Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1915 — Page 7

Doing Their Duty' Scopes of Rensselaer Readers Are Learning the Duty of the Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys* duty. When they fail to do this the kidneys are weak. Backache and other kidney ills may follow. Help the kidneys do their work. Use Doan’s Kidney Pills—the tested kidney remedy. Rensselaer people endorse their worth. Nelson Randle N. Main St., Rensselaer, says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills at different times when suffering from a lame and aching back and other symptoms of disordered kidneys. I got this medicine at Fendig’s drug store. Relief soon followed its use and the backache and other kidney ailments were removed. I do not know of a case where Doan’s Kidney Pills have failed to prove of benefit.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Randle had. Foster-Milburn Go., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.—Advt.

Jasper County Dirt 320 acres. Unimproved tract located in Jasper county, 2% miles from R. R. town, fine pike road running along the land, about SO mow land, balance in timber pasture, 240 acres black land. Price S2O per acre, -one-half cash, balance easy terms. Act Quick if you want this snap. 97 acres, good land, clay subsoil, gravel pit on farm, about all in cultivation, some tile in, good dredge ditch outlet at farm, 6-room house in good repair, new barn, only % mile from railroad town. If you want as good land as there is in Jasper county for little money, here it is, priced at SBS per acre. $3,500 cash, balance long time. 6 acre tract located in Rensselaer, fine large residence with basement, barn, large hennery will equipped for poultry raising, very best of land. Price $6,000, SI,OOO cash, easy terms on balance. 7% acre tract. Joins Rensselaer corporation, fair house, on main thoroughfare. Price $3,000, one-half cash, balance easy terms. Can you beat it. 80 acre tract unimproved land one-fourth mile from pike road, about half good black land. sl6 per acre, S7OO cash, balance easy terms. 228 acres improved farm, Jasper county’s very best, $125 per acre. 119% acres. Three miles out from Rensselaer, on stone road, all in cultivation except about 15 acres pasture; well tiled, black loam, clay subsoil; fine set of buildings, 7-roora house, barn 32x42, orchard, winC. pump and tank. This is a good one. Owner doesn’t live here and will sei! at a bargain. $135 per acre, onehalf cash, balance easy terms. Might take some trade. 80 acres. 1% miles from R. R town, some rolling, but mostly black land, clay subsoil, well tiled; 7 acres timber, balance in crop; new 8-room house, new barn 20x30, deep well, orchard. Price SBS. One-half cash, balance easy terms. 156 acres. Level black land, good 6-room house, barn 20x30, new double cribs, implement sued, orchard, 600 rods tile in; 110 acres in crop, wheat, oats, corn and timothy meadow, balance in pasture; some brush; good fences. R. R. station at farm with two railroads, located in a nicely improved neighborhood, with gooo roads, and only % mile to school. Mtg. $3,500, 5% per cent, 2 years off. Price SBS per acre. Will take some good trade up to $5,000, some cash, easy terms on balance if desired. This is a real bargain, investigate it. We also have onion lands in any sized tracts desired at law prices. If you have money to loan of any amount on approved security, we can place it for you at 7 per cent interest.

Harvey Davisson & Son Rensselaer, - - Indiana LADY WANTED To introduce our new Fall line of dress goods in Rensselaer. You simply take orders from the large line of samples which we send to you. We ship you the orders, you deliver, collect and send us the money after taking out % of the amount collected which you keep as your profit. The work is easy and pleasant and yo u can make SIO.OO to $25.00 weekly. Our line of dress materials appeals especially to ladies in the smaller towns and you can make a nice income during your spare time. Write at once further information. Standard Dress Goods Co., 200 Tenth St. Binghamton, N. Y. n!3-17-20 , Notice of Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Clerk of th© Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, adi ministrator of the estate of Thomas Walters, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. JAMES W. STEVENS, Administrator. November 8, 1915. n-13-20-27 H PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM A toilet preparation of merit. Helps to eradicate ruIT. For Restoring Color end ieauty to Gray or Faded Ha ir. n»e. and it.COa', Druggists. We Show Men & Women Haw to make 330 to 3100 weekly, year around. Amasing opportunity for large Income. Why waste time working for others t Cue your spare time nt home end gain financial independence. Nocenvahsing. Be your own master. W-ite to-day. Universal SuceerCo., Dept. A, No. 70 Fifth Ave., New York City.

ON TRIAL

Novelized by Charles N. Lurie

From the Great Play by Elmer Reizenstein.....

SYNOPSIS Robert Strickland is on trial for killing Gerald Trask in the latter’s library at night. District Attorney Gray declares Strickland killed Trask, with the aid of an accomplice, who escaped, for the sake of SIO,OOO in cash, which Strickland had just repaid to Trask. The defendant and Trask were the only two who knew the combination to the safe. Important figures in the case are Arbuckle, counsel for the defense, and Glover, who was Trask’s secretary. Strickland would not make defense, but law compels him to do so. Mrs. Strickland disappeared after the shooting. Mrs. Trask, on stand, tells of telephone call made on her husband, on the night of his death, by a woman who would not give her name. CHAPTER 111. A Vision of the Past. HFTER the court had settled down again to Its grim duty, following the wild outburst . of Strickland, the judge ordered the district attorney to proceed. He called for Mrs. Trask after the death of Mr. Trask had been formally proved. Every head in the courtroom bent forward eagerly and curiously to get a view of the handsome widow of the slain'man. “Mrs. Trask, will you kindly take the witness chair?” directed Gray. ‘‘Raise your right hand, please,” ordered the clerk. “Do ' you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” “I do.” was the answer in deliberate tones. “What’s your name?” “Joan Trask.” “Mrs. Trask, are you the widow of Gerald Trask?” now continued the prosecutor. “Yes, sir.” “How long were you married to Mr. Trask?” “Almost fifteen years.” On all sides were made whispered comments as to the thoroughly cool and self collected bearing of this, the chief witness against the now famous prisoner. “They will never shake her testimony on cross examination,” it was generally agreed. The same idea was entertained by Gray, and he proceeded confidently, almost militant in manner, with his questions which were to settle the fate of Robert Strickland. “Do you remember the night of June 24, 1915, Mrs. Trask?” Without hesitation, but with drooping eyes, she answered: “Indeed I do.” “Where were you on that evening?” “I had been dining out with friends in the city.” “What time did you arrive home?” “About half past 9, Mr. Gray.” The prosecutor paused momentarily, as though to emphasize the effect of his next query. He gazed with significance in his expression along both rows of men in the jury box and then went on:

“Now, Mrs. Trask, 1 want you to describe to the court and jury everything that occurred after you arrived home on that night.’’ The woman now seemed for the first time to realise just how gravely serious was the part she was to play in this real life melodrama. A flood of heartbreaking memories surged through her brain, tugged at. her very heartstrings, shook her with emotion. That night-that night of June 24 that fatal night! She turned appealingly to the judge, but received no pity. She must answer the question and do as she had.sworn to do—“tell the whole truth.” She dried her nervously moist hands with her handkerchief. She tried to speak, but words would not come forth from the lips that moved. The woman of steel nerve who had excited admira= tion and comment at the opening of the trial now seemed verging on transformation to a physical wreck with palsied tongue. “I will repeat the question,” began the prosecutor, hoping to relieve the strain of' the deep silence prevailing throughout the woman’s ordeal. But no. By a tremendous effort she pulled herself together, looked straight Into the attorney’s eyes and started, though in broken tones at the beginning, to tell what she knew of and had seen, in the moments of the consummation of the crime that bad shocked a continent. “You need not repeat that—that question,” she quickly said. “I—l will answer it fully. On the night in question I entered the library of my home, and —and—the telephone bell was—was ringing.” Again she paused. Her cheeks, her hands and her forehead twitched nervously as sometimes they do in an epileptic attack. She groped as though blindly for a bottle of smelling salts which she carried in a gold mesh bag. The once strong thread of mental reserve and physical power had worn too thin to stand the strain. It snapped. The woman fell back in the witness chair in a swoon as she gasped feebly,

“Water, water,” and the court attendants jumped to her aid. —After all, there was no just cause to wonder at the unexpected collapse of Joan Trask on the witness stand. Few people there are who could have endured what she had endured without emerging from the test—if they came out qf it at all—without either health or mind vitally impaired. Years of suspense and of sacrificing for another things most dear to a true woman’s heart had but illy prepared her to face the merciless prosecutor of a notorious murder trial, even though the silent victim whose blood demanded vengeance had been the man she had loved as husband. What was it about that telephone call on the night of the slaying of Gerald Trask which, when on the stand the first day of the trial, caused her to faint at its mention? • >->What was there about that talk over the wire that broke down her reserve, self contained demeanor and determined poise when questioned about it by the prosecutor, when even poignant reminders of her husband’s death bad failed to materially move her? What was the mystery? Undoubtedly the prosecutor knew through her statements before the trial began and by her testimony at the coroner's inquest and in the grand juryroom. The public, aroused to a still higher pitch, of excitement over the case, awaited Impatiently the resumption of Mrs. Trask's testimony. The trial, postponed for a dpy owing to her spectacular breakdown on the witness stand, was continued at 10:30 a. m., a day. later, with Joan Trask again appearing in the role of central figure. Her eyes were clear; her voice was steady. She had conquered the weakness that had overpowered her. She had resolved to go through to the end with the part she had been called on by the authorities to fill. And then the public began to learn as much of the inner details of the tragedy as the district attorney’s office itself knew. The woman bared her heart to a gaping, thoughtless multitude that fed its morbid mind on her sorrow with the greed of a hydra headed vampire. A heyday for the cynics and the scandal mongers was the case of the people versus Robert Strickland, and they were not to be robbed of any choice morsel of their prey. No, indeed! Now let us consider just what manner of a story it was that Joan Trask told in those soul trying hours during which she occupied the witness chair in Justice Dinsmore's tribunal. She had heard the telephone bell in her husband’s library ring as she entered the house on her return from a dinner given by a friend in honor of the wife of one of the members of a foreign embassy who had been visiting in the city. Knowing her husband to be out for the evening, she entered the library and answered the call. The instrument was affixed to an ornate mahogany desk of modern design standing at the left of the room, a short space in front of an alcove and a few feet distant from a safe in which Trask kept valuable papers, some family heirlooms and from time to time bundles of stocks and bonds and sums of money. He frequently used large amounts of cash in his transactions at home, she testified. A woman’s voice answered when Mrs. Trask asked what was wanted, a voice that Mrs. Trask was certain that she had heard before. At any rate, she had a faint suspicion as to who was the owner of the voice—nothing definite. ! “Is this 182 River?” came the query. “Yes,” replied the financier's widow, who stated to the court that she had trembled visibly at the sound of the voice. ‘ A further request to be allowed to talk to Mr. Trask was met by the response that he was not in. I “When will he be home?” “I don’t know.” “Who are you?" asked the communicant. “I’m his wife.” was Mrs. Trask’s answer. There was a pause. “Oh, very well. Goodby,” came next, and the strange woman rang off. Mrs. Trask turned away from the telephone, deeply distressed, almost distraught. As she did so her husband’s secretary, Stanley Glover, came into the library rather hurriedly. “I thought I heard the telephone ring,” he explained. His manner impressed Mrs. Trl4.sk as being marked by extreme anxiety and especially so when she informed him that she had answered the call. Replying to his urgent questioning, Mrs. Trask told him that ft was “A woman, as usual,” who had sought to communicate with her husband. The secretary seated himself at his employer’s desk and appeared to desire to avoid the woman’s gaze. Suspecting that Glover knew something about the person, Mrs. Trask pressed him with questions, but to all he stated that he knew absolutely nothing. Mrs. Trask became somewhat contemptuous in her attitude. “No, I suppose my husband doesn’t take his secretary into his confidence to that extent, although he doesn’t make any great attempt to keep things secret. He hasn’t even a sense of shame.” Glover protested. “You must excuse me. You know my position, Mrs. Trask.” “Yes, of course. I don't ordinarily discuss these things, but even my endurance has its limits. I’ve put up with things for fifteen years now. Oh, what a fool I am to stand for it!” “My dear Mrs. Trask”— protested the secretary. »

"Yes, forgive me. It was wrong or me to talk about it to you. Sometimes I lose patience. Well, we won’t say anything more about it Is Mr. Trask coming home tonight?” “Yes; he telephoned this morning. He’s coming on the 9:10 from Long Branch. It’s half past 9 now. He should have been here by this time.” “I can’t imagine what he’s doing down there these two days.” ■'“Golfing and fishing, I suppose.” “He might have waited until next week,’’ Mrs. Trask said. “We’ll be there all summer. By the way, I’d like you to go over my tradesmen’s accounts for me before we leave the city.” “I’ll do it at once. Where are the books?” was Glover’s reply. “In the safe,” Mrs. Trask informed him. It was just as Mrs. Trask had informed Glover that she would get the combination of the safe from her husband and give It to him that the sound of familiar footsteps was heard in the vestibule, a key was heard to scrape and turn in the lock of the cumbersome front door and in strode Gerald Trask. The financier's eyes sparkled animatedly. His step and bearing were buoyant. He seemed the embodiment of health and energy and life and breathed forth the atmosphere of the enjoyment of them all as he walked forward to greet his wife. Yet it was the night of June 24,1915. The hour was that between 9 and 10. Gerald Trask might have borne himself differently had he known what the wheel of events was whirling toward him at that hqur, at that very moment. But he did not know—he did not know. “Hello, Joan! Hello, Glover!” was the greeting of the financier as he stepped forward. On the part of the private secretary was seen the curious mixture of obse-

Stanley Glover, Secretary to Gerald Trask.

quiousness which marks the employee who is at once the servant and the confidant of his employer. There was evident perturbation in his manner, as that of one who was oppressed perhaps by a secret of his own. But there was plainly apparent, in addition, the great desire to please. Glover stood in parlous case. Without willing it he had been forced to witness the outbreak of a wife against her husband, and that husband the man on whom his own prosperity depended. Not knowing what might be future developments in the relations between Mr. and Mrs. Trask he must perforce maintain a discreet distance between the two. “Good evening. Mr. Trask," was his greeting to the man who entered. But the wife who had voiced but a few moments before her dissatisfaction with her husband's conduct did not replj- to his “Hello!" Her silence was noticeable. Turning to her, Trask, with a mixture of cynicism and contempt, asked: “Well, what’s wrong with you again ?’’ The disdainful “again." implying that the man had in mind their long course of disagreement, stung the woman to the quick. It looked as though there would be a stormy scene, and Glover took hold of the edge of the desk with both hands as if to brace himself against the gathering storm. With an effort Mrs. Trask controlled herself, and she turned away with a brief “Nothing.” “Oh, is that all?” replied Trask, and then Stanley Glover, again the suave, cool, collected private secretary, his tension relaxed, stepped into the breach. , “Allow me,” he said, stepping to the side of Trask and taking bls hat and overcoat. He deposited them on a chair. “Anything new, Glover?” asked Trask. “No, sir,” replied Glover. Throughout the scene the telephone call from “the other woman” had been surging to and rro in the mind of Mrs. Trask. Now she turned again to her husband, and, looking directly at him, she said: “A woman called you up.” “Oh, that’s it! Who was it?" Perhaps with the memory of similar scenes in mind the wife answered: "I suppose you know well enough.”

“If I knew I wouldn’t ask you. Who was It?” “I don’t know. You don’t suppose she’d tell me her name, do you?” “Did she say she’d call again?” Again came the “I don’t know” of the wife. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

JACKSON CLUB BANQUET.

Arrangements Going Forward for Big Event January Bth. Senators John W. Kern of Indiana, Ollie Janies of Kentucky, and other, national political characters will be present at the annual Jackson club banquet this season if the present plans of the club carry. The banquet will be held at Hotel Fowler on the evening of January Sth, according to advance information. President Klein has been instructed to appoint a committee of five to arrange for -the affair, which promises to be one of the biggest in the history of the organization, because next year being campaign year the love feast of the Jackson club will be a national event. President Klein will announce his banquet committee in a few days. At the regular monthly meeting of the ciub oh Tuesday evening he appointed the following committee to draft resolutions on the death of Attorney General Richard Milburn and other deceased members of the club: George Franklin, Albert Krabbe, Ed Lenihan. The following new members took the obligation: William Haas, Thomas M. Waldron, Joseph Newman, Robert Cochran, John Straub, Edward Moehlman and Ernest Parks. Following the business session a social session was held and a luncheon was served by Sylvester Schweitzer, custodian or the club. An effort will be made to have Senator Kern arrange for the speakers for the banquet after he goes to Washington, November 27.—Tippecanoe County Democrat.

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Farms for Sale!

99 acres, all in cultivation and all good grain and clover land. This farm lies in fine neighborhood, on main road, and forty rods from' station, school and pike road. It is bordered on one end by large ditch that gives fine outlet for drainage for tile on the farm. There is a goood 6-room house, fair barn, good well and fruit. Price $67.50 per acre. Owner will sell on terms of $1,500 down and long time on re-J mainder. 40 acres. This is a nice tract of land and lies level on public road and at the head of large ditch 'hat gives it fine outlet for drainage; 30 acres in cultivation and ten acres in timber. There are no buildings on this tract. Owner will sell for $37.50 per acre on terms of S6OO down and long time on remainder. If purchaser will put up buildings worth S6OO, then he can have long time on all the purchase price. Will take stock. 240 acres; 200 acres of. this farm is level black prairie corn land and 40 acres is in pasture and timber. This farm lies near station, school and stone road, is on R, K !>., and near large ditch that gives good outlet for drainage. There is a good 7-room house, good well, large barn and some fruit. Price $75 per acre. Terms $4,000 down. 120 acres. This tract of land lies in good nergnnorhood, on main road and half-mile from stone road and dredge ditch that gives fine outlet for drainage. This land is level and good soil except a few knolls of possibly 20 acres. It is fenced and has been used for pasture, is timber land except about 20 acres of clear land. Owner will sell this land at the low price of $27.50 per acre and on very easy terms. If purchaser will build house and barn on this land worth SI,OOO he may have long time on all the purchase price. Will take live stock. 160 acres, on stone road, R. F. D., joining station with two railroads, school across the road and in well improved neighborhood among good grain farms. This quarter is all good level land, black soil, and good outlet for drainage; 100 acres is in cultivation and 60 mcrfls in pasture. This tract of land will make a good home and can be bought on easy terms at the low price of S6O. If purchaser will put up buildings worth $1,500 he can have time on all the purchase price. 100 acres, on public road, near school and three miles from two towns with good churches and lies near head of large ditch for outlet for drainage; 75 acres is In cultivation and 25 acres in timber and pas-

Geo. F. Meyers, Rensselaer, - - Indiana

CLOSING OUT SALE. **"' ; * On account of leaving for the state of Texas, I will sell at public auction at my residence, 4 miles west and 1 mile south of Medaryville, and 5 miles east of Gifford, on the old Dennis Hilton farm, on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1915, beginning at 10 o’clock. a. m., the following described property, to-wlt: 15 Head Horses and Mules—Consisting of 1 gray Percheron mare, 4 years old; 1 brown mare, 6 years old. These mares weigh 1400 lbs, and are extra good workers together. i Cleveland bay mare, 9 years old, wt. 1300 lbs, a good general purpose mare and safe in foal; 1 spotted mare, 5 years old, lbs., city broke, any woman or child can drive this mare, good driver and worker: 4 heavy draft colts, 2 years old, an extra good kind; 2 yearling road colts; 1 weanling extra good draft colt; 1 span of mules, 4 years old, good workers and gentle; 1 gray pony and cart, harness and saddle. This pony is good to drive and ride, and js safe for any child to use. 11 Head Cattle—Consisting of 2 pure bred Jersey cows, 1 4 year old and 1 2 year old, both of them giving good flow of milk; 1 yearling Jersey heifer; 2 yearling red steers; 1 weanling red heifer; 1 Holbein heifer 1 year old; 2 roan cows 9 years old, 1 cow 3 years old with calf by side; 1 Holstein bull, I'year old. 10 Head of Hogs— Consisting of 3 good brood sows; 13 shotes, weighing 75 to 125 lbs. I Head of Shroiwhire Ewee. Farm Implements— Consisting of 1 good Milburn wagon; 1 two-seated carriage; 1 two-row corn plow; 1 one-row com plow; 1 one-horse garden plow; 1 one-man garden plow; 1 Black Diamond gang plow; 1 Good Enough" 16-inc'h sulky plow; 1 14-4 inch walking plow; 1 18-foot flexible harrow; 1 Hayes corn planter and 140 rods of wire; 1 two-horse weedcr; 1 anvil and forge, and a. great assortment of small tools, etc. Harness— 3 sets of good work harness with breeching; 1 set double driving harness; 1 set single driving harness; 2 odd sets of harness; 1 saddle. Poultry— 4 dozen White Rock hens; 3 White Rock cockerels. These are extra good ones. 6 Toulouse geese; io White Pekin ducks; 12 Pearl Guineas. As none of my household goods Will be moved, everything will sell from cellar to garret. Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given with approved security, notes bearing 8 per cent Interest if not paid when due. sio and under cash in hand. No goods to be removed until terms of sale are compiled with. Lunch will be served. Will meet all trains at Medaryville on morning of sale. , A. W. KENYON, Owner. W. H. Kenyon, auctioneer; F. A. Kenyon, decorator. An arm load of old papers for 5 cents

ture. There is a two-story 7-room house, stable, sheds, fruit and good well; 80 acres of this farm is good grain land and 20 acres lighter soil. This can be made a good grain and farm and fine for vegetables or poultry. Can sell this farm at the low price of $37.50 per acre, and on terms of SBOO down and long time on remainder. 160 acres. This farm lies In neighborhood with good farms all around it; mile from station, on R. F. D., and telephone line. It Is all nice clean black prairie land, having 115 acres in corn and remainder in bluegrass pasture. There is a large dredge ditch running the entire length of the farm on the west line. The - buildings consist of a 6-room house, large barn, cribs, chicken house and other buildings. Buildings are all new. There is a 12x30 tile silo connected with the barn. Also good well, windmill, tank, and young orchard of all kinds of friilt. Owner will sell at the low price of SBS. Terms, $2,000 down and long time on remainder. Or he will take small la rm or good clear property not to exceed $7,000 as first payment. 389 acres. This is a good level tract of land, well located and a good combination stock and grain farm. One-half of this farm is in cultivation and one-half in pasture, and which has scattering or light timber, it is fenced and cross fenced with woven wire. There is a dredge ditch starts at south line of farm, also a lateral from this ditch runs along the’ east line and heads at the southeast corner of the farm, which tw’o ditches give complete outlet for drainage. There are 8,200 six-inch tile on the farm. Railroad crosses a corner of the farm and there is a switch and stock pens on the farm 50 rods from the buildings, with flag station. There are two 5-room houses, barn, cribs, cattle and hog houses, stock scales, feed grinder, gasoline engine and feed cooker, fine wells, two windmills, has telephone in house and is in good neighborhood. Owner of this farm will trade his equity for clear property; will trade for smaller farm, merchandise or anything of good value. There Is an • indebtedness on this farm of $14,000 which can be carried. Price $57:50. 35 acres. All black prairie land in cultivation, well tiled, on stone road, 80 rods from school, on R. F. D., and telephone line. There is a good £-rcrom house, good small barn and other outbuildings, some fruit and goqd well. Will sell for $87.50 per acre. Terms, SSOO down and good time on remainder. Would consider live stock.