Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1914 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sales. Democrat has printed bills for •be following public sales: Tuesday, Dec. 8, John Akers, 1% miles north of Gifford. General sale horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Charles Guttw*h, 5 miles south and 3 miles west of Rensselaer. General, sale of •beanies, cattle, hogs 1 , farm impleKMMTtS, etc.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Blue Return to “God’s” Country.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Blue returned to Rensselaer Sunday evening, after spending the summer on a ranch their son-in-law, W. R. Brown, aa*d wife, near Regina, Sch., Prov., •amada, and have taken up their residence in their property on Scott street. They will remain here perMbanently now, but Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who returned with them to their home at New Boston, 111., will go back and farm the same wheat sajbeh next season. Mr. Blue says they had very good crops right ix their immediate neighborhood, considering the extremely dry season. In one particular the di. season was a benefit, as it hurriea up the ihaMwing of the crops and the freeze in August did not therefore do so much damage as it otherwise would have done. . They left Canada on November lb and there was quite a good deal of snow all the way along until they got into North Dakota, where there was but little. It had been 20 below zero in their section of Canada, but was some warmer when they left there.

Want Jake’s Ground for Postoffice Site.

Jacob R. Hazen of Walker tp., returned Monday from North Vernon, where he had been on business. Mr. I Hazen owns a couple of residence Ots in North Vernon that are want-' • I ed tor the location, of a postofiice building. The price offered, however, is not as much within SI,OOO or $1,500 of what he wants for the ground, and he left a verbal option: of his price with his agent there* good until March 1. The govern- ■ meat has appropriated $60,000 for a pestoffice building there, SIO,OOO for a location and $50,000 for the building proper. Mr. Hazen’s ground te about half the amount of space' Aaflired, and there is about $3,000 difference between the amount ofiered by the government agent and tdbe price ashed by all the owners of fce ground.

Hall-Moody Nuptials.

! >ke marriage of Miss Jane Moody aad Mr. Paul J. Hall of Spivey, Kan., took place at 3:30 on Thanksgiving dar at the home of the .bride’s parents, Mj-. and Mrs. Granville Moody, ta Barkley tp. A big dinner was a feature of the occasion. In addition to the many home relatives of the bride in attendance, were her sisters, Mbs. George Dunn of Witchita, Kan., and Mrs. Charles Lewis of Waterville, Me., also Miss Lucy Boyd of Mt. Vernon, la., and Mrs. Harry E. Roe of Detroit, Mich. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Curnick of Trinity M. E. church of ‘ this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hall will reside upon a farm near Spivey, Kan. The bride is a well known and popular young lady and has a host of friends who wteda her a happy journey through IMb.

Big Revival, at Barkley M. K. Church A big revival commenced Nov. 29 at Barkley M. E. church. There will be special singing at every meeting. The Rev. Mrs. J. L. Snow, a lady evangelist of Kokomo, will help the pastor, Rev. C. W. Petty. This is tq be a time for every Christian to come and help pull the dragnet. All denominations are cordially invited to come and help us in this campaign. xx

Methodist Brotherhood Banquet. The Methodist Brotherhood will hold its annual meeting and supper Thursday evening, Dec. 3 () at 6:15. The ladies of the church will serve a splendid chicken supper an enjoyable program will be given. Me address of the evening will be by Rev. J. M. Avann, D. D., of Gary, who is one of the strongest ministers of the conference.

Box Social. There will be a box social at *fhe Wasson school house, Saturday evening, Dec. S.—HENRIETTA FAY, Teacher.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs Fromths Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. E. L. Hollingsworth has registered his 148-acre farm in section 31, Union tp., under the name of “Meadowland Dairy Farm.’’ State Representative W. L. Wood and County Assessor-elect G. L. Thornton went to Indianapolis Monday night to attend the state tax meeting. No more cases of the foot and mouth disease have been found among the cattle of Ja.sper county, that in the Logan herd in Gillam tp., being the only cases found.

The acceptance papers for receiving Miss Fawn Casey, who was declared insane last wek, were received from Longcliff Saturday and she will be taken to the asylum today by Sheriff Hoover and the nurse who has been caring for her at Fair Oaks, A camp of Sons of Veterans was organized here Friday evening with ■lB members. Rev. J. P. Green was elected commander. It will be known as Camp No. 55, and its regular meetings will be held on the first and third Friday evening of each month in the G. A. R. hall in the court house. ■ ■ —z - I < ' ' ■ Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 28. Lawrence Russell of Newland, aged 22 Dec. 8 last, occupation printer, to Grace Kennedy, also of Newland, aged 15 April 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Bride being under age, father filed written consent to issuance of license. Married by Rev. J. C. Parrett in clerk’s office Saturday night.

Alfred Randle and Josiah Davisson were over to Kentland Saturday as witnesses at the preliminary! hearing of ‘ Hank” Granger of Thayer, charged . with the theft of an automobile, one of those recently recovered in Newton county. This case, however, was dismissed by the prosecuting attorney without a hearing, and Granger immediately re-arrested on a similar charge, the hearing of which is set for Dec. 10, at Kentland, he giving bond for his appearance.

Fred A. Phillips, treasurer of the progressive county committee, filed his report of receipts and expenditures for the recent campaign, last week. The report shows that the expenses were $76.86 more than the receipts, as follows: RECEIPTS R. B. Harris, W. R. Brown, H. J. Kannal, Fred Phillips, J. H. Chapman, B. D. Comer, D. L. Halstead, each $lO. . . .$70.00 J. M. Sauser, J. B. Moore, J. F. Bruner, F. M. Haskell, S. C. Irwin, J. R. Parkison, L. B. Elmore, W. V. Porter, R. A. Parkison, J. A. Kolhoff, John Gwin, Vern Nowels, Granville Moody, each $5. . . . 65.00 B. Forsythe 3.00 H. C. Cornwell . 2.00 C. W. Postill 2.50 H. J. Dexter 2.00 Carl Minnear, Keith Spencer, Cecil Faris, E. L. Morlan, H. H. Wells, Frank Webber, L. L. McCurtain, Win. Florence, Eli Arnold, N. A. Henddril,' H. W. Kiplinger, Chas. Denham, W. E. Hoover, Chas. Reed, Sol Norman, each sl. ( . 15 00 Cong, district 90.00 E. Fidler, D. A. Beckman, W. A. McCurtain, Jas. Bullis, each 50c 2.00 Total receipts $261.50 Martin < Sauser, postage ...;$ 2.00 King Floral Co., banquet decoration .... .... ... . . , ... 13.00 State Central Committee. .. . 37.00 F. E. Babcock, printing . ... . 80.02 Rensselaer Republican, same. 6.90 Cong, convention, contribution 3.00 R. B. Harris, office expenses.. 15.00 John Bowie, printing . . .. . 4.00 Rensselaer band .......... 10.00 J. W. Horton, rent, speaking 8.00 J. H. S. Ellis, same 12.00 Jasper County Herald 137.25 Total expenses $328.37

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1914.

Young Marlin Will Probably Be Prosecuted. C harles Marlin, whose Thanksgiving stunt of" climbing a telephone pole with Ed Oliver's Buick runabout resulted so disasterously for both the pole and the auto, is now able to be about, although he has the appearance of having passed through a threshing machine. Louis Hickman, who was in the car with Marlin at the time, is still confined to the house. Young Marlin denies being under the influence of liquor at the time and has made threats of what he would do to the newspapers unless they retracted, notwithstanding the fact that it is said that a bottle partly filled with whiskey was found in the wrecked automobile and the general statement of the doctors, young Hickman and many others, was that he was drunk and had been drinking for several days. It is reported that the prosecutor will file several affidavits against Marlin, charging him with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor; exceeding the speed limit; operating a caw without a chauffeur's license, and one perhaps with taking an automobile and driving it without the owner's consent. There seems to be a practically unanimous sentiment that such acts as this, should not go unpunished, that these reckless auto drivers, and especially those driving a car while under the influence of liquor, are a menace to life, property and to the community. The fact that young Marlin has stated, so Mr. Oliver says, that he has no recollection of taking the automobile from the garage or driving it at all. would indicate that something was' wrong with him at the time. But he states that he war not. under the influence of liquor. It. is reported on good authority that Marlin has received many gallons of whiskey by express from Louisville, Ky., during the past few months, and if he has .drunk it all himself he has a wonderful capacity t'or-this poison. - ’ LATER—An affidavit was filed by Deputy Prosecutor C. M. Sands Monday in Squire Dean’s court, charging Marlin with speeding, and on a plea of guilty he was fined $lO and costs, about sl7 in all, which was paid by Jay Stockton on Marlin’s promise to brace up and quit boozing. If he does this it is not probable that any of the other charges that could be filed against him will be pushed.

Entertains Neighbors Thanksgiving Eve.

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schleman, four miles northwest of Rensselaer, was a very pleasant affair Thanksgiving eve. About fifty guests gathered, the ladles bringing well-filled baskets of turkey and all the eatables of the season. At sharp seven o’clock dinner was announced. After a feasting of two and a half hours the dining-hall floor was waxed, and dancing and games was the feature of the remainder of the evening. Music was furnished by Miss Leona E. Thornton of Rensselaer, Joe Woolever, Herman Hordeman, Hugh Yeoman and Arthur Thornton. The families present were: Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lambert and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Redgate and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Thornton and family and daughter from Rensselaer, Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmer gnd family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Joe Woolever, Hugh Yeoman, Herman Hordeman and Irene Florence and Lillian Burns. Everyone had a most delightful time and wish someone In that vicinity would entertain Christmas eve in the same manner.—One Who Was There and Had a Delightful Time.

COURT This is the closing week of the November term of court. The big case of the term was that of Ellen Lopp vs. the estate of Isaac V. Speck, deceased, which was taken up Tuesday and went to the jury at 10 p. m. Friday. The jury reached a verdict at 4 a. m. Saturday giving the plaintiff judgment for $10,750. This case from Newton county on change of venue. There were several attorneys tn the case, Including Dan Fraser and Will Isham of Fowler, William Darroch of Kentland, and M. Leopold and P. R. Blue of Rensselaer. Speck was an old bach-

elor and died leaving no nearer heirs .than nephews and neices residing in ,Ohio and .Marshal county, Ind. He owned 1,4u0 acres of fine land just ' northwest of Kentland. The Lopps , lived pn his farm as tenants and Mrs. Lopp cared for the old man. There was nothing but a verbal lease for the ground, which was a very liberal one, it is said for the tenants, but w’hen he died last year at an advanced age. leaving no w ill, Mrs. Lopp put in a claim for services, and later sued the estate. The jury is said to have stood 10 to 2 on first ballot in favor of giving plaintiff a judgment, and most of the time consumed was spent in haggling over the amount. By many the amount is considered excessive, and it is possible a new trial will be granted or the judgment be reduced considerably. Judge Wason came over from Delphi Monday to assume jurisdiction in the Boyle ditch case, and same will be heard at an adjourned term during vacation,- to convene December 21. The jury was discharged for the term Saturday. Other court proceedings since our last report follow: State vs, Elmer Shinkle, charge of petit larcency; defendant pleads guilty and is fined $5 and given 90 days in jail. Borntrager ditch; Edward H. Sternberg, executor of Carl H. Sternberg, deceased, submitted as contractor in place of c. H. Sternberg, t (1 complete contract, but estate of latter bound for the completion of ditch according to order of the court. Geo. A. Williams, attorney or petitioners, is allowed $1,200 bah pee due him for services; Etliel Perkins allowed $208.50 for making transcript of proceedings of cause for ? ecessary bond sale; J. P. Hammond allowed ? 69.50 fur services in making transcript; M. B. Price, suj. of construction, allowed $4 08.50. Alexander M, Steward ditch; commissioner file report Nov. 28 and time is given, as provided by law, tor objections; allowances as. set out in report allowed and ordered paid. State of Indiana, ex rel. Brook Terre Cotta, Tile and Brick Co., vs. Hugh L. Gamble, et al; surety company file demurrer to complaint. First National Bank of Rensselaer* vs. Samuel R. Nichols et al; amended cpniplaint filed making administrates Jesse E. Nichols party defendant, and cause set for t rial fourth Monday. Eminet L. Hollingsworth, vs. Ed Oliver; alias process ordered, returnable Dec. 5. Andrew Granger vs. W. 1. Hoover, sheriff Jasper county; cause continued to Dec. 2, 11 a. m.

Former Jasper County Lady Dies in Montana.

Mrs. 0. m. Garriott, formerly of Union tp., Jasper county, died recently in Montana, where the family moved a few years ago from North Dakota. The following clipping from a Missoula, Mont., paper was received by The Democrat Sunday, but as there was no date given on tht clipping we are unable to state just when her death occurred. Mrs. O. M. Garriott of Lone Pine, Mont., died yesterday afternoon at St. Patrick’s’ hospital, where she has been for the last two months and a half suffering from cancer. Mrs. Garriott was born 59 years ago in Ohio. She had lived in Montana four years, having come into the state from Mt. Vernon, S. Dak. Her husband is expected to arrive in Missoula today from Lone Pine and funergl arrangements will not be completed until his wishes are learned. A son, J. L. Garriott, is employed on the C. E. Quast ranch up the Rattlesnake valley. A daughter, Mrs. John N. Price, lives in Indiana.

Spelling Match and Box Social.

There will be a spelling match and box social at Oakgrove school, Walker tp„ Friday night, Dec. 4. Everybody come.—MARY WAL/TER, Teacher.

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. MULTI LATE D MONEY IN FIELD Picked Up by Farmer Boys Supposed to Be Part of That Stolen in Chalmers Bank Robbery. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 29.---Richard Thompson and Earl Plum, 14 and 16 years respectively, today found a quantity of paper currency stolen by yeggjuen who blew the safe in the State Bank of Chalmers on the night of Nov. 18 and carried away more than $3,000 in paper, gold and silver. The aggregate amount of money found by the boys is difficult to estimate owing to its mutilated condition, but there was a large roll of it. The bills were torn and scorched from the effects of the four explosions which tore the safe asunder and wrecked the interior of the bank building. Thompson and Plum have a line traps set on the Stacy farm, two miles north of Chalmers, and it was while the boys were visiting their' traps that theymade the discovery of the mutilated money, Passing through a cornfield about 120 rods west of the Chicago-Mo-non Railroad, they camo to a spot v. here tho robbers evidently had stopped to make a division of the loot. The torn bilks were scattered on the grotfnd, some of thefn loose and others in packages bound with rubber bands. • The boys hastened to town after gathering up every fragment of the currency and reported their discovery. The Burns Detective Agency has, for the past ten days, been working on the robbery and developments are coming so rapidly that it is believed the detectives will be able to make an arrest soon.

ALL CREDITOILS TO SHARE.

Decision Given in Bankruptcy Cane of Frank A. Nave. Covington, Ind., Nov. 27.—Judge Schoonover, of the Fountain circuit court, has given his decision in the action brought against Frank A. Nave, the well-known farmer, who recently failed with liabilities of more than $400,000. Judge Schoonover ruled against the plaintiffs on every point, thus vindicating Mr. Nave and his wife and exonerating them of the charge of sequestering property and conspiring with favored creditors. The American National Bank of Lafayette, is also freed of the charge of taking undue advantage of other creditors. The court also placed the stamp of'validity on the sale of personal property made to Wallace & Baugh, of Lafayette, for $12,500. The action was brought by four I-afayette banks. Mr. and Mrs. Nave and the assignees, W. S. Baugh, were made defendants. Vhe examination occupied/four days and a great array of legal talent, represented each side. The ruling will permit the case to proceed so that all the creditors will share alike. Both Covington banks and one or two Covington citizens are interested.

And Not One in a Hundred Was Probably Necessary.

Washington, Nov. 27.—The Department of Agriculture gavfe out statistics today which show that more animals have been slaughtered in the state of Indiana alone during the present foot and mouth epidemic than were slaughtered in all of the infected area during the two former outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, although four states were involved on both occasions.. The department announces that 85 herds have been slaughtered In Indiana, consisting of 1,907 cattle, 571 sheep and 3,104 swine, making a total of 5,582 animals slain. The total number of animals killed in all the infected area at one of the former outbreaks was about 3,000, and at the other outbreak about 4,000.

Vol. XVII, No. 68

EUROPEAN WAR IN BRIEF.

Official reports from the eastern theater of war indicate that the fighting at various points, particularly i n Russian Poland, has been of a very stubborn nature. The Russians admit that between the Vistula and the Warta rivers the Germans continue to maintain their strongly fortified positions, although their losses are reported to have been very large. The Russians have again occupied Ozernowitz and the Austrian forces have been driven out of Bukowina. A new effort by the German invaders to reach the French coast has l»een frustrated. EmiM'ror William, according to Berlin advices, is at present with the German army in the east. I 1 iehl Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary force's on the continent, in an official statement gives an optimistic view of the situation in France and Belgium from the standpoint of the allies. A dispatch from Athens says that Turkey intends to sequestrate all religious establishments in Palestine Iteldnglng to France, Great Britian and Russia. The German Field Marshal, Von der Goltz, former GovernorGeneral of the Belgian captured territory, has been attached to the entourage of (he Sultan of Turkey. General Von Bissing is the new Governor-General in Belgium. President Wilson is expected to confer during (he course of the week with Henry Van Dyke, the American minister to (he Netherlands, who, it is reported, has brought to this country a message from Queen Wilhelmina proposing a plan for neutral countries to bring |<a< <‘ to Europe.

ON ORUELTY CHARGE

Benton t'ounty Man, 92 Years of Age, In Sued for Divorce. Fowler, Ind., Nov. 29.- Joseph Blue, 92 years old, who has made his homo at Templeton, is made defendant in a divorce suit tiled In the Benton circuit court by Louisa M. Blue, aged 76. Cruelty and desertion are charged, and a restraining order has been secured preventing the aged husband from disposing of hie property, which the complainant alleges is valued at about $5,000, besides bls annual income of several hundred dollars. She is also asking for sl,000 alimony. The aged pair have been married six yearp. They separated last March.

5,100 HORSES FOR EUROPE.

Largest Drove Ever in Chicago Will Be Kent to War Zone. Chicago, Nov. 28.—Five thousand one hundred horses, the largest single drove ever in Chicago, awaited shipment at the stock yards today to the battlefields of Europe. The horses were bought in the western plains states for the French army. Cavalry and artillery steeds are included in the drove, which is daily receiving additions. Besides the French mounts there are now 1,700 horses of a slightly higher grade, which are to be consigned to the British war office.

Ray Heilig, Formerly of Remington, Goes Free on Murder Charge.

The case pending against Ray Heilig of Lowell, who was charged jointly with Glen Jones of killing John Mltsch at Cedar Lake last winter, was stricken from the docket Monday when the case was called, there being no evidence against him and Jones swore in his own case that Heilig had nothing to do with, the murder. He took all the responsibility and was sentenced to a long term, it will be remembered that there were no witnesses to the transaction, and Jones* testimony on the stand cleared Heilig, who had pleaded not guilty.- -Crown Point Star. . • .«• ... • '■■ ■

Birth Announcements.

Dec. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Lewis of Newton tp., a daughter. Nov. 25, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Yeo-man-of Newton tp., a daughter. Nov. 27, to Mr. and-Mrs, Ed Cook of Hanging Grove tp., a daughter. Nov. 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haas of Tipton, a son. Mrs. Hass was formerly Miss Julia Leopold of Rensselaer.

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