Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND 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. FT. WAVNE PAPERS ADVANCE Ft. Wayne, October ■> 24.—Stiff advances in the cost of white paper and other material has caused Ft. Wayne newspapers to advance subscription rates, effective October 30. Ths Journal-Gazette, morning, advances from 10 cents a week to 15 cents, and the Dally News, evening, advances from 6 cents a week to 10 cents, and the Daily Sentinel’s weekly price remains at 10 cents, but sales in the street and at news stands will advance from 1 cent a copy to 2 cents.

F. J. Il ENEY FAILS TO ARRIVE Progressive Does Not Api>ear nt Bloomington—Fertich Speaks Bloomington, October 21.—An audience that packed the court

house composed of both Democrats and Progressives assembled tonight expecting to hear an address by F*rancis J. Heney of California, one of the most prominent Progressives of the country who is advocating the re-election of Woodrow Wilson, but he did not come. Instead G. Roscoe Fertich, /a Progressive of Indianapolis, gpojce. He was introduced by Judge’ James B. Wilson, a Progressive who recently resigned as candidate for United States senator. Judge Wilson said he had no apology to make for appearing as the presiding officer because four years ago there went forth a proclamation of emancipation when principle was put above politics and humanity above the dollar. Fertich said he was a Republican by inheritance, a Progressive by choice and by common horse sense he is for Woodrow Wilson. He said there never had been a time when a Republican candidate for the Presidency had such odds against him as does Hughes.

SEES BIG DEMAND AFTER WAR Dr. E. E. Pratt, at Implement Convention, Forecasts European Trade. Atlantic City, October 23. M orld demand for American agricultural implements, labor saving machinery and ■' farm operating equipment will develop as- soon as Europe is at peace again, said Dr. Edward Ewing Pratt, chief of the federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, here today in addressing the convention of the National (Implement and Vehicle association. Dr. Pratt said: ‘‘The factories in the beligerent countries which have been producing agricultural machinery have recently been producing only a small proportion of their former output, and some have almost entirely ceased to produce such implements. In some of the belligerent countries not only have the stocks of machines been exhausted, but agriculturists have been forced to resort to machinery of obsolete pattern and design, and in some cases have even gone so* far as to piece together odd parts which happened to be in the warehouses. It has been almost impossible for many nations to get heavy agricultural machinery, mere transportation expense being prohibitive.”

REMINGTON CASE IS SETTLED Suit Growing Out of Church Controversy Dismissed. The suit for $25,000 damages for slander, instituted by Walter E. Johnston against William C. Smalley et al, all of Remington, and which was venued to Newton county, was dismissed in court last week. This case was known as the Remington church case, wherein the name of Mr. Johnston was removed from the church roll by Mr. Smalley and other members of the official board. In removing the name of Mr. Johnston it was charged that he was a “mischief maker” and “reviler of men,” which statements he claimed were, untrue and injured him in his business. Plaintiff and defendants by their counsel appeared in court and by agreement the defendants each disclaimed any intent to injure or damnify the plaintiff by the statements attributed to them and each expressly denied that the meaning attributed to their words was erroneous and that they did not mean to charge that the plaintiff did not intend to act with integrity in his outside business affairs or that he slandered virtuous people or promoted law suits and strife, but that their whole action was dope in good faith as officers of the church. A chance observation by the Chicago Evening Post has ra'sed a question as to the origin of the practice of "paging” in rhe hotels. It is maintained by one authority that this method of calling guests wanted at the telephone or by callers was invented by Mr. Boldt of the Waldorf-Astoria at the time that hotel was opened. An event which was not without its’ regrettable aspects was the recent wrecking of . the beautiful biiildings and monuments of the exposition at San Francisco, which “were erected only about two years ago. Despite spy desire to preserve them that admirers may have had, the temporary character pf 4he buildings made their demolition advisable. Many of the fine monumental structures,- 'such as the “Arch of the Rising Sun,” surmounted by a group entitled “The Nations of the East,” were thrown to the ground by exploding charges of dynamite under them.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.