Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — Page 1

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GUARD OFFICERS PROMOTED

Captain Tuteur of Company M Goes to Indianapolis. In the reorganization and enlargement of the national guard promotions are being made thick and fast and Rensselaer- guardsmen are receiving their share of the plums. George H. Healey has been advanced to lie.utenant-colonel of the first Indiana infantry. Captain 11. B. Tuteur, who has been a member of Company M since 1905 agd captain of the company since November 13, 1914. has been promoted to quartermaster general, with offices at Indianapblis. Captain Tuteur’s promotion comes through his recognized ability and loyalty to the national guard, and his pleasure in receiving same is shared by his large circle of friends in Jasper county. The promotion of Captain Tuteur will also advance First Lieutenant Jerry B. Garland to the rank of captain, and Second Lieutenant Edward L. Watson to first lieutenant. Some member of Company M will be chosen to succeed Mr. 'Watson as second lieutenant. Both Mr. Garland hnd Mr. Watson have given their best service to Company M and news of their promotion will be joyfully received by the members of the company and the people in general.

CHARTER GRANTED NEW BANK

Location of New Institution Has Not Yet Been Decided Upon. On Wednesday, August 1, the hearing relative to the granting of a charter to tfce Farmers’ Bank & Trust company of this city came up before the State Charter Board, which consists of Governor Goodrich, Ed Jackson, secretary of state, and Otto L. Klaus, auditor of state. Anyone who desired was permitted to express their views in their own way, the meeting being very informal, and after hearing but very little evidence the charter board went into an executive and secret session, and about 2:30 p. m. they announced their decision in favor of the charter for the new bank. Some of the evidence which was brought before the board and which helped to cause the charter board to readily grant this charter were the figures showing the enormous increase in valuation of property in. the different townships in Jasper county within the last ten years, and also the showing that in all localities such as Morocco, Kentland, Goodland, Monticello, Wolcott, Remington, Monon and other neighboring towns that the establishment of new banks did not take away the deposits of the old banks but simply brought more money into the community for legitimate loaning purposes. One witness stated that Jasper county was doing more in the way of improvement than any other county in the state of Indiana; some of the greatest improvements being the Kankakee drainage improvement, the contemplated improvement of the Ryan and Gifford ditches and the Barnard ditch. The stockholders of the new

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THRESHING STARTED FRIDAY

Crop Is Very Good but Exact Yield Is Still Unknown. Oats thrashing was commenced in this vicinity yesterday, Tone Kanne- of south of town being the first one to thrash. The yield is thought to be very good but at the time we went to it was impossible for Mt. Kanne to even make an estimate of what it would be. The first load 1 hauled to town weighed out 104 bushels, which was a surprise to all who saw the load, and which indicates that the oats are exceptionally heavy. The quality of the oats is the very best, being clean and uniform, and in good shape. This was the first load of new oats to reach Rensselaer this year, and sold at the Farmers’ elevator for 61c a bushel. Practically everyone in this part of the county has finished their oats cutting and thrashing is the order of the day The weather is ideal for harvesting. The extreme heat of the past ten days was broken by a refreshing shower Wednesday evening, since which time we have been enjoying cooler weather.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various DtpulMts OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Attorney J. A. Dunlap went *to Indianapolis on legal business Tuesday. Attorney H. R. Hopkins of Goodland was in the city on business Thursday. Commissioners’ court meets in regular monthly session next Monday. Quite a number of bridge lettings come up at this meeting. There were nine marriage licenses issued last month as against nine for the preceding month, anc five for the corresponding month of 1916. Sheriff McColly went to apolis Thursday afternoon to witness the examination of drafted men there yesterday and get "onto the ropes.” . . The publication of annual estimates of township trustees tax levies and expenditures should be made next week at farthest. In reality, they should have been made this week. The law requires that these estimates be published in each of the two papers representing the leading political parties in the county and also in a paper published in the township, if any there be. Marriage licenses: August 2. Oliver Roy of Goodland, aged 22 February 1 last, occupation laborer, and Leona Ritchey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Osa Ritchey of Jordan township, aged 21 December 25 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk s office by Justice Dean. August 2, Roscoe Lee Floyd of Remington.' aged 25 July 4 last, occupation farmer, and Charlotte Marian Burchhtt, also of Remington, aged 18 November IS last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Justice Dean.

Billy Lyons of Remington, who has been working on the Frank Hill farm, was arrested Wednesday by Marshal Robinson for intoxication. Billy went to the jail like a lamb but objected to being placed behind the bars and showed considerable fight. He was subdued, however, and locked up. Later he made considerable disturbance and when Sheriff McColly sought to quiet him he attacked the officer and another lively scrap ensued, the sheriff s shirt receiving irreparable damage. Lyons is an epileptic and when he was taken before the mayor Thursday it was thought best to send him to the epileptic village at Newcastle, which will be done at once. Frank Ward, who was arrested Monday for taking a horse and buggy belonging to Alex Quinn, was taken before Judge Hanley Thursday for a preliminary hearing. ' After hearing all of the evidence the judge released the boy and he will be given a chance to conduct himself properly in the future. He will be under direct charge of Sheriff McColly, who proposes to place him bn a farm for the remainder of the summer. It has not yet been learned who, if anyone, was with him when he took the horse. Investigation disclosed that the Miller boy, who was said to have been with him, was visiting in Kentucky at the time and did not return home until after the affair. Frank later said it was another Miller boy from over about Reynolds, but little credence is given his story. It was also proven conclusively that the Martin boy. who was also at first implicated, was entirely innocent. However, the Officers feel certain that some older, boys were with Ward at the time and are endeavoring to locate them and take them into court.

Ideal Account Wet, >I.W enah.— The Democrat's fancy ata tian my partment.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1917.

SAW GERMAN RAID ON LONDON

International Harvester Man Mas Near an Exploding Bomb. A. J. Gaston, a traveling salesman for the International Harvester company, was in Rensselaer this week assisting the local agents, Kellner & Callahan. Mr. Gaston returned from England last month after being there since March. On July 7 Mr. Gaston was in London and witnessed the German air raid on that city. He was on one of the principal streets and got a good view of the German airships participating in the raid. One bomb dropped by the Germans landed within a block of where he was and killed forty-nine and injured 150. There were thirty-four German machines over the city at one time and they were finally driven off by eighteen English planes. Mr. Gaston gave a very definite account of the situation in England at this time. Exceptionally high prices for all commodities prevail, gasoline being 9 0 cents a gallon, and its- use is restricted to those purposes absolutely necessary. Kerosene is 24 cents a gallon, but many kerosene tractors are in use on the farms as they are still more economical than horses with the exceptionally high prices of feed that prevails. i The market price of potatoes is $24 a bushel, and all other foodstuffs are equally high, and their use limited and curtailed to the lowest minimum. Yet the people of England can see nothing but the ! ultimate defeat of Germany, although they expect the war to continue possibly two years longer.

RENDER A VALUABLE SERVICE

Telephone Managers Furnished Help to Many Farmers. The Benton Independent Telephone association, of which W. L. Bott of this city is president, has certainly rendered an invaluable aid to the farmers in their territory during the present. season. Through the efforts of Mr. Bott earlier in the season the association undertook to furnish help to all farmers -who made their wants known, and they have been successful beyond their fondest hopes. This association is comprised /Of the independent telephone exchanges in about ten northwest Indiana counties, and by co-operation they have supplied the farmers of their territory with nearly 300 men. All demands for help were met until the past week when the harvest work required so much extra labor. At the office of the local exchange in this city about twentyfive farmers have been supplied with help. When there was a request for help and no men available Mr. Bott would communicate with the other exchanges in the association until he found one that had a surplus of laborers registered. These laborers would then be sent here and furnished to the farmers wanting whelp. Upon one or two occasions there was a sufplus of men registered here and they were immediately dispatched to some point in the territory where help was needed.

At one time there was a scarcity of men at Fowler and through the efforts of the association co-operat-ing with the International Harvester company about twenty laborers were imported, all of whom found immediate employment at some point or other in the territory. ' The work of the association along this line was recently brought to the attention of Governor Goodrich and he wrote to Mr. Bott commending their efforts. He also referred the matter to Will H. Hays, chairman of the State Defense Council, who wrote, to Mr. Bott for details of their plan of operation with a view to putting the same in operation in other parts of the state. Prof. G. T. Christie of Purdue university also took the matter up with the same view, stating that so far as he knew this was the first move of its kind ever made in Indiana. Prof. Christie was very much pleased with the results obtained and has recommended it to other districts.

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

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in tKfc Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mentioa from Many Places. VALUED HIS WIFE AT $20,000 Lowell Farmer Sued Village Barber for That Amount. For the alleged alienation of the affections of his wife,Nelson Hayden, a farmer of Lowell, is suing Berdette J. Sanger, the village barber, for $20,0 00. The suit was filed by Attorney George Hershman in the circuit court at Crown Point. Mr. Hayden says his wife became acquainted with Sanger in July, 1916. He also declares she left him and five children last spring. She is believed to be living in Hammond. Hayden is 40 years old, his wife 36 and Sanger, the barber, 35.

NEWTON COUNTY MAN IS DEAD

Joseph B. Miller, a pioneer resident of Jackson township, Newton county, died very suddenly Tuesday forenoon at his home one mile north of Mt. Ayr. Mr. Miller was 76 years old and had enjoyed good health most of his life. Of late he had been affected with organic heart trouble but not seriously, and this was given as the cause of his sudden death. Joseph B. Miller was one of the most favorably known farmers of his community. He was of the Amish faith, honest, industrious and congenial. He is survived by the widow and five children, as follows: Benjamin of Middlebury, Indiana; Manno of near Wheatfield, and Mrs. B. Yoder, Julie and David of Newton county. He also leaves one brother, Ben B. Miller of near Mt,. Ayr. Funeral services were held at the late home Thursday and burial made in the Amish cemetery.

BIG BENEFIT FESTIVAL SOON

Will Be Held on the Court House Lawn Wednesday Evening. On next Wednesday evening Jar per county will give an immense festival on the court-house grounds. Preparations are going forward rapidly and on a large scale. The court house lawn will be beautifully decorated and brilliantly lighted. Company M will give a drill which every man, woman and. child in the county should not fail to see. The Wolcott and Rensselaer bands will provide splendid music for the occasion. The hungry and thirsty crowd will find in the booths fifty gallons of ice cream, 100 large cakes and over 100 gallons of lemonade ready for consumption. A small per cent of the money obtained from the sale of the refreshments will pay for wool to be knitted into socks for Indiana soldiers—all the remainder goes into Company M’s pocketbook. Anyone wishing to donate money for the ice cream or lemons can hand the contribution to Mrs. J. J. Montgomery. Any ladies willing to furnish cakes can lighten the labors of the busy committee women by telephoning their names to Mrs. Arthur Hopkins or Mrs. J. J. Hunt. All of the surrounding counties with sons in Company M are coming in force and Rensselaer is expecting a big crowd and a big time.

BREEDERS INSPECT LIVESTOCK

Many Surprised at Excellence and Number of Herds Found. “I have seen more good livestock today than I had ever imagined was in Jasper county,” stated a prominent breeder as he returned from the inspection tour of the Jasper County Livestock Breeders’ association, which was held Thursday. About eixty people left Rensselaer by auto in the morning, headed by Fred Phillips, president of the organization, and spent the day visiting as manyfarms as could be reached.

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MAY RETURN FROM FRANCE

Americans of Conscription Age Arc Not Accepted Abroad. A dispatch from Paris appearing in the Chicago Tribune stated that large numbers of Americans of draft age comifig to that country to join the ambulance corps, are being refused because 6‘f their eligibility to military service in this country. However, it seems that they have the alternative of joining the French army and taking chances of securing a place in their chosen field, or returning to this country and be drafted. If this statement is true it will affect both Vern Davisspn and Sam Duvall, who went there recently to join the ambulance corps. However, it would not affect Alfred Thompson, who went there with a unit from several American colleges and joined the transportation corps. They have been accepted and according to a letter received by his parents Sunday they are now in a training camp preparing fdr service. Just what Davigson and Duvall will do is not known, as no word concerning any obstruction to their plans has been received here.

AUTO JOURNEY THROUGH OHIO

Mrs. Alda Parkinson and Guests Have Delightful Trip. .Mrs. Alda Parkinson returned Tuesday night from a very pleasant auto trip to various points in Ohio. She'was accompanied by Miss Mary Yates and Mrs. Stella Ketchum of this city and Mrs. Smith of Lafayette, with Bert Avis as chauffeur. They left here on Friday morning, visiting Sidney, West Liberty, Zanesfield, Columbus, Cleveland, Delaware, Bowling Green and other points in Ohio, covering a distance' of about 1,000 miles. At West Liberty Mrs. Parkinson visited the locality where her mother was born and raised and also * where her grandfather and grandmother Spry werb buried. She met while there a Mi's. Avaline Magoon and her son Elmer, Mrs. Magoon being an old schoolmate of her mother, and the’only resident who still resided there at the same time as her mother. At Zanesfield they visited the General Simon Kenton, a distant relative of her father’s people, and Isaac Zane 'monument, a large brown stone monument with the name of General Simon Kenton engraved on one side and Isaac 2ane on the other, they being two of the most prominent early settlers and Indian fighters of that section. Mrs. Parkinson took a kodak picture of the monument. They reached Columbus Saturday afternoon, visited the state capitol building and other points of interest, going from there to Delaware, where they spent Saturday night. At this point they visited the old home of forme/ President Rutherford B. Hayes, which is still standing. On Sunday

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GUARD MOBILIZES TOMORROW

Troops Will Probably Remain Here for Several Days. Company. M of this city will mobilize tomorrow, but further than that no one knows. However, it is quite, probable they will remain here for several days and then go to Fort Benjamin Harrison. Equipment for the care of the soldiers is being supplied at the fort as rapidly as possible. Company M will be quartered at the armory during their stay here, and will get their meals at- the College' Inn. Tents will be pitched at Riverside park and all the' men who can be thus accommodated will sleep there, and other quarters will be provided for the remainder. Just how long the troops will remain at Fort Benjamin Harrison is also unknown, as they will go into camp at Hattiesburg, Mississippi, some time this fall. * Following is the complete roster of Company M as now on record: Officers Captain, Herman B. Tuteur; first lieutenant, Jerry B. Garland; second lieutenant, Edward L. Watson; first sergeant, William J. Newels; supply sergeant, David J.- Warner; sergeant, Ernest C. Moore, transferred to field hospital No. 2 I. N. G. S. O. 124; sergeant, Orveil J. Bowsher; Sergeant, Don P. Warren; sergeant/ Laban It. Wilcox; sergeant, James Eldridge;

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U. S. WILL SEIZE ALL VESSELS

Plan of America and England to Rule the Seas. TO CONTROL WORLD SHIPPING Norway, Facing Starvation if U. S. Cuts Off Food, Ready to Eelease I,ooo'ooo Tons of Shipping. Washington ,Aug. 3.—Plans for taking over for operation all American ocean-going merchant ships soon will be announced by the shipping board. Charters will be requisitioned under a recent act authorizing the president to commandeer tonnage for government uses. For Control of World Shipping. . The program is preliminary to putting Into operation an agreement between the American and British governments for Joint control of the world’s shipping. It will give the shipping board control of ocean freight rates charged by American ships and a rate basis being worked out will bo used for building an international rate schedule. The chief alm in commandeering charters is to get more ships into transatlantic service. Many .American coastwise vessels and ships now engaged in the Pacific ami South American trade will be diverted to transatlantic runs. Their.places will be taken to a large extent by neutral ships and by Japanese tonnage.

The plan is to commandeer charters and, wherever advisable, let the ship Itself be operated by its owner under a government charter. Norway Is Facing Starvation. Norway, facing starvation if thd United States cuts off exports of food,, is ready to release a million tons of her shipping in return for the privilege of Importing-food, principally from that United States. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, head of the Norwegian mission to the United States, declared here unreservedly that Norway faced starvation if the-United States enforced an export) embargo against her. What Norway .needs now are fata, sugar and grain, and? as Doctor Nansen expressed it, that Norway would! give a guarantee that none of these, things would be sent to Germany, goes) without saying.

DROVE LORD CAR TO SEATTLE

Miss Dena Hanson Writes of Enjoyable Western Trip. Mies Dena Hanson of Marinette, Wisconsin, who has taught school in Jasper county for the past five years, four years in Newton township and last year at Parr, recently reached Seattle, 'Washington, concluding a trip there from this city in a Ford car. Miss Hanson left here about the middle of April and drove through to her 'home at Marinette. Here ehe was joined by her mother, who is 73 years old, and an invalid brother, and the party set out for the Pacific coast. They went direct to St. Paul. Minnesota, where thev connected with the Red and White trail. The trip was adventurous as well as interesting and would Lave caused many a less resolute person than Miss Hanson to abandon same under similar circumstances, but the trip was continued except through one portion of the mountains where travel via auto wras impossible. The Democrat is privileged' to print an account of the trip as written by Miss Hanson to a friend in this county. The entire trip consumed just one month, counting five or six days lost on J account of rains, ete., and they did no traveling whatever after sunset. Concerning the trip and parts nf the country visited. Miss Hansen wrote as follows: After getting to St. Paul there is the Red and White trail to follow. The posts along sides of the road

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SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS

Miss Boyd telegraphed from Indianapolis for 100 pairs of socks from this district by August 7. Will knitters please speed up.—OHA TROfiS; Chairman.

Wild Hay—We have a large acreage of wild hay to put up in Newton county, known as the Kent tract of land, west of Fair Oaks, on shares or by the ton. Hay ready to put up from now on.—• J. J. Lawler. Phone 337, JAMES E. WALTER, Supt. ts Try The Democrat’s want ad columns. You will be most agree ably surprised by the results.

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