Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1916 — Page 1

Jaspar County Democrat.

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WILL MOVE TO RENSSELAER

Rev. Woodson of Brook to Have Charge of Field Work of Monnett School. An appointment came to Rev. T. P. Woodson this week that was as mnch of a surprise to himself and family as it was to all outsiders and as a result the Methodist congregation will lose him as its pastor. Rev. Woodson has been appointed by Bishop McDowell to take charge of the field work and the general vital interests of the Monnett school at Rensselaer, and is expected to be there April 1. The appointment is a splendid compliment to Mr. Woodson’s ability andi the position is much superior to his present work. He is to be congratulated and the many friends of himself and estimable wife rejoice with them, but will see them leave with great regret. It is not known who will be placed in charge here.; —Brook item in Newton County Enterprise.

Rev. Woodson was here yesterday looking for a house in which to move, and it was probable that he would secure the J. T. Randle house on River street, now occupied by County Supterintendent Lamson. His family consists of himself and wife and two small children. Rev. Woodson is a graduate of.DePauw university, the law school of Missouri university, and has also attended the theological school at Boston. He has been a successful-pastor at Crawfordsville, Terre Haute and later at Brook. Mrs. Woodson is a daughter of former President Dr. John of DePauw, and their locating in Renselaer will be a very desirable acquisition to our city. It is the intention of the trustees of the Monnett school to erect a $ 50,000 school for girls on the ground owned immediately north of the present Monnett school, with accommodations for one hundred or more girls. The present plan is to erect a $15,000 building as soon as possible—perhaps yet this year—that can be added to and enlarged. Rev. Woodson will visit the conferences and secure funds for the building and also expects to secure permanent endowments.

Sam Carroll Arrested on Charge of Theft of Automobile.

Sam Carroll, who drove into Rensselaer last August with a Pope-Hart-ford runabout and with his wife has since been stopping at the Barnes restaurant and occupying rooms over the American Express office which are leased by Mr. Barnes, was arrested Thursday morning by Deputy Sheriff John Robinson on instructions front the chief of police of Milwaukee, Wis., charged with the theft of the automobile. He was placed in jail and the Milwaukee police wired that he was under arrest. Officer Maloney came front Milwaukee Thursday night and yesterday afternoon took Carroll back wwftt him, his wife accompanying them, Carroll waiving extradition. Carroll is an expert automobile mechanic and worked for a while at the Mark Schroer garage, later going into partnership with Hugh Kirk and Mr. Schroer under the firm name of Motor Service Co. This firm was recently dissolved, Mr. Schroer withdrawing and Carroll and Kirk retaining the name Motor Service Co., and moving to the room in the rear of Lange's music store. Carroll claims that he is innocent 1 of the charge of stealing the machine and says that it was turned over to him by a relative in payment of a debt which the latter owed him. The auto is now in custody of the sheriff and is being held at the Central j garage. It is said that the number! has been filed off the engine, which j does not look very good. It seems from what Sheriff MeColly Could gather that Carroll was j running a garage in Milwaukee and the business going to the bad he took 1 this car, which had been left there for repairs, and with his wife skipped *ut, and that it was covered by a chattel mortgage there. Whether or not the supposed owner of the car or the holder of the mortgage is behind the prosecution of Carroll we are unable to state, but'Carroll seemed to think he would be able to straighten out the difficulty without much trouble.

Birth Announcements March 23, to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Golden of southeast of town, a daughter. March 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burns, a son. The Beau Bow. The newest in neckwear for men at Hamill’s, of course.

GREAT DAMAGE DONE BY STORM

Which Passed Through Jasper County Tuesday Night. WRECKED BUILDINGS IN WAKE Of Cyclone and Damage Will Reach Many Thousands of Dollars—Man and Babe Killed at Monon and Passenger Train Blown From Track Near Marion.

Another destructive windstorm struck Jasper county at about 10 o’clock Tuesday night and its path of from three to five miles in width was marked by wrecked farm houses, barns and outbuildings, windmills, telephone lines, etc., entailing

a property loss totalling many thousands of dollars. While no lives were lost here, Robert Rector, aged 45 years, said to have formerly resided in Monticello, was killed at Monon w'hen his house w r ag wrecked. Five other people were killed in other parts of the state and a Clover Leaf passenger train of three coaches was blown from the tracks near Marion while running at high speed. Fortunately no one w'as killed in the train Wreck, but the passengers were more or less cut or bruised. The storm seems to have first been heard of over near Kankakee, 111., where a number of houses and barns were wrecked, and it then came on east striking Morocco, Foresman and through the south part of Newton and Marion townships, and thence east through Monon, Logansport and clear across Indiana to the Ohio river, spending its force as it reached the eastern part of the state. While storms of this character are not very frequent in this section of the country, we have for the past few years been visited by about one each season somewhere in this vicinity, but none of them have come quite so early in the spring as this and were usually preceded by a day Or two of quite warm weather. There were no indications Tuesday afternoon or early evening of any seven storm. The forenoon had been but moderately warm and in the afternoon it turned somewhat cooler and the indications were more favorable for snow than for a severe electrical storm with rain, hail and wind. The path of the wind storm is said to have been from three to five miles wide. Farm houses, bams, cribs and windmills suffered most. Many barns and other outbuildings were completely wrecked, while s /me farm houses were badly racked, the roofs partly torn off and many window's broken. The actual duration of the cyclone wind was perhaps not more than one or two minutes.

Following are some of the losses reported in this immediate vicinity. In some cases wind storm insurance was carried and the losses will be made good, but in many others the owngrs Fhemselves must bear the lose.

Over at Foresman the windows were blown out of the general store and considerable damage resulted to the stock of goods. Some houses anil outbuildings were also wrecked there. On the Sommers farm in Jordan tp., occupied by Clarence Pruett, several windows were blowu out of the house and the chimney knocked off, the cupalo blown off the big barn, the barn doors torn off, and the building itself wrenched and left leaning toward the east. At Jay Lamson’s farm his cattle barn and implement shed was completely wrecked, the roof partly torn off the horse barn and one cow was killed.

The Hill farm, occupied by David Shumaker, and at the Lyons and William Washburn farms much damage was done to barns and outbuildings.

•Silos and windmills were quite generally destroyed in the storm’s path, especially the latter. Two windmills on the Washburn farm and one on the Alva McCashen farm were blown over.

John Bill, who now owns and occupies the former Henry Ilaag farm, suffered the destruction of his big barn 30x40 feet and he o had to chop out his six head of horses therefrom. The animals were not injured, however.

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The roof and one side and one end of the barn w’ere torn away, windmill blow r n down and the house racked and windows broken. Mr. Bill had no insurance.

While the buildings at St. Joseph’s college escaped with very little loss, only a little minor damage being done to some of the smaller outbuildings, considerable damage 'vas done farther north and south of the college. At Henry Luers’ place, just south of the Catholic cemetery, his windmill was blown ilat, seemingly about the only damage done there, but from the road running east just north of the Mrs. Ida Pierce san s . on south to Tom Cain’s farm house, every one of the 25 or 30 big new telephone poles put in a few' years ago by the Central Union Telephone Co., w r ere broken off and carried with the wires over into the field, from 50 to 100 feet in some instances. A few shingles were torn off Tom’s house in two or three places. At the James school house, which seemed to be about the southern line

of the storm, the coal house whs completely demolished and the roof and sides of the building scattered about promiscuously. On the J. J. Lawier farms west of town five windmills and two derricks were wrecked together with two barns on the former Hartsell farm, a new building in wfiich - stsred" two carloads of oil meal, the barn on the farm formerly' occupied by' Nick Schmitter, the house and outbuildings badly wrecked on the MonUett farm occupied by David Baier and a 40-foot crib completely wrecked. Andrew Kahler’s big barn was wrecked also. Minor damage is reported to outbuildings in the south part of e.Vvton township, John Rush, Ed Goetz and Philip Paulus being among the sufferers. Mort Ritchey in Jordan tp. had several head of cattle buried by a straw stack, but with the assistance of neighbors dug them all out before morning and saved their lives. Very little damage w T as reported north or northwest of Rensselaer. The Barney Maeinbrook, Joe Borntrager, Arnold and Joe Luers, Joe Adams, W. W. Sage and other farms in that vicinity suffered more or less damage to houses, barns, outbuildings and windmills. The south half of Maienbrook’s corn crib was torn all to pieces, the gable end torn out of his horse barn and a big door from the barn torn to pieces and thrown upon the roof of the house.

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Mrs. N. A. Hendrix Dead.

Mrs. Newton A. Hendrix, aged almost 69 years, died quite suddenly at 12:45 a. m. Thursday at her home on north Van Rensselaer street. She had been in poor health for a year or more since breaking her hip in a fall in February last year, and nearly all of last spring and summer her life hung by a thread, a complication of other ailments having developed, but contrary to all predictions she finally begun to improve and became quite strong once more. Tuesday she accompanied Mr. Hendrix to the farm east of town and contracted a little cold. However, she retired Wednesday night feeling quite well. She awoke her husband about 11:30 o’clock and complained of being ill, but it was not until shortly after midnight that her condition became so alarming that a doctor was called. She passed away before the arrival of the physician

The remains will be shipped to Newman, 111., today, after brief services at the house, where the funeral will be held tomorrow and burial lie made beside her first husband, Jasper Fidler, who died there many years ago.

Mrs. Hendrix was a highly respected lady and leaves beside her second husband to whom she was married in December. 1888, five children by a former marriage. They are Emmet L. Fidler of Jordan tp., Mrs. Charles Hemphill of Rensselaer, .Joseph Fidler of Champaign, 111., W. E. Fidler of Newman, 111., and Dr. Charles R. Fidler of Milwaukee, Wis.

T, A. Crockett a letter Thursday from his daughter, Mrs. G. Perrigo, near Donovan, 111., telling of the wind storm that swept that section Tuesday night. At the Perrigo place the damag-3 was quite general and included the wrecking of the hen house, windmill, wagon, two straw stacks, outbuildings, chimney, three windows in house, and took the roof off an old corn crib. Mrs. Perrigo .said she also lost several chickens, and that they would not be surprised to find some cattle underneath the wrecked straw stacks.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments 0F JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Attorney Jasper Guv was over from Remington on business yesterday. New suits filed: No. 8589. F. M. Walters vs. estate of Thomas Walters, deceased; disallowed claim of s2lo for care of decedent from Jan. 11. 1015, to April 17, 1915, 14 weeks at sls per week. No. 8590, Joseph p. Hammond et al vs. William M. Ivers et al; action to quiet title.

Judge Hanley expected to take up again yesterday afternoon and dispose of the Oliver ditch remonstrance, which begun Wednesday. Remonstrances purporting to contain about two-thirds of the names of the land owners affected had been filed, but in sifting the matter down it is said there are really only about half of the land owners who have remonstrated. Therefore it was apparent yesterday that the improvement would be ordered.

Marriage licenses issued: March 22, Orie Chupp of Rensselaer, aged 24 October 3 last, occupation farmer, to Lorene Anna Schultz, also of Rensselaer, aged 18 February 19 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. March 23, William Hartsoek of Goodland, aged 24 January 30 last, occupation former, to Florence Hudson also of Goodland, aged 22 June 20 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

March 23, John Willard Stock well of Gifford, aged 28 January 19 last, occupation farmer, to Minnie Gertrude McGovern, also of Gifford, aged 27 September 14 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married at the clerk's office by Rev. Fred 11. Beard, pastor of the Baptist church.

ROAD BUILDING IN ILLINOIS

Benton Forsythe Tells How Our Neighbor Over West Is Coming Out of Its Rip Van Winkle Sleep. B. Forsythe returned a few days ago from a business trip over to Springfield, 111., and he tells us that Illinois is waking up very rapidly to the value of improved roads, and 180 miles of brick and concrete roads are to be constructed right away in Champaign county. While twenty other counties are starting the hall to rolling on a grand scale, and at the rate they are starting out it will be but a short time until Illinois leaves Indiana in the rear in improved road mileage, while the quality and durability of the roads is going to be far in advance of ours.

Mr. Forsythe, who is one of the heaviest taxpayers of this county, is an enthusiastic supporter of The Democrat’s suggestion of a trunk line brick highway north and south through Jasper county, and thinks it would be the greatest improvement ever made in the county as well as a matter of economy to the taxpayers. He hopes to see the proposition go through. Illinois, of course, now has “state aid,” and the new roads now being constructed there are built under this plan. Indiana is practically sure to enact a sjmflar law next winter, and the people should urge upon their representatives the importance of passing such a measure—-should pledge candidates in fact, before the election to support practical good roads measures.

Mr. Forsythe talked with the superintendent of the new roads in Champaign county, and says that they are building 10-foot brick roads, the brick laid, in a heavy of concrete for $9,000 per mile. Understand there it Is necessary to prepare a stone bed for the concrete, too, while on the proposed trunk line

north and south through our own county we already have a good bed and with little expense it could be put in shape for the concrete and brick, thus greatly lessening the cost of the complete road. However, Mr. Forsythe thinks a 10-foot road—they hqvq dirt roads at side—is too narrow, and agrees with The Democrat that we should not make our trunk line road less than 14 to lt> feet—The Democrat thinks 16 feet the better and more suitable for a road that would have as much traffic over it as ours.

Let everyone interested in the proposition of a good brick or concrete road north and south through the entire length of Jasper county keep agitating the matter, talk it over with your neighbors and keep the question alive, and it will not be long, with the legislaton we may expect to have passed by the next general assembly of Indiana, until the proposition takes definite shape and we will be among the very first counties In the state to profit tliereb>r

What Has Become of the “Anvil Chorus?” Speaking editorially of the situation. in Mexico, the Indianapolis News says: ‘‘.Many people who were once strong for intervention are now hoping that the capture of Villa may soon be effected, and that our army may then be withdrawn from Mexico. Our people realize how serious w'ould be a campaign for the pacification of the country, and they very naturally shrink from it. The general hope now is that there may be no necessity of undertaking such an enterprise. The job that w r e now have in hand is serious enough.” And, The Democrat would add, it is a good time for those members of the “anvil chorus” who wanted the U. S. to mix in: to show their own patriotism by enlisting, or having their sons do so, as the government has opened many new recruiting stations and Is ealing for men. This suggestion also applies to ltensseloer and Jasper county patriots as well as those from the country at large.

Church notes

Ministerial Association Notes The Ministerial association met Wednesday morning in the -library at a. m. At this meeting it was decided that Sunday, April IC, would he observed at* “(Jo to Church day" in Rensselaer. The mass meeting upon this date will be held in the Christian church at 2:30 p. m. Watch the papers for future announcements. It was also agreed that beginning with April 1 the Sunday evening services should begin at 7:30 instead of at 7 o’clock. In keeping with an established custom and in compliance with the request of the superintenderit of the city schools that the association select one of its number to deliver the baccalaureate sermon,.■Rev. J. Budman Fleming of tlie Presbyterian church was unanimously chosen to deliver this sermon for the graduating class Sunday, May 21. at 8 p. m.

Presbyterian.

Rev. J. Budman Fleming, minister. a. in., public Woryhip and sermon, subject: “Systematic Religion/' 8:00 p. in., musical by the choir. These services are for the public and the pastor and congregation are pleased when they have the privilege of welcoming strangers and those who have no other church home. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings next week, March 29, 30 and 31, the pastor will preach, u.ying the stereopticon to illustrate his sermons.

Steb»on Hats. Spring styles now on display. Also The Trooper,” a $4 hat for $3. A S 3 hat for s 2. -HAMILL & CO.

Upon going to the car in which he had shipped his household effects to Rensselaer from Illinois, H. A. Quinn found several articles had been stolen. It is said the car was perfectly sealed upon Its arrival here, ajnd it is thought local vandals are guilty of the robbery. Others have reported similar losses lately, and it is probable that the Monon detectives. who are said to bfe working on the cases, will soon “make a ‘killing.” *

Vol. XVIII, No. 103

VILLA DEFEATED IN FIGHT WITH CARRANZA MEN

Bandit Flees After Losing Two Battles. U. S. TROOPS IN SKIRMISH? .. is— Rumored That American Forces Under Colonel Dodd Routed Outlaws and Pershing Reported to Have Clashed With Carranzistas. El Paso, Tex., March 24.—Qen. Francisco Villa was attacked and defeated at Santa Gertrudes l>v Carranza troopß, according to a dispatch received by General Gavlra. Carranza commandant in Juarez. General Gavira said he had received authentic information that following the reported skirmish at* Santa Clara earlier in the day. where Colonel Cano's command was said to have defeated Villa, the bandit chieftain was pursued and again defeated at Santa Gertrudes. Villa, the dispatch says, left several dead and wounded on the field, and General Gavjra says 100 horses were captured friim sj[m by the Carranza forces. / From Santa Gertrudes \<kla fled to El Oso, where he Is reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero, district not far from Namtquipa. Other Battles Rumored, Several rumors, none of which could be confirmed, told of armed clashes with Villa by Carranza men and American troopers. One had it that Colonel Dodd’s col-< umn had met Villa and defeated him somewhere south of El Valle. Th» Americans were said to have killed 84i of Villa's followers and driven tho bandits southward. It was said that several of Colonel Dodd’s troopers were killed. All efforts to verify thisi rumor failed. The military authorities! said they had heard nothing about it., It was also vaguely reported that Carranza troops had fought “a pitched! battle with General Pershing’s column! somewhere south of Casas Grandes.”. No substantiation of the report has) been received. This rumor said that four American soldiers were hilled and fourteen wounded. Three hundred Carranzista troops were said to havoi been killed. Herrera Revolt Confirmed.

San Antonio, Tex , March 24. —Gen-| oral Bell at ’sl Paso sent to General] Funston a ’message saying that his (Bell's) report that General Herrera, had revolted has been confirmed. General Funston advised the war department However, about the ' time this ines-| sage was received Sanyad Belden* counsel for Carranza, made public a message which he said he has re-! ceived from General Herrera through General Gavirn at Juarez. The message says; "CbihuahuA 'March 23. — Your telegram received. Deny in rny name,* emphatically, the rumor that the reactionaries have circulated in San Antonio, Tex., saying that I had gone; over to Villa. On the contrary, 1 amj ready to tight him as energetically aa| possible.”

May Be Using Railroad. That General Pershing had taken! over the Mexico >lorthwestern rail-' | road and was operating it wouth of) | Casas Grandes to the Cumbre tunnel! i was considered entirely possible by, 1 by General Funston. ' General Pershing has not reported to me that he has done so, hut 1 believe he may have done so,” said Funston. “Of course he would tlrst obtain the consent of the local Mexican military commander, as the road | Is now under the control of the Mexican war department. ] "As 1 understand it, the road is ln| fair condition for operation between Casas Grandes and the Cumbre tun--1 nel. The explosion in the tunnel which ! wrecked It about a year ago has never been repaired; A switchback is now c mating about the tunnel and threei cars at a time can be handled over it.”i Villa Holds Up Train. El Paso, Tex., March 24.—Garcia Flores, a Spanish merchant of the city of Chihuahua, who arrived here, said that Villa had held up a train on whibh he was traveling, at Moctezuma, 85 miles northeast from Nainiquipa, where the Carranza authorities have insisted the bandit chief was located. Flores is well known in business circles in El Paso.

“When we reached the station we were amazed to see Pancho Villa himself enter, the train. We had supposed he was many miles to the west. He walked through every carriage, declaring that he was searching for Americans and that he would kill any be found. ‘“I am not fighting Mexicans,’ he

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