Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1919 — Page 1

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POINT ’EM OUT, FUSSY-FOOT

Who Is the LM'niocrtU, and Which Hiul the Two Sons? Pussy-foot Looey r y» that The Dx . acrat’s statement in reference te the partisian committee appointed to go to Indianapolis last January to the welcome home of two Indiana units of soldiers is not trae; that “two members of the committee had sons in the service and one had two sons. There were only four men appointed, the only democrat named did not go." We copy from the Republican of January 10, 1919, the Hollowing in reference to the appointment of this committee: “The committe from here are Mayor C. G. Spitler, J. J. Montgomery, Harry Parker, J. H. Chapman and L. H. Hamilton.” As tfhe four latter, it is inferred, coastibuted the four appointive members of the committee. It would be interesting to know wherein The Democrat lied. .’Understand, the mayor was not a member of the local committee by appointment of himself, but the four last named by the Republican constituted the locally appointed committee. The mayors of all the cities of the state were appointed by the governor. Will Looey now deny his own statement, made at the time this committee was named?

MORE SOLDIER BOYS HOME

John Kriz, Wade Jarrette and Guy Swaim Discharged. John Kriz of Newton township, a member of Co. B, 105th Engineers, who were with the 30 th (Wildcat) division in France, arrived home Sunday morning, having been discharged from the service at Camp Taylor Saturday. John was one of the three first boys to leave Jasper county in September, 1917, and with D. J. Babcock of Rensselaer, went overseas last spr' g, both being in the same company. The latter was later put in a motor transport company and laler in the headquarters company of the same unit. John saw Delevan two days belfore he himself sailed trom St. Nazaire, and ■he had expected to sail with the next . bunch, which landed at Charleston, S. C., April 18, but if he is with that bunch he has not communicated the fact to his parents, perhaps wanting to surprlsd them. John landed at Charleston on April 15. Wade Jarrette, who for somo tione had been stationed on the U. S. destroyer Evans, as gunner’s mate, arrived home Sunday, having been discharged from the service. Hie brother Gerald, who is with the aimy of occupation, was still in Germany the last heard fronr him toy his father.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL.

■Cise Magdalena Fansher of Rensselaer entered the hospital Monday for medical attention. Mrs. William. Pollock of Morocco naderwent a minor operation Monday. Frank Trulley of Barkley township underwent a minor operation Monday. The little daughter of Paul Norgw entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. Katherine King, who underwent an operation tfor appendicitis last week, returned home Monday. Mrs, James Moore and baby returned to their home at Gifford yesterday. Miss Maggie Gleason entered the hospital yesterday afternoon and will probably undergo an operation this morning.

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION COMING.

L. H. Wright of the State Highway Commission will be in Rensselaer on next Monday evening, May 5, to speak to our people on the new strife and county highway laws, under the auspices of,the Jasper County Betterment association. The speaking will be in the court room at the court housqi Everybody is cordially invited to come out and hear Mr. Wright.

SEED CORN Seventy bushels, very early, large, flesh colored. Twenty bushels largfe, .white. Three dollars a bushel.—JOHN E. ALTER, Rensselaer, Ind., 1-2, phone 921-E. m 3 Read The Democrat for live news.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomised—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Office*. Commissioners’ court will convene in regular monthly session next Monday. z Don’t forget that next. Monday, May 5, is the last day for paying the spring installment of taxes or having penalty added for >failure to pay. It is also the last day for filing mortgage exemptions. Burning soot from a chimney set fire to the roof of County Commissioner Charles Welch’s residence in west Carpenter Saturday morning, and burned a hole about eight feet square before the flames were extinguished. Recorder Scott has received the special record book for recording the discharge of Jasper county soldiers in the late world war. Soldiers should bring or mail in their discharges and have them recorded as a protection against lose. No charge whatever is made for recording these discharges.

The dredge at work on the Bice ditch in Jordan township seems to be making mighty slow progress, having dug perhaps a half a mile in the past six or eight months. A grave • mistake was made in permitting the dredge to cut so close to the range line grade, north of the bridge on the stone road running east and west, and some of the grade has already caved in at certain points. Had the channel been out 10 or 15 feet further east here—it is further south —this could have been avoided. It now leaves a very dangerous ditch close to the roadway, and with heavy rains it is likely to destroy some of the grade, entailing much expense to repair and protect. In any event, a strong fence should be erected along the east side of this grade as a protection to travelers.

That the construction of highways in Tippecanoe county will be held up until such time as the state highway commission designates what roads in the county it will take over and construct under the state highway law, is the decision that was reached by the board of county commissioners at the regular meeting Saturday morning. The reason given out for the action is that the county board does not wish to expend the money of the taxpayers of the county when there is a possibility that the state will take ove» some of the numerous roads that have been petitioned for, as the construction of all these roads would cost in the neighborhood of a million and a half dollars. No less than 11 ‘petitions for roads under the county unit plan have already been filed in Tippecanoe county.— Lafayette Journal.

There wgs another fracas up at Newland Friday, when Robert Grimm was again forcibly ejected from the house he occupied by Herman J. Kuppers—the overseer for the Jasper County Farms., Co, which took over a lot of the Ed Oliver lands —and several others, and as a result another state case has been filed against Kuppers et al. charging riot, while still others are to come, it is said. Among those named in the case filed are Kuppers, Paul Lamoreaux, Charles Ludgreen and Jamese Chese, as assaulting Robert H. Grimm, Jud Zook, Ralph Timmons and Asa Stump. Unless a stop is put to the methods of some of these strongarm men up there' murder will be done. Another case was filed last Friday, also, on affidavit of J. F. F hast, against Kuppers, Edgar Cavendish, Ed Qliver and others, Charging them on or about April 19 with maliciously and mischeviously injuring a certain house, property in which affiant had an equitable interest under contract to purchase, by breaking off and oarry-

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1919

MRS. RAY G. BURNS IS DEAD

Mrs. Ray G. Burns, who had been ill for several weeks, died at the county hospital Monday morning at 5:30 from paralysis of the throat caused from diphtheria, an attack of which she suffered some seven weeks ago. Mrs. Burna was a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Gowland and was born near Goodland April 20, 1893, and at the time of her death was 26 years and 8 days of age. She was married to Ray G. Burns on March 14, 1916, who with her parents, seven sisters and three brothers survive her. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church this afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. E. W. Strecker, and burial made In Weston cemetery.

MILITIA ORDERED TO LINTON

To Quell Riot Following Strike of Telephone Girls. Two companies of the state militia were ordered to Linton, Ind., Monday night to quell a riot resulting from a strike of telephone operators at that place. The action was taken by state authorities following an appeal Ifrom the authorities at Linton for assistance. During the rioting a mob of 500 persons broke the doors and windows of the telephone exchange and drove eight girl strikebreakers to the roof. The girls later were rescued and taken to a place of safety. The operator’s strike began last Thursday, the 15 operators of Linton, a mining community of about 12,000 inhabitants, demanding more pay and recognition of their union. The telephone company brought in several girls as strikebreakers and tonight an indignation meeting, attended principally by union miners, was held. The rioting started immediately afterward and although police officers succeeded in rescuing the girls driven from the telephone exchange building, the appeal to state authorities stated they were unable to cope with the situation.

COURT NEWS

Not much has been doing in the circuit court since our last report. The petit jury came in .Monday and heard the case of Harry A. Che.ian vs. Floyd M. Garrett, from near Wheatfield. George A. Williams sat as special judge in this case. The jury found for the plaintiff, giving him possession of the lands, but held that he should pay Garrett, the tenant, $lB7 for wheat, oats, etc., and that Garrett should pay the back rent. The jury was then excused until this Wednesday morning. In the case of State vs. John Christensen, defendant filed affidavit for change of venue and cause was sent to Newton county. In the American Agricultural Chemical Co. vs. William F. Hayes, cause was ser* to Newton county on affidavit of lefendant.

CASES SET DOWN FOR TRIAL Wednesday, April 30—State vs. Stanley E. Case; state vs. Dan Ally; American Agricultural Chemical Co. vs. W. F. Hayes; M. A Gray vs. T. M. McAleer. Thursday, May I—E. C. Vorls vs. John Herr; E. L. Garey vs. D. Friday, May 2—o. L. Dinwiddle vs. B. J. Gifford estate; F. E. Lewis vs. B. J. Gifford estate; C. J. Hobbs vs. B. J. Gifford estate; K Dexter vs. W. H. Waterman. Monday, May 5—E. A. Bennett vs. L. C. Sage. Tuesday, May 6—C. N. Dickerson vs, Frank Hill; Bank of Mt. Ayr vs. T. Inkley; A. F. Long vs. W. C. Dooley. Wednesday, May 17—D. H. Craig vs. N. Y. C. R. R. Co. (two cases). Thursday, May B—A.8 — A. S. Laßue vs B. G. Sternberg; Mabel Motz vs. W. T. Kight. Friday, May 9 —J. A. Simpson vs. estate of W. H. Harris.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ol the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Hsppinlngi Ln the Nearby Cities and Towne—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. ANOTHER OPINION BY STANBURY Believes Proceedings Under ThreeMile Law May Be Abandoned. County commissioners may set aside proceedings for the improvement of a road under the threemile road law. If the contract has not been let, and may improve the road under the county unit road law, according to an unofficial opinion which Ele Stanbury, attorneygeneral, prepared Thursday for M. E. Noblet, secretary of the Hoosier Motor Club. The attorney-general ruled that the proceedings under the county unit law should be prepared before the other proceedings are abandoned. He said the Improvement under the county unit law should be equal or better than the one proposed under the threemile road law.—Friday’s Indianapolis News.

GIVEN LIFE FOR LOAN

Frank Pride, overseas veteran and mechanician for the aerial circus, which was held In Indianapolis Saturday to boost the Victory loan, was instantly killed on the Speedway field when a propeller turning about 3,000 revolutions per minute struck him. He was working on the machine, making it ready for flight to circle the Indianaimlis monument when the blade struck him, and many people saw him meet death. One of his (friends, also an overseas veteran, said with reverence, while Pride was being carried away, “It is touigh luck, after a fellow goes through the air service In France without injury, comes home and gets ‘his.’ ’’ Pride was 25 years old and lived in Uniontown, Penn.

U. S. LOSSES ON SALES Washington, April 28. —Prices received by Che war department in the sale or surplus supplies, totaling 1140,000,000, the war department announces today, averaged 91 per cent, of the initial cost. Military railway material disposed of brought $71,000,000, exactly what these supplies cost the government. Aircraft production material was sold at 90 per cent, of its cost and ordinance supplies brought 57 per cent.

INJURIES CONSIDERED SERIOUS

X-ray examinations made of the injuries received by William Lee and John Bunris last Friday when their auto turned over in the ditch near Mt. Ayr, showed more serious injuries than first supposed. Although both are now out on the streets, they will not be back to their old form for some time. Lee received some bad cuts and bruises about the face and head, a dislocated elbow and is carrying one arm in a sling, while Burris suffered a dislocated shoulder and is otherwise considerably bruised. The Intimation that perhaap the water of Curtis Creek had something to do with the accident is strongly denied; they had only been to Mt. Ayr to secure some tools, Mr. Lee states.

BIG CROWD SATURDAY NIGHT

While there were a great many people in Ifirom the country and neighboring towns Saturday afternoon, the crowd at night was perhaps the largest we have had for a year, almost every inch of available parking space on the streets for automobiles being taken. By the way, what is to be done to provide more down .town parking space sot automobiles is becoming quite a problem in many towns, and if the number keeps on increasing—• which it will, as more poeple are buying cars this year than ever before—they will soon have to reach out on the residence streets in Renselaer to provide sufficient space.

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BLUE JACKET BAND TO BE HERB

On Next Thursday, May I—Hpcakem Accoin|»any the Band. The Blue Jacket band of 25 pieces from the Great Izakee Naval Training station will be tn Rensselaer Thursday, May 1, from 10:36 a. m. to 1:57 p. m. Speakers will accompany the band and will deliver addresses, as follows: Overseas Front Line Trenches, Dr. Owen D. O’Dell: Mexican Border Service, Dr. L. A. Harriman; Overseas Red Cross Service, Dr. Tom White. If weather is favorable the band concert and speaking will be held on the north side of the courthouse. Come and hear thorn. —LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE.

MANY NEW MEMBERS ADDED

At the First Christian church Sunday morning, the pastor preached a sermon to the new converts In which he urged them to use the means of grace adopted by the three thousand converts on the day of Pentacost as set forth in Acts 2:42. At this service sixty new members were added to the roll of membership. Six more are to be baptised and will be added later. Three imore came forward in this service. The Bible school was larger than usual and all the servicee were well attended.

GLEANED from the EXCHANCES

Former Congressman Ralph W. Moss died in a hospital at Brazil Saturday afternoon from injuries sustained a couple ot days previous, when he was gored by a bull which he was leading at his farm. Miss Mary Brown, aged 4 2 years, a daughter of John Brown, a prominent citizen of Lake county, committed suicide at her home in Crown Point last Wednesday (morning by shoootlng hereelf through the head with a 38-caliber revolver. 11l health is given as the cause of the rash deed. Wallace W. Evans, the Bentou county wealthy land owner and gravel road contractor, tried at Fowler last week on the charge of presenting a false claim in connection with the construction of the Fleming gravel road in Benton county, was acquitted Monday after a deliberation of only 17 iminutes by the jury. The trial proper ended Saturday and eight hours /were taken for argument by the attorneys.

A, J. Mosier, tenant of the Herman E. Sasse (farm, north of this city, recently sold the largest hog that has ever been shipped to the Chicago market. The animal after arriving in Chicago on an auto truck tipped the scales at l®Bo pounds and netted the owner 1161.60, after all expenses and commission had been paid., Mr. Mosier, who has made a specialty of raising the Poland China type says that he has raised many large ones, but this one went beyond his fondest hope in weight and is satisfied in. a short time that the porker would have passed the 1100 pound mark. —Lake County Star. Grover Potts was in Morocco Monday with eight young wolves, which he had captured the night before a short distance west of his home. He was on his way to Kentland to claim the bounty of $2.50 each. The wolves were but a few days old and in appearance were very much like a Shepard pup, but it is said that no amount of domestic life will eliminate their inborn desire to kill poultry and smaller farm aniimals. Mr. Potts discovered the nest containing the young wolves just about dusk on Monday evening and caught one glimpse of the mother. He set several traps for ■her but was unable to capture her. Hfed he not taken the young ones with him then she would have removed them before morning according to those who are versed in wolf habits. —Morocco Courier. „

KNITTERS NEEDED

The Red Cross is keen about cleaning up all work by Mhy 15th. We have a large quanity of yarn for stockings for children and it must go out faster. Come in to the rihop and hear our scheme for speeding up.—ORA T. ROSS, Dlrertor of Knitting.

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Vol. XXII, No. 9

LEAGUE COVENANT IS ADOPTED

Will Later Pass Upon Merits of Jap and French Claims. WILSON IS CONGRATULATED For Overcoming Many Harriers—- | Ibae of Italy Appear* a* One of I the Mcmbrni of League Oovenant iim Finally Adopted. Paris, April 28.—The revised covenant of the league of nations wan adopted by the plenary session of the 'peace conference thU afternoon withou 1 : division and without amendment. The covenant had been moved by President Wilson. President Wilson, in his speech explaining the revised covenant of the league of nations, said that Sir Eric Drummond of Great Britain had been named as the first secre-tary-general of the league. Regarding the composition of the executive council the president said shat Belgium, Brasil, Greece and Spain would be represented on the council in addition to the five great powers until a permanent dholce 'had boen made.

The president said it was not necessary to emphasize the significance of the great covenant and the hopes entertained that a conference of the free nations of the world would maintain Justice la their international relations and peace between the nations. Baron Makino of the Japanese delegation spoke after President Wilson and said he regretted that the president’s speech had not been translated. He then moved tho Japanese amendment on racial equality. He said It was a race question with the possibility of becoming acute. The equality of nations, be asserted, should be a fundamental principle of the league. Leon Bourgeois, former premier, spoke for France. He said that the French amendments to the league, including a demand for a national anmy and police force, and the limitation and verification of tumaments of all nations had not been adopted. France, however, would sign the pact, M. Bourgeois declared. The Japanese and French amendments were withdrawn, and it in understood that they have been left for decision by the league of nations itself.

<M. Clemenceau announced the withdrawal of the amendments and President Wilson's proposal that the covenant of the league of nations be adopted as carried. There was not more than a moments pause in honor of the creation es the league of nations, the conference then proceeding with the regular program. Italy was not represented at the session, but the name of Italy appears as one of the members of the league in the covenant as finally adopted. Nine labor prlno'ules were adopted for insertion i the treaty. The session adjourned without considering the report on responsibilities providing for the trial of the former German emperor by five judges from the great powers. This report was 'handed in by the council of four and embodies in the peace treaty provisions for the former emperor’s prosecution. This, however, has not as yet been adopted by the 'plenary conference. The revised clauses say that the standard set by law regarding conditions of labor should have regard for the equitable and economic treatment of all workers lawfully resident in a country and also that a 4 8-hour week should be aimed at. The commission had asked for this, except where climatic conditions interfered. The South American representatives expressed approval at great length before the covenant was adopted. During this part of the (afternoon a distinct restlessness was noticeable, President Wilson walking over to a friend and Premier Lloyd George disappearing from the room. When the decision was taken President Wilson was surrounded by delegates and' friends who congratulated him on the constitution of the league which he had steered ( past many quicksands.