Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1919 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

$2.00 Per Year.

COURT HOURS NEWS IN BRIEF

lotaraiUftg Paragraphs From tin Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal New* Epitomised—Together «With Other Notes Gathered by Un From the Various County Offices. The June meeting of the county commissioners will convene next Monday. Granville Moody of Barkley township was fined 1 and costs, >9.60 in all, last Thursday by Squire s. C. Irwin for failing to have, a 1919 license plate on his automobile. Senator Will Brown of Hebron and Clarenfce Fate of Crown Point were visitors in the city Monday, attending the meeting of the executive committee on >the state highway matter. Representatives were also here from White, Clinton and Boone counties. George H. Gifford came up from Tipton Monday, and yesterday, with his attorney, Moses Leopold, went to Chicago to close up the sale of 1,006 acres of the former B. J. Gifford lands, of which there is etill remaining in the estate some 7,500 acres in Jasper county.

The state board of accounts has reported a shortage in accounts of former officials aggregating >4,455.98, among which are: William E. 2 Munchenburg, auditor 'of Pulaski county, in 1917-18, >954.65, fees alleged to have been collected but not turned into the county treasury, and Claire M. Rice, trustee of Lincoln township, Newton county, to 1917-18, >57 dog tax said to be “unaccounted for.” The following soldiers’ discharges have been filed with the county recorder since The Democrat’s last report: Harvey Cooper, 2d Co., Development Battalion No. 1. - Gravelous Hansson, S. A. T. C. Wm. F. Rockwell, 21st Co., 6th Bn., 160th Depot Brigade. John Edward Ryan, S. A. T. C. Donald Peregrine, 9. A. T. C. John D. Maher, San« Dept., 35 th F. A Wesley N. Hurley, Supply Co., 150<h F. A. Frank Trulley, U. S. hospital No. 1. Clifford C. Hamilton,. Co. C, Development Bn. No. 1, Depot Brigade; Othel Caldwell, 6th Co., 2d Tr. Bn. D. B.

Elmer Daniels, Q. M. C. John Welsh, Bat. C, 69th F. A. Itay niff, S. Al T. C. • Lawrence Roland McLain, 6. A. T. C. tNelapn C. Shafer, sth Co., 2d Tr. Bn., 158th Depot Brigade. Edward Peregrine, Bat. E, 150th F. A. Charles D. Landis, Co. 8, 110th Am. Tr. Edmund B. Martin, 14th Co., Diseh. Unit. James Augusta Shelly, 8. A. T. C. Cecil R. Rees, Bat. C, 62d Art., C. A. C. George Bowen, Bat. E, 35th F. Ross Wood, Supply Co., 137th F. A. Harvey Notris -Snow, S. A. T. C. Asa F. Snow, 145th M. G. Bn. Russell A. Taylor, Ist Flying Cadet Co. . John M. Bowman,. Hdq. Co., 137th F. A. Charles J. Klouse, Bat C, 35th F. A Livingston Ross, 7th Co., 2d Tr; Bn., 157th Depot Brigade. Louis W. Misch, Supply Co., 379th Infantry. John W. Misch, Jr., Bat. 8., 71st A. William E. DeArmond, 8. A. T. C. William B. Cullen, 8. A. T. C. Oacar R. Johnson, Co. M, 361st Infantry. Walker L. Snodgrass, 9th Co., Development Bn. No. .3. Louis A. Schultz, Bat. C, 35 th F 1 A. ’ William Edward Rose, Hdq. Co., 150 F. A. Bradley Travis Ross, captain, field service. Devere Yeoman, Ist lieutenant, 211th Engineers. Ellis M. Ott, 40th Co, 10th Bn., 159th Depot Brigade. Jerry Benton Garland, captain, 2d Bn., 155th D. B. Tr. Center.

FOR SALE —Cowpeas, Soy Beans, Rape, Millet, Sorghum seed and! Navy Beans.—POTTER & SAW-| YER SEED CO., Rensselaer, phone Na 7. " JIT,

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

Hauling to Be DtoconUnued After June IS. At the regular meeting of the common- council Monday evening all members were present and the following business was transacted: The city teamster was directed -to discontinue the hauling of garbage from and after June 15, and city attorney directed to prepare an ordinance for the disposal of garbage. Report of trustees of Weston cemetery of lots sold was approved and the mayor was authorised to execute deeds to purchasers. City engineer was instructed to have an 8-inch tile laid on south side of rock, on east side of Bcott street, west to McKinley avenue sewer and connect up with catch basin on Scott street. The usual number of claims were allowed.

ST. JOSEPH COMMENCEMENT

Will Be Held Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10 and 11. The twenty-fourth annua] commencement of St. Joseph college will be held at Collegeville, 1 mile south of Rensselaer, on June 10 and 11. - On Tuesday evening the Columbian Literary society will render the play, “Under the Flag,’* In the large auditorium In the new gymnasium building. On Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock the baccalaureate address will be given by the Rev. Robert J. Pratt, pastor of St. Patrick’s church, Kokomo, Ind. Father Pratt is a brother of the late Dr. B. W. Pratt of Goodland, and is well known to many people about Goodland and Remington. Following the baccalaureate address will be the awarding of medals and diplomas by the Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, D. D., Bishop of Ft. Wayne.

KUCHAR-KOSTA NUPTIALS

A very pretty wedding took place last Thursday morning at 8 o’clock at St. Augustine’s Catholic church when Miss Helen Kosta daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kosta of Union township, became the bride of Charles Kuchar, also of Union. The bride waa beautifully gowned in white crepe de chine and georgette, and was attended by her sister, Rosa Kosta, and the groom by Charles Kosta. A fine dinner was served at the bride’s (home to about 60 relatives and friends, and in the evening a big dance was held. The young couple received a large number of beautiful and useful presents from their many ifrlends.

MRS. CHARLES ROWEN DEAD

Mrs. Charles Rowen, who had been in very poor -health for some time, caused from heart trouble and other complications, died at her home on south Cullen street Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Her age was 42 years, 10 -months and 18 days. Deceased in survived by her husband and four children, Rom Albert Rowen of Parr, Lulu Alice, Delos Anderson and Orville Paul Rowen; who are still at home. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist c-hurch, services in charge of Rev. C. W. Postill, and burial made in Weston cemetery.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Albert Toben of south of town underwent an operation for appendicitis yesterday morning. Mrs. Coipe Hanley underwent a minor operation Monday. Miss Dena Miller of north of town had her tonsils removed Mondtp and returned home yesterday. Mrs. A. 8. Lowman of Parr entered the hospital yesterday for medical attention. Mrs. Bruce White will return to her home today, as also will Rudolph Ritter. ' Both are very much improved. The local Red Cross has presented the hospital with 4,00-0 yards of gauze, for which the superintendent expresses her thanks.

Get your shoes repaired at the Progressive Shop, first door south of fire house. —G. W. KNAUR. m2B Duplicate order books, Fairbank* scale books, etc., carried In stock In The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919.

IREAD last night of the grand noview In Washington’s chlefest avenue— Two hundred thoueand men In blue, I think they said was the number — Till I seemed to hear their tramping feet. The bugle blast and the drum’s quick beat. Ths clatter of hoofa In ths stony street, The cheers of people who camo to greet. And the thousand details that to repeat Would only my veree encumber— Till I fell In a reverie, sad and sweet. And then to a fitful slumber. When, 10l In a vision I seemed to stand In the lonely Capitol. On each hand Far stretched the portico, dim and grand, Its columns rsngod like a martial band Of sheeted specter*, whom some command Had called to a last reviewing. And the streets of ths city were white and bare; No footfall echoed across ths square; But out of the misty midnight air I heard in the distance a trumpet blare, And the wandering night winds seemed to bear The sound of a far tattooing. • Then I held my breath with fear and dread; For into the square, with a brazen tread, There rods a figure whose stately head O'erlooked the review that morning; That never bowed from its fl rm-set - geat When the living column passed its feet. Yet now rode steadily up the street To the phantom bugle's warning: Till it reached the Capitol Square, aWd wheeled. And there In the moonlight stood revealed A well-known form that In state and field

FRIDAY IS DECORATION DAY

Program for Memorial Day In Rensselaer. Program for Memorial day services at Wteston cemetery, Rensselaer, May 3d, 1919: Parade will form on Washington street at 2:30 p. m>, in the following order: Sunday school children. Boy Scouts. Soldiers and sailors of the world War r -r • All fraternal orders. Relief Corps. Ladies of the G. A. RWar Mothers. All civil war soldiers. At the cemetery the parade will re-form and march to the new cemetery addition, where the War Mothers will dedicate the graves of the soldiers who gave their lives in the late war, by planting trees. Music by quartette. Reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address—Miss Mary Potter. Invocation. “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” band. Reading of John A. Logan’s first order—H. W. Wood. . Address of the day—William T. Barbre. Captain Watson of Co. M will form the world war soldiers at 1 o’clock. Marshal of the day, Frank Hill. D. H. YEOMAN, Commander. W. H. WOOD, Adjutant.

LARGE HOG HOUSE DESTROYED

The large new hog house on the Premier Stock farm near Knlman was destroyed by fire between 3 and 4 o’clock Monday morning. The building was only recently completed and there was no Insurance. This stock farm is owned by a Chicago company, and President Avery had just returned to Chicago Saturday. The company has a number of high-priced pedigreed hogs on the plape and these had been turned out of the building -before it was fired —for it is practically certain that the fire was of incendiary origin. Only eight small pigs were burned up In the fire.

TH E TWICE-A- W EEK

The Phantom Review.

by Bret Harte.

Had led our patriot sires: Whose face was turned to the sleeping camp, _____ Afar through ths river's fog and damp, That showed no flicker, nor waning lamp, Nor wasted bivouac Area. And I saw a phantom army ooms, With never a sound of fife or drum, But keeping time to a throbbing hum Of walling and lamentation. The martyred heroes of Malvern Hill, Of Gettysburg and Chancallorsvlllo, The men whose wasted figures fill The patriot graves of the nation. And there camo the nameless dead—the men Who perished In fever swamp and fen, The slowly starved of the prison pen; And, marching beside the others, Came the dusky martyrs of Pillow'd fight. With limbs enfranchised and boaring bright; I. thought—perhaps ’t waa the pale moonlights— They looked as white as their broth oral And so all night marched the Nation's dead, With never a banner above them spread, Nor a badge, nor a motto brandished; No mark—eave the bare uncovered head Of the silent bronze Reviewer; With never an arch saved the vaulted sky; » - With never a flower save those that lie On the distant graves—for love could * buy No gift that was purer or truer. So all night long swept the strange array, So all nijjht tong till the morning gray I watched for one who had passed away, With a reverent awe and wonder— Till a blue cap waved In the length'nlng line, And I knew that one that was kin of mine Had come; and 1 spake—and 10l that sign Awakened me from my slumber.

HAWKER AND GRIEVE FOUND

Daring Aviators Are Saved by a Danish Tramp Stdamer. London, May 25. —Harry G. Hawker and Lieut. Commander MacKenzle Grieve, the two airmen who started last Sunday in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic ocean from St, Johns, Newfoundland, have been picked up at sea. Both men are in perfect health. (Hawker and Grieve were in the water for an hour and a half be* fore being taken aboard the steamer Mary. Mrs. Hawker, wife of the aviator, received the news from the Mary early this morning at her home near Surbiton and posted a notice outside her home, reading: “Mr. Hawker has been found. He is on the boat Mary bound for Denmark.” A crowd of villagers soon gathered and showered Mrs. Hawker with congratulations. Missing for six days and virtually given uip for lost, Harry G. Hawker and his navigator, Lieut. Commander MacKenzle Grieve, British airmen who essayed a flight across the Atlantic ocean, without protection against disaster save what their frail airplane afforded, are safe tonight aboard a British warship off the Orkneys. Tomorrow they will reach the mainland and proceed to London where they will be -acclaimed as men returned to life. Some 1,100 miles out from Newfoundland and 800 from the Irish coast on Monday, May 19, the aviators making the best of an engine which was falling to function properly were forced to alight' on the water. The little Danish steamer Mary, bound from New Orleans and Norfolk for Aarhuus, Denmark, picked the wayfarers up and continued on her northward voyage.

Best job work at Democrat office.

OPOSSUM AND 10 YOUNGSTERS

Captured by a Couple of FWtoWa in Jordan Towwhip. George 'Eck and Duane Robert*, two farmer* living 10 mile* southwwt of Rensselaer, as they were going to work Tuesday morning about 6 o'clock, captured and orpossum and her litter of 10, which are about one-third grown. They were found in a den in an old hedge row about 10 rods from the barn. Mother and 10 are all living and are caged.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jlnkenon of Chicago, an boy. The mother is a daughter of Mr. and Mra. Harry Wiltshire of this city. May 24, to Mr. and Mr*. John Baughman, a son, which has been named Robert Scott. 'May 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hilton of Walker township, a son.

JAMES MCMANUS IS CALLED

Former Resident of Jasper County Dies at Corvallis, Ore.

Many of tne older readers of The Democrat In Jasper and eastern Newton counties will be pained to learn of the deat at his home in Corvallis, Ore., of James McManus, for many years a well known resident of Carpenter township. The following letter to The Oemocrat editor from bls son, Frank, tells of his (passing: _ Corvallis, Ore., May 22, 1919. Dear Friend: I have sad news for you and friends of my father who reside in Jasper county. On Tuesday night, May 20, father passed away. He was sick only a short time. He had not been feeling well for a week or so and had complained of pains through his back. On Monday night he had a stroke of paralysis. It effected his right side, and about midnight he lost consciousness. From then on ( till Tuesday night at 11 o’clock he remained unconscious, and passed away very peacefully. About three hours before he became unconscious he received the last rites of. the church. You know we are Catholics) so he was fully prepared to go. We were all present. lam very thankful that I was here at the passing, as you know I have been in the service overseas and had just returned a short time ago. Father was born January 1, 184 7, at Jpliet, 111. When a young man he came to Goodland, Ind., and bought 160 acres of land. After several profitable years he married Miss Nellie Clowefy. To this union was born four children, three boys and one gifl: Charles, Sept. 9, 1882; John V., Feb. 14, 1885; Francis R, Sept. 6, 1889; Mary Anna, Jan. 12, 1893. Brother John died at the age of 7. Father lived in Jasper county until about 1903 or 1904. At this time he thought he would move west. We went to Oklahoma and lived in that state) about six years, then we came on to Oregon, where we reside at the present time. Father always held fond memories for his old home in Jasper, and also for his many friends back there. I often heard him spea-k of you and a few more of his near friends. Yours sincerely, FRANK R. McMANUS.

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The 'following Hat of names are pupils who will graduate Saturday, June 21, from Barkley township: Clara Bridge, John Brown, Grace Campbell, John Conn, Sylvia M. Elliott, Alice Galbraith, Louis Gratner, Opal Hankins, Frances Hayes, Jessie Holmes, Lois Jones, Mabel C. Larsqn, Elbert Lewis, Geneva Markin, Gladys Price, Lea Stowers, I Lenna Snow, Vera Smith, Bessie Spriggs, Raymond Tudor, Mildred Timmons, Hazel Ward, Floyd Wilbanks, Madelene Wilbanks, Paul Yeoman, Murray Yeoman and Harry I. Yeoman. This makes a class of 27 pupils who are asking to enter the freshman class in Rensselaer, Wheatfield, Fair Oaks and Logansport. Trustee Davisson is sparing no little expense to 'make this an I occasion long to be remembered the pupils and parents of this large class. He has secured the services of Prof. Thomas F. Moran of Purdue university, who will deliver the commencement address. The commencement will be held at the Barkley church. The friends of education in Barkley township are always present at these school exercises and the chief difficulty is in handling the large crowd. The following- pupils from Carpenter township have passed the eighth grade diploma examination and will appear in the freshman class at Remington next fall: Grace Alberts, Mahel Banes, Blsie Blake, Verne Durbin, Glen Meadows, Wilbur Roberts. The Remington high school com-

(Continued on Page Three)

Vol XXII. No. 17

NO EXTENSION ON TIME WILL BE ASKED FOR

Thursday l$ Time Limit Set By the Allies. CHINESE ENVOYS TO SION .411 of the Counter l*ro|meals -to He Preeentvd by the Germans Are Completed. Paris, Mhy 26. —The president of China has notified the Chinese delegation by cable that a meeting of the Chinese cabinet and the speakers of both houses authorised the delegation to sign the peace treaty with reservations regarding Shantung. The German counter proposals to the allied peace terms will be ready tomorrow night, according to a statement made in French peace conference circles tonight and Count von Brockdorff-Rantsau will present them Wednesday. Representatives of the new states carved out of the former Hapsburg monarchy, were given a hearing today before the reparations com- . mission to present their objections to the proposed solution of the Austro-Hungarian financial problem under which they would be held responsible for their share of the pre-war debt, the war debt, the war issue of currency and reparations would be required to compensate Austria and Hungary as they will be constituted in the future for the value of the public buildings and property inside their limits.

The protests against this great burden were met sympathetically by the council of four, which sent the question to the reparations subcoon mission for a re-hearing. This submission will be supplemented by Franco-British representatives, who are understood to be opposed to any change. The British representatives delegated are 'General Smuts and John M. Keynes and the French are Captain AndYe Tardieu and Louis Loucheur. belief is held here that a new report will be made exempting the new states from any payments on account of reparation or public property taken over. ' The prime factor in the negotiations heretofore has been the fact that about 3,000,000,000 francs of the Austrian pre-war debt is held in France, and the French government has promised to secure re* payments of its nations. Hence it has been anxious to distribute the financial burden, in order to prevent the bankruptcy of the new Austria and Hungary. As the day for the Germans to give answer to the peace demands of the allied and associated governments approaches—and the German plenipotentiaries have announced that they will ask no .further extension of • time beyond Thursday, the limit set by the allies—there apparently has been no change in the sentiment of German government clifcles that the treaty Should not be signed. “Should I, under pressure from out own mislead countrymen, sign this sentence of death?” An utterance attributed to Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, ‘head" of the German peace delegation, in reply to a question as to whether the demands of the Independent socialist that the compact should be duly sealed sums up generally the state of mind supposed to exist in the higher walks of German political life.

Meanwhile allied commissioners are preparing to hand Austria and Bulgaria the treaties that are drawn up for them. The Austrians, who have been for some time at St. Germain, are chafing under the delay in being called before the peace congress. The delay is declared to be mainly due to the settlement of conditions regarding reparations.

I. O. O. F. NOTICE All members are requested to meet at the I. 0.. O. F. hall Friday at 1 o’clock to march in a body with the G. A. R. to the cemetery. No better job wo k produced In thia section of Indiana than that turned out by The Democrat.