Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — Page 2

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iu m comir phmchii P. E. Pubtisikr. 1 / OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC FAP«« OF JASPKR COUNVV ♦? Long Distance *V<aie|Maee Office no ReeMenoo Sll ■ntered as second class mall JtoM t, HM. at the poetoffloela* R«maoelagr, Indiana, under the Act of March 'Published Wednesday and Saturday The Ofrty All-Homa-Prfnt Newspaper In Jaaper County. SUBSCRIPTION 1100 BTRICTLY IN ADV AN (TH. —ADVERTISING RATES—DISPLAT ‘Fifteen cents per men. i Special Per line, first insertion, five cents. Per line, additional insertions, three WANT ADS One cent per word each Insertion; •alnimum 25 cents. Special price If run ene or more months. Cjash must accompany order unless advertiser has an .pen op THANKg Not to exceed ten .lines, fifty cents, cash with order. __ ACCOUNTS All due and payable first of _nionth following publication, except want ads and cards of thanks, which are cash with order. . . . , No advertisements accepted for the Erst page. Wednesday, aug. 20, 1919.

FORD CLEARED; NOT ANARCHIST

JURY IN FAMOUS LIBEL BUIT FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF AND DECLARES TRIBUNE GUILTY. DELIBERATE TEN HOURS Farmer Jury Which Has Spent Three Months In Court Is Out Ten Hours and Then Finds Paper Guilty of Libel. Mt Clemens, Mich. —Henry Ford is not an anarchist! A Jury of 12 farmers have said so by their verdict, in which they found The Chicago Tribune guilty of libel when it attached that stigma to the name of the great manufacturer. "We find the Chicago Tribune guilty and attach a verdict of six cents.’’ This sentence from the < foreman of the jury which for three months has listened to the most famous case of Its kind in history and which debated more than 10 hours befofie it arrived at its conclusion, were the lines of the final act in the dramatic event which has attracted the attention of the entire country ( Henry Ford himself was not in court to share in the triumph. He was in the New Hampshire woods with his friends, Thomas Edison and John Burroughs. Judge Alfred J. Murphy of Mr. Ford’s counsel made a formal statement for his principal: “The important issue has been determined,” said Judge Murphy. “Money •damages were not sought by Mr. Ford.

J I HW j liu, /.\ I“1 ?i ’ll isOIWIImW /A u IB | E» J IM jl < | ' * > s•* •' *•’ J3s2»B »mp* Illi I Ilin 111 till II llliilll I II •il m * v!- * ;7 ' z ■ ( ’ B <n 0 WBraffl ]_ Ljl JnH JjJjj mili iii i 1 i^Uii I ? Wr.. ' jK I Uli Ifcwffi g U I 111 lllr 11111 l Uli I I n/l I [ mr ■ Ik I UiIR IF7V /ffi P i™ ..a 11| mi I I / ||l| 111 r Q AY, you’ll have a streak of smokeluck that’ll | »O put pep-in-your-smokemotor, all right, if you’ll ijfj r ring-in with a jimmy pipe or cigarette papers and r nail some Prince Albert for packing I • !I ! 8 SIB Just between ourselves, you appealing all along the smoke line. * n never will wise-up to high-spot- Men who never before could II . ••••• : jW smoke-joy until you can call a pipe smoke a pipe and men who ye H by its first name, then, to hit the smoked pipes for years all testify m peak-nf-pleasnre you land square to the delight it hands out IP. A. m i ® n that two-fisted-man-tobacco, can’t bite or parch! Both are v E iMr-; SlfPrince Albert I ' cut out by our exclusive patented B *Well, sir, you’ll be so all-fired process 1 , I W- happy you’ll want jto get a photo- Right now while the going’s B|||l OOBw. l|ti graph of yourself breezing up the good you get out your old jimmy ►i " pike with your smokethrottle wide pipe or the papers and land on open! Talk about smoke-sport! ’ some P. A. for what ails your Ik ; ■> - Quality makes Prince Albert so v particular smokeappetite ! You Albert whan tiAocco it aold. t ? tidy red tint, handtome pound and half pound tin humidorr-and Suuttwwnwu elatty, practical pound cryttal plate humidor with v ’ Copyright IvU moittoner top that htept the tobacco in tuch perfect condition. BFR. J/Reynolda g TPimc®vU. j Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. ' ' ■ 1 ' ’ • .■ ' f

Ha stands not only vindicated but his

HENRY FORD

attitude as an American citizen has been justified after a trial which raised every issue against him that Ingenuity and research could invent.” Outside the courthouse crowds had gathered during the evening hours td await news of the jury which had been closeted in conference since morning. As the courtroom emptied after the announcement of the verdict and the news of the decision rendered spread, cheer after cheer broke forth and a band, returning from a picnic, stopped to add its brass notes to-the din. There was a tense moment when the jurors filed Into the box for the last time. Their foreman, In a voice shaking with the emotions of the moment, spoke in such a low tone that he could scarcely be heard. The clerk read back the formal verdlot: “You do say upon your oath that the said defendant The Tribune company, is guilty In the manner and form as the said plaintiff hath In his declaration In this case complained against him and you assess the damages of the said plaintiff on occasion of the premises over and above his costs and charges by him about this suit and In his behalf expended, at the sum of six cents damages." The editorial in which The Tribune attacked Henry Ford and branded him as an anarfihist was printed in 1916. The case has been fought through several courts on one point or another ever since, finally arriving through a change of venue asked by The Tribune in Mt. Clemefis. ' Tho charge which Judge Tucker made to the jury dealt mainly with the laws of libel and contained among others, the following points: “The Tribune claims that they carefully inquired as to what Mr. Ford’s attitude was going to be as to the care of his men who joined the national gdard and that they based the editorial characterizing him as an anarchist on that information. They admit the publication and insist that it was true and therefore justified; and that even if not true it was fair comment upon a matter of public interest, either of which defenses are sufficient if proven true. The burden, however, is upon the defense when they attempt to make either of the defenses | mentioned. They must establish either the truth of the charge made, or that it was comment within the meaning of that teem. “A newspaper has the saine right as an individual to its opinions and convictions —no more and no less." The court further informed the jury that if they found that the charge was

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tintrue they must find for the plaintiff. Be declared that there wee nothing ambiguous about the editorial, it •ailed Mr. Ford an anarchist and the only way the defendant could escape being found guilty of libel was to prove that charge. He said further that the jury most accept the popular conception of the meaning of the term ••anarchist.’’ Ooaneel tor The Chicago Tribune made no effort to appeal the case and accepted the verdict as it stood.

Where to View at a Glance Scotland’s River System

It there be one place north of the Tweed where, at a single glance, one may view and comprehend the chief river system of Scotland, Stirling is that place. From this point one notes the main streams, the affluents, and the gathering of the waters which make the Clyde, the F*orth and the Tay. He can then realize how great and Important in the political and economic history of Scotland has been that great central valley, which stretches from the North sea to the waters of the Atlantic ocean.

The Rubber Tree.

The rubber tree was discovered by a Jesuit missionary, Father Mancelde Esperanca, on a journey among the Cambelas Indians of South America. He named it scringueira, because he remarked that the savages used the sap of this tree, which hardens quickly, to make rude bottles shaped like a syringe.

uncomplimentary. Harry I had brain fever once. Alice —How did they handle it — by some sort of absent treatment?

Y‘ CAN’T BLAME HIM. She: Why don’t you wear your high hat any more? He: Afraid I’ll be accused of being effeminate.

GOOD FLACH. What a ficklemind he is. Has to be. He’s in the weather bureau.

MID-CHANCE. Well, old chap, how have you been since you embarked on the sea of matrimony. Oh-er-just a little seasick at times.

No bettor job work produced this section of Indian', than that turned out by The Democrat. An armload of old papers for 5e at The Democrat office.

wotxcb or rroo boas nactxov. Petition of Claud* Bpanoer at al for *o*4 Improvement la Milroy Town* ■kip, Jasper County, Indiana. ( Cause No. 3222. This la to certify that the board of ootnmlMlonerc of Jasper county, Indiana, has decided that no damage* have been applied for and that the | report and profile In the matter of the petition for road Improvement to Milroy townahlpl In Jasper county, Indiana, by Claude Spencer et al. Is in due form and sufficient tn law, and made an order requiring the undersigned auditor to give notice by publication for three consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Jasper county, Indiana, that on September 20th,' 1919, the polls would be ripened at the several vatdng places in Milroy .township for the purpose of taking th# votes of the legal voters of said township whether the highway referred to in said report should be laid out, established, graded, drained and paved. I |The said report, excepting plats, specifications, profile and the engli neer’s explanation thereof, reads as follows: State of Indiana, county of Jasper, sb: I In commissioners’ court, July term, <919 » i In the matter es ithe petition of Claude Spencer et al for Improvement of highway in Milroy township. Cause No. 3222. i We, tlhe undersigned engineer and viewers in the above entitled cause, respectfully report to the board of commissioners of Jasper county,. Indiana, that in compliance with the order of said board heretofore entered at the regular May term, 1919, a certified i •copy of which order la attached hereIto and made a part hereof by reference, 1 we met at the office of the county auditor on May 14, 1919, and duly qual■lfled by subscribing an oath of office; "that we afterward proceeded to view the proposed improvement which is set •out in the petition and is described as "follows, to-wit: i | Commencing In the public# highway at the southeast corner of section sixteen (16) in township twenty-eight (28) north, range five (5) west in Jasper county, Indiana, and running thence west to the southwest corner of section eighteen (18) in said township end range, a distance of thirteen ■thousand two hundred feet (13,200). Wte further report that: ’ 1 Ist that Che proposed improvement shall not involve the laying out and : establishing of any new highway. 2nd that it will be of a public utility to grade, drain and pave the highway named in Che petitlian and hereinafter more especially described. . 3rd that the width of said highway of forty feet of which twenty-two feet lin the center thereof is to be graded land stone to the width of nine feet laid thereon. 4th that said highway mentioned in sadd petition and more particularly described in the plans and specifications thereinafter appearing -shall be graded as aforeeald, proper drain .provided, and the improvement with culverts and other waterway*, as an entirety and each part thereof and anything .that in any way pertains to the same, shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specific atioms and terms hereinafter set forth under the title, •’Plans and Specifications,” and a ( profile herewith marked exhibit "A ’ as hereby referred to is made a part of .this report. sth that the said Improvement herein described and found by us to be a public utility is by us estimated to cost 316,742.61. „ Clearing and Grubbing. Clearing: The roadbed must be cleared to the width of twenty feet on each side of the center line. Ail trees, brush and other vegetable matter, within <the space designated, to be cut down, and the 'same, together with all logs and brushwood already dpwn, shall be burned or removed from the ground, so aS-not to injure the adjoining lands or to obstruct the line fences along the boundaries of the said right-of-way. All trees, brush and stumps shall be cut to the ground. Grubbing: From the place required by the roadway and necessary slopes ■and aide drains, and Whatever additions Ispace may be required, except where the excavations are three feet or more in depth, or more in height, ail stumps or other wood or vegetable matter imbedded in the ground shall be grubbed up and removed or disposed of as the engineer may direct, and only the area so grubbed shall be estlm Grading, Evcavating xnd Embankment. Grading: The course of the road Shall be staked .out by the engineer and in all respects the highway must be built in conformity with the stakes set by the engineer, and according to ■the profiles, cross-sections, as shown. Excavations: Excavations shall be included in the grading of the roadway ditches and side slopes and the entir¥ length of the highway to conform with the width, lines and. grades (Shown on the plans and profile. Also the digging: of all foundations, pits for all structures, the clearing of waterways, old culverts, -Che digging of all necessary outlet ditches and the grading of all highway intersections. All ditches will be brought to a uniform grade and dressed up in a workmanlike manner, with, a .sufficient fall and outlet to carry off all surface water from the roadway. The removal of any private approach to the road, required in construction, shall be restored as soon as construction is completed, and in as good a condition as they were found. When excavated material for filling •is Insufficient in quantity to regulate the road, the contractor shall obtain from borrow pits or Baurces appfoved by the engineer, all additional material necessary and place it where .I’eci u i red. < , . Back filling culverts, and concrete retaining walls shall be classified as excavation. All surplus excavation shall be used to widen the embankment, or flatten side slopes, or be deposited in such places as the engineer may direct. The contractor will not be allowed to put on the margin of 'the road in unsightly piles rock, earth, or boulders excavated in excess of what can be used to the embamkmenit. Such excavation shall be placed where directed by the engineer. All finished surfaces and slopes Shall be trimmed and deft in a neat condition in conformity to -the lines and in accordance with the direction given by 6 allowance will, however, be made for borrowed material where there is an equivalent waste of excavated material from the roadbed within four thousand (4,000) lineal feet of the place of deposit. When barrow Pits are authorized by <khe engineer, within the limits of the roadway the same will be staked out by the engineer, and must be dressed up upon completion to a uniform width of grade and slope similar to the banks required on the standard roadway. ' Filling of Embankment: The filling shall be formed of earth or other material satisfactory to the engineer, must be absolutely-free from vegetable matter or debris or perishable matter of any kind. Proper allowances must be made for any and all settling and shrinking. All fills and cuts shall be of one and one-half (1 1-2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical, .as shown on the P1 A11" public approaches to the line of Improvement shall be graded back to a distance of twenty feet from the.

center line of the main dime •provement, or to such an additional• distance as may be neoeaaary to bring the grade of approach** to four (4) to each on* hundred (100) Itaoal feot. | The contractor *hszU, •• as poestble, maintain all portions of the road in such a manner as not to Interfere with or to endanger the traffic of the I All grades shall bo completed with I a crown, as shown in the crow section , on the profile, at least 500 feet to advance of the macadamising and no m ecadatn la to be laid until Inspected . and approved by the engineer. I ! Any injury to the grade, or the ditches and drains, or any part thereof, Shall be repaired under the direc- . ,tions of the engineer so that when the work Is finished the road may present a neat and thoroughly workman Like appearance. { Drainage. | AU drainage pipes must be of the size and length and bo located as the i profUe Indicates. The pipe will be laid to such depth a* the engineer may di- 1 rect and outlet ditches provided to the same. Concrete header* must be built | at the ends of all croe* drain pipes as shown on the profile. AU pipe for this improvement must be of corrugated, galvanized Ingot Iron, or its equal, testing not less than 99.84 per cent pure. Sulphur, phosphorus, carbon, manganese, silicon, copper hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen will be con-1 stdered • impurities to any analysis. made. AU pipes must be thoroughly | galvanized with a coating of standard epelter not • lees than two ounces to ■the square foot and the quality of the coating must be such that it will not crack nor lift when being corrugated . and formed. Material. I The material for this Improvement shall be of crushed limestone and th* I best quality obtainable, and in all cases they must be (hard and compact textures of uniform grain.- The limestone must not be more than 30 per cent lime, of cubicail form broken crusher-run stone so as to pass through a ring not greater than one and one-half (1 1-2) inches in diameter. Stone to be tough, stfbng and uniform In color; no soft, spongy stone will be allowed on the improvement. Hfmuul mth. Wlh-erever -any .portion of the grade of the road, not less than five hundred (500) feet in length, shall have been completed to ‘the satisfaction of the engineer, 'he shall give permission to place macadam upon such portions of the road as in his judgment seems best. Upon the roadbed after being 'rolled, as directed by the engineer or superintendent, and the same compact and formed to the lines, of the subgrade, there shall be spread a layer of loose, crusher-run limestone measured of not dess than six inches to depth and nine feet wide, requiring not less than sixteen and sixty-seven hundredths (16.67) cubic yards of llmej stone per each one hundred (100) lineal feet. I • After the sub-grade has. been done .to comply with the specifications herelin set forth and the loose stone of the lower course spread to the given depth, thereupon limestone screenings shall be placed to the depth of four (4) inches, requiring not less than eleven and eleven hundredths (11.11) cubic yards of screenings per' each one hundred lineal feet. The size of the screenings shall be from dust to that passed by a one-half inch screen. The finished surface of the macadam nine feet In width shall have a crown of 'three Inches and be of the form of ayparaboUc curve. All material shall receive backing of earth along its outer edge to hold It to position. , The grade boards shall be set on both sides of it>he macadam in advance of the dumping, and are not to be removed until backing and leveling up flush with the of same will be completed. General Conditions. It is expressly agreed and understood that the entire Improvement Shall be done in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, and to the entire satisfaction of the engineer, commissioners and superintendent. The engineer to charge will furnish all stakes and instructions required during construction. He will inspect work and material at any and all times, and the instructions regarding material or operations shall be promptly carried out. Estimates will be made from time to time on the completion of one thousand dollars (31,000.00) worth of work, on which payment of eighty (80) per cent will be allowed; said estimates will not be in any sense an acceptance of the work. Said payments for said improvement will be paid in cash, according to law, at the county treasurer’s office, Jasper county, Indiana. No material will be included in any estimates except when in Its final and permanent place, and the work of final completion must conforn to the specifications set out and shown by the profile. The contractor is to make good any injury or defect found in the work at said completion. If, at any .time, during the progress of the work, any rejected or inferior material shall be found in the work, or any portion thereof being improperly done, such material and such work shall be removed and replaced by material and work at the expense of the contractor. • Notice of any imperfection in the work to any foreman, or any agent Ln charge of any portion of the work, to the absence of the contractor, shall be considered notice to the contractor. On tlhe detention by unforseen obstacles, or any difficulty which may be encountered in the prosecution of the work, or from the elements, the loss shall be. sustained by the contractor, who will be required without cost to any other than himself to replace all material, etc., displaced or Injured and remove from the roadway all rubbish, earth and surplus materials immediately, upon completion of the work. Upon all questions concerning the execution of the work in accordance with the specifications and measurements thereof, the decision of the engineer shall be final. • The map, cross sections and profile of, said work hereinbefore mentioned, are made a part of this, the viewers’ report, and are filed in the office of the auditor of Jasper county. Special Conditions. At station 0 there shall be placed twenty-two (22) cubic yards of additional stone in order to widen the turn, as shown on the profile, extending fifteen (15) feet along each road, and the coarse stone and screenings shall be proportioned the asmo as ill the main part of the report. At station 52 plus 71 there shall be placed twenty-two (22) cubic yards addi.tio.nal stone in order to widen the turn, as shown on the profile, extending fifteen (15)\ feet along each road, and the coarse stone and screenings shall be proportioned the same as in the main part of the report E. D. NESBITT, Engineer, T. J. PROUTY, Viewer. BEN D. McCOLLY, Viewer. You are therefore hereby notified that on September 2Oth, 1919, the polls of said Milroy township, in Jasper county, Indiana, will be opened for the purpose of taking the votes of the legal voters of said township as to Whether or not the highway described in the petition and report shall be graded, drained and' paved as set forth in said petition and report, and that the votes of the legal voters offered will be taken for or against the road, in this form: (After describing the road) For- the road (Yes) Against the road (No) The petition and report and all records pertaining to said improvement may be found at my office and are open to inspection. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ..and caused the seal of the board of commissioners to be hereunto affixed this 18th day of August, 1919. ‘ . . (SEAL) JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana. *

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, ISIS.

pVKM It IWMyjL FOR SALE For Hale -JJity property and .town lots. PHILIP BLUE, phone 438. For Sale—Three, second hand Overland cars, 1 second hand Saxon.—KU BOSK E A WALTER. ts. For Sale S fiill-blood O. I. C. pig*, wt. about 35 ISb. each.—DANA RISHLING, 335 Elm street, Rensselaer, Hid. “2° For Salt^—l Overland 5-passcnger car, In good condition, $400; 1 Torpedo Overland 2 or 3-passenger car, new tires, -new magneto, new carbeuretor, rewired, new shock absorbers, S2SO.—DR. J. HANSSON, Rensselaer. #2l For Sale—Twin Excelsior motorcycle, with side-car; two speed. Is .'ln good condition, price $125. — WESLEY N. HURLEY, Wheatfield, r 4. ' a3O For Sale—s full-blood spotted Poland China shoats, can furnish papers.—BEßT ABBOTT. *3O For Sale—Six-room house with two 58-foot lots, electric lights, city and well water. Will sell on part tlma If desired. —KORAH DANIELS, phone 299? _ ts For Sale —l2O acres, Pulaski county; good buildings, good crops. Write J. M. WORK, Crawfordsville, Ind., 106 Simpson St. ts For Sale —Two 6-room houses and one 5-room house. All in good repair and on improved street In Rensselaer.—J. C. PASSONS, 458 north Van Rensselaer street. s 8 For Sale—Three-room house and five lots, two good outbuildings. Good level location in the town of Fair Oaks. Will trade or take Liberty bonds. Price S3SO.—C. A. GEARY, Fair Oaks, Ind., Box 52. - *2O ’ For Sale—24o acres in Newton county, Indiana; *35 acres corn, 15 acres oats, 10 acres timothy hay, balance good bluegrass pasture; good 9-room house, barn* for 6 horses, good crib and grainary; fenced and crossfenCed with 4-wlre fence.—RAY D. THOMPSON, phone 277 or 208. *2O

For Sale—l6O-acre farm, well drained, most all level, black soil; 5-room house, good barn, corn cribs, good well, fine orchard land all In cultivation. Can give good terms on this. Price S9O per acre.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. ts For Sato ftfl acres, with new 4room house and barn; good wheat and corn land. Will also sell 40 acres adjoining above tract. Land situated 4% miles west of Rensselaer.—RANDOLPH WRIGHT, Rensselaer,, R-3, phone Mt, Ayr exchange. ‘ ts For Sale—For a short time I will offer my fruit place for sale. Good five-room house; garage, and good well of water. Seven town lots. Produces large quantities of strawberries, asparagus, vegetables, etc. Place yields me about S4OO to SSOO -'each year. Quick sale price, $2,250. —JOHN SCHANLAUB, phone 502-D, Rensselaer, Ind. si For Sale—Some real bargains in well Improved farms located within three miles of Rensselaer. 120 a., 133 a., 212 a., 152 a., 80 a. I also have some exceptional bargains In improved farms of all sires farther out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me or call phone 246, office, or 499, home.— HARVEY DAVISSON. tl v ■ .... For Sale —I have lor sale several farms, good soil, well located and with good Improvements. Any one of these places can be bought worth the money if bought now. Come and see them. Prices range from SIOO. to $l5O. Steady advance in prices. Delay will be at your expense.—P. R. BLUE, Wheatfield, Ind. a2O

For Sale—A beautiful home of 1® acres % mile from court house; house modern in all respects (buildings all new), lots of fruit, land well tiled. For price see A. S. LARUE, Rensselaer, Ind. I have a lot of good farms close to Rensselaer, also *a lot of well Improved farms for sale in Laporte county. See me for prices and terms. —A. S. LARUE. ts For Sale—Farm of 289 acres In Jennings county, Ind.; or two farms, one of 193 acres, one of 96 acres. Good frame house and barns on each farm. Good outlet on pike, good shipping; station 1 mile, good school 1 mile. One anile southeast of Scipio, 6 miles from North Vernon, good pike. Some orchard, good timber, abundance of water.—JOSEPlf DETRZ, Scipio? R-2, Jennings Co., Ind. o 4 WANTED Wanted—To rent about a 160 or 200'-acre farm, have good equipment for farming and can give good references. —CHARLES BRITT, Parr, Ind., R-l, phone 952-D. ts Wanted—-To. buy 5 or 6 cords of good 4-foot body wood, to be delivered before Nov. I.—F. E. BABCOCK. ,•tf FINANCIAL Do you need money? We, lend it on second mortgages on real estate.—AETNA MTG. & INV. CO., 508 Fidelity Trust Bldg., Indianapolis. ts Farm Loans—Money to loan <m farm property In any sums up to 110,000.—E, P. HONAN. ts Money to Loan—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON, Odd Fellows’ Building, Rensselaer. . - a ts