Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1914 — Page 4

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN FIELD

Mrs. Susan Clorn Lived Alone on Farm Near Petersburg. DEATH DUE TO APOPLEXY Body of Aged Widow Is Discovered by Neighbors After She Had Been Dead for Several Hours. Petersburg. —Mrs. Susan Clorn, sixty-five years, a widow, who lived alone on her farm ten miles w'est of here, was found dead in a field near her home. Neighbors who missed her instituted a search. She had been •dead several hours when found. Death was due to apoplexy. Fire Ruins Business Building. Sullivan.—Fire swept through the building occupied by 1 the dry goods firm of Springer & Carrithers and the Richey & Guyer clothing store, causing a loss estimated at $50,000. Bonds and other \aluble papers worth about $25,000 are in the safe in the ruins of the dry goods store. They probably are safe. For a time the fire threatened to sweep the entire business section of the West side of the square. Faulty telephone connection caused a delay in notifying the fire department when the blaze wastdiscovered, and by the time the first apparatus arrived the entire building was blazing. The loss is partially covered by insurance. The building, which was ownqd by C. J. Sherman and Mrs. Charles L. Davis, was insured for $9,500. The value of the building is estimated at $15,000. The stock of Springer; Carrithers was valued at $35,000, with $20,000 insurance The Richey & Guyer stock is valued at $21,000. with $14,000 insurance. The drug store and building adjacent to the burned building were damaged. The building is owned by W. H. Burks of this city, and the loss is covered by insurance Mr. Bennett estimates his loss by smoke and water at about S4OO.

Pearcy Is High School Inspector. Indianapolis—Charles A. Greathouse. state superintendent of public instruction, announced the appointment of J. B. Pearcy. city superintendent of schools of Anderson, as state high school inspector, to succeed A. O. Neal, who recently resigned that office. Pearcy will take up the work under the office of the state superintendent on Decei bdr t. The position carries a salary of $2,500 a year. Pearcy has been superintendent of Schools of Anderson several years, graduating to that position from the print ipalship of the Anderson high school. He is recognized as one of the leading educators in the state. He has been specializing recently in the study of the development of vocational education and this fact had much to do with his selection by Mr. Greathouse. Mr. Neal resigned November to become the head of the , department of education in th<* University of Arizona at Tucson. ! ~ i W Two Youths Burned to Death. , Fort Wayne.—Wilhelm Hartman, twenty-three years old. and Walter Neuman, twentv-two. were burned to death when an oil stove was overturned in the loft of the barn at the Hartman home, which the young men had fitted up as a sleeping room. Both bodies were found, after the fire had been extinguished, burned to an unrecognizable crisp Workman on Dam Drowns. Vevay—Ernest E. Smith, twentyone years old. employed on the night shift at dam "9. was drowned in the Ohio river when he fell off a dredge boat. The body has not been recovered. This is the second drowning since the work began. Youth, Killing Hogs. Is Shot. Washington. Ferdinand Covalt, twenty years old. was shot in the leg near the thigh with a rifle, which his brother. Hoy Covalt, was using. The two young men were killing hogs. The injury is not thought to be serious. Found Dead in Bed at Columbus. Columbus. —Charles Perry, fiftytwo years old, who came here a few weeks ago, was found dead in bed by his widow, who had slept by his side. An autopsy disclosed death ■was due to heart disease. Killed While Hunting. New Albany.—David Henriott, twenty-six years old, married, was instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun while hunting on the farm of his father, Alex HenrL ott, seven miles west of here. Burned Trying to Save Mtn. Kendallville. —Mrs. Mary Thomas, aged seventy-six, and son, L. T. Thomas, thirty-six years old, a rural mall carrier, died from burns, received In an explosion of gasoline. The mother went to the rescue of her son when he was enveloped in flames and both were burned so severely about the head and body that they died after great agony. Mrs. Thomas, widow of the letter carrier, is in a critical condition from burns received when trying to rescue her husband

WEEKS NEWS

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Washington Prospects of peace took on a much brighter hue with the arrival in New York from Europe of two envoys, both of whom are believed to have made the trip at the direction of neutral governments that think the time has arrived to start the movement to end the war. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to the Netherlands, was one of the arrivals, and the other was Per Ostberg, who came from Christiansand bearing a special message from King Gustav of Sweden to the Swedish embassy in Washington t ♦ ♦ European War News An official dispatch from Vienna says: "Our troops have captured several bases of operation in Russian Po land and are progressing, especially toward Woldrom and on both sides of Pllica. The prisoners in the interior of the monarchy number 110,000 men. among them 10,000 officers '’ « « • On the Czenstochowa-Cracow front the battle is developing successfully for the Russians, says Petrograd. On Sunday over C;000 prisoners were taken. The enemy’s attempts at a counter-attack were repulsed. » » ♦ German airships attacked Warsaw, capital of Poland, killing several persons and breaking all the windows in the American consulate. • * * The death of General Stenger, who commanded the Fifty eighth German Infantry brigade, was reported at Bordeaux. • « « The combined French and British armies have been attacked by the Germans in force from the North sea to I.a Bassee. A battle on the scale of the battle of the Marne is in progress. I’he Anglo-French fleet is participating in the conflict, bombarding the Germans along the Belgian coast and setting Zeebrugge on fire t German submarines have emerged from Zeebrugge and tried to torpedo the British battleships. •'. ♦ ♦ ■Germany’s scheme to establish a naval base at Zeebrugge has been thwarted by British warships,” says the Mail’s Rotterdam correspondent. Zeebrugge is burning and the Solvay works are in ruins and the sections of six submarine boats brought there are reduced to twisted iron The military trains at the works were blown to fragments." • » ♦ A dispatch to London from Lisbon sayg the Portuguese congress decided that Portugal should co-operate with the allies -when it considers the step necessary. The minister of war will issue a decree for mobilization in part

The London Telegraph's Petrograd cotrespondent intimates that the Ger man crown prince's army during the last fire days threatened Warsaw, but was severely repulsed. The correspondent says, however, that his forces arrived alarmingly close to War saw before they were finally checked. » * ♦ Turkey has voluntarily explained to the United States government at Washington, through Ambassador Morgen than, that the shots fired toward the launch of the American cruiser Ten n-ssee were intended merely as the customary warning that the port of Smyrna was mined and closed to navigation • • • . All movements of the prince of Wigles. now at the front, are being kept a profound secret because of reports reaching London that German aviators have been endeavoring to locate him and drop bombs upon him • * • The British admiralty announced in London that the German submarine 1-18 was rammed and sunk and spe cial cables said the German tdrpedd boat destroyer S-124 foundered as the result of a collision on the Swedish coast. All but one man on submarine saved Two burned to death on destroyer; 58 saved. * * • The number of refugees from 1 the ten departments composing the theaters of xvar in France is estimated by an official commission of Investigation at 1,000,000. • • • The official Russian report says the Germans have begun a retirement from a line indicated by the following points: Strykoff, Zzierz. Sczadek, Gudunska, Volja and Voznikl. Large German re-enforcements, however, are rushing to the front. • • * The Turkish government has notified the cable messages from or to belligerent countries wIH. not be admitted to Turkey either terminally or in transit, according to an announcement made kt New York by the Commercial Cable company. .• • • The official statementJssued in Berlin says: ’Tn the eastern war theater the situation Bas not yet been decided. In East Prussia o ir troops are holding their own. In northern Poland fighting still has been without result"

Two aeroplanes, thought to be French, made an attack on the Zeppelin dock and sheds on Lake Constance, according to a Friedrichshafen paper. The aeroplanes dropped six bombs, none of which did any damage. One aeroplane was shot down; the other 1 * escaped. • • • The liner Correntina, with a cargo of meat valued at >1,000,000. was overtaken 270 miles northeast of Lobos island by the German converted cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, which, after taking off the passengers and crew, sent the British liner to the hot tom • • • It was announced officially in I .ondon that the British aviators who raided Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. report positively that all the bombs thrown by them reached their objective and that serious damage was done to the Zeppelin airship factory ■• • • Foreign In a lecture at Browning hall, Walworth. - and, Sir Oliver Lodge, president of the Society tor Physical Research. expressed his absolute conviction of a future existence and stated that he had conversed with friends who had passed away • • • Official announcement is made in Berlin of the death of Major General von Voights-Rhetz from heart lailure. He was quartermaster general r>f the German army, in which position he succeeded General von Stein

Personal William Rockefeller, Standard Oil millionaire, petitioned the federal court at New York to dismiss the indictment charging him and 20 other former New Haven directors with criminal violation of the Sherman law. • * * Mexican War The capital has been evacuated by Gen. Lucio Blanco. Zapatistas are entering. It is reported at Mexico City that the advance guard of General Villa's army has reached Teoloyucan. about twenty miles north of Mexico City. Gen Alvaro Obregon is still in the city. • • • 'i’lie entrance of the 4,000 Mexicans into Vera Cruz was effected as quietly as was General Funston's withdrawal. The withdrawal of 6,000 Yankees was accomplished without hitches and little ceremony marked the departure, but General Aguilar's occupation was as rapid, as complete and as orderly. General Carranza may arrive any day to establish headquarters there. Gen eral Aguilar personally raised the Mex lean flag over the municipal palace • • » An unconfirmed report from Vera Cruz says that Gen, Lucio Blanco of the constitutionalist forces has made himself executive head in Mexico City by a coup d’etat, in which he imprisoned General Obregon. •■ * • Brigadier General Funston's infantry and marines, numbering about six thousand men, hauled down the Stars and Stripes which have been flying over Vera Cruz s.ice last April and" began to evacuate the Mexican port, in accordance with instructions from President Wilson. Five battleships on the west coast w ill remain indefinitely. ♦ ♦ ♦ The state department at Washington received much general information of a disturbing character from its agents in Mexico. It was officially informed -that railroad communication had been cut between Mexico City and Vera Cruz and also between Mexico City and points north, where Provisional President Gutierrez is in control « • « Domestic Eighteen dead and 45 survivors in a pitiable condition due to the terrible suffering and exposure in a rough sea. and a ship reduced to splinters, tells the comprehensive story of the fate of the coasting steam schooner Hanalei, which went on the rocks off San Francisco. • • ♦ The Kansas wheat crop of 1914 amounted to 180.924,885 bushels, with a value estimated at $151,583,032, according to the annual wheat crop report of the Kansas board of agriculture • ♦ ♦ The .barge Annie M. Peterson of the Edward Hines Lum jer co -pany's fleet of Chicago has been found broken up on the shore near Grand Marais, Mich. The bodies of six men and tw o \ omen have come ashore. • ♦ ♦ Four laborers employed on the government levee, 20 miles north of Burlington, la., were killed by dynamite. • • ♦ Henry G. Sieget the New York merchant, charged with grand larceny, was foqnd guilty of committing a misdemeanor at Geneseo, N. Y. Justice sentenced Siegel to pay a fine of SI,OOO and to serve ten months in jail. Stay of prison sentence granted until June. • • • I Driving hoipe from the cemetery near Lincoln, 111., where she had gone to inspect the new mausoleum being erected In memory of her husband, the late Governor Richard j. Oglesby, Mrs. Emma S. Oglesby, aged sixty-eight, of Elkhart, was severely injured when her carriage team ran away. • • • The greatest wheat area in the world’s history will be planted for the ltls harvest as a result of the European war, in the opinion of Charles M. Daugherty, statistical expert of the department of agriculture.

NOVEMBER JOE p-- THE Dl ItCIIVE OF THE WOODS —. REATER than Sherds j jw K lock Holmes is NoI J P vember Joe, the hero of our J WE* xJk : new serial. r READ about how he J \ solved the mysterious murder z V Big Tree Portage. zz READ about the seven M lumberjacks and the trapping of the lone highwayman who h robbed them. READ about the theft W J °f Black fox skin, the A/Vi h abduction of Miss Virginia (W 1 v* Al> Planx, the hundred thousand I dollar robbery, and the other forest mysteries the woods : detective solved and you will Be glad that you have come to know NOVEMBER November Joe Traps the g | I | | ■ Highwayman v ” ■— “ . .

SOO hives Lokt; British Warship Sunk by Blast.

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limited numbeY of men frpm the illfated ship, and these were returning down the midway aboard a cutter to rejoin the Bulwark when the disaster occurred. Another three minutes and they too would have been engulfed, as the liberty boat was actually steaming up to go alongside the Bui wark when the explosion occurred. This cutter landed the survivors at the Sheerness dockyard. Eyewitnesses of the terrible event say that the cloud that rose above the pillar of flame was white, such as comes from an explosion of cordita.

Hundreds of imitations have come and gone since Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound began—4o years ago to loosen the grip of coughs and colds. You can not get a substitute to do tor you what Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound will do—for coughs, colds, croup, bronchial affections, la grippe coughs, and tickling throat. Buy it of your druggist and feel safe.-— A. F. LONG. Change of Scene. A germ lived on a dollar hili And led an active life He daily passed from till to tilt And saw a deal of strife He had a nervous breakdown soon. And life left all its zest. His doctor then prescribed the boon Of quietude and rest. From former haunts tiiat germ tea gone. His worrits now are nil. He leads a peaceful life upon A thousand dollar bill. —Kansas City Journal An Active Liver Means Health. If you want gopd health, a clear complexion and freedom from dizziness. constipation, biliousness. head 4 aches and indigestion, take Dr. King s New Life Pills. They drive out fermenting and undigested foods, clear the blood and cure constipation. Only 25c at your drug-gist.—-Advt. His Explanation. “But, Jack, you said you adored me.’ “Did 1 ? Well, another girl had just rejected me. and at that moment I didn’t much care what 1 said.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Wedding Present. Young Bride (after placing the new vase aloft)—l supimse there’s no fear of it falling? Groom—You mean no hope. -Tatter. Don’t Delay Treating Your Cough. A slight cou'gh often becomes serious, lungs get congested, bronchial tubes fill with mucous. . Your 'vitality is reduced. You need Dr. Bell’S Pine-Tar-Honey. It soothes your irritated air passages, loosens mucous and makes your system resist colds. Give the baby and children Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey. It’s guaranteed to help them. Only 25c at your druggist.—Advt. Palling cards, the correct sizes, both plain and linen finish, constantly In stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department.

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[Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the firat insertion. 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-flv« cents, but short notices coming within the’above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 2S cents. Where replies are sent In The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FOR SALE For Sale —A nice lot of White, Holland gobblers. Your choice for S4.—Phone 30-D. Mt. Ayr, MRS. .TAMES ELIJAH. n-30 For Sale—A Webster’s Internationa] dictionary, indexed, full sheep binding, in good condition, at one•ourth regular cost.—THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Two Shorthorn bull calves; pure bred: also brown leghorn chickens and white African guineas.—W. H. WORTLEY, Rens>el a er, R-4, phone 949-H. ts For Sale—My farm of 120 acres in Jasper county, miles northeast of McCoysburg. A bargain if taken soon.—J. H, PURSIFULL, Poneto, Irid. dec-1 For Sale—lo acres good black land, all- in cultivation, fair buildings. fruit, etc.; onion land close that can be rented, $1,500; SSOO cash, time on balance to suit; 7% miles Rensselaer.—J. DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale—Farms of different sizes in tbis and adjoining counties, and some for exchange. Also city and town property for sale and exchange. List your property with me and 1 will promise a squ re deal. Choice alfalfa, wheat, corn and pasture lands for sale from $25 and up.— JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sherlff Jasper county. Rensselaer. Ina. _ Ki ■ - For Sale—22o acres improved Newton county land, four miles from market, 160 acres under cultivation and best tiled quarter in western Indiana. balance meadew and timber pasture. Fair improvements. Price $75 per acre for quiek sale. Reasonable terms to right party. If interested write or wire.—j A WELLS, AlOdo, Illinois. WANTED Sewing Wanted—At my home in Parr, at James Longstreth’s.—MßS. MYRA CASEY. d-6 Wanted—A couple of family washings. good work done.—For name of party inquire at this office.

Wanted at Once—Local and traveling salesmen in this state to represent us. There is money in the work for YOU soliciting ‘for our easy selling specialties. Apply now for territory.—ALLEN NURSERY CO.. Rochester, N. Y. ■ FOR RENT For Rent—The rooms over Rhoads* grocery, which wil be vacated by tha telephone company by October 1 Enquire at RHOADS’ GROCERY. LOST. Lost—Tuesday last, a black fur overcoat, some place between my home northwest of town, and John Daugherty’s residence in Rensselaer. —JAMES PRICE, phone 904-L, Rensselaer, Ind. Lost—Handbag containing tjvo ladies’ handkerchiefs, $8 in email envelope, and small purse containing $5 in paper money, between Center school house and Rensselaer. Retprn to this office and receive reward.—MßS. C.i B. WELLS. MISCELLANEOUS. Storage Room—Storage room for household goods, etc., on third fldor of The Democrat building. Prices reasonable.—F. E. BABCOCK. Mutual Insurance— Fire and lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 533-L, FINANCIAL Farm Loans—Money to loan oo i. a . 1 7 n ««P roperty In snj ’ »nnai up to SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans—l am making farm loans at the lowest rates of Interest. Ten year loans without commission and without delay.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. I Ont Ihhl w “ h< ”‘ 111 I Illi w,thout Commlsr 08, I UVI IllU I Without CharvM for H Making er Recording instruments. W. H. PARKINSON Get your sale bills printed at The Democrat office. Remember that a .free notice of the sale, giving a complete list of all property offered, Is published free in The Democrat “with each set of bills we print. Remember also that the bulk of The Democrat’s big circulation in Jasper county. Is in the country districts and that it goes to the very people you ; want to reach. < ts