Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1916 — Page 2

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STATE CONVENTION CALL.

To the Democrats of Indiana, and All Those Who Desire to Cooperate With Them. By virtue of the Primary Election bt’.v cimct-d.i y the Sixt;-ninth General Assembly of ,the State of Indiana and approved bv the Governor i March S, 1915 (Arts i 9 ia, page 35!). Chapter 10? J, and in pursuarc? of the.. “Rules for tire Government. and. Regulation ol the Democratic Party in Indiana,*•' adopted by the Democratic State Committee Of Indiana on July ;22, 1915. the .. Democratic Party of the. State of Indiana, and all who desire to cooperate, with. them. are invited to meet in delegate, convention at Tom-; linson H.dl, in the City of- Indian-1 apolis, Indiana, .on Wednesday,April 26, 11116, for. the. purpose of adopting a piatform, selecting President- ... ial Electors. Contingent Electors, Delegates and' Alternate Delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and of nominating candidates for United States Senator and Governor, if no nomination is made at the Primary, Election to be held on i March ", 1918; and for nominating the following state officers, to-wit: Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Auditor of State. Treasurer of State. Attorney-General. Reporter Supreme Court. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Chief Bureau of Statistics, t One Judge of the Supreme Court for Second District. One Judge of the Supreme Court for Third District. One Judge of the Appellate Court lor the First District. The Convention will be composed of 1,363 delegates, apportioned among the several counties of the state; from this, the Tenth District, are as follows: Benton 7 Jasper . . . ’ 6 Lake . ' 25 Newton .. , ’ ’ 5 Porter ,' ”' \ . 7 Tippecanoe 21 Warren . . “4 White 10 The delegates from the respective conn des composing the several Congres’ifnal Districts will meet Tuesday, April 25, 1916, at seven o’clock p. m„ at the following placesFirst District—State House, Room t>3, second floor. Second District—State House, Room 11, first floor. Thir< L District—State House, Room 12, first floor. State House, Room 41, first floor.

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Fifth District—State House, Room 91, third floor. Sixth District—State House, Room 55, second floor. Seventh District—Court House, Criminal Court room. Eighth District—-State House, Room 15, first floor. Ninth District—State House, Room 50, second floor. Tenth District—State House, Room 120, third floor. Eleventh District—State House, Room 27, first floor. Twelfth District—State House, Room 99, third floor. Thirteenth District—State House, Room 112, third floor. At each of such meetings the fol lowing officers and members of committees will be selected, viz:

One member of the Committee on Rules and Permanent Organization. One member of the Committee on Credentials. One member of the Committee on Resolutions. ' . One Vice-President of the Convention. ■ One Assistant Secretary of the Convention. One Presidential Elector and one Contingent Elector. ? T wo delegates to the National Convention. Two alt ern ate delegat es; to the National Convention. The Committee on Ruh s and Permanent Organization will meet at Room 3 71, Denison Hotel, immedi•'lely after the adjournment of Dis trict meetings. : - ' The Committee on Credentials v ill meet in Room 37 2, Denison 1 iotel; after the .■ adjournment of District meetings. The Committee on Resolutions will meet in Room of Ordinary, Denison Hotel, immediately after adjournment of District meetings..

The Convention will meet on April 26,. 1916, at 9 o'clock a. ni., at Tomlin scm Hall, to receive report? of the committees, for the adoption of a platform, the selection of delegates-at-large and dlternate-at large to the National Convention, the selection 6f Presidential Electors arid Contingent Electors, and the nomination of candidates. Witness my hand and seal this 14th day of January.'l 91 6. BERNARD KORBLY. • Chairman. Attest; A. SALLEE. Secretary.

THE GERMAN REPLY.

Through Ambassador von Bernstorff the German government announces that the pledges given in the Arabic and Lusitania cases will be strictly observed—only, they must be understood as applying only to unarmed merchantmen!. What is asked, therefore, is that we should accept the German interpretation of these pledges, which is quite different frpm the one that our government has given—and still continues to give—to them. It will, it is said, be impossible to reach any agreement on this basis.

But there is a chance for adjustment, though it may be slight. The real question is, not whether a ship is armed or not, but whether it is a peaceful vessel or a war vessel. This government has no thought of protecting war vessels from submarine or other perils. What has to be decided, therefore, Is what amount of armament and equipment it takes to convert a njerchantman into a ship of war, under the rules of international law. That is the issue, and it is one of great importance, and some difficulty. Yet if the German government Is reasonable and refrains from attacking ships on a mere chance till an agreement is reached there may be a settlement

that will be fair to all. But there is no possibility of an adjustment if the German statement is to be taken as meaning that armed merchantmen are subject to destruction, regardless of the character of the armament. That is the issue which we have been pressing on Germany, and which was fought out in congress last week. But those very people who have been insisting that the law shall not be changed in any vital particular during the progress of the war, would be the first to rgsent the suggestion that the law shg.ll be used to protect any belligerent ships that are not entitled to its protection. As it may not be illegally used as a sword by one party, neither may it be illegally used as a shield by the other. To admit that the latter may be done would be to admit that the ' law may be changed. To claim pro-! tection for a merchant ship that is really a warship would be as much ! a violation of the law as to demand the right to sink as a warship a 1 vessel that is really a merchant ship. We can accept neither con-j tention without surrendering our' whole case. And that is what we * do not propose to do. We do not propose to surrender any of it. If the German order, as 1 interpreted by the note that has just' been received, means that all armed ! enemy merchantmen are to be sunk without warning, and without insur-1 ing the safety of those on board, we are facing a very serious situation. I If there is action In the line of the order as thus interpreted, the situa-j tion will become critical. But if it is meant that attack will be directed ' only on those merchantmen which, by reason of their armament, have dost their legal status as peaceful' vessels, the German government will be back on legal ground, and there ’ will be no dispute with it. Every-’ thing, therefore, depends on the meaning of the order and on the ac-' tion of submarine commanders within the next few days or hours.—-In-' di an a polls News.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

In these amazingly fast days of cabarets and country clubs, of one ’ piece bathing suits and no-piece' musical comedies,: of twenty-ceht' 1 ver and twenty-cent gasoline, we have got very far away from the good old Saturday night of by-gonej generations. if is so far back to the time that it almost seems like' a dream; to the young it seems like

a joke. ; Blit let memory turn the curtain back and tonight let’s live over the Saturday- night of long ago, you Of us who know; of it by actual experience. I The week's work is done, says a ■ Georgia editor. and the chores of the farm an. over: the stock has been fed, the wood Boxes in the kßchen and big house filled, the plow gear and stocks under the shed, and the farm has put •oiWwts Sunday i-'dress. ■ The soil oj toil has been removed by vigorous application of homei tirade soa]<. and the Sunday clothes donned. A clean shirt, home-laun-dered (we were independent of the < binli ami the steam lauudrymen those days) a tie of gorgeous colors j fastened with a glistening pin of the ; m iil order kind— there were no jewelery si ores to supply us; brogan ■ shoes of serviceable cowhide which I took on renewed youth from a coat of suet and soot, carefully administered. . ,

1 Solomon in his glad raiment pertps matfb a more glittering show, but he did not feel,any more dressed lup than the boy long ago as he ' left the home domicile .to quickly j foot the intervening miles to where ’ sffie lived. She hud brothers—they always bad -and these gave the visitor a ; hearty welcome. Having done his 1 own chores, he turned in to help j the others, and these were over by i the time the call to supper came, j She was not in sight, but she knew I he was there and he knew that she 1 knew.

After the substantial supper, tender collards on a great flat dish flanked with slices of home-made bacon; fresh butter and buttermilk, perhaps biscuits, but not always, and sweet potatoes; but to the long table with its benches on either side and her father and mother sitting at the ends, keen appetites were brought and the joy of youth and good fellowship lent a zest to the vi.inds that those of many costly banquets since have lacked. And' after supper, when the dishes were cleared and the house made ready for the night, and she came out on the piazza, the soft rustle of her skirts, the faint perfume peculiar to her telling of her presence before his head was turnedf and after awhile the brothers somehow disappeared and on the broad piazza he and she were alone, except for the man in the moon, who smiled with the knowledge of the centuries and the cricket that chirped by the steps. The scent of the jessamines

1 . . in the white clean-swept yard filled . air and their bloom glistened like snow in the moonlight. i Youth and maid alone with God and love. And down from the ages the spirits of millions of lovers looked on and smiled, the kindly stars winked in friendly appreciation, and the twilight world was their friend, ' fort all normal existence loves youth and lovers. L j What mattered it; to her that his clothes were coarse, his speech embarrassed and broken—they did not need the spoken word. What mat- , tered to him that her best dress was ! calico, for was not the ribbon at her throat a thing of beauty surpassing, that in her hair an aureole? What mattered to them that the week past had been six days of toil? Was not the night, Saturday night, and the morrow Sunday, with Sunday school and church, and many hours of priceless companionship ahead? This must have been what Saturday night was made for.

THE HAND OUT.

By Walt Mason. The most of us are working hard to stock the cupboard shelves, to purchase coal and lime and lard, to ( clothe and feed ourselves. We plug along the best .we can, and always strive to keep a quarter for the felI low-man who has no place to sleep. . The boys are always needing shoes, | the girls for dresses call, and so we strain oty weary thews, to raise the I wherewithal. Down to our tasks ( we re always bent, to meet each | pressing need, and have a quarter I for the gent who has no place to i feed. We turn no beggar from the door, however hard we’re pressed; I we think, .“Ere many years are o'er, i like him we may be dressed: like him we may be unemployed, and i look as tough as he, and have a I dull and aching void where fodder . ought to be. Like him we may be , glad to sleep in some abandoned ; well: the cost of living is so steep j "ho can our fate foretell? And ■ when we for a handout plead, ‘ for hungry kids and frau, may peoI pie help us in our need, as we help others now."

COURT NEWS

Set for Week Beginning March 6. , George W. Infield vs. William H. Myers, ,et ql; set for fourth day.Butler Bros. vs. James W. Spate; | set for fourth Monday. I A. .1. Sachtleben vs. A. B. Frame; sei for fourth Tuesday. Emma and Earl Williams vs. Es1 tate of George O. Stembel; get for 1 fourth Tuesday. I James T. Nichols vs. Sarah E. Stembel. admx.; set for fourth Tuesday. Joseph W. Price, et al vs. John j N. Price, et al; set for fourth WedI nesday. I A. Vandervliet vs. Fred Watson; set for fourth Wednesday. ' Charles M. Paxton, et al vs. Joseph Shindelar, et al; set for fourth i Wednesday. i John A. Schreiber vs. Daniel 11. Turner; set for fourth Friday. ■ Gertrude Schrieber vs. Daniel H Turner; set for fourth Friday.

Probate Matters. Estate of John Tillett; Joseph L. Beesley, executor, makes final ac- . counting, and court finds executor i chargeable with $3,482.55 over and above credits. Credits allowed and sum oi $3,482.55 paid into court and ordered distributed as follows: •lames M. Tillett, Denver, Ind.; Cor- ! nelius F. Tillett and Mary J. Parker Francesville, Ind., Sarah E. man. Pleasant Grove, Ind.,' Emma D. Robinson, McCoysburg. Ind., Martha A. Randle, Downs, Kan., Jesse y , T i lletr - Whitefish, Mont., each $433.50; Eluma Severns, Virgie Alkire and Pearl Garrigan, Francesville, each $119.35. Administrator discharged. ! Estate of Alexander Hamilton; letters testamentary issued to Robert A. Mannan, executor. Bond $1,200 approved with H. W. Marble as surety. Probable value of estate S6OO. I Oscar L. Dinwiddle vs. estate of ; B. J. Gifford: cause re-set for first Tuesday of April term; being April Jennie M. Linton vs. Emmet L. Hollingsworth et al; cause continued for term. Colter-Monter Co. vs. Ed Oliver; judgment on default for $156.75 and costs. State Bank of Rensselaer vs. Herman Messman et al, (three cases); dismissed, costs paid. S. ijl. Moore vs. estate of Patrick Hallagan: cause dismissed. J. 1. Case Thrashing Machine Co. vs. John Herr; defendant granted change of venue and cause sent to Newton county. 1 Richard Gravenstock vs. Henry i Knip and Andrew J. Granger; judgment and foreclosure, judgment for $37.80. ■_

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O. L. Calkins Leo Worland Funeral Directors Calkins & Worland Phone and 307 Office in Nowel’s Block. Ground Floor. Washington Street Opposite Postoffice RENSSELAER, - . INDIANA

EDWARD P. HONAN ATTORNEY AT LAW Law, Abstracts, Real Estate Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA SCHUYLER C. IRWIN LAV/, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE 5 Per Cent. Farm Loans. Office in Odd Fellows’ Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA GEORGE A. WILLIAMS LAWYER Special attention given to preparation of wills, settlement of estates, making and examination of abstracts of title, and farm loans. Oflice over First National Bank. RENSSELAER, INDIANA DR. I. M. WASHBURN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 10 to 12 A. M. “ “ 2 to 5 P. M. “ “ 7 to 8 P. M. Attending Clinics Chicago Tuesdays—--5 A. M. to 2 P. M. RENSSELAER, INDIANA

F. H. HEMPHILL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to diseases of women and low grades of fever. Office over Fendig’s drug stroe. Phones: Office No. 442; Res. No. 442-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA E. C. ENGLISH ~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Opposite the Trust and Savings Bank. Office Phone No. 177. House Phone No. 177-B. RENSSELAER, INDIANA JOHN A. DUNLAP LAWYER (Successor Frank Foltz) Practice in all Courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection Department. Notary in the office. Over State Bank. Phone No. 16 RENSSELAER, INDIANA F. A. TURFLER OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Graduate American School of Osteopathy. Post-Graduate American School of Osteopathy under the Founder, Dr. A. T. Still. Office Hours—B-12 a. m., 1-5 p. m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Monticello, Ind. Oflice: 1-2 Murray Bldg. RENSSELAER. INDIANA

JOE JEFFRIES Chiropractor Graduate Palmer School of Chiropractic. Chiropractic Fountain Head, Davenport, lowa. Tuesdays and Fridays at Remington, Ind. Forsythe Bldg. Phone 576 Rensselaer, Ind. H. L. BROWN DENTIST Office over Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. RENSSELAER, INDIANA J. W. HORTON DENTIST Office opposite court house square. RENSSELAER. INDIANA

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CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS * LOUISVILLI RY RENSSELAER TIME In Effect April 10, 1915. NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:41 a.m. A Louisville to Chicago 5:01 a.E. Nn w aye te J‘° Chicago 7:30 a.m. Indianap s to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 38 Cincinnati to Chicago 2:51 p.m. w°‘ Louisville to Chicago 3:81 p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati 1:38 a.m. o Chicago Louisville 10:55 amt. o£J cago to Louisville ll:10>m. £ 0 ’ Chicago to Cincinnati 11:17 N°. 33 Chicago to Indianap’s 1:57 p.m. Chica g o to Lafayette 5:50 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati 7:30 p.m.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler i Clerk .Charles Mor lap Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney Moses Leopold Marshal Vern Robinson Civil Engineer W. F. Osborne Fire Chief.......J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden J. J. Montgomery | Councllmen Ist Ward Ray Wood ■ 2nd Ward Frank Tobias ■ 3rd Ward Frank King ■ At Large.. Rex Warner, F. Kresler i JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney. .Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Judson H. Perkins Sheriff B. D. McColly Auditor ..J. p. Hammond treasurer a. A. Fell Recorder .....George Scott Surveyor M. B. Price Coroner Dr. C. E. Johnson County Assessor....G. L. Thornton Health Officer.... .F. H. Hemphill \ ..COMMISSIONERS Ist District H. W. Marble 2nd District D. S. Makeever 3rd District..... Charles Welch I Commissioners' Court meets the i First Monday of each month. , COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davi550n,...........8ark1ey Burdett Porter Carpenter James Stevens.... Gillam Warren E P001e... Hanging Grove , John K01h0ff...............Jordan i R. E. Davis.... Kankakee i Clifford Fairchild. Keener 1 Harvey Wood, Jr Marlon i George Foulks Milroy 1 John Rush Newton ' George Hamrnerton Union 1 Joseph Sahin Walker 1 Albert S. Keene Wheatfield 1 E. Latnson, Co. Supt... Rensselaer 1 Truant Officer, C. B. Steward. ' ' Rensselae' '

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