Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — Page 1

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DEATH INVADES THE HOME

Of Former Jasper Oounty Reeidenta, Now of Winner, So. Dak. Mr. and Mrs. 'David Pear, who moved from near Wheatfield to Winner, So. Dak., about a year ago,*wrlte The Democrat,*in renewing their subscription, and say that much sadness was caused in their home by the recent death of their baby, Harry Peer, who died at 6 p. in. on Thursday, March 13, at the age of 11 months and 5 days. He was sick less than, two days and died of a bronchial trouble which was a puzzle to the doctors. He was strong and conscious up to !• minutes before his death, they write, and was one of four 100 per cent babes in a Ufcay contest held there some time ago. He leaives to mourn his parents, two sisters, one brother and many relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Benton at the home at 2 o’clock last Saturday, and burial made in the Winner cemetery.

VIRGIL DENNISTON IS DEAD

Former Rensselaer Boy Dies in Bozeman, Montana. Word was received here Wednesday of the death of Virgil Dennison, at Bozeman, Montana, that morning of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. Virgil was employed fdr some time in this city in the Calvin Cain barber shop, later going to Bozeman where he was employed until his enlistment in the navy, from which he was discharged only a few weeks ago, and he returned to Boseman to take up his position again. Deceased was perhaps about 28' years of age and was a son of Mr. jknd Mrs. Marlon Dennison of ForesCn. We had made many friends this city during his stay here who will regret to learn of his. untimely death.

LINEN SHOWER COMING BRIDE

1 Given by Supt. and Nurses at the County Hospital. A linen shower was given at the county hospital Tuesday evening by the superintendent and nurses for one of their number who is soon to become a bride. The bride-to-be is Miss Fern Osborne, daughter of W. F. Osborne oP this city, and her life' “patient” is William Clouse, also of Rensselaer. The marriage is to take place within a very few days, it is understood. The slower was planned as a surprise and worked out beautifully. Miss Osborne was on night duty, and after the other nUrses were oft at 7 o’clock they slipped down to the dining room and proceeded to decorate the room an'd prepare their gifts. In the meantime, Miss Osborne, who was on the third floor, was called down to the office by her affianced, who came in to see her for a few minutes. While talking to htih fc4>e was again called upstairs to attend a patient and while she was gone Mr. douse was led down to the dining room. Miss Osborne on her return found Mr. Clouse gone and of course thought, he had treated her rather coolly. But on some pretext she was also soon escorted to the dining room where she found her affianced peacefully seated among a bevy of nurses while strings of crimson hearts swung in every direction from the chandelier. Miss Osborne was the recipient of many presents and advance congratulations.

MAKING A VERY GOOD START

The Democrat has received h, copy of the Morocco Courier under the management of its new editor and publisher, Lesley Miller. The paper shows much improvement, both typographically and in the quality and quantity of its local news. It is also chock full of local advertising, which is a good indication on the financial side. The new editor announces that the paper will hereafter be independent in politics, which is a wise business policy for • a paper that has no local competition. Mr. Miller has a great deal of newspaper ability and is capable of giving the people at Morocco and • w'C north half of Newton county f tlhe best local papers they ever had and one which they be pleased to give the support trit it merits. tNo better Job work produced in thig section of Indiana than that turned' out by The Democrat. , , # _r

COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Dopartments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL rhe Legal News Epitomised—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Mr. Rich of ’ Washington, 111., was in Rensselaer Thursday looking after his real estate Interests. Attorney P. R. Blue and William McNeil of Wheatfield were among the business vlsftors in the city Wednesday. State High School Inspector A. M. Williams of Indianapolis and County Superintendent M. L. Sterrett visited the Fair Oaks schools Tuesday. Dpn’t forget to""file that mortgage exemption this year. Jt means a substantial saving on your taxes, and the amount exempt this year -is raised to >I,OOO, instead of >7OO as formerly. .

Miss Helen Kessinger went to North Liberty Tuesday for a short visit with Miss LaVerne Geyer, farmer county demonstrator, whom rumor has it, will probably locate In the lower Rio Grande valley. H. J. Kupper, a recently discharged soldier, has moved to Jasper county from Illinois and will be located at Newland in charge of the Jasper County Farms Co., which has acquired a large amount of muck land‘about Newland. —• s - J. 'P. Hammond, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Chamberlain, John Marlatt, Mrs. Stella Ketchum, Mrs. C. P. Moody and Mrs. D. S, Makeever ß left yesterday morning on a land prospecting trip to the lower Rio Grande valley. Farmer County Auditor Lee M. Ransbottom of Starke county, who a few years ago obtained something like >IO,OOO frdm the sale of worthless gravel road bonds, entered a plea of guilty last week in the Montgomery circuit court, and was fined >SOO and sentenced to the state prison at Michigan City for from 1 to 7 years. Mr. .Ransbottom was released on bail last November and his being put on trial at this time came as quite a surprise to his friends. Following the sentence, on March 13, he was immediately taken to Michigan City and entered the institution late the same evening.

YES, TEN THOUSAND PENNIES

All In. One Pile, Contributed For New Catholic Church. ■ Fathtep Daniel of St. Augustine’s Catholfic church was given a pleasant little, surprise Wednesday by the pupils of the Parochial school. He was called over to the school building by the sisters and presented with SIOO in pennies which the pupils had saved for the new church fund, 10,00 d pennies. My! but it was some bunch of pennies, and when Father Daniel took them to the bank to deposit to. the credit of the new church fund the clerks threw up their hands and told him they wanted a little extra time to count them and if 'he was in a hurry he needn’t wait. It is needless to say that he did not wait.

MURRAY’S CONDITION BETTER

H. B. Murray received a letter yesterday morning from Dr. GourJey of Waukegan, 111., who is treating the farmer’s son Mort for fangrene in one. of his feet, which was very hopeful. The letter was written Thursday and stated that Mort had slept well the night before, without taking any opiates, and that the flesh which had appeared dead when he was taken to the hospital, showed indications of life, and his general condition was apparently much better; that there was no intention of performing an operation for the removal of the foot at present. Mr. Murray Is much encouraged over tlhe contents of this letter.

NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS

i Sharp studio open for business under nekr management, and will appreciate a share of your patron,age. Sincerely—A. BEASLEY.

RKNB3KLAKR. JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1919

WELCOME TO RAINBOW DIVISION

When Famous Fighting Force Returns Home Early in April. Plans are being made to welcome home the Rainbow division when it returns to this country from overseas early in April. Many Indiana boys, including a dozen or more from Jaaper county, are with this division, in an Indiana regiment, and Indianapolis is planning to welcome the boys home in a fitting manner. . Quite a number of soldiers are now being returned as casuals who have not been wounded or in hospital, but are made up in companies of a few >men taken from different units but whom are all from the same section of the country and are sent" home as a casual company for demobilization at a camp in their home state. Casual company No. 1481, made up of 112 privates and 2 officers, all from Indiana, is on the Santo Olivia, which sailed from/ Brest March 16, and is due in New York March 28. It is possible that the Indiana boys who were with the 30th (Wildcat) division, which is made up almost entirely of national guard soldiers from southern states, comprise this company of casuals.

FORMER REMINGTON DANKER

Robert Parker Died of Apoplexy in • California March 3. Friends of thp Robert Parker family at Remington received cards from Berkeley, California, the latter part of l»st week bearing the following inscription: * Robert Parker, born June 13, 1848; died March 3, 1919. It is said that death resulted from apoplexy, although he had been in poor health for a year or more. He was married in 1868 to Miss Harriet Black of Remington, who with one son and three daughters survive him.. Mr. Parker was born in Hanging Grove township, Jasper county, where his boyhood was spent upon a farm. His parents moved to Monon in 1862, and four years later Robert went to Remington where he was employed as a clerk in a drug store for some two'years, when he was employed as telegraph operator and assistant agent at the junction of the New Albany & Columbus and Indiana Central railroads at Reynolds. After several months service there he was appointed freight and express agent

Report of the Armenian and Syrian Relief Subscriptions Final report of contributions received by the Jasper county committee for Armenian and Syrian relief: Townships. Barkley, 48 ’ 25 .Carpenter and Remington— Sunday school, Methodist church..,! 33.00 • Members Presbyterian church 11.72 Members Mennonlte church 92.50 Other subscribers 123.28 260.50 Gillam— r Ladies’ Aid • 5.00 Other subscribers .’ 85.56 90.56 (Unredeemed pledges $6) Hanging Grove ••, •• • . Jordan— , ._ AA Members Mennonite church 105.00 Other subscribers <5.65 150.65 (Unredeemed pledges $2) Kankakee ■• Keener - Marion and Rensselaer — Sunday school, M. E. church 94.24 Members M. E. church 1’3.50 ? 2b7.74 Presbyterian Sunday school 178.60 Members Presbyterian church 278.00 Presbyterian Good Cheer class 35.00 401.60 Sunday school, Christian church... 32.32 Members Christian church 54.50 86.82 Members Catholic church "O.ou Members Church of God "'{.vu Jews of Rensselaer Eastern Star lodge City schools— • Primary grades q 6th grade 6th and 7th grades - 7th and Bth grades 11-07 Bth grade • 2.00 48 84 Other contributions 813.50 i.abt.ht Mur?? Union — . , . Sunday school, Lutheran church... 4.50 Members Lutheran church 31.50 3b.00 Other subscribers 44 ’ 55 Walker (Unredeemed pledges sl} 12 „ Wheatfield .' ’ $2,463.68 All contributors of sums of\ss or more will be reported by name to the state committee and all contributors of lesser sums will be lumned for each township. The county’s quota is $1,700. In Wo lownablpa (Milroy and Keener) ,«• dgtoM. WDrtJJ lack of interest in this cause, and in another (Walker) only $3 was sent in. Newton townshlip leads all others with 220 per quota. The committee desires to thatik all, workers and contaltutors for the splendid aid given in putting Jasper county * this worthy cause. * , M

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT HITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in toe Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor . Mention From Many Places. FINDS PEOPLE FOR LEAGUE Senator Kellogg Repiuls on Feeling of All Classes in Minnesota. Washington, March 19.—Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Minnesota, who is back from a trip home, brings the report that there is a widely-prevailing feeli»g among all classes of people in favor of the general plan’ of a league of nations to prevent future wars. The senator says that never has he seen the people of his state so generally united on an. idea or policy. He says that thus far they have not analyzed the covenant of the league of nations, but indorse the proposition as a whole. He is the first senator to report on public sentiment at home.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Linton Carter of near Mt. Ayr was brought to the hospital Tuesday suffering from pneumonia, and is in quite a serious condition at this writing. On Wednesday Mrs. Jesse Bell and daughter Laura of Mt. Ayr, Mrs. Harry Swartzell and babe and Mrs. Charles Rowen of this city and Judson Fitzpatrick of Francesville entered the hospital, all suffering from pneumonia. Vern Hurley of near Fair Oaks cage in Thursday suffering from Influenza. ®. P. Lane underwent an operation Thursday for the removal of the enlarged glands on his neck which had been troubling him since his attack of influenza last fall. HO is reported as doing nicely at this writing. ' Orval Crisler returned to his home yesterday, much better from his recent attack of appendicitis. Helen, the 20-monthg-old daughter of John Hill of Gifford, died at the hospital yesterday forenoon of pneumonia. The* funeral will be held Sunday and burial made in the Prater cemetery.

WAS A FINE ENTERTAINMENT

Monnett School Pleases Large Amli<*nee at M. E. Church. A large and appreciative audience witnessed the pleasing little cantata, “A Day in the Life of a Flower,” given by the forty girls of the Monnett school, undeur the direction of Mrs. Loren Sage. The Sunday school auditorium, at the left of the main auditorium, made a very appropriate stage, and with the strings of Japanese lanterns and background of artistically decorated screens the little girls in their pretty costumes, each representing some familiar flower, made a pretty picture, and their childish voices gave evidence of excellent training for their respective pasts. Fozty-flve dollars was realized. But of greater importance than this was the opportunity for calling the attention of the community to the importance of this growing institution in our midst. Those who come in intimate contact with this splendid school are always enthusiastic regarding the work they are striving to accomplish. We are too often ignorant of what is being done in our very midst, and it is hoped that this pleasing little musical event will arouse an interest in the Monnett school that will grow into a deeper interest on the part of many of our good citizens.

LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

Hillard Pefley Writes Interestingly of Trip to Brest. Mr. and Mirs. Charles Pefley received a nice long letter Wednesday from their son Hilliard, who is a yeoman on the U. S. battleship New Jersey, now engaged in transport work, in which he gives an interesting account of his trip to Brest, France, from which he had just returned to Newport News, Virginia. Following is his account of their trip iproper: On February 11 we pulled out of Hampton Roads with the Nebraska for Brest, France. We went the northern route, or up by Newfoundland off the coast of Labrador, somewhere along there. The first two or three days out it was pretty rough and, of course, as salt water was new to me and- also the way the ship rolled made me rather delicate as to what I was supposed to eat Che first day and a half. The first day out I never will forget. We sailed at about 10 o'clock and at 6 that night Willie was one of the most seasick boys there was. I fed the fish, too. Well, that only lasted a day and a half, and now let her roll; It don’t affect me. Nothing of any consequence happened all the way over. The Neble followed us at about half a mile distance. We ’had a very good trip over, taking all Into consideration. Several ships were passed, including some transports. We passed a large transport just a few hours out of Brest. We pulled into the harbor at

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NEW AFFIDAVITS UNNECESSARY

Where Filed I’revions to Taking Effect of New Exemption Law. Strange N. Cragun, a member of the state board of tax commissioners, after a conference with Ele Stansbury, attorney-general of Indiana, Tuesday announced that it Is not necessary tor persons who already have filed affidavits for mortgage deductions with the auditor of their county to file new affidavits tp get under the more favorable mortgage deduction provisions of the new tax law which became effective March 12, Mr. Cragun salu that some time between now and June, when the county boards of review meet again, the state board will issue a statement to the boards calling their attention to the new mortgage deduction provisions and asking them to apply the new provision to every case, of whether affidavit for deduction had been filed after or before March I<2. yhe old law provided that a person was entitled to a deduction of S7OO for a mortgage, provided that the person's total assessment was twice the amount of deduction. The law required the person to file an affidavit covering the subject with the county auditor between March 1 and May 1. Many persons did so since March 1 of this year, and now, since the new law became effective, March 12, they are wondering whether they need- to file other affidavits, but, according to the state authorities, the •'action is unnecessary. The new law provides for naort-

VoL XXI, No. 102

JAPANESE ASK LEAGUE EQUALITY

Amendment of Peace Treaty Will Be Submitted Jo Supreme Council. READY TO HEAR NEUTRALS Will Submit Suggestions on Constitution to Meeting Presided Over by lx>r<l Robert Cecil. Paris, March 21.-A Japanese amendment to the covenant of tn_ league of nations providing that tho contracting purties ahull agree. to» grant “equal and Just treatment to all aliens within their borders who nro nationals of states that are members of the league will be submitted to the supreme council, It is learned by Reuj ter’s from Japanese sources. Tie standpoint of the Japanese is that »H, citisens of nations deemed sufficiently, advanced to become members of th* Irague should have equal rights who traveling or living in foreign counj tries, it is said. While the Japanese! delegates do not accept the view that: treatment of foreigners and dlscnmj inating Immigration laws are purely; matters of domestic policy, they say! they are content to ask from tna Irague only a recognition of the claim of their people now living In foreign countries to equal rights with othert aliens.

To Hear Neutrals on League. ' Neutral countries of Europe, Asia; and central and South America hnvej opportunity to express their viewsand, riopose amendments to the league oD rations plan. Nenrby neutrals, sucN as Holland and Swltaerland, have sent delegates in response to the invitation of the supreme council, whlid t-iore distant countries will be reprej n-nted by ambassadors and ministers residing In Paris. Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain will be chairman and Premier Venlj reloe of Greece, Dr. M. Vesnlch of Serbia, Paul Hymans of Belgium, Col. E. M. House of the United States and Eton Bourgeois pf France will sltJ no members of the sub-commission. Wilson Chairman of League Meet. President Wilson will act as chiilrman at the meeting of the league of notions commission that will be held nt ten o’clock Saturday morning, when all proposed amendments and change* will be considered and the plan put. Into definite form. This will be the first meeting of the commission since the covenant was adopted the day. before Mr. Wilson departed for AmerJ ice and It will consider proposals subj mitted at the hearing of neutrals today and also any other suggestion* that have taken definite form. Lord Robert Cecil and Thomas Wu Gregory, former United States attor* ney general, are among those wh* have sought to draft a proviso relative to the Monroe doctrine in such form that It will meet the approval of legal experts. The American delegation, it is saldj plans to accept a limited number of amendments to the league of nation* covenant. League In Preliminary Treaty. The Temps says an agreement ha* been reached by the allied ments to include the league of nation* in the preliminary treaty with Ger* many.

RECORD IS CLAIMED BY NAVY

Established Wireless Telephone Communication With France. Washington. March 21.—The navy department claims the record foe long-distance wireless telephonic communication. It has sent messages from the Jersey coast to the coast of France, a little more, than 3,000 miles. This is farther than the distance cov* ered by the wireless telephone messages exchanged between Glace bay and Ireland which Is 2,160 miles. The navy department established communication between the wireless station at New Brunswick, N. J„ and the steamship George Washington in the harbor at Brest, France.

FRENCH IN MORE HUN CITIES

Karlsruhe and Mannheim Occupied on Account of Uprisings. Geneva, Switzerland, March 21. —• French troops, have occupied Mann-, helm and Karlsruhe, east of the Rhine, on account of Spartacan outbreaks there, the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin says. The newspaper adds that the French also occupied Rheinau, five miles south of Mannheim and Whinhafen.

gage deductions of SI,OOO. Affidavits must be filed between March 1 and the first Monday in May.

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