Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sale Bates. The Democrat has printed, bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, April 11, John G. Hayes, 9 miles north and 1 mile east of Rensselaer. General sale, including 9 head of horses, 14 head of cattle, some shotete, implements, etc.

COURT COXVENFS MONDAY

Grand Jury Is Called for First Thursday and Petit Jury Third Monday. w The April term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. We are to have a grand jury at this term, and it is called to meet on the first Thursday. The petit jury is called for the third Monday. This is the last term of court before the summer vacation. Following are names and townships from which the grand and petit'jurors are drawn: GRAND JURORS. Amos Alter Union Louis C. Hooker Milroy Frank E. Biggs Marion E. D. Bellows ..Carpenter Brook Snedeker. . . . .Hanging Grove Homer DeFries .Keener PETIT JURORS. Henry Wagner Wheatfield E. J. Randle Marion Charles W. Markin .Barkley J. W. Phelps ....Remington John Frey, jr ....Carpenter Kenton Parkinson Barkley Robert Yeoman . . , .Newton Joseph Nagel Marion James Rogers Gillam Charles Weiss Newton John W. Ryan Gillam Joseph Luers Parr

Former Resident Dies at Marion, Ohio.

Mrs. Mary Lynch Sayler, wife of B. L. Sayler, formerly of Newton tp., died Thursday night at Marion, Ohio, aged 63 years. For a long time Mrs. Sayler had been a sufferer from cancer of the stomach. She and Mr. Sayler moved to Marion two years ago, her daughter, Mrs. S. F. Wolfinger, residing there. Mrs. Sayler also leaves two sons, Mark and Jesse, of Mitchell, So. Dak. The funeral was held at Marion Sunday.

Rescuers Are Located.

The Rensselaer young men who rescued the Lafayette gentleman after his auto accident west of Remington. March 13, were James H. S. Ellis, Grover Mackey and Vern Hopkins. P. A. Scheldt, of 1500 Underwood street, Lafayette, was the gentleman who had the accident, and he wrote The Democrat, as stated in our Saturday issue, to learn their names, saying that he would like to reward them in some way for their assistance.

This Issue of The Democrat One Day Earlier Than Usuel.

This issue of The Democrat) goes to press one day earlier than usual on account of Wednesday being “Sale Day” and to accommodate several advertisers who could not get in for the Saturday issue. It therefore reaches its readers on Tuesday morning instead of Wednesday, as usual. A $2.00 kid shoe for ladies in button or lace, new high toe, medium toe, Sale Day per pair $1.69 at ROWLES & PARKER S.

Your Choice of either the Orange Judd Farmer „ i or the Woman’s World FREE On Sale Day Only To all new subscribers or renewals of subscription to The Jasper County Democrat

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. The county commissioners and county board of education met Monday. Frank Goff, jr., of Fair Oaks, who has been in the Longcliff asylum at ■ previous times, has been recommit-j ted to that institution, the papers having been sent in Saturday. Pending the taking of him aw r ay he is confined in jail here. New suits filed: No. 8594. Babcock & Hopkins vs. John Hansson; action for an accounting. Demand 12,660 No. 8595. Albert S. Keene, adm.i i of estate of Mary Clark, deceased, vs. Harmon S. Clark et al; petition to sell real estate. Marriage licenses issued: March! 31, Bryan Odom of Medaryville, aged 19 February 17 last, occupation! farmer, to Mary Marguerite Pullins of Gillam tp., aged 18 August 25 j last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under, age his father, Charles Odom, files consent to issuance of license Married in clerk’s office by Rev. John Sebring. Circuit court items from Kent'and Democrat: Charles C. Baker vs. George V. Baker of Roselawn; action for divorce filed Wednesday. Andrew' J. Granger vs. George H. Gifford et al, on mechanic’s lien; cause venued from Jasper county, evidence heard yesterday and matter of decision taken under advisement. Matie McDaniel of Goodland was granted a divorce Wednesday from her husband, Otis McDaniel. In her complaint for such decree plaintiff stated that she and defendant were married in Logansport August 16, 1913: shortly thereafter they moved to Royal Center. Ind., and resided there until May 23, 1915. w r hen they moved to Goodland. Then she alleged that soon after their removal to Royal Center defendant’s treatment of her became violent and inhuman: that on divers occasions he slapped and struck her, using profane and vulgar language in addressing her: that notwithstanding such treatment she endured and lived with him until the 6th of last December, and that he, soon thereafter took his departure from the town of Gootltand. Dtieudant defaulted at call of case for trial and, on plaintiffs testimony, the divorce was granted.

E. C. FIELD DEAD

Vice-President and General Solicitor of Xonon Railroad Buried Yesterday. Word was received here Sunday of the death of E. C. Field, vicepresident and general solicitor of j the Monon railroad, at his home in' Chicago at 1:30 o’clock that afternoon. Mr. Field has been general counsel for the Monon since 1889 and has been the company’s vicepresident for more than 10 years. Most of his life was spent in Indiana and he was judge of the Lake county circuit court for 12 years before going to Chicago. He was one of the best known railroad men! and ranked among the foremost! lawyers in the West. He always was active in Republican politics and twice was sent to national convention.-? from Indiana. Burial took place at Grown Point, Ind., yesterday. Mr. Field had been in failing health for several weeks, brought on by an attack of the grip. He returned front Florida two weeks ago because of his failing condition. Judge Field was quite well known in Rensselaer where he has frequently been the guest of his portege, H. R. Kurile, now president of the Monon, and attended the banquet here last summer at the Presbyterian church parlors given President Kurrie by the Rensselaer Retail Merchants’ association.

Otterbein Grain Elevator Sold to Farmers.

Contracts and papers have been drawn up between W. W. Evans &

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1916

Son and the Farmers’ Grain company, both of Otterbein, transferring the grain and coal business of the former to the latter. The sale price , was not made public. The Farmers' Grain company had made plans and purchased the White property with the intention of erecting a new warehouse, but bought the Evans house in preference. W. W. Evans & Son purchased the business in the fall of 1910 from the Htirrington Grain company, who ha,d succeeded the firm of Duffy & Harrington. Lee Evans is the manager of the Evans & Son company. The Farmers’ Grain company will take possession of the business May 1. The company is composed of a hundred or more farmers and the officers in active charge are John Fowler, president; J. D. Maddox, secretary; J. W. Moore, treasurer. —Oxford Gazette.

WILL DEBATE QUESTION

Of Location of Proposed New High School in Union Tp. The last township institute of the season will be held in Fair Oaks next Saturday, and it will be quite an event. An all day’s session will be held and plans are to make it very interesting indeed. A big dinner will be given at the school house. A good program has been arranged and also the question where the proposed high school should be located, whether at Fait* Oaks, Parr or in the center of the township, will be debated. Several good speakers are expected from different parts of the township, and this debate will be an interesting feature of the day’s program. A big attendance is anticipated, as a general invitation is extended everybody to come and bring baskets of food for the big noonday dinner.

ANOTHER BIG SALE DAY HERE

Rensselaer Merchants Will Offer Special Inducements for Bargain Hunters Today. Another special sale day will be held in Rensselaer this Wednesday under the auspices of tne Rensselaer Merchants’ association at which time hundreds of special bargains will be offered to draw trade here on that day. The special bargains are varied and it will pay people to come a long distance to purchase supplies here this Wednesday. In order to accommodate the many advertisers The Democrat is printing an 8-page paper today, and it will pay its readers to carefully peruse every advertisement and learn what merchants are putting on special bargains ffer this sale. Read the ads and then make your preparations to come to Rensselaer this Wednesday and lay in y<jur supply at the great money-sav-ing prices quoted.

Aged Mother of Mrs. M. E. Drake Dead.

Mrs. Ellen Maloney, aged 80 years, died at 2 a.- m. Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Drake, after an extended illness. She suffered a paralytic stroke seven'years ago from which she never fully recovered. She was the mother of seven children, Mrs. Mary Drake and Maurice Maloney of just south of Rensselaer, Mrs. Charles Madling of Monon, John, James and William of Chicago, and a daughter, Etta, deceased. Mrs. Maloney was a native of New York state, having been born at Syracuse. Her husband, James Maloney, died 4 2 years ago. The funeral was held at St. Augustine’S Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o’clock and the body was shipped to Chicago for interement.

< 'aid of Thanks. We desire to extend our heartfelt j thanks to the friends and. neighbors; for their many acts of kindness and j sympathy shown through the illness and death of our beloved husband and father.—MßS. A. J. FREELAND AND CHILDREN. H. R. Lange has taken over the Singer sewing machine agency here and all payments should be made to him in the future. —Advt. The Motor Service company has dissolved partnership and all bills and accounts are payable to M. J. Schroer.—-M. J. SCHROER. ts One-pound can Club House Ozark brand 30c coffee, Sale Day per pound 23c at ROWLES & PARKER’S. Tea spoons that will wear, at Jessen’s, Sale Day, 6 for 98c. See ilie Xtra Special Bargains at FKXDIG'S Exclusive Shoe Store.'

FEAR ESCAPE OF VILLA MAY MEAN LONG CHASE

Army Men at Capital Doubt Early Capture, hut U. S. Officials Are Hopeful. Washington, April 2. —Hope for the early capture of Villa still prevails in official quarters, but some of the seasoned army campaigners here fear the failure to take him at Gerrero may result in a long chase. Today brought no news to the war department of the Villa hunt. Admiral Winslow, repotting to the navy department today on conditions along the west Mexican coast, said that although the situation at present was quiet there were signs of unrest among the natives, particularly in the vicinity of Guaymas and Toi^tqbampo. The war department received official notice Friday afternoon that Col. Dodd's cavalry troop of 400 horsement had surprised Villa and 500 of his followers in camp at 6 a. m., the Wednesday previous and in the “brush” that followed 31 “greasers” were slain and several prisoners taken. Four members of the attacking party were slightly wounded only. The Villa gang was put to flight and were pursued for five hours by Col. Dodd’s cavalrymen. Villa himself, js was stated, who had been wounded in the hip and knee in some other mix-up, was hurried away in a light carriage and made his escape at the time. No further official news has been received, but it was hoped that Col. Dodd’s men had been able to catch the much-wanted bandit, and unofficial rumors had it Monday that this was a fact, but it is generally doubted. The distance aw T ay from and the diffiulty in the means of communication with his superiors is given as the cause of delay in the “brush” of last Wednesday, and the lack of official news from the American forces since that time.

INJUNCTION IS ASKED FOR

To Enjoin Building of New Court House in Carroll County at Delphi. An injunction has been asked in ,the circuit court of Carroll county to restrain the board of commissioners, County Auditor Good and Treasurer Lish from letting the contract. for the construction of a new court house at Delphi and from issuing bonds to cover the cost of construction. The commissioners recently ratified the order to construct the court house at Delphi, which is now the county seat. The new building was to cost about $170,000 and the contract was to have been let April 14. The injunction suit was filed by citizens of Monroe township. Flora, a small town in Monroe township. desires to be the county seat and is expecting to put up a big fight against the present capital.

Feeding Milk to Pigs Rather Than Sell It to Chicago Distributors.

Aurora, 111., April 2. —Dairymen of Kane, McHenry and Will 'counties are feeding more than half a million quarts of milk a day to the pigs on their farms since the strike of the milk producers was declared. George H. Keller of Batavia, secretary of the Kane County Milk Producers’ association, said today the cream is being separated from the milk and shipped to Chicago, and rather than sell the milk at the price offered by the various milk distributors the dairymen are feeding it to the swine. “A milk shortage will be felt in Chicago about Tuesday or Wednesday,’’ Secretary Keller said today. “The distributors have a surplus on hand which is keeping the city supplied, but in another day it will be used up. At the present time less than half the u.sual amount is being shipped into Chicago from this district. I expect the sti.ke to last at least a week,” At the Kee & Chappel plant in Batavia only 4,000 pounds of milk was delivered today. The usual daily delivery is 25,000. There was no trouble at the distributing plants in this territory today.

Prominent, Lafayette Democrat Dead.

Lafayette, Ind., April I. —William Kleiri, 56 years old, for 30 years in business in Lafayette, died today, after a short illness of pneumonia. He was born in New Albany. He bad been prominent in Democratic politics in Tippecanoe county for 20 years and was for some time president of the Jackson club. He also served as president of the Retail Merchants’ association. He is survived by a widow and five children.

GENERAL AND SIATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Tornado Victim Succumbs. Lafayette, lnd., April I.—Florence Erwin, ihe 7-weeks-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erwin of Monon, who was terribly injured in the tornado of a week ago, died late last night. When the storm struck the Erwin home, the child was blown from its mother's arms and hurled a distance of more than 190 yarls, landing on its head in a stubble field. Tlie child was found by the parents when the burning home lighted the vineinity,

Discus Kills Elkhart Boy at First Track Practice.

Elkhart, Ind., March 31.—Struck by a discus thrown by another high school student while practicing events, Walter Lloyd, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lloyd, late this afternoon suffered a skull fracture, which resulted fatally in less than an hour. The hoy was with a crowd of other boys watching the first tryout of the season. The discus was thrown by Lowell Flickinger, who nearly eollapsed as the result of the accident. Lloyd was a freshman in the high school. „

RAILROAD COMPANY

Dismisses Engineer Hess, as a Result of Ainherst Wreck. Cleveland, Ohio, April 2.—-En-gineer Herman Hess has been dismissed by the New York Central railroad, it was learned today, as a result of the wreck Wednesday at Amherst. He is held responsible for the disaster by the railroad. Towerman Albert Ernst, one of the chief witnesses at the federal and state inquiry into the accident, will be retained, as will Flagman Perry Beach, exonerated by General Superintendent A. S. Ingalls from the charge that he did not properly flag Hess’ train. The investigation of the Amherst horror will be continued tomorrow, when signal experts for the interstate commerce commission and the state public utilities commission will go to the Wreck scene and begin a thorough test of the entire signal system involved in the disaster.

SHORTENING OF PERIOD

Of EnlLshment Exacted to Make Army More Attractive. Washington, April 2.—When congress disposes of military legislation this session the new recruit will! find himself called upon to serve only one or two years with the colors instead of three years, the present requirement. A short enlistment period, from the American viewpoint, has come to be considered one of the most vital elements in army organization The house, against the protest of Chairman Hay of the military com-! mittee decreed that a recruit could be discharged after one year’s serv- 1 ice if his commanding officer thought he had attained a requisite proficiency in arms. The Chamberlain: bill, now before the senate contains this provision, and in addition reduces from three years to two years the active enlistment period, provided the enlisted man wishes to I serve uo longer with the colors. A short enlistment period, accord-! Ing to its advocates, will make the army more attractive, because the recruit will bind himself to abstain from industrial pursuits for only a comparatively short period. There are many men who re-enlist, not because they love the army, but because, at first glance, it appears to be the only thing they are fitted to do. This tends to make professidma! soldiers. v-C

•eThe view which is being accepted by a large number of members of congress is that a short enlistmentperiod will allow the standing army to be kept at a maximum and at the same time there will Sow through this training school a constant

stream of men who will return to civilian life, familiar with the practice of arms, but not so used to military life that they will hestltate to resume civilian activities.

In the centennial Spot Light.

Starke county is arranging to hold a centennial celebration jointly with the - county educational day sometime in June. • A collection of White county souvenir centennial day programs, made by the school children in connection with ihe county observance day, has been received front Chairman W. 11. Hamelle. Strikingly original and artistic, they speak highly of the work of the White county schools. In Evansville Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon issues the S. O. S. call for 20 beautiful women to assist in their local celebration. May 10-11. They must be tall, statuesque, graceful and beautiful of form and face. A. pageant illustrating the history of the state from the Mound Builders I down to the Civil war will be given on the first night, and on the second night the story of the state down to the present will be illustrated. Encouraging reports coming in from Mrs. H. HL Thompson and Miss Lulu Miesse of Noblesville announce that the Noblesville schools, the local council of women and churches are all active and arranging plays and exhibits illustrating the country’s growth. This is all preparatory to the centennial celebration that is to be held in September. The entiro history of the county will then be dramatized and presented in pageant form.

The state park movement is rapidly growing. Among other organizations that are actively backing it are the 1). A. R. chapters. The Crawfordsville chapter has just donated $.lO to the cause. Others will follow. The first cash subscription, s2l, came from the alumni of Marshall high school. Their proximity to the Turkey Run region stimulates this sort of a spirit. Hoosier “exiles” in distant cities are also assisting and individual subscriptions to the extent of SI,OOO have been made. J. P. McLaughlin, the local representative of the Selig-Polyscope company announces that patriotic men, women, boys and girls will have an opportunity to assist in the “making” of Indiana history. Many of the 210 scenes to be staged will require over 1,000 people, and the characters must all be real Hoosiera and willing to obey orders. Costumes and make-ups will be furnished by the Selig-Polyscope company. Address all communications to .1. P. McLaughlin, 514 American Central Life Building. Indianapolis. Mrs. Charles Buckley, centennial chairman of Carroll county, reports some interesting incidental features in preparation for the celebration I to be held at Delphi, August 9 to 12. There will be an old-time debate, a spelling school, singing school, a visit from the country doctor, a church service conducted by the old circuit rider, old-time dances in the street in the evening, and a veritable gypsy outfit. Mrs. Buckley will card wool this spring and will have real spinning on the street Stage .each afternoon. There will be an ■ old-time log cabin erected on the i corner of the court yard that the I children may see a real pioneer home. On the porch in front of the cabin on an old stand will he a register in which the hundreds of visitors will be expected to place their (■ names, especially those from a distance. Little children in old-time costume will play about the cabin. ! Men will come in with coon skins to (barter for necessaries. In short | everything possible will be done to , reproduce the real pioneer atmosI phere.

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Birth Announcements.

Aptli; 1, to Mr. and Mrs. William Clarion of Barkley tp., a son. See the Xtra Special Bargains at FEMHG’S Exclusive Shoe Store.

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