Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1916 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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WILIAM HALSTEAD KILLED IN ACCIDENT THURSDAY

Well Known Newton Tp. Farmer Meets Death Under Feet of Frightened Team. William Halstead, one of the .well known Halstead brothers of Newton township, was almost instantly killed at the Halstead homestead at about 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon. He was engaged in hauling corn and the team became frightened and Started to run. He was on the ground at the time and grabbed the animals by their bits but was unable to stop them. He was dragged perhaps 500 feet when he lost his hold and fell to the ground. One of the horses stepped on his head, crushing the skull, and he lived but a very few moments after those who saw the accident reached his side. Dr. Loy was out at the Halstead home to see the aged mother of the unfortunate man, who has been in poor health for a long time and was very bad Thursday. He saw the accident and was one of the first to reach Mr. Halstead’s side. Owing to her critical condition the mother was not informed of the accident and it is probable never will be told. Deceased was 50 years of age December 2 last, and was born in Newton township on the farm where he died. He had never married. He leaves an aged mother and six brothers, Orth, David, Everett and Chester of Jasper county; Rankin of Alabama, and L. S. of Worland Wyo. The funeral will be held at the Church of God Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Rev. J. L. Lindsay of Oregon, 111., conducting the services. Interment will be made in Weston cemetery under direction of Calkins & Worland.

Young Lad Badly Hurt Thursday Over in Milroy Tp.

Warren Kastner, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kastner, who live on the W. W. Sage farm in ‘Milroy tp., met with a "very severe accident Thursday morning about 8 o’clock. He was driving three horses to a plow when the horses became frightened at a ground squirrel and started to run, throwing him off and catching his right leg in the wheel of the plow and badly breaking the limb at the knee, the large bone protruding through the flesh. The horses soon stopped and the boy climbed on the plow and drove about a quarter of a mile to a field gate near the house, where his calls attracted the attention of Trustee Harvey W. Wood, jr., who happened to be at the farm. Drs. Gwin Kresler were called and attended the boy, but the break was so bad that it is feared it will be necessary to amputate the limb. The bone protruded through the flesh about six inches, it is said. The lad passed a very bad night, and yesterday morning it was thought possible he would be taken to a hospital for treatment.

Easter Concert at M. E. Church Sunday Evening at 7:30.

Mrs. M. D. Gwin, organist. Mrs. J. A. Dunlap, director. Prelude—(a) “Allegro Moderate” in G, Hosmer. (b) “Processional to Calvary from the Crucifixion,” J. Stainer. Anthem —“Come See the Place,” Adams. Tenor solo—Mr. Waymire. Bass solo —Mr. Allman. Choir. Prayer. Soprano solo—“ The Resurrection,” by Shelley—Mrs. J. A. Dunlap. Quartet —“Savior, Breathe An Evening Blessing,” Park—Messrs. Allman, Waymire, Hammond, All- • man. Anthem—“ Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace,” West. • Soprano solo —Mrs. Dunlap. Bass solo—Mr, Don Beam. Choir. • Offertory—(a) “Romance” in D, Zitterhart. (b) “Chorus of Angels,” Scotson Clark. (c) “The Enchanted Bells” in A, Haberbier— Mrs. M. D. Gwin. Soprano solo—“ Easter Dawn,” Woodman—Mrs. Paul C. Curnitk. Anthem—“ Praise Ye the Father,” Gounod—Choir. Benediction. Postlude—“ Jubilate Amen,” Kinder.

Hirsh Wickwire Clothes Go to the fine city stores and you’ll find the same clothes here. Get •Hamillized —safety first. Largest stock or harness in Jasper county. Come in, look then: over.—SCOTT BROS.

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 White circuit court will convene Monday. Only one more week in which to pay the spring installment of taxes to avoid delinquency. z Attorneys W. H. Parkinson and Mose Leopold were in Chicago on legal business Tuesday. Former County Commissioner John F. Pettet was down from Walker tp. on business yesterday. Former County Commissioner William Hershman was down from Walker tp. on business Thursday. New suits filed: No. 8609. Charles Peregrine. vs. James McGuire; petition to have defendant declared of unsound mind. E. E. Rockwell and son-in-law, Julius Marion, and Yeppe Hanson were down from Gillqm tp. on taxpaying business Thursday. County Treasurer May sold the $12,400 Fred Baier stone road bonds in Carpenter tp. Thursday to Miller & Co. of Indianapolis at $lB6 premium. Other bidders were: FletcherAmerican National bank, $183.75; J. F. Wild & Co., $137.50; Breed, Elliott & Harrison Co., $155.

Charles Scott, superintendent of construction, sold the T. M. Callahan stone road contract Tuesday to Charles Kain at $15,485. This road runs north from Gifford and except for about one mile on the north will give us, when completed, a continuous stone road to Wheatfield and thus on to other points north and east. Edmond von Kaenal, a steeplejack, who painted the flag staff on the court house here and the water tank at St. Joseph’s college some two years ago, was killed in Chicago Tuesday when a 100-foot smoke--stack upon which he was at work buckled carrying him beneath it to the roof below. He was known over the country as a very daring climber.

A township trustee, under the statutes of Indiana, may change the location of a township high school without consulting the wishes of the patrons Of the school, according to the decision of the appellate court, Wednesday, in affirming a decision by the Shelby circuit court against George W. Parker and taxpayers of Buck Creek township, Hancock county, who brought suit to enjoin the sale of bonds for construction of a high school building at a new location in the township.

Sheriff Hamilton was out in Gilboa Monday summoning witnesses before the Jasper county grand jury, which is in session this week at Rensselaer. The “Good Citizens League” of Remington have got busy! again and we are told another clean! up of “poker joints” and “blind j tigers” will result from the grand jury investigations. Altogether over 100 citizens of the town and vicinity have been summoned and it is said some of the law violators will be handed a package that they will not soon forget. It is rumored that some of the most prominent citizens of the town may have an opportunity of explaining some of the “goings on” in their places of business. Some of the leading citizens are trying to put the “soft pedal” on the “Good Citizens League,” but they are determined to go the limit, regardless of whom''the “shoe fits.”— Bent-on Review.

Geo. E. Collins Elected Secretary of Democratic County Organization. ,

At a called meeting of the Democratic County , Central committee Wednesday, George Collins was elect-

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916

ed secretary in place of B. N. Fendig, resigned. < hairman Welsh announced the names of Ellis Jones of Remington, L. Strong and N. S. Bates of Rensselaer, F. R. Erwin of Fair Oaks, and Frank W. Fisher of Kankakee tp., as his appointees as members of the organization s executive committee, and the committee endorsed such appointments by the chairman. The committee appointed Chairman Welsh of Jordan tp. and Sam Scott of Barkley tp. to fill the vacancies in the county delegation to the state convention, which will be held next week. Through a misinterpretation of the hour given in the notes for writing out the notices for Wednesday’s meeting, it was sent out for 10 a. m., when it was intended to have been 1 p 7 in. The committee voted to hold future meetings as called on Wednesday afternoons as the most convenient time during the week for all the members to attend. There was a good representation out to the meeting.

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Rev. Paul C. Curnick, pastor.—Sunday school, 9:30 a. in..; special Easter program, 10:45 a m., baptism of children, sermon, subject: ‘•The Resurrection of Christ”; Junior league, 2 p. m.; Epworth league, 6:30 p. m.; sacred concert, 7:30 p. m.

Rev. J. Rudman Fleming, minis-ter.-—9:30 a. m. Sunday school. Come with the children and take pan in the study of the Word. 10:15 a. m.- morning worship and sermon, subject: ‘ The Resurrection the Final Proof”; 4:00 p. in. Easter cantata. The resurrection will be the thought of the day and all of the services will help to emphasize this one great fact of history. Children will be baptized and believers received into church membership. ‘‘l could ill spare the happiness of believing in a continuing existence. Indeed I would say that they are dead for this life also who hope for no other.”-—Goethe.

St. Augustine’s Church Notes. Easter Sunday, the festival of the resurrection of Our Lord from the dead, is the principal feast of the ecclestical year. St. Leo has called it the “feast of feasts” and said that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter. It is the oldest feast of tiie Christian church, the connecting link between the Old and the New Testaments. The joyous character of the time besides the adorning of the church and altars with and lights is marked in the service of the church by the constant repetition of the word “alleluia,” ( the Hebrew cry of joy meaning “praise the Lord.") During Easter time the paschal candle is lighted on Sundays and holidays during high mass and vespers, and in primitive ages the newly baptized converts came to church in white robes which they did not lay aside for a week. The keeping ofi other feasts ends with their octaves,! but that of Easter lasts till Pentecost, full 50 days. All movable feasts are calculated from Easter while Easter itself has no fixed date; it is the Sunday after the first full moon following March 21; as a result the earliest date of ! Easter is March 22 the latest is i April 25. J The order of services will be as follows: Early mass with sermon at S o’clock. The Catholic Order of Foresters will receive holy communion at this mass. The children will sing the following songs, “Christ the Good Is Risen Today,” “Today He’s Riken,” “Hail the Holy Day of Days.” Rosary, sermon and high mass at 10 o’clock. The choir will render the following music: B. Mamma, “Vidi AqUam”; Stehle’s Missa, “Salve Regina”; Battmann offertory, “Haer Dies”; Kneuhoff, “O Salutaris”; Kneuhoff, “Tantan Ergo”; “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” by the Congregation.

And buy an all wool blue serge suit w’ith two pair trousers for $5.75, actual worth $7. It pays to be Ham-. Illized.

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GENERAL ANU STATE 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. Van Nuys Is Candidate. Indianapolis, April 19.—Fred Van Nuys, Indianapolis, formerly of Anderson, tonight authorized the announcement that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant-governor. He was Democratic floor leader at the last session of the state senatp.

Barnhart Is Besieged.

Washington, April 19.—Representative Henry A. Barnhart of the 13th Indiana district, has received during the last 4 8 hours telegrams from Laporte, Lafayette and other places in Indiana, asking if he intends to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for senator before the Indiana state convention next week. In every instance he is replying: “Have made no plans to enter senatorial race.”

Court Stops Alleged Conspiracy.

Hammond, Ind., April 19.—A conspiracy to mulct railway corporations of damages, planned by Fred Huff, was alleged in Judge Reiter's court here today when the court took a suit from the jury in which Huff and Sarah Henley sought to collect damages from the Erie railroad for two horses killed at a crossing. It was charged that the plaintiffs bought old horses and permitted them to be killed by fast trains, then asked for heavy damages.

Monon Makes Change in Manner of Paying Men.

A radical change has been announced by the officials of the Monon railroad in the manner the employes of the road in this city receive their semi-monthly pay> For years the shopmen have received their checks from the timekeepers at the shops and the trainmen and enginemen have received their checks at the Salem street office. The checks are made payable at the Merchants’ National bank and ft has been the custom of the shop employes to send their checks to the bank for payment or cash them with some business man that they do business with. Under the new rule the Monon employes who are paid next Tuesday will be handed their checks at the Monon Y. M. C. A. and the Merchants’ National bank will have a clerk there with the money to cash the checks. There will be no extra charge for the service. The bank is furnishing the clerk free of charge to the men and the railroad company. The clerk from the bank will remain at the Y. M. C. A. building from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., giving the more than 700 Monon employes | time to secure their checks and have them cashed. The pay roll of the Monon in Lafayette amounts to about $20,000 semi-monthly.—Lafayette Journal.

The Weather Man Is Still Obstinate.

The weather still continues quite un favorable for growing crops. A little rain came Tuesday night and quite a bit more fell Wednesday night, but the high winds on the following days soon dried the ground and the rain did not do very much good as a result. A very heavy wind preceded the rain about 7 o’clock Wednesday evening and some little damage was reported over west of town, the greatest being that of blowing down the silo on Dr. Hansson’s farm. One of the window glasses was blown in on the third floor of the K. of P. building in Rensselaer and houses trembled in the force of the gale. Yesterday was considerably cooler, the mercury at 11 o'clock standing at 50 degrees.

Big Day Planned at Closing of Jordan Tp. Schools.

John Kolhoff, trustee of Jordan tp., has received the promise of John O’Connor of Rensselaer to address

the pupils oi Union. Raymond and Reed schools atthe Union school house next Saturday, the closing day of the school term in Jordan tp. Mr, O'Connor will < ell the pupils of his many experiences gained in his tour around the world while serving in the U. S. navy. A big dinner will also be one of the features, of the day's program. Mr. O'Connor said that 46 years ago yesterday was also Good Friday, but that it fell on April 15,1870, or the day that he returned from his trip around the world.

Petition for Stone Roads In Union Township.

Petitions for a system of stone roads in Union tp. are being circulated and it is expected to have them ready for filing at the May meeting of the county commissioners. One line starts at the township line at Virgie and runs thence south to Rosebud church, thence one-half mile east and thence one mile south to township line. Another line starts at the stone road near the C. & E. I. railroad tracks at Fair Oaks and runs two miles east, thence three miles soutJh to Parr, thence two miles east to Rosebud where it connects with the first mentioned road. Still another road is included in the system and runs from Aix two miles south to the township line. This system of proposed roads will pretty well cover Union tp. on the principal traveled roads, both east and west and north and south.

COURT NEWS

The grand jury was excused Thursday until Saturday, April 29. Np indictments were reported in court, but it is generally believed that a number of indictments were found and that the adjournment was for the purpose of allowing the prosecutor time to prepare the bills for the signature of the foreman of the grand jury. Items from the circuit court docket: Roth ditch; amended report filed and time given for filing objections and remonstrances. Daniel L. Speicher ditch; superintendent reports letting contract to W. L. Lewis, and contractor’s bond approved. F. Guy Barnard ditch; cause docketed, remonstrance filed March 7 found to be insufficient. Time given for objections. Union Central Life Ins. Co. vs. John Herr et al; judgment on default for $2,304.70. J. J. Hunt appointed receiver and files bond. Leona V. Tribby vs. John B. Lattimore et al; Lizzie M. Lattimore files doctor’s certificate and asks for continuance. Cause continued and cause reset for fourth Thursday. American Agricultural Chemical Co. vs. .John Herr: defendant files answer in eight paragraphs. Elizabeth Healy vs. Alma Pauly et al; court finds lands not susceptable to partition without injury to owners. Alonzo Healy, appointed commissioner to sell, bond SSOO. Ordered sold at private sale, onethird cash, one-third nine months, one-third 18 months. To be sold at office of .1. H. Chapman after notice. C. G. Spitler and P. R. Blue appointed appraisers and report value of property at S3O. Charles R. Peregrine, adm., vs. estate of Samuel McGuire; answer heretofore filed is withdrawn and Alfred If. McGuire, Leona Mortensen, Katherine W. Showman, Frances E. McGuire, Clara Cullen, Margaret Valette, Emily T, McGuire and W. .J. Cullen file answer in one paragraph.

Trial Calendar. The following cases have been set for trial on the dates given: April 24. State vs. Gordon. State vs. Short. Lowman vs. Wasson estate. Schultz vs. Nichols estate. April 25. State vs. Weiss. State vs. Polen. \ State vs. Policy. Paxton vs, Shindeler et al. Cooper vs. Crain, April 2C>. State vu. Weiss. April 27. Miller & Hart vs. Ven Reekjf Linton vs. Hollingsworth. Oliver vs. Grimm et al. Schreiber vs.. Turner (2 cases). April 28. Smith vs. Baker. Johnson vs. Smalley et al. May 1. McClelland vs. Lybarger. Am. Agri. Chemical Co. vs. Herr. May 2. Hintz vs. Fess. State vs. Gundy. State vs. Rice. Walters vs. Walters estate. May 3. Boyle vs. Meyers. Faylor vs. Faylor et al. May 4. Infield vs. Meyers & Hart. Leonard vs. Mack et al. Gunyon vs. Gunyon estate. R. A 15. Fashion Clothes Worn by the best dressers in the big towns. Sold by Hamill & Co. to the good dressers of Jasper county.

Birth Announcements

April 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bristow of east of Renselaer, a son.

BREAK WITH GERMANY AT HAND

Final Word Spoken By U. S. In Submarine Matter NOW RESTS WITH BERLIN Whether Diplomatic Relations Will Be severed—Von Bernstorff Advises His Government to Make Concessions. Washington, April 20.—The United States government, having said its last word to Germany in the submarine controversy, turned today with grave expectancy to Berlin, where rests the decision whether the imperial government shall abandon its present methods of submarine warfare or break with Washington. President Wilson probably will wait at least until the end of the week for Germany to reply to his virtual ultimatum, which declares the intention of the United States to sever diplomatic relations unless the Berlin government "immediately” gives up the use of submarines against commerce and squares her submarine policy with the principles of humanity and international law No time limit was set in ihe communication, but the President is known to hold the opinion that three or four days would be a reasonable period to allow Germany for a decision. If none is forthcoming within a reasonable time, the step accomplishing a break in relations with all its grave possibilities, will be taken. Count von Bernstorff, Germany’s ambassador, would receive his passports and American Ambassador Gerard at Berlin would be instructed to come home. .<

The congress assembled today. Impressed with the deep significance of the President's action. The dispassionate words in which Mr. Wilson yesterday told a joint session of the house and senate of his purpose took on a fuller space of meaning which in the note to Germany, almost identical with the address in outline and phrase, revealed in what unmistakable terms the government had declared itself.

U. S. AWAITS KAISER'S REPLY

Crisis With German Government Is Lera Acute. Washington, April 21. —With the arrival in Berlin of the American note on Hubmarine warfare President Wilson is awaiting a reply to his demand that the German underwater campaign be conducted in accordance . with international law, threatening a diplomatic breach for failure to meet the American view. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, went to the state department for a conference with Secretary Lansing. The ambassador and the secretary of state were together for 25 minutes. After the meeting it was learned that German diplomats regard the receipt of a reply from Germany within two or three days as physically impossible.

It was thought a reply could not be received here before ten days. It was pointed out that Easter Monday is a holiday in Germany and that necessary consultations of officials would cause almost another week to elapse before the German decision could be transmitted. Ambassador von Bernstorff refused to discuss h’s conversation with Secretary Lansing, but indicated his call was not prompted by the arrival of instructions from his government. The ambassador also discussed the arrest in New York of Wolfe von I gel, secretary of former German Military Attache Captain von Papen. Regarding the hope held by German officials here. for an amicable settlement, one official described the prospect as a ’’toss-aip.” ... , Secretary Lansing explained in detail to the German ambassador the position of the United States and is understood to have' expressed the sincere hope that the attitude of the German government would be so adjusted as to meet the position taken by the United States. The ambassador was understood to have informed the secretary of the details of a message he.sent to his

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