Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1920 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING

Body of Everell Smith Brought Here From New York State. Mrs. Everell Smith and four daughters and her father, H. M. Shipman, arrived in Rensselaer .Sunday evening with the body of the former’s husband, who was killed In New York state last Thursday when the automobile in which he and two other men were driving was struck by a train at Cooperstown Junction, Otsego county. The funeral was held from tjie Methodist church at 1 o’clock Monday and burial made in Weston cemetery. Mr. Smith had sold the farm which he bought and moved upon near Sidney, Delaware county, N. Y., two years ago, and was out with a lawyer land agent and another man from Oneonta looking at a farm which he thought of buying near Cooperstown, not far from Ot-< sego lake. ' It Seems at this railroad crossing they were held up by a freight train, and as it pulled off the crossing they started to drive over and were struck by a passenger train which they did not see approaching. One of the other men in the car, whose name was McDonald, was instantly

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JAMES T. RANDLE IS DEAD

Pioneer Citizen Passes Away at Age of Over 88 Years. James T. Randle, one of the oldest continuous residents of Jasper county and one of the very few remaining pioneers who blazed the path and saw the county develop from almost a wilderness to its present-day place among the best agricultural counties in Indiana, passed peacefully away at his home on the corner of Cullen and Susan streets at 4 o’clock Sunday morning at the ripe old age of 88 years, 5 and 19 days. - Mr. Randle was one of Jasper county’s most highly honored and respected citizens who, by industry and economy and the exercise of sound business judgment, acquired a very comfortable competency of thft world’s goods. It was interesting to talk with him of the pioneer days of Jasper county and of selfdenial and strict economy that had to be practiced by the early settlers here. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Methodist church, services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. W. Strecker, and burial made in Weston cemetery. Deceased is survived by four children, Thomas Randle of Hope, Kas.; Robert Randle of Parsons, Kas.; Mrs. D. S. Makeever of Newton township, and Edward J. Randle of this city. All the children were here for the funeral. James T. Randle, the eldest son of Thomas and Nancy. Randle, was born in Hampshire county, W. V., Oct., 10, 1831, and died Meh. 28, 1920, at the age of 88 years, 5 months and 17 days. As an infant he traveled with his parents in a covered wagon and after a journey of 27 days over rough ways, through forests and swamps, they located about four miles south of the present city of Delphi, Ind. Jn 1834 his father secured lands in wnat is now Barkley township, Jasper county, and in the spring of 1835 he moved his family to his newly acquired lands. These few acres were the nucleus of the farm which under the successful management or the father, Thomas, and the son, James T., grew to greater proportions. His entire life was spent on the farm in Jasper county until he moved to Rensselaer in 1883, where he had lived ever since. In 1854 he married Mary E. Overton, whose parents were also among the early settlers of Hanging Grove, and whose death occurred Aug. 14, 1877 ‘To this union were born five children, Robert of Parsons, Kas.; Thomas of Hope, Kas.; John A., whose death occurred 18 months ago; Emeline Makeever, and Edward J., of Rensselaer. On Nov. 24, 1878, he married Ruth A. Harris, daughter of Rial B. Benijamin and the widow of Wm. Harris. She died Jan. 24, 1898. pn May 25, 1899, he married his third wlfte, Mrs. Julia Enslen, who died May 14, 1910. When a young man he joined the Christian church. Later he became a m ember of the Barkley M. E. church and after 1883, when he came to Rensselaer to live, he transferred his membership to the Rensselaer M. E. church. „ He is survived by one brother, Nelson Randle, of this city; four ' children, 14 grandchildren and two great' grandchildren.

If you have poultry for sale, call C. H. LEAVEL for pricem Phone •47.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Deportments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. The April meeting of the county commissioners will convene Monday. F. W. Fisher, O. M. Turner, Fred McGlynn and Clarence Armstrong from the north part of the county were visitors in the city Friday. We see that our old friend, A. D. Babcock, of Goodland is out for the Democratic nomination for judge of this district. After an acquaintance of a life-time we can say that there is nothing in his record that would militate against him having this office. He has practiced law during all these years and has a clean record. While we differ with him politically, we can’t believe any harder in what we think to be right than does A. D,, and if the office comes to him we believe he will fill it with credit to himself and his friends-. —Goodland Herald. The following candidates for Republican district and county office, not heretofore reported, have filed declarations of candidacy in this county: Joint representative, Warren D. Simpkins, Fowler; Ira H. Drake, County treasurer, George H. McLain, Rensselaer (John T. Biggs, present treasurer, in name only, will not be a candidate for re-election). Recorder, W. E. Poole, Hanging Grove. Sheriff, True Woodworth, present incumbent. Surveyor, E. D. Nesbitt, present incumbent. Commissioner, first district, H. 'W. Marble, present incumbent. Second district, Fred A. Banes, Carpenter.

SUFFERS PECULIAR ACCIDENT

John Eger met with a very peculiar accident Saturday night, the like of which The Democrat never remembers having heard of before. Mr. Eger was wearing a pair of glasses with celluloid rims, which are so common nowadays, and after going home from the store he pulled his easy chair up to the light, selected a fresh cigar and expected to enjoy a smoke and peruse his newspaper. He struck a match and held it up to light the cigar, but must have got the match pretty close to the frames of his glasses, for with a puff they ignited and blazed up about his face. Before he could yank them off his face the skin about one eye was burned to a blister, and he looked Sunday like the victim of a gasoline explosion.

WHO CAN IT BE?

W. C. Atkinson has purchased Harry Brewer’s property, and it is said that he will move to town some time this summer. Other things have been said relative to Walt’s removal to town, but as to his intentions he has made no announcement, although rumor has it that another Rensselaer milliner may come to Morocco to reside. Mr. Brewer expects to locate in some warmer climate, as his health has not been good for some time and may possibly go to southern California. —Morocco Courie/

SCHEDULE OF DOCTOR’S PRICES

At a meeting of the physicians of Rensselaer, held Meh. 25, the following fee bill was adopted to be- 1 come effective April 1, 1920: Office prescriptions, $1 or more. * Town calls, day, $2; night,' $3. Country calls, $2 for first mile and 70 cents for each additional mile, one way. Obstetrics, $25. Consultation, $lO. Anaesthetics, $lO or more. Signed, E. N. LOY, I. M. WASHBURN, A. R. KRESLER, E. C. ENGLISH, C. E. JOHNSON, M. D. GWIN, - F. H. HEMPHILL.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Meh. 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Turner of Barkley township, a son. Meh. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Postin of near Newland, a daughter. j

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1920.

DID LITTLE DAMAGE IN JASPER

A Few Silos and Outbuildings Measure Extent of Loss. Jasper county was out of the path of the big windstorm of Sunday afternoon which did such great damage about Chicago and in Lake, Porter, St. Joseph and Allen counties, this state. The wind blew quite hard here, but except for a few silos and outbuildings being wrecked, no serious damage is reported. Shelby Comer of Union had his silos blown down'and Mrs. Marsh Warner, residing in the east part of towi., bad her chicken house demolished only a few moments after she had in the building. Hail fell here quite heavy for a seconds, and they were of large size, but no particular damage is reported here. At Roselawn it is said all the windows on one side of the new schoolbuilding were knocked out and not a house in the town escaped losing a few window panes.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TICKET

For Jasper County Filled, Following Central Committee Meeting. Following • the meeting of the Democratic county central committee held here Saturday afternoon to select delegates to the state convention and candidates for precinct commiitteemen, names were filed for county offices. The women were recognized with places on the delegation to the state convention and also on the county ticket, Mrs. Ura Gwin and Mrs. Alfred Hoover being selected as state delegates, with Mrs. G. M. Myers as alternate for the latter. On the county ticket the name of Miss Gertrude Beese, a well known, popular and competent school teacher of Remington, was filed for recorder. There is nothing to prevent other candidates from filing, of course, for any of these offices, but as the date for filing expires Saturday, April 3, it was desired to get the names on file so that no places should go by default. Any candidate not desiring to make the race for election can withdraw after the primary and the county central committee can fill the vacancy, but no vacancy can be filled for any place on the ticket for which there was not a candidate on the primary ballot. , Following are the names filed for all the offices above mentioned: Delegates to state convention: District No. I—Wheatfield,1 —Wheatfield, Keener, Kankakee qnd Walker townships, F. W. Fisher, Kankakee township. iDist. No. 2 —Barkley, Gillam and Hanging Grove townships, John P. Ryan, Gillam. Dist. No. 3 —Newton township and precinct No. 1 of Marion township, Mrs. Ura Gwin, Rensselaer. Dist. No. 4 —Precinct Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Marion township, Mrs. Evaline Hoover, Rensselaer. Dist. No. s—Carpenter,s—Carpenter, Jordan and Milroy townships. Dr. A. P. Rainier, Remington. , County ticket: Recorder —Gertrude Besse of Remington. Treasurer —W. D. Bringle of RenssoTaer Coroner—S. D. Clark of Wheatfield. Commissioner First District —William Fitzgerald of Kankakee. Precinct commiitteemen: Barkley —East, Grant Davisson; west, O. H. Yeoman. Carpenter—West, George Wood; east, C. W. Harner; south, A. P. Rainier. Gillam —A. D. Hershman. Hanging Grove —William Willett. Jordan —John Kolhoff. Kankakee—F. W. Fisher. Keener —C. W. Gilmore. Marion —Precinct No. 1, E. P. Lane; No. 2, Dolph Day; No. 3, F. E. Babcock; No. 4, E. P. Honan. Milroy—Charles Wood. Newton—Carey L. Carr. Union —South, W. A. Witham; north, Charles Barker. Walker —William Stalbaum. Wheatfield —E. T. Whitehead, Emmett Scanlon of Fowler has filed for joint representative for the counties of Benton, Jasper and Newton.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mrs. Thorston Otterberg left the hospital yesterday. Mrs. James Stein of Morocco was brought to the hospital Friday night and died at 7 o’clock Saturday morning, The cause of her death was bowel trouble. The remains were taken to her home at Morocco Saturday. Daniel Cumerford of Jordan township entered the hospital Friday evening for medical attention. Mre. Jennie Swift and Mrs. Wm. Baker were able to leave the hospital Sunday. Thomas Burton remains about the same. All other patients are improving.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Talegraphic 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. SOLON FLAYS WILSON HATERS Mississippi Senator Charges Vile Plot to Defeat Treaty. Jackson, Miss., Meh. 27. —The peace treaty was rejected by the senate as a result of a “great conspiracy” against President Wilson, Senator John Sharp Williams de dared yesterday in an address to the Mississippi legislature. / “I believe there are now n>en glad that the president is sick, perhaps hope for his death,” Senator Williams said. Declaring the treaty debate was the “most confused gabfest in the history of* the world,” Senator Williams, long known as a master of sarcasm in senate debate, excoriated those who helped defeat the league of nations. “I do not see how any man who loved his country can look with unconcern on what has just occurred," he said. “There was a chance for the United States to stand at the head of a council of nations of the world; to lead the universe In the pathways of peace. The opportunity was rejected and future historians will refer to the last two years as the ‘time of the great conspiracy.’ “We preached to our boys at home and in France that this war was being fought that wars might be no more. We looked on the sufferings of Belgium and Serbia and resolved whet we would do when it was over. Then it finally was over and we have done nothing. So far as we are concerned it appears we are willing to go back to 1914 before it all began. “The .long-winded arguments in the senate were like fiddling as Rome burned, talking with a world in chaos. Do you blame me for saying that I would rather, be a dog and bay at the moon than to spend one minute in the senate after the expiration of my term of office? “The great conspiracy commenced when the president went to Versailles and every time news came from Versailles that the president advocated or opposed something the conspirators opposed his plans. They are 2x4 politicians. Senator Lodge is the head of the poison squad. “Has any great institution founded by our forefathers fallen down at the time of stress and travail like the senate has fallen down? “I believe there are now men glad that the president is sick, perhaps hope for his death. When McKinley was shot down, when Garfield was shot, was there a Democrat but expressed sorrow. Has any one seen words of sympathy for the president in any Republican paper? A great man is sick, a great mind and a great character, and they have whispered 'we’ve got him now.’ .“Men sometimes disparage Idealists, but they are coarse-grained jackasses who do so, and do it because they are coarse-grained, but the idealists point the way and cheer men’s souls.”

NEWS REACHES LAKE COUNTY

The Star is officially informed that the state highway through Jasper county has been adopted over the line straight north from Rensselaer to within % mile of Kersey, thence west 2% miles, thence north through Demotte and over the Hebron grade; etc., and thence west and north via Orchard Grove to Crown Point, Gary, etc. The official announcement will no doubt be made of all lines adopted by the commission in a few days. There was some talk a few weeks ago that the route would be changed in Jasper county, so that it would nilss Demotte and Hebron, and the report caused considerable hustling on the part of those favoring the Hebron route.—." Lake County Star.

The total annual income of weekly wane earners in England has more than doubled in the last four years.

COMING BACK TO THIS COUNTY

Former Residents Are Returning to Hoosier State. Mr. and Mrs. Augpst Patschke and three children came in Monday evening from Lisbon, N. D., and expect to make their home in Jasper county. Mrs. Patschke was formerly Miss Candace Brown of this county, and she went to North Dakota with her parents 15 years ago and was later married there to Mr. Patschke. This is her first visit back here in 13 years. She reports her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Brown, as quite well and says that they expect to return to Jasper county to reside also next fall. Mr. And Mrs. Patschke will reside at Knlman the coming season. They are locating here because of the severe winters in North Dakota and on account of Mr. Patschke's health, which is not very good.

DIVORCE AND $5,000 ALIMONY

Given Mrs. Hansson on Agreement Reached Out of Court. The Hansson vs. Hansson divorce and alimony suit was compromised at Kentland by an agreement between the attorneys for the parties and sanctioned by both the plaintiff, defendant and Judge Berry, whereby Mrs. Hansson was granted a divorce, $5,000 alimony and one-half the household effects. Each are to pay their own attorneys, but Dr. Hansson pays the court costs. Plaintiff had sued for $20,000 all-* mony and SI,OOO per year for the support of the daughter, Miss Annetta Hansson, who has been with her mother since Mr. and Mrs. Hansson separated last summer, but as the daughter will soon be 21 years of age and can be self-sup-porting, no account of her provision was taken In the settlement. It is understood that she will continue with her mother and that they ex. pect to rent rooms and remain in Rensselaer. The son, Gravelous, has been with the father, and It Is understood will remain with him. Mr. and Mrs. Hansson have not lived as husband and wife for many years, although occupying the same house, and the settlement seems to be mutually satisfactory, under the circumstances. The alimony Is to be, paid for the first year in amounts of S2OO, S2OO and S6OO, and thereafter SI,OOO per year. Mr. Hansson and family have lived In the old Alfred McCoy property on McCoy avenue for the past eight A- nine years, and Mr. Hansson and son are still living there.

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Vol. XXIII. No. 1

STORM DAMAGE OF MILLIONS

And Scorns of Dead In Many Middle West Cities and Towns DEAD IN INDIANA NUMDERI34 Thirty Dead and Property Loss of $6,000,000 at Elgin and Other Nearby Cities in Illinois. Revised reports from edght states struck by Sunday’s' tornado placed the number of dead at 158, with 103 In northern states, and 55 in southern states, as follows: Indiana, 34; Illinois, 30; Ohio, 26; Michigan, 11; Missouri, 1; Wisconsin, 1; Georgia, 38; Alabama, 17. Many hundreds of persons were injured. Property loss In Illinois was estimated at $6,000,000; in western Ohio at $2,000,000; in Georgia at more than $1,000,000, while other states visited by the tornado reported a large amount of damage done. Indianapolis, Meh. 30. —Latest reports from the storm swept areas of northern Indiana place the number of dead as a result of Sunday’s tor* nado at 34. Hundreds of persons were injured in 10 countiee in the state and although property damage cannot be estimated it will be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many persons have not been accounted for. Five deaths were reported from’ Adams county. Nine dead were reported from Ft. Wayne. Eight persons were reported killed in Jay county, one in Steuben county, one in Montgomery county and 10 from Union City, which is located in Randolph county on the Indiana-Ohio state line. Some of those killed at Union City lived on the Ohio side of the line, it was said. Because of the demoralization of telegraph and telephone service and the almost Impassable condition' of many roads, full reports from many rural districts in the path of the storm have not been received and the list of injured is being added to hourly. Several counties In which no loss of lite was reported, suffered heavy property damage. Those included St. Joseph and Lake counties, in which South Bend and Gary, respectively, are the principal cities. Several small communities today were reported completely obliterated but no confirmation of these reports have been received. Reports of damage have been received from more than 25 cities.

Chicago, Meh. 29.—The death list from the Palm Sunday tornadoes that swept sections of eight states tonight stood at 158. Telegraph and telephone service with many Isolated communities In the middle west had only been partly, restored tonight and Indications were that the toll of death and destruction would be augmented. The known dead in six central western states numbered 103 while 55 were killed in Georgia and Alabama. The property loss in the Chicago area alone was estimated at $6,000,000, while in other states affected the material loss was large.Elgin, 111., suffered the heaviest property loss, the damage there being $4,000,000. Illinois was the hardest hit of the central states, with 30 dead, more than 1,000 Injured and 2,000 made homeless. j The districts most affected in the Chicago area were Irving Park, within the city limits, with six Melrose Park, nine dead; Elgin, eight dead; Maywood, four dead, and Plainfield, three Heavy property damage resulted in these towns and also at Wilmette and Evanston, north shore suburbs. No fatalities occurred in the latter places. At Joliet, 111., three persons were probably fatally injured, 14 were seriously hurt and the property damage was estimated at a $500,000. Troops patrolled the streets at Elgin, Melrose Park and Wilmette today. Health Commissioner Robertson of Chicago mobolized every available surgeon and nurse and sent them to I the stricken areas. Mayor Thompson

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