Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1916 — Page 4

Last Minute! Christmas Suggestions Look over your list again. Fine Footwear always appreciated. Men's fine shoes $6.50 Efl and as low as - - - $ZiuU Ladies' fine shoes $5.00 00 EQ and as low as - - - SZiUU Shoes for boys, girls and children, for dress and daily use. Men’s Felt Romeo Slippers, with Leather soles you can roll up, they are so comfortable and a. rn warm and only - - - uI.JU Ladies’ Quilted Satin “Skuff" Slippers, more beautiful than ever, colors, pink, light blue and qi rn black, priced at $175 and vI.OU Pocahontas Moccasins for men, women and children. GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE CIRCUS! Saterday we will place on sale 200 Red Goose Circuses, a beautiful 25 cent toy. Every child will enjoy cutting out these animals, at only 10 cents, or a circus FREE with a one dollar purchase. LIMITED—I TOY TO A CUSTOMER. George E Collins'Shoe Store

STATE AND GENERAL NEWS

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cer ain that the use of small quantities say twenty to fifty milligrams of radium element, often results in a rapid extension of the ■■■HIT so that the patient's condition is worse than if he had been left alone.” aged corm; killed home Money Which Had Hem Hoarded Since Bank Failure Is Missing. Peoria, Illinois, December IX.--"Mr. and Mrs. John P. Becker, age 85 and 83 years, respectively, were found murdered yesterday at their home near Mastm “<-'ity-,—-Hl-i-nois. They had been shot to death and the home riddled with bullets. Becker was the owner of 3,000 acres of farm land, and hoarded his wealth after the failure of a Pekin bank, several years ago. This money, together .with $3,000 rent received recently, is missing. MRS. RALSTON S IATHER“DEAD W. R. Craven Was Postmaster at Center Valley for Forty Years. Clayton. December 18, —The funeral of W. It. Craven, age 79, who died of heart trouble Saturday at his home here, will be held at Center Valley tomorrow morning. Mr. Craven was postmaster at Center Valley for forty years. For the last fifteen years he had lived in Clayton. Me is survived by four sons and three daughters: Arthur Craven of Indianapolis; Oscar Craven, postmaster at Blooihington; Theodore Craven of Indianapolis; John W. Craven, registrar of Indiana university; Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, Mrs. Julian D. Hogate of Danville and Mrs. John Underwood of Bedford. Mr. Craven was twice married, his first wife dying in 1 897. His second wife was Mrs. Jemiah Crawfords, the wedding taking place in Clayton in 1901. The widow survives.

JURY FINDS WOOD GUILTY Man nvicted of Collins Murder aces Terin in Prison. Peru, December 18.— After beineon t almost twenty-eight hours, the jury in the trial of Ellis V/cod for the murder of Walter Collins, age 16, near Young America Septem-

ber l.!»l">, brought in a verdict Saturday evening of manslaughter. The verdict carries a. sentence of from two to twenty-one years. Judge f. A. Cole probably will sentence Wood ins few days, and he wii] bd khigan City to begin serving his sentence. W r ood s trial began November 27 and lasted nearly three weeks. The state introduced fifty witnesses and the defense twelve. The evidence all was circumstantial, and the verdict was a surprise. The case was brought to the Miami circuit court on a change of venue from Howard county.:- :

Il RY FAILS TO REACH VERDICT Charles V. McAdams, former member of the state railroad commission, failed to obtain a verdict in his suit for damages from Lafayette young men who wrecked his touring, car several months ago when they were joy riding at Lafayette. The jury in the case, which had been on trial for a week, was dismissed Saturday after being out twenty-four hours trying to arrive at a verdict. Charles Kirkpatrick, Joy Jamison, Maurice Jamison and Thomas Morehead were the defendants. The second trial of the McAdams "joy ride” damage suit will be heard in the Carroll county circuit court at Delphi some time next year. A motion for a change of venue was filed in the Tippecanoe superior' ■ court Monday by McAdams and Jones, representing Charles V. McAdams. Keeping the air in rooms moist is the purpose of a new humidifier, consisting of a small electric fan to be hung on a wall and blow its breezes across a shallow dish filled with water. A well sunk 1,000 feet through solid rock has just been completed at a summer cottage at Small Point, near Augusta, Maine, and has the flow of four gallons a minute.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears th# x '(gnature of

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF WORLD

BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernels Culled From Events of Moment in All Parts of the World— Of Interest to All the People Everywhere. European War News Prince Henri of Reuss was killed in battlegon November 29 on the Russian front, according to the Overseas News agency at Berlin. * « • The Dutch steamship Caledonian and the Brazilian steamer Rio’ Pardo have been seized by the Germans because they were carrying contraband cargoes to England, it was officially announced at Berlin. ♦ * * Russian troops captured a line of Teuton trenches on heights to the south of Agusualia in the region of the Troths valley of Itouniania, according to an official Petrograd statement. ’■ ■ *. * Premier Briand of France (hiring a session Of tin 1 , chamber of deputies at Paris delivered a speech on the German imperial dliaiicellof’s peace; proposal, in which lie warned the country to be ware of France's enemies. * ;■ * * Fighting is in progress between Greek regular troops'and the French, the Overseas News agency announced at Berlin, The town of Katerina has Ifeen captured by the Greeks. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch to London from Copenhagen says advices have been received there from Switzerland that King Constantine of Grece has ordered a general mobilization. * * * • Russia’s smash on Falkenhayn’s left on the Moldavian front resulted in the capture of two heights in the Belbor region, says an official announcement from Petrograd. * * < It is officially announced at Paris that Vice Admiral du Fournet, commander of the .allied squadron in Greek waters, has been replaced by Admiral Gaucher. ♦ * * With a new ultimatum from lhe allies in the, hands of the Greek government, the situation in King Constantine’s: realm has become so menacing that the English, French, Russian and Italian ministers are reported to be leaving Athens. ’ g..T , • ***'~T..■ The Roumanians who have been retreating in eastern Wallachia before the Teutonic advance have made a stand east of Ploechti, the Petrograd war office announced. They assumed the offensive on the road from Ploechti to Buz.eu and drove the Austro-Ger-man forces back to the westward. ♦ ♦ .♦ The British steamer Caledonia was sunk by a German submarine on December 4, after it had tried to ram the undersea boat, it was announced officially at Berlin. Its captain was taken prisoner. ♦ * * The Danish steamship Sigurd, 2,119 tons, and the British steamships Avriston, 8,818 tons; Conch, 5,620 tons, and Tanfield. have all been sunk, Lloyd’s announced at London. * * * Domestic Drastic declines in the stock market at New York followed the receipt of cable news that Germany had notified the neutral countries of her decision to enter into peace negotiations. Bethlehem steel lost 27 points and all munition and steel shares were lower by 4 to 7 points. • * ♦ The Oronogo bank .near Webb City, la., was robbed by two masked men. They locked the cashier in the vault and escaped with S2OO. ♦ ♦ » English shell contracts in the United States virtually all run out within six months, and most of them within three months, after the first of the year, and will not be renewed, it was announced at Toronto, Ont,, by J. W. Flavelle, chairman of the imperial munitions board of Canada. .♦♦ * / With all of Its members pledged to secrecy, the Birth Control league of California has opened a campaign at San Francisco to legalize the practice of birth control in that state. It is proposed to write to every mother in the state urging support for the passage of a law legalizing the purposes of the league. • * • Demoralization In the wheat pit at Chicago was the first marked result locally of Germany’s proposal of peace. For fifteen minutes pandemonium reigned on the board of trade. The market closed at $1.65% to %, a loss of 9% cents. ♦ ♦ * Judge Walter Hardy of the Lake county superior court pronounced Inlk, who shot up the courthouse at Hammond. Ind., and wounded three, insane and ordered him committed to the colony for the criminal Insane at Michigan City.

Airs. Genevieve Gilmore was secretly divorced from James A. Gilmore, president of the defunct Federal Baseball league, on November 8 by decree of Judge Charles M. Foell of the superior court at Chicago. » * » Twenty men lost their lives in an explosion which wrecked the Reedy & Ryan coal mine at Stone City, Kan. Aline officials declared 39 men were trapped in the drifts. ♦ * * Gov.-elect .Tallies M. Cox of Ohio is ill in Washington at the home of former Representative Ansberry, and physicians fear he may develop appendicitis. * • » Four persons were killed and a fifth seriously injured when the northbound Winnipeg flyer on the Soo road crashed into the auto in which they were riding near Vergas, Minn. * « * Mexican War News Arnold Vogel, German consul at Colima, Alex., reported kidnaped by Mexican bandits, lias returned to Colima, according to a report to Washington from Admiral Caperton. Vogel was reported held for SIS,(MM) ransom. The city of Mapimi, an important point in Durango, where many large American mining interests are located, has been captured by Villistas. * * * Gen. Ariiulfo Gonzales, provisional governor of Chihuahua, Mex., declared in his first proclamation to t he people after the reoccupation of the city by Carranza troops, that he would soon be ready to join the first chief in forcing the retirement of the American punitive expedit ion. * * ♦ Washington The civilian advisory board at Washington has recommended to Secretary of Ute Navy Daniels that the authorized $1,500,000 naval experimental laboratory be located at Annapolis. * * * ° • By a vote of 42 to 14 the senate at Washington adopted the committee amendment, to the immigration bill, which would exHude Hindus and other Asiatics without mentioning them by name and which eliminates from file bill all reference to passport agreements. * * « Announcement Was made at the state department at "Washington that complete informationnow at hand covering the case of tlie British horse ship Marina, torpedoed with a loss of six Americans, makes it tippear to be a “clear cut” violation of Germany’s pledges to the United States. • *' *' / United States Attorney Anderson, in general charge of the federal government’s investigation into the high cost of living, went over plans for grand jury investigations with President Wilson at Washington. The .president directed that the investigation be followed vigorously and prompt prosecutions brought if any violations of law tire discovered. * * ♦ ■' One cent postage for local first-class mail deliveries .and a zone system of rates for second-class matter, which is expected greatly to increase the Charges for magazines and other periodicals having a nation-wide circulation, are provided for in the annual post office appropriation bill as virtually completed at Washington. * * * Contracts for 96 high-power hydroairplanes for the coast artillery stations in the United States, Hawaii, Philippines and the Panama Canal Zone were let by the war department at Washington. Foreign The Austrian government has resigned. This announcement is made in a Reuter dispatch to London from Amsterdam. ♦ * * The Canadian torpedoboat Grilse has been lost at sea with all hands, according to information given out by the minister of naval service at Ottawa, Can. The Grilse had a complement of 56 officers and men. ♦ * ♦ Official announcement was made at London that the government had been constituted with a war cabinet comprising the following: Premier, David Llcyd-George; lord president, Earl Curzon; Arthur Henderson, minister without portfolio; Lord Milner, minister without portfolio; Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer. Two hundred Sinn Feiners stopped a charitable performance given in behalf of the families of the soldiers of Cork. They sang Sinn Fein songs and shouted, “Up rebellion! Down recruiting!” ♦ * • Berlin reports the arrival of the submarine merchantman Deutschland, after a quick trip. • • * The Overseas agency at Berlin says: “German newspapers state that the French destroyer Yatagan, sunk in collision with a British transport, is the fifth French destroyer lost in this way during the war. * • • Paris says that Germany’s reply to the Swiss note regarding the deportations in Belgium makes it clearly understood that Switzerland has no ground for interfering with events In Belgium unless her own inter sts are affected. ,

When In Doubt: As to quality of your Gifts, especially Jewelry or Silverware, buy where they specialize in that particular line. Buy Your Jewelry of a Jeweler We have the Largest Line we have ever had and at the Right Price. Waldemar Knife Lavalliers Cameo Brooches Waldemar Photo Sets Diamondand Waldemar Foun- Pearl Rinas tain Pen Sets Fine Umbrellas Stone Rings Bracelet Watches Diamond Scarf Pins Hat Pins A Dandy New Silverware Pattern CLARKE, THE JEWELER hallmark; store 4'-

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_ FOR SALE For Sale—Good re-cleaned timothy seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSSELAER GARAGE. ts For Sale—Pekin ducks, $1.50 each; Muscovia ducks, sleach.—FRANK SNOW, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 912-E. For Sale—The residence of the late Judson H. Perkins. Inquire of ETHEL PERKINS at county clerk’s office. ts For Sale—Extra fine Barred Rock cockerels from my best prize-win-ning yard, at my residence in Remington. Phone 114. MARY E. BICKEL. d 26 For Sale—Barred Plymouth cockerels, good bone and good markings. Price $2 apiece. Also Mammoth Pekin ducks, the best that can be produced, $1.50 apiece.—A. D. HERSHMAN, Medaryville, Ind. jl For Sale or Rent —The former John Bill property on Park avenue (formerly River street), consisting of good 8-room house with bath, electric lights, well, cistern, barn, chicken yard, etc. Lot 75x300 feet.—F. E. BABCOCK. For Sale—so,ooo to 75,000 feet of oak lumber, consisting of 2x4, 2x6, sills, inch boards, plank and bridge material. Price from sl2 to $lB at mill, with exception of bridge plank, which is $25. Also have white oak posts on ground at 7c each. Call J. N. BICKNELL, phone 642, Rensselaer. ts For Sale—Three houses of five and six rooms; in good condition and well located. Can oe sold on monthly payment plan. Also small farm, with fair improvements; on stone road and well located; small payment down and balance in annual payments.—AßTHUß H. HOPKINS. ts For Sale—Red, white or bur oak lumber, sawed to any dimension desired, $lB per thousand for all building material; 4 miles west ®f Rensselaer, on county farm road.— A. M. YEOMAN, Rensselaer, R-3, phone 87-G, Mt. Ayr. ts For Sale—One of the best located residence properties in Rensselaer. 75x300 feet, corner lot fronting on two Improved streets; good two-story house, with cistern, drilled well, bath, barn and other out-buildings, etc. Ground alone is worth price asked for entire-property. Terms if desired. For farther particulars call or address B. care THE DEMOCRAT. WANTED Wanted—Several hustling young men for nearby territory to work for the J. R. Watkins Medical Co., who can furnish a team or an auto. Here’s an opportunity that should not be overlooked. See or write V. M. PEER, Fair Oaks, Ind. jl2 LOST Lost—White bird dog. Finder please notify FRED THOMAS, Surrey, Ind. Phone 955-Q. ts FOR RENT For Rent— 396 acres, 200 cultivated; . 6-room house, large barn. Grain rent.—G. F. MEYFRS. For Rent—Five-room house on ’

River street, only two blocks from postoffice.—MAßY JANE HOPKINS. / —= For Rent—-After January 1, to permanent tenant, the large 5-roqm flat, now occupied by C. P. Fate, on second floor of The Democrat building; has electric lights, city water, bath, toilet, etc. Would lease three north rooms separately if desired. They would make an elegant suite of office rooms. The entire flat has been used for several years for living and housekeeping apartments. If rented again for the same purpose must be to small family, preferably just man and wife, who could take roomers and boarders if desired. Call phone 315 or see owner.—F. E. BABCOCK. ts

MISCELLANEOUS Estray Taken Up—Sow and six pigs.—ALF PETERS, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 943-H.

Typewriter Ribbons—The Democrat carries in stock in its fancy stationery department the famous Nedich make of ribbons for nearly all the standard makes of typewriters, also for Burroughs adding machines. Price 65c each Will be sent by mail prepaid to any address on receipt of price. ts FINANCIAL Money to Loan—s per cent farm loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance—Fire and lightning. Also state cyclcne. Inquire of M. I. ADAMS, phone 533-L. Farm Loans —We can procure you a five-year loan on your farm at 5 per cent. Can loan as high, as 50 per cent of the value of any good farm. No delay in getting the money after title is approved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. Farm Loans— Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO. —E. P. HONAN. I flnl lhnl wlthoutDela7 ’ I Mil Illi Wlth °ut Commission I UUI lllb Without Charges so» H Making or Recording Instruments. W. H. PARKINSON SPECIAL STATIONERY BARGAIN The Democrat has a special bargain in fine correspondence stationery, nice bond papers in several shades of color, that it can sell fifty sheet of paper and fifty envelops for 30 cents, your choice of shade. This paper is in bulk, and we can sell it in larger quantities at a slight reduction over the above price—250 sheets of paper and 250 envelops for only $1.25. This is an exceptional price and the stock will not last long at the figures we are offering it. Call in and see the paper and you will be sure to buy a supply of it for your future needs. 'To Friends of Tne Democrat. Instruct your attorneys to bring all legal notices in which you aig interested or have the paying for, to The Democrat and thereby save money and do us a favor that will be greatly appreciated. All notices of appointment, administrator, executor or guardian, survey, sale of real estate, non-resident notices, etc. The clients themselves control and attorneys win take them to the paper you desire for publication if you mention the matter to them otherwise they will take the notices to their own Please do not forget this when having any legal notices to publish, political organs. Turning the handle of a new electric water heater for bathrooms one way permits hot water to flow and turning it in the other direction obtains cold water.