Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1916 — Page 1
Jasper County Democrat.
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HOSPITAL CONTRACT NOT LET
Bids Considered Too High and Board Will Readvertise. It is Expected. M. V. Brown of Rensselaer and Frank Medland of Logansport, the latter having built the . gymnasium at St. Joseph’s college, were the only two* to bid Monday on the construction of Jasper county’s new hospital, but owing to the bids submitted the board found it would be unable to construct the hospital from thd amount appropriated, $20,000, and rejected both bids. The hospital board will meet again Thursday afternoon and will probably readvertise for bids. This will probably delay the construction 30 days or more. The bpard has not made public what the bids were, but it is said they were considerably higher than expected.
Charles Gallagher Dies After Brief Illness.
Charles A. Gallagher, aged 41 years, died suddenly Sunday as he was about to be taken into a Lafayette hospital for treatment from hemorrhage of the stomach. Mr. Gallagher became critically ill Sunday morning and tvas advised to go to a hospital for treatment. He was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Kellner, and husband of near Remington, and Dr. Sluyter of Wolcott in an awtomobile and seemed to stand the trip very well until the car reached the hospital, when death overtook him.
The remains were shipped to Remington Monday*%nd funeral services will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic church, of which church he was a member, this, Wednesday, morning at 9 o’clock, and burial made in the Catholic cemetery west of town.
Mr. Gallagher was unmarried and was a brother of Harry Gallagher, proprietor of the depot restaurant, Jack Gallagher, also of Rensselaer, and. has a brother Will residing in Baltimore who reached here yesterday to attend the funeral. Another sister lives in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Anthony Gallagher, resides with his daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Kellner. Previous to his death he was working as a teamster at Wolcott. Mrs. John C. Karry Dead. Mrs. Catherine Karry, aged 40 years, 1 month and 20 days, died Saturday evening, following a brief illness from Bright’s disease, at her homp in the northwest part of the city. She had given birth to a son about-eight days ago and that probably had a tendency to hasten her death. Th© funeral services were held at St. Augustine’s Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o’clock, and were in charge of Calkins & Worland. Interment was made in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Karry was a sister of Nick Schmitter, who resides on a farm northeast of Rensselaer. She also leaves to mourn their loss three children, two having died in infancy; a husband, four sisters, three brothers and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Schmitter, of JJelphi, all of whom were present except a brother who lives in Michigan. Mrs. Karry was born in Tippecanoe county in 1876, and was married to Mr. Karry in 1904 at Terre Haute, from which place they moved to Rensselaer last fall.
Francesville Young Lady Announces Engagement.
Miss Margaret Anne Fitzpatrick of Francessville was hostess Monday morning for a pretty 9 o’clock May breakfast, announcing her engagment to George Boyd Porter of Rensselaer. In the dining room there was a centerpiece of yellow jonjuils for the table with yellow streamers extending to each place card. The announcement was made by a card concealed in a yellow May basket filled with daisies, which was given to each guest as a favor. The guest list included nine the bride-elect’s most intimate friends. They were: Misses Ruth Hayworth, Florence R. Noel, Hazel and Blanche Parker, Mary and Julia Hubbard, Lena Ringen, Mrs. John Alkire and Mrs. Raymond J. Ives.
Birth Announcements.
April 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Upjohn of Kalamazoo, Mich., a daughter. The mother was formerly Miss Dorothy Hollingsworth of Rensselaer. April 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Ira Williamson of McCoysburg, a son.
House cleaning time—see those new curtain materials and rugs we have just received. Prices the lowest at ROWLES & PARKER’S.
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. Clerk Perkins started in on his second term of four years Monday, Attorney A. D. Babcock was over from Goodland Monday, looking after matters in court. Attorney Jesse E. Wilson of Hammond was a visitor in Rensselaer between trains Friday evening. Nine marriage licenses were issued last month, against 14 for the preceding month and 12 for the corresponding month of 1915.
The grand jury reported 31 indictments to the clerk Saturday and bench warrants have been issued on same. At this writing they have not been served and we can not therefore give the names of the people indicted.
A petition for a system of stone roads in Newton township along the lines recently published in The Democrat, was filed Monday. The petition was signed by 7 4 resident freeholders and the mileage asked for in the petition is 23.
At the meeting of the county board of education Monday Truant Officer C. B. Steward was re-elected for another term. Nothing was done regarding the election of a county agricultural agent, the matter being in abeyance until Purdue can find a man for the place. There are three ot four other counties ahead of Jasper, but Purdue has two men to fill two of these applications and will soon be in line for Jasper county, no doubt.
We drove out over the new south gravel road through Newton tp. Sunday. This is a very good road, but not a thing has been done to it since it was built, and the ruts are quite deep. Two hours time with a team and a log drag would pull the gravel from the sides up toward the center and fill these ruts, but still it is not done, and the ruts are growing deeper all the time. It is a shame to spend money in building roads and then take no care of them. A gravel road, to be kept in good condition, should be occasionally dragged right after a rain.
The returns had been made by the sheriff yesterday morning on six of the 31 indictments returned Saturday by the grand jury, the arrests having been made in these six cases. The parties were all Fair Oaks people, and four of the indictments were against Udora H. Cottingham, two charging him with permitting minors to play pool; one charging permitting minors to congregate in pool room, and one charging giving liquor to minor. Walter McConnell was indicted on one count— charging gaming, and Milton Gundy on one count charging selling cigarettes to minor.
County Treasurer May had quite a strenuous week, ending Monday, perhaps the biggest week in the history of the treasurer’s office in this county. The totals for Monday’s collections had hot been made up in time for us topublish in this issue, but Monday’s collections were in the .neighborhood of $40,000. The total for the last seven days’ collections ending Monday was nearly $135,000. Last week’s collections were as follows each day:
Monday $10,933.28 Tuesday 11,018.01 Wednesday . .., 10,065.49 Thursday 15,146.76 Friday 22.475.79 Saturday 24.437.33 Total $94,076.66 Following are the proceedings of Monday's session of the county commissioners. The board was also in session yesterday,, and the proceedings of the second day’s session will
THE TWICE-A-WEEK
RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY MAY 3,- 1916
be published in Saturday’s Democrat. Plans and speci fications were *»a pproved and advertisement ordered for the following bridges, bids to be in at June meeting: One in I nion, ibree in Kankakee and six in Wheatfield township. M. B. Price, engineer, was granted further time, until first day of June term, to file report in the Milton Roth ditch. J. W. Phares ditch; no remonstrances filed as to form or substance of drainage commissioners report. Board finds improvement will be of public utility and co/Ts will be less than benefits. 1). S. Makeever remonstrates against assessment and board finds that his lauds will not be benefited. S. A. Brusnahan files remonstrances against. assessment, and board finds that his assessment en sw sw should be reduced S4O. J. L. Babcock files remonstrance and his assessment is reduced to $lO. Ditch ordered established, John E. Alter appointed superintendent of construction, bond $5,000. W. L. Wood and C. M. Sands allowed attorney fee of $75. M. E. Bice ditch; proof of notice filed, notice found sufficent and cause docketed. Bond approved and cause continued for objections. Albert Knovinsky of Demotte was granted a renewal of liquor license, license to date from May 4, for one year.'
Requisition for supplies for poor farm for next quarter examined and approved and notice ordered forbids.
COURT NEWS
This is the last week of the April term of court and the last term before the summer vacation, the next term convening the second Monday in September.
The jury was excused Friday evening until Monday at 11 a. m., but the case of McClelland vs. Lybarger from Porter county, being heard without the intervention of a jury, has occupied the attention of the court both Monday and yesterday, and it was doubtful yesterday noon whether it would be finished yesterday. Some state cases were set for yesterday but they had to wait.
Items from the circuit court docket: Gertrude Schreiber vs. David H. Turner; jury trial, verdict for plaintiff for $75. State vs. Mike Polen; defendant pleads guilty to charge of unlawfully visiting a gambling house and is fined $lO and sentenced to 10 days in jail. Jail sentence suspended during good behavior. J. R. Watkins Co. vs. Ed Longstreth et al: E. M. Laßue, receiver, shows collections of $49.90 and credits of $22, leaving a balance of $27.90 in his hands. Court allows j receiver S2O for his services and directs that $7,90 be applied on costs of this action. Noah A. Stonebraker vs. Ellena Stonebraker; divorce granted plaintiff on default. Richard Gravestock vs. Henry Knip and Andrew J. Granger: cause dismissed as to Knip. Court finds defendant is indebted to plaintiff in sum of $27.80, as evidenced by note, secured by chattel mortgage; that before maturity of note Knip sold property mortgaged to Andrew’ Granger, in violation of covenant of mortgage, and that by reason of said violations plaintiff ks entitled to 'oreclose said mortgage as against Granger fqr amount due, $2 7.80, and $lO attorney fees and Costs. From the Probate Docket. Estate of Grover Smith; Joseph Hilliard, executor, files final settlement. showing charges over and above credits of $5,347.26 and also a note of $60.60 given by Frank Smith, all of which is ordered paid to clerk of court, who is directed to pay certain claims, costs, etc., including $l5O for executor’s services and $l5O to George A. Williams for services as attorney for executor, and out of remainder pay to Grover Smith $668.48; Lottie Smith, guardian. $918.48; Maude Seidler, $918,48; Cora Gibbs and to Cora Gibbs, guardian, and to George Gibbs, $968.48: Mattie Bunch, $668.48; Frank Smith, $607.88, and to deliver aaid note of $60.60 to Frank Smithy Executor released and discharged, estate having been fully administered upon. Trial Calendaf. The following cases have been set fortrial on the dates given: 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.
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HINTS OF AGREEABLE SETILEMENT
' Germany's Reply May Be Expected at Any Hour; Deliberations ' Having Been Completed. ' Berlin, May I. -4 p. m. Via ' London 11: 30 p. m.—Future Ger- ' nmn-Ajnerican relations probably ' can be looked forward to with ' less apprehension. The Assoeiat- ' e<l Press is permitted to make this 'statement although dispatches ' bearing on the nature of the ' German reply to the American ' note respecting submarine warfare have been stopped by the ' censorship. The deliberations at great headquarters have been concluded and Ambassador Gerard will leave this evening for Berlin, ar- ' riving here Tuesday afternoon. The German reply is expected with little delay, but it is considered undesirable that preliminary indications of the nature of the note should be published abroad. 1 May Get Note Today, Copenhagen, via London, May 2.—-2:36 a. ni.—The Politken’s Berlin correspondent understands ' that the German reply to the American note will be delivered Tuesday or Wednesday. Berlin, May 1. —10:15 a. m.— Via London, 9:10 p. m.—Discussions over the answer to the American note continued Sunday at great headquarters without a conclusion being reached, according to advices to the Lokal Anzeiger.
Illinois Concrete Roads Standing Up Well.
We were over to Watseka, 111., Sunday on an auto trip. We wanted to see how the new concrete roadways over about Watseka— of which there were some eight or 10 miles constructed last year—got through the winter. Of course, we had a very mild winter, possibly not a very good test, but we did not see a crack in the concrete at any place and it looked fully as good as when we were over it last September or October. If concrete will ‘stand up” —and it would seem that it should if the road is properly drained and the mixture is put on of sufficient richness and depth—4t_is preferable do brick, as the surface is as smooth as a floor and it is free from dust. The only fault with this particular road, as it seems to us and as we pointed out in our comment last fall, is that it was made too narrow—nine feet wide, we understand—and when the dirt or sandy gravel banking on the sides are wet and soft it makes it difficult to turn off and back onto the concrete when meeting another vehicle. A 1 6-foot roadway would probably cost half more fhan a nine-foot road, but it would be worth the difference. Illinois started in rather late on improved highways, but she is going al it good and strong now and seems to be building roads of the permanent sort, either brick or concrete, having the advantage of its late start o' the experience of other states in I the permanency of road-making material. It will be but a very few years now until ail the more traveled highways of our neighbor on the west will give ’em all cards and spades on good roads, and she certainly has needed them for many yearn.
May Festival Plans. The May festival plans are going ahead enthusiastically and the twonight program promises to be a rare treat musically. The Matinee Musical will have the program on May 11, and it will consist of violin and organ playing, vocal selections and orchestra music. On May 12 the Choral Will give the cantata, “The Rose Maiden,’’ and will be assisted by solo artists from Chicago. Both programs will be given at the Christian church, the admission being 25 and 35 cents, respectively, or 50 cehts season tickets. Tickets may be procured at Long’s drug store or from society members.—Advt. ,— Protect Your Buildings From Lightning By having them properly rodded. Sixteen years experience in the business and never have had a building damaged from lightning that I redded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me orj>hone 135 or 568.—F. A. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts All kinds of garden seeds at RHOADS’ GROCERY. m-20
GENERAL AND STATE NEWS
Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. I ARLEY WILL END TODAY AT JUAREZ Mexicans Downcast at the Refusal of U. S. to Recall the Invaders, El Paso, Texas, May I.—lnformation from Washington that. Secretary Baker had instructed General Scott and General Funston to make it plain to General Obregon that any agreement reached at their conference here must not. be based on any plan for Immediate withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, was received with gravity in Jaurez tonight.
General Obregon refused to comment, saying he would await developments at his next conference'. It was expected the meeting would take place tomorrow. Among other Mexican officials gloom was openly expressed. It was poiifted out that General Obregon had come to the border confident that he could persuade Generals Scott and Funston that the American expeditionary forces should be withdrawn at once. Secretary Baker's instructions to the American conferees were regarded as completely blocking the hopes of tile Mexican minister of war. T-
WILL LET CONTRACT SOON
Remington Methodists Have Raised Over $12,000 for a New,Church. With the large attendance at all services at the Remington Methodist church on Easter Sunday came the definite assurance of a new church when announcement was made that the subscriptions had reached the amount of over $12,000. The day was an inspiration to everyone in attendance. The Sunday school attendance was 4 17, winning the contest over the Brook school with 385. The Easter offering here was $78.92.
At the evening service the house was crowded to the limit and people turned away who came to hear the cantata rendered by the choir. The building of the new church will go forward at once. The quarterly conference on Monday night appointed as building committee: W. L. Gumm, chairman, Chas. W. Brand, A. A. Fell, J. A. Washburn and (’. G. Galbreath. Plans were presented and considered but not accepted. Plans will be determined and offered for construction as soon as possible.—Remington Press.
K. OF C. STATE CONVENTION
Lafayette to Entertain Catholic Order at Annual Meeting. Lafayette, Ind., May 1. Knights of Columbus in Indiana will meet in Lafayette next Sunday for the annual state "convent ioh. The convention will begin with high maws at the St. Boniface church Sunday, followed by the -conferring of the second and third degrees by teams composed of past district deputies, and by a team led by Madison Walsh, state deputy, of Washington. Monday there will be business sessions and a banquet in the evening. Quin O’Brien of Chicago, State Deputy Walsh, Past State Deputy Charles M. Niezer and others will speak. The convention high maes will be celebrated at St. Mary’s church Tuesday by the Rev. Father Lyons of Rushville. The convention ball will be held Tuesday evening.
Tippecanoe County Farmers on Strike Against Milk Firms.
Lafayette, Ind., May 1. —For the first time in the history of Tippecanoe county the farmers have declared a strike. Most of the dairymen who supply milk to the Sanitary M/ilk depot and the Chamberlin Ice -Cream company have revolted against the price schedule of these companies and have refused to furnish any more milk unless they are paid SI.BO a hundred pounds during the summer. Heretofore it has been the rule to reduce the ptice
Paid f u n>rod ucers as soon as May 1 arrivedjiach year. The winter priceis * 1 S<» a hundred, this being maintained for six months,.'~aWThe~sum.; mer price is $ 1.50. Members of the Tippecanoe Dairy association declare no milk will be supplied to the companies until the price of SI.BO is accepted. The dairymen will hold a meeting tomorrow night and they say that if no agreement is reached in the meantime they will organize a co-opera-tive milk tiepot in Lafayette. The two milk companies, said that they received nearly 1,000 gallons of milk today and that there woil+d be no shortage in the supply.
Sheldon Doctor Sentenced.
Dr. Robert J. Mason, formerly of Sheldon, was sentenced to serve from five to seven years in the state prison at (’anon City, Colorado, for his connection with the death of his i naneee, Miss Ruth Merriweather, in Denver last December. Shortly after lie was arrested he was released on bail and returned to Sheldon, where he remained a short time and afterwards going to Decatur, 111., where he was employed in his brother's garage, and from there returned to Denver for trial. Mason, who is an osteopath, met Miss Merriweather, daughter of prominent Denver people, in 'Toledo, Ohio, and they became engaged, although Mason at that time had a wife living in Watseka, 111. They have since been divorced. Dr. Floyd Noble of Denver was tried on the charge of having performed the operation from which Miss Merriweather died, but was acquitted. Letters from his tinaneee which ho thought he had destroyed btft which were recovered from an ashpit in Chicago by a negro janitor, caused Mason’s conviction—Kentland Democrat.
Anti-Tuberculosis Exhibits at Indianapolis Centennial Week.
Indianapolis, May 1. Space at the Indiana Centennial exhibit to be held in the capitol building, Indianapolis, May 10 through to 17, has been secured by the Indiana Society' for the Prevention of Tuberculosis amt is being offered to the 62 active local anti-tuberculosis societies.
Among the interesting exhibits put on by local societies will be a miniature school of Healthwin, St. Joseph county’s tuberculosis sanitarium. The accepted plans of the Marion county tuberculosis sanitarium will be presented to the public for the first time, while Fort Recovery and Boehne camp of Allen and Vanderburgh counties and the state tuberculosis sanitarium will present important illustrative charts of their achievements to date. Community nursing, open air schools, free dispensaries and other educational features of the local campaigns will be shown by various local societies by the use of charts, photographs, stereopt lean slides and moving pictures.
Morocco Man Hues latke County Farmer for $25,000 Damages.
For injuries he received in an automobile accident between Cedar Lake and Lowell last July, Albert Rich, a resident of Morocco, Ind., is asking $25,000 damages from Edward Benton, a wealthy farmer in the southern part of Lake county. The complaint, prepared by Attorney D. E. Boone, alleges that Benton drove his car recklessly at a breakneck speed and collided with the ear in which Rich was driving. The latter has been laid up in a hospital for many months as a result of the injuries he received.—-Hammond Times.
House Kills Phillipine Independence Bill.
Washington, May I.—Sitting as a committee of the whole, the house tonight voted, 193 to 151, to eliminate the provision of the Phillipines bill authorizing the President to grant independence to the islands in four years. This was accepted as meaning defeat for the section on a final vote. On the 18th anniversary of the battle of Manila bay the Phillipine independence bill was taken up in the house by unanimous consent. There was no resort to a special rule.
School Giri, Playing Ball, Falls Dead Running Bases.
Valparaiso, Ind., April 28.—While running the bases in a game of ball at the Aylesworth school near here today, Miss Dusine Jensen, 15 years old, fell dead of heart disease. It was the third sudden fatality in the Jensen family. A sister of the girl was killed by a train a year ago and a. brother met death by ’drowning.
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