Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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STEWART SHORT ARRESTED

And Confesses Recent Robbery of Larsh & Hopkin’s Drug Store. Ctewart Short, a young man about 2# years of age, who has lived in Rensselaer for several years and of late has been employed by Dr. J. W. Horton at odd jobs, was arrested Monday evening by Constable W. S. Parks and Nightwatch Critser and taken up to Deputy Prosecutor Sands’ office where he was charged with the recent robbery of the tin cash box from Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. .. JHe confessed the theft and told how he gained entrance by prying open the rear door and taking the box from behind the cigar counter near the front of the store, and said there was something over $43 in the box. He safd a confederate watched at the back of the store near the alley while the actual robbery was going on and that he had divided up the money with this confederate. First he named James Godfrey, a young man of about the same age and with whom he roomed, as the confederate. Young Godfrey was arrested, but denied the charge and his father said that he was home on the night of the robbery and that Stewart did not come in for quite a while after the Godfrey boy reached home.

.Young Short also said that a young man named Spangle was a confederate, and he, too, was arrested but denied the charge in toto. He later named still another young man as the confederate and a sworn statement or confession was prepared with the name of this latter party inserted, but before signing the statement yourfg Short had this name cut out, saying that he would assume full responsibility in the matter himself.

He told so many different stories that the officers did not know what to believe, but that an older head planned the robbery and got most of the money is generally believed. Dr. Horton, for whom young Short has worked for some time, talked with him at the jail yesterday morning and tried to get him to make a clean breast of everything. Mr. Horton says he has trusted him with money on many different occasions and had never seen anything dishonest about him, and he thinks, too, that someone else planned the robbery and got most of the money stolen. The fact, it is said, that the youth took some $5 to $6 from O’Riley’s bakery one time last summer is rather against him, however, and he said to the officers that he had been mixed up in a few scrapes and guessed it would be as well if he were punished, but he would not implicate anyone else. He was to have his preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon before Squire Dean. Credit for the young man’s arrest is said to he due Constable Parks, who had been working for some time on the case.

Ben Smith and Family Returned From Montana.

Ben Smith, who went to Zeurich, Mont., a year ago this month for the benefit of his health, arrived in Rensselaer Saturday and 'said ]he was mighty glad to get back to God’s country. He did not like it a little bit where he was and did not think that the change in climate benefited him any. One great drawback to the section of Montana where he was is the scarcity of water. They had to. bring their drinking water three miles and haul water for stock four miles. It got pretty cold, there this winter one day was G 8 below zero and 54 to 55 degrees below was not uncommon. Ben is looking fairly well and expects to re-engage in his old business of cement contracting. He will reside in his mother’s property in the east part of town. His daughter arrived in Rensselaer three weeks ago and Mrs. Smith came about two weeks later.

H irsli-Wickwire Clot 1 les. The kind of clothes Marshall Field sells to the best Chicago people, price S2O to $25, at Hamill’s, the store of correct service.

Poultry Prices at Herath’s. Hens, per lh ..1 2c Roosters, per 1b... 6c Ducks, per lb .i. ... .10c Geese, per lb joc Eggs, per dozen . . . 15c

IVcw Shirts The slickest shirts and neckwear in town; come in and look them over—and “get Hamilllzed.” Don’t fail to attend the big stock sale at the Homestead Farm today.

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 W. H. Parkinson was a Chicago business goer Monday. New suits filed: No. 8588. Alfred J. Tilton vs. David Macy, et al; action to quiet title. G. L. Thornton, county assessor, has been suffering from rheumatism lately, being confined to the house. Miss Madaline Abbott, stenographer in Co. Supt. Lamson’s office, visited in Monticello Sunday with relatives and friends. Jake Spitzer of Fair Oaks was arrested here Saturday and spent the night in jail as a result of having associated for too long a time with John Barleycorn or some of the latter’s near relatives. He was released Sunday and given his liberty, it being his first offense. . Judge Hanley is not holding any court in Newton county this week, but takes up here today the Oliver ditch case which has been pending' in our court for quite a long time, j Next week he will resume court again in Newton county and the last two weeks of the term will probably be quite busy ones.

Marriage licenses issued: March 18, Earl Omar Price of Newton tp., aged 18 June 2 last, occupation farmer, to Lennie Fern Lang, also of Newton tp., aged, 18 March 17, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. The male being under age his father, James Price, filed consent to issuance of license.

The appellate court last Friday j affirmed the judgment of the Jasper circuit court in the case of Frank Hill vs. the Monon railroad com* I pany. This -was a case brought by I Mr. Hill of Rensselaer to recover , damages for delay in a shipment of cattle reaching Chicago at the time ■ William Washburn and Noble PeaI cock were killed here a few years ago by a Monon train while Messrs. Washburn and Hill were loading cattle at the stock pens.

Deputy Sheriff John Robinson was arrested last Friday by order of Capt. H. B. Tuteur of the local militia company for failure to attend annual guard inspection by the U. S. army officer recently, as required by the military law. He was placed in custody of Constable J. W. Childers and it was expected a court martial would be held, but a couple of days later ♦he charge was withdrawn, after Capt. Tuteur had taken the matter

up with the adjutant general, who stated that young Robinson would be given a discharge without honor for the good of the service, and the discharge will be issued soon. It is understood that young Robinson holds that his term of enlistment had expired and that he was no longer a member of Company M. The records, however, show that his term will not expire until next October, it is said.

Roselawn Residence Burned.

The residence of Fred Fuller at Roselawn was destroyed by fire last Thursday at about 2 p. m>, together with most of his household effects. Mr. Fuller was preparing to move to Gary and had part of his goods packed ready to move. His daughter, who was married a few days previously to Mann Tabor, was occupying one ofthe upper rooms with her husband and they niade their escape j with difficulty from the burning | house. Mr. Tabor let hi s wife down from the window by the hands and lhen jumped from the window himjself, suffering a sprained ankle. The ‘ fire loss was partly covered by insurance.

Stetson Hats. Spring styles now on display. Also “The Trooper,” a $4 hat for $3. A $3 hat for S2.—HAMILL & CO.’

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1916

LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM IS CRUELLY SHATTERED

High School Romance Ends in the Divorce Courts. New suits filed: No. 8587. Pauline Duvall vs. Samuel Duvall; action for divorce. The above lines tell the story of a part of the closing chapters of a high school romance which ended the peace and happiness for the family of Rev. P. C. Curnick, pastor of the Trinity M. E. church of this city. The plaintiff in the case is the eldest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Curnick, and came here with her parents in the fall of 1913 from Terre Haute, where her father' had been pastor of a large church congregation. ISoon after coming to Rensselaer an attachment sprung up between the daughter and Samuel O. Duvall, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall of. this city, who was a high school student at that time. Both were quite young and in order to avoid any parental objections they eloped the next spring to Kalmazoo, Mich., where they xvere married June 17, 1914, returning to Rensselaer soon thereafter and taking up their abode for some time with the parents of the bride, but later going to keeping house by themselves and living together until January 27 of this year, when they separated and the wife was taken by her father to the home of an uncle at or near Evansville.

Some ten days ago young Duvall filed a suit for $1 5,000 damages for aleniation of the affections of his said wife against both the parents and the uncle with whom she was staying at the time. Last week the young wife returned to ltenssealer, and Saturday through I her attorneys, Dunlap and Halleck, j filed the above suit for divorce, [charging in her complaint a series of continued ill treatment and abuse perhaps never before equaled in any divorce complaint ever filed in this court. Among the specific charges made lin the complaint, which is qute [lengthy, are these: That less than , two weeks after their marriage her , husband cursed her and struck her ■ with his fist on a public street in ■ Rensselaer, without any provocation | other than that she had spoken to an acquaintance whom she had met on the street when with the defendant after defendant had forbidden her Ito speak to said acquaintance; that j shortly after their marriage they went ;to Michigan and while on said trip | defendant became angry at plaintiff |and cursed her and struck her with j his fist; that after their return from TMlchigan they took u’p their resij dence with plaintiff’s parents, where j they lived lor some time, occupying rooms in their home and eating from the same table wish her parents, and that defendant paid no board nor rent while there, but that he frequently cursed and abused her and threatened to strike her. that he cursed plaintiff’s father and mother to her: that on one occasion defendant struck plaintiff and knocked her down; that at one time he called on i plaintiff’s father to come and get

her and take her away, but when her father came defendant had changed his mind and refused to let her go with her father; that plaintiff expected to attend the high school commencement exercises in Rensselaer in 1915, and while preparing to go! the defendant pushed her violently j against a door and her head struck the doorknob and one eye was badly ’ blackened and she was compelled to remain at home; that on January 27 j the defendant became angry with' her, wholly without cause, cursed the plaintiff in the presence of her mother and struck both plaintiff and her mother with his fist; that on the same date defendant sent for plaintiff s father and- told him that he and plaintiff had had trouble and had decided to separate; that defendant wanted plaintiff's iather to take Plaintiff away and keep her at his home or send her to Evansville, that “she was making a hell of his life,” and plaintiff’s father said, “this is a serious matter, Sam, do you know what you are saying?” That on the same day plaintiff went to the home of her parents and that while there defendant packed up most of his wearing apparel with some of plaintiff's in a trunk to be taken away; that most of the time during their married life defendant run a hack line between Rensselaer and Remington and that said hack business and the aqtos used in conducting same \y«re paid for by plaintiff's father; that defendant frequently left to drive on said line in good. temper, but on his return would be in an

angry mood and would curse and frequently strike plaintiff with his fist while in such moods, and she became afraid of him and dreaded his return; that while defendant made from $25 to SSO a week in said hack business he never gave plaintiff to exceed $3 per week to maintain the house, that on one occasion defandant made a trip to Indianapolis for a few days taking S4O with him and leaving plaintiff but 35 cents; that he failed and refused to furnish plaintiff money to buy herself wearing apparel when she was in actual need of same, but would, sometimes, after cursing and striking her, purchase useless and expensive articles of his own notion and bring home to her as a peace offering, articles which she had no need for and could not possible use; that defendant refused to pay any bills for plaintiff, and that her father to avoid embarrassment for her on account of bills owed by defendant, had paid hills of the latter, none of which were contracted for plaintiff, and that he had paid more than SI,OOO of such bills for defendant.

Plaintiff asks for a divorce, the restoration of her maiden name, Pauline Curnick, and that she be given possession of cooking untensils and other articles of household and kitchen furniture which were given her by her parents and which are now held by defendant'.

ALICE BELLE ENGLISH WINS

First Place in Ito 2-Year Class in Baby Show at Lafayette. Lafayette, Ind., March 20.—Girl babies proved superior to the boy babies in Lafayette’s first baby show, which closed Saturday night. The girls won all the first prizes in the various classes, scoring several points higher than the boys. The contest closed with an automobile parade in which the prize winners and their mothers rode through the business district in decorated touring cars. Two hundred and seventy-five babies were in the competition. Irene Palmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Palmer, won first place. She scored 98 1-3 points out of a possible 100. The baby’s father is a fireman on the Monon railroad. Elmira Ann Grove, daughter of Professor and Mrs. F. W. Greve of Purdue university, took second prize with a score of 98. In the year to a year and a half old, Mary «J. Glascock was the winner. Alice Belle English won first place in the group more than a year and a half and less than two years old. Boy babies took two second and two third prizes.

Alice Belle English is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter English, formerly of Rensselaer, the father being a son of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English, and the mother a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Babcock of Parr.

MONTICELLO CONNUBIAL BLISS

Grand .Jury Breaks Up Happy Family of Two Men and Single Wife. Monticello, Ind., March 20.—Cupid's blindness and a grand jury’s discerning gaze have led to the estrangement of a happy Monticello family and today Mrs. Victor AllenWarfel is seeking refuge in flight with one of her alleged husband.-?, while the second mourns for the woman and the “other” man with whom he lived so contentedly until neighbors objected. Mrs. Allen-War-fel, who departed with Ray Warfel, is being hunted to face an indictment for bigamy. Victor Allen is caring for his two .children and relatives 'have two others. The husband’s resentment is directed toward the unfeeling grand jury, which broke up his home after he found his wife and took up his abode with her and her second husband. Allen married the woman about 2 0 years ago at Winamac and five children were born to them. Two years ago they became estranged and Mrs. Allen went to Nebraska City, Neb., where she married Warfel, without, obtaining a divorce from Allen, it is charged. She and Warfel came to Monticello two years ago to live. Not long afterwards Allen located his wife and, instead of causing trouble, seemed satisfied to have ! found his wife again. He wont to live in the Warfel home and the three lived happily until Wednesday, when it became known that they were objects of a grand jury inquiry. Warfel and thp woman fled without letting Allen know ,of their intentions.

Some Swell Bonnets. The new Trqoper hats, $2 and $3, for men only. Now r on saIe.—HAMILL & CO.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Plaooa. Democrats to Elect District Chairman Tuesday, April 4. Indianapolis, March 20. —A cull has been issued by Bernard Korbly, Democratic state chairman, for a meeting of the Democratic state committee April l], when the party will complete its reorganization In compliance with their provisions of the primary election law. The call directs that the district committeemen meet in each district April 4, to elect district'chairmen and that those who are elected meet in Indianapolis April 14, to elect a state chairman, secretary, vice-president and treasurer.

AWARD $1,500,000 CONTRACTS

Illinois County Supervisors Provide for Great. Highway System. Danville, 111., March 18.—The board of supervisors of Vermillion county yesterday awarded contracts for the construction oT 28 miles of brick roads and 141 miles of concrete roads, a system that will embrace every town in the county. The contracts call for an expenditure of $1,500,000. The money is provided by a bond issue voted by the people of the county two years ago. There were nine contracts, and work will be started on each at the same time. I’. C. McArdle, formerly chief engineer for the state highway commission, has been employed to supervise the work.

The Dixie highway in the county will be ipaved' with concrete and brick. This road is being built under the state aid plan and a portion of the work is completed. More than 100 were represented in the bidding.

BREAD LINE TO BE ABOLISHED

Salvation Army Is Convinced Men Composing It Arc Beggars. New York, March 27.—The Salvation Army's rarnous bread line in Cooper square will be abolished, it lias been announced, because the army is convinced that the men who compose it are beggars who do not wish to work. An officer of the army, accompanied by a civilian employe of the police department in charge of the bureau of unemployment, offered work at. wages ranging from £ I to $3 a day, to men in bread lines in all parts of the city, hut were unable to find one who would accept a job. They have applications from outside the city for more than 300 workers.

Investigations has disclosed that all the bread lines are composed virtually of the same nun who go from one to the other and pass the internals in public libraries, Charity officials are said to be convinced that no man in New York need bo out of employment if he is willing and able to work.

U. S. FORCES NEAR VILLA’S FAIR

Is Latest Report From the K.\|>e<lition Into Mexican Territory. El Paso, Texas, March 20. Francisco Villa may be forced, into the fight with American troops within the next 3G hours if reports coining to Gen. Funston'n headquarters, both from Gen. Pershing and from Mexican sources, are correct. Gen. Pershing reported today that Villa had been reported defeated by Mexican government troops near Cruces and that he was marching northward in retreat. Gen. Pershing’s report, however, was followed by the unofficial report that Villa still was fighting at Namiquipa, south of Cruces. If the Carranza force wins in the fighting that was said'to be continuing late today, Villa will have to move northward along a road over which a detachment of American troops is riding southward, or leave the road and head for the Santa Maria mountains that parallel the road to the east, or to the Oriental range on the west side. Retreat, ac-

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cording to the report, is impracticable because of the presence in the rear of Mexican troops, who forced him to turn northward from Cruces.

TAGGART TO SUCCEED SHUVELY

Governor Ralston Appoints Sage of French Lick as U. H. Senator. Governor Ralston, as was to have been expected, oh Monday appointed Thomas Taggart to succeed the late Benjamin F. Shively in the U. S. senate. Mr. Taggart will serve until after the November election, and It is probable will be the nominee of the Democratic state convention to be voted for with Senator, Kern in the November election. The selection of Taggart to succeed Senator Shively is received with feelings of both pleasure and regret by the Democrats of the state, and what effect, if any, it will have in the election next fall remains to be seen.

Still Smarting Over Defeat and Is in Rad Humor.

The military editor of the Republican, still smarting over his defeat for delegate to the state convention, %ould try to assauge his grief and anger by trying to make his readers believe that F. E. Babcock was very much peeved over the selection of, the Democratic county chairman and had threatened to revolt, and a number of other things. As a matter of tact there were no harsh words used by anyone at the committee meeting and practically the only objection made to Mr. Welsh, who was the only candidate seeking the chairmanship, was his location, lie being a resident, of Jordan tp., and residing seven or eight miles Y>ut In the country, while many of the committeemen present thought the chairman should reside in Rensselaer, as many times during a campaign matters come up that make it imperative to get into quick communication with the county chairman. The military editor will need all his diplomacy to preserve his own standing in his party—at least not to make it any worse than, it is—without trying to run the Democrat and Bull Moose parties.

High School Notes.

The literary given last Thursday afternoon was greatly enjoyed by all who heard It. The following program was rendered: I. .J. S. Bach Songs without words. .F Mendellsohn Dellriu m, Funeral March, Hunting Song. Romance Sibelius The Butterfly . ... Favaloe Waltz— E Major, Op. 34 There were about 30 visitors present. The next program will be aR. 11. S program, given by the Lincoln Literary society March 30, 1910. The program is as follows: Color Song . High School ' History of Basketball” • • • • • • • . . . . ... Lawrence McLain numerous Poem; .'. Mabel Worland Essay: ‘'Class Parties,” Elvyn Allman •• • -••• •• :. .. . . . Floyd Hemphill Playette: ''Freshmene Humoresque” ••• • - - • • . By Upper classmen High School Poem., Ray Fidler Prophesy of High School ■ • • • • .Evelyn Freeland The public is cordially invited to these Iltery meetings. Mr. Slender, representing ibe engraving company which has the contract. for the Chaos, spoke to the junior and senior classes Monday morning. He pleaded for co-opera-lion among Hie students and the Chads staff. The main difficulty lies |in the fact that the students are rather slow in getting their pictures taken in order that the Chaos might send tin* material to the engravers at an early date. This should be atfended to at once and without delay. The show given under the auspices of the manual training department | Friday night at the Princess netted the department $27.3(5. The type of machinery which the—department intends to buy hasn’t been decided on yet.--: ■ > ' The last draft of the senior themes are due not later than April 12, The track team consisting of ten men will go to Burnett’s Creek April 14 to meet the team at that school in a series of events. The physics class has finidied the «kudy of heat and are now on the subject of light. -Daniel Guild has been elected captain of the basketball team for the ensuing year. Tho play ground slide which was donated by the Ladies’ Literary club of the city, has arrived. The children of the primary building are enjoying themselves very much. The senior German class is now t reading Lessing’s drama, ‘‘Minna von Barnhelra.” • t ♦