Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1916 — Page 1

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Public Sale Dates. The Democrat nas printed bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, Feb. 22, Sam Lowery, 3% miles directly north of Rensselaer on stone road. General sale k including 11 head of horses and mules, 27 head of cattle, 8 head of hogs, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Feb. 22, Hamlin Smith, 3 miles north and 2% miles west of Mt Ayr. General sale, including 6 head of horses and mules, 13 head of cattle, 4 head of hogs, geese and ducks, farm tools, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 23, Wm. H. Asher and Love C. Asher, miles west and y 2 mile south of Tefft. General sale, including 8 head of horses, 23 head of cattle, 14 hogs, farm implement?, etc. Thursday, Feb. 24, D. 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 eale, including 8 head of horses and colts, 12 head of cattle, 24 head of hogs, farm implements, etc. Friday, Feb. 25, Levi J. Stutzman, 2 3-4 miles northwest of Mt. Ayr. General sale, including 20 head of horses, 7 head of cattle, 15 head of hogs, farm tools, household goods, safety com shredder, etc. Wednesday, March 1, John Garriott, 3-4 mile south and 1% miles east of Mt. Ayr, 7 miles west of Rensselaer, the H. O. Harris farm. General sale, including 9 head of horses and colts, some cow’s, several dozen chickens, farm tools, etc.

TRIO OF GAY BACHELORS

Will Start Tuesday On Extended Southern Trip. Samuel Fendig, B. N. Fendig and C. E. Garver, head clerk in Fendig’s drug store, expect to leave Tuesday on a four weeks’ pleasure trip to the balmy Southland. They will visit New Orleans, taking in the Mardi Gras; Jacksonville, Tampa, and will visit the brothers of Samuel Fendig there, and other points in Florida. They also expect to spend ten days at Havana, Cuba. This trio of gay old bachelors have withstood the blandishments of the Rensselaer young ladies for many years, but whether or no they will turn their backs to the sportive southern surf bathers or the brighteyed Senoritas of the Cuban capital is a matter of conjecture among their many friends, several of whom expect that some “entangling alliances” will result from this trip that will benefit Uncle Sam’s postal receipts after their return. And, well, who knows what the results may be.

Good Roads Advocate Traveling in Novel Manner.

Col. C. W. Thatcher, small spring wagon and team of burros, all of Virginia, arrived in Rensselaer Wednesday noon, enroute from Chicago to Florida, in the interest of good roads. Col. Thatcher is chief engineer of the Washington Highway association, which plans to build a road practically across the continent, and has traveled extensively in the interest of this organization and has acquired much' knowledge regarding the good roads cause as a result thereof. His small light wagon was filled and covered with various mementos, skins, animal skulls, auto license numbers, etc., placed thereon by friends of the better roads association. Mr. Thatcher made a short good roads talk on the sfreet while here Wednesday.

A Two-Headed Calf Born in Gillam

Township. Omar Osborne and William Simons made a business trip u p into Gillam tp. Wednesday. While at the M. W. Coppess farm near Medaryville they saw a week-old twoheaded Hereford heifer calf that appeared to be in a healthy condition. The two heads are practically one, although tjyc tips of the two noses are distinct and apart, as also are the mouths and tongues. Two eyes appear in the center of the head, and while very close together and of oriental appearance, yet they are separate. An eye also appears at each side of /the head. The calf is being fed from a bottle and is thriving fine on about a gallon of milk per day.

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COURTHOUSE 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 Office*. There will be a special meeting of the county council on March Frank Davis, the Brook attorney, was looking* after matters in court here a few days this week. The old court house at Delphi, which is to be replaced by a modern new structure, will be sold at public auction on April 24. George H. Gifford of Tipton was here several days this week on business conencted with the B. J. Gifford estate, of which he is the executor.

County Highway Supt. Gray had to stop several haulers of heavy loads on the stone roads Wednesday and Thursday, as they were ciitting up the roads too badly and also violating the law prohibiting heavy hauling when the roads are in a soft condition. The case pf the State, ex rel., Everett Greenlee vs. Edward P. Lane, trustee, taken from Jasper county to White on change of venue, has been assigned to George F. Marvin as special judge and set for hearing in the White circuit court on March 16. Contractor F. R. Erwin of Fair Oaks begun work with his new dry land dredge on the Boyle ditch over near the Beaver lake country in Newton county Tuesday, at the lower end of the ditch, and will cut east over into Jasper county, where the ditch starts.

County Highway Supt. Gray had his assistants in yesterday for the annual meeting to discuss road repair problems. The assistants are: A. B. Robbins, Demotte; M. H. Clark, Wheatfield; Fred Popp, Moody; W. S. Lowman, McCoysburg; James Lucas, Charles Meadel, A. E. Sticknoth, Carpenter tp.; E. C. Maxwell, Charles Spencer and A. Woodworth, Rensselaer. W. S. Parks, supt. of the county stone crusher, was also present. Mr. Gpy entertained his assistants to a fine dinner at Barnes’ restaurant. Frank Foltz transacted business in Lafayette Wednesday, connected with the Parker bank failure at Remington. He succeeded in making a complete settlement of the Mrs. Rawlings ‘matter at Remington by which the latter will receive a little more than SBOO, including interest, from James L. Sheetz of Lafayette. Shortly before the Parker bank closed Mr. Parker turned over to Mrs. Rawlings, a note of Sheetz, to protect her on a certificate of deposit held by her for pension money of an imbecile son. She also haft SSOO of her own on deposit there on which she only receives the small dividend paid by the estate, but in the matter relating to the other deposit the court ruled in her favor.

Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 16, John Randolph Shields of Rensselaer, aged 22 March 2 last, occupation farmer, to Edith May Waling, also of Rensselaer, aged 19 March 19 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Feb. 16, Chester E. Wolfe of Newland, aged 21 Feb. 18 last, occupation mechanic, to Lottie Mae Blacker, also of Newland, aged 15 Sept. 6 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Female being under age her mother, Mrs. Lulu Blacker, files consent to issuance of license. Married in the clerk’s office by Rev. J. Budrqan Fleming. > Feb. 16, Winfred Henry Pullins of Rensselaer, aged 40 Sept. 5 last, occupation farmer to Bessie Leola Baughman also of Rensselaer, aged 23 Jan. 15 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1916

SKULL MAY BE FRACTURED

* Sam Roth, Badly Hart in Run-* away Yesterday. * * Sam Roth, of Roth Bros., was * * badly hurt yesterday shortly aft- * *er the noon hour by his team * * running away with him and run- * * ning into a telephone pole near * * Dave Haste’s residence. The * * telephone pole was broken off by * * the impact and Sam may have * * been thrown against’the pole,* * as his injuries seem to be about * * the head, and it is 4 feared the;* * skull may be fractured. He was* * taken to his home in an uncon- * * clous state and his injuries look- * * ed after. ' * * At the time of going to press ♦ * the doctors were unable to de- * * termine the extent of his in-* * juries, but were to make another ♦ * examination about 4 p. m. * **************

K. of P. Meeting Was Well Attended

The county meeting of the Knights of Pythias was quite well attended here Tuesday, there being about 150 Knights in attendance from the local lodge and from the lodges at Remington and Wheatfield. There were 36 here from Remington, 19 from Wheatfield and 10 or 12 from other lodges, besides the local lodge. Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal% Fred E. Wheaton gave the obligation of the rank of page to Fred Sheets of Remington and Will Waymire of Rensselaer, and then gave a brief talk on the founding of the order by Justice Henry Rathbone on Feb. 19, 1864, and of the famous Pythian Bible which was brought here for this occasion, this' Bible being the one used at the founding of the order.

At the afternoon meeting the county was organized for the next county meeting, which will probably beheld at Remington. The officers elected for the county organization were: W. R. Geier and H. A. Lambert of RemingtJt for chairman and secretary, respectively, and T. D. Wood worth of Rensselaer as treasurer. Each local lodge will select its own vice-president. The Rensselaer lodge selected W. A. Davenport for this position. A cafeteria supper was served in the Masonic lodge room at 6 o’clock in the evening, C. P. Fate of the College Inn furnishing the spread.

Change in Ownership of City Meat Market.

John Eigelbach, who for several years has been employed by his father, J. J. Eigelsbach, on a salary, has just purchased a half interest in the business and will now take over the heavy part of the management of the City Meat Market, while MrEigelsbach senior will take matters a little easier in the future. It is possible that the latter and wife will visit their daughter, Mrs. Albert Marshall, at Melford, Oregon, during the coming summer. Mr. Eigelsbach senior has been engaged in the butcher business for about 41 years, nearly all of which time he has been in business in Rensselaer, where he has long been known to every man, woman and thild in this section of the county. He has been right “on the job" nearly every day during this time and certainly has earned a rest. His son John, who will now take active charge of the business, is well adapted to succeed his father, having grown up in the shop, figureatively speaking. He is a fine young man and is sure to make a complete success in his now more important position.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. ■ I——— SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Thayer People Want a Railroad Agent. The Indiana public service commission will hold a meeting at Thayer on next Thursday, the people up there having petitioned for a station agent at that point, the agent having been taken off about a year ago. By the way, it was given out when the recent telephone hearing was held here that C. J. Murphy, one of the members of the commission who was to conduct the hearing, was siek in Indianapolis and unable to come and a substitute was sent in his stead. The writer is reliably informed that Mr. Murphy was up in Lake county on a political mission on the very day the hearing was held here, and was practicing his old tactics of boss of the Tenth district Democratic politics.

PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.

Items From the Jasper Circuit Court Docket. State vs. Thomas Harper; cause dismissed. " State vs. Mike Polen and Charles Peffey; affidavits filed by Charles M. Sands. State vs. Cyrus Rice; defendant pleads guilty and is fined $25 and given a jail sentence of ten days. Jail sentence suspended. Same entry as above in case of State vs. Charles Rains, charging same offense. William H. Walters vs. Lizzie Johnson et al; commissioner files petition for re-appraisement, and same is ordered. Ed J. Randle and R. B. Harris appointed appraisers. Order heretofore made for private sale is modified and sale ordered at public sale after notice. Joseph A. Luers vs. John Lakin; judgment on defaut for $166.49. Emmett L. Hollingsworth vs. James L. Myers; judgment for sl,673.36 and foreclosure of chattel mortgage. State vs. Cleve Henley; motion of defendant to quash is overruled. F. Guy Barnard ditch; Mariou Davis and 24 others file withdrawal of names from petition filed herein. Same are dropped. H. W. Marble, et al., file objections to docketing. 7 s- - John Marlatt, et al., petition to clean and repair Jungles-Davis ditch; petitioners move to strike out objections of Laura B. Fate and Arthur H. Hopkins. Union Central Life Insurance Co. vs. John Herr, et al ; notice of pendency and nature of action is ordered returnable 7th day of Aptil term. Wililam F. Barnes vs. Vernon Balcom; defendant files answer in one paragraph and set-off. Joseph Hilliard, executor, vs. LotI tie Smith, et al; sale of real estate

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COLUMBUS CLUB BANQUET

Was Largest ami Most Successful Ever Given By the Club. The Columbus club, which consists of the local members of the order of the Knights of Columbus, held their fourth annual banquet Tuesday night at the Foresters’ hall, 92 covers being laid. The club being anxious to institute a council of their own in the near future had their guests a number of eligible men for membership from Rensselaer and surrounding community. Twenty-eight knights and their ladies from Lafayette and Kentland were in attendance. After the .invocation and address of welcome by Father Daniels, the Christian Mothers’ society served a four-course dinner consisting of the following: MENU. Bouillon Breslau of Meat Roast Chicken, with GravyGlazed Sweet Potatoes Crown Salad Mashed Potatoes and Gravy i Peas In Cases , ----- Olives Celery Pickles Coffee Hot Rolls Fruit Salad Wafers ice Cream Cake Coffee . Mints Cigars Hon. E. P. Honan presided as toastiqaster and introduced each speaker in his usual happy manner, never failing to give the audience a

true idea of the speakers ability of his subject. T. J. Connelly, Grand Knight of Lafayette council, was the first to respond and sang the song entitled, A Little Bit of Heaven.” Rev. Ernest Ott. O. S. 8., of Lafayette then delivered a eulogy on knighthood. He dwelled especially on the mission and history of the knighthood of old and comparing the times showed that there is a reason for knighthood today. In conclusion he urged* the knights of today to be true to their mission by being loyal to their church and loyal to their country. r Frank Meyer, formerly of this city but notf of Danville, 111., next entertained his hearers by telling of the great work fellow knights are doing in the state of Illinois. He Interspersed his talk with many witty stories and jokes. His address was clever and pleasing and he certainly ranks among the first as an after dinner speaker. Mr. Meyer is ex-grand knight of Danville council and deputy of that district. Miss Ruth Wood then pleased the audience by singing several songs. “Knights of Columbus and Education” was the subject of the address of the Rev. Ignatius Wagner, Ph. D., of St. Joseph college. Doctor Wagner speaking of education confined his remarks somewhat to the Catholic University of Washington. He made his audience acquainted with the early history of the institution, of its struggle, especially for want of financial aid during its early days. He told of its ultimate success, especially In attaining a very high standard and now ranks among the foremost of the universities of this country. He spoke of the notable work the Knights of Columbus have done in promoting education by presenting to the university $50,000 for a chair of American history, besides several thousand dollars given for library purposes. Th© order also raised $500,000 to endow 50 scholarships. To. these scholarships are eligible those only that are of a high intellectual standard and after having completed a sixteen-year course of education. Doctor Wagner is a speaker of great ability. His address was highly interesting and instructive.

Hon. Lawrence D. Carey of Monticello spoke on "Obligations,” and told in general how the knights have acquitted themselves of their duty in the past and how they ar© active at present, especially In performing the work of the apostolate of the laity. The “Soul of a Violin,” a reading by Mrs. Harvey Messman, was the hit of the evening, she delivering it with her usual great .allbity. The excellent music rendered by the Woods’ orchestra while the dinner was being served, was greatly enjoyed. The affair was. t in charge of the following committees: Reception: T. M. Callahan, Lon Healy' John Ramp; program: Michael Wagner, Lon Healy; finance; Clement Gangloff, Mathew Worden; Invitation: John Ramp, Daniel Morrissey. The banquet was enjoyed by everyone present. As usual the Christian Mothers’ society served an excellent meal. AH present pronounced the affair a most enjoyable one, and are anxiously looking forward for the fifth annual banquet to be given in 1917.

To the Public.

Having formed a partnership with my son John, to begin Monday, Feb. -I, 1916, we will have to open new books. Al) persons indebted to me will please call at the market and settle their accounts. Under the new management the open account System will be discontinued. but for your convenience credit will be given by the week, or by the monthly coupon system. Thanking you for your liberal patronage of the past and soliciting continuance of same, I am. Yours respectfully. J. J. EIGELSBACH.

Notice Special Meeting of County < ’ouncil. Notice is hereby given that the, County Council of Jasper County, Indiana, will meet in special session Monday, March 6, 1916, at 1 o’clock p. m. in the Commissioners’ Court Room, to consider additional appropriations for 1916 and such other matters that may legally come before them. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor Jasper County. — Stop! Look! Save! 'Standard sls suits and overcoats, $12.75; $3 hats for $2; 50c work shirts, 4 sc. Get Hamlillzed, it pays.

Vol. XVIII, No. 93

100,000 TURKS REPORTED TAKEN

Large Number of Guns Also Cap' tured at Erzerum. CITY DAMAGED BY FIRE Petrograd Goes Wild Over VictoryFall of Great Fortress Menaces Constantinople and All Asia Minor. Petrograd, Feb. 18.—Registration of the Turkish prisoners which fell into' tho hands of Grand Duke Nicholas with the Russian capture of Erzerum, shares the conqueror's interest with! taking stock of tho rich booty, according to official advices. The Turkish garrison at the time ot the capture Is estimated at 100,000, and it Is officially claimed that most' of these were taken prisoners. Further gains since the earlier re-’ ports that more than 1,000 guns were, taken by the Russians are told in the' latest official communication, which! says of the situation on the Caucasusj front: “It has been learned further that! twenty five more guns have been’ seized In the Erzerum first line forth' and that thirty-nine officers and 1,413 Askaris (Arab) Irregulars were made< prisoner in the region of Fort Taft, twenty versts from Erzerum. “Our troops occupy the Erzerum, fortress. “The registration of prisoners and, taking stock of booty is proceeding. “Erzerum Is on fire In many places."' Total Nearly 1,100 Guns. The twenty-five guns mentioned In the above are In addition to those ln- ( eluded in the earlier estimate, which; told of tho capture of 4C7 guns In the outer forts, 374 In the central forts, and 200 field guns. ' Unofficial reports reaching here say. that the remnant of the Turkish army, is fleeing In utter rout and that the Russians are pressing hard in pursuit A hard blizzard Is said to be raging/ which makes the position of the retreating troops doubly hazardous. J Russ Capture Stores. Before the fortress was deserted at tempts were made by the Turks to de-i stroy tho munitions that had been col-; lected for the forces operating in the; Caucasus, but the attack was delivered with such rapidity that the greater' part of the stores fell Into the handsi of the Russians. The greatest demonstration since the capture of Przernysl occurred in, Petrograd. Great crowds marchecf; through the streets, waving the elan colors and chanting hymns. Thousands attended Te Deum services In. the great Kazan cathedral, while oth/ er thousands, standing outside in snow, offered up prayers for Grand) Duke Nicholas, again the national hero. Won at Bayonet Point. London, Feb. 18. —A majority of the; forts at Erzerum actually were-, stormed by the Russians at the pointj of the bayonet, according to the Petrograd correspondent of the Times, who says that all reports of the sieg» agree that the artillery bombardment; was not sustained sufficiently long to destroy completely the defenses. According to this same correspond-; ent, the Russian general, Judenich, now is confronted with the difficult task of intercepting tfe remnants of the Turkish defenders, who are probably retreating westward of the mountain plateau, and so preventing them from joining other units of the Third Turkish army. An Athens dispatch says that private advices from Russian sources say that the Russians have reached Bail-hurt,seventy-five miles northwest of Erzerum, in the direction of Treblzon. The Retch says the taking of Erzerum menaces all Asia Minor and even Constantinople. The Bourse Gazette believes the. capture will have an effect upon Athens and Bucharest, as well as upon Persia and Afghanistan. Says Allies Lost 7,0p0. Constantinople, via London, Feb. 18. —Th. losses of one of the British ex-, peditlons in Mesopotamia In a battle, with the Turks near Batiha, west of; Korna, amounted to 2,000 officers and men, according to-an official report. The statement also says the Rus-, slans lost 5,000 men killed in a three-, day battle on the Caucasus front. At the Dardanelles a cruiser, a monitor and a torpedo-boat flred twenty shells op Tekke Bumu, then withdrew before the fire of the Turkish batteries, the report adds.

Notice to Patrons. During my absence In Florida my dental office will be closed. Expect to return about Feb. 20.—H. LBROWN, f-20 Another Ford party this year. Get flamillized, it pays.