Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1915 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

$1.50 Per Year.

Public Sale Dates. The Democrat has printed bills fofthe following public sales: Wednesday, Oct. 27, Sol Norman, 6 miles north and 1 3-4 miles west of Rensselaer. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

Aged Couple, Former Residents, Return to Jasper County.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hensler of Carpenter tp., returned Wednesday from a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Dewey, of Elroy, Wis., who accompanied them home and will probably spend the remainder of their days in Jasper county. Mr. Dewey, who is now 83 years old and nearly blind, sold his farm south of Rensselaer, just over the line in Jordan tp., a few years ago and bought out in South Dakota, the children who were still at home accompaning him there. They were unfortunate in locating in a dry belt and they raised practically nothing in all the time they stayed there, and the proceeds of the sale of his farm were pretty well used up. He traded his Dakota land for a farm in Wisconsin, we understand, where they have been living the past year or more. They have several children residing in this county and it is likely they will live with some of them from now on.

Small House Destroyed Ry Fire at Newland Wednesday.

A small house occupied by the family of Walter Aeams, at Newland, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning at about 9:30 o’clock, together with all of the contents, including the clothing of the wife and four children except what they had on their backs. The house belonged to Ed Oliver, The Democrat is informed, and was insured, but there was no insurance on the contents. Adams was away at work, and the fire is said to have started from a. flue hole in the chimney that had simply been papered over with no metal stop in the hole. The family are very poor, and a meeting was held by the citizens to raise funds to procure clothing, etc;, for them. * The township trustee will also assist, it is said. In addition to losing all tlieir household effects, some $8 in money, all they had, was consumed in the fire.

Mrs. Lon Daniels Dead at Home of Her Parents.

Mrs. Belle Daniels, aged 29 years Jan. 28 last, died at about 7 a. m., Thursday at the fiome of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Walker, in Barkley tp. She had been in poor health for some time from tuberculosis. Her home was at Gifford, but she had been staying r at the home of her parents for the past six weeks. She leaves a husband, Lon Daniels, and three children. She was a sister of Mrs. Jesse Nichols, matron at the county poor asylum. The funeral will be held from the house at 2:30 p. m., today, conducted by Rev. Titus of Rensselaer, and burial made in the Smith cemetery.

Virgie Young Lady Married at Chicago Heights.

Miss Leona Helsel, youngest daughter of Albert Helsel of Virgie, and Mr. Joseph L. Scoonover, son of Thomas Scoonover of 1345 West Second street, Chicago Heights, 111., were married at the latter place Saturday. The bride is a nice looking youny lady. She was dressed in a white satin dress, draped with silver beads, while the groom wore dark blue serge. They left Sunday via auto for a ten weeks’ trip, when they will return and live at 2245 Indiana avende, Chicago Heights. The bride’s traveling suit was of purple velvet, and the groom’s a dark tweed, xx

Don’t Know Any Such Woman Here.

■Yesterday’s Lafayette Journal: Captain E. L. Osborne visited the Met saloon at 418 Columbia street yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock and arrested Thomas Maloney, one of the proprietors, Mrs. Cleo Holland, who claims she is from Rensselaer, and H. R. Johnson, a traveling man. They were charged with gambling. The woman and Johnson entered a plea of guilty before Judge Prass and were fined $5 and costs each, but Maloney plead not guilty, and his trial was set for Tuesday afternoon. It was charged that they were shafting dice in a rear room of the saloon.

An arm load of old papers for 5 cents.

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. Attorney Roy Blue was in Wheatfield on business Thursday. Trustee Davis of Kankakee tp., was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Thursday on taxpaying business. Only one more week for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid their going delinquent.

Attorney Jasper Guy was over from Remington Thursday looking up dates on some abstract work.. The Jasper county- jail has been without an occupant since Sunday, the first time it has been empty in months. The sixty-second annual session of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association will be held at Indianapolis next week, Oct. 27 to 30, inclusive. County Auditor Hammond does not expect to be able to get moved into his new house on Cullen street much before the middle of Novem her. County Treasurer Fell sold the $4,400 Karch stone road bonds, in Walker tp., Tuesday to the FletcherAmerican National Bank of Indianapolis, at par, accrued interest and $27.75 premium. There were two other lower bidders.

Judge Hanley and wife drove home from Kentland Thursday to remain here a few days. The Judge is still unable to resume the bench and Judge Darroch is-still sitting in his stead. He is feeling much better, however, and will probably don the woolsack again next week.

DeVere Yeoman, as superintendent of construction of the Boyle ditch, offered same for sale at 2 o’clock yesterday in the east court room of the court house, too late for us to publish the result of the sale in this issue. Quite a number of contractors were here to bid on the work.

At a meeting held Tuesday with F. E. Lewis, L. H. Hamilton and J. D. Allman present, constituting a quorum, the hospital board authorized the closing of a deal with John O’Connor for his 50-foot lot just south of the jail as a location for the proposed Jasper county hospital. E. P. Honan and C. H. Peck, the other two members of the board, were not present at the meeting. Plans for the building by Anson Cox of Hammond, and A. W. Coen of Berwyn, 111., both former residents of Rensselaer, were presented but no action was taken toward adopting either. This will be done at a latter meeting.

New suits filed: No. 8499. Anthony Nomensen vs. Henry Whitaker et al; transcript from Lake circuit court. This is an action for SB,OOO damages for an alleged assault made upon plaintiff by defendants at Cedar Lake on July 13 last, wherein plaintiff alleges that he was beaten with their fists, black-jacks and other weapons, his nose broken, body lacerated and rendered unconscious, and that said assault by defendants Fred Friedly, Robert B. Russell, Bryce V hitaker ahd rR. Hughes Graham was aided and abetted and instigated by said Henry Whitaker, sheriff of Lake county. The complaint is in three paragraphs, and $5,000 dam ages is demanded in the first; $3,500 in the second, and SB,OOO in the third. No. 8500. William A. Moore vs.

THE TWICE’A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915.

:Ed Oliver; suit on note. Demand I $1,400. '• • . The Jasper county twmmissioners accompanied by Auditor Hammond and County Attorney Williams, met with the commissioners of Porter county at the Kankakee river Wednesday to discuss the proposition of a new bridge across the pld channel of the river at a point in Kankakee tp., one Tiiile east of Wheatfield. A Mr. Pinney, who owns considerable land on the Porter side near the proposed new bridge, is said to be the principal mover in the proposition for a new bridge at this point, and there is no demand to speak of for the bridge on the Jasper county side. There is already a bridge 214 miles west of Wheatfield, at the Hebron grade, and this, with the bridge ory the east at Dunn’S, is sufficient to accomodate present necessities. Should the joint bridge asked for be put in, it would be of no use until Jasper county had built a bridge at its own expense across the new channel made by the dredge on the south. We are already building a new bridge across the new channel south of the Baum’s bridge ar. a cost or $7,000, and it is presumed the one required over the new channel south of the joint bridge asked for before the latter would be available for travel, would cost a like sum. Kankakee township would also have ot build a mile of grade to make the bridge in this county available. Our commissioners did not take kindly to the proposition, and the matter was continued until next May.

FORMERLY RESIDENT OF JASPER

Says. Dope Fiend, Check Worker and Love Pirate Under Arrest at Ft. Wayne. Fort Wayqe, Ind., Oct. 19.—The hallucination of Charles Luther Warne, mental millionaire and bad check artist, w’ho was arrested by Pennsylvania Patrolman James A. Jones at Valparaiso yesterday forenoon and brought back here with his bride, formerly Miss Beulah Youse, 250 West Main street, was explained last evening when the prisoner confessed to Chief of Police Charles Lenz and Lieutenant Harry Grimme that he had been an opium fiend and that for more than two years he had been eating and “snuffing’’ an average of one pound, sl6 worth, of the drug a week. “That’s the big thing that little Beulah has done for me,” he ex-

(Continued on page three)

Former Remington Couple Divorced.

Helen Hart '.yas granted a divorce in the Benton circuit court last week from her husband, Ernest Hart, on default. The parties formerly resided at Remington. The Benton Review says of the case: The Harts are residents of Earl Park, and were married on August 12, 189 7, and are the parents of two sons, Willard, aged 15, and Donald, aged 17. The complaint charged drunkenness and abandonment. The parties separated last June and Mrs. Hart testified that she did not know of his whereabouts. A number of witnesses for the plaintiff were examined and their evidence Showed that Hart was an habitual drunkard and had deserted his wife and family at the time the complaint stated. He had taken the Keely Cure about five years ago and for two years was a total abstainer, but the last three years he has drafik heavily and often abused his wife. Before leaving his family last June, Hart had made a division of his property with his wife and informed her he never expected to return. The court granted a divorce and gave her the custody of the two sons. Mrs. Hart since her husband left, has been employed in the Earl Park telephone office.

Notice to Taxpayers. Monday, Nov. 1, is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid delinquency and having penalty added. Remember, the county treasurer has no choice in this matter and cannot favor anyone. Avoid the rush of the last few days by paying early.—A. A. FELL, Treasurer Jasper County. Presbyterian Church. Services will be held at the Presbyterian church Sunday, October 24. Bible school at 9:30 a. m. Rev. J. Budman Fleming will preach at 10:45 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Rev. Fleming comes from the First. Presbyterian church at Chicago Heights, 111. Notice Red men. All members urged to be present Monday evening, October 25, reports of delegates, Important business, refreshments.—SACHEM.

PROMINENT HAMMOND PEOPLE

Involved in Car Robberies—Several Arrests Made—Stolen Goods Recovered. In speaking of the killing of Jesse Overly, formerly of Monticello, at Hammond recently while Overly was robbing a Monon freight car, the Montieeilo Herald says: As a climax to the killing of Jesse Overly at Hammond recently a big plot to .rob railroads has been brought to light by the Hammond police tyhich involves several prominent people of that city. Another switchman by the name ot Givens was arrested in connection with the robbery, and made a confession that was a revelation to the police, and implicated a number of prominent Hammond persons. Clews which hhve developed since the killing of Overly are being run down by the officers in an effort to locate all the guilty parties. The car which the car thieves used on the .fatal night was a Rambler and belonged to John L. Walker, who is . reported to be a highly respectedbusiness man of Hammond. Mr. Walker claims that the car was taken from his garage without his knowledge. However, upon searching the garage the police found two bags of beans stored there. When asked tQ explain their presence Walker said he had purchased them from Overly. A search of Givens’ room revealed quantities of stolen goods, among which were seven pieces of bacon. Givens’ home was in Indianapolis, where he had a wife and two children, and a number of stolen articles were recovered from his home there. In the bundle were shoes, some of which had been worn slightly, silk, blankets, shaving brushes and other articles. Alex Cassell, a car inspector on the Monon, was also arrested, and in a search of his home one hundred pair of socks, five pieces of bacon, three cured shoulders, thirty pounds of coffee, two large cheese, six boxes of toilet soap and a quantity of sugar were found. Cassell confessed to having stolen these goods. Zephre Polen, a saloon keeper at 126 Sibley street, and Hoke Lyons were arrested in connection with 3 barrels of whiskey, which were stolen several weeks ago. Two barrels of whiskey were found in the basement of his saloon. The names of at least five business men of Hammond, were freely passed about on the streets as having been connected with the car robberies. Although the police have a good description of the man who drove the car accompanying Overly, he has not yet been located. The coroner’s inquest over the body of Overly exhonorated Officer Strong of all blame,, the verdict being that the officer shot in self defense.

WILL DEFEND BROTHER.

Fayette County Prosec Appear for Minister Accused of Theft. Covington, Ind., Oct. 19.—The case of B. F. Clifton, formerly pastor of the M. E. church at Kingman and Salem, charged with the theft of two auto light tanks, has been set for trial in the Fountain Circuit Court Monday, November 22. Clifton is also under bond for his appearance in the Montgomery Circuit Court to answer to a charge of stealing an automobile. The young minister will be defended by his brother, John Clifton, who is the prosecuting attorney of Fayette county, assisted by Livengood & Livengood, of this city, and Charles M. McCabe, of Crawfordsville. Harry N. Fine, of Crawfordsville, it is expected, will assist in the prosecution.

Charlie Mecklenburg in Auto Accident.

Charles Mecklenburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenburg of this city, who for several years has had a position as bartender in the sample room of the Hotel Lahr at Lafayette, met with what might have been a serious accident Wednesday while returning to Lafayette with George WallaCe, of the firm of Wallace Bros., plumbers of Lafayette. Wallace lost control of the car 'he was driving when near Independence and the machine went down a 15-foot embankment, turning twice over. Charlie was thrown through the windshield into a barb wire fence. The car landed upside down against a fence post, which kept it off of Wallace, who was underneath. Except for several bruises, the men were not seriously hurt. Charlie had taken a camera along with him and took a number of views on the trip, but the instrument was smashed ..o flinders.

CEE and BEE TAXI SERVICE. Rensselaer’s new taxi service is now in operation. All city drives 10c. To the college 15'cents. Longdistance drives at reasonable rates. Phone 360.—E. M. BAKER, Location Nowels’ Restaurant. ts

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. Lafayette Orphans’ Home Barn Destroyed by Fire. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 21. Fire supposed to have been started from a passing Monon railroad locomotive yesterday did about $1,500 damage at 4he St. Joseph Orphans’ Asylum and manual school farm, five miles north of this city. The blaze started in a strawstack at the side of a new barn and in a few seconds had spread until there was no chance of saving even the farm implements which were standing near th© structure. The barn, two corn cribs, a new silo, 1,100 bushels of oats, fifty tons of hay, two stacks of straw, two calves and a hog were destroyed in the blaze. The loss is a great blow to the Institution as practically everything that was produced on the farm this summer was destroyed in the blaze.

Gets In Mix up With Lake County Sluggers.

W. 11. Shesler, former city marshal of Rensselaer, who is now employed as watchman or special policeman at a factory in East Chicago, was over to Kentland Monday as a witness for the state in the blind tiger case against “Comrad” Fox. He was nursing a broken bone in his right wrist and many bruises about the body received last Saturday at the plant where he is employed. A number of discharged employes had filled up on Lake county booze and went over to the factory to get revenge on the foreman who had dis Charged them Shesler got into the mixup that followed their arrival, and, though he laid out one or two of the party, there were too many onto him, and he got quite badly kicked and beaten up by the mob.

MANY ALIENS LEAVE U. S.

41,737 Go Home, and Only 27,413 Arrive in Month. Washington, October 20.—More aliens left the United States in August than arrived, the number leaving being greater than in any month, except last December, since the European war began. Latest statistics of the bureau of immigration, issued today, show 29,293 emigrants and 42,444 nonemigrant aliens left, making a total of 41,737, while 21,949 immigrant and 5,4 64 non immigrants arrived, a total of 27,413. Moro than half of those leaving were Italians responding to the call to the colors.

LOSES FOOT IN ACCIDENT.

Rider Thrown From Motorcycle Into Wire Fence. |Warren England, a farm hand, who has been working near Francesville, lost his right foot in an accident that occurred on the Frencesville road, three miles north of tofrn Friday afternoon. He was coming this way and had gone wnie distance after passing an automobile driven by A..E. Werner of Snyder, Mo., when suddenly he lost control of the machine and it ran into a ditch, hurling the rider into a wire fence. Werner was at the scene of the accident a moment later and found the unfortunate young man with his foot almost torn off, the bones protruding through the flesh. He was placed in the car and brought to Dr. Clayton s office, where he was informed that amputation was necessary.—Monon News.

MONON RAILROAD DEFENDANT.

Suits Brought Under O-Hour Law Demand $10,500 of C. I. &. L. Indianapolis, Oct. 22.—Suits were brought in the United States District court yesterday by Frank C. Daily, district attorney, against the. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville* railroad for twenty-one separate viola-

Vol. XVIII, No* 59

tions of the 9-hour law, involving a total penalty of $10,500. The cases were .brought in two separate actions, one alleging eighteen separate offenses in the employment of three telegraph operators during six days for more than nine hours each day, srtid the other alleging three violations in the ease of the train crew of a train operating between Lafayette and the McDoel yards on Dec. 20, 1914. The first action charges that from July 26 to 31, 1915, inclusive, telegraph operators, A. Moss at Orleans, Ind.; W. O. Hepley at Crawfordsville, and J. D. Ellis at Greencastle, each was employed move than nine hours on each of the six days. The other action sets forth that the night of Dec. 20, 1914, and the following day C. 11. Hensley, engineman; Tom King, trainman, and S. W. Tandy, fireman, all were employed more than nine hours in the operation of a train. Each day a man is so employed constitutes a separate offens* under the federal statute, and each separate offense Involves a penalty of SSOO on conviction.

STILL ANOTHER ADVOCATE.

Highway Sii|»erintendent of Marion County for Permanent Roads. Apropos The Democrat's recent suggestion for a brick road through Jasper county, and its showing that we must have more permanent roads to withstand present day traffic such as W e have on the main traveled road north and south through this county, we notice that County Highway Superintendent Miller of Marion county is advocating the same thing for the principal highways in his county. Miller says he is opposed to any further construction of a temporary character, and believes steps should immediately be taken there toward working out plans for permanent, highways of concrete or brick. In the days before the automobile, gravel and macadam roads gave good service,” says Mr. Miller. "With the increased traffic the automobile has brought these roads will no longer do. It would require an Immense sum of money to keep the present system of roads in good condition. The county has 449 miles of roads. The gravel and water-bound macadam roads will not stand the kind of traffic there is in Marlon county. I brieve there is more travel in this county than in any other county in this part of the country, because Indianapolis is the gateway to all directions for tourists A good waterbound macadam road costs from SB,000 to $9,000 a mile, and it does not last any time at all. To keep such a road in proper condition would costat least SI,OOO a mile a year. Take such a road as the National road. It would require constant attention to keep this road in proper condition, and I do not intend lo recommend anything other than repairs for this road this year, because I believe the day of permanent roads is in sight. I would not be surprised to see such a movement started in the spring. "I belive a system of concrete or brick highways should be worked out, and I would like to see the county permitted to do the work, for I believe the county could save money. It is hard to get contractors to do work properly, and they insist on an immense profit. I beleive that the county could build permanent roadways for about $1 4,000 a mile, and the maintenance cost for many years would be practically nothing. Place • hat against a water-bound macadam road, costing $9,000 a mile and an annual maintenance of SI,OOO a mile right from the start. ‘‘lt would not be possible to biuld such a system of highways in a short time. J belieye it would require from six to eight years, but the county won Id have something that would last. The problem of how the roads should be paid for, is yet to be worked out. They would have to be built without being too large a burden on the people.”

Lyceum Course Dates.

November s—Colonial Band. January 19—Ralph Bingham. - January 28—Tahan. February 15—William Rainey Bennett. March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

Box Social at Bowling Green.

There will be a box social at the Bowling Green school house in Newston tp., Friday evening, Oct. 29. Ladies please bring boxes. Everybody cordially invited.—GERTRUDE JACKSON, Teacher.

Birth Announcements.

Oct. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker of Kankakee tp„ a son. Oct. 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gunyon, of Aix, a daughter.

Place your want ads in The Demo crat If you want to get results.