Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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SALE DAY A GREAT SUCCESS

Fairly Pleasant Day Brought a Big Crowd to the City. EVERYBODY WELL PLEASED But Next Month’s Sale Will Be Even Better, Because) Merchants Will Profit by Experience of First Sale. • r Rensselaer’s first big bargain day sale was a complete success and there was a big crowd of people in town, many coming from a distance of 15 to 25 miles. The weather was ■fairly good, although a rather cold air all day, but the roads were fine and scores of people came in automobiles from comparatively long distances. At 2 p. m., we counted 120 automobiles standing at the curbs on W ashington street and parked around the public square. In addition to this many had driven their cars into the several garages. The merchants all fine trade in all lines, and the visitors found many real bargains besides learning that in all the staple lines of merchandise they can do better in Rensselaer than elsewhere, and they will come back again. Some were made, of course, as this was the first experience of the merchants’ association with a sale of this kind, and some of the special bargains offered were picked up so quickly’ that the supply soon ran out. Hereafter both a larger supply should be had of the goods offered at- these special bargains and they should not be put on sale until a later hour in the day, thus giving the people who come from a distance an equal chance with those nearer by. The free public sale feature was taken advantage of quite liberally, and auctioneer Phillips sold over $3,000 worth of personal property, 25 head of horses, 20 head of cattle, hogs, household goods and other articles. It was understood yesterday that a meeting of the merchants’ association would be held last night to take steps toward arranging for the April sale day.

Old Resident of Union Tp. Dead.

Michael Schultz, an aged resident of Union tp., died at 11:45 p. m„ Thursday at the home of William Schultz, also of Union, with whom \he old gentleman lived. He would have been 83 years of age had he lived to May 30 next. His wife died March 12, 1912. Mr. Schultz was bom in Germany, and came to America some forty-five years ago and settled in Union tp., where he has since resided. He leaves a family of nine children,' five sons and four daughters, as follow’s: August R., Adolph, Paul, Amiel, Julius, Mrs. William Schultz, Mrs. Lena Schultz, all of Union tp., Mrs. August Rosenhaub of Hammond, and Mrs. Clara e of near Mt. Ayr. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the German Lutheran church in the Schultz settlement, conducted by Rev. Paul of Goodland.

Teachers Gave Shower to Bride-to-Be

The primary teachers of the Rensselaer schools gave a miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Edith Adams, one of the teachers, just southeast of town, for Miss Myra Watson, another teacher, who is to be married some time next fall. A very delightful time was enjoyed. While the date of Miss Watson’s marriage to Dr. Beahler of Indianapolis, is several months off, her associate teachers waiited to get in on time and the shower was in the nature of a “surprise” for Miss Watson, and as such was a complete success.

Work Street Bridge Now Open.

The west approach to the new Work street bridge over the Iroquois river was completed Wednesday and this bridge is now open for traffic. The completion of this bridge now gives three entrances to Rensselaer over the Iroquois from the south and west, and will be a great convenience to Rensselaer people as well as relieve much of the traffic over the Washington street and College avenue bridges.

SPECIAL TRAIN TO NEWLAND.

Professor Bell Will Be On Hand With His Complete Laboratory Outfit. ' The special Newland Farmers’ Institute train will leave Rensselaer Saturday, March 27, at 9 a. m., ana will make all stops enroute to Newland. A special train will also leave Kersey at 10 a. m., arriving at Newland in time for the morning session, which convenes at 10:30. The train will be ready at 4 p. m., to take all visitors home. “The Monon officials have very kindly furnished this special train for the accommodation of all who wish to attend the Newland Farmers’ Institute to hear Prof. Bell in his wellknown “Science and the Soil” lectures. This will be a real “Soil In stitute,” and the farmers will have ample opportunity to ask question., and get a fund of reliable information on their specific soil and crop problems. Besides Prof. Bell and his assistant with their extensive soil demonstration outfit there will be other speakers to discuss special factors pertaining to our truck and potato growing problems. No farmer can afford to miss this opportunity of seeing and hearing this demonstration. Prof. Bell suggests that those attending bring note books for taking notes on the lecture, that they may carry home the information that applies particularly to their own soil and crops and that they are especially anxious to remember. xx

Dunlap and Howard Go Free.

Dunlad and Howard, the alleged fraudulent" aufb insurance solicitors of Chicago, who have been in jail here for some time, were taken to Kentland Thursday for trial, they having taken a change of venue to Newton county, w. H. Parkison had been employed to defend the men, but as Mr. Parkison was still engaged in the Gault ditch case at Kokomo, he got Mose Leopold to handle the defense for him. Mr. Leopold had original letters written by the Motorists' Security Alliance Company to the defendants which showed conclusively that they were and had been recognized as solicitors of the said company, despite the denial of the latter, and the state, evidently seeing that it had no case against the men on the charges alleged, proposed to dismiss the cases. To this the defense objected until the jury had been empaneled, and sworn to try the cause, when jeopardy attached, then Mr. Leopold told the prosecutor he could dismiss if he chose, and the cases’ were dismissed. This action of jjjfe defense barred further prosecution, and the defendants were free. They left Kentland at once for Chicago, their home. It is understood that they’ had settled their board and room bills here some time ago. The facts are, it seems, that the men came here to solicit membership in the company they represented with but very little ready cash. They’ did not meet with the success anticipated and went broke. The company refused to advance them money and they therefore left Rensselaer and returned to Chicago to secure funds to pay their board and room rent, and were there arrested and brought back here, through the efforts of the company they were working for, on the charge of conspiracy to commit a felony, the company alleging that they were not their authorized agents and had no authority’ to solicit membership. The fiasco cost Jasper county about $l5O in boarding the prisoners and the sheriff’s expenses in going after them. It is possible that the men will bring a civil suit in Chicago against the Motorists’ Security Alliance for damages for their arrest and imprisonment.

Telephone Toll Rates Reduced to Several Points.

The Jasper County Telephone Company reduced its toll rates to some of the neighboring towns about a week ago, but no reduction has been made a s yet to points In the north end of the county, which still remain at 25c. The reductions made are 5c each on toll rates , to Mt. Ayr, Parr, Pleasant Ridge and Surrey, from 15 c to 10c; and 10c each to McCoysburg and Brook. The old rates were 20c to McCoysburg and 25c to Broojk- The reductions are to 10c Io McCoysburg and 15c to Brook. A reduction is also made of 5c in the rates to Remington, which is now 15c instead of 20c. There is no toll charge to regular subscribers of the Rensselaer exchange to McCoysburg, Pleasant Ridge, Surrey or' Parr.

•pp.«THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From Hie Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Marriage licenses issued: March 18, Charles Knip of Demotte, aged 24 August 15 last, occupation farmer, to Cornelia Cathryn Evers, also of Demotte, aged 23 December 31 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Frank W. Fisher was down from Kankakee tp., on business Wednesday. Mr. Fisher has sold his 80-acre farm in Hanging Grove tp., the former Uncle David Culp farm, to Gus Yeoman of Newton tp. The consideration was $75 per acre. Mr. Fisher took some live stock in on the deal. Mr. Yeoman will continue to rent the farm.

Don’t forget to file your mortgage exemptions with the county auditor before May’ 1. In speaking of this matter in a recent issue, The Democrat erred in saying that one was exempt only on one-half of the mortgage on one’s premises. What we should have said was that the exexption applied to one-half of the a'Ssessed valuation. That is, if the valuation for taxes was $1,400, one was entitled to an exemption for mortgage indebtedness up to S7OO, be the mortgage S7OO of $7,000.

A little disturbance that occurred up at Parr recently was tried before a jury in the justice court at that place on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Perry Griffith had a little argument with “Butch” Lowman, the Monon agent at Parr, the Saturday previous and is alleged to have spit in Lowman’s face. He had her arrested and Deputy Prosecutor Sands prosecuted the case. Mrs. Griffith employed no lawyer but argued her own case. The jury found her guilty’ and she was fined and costed the amount of $25.95.

O. K. Ritchey got a letter a few days ago from former sheriff Nate J. Reed, who is now located in Mason county, Michigan. He stated that when he leftdtantoul, 111., where he went after 'nig term as sheriff expired here and where he was in poor health for some time, that he only weighed 120 pounds, but he now weighs 175. He has ,been in Michigan now seven years. He stated that he had a farm and is located near a lake that is full of fish, and he puts in a good share of his time fishing. Nate never was very strong on manual labor.

Paul Worland Declared Winner in County Discussion Contest.

The Jasper county high school discussion was held at the high school auditorium Thursday evening, only the Rensselaer high school entering. The county discussion is a part of the state high school debating contests, and the winner in the discussion here will represent the county at the district discussion of six of the eight counties of the district, to be held in Rensselaer April 16. The topic for discussion is “How We May Secure Greater Administrative and Economic Efficiency in County Government in Indiana?” Those contesting here were Paul Worland, Beulah Fox and Orpha Gant, and Paul Worland was the winner in the contest. Misses Helen Parkison and Bernice Long introduced and discussed the subject as a "curtain raiser.” The winners in the district contests will meet at Bloomington in May and contest for state honors.

The purpose of the high school Discussion League is tp'arousC interest in the public discussion. It wa% organized last year for the first time, and run under the auspices of the extension department , of Indiana University. In each congressional district, a chairman is appointed to manage the discussions in his district. The district chairman appoints a county chairman for each county. These

county chairmen have charge of their respective county contests. Any high school in the state is eligible to membership in this league. If several high schools in the same county- are interested in the discussion, they must first have a local contest and the winner of the local contest represents the school in the county contest. The w-inner of the county contest represents his county in the district contest. The winner of the district contest represents his district in the final contest at Bloomington. These contests are all discussions and not debates. The officers of this district are: District Chairman, C. R. Dean, Rensselaer. Benton county, Lee Fisher, Otterbein. Lake county, Principal E. H. Croxton, Lowell. Porter County, H. M. Jessee, Valparaiso. Warren County, G. N. Lasher. White County, James Leffell, Monticello. Jasper County, CM. Sharp, Rensselaer. Newton County, Fred Longwell, Brook. Tippecanoe County, Joseph Shock, Lafayette. The district contest will be held in Rensselaer Friday evening, April 16. From the present indications at least six counties will be represented in that contest.

New Onion Storage Building at Newland Burned.

Ed Oliver’s big new onion storage building at Newland was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The building was discovered to be on fire about 10 o’clock, and word was telephoned to Rensselaer. Several automobile loads went out with chemical fire extinguishers but were unable to save the building, which wag of wood. The building contained about 30,000 bushels of onions and a large number of crates. It was insured in R. D. Thompson’s agency for $7,500, and there was also $lO,000 carried on onions and $5,000 on crates. The building was 40x156 feet in size, and is said to have cost about SIO,OOO. It was built last fall, and was just south of the other big storage warehouse built there the season before. The building belonged to Ed Oliver.

(p ui A vLircus Prayer for Peace of Pope Bededtct XV. at St. Augustine Church Tomorrow. According to a decree of Pope Benedict XV. all congregations outside of the warring nations shall keep a day of prayer, and designated Sunday, March 21 as the day. The following order of services will be observed at St. Augustine church here: High mass at 10 o’clock; exposition of the Blessed sacrement at this mass. The Blessed sacrement will be exposed for continual adoration until evening, when special services will close the devotion. The following prayer for this occasion was composed by the Holy Father himself: Dismayed by the horrors of a war which is bringing ruin to peoples and nations, we turn O Jesus, to Thy most'loving Heart as to our last hope. O God of Mercy, with tears we invoke Thee to end this fearful scourge; O King of Peace, we humbly implore the peace for which we long. From Thy sacred Heart Thou didst shed forth over the world divine Charity, so that discord might end and love alone might reign among men. During Thy life on earth Thy Heart beat * with tender compassion for the sorrows of men; in this hour made terrible with burning hate, with bloodshed and with slaughter, oncq more may Thy divine Heart be moved to Pity. Pity the countless mothers in anguish for the fate of their sons; pity the numberless families now bereaved of their fathers; pity Europe over which broods such havoc and disaster. Do Thou inspire rulers and peoples with counsels of meekness, do Thou heal the discords that tear the nations asunder; Thou Who didst shed Thy Precious Blood that they might live as brothers, bring men together once more in loving harmony. And as once before to the cry of the Apostle Peter: “Save us, Lord, we. perish,” Thou didst answer with words of mercy and didst still the raging waves, so now deign to bear oiir trustful prayer, and give back to the world peace and tranquility. And do thou, O most holy Virgin, as in other times of sore distress, be now our help, our protection and our safeguard. Amen.

Lyceum Course Dates. April 7.—Bargelt & Co.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. BALANCE OF TRADE Last Week Was Largest Ever Pro- \ duced in Our Favor. Washington, March 18.—Exports exceeded imports passing through the 13 principal American customs districts during the week ended March 13 by $47,229,659, giving the largest balance in favor if the United States ever produced by a single week’s foreign tradft business. The total value of exports for the week was $69,840,719, and of imports $22,611,060. An analysis of foreign trade conditions issued by ’the department of commerce;, tonight shows that exports for the three months from December 1, 1914, to February 28, were estimated at $778,511,871, and imports $367,028,862, netting a favorable balance of $411,483,009. Cotton exported during the week ended March 13, amounted to 292,630 bales, making the total since August 1, 1914, the beginning of the cotton year, 6,045,497 bales, Cotton exports during February were almost twice those of February 'last year, but the quantity sent abroad during the seven months ending February 28 was far less than the same period a year ago, th 4 deficiency, due largely to the war, being 1,759,725 bales. Manufacturing establishments on February 28 \were holding less cotton than at the same time last year, but Independent warehouses had on hand 1,775,766 bales more than a year ago.

Cotton used during February slightly exceeded the same month a year ago, but during the last seven months chiton manufacturers have used 217,000 bales lass than during the same period last year. Imports of cotton during the seven months have been almost double what they were a year ago.

PENAL FARM NEARLY DONE.

Will Be Able to Receive Prisoners in a Short Time. Greencastle, Ind., March 16.—-The trustees of the Indiana state penal farm are expecting many prisoners to be sent to the farm from the criminal ccyiirt of Judge Cqllins of Indianapolis, who has been one of the Indiana judges to favor the establishing of such a farm for prisoners than any other judge in the state, and it is thought he will send several hundred prisoners here in the course of a year. Many men who are now going to the reformatory and state prisons will get off, it is thought, with penal farm sentences after the farm is ready to receive prisoners. The long dormitory is nearing completion, as is the dining room, which will accommodate at least 200 men at one time. The-contract has been let for 200 cots. Some of the men who are now on the farm as prisoners have asked that they be retained as guards when the farm js put in operation and their time expires. These men will be given the first chance at the guard positions, and because their conduct on the farm has been such that the trustees believe they deserve as good a start in their new life as can- be given them.

FORMER BANK PRESIDENT

Of Indiana Harbor Is Charged With Having Forged Signatures. Hammond, Ind., March 17. Charging the forgery of the signature of bank directors to a $68,000 bond to secure a $54,000 school fund deposit, four Indictments were returned late today by the grand jury against Charles Fowler, president of the Indiana Harbor Trust and Savings Bank, which went into the hands of a receiver 18 months ago. The forgeries are alleged only insofar as the qualifying portion of the boiid was concerned, as the di-

Vol. XVII, No. 99

EUROPEAN WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

From one end of the long battle front in Belgium and France to the other Belgians, French, British and Germans are fighting bitterly for strategic points, preparatory to the great effort which is bound to come when the roads are dry. The munitions have been brought up and the men are ready. The Russians in Poland are conducting an active campaign along both banks of the Orzye river, but they are being met by the Germans with equally hard blows. Through the Chancellor of the Exchequer the British government announces that it intends to take over the factories in England for the production of war supplies. The state department at Washington has made public the six notes exchanged between this country and Germany “ and with Great Britain and France relative to submarine warfare, the use of neutral flags, the removal of mines, the question of food shipments and the proclamation of a blockade by the allies. Three submarines at various times eideayored to torpedo the Anchor Line steamer Cameronia on her trip through the Irish sea to Liverpool from New York. The steamer’s speed saved her. German under-water craft, however, have succeeded in sinking two additional steamers and badly damaging a third. A Dardanelles dispatch reports the loss of three mine sweepers and one sailing vessel and considerable damage to a British cruiser in the fighting in the straits. The British admiralty announces that 23 men were killed and 37 wounded on board the cruiser Amethyst. * Peking reports that Russia and Great Britain have told Japan that if she attempts to press demands upon China other than those given out at Tokyo further diplomatic relations will be difficult. It also is reported in the Chinese capital that America looks with displeasure upon the Japanese demands as infringing upon the Chinese-American treaty.

rectors had signed the petition for tlie deposit. Fowler provided $3,000 bond. He says he is being unjustly persecuted.

TAFT URGES UNITED SUPPORT

For President Wilson's Policies in ‘‘This Critical Period.” Chapel Hill, N. C., March 17. — The united support of the country for the policies of President Wilson in ‘‘this critical period” of the nation’s history was urged here tonight by former President Taft in the first of a series of three lectures to students elf the University of North Carolina on "The Presidency.” Taft declared the office of the president is representative of the dignity of the American people, and that at such a time at this it must have he hearty approval of the whole people if that dignity is to be preserved. Whatever party criticism there might be of the present policies, he said, should be deferred until the crisis is passed. .

Porter County Making Preparations to Oil Country Roads.

Porter county will oil approximately one hundred, miles of gravel road • this year. This was officially Stated today by the county commis sioners, who met in regular session in one coiner of the cofinty auditor’s office; on account of their own quarters being occupied by painters. The contract has been let to the Standard Oil Company to sjipply 100,000 gallons of the fluid. Another 50,000 gallons may be addedt With Valparaiso as a center, all main roads diverging therefrom will get the benefit. Then the east and west rpad through Chesterton may come in for a supply. According to the official statement today, the oil will not be put on till the roads are iti an excellent state' of repair.-. K W. Lytle, repair superintendent, will soon be busy putting, on the required dressing of new stone.—Valparaiso Vidette.

Dental Notice.

During my absence in Florida my office will be closed. Expect to return about April Ist. H. L. BROWN, Dentist.