Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — Page 1
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CORONER CALLED TO TEFFT
Wednesday Morning to Investigate Death of Herman Dahlmann. Coroner Wright was called to Tefft Wednesday morning to investigate the death of Herman Dahlaeann, who had been found dead that morning at the home of Ernest Trelchel, the Tefft groceryman, with whom he had made his home for the past 38 years. "Herman,” as lh.e was generally known —few people knowing his last name—had evidently died of heart trouble during the night, and in a death struggle had rolled out of bed, taking the bed clothing with him, and was found lying on his face dead next morning. The body was shipped to Hammond, we understand, for burial, he having a sister residing there. Deceased was a German Pole, and used to work as a farm hand years ago for the /father of J. J. Hunt, John P. Ryan and others in Gillam # township. He was about 58 years of age.
FRANK W. TOBIAS IS DEAD
Passed Away Early Thursday Morning After an Extended Illness. Frank W. Tobias, who had been I in poor health for several months and had been failing fast of late, passed away at his home on Front street at 2:45 o’clock Thursday, morning, death being due to tuberculosis of the throat. Mr. Tobias was born in New Lebanon, Ohio, March 24, 1871, and was 47 years, 10 months and 26 days of age at the time of his death. In 1891 he was married to Miss Ida Dixie of this city, following which they made their home at Lake Forest, Illinois, where he was employed as assistant railway agent. About ten years ago they moved to Rensselaer where they have since resided. For some time Mr. Tobias was the American Express agent here, but last December resigned on account df failing health. Frank was a member of the city council and also of the Modern Woodmen, I. O. O F. and K. of P. lodges of this city, and. a highly respected citizen. He is survived by his wife and a host of friends. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church and burial made in Weston cemetery.
JASPER COUNTY GIRL MARRIED
Last Saturday in Michigan City to Burl H. Asher. JThat truth will out is a saying as old as time. Today the friends of Miss Effie Fisher, clerk of the draft board, wene advised mat she ie a bride, though the fair partner of the vows assumed last Saturday has not peeped. The fortunate young man is Burl H. Asher of Billings, ’ Montana, who in some way unbeknown to Miss Fisher’s friends won her in the game of romance and matrimony. The nuptials were celebrated in Michigan City last Saturday, the pastor of the First M. E. church in that city tying the knot that binds “until death doth part.” Miss Fisher, now Mrs. Asher, is still employed in the local office, and as friends have not been further advised it is presumed in course o|f time that Mr. and Mrs. Asher will move to Billings, where she will be followed by the well wishes of many friends. —Laporte Argus-Bulletin. The bride is a daughter of Frank W. Fisher of Kankakee township, and the groom a son of L. C. Asher of Wheatfield township. The Democrat joins the many friends of the young couple in extending congratulations.
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List of Those Who Have Paid Subscription Accounts During Week. Following are the names of those who have paid their subscription for The Democrat since last Saturday’s issue and, especially to those received by mail, this publication shall act as a receipt until the date on the label of their paper is changed. Those indicated by an * are rew subscribers: ♦ Mrs. Bertha Galbreath, Medaryville, R-3. James Lqngstreth, Parr. Thomas Reed, Remington, R-3. Glen Brown, Brook, R-3. ♦lHarry Thomas, Rensselaer, R-3. Reinhold Schultz, Parr; R-l. ♦Miss Alice Daniels, Chicago. Fred Saltwell, McCoysburg. Wm. Daugherty, Rensselaer. Clay Dewees, Rensselaer, R-3. D. S. Makeever, Rensselaer, R-3. John’ Manning, Medaryville, R-l. Geo Borntrager, Rensselaer, R-4. Edward Weller, Goodland, R-l. - Peter Baler, Remington,. R-4.
GOURI 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. Former Court Reporter M. J. Wagner has written friends here that the other Indiana boys in his company were about to start for home, but he was to be kept overseas for a while and sent to another camp, “which comes from knowing too much,” Mike says. It has later been learned from dispatches in the newspapers that the boys left France February 12, on the Manchuria, and will reach an American port next Monday. So far as The Democrat learns, William Duvall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Duvall of Rensselaer, and Louis Putts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph' Putts of south of town, are the only Jasper county boys with this unit.
SON WAS WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Now in Debarkation Hospital at Newport News. Mrs. .J. W. Dunlap of this city received the following letter a few 'days ago fr.om the American Red Cross bureau of information at Newport News, Va.: Newport News, Va., Feb. 15. Mrs. J. W. Dunlap, Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Mrs. Dunlap—Virgil has just returned a wounded veteran of the great war. We rejoice with you that he walked down the ship gangplank as happy to be here as we were to greet him. He is now in one of the debarkation hospitals at this port to be quickly sent to a general hospital or camp hospital nearest his home for discharge. The average stay of a wounded man here is from two to [four days. Unless you live in the immediate vicinity of Newport News, we would strongly advise you to wait until he is at his ultimate destination before trying to see him. You will be promptly notified there of the best time and place. In the meantime you may be assured that he is not dangerously injured and that the medical authorities will give him every possible care and the Red Cross will look after him in every way at its command. Sincerely yours, AMERICAN RED CROSS, F. W. Daherty, Bureau of Communication.
ROY-KOLHOFF NUPTIALS
The marriage of Miss Angela Kolhoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kolhoff of south of town, and Theodore Philip Roy of Hammond, took place at St. Augustine’s church at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning. The bride and groom' were attended by Miss Leona Kolhoff, sister of the bride, and Raymond Roy, a brother of the groom. A fine wedding dinner was served at 12 o’clock at the Kolhoff home to a large number of relatives and friends. . i j The bride is a popular and accomplished young lady, a graduate of the Rensselaer high school, and has hosts of (friends in this city. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Roy of south of Rensselaer, but for the past year or more has been employed at Hammond. '’The young couple left on the afternoon train for Chicago for a few days’ visit, after which they will take up their residence in Hammond. The Democrat joins the many friends of the young couple in extending hearty congratulations.
THREE MORE IRISH DEMOCRATS
Triplets Were Born to Former Remington Couple. Marion O. O’Connor of 1014 Brown street has received word from his brother, John O’Connor of Wabash, £hat he is the father of triplets, two boys and a girl, born (yesterday morning.' Thursday’s Lafayette Journal Mr. and Mrs. O’Connor are former residents of near Remington, and are well known to readers of The Democrat in that community. Later —The girl only lived one day, it has been learned, but the two boys, it was thought, would p-obably survive.
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JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919
11 FREIGHT ROBBERS PINCHED
At Monon for Stealing Goods From Railroad Station There. Ae a result of investigations made by the Monon’s detective agency, eleven men, employes of the Monon, were arrested Wednesday, following a search of their premises in which several thousand dollars worth of merchandise was found. The places searched were occupied by the following employes o<f the road: Ralph Anderson, Walter Martin, Homer Haskins, Clayton Caldwalder, Morris Martin, Oscar Pauley, J. Paris, Kirk Ball, Arthur Akers, Lawrence Smith and Charles Martin. Most of these men are married. The merchandise secured consisted of various articles, including cigarettes, cigars, whiskey, gloves, ladles’ and men’s hose, shoes, flash lights, razors, toilet articles, handkerchiefs, jewelry and other articles. According to the report of the railroad detectives, during the past two years several thousand dollars worth of goods have disappeared. Shipments reaching merchants would be short several articles and packages showed that they had been opened and part of the articles taken out. This applied to freight transferred from one branch of the road to the other at Monon.
HANS BRAUN KILLED ON R. R.
Former Rensselaer Boy Meets His Death Near Chicago. Word reached here Friday that Hans Braun, oldest son of Mrs. Ofto Braun, had been killed about forty miles out of Chicago. z He was a brakeman on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, and his run was between Chicago and Milwaukee. He was caught in a frog in some manner and beifore he could extricate himself the train struck him. His body was mangled. The remains were brought back to Chicago and the funeral services were held in that city Saturday at 1:30 p. m. Interment was made in Chicago. Hans formerly lived here with his parents, but after the death of his father he went to Chicago with his mother and had since resided there. He ia survived by his mother, three sisters and one brother. The bereaved family have the sympathy of their many Lowell friends. — Lowell Tribune. The unfortunate young man will be remembered by many people in Rensselaer, his parents residing here for a few years when his father was employed as leader of the Rensselaer, band onlyfew -years ago.
VISITING RELATIVES AND OLD FRIENDS HERE
J. T. Wagner of near Larimore, North Dakota, reached Rensselaer Wednesday evening and will visit relatives and friends here and near Remington for a few weeks. Mr. Wagner has been gone from Jasper county ten years, this being his first visit back home since he mowed to North Dakota in the spring of 1909. He has prospered there and now owns an entire section of land. <He sold last year SI,OOO worth of hogs and grain and other produce amounting to about $12,000 more. He states that they have had a very mild winter there with only about a week of below zero weather. They have had about six inches of snow at one time, which gave them a month’s fine sleighing, but the snow is practically gone now.
PASTURE TOR 1919 SEASON We are now booking pasturage of stock for the 1919 season on the J. J. Lawler pasture in Newton and Jasper counties, in the vicinity of Fair Oaks, and request that all wanting pasture let us know at once the number of cattle or horses they will have, that* we may make plans accordingly. Will take horses, steers and cows.—JAS. E. WALTER, foreman, phone 337. ml WOOD SAWING. I have the Clyde Williams outfit and will saw your wood for $1.50 per hour. Cord wood, $1.25 per cOrd.—HARLOW PEEK, phone 947-F. NOTICE TO PATRONS Today, Saturday, February 22, being Washington’s birthday and a legal holiday, the First National Bank of Rensselaer will be closed all day.—Advt. LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS February 20, to Mr. Mrs. William Fostill, a daughter.
GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS
Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Citiea and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. THE INCOME TAX IS NOW DUE Returns Must Be Filed on or Before March 15—Heavy Penalty. Washington, Feb. 21. Work on the collection of $6,000,000,000 has been begun by the bureau of Internal revenue. This is the estimated yield of the new revenue bill. The income tax provisions of the act reach the pocketbook of every single person in the United States whose net income for 1918 was SI,OOO or more, and of every married person whose net Income was $2,000 or more. Persons whose net income equalled or exceeded these amounts, according to their marital status, must file a return of Income with the collector of internal revenue for the district ini which they live on or before March 15.
Here is what will happen .to them if they don’t: for failure to file a return on time, a. fine of not more than SI,OOO and an additional assessment of 25 per cent of the amount o*f tax due. For “willfully refusing’’ to make a return on time, a fine not exceeding SIO,OOO, or not exceeding one year’s imprisonment, or both. For making a false or fraudulent return, a fine of not more than SIO,OOO, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, together with an additional assessment of 50 per cent of the amount of tax evaded. -For failure to pay the tax on time, a fine of not more than sl,000 and am additional assessment of 5 per cent of the amount of tax unpaid, plus 1 per cent interest for each full month during which it remains unpaid. In addition to the SI,OOO and $2,000 personal exemptions, taxpayers are allowed an, exemption of S2OO for each person dependent upon them for chief support if such person is under eighteen years of age and incapable of self-support. Under the 1917 act this exemption was allowed only for each dependent “child.” The head of a family—one who supports one or more persons closely connected with him by blood relationship, relationship by marriage, or by adoption—is entitled to all exemptions allowed a married person.
The normal rate of tax under the new act is 6 per cent of the first $4,000 of net Income above the exemptions, and 12 per cent of the net income in -excess of $4,0(10. Incomes in excess of $5,000 are subject also to a surtax ranging from 1 per cent of the amount of the net income between $5,000 and $6,000 to 65 per cent of the net income above $1,000,000,. Payment of the tax may be made in full at the time of filing return or in four installments, on or before March 15, on or before June 15, on or beffore September 15 and on or before December 15. Revenue officers will visi| every county in the United States to aid taxpayers in making out their returns. The date of their arrival and the location of their offices may be ascertained by inquiring at offices of collectors of internal revenue, postoffices and banks. Failure jto see these officers, however, does not relieve the taxpayer of his obligation to file his return and pay his tax within the time specified by law. In this case taxpayers must seek the government, not the government the taxpayer.
A FEW LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
The McCray Sunday movie bill failed to pass the senate Wednesday on account of lacking one vote of a constitutional majority. This bill sought to legalize the operation of moving picture shows on Sunday afternoons and evenings in cities where consent was had from the local officials. • ' Among the . measures of general
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PERHAPS A PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Joe Meehan Was Critically IB in France February 11. Mrs. Meehan of Remington received a cablegram from France Wednesday, dated February 11, saying: "Regret to inform you 760-759, Joseph Francis Meehan, infantry, officially reported dangerously ill, 4 8 Casualty Clearing station, February 11. Pneumonia. —DIRECTOR OF RECORDS.” Joe has been serving in a Canadian regimental band for nearly two years, and The Democrat only recently had a card from him from Paris, where he had gone on leave for a few days. Joe is a brother of Mrs. Matt Worden of Rensselaer, and all his relatives and friends are anxiously awaiting further news from him, hoping for the best but anticipating the reverse after having received the above cablegram.
NOTICE TO I. O. O. F. MEMBERS
All members of Iroquois lodge No. 143, I. O. O. F., are requested to meet at lodge rooms at 1 p. m. Sunday to attend the funeral of Brother Frank Tobias. —RICHARD SHIRER, N. G.
LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS
Guy „ Daniels Writes Home From France Mrs. William Daniels received the following letter a few days ago from her son Guy, who is with the American forces in France: France, January 24, 1919. Dear Mother: As I am not so very busy this morning will write a few lines, although do not know of much to write about as things are very much the same here now. My work will soon be finished and unless they assign me to something different will be coming home soon. One of the officers w'ho used to be at Rock Island arsenal wants to get me ln> his office as soon as I get through here. If I go there. It will probably be four or five more months before his work is finished as that work has to do with Che disposition of all the ordnance property in the A. E. F., and it is a big task to keep track of so many articles. For instance, all the rifles, pistoTsA horse equipment, cannon and all Spire parts must be accounted for and disposed of and when it is remembered that every man in the A. E. F. has some ordnance property it will be seen that there is some work connected with the records.
1 expect to start oni a leave of absence about the third of February 'and will be gone for a couple of weeks. It will be the first leave I have had. I did have in my orders permission to visit Chateau Thierry, which is the place the Americans did such hard fighting, and may go there yet, but a new order has just been Issued allowing officers to visit Italy. I have just been over to see about getting my order amended so as to allow me to go to Italy. Nobody over here can go any place without proper authority, even civilians must register and have permission to make a journey on the railroad. I think it would be a great privl-
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SENDS HOME HIS WAR CROSSES
Mr. and Mrs. HarVey Davisson received a package from their son Vern the first of the week in which he enclosed his French army cross, the ■Croix de Guerre, with which he was presented on a citation for bravery before the whole division c(f which he was a member. He also sent a German Iron Cross, which he picked up a souvenir. Mr. and Mrs. Davisson also received a letter from him Wednesday in which he stated that he was thinking of signing up with the Red Cross for six months more service, doing truck driving and helping to feed the Roumanians. He would then receive his discharge at the end of the six months, but if he stayed in the army he did not know when fie get out.
“NIGGER IN THE WOODPILE” When your flour dealer tries to sell yoji a sack of Kansas flour at a fancy price, ask him to explain why the Kansas flour 'fell so~ far below the Blue Ribbon brand of flour in bread-making quality in tests made kv the Columbus laboratories of rVcago recently?—lßOQUOlS ROLDMR MILLS. ■ ■■■ NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS . Fertilizer users and stockholders of the Farmers’ Elevator: Urge directors to handle fertilizer and keep dividends in the elevator. ; Think M and act at once.—STOOK- | HOLDER.
Vol. XXI, No. M
ARGONNE BATTLE WONSTRONG LINE
Losses In Winning Great Victory Not “Needless Sacrifice" Says General. DENIES ALLEN’S CHARGES • Declares Kansas Governor and Other Y. M. C. A. Workers Were Sent to the Rear So as to Guard Secrets of dperatlon. Washington, Feb. 21.—Mat Gen.* Peter E. 'J'raub, who commanded the Thirty-fifth division in the ha'tie of the Argonne, denied before the house rules committee the charge of Governor Allen of Kansas thut she men of the division were sacrificed by failure of artillery support. . “We were up against three crack Bocbe divisions,” said the general.' “but we advanced twelve and r. half, kilometers (about eight miles) on » two or three kilometer front and held IL In the first three hours of the bat- ( tie we had taken what the French had been up against for four years. The Germans had been preparing for the defense for four years and they had everything conceivable in the art of defense.”
Reports of lack of equipment nnd supplies were declared unfounded. The general said the artlllery'support never fulled. * Cites Cold Harbor Casualties. Recalling General Grant’s attack on Cold Harbor In the Civil war,-General Traub compared the casuultlpi there with those of the Thirty-fifth division* saying "General Grunt lost 10,000 meu and accomplished nothing." ■ The general told a dramatic story of the battle. Ho described how the Germans wasted 300 shells in a vain effort to hit him when he was moving along ghe front lines. “What the American public ought to be doing,” he declared, “Is singing peans to the Amcfrtcan soldiers, who brought the Boche power to the dust, and there la no question that the American soldier did It. It was wonderful work, marvelously well done by the wonderful men our country sent over there.
"Marvefcus Piece of Work." "It was a most stupendous task,' and one that our country was not prepared for. The way it was handled by General Pershing and his staff will be a marvel of all future time. Surely, it was a marvelous piece of work, marvelously well done by all concerned. "Our mission was to win the war and we did the Job,” continued General Traub when he was Interrupted by ; Representative Cantrill of Kentucky, who said that criticism had pome from civilians for “political purposes.” General Traub said he did not object to criticism, except that "it must make the parents of the dead and wounded and the sick think the suffering that their dead ones underwent was needless.”
All Done That Could Be Done. "Everything in God’s world that could be done was done," the general added. Representative Campbell of Kansas pointed out that criticism had no. been made of the officers or men, but of the lack of material. “That is not well founded,” answered the general. Several days before the beginning of the battle, General Traub said, be had sent the Y. M. C. A. workers, including Governor Allen, to the rear Sb as to guard the secrets of the operation.
PRESIDENT IN TERRIFIC GALE
Convoy of Steamer George Washington Lost in Storm* Washington, Feb. 21. —The presidential ship George Washington Is proceeding to Boston through heavy weather without naval convoy, the navy department was advised by radio. The convoying battleship New Mex-ico-stripped 6ne of her turbine engines and was forced to drop out of the fleet, while heavy weather made it necessary for the destroyer flotilla to leave the line. Newport, It. 1., Feb. 21. —The destroyers Gamble, Meredith and Harding have been ordered by the commandant of the Second naval district to proceed to sea and escort the steamer George Washington, with the presidential party, to Boston.
AT PULLINS’ SALE I will sell at the Pullins’ sale, February 25, one cow, 3 yearling calves, 2 bulls, 1 heifer; 1 horse; buggy, and single harness, buggy and harness nearly new.—MA‘RS OTT. f-2 2* ▲OvertlM In Ttoe Demoerac