Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1917 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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ENUMERATION SHOWS A LOSS

Of 202 Over Thar Taken in 1916 in Jasper Cowaty. The annual atn«<afies of school rfuldren in Jasper eexiiry shows a big loss over the tauxsitioa of It 16, the greatest loss ' teinx in Walker township, which is aiasety•ne, and it must be that a mistake was made there' ia the eanmeratio'tt last year or this, fer.it is-not jrpb* able that- so great a loss has been sustained om-tLe past year. . Hanging Grove. Jordan, Marian and Rensselaer show a slight gain, while all the other corporations show a loss; the net loss being 292. Remington lost an even thirty; Wheatfield, two; Wheatfield tovmshi;-. four; Union, ten; Newton,'fifteen; Milroy, fire; Keener, one; Kankakee, thirteen; Gillam, eleven; Carpenter, sixteen, and Barkley, twenty-one. Hanging Grove gained four; Jordan, one; Marion, one, and Rensselaer, eleven. The returns by townships and school corporations for both ISIS and 1917 follow: :

1916 1917 Barkley .411 399 Carpenter . . .257 271 Gillam 237 ±26 Hanging Grove. ... 134 138 Jordan .... -.. .152 153 Kankakee .136 123 Keener 262 ’ 261 Marion 316 311 Milroy 118 113 Newton ...199 184 Union ......373 363 Walker 317 226 Wheatfield ...179 175 Rensselaer .659 670 Remington 369 279 Wheatfield (town) . t ... 123 121 Totals .... - 4,296 4,994

WILL REMODEL BARK GORIER

Plans Adopted and Work to Commence Next Month. Plans for the remodeling of the old McCoy bank corner building, now occupied by the State bank and the Thompson restaurant. have been practically adopted by the oSeers of of The Trust & Savings bank, which purchased this property several months ago, and the work of remodeling will be started probably next month. The outside walls of the old building will be retained for most part and the greatest changes will be on the ground floor. the .entire front of which, thirty -sir feet r »a. Washington street, will be oceup.ed by the bank, which will have very commodious and elegant quarters, indeed.

The eenter wall will be taken oat and the bank quarters will hare a depth of forty feet on Van Rensselaer street.’ and at the rear of the bank will be a store room 18x35 feet. The main vestibule entrance to the bank will be on WashMeton street. The entire front will be of plate glass and there will also be large glass windows on the east, on Van Rensselaer street, making it a -well-lighted room throughout•n the east front will be a space 7x21 feet, the corner room, being I reserved for officers’ space with a ' private consultation . room . iatote- ■ diately in the rear. The main lobby on Washington street will be 12x?T I feet 6 inches, with a side lobby on the west leading .to the directors’j room., the two toilet' rooms in the I rear—one a ladies' rest room. There is a small side entrance from. Van ■ Rensselaer street connecting with ’ the lobby to the rear .of -Makrl ing. quarters - proper. * Abasement will be- pat . wnder the building and a h- j-H.-* stalled. A. Wasso® Coe* toJUte arebitecLE The quarters., bow- oecomed by' The Trust & Saving^ .' beak will be; occupied by. .the. St •. '‘’lrik. whf-h, ■purchased. tl -iUdtog .before the?purchase of thy zk'A .:- rby the Hmyr., , E~. <?- y Trust & is ric—-'- virtual cp the Stste bans property, its lease on toe . quarters it» now occupies does' r-t* -?ryir-? ug-'i.. October. The remcc-ltog ■’ the; building SS=HI '--e-ms'e a- best >t?-; accommodate both" conreras- t

NO BAND CONCERT TONIGHT

There will Le no band concert this Wednesday eveniag. as was thought probable last week. The continued eool weatber hasdelayed - the concert season, but the first con-; cert will be given. Wednesday ere-J ning of next week if the’ weather is at all fa i arable. . The pipgram of the opening concert win be publiahed in the Saturday issue of The Democrat. *

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL ■ ' , ■ 0 - The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. p- •--*——7 —77— — -..a-;-- - —-z— —iu...-. Irene, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. JI- Yeoman of Newton township. who was operated on recently at the county hospital for appendicitis, was able to be taken to her

home yesterday. Marriage licenses issued: May ,14, Frank S. Armanstrout of Fort Wayne, aged 27 January 12 last, occupation machinist, and Theresia M. Pinter of Wheatfield, aged 26 March 26 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Dr. J. Hansson, accompanied by County Treasurer C. V. May and J. C. Gwin of this city and C. D. Lakin of near Parr, went to South Bend Sunday morning aqd returned that night with two new Willys-Knight touring cars. One of the machines was for Mr. Gwin, and the other was driven home by Jfr. May.

It has been figured out that the new draft law will take .0055 per eent of the population of the state [to provide its quota. This per cent lin Jasper county would be about seventy-seven men, but the exemptions will, of course, be larger in agricultural counties, such as this, than in the manufacturing centers. This number will also be materially reduced by those from this county ST& ciready in tha Service. -

’ The following men have been se- • lected as jurors for the May term of the Newton circuit court, which ’convened at Kentland Monday: J. R. Mulder. Lincoln township; William J. Smalley, Jefferson; Orson Peck. Jackson; Ray Hershman, Iroquois; Albert Verrill, Grant: George E. Long, Jefferson: W. A. Harrington, Grant; Charles Martin, McClellan; Al Gravel and John Moran, Grant; James B. Fletcher and Thad B. Littlejohn, Jefferson. The jury is called for the second Monday of the term.

C. M. Sands and D. S. Makeever went to Redwood Falls, Minnesota, yesterday to take the deposition o r ’ Mr. and Mrs. Elizur Sage in the case of the state vs, J. W. Stockton, the county farm corn case. Mr. Stockton’s Indianapolis attorney left Monday for Minnesota to be presenjt at the taking of the deposition. Mr. and Mrs. Sage, it is reported, will , testify that they saw teams of (County Commissioner D. S. Ma[keever hauling corn from towards i the county farm ‘during the year P&ls’ while the state contends that fthey hauled no corn at all from ;that direction in said year. The Sages lived on their farm west of ■town close to where the county farm ire-ad turns north toward Makeever’?. ; The ease will come to trial at Kent-" L..--'1 tomorrow. •

TWENTY-FOUR WILL GRADUATE

Thirteen .. Girls and Eleven. Boys Comprise This Year’s Class. The In 17 -graduating ‘’class of the ,R nsselaer high school numbers t‘V-"-y-four thirteen girls / and eleven boys. The clc-s -this year is .-maißst for 'several years; .but .as -;-ual sir’s predominate. The comnmncenisnt exercises will be/’h-' | Tit ;-----day evening, May 31. The -r ':;.k“r will ;.♦■ Dr. Stohe, pre--cf purdue university. - —We-tv-fbur nu-mbers of the cla = s who will graduate, although' -his ram-b r may- later be. increased , . •■.••enty-five. are-as folld'wfe: Gladys'- Arnott Helena Wright Mamfe Bever James Barber . Martha .Caine French Crooks HersrheH Collins William Eisele ; Stary Comer’ Daniel Guild Cvr-hH- Houston Cecil Lee ... 1 Cornelia Leonard Robert Loy Wflda Little-ield Harry Moore Marjorie Vanatta Seth Reed Stary Wagner’ Harvey Snow Minnie Waymire Dale Thurlow Ruth Wood Howard York

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917

GOOD ROADS ADVOCATE HERE

Col. Thatcher and His Mules Made > Us Another Visit. Colonel Thatcher, who claims to be engineer for a from West to East automobile route, was in Rensselaer again Saturday with his unique traveling outfit, consisting of a decrepid old spring wagon loaded down yvitli curios he has picked 1 up in his travels over the country, including a buffalo head, elk and deer antlers, old automobile license plates from many different states that he hgs passed through, and scores of other articles of miscellaneous junk, drawn by a span of small mules with a buri'o trotting along at their side, which outfit has attracted the attention of perhaps millions-of people in the dozens of states through which the colonel has in. his various good roads campaigns.

The colonel stated that he was “just arrived from Alabama,” and that he had blocked out a route on his trip through here a year ago last February from Seattle, Washington, to Chicago and thence south to Jacksonville, Florida, that is from 200 to 250 miles shorter than either the Dixie or Jackson highway, and the colonel claims to be the father of the Jackson highway, too. /His route is from Chl-j cago via Mt. Ayr to Rensselaer, thence by Jackson highway to Lafayette, thence to Bloomington, Louisville, Cumberland Gap, Ashville, etc.

He stated that he was now on his way to New York and Boston to locate a route through to New York and Washington, D. C., which will be recommended to the war department for transporting army supplies and food in case of congestion on the railroads. The plan is, he says, to interest automobile owners in the United States to organize an auto relief corps in case of such emergencies. The colonel has passed the military age and is giving his time to this project. He hah tPffvelod GvO7 50,000 miles via horse and mule' power in his good roads campaigns, l but says that since he was here, last he has made a trip by automobile to the Pacific coast. Some I time, he says, he expects to drive from coast to coast in one of the finest cars built, but that he can' now accomplish more for the cause j he is interested in with his 'unique outfit and simple mode of travel. | Whether Colonel Thatcher is I really what he claims to be or there is a< “vacant room” in his upper story, we are unable to say. I He is a native of Virginia, he states, but much of his life has been spent in the West, although' he has made many trips East and 1 says that he represented the Nev/’ York Herald and New York Times in the Spanish-American war. That he is a man of great intelligence’ and gentlemanly bearing is appar-l ent in conversing with him. May his good roads projects all become' a reality in the not distant future is the wish of The Democrat, no’ matter whether the colonel is “bughouse’’ or not.

OTTO BRAUN DIED SUDDENLY

Former Bandmaster Expired Saturday After a Brief Illness, Otto Braun of 1,0 well, former leader of the Rensselaer band, died very suddenly at his home in Lowell Saturday night, lie had been enjoying his customary health and had been about as usual all day-. About 9 o’clock Saturday evening he was taken ■ seriously ill with heart trou-

ble and passed away two hours I'later. •-. Mr. Braun was .leader of the (Rensselaer band for about six years, resigning the place about a year ■ago. Part of that time he and his (family resided here and numerous friends deeply mourn the untimely death of the well known musician. Mr. Braun was born in Germany in 18 7-I'TTiid - had Keen a resident of : this country for about twelve years, (He is survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons in . this i country, besides his aged mother j and two brothers in Germany. Funeral services were held at Lowell yesterday afternoon, and as a mark of respect and esteem to the deceased, the entire Rensselaer band attended the services. An effort was made to have the 10:36 train stop at Lowell for those wishing to attend the funeral, but this could not be done and the trip was made in automobiles.

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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. TO THE FARMERS—PLANT CORN

Washington, D. C., May 12. — I “Plant corn as the most effective I way of meeting the threatened J wheat shortage,” urged the depart- , ment of agriculture today in an apJpeal to the farmers of the United States. Scarcity of other grains, ' said the statement, will compel a ! more general recognition of the , value of corn as human food. Wider use of corn meal in the diet is strongly urged as the best available substitute for wheat flour. The department called attention to the fact that the normal production of corn in this country is three or four times greater than wheat, but that only about 5 or D lO per cent, or 200,000,000 bushels a year, has been used for human food. “A relatively slight increase in the corn acreage,” the statement said, “will place many millions of bushels of human food at the world’s disposal.”

ANOTHER SURPRISE MARRIAGE

Gaylord McFarland and Charlotte Kanne Married February 24. Friends of . Gaylord McFarland and Miss Charlotte Kanne —or formerly Miss Charlotte Kanne—were considerably surprised Saturday when the report became current that His young couple were married and that the ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace in Chicago on Saturday, February 24. The report was confirmed Sunday when the apology of the bride, who is a Catholic, was read in St. Augustine’s church at the morning services by Father Daniel.

Mr. McFarland is a clerk in the Rensselaer postoffice and a son of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. McFarland, and Miss Kanne, who daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kanne of this city, were in Chicago the latter part of February, but they had successfully kept the news of their marriage secret until the latter part of last week, when the I bride informed her father of the ftj/t Friday night. However, she had told some friend a few days before in confidence, of course, and the friend had told some one else in confidence, and it soon became too late to keep the matter secret any longer and the admissions were made to their friends Saturday with the apology to the church Sunday.

It is understood that a dispensatlon will be secured from the bishop and the young couple will be married over again by Father Daniel. , The bride’s people are all members of the Catholic church, as is she also. It is their intention to start' housekeeping later, it is understood,! but the bride has continued since! the marriage as office for Dr. ' C.E.v Johnson. The Democrat joins ’ the many' friends of the young couplq in ex- \ tending belated congratulations, < !

EXAMINATIONS FOR DIPLOMA

Diploma examinations will b ■ held over- the county oq next /Saturday, May 19, at -school h.uildinas atßensselaer, Dem’otte arid AValker Center. Those pupils who failed bn their first tria lon the April examination or who for any'good reason bad not had two trials may take the examination at this time. , Pupils should “tiring the iwort of the first examination with NEST LAMSON, County Superintendent of Schools..

AT STAR THEATER SATURDAY

Film of the Great Overland Factory at Toledo Will Be Shown. Dr. J. Hansson, local agent for i the Willys-Knight and - Overland autos, has arranged for the showing of a film of their giant works at the Star theater Saturday afternoon and 'night, May 19. This exhibition will be in addition to the regular program, and will be equal to a personal visit to this mammoth automobile factory.

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.

The Rensselaer common council 'met Monday evening in regular session with all members present except Councilman King. The following business was despatched: The Trust & Savings bank filed a petition asking permission to use .•part of Washington and Van RehsIselaer streets while making repairs to the State bank building, which they recently purchased. Prayer granted. Council dismisses petition to oil. certain streets remonstrated against by Mary D Eger et al, finding the petitioned' improvement not of public utility. - F. M. Haskell et al petition to extend water main on Kannal and south Parke avenues granted and superintendent of water plant ordered to purchase necessary material. ,'

Park committee was authorized to erect flag pole in Milroy park. Frank Critser was re-elected nightwatch, receiving font votes. Superintendent of light plant was instructed to purchase a giant pipe pushing machine for installing water pipe. It is said this machine will push an iron pipe up to two inches in diameter under ground for quite a little distance, and it will probably be used in installing water on improved streets. The cost of the machine is less than SSO. Pay of Gilbert Albin, city teamster, was raised to sls per week, beginning at once. In matter of report of Weston cemetery trustees sales were approved and mayor authorized to execute deeds. The usual number of claims were allowed.

RUN OVER BY AN AUTOMOBILE

Little Son of B. F. Fendig Has Miraculous Escape From Death. ■ ■ I Freddie, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, had a remarkable escape from death about G;3O o’clock Sunday evening. Together with several other little boys and girls he had been playing on\ the grass in Milroy park, and they were still at play when Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Payne, with Mr. Payne at the wheel, 1 drove east along the south side of the park in Mr. Simpson’s Overland car. They were driving slowly, and Freddie, who was out near the road or practically in the road, started to cross and then suddenly turned back and ran right in front of their car. He was knocked down and fell between the front wheels, but the car was stopped before it had gene its full length and Mr. Simpson jumped out and the boy was pulled from underneath the car, from un-| der the running board between the front and rear wheels. It was expected by those who witnessed the accident to see a mass of broken bones and quivering flesh, but remarkable to relate only a little patchjpf skin was rubbed off the side of his face or head, and except; for being scared almost out of his wits the lad was unhurt it was

found on making an examination aft&r he was hurried to the home of his parents* who are staying porariiy with Mrs. Fendig’s mother*. Sir's. Kate R. Watson, who resides )>n McCoy avenue, just at the north side of the pa> k and but a few .rods from where the accident occurred. It was certainty a most remark - aldo escape and the occupants of the cAr were completely unstrung over the accident, although* no blame could really be at*; <-7 d ’ thorn. H; 4 their car been rut: at even ordinal r lit is. probable the impact . would have seriously if not fatally injured the boj. As it as it. was a miracle th t one of the whec 1 did not pass ovef* his body and crush the life out of it.

A LARGE ACREAGE OF ONIONS

I Put Out This Season in About Newland and Giffortt. ; . ■ wy It is thought that a total acreage of nearly .700 acres will be put 'out in onions in thq vicinity o? [Newland '-and Gifford this year, [which is perhaps the largest acre-, [age ever sown there. Those now I planted are looking fine. The ground, has been’ in excellent condition for planting, and if we do not get excessive rains later it is probable that; a record-breaking crop will be raised this year in that locality. Charles Collins, the Chicago ice cream magnate, has out forty acres, and much of the other acreage is owned by Chicago parties.

BIG ALLIED DRIVE STILL CONTINUES

Situation in Russia Is Cause of Grave lipprehension CONGRESS REMAINS DORMANT .Colonel Roosevelt May Yet Be Permitted to Take a Division of the Army to France. The French and English forces .continue to make steady gains on the German lines on the western front, and Queant, a strategic point [at the southern extremity, was virtually pocketed by the British at I latest reports' It is estimated that the Germans have lost 200,000 men on the French front in the last two weeks.

: Apprehension is felt both by the allies and in this country over the situation in Russia, where the Turks and Germans are said to be bartering for separate peace. On the other hand, Austria, the chief ally of Germany, is very anxious to end the war and has made peace overtures to England, it is said, which may be accepted. Congress has not yet passed any of the army, war and shipping bill legislation except that providing for the |7,0f10,000,000 war fund. The espionage hili, with the newspaper censorship stricken out, was passed by the senate Monday night by a vote of 77 to 6.

Expansion of the regular army to ■ the full war strength of 293,000 men has been ordered. This will re- ■ quire 118,455 more men to bring to , required strength. The conscription bill has not yet passed both houses. The Roosevelt : volunteer plan to instruct, the conferees of the houst; on the army bill to restore the senate amendment, to ; permit Theodore Roosevelt to lead a | division to France, was passed in I the house Saturday by a vote of 215 ito 278. It is expected that this provision will remain a part of the new law providing for the great army. It is by no means certain, however, that Roosevelt will lead his division to France under its terms, because the amendment does not direct the President to accept the division; it merely authorizes him to do so. All the weight of the President's expert advice is against it, because of the fact that the army would be an unseasoned one. •

PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS FROM LIGHTNING by having them properly rodded. i Sixteen years’ experience in the business and never have had a building damaged from lightning that I rodded. Best and heaviest rods used. Call and see me or ’phone 135 or 568,- —F. A. BICKNELL, Rensselaer, Indiana. ts

LATE HI RTH A X NOU Nt E.MJ i NTS Friday May 11. to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Koss of Barkley township, a son. Saturday. May 12. to Mr. and Mrs Arthur Waymire of Union township, a ’son. ,/7

347-ACfIE FARM FOR SALE > WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, I®l7 .♦ —— « I will offer , my • farm ~t auction* '■'cn i-ting of '*l7 a.’l li J-ibie. . on Wednesday, May 23, at .2:3u p. , , - ' '7- > r'.- o* Per■ Tr.d . " r h F<-’•.’iK Pleasant Ridge and ■•■7 yard* at corner of farm. This farm : s improved with two houses, A »'.r:;-. 2 .7 • gtnr.r.i"; ■■ ♦b'.di. .house,•wind mill. 2 ?"''•! 2 ’".atertanks, : due - never-f?fling . ’Sowing spring in yard, walnut grove in front yard, land :jn a body and * f off - : i .jfields. ..-/mostly : new fence” of barbed and ■ woven wire, hrg-tight fence only two years old on three sides' of farm. The soil is good .and land lies a little sloping .mostly to the north. About 3©,©6© tile in land, working good. No incumbrance. Title will be free from ditch <iy road assessments, ifany. Possession given at once. Buyer carrying out the lease with . tenant and receiving owner’s share of crop and cash rent and come in full possession of the farm March 1, 1918. TERMS OF SALE —Will- sell on time if so desired. One-fourth down, one-fourth in one year, balance three to five years at 5 per cent. Parties wishing to look farm over call Fred Phillips, auctioneer, or C. H. TRYON, owner, Rensselaer. Tudisna, .’m23

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