Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — Page 1

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FIGHTERS BROUGI [?]

John Welsh Paid Fine for Assaulting John Bill. A mix-up between Jphn Welsh and John Bill occurred Wednesday at the Michaels* sale in Jordan township that is said to be the result o>f a grudge held against . Mr.' Bill since he was. township trustee several years. ago. Mr. Bill has bpen practically an invalid for the past several months and when he was assaulted was in no condition to defend himself and not acclaim-

ing any prowess as a pugilist received the worst of the encounter, although not badly hurt. According to the best information available John Welsh was expelled from school for insubordination when Mr. Bill was .trustee, and that since that tithe he has shown no friendly feeling for the latter for the, help he gave the school teacher in expelling Welsh. Accordingly when the two at tthe Michaels’ sale Wednesday Welsh attacked Mr. Bill and in a clinch that followed he got the latter down and beat him up some before he desisted. It ''is also stated that John was aided and urged on by his brother Claude, and that the two of them became very abusive and violent in their conduct toward others at the sale, in fact, they seemed to be» devoid of. all reason. Affidavits were promptly filed before Squire Spitler against both of the young men, one by Mr. Bill

against John Welsh charging as\ sault and battery, and one by Abe Hardy—by request, it is said, in an attempt to prevent someone else filing a similar affidavit. John Welsh entered a plea of guilty Thursday and was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $12.80, and the father, who "was present in court, stated that 'if no warrant was sued for Claude he would see that he appeared in court. This was satisfactory to the court and when Claude does appear it is probable that a like fine will be imposed. However, not appeared up to noon yesterday. It is Teported that other affidavits will probably be filed against the young men for their conduct toward others at the sale, bht none has been filed at this writing.

ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE

Will Be Held This Friday Evening at the High School. The annual high school debate between the high schools of Rens- : selaer, Monticello and Delphi will take place this Friday evening, there being a debate in each of the three towns. The question to be discussed is, “Resolved, That the United States Shall Adopt a System of Military Training Similar in Essentials to the Swiss System.” The students representing Rensselaer are Wesley ' Hurley and Esther Kruse on the negative 'team and Paul Arnott and Charles Halleck on the affirmative team. The Rensselaer* negative team will go to Monticello and the Delphi negative will come to Rensselaer. , The debate will be held in the ! high school building and will start at 7 o’clock. An admission of 15 cents will be charged. The judges \vill be Superintendent Wildrick of Remington, Superintendent Lewis of Monon and Miss Irene McLain of Lowell. . • . <

PASSING OF ADMIRAL DEWEY

Nation Mourns the Death of Its Great Naval Hero. Following the death of Admiral George Dewey, President Wilson sent out word to all United States ships, wherever they might be, to lower their flags to half-mast in honor of the dead hero. This is something that was never done before, not even on the occasion of the death of a President. It was also ordered that at noon Saturday a salute of nineteen guns, be fired in honor of Adpairal Dewey. John O’Connor of this city paid his f respects to the great naval commander and throughout the time the body lay in state kept his flag at half-mast. ‘ , Pursuant to a suggestion made by John O'Connor, the Rensselaer postoffice and all business houses will close their doors between, 12 and 1 o’clock today as a marl? of esteem for our greatest and most beloved naval hero. The flags on the court house arid at the school house will also be placed at halfmast throughout the day.

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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. Sheriff B. D. McCody went to Indianapolis Tuesday to attend a meetifig of the county sheriffs of Indiana. f ~ Elmore Barce of Fowler and John R,. O’Connor of southwest of Remington were business visitors in the city Wednesday. • Former County Treasurer A. A. Fell was over from Remington Tuesday. Mr. Fell has taken the agency for the Chalmers automobile and has a car on exhibition at the Central garage. Attorney W. H. Parkinson, who had been confined to his home with inflammatory rheumatism for the past few weeks, has sufficiently recovered to enable, him to be up town again. The fine new Manion township consolidated school building is completed and school will be opened there one week' from next Monday, or January 29, when “all of the township schools now running on the south side will be discontinued.

Mrs. Lucy. Warne of Fair Oaks Oaks was arrested Tuesday, charged with violating the truancy law, and brought before Squire Woodhull Spitler. It is charged that Mrs. Warne has not sent her 14-year-old daughter Gladys x to school since it opened last fall. The case will come up for hearing before Judge Hanley at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Attorney and Mrs. Jasper Guy were over from Remington yesterday taking record for abstract work. The slander case of Ochs vs. Zimmerman 'from that place, which was set for trial in the Newton circuit-court Thursday, has been continued until Monday, the 29th, and an order made for taking an examination of defendant at Kentland next Monday. Nate J. Reed, who was sheriff of Jasper county from jLB96‘ tp 1900, but who now resides at" Millerton, Michigan, was in the city Thursday shaking hands with his many friends. He was at Lafayette visiting relatives and took advantage of his nearness to come here. Nate is looking quite well and was glad to see his friends here once more. He expects to return here again* before going back to Michigan.

Marriage licenses issued: January. 16, Lawrence Ambrose S.ayler of Jasper county, aged 41 March 14 last, occupation farmer, to Bertha May Smith of Rensselaer, aged 35 February 16 last, occupation nurse'. First marriage for male, second marriage for female. First marriage dissolved by death.-in March, 1915. Married by Rev. Strecker at the home of the bride in the northeast part qf town the same evening. January 17, John D. Pelsy of Francesville, aged 28 May 4 last, occupation farmer, to Lydia L. Knockel of Remington, aged 24 August 6 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Mayor Spitler in his office.

Notwithstanding the poor crop yield in some sections of Jasper county last year there is a surprisingly small number of delinquent taxpayers, as shown by the annual delinquent list. Carpenter, Remington, Manion, Kankakee and Wheatfield have no delinquencies except seven in Wheatfield town. Hanging Grove has but three; Barkley five; Gillam four; Milroy six; Jordan- one; Newton two; Keener eleven; Walker nine; Union twelve; Rensselaer six. The total delinquencies are less than $4,000, perhaps ; the smallest amofflft -in the past forty years. Many of these will be paid before

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917.

the annual tax sale, Monday, February 12, at 10 a. m. New suits, filed: No. 8721. Nellie M. Sawin and L. P. Shirer vs. Charles V. May,' county treasurer, the mayor and common council of Rensselaer, and Samuel Stevens; action .to enjoin collection of assessments on the recently constructed Dayton street sewer. Plaintiffs allege that said sewer was not. constructed by the contractor, Stevens, according to the plans and specifications, in that it was not laid as deep as specified by frdm 6 to 12 inches and was so constructed that there is a “bump” in the grad? line, thus destroying its carrying capacity; that for 100 feet or more a 10-inch se’ver was laid wfien the specifications called for 12-inch; that ’first-class pipe was not used and many, of the pipes were chipped and had holes in them ; that ■> poor sand was used and soft and insufficient joints were the result, that would fall out and permit holes or openings for the gases to escape and permit sand to wash in, roots of trees and vegetable growth to fill up the sewer, etc., etc. No. 8722. William R. Clark vs. David L. Halstead: suit on account. Demand $64?29. No. 8723. Lincoln McHale vs. John A. Patten; suit on note. Demand S9OO.

BARKLEY PIONEER IS DEAD

George Daniels Passed Away Wednesday Quite Suddenly. George Daniels, one of the pioneer residents of Barkley township, died quite suddenly Tuesday evening from heart trouble. He had mot been in good health* for some time, but was up and around Tues.day apparently feeling quite well; in fact, he had done considerable work that day. He was seated in a chair in the house that evening when the attack came and fell to the floor, passing' away within an hour. Funeral services were held at the fate home of the deceased at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. Winn Sherill of Frankfort, a former pastor 4 of the Brushwood church at Aix, preached the sermon. Burial was made in the Smith cemetery, tery. Mr. Daniels was born February 16, 1850, on the Daniels homestead in this county, being almost 67 years old at the time of his death. His entire life was spent in this county, near the place of his birth. He followed the vocation of farming and was one of the substantial men of his neighborhood. On March 13, 1879, he was united in marriage to Miss Mandy Ott, who _survives him. He is also survived by five sons, Alonzo, John and Ira of this county, Walter of Royal 'Center and Roy of North Dakota. Three brothers also survive him, Charles of Colorado, Thomas of Hammond and Horace G. of this county.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

January 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hall of Barkley township, a son. January 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Zard of Hanging Grove township, a daughter.

NOTICE*.TO SUBSCRIBERS ; A few subscribers to The Democrat were dropped from the list January i for failure to pay up arrearages, and there are some others who will be dropped unless thqy promptly respond to bills sent them. The accounts of those dropped will be placed in hands for collection. 'With the high cost of print paper and other material we cannot afford*to send the paper to subscribers who do not pay up promptly. ‘ \ The Democrat is not an object of charity and we do not want anyone to take the paper who does not think he gets value received, liut we insist on their paying for it if they take it. The delinquent amounts are individually small, but in the aggregate represent quite a respectable sum, enough to . buy a ton oj two of print paper even at the present almost prohibitive price. ■ < . If you are one of those above referred to we hope you will give this matter your immediate attention, and greatly oblige.—THE DEMOCRAT.

WHO WANTS TO MAKE CHANGE?

Smaller Counties Getting Best of Bargain Now. » Under the present automobile license law most of the qounties outside of thoso containing the Harger cities receive back more money than they pay in. Jasper county receives between SI,OOO and $2,000 more each year than it pays in, and this money goes into the road funds. Yet there.are many misguided people—including quite a number in Rensselaer and Jasper county—who want this license money all returned to thV respective counties from which it is collected, and quite a number want the licenses issued through the various county auditors. The business of issuing automobile licenses can be handled at less expense and much more satisfactorily direct from one central office, as is now the case, than to distribute it over the ninety-two counties, with the necessary additional work, books and book-keeping that would be required of the auditor should the licenses ‘ be' issued by counties instead of direct from one central office. Besides, we have never

Renown of any little additional work put upon a couhty officer but what the salary of the office was raised as a result, and it is probable that the expense of issuing automobile licenses by the counties would be at least four times as much as under the present law. Also, if one desired to learn the name ot the owner of a car bearing a certain license number it would be necessary to secure the Information perhaps by inquiry in each of the ninety-two counties Instead of direct from the secretary of state, without t®e necessary annoyance and delay caused thereby. It is right and proper that automobile owners in the Aore populous cities should help pay for keeping up the repairs of the/country roads, and this they now do under the present law. *Just why anyone in the more thinly settled counties should desire to change the present law, in this respect especially, is beyond our comprehension.

LOCAL CONCERN INCORPORATED

Farmers’ Elevator Company Ready to Proceed With Business. The Farmers’ Elevator company, a local concern that contemplates dealing in grain, has just been- incorporated under the laws of Indiana. Judson J. Hunt, attorney for the company,- was in Indianapolis last week and filed the articles of Incorporation and the charter was issued January 12. Officers of the new company have been elected as follows: President, H. W. Jackson; vice-president, Michael Kanne; treasurer, ..Fred Way mite; secretary, C. W. Postill. A committee has been apj>ointed so consult the owners of the two elevators ip Rensselaer and ascertain if either of them will sell their warehouse and business, and what price they ask for the same.

DR. C. E. JOHNSON RESUMES PRACTICE.

Having completed my service on the border I will resume the practice of medicine in Rensselaer at on ce.—C. E. JOHNSON, M. D.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THR UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Tow ns-—Matters of Minor Mention ■ from Many Places.

BLIND TIGER CASES CONTINUED Silk Stocking Republican Club Cases Attracting Attention. Indianapolis, January 18.—. The cases of the managers of the Columbia and University clubs, who were arraigned in city court late. Wednesday on “blind tiger” charges, were continued. Attorneys for the University club filed a motion to quash the affidavit on technical grounds, and attorneys f®r the Columbia club were to file a motion today. Judge Deery said he will pass on the motions as soon as possible, and it is understood that If the motions are overruled the defendants will ask for early jury trials. Alvah J. Rucker, prosecuting attorney, appeared in court to handle the cases. Tyrah Ernest Maholm, a justice of the peace, appeared* to represent Lew Shank, who caused the arrests.

PROBABLY MURPHY’S SCHOOL

W. H. in his legislative notes in the Indianapolis News of Wednesday, said: •“Charley Murphy, who was once a member of the public utilities commission, is in Indianapolis. Ask him what he is doing and he will no doubt tell you that he is trying to get some additional lightning rods placed on a school house in the north part of V/hite county.”

FARM LOAN MEETING CALLED

Farmers From Over County Will Meet Here January 27. Simultaneous with meetings in the other counties of the country to study and discuss the federal farm loan a®t, a meeting has been called in Rensselaer for the last Saturday of this month, January 27, at 10 o’clock a. m. This meeting will be held at the court house and it is expected that many farmers and others interested from all over the county will be present. The hour has struck for the American people to realize their new opportunity. A new 'era of thrift and prosperity is at hand. The federal farm loan act is broad in its scope and affords unlimited opportunities for the farmer who would employ it to Improve and enrich bis farm, and for the

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SAGE FARM IS AGAIN SOLD

I. Q. McCullough has sold the former Elizur Sage farm in Newton 'township consisting of 180 acres to Norval Osborn of Gillam township. The consideration is understood to have been a little under $l7O per acre. Mr, Osborn, who farms a section of land in Gillam owned by a Kankakee lady, has this land rented for another .year and will not move upon the Sage farpi until the end of that time at least. He has rented the farm next year to Herbert Elb of Barkley township. 1 ' /The McCulloughs, who have Vily occupied the farm for eight or nine months, the family not coming here until last June, will move to Chicago. They came here from Lagrange,- Illinois, which is «a suburb of Chicago.-' , This farm, which changed hands several times in recent years and is well known in the vicinity of Rensselaer, is nicely located just at the end of the gravel on the county farm road, about two miles west o's town, and Mr. during the time he owned the farm erected a fine large house thereon and made numerous other improvements.

MEAT AND GROCERIES ARE higher, but work clothes at last year’s prices.—HILLIARD & HAMILL. .. t - Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

(. Vol. XIX, No. 85

FUTURE- PUBLIC SALE DATE 9% Democrat has printed. trills for the following public sales: ■ Tuesday, January 30, C. J, Dexter, 8 miles north and 4 miles east of Rensselaer. General sale, including horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. Wednesday, January 31, Clyde Davisson, 8 miles north and 1% miles egst of Renssblaer. General -sale, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Thursday, February 8, Earl Haniford, at Gifford. General including eight head of horses, cattle, chickens, farm tools, etc. NEWS NOTES OF LEGISLATURE The bouse committee on public mojals has made an unanimous report in favor of the Wright statewide prohibition bill. By a vote of 54 <to 33 the house! fabled a resolution to invite W. j> Bryan to address the general assembly yesterday afternoon. The senate, however, voted just the opposite, and Mr. Bryan addressed that body at 10:30 o’clock yesterday marning. 0 Among the bills passed in the senate thus far is senate bill No. 7, t<r transfer the superior court from Crown Point and Hammond to Gary. Ayes 47; goes 0. Senate bill No. 8, requiring county commissioners to erect sign posts *on th© principal roads of the county. Ayes 39; noes 9. The senate Wednesday voted to indefinitely (postpone senate bill No. 49, which proposed to abolish the office of state oil inspector. This was one of Governor Goodrich’s pet hobbles before the eleo» tion and he on th 6 passage of such a measure by the legislature. However, as there are some sixty deputies scattered over the state and 400,000 more dr less hungry Republicans wanting a job, it is not probable that the governor will shed many tears over the killing of this measure.

Representative Wood has introduced a bill in the legislature pro- . viding that the term of clerk of (he circuit court shall begin on January 1 following the term of the present incumbent, and extending the terms of any incumbent until January 1 following the expiration of term for which he was elected. This bill, it is understood, is designed particularly to extend the term of present clerk of Jasper county eight months, or from May 1, 1920, to January 1, 1921. It would affect twenty-one other counties also, it is said, there bdlng that number of clerks whose* terms would be -extended. There are sev-enty-one counties where the clerks now take their office on January 1, and they would not be affected."

County attorneys, or their partners, if any, in the practice of lbw, wortld be prevented from practicing before boards of county commissioners under terms of a bill passed by the senate Tuesday afternoon by a vote of -4 5 to 0. The measure now goes to the house for action. It provides a penalty Qf $.500 to $2,000 for violation. As introduced, the bill applied oily to county attorneys, but Senator Beardsley v of Elkhart put in an amendment covering partners also. The Township Trustees’ association has a bill that would permit trustees to hold their offices two successive terms and will # have it introduced in the legislature soon. At present township , trustees are permitted to hold their offices for not more than four years in everr eight, years. The new bill would enable them to hold office for a period of eight years in every twelve. The bill also provides for the bonding expense of trustees to be paid out of the township treasury’ instead of ou>t of the private pocketbooks of the trustees. Other bills of general interest that have been introduced follow: Granting members of advisory boards |2.50 a day for each day they- are in session, not exceeding twenty days in* any one year, and giving boards power to levy tax to meet increase. NO HUNTING OB TRESPASSING Notice is hereby given that .no trespassing will be permitted uipon any of the J. J. Lawler lands in Jasper or Newton counties, and no hunting will be allowed except by written permit. Any violations will be prosecuted.—JAMES E. WALT HR, Supt. A ts