Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1915 — Page 1

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Green Driver Runs Auto Into the Ditch.

Firman Rutherford and son, Delos, and Scott Brannenian, went in the ditch with the auto they were driving Wednesday forenoon when about midway between Rensselaer and St. > Joseph college. They were driving W. B. Holmes’ Ford touring car which they had borrowed to go out to the Sternberg dredge, west of town, to see about the bridge work, Mr. Rutherford having the contract fcr removing and replacing after the dredge passes through, of all the big bridges over the river in Newton county.

They were returning home and Delos was driving the car, but out beyond the college some place he had killed the engine, and when he got out to “crank up,” Firman slipped into the seat and took charge of the steering wheel. His glove or coat sleeve caught on the throttle, he says, after driving a short distance, and he apparently lost his head.

The car skidded and went into the ditch, turnftTg over on the side and breaking out the glass windshield aqd one bow of the top. Fortunately the occupants were only slightly bruised. They were running Ohly about 15 miles an hour when the accident occurred, or it might have been much more serious. Delos has had but very littltT experience in driving an automobile, and his father has had practically none at all, although he is very successful in driving a team of horses to a capstan, and he will probably stick to that job now instead of attempting to drive another “devil wagon” soon.

Cleve Eger Preparing to Build Fine New Bungalow.

C. W. Eger, the hardware merchant, is preparing to build a fine new bungalow on his lot on College avenue, facing Milroy park, and now has the sand and material on hand for the foundation for «ame. The house will have a frontage of 55 feet on College avenue and will be 32 feet deep. There will be a basement under the entire structure and the ground floor will consist of a large living room, dining room, two bedrooms, bath and kitchen, while there will be two bedrooms on the second floor. It will be wood frame with brick veneer, and one of the handsomest and most up-to-date dwellings in Rensselaer. The driveway will be on the north, and Mr. Eger and H. F. Parker, whose house is directly north of the Eger lot, will have a joint garage at the west end of the driveway. The plans for the house and grounds were made by Albin Coen, son of A. E. Coen of Berwyn, Hl., and formerly of Rensselaer. Work on the excavation for basement will begin very shortly.

Oscar Bullis of Jordan Tp., Died in Minnesota Tuesday.

The remains of Oscar Bullis, a son of James Bullis of Jordan tp., arrived here yesterday on the 11:05 train and were taken to the family, home in Jordan tp., where the funeral will be held this morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett of the Presbyterian church of this city, andburial made in the Egypt cemetery. The young man was about 22 years of age and unmarried. He went to Minnesota something like a year ago and with his brothers, Ben and Arb , Bullis, and sister, Mrs. Louis Adams, had taken up claims there, about 25 miles from Thief River. He contracted typhoid fever and died from the disease Tuesday morning. His mother left here Sunday for his bedside, but did not reach there until he had passed away. They were located some 2S miles from a railroad station. The family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.

Elbert Antrim Married.

The Democrat has received the following announcement of the marriage of Mr. Elbert Antrim, formerly of Rensselaer, but for several years employed in Chicago, where he is a clerk in one of the big railroad offices: “Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gillespie announce the. marriage of their daughter, Georgiana, to Mr. Elbert Manly Antrim, on the third of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, Chicago. At home after the first of June, 6621 LaFayette Avenue.” The Democrat joins Elbert’s many Rensselaer friends in extending congratulations. Subscribe for The Democrat.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER ftjUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— Together With Other Notes Gathered From The Several County Offices. Ex-County Commissioner William Hershman was down from Walker tp., on business Tuesday. —:o: —• Attorney Jasper Guy and James H. Gilbert were over from Remington Thursday on business in the circuit court. A joint meeting of the Jasper and Porter county commissioners will be held at Dunn’s Bridge on Monday, March 15, to consider the matter of removing the river bridge at that place for the passage of the dredge when it comes down the river a few months hence.

—:o: Attorney W. E. Uhl, one of the oldest and best known lawyers of Monticello, died very suddenly at his home in that city Thursday afternoon, aged 67 years. Mr. Uhl had been ill for several days but was not considered in any serious danger. A sudden attack of heart failure was the cause of his death. Marriage licenses issued: March 3, Vernie Herbert Sanders of Rensselaer, aged 19 April 12 last, occupation laborer, to Edna Marie Ward, daughter of J. W. Ward of Rensselaer, aged 17 Jan. 2 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Both being under age, father of male and mother of female filed written consent to issuance of license. At the meeting of the county board, of education Monday the proposition of the county superintendent to continue the Boys’ Corn Club and- Girls’ Poultry Club for 1915, was approved and a committee consisting of County Supt. Lamson and Trustees Porter of Carpenter, and Hammerton of Union, was appointed to formulate plans for the work in the county.

Sheriff McColly was notified Wednesday to be on the lookout for a horse stolen early Tuesday night from the stable of Henry A. Gale, southeast of Francesville. It is said that the thief was traced into Jasper county and seemed to be headed 'for the vicinity of Roselawn or Thayer. At last reports the thief had not been apprehended or the horse recovered.

Another shipment of Napier bond, the paper that is so popular with attorneys and abstractors for legal work, just received this week by The Democrat. If you have never used Napier bond for your legal papers, you should try a box of It and be convinced of its superior qualities. The Democrat has handled this paper for the past 15 years and it is growing in popularity all of the’ time.

< James Davis of Tefft, has written Truant Officer Steward regarding the latter’s inquiry as to why he did not keep his children in school, and says that the reason is that the children get lice at the school, and that he has cleaned them up at five different times and sent them back to schoof, but each time they get lousy again. The truant officer will order him to try it still again.

Dr. C. E. Johnson, county coroner, has not made his report as yet on the inquest ‘held to inquire into the death of the little 3-year-old Watkins boy, who died here suddenly last week of acute alcoholism. The father of the child seems very penitent and has sworn never to touch another drop of intoxicating Aquor. According to his story, as we understand it, the child had quite an appetite for liquor and got hold of a bottle containing whiskey and drank of it. The father has kept liquor in the house and has been addicted to its use, it is said. u —:o: Now is the time to file your mortgage exemptions. Remember that they must be filed before May 1, and

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915

that if you have a mortgage on your farm or town property, in any amount, you are entitled to exemption from taxation on same for onehalf of said amount, ,up to 51,400. That is,-if the mortgage is $1,400 or more, you are entitled to an exemption on the assessment of the property of one-half of said assessment up to $1,400, or S7OO. Blanks can be had at the auditor’s office or from most of the no'tary publics, before whom they must be executed, for these exemptions and they must be filed with the auditor, to entitle dne to exemption. They must be filed each year, too, and the fact that one filed last year would not entitle them to exemption this year unless he filed again. The above information is familiar to most of The Democrat’s readers, but it is published again for the benefit of newcomers, those coming in from other states where they have no mortgage exemption law. Remember that the exemptions must be filed each year, and between March 1 and May 1, the assessing period.

Following is the report of the proceedings of the board of commissioners at their Tuesday session, the proceedings of Monday’s session having been published in the Wednesday issue of The Democrat:

The Elkhart Bridge Company was awarded contract for two bridges rn keener tp.,' at $873 and $797, respectively; W. V. Porter contract for bridge in Gillam at $245; Joliet Bridge Company, contract for bridge in Hanging Grove at $479. Chris Roush stone road; viewers granted, until March 18 to file report. . ■ H. W. Marble stone road; W. D. Myers, John Jones and Mark Knapp appointed viewers, to meet March 16 and to report on or before first day of April term.

Alex Hurley ditch; Supt. Leslie Alter files final report, which is approved, and superintendent discharged. King-Lawler ditch; assessments approved and June 15 fixed as last day for paying same before "bonds are ordered issued. Marble ditch; report made of assessments collected amounting to $19,384.70, and bondfe ordered issued for balance of Jasper county assessments, amounting to $130,737.38. Contracts for poor farm supplies were awarded as follows: G. E. Murray Co, dry goods, $48.68; John Eger, groceries, $162; Roth Bros., meat, sl6.

Temperance Lecture Was Well Attended.

The temperance lecture ht the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening by Dr. Louis Albert Banks was well attended, and Dr. Banks made a fine talk. He voiced the general opinion of the better informed people who have given the question careful study during the past few years, that it will not be very long before we get nation-wide prohibition in this country. State after state is joining the dry ranks, and the round-up of the demon rum is fast narrowing down to where our congress must obey the wishes of their constituents and outlaw the liquor business all over the United States.

Farm Hand Badly Hurt in Runaway Accident.

Lebo Eubank, who is employed as a hired hand by Jerry Branson, on the Ed Parkison farm, west of Rensselaer, was badly injured Wednesday evening when a team of mules he was driving to a heavy wagon, ran away. He was out near Ezra Wolfe’s in Barkley tp., at the time and was . walking beside the wagon. The mules became frightened and in attempting to stop them he was thrown under the wagon and the wheels passed over his body, breaking the right leg above tne knee, and badly’spraining his left foot and back. Dr. E. C. English was called and the unfortunate man was taken to Mr. Wolfe’s homeland Thursday morning brought in Wright’s ambulance to the home of Joab Branson in Rensselaer, where it will be more convenient to attend Mm, Young Eubank’s home is in southern Indiana, and he had just come here to work for Mr. Branson. His injuries will lay him up for a long time. , ■ ’ > •

The tree doctors have startea work and are ready to attend to any of your wants in the line of modern tree surgery. Write or call, HOMER W. HODGES, Comer House, City.

Expert Tree Surgery.

GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL f Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. CARRY RESTAURANT AWAY. New Managers of Penny Lunchroom for Unemployed Leave Only Spots on Wall. Chicago, March 3.—Four “htffioes” employed to manage a restaurant established by charitable women at 1437 West Twelfth street, where the “unemployed” could buy meals for 1 cent each, have moved away. Simultaneously plates, pots, kettles, pans, knives and forks, and even the stove, have vanished. All that is left are the spots on the walls, the lease and the restaurant sign over the doorway.

Mrs. Rebecca Lipshultz of 920 South Ashland boulevard, Interested several women in the venture last November. The restaurant was well supported—financially by the women, and in custom by the “jobless.” The promoters were so pleased With the scheme they thought up jobs for their customers, such as beating rugs and breaking ground for gardens. Their offers of work were received coldly, and they decided to withdraw their support. Mrs. Lipshultz planned to give a benefit concert to carry on the work, clinging to the idea the men were needy and deserving. She went to the restaurant yesterday to talk over the matter with the managers. After taking one look at the place she hurried to the police station. Detectives found a Stove borrowed from a tenant in the building had been carted away. Restaurants in the neighborhood were found to have been furnished with the loot, including tablps, benches and the kitchen sink.

PUSHED INTO $5,000 JOB.

Judge Larry Becker of Hammond, Appointed Solicitor for Treasury Department. Judge Lawrence Becker of Hammond, has been appointed by President Wilson as solicitor of the treasury. The job pays a salary of $5,000 per year and has been vacant during the Wilson administration. The secretary of the treasury learned Tuesday for the first time that unless it was filled before the expiration of the present congress, the salary would revert. He notified Senators Kern and Shively that if they cOufd present a man for the place, their recommendation would be honored. The senators got in touch with L. Ert Slack, but be declined the tender on the ground that he had but lately become established in the practice of law at Indianapolis and did not care to make the change. They then thought of Lawrence Becker, who is known as an anti-machine democrat, and sent his name to the White House with their recommendation, and President Wilson made the appointment.

Judge Becker as solicitor of the treasury will by the executive law officer of that, department and questions arising r.mi°r the sev.--..i laws effecting ♦ e ce; artment Adi be referred to him for examination and opinion, subject, however, to the higher utterances of thb attorney general. As the chief law officer of the treasury department and the official advisor of Secretary McAdoo, his position will be one of considerable weight. The Democrat extends its congratulations to Mr. Becker, to whom the place) came as an entire surprise.

SUBSIDY BILL IS PASSED.

Representative Wood’s Bill Goes Through the Senate With But One Dissenting Vote. The Democrat received a telegram Wednesday afternoon from Senator C. A. McCormick stating that he had “just got Representative Wood’s subsidy election bill through the senate with but one dissenting Vote,” and that “your people should* be gratified at the passage of this measure.” This bill provides that the petiton-

ers for railroad subsidy election must file a bond for costs with their petition. In the event the proposition is voted down, the petitioners must pay the cost of holding such election: should the proposition carry, -ghe costs of the election are deducted from the funds raised by the tax voted. There is perhaps one weakness to this bill which ought to have been corrected but was not observed until after it had passed the house, and that is this: Should the proposed road not be built within a period of two years, for which the tax holds good, or no part of it built, then the petitioners should reimburse the county for the costs of the election where the proposition carried. It is possible that an amendment of this kind in the senate might have met with some opposition and of course the bill would have then had to go back to the house for it to concur in the amendment, and it was perhaps better to let it go through in the shape it is than to have taken a chance of its having got lost in the shuffle of the closing days of the session. This law is a great improvement over the old law in this respect, and the taxpayers of Jasper county owe a vote of thanks to Representative Wood ant) 1 Senator McCormick for their activeity in pushing the bill through. It is probable, though, that Marlon tp., and Rensselaer every bunch of promoters that comes along and asks for a subsidy will vote favorable to the proposition, as In the past, although there is quite a change in sentiment here of late regarding the voting of such subsidies. A large majority of tho people of Rensselaer seem to favor any proposition, no matter how vague and vissionary it may be, that will take money out of the pockets of the taxpayers and give it to some private corporation. Of course the greater number of his majority are very small taxpayers or pay no taxes at all, and it makes very little difference to them how much their more thrifty neighbors have to pay. In fact, they rather enjoy seeing them have it to pay, as they have no right to be thrifty, in their opinion. The new .law, however, will have a tendency to reduce the number of subsidy elections in outlying townships, where smooth promoters bamboozle the farmers into the belief that they mean business and that all they need is another railroad to make them all millionaires, and thereby induce them to put their names to petitions call Ing for subsicy elections.

—:o: ■ -. • : ' ’■ i■. ■ ■ Her© is another good measure passed by the present legislature and which was sighed by the governor Wednesday. It provides that steam and electric railroads shall maintain flagmen or install automatic gongs at railroad crossings where the view is obstructed. This will probably reduce the grade crossing fatalities in Indiana, and there certainly is a demand for such a law. —:o:The Waltz bill, which, as amended, would have conferred -upon the public service commission the power to increase railroad passenger rates, should it deem such increase justifiable, was killed in the House Wednesday by a vote of 35 for to 59 against. Representative Wood of the Jasper-White district, was among the members of the house voting against the measure. Therefore there will be no Increase Ip passenger rates in Indiana for two years at least.

—:o: The house and senate, on the recommendation of the governor, adopted resolutions Wednesday providing that the secretary of the house and the clerk of the senate be instructed to turn over to the state librarian at the close of the session all supplies not consumed or destroyed. The governor especially urged the preservation of the several sets of Burns revised statutes, which cost the state $22.50 a set. Governor Ralston’s message provoked Representative Justus to caution his colleagues against a repetition, upon final adjournment, of the boisterous scenes that marked the adjournment of 1913. “Let us not throw costly books around,” said Justus. “Let us leave here like sober men.” '

Card of Thanks.

, We wish to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the many neighbors knd friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness "aVI death of our darling son, Anthony James.—Mß. AND MRS. JOHN A. NAGEL. Subscribe for The Democrat.

Vol. XVII, No. 95

CONGRESS QUITS; LAUD SPEAKER

House Turns Clock Back as Leaders Are Eulogized. TOUCHING SCENES IN SENATE Perkins Overcome With Just “Waves” Farewell—Postal and Indian Bills Fail —Resolution Provides Appropriations. Washington, March s.—Congress adjourned sine die. The senate adjourned at 12:04 p. m., and the house, after turning back the hands of the clock, adjourned at 12:18, The total appropriations of the session were approximately $1,120,484,324, several millions bel<jw/tho record of previous congresses/' Two appropriation bills failed. /Current appropriations for the postal service and the Indian office were extended for another year. Wilson Signs Seaman’s Bill. In the closing hours President Wilson signed the seaman’s bill and the neutrality resolution, empowering him to prevent ships leaving American ports with supplies for belligerent warships, promoted Colonel Goethals to be a major general for his services as builder of the Panama canal and gave promotions to other officers associated with mo work.

The administration ship bill, tho Philippine bill, the conservation bills, the rural credits provision of the agricultural bill and ratification of the treaties with Columbia and Nicaragua —all hard pressed administration measures—fell by the wayside.

Perkins Overcome by Tribute. For many minutes before adjournment there was a dull in tho senate and no business was transacted. Senator Simmons paid a tribute to Senator Perkins of California, who retires. Senator Perkins sat for a moment in contemplation of the tribute. Then he slowly half arose from his seat, feebly waved his hand toward the North Carolina senator and his colleagues in a gesture of farewell and took his seat again, too overcome with emotion to speak. Senator Gallinger offered a resolution of thanks to Vice-President Marshall for his services as presiding officer of the senate. Pays Tribute to Underwood. In the house the last hour was devoted to tributes to Speaker Clark, Representative Underwood and Republican Leader Mann. Representative Palmer announced the presentation of a portrait of Mr. Underwood to be hung in-the hall of the ways and means committee. In doing so, Mr. Palmer said: "There is no doubt that Mr. Underwood soon will be the leader in the senate. He is one of the greatest Americans in his time."

Clark Cheered by House. r The tribute to Speaker Clark was led by Republican Leader Mann, who eulogized the "able and loved speaker,” and presented a resolution thanking him for his services. It was passed asthe house rose to Its feet with a tumult of applause and cheering. When it subsided the speaker said: “The multiplicity of honors and kindnesses that this house has heaped on me goes straight to my heart.” Mr. Clark paid a tribute to Mr. Mann, Progressive Leader Murdock and Representative Underwood and said in closing: “I hope every member of the house will enjoy this long vacation—if in the providence of God it turns out to be a long one. And I hope that the blessings of God may rest upon each and every one, those who are to come back, as well as those who retire to private life. May God bless us, every one." President Wilson went to the capital at ten o’clock and promptly began signing the accumulation of bills and resolutions.

Presbyterian Church.

The subject of the morning sermop will be, “Efficiency in Religion.” In the evening all of the <?hurches will-come to the Presbyterian for a union service. Dr. Curnick will preach the sermon. Everyone is most cordially invited.

War Declared

On the thief that was around relieving the clothes lines of their burden last Tuesday night. The lack of ammunition was all that saved him from the fate or a Belgian. In order to save prosecution he is hereby requested to return the goods.—E. S. RHOADS. &ee the samples of tailor-made suits at $16.50, $lB and S2O. An extra pair trousers FREE with eac suit.—C. EARL DUVALL.