Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1915 — Page 1

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LITTLE GIRL TERRIBLY BURNED

Daughter of Clifford Bever Frightfully Injured by Firecracker. Vera, the little 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bever, met with a terrible accident Wednesday evening while playing with some other children in front of McKay’s laundry. A cone-shaped cracker, which throws a flame in the air, was lighted but failed to explode, and the little girl ran to it to see what the trouble was. The cracker went off when her face was close over it. Her entire face and eyes were badly burned and her hair singed. The injured girl was picked up and brought to Mr. Bever’s candy store and he took her at once to Dr. Hemphill, where her burns were swathed in bandages, but at this writing it is difficult to tell what the result will be. Her entire face, ears and neck were terribly burned and it is feared her eyesight may be destroyed. An eye doctor was over from Delphi yesterday and examined the child's eyes and thinks she will not lose her sight as a result of the accident.

West Siders May Have to Burn Incense.

And now Promotor Brown of the L. & X. W. R. R., says that the line of his proposed road over at the west side of town as shown by the profile filed with the county clerk, and on wihich line he is asking for a $61,000 subsidy from Rensselaer and Marion tp., is only “intended for the carrying of freight,” and that he will run a “passenger line’ up through Rensselaer, on Cullen and Forest streets, to the Monon station. He doesn’t state where he will branch off with his passenger line from the freight line, however. But he will magnanimously build us the passenger line if we will give him that $61,000, although he is under no legal obligations to do so, as he MUST build on the other line, if at all, in order to secure this subsidy. But, by the way, wonder how the people oveE at the west side, along through Fred Phillips’ addition, McCoy avenue and the northwest part of Rensselaer, will enjoy having a freight railroad run along by their homes, carrying hogs, sheep, cattle, stable manure, et cetera?

Rain Knocks Down Wheat Badly.

We got quite a smart shower of rain about 11 o’clock Thursday and what it dohe to the fields of wheat is a caution. Oats were weighted down in many places, but the wheat was practically all broke down and is in such bad shape that many thousands of dollars damage was done, as it will be impossible in many fields to gather up more than threefourths of the grain at most. There was no wind with the rain, but it was simply weighted down by the water falling. Some of this will raise up again, as it dries out, but considerable cif it, as it looked Thursday evening, never will do so. At Lafayette the rain <ras almost a cloifdburst. Sewers overflowed, the basement of St. Elizabeth’s hospital and the lobby of the Lahr hotel and other buildings were flooded. The deluge lasted for two hours.

Miss Wilda Littlefield Operated On

for Appendicitis.

Miss Wilda Littlefield, eldest daughter of Postmaster N, Littlefield, underwent an operation for appendicitis Tuesday afternoon at the Wesley hospital in Chicago, where she was taken Monday. She came out from under bbe operation nicely and is doing fine. Miss Littlefield fainted near the close of the St. John’s day services at the Christian church Sunday afternoon, and caused thereby the dismissal of the services a few moments sooner than they would otherwise have been. A physician diagnosed her trouble as appendicitis and she was taken to Chicago Monday, accompanied by her mother, where the operation was performed Tuesday afternoon.

Gayety Will Celebrate the Fourth With Big Show.

The Gayety will celebrate Monday, July sth. Fifteen cents will give you the best celebration you ever had for the money. The afternoon show will be at 3 o’clock, the evening show at 8. High class pictures and six people in splendid vaudeville. A special performance to commemorate the nation’s birthday. Fireworks at night. Come where you get the most for your money.—Advt. '

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. Ed Perkins of Goodland, w T as the guest of his cousin, County Clerk Perkins, over Wednesday night. There were sixteen marriage licenses issued for June, with only four for the proceeding month and ten for June, 1914. Miss May Gifford of Chicago, a sister of the late B. J. Gifford, came down Thursday to look after some business matters, she being one ci the heirs of the estate. Henry Cohn of Remington, was brought over Monday and lodged in jail to lay out a fine and costs for a plain drunk. It will take 20 days for him to “settle the bill.” County Treasurer-elect Charles V. May was over from Remington Thursday making a few necessary repairs to the former Brady property, which he purchased last week of Elizur Sage. - V 3-

A special Or adjourned term of court will convene at Kentland Monday to hear the remonstrances in the Williams ditch, which is a continuation on west of the Iroquois river drainage scheme from where the present Borntrager ditch ends. The County Board of Review spent Wednesday' and Thursday in the north end of the county, looking after matters there. The Board will not be in session Monday, but will hold over one day longer to make up. Wednesday is its last day of the 1915 session. John McCurtain, who has been in jail here for several days in default of peace bail, was found to be insane Wednesday, in an inquest held before Squire Spitler by Drs. English, Hemphill and Kresler, and he will be sent to the asylum at Longcliff. Marriage licenses issued: June 29, John T. Warne, son of E. F. Warne of Rensselaer, aged 24 Aug. 21 last, occupation drayman, to Celestia Joy Wiles of Laura, aged 23, May 18 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married at the home of Rev. G. W. Titus at 10:30 a. m., Wednesday morning. An investigation was made Thursday by the Lafayette Journal and it was found that Promotor O, L. Brown’s railroad company was attempting to do business in Tippecanoe county without a franchise, it having forfeited the franchise granted last August by failure to accept same within sixty days, as required by law, therefore rendering the same null and void, the Journal states.

New suits filed: No. 8443, Jesse Nichols, adm. of estate of S. R. Nichols, deceased, vs. Hettie Nichols et al; petition to sell real estate. No. 8444, John W. Smith vs. Frances M. Smith; suit for divorce. . The complaint alleges that the parties were married at Indianola, Icwa, on March 5, 1905,’ and separated about Jan. 1, 1907, when defendant abandoned plaintiff without his consent and has since lived apart from him.

It is rumored that the Rensselaer Republican, which has been making some vicious attacks on the honesty and integrity of County Supt..Lamson, will fix up a “round robin’’ and try to get the members of the county board of education Monday to a«k Mr. Lamson to resign, which the Republican has already done, and then have some one appointed in his place who will bring all the printing of his office to the Republican, regardless of the price charged or the fact that another shop has the con-

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tract for doing such printing. Mr. I Lamson will probably have some statement to make regarding these j attacks in a few days, and The Deni-. ocrat will therefore withhold further comment at this time.

Confessed Chicken Thief in Jail.

Harvey Budreau, 18-year-old son of Alfred Budreau of Milroy tp., who has been sleeping at the Leek hitch barn and boarding at one of the restaurants here, was arrested yesterday morning, charged with the theft of nine" chickens ajul two hitch straps, stolen from the home of James Amsler, of southeast of town, recently. The hitch straps were found in his possession, and when arraigned before Squire Spitler the boy plead guilty to the charge and also confessed to having stolen seven chickens from the home of Oscar Hauter, also of southeast of town, on the nigfTT of June 17. He had sold the chickens on the 18th at the Rishling & Murray poultry house. He was bound over to the circuit court under SSOO bonds and placed in jail, not having given bond at this writing. It seems that he had started out Thursday night on another expedition with his horse and buggy and had intended to make a raid on Marion Adams’ chicken house. Mr. Adams also resides in the neighborhood of his previous operations. He was frightened away but left his horse and buggy hitched near there, where they were found by the officers and brought to town. The nine chickens and sack of corn found by Tom Padgitt a couple of weeks ago, near the Padgitt bridge, was Budreau’s loot from Amsler’s place. It wull probably go pretty hard with the young man.

John Warne and Miss Celesta Wiles Married Wednesday.

John Warne, son of drayman F. E. Warne, and Miss Celista Wiles, were married Wednesday at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. G. W. Titus. They are visiting with his wife's mother, Mrs. Henry Doan, of near Gifford, for a few days, but will take up their residence in one of A. Leopold’s houses in the east part of town Monday. John is an industrious young man, of good habits, and bhe young couple have the best wishes of their many friends.

Sudden Death of Laura Gangloff at St. Louis.

Miss Laura Gangloff, aged 34 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gangloff, of southeast part of town, who suffered a nervous breakdown about three months ago and who went to a sanatarium at St. Louis about thYee weeks ago for treatment, contracted pneumonia and was only sick 48 hours, and died there Thursday afternoon at 2:45. The remains were shipped to Ren* selaer yesterday afternoon, but no funeral arrangements had been made at this writing.

Work On New West Side Residences Progressing Rapidly.

Wcrk is being pushed right along on the new houses going up on the west side. That of Bert Hopkins especially is progressing rapidly. The plastering and “white coat” is already on, and it would seem that it "would be ready for occupancy in a vfcry few" weeks. By the way, when sill is said and done, the new residence of F. M. Parker, while not as expensive U 3 some of the other new ones being erected, is going to be a mighty neat and commodious, home and a very pretty one, too.

Said Their Machine Was Struck By Auto Truck.

A couple of young men passed through Rensselaer Wednesday morning driving a new wine-colored Halliday touring car that looked as though it had been struck in the side by a locomotive. The young men were very uncommunicative about the accident, but said that it had occurred at Marion, Ind., where it was struck by an auto truck. The body of the car was badly mashed in, but the frame was intact. The car bore Illinois number plate “P 5775” op the front and No. 257 in the rear. They said they were driving the car through to Streator, 111., where it is made, for repairs.

Notice to Catholics. The time of Sunday services at the St. Augustine’s Catholic church during the months of July and August, will be as follows: First mass at 7 o’clock and the high mass at 9 o’clock.

What The Lafayette Journal Thinks About Subsidies.

Every voter and taxpayer in Rensselaer and Marion tp., should read the editorial from the Lafayette Journal in this issue of The Democrat, on the proposition of voting a subsidy to the so-call-ed Lafayette <fc Northwestern Railroad. This is precisely in line with what The Democrat has been saying for many years, and it is. indeed refreshing to note that the more progressive and up-to-date newspapers of Indiana, whose editorial policy cannot be purchased, take the same view of this inquitious subsidy proposition as The Democrat. We want you to read what the Journal says. You will find it on the second page of this issue.

NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES

Owned in Jasper County and What They are Assessed At. The following is a list of the number of automobiles owned in Jasper county on March 1, 1915, the names of the owners and the amount the autos are assessed at, as shown by the county assessor’s figures, copied from the reports of the township assessors. The total number in the county this year on March 1 was 515, a gain of 132 over March 1, 1914. We do not vouch altogether for the correctness of these figures, as it is possible that some were omitted by the county assessor in copying them off the various assessor’s books.

A comparison of the figures with last year is interesting, and we herewith give same by townships and corporations: [ - 1914 1915 Gain Barkley 31 33 2 Carpenter .44 56 12 GiHam . . ... . . ... 14 14 0 Hanging Grove ..11 19 8 Jordan 12 33 21 Kankakee 9 13 4 Keener 9 14 5 Marion ......... 27 41 14 Milroy .. v . 9 6 *3 Newton ..' . 16 27 11 Rensselaer (city) 104 150 4 6 Remington ....... 51 55 4 Union . . 21 24 3 Walker 9 10 1 Wheatfieid (tp) . . 4 11 7 Wheatfield (town) 13 9 *4 * Loss. It will be seen from the above that every township and corporation showed a gain over last year in num her of automobiles owned, except Milroy township and Wheatfield corporation. Milroy had 3 less and Wheatfield 4 less than in 1914. Rensselaer made the greatest per cent of gain of any of the corporations—4 6—but Jordan made not only the greatest gain of any of the thirteen townships, hut her per cent of gain, taking population in consideration, was about 200 greater than that of Rensselaer. Following are bhe names of the 1915 owners and the amounts their autos were assessed by the township assessors, the Board of Review not having made any changes in the assessments as yet, and may not do so: *"■

BARKLEY TOWNSHIP—33

Judson Adams : . . 700.00 Elias Arnold . 250.00 Everett 8r0wn.... ... ... . . 75.00 John J. Brehm 250.00 Frank Cavendish... 125.00 Geo. W. Davisson ......... 125.00 Grant Davisson . . ... ... ... 1 25.00 Clyde Davisson . . .". .. . . . . . . 1 25.00 Geo. Daniels. . ] 25.00

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MORE ABOUT W. L. MOYER.

Wife of Promotor O. L. Brown’s “Angel” Files Suit for Divorce. Yesterday’s Lafayette Journal had the following article relative to the W. L. Moyer, who is now associated with O. L. Brown in promoting his so-called Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad, and who, it has been stated, would secure the necessary funds to build the road if Rensselaer and Marion tp. will only vote the $61,000 asked for here: t The following neWs story, published in the Chicago Tribune yesterday, will be of interest to the people of Lafayette. The W. L. Moyer referred to is the gentleman who was introduced by O. L. Brown at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday and who spoke at some length in regard to the Lafayette and Northwestern Railroad company: "William L. Moyer, at one time vice president of the defunct La Salle Street Trust and Savings bank, was sued for divorce yesterday by

Mrs. Evelyne A. Moyer, of 4 731 Lake Park avenue. Mrs. Moyer charges her husband deserted her in February, 1913-. She is now living with her mother. * "Moyer, whq has held important banking positions in half a dozen cities and once drew a $50,000 salary as a; bank president, is living in retirement in North Manchester, Ind, He came into the limelight in Chicago in December, 1913, after his withdrawal from the Lorimer bank, when he was arrested on a Kansas City federal indictment, charged with promoting a $2*000,009 trust company with a capital of only a few thousand dollars; "According to the government officials, Moyer, as chairman of the board of directors of the American Union Trust Company, of Kansas City, used the mails to offer fraudulent stock, to which it was claimed that J. Odgen Armour and many others were large subscribers. “Moyer’s banking career was Meteoric while it lasted. He is widely known in financial circles in Chicago, New York, and other cities and lias been at various times a partner in Marcus Daly’s banking firm in Butte, Mont., president of the Shoe and Leather National bank of New York, assistant cashier of the American Trust and Savings bank in Chicago, and an official in various other concerns. “Mrs. Moyer was not at home last evening and her mother, Mrs. Townley, declined to discuss her daugh ter’s suit.” Mrs. Moyer was formerly Miss Evelyne Austin, of Indianapolis, a daughter of Mrs. George E. Townley. She was first married to E. S. R. Seguin, of Indianapolis, and later to Mr. Moyer.

WANTS $71,000 OF LAFAYETTE.

Promoter O. L. Brown's Subsidy Pitcher Has Possibly Gone Once Too Often to the Well. The Lafayette Journal says that O. L. Brown of the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad, with others connected with him in his railroad promotion scheme, appeared before the Chamber of Commerce in Lafayette Wednesday to secure the

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Breaks Ground for Addition to Central Garage.

Hiram Day and his force begun work yesterday on - a 25x105 foot addition on the south to the Central Garage, which 11. R. Kurrie is building for his garage tenants. The building will bo of brick, one story in height, same as the main building, and the two rooms will connect from the rear. The new addition will be used principally for a workshop, giving the entire north room, which is 45x105 feet, for garage space.

A Quiet Day Promised Here.

Rensselaer promises to be one of the deadest towns in the state today, as hundreds of our citizens and the farmers hereabouts will go some other place to celebrate. Only two celebrations are scheduled for Jasper county—at Parr and Dunn's Bridge. Monon and Goodland will celebrate, and no doubt several of our people will go to one or the other of those towns, but Parr will get the bulk of the people in this vicinity, snd they have a rousing weather is not bad. Rensselaer .\hyfUd serve notice now that she will celebrate next year and give a celebration worth while.

C. W. Duvall Sells Out His Standard Oil Business.

C. \V. Duvall, who has had charge of ihe wholesale trade of the Standard Oil Co.’s products in Rensselaer and vicinity for the past twenty-five years, disposed of his interests in the business Wednesday to Charles Spain, who has been driving the oil truck for him and who will continue the business. Whep Mr. Duvall took up the business 500 gallons of oil and gasoline per month here was about all his sales run. The business grew, however, until he has sold as high as 18,000 gallons of gasoline alone per month in Rensselaer, besides that sold in the country hereabouts and the oil gold. The company lias been continually curtailing his territory as it grew profitable to him, until at last he became disgusted and decided to .get out. He has no matured plans for the future at this writing. Mr. Spain can handle the business at less expense than could “Wile,” because of the fact that he can do It all, and unless the company thinks he is making too much money and reduces his territory still more, Charley will no doubt make a reasonable salary out of it. An arm load of old papers for 5 cents.

Vol. XVIII, No. 26

LOST SHIP WAS ON ADMIRALTY MISSION

Britain Informs Page Armenian Was On War Business. TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM FOE Steamer Sunk by German Submarine Attempted to Elude Fast Craft —Torpedoes and Shells Sent Boat to Bottom. Washington, July 2—The British admiralty has informed Ambassador Page in London that the steamship Armenian, sunk by a German submarine, with the loss of 21 American lives, was engaged in admiralty business, and that she carried no passengers. This information was cabled by Ambassador Page to the state department. The ambassador suggested that the Americans who were lost with the Armenian appeared therefore to have been members of her crew. Incident Creates Stir. The Incident being the first involving American lives since the sinking of the Lusitania, created considerable stir in official circles, but no one in authority would sa.w, pending receipt of official facts in the case, what effect it would have on the negotiations between this country and Germany. Ambassador Page at London was asked to obtain the facts from the British government and Ambassador Gerard in Berlin was directed to make similar inquiry of the German authorities. The dispatches forwarded to the state department by Consul Armstrong at Bristol also were forwarded to President Wilson at Cornish, N. H., and word from him relative to the course to pursue was awaited by officials here. There was a disposition in some offi cial quarters to believe that the Armenian attempted to escape after being warned. This view was based on Consul Armstrong's report that a second shot “carried away the wireless station’’ of the ship. Should tills be found to have been the case, officials stated, Germany may be able to justify the sinking of the ship. Mules Are Contraband. Mules are contraband of war under all the lists published by the belligerents and it was conceded at the state department that no doubt can be raised as to the character of the Armenian's cargo. By CAPTAIN TRICKEY OF THE STEAMSHIP ARMENIAN. London, July 2.—When the subma/ rlne first sighted us, four miles off, she put a couple of shots over our deck as a signal to stop. We turned and ran. Then began a desperate race. The submarine began to shell us in earnest and I soon found he was gaining but I had no intention of giving up the struggle. Shrapnel was bursting all around us. Several of the crew were killed while others were knocked overboard. Soon I discovered my steering gear was hit, which put us out of commission. Then a shell fell into the engine room; another carried away the Marconi house, and a third cut down the funnel, disabling the stokers and preventing them from keeping up steam. Then I decided to surrender for the ship was on fire in three places. The running fight had been in progress for about fifteen miles and an hour’s time. Twelve or thirteen men lay dead on the deck. The submarine drew up alongside and I was told to clear ship. At seven minutes past eight the Armenian went down, shattered by two torpedoes. I must say the submarine commander showed us every fairness after we had given up, picking up many of the crew who because of a damaged boat had fallen into the water. Most of the crew and muleteers who perished were Americans, most of them negroes.

Former Remington Roy Married at Logansport.

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allman, son, Elvyn, and daughters, Florence and Aileen, and Fred and Mrs. C. H. Peck, of Remington, and Mfs. W. H. Coover of Boulder, Cglo,, who is visiting her piother, Mrs. J.. C. Allman, and other relatives at Remington, and Mrs. H. H. Bowman and son, Dean, of Monticello, motored to Logansport Wednesday to attend the wedding of Leslie Allman, a son of the late John Allman of that city who was united in marriage to Miss Inez Martin of southeast of Logansport. Leslie is connected with the Associated Manufacturers’ Co., of Waterloo, la., at which place they will reside. Subscribe for The Democrat.