Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — Page 4

THE JAM COUHTY DEMOCRAT F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher , < - OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY Long Distance Tpl«phone« Office 316 ,j Residence 111 Entered a« Second-Class Mall Matter June 8, 1908, at the postofflee at Rensse* laer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3 1879 Published Wednesday and SaturdayThe Only All Home-Print ?. Newspaper in Jasper County. ••* . SATURDAY, JAN.‘-20, 1917.'

Hoosier News Briefly Told

Greenwood Gets Conference. Franklin.—At the missionary conference of the Christian churches in Johnson county, hehf here, Greenwood was chosen for the 1917 conference. The following officers were elected: President, W. W. White, Union; vice president.' Rev, Edgar Greenwood: secretary, Livy Young, Franklin.; superintendent Sunday schools, E. C. Edinburg; Christian Endeavor. Lester Sellers, Franklin; C. W. B. M.. Miss Nellie Linton, Trafalgar; education. Rev. Carl Burkhart, FrankUn. Rev. L. E. Sellers of Indianapolis, secretary of the temperance board of Christian churches in America, and Mrs. Louise Kelly of Waukegan, 111., spoke Friday night.

Revival at Rushville.

Rushville.—ln connection with simultaneous revival meeting in three churches three special meetings were held. Dr. D. D. Dodds* of Xenia. 0., spoke at a men's meeting, and Mrs. Harry Ross addressed the women Dr. Frank W.. Groseman of Franklin and his daughter, Miss Ethel Lee Groseman. spoke at a meeting for young people and Sunday school workers. . ' ■ ' -

Wants to Remain in Home.

Indianapolis.-—The members of the legislature considered the appeal of David Bayer, the Fort Branch leper, who made a public statement in which he asked the legislature - to defeat a bill to establish a» state leper’s home. He wishes to spend his declining days quarantined in his present home. Dr. J. N. Hurry, state health officer, has recommended that the state core for him.

Prisoner Die.

Terre Haute.—William Hart, who shot and killed his wife, Annie. .January 9, and attempted to commit suicide, was removed from the hospital to the jail. Hart recovered rapidly after the bullet was removed from' his bead, but soon after he was placed in jail he suffered a severe Ipuhorrhage of the lungs and was taken back to the hospital. His condition is critical.

Military Training Bill.

Indianapolis.—Compulsory military training in the ptriilic schools of Indiana will-be brought in a bill to 4>e presented to the Indiana legislature by Representative Wood of Rensselaer, he announced. Hg would have a military instructor in direct charge of the work in each city npd wqukl iuclude grade as well as high-schools.

Auto Is Demolished;

; Tefrfe Haute.—A heavy motor that was being hoisted to the roof of the Terre Haute Trust building f£ll to the sidewalk from the eighth’ story, when the cornice broke from the weight of the hoisting apparatus. An automobile belonging to A. M. Ogle, president of the Vandalia Coal company, was

Save Farmer's Home.

Columbus. —When a smokehouse at the W. T. Hager farm, near Clifford, caught fire, Hager telephoned to Clifford, and the operator there called every person who had an automobile- Help arrived quickly and the Hager home was saved, although the heat the windows and blistered the paint.

To Ask Appropriation.

Indianapolis.—The legislative vislt- ' ing committee will- recommend to the Indiana legislature that $400,000 be appropriated tor the building of a home for the Indiana university school of Medicine, according to Dr. J. N. Hurty. The present building was damaged by fire recently.

Governor Recommends Beyers.

Indianapolis.—-Carl F. Beyers of Warsaw will probably succeed Maj. Joseph C. Clark, who resigned from the First Indiana Regiment at the border. Governor Goojirich will recommend that Beyers be appointed by the war department.

Embezzler Pleads Guilty.

Hammond.—Kenneth Farnham of Boston pleaded guilty* to the embezzlement of $l,lOO from the American Glue company of Hammond; and. -was sentenced to from one to five years in prison by Judge V. S. Reiter.

Catch Runaway Boys.

Sullivan. —Arthur Dixon and Benton Grantham, each thirteen years old, of Terre Haute, who had run away, were foiin& at Farmersburg by Town Marshal Bedwell and were returned to their homes. *• ’

ideal Account Files, 11.5 breach.—The Democrat’s fancy stationery do* part m ent '

BRITISH WARSHIPS HUNT FOR RAIDER

Fifteen Cruisers Sweep Atlantic in Search of Ship. LOSSES TOTAL $20,000,000 Steamship Circles at New York Say Teutons May Be Usipg Some of the Captured Vessels As Commerce Destroyers. New York, .Jan. 19.—With the possibility that" the German sea raider which sank or captured from fifteen to ,a score of ships of the allied nations is continuing its deprecations; steam? ship owners and marine underwriters are in a state.of nervous tension. Die losses in ships and cargoes thus far represent from $15,000.W0 to $20,000,000. : M . A cordon of British cruisers, reported to number 15, is believed to be sweeping the southern seas in search of the raider, which, according to’one report may be the auxiliary cruiser Vineta and according to another the cruiser Moewe, same sea rover which played havoc with British and French shipping about a year ago. Seized Ships May Be Raiders. Steamship circles are especially concerned over a wireless Warning that the German raider was working northward to more- frequented lanes of steamship travel. The possibility that ’ the raider may have, armed and manned one or more of its prizes and dispatched them also on commerce-prey-ing missions was another source of anxiety. One report was that • the British steamer St. Theodore was thus transformed. ‘ „ Thirteen Americans Are Landed. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, Jan. 19. Thirteen Americans are among \ the victims of the German raider who have been landed at Pernambuco. The remaining number is made up of 170 Englishmen anil 54 Frenchmen. A German raider for the last month has been sinking vessels of the entente allied powers in the south Atlantic. Latest reports fix the number of ships at 15. Survivors of the destroyed vessels to the number of 237 have been landed at Pernambuco. According to unofficial information the raider has a crew of 250 men, including four officers of the German navy. According to reports circulated Here,’the officers of the Japanese ship captured were shot on account of the* resistance they offered. Aiiother report says that 22 English sailors were compelled to work in tltf engine room of the raider. Raider Working Northward. Norfolk, Ta., Jan. 19.—Wireless warnings picked up here said the German sea raider which havoc with shipping of the alliednations was reported 1,500 milefr sputh of Cape Henry, apparently working northward to more frequented lanes of travel. Warnings’sent out at night said the German craft was oft Pernambuco, Brazil, last Friday. The warning, believed to have come from a British cruiser, also said reports had been received that a submarine of unknown nationality had been sighted 700 miles east of the Virginia capes. Missing British Steamer Safe. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 19.—The Brit* ish steamer YarroWdale, with the crews of eight ships sunk by the German raider in the Atlantic, arrived January IB at Sao Vicenti, Cape Verde islands, according to reliable information received here. It has .been stated Jn unofficial dispatches that the Yarrowdale had on board 400 inen of the crews of sunken ships. Raider Believed to Be the Moewe. It is considered almost certain here that the German sea raider which has been creating havoc among entente shipping in the south Atlantic is the Moewe, the German armed raider which captured the Appani and sunk numerous, entente ships in Atlantic waters 5 a year ago. Flew Panish Flag. According to reports from an an-' thoritative source, the Moewe is understood- to have -sailed from Kiel under the Danish Hag. carrying a cargo of hay on the bridge in order to conceal its armament. 'When last keen the Moewe was painLyl black, with white markings. . Its--armament included four torpedo tubes in service and several tubes in reserve. It is believed t<? have carried a mine-laying apparatus;-

LAWYER TO AID LEAK QUIZ

Boston Attorney Named as Committee Counsel After a Long Wrangle— Woman First Witness. Washington. Jan. 19.—Sherman L. Whipple- of Boston a Democrat and a noted trial lawyer, was invited by the rules commit tee of the house to act as counsel in the peace note leak investigation, which, it now appears, will extend deeply into Wall street stock speculation, Further. public hearings in the inquiry were postponed until Monday morning in order to give counsel ahd the committee time to complete arrangements and prepare, for the future proceedings. The plan is to call as the first witness Mrs; Ruth Kiomason liisconti. the woman who Thomas W. Lawson says told him Secretary Tumulty and W. W. Price, a Washington newspaper man, were beneficiaries of the alleged leak.

Happenings of the World Tersely Told

European War News ’ The Petrograd war office announced the recapture of the village of Vaden! in six miles Southwest of the Danube town of Gglatz. » * * Eight British and two French *veSF seis have been sunk in the Atlantic, and two British steamships captured by a Gorman raider. Announcement to this effect wits made by the British admiralty at London, * ■* ♦ • Russian forces undertook a violent attack in Roujnania on both sides of Fundeni. The war office report from Berlin says the advancing Russian iwaves were Cut down by the German fire, which inflicted great losses. » * * The allied tinny on the Saloniki front Will be re-enforced as a preliminary effprt to cut the , BerlinConstantinople . railroad, according to a dispatch to London from a British correspondent with General Sarrail’s forces. - ~ ’ ♦* . * The Belgian relief ship Samland, ■ which docked at New York, was held • up 400 miles off the Irish coast by the German commerce raider Moldavia. The Samland was allowed to-proceed because she carried supplies consigned to the American commissionfor relief in Belgium. • ♦ ♦ The presence in Greece of Gen. von Falkenhftyn, former- German chief i of staff and recently in command of part of the forces engaged in the cam- ; against Roumania, is reported I in French official quarters«at,Saioniki, i according to a Renter .dispatch to London from that .point. ♦ ♦ ♦ The sinking pf the Austrian passenger steamship Zagreb, 537 tons gross, by a submarine in the Adriatic on January 14, with the loss of 26 lives, is reported in a telegram to London from Vienna to Amsterdam, as forwarded in a Reuter dispatch. The Zagreb is reported to have been torpedoed without warning off the coast of central Dalmatia. ♦ * » Mexican War News Six Mexicans were killed by, two American cowboys, 30 miles west of Nogales, Ariz., when they were fired upon while herding back cattle “rustled" by the Mexicans. *♦* r - The Mexican-American joint commission, which failed to effect an adjustment of the questions at issue between Mexico and the United States after a series of conferences that began four months ago, was formally dissolved at New York. The American commission told the Mexicans that they had recommended to the president the dispatch to Mexico of Ambassador Fletcher and the withdrawal of the AjueriCtttt troops from Chihuahua. ■ ■ * * * The Villa chief, Zeferino Moreno, and 60 followers were killed in the "fight at Pilar de Conchos, Mex., Recording to details of that action received at Chihuahua City from Gen. Pablo.. Gonzales. . . ♦ * ♦ Domestic Joe Layton and Frank Carter, deputies, were shot while attempting to take suspects, of the Harrah bank robbery who had been corwered in a house southeast of Harrah, Okla. * ♦ » . A district court grand jury indictment made public at Corning, la., is against Swift & Co., packers, who are charged with discrimination in the purchase of poultry. It is alleged that higher prices were paid by its agents at Pres’cott. la.,'“ than were paid at -•Corning' upon the same day. Competition, it is said, is greater at Prescott than at Corning. '♦ ♦ ♦ Stimuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was in conference at Now York with David L. Fultz, president of the Baseball Players’ fraternity. After the‘meeting Mr. Gompers said, when asked if the players’ federation had joined the labor organization, “Nb, not yet, but soon.” a " '■ ’ * *' .* H. Grady Weblx_awtudent-at the Kansas City Metrical college, was arrested at Kansas City, Mo., charged with taking part in the daring robbery of a Baltimore & Ohio train near Doddridge, W. Va., October 8, 1915, when $100,OCX) in unsigned currency was stolen, Web] i confessed, according to the police. . : * * * Chicago’s bill regulation bfhoil, prohibiting billboards on residence streets without consent of ffiore than half- of -the' property owners, was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme court at' Washington in the Thomas. Cusack company’s suits against the,city. * ♦ * V • . President Samuel Gompers of the American Fecferation of Labor told the house- commerce .committee at Washington that if’ any legislation to make a strike unlawful were enacted ! he, 'for one, Could be counted upon as . one of those who would violate it. '; ’

| Physicians at the hospital in Philadelphia where Harry K. Thaw, who attempted to connnit suicide last week by slashing himself with a ragor, is a patient, said that was not recovering as rapidly as had been expected arid expressed concern both as to his meiital and physical condition, ‘ " Weldbin. H. Wells, former Kansas City brokers’ clerk, confessed to County Prosecutor K. P. Duncan,at Columbus, O„ that he shot and killed Mona

Byron Simon iil a room in a hotel. His statement, according to the authorities, says he' killed the girl in self-de-fense. Wells was arrested in Huntington, Ind. Personal - * Admiral George Dewey, who won the naval battle at Manila bay, died at his home in Washington, at the age of seventy-nine, after an illness lasting six days. Admiral Dewey’s illness was diagnosed as arterio sclerosis. Dewey was born at Montpelier, Vt., on December 27, 1837. * ♦ e Washington . The president sent a special message to Congress at Washington formally announcing tile death of Admiral Dewey ami paying tribute to the dead naval hero, by saying that “the people and the government of the United States will always rejoice to perpetuate his name in all honor* and affection.” ♦ • * The United States government at Washington has been forced to go to England to secure _ its 16 and 14-inch shells for the navy. The navy department awarded to Hatfields, Limited, of’ London, contracts for 3.000 16-inch shells, at $514 each, and 4,500 14-inch shells, at $350 ea ( ch, delivery in 16 months. * ♦ ♦ ♦ The entente allies, in a note addressed by Arthur Balfour, forein minister, to Ambassador Spring-Rice, and delivered to the state department at Washington, amplify their reply 'to President Wilson’s peace note, by explaining in detail why they believe it impossible at present <o attain peace which will assure them such guarantees as they consider essential. ♦ * * Sovereignty over the Danish West Indies, after half a century of negotiation, passed to the United States’with the exchange- of i*atiflcations of the purchase treaty by Secretary Lansing and Danish Minister Brun at Washington. * * * Indorsement by the Vatican of President Wilson’s peace efforts was transmitted to the president at Washington, as the administration sought to work out the next move in the peace negotiations. • * • The house ways and means committee at Washington agreed on the plan for raising sufficient money to pay the government’s bills. Special taxes will be, provided to raise $236,000,000 and bonds will be issued to the extent of $219,000,000. . ?

*** ■ ' , Thomas W. Lawson, called before the house rules committee at Washington to tell what he knew or had heard about a stock market leak on President 1 Wilson’s peace note or be punished, declared that the mysterious congressman who told him a cabinet oflicer, a senator and a banker were engaged in a stock gambling pool was hone other than Representative Henry, chairman of the committee. Then, he declared,, that* the cabinet officer referred to was Secretary McAdoo; that the banker was H. Pliny Fiske of New York, and that he knew the senator only by the initial “O.” All of the men that he named denied the charges. * * * The federal white slave law was construed by the Supreme court at Washington to prohibit interstate transportation of women for any immoral purpose, including private escapades as well as commercialized vice. In three test cases the court in a divided opinion affirmed convictions of F. Drew Caminetti ami Maury I. Diggs and L. T. Hays. . ‘ * * * The United States Chamber of Commerce reports at Washington that a referendum taken by it shows that the business interests of the country are in favor of combinations to conserve natural resources, *♦ * . Possible renewal of last year’s, fight over warning Americans off armed ships was presaged when Representative Cary, Milwaukee, . introduced a‘ joint resolution in the house at Washington calling for such a warning to-be issued, .* ♦ • In a peculiar “tie” decision which lawyers say has never had a parallel the Supreme court_at Washington dethe railway mail “divisor” case, involving payment to railroads of more than $46,000,000, adversely to the Chicago & Alton and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroads, affirming the decision in the Court of claims. ♦ * * • Foreign t The food situation in Germany has become much worse in the last six months, according to the. account ofa correspondent who has returned to Stockholm from a trip to Berlin. * * * King Constantine- of Greece, the bro her-in-law and would-be ally of the ktiiser,'is to be deposed and a relative of file .king of Italy placed on his throne, it is understood at Rome. » ' ' " ' ’ ■ . 41“ r ' • ,

W INTER WEATHER CONTINUES ■xr . r - The weather the past few days has been quite ideal and seasonable, • The nights get quite cold, sometimes dropping to near the zero mark. w Following Js the official temperature as shown by the government thermometer at St. Joseph college for the. twenty-four hours previous to 4 p. m. of the dates given, except yesterday, which gives the high and low temperature for Thursday night only: High. Low. Tuesday . 23 5 Wednesday 25 20 Thursday .............. 25 20 Yesterday ............ 9 5

DATES OF LYCEUM COURSE

Hagerman, lecturer, February 8. Rob Roys, quartet, March 5.

Twelve Box Cars Burn.

Logansport.—Fire believed to have been incendiary origin destroyed 12 box cars in the Panhandle yards here.

Plan Morton Monument.

Richmond. —The Wayne county board of commissioners is considering a plan for the erection of a monument in honor of Oliver P. Morton. Indiana's war governor, at his birthplace at Centerville, six miles west of here.

Plan Joint High School.

Greencastle. —A petition is in circulation at Cloverdale to dissolve the town school corporation and to erect a joint township and town high school building costing about $40,000.

Printed Stationery. Every farmer ' who owns his farm ought to have printed stationery with his name and the name of his postoffice properly given. The prlrP ed heading might also give the names of whatever crops he special izes in or his specialties in stock. Neatly printed stationery gives you personality and a standing with any person or firm to whom you write and insures the proper reading oi your name and address. The Democrat will print you up a bunch of such stationery In any quantity desired and for about the same price you pay for blank paper elsewhere. ts Inactivity Causes Constipation. Lack of exercise in the winter is a frequent cause of constipation. You feel heavy, dull, and listless, your complexion is sallow and pimply, and energy at low ebb. Clean up this condition at once with Dr. King’s New Life Pills, a mild laxative that relieves the congested intestines without griping. A dose before retiring will assure you a full and easy movement in the morning. 25c at your druggist.—Adv. Subscribe foisThe Democrat «

Col. W. A. McCuftain’s Sale Dates Phone Rensselaer, 926-R. Terms —1 per cent. January 25, George Ketchmark, near Lacross. General sale, 40 head cattle. February 1, Clint Spangler. General sale. •. February' 6, Ad Shook. General sale. February 7, Levi Miller. ' General sale. February 8, Earl Haniford. General sale. February 14, John *R. Lewis. Hampshire hog sale. February 15, Clyde Gunyon. General sale. February 16, date taken. February 19, John Stockwell. Gen* eral sale. February 20, Lee Mauck. General sale. February 21, Mr. Graber. February 26, Dan Wolfe. General sale. February 27, West Williams and —M. Robart. General sale. February 28, John Phares. General sale.

SPARKER’S HAIR BALSAM, A toilet preparation of merit. Helps to eradicate dandruff. For Restoring Color and Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. 60c. and SI.OO at Druggists. CHICHESTER S PIELS .VyE*. THE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladles! Ask your Druggist for ZA £ Chl-ehes-ter a Diamond l-ills in Red and 1 GSid Waxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. Vs'3 Take no other. Buy of your - rs fff Druggist. Ask forCiri-CinCS-TER s IL. JF DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 25 years known as Best,Safest. Al ways Reliable A —F SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Our ossified ekl . 0 [Under this head notices will be pub lished for 1-cent-a-word for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save-book-keeping rfash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-five cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times A-as the case may , be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] FORSALE - For Sale—Good re-cleaned timothy seed, $3 per bushel, at RENSGARAGE. ts For Sale— Practically new two- ■ ■. .

seated carriage, at- a bargain.—V. M. PEER, 3 miles north of ‘Gifford. Phone 931-1. 326 Fertilizer- I sell the best fertilizer made. Yours for better crops. —THOMAS E. REED, Remington, Ind. Phone 79-J. f 6 F'or Sale — Six lot?, fine location, situated in Remington, Indiana. Price very reasonable if taken Soon. —JOHN FRANKOWJAK, Remington, Indiana, R-4. j 25 For Sale—Two extra good Poland China male pigs and three gilts. These are of large type.— JASON , P. BICKEL, * Remington, Ind. Phone 181. fl t _ 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 E. BABCOCK. 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. Bor 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. If

■ I/*? " For Sale — Prairie State Incubators and Brooders. —JESSE SNYDER, Agent. Phone 266-Green, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts FOR RENT For Rent—A dandy suite of office rooms over The Democrat office.—F. E. BABCOCK. ts For Rent — -100-acre farm. Enquire of E. P. HONAN, Rensselaer, Indiana. < j3l For Rent— Five-room house on River street, only two blocks from postoffice.—MAßY JANE HOPKINS. F\>r Rent— Stock farm to party with two or three good teams and farm equipment. ARTHUR H. HOPKINS. For Rent— The five-room flat over The Deomcrat office, city water, bath, electric lights, etc. To small family only.— -F. E. BABCOCK. Phone 311 or 315. LOST Lost — January 2, a lady’s new patent leather shoe, fop right foot, probably some place on the road between Gifford and Rensselaer. Notify ELLA RISHLING, Rensselaer, Indiana, or leave at this office. j 25 WANTED Wanted— Girl for general housework., Phone 43. P. O. BOX, 713, Rensselaer. . 7 j 2? Wanted— Man past 30 with horse and buggy to sell Stock Condition Powder in Jasper county. Salaiy S7O per month. Address 9 Industrial Bldg., Indianapolis, Indiana. 313

MISCELLANEOUS Storage— l have two rooms for .storage of light household or other goods in The Democrat building. Terms reasonable.—F. E. BABCOCK. Phone 311 or 315. Typewriter Ribbons— The Democrat carries in stock in its fancy stationery department the famous Nedlch 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 j loans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. ts Mutual Insurance —Fire and lightning. Also state cyclone. Inquire oi ■ 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 .ap-proved.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. Farm Loans—Money to loan on j t farm property in .any sums up te , SIO,OOO.—E. P. HONAN. I flnf Ihn) Wlthout i I If i I IHr w * thout Commission I Uvl lllu Without Chargee f»» n / Making or Recording | Instruments. . W. H. PA»KIN«bN Ideal Account Files are the best, simplest and most economical method of keeping small accounts and having them right at your fingers’ end at all times. These files t with 250 blank are on sale in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department for only $1.5-0 each. Extra statements carried in stock at all times and sold in any quantity desired. ts