Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1920 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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A FORMER RENSSELAER GIRL

Will Reside in Kansas City, Mo., After Honeymoon Trip. Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Keiper are guests at the home of the latter’s parents, and Mrs. W. L. Thomas, 424 North Salisbury street, prior to their honeymoon trip to California. Mrs. Keiper, who is better known here as Alice Thomas, has enjoyed remarkable success In musical comedy experience, having had one of the principal roles in Victor Herbei t’s musical • success, ‘ The Only Girl.” Mr. and Mrs, Keiper were, married at Topeka, Dec. 20, with Mrs. Lucien Denni acting as -proxy for Mrs. Keiper’s parents. A wedding supper followed' the ceremony at the home of Mrs. Denni. Mr Keiper is prominent in business circles in Kaneas City, 'Mo. —Lafayette Journal. • Mrs. Kelpar is a former Rensselaer girl.

BIG SUIT TO START MONDAY

Stockton vs. Makeever Damage Case Will Begin in Benton Court. The $50,000 damage case of Jay W. Stockton, of Rensselaer versus former County Commissioner Daniel S. Makeever of Newson township will open in the Benton circuit court next Monday. This action is for damages for alleged malicious prosecution of plaintiff in a state case against him, charging perjury, and tried in the Newton circuit Court some two years'ago, it being alleged that the defer ’ant was in reality back of the x tcution and that the state was a passive tool. Mr. Stocktdn was acquitted of the charge after a trial lasting several days and in which there was a large arjgy of. legal talent on ” both sides and scores of witnesses w&re heard. ' In the case about to be tried the plaintiff will be represented by Fraser & Isham of Fowler, W. W. of Indianapolis and A. Halleck of Rensselaer, while the de- « fendant’s attorneys . are Charles Snyder of Fowler, W. H. Parkison of Lafayette and George A. Williams and M. Leopold of Rensselaer. Charles Snyder, Who is now defendant’s Fowler attorney, sat as special judge in the state case tried at Kentland in which Mr. Stockton was acquitted of the pen jury charge. It is expected that there will be no hitch in going to trial with the case Monday. K The cause was filed in the Jasper circuit court, but was taken to Benton on change of venue.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. George Johnson and Charles Sommers of Mt. Ayr and Mrs. Lee Hamilton and baby of Newland entered the hospital Thursday, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Hamilton with influenza and Mr. Sommers with pneumonia. , Mrs. Charles Shaw entered the hospital yesterday for medical attention. Mrs. Eva Goff was able to return to her home at Mt. Ayr yesterday. Miss Blandhe Elijah- of Mt. Ayr is improving from her severe attack of pneumonia.

SPECIAL NOTICE t We have been working 40 to 60 • per cent short on operating force for the past six weeks. At present are compelled to operate short of four employes. Have worked 15 to 20 hours per day to give service. ENDURANCE HAS AN END. We kindly ask that patrons make as few calls as possible and help make operating work as light as mossible. Sickness has increased the work 40 per cent and 40 per -cent ’of help off, may force the office to close part of each day. We ask your heIp.—JAS'PER COUNTY telephone CO. ■ANNOUNCEMENT F. p. Lane and D. ’M. Worland have formed a partnership and will - open a real estate, loan and insurance agency in Rensselaer, under the firm name of Lane & Their quarters will be in the neW; Farmers & Marchants National bank building. List your property with them. —Advt. * NOTICE OF BEMOVAD ( jr I have moved real estate of- ■ tace to the rooms over Co-Operative Meat Market, on ’ north side Qf square.—GEOßGE V, MEYERS. f 25

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal New? ’'•Epitomized —Together With Other Notes. Gathered by Vs From the Various County Offices. The White circuit court will convene next Monday. Attorney W. H. Parkison was up from Lafayette Thursday. Attorney P. R. Blue of Wheatfield was a business visitor in the city Thursday. Marriage licenses Issued: Feb. 4, Dudley R. Myres of I*&rr, aged 29 July 30 last, engineer, and Cecelia Elizabeth Lakin, also of Parr, aged 19 Aug. 28 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. A deputy revenue collector will be in, Rensselaer from Feb. 9 to 14 inclusive, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in making their income'tax returns. <He will be located in the court house. County Assessor G. L. Thornton and County Superintendent M. L. Sterrett were in Indianapolis Thursday, the former attending the state tax board meeting and the latter the state meeting of county superintendents. Attorney Mose Leopold was in Chicago Tuesday where he was examined 'by a specialist who pronounced his ailment as that of gallstones, and it is probable that Mr. Leopold will submit to an operation ere long \to relieve the trouble. He has not felt well for several months.

L. A. Bostwick, the civil engineer, has completed an atlas of Carpenter township, complete up to Feb. 1, 1920, showing the location of all dirt and improved roads,-the acreage and names of all property owners, school houses, etc. The work is made in two sizes. The larger size, 2x3 feet, on paper, cost $2-each, and the blueprints sl. Anyone desiring one of the maps can procure it from Bostwick or by calling at The Democrat office. —J— New suits filed: No. 9167. Charles T. Otis vs. Clyde Gunyon et al; action for conversion. Demand $l5O in first paragraph, and $l5O in second paragraph. No. 9168. Hazel Marie Hudson vs. Albert Newton Hudson; action for divorce. Complaint alleges that the parties were married July 29, 1919, and separated on Nov. 23, 1919; that defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment, failure to provide, etc. Plaintiff asks for a divorce and her maiden name of Hazel Marie Moore restored. /

COMING PUBLIC SALE DATES

The Democrat aas printed bills for the following public sales: Monday, Feb. 9, Louis Zick, on former old Louis Fritz farm in Walker township, 3 miles south and 1 mile west of Tefft. General sale, including horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, February 17, William Gladden, 4 miles east and 4 miles north of Rensselaer. General sale including horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc. Wednesday, February 18, David Shumaker, 3 miles south and 3% miles west of Rensselaer. General sale, including horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc.

NOTICE TO FARMERS We handle' the Rumley line tractors, threshing machines and farming implements; also Western Utilitor, one-horse tractor, at White Front Garage.—KUBOSKE & WALTER. *i , 1 Tool buyers get your farm tools at the R. H. Eilts sale. Grain binder, corn binder, manure spreader, two gang plows, several Cultivators, farm wagons and several sets of good work harness. — Advt. x ■ f 7-11-14 — . J. Q. Culp will have a general sale at his farm im Barkley township on Feb. s6.—Advt.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920.

WORK IS PROGRESSING NICELY

On Clearing Away for Remodeling of Leopold Corner. The work of paving the way for the remodeling of the former Leopold building on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets has progressed quite rapidly this week. The brick building In tihe rear, lately occupied by Werner’s tailor shop, has been raxed and a basement will be put In on this site for the heating system for both the bank and the Long drug store. Considerable work has also been done on the second floor of the Long room, which will be thoroughly remodeled and occupied by Dr. Gwin as*office rooms when completed.

MONON TRAIN NO. 3 DELAYED

At Fair Oaks Tuesday Night by Engine Trouble. Monon engine No. 452, pulling fast passenger train No. 3, arriving here at 11:10 Tuesday night, had an accident at Fair Oaks that delayed the train nearly five hours. The engine while runnipg at a high rate of speed blew out a cylinder. Engineer Charles Gorman applied the emergency brakes, stopping the train without accident. Monon engine No. 451 was sent from Lafayette and brought the ipassenger train in after side-tracking the damaged engine on the siding near Fair Oaks.

BIG PRICES FOR TIMBER LAND

Paid In Southern Michigan by a South Bend Concern. in a letter received by The Democrat a few days ago from John Cloiflse of Buchanan, Mich., among other things Mr. Clouse says: “Have had steady cold winter weather since Nov. 25, no thawing weather, snow about 15 Inches deep, good sledding all winter. There has been a large number of logs hauled and shipped, also lots taken to the local sawmills. Sand-ers-Egbert Co. of South Bend are buying up all the farms that are for sale that have' a reasonable amount of timber on them. They recently paid $950 per acre for an 80-acre tract. This is the highest prioe ever paid in this vicinity for land. Some tracts sold at SBOO per acre about a year ago. The Moccasin Grange is making plans to build a $65,000 elevator at Buchanan, which wiLL be open to the ipublic as well as members. There are several Jasper county men members of this grange.”

NEWS FROM AROUND ABOUT US

Wabash county let the contract this week for the construction of what is known as the Vernon road in that county to J. C. O’Connor & Sons of Delphi ’ at $439,217.71. Work is to begin within a month, and the 10.06 imiiles is to be completed the coming summer. The road will he constructed of concrete. The commissioners of White county let the contract this week for the M. Renok road, which includes several of the principal streets in Monticello, to J. J. Nejdl and Adrian Courtright of Lake county, for $186,437. There were six bidders for the work and the bids ranged from $186,437 to $215,000. The work is to ‘be brick paving laid on a macadam base. Hamilton county is preparing to build a concrete highway connecting Noblesville with Cicero, Arcadia and Atlanta to the Tipton county Une. Tipton county will ‘build from the city of Tipton to the Hamilton county line, making an improved highway 18 miles long which will also connect with the road now being built between No, blesville and Indianapolis. This will give a stretch of hard-surfaced road 38 miles long out of Indianapolis. x

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Feb. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. John Daniels of Barkley township, a daughter.

Will sell at the R. H. Eilts sale eight head of Angus steers, 1,000 pounds average; 80 tons of ensilage in 12-32 cement silo. Also 10 tons ensilage left in a 12-foot wooden silo; 2 6 acres of oats straw, in ahed. —Advt. f 7-11-14 Anyone desiring some high-class stock should attend the StonerArnold sale at the Stoner farm on Tuesday, Feb. 10. —Advt. f 7

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tilegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL % Happenings In the Nearby Cities and ToWns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. DECREASE IN NATION AL DEBT Washington, D. C., Feb. s.—ln the last five months the total public debt has shown a decrease of about $930,000,000 and the floating debt $730,000,000, Secretary Houston announced yesterday in comparative statements of the public debt on Aug. 31, 1919, when the debt reached its peak, akd on last Jan. 31. The decreases were due principally to salvage and taxes.

DECLARES U. 8. WOULD HAVE LED IN PACT RATIFICATION

Democratic Chairman Criticises Failure to Give President Support. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 5. —The United States would have been the first and not the last country to ratify the treaty of peace if President Wilson had been properly supported, Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the national Democratic committee, said in an address here last night. “The Republican party has had its opportunity and it has failed,’’ n|r. Cummings paid. “Not only has it thus far managed to throttle the treaty of peace, but after .eight months of debate it can not record the passage of one single constructive measure. The Republican party is not only hopelessly bankrupt In leadership, but it can agree upon no constructive policy satisfactory even to itself.” 1 Mr. Cummings declared that if the Republicans had been in power when wer broke out “we would’ have been involved in the greatest, the most disastrous and the most overwhelming panic in the history of America, but fortunately, for our country, the Democratic party had reformed the financial system and we withstood the shock without strain or panic, loaned billions of dollars to our allies and became the greatest creditor in all the world. “The Democratic party stands today upon a record of achievement unparalleled in American • history,” he concluded. “We have wrought reforms which have been long denied to our people and we led America through its most stressful period in a manner which won the admiration ofc the world. Irresistible impulses are at work which are destined to carry her to a higher plane of honor and power than she has ever known. “The American people have never been afraid of their fate and never hung back before great projects. The instrumentality afforded by the Democratic party is available to the hands of a forward looking people and no other instrument will properly or effectively serve tfheir purpose.”

Car Shortage to End Soon.

Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—John G. Brown of Monon, president of the Indiana Federation of Fanners’ Associations, returned from Washington, Dz C., where he attended a series of‘conferences with government officials. He said that he took up with the car service department of the United States railroad administration the car shortage situation which has hew troubling Indiana farmers in moving grain, live stock and in obtaining fertilizer'materials. He was promised all relief possible under the circumstances. Mr. Brown said that he called the government's attention to the complaint made by shippers that the Indianapolis Belt railroad frequently held up shipments of live stock for 18 at Indianapolis Junctions before delivering It to the stock yards. He said that an Investigation would be made at once.

A woman went into a Bath (Me.) bank and, handing in some liberty bond coupons, remarked to the teller: “I will pay for these now.” S'he was quite pleased when the teller explained what the coupons meant. The General Electric company has taken out $50,000,000 insurance for 70,00 d employes.

MADE NEW FARM COLONY HEAD

Winchester Man Appointed Superintendent of Butlerville Farm. Indianapolis, Feb. 6. —Ernest Chenoweth of Winchester was appointed superintendent of the new farm colony for the feeble-minded at Butlerville by the trustees of the Institution. He will assume the duties of the position next Wednesday, when plans will be made for the purchase of supplies and the organization of the force of employees of the institution. Mr. Chenoweth obtained a commission as a lieutenant in the first officers’ training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison and became a captain during his service in France. While in France he bad charge of construction work. Mr. Chenoweth was reared on a farm In Randolph county. He taught school In Wayne county for a time, aud resigned us superintendent of a consolldatvd school In Randolph county to enter the army. He served on the Mexican border.

ASSERTS EUROPE MUST WORK

Should Produce More and Import Less, Says Houston. Washington, Fell 0. —“After the havoc wrought by five years of explosion. Europe simply must go to work, produce as much as possible, import as little as she can and gradually 'bring about an equilibrium between Imports and expbrts," said Secretary of the Treasury Houston in speaking of the disordered foreign exchange situation. “There is nothing in the situation, however, to alarm American business men,” the secretary added.

Ten Indictments Reported.

Indianai>olis, Feb. 6.—Ten men were Indicted in a report made by the Marion county grand jury by Judge James A. Rollins of the criminal court. Herbert Jones, 1149 Vanderman avenue, was indicted on a charge of murdering Jesse Sawyer on November 11, Others indicted were: Harry Parsons, Fletcher avenue, receiving stolen goods; James (T. Collins, 440 Northwestern avenue, pnd Estan Juneau, 1725 Cross drive, Woodruff place, ve-hicle-taking; William H. Elliott, 714 Fort Wayne avenue, and Joe Hartman, 115 West McCarty street, receiving stolen automobiles; Forrest Reynolds and William L. Winters, 04 North Holmes avenue, vehicle-taking; Howard Cerf, grand larceny, nnd John E. Smalling, Jr., attempting to defraud the Continental National bank by presenting a forged check.

Horse Breeders Meet.

Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—" The time will never come when we can get along without horses on the farm. They still furnish nine-tenths of farm power and will continue to do so,” said Harvey Smith of Boswell, president of the Indiana Draft Horse Breeders’ association, speaking before the annual meeting of the association, which opened at the Hotel Lincoln. “We have plenty of inferior animals and poorer grades and not nearly enough good heavy drafters. There Is already a noticeable shortage of good animals, and the demand for horses, which has been light for some time, Is becoming heavy again and prices are rising in proportion.” E. S. Akin of Syracuse, N. Y., president of the New York Draft Horse Breeders’ association, declared: “Indiana, Illinois and lowa produce the surplus of draft horses which all the Eastern and many of the Southern states must have.”

Suffrage Convention February 12.

Indianapolis, Feb. 6.—lndiana la to have a part In the convention of the National American Woman’s Suffrage association at Chicago, 111., February 12-18. Mrs. Richard Edwards of Peru has been asked to arrange and manage the spectacular feature of the ratification banquet, which will be the largest and most elaborate affair of the entire convention. This feature Is “The Living Ratification Valentine.”

Fifty-Four Indiana Mines Idle.

Terre Haute, Feb. 6.—-Fifty-four mines in the Terre Haute field are idle due to the coal car shortage on the C. T. H. & S. E.; P., C. C. & St. L.: C. O. C. & St. L., and C. & E. L railroads, losing from the normal output a total of 42,260 tons of coal. The Clinton field suffered the heaviest loss, 19 mines on the C., T. H. & S. E. and C. & E. I. railroads being idle with an aggregate loss of 14,400 tons.

Rev. M. Walker Dies.

Noblesville, Feb. 6.—Rev. Marcellus Walker, eighty years old, died in the local hospital. The remains were taken to his home at Fortville today. Rev. Mr. Walker served three years in the Civil war and was severely wounded in the battle of Bull Run. Two children, Mrs. Harry Wyant of Fortville, and Mrs. Mabel Klnnaman of Hamilton county survive.

Partner of Cleveland III.

New York, Feb. Francis Lynde Stetson, who was a law partner of iGrover. Cleveland and personal counsel of J. Pierpont Morgan, 18 suffering (from partial

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GALE BATTERS ATLANTIC COAST

Shore Hotels and Homes Swept Into Ocean by Tide. SEA INVADES HUDSON TUBES Shipping Beniains at Standstill, Ice Floe* Cause—Rockaway Beach Is Hard Hit—Fuel Famine Likely, New York, Feb. 6.—Huge waves rolled up by u 50-mile gnle are sweeping the North Atlantic coast, while cities and towns along the shore aret Vying to dig themselves out of the deepest snow drifts for years. Damnga done by the sen to resorts and l syimner homes along the New Jersey; and Long Island counts is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hotels Washed Away. At Rpcknwuy Beach two modern] summer hotels, 30 bungalows, a 40sulte apartment house, bathhouses ana {kaons of small structures werrt washed Into the sen. The Pasadena, hotel In Brooklyn was washed into the bay. Several bathing pavilions were swept away at Coney Island and the first floor of the big Shelburne hotel at Brighton Beach was flooded. • Bea bright, long a target for the waves, suffered more than any of the other northern New Jersey const resorts. It was estimated that the high tide and heavy sens hail done $250,000 damage to bulkheads, streets and residences there. A recently completed bulkhead saved the mhln residence 1 part of the town. The entire coast from north of ton to south of the Virginia cnpes wart affected. Shipping remained at anchor op moved with the utmost caution. Ini the land-locked waterways around! New York huge Ice floes menaced navigation. The steamer Mnlne of the| New England Steamship company was driven ashore on the north end of Long Island and four other sound linens were reported creeping along through! fields of Ice. . Fuel Famine Imminent. Cold, snow, ice and high seas made It almost impossible to transport coal from the tidewater reservoir at Perth Amboy to New York and the city a fuel famine which will force all its transportation lines to suspend operations unless the Weather moderates sufficiently. While mountainous seas were battering the coast, the highest tide ever recorded in New York harbor caused floods along the Hudson and Harlem rivers. Ferry houses on the New York nnd New Jersey sides of the Hudson were flooded and water from the Erie terminal dripped Into the Hudson tubes at Jersey City.

WILSON BEAT SUBMARINES?

North Sea Barrage Built at President's Suggestion. New York, Feb. 0. —Secretary Daniels, speaking at the Democratic club dinner to National Chairman Homer. S. Cummings, declared President Wilson saw the necessity of shutting German submarines off the seas as the only effective method of combating them before naval staffs “on either side of the water” moved to that end. “You must shut up the hornets in their nest,” Mr. Daniels quoted the president as having said in a quarterdeck speech to officers of the battleship Pennsylvania, early in the war, “for you never can end the submarine peril if you let them out and then have to devote yourselves to chasing them al over the ocean.” “The barrage finally built across the North sea,” Mr. Daniels said, “was the American navy’s answer to the president’s counsel.” w

GREY 0. K.’D BY FRANCE

Jusserand Said to Have Approved the Treaty Reservations. » Paris, Feb. 6. —Official confirmation is lacking as to the oorre'ctness of a report printed here that the French government has Instructed Ambassador Jusserand at Washington to define the attitude of France toward the posed senatorial reservations to the treaty of Versailles. It is declared on \ the highest authority, however,; that the French government is aware M. Jusserand has taken the same attitude In the matter as Viscount Grey* British ambassador to the United States, and that no disapproval of that attitude has been expressed by the French government.

Duplicate order book®, Fairbanks scale books, etc., carried in stock in The Democrat’s fancy stationery and office supply department.