Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1914 — Page 2

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THE JASPER MIY DWAI F. E. BIBCOCK, EDITOR HMD PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. _ Lon o Distance Telephones Office 315 Residence 311 Advertising rates made known on application. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter June 8, 1908, at the postoffice at Rensseunder the Act of March Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 pages; Saturday Issue 8 pages. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1914.

The Foot and Mouth Disease.

The following communication appeared in a recent issue of the Indianapolis News, and we copy same for the reason that the views therein expressed coincide with what The Democrat has said regarding the scare the animal husbandry department of the U. S. Agricultural Department has been throwing into the People: •* -gi Sir—Having recently visited various localities in this state where the foot and mouth disease among live stock has been or is prevalent. I desire to make some comment relative to the disease and the treatment in vogue under the management of the state and, national authorities. Some twenty-two years ago, while practicing as a veterinarian in the state of Michigan, a plague broke out among the live stock in my locality very similar and, in my opinion, precisely identical with the present in section. My services were promptly invoked by the owners of the stock in that locality and, acting under my direction, the disease stock were segre gated at once and the afflicted of all the herds in the community placed in a common pound for my treat ment. The animals not affected were also placed under my charge for such preventive treatment as I should deem necessary. Only a few, I think perhaps but three or four of the considerable number stricken, died, ana the disease was in these instances

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well advanced when my services were invoked. I experienced no great difficulty in treating the malady with success. The preventive measures I employed among the nonaffected herds were effectual to the extent that only four or five head were afterward afflicted, which were at once Ijlaced in the common pound and subsequently yielded to my treatment. The disease was thus “nipped in the bud” with but little ado and without creating any very great ex-' citement, such as from the very first in the present breaking out of the disease seems to have been the case. Thus when the present plague broke out and excited accounts of it were heralded through the papers, all over the country, I took an early opportunity to visit the region affected', I more out of curiosity to determine' whether the disease was the same as ' that treated by me many years ago as above indicated. I found it to be identically the same without the shadow of a doubt. I found t'he quarantine so rigid and the espionage so alert that I was not permitted to make a diagonosis of a typical case, such as I should have'liked, but I saw and learned enough to satisfy me that the foot and mouth disease was a recurrence of the same malady I had formerly treated. The advent of zero weather, I am convinced, will have the effect to practically eradicate the disease, or, at least temporarily prevent its spread. This was my observation ot it: but unless effectual preventive steps are taken in all localities where i’ has raged.it will break out again with the advent of warm weather after the winter is past. The main purpose of this communication, however, is to express my disapproval and enter my protest against what I believe is an unnecessary destruction of animal life. It certainly occurs to me as being sinful and useless butchery and waste. I would not criticise the killing of the infected beasts, though, to my mind, even this is unnecessary, but to take a whole herd of sound ano healthy cattle and inflict the merciless death penalty, simply because one or two of the herd have sore mouths or foot, it seems to me, is extremely barbarous at the least. The same logic that prompts such slgughter would by analogy suggest the Killing of an entire family of human jeings becaus’© for sootli one member of the family had become afflicted with cholera or smallpox. Surely such proceedings is a sad commentary 'on boasted veterinary science a>d the statutes of the commonwealth forbidding cruelty to animals, better to segregate the well ones and invoke the best veterinary skill for their healing. In closing I desire to say that I have long been of the opinion that the use of animal fertilizer is the cause of this disease. Had I time and space I could, I think, submit potent reasons for this belief. „ D ' A ' WILLIAMS, V. S. Shelbyville, Ind.

There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many vears doctors pronounced it a local* disease and prescribed local remedies and by constantly. failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars r for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials Address: F. J. CHE-NEY & CO Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.

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Washington Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic fleet, impressively tol(J the house naval committee at Washington that the United States navy is not prepared to cope with the most powerful navy in the world. He mentioned no country. • « * President Wilson at Washington nominated Brigadier General Funston for major general. • « • Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison in his annual report made public at "Washington earnestly recommends the United States regular army be recruited to its full strength, which means an immediate addition of 25,000 men. He further recommends the formation of a reserve force, composed of men who have served at least a year in the regular army. - *• • • Secretary McAdoo, in his annual report to congress at Washington, outlined the steps taken by the treasury department to restore confidence, weakened by the European war. "A catastrophe of calamitous proportions,” said the report, “was narrowly averted.” • • • The total documented merchant shipping of the United States on June 30, 1914, comprised 26,943 vessels of 7,928,688 gross tons. “This tonnage is the largest in our history,” says Secretary of Commerce Redfield in his annual report at Washington. • • • The eleventh annual convention of the National Rivers and Harbors congress was opened at Washington. • • • President Wilson placed himself in formal opposition to the inquiries into army and navy preparedness proposed by Representative Gardner of Massachusetts. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced in the senate at Washington a resolution creating a special committee of three senators, three members of the house and three civilians to make an investigation of the condition of the defenses of the continental United States. The nation’s military and naval expenses during the fiscal year, not including certain fixed expenses, would amount to $256,421,357, compared with $251,284,167 during the current year, under plans of the administratioh as embodied in estimates submitted to congress at Washington. • • * European War News Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. D. Sturdee's cruiser squadron engaged the German squadron of Von Spee,sunk its flagship, the armored cruiser Scharnhorst of 11,420 tons, its sister ship the Gneisenau, and the light cruiser Lqips'ig of 3,200 tons. The light cruisers Nuernberg and Dresden escaped. Two colliers were captured by the British. Some survivors of the Gneisenau and Leipsig were rescued. Admiral yon Spee is believed to have gone down with his ship. One thousand five hundred of crews perished. The battle was fought off Falkland islands in the South Atlantic. • « • The grand order of the kaiser has been posted in all towns of Germany announcing that the second line of landsturm must be ready for active service December 20. I* * * 1 Taking advantage of the preoccupation of the Germans in the east, the ; allied French, Belgian and British forces have begun an offensive movement in the west. The allies are now virtually in possession of the left i bank of the Yser canal, and in northern France. • *' * • Brig. Gen. Christian Frederick Beyers, one of the leaders of the rebellion t in the Union of South Africa, has been shot, it is officially announced at I Johannesburg, and is believed to be dead. • ♦ • There is a report the Germans have kept the pick of their western army in the Aisne valley, whence at an opportune moment they can hurl it against the French lines and make another effort to get through to Paris. • * • A dispatch from Sluis reports that the allies have recaptured Dixmude. • • •? Five bombs have been dropped by German aviators on Dover, England, only 60 mHes from London. No damage reported. • • • i Lady Decies (formerly Miss Vivian Gould, daughter of George Gould of New York), who is a Red Cross worker, at Dunkirk, France, was struck in the shoulder by a splinter of iron from a\bomb thrown by a German aero. t• • ♦ The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh has struck a mine and returned to Constantinople considerably damaged. • • • The Germans claiip to have taken upward of 100,600 prisoners when they captured Lode.

rnree German mercnantmen were sunk by British or Japenese warships off the coast of Terra Del Fuego, the' southernmost extremity of South America, according to advices re- ] ceived at Buenos Aires. The earl of Annesley was shot down by Germans while making a reconnoissance in an aeroplane over Ostend. Both Lord Annesley and Lieutenant Beever, who accompanied him in the aeroplane, were killed. • * Personal The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor is on its way across the sea from the president of France to Myron T. Herrick in recognition of Mr. Herrick’s services to the French people while American ambassador to France. ♦ ♦ ♦ Maj.-Gen. William Wallace Wotherspoon, who retired as chief of the United States army on November 16, has been selected by Governor-elect Whitman of New York to be state superintendent of public works for New York. General Wotherspoon is sixty-three years old. ♦ • • William W. Rockhill, the distinguished American diplomat, died at Honolulu. Mr. Rockhill was en route to China. He was suffering from a , severe cold. He was en route to Peking to become adviser to Presi“dent Yuan Shi Kai. He was sixty years old. • • • Mrs. Susan H. Stetson Fletcher, wife of Rear Admiral Frank K. Fletcher, now in command of the Atlantic fleet of the United States navy, is a patient at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. • * * Congressman A. J. Sabath, chairman of the Democratic county central committee, is ill at his home in Chicago. Members of his family are alarmed over his condition. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mexican Revolt American troops have been ordered to stop the firing of warring Mexican' factions across the border at Naco, Sonora, into the Arizona town of that name, in which five persons have been killed and 44 wounded. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss was ordered to Naco to take over command of the situation from Colonel Guilfoyle. * ♦ ♦ General Carranza of Mexico has ordered the seizure of all the rail- : roads, stations and terminals and all telegraph and telephone lines within . the territory dominated by his govern- , ment. They will be operated under his direction. Foreign Just how serious is the illness of Kaiser Wilhelm 11, emperor of Ger- , many, is shrouded in considerable ( mystery. There are persistent unofficial and unconfirmed reports indirectly from Berlin that the emperor is a > victim of pneumonia. I The American Christmas ship Jason, bearing gifts to the war orphans ; of Europe, arrived at Genoa from Mar--4 seilies. Her commander was welcomed by representatives of the Italian government, which has furnished a special train to take the gifts to Austria and Germany. |• • • i Emperor Yoshihito opened the diet at Tokyo. • * ♦ i The Swedish state railways have in- . vited tenders from America for a total quantity of 130,000 tons of coal to be delivered between „ January and I March, 1915. This is the first time ' American coal has been allowed to compete for Swedish state requirements. L’• ” i Domestic | Fire destroyed virtually the entire main plant of the Edison company at I West Orange, N. Y., causing damage estimated at $7,000,000. The laborai tory building, containing valuable scientific machinery was saved. • * . • Mrs. Ella Flagg Young was re--elected superintendent of schools of Chicago. I Leo M. Frank was resentenced in superior court at Atlanta, Ga„ to be hanged January 22 for the murder of Mary Phagan. ♦ ♦ * Two men were burned to death after being injured and 100 passenger injured when two elevated trains collided in New York city. The Colorado coal strike has been called off, effective December 10. This action was taken by the convention of District No. 15 of the United Mine Workers of America by a unanimous vote at Denver, Colo. » * ♦ The Prohibition party has nominated John H. Hill for mayor of Chicago. Thomas Clapp, twenty years old, confessed to the St. Louis police that he murdered David and Adam Brown, two brothers, who were found dead in their home near Tamms, 111. He also implicated his nephew, , Lester Moody, sixteen years old. The Rockefeller foundation of New York already has spent about one million dollars for the relief of the starving population of Belgium. The foundation further "is ready to spend millions of dollars, if necessary, In this direction.’*

A Fetotr Christmas Suggestions f ' For the father, a pin For the mother, a brooch For the son, a watch For the daughter, a ring For the uncles, aunts, cousins and friends, an an elegant selection of useful gifts are displayed for your inspection. P. W. Clarke Ishe Jetejeler

WWKRD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law, Abstracts, Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAW, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent. Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of women and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig’s drug store. Phones: Office No. 442; Real , No. 442-B RENSSELAER, INDIANA. E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A/ T. Still. / Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello. Ind. Office 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. w. HORTON DENTIST Office opposite court house square. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

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Administrator’s Sale of Personal Property. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Isaac N. Makeever, deceased, will offer for sale at public auction, at the late residence of said decedent, in Newton township, in Jasper county, in the state of Indiana, on Tuesday, the 29th day of December, 1914, the personal property of said estate, consisting of four head of harses, two cows, three heifers, two brood sows, eight pigs, two calves; also farm implements consisting of wagon, riding plow, disk, mowing machipe, walking plow, corn sheller, set work harness, end-gate seeder; two hundred and fifty bushels of corn, more or less; and all the house hold goods of said decedent. Terms of Sale— -All sums of five dollars ($5.00) and . under cash in hand; all sum? over five dollars ($5.00) a credit of not to exceed, nine months will be given, the chaser to give his note therefor" bearing six per cent interest after maturity, waiving relief and providing for attorneys fees and with sufficient sureties thereon. ALBERTUS M. YEOMAN, Administrator.Fred Phillips, Auctioneer; C. O. Spitler, Clerk. d-5-12-l»

CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS * LOUISVILLK RY RENSSELAER TIME TABLE In Effect May 3, 1914. NORTH BOUND No. 4 Louisville to Chicago.... 4:59a.m. No. 36 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 5:2T a.Hu No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago.... 7i30 a_m. No. 32 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 10:46 a.nu No. 38 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 3:15 p.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago.... 3:44p.m. No. 30 Cin. and Ind. to Chicago 7:06 p.m. SOUTH BOUND No. 5 Chicago to Louisvillell:os a.m. No. 37 Chicago to Ind. and Cin. 11:20 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Ind. and Cin.. 2:01 p.m. No. 39 Chicago to Lafayette.... 6:12 p.na No. 31 Chicago to Ind. and Cin.. 7:41p.m. No. 3 Chicago to Louisville... .11:10 p.m. No. 35 Chicago to Ind. and Cin. .12:15 a.m.

! OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. ! > ( [ CITY OFFICERS j I 11 Mayor Charles G. Spitler ! ;l Clerk.. Charles Morlan , ' Treasurer.l.Charles M. Sands I, , I Attorney... Moses Leopold 1 > Marshal W. R. Shesler I I Civil Engineer. ...W. F. Osborne 1 i (! ,? re ,9, h ies• J- J- Montgomery I ► 1 ire Warden..... J, J, Montgomery ' > fl , k . • L __ ‘ ' Councilmen ' * ! Ina rvay W °od J ; nd Ward Frank Tobias ; ! 3rd ward Frank King > At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kresler ’ > j I JUDICIAL J > fl Circuit Judge.. Charles W. Hanley 1 < Prosecuting AtCr...Fred LongweU I Terms of Court—Second Monday I ln , February, April, September ' < and November. Four week ’ j ■ terms. 1 1 COUNTY OFFICERS j’ <! Judson H. Perkins i ! I I * W. I. Hoover i ! < Auditorj. p. Hammond I! Treasurer a a Wnii * < Recorder Scott ' <1 SurveyorDeVere YeOman J I n2 r °2 er Z W - J - Wright | I £°- ® u pt. Ernest Lamoni < [ County Assessor J. q Lewis I ! j [ Health Officer ,F, H. J f COMMISSIONERS J f !! Inn ’ "W- H - Hershman-' ! ! Com^r^’-’.-’K’ oll^ ! I Commissioners’ Court meets the) I First Monday of each month. 1 I COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION f ' J S&r ! ft® .•.•.: Hang, ! Tunis S Sn[n r *ink£kL» 3 ’ H Un 4. S Wo P od;-Jr' Marlon Lano arkS Isaac’ thvef ” • • Newtonj , Fred Karch Walker ' ’ Geo. A. Williamsßensseae? - W m o A N^ aßhburn •••Remind. vv. o. Nelson .WheatfloM C % S uPt-- .Rens a - Truant Officer, C. B. Steward. • ' Rensselaer "f i

< [ TRUSTEES’ CARDS. I JORDAN TOWNSHIP dan h % Unde 9 s . i&ned trustee of Jordan Township attends to d'fficial flrci neSS » at ., his residence on the an< t third Wednesdays of ness with th mp Pe wHi nS business with me will please govern addrt S KB Ve n acc ordingly. Postoffice if addresa—Rensselaer, Indiana, R-«. IW. H. WORTLET, Trustee. UNION TOWNSHIP • Th 2. undersigned Trustee of Township attends to official i business at his store in Fair” week of each *”• ISAAC KIGHT. Trustee. NEWTON TOWNSHIP T h ® unde ralgnZdTrustee of Newbu%nT«<T n n > 11 Ei attends to official' residence on the’ DEALER L^_ Trusteeaddress—Rensselaer R-3. —— —.

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