Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sale Dates. The Democrat nas printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Feb. 9, Walter Welker, 1 mile east of Kniman. General sale, including 9 horses, 36 head of cattle; 14 head Of hogs, chickens, farm tools, etc.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, G. W. May and Brown La inborn, at residence of Mr. May, 3 miles north and 2% miles west of Remington. Big stock sale, 23 head of fine brood marfes, geldings and colts, 55 head of cattle, 36 head of hogs. Thursday, Feb. 10, Walter Belcher, 3 miles north and 2 3-4 miles U east of Remington. General sale, including 7 horses, 15 head cattle, 24 head hogs, a Ford touring car, farm implements, etc. Thursday, Feb. 10, Margaret Johnston, on the Joe Gaines farm, 7 miles west of Rensselaer. General sale, including 6 horses, 12 head of cattle, 25 head of hogs, ehickens and turkeys, farm tools, shredded fodder, etc. Monday, Feb. 14, Napoleon Sigo, on the Burger farm, 1 mile west of Remington, on the north Goodland road. General sale, 12 horses, 9 head of cattle, a fine lot of farming tools, etc.

Monday, Feb. 14, James Myers and James Pierson, one-half mile north of Gifford. General sale, 10 head horses, 8 head cattle, brood sows, farm tools, etc. Monday, Feb. 14, John P. Walter and Henry Toben, 6 miles south and 1 mile east of Rensselaer. General sale, 14 horses and mules, 6 head of cattle, farm tools, some 1914 yellow seed corn, etc, Tuesday, Feb. 15, J. T. McLaughlin, 114 miles east and mile south of Wheatfield. General sale, including 6 head of horses, 16 head of cattle, 4 head of hogs, farni implements, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 15, Arthur Millspaugh, 2% miles north of Pleasant Ridge, on the Mills Bros. farm. General sale, 5 horses and mules, 17 head of cattle, 17 hogs, farm implements, some clover hay, about 145 bushels of Big Four seed oats, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 16, Mathew Nesius, 5 miles south, 3 miles east and 14 mile south of Rensselaer. General sale, 8 head horses, 1 1 head of cattle, big lot of farm tools, household goods, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 16, Chas. Saltwell, 9 miles northeast of Renssel-

aer, on old Parkison ftirm. General sale, including 11 head of horses, 6 head of cattle, 2 hogs, farm implements, etc. Thursday, Feb. 17, B. T. Lanham and John G. Culp, at the residence of Mr. Hanham, 3 miles south .and 2 miles east of Rensselaer. General sale, 14 l>ead of horses, 3 2 hehd of cattle, 20 head of hogs. r» dozen , chickens, farm tools, etc. Thursday, Feb. 17, Harry Gulbransen, 2 miles east and 2 miles sou'th of Wheatfleld. General sale, including 8 head or horses, 1G bead of cattle, turkeys, implements, etc. Thursday, Feb. 17, John W. Taylor, 114 miles east and 1 mile north of Remington. General sale, 11 head of horses, 10 head of cattle, 45 head of hogs, farm implements, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 23, Wm. H. Asher and C. Asher, 2y, miles west and 14 mile south of Tefft. General kale, including 8 head of horses, 23 head of cattle, 14 hogs, farm implement?, etc. Thursday, Feb. 24, U. E. Lakin, 7 miles north of Rensselaer. General sale, including 15 head of horses, 32 head of cattle, 18 head of hogs, farm implements, etc. Friday, Feb. 25, Joseph Cain, 3 miles south of Rensselaer. General sale, including 8 head of horses and colts, 12 head of cattle, 24 head of hogs, farm implements, etc.

Young College Student Died From Blood poisoning. Edward Leopold, the young St. Joseph college student who was operated On for appendicitis at St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette last Saturday, died Tuesday forenoon and the body was shipped to his home at Ottawa, Ohio, for burial. Young Leopold was a fine, large athletic young man, and had there been no other complications he would have pulled through nicely. The operation was a successful one, but the young man was suffering from tonsilitis also and the poison from ■it was all through his system. His death was caused from blood poisoning following the operation. : - -V' ■ \ $5 Raincoats, $3.95. The best buy in Rensselaer, double texture, tan and crat cloth, sewed and cemented seams, nobby styles.—HAM ILL & CO.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From tlie Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From i the Several County Offices. The county commissioners will meet Monday in regular session for the March term. New suits filed: No. 8561. Forrest H. Stockton vs. John Van Sternberger et al; suit on contract. Change of venue from Newton county. The annual delinquent tax sale will take place on Monday, Feb. 14. There is a much smaller land delinquent list this year than usual. William Grube of Wheatfield tp., has filed his declaration a.a a candidate for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner from the First district.

Today is the last day for filing declarations for county office and precinct committeemen. Petitions for -delegates to the state conventions may be filed up to Feb. 16.

Court note from the Kentland Democrat: John Herr vs. Edward S. Moon, for damages; parties appeared by counsel before Special Judge Berry and filed demurrer to plea in 'abatement, which was by the court sustained.

Willis Barnhart, the young man charged with having burglarized stores at Morocco and Kentland recently and who has been a prisoner in the Jasper county jail at Newton county's expense since his arrest, was arraigned in the circuit court at Kentland Thursday and on . a plea of guilty was' given a two to fourteen year sentence in the reformatory at 'Jeffersonville.

Former Sheriff John O’Connor, who delivered an address over at Goodland on Thursday night of last week before the Newton County Funnels' institute, has received several nice letters front those-who heard his talk, which was 011 “National Preparedness,’’ complimenting him very highly for the able and impartial manner in which he handled the subject. Mr. O’Connor also made a talk before the Goodland high school which was highly spoken of by the superintendent and the teachers.

A new supply of several dozen of the famous Neidieh brand of typewriter ribbons for all the standard makes of typewriters just received at The Democrat office. We sell these ribbons at 20 to 30 pjfr cent less than others sell an inferior ribbon for. We also carry in stock ribbons for the Burroughs adding machine. Buy your typewriter ribbon of The Democrat and prove to your satisfaction that it pays to buy the Neidieh ribbons. They last longer. give better satisfaction and cost less- -at the price The Democrat sells them for.

We notice that several declarations have -been tiled: in the •office off the clerk of the circuit court by candidates for the nomination for' road supervisor in various districts, i to be voted on at the March primary. No road supervisors are to be elected in November, and consequently there is no need of tiling declarations by candidates as their names cannot go on the primary ballot. The legislature of 1915 changed the law again regarding the election of road supervisors, putting it back to where it was a few years ago. The flections will be held by road districts on the second Saturday after the first Monday in December, 1916, and every two years thereafter, those elected in 191 G holding office for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The township trustees are required to post written or printed notices of the election on or before the first Monday in December. 13 Following is the statistical report

THE TWtC^A-WEEK

RENSSEL.AER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916

of County Recorder Scott, showing the business of his office for the calendar year 1915, as filed with the state bureau of statistics: No. deeds recorded, 576; considerations of same, $2,022,298. No. sheriff’s deeds, 3; considerations of same $1,006. No, auditor's deeds, S; considerations of. same, SBB9. No. farm mortgages recorded, 327; consideration of same, $911,608. No. satisfactions farm mortgages, 280; considerations, $770,534. No. mortgages on city and town property, 99; considerations, $77,263. No. satisfactions of same, 110; considerations, $63,226. No. school fund mortgages, 12; considerations, $12,929. No. satisfactions same, 19; considerations, $ 1 4,14 3. No. chattel mortgages, 395; considerations, $170,136. No. satisfactions, same, 192; considerations, $54,964. No. liens, 65; considerations, $4,009. No. satisfactions, same, 48; considerations, $9,160. Total number all mortgages and liens filed, 898; considerations, sl,175,945. Total number satisfactions filed, 649; considerations of same, $942,027.

MARRIED AT FRANKFORT.

Harry Watson and Miss Mary Hayes United in Wedlock AVednesday. Harry Watson, proprietor of the Watson plumbing business, and Miss Mary Hayes, who has been his office girl for the past couple of years, went-, to Frankfort Wednesday on the 11.: 17 train, where they were united in marriage and then went on to Indianapolis. After a few days stay there they expect to return to Rensselaer Sunday evening and take up their residence lor the present with Mrs. Henry Randle and daughter, Mrs. Phillips, the latter being an aunt of the bride and with whom she has lived since she was a year old, Mrs. Watson’s mother having died when she was a mere infant. It is Mr. Watson’s intention to build a modern new bungalow next, season on his lot on south River street and they will then take up their residence therein. Both the bride and groom are well known and highly respected young people of Rensselaer and have the hearty good wishes of a host of friends.

FRED CISSEL PASSES AWAY.

Will Known Rensselaer Tinner and j Plumber Dies After Extended Illness. Fred Cissel, tv ho for several | weeks has been suffering from a.j cancer of the throat, or esophagus, rather, and as a result had been unable to partake of scarcely any nurisliment whatever during most of this time, passed away at about; -:4 f; o’clock Wednesday afternoon j at the home of his mother, .Mrs. W F. Powers, on River street. The funeral was held yesterday! .afternoon at 2 O’clock I'roni the house, conducted by Rev. Fleming ot' the Presbyterian church, and be,rial made in Weston cemetery. The deceased was born and had lived all his life in Rensselaer where lie was well known and well liked ! by everyone. He was for several! years employed as tinner and plumb- j hr at the Eger hardware store, but. for the past few years had been in; the same business for himself, iiej was very handy at doing anything, in his line of work, and was one of j the best mechanics Rensselaer ever ! had. He had never married, but had lived with his mother and step-, lather, alter the death of his own. lather, all his life. Since the death i of his step-father. W. F. Powers, he! Had lived with his mother in j their home on River street. His age] was 18 years.—He' leaves his mother j and scores of friends to mourn his' death.

Mrs. Simon Chupp of Surrey Dies Suddenly.

.Mrs. Simon (’hupp of near Surrey died suddenly Wednesday evening at the home of her son-in-law, John Leichty, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Chupp have been living. She was about the house as usual and had gone to a window to pull down the shade when she suddenly fell to the floor and expired. Heart disease was the cause of her death. Her age was 57 years. She leaves a husband and several grown children. The funeral, in charge of Calkins & Worland, will be held from the Amish church near Parr today (Saturday) at 10 a. in., and burial made in the cemetery near by.

Notice to Patrons. During my absence In Florida my dental office will be closed. Expect to return about. Feb. 20. TL L. BROWN. f-20

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF IHE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Plaoca. EDITOR ENTERS RACE For Democratic Nomination for Congress—Not Likely to Have Opposition. Rheno M. Isherwood, editor of the Tippecanoe County Democrat, on Friday last filed liis declaration for the Democratic nomination to congress from this district. Up to date Mr. Islierwood has no opposition and possibly will not have, lie is known to nearly all the Defnocrats of this locality, having lived either in Lafayette or Delphi for the past thirty-one years. About twenty years he edited Delphi newspapers, but eight years ago he assumed control of the Democrat and has since conducted it. Later on a sketch of Mr. Isherwood's life will appear in these columns. Suffice it to say now that lie began, work in a printing office at eleven years of age and has been away from the business scarcely a day in thirty-eight years. His entry into politics occurred when at 16 he wan elected secretary of the Carroll County Democratic committee. For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Isherwood has been working to put other Democrats into office and this year thought he would try it himself. He will make an aggressive campaign, fully expecting to overcome the tremendous Republican majority in tl?*i district. Tippecanoe County Democrat.

First Open-Air School Conducted in South Bend.

(South Bend, Ind., Feb. 2.—-St. Joseph county’s first open-air school was held here today with four pupils, all girls, who are patients at the anti-tubersulosis hospital conducted by the county. It is expected that the enrollment will be greatly increased within a week. The instructor is Miss Ethel McDonald, formerly an instructor in the high school here. The children and teacher are bundled in heavy clothing and hoods.

Circus Again in Flood.

French Lick, Ind., Feb. 2. —At the I lagenbeck-Wallace circus quarters between French Lick and West Baden flood waters backed up into the grounds, reaching the doors of the sheds. The animals became so restless that the trainers were with them all the time lest there should be an outbreak, in the 1913 flood the same circus was iundated at. the quarters near Peru. Some of the animals were in that flood and seemed to recognize this as the same kind of occurence. The cold weather stopped the rise of the waters and little damage was done.

Some Mortgage, This.

Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 3. How Avould you like to draw the interest oil S6OO,One, (ISO ? That is the j amount of a mortgage which was Tded Saturday in the office of A. W. !h, Johnson, county 'recorder.. The | mortgage is from the Baltimore At Ohio railroad to the Central Trust company of New York and Janies N Wallace, trustees, and covers all the property of the railroad company. including tracks, real estate, right of way, rolling stock, buildings and equipment. The mortgage wipes out all the other mortgages and debts of the railroad, which are refunded, under this mortgage.

Earl Park Man Drops Dead.

James Ford, a well known citizen of Earl Park, dropped dead at 11:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at the home of his son Frank in that town. He had been uptown and had just returned home, carrying a small box with him. He complained of feeling tired and sat down in a chair. As he did so he fell over dead. Ho was 60 years old and was born in Crawfordsville. Most of his life was spent in Earl Park. He was employed by the Caldwell estate. A year ago last August his wife died and he had been making his home with his

daughter, Mrs. Phillip Flesch. He is survived by four daughters and j three sons.- Tippecanoe County Democrat.

A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

: IV' it km Circulated for New Sewe r iu East Part of Town. Hiram Day and others are circulating a petition for a big new sewer in the east part of town which is expected, if constructed, to solve the drainage problem of that section of the city. It is to start at the north side of the city and run down Milton street twhich is two blocks t est of the cast city limits) to the river, and is to be a 3-foot sewer. L'he—construction mfthis proposed sewer would greatly relieve Makemself sewer of the water in the northeast part of town which must now pass through the latter, and which it is wholly incapable of carrying away.

There has been considerable talk of constructing a sewer over north of the railroad, starting near the east city limits and running on west to the Maxwell ditch, at the west side of town. It would probably be a good Idea to put iu both of these sewers, as the drainage problem in the north and east parts of the city would then be completely taken care of for many, many years to come. It is better to pay sewer assessments than to have one’s property ruined by Hood waters, and much less expensive, too.

I. O. R. M. DISTRICT MEETING

\\ ill Ito Held in lten.s.N«*lM**r N'cvl Monday. A district meeting of tile improved Order of ltedmen will be held in this city next Monday, Feb. 7. The district is composed of the counties of Lake, Porter, Henton, White. Warren and Jasper. The degree teams of the Monticello and Wolcott tribes will exemplify the scret work. The state officers of the order with the delegates from the various tribes in tho district will be in attendance, and a good-sized crowd is looked for. The local order has been busy lor some uhie in making arrangements for (Ire entertainment of the visiting brothers and have an excellent program arranged for the occasion. All local members of Pink-a-Mink tribe are urged to be ih attendance fit both the day and night session.

Some Cold Dates.

Kx-Sheriff John O'Connor was telling us Thursday morning of :i fwr of iho many February .‘ld’s he has passed in hi.) life, as follows: On Feb. h iSTa, 4i years ago, the mercury registered 32 degrees below zero At 8 o’clock that morning Mr. O’Connor, young and full of lift, mounted a horse oyer in the- Heaver lake country in Illinois and rode 20 miles to a small town, crossing the glazed ice of tlie Iroquois river enroute. The same date in 1383, 33 years ago, marked the occasion of ‘‘the big sleet,’’ during which thousands of fruit and shade trees were broken down and cattle scattered for miles around, becoming afraid of the ferritic noise cjf falling branches of trees.

In 188 a, j li«- thermometei; got down to 30 below zero. On this day Mi. O’Connor was grossing hay on a farm near Kidman, on the first •steam hay-pressing outfit ever brought into Jasper county. He was 'or king as engineer, but On account or the extreme cold was forced to shut down because of being unaide to keep the boiler flues from freezing. . ■ . On Feb. J9ic, the government T hermotnefer at St. Joseph’s college registered a degrees above zero.

Resolutions On the Death of Sister Gertie Warner.

The committee on resolutions of the Pythian Sisters, Temple No. f.B, made the following report: ’Whereas, an allwise providence has removed from our midst our sister, Mrs. Clertie Warner, Ril-olved: That while we must how to the law of death; we desire in this public inaner to express our feeling of deep regret at her loss and extend our most earnest sympathy to the friends and family of the deceased. Resolved, That in the death of our sister we recognize the fact that our Temple has lost a valuable member and vffe, a dear friend and neighbor. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of Rensselaer Temple No. 58 a copy sent to the family; also a copy printed in The Jasper County Democrat and the Rensselaer Republican. MRS. C. W. DUVALL, MRS. J. W. HORTON, MRS. B. J. MOORE. • Committee.

Vol. XVIII, No. 89

PRESIDENT ENDS SPEAKING TOUR

Urged to Make Trip Through the* South Soon. MAKES ADDRESS AT ST. LOUIS Fifteen Thousand People Hear Exequ-t tive’s Warning to Prepare for War—lmmediate Action Urged to Avoid Disaster! St. Louis, Feb. 4.—-President Wilson; stirred an audience of lf>,ooo people t*> the Coliseum here when he solemnly warned tho people of Missouri to prepare for the upholding of American! rights and ideals. A crowd of 30,000, was outside the hall clamoring for ad* mission. The address was the final onol. he will make on his Western trip.

It 1b still undecided whether Mr.. Wilson will make another trip. Tho president's advisers are urging him to do so at once. They especially want him to swing through the southern states, where opponents of preparedness have been making a campaign. The president opened with the state* ment that he had come seeking some-l thing in the middle West and found; It. He said he had been told the mid > die West was against preparedness.* but he did not believo it.

"I knew the people of the middle West wrere just as patriotic as the rest' of the nation,” hp said. “I did not come out to learn howt you thought, but to tell you what was| going on. I came out that there may| be absolute clarification of the issues' we are now confronting.

"What is the situation? The situation is that America'is at peace with all the world and wishes to remain at peace. It Is not a shallow peace; it is a genuine peace, bused on some of! the most fundamental things of Inter-' national law.

Friend of the World. "America is at peace with all the; world because she is the friend of all! the world. The friendship is genuine. We are tho friend of all the world be-i cause we are made up of all tho world' and understand all the world. “It would tear tho heartstrings of] America to be at war with any otherl nation. ‘‘We believe we can show our friend-) ship for the world better by keeping! out of this struggle than by getting into it. Ido not misread the spirit ofj America.

“I have no indictment of any form of government One Commander May Cause War. "Suppose my neighbor’s house is oa lire and the roof is of combustible ma-j terial, it Is not my fault if the ftroj spreads. The danger Is not from! within, but from without. ■‘The commanders of submarines fan the most part are in accord with iav/ of nations, hut the act of ono commander may set the world on fire “There are cargoes of. wheat atut cotton and manufactured articles oni the sea, and every one of them may* cause trouble because they go into the zone of lire. “America has drawn no line points, no new issues, in her international relations, she has merely asserted the rights of mankind when the life of mankind is threatened in a world aflame with war. She has rested upon what is already written plain on the documents of international law.” Willing to Mal|i Allowances. "1 arp not in a critical frame of mind,” he continued. “I am ready to yield everything but the vital points. I know how in time of trouble, if we were in danger. 1 might thrust aside punctiliousness. “I am ready to make allowances for both sides.

“You know how one Set of belligerents is shut off from the rest of tbo world. Therefore, the United States is not able to express itself toward them as they would like I believe the United States is really neutral. “My fellow citizens, while we know our own purpose, it does not follow the other nations understand. “Men press forward with a sort of blind recklessness. "The peace of the world, including America, rests with the remainder of the world, and not with America. “Now, here is the choice we have; here is the alternative: “Either we shall sit still and wait for the necessity for immediate national defense to come, and then call for volunteers, who would be. for the first few months, impotent as against a trained and experienced enemy. Or, we shall adopt the-ancient American principle that the men of the country shall be ready to take care of their own government.” ' The crowd roared its approval No Speech at Indianapolis. When the president’s train reached Indianapolis for a five-minute stop a large crowd greeted him at the station. When cries were made for a speech he appeared on the platform of his car and said, "Indiana is all right,”