Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — Page 6

Happenings of die World Tersely Told

European War News German troops in a salient projecting toward the town of Vermandovillers, south of the River Somme, have been cut off by the French forces, it ■was stated in the German official statement Issued at Berlin. • * • Two Americans have been killed in the Avenue Georges Henri, Brussels, by German gunfire directed against British aeroplanes, according to the Amsterdam Echo Beige. • * * 7 German casualties from the beginning of the war to the end of September were 3,556,018, according to an official British compilation given out at London. * • * Brig. Gen. Philip Howell has been killed in action, says a dispatch from London. He was only thirty-nine years old, and had had a distinguished career In India. • • • The total British casualties on all fronts for the week just ended are announced by the war office at London to have been 22,852 of ail ranks, killed, wounded and missing. • • • The Dutch government, it was learned at The Hague, on the basis of facts already ascertained, will immediately ask Germany to explain the sinklag of the Dutch steamer Bloomersdijk In the Atlantic off the New England ooast i • • • Italian troops fighting in the Carso region, southeast of GoritZj have resumed their march toward capturing several lines of Austrian trenches and more than 5,000 prisoners, says the official statement issued by the Rome war office. • * • * Athens reports that Vice Admiral Dartige Du Fournet, commander of the Anglo-French fleet in the Mediterranean, has presented an ultimatum to Greece demanding that Greece hand over the entire Greek fleet. * * * French forces south of the Somme river resumed their drive on Chaulnes. Gains of a mile and a hulf north of the beleaguered city were made, the official Paris report says, and the town of Bovent and part of Chaulnes woods were captured. • * * Continuing their advance in Transylvania, the Austro-German forces Under General von Falkenhayu huve captured the passes in the Hargitta and Carole mountains, according to the official statement issued at Berlin. * * * The United States has refused to accept the contention of the entente allies urging that neutrals deny the use of their harbors to all submarines, whether merchantmen or warships. Counselor Polk of the state department announced at Washington. * * * A conference between President Wilson and Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, at the summer White House at Long Branch, N. J., revealed the following facts regarding the situation of the United States with respect to the activities of the U-53 off Nantucket lightship: President Wilson will hold Germany to all its promises regarding its conduct of submarine warfare. Ambassador von Bernstorff promises that Germany will hold sacred all.its promises to the American government. • * * With allied cruisers guarding the steamship lanes off the New England coast, submarine raiding ceased. Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, commander of the torpedo-boat destroyer flotilla, says there was only one German raider. * * * Six hundred and thirty-eight men perished when the French transport Gallia was torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a German submarine, says a dispatch from Paris. The ship carried 2,000 French and Serbian soldiers. * • • Domestic Neil J. Berston, sixty, wealthy real estate dealer, was shot and killed in his office at Flint, Mich. Robbery is believed to have been the motive. * * * District Attorney Charles F. Clyne announced at Chicago that several Chicago coal dealer have been asked to confer with him with regard to the recent increase in the price of coal. *’ * • Dr. Arthur C. McLaren, a dentist, who* held that his life had been ruined by an operation performed by Dr. J. B. Weintraub, nursed his grievance seven years, then shot the surgeon in the abdomen. * * * A fight in the Cumberland mountains near the Kentucky line between alleged bootleggers and a force under Sheriff Livingston of Fentress county, killed and two men were mortally wounded, was reported at Chattanooga, Tenn., from Jamestown, er<rt _ ... .. CXST'-'T-'V'.*

President Wilson made public at Long Branch. N. J., the names of seven men whom he has appointed members of an advisory commission to be associated with the “council of national defense” created at the last session of congress. The names of the men are as follows: Daniel Willard, Samuel Gompers, Dr. Franklin H. Martin of Chicago, Howard E. Coffin of Detroit, Mich., Bernard Baruch of New York, Dr. Hollis Godfrey of Philadelphia, Julius Rosenwald of Chicago. • * * When the train bearing the women who are touring the West in their campaign fee votes for Charles E. Hughes arrived at Butte, Mont., Mrs. William Severln, president of the Illinois Federation of Women, announced that she would return home at once. “The train was too nonpartisan and not enough Republican,” she said. • • » Results of an Investigation of gasoline measuring pumps In Illinois made by the United States bureau of standards under the direction of Secretary of State Lewis G. Stevenson of Illinois were made public at Chicago. The government Inspectors found 82 per cent of the Chicago pumps and 83 per cent of those outside Chicago are inaccturate. The average shortage was 3.9 cubic Inches per gallon. • * • As a result of the conference between President Wilson and Secretary Lansing at Long Branch, N. J., it was stated authoritatively that no evidence of the breaking of German promises to the United States hud been discovered so far in connection with the submarine activities off the American coast. • • • While in attendance on a session of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church at St Louis Bishop David H. Greer of New York was stricken with a severe attack of neuritis. • * • Dr. Valeria Hopkins Parker, noted suffragist and social hygiene exponent of Greenwich, filed suit for divorce at Hartford, Conn., from Dr. Edward O; Parker. She charges Intolerable cruelty. * * * Six strikers and three policemen were wounded in riots in the Standard Oil company workers’ strike at Bayonne, N. J. The strikers and police engaged in a revolver battle. • * • After dodging through the seas on a strange course to elude German submarines, the Anchor liner Cumeronia and the French liner Espngne arrived at New York. The Cameronia carried 630 passengers and all the way down the coast she hugged the three-mile neutral zone. Among the passengers on the Espugne were Sarah Bernhardt, Mine. Cnvalieri and Mme, Maria Montessorl, the educator. * * » Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser, son of the late Frederick Weyerhaeuser, multimillionaire lumberman, was elected a director of the Great Northern Railway company at St. Paul, Minu. • ’ * The passengers and crew of the Ward line steamer Antilla, bound from Guantanamo for New York, and which reported by wireless that it was alire 120 miles off the Virginia capes, were saved and brought into Hampton Roads on the United States coast guard cutter Onondaga, says a dispatch from Washington. *. • * Unprecedented prosperity of the ultimate consumer was asserted at the annual convention of the National Poultry, Butter and Egg association, in convention ut Chicago. The consumer lias t pay high prices for eggs now, but he will pay rather than deny himself, said a New York broker. * * * The passengers ami crew of the Ward line steamer Antilla, bound from Guantanamo for New York, and which reported by wireless that it was afire 120 miles off the Virginia capes, were saved and brought into Hampton Roads on the United States coast guard cutter Onondaga, says a dispatch from Washington. * * * Lying off Nantucket light, where every liner bound to arid from New York must get its hearings, the German submarine U-53 torpedoed and sunk six ships. Four of them were British, one a passenger carrier. The other two were neutrals —one Dutch and the other Norwegian. An American steamship was held up, but was allowed to proceed. * * * Washington The Supreme court of the United States opened its fall term at Washington, which promises to he one of the most important judicial sessions of recent years. * • • Foreign The German reichstag will ask for another war credit of 12,000,000,000 marks during the present session, according to the Amsterdam Koelnische Volkszeitung. * • * A cyclone swept over St. Thomas, D. W. 1., with disastrous results. Almost every building in the city was damaged. The damage is estimated at sl,000,000. The Island of St. Croix and the town of Christianstad suffered heavily. * * * Former Premier Venizelos of Greece, leader of the revolutionary movement in Greece, arrived at Saloniki from Crete with the announcement that the revolutionists would attack the invading Bulgars without waiting for action by King Constantine.

STATE NEWS IN BRIEF

HOOSIEH GUARD SHOOTS SELF Herbert Glaner of Indianapolis, Battery A, Indiana National Guard, While Cleaning Service Pistol, Accidentally Kills Himself. ______ VIndianapolis. Dispatches to militia headquarters here announce the death of another Indiana National guardsman at the Mexican border. Private Herbert Glaner of Battery A, Indianapolis, shot and killed himself while cleaning jhis service pistoL

Cases Dismissed.

Gary.—The Gary “wire tapping” cases were dismissed in city court by Judge Dunn upon motion by the prosecutor and J. C. Colton, address unknown, and George Brinkman of Chicago were granted their freedom. Both men were arrested October 5 in connection with an alleged attempt to defraud I. H. Hindrickson, a farmer of Lincoln, 111., out of SIO,OOO. Whether Hindrickson was the real victim the police do not know and he did not appear in court, it being said his presence was unnecessary.

Tribute to Riley's Memory.

Greenfield. —On the hanks of Brandy creek, overlooking “The Ole Swimmin’ Hole” which he made famous, lifetime friends paid tribute to the memory of James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet. A large stage was erected on the banks of the creek, hills of the east forming a natural amphitheater. Arrangements for the celebration were being made when the poet died and the observers now were in the nature of a memorial.

Overcome by Gas.

South Bend. —Several barbers In a Mishawaka barber shop werq endangered when a vent pipe in a gas heater at the shop permitted so much gas to escape that, before the trouble could be determined, two barbers were overcome and fell to the floor. Jack McGowan and Carl McManu, the two who were overcome, were sent to a physician’s office near by, where they were revived*

Row Over Hall.

Indianapolis.- After the hoard of public works had called the managers of a pure food show on the “carpet” the food show promoters agreed to allow President Wilson to speak to farmers on rural credits in Tomlinson hall. The hall had been rented and the pure food show promoters threatened for a time to refuse to give it up.

Prisoner Makes Escape.

Indianapolis.—-Police scoured this city in search of Harry Browning, who escaped from Deputy Sheriff Brown near Broad Ripple, while en route to the penal farm from Kokomo. The deputy sheriff lost sight of his prisoner for a moment and the prisoner jumped off the car when it stopped for a passenger.

Visits Old Home.

Columbus.—Amos Chambers, eightynine years, who was horn in Bartholomew county, lias arrived here in a small runabout after traveling more than 2.000 miles from his home in Walnut Springs, Tex. He was accompanied only by a boy sixteen years old. Chambers expects to spend the winter here visiting relatives.

Lineman Is Killed.

Elkhart.—Fred Seillon. fifty-two, a lineman, is dead of a fractured skull suffered when he fell from a pole after being shocked by high voltage wires. His widow and several children survive.

New Police Chief.

Princeton.—Mayor D. 11. Head has appointed Ellis Helsley, a patrolman, chief of police, to succeed August Fichter, who returned to business as a barber.

Boy Runs Away.

Warsaw.—Reuben Dewart, thirteen, has disappeared. The boy ran away from the home of his aunt, where he lived, and has not been seen since.

Senator Kern Ill.

Indianapolis. Senator John W. Kern, majority leader in the senate, has abandoned his speaking tour temporarily because of illness due to a deep-seated cold.

Want Cluster Lights.

Newcastle. —Mayor Watkins is leading a movement to place cluster lights on Broad street, in the business district, between Fifteenth and Twelfth streets.

Harry B. Gates Dies.

Indianapolis.—Harry B. Gates, one of the owners of the Hotel Severln of this city and the Miami hotel of Dayton, 0., is dead here from a stroke of apoplexy. lie was interested In many other business enterprises.

Kills Man With Brick.

Hammond. —As a result of ill feeling between R. A. Littler, agent of the Erie at Markle, and John Spoilt, a track foreman, Spaht hit Littler in the head witli a brick, killing him instantly. Spaht gave himself up.

HEALTH DEPENDS ON “EATS”

“After ell,” says a bulletin from the state board of health, “good health is largely a matter of what goes into the stomach, for it is truly said a man is what he eats, how much he eats and how he eats it. If a person eats heavily of rich, greasy concentrated foods, such as fried meats, hard fried eggs, rich pastries, soggy or underdone breads, he will soon find himself seeking a relief from headache, sluggishness, constipation and biliousness, and the patent medicine route out will he the way he will likely choose. Pills, purgatives and most any patent medicine will find a hearty welcome and become a false friend to persons who so poison themselves. The trouble arising from eating food of this kind is that it ferments in the stomach, becomes poisonous and creates a condition which calls for a stronger poison in the form of medicine to throw off the food poison. The patent medicine habit is acquired and the digestive organs of the stomach are wrecked and no longer perform their natural functions, and thus it is medicines 'become false friends. “On the other hand, whoever drinks freely of pure water and eats freely of fruits, vegetables, milk, butter, salads, cereals and nuts—foods prepared by nature for man —not only avoids digestive troubles but he is spared the evil effects of food poisons, such as rheumatism, headaches, sluggishness, and biliousness. He also escapes the patent medicine folly. He eats according to nature’s demand and needs, and no medicine is required as an after dose.”

JUST NEIGHBORLINESS

Stop a minute! Think of the great humanizing quality of neighborliness. Contrast a community where It thrives and flourishes with one where it is a negligible quantity. Consider how gregarious a creature is man, and how his very nature demands intercourse with his fellows. Sit down and reckon up the per cent of your comfort and happiness that depends in whole or in part on •the good will of your neighbors. Think what you would be without neighbors—a modern Robinson Crusoe, a hermit. Honestly, now, don’t about ninetenths of the enjoyments of life come either directly or indirectly from your neighbors? They certainly do. Well, now, are you doing your part as a neighbor? Remember, youp neighbor needs a neighbor as badly as you do —and you are he. Are you doing your full part to pass along the little acts of neighborliness and kindness that are extended to you? Or are you like the sponge, absorb until you are full and never give up until you are squeezed? Now ask yourself this question: “What would this world be if every other man were just like me?” Are von a neighbor, or a sponge? BE A NEIGHBOR.

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NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the sale of secondhand material on Wednesday, November 8, 1916, for material as folThe bins and platform for the crusher, located near the ball park in Rensselaer, Indiana. All bids to be on file by 2 o’clock of said date and to bo accompanied by affidavit as required by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at my office until the hour of 2 o’clock p. m., October 24, 1916, for the old two-, room school building at Parr, and' the old one-room school building at Virgie, each building to be removed by purchaser within 5 days from date of notice by trustee. The right is reserved to use each of the old buildings until the new buildings are completed. Each bid to he accompanied by certified check of SSO. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. G. H. HAMMERTON, Township Trustee. Union Township, Jasper County, Ind. Dated September 22, 1916. BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence, six miles west of Francesville, ten miles east and two miles north of Rensselaer, one mile east and five miles north of McCoysburg, one mile east and three-quarter mile south of Pleasant Grove, on what is known as the Bob Randle farm, commencing at 10 o’clock a. m>., on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1916, 7 Head of Horses—l gray gelding,

6 years old, good worker, wt. 1300; 1 black mare, 4 years old, No. 1 good and sound, wt. 1350; 1 sorrel horse, 11 years old, good worker, wt. 1250; 1 coming 3-year-old black mare, wt. 1050; 3 coming 2-year-old mare colts, 2 black and l gray. These colts will be good ones when developed. 10 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 1 black cow, 4 years old, giving 2 gallons of milk; 3 red cows, 5 years old, will be fresh soon; 2 halfblood Jersey cows, 6 years old, giving 2 gallons of milk per day each, will be fresh soon; 2 half-blood Jersey cows, 8 years old, giving milk; 1 blue roan heifer, 2 years old, fresh In spring; l yearling roan heifer and 3 spring calves; 2 spring steers; l roan Shorthorn bull, 4 years old, wt. 1650. All of the above milk cows are extra good milkers and anyone in the market for same cannot afford to miss this sale. The bull is a good individual, gentle and kind, and will stay most anywhere. 11 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 1 spotted sow, wt. 225; 4 spotted shotes, wt. 60 lbs. each; 6 Hampshire shotes, wt. 65 lbs. each. Farm Implements—Consisting of 1 broad-tire wagon with triple box; 2 buggies; 1 8-foot Deering binder, used only short time; 1 Keystone disc; 1 16-wheel disc, good as new; I wood-frame lever harrow, 4 sections, nearly new; 1 Bestever 16inch sulky plow; 1 Case riding cultivator; 1 double fan oats seeder, nearly new; 3 sets double work harness, collars and many other articles not mentioned here. About 10 tons of hay. Terms—Sums of $lO and under cash in hand. On sums over $lO a credit of 12 months will be given without interest if paid when due, if not paid when due 8 per cent interest from date of sale, purchaser to give note with approved security. 7 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed urltil terms of sale are complied with. GEO. W. BRANDENBURG. Col. J. R. Brandenburg, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch on grounds. BIG PUBLIC SALE ' The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence, the first farmhouse north of railroad at McCoysburg, commencing at 10 a. m., on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1916, 11 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 bay horse, 9 years old, wt. 1500; 1 bay horse, 9 years old, wt. 1600, both good ones; 1 gray horse, II years old, wt. 1500: 1 gray mare, 11 years old, wt. 1550; 1 gray horse, 10 years old, wt. 1475; 1 black mare, 8 years old, wt. 1700, a good one; 1 sorrel inare, 7 years old, wt. 1 350, an exceptionally good one; 1 bay mare, 13 years old, wt. 1300: 1 black mare, 12 years old, wt. 1250, lady broke; 1 brown mare, 7 years old. ]yt. 1050; 1 black mare, 16 years old, wt. 1150. 0 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 3 milk cows, giving a good flow of milk; 3 calves. 31 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 7 head of brood sows, 6 to have pigs by day of sale; 9 head of feeding hogs, wt. 175 lbs. each: 15 head of shotes, wt. 75 to 100 lbs. each. Com—4o acres of corn in field. Hay and Straw—2o tons of timothy hay in bale; 10 tons of oats straw in bale. Farm Implements—Consisting of 1 manure spreader; 3 wagons; 1 Deering binder; l John Deere corn planter: 1 Osborne mowing machine; 1 sulky hay rake; 2 16-inch sulky John Deere breaking plows; 1 16inch sulky Oliver breaking plow; 1 16-inch walking Oliver breaking plow; 5 cultivators; 2 disc harrows; 2 3-section spike-tooth harrows; 1 spring-tooth harrow; 1 endgate oats seeder: 3 scoopboards; 1 set of dumjf boards; 1 hay rack; 1 single buggy; 6 sets of work harness; 2 sets of buggy harness, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Household Goods—Consisting of 1 hard coal burner, 1 range, 1 dresser, 1 washstand, 1 folding bed, 2 bedsteads, 2 mattresses, 1 sideboard, 1 wardrobe, 6 dining room chairs, 1 rocking chair, 3 bed

Big Stock Sale In Town of WHEATFIELD commencing at 1 o’clock p. m., on Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 Head Horses 1 team black mares, 6 and 7 years old, wt. 1600 each, sound, in foal to Belgian horse; 1 bay mare, 8 years old, sound, wt. 1500, in foal to same horse; 5 head of yearling and 2-year-old colts, good ones. Numerous other articles. Terms—lo months’ time at 6 per cent; 2 per cent off for cash. Gail Michal Col. Horace M. Clark, Auctioneer. H. W. Marble, Clerk.

springs, 2 tables, 1 kitchen cabinet, 1 cupboard, 50 yards of carpet, 1 DeLaval cream separator, washing machine, churn, incubator and brooder, butchering outfit and lard jars, some canned fruit and other things too numerous to mention. 1914 5-passenger Overland tourcar, practically as good as new. 30 acres of pasture. .T® 11 ™B—A 8 — A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $lO without interest if paid when due, if not paid at maturity 8 per cent interest from date. 6 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. _ W. A. STEVENS. Culp and Brandenburg, Auctioneers. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. The Ladies’ Aid of McCoysburg church will serve lunch and dinner. BIG JOINT SALE OF STOCK The undersigned will sell at public auction at the residence of Russell Van Hook one-half mile west of Rensselaer, on Bunkum road, commencing at 10:30 a. m., on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916, 0 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 extra fine 7-8 Belgian mare, sired by Nelson, in foal to Belgian, wt. 1850, 6 years old, good worker; 1 English shire mare, 10 years old, in foal and sound, wt. 1600; 1 gray mare, 4 years old, safe for ladies and not afraid of autos; 1 well broken 3-year-old dun mare; 1 good black mare, 10 years old, wt. 1300; 1 yearling filly. 21 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 8 fine Jersey cows, all good ones, and in good flow of milk, and rebred to my registesed Jersey bull; 1 Durham cow bred to Hereford hull; 10 spring calves, mostly heifers and of a beef breed; 2 long yearling Jersey heifers in calf. 14 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 2 registered Du roc sows with litters at side; 2 Duroc sows to pig later; 2 spring Duroc gilts;2 young Duroc boars ready for service and finely bred, 3 pure bred Hampshire gilts, open; 3 Hampshire spring boars. 1 good Family Carriage. Terms—slo and under cash in hand; on sums over $lO a credit of six months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security, with six per cent interest from date. Two per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed from premises until terms of sale are complied with. Come in your cars. All stock eared for over Sunday free. RUSSELL VANHOOK ALBERT DUGGINS Col. Fred A. Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch by Bart Grant.

FARMS FOR SALE. 20 acres black land, on pike, R. D., telephone. Six-room house. 35 acres. Good house and outbuildings; well located. $75. 35 acres. All good land, near station. Small house and barn. SBO. 40 acres. No buildings, on public road; good pasture or farm land, ten acres timber. $35. Terms, S3OO down. 80 acres level land, half timber and half cultivated. Six-room house and outbuildings. 30 bearing fruit trees; good well; near school and pike. Three churches within two miles, on R. F. D. and telephone. Will sell at the low price of $37.50. Terms, S6OO down. 30 acres on dredge ditch, on stone road, near station and school. This is all fine soil and all in cultivation. Price $65. 100 acres. All cultivated except 25 acres timber and pasture. Half black land and half sandy, on R. F. D., two miles of two towns. There is a seven-room house, outbuildings and fruit. Will sell at the low price of $37.50. Terms. SBOO down. 100 acres all good land, near dredge ditch, on main road, 80 rods from pike, in Union tp. There is a good five-room house, numerous outbuildings, wind mill and tank, good orchard and in good neighborhood. Only $57.50. 80 acres in Jordan tp. This farm lies well, good outlet for drainage, half cultivated and half nice, young timber. There is a good four-room house, good barn, granery, fruit and good well. Price $57.50. 160 acres all black prairie land with 12-inch tile for outlet for drainage. There is a good five-room house, large barn, cribs, large silo, wind mill, fruit, hog lots and lies on main road, R. F. D., telephone, mile to station and half mile to pike. Will sell for the low price of S6O. Terms, $2,500 down. 97 acres. Good small house, large new barn, on pike, and has 12-inch tile for outlet with lots of tile in the land. 80 acres is in cultivation, remainder pasture and timber. Can sell this farm for $75 on the remarkable low terms of SI,OOO down. 80 acres in Union tp. This farm lies near dredge ditch, has five-room house, large barn, wind mill and good well. 25 acres in timber and pasture, remainder in cultivation. Price $55. Terms, $1,400 down. Might take property as first payment. 240 acres. All nice level black prairie land, except 20 acres in timber. This farm lies near stone rcjad, is on R. F. D. and telephone line. It lies near dredge ditch and has good outlet for drainage. There is a good six-room house, large barn, some fruU and good well. Price $65. Terms reasonable. 131 acres. Good house and bam and all in cultivation except 20 acres timber, fenced hog tight. Lies on R. F. D. and near station. Price SSO. Terms, $1,500 down. GEORGE F. MEYERS, Rensselaer, Indiana.