Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1917 — Page 1

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GRAIN DEALERS MET HERE

Unsettled Market Is Cause of Considerable Trouble. About twenty-five of the grain dealers of northwestern Indiana held a meeting at Che Makeever hotel in this city Wednesday evening, the principal purpose being to discuss the unusual situation today occasioned by the extremely unsettled condition of the grain market. Oats of good quality were reported from one section while a near neighbor reported the quality as bad, which was also true of wheat. The grain men seemed to be of one accord that they were buying on too small a margin in such troubled times, and thought it best to change their policy in this resipect. However, there is considerable variance in the price of grain in neighboring towns. One day this week the price of corn at Kentland was $1.50, while on the same day the Rensselaer dealers quoted $1.60. Because of the fact that the government has taken over control of the grain market the Rensselaer elevators and many others are not making any quotations on wheat.

AUTO DRIVER IN BAD WRECK

Large Jeffery Car Ruined When It Hits Ditching Machine. W. T. Priebe, an automobile mechanic from the Nash Motor Car Co., and whose address is 468 Charles street, Kenosha, Wisconsin, while driving a Jeffery seven-pass-enger car from Indianapolis to the factory at Kenosha, ran into the Casto & Garvin tile ditching machine which had been left standing in the road a couple. of hundred rods north of H. R. Kurrie’s farm, one mile north of town, occupied by Nat Heuson f at about 1:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. The car was completely wrecked and how the driver escaped instant death is a miracle. The ditching machine, which is operated by a gasoline caterpillar tractor and is all combined, had been at work some place north and in driving it back south the engine broke down near the Kurrie farm and the machine had since been left there for a week or ten days awaiting repairs, a menace to the traveling public and an object of fright to. every horse that passed along this much-traveled road. The roadway at this point is perhaps twenty-five to thirty feet in width, with the main traveled track in the center. The ditching machine was standing on the west side of the center of the roadway and but a very few feet therefrom, it all being on that part covered by, ro -k. Mr. and Mrs. Heuson heard two cars go by their place, both traveling at a high rate of speed, oie

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ARMY TEAMS TO PLAY BALL

Company C of Monticello Will Meet Company M Here Today. A large crowd is expected in Rensselaer this afternoon to witness the hall game between Company M of this city and Company C of Monticello. The visitors are said to have an exceptionally good team and the players for Company M, many of whom at one time played with the Rensselaer Athletics, are expected to give them a run for their money. The batting order for Company M is as follows: Eldridge, 3b; Blue, ss; Wilcox, c; Elder, If; Hammond, 2b; Healy, cf; Wilcox, lb; Grant, rs. and Clark, p. An admission of twenty-five cents will be charged, the proceeds going to the company mess fund. The game will be called promptly at 2:30.

TRADES FOR INTERESTIN FARM

Frank Haskell, the barber, has traded his property on south Park avenue to J. F. Bruner for a half interest in the latter's 200-acre farm near Winamac. Frank's property was put in at $4,000., Notwithstanding the deed from Haskell to Bruner was placed on record here August 14, the former denied to The Democrat. on Tuesday and again on Thursday that any deal had been made, and would make no statement whatever about his intentions for the future. From ...other sources we learn that Mr. Haskell will move onto the farm, and if possession can be secured will do so yet this fall, otherwise he will do so next spring.

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. Attorney Jasper Guy was over from Remington yesterday on legal business. Attorney A. D. Babcock, accompanied by. E. C. Fountain, drove over from Goodland Thursday afternoon. The latter visited his foster daughter, Mrs. Rice Porter, while here. “Shorty” Collins returned to Rensselaer Tuesday from a 140-day sojourn at the penal farm near Putnam Ville, given him for imbibing too freely of “joy water.” “Shorty” said he vrould like to join the army only he did not have the strength to march, having been fed little else than cabbage and string beans while a guest of the state. New su*|s filed: No. 8800. McNeil & Higgins Co. vs. Leslie Fisher; suit on account. Demand $250, No. 8801. Ida Toombs vs. Francis E. Toombs; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married September 22, 1916, and parted September 28, 1916. Cruel and inhuman treatment is charged in that defendant struck and cursed plaintiff J Plaihtiff asks for divorcfe and her. maiden name of Ida Davis restored. No. 8802. Emma Hallin et al vs. John C. Schatzley et al; action for partisian of real estate; Marriage licenses issued: • August 15, Clarence Russel McNabb of Bloomington, Indiana, aged 2 4 May 9 last, soldier, and Harriet Newell Brown of Jasper county, aged 24 Novejnber 24 last, teacher. First marriage for each. Married at the Baptist parsonage by Rev. F. H. Beard,

August 16, Charles William Britt of Jasper county, aged 24 April 12 last, occupation farmer, and Blanche Lauretta Cooper, also of Jasper county, aged 21 May 24 last, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk's office by Mayor C. G. Spitler. Arvie Earl Culp of Gillam township who is working near Frankfort, came up yesterday and passed the physical examination before the examining board. Mr. Culp was in Thursday’s call, but ' did not learn of it in time to appear Thursday. His folks called him by phone and informed him of the matter and he came up on the first train. He subscribed for The Democrat while here and will now be kept informed. The names of all those called were published in Saturday's Democrat and had he been;, takisg the paper then he would have known all about his having been called and the date he was to appear before the board.

DRIFTED MEN ARE EXAMINED

Second Call Will More Than Fill Our Quota. The 103 men included in the second call to provide the quota for this county were examined Thursday and yesterday, and more than enough passed the physical examination who did not ask for iexemption to fill our quota of fiftysix, thirty-four having been accepted from the previous call. All of those who were accepted will not have to go. of course, on the first call, but will be subject in the order drawn on the next call, should one be made. It is probable that some claims for exemption will be denied, in which case the person so making the claim will revert back to his original place in the list of those eligible for service. The following v list shows the standing of each >man, according to the record made by the board: The following passed the phys-

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917.

$103.50 AN ACRE FOR WHEAT

Is tiie Remarkable Figure Reach by Newton Township Land. What is perhaps a new record on returns from crops in Jasper county is reported from the Everett Halstead ranch in Newton township, where a few acres of wheat raised there this year brought the gross return of $103.50 an acre. The land was farmed by William Walter, and the wheat yielded forty-six bushels to the acre. The actual market value of the land is not much more than this year’s crop sold for. The wheat from this particular tract of land was of excellent quality and was sold with 2,000 bushels more to Edwin Harris at Mt. Ayr for $2.25 per bushel. There was quite a demand in the vicinity for some of this wheat for seed and Mr. Harris sold all of it to the farmers there for that purpose for the same price he paid for it. Randolph Wright, who also farms a part of the Halstead land, had twenty-five acres of oats that yieldecj seventy-six bushels to the acre.

THREE LOCAL MEN DESERTERS

Failed to Report When Notified by Superiors to Do So.

Three of the members of Company M have been branded as deserters and will be so dealt With by the military authorities of the United States. The men are John S. Monrick whose last known address was Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leo B: Lyons, formerly of Remington but who registered at Danville, Indiana, and Peter Winter of Barrington, Illinois. All three were advised to notify the captain of Company M in the event they changed their address, and to each .was mailed a notice of the order to mobilize. The time limit for reporting for duty expired at midnight last Tuesday, and since then they have been classed as deserters. Since publishing the list of members in' Company M four additional men took the examination and were accepted. They are: Floyd Crowder, Pleasant Ridge; William Timmons, Remington; Elmer B. Smith, Monon, and Roy C. Hixson, Kentland. Several other men have applied for admission to Company M since the same was mobilized, but the company officers are unable to accept any. All enlistments now must be made through the regular recruiting stations.

HIT WITH A CATSUP BOTTLE

Contents Caused Victim to Think He Had Been Murdered. Clark Warfel was celebrating Tuesday and imbibed too much hops to maintain a stable equilibrium, and was therefore arrested and taken before Squire Spitler. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was assessed a fine of $1 and costs, amounting in all to $9.05. Later in the day he went to the Bicknell pool room and soon engaged in a fight with Adrian Bicknell. During the melee Cobby Bicknell is said to have hit Warfel with a bottle of catsup, the bottle breaking and the contents decorating his countenance. When Warfel came to ‘he sajv his gory appearance and thought he had been murdered. Before he had sobered up sufficiently to distinguished catsup frolm blood he went to Squire Spitler and swore out a warrant for Bicknell. When the case was called yesterday forenoon about thirty witnesses were on hand, but the parties to the suit got together out of court and settled matters and the case was dismissed.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Edna, little 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Elijah of near Mt. Ayr, had her tonsils removed Wednesday. The 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Markin underwent an operation fqr appendicitis Wednesday. . Charles Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walten V. Porter, underwent -a major operation Wednesday. David Alter. Jr., of Union township, is still improving and it is now thought w’ill soon be discharged as cured. F. W- Priebe, who was injured, in an automobile accident Tuesday night, was able to leave the hospital yesterday afternoon.

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. MARRIED MEN NOT EXEMPT Appeals Must Be Taken in AU Cases of Discharge. The generally accepted view that all married men would be exempt from military duty seems to have struck a snag during the past week and it now looks as though the decision of the local board will in nowise determine the matter. The latest instructions from Provost Marshal General Crowder at Washington makes it the duty of certain men, recently appointed as government representatives in each district, to carry appeals from local boards to the district boards in all dependency cases. Judge C. W. Hanley has been named as the government’s representative ta- Jasper county and under this late ruling it will be his duty to take an appeal to the district board in all dependency cases where discharges by the local board are granted. The government has acted slowly in bringing home to the people the rigid character of the draft act. There has been much discussion of the exemption problem, based on ar> erronernip view of the law s purpose which assumed that married men, for instance, would be exempted without question and that the burden of military duty was. to be carried fully by the single men among the 10,000.000 registered. General Crowder has taken the position in recent rulings that married men will be exempted only when it is to the interest of the government that they should be excused from service. If the removal of the drafted man from his family circle would result in the family becoming a public burden, it is to the interest of the government tq leave him at home so as not to have to jcare for his dependents.

DETAILS OF AUTO ACCIDENT

In Which Mrs. E. W. Allen of Wheatfield Was Badly Injured. F. W. Fisher of Kankakee township township accompanied by Wallace Houk, also of Kankakee, and Allen Fendig of Wheatfield, was in the city Thursday afternoon. Mr. Fendig, who is a son of Simon Fendig. the Wheatfield druggist, and recently joined the U. S. engineering corps and is stationed at Allentown, Pennsylvania, came home Wednesday on a short furlough. His mother is still with her mother, Mrs. E. W. Allen, of Wheatfield, who was so badly injured in an auto accident near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, last Sunday when, with Mrs. Fendig and Mrs. Alien’s grandson, E. W. Allen, of Lafayette, they were returning from a visit with Allen Fendig at Allentown, .Pennsylvania, mention of w'hich was made in | Wednesday’s Democrat. The accident occurred when going down a steep grade. There | was an embankment on one side of; the road and a deep ravine on thej other. The brakes of their car gave l way and it was either go into the ravine or crash into the embankment on the opposite side. The driver chose what appeared to be the safer alternative, but the car turned over and pinned all three of the occupants underneath. Mrs. Allen suffered a broken leg in two places, a broken collar bone and was injured internally, while Mr. Allen suffered a broken nose. Mrs. Fendig escaped with severe bruises. The car was damaged so badly that it was not worth repairing, it is said. The outcome of Mrs. Allen’s injuries are problematical at this time, but it is thought that she has about an even chance to recover.

If it’s anything in cardboards, cards, envelopes or papers of any kind The Democrat undoubtedly has It

LIGHTNING DESTROYED BARN

Joe Borntrager Sutlers $3,500 Loss Thursday Afternoon. The large barn on the J. C. Borntrager farm, formerly the Marion I. Adams (arm, about four miles south of Rensselaer, was totally destroyed by fire at about 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon, when it was struck by a bolt of lightning and was a mass of flames a few moments later. The men were at work in the field with the teams at the time, and saw the building struck, but before they could reach there it was a mass of flames. The barn was an extra good one. It had been built by Mr.. Adams and was constructed of heavy oak timbers. It was 50x42 feet in size and one of the best barns in the county. It contained about 450 bushels of wheat and was also filled with hay and straw. The vitrified brick silo close by was also a complete wreck, the heat expanding the hollow brick and they exploded with loud reports. The loss is in the neighborhood of $3,500, with $2,500 insurance in G. H. McLain’s agency. There was SI,OOO insurance on barn, S3OO on silo and the balance on hay, grain, tools, etc.

NEW COUNTY SUPERINTENBENT

Took Up the Duties of That Office Thursday Morning. Morgan L. Sterrett of Wheatfield, elected county superintendent of schools at the June meeting of the several township trustees, assumed the duties of that office Thursday morning. Mr. Sterrett succeeds Ernest Lamson, who has filled the position with ability and credit for more than ten years. During his incumbency of office Mr. Lamson has been untiring in his efforts to promote the welfare of the schools of Jasper county, and can today look with pride upon his achievements along this line. He has not announced what he expects to do in the future, but regardless of what he does or where he goes, the best wishes of a large circle of friends in this county will go with him. Mr. Sterrett takes up the reins of the office with the confidence and best wishes of his predecessor and the people of the county in general. With years of experience in school work and with the enthusiasm and vigor of youth he may be expected to put new life in the educational circles of the county. Mr. Sterrett has purchased the Swartzell property at the corner of College avenue and Elm street, and will move his family, which consists of his wife and one child, to this city early next month, or as ■soon as he can get possession of his property.

LOCATION NOT YET SELECTED

No location for the new Farmers’ Bank & Trust company has as yet been decided upon and probably will not be for several days yet. It was thought Tuesday that a location would be secured that day, but the parties failed to get together and at a meeting of the directors held Wednesday night it was decided to take a little more time before deciding definitely upon a location. There had been some talk of purchasing the former Harris bank building, now owned by G. J. -Jessen and occupied by him as a jewelry store, but it is understood that negotiations for same are now “off.” Mr. Jessen bought this property some four years ago for $5,500. -He offered it to the bank for $1 2,000, but some of the directors who still measure business property values on the basis of a few years ago, seemed to think this was too much profit for him to make, and it is understood the proposition is now off altogether. Other locations, including the Leopold corner; now occupied by Duvall’s clothing store, the old banking room on the corner of Front and Washington streets, i| the Nowels block, occupied for several years by Rhoades’ barber shop, and the B. S. Fendig corner, are available, it is understood.

Wild Hay—We have a large acreage .of wild hay to; nut' 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

GERMANS CAN’T STARVE ENGLAND

Lloyd-George Declares U-Boat Menace Dwindles. GERMANY BARELY HOLDS OWN 0 Asserts Shipping Losses Have Been Reduced and With Anterica’s Aid Allies Have Enough Tonnage. London, Aug; 17. —I’remier Lloyd-' George, speaking in the house <rf commons, said that this time last year the wheat in this country amounted to 6.-, 480,000 quarters and that now It la 8.-1 500,000 Quarters. The stock of oatsand barley, he declared, also was high-, er. There had been a considerable sav-» ing in bread consumption, the premier’ said, and owing to closer milling and food economy then* had been an addition to the wheat stock of 70.000 quarters per week. (A quarter is equivalent; to 480 pounds.) No Chance to Starve England. “The government has come to the, conclusion,” Lloyd-George said, “that! with reasonable economy there is no, chance of stand ng England out. “The admiralty plans dealing wlthi submarines have been increasingly successful.” The premier said that In the single, month of April 50O.«»Q gross tons of, shipping were lost through German, submarines. In July the tonnage went dovrn to 3X0.000 gross tons. ThlsJ month there was a substantial improvement over that of July. Germany Barely Holding Her Own. The net loss since the commencement of Germany's unrestricted subma-, rine warfare was below 259.000 tons al month. The premier said: “Germany now is hardly able to hold} her own- —not even that.' American Ships Coming. With the co-operation of America, the premier said, there would be sufficient tonnage for all.of 1918 and If necessary 1919. Although tonnage had) decreased during the last year, het added, more goods had been carried; ft*»m overseas. The premier referred to Russia as “one claw of the nippers temporarily out of repair.” Germany, he said. had. been beaten in several great battles, with large losses, when Russia wasl practically out of the campaign. He' asked what might be expected when Russia recovered and America wa»t really in. America's troops had been seen marching through the streets, symbols of her resolute entry into the struggle. This was the hour. Mr. LloydGeorge added, of Germany’s difficulties.

ENTERTAIN FOR BRIDE-TO-BE

Mrs. Jesse D. Allman and two daughters, the Misses Aileen and Florence Allman. entertained a number of guests Wednesday afternoon at a miscellaneous shower for Miss Esther Padgitt, who will become the bride of Kenneth Allman next Monday. The house was becomingly decorated for the occasion in yellow and white, the same color scheme being carried out in presenting the gifts and in the refreshments. A large yellow and whiite parasol Was suspended from the chandelier over the dining room table, and grouped about beneath this were a large number of rare and beautiful presents for the bride-to-be. Dainty refreshments 6f ice cream and cake were served to the young ladies present. The e»ent was a' most delightful one and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

NEWTON COUNTY QUOTA FULL

Second fall Furnished Thirty-two Additional Men. Newton county's qhota of Sftjynine for the national army was completed this week when thirtytwo men were accepted from the second 118 registered men called. Those who passed the examination and did not ask exemption or were denied same, are as follows: Alva Hoover, Alex Levin. Frank Hansen, Edgar Miles. George Albaugh, Alonzo Skinner, Kenneth McCain. Cjecil Moore. Harry White, Henry Buck. Everett Burton. Callie Stutsman, William Culligan. Charles Lyons, Charles Drake. Lloyd Graves, Elmer King. Chester Harry. Russell Estill, James Rayner. John Talley, Thomas McCarty. Charles Wallace, Charles Snow, Elmer Littlejohn. Paul Moore. Otto Paul, Orpheus Martin. Richhard Raper. Bert Simia, Noah Anderson and Jett Stamper.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 14, to Mr- and Mrs. Firman Thompson. a son. August 16. to Mr, and Mrs. Raymond W. Parks, at the county ho&■pi tai, a daughter. -

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