Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1915 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Friday, Feb. 5, Joseph Francis, 3*4 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, 4% miles north and 1 mile west of Rensselaer, on the Henry Grow farm. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm, tools, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 17, Charles Pullins, 4i/ 2 miles north and 3-4 mile east of Renselaet, on the Iroquois River. Farm. General farm sale, horses, cattle, implements, etc.

NEW WATER METER RATES

Schedule Proposed Here Is Said to Be Lowest in Indiana. In another column of today’s Democrat we publish the proposed water* meter rates to be charged Rensselaer consumers under the new schedule to be adopted by the city and which the Public Service Commission will be asked to sanction. These rates are said to be the lowest in the state, and are made possible by municipal ownership of both the water and light systems and the lower cost of operation of same jointly. Under., the proposed schedule the minimum is. to. be $6 per year. That is, if a family doesn’t use enough water to reach this figure at meter measurement, the rate will be $6 anyway. Above this one pays for what they actually use, same as we are now doing on our electric lights. This is the only equitable way to handle the matter, and if the consumer knows that he will have the water to pay for if he wastes it, he will no doubt be a little less profigate in its use. That the use of city water has - been grossly abused by many people under the old flat rate, everyone knows to be a fact, and it is this very thing that has made it necessary to put in the meter system. The city will pay for the meters, we understand, but the property owners must pay the cost of installing, same as was done in the installing of light meters. This expense will probably be but a few dollars in each case. The matter of hearing the petition for adoption of the proposed rates is set for next Wednesday 1 , Feb.' 10, before the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis.

No Shadow for the Groundhog.

Yesterday was a damp, cloudy and disagreeable day and, if the groundhog ventured from his winter quarters, there 'was no shadow to scare him back. After the severe fcero weather of last week there was quite a sudden rise in temperature Friday night and Saturday, and Saturday afternoon we experienced one of the worst blizzards of the winter. It was not cold, but the snow fell in sheets and some five or six inches of “the beautiful” soon covered the ground. In the evening it turned it turned to ii sleet, and Sunday to rain, raining all of Sunday night and part of Monday. Almost all the snow disappeared, but the roads were left covered with ice Monday night, when a little more rain fell, gradually turning to sleet. The sidewalks were a glare of ice yesterday morning and a damp snow fell early in the forenoon, melting almost as fast as it fell. The ice all went out of the river Monday night, and the water filled the channel to the banks yesterday morning. .

Daughter Born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bouk.

On Jan. 25, the stork paid a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bouk of near Minot, No. Dak., and left them a daughter, their first born. Mother and babe are reported to be doing very nicely according to a card received by Grandpa and Grandma N. S. Bates. Mr. feouk was a former resident and trustee of Walker tp., and taught for several years in" the schools of Jasper county, while Mrs. Bouk, -formerly Miss Lessie Bates, taught for some time in the Rensselaer city schools. They have resided in North Dakota now for several years and Albert is one of the solid men of his county. He sti.ll has 2,500 bushels of his last year’s wheat crop on hand, and the new arrival is assured of the best care and attention that money can buy. - Another new supply of correspondence stationery, calling and invitation cards, correspondence cards, etc., has just been received at The Democrat’s fancy stationery department.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments v- - \ !.y ■ OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. There were TO marriage licenses issued last month, against 14 for the proceeding month', and 15 for the corresponding month of 1914. The county commissioners were still in session yesterday for the regular February term., A full report of the proceedings will be given in Saturday’s Democrat. Deputy Clerk Miss Ethel Perkins is engaged in ’ making a transcript of the court proceedings in the Marble ditch, for use in selling the bonds. It is a big job and will cover several hundred pages of typewritten matter.

New suits filed: No. 8367. ft ver ett Gail Michael vs. William G. Caldwell; action fqr $250 damages for breach of warranty on deed for certain lands in 13-31-7, (keener tp.) by reason of ditch assessments on the Dexter ditch of $242.80. No. 8368. Same vs. same; amount of tax on same ditch, $173.07, and damages asked $175. Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 30, Clarence Enu.ck Hines of Brook, son of David Hines of Delphi, aged 18 Feb. 23 last, occupation farmer, to Anna May Benson, daughter of Jas. E. Benson of Corydon, Ind., aged 18 Nov. 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Father of male filed written consent to issuance of license, he being under age. The district meeting of the state board of tax commissioners and county assessors for the counties of Parke, Clinton, Fountain, Jasper, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and Warren, will be held in Lafayette on Thursday, Feb. 11. County Assessor G. L. Thornton of this county will attend, and it is desired that as many of the township assessors of the district as possible attend also. The annual delinjuent tax sale will be held next Monday. There are not a great number of delinquencies this year. Carpenter and Newton have no delinquents; Gillam and Hanging Grove butjone dach; Jordan 2; and Rensselaer but three outside the “Rensselaer Home Building Co.” the old - match factory crowd whose numerous lots in the commercial club plat are advertised for sale to satisfy taxes aggregating $114.44.

FEBRUARY TERM OF COURT.

Will Convene Next Monday—Grand Jury Is Not Called: The February term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. The grand jury has not been called, but the petit jury is called for the third Monday. Following are the names and townships of both the grand and petit jurors: GRAND JURORS Norvill Osborn .Gillam Chas. McCashen '. .. .... .. . . Jylilroy Thomas Albring Keener; David A. Ausperger Carpenter Wm. P. Bennett . „Marion PETIT JURORS. Arthur Waymire Barklev Elmer Brown Carpenter Peter Hordeman Union Wes Boudy .{. ...Carpenter Wm. MiddDecamp . . .Walker George Foulks .Milroy Lyman Raymond . Jordan Elias W. Faris Gillam Tunis Snip . . . .. .Keener Jud Moore Rensselaer William Fitzgerlad .Kankakee C. C. Warner .., . .... . Rensselaei G. D. Gregory Wheatfield David Halstead . . .Newton R. S. McDonald . . . .Hanging Grove Everett Brown . ... r . Barkley

High School Notes.

Final examinations for the first semester were given last week Thursday and Friday. Many of the students were exempt. Semester reporfe, were given out Wednesday evening. Miss Mallory will have a class in solid geometry and commercial arithmetic this semester. Although our boys have suffered several defeats jn basket ball we

THE TWICE-A-W EEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1915.

do not’ feel discouraged. We hope to win the remainder of our games. The boys have playea some mighty fine games and are putting up a haru fight to show the public that they can play basketball. The girls have a fine team anc» are planning to go to Remington a week from Friday. They hope to win and we feel that they will. Miss Jane Parkison entered High School but only stayed with us one week. She has decided to return to Jacksonville,, 111., and take special work.;'; The Webster Literary Society presented a Shakespeare program before the high school on Thursday afternoon'. The main feature of which was a scene, from “The Taming of the Shrew.” This -was proceeded by a characterization and appreciation of Shakespeare’s life by Elizabeth Kirk. She deserves much praise for the excellent manneij and understanding with which this was done. The cast of characters Jor the play was as follows: FIRST INNSERT

Petruchio ~ .. . . ... .Russell Warren Baptiste ...Robert Reeve Hortensio Carl Eigelsbach Katharine Maud Eldei Bianca .Victoria Marsh The two main characters were well presented by Maud Elder and Russell Warren-—the two of them winning appreciation by their able acting of the clownish Petruchio wooing the shrew, Hate. Good mention should be given to Robert Reeve who took the part of the concerned father, Baptiste, and Victoria Marsh, the abused sister. Bianca Paul Beam Carl Eigelsbach and Dwight Curnick gave fine support in their minor parts to the other characters in the scene and contributed some good enjoyment. All of the cast presented their individual parts well and praise is deserved by all. The program was Introduced by the mixed quartet singing, “Who Is Sylvia,” with a humorous enchore and it was concluded by an instrumental duet by Helen Leatherman and Margaret Babcock. Both numbers were enjoyed.

The same program is to be presented before the ladies of the D. A. R. on Friday afternoon. On Thursday, Feb. 4tb, the Lincoln Literary Society presents a Parents’ Day program. This program has been planned as an American program and as one to be presented before the visitors who will be in the high school on that,day. The high school has this year planned for a Parents’ Day on Thursday, Feb. 4th, on which day it expects especially th© parents of the high school pupils to visit and inspect the work being done in its different departments. Special arrangements are being made for the visits of the parents and others interested persons on that day and the Lincoln Society is - planning to present its American program on that day, beginning at 2:45 and lasting until 3:30 p. m. The American program is as follows: Music, “A .Winter Lullaby,” De ”Koven Anna Leonard Reading ... ... .Edith SawL. Pantomine. Reading, “Farmer Whipple, Bachelor,” Riley ......Paul Worland Discussion, “American Slang,” ••■••••• •••• -•, ••. .Glen Swaim Selection from an American orator • Owen Simoni Music, “Little Cotton Dolly,” * •Girls’ Quartet By 11. E. An exchange says that “scandal to a woman is news, and to a man it is gossip.” True, and to both it is tie quintessence of life. '

Death has again visited the Precious Blood Community. After suffering for about two weeks with pneumonia, .Bro. Stephen Kebele passed peacefully away Thursday morning. Brother Stephen Was born in Helberdingen, Amt Saulgau, Wurtemburg, Germany, Sept. 2, 1841. He entered the Community of the Precious Blood Nov. 3Q, 18G7, at Wapakoneta, Ohio, and was faithful in his duties to. the last. The funeral was held in the college chapel Saturday morning. The body was interred in the Catnolic. cemetery. :o:—■ The work on the new gymnasium has so far advanced that the basket ball floor is now in condition for use. The contractor rushed the work on this part of-.the building, putting down a temporary floor, which u ill be covered with one of hardr maple as soon as the indd&r ts are over. The Junior League opened the season Wednesday, and the Seniors had their first game Saturday. The

Collegeville Items.

FATHER OF J. J. LAWLER SUFFOCATED BY FIRE.

Well Known Stock Dealer Is Also Injured in Jumping From Burn- I ing Home in Chicago Monday Night. The fine, home of J. J.: Lawler, the well known Chicago stock dealer, was quite badly damaged by fire Monday night and his aged father, who with Jack’s two sisters lived with him, was suffocated in the blaze. J. J. l.awler owns several thousand acres of land about Rensselaer and over„ the line in Newton county, and is a familiar figure in this city. His local superintendent, Mr. Jas. E. Walter, talked with Mr. Lawler’s secretary, oyer the long distance ’phone yesterday morning, and the latter stated that the newspaper accounts of the fire were somewhat inaccurate, in that Jack had no brother living, etc. The funeral of Jack’s father will be held tomorrow morning. The old gentleman was 85 years of age.

As we take it, the house was perhaps damaged more b"y smoke and water than by the, fire itself. The following account is taken from yesterday's Chicago Herald: Michael O. Lawler, a pioneer live stock commission man, was killed last night by suffocation in a fire in his residence at 3619 Indiana avenue. , His son, John J. Lawler, was burned severely in an attempt to rescue his father, who was 82 years old and an invalid. Mr. Lawler was in a bedroom on the second floor when the- fire was discovered. His younger son ran to turn in an alarm and two daughters escaped to the street. One, Miss Anna Lawler, jumped from a window and was injured, The rest of the family were pn the ground floor. The elder son, who is a commission merchant at the stockyards, ran up to his father’s bedroom and took the helpless old man in his arms. The son staggered to the front of the house instead of escaping by the rear staircase, in his confusion, because of the smoke. The front stairway was shut off by the flames and he made his way into the front room. His clothing had caught Are and he burned his hands in beating out the fire. When he was almost overcome by the smoke he realized efforts to save his father were useless. He placed the old man on the floor and leaped from a window. He was bruised by the fall. Firemen raised a ladder to the window when they arrived and carried out Mr. Lawler’s body. He is believed to have been suffocated while in his son’s arms. 6 The cause of the fire was not learned. The damage is about $5,000.

varsity schedule is not quite completed, so the date of the first game is not yet certain. After a little necessary practice on the new floor, it will begin what it hopes to be a most successful season. . * The contracts which have recently been accepted by American com pan ies to furnish immense consignments of war munitions to the warring nations of Europe is considerable adverse criticism thWughout the country. An excellent opportunity is given the American people to further the cause of peace, or to aid at least in bringing about a speedy cessation of hostilities in war-distracted Europe, by timely and forceful protests against this infamous commerce. The following resolutions, a.copy of which has been sent to Senator Shively, have been drawn up and signed by the faculty and students of St. Joseph’s college:

Whereas, the people and the government of the United Sates have repeatedly and publicly declared their belief the principles and ideals of peace and their abhorrence of war. and Whereas, shortly after the outbreak of the Euporean war, the president, solemnly called uport the people of this country to pray for the speedy restoration of peace among the warring nations and designated a day for that purpose, and Whereas, the/pulpit and press has repeatedly expressed its sense of grief and horror at the destruction of life and property caused by the war. and the consequent sufferings of the people, and Whereas, the American people have given expression to their sympathy for their war-stricken brethren of Europe by the shipment of flour and other provisions, and, at Christmas time, even of gifts for the ornhaned children, and Whereas, we regard the policy of the United States ’ government permitting the exporation of war munitions for the belligerent nations as contrary to its highest and publicly expressed ideals and as inconsistent with the above sentiments and acta of the American people, and therefore injurious to their good name and fame and derogatory to their highest interests, be it Resolved, that we, the faculty and students of St. Joseph College, protest against a continuance of said policy and call upon our government to abrogate it as speedily as possible. and that we favor the passage of any law to that effect.

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 M inor Mention From Many Places. OVERRULES DEMURRERS. Judge Anderson Decides Terre Haute ' Men Must Stand Trial. Indianapolis, Feb. 2.—Mayor Bonn M. Roberts Off Terre Haute, and thirty-one other men jndicted in the Terre Haute election conspiracy ease will be placed on trial in the federal court here, March 8. That was decided yesterday after Judge A. B. Anderson had overruled, the demurrers to the indictment entered by Roberts and twenty-six others. The men who had filed demurrers entered pleas of not guilty when «they were arraigned after Judge Anderson read his decision on the demurrers, thus making the total number of not guilty pleas thirty-two. The remainder of the 115 men arrested by the federal authorities have en tered pleas of guilty.

MAY ABANDON BRAZIL DIVISION.

Rumored That C. & E. I. Wants to Get Rid of Brazil Division. There is a rumor abroad in railway circles to the effect that the C. & E. I. railway Is trying very harfi to unload the Brazil branch of the system. It is said that since the decline of the coal mines in the Brazil district the road has ceased to be profitable and for a long time has been steadily losing money. The building of the Indiana 'Harbor road a few years ago diverted much of the traffic from the northern part of the line and the more recent granting of a competing rate for passenger service to Chicago frorv this city over the Wabash has still 5 ' further decreased the revenues from passenger cources, most of the Mudlavia patrons now utilizing that route in order to secure the better service, h is said also that the Louisville and Nashville and the Pennsylvania are both seeking to get possession of the road, in case this should be brought about it might result in the importance of the line being greatly enhanced. In connection with the E. & 1., which also figures in the rumors, it would give a route from Evansville to the Chicago district where a junction with other Pennsylvania lines could be easily effecj, ed. Thus far the whole matter is speculation and nothing at all may come of it. It is likely, however, that the entire C. & E. I. system will eventually be bought up by one of the larger systems, as it is now in the hands of a receiver and hopelessly in debt.—-Attica Ledger-Press.

PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS.

Former Kentland Lawyer Jailed in Chicago Last Friday. Frank M. Ross, a former Kentland attorney, who has been practicing law in one of Lake county’s industrial cities for the past year or two, and figured in a bad check deal there .several months ago, is again in trouble according to a SatChicago paper, which said of hinj: ’ , In the “honeymoon suite” of the Bradley (Hotel at’Rush and Indiana streets is an unhappy bride. ‘ Since early yesterday when she retired to her room she has refused to see anyone, to answer the telephone or respond to any knock on her door. To the hotel clerks she is known as “Mrs, Marion,” the name under which she registered when she and her husband first went to the hotel several weeks ago. With the other guests at the hotel “Mrs. Marion” was popular and a favorite. Yesterday two Central station detectives made their appearance and announced that they had a warrant for her husband. They took him away to a cell. Later it developed that he was Frank MaTion Ross, former member of the Hamilton Club and a lawyer He is accused of passing worthless checks pn a number of Chicago business houses. He was married two months ago'in Waukegan. His wife tried to intercede With the detectives, and, failing, was prostrated with grief over the sudden wreck of her honeymoon.

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EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

In Poland, East Prussia and the Car|sithians extended operations , , continue, without, so far as is known, any decisive advantage being attained by any of the contestants. On the Carpathian front, Russia reports, the fighting is gradually assuming thet character of a general battle. Here the Austrians have brought up /large reenforcements and have,lM>en joined by the Germans. In the western arena there is a comparative lull, only the artillery being engaged on most of the trout, although at various points the tiring by the heavy guns has been intense. Emperor William, who has returned to Berlin, is said to be' suffering from the throat affection which has on several occasions previously given him trouble* A dispatch from Berlin says that he is to put himself in the hands of his medical advisor. It. has been definitely ascertained that the German submarine U-2L sank three steamers in the Irish Sea near Liverpool Saturday. A German submarine also has torpedoed two British stdamers in the English channel off Havre. In Rome troops had to be called out to quell a disturbance started by persons antagonistic to a meeting organized by prominent persons for the purpose of giving impetus to a movement in favor of Italy maintaining neutrality. The former Hamburg-American line steamer Dacia, which now flies the American flag, has sailed from Galveston for Rotterdam with a cargo of cotton destined for Germany. Great Britain has served notice that the Dacia will be seized.

In dejection in his cell at the central station the husband admitted obtaining money by means of worthless checks. “I must have been crazy,” he tola a detective. “It was not that my wife or I needed money. It was just a fool - trick on my part. I'm afraid I am ruined for life.” Ross’ home is in Kentland, Ind. Last night he admitted that he had been divorced from his first wife, a daughter of a prominent Kentland citizen. Among the places he is said to have cashed checks are the Hamilton Club, Hotel LaSalle, Weber & Co., and several downtown department stores. His alleged peculations netted him about SSOO, the police say. The present Mrs. Ross is said to have formerly been a Miss Cummings, a daughter of attorney William Cummings, deceased, of Kentland, and says that she wished to keep their marriage a secret from her mother who opposed her marriage to Ross. The parties claim to have been recently married.

Hard Luck for Bernard.

if Governor Ralston's anti-lobby bill becomes a law it will probably put our . distinguished friend, State Chairman Bernard Korbly out of one job. It is very probable that if’the Marion county grand jury had not performed the service of giving this matter publicity,, the same old crowd would be doing the same work now. Tippecanoe County Democrat.

What $10 Will Do.

A sort of paradox is the fact that thousands of people who make no effort to Save a dollar when times are highly prosperous, wiil develop and practice economy when work and opportunity are less plentiful, the best way, of course, is to try and save at least a little all the time, putting by a larger ahiount when earnings are at their height. As a nation we are not taught that economy which makes France the banker of the world, and whose accumulations come not from vast exports of natural resources, but from the combined small savings, consistently continued year after year, by the French people as a whole. If the people of this country would save during the year 1915 an average of $lO per capita the grand total at the end of the first |2 months would be the magnificent sum of $1,000,000,000. The French save, partly because it has become hereditary, and chiefly because the children are brought up that* way and are taught the dignity of acumulation. We, on the contrary, in a spirit of false pride, are iiiclined to scorn the necessity of saving, as though it. were something of which «to be ashamed. If our own present experiences shall teach us thj-ift, it will be a strengthening of a great national weakness.—Popular Mechanics. - / I