Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1915 — Page 1

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' Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Monday, Feb. 1, Clay De wees, 5 miles north and 2 miles east of Rensselaer, on the old Renicker farm. General farm sale, horses, -cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 2, Ed Barkley, 254 miles northeast of Aix. General farm sale, horses, cattle, implements, household goods, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 2, Lawrence Kellner, 8 miles south and 1 mile east of Rensselaer. General farm sale, 18 horses, 26 head of cattle, sheep, hogs and a large lot of farm implements. Friday, Feb. 5, Joseph Francis, 3% miles southwest of Rensselaer, on the Bunkum road. General farm sale, horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 9, Scott Bros., 4 miles north and 6 miles east of Rensselaer. General farm sale, horses, cattle,' hogs, farm tools, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 10, J. V. Lesh, 4i£ miles north and 1 mils west ot Rensselaer, on the Henry Grow farm. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

CHURCH BURNED AT PARR.

Destroyed About 1 A. M., Yesterday Morning, With Loss of About $2,000, and SBOO Insurance. The Parr church was totally destroyed by fire at about 1 a. m., yesterday morning. Rev. O. E. Miller ■of Burnettsville, and Rev. Charles Postill of Rensselaer, were holding meetings in the church and were having a fine attendance. There was a big crowd out Thursday night and much interest was being shown in the services. It is not known how the fire started, whether from a defective flue, from the stove or from a cigar butt thrown down in the entry. When first discovered it is said the flames were not near where the stove stood. This was the only church edifice in Parr and the loss is a heavy one to the town. The building was erected some fourteen years ago, and it is said would probably cost about $2,000 to replace it. was SBOO insurance, S7OO on building and SI,OO on contents. The burning of the church will necessarily end the protracted meetings, it is said, as the school house is not large enough to accomodate the people, .but the Sunday school will be held in the school building, it is understood.

Wednesday Morning Marriage at St. Augustine’s Church.

Mr. George Putts, son of Mt., and Mrs. Joseph Putts of southwest, of town, and Miss Gertrude Schmai, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schmai of Pleasant Ridge, were united in marriage at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St. Augustine’s. Catholic church in Rensselaer, Rev. Father Daniel officiating. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride to the friends and relatives, and Wednesday evening the newlyweds left on the “Hoosier” for Chicago, and will visit there and at Gary and St. John’ until* about March 1, when they will take up their residence on the Mrs. Andrus farm, northwest of town, at present occupied by Phil Heuson, who will move upon the Keefe farm, south of Pleasant Ridge. The Democrat extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Putts.

Young Men Make Affidavit That Stories Were False.

Paul Norgor and Leßoy Anderson, two Rensselaer young men, were taken before Prosecuting Attorney Sands last Thursday and admitted that stories they had told defamatory to the character of Miss Irma B. Holmes were entirely false and unfounded and they , made affidavits setting forth that the stories were false and that they would use their best efforts to correct the false stories about her character. Mrs. S. B. Holmes, mother of Irma, deferred her plans for starting to the west in order to set at rights the reputation of her daughter and the affidavits which Norgor and Anderson made will fully set at rest the derogatory stories which have been circulated.—Advt.

Brother Dies at St. Joseph’s College.

Bro. Stephen Kebele died at St. Joseph’s college at 2 a. m., Thursday of pneumonia, after a couple of weeks illness. He was born Sept. 2, 1841, in Germany, and had been out at the college here for twenty-three years. The funeral will be held •at the college chapel this morning ano burial made in the Mt. Calvary cemetery. " ■

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. County Treasurer Fell will go to Indianapolis today to visit until tomorrow evening with his wife who is in the St. Vincent hospital, where she underwent a severe operation last week, and is getting along as well as can be expected. New suits filed: No. 8364. John Herr vs. Edward S. Moon et al; action for SIO,OOO, amount alleged to have been paid defendant by plaintiff for certain lots in Harrisburg, Ark., to which defendant is alleged to have had no title. No. 8365. John Spencer vs. David L. Speicher; action for recovery of purchase money and to enforce vendor’s lein. Kentland Enterprise: Marriage licenses were issued during the week to Frederick" W. Bower and Miss Rose Neary of Kentland, F. J. Sell and Miss Fern Conn of Brook, and Charles E. McCullough of Fowler, and Miss May Gilman of Goodland. .... A report is in circulation that steps will be taken to change the name of Schneider to Fargo. The necessity of making this change is due to the fact that a town down state similar to the name but spelled “Snyder,” has caused considerable confusion by persons mistaking one for the other. •."» * " '» Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 26, George Putts, son of Joseph Putts of Rensselaer, aged 27 Oct. 17 last, occupation farmer, to Gertrude Anna Schmal, daughter of Nicholas Schmal of near Pleasant Ridge, aged 27 Nov. 18 last, occupation milliner. First marriage for each. Jan. 27, George Mosier of Demotte, aged 29 Jan. 24 last,- occupation farmer, to Fannie. Belle Robbins, also of Demotte, aged 19 May 30 last, occupation assistant postmistress First marriage for each. Married by D. D. Dean, justice of the peace. Jan. 27, John Edward Shelmon of Remington, aged 23 Oct. 31 last, occupation farmer, to Bernice Babb,, also of Remington, aged 22 Nov. 22 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

Former Resident of Jasper County Dies Near North Manchester.

William Hoile, Sr., who lived with his son, William Hoile, Jr., near North Manchester, died at the home of the latter Thursday morning and will .be buried near Nort’h Manchester. Mr. Hoile was a veteran of the civil war and his age was about 75 years. He is survived by a wife and three children, Charles Hoile of Kniman; Mrs. W. D. Meyers of Wheatfield, and William Hoile, Jr., ot near North Manchester. They formerly resided at Kniman, Jasper county, and Mr. Hoile was well known to many readers of The Democrat. Mr. Hoile had been in poor health for some time.

Branson-Hitchings Nuptials.

A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hitchings in Jordan tp., at 11:30 a. m., Wednesday, when their daughter, Miss Bertie Hitchings, was united in marriage to' Mr. W. L. Branson, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of the contracting parties to the number of about eighty. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. C. Parrett, pastor of the church of Rensselaer, after which a fine wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Branson went to Chicago Wednesday evening on the “Hoosjer” for a few days’ visit, after which they will return 'to Jordan tp. They will reside upon a farm near Foresman. The Democrat joins thCir many friends in extending congratulations.

Two Months Now of Zero Weather.

Old winder is still right on the job, and every night for the past week the mercury has been down

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1915.

about zero or several degrees below. Thursday morning was seemingly the coldest mornin? We have had during the winter, but the government thermometer out at St. Joseph college only registered 15 degrees below zere, about the same as those in town. Usually it is from o to 5 degrees colder at the college than here. have certainly been having a real winter this time, practically two months of it now, with the mercury most of the time in the neighborhood of zero. In fact, the ground has not thawed out since the first good freeze. When the groundhog comes cut next Tuesday we will know what the future holds in store for us-—at least those of us who bank on the groundhog adage will know.

PETITIONS BEING CIRCULATED.

Monon Railroad Officials Getting Busy for Passenger Rate Increase. « John Priest of Lafayette, traveling passenger agent for the Monon, was here Wednesday and made'arrangements for the circulating of a petition here, asking the legislature to graijt a, per mile passenger rate. The commerical clubs of the different cities through which the road passes are also being asked to pass resolutions favoring this increa.se. The Rensselaer commercial club has taken a rather neutral stand in the matter and asked the legislature to use its own best judgment in t'he matter. ,

The Navy League Lecture.

Our citizens were given a new viewpoint on t'he aim and object of the Navy League propaganda on Wednesdey of this week. ' Prof. Wm. M. Lewis of Chicago, who ie field secretary of the League, gave two lectures, "one at St. Joseph college in the afternoon and one at Ellis opera house in the evening. About 350 of the faculty, students and visitors were listeners at St. Joseph’s to the professor, who, by the way, is a much traveled man and a -pleasing platform speaker. The .pictures thrown on the screen begun with the old ship "institution, which is still afloat and closed with the present wonderful steel-clad dreadnaughts of '30,000 tons. The League is trying to educate the people up to the point of taking greater interest in naval affairs, and are showing the tax-payers the necessity of the. establishment of an organization of expert and high-class men who will see to it that we not .only get efficient but full value for the money expended. The Professor made this startling statement, that If we had had an adequate navy at the inception of the civil war, to prevent England from taking out cotton and carry in munitions of war to the southern confederacy, that war would have ended in six months, thus saving hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions of money in devastation to property and pensions to injured survivors. The speaker quoted from Washington, Patrick Henry and others, to prove the needs of the present hour, and certainly gave us something for earnest, serious consideration. Prof. Lewis should give his lecture at chautauquas, thereby reaching the ■ of Tbe interior who rarely, if ever, contemplate the proposition ot our coast defenses. Our townsman, John O’Connor, deserves much commendation for giving us the pleasure and instruction received. 1 xk

The Democrat is net at all in sympathy with this movement. We have certainly seen in the last few months what it means to be “prepared for war.” When the present conflict is ended in Europe we may be assured that this country will he safe from any trouble with foreign countries for many decades at least. The European countries will be so improverished that it will take them a long, long time to recuperate, and ’it is possible that militarism and all that the term implies will be ended I for good and all, and that disputes ■ between nations will be settled by international arbitration instead of by force of arms? This country certainly has nothing to fear at this time, and the longer the European struggle continues the less cause is there for fear from foreign, nations. Speed the time when swords will be turned into plowshares ih reality.

General farm sale, Friday, Feb. 5, one mile southeast of Gillam church, old Pruett farm.—-H. C. WHITE. j-30

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. j, —: AGED COUPLE REMARRIES. Same Minister Performs Ceremony on Golden Wedding Day. Lafayette, Ind., January 26.—Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Taylor, who live at Chalmers, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary today by being remarried by the Rev. Mr. Lake, age eighty, who performed the ceremonj fifty years ago. - ’ Five of the guests at today's celebration were guests at the first wedding. Guests came from many of the surrounding cities, three hundred invitations having been issued. Mr. Taylor is eighty years old and his wife is seventy-four.

STEVE FLEMING RESIGNS.

Miffed Over Passage of Anti-Lobby Bill, It Is Rumored. Indianapolis, January 27. —With only three dissenting votes the senate this afternoon passed the Van Auken anti-lobby bill under a suspension of rules. This is the measure which Governor Ralston insisted should be passed. It has an emergency clause making it effective immediately. It provides that all lobbyists shall register with the Secretary of State and file expense accounts. It also prohibits lobbying by public officials and members of political organizations. The measure is drastic, tl contains a provision to compel publishers ot newspapers to file a statement with the secretary of state whenever they receive money for advocating or opposing a bill. Senator S. B. Fleming of Ft. Wayne, one of the democratic leaders in the legislature, tendered his resignation today. It is the understanding that he was -at variance with "the democratic senators on the caucus action on the anti-lobbyist bill. Senator Fleming sent a brief note to Governor Ralston at noon stating that he wished to resign at once as the senator from Adams and Allen counties. This afternoon many members of the legislature and leaders of the party besought him to recon sider, but he said that his decision was final. Governor Ralston has urged him to reconsider. Senator Fleming said that he had not resigned because of the action on the anti-lobbyist “bill. Further he would make no statement. For several years he has been one of ths most prominent figures in the legislature. His resignation created a sensation. There will be no special election to fill his place. He said that special election will not be necessary. • Representative-Eschbach introduced a bill to provide that county auditors shall issue automobile licenses. The house today killed a bill to make circuit court districts out of Jennings and Ripley counties, Jackson and Scott and Lawrence. This is the first of the "new circuit court bills to be killed. Senator, Thornton today introduced a bill prohibit a public service corporation from charging more for its product in this state than in other states. The measure is aimed to correct a situation at New Albany. Thornton says the electric light com i pany at- New Albany charges higher rates for its current in New Alban) than it does in Louisville. The senate today repealed the 'Lake county salary bill which was passed Illegally tw’o years ago. Senator McCormick introduce/ a bill to provide for ah extensive drainage plan to reclaim thousands of acres in the Kankakee swamp. | The house today defeated a resoluition for the appointment of a committee to study workmen’s compensation laws and submit a bill.

Preparing to Grind in Eliziir Sage • Case vs. Mary A. Day. Attorneys in the case of Elizur Sage vs. Mary Ann Day today took up the closing of issues preparatory

to the opening of the trial. The plaintiff is asking $25,000 damages. Jin alleges that the defendant contracted for $29,000 'worth of land in Minsesota and then failed to live up to the contract. The defendant has filed a cross-complaint, alleging fraud in the procurement of the contract. Wil liam H. Parkison and George Williams of Rensselaer, and S. C. Hubbell of South eßnd, are attorneys for the plaintiff, and Charles M. Snyder and Kuinler & Gaylord of this city, are attorneys for the defense. The case was brought here on a change of venue from Benton county and promises to bring ’out some interesting details when it comes to trial.-*—Lafayette Courier.

HILL LOSES DAMAGE CASE.

Against Monon Railroad for Alleged Injuries in November 1012. —Dan AVaymire Indicted. After several hours deliberation the jury in the Newton circuit court Thursday, in the ease of Frank Hill vs. the Monon Railroad Company for damages for alleged injuries received at Rensselaer in November, when William Washburn and Noble Peacock were killed by the northbound evening train while loading stock at the stock yards here, returned a verdict in favor of the railroad. In speaking of this case and other cases of interest to Jasper county readers, the Newton County Enterprise says: The headliner in the circuit court this week was a personal injury damage suit brought here from Rensselaer. Frank Hill is the plaintiff and the Monon Rairoad Company the defendant. Moses Leopod of Rensselaer, Judge D'arroch of Kentland, and C. C. Hine of Chicago, appeared for the railroad company, and Attorneys Parkison and Halleck of Rensselaer and Davis of Brook for Hill. In November, 1912, Hill and two men by the name of Peacock and Washburn, were loading cattle at the Rensselaer stock yards. A passenger train struck the three men killing Peacock and Washburn and Injuring Hill. A large number of witnesses were placed on the witness stand and the case was bitterly contested. The jury was empaneled Tuesday morning, and all of Tuesday afternoon and yesterday was consumed in hearing evidence. The pleas of counsel were made last night and the case given to the jury about 1 2 o’clock. Up t the hour of going to press they have not agreed on a verdict. The first jury trial of the term, and the first case for the new prosecuting attorney, was heard Monday. It was an action brought by the State against Clarence Messenger. The plaintiff was Frank Fross, an old man of questionable mentality. The affidavit charged that Messenger and another young man assaulted Fross, took the old inan Into the corn field, raised his shlrtr'and rubbed his bare back in the hot sand, and then robbed him of $7. Messenger was present at the trial with his wife and baby. Some evidence was introduced showing That the other felow probably had more to do in the case than Messenger, and the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. The case came here .. Jasper county. Daniel W. Waymire of Jasper county, indicted by the Newton county grand jury for perjury in a case heard In this court some terms ag<j, appeared and gave bond in the sum of SSOO. Ed Hersha, indicted for sale of mortgaged chattels, also appeared and gave bond. The third indictment returned by the grand jury last week was against Henry Granger on the charge of grand larceny jn the case heretofore reported of the burglarizing of a house in the north end of the county some months ago. Granger gave bond and the hearing of the case will come later.

Birth Announcements. Jan. 25; to Mr. and Mrs. J. ]•. Pettet of Walker tp„ a son. Jan. 28, to Mr. and Mrs, Frank K rosier, a son. Jan. .28, to Rev. and Mrs. Titus, at St. Thomas, Can., a 10-pound daughter. Rev. Titus, who went to St. Thomas several days ago, will not reach home for the Sunday services here, we understand. Notice to Patrons. For information of patrons as to' reason this company has discontinued the reversing of messages is that this company receives no commission (Mi this business, does al] the work, takes operators time, company’s equipment; many times 15 or 20 minutes labor getting a long distance message through and receives no compensation for same. The injustice fan be plainly shown by asking other business and professional men to sell their goods or talent at a loss of 25 per cent.—JASPER COUNTY T'ELRPftONE CO. Another new supply of correspondence stationery, calling and invitation cards, correspondence cards, etc., has just been received at Thtr Democrat’s fancy stationerydepartment. Subscribe for The Democrat.

Vol. XVII, No. 85

IMMIGRATION BILL VETOED BY WILSON

Message Explains Refusal to Sign Measure. / PEOPLE DON’T FAVOR CLAUSE President Declares That the Literacy Test Provided in Act Is Radical Departure From Nation’s Policy. Washington, Jan. 29.—President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill in the following inessage to congress: “It Is with unaffected regret that I find myself constrained by clear conviction to return this bill without nay Signature. Not only do I feel it to be a very serious matter to exercise the power of veto in any case, because it involves opposing the single judgment of the president to the judgment of tho majority of both houses of the congress, a step which no man who realizes his own liability to error can take without great hesitation, but also because this particular bill is in so many important respects admirable, well conceived and desirable. Its enactment into law would undoubtedly enhance the efficiency and improve tho methods of handling tho important branch of the public service to which It relatQs, but candor and a sense of duty wjth regard to the responsibility so imposed upon me by the» Constitution in matters of legislation leaves me no choice but to disBUI Too Radical. "In two particulars of vital consequence this bUI embodies a radical departure from the traditional and longestablished policy of this country, a policy in which our people have conceived the very character of their government to be expressed, the very mission and spirit of the nation in respect of its relations to the peoples of the world outside their borders. It seeks to all but close entirely the gates of asylums which always have been to those who could find nowhere else the right and opportunity of constitutional agitation for what they conceived to be the natural and inalienable rights of man; and it excludes those to whom the opportunity of elementary education has been denied, without regard to their character, their purposes, or their natural capacity. "Restrictions like these, adopted earlier In our history as a nation, would have very materially altered the course and cooled the humane ardors of our politics. The right of political asylum has brought to this country many a man of noble character and elevated purpose who was marked as an outlaw in his own less fortunate land, and who has yet become an ornament to our citizenship and to our public councils. The children and compatriots of these illustrious Americans must stand amazed to see the representatives of their nation now resolved, in the fullness of our national strength and at the maturity of our great Institutions, to risk turning such men back from our shores, without test of quality or purpose. It is difficult for me to believe that, the full effect of thin feature of the bill was realized when it was framed and adopted, and it is impossible for me to assent to it in the form in which it Is. here passed. Change of Policy. “The literacy test and the tests and restrictions which accompany it constitute an even more radical change in the policy of the nation. Hitherto we have geherou ly kept our doors open to all who ar, j not unfitted by reason of disease or incapacity for self-sup-port or such personal records and antecedents as were likely to make them a menace to ot r peace and order or to the wholesome and offensive relationships of life. In this bill it is proposed to turn away from tests of character and of quality and impose tests which exclude and restrict; for the new tests here embodied are not tests of quality or of character or jf personal fitness, but tests of opporflßnity. It the .people of this country have made up their minds to limit the number of immigrants by arbitrary tests and so reverse the policy of all the generations of Americans that have gone before them, it is their right to do so. I am their servant and have no license to stand in their way. But I dp not believe that they have. I respectfully submit , that no one can quote their mandate to that effect. Has any political party ever avowed a policy of restriction in this fundamental matter, gone to the country on it and been commissioned to control this legislation? Does this bill rest upon the conscious and universal assent and desire of the American people? I doubt it. It is because I doubt It that I- make bold to dissent from it. I am willing to abide by the verdict.

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