Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1915 — Page 1

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Public SalesN*'*- ' The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: » Monday, February 15, W. R. Willey and George Parker, at McCoyshurg. Big joint sffle, 17 head of horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 17, Charles Pullins, 4% miles north and 3-4 mile east of Renselaer, on the Iroquois River Farm. General farm sale, horses, cattle, implements, etc. Thursday, Feb. }B, Geo. W. Hoosline, 3 miles southwest of Tefft, 4 miles southeast of Wheatfield. Big general sale of horses, cattle, hogs, bay, grain, farm implements, etc^ Thursday, Feb. 18, Dr. H. L. Brown, 1 mile north of Rensselaer. Big general sale, including a lot of Jersey cows, and other good stock and farm tools. Monday, Feb. 22, W. I. Hoover, 2% miles south and y mile west of Rensselaer. General farm sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, 20 acres of shock corn, etc. Thursday, Feb. 25, J. M, Yeoman, 1 mile north of Rensselaer. Stock sale, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.

HEAVY" HAULING PROHIBITED.

Notice About Heavy Hauling Violators Will Be Fined If They Do Not Abide) by the Law. The combined .weight of load, vehicle and driver, and with tires less than three inches, 2,500 lbs. With tires three inches and less than four inches, 3,000 lbs. With tires four inches and less than five inches, 3,500 lbs, when roads are thawing or wet weather. JOHN S'. S. GRAY, Co. H. S.

Alleged Imposters Now in Jail.

Sheriff McColly returned Thursday from Chicago, bringing wi£h him the two men, W. F. Dunlap and E. J. Howard, accused jumping a board bill here and securing subscriptions for membership in the Motorists Security Alliance of Chicago, without having the proper authority to do so, and failing to turn over the money received to the Alliance. la default of bond they were remanded to jail and will probably be tried the latter part of the present term of court. Sheriff McColly made a real flying trip in gathering in these men. He left here Tuesday for Indianapolis, where he secured Gov. Ralston’s signature to the requisition, and from Indianapolis went to Springfield, 111., and from thence to Chicago, without sleep or rest. At Springfield the requisition was honored by Gov. Dunne, and he then went to Chicago, where he remained Wednesday night, and came on here with his men Thursday. J. L. Williams, secretary-treasurer of the Motorists Security Alliance, and another gentleman from Chicago, w r ho will solicit memberships here, accompanied the sheriff and the prisoners to Rensselaer. Mr. Williams informed the writer that these men had secured the literature and blanks they had with them on representation that they desired them for studying up the soliciting proposition, and stated, that they could give the required bond as solicitors when they reached Rensselaer, where they claimed to be known.

“Damon and Pythias” Picture Drama Coming.

The Rensselaer K. of> P. lodge is making an effort to get out a good crowd to the moving picture drama Damon and Pythias on Friday afternoon' and evening of next iweek, at the Princess theatre. The lodge is to receive one-half of the receipts and a sufficient number of 'shows -will be givin to accommodate all who desire to see this famou tory. The play i given in ix part and hows will be given at 2,4, 7 and 9 o’clock p. m. This is also the anniversary of the installation of the order, and a big attendance is assured. r The local K. of P. lodge has secured practically all of the photographs of its living charter members, 24 in all, and these will be reproduced and occupy space on their charter.

Presbyterian Church Cafeteria Dinner

The ladies of the Presbyterian church will serve a cafeteria dinner "in the church dining parlors Tuesday evening, Feb, 23. The public isjcofdially invited.-—Advt.

Box Social.

There will be a box social at Rosebud school, Union tp., on Saturday night, Feb. 20, for benefit of the schooI.—STAXLIAS BRUSNAHAN, Teacher.

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. Attorneys ParkiSon and Williams were in Kentland on legal business Thursday. Attorney G. E. Hershman of Crown Point was looking after a case im court here Tuesday.

Prosecuting Attorney Hess of Kentland, was over Tuesday looking after the peace and dignity of the state of Indiana; C. T. Otis of Chicago was a business visitor in the .city Wednesday. The Otis’ own several thousand acres of land in northern Jasper and Newton counties. D. F.* Maish of Frankfort, who owns 520 acres of land near Fair Oaks, including the S. B. Moffitt land, was in the city on business Tuesday. Mr. Maish has spent quite a bit of money in improving his Jasper county holdings, and expects to spend more, he says. He is a ’prominent democrat of Clinton county and was a member of the 1909 legislature.

licenses issued-: Feb. 9, Ross Bernard Hagen of Morocco, aged 23 March 30 last, occupation farmer, to Bessie L. Clark, daughter of A. L. Clark of Rensselaer, agecr 19 June 5 last. First marriage for each. Feb. 10, Homer Vernon Hensler of Remington, aged 21 Feb. 5, last, occupation farmer, to Zephyr Grace Crabb, also of Remington, aged 23 Aug. 27 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Feb. 11, John Peter Wagner of Remington, aged 22 June 30 last, occupation farmer, to Marguerite Helena Janssen, also of Remington, aged 17 Aug. 21 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage foi each.

Feb. 11, Jerome B. Martin of Lafountain county, aged 68 Aug. 24 last, occupation retired farmer, to Mary Elizabeth Troxell of Rensselaer, aged 66 July 29 last, occupa-j tion housekeeper. Second marriage ■or male, first having been dissolved by death April 10, 1912; third for female, first having been dissolved by death June 22, 1876, second, Nov. 10, 1905. Suit has been brought in Newton county by Francis M. Makeever for a partition of the real estate owned by Jasper and Newton Makeever, his brothers, the latter having recently died. The plaintiff alleges that he and his brothers were partners, although the title to the lands owned was in their individual names. A. M. Yeoman, administrator of the estate of Newton Makeever, who is a son of a sister of the Makeever boys, Mrs. Claude Stewart and Mrs. Vance Collins, are also made defendants. There is 570 acres of the land which is alleged to have been owned > in partnership, part of it lying in Newton county and part in Jasper. The plaintiff has title to 80 acres in Newton and Jasper Makeever 290 acres. Newton had title to 200 acres. Of the latter 160 acres was deeded to A. M. Yeoman before the decease of Newton Makeever. Mrs. Collins also has 80 acres, a part of which is not disputed land. John A. Dunlap represents the’ plaintiff and Parkison and. Williams, the defendants.

The case of the state of Indiana vs. Daniel Waymire of Rensselaer, has been venued from the Newton circuit court to the court here. The case is based on the evidence of Mr. Waymire in & suit brought by Ancil W. Pruett against Mr. Waymire for damages for a breach of warranty in a certain grey mare, sold by Waymire to Pruett in 1912. The damage case was tried in the Newton circuit court at the January term 1914 ancr Pruett lost out. He claims that the evidence of Waymire regarding an alleged conversation in the latter’s garage in Rensselaer along in the fall

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1915.

of ,1912, was very material in the jury deliberations and their arriving to a decision in said case. According to the indictment it is aleged tha* Waymire testified that Pruett hired an automobile at the garage and a few days later called in person to pay for same, apd that as he was leaving the garSge Waymire called to him and asked how he liked the grey mare, meaning the mare he had purchased from Waymire, and that Pruett replied “all right” and walked out. Pruett denies that he called at the garage of Waymire at the time mentioned or any other time and that, any such conversation took place at all. The indictment was returned against Waymire by the Newton county grand jury last month, charging him with perjury, and he Was arrested on a bench warrant and bond was fixed at SSOO, his bfother, Fred Waymire, of Rensselaer,,* going bis surety. Defendant filed an affidavit for a change of venue and the ease was sent here as above noted.

Hagen-Clarjf*-A very pretty wedding took place Wednesday .at 2TSO p. m.; ,at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Clark, on Cullen street, when their daughter, Miss Bessie, was given in marriage to Mr. Ross B. Hagen of Morocco. An abreviated form of the Episcopal ceremony, including the ring was performed by Rev. P. C. Curnick, of the Rensselaer M. ,E. church, in the presence of about forty persons, most of whom were relatives. The home was beautifully decorated with large bunches of pink roses and ferns.

The out of town guests were, Mr. and Mrs. John Hagen, parents of the groom; Mr. and Mrs. Goddard, Mrs. Margaret Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Billings, Mr. and Mrs. Graves and Mr. and Mrs. Whaley and families of near Moocco; Mr. John Moore of Purdue and Miss Mae Blue of Star City. The young couple left on the afternoon train for Chicago and were to return today for the infair dinner given by the groom’s parents. They will reside on Mr. Hagen's farm near Morocco. The Democrat joins the many friends Tk the young couple in extending congratulations.

Hoads Breaking Up and Heavy Hauling Is Prohibited.

The Democrat man and family autoed to Goodland Wednesday afternoon. The roads were quite smooth going over but had become very 'sloppy on the return 'trip. More hauling of corn was being done between Rensselaer and Goodland, than we ever remember of seeing at one time before, the high price and the proximity of the assessing ,season causing the farmers to hustle their surplus crop to market. County Road Supt. ijlylvester Gray, was also in that locality Wednesday to see his aged mother, who is very poorly, and he objected strenously to the heavy loads of corn that were being hauled. There is a law against heavy hauling when the roads are soft, and Mr. Gray says that he will be forced to prosecute haulers unless they observe this law. His notice on the subject appears in another column.

Jasper County Boys Marry White County Girls.

The following marriage licenses were issued in White county last week, both the gentlemen being residents of Milroy tp., this county: Feb. 3, Dale Bunnell, farmer, of Jasper county, son of Charlie Bunnell, to Iva Miller, of Monon, Ind., daughter of Morris Miller. Marriec? at Monon on Feb. 4th by Rev. Homer Samsel, Feb. 6, Earl Foulks, teacher, of Jasper county, son, of Geo. William Foulks, to- Mabel Luella English, of Wolcott, Ind., daughter of Jesse M. English.

Blodgett Says W. L. Wood Is Right on the Job.

When Representative Wood, who is a farnjier and lawyer, and represents Jasper and White counties, came to the legislature, he made up his mind that on purely political matters he would vote with- his party—the republican. But on good measures politics would not have any influence on hh-TVote. And he has stuck to that proposition. He is not making a great deal of noise, but he is right on the job W. H. Blodgett in Indianapolis News.

Feb. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Parkison of Barkley tp., a son.

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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 Flaces. DISCUSS RIGHT-OF-WAY. 1 • ' •' r-v-Interurban Meeting in West Point Brings Enthusiastic Crowd.

A large crowd of interested farmers held a meeting at the .Meadow Lake school house in West Point township Tuesday night and discussed questions of right-of-way and other things pertaining to the Lafayette & Northwestern traction line, which will run through White county, connecting Lafayette with Kankakee and Chicago. This road appears to be a certainty. Its route is from Lafayette to Montmorenci, thence north through Round Grove anu West Point townships 'to Wolcott and Rensselaer,, where it turns west to Kankakee, 111. There it connects with an electric line from Chicago to Kankakee. Ten surveyors have been at work since October and the final survey has already been made as far as the state line west of Rensselaer. Monti Cello Journal.

Barnhart Opposed to Extra Session.

Washington, Feb. 9. —There is a near-revolt in the House of Representatives over the prospect that the president will call congress in extra session to pass the ship purchase bill. The language that is being used aLiout the democratic cloakroom is very expressive. Not many democratic members have the courage to make known to the white house their opposition to an extra session. One who has the requisite nerve, however, in Representative Barnhart of Indiana! Yesterday Barnhart called on Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, the president’s son-in-law, to state that he thought an extra session would be very ill-advised and would react to the great damage of the democratic party. He found McAdoo just as strongly set the other way. McAdoo can use language with the bark on it, too, and altogether the conference was highly interesting. .Mr. Barnhart said he* intends to lay liis views before Secretary Tumulty in a day or two. “The very thing the country doer; not want is an extra session of congress,” said Mr. Barnhart. Representative William E. Cox of Indiana, a short time ago, sent 15,000 letters into his district asking his constituents for their views, among other things, of an extra session of congress. He is receiving hundreds of replies on nearly every mail. The letters he received from bis district numbered about 700. “The sentiment is unanimous against an extra session of congress,” he said.

Remington Drayman Meets With Very Bad Accident.

James Lucas, a Remington drayman, met with a terribly bad accident Tuesday forenoon at the Remington cemetery. Lucas had hauled .out a heavy monument base for a ‘Logansport firm of tombstone dealers, and it was unloaded from the dray onto skids. In some manner the skrds slipped after the heavy stone was unloaded and one of them struck Lucas in such a way as to break both his legs below the knee. One "of the legs was badly crushed and it was feared the member would have to. be amputated, Mr. Lucas has a wife and several chiK dren, and the injury is bound to lay him up for most of the summer at least. " *

Indiana Editors Invited to Nonpartisan Meeting.

Bloomington, Ind., Feb. B.—Pror. J. W. Piercy, head of the department of journalism of Indiana University, is making plans to have the Democratic and Republican Editorial Associations of the state meet here in April. Both bodies have accepted the invitation of Mr. Piercy

« to meet at the university. The meeting is to be nonpartisan and the conference will deal with newspaper problems. . Cost systems, circulation and advertising questions will be among the matters discussed. The advertising managers of the New York World and New York Tribune are on the program. l\ 11. Smjth, bursar of the university, wilf give a talk on the cost system. Director Piercy hopes at this time to perfect a permanent state editorial association. A state paper is proposed a» a clearing house for the ideas or the editors of the state. The Bloomington Commercial Club will co-oper-ate with .the journalism departmentin entertaining, the editors.

MORAL COWARDICE.

W eak Kneed Legislators Who Lack Stamina to Stand Up for tire * Right. It is a deplorable fact that many of the officers elected by the people to transact their business ami guard their interests are morally deficient in what is commonly .denominated “backbone” when matters come up which they think may jeopardise their political aspirations, even though they know and admit the matters to be nothing but a graft and against tho interests of the masses of the people whom they are supposed to represent. The editor sent a short letter ir few days ago to a member of tho legislature from one of tho central districts es the state—-not our own, remember—calling his attention to the “battle flag preservation” schemo of a few “patriotic gentlemen” which has cost the taxpayers of Indiana—including the $7,000 appropriation just made —$39,000 in tho past six years. We did not ask this gentleman to oppose the present appropriation, but merely called his attention to the appropriations heretofore made for the same purpose—l9o9, $12,000; 1911, $10,000; 1913, $lO,000—and said thht it was not to be wondered at that taxes were high and the people were cussing the legislature. We received the following acknowledgement of the receipt of out letter Thursday morning: General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Senate Chamber. Indianapolis, Feb. 10, 1915. “Mr. F. E. Babcock, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir and Friend: Your letter at hand and in answer will say: Yes, that graft has gone through a number of legislatures and will more than likely go through this because we all fear it, hut I heartily agree with you that it is nothin?? but a graft; on the other hand, I cannot afford to oppose it. Yours respectfully,

Here is an admission that the sehe?ne is a Kraft, but the law-mak-ers fear it, and Senator ——— says, “I cannot afford to oppos-o it! We have been slightly acquainted with this senator for several years, and ordinarllly lie is a man who doesn’t hestitate to speak his mind and oppose what he believes to be wrong, yet his moral stamina is not strong enough to do what he knows to be right in such cases as this. Unfortunately he has a great deal of company—too much, in fact—and rr. is "for this reason that, hundreds of such measures get through to the great expense of the taxpayers of Indiana. The following clipping from the legislative proceedings published in an Indianapolis paper, shows how Ibis thing is worked for “The Old flag and An Appropriation.” The McCullough bill providing for an appropriation to defray the expenses of a commission to determine and mark the route taken by the family of Abraham Lincoln when h removed from Indiana to Illinois in 1 830 passed the house with little opposition. The bill, at a former hearing, was the subject of much oratory, and was saved from death at the hands of a committee by the supporters of the- bill, who called upon the patriotism of the body. The house passed the bill by a vote of 62 to 22. Those voting against the hill explained, on the ground of economy. Now this thing of appealing to the patriotism of law-makers is not new by any means, and the smooth parties who get through these grafts 4cnow that the average politician will not dare to vote; against them, as his conscience dictates. Hence the tax-eaters wax fat at the expense of the taxpayer. What we need is more law-mak-ers with stronger vertebras.

Our Prices of Shoes.

4 new shoes, common, $1.50; 4 new shoes, steel plugged, $2.25; 4 new never-sllp shoes, $2.75; 4 old shoes sl. All-shoes over No. 5 are 25 cents extra.—HEMPHILL BROS.

Vol. XVII, No. 89

U.S. SENDS WARNING TO GREAT BRITAIN AND TO GERMANY

Both Nations Told to Keep Hands Off Flag. WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE Note Sent by Pryan Says They Will Be Held to Strict Account for Any Loss of American Lives. * ~—“ Washington, Feb. 12.—Notes sent to Great Britain and Germany and made public by tlm state department indicate the possibility of a crisis in the efforts of the United States government to maintain neutrality toward the European belligerents. U. S. Note to Germany.

The secretary of state has instructed Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to present to tl/ German government a note to the following effect: “The government of the United States, having had its attention directed to the proclamation of tho Ger-man-admiralty issued February 4, that tho waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland, including the whole of the English channel, aro to be considered as comprised within the seat of war; that all enemy merchant vessels found In those waters after the 18th instant will be destroyed, although It may not always bo possible to save crews and passengers, and that neutral vessels expose themselves to danger within this zone of war because, In view of the misuse of naval flagß said to have been ordered by thu British government on January 31, and of the contingencies of maritime warfare, It may not be possible always to exempt neutral vessels from attacks intended to strike enemy ships, feels It to be Its duty to call the attention of the Imperial government, with sincere respect and the most friendly sentiments, but very candidly and earnestly, to the very serious possibilities of tho course of action apparently contemplated under that proclamation. Critical Situation Might Arise.

“The government of the United States views those possibilities with such grave concern that it feels it to be its privilege, and, indeed, its duty in the circumstances, to request the imperial government to consider before action is taken the critical situation in respect of the relation between this country and Germany which might arise were the German naval forces, in carry!ng out tlie policy foreshadowed in the admiralty’s proclamation, to destroy any chant vessel of the United States or cause the death of American citizens.

“It is, of course, not necessary to remind the German government that the sole right of a belligerent in dealt ing with neutral vessels on the high seas is limited to visit and search, unless a blockade is proclaimed and effectively maintained, which this government does not understand to be proposed in this case. “To declare or exercise a right to attack and destroy any vessel entering a prescribed area of the high seas without first certainly determining its belligerent nationality and the contraband character of its cargo would be an act so unprecedented in naval warfare that this government is reluctant to believe that the imperial government of Germany in this Case contemplates it as possible.

U. S. Not Open to Criticisms. “This government has carefully noted the explanatory, statement issued by the imperial German government at the same time with the proclamation of the German admiralty, and takes this occasion to remind the imperial government Very respectfully that the government of the United States is open to none of the criticisms for unneutral action to which the German government believes the governments of certain other neut Val nations have laid themselves open; that the government of the United States has not consented to or acquiesced in any pleasures which may have been taken by the other belligerent nations in the present war which operate to restrain neutral trade, but has, on the contrary, taken in all such matters a position Which warrants it in holding those governments responsible in the proper way for apy untoward effects on American shipping which the accepted principles of international law do not justify; aiHUlbat It, therefore, regards itself as free in the present take with a clear conscience and upon accepted principles the position indicated 4n this note. . Would Hold Germany Responsible\‘lf tlie commanders of German ves-

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