval position.” May Have Been Torpedoed. The Bulwark was built In 18911. She was 400 feet long and 75 feet In the beam. She was heavily constructed with Krupp armor and carried the following armament: Four 12-incb guns. 12 six-inch guns, 16 three-Incb guns and six three-pounders. In addition she carried two machine guns and four 12-lnch torpedo tubes. Wreckage Thrown Mlles. Houses seven and eight miles distant were sivaken and windows broken. Pieces of the ship even were thrown six or seven miles on to the Essex shore. Workmen ashore waiting to be relieved after the night shift state they were looking casually at the shipping In the harbor, when a terrific flash shot up into the sky, followed Immediately by clouds of smoke. For a few brief minutes this drifted, seaward, and to the men’s amazement, not a vestige of the great battleship remained. Other Ship Crews Dazed. At once the harbor was In a commotion. On all ships the officers and the crews rushed on deck, some of them half stunned by the terrible explosion. Men on deck were hurled several yards and thrown down.

Boats were lowered from various warships, and rescue boats soon steamed up from all directions. They came, however, on an almost fruitless errand. Here and there were floating a few still living men. The most of thesg were terribly injured. These with a number of mutilated dead bodies were the only signs of disaster. As speedily as possible the living and dead were picked up and taken to a naval hospital. Special Leaves Save Some. Overnight leave had been given to a

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