Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1920 — Page 1

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DEATH IN MILROY YESTERDAY

George Martin Dies From Another Stroke of Paralysis. George Martin, who resides on the William Miles farm in Milroy township, died at about noon yesterday from what was understood to have been another stroke of paralysis. His age was about 70 years and he is survived by a wife and 14 children, five of whom reside in Rensselaer, Mrs. Jesse Heath, Mrs. Elmer Brenneman, Mrs. Frank Eldridge, Mrs. Arbuckle and Mrs. Moosemiller. Mr. Martin suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago and as near as The Democrat could learn at the time of going to press his death was caused by a second stroke. At this writing the funeral arrangements have not been made.

BIG GAB GOES IN THE DITCH

But Occupants Escape Miracuously and Only One Goes to Hospital. A big Cadillac touring car containing four men from Chicago, who were on their way to the auto races, went into the big ditch on the east side of the Rensselaer-Remington road, in Jordan township, about 300 feet south of the bridge on the east and west road, near the Wingard farm, at about 7 o’clock Saturday evening. Since this ditch was dredged out last year, and with the recent spring rains washing it out considerably, it . has become quite a large ditch, and it is a miracle that the occupants of the car escaped with their lives. It is said that the car turned a complete somersault and landed right side up on its four wheels in the bottom of the ditch, which must be at least 8 feet deep at that point. The men were thrown prac.tlcally clear of the car and injury except one of the who bad big ankle oroken hind was quite badly bruised about the body. They were covered with mud from head to foot when rescued by the of other cars which came along immediately after the accident, and more resembled a bunch of hogs emmerging from a mud wallow than human beings. Ed Ranton brought two of the men in and Alex Hurley the other two. All were taken to the hospital, but three of the men went on to Indianapolis by train Sunday. Four or five men from the Main garage worked all night long getting the car out of the ditch and the machine was quite badly damaged. It is said that the occupants or the car had a little too much Dooze aboard, and when the navy airplane truck, which was here Saturday evening, enroute to Indianapolis, drove up behind them and tooted its horn to go by, the driver of the Cadillac looked back to see what it was behind them, and when his gaze was again turned toward the front of his cay it was just making the leap into the ditch. While this ditch was dug too close to the road and heavy guard rails should be placed alongside thereof, the roadway is wide and there w a no excuse for one running off into the ditch had he been attending to his driving. In fact, no guard rail would have prevented this accident, as the heavy car would have gone completely through. It is reported that tie occupants of the car were wealthy business men of Chicago, and they were very careful to conceal their identity here. The license plates were removed from the car as soon after the accident as possible and the hospital management was requested to give out no information regarding their identity, even though it were known. ' They may possibly have given assumed names at the hospital, as they were very anxious that no one find out who they were. An almost brand t new Hudson speedster passed through Rensselaer Sunday morning, southbound,, that turned over miles this side, of Crown Point Saturday evening and the top, fenders, running board, etc., was badly damaged, the windshield torn off and the body bent in. This car with six people, three men and three women, in it was enroute from Kokomo to Chicago, . and the accident is said to have Iheen caused from /striking a chuckhole at the foot of a hill and the driver losing control of the machine. Edward W. Huff, a Kokomo furniture dealer, aged 55, one of the occupants of the oar,'died at

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. Attorney George A. Williams went to Indianapolis yesterday to be gone a couple of days on business. Have you filed your primary expense account? If not, better do so Immediately, as Friday is the last day for filing. There were 12 marriage licenses issued last month against 10 for the proceeding month and 8 for the corresponding month of 1919. The county board of review meets next Monday In regular session. The appointive members this year are Ellis Jones of Remington and C. R. Peregrine of Kankakee township. The 1920 census gives Lake county a population of 159,924, a gain of 77,060 over the census of 1910. This population will give an increase in salary of the Lake county commissioners from $1,200 per year to $2,800, and the county clerk will now receive a salary of $31,000 per year. The school enumeration for Lake county this year is 42,448, a gain of 2,624 over last year.

Marriage licenses issued: May 28, Jacob J. Klaus of Remington, aged 37 March 29, tailor, and Anna Wahl also of Remington, aged 41 August 18 last, housekeeper. First marriage for male, second marriage for female; first marriage dissolved by death in 1911. May 29, Carl Paul Trump of Fair Oaks, aged 22 October 1 last, laborer, and Trellis Elizabeth Wood of Parr, aged 16 April 18 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Female being under age her mother Delia E. Wood gives consent to issuance of license.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Mary Catherine Stevens and Edna and Ruby Ulyett of Brook had theh tonsils removed yesterday morning. Miss Virginia Yeoman returned to her hojne Monday. Mrs. Grover Norris and baby returned to their home yesterday. W. R. Brown’s condition is slight, ly improved at this writing. Mrs. Reiddle’s condition is critical. Mrs. J. W. Pruett, Mrs. Orval Hitchings, Mrs. Bertha Hammerton, Nellie Doyle, Paul Goldsberry, Daniel Cumeford and Gus Larsh are all doing nicely.

an early hour Sunday morning from injuries received. Ona of the women had three ribs broken. The others escaped serious injury. A big Jeffrey car failed to make the turn at the J. E. Lamson corner at the west end of McCoy ave-. nue, about 9 o’clock Sunday night and was damaged somewhat from going into the ditch. It was driven back to the Rensselaer Garage and soon put in commission again and went on its way to the races. On account of regrading Washington (Street and College avenue from the Washington street bridge to the south corporation line, people going to the races had to detour down McCoy avenue and thence south to the Putts school house and east to the Catholic cemetery. The barriers were taken down Monday morning and the regular highway opened for traffic again. Dr. J. H. White and wife of Gary, figured in an automobile accident shortly before noon Sunday on the Brown gravel north of the city and Mrs. White was badly cut about the head. They were on their way to the Indianapolis race In a Hudson limousine which was thrown from the road by a whee. striking a rock and breaking off. The party was brought to the city, the injured woman being cared for at the Fowler hotel. The damaged car was repaired at the Wallace motor company garage and the party continued its trip in the afternoon. —Lafayette Journal. -

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1920.

NEW HOME PLEASES GREATLY

Fred Phillips, Now of Wisconsin, Visiting Here. Fred Phillips came down from Dane, Wis., Saturday to spend a few days here with his wife and daughter. He will return home Friday, driving through his Oldsmobile truck with a part of thetr household effects. The mansion on the big stock farm Fred occupies is fully furnished, and it is possible that they will sell off the balance of their goods here before Mrs. Phillips and daughter join him permanently in Wisconsin. Fred says that he has done lots of hard work this spring, it being practically impossible to secure any farm labor there, and he has driven the tractor right along in flowing and putting in his crops. He likes it fine on this big stock farm and says that he is the most contented he ever was in his life.

A LARGE MILITARY FUNERAL

Marked the Memorial Day Exercises In Rensselaer Sunday. Never before in the history of Rensselaer was there so large a turnout on Memorial day as we had last Sunday. The weather was ideal and there was an immense crowd in town for the afternoon exercises. The funeral services over the body of Dewey Biggs of this city, who died of pneumonia in a hospital in France during the world war, while serving in U. S. navy, and whose body was recently exhumed and brought back home for permanent burial, was held from the court house square at 1:30, Rev. J. B. Fleming of the Presbyterian church conducting the religious services. A cannon and gun caisson had been secured from Monticello and the flag draped coffin was taken from the Wright undertaking rooms, where It had been kept since Its arrival in Rensselaer last Wednesday morning, on the gun caisson drawn by four black horses and accompanied by an escort of former navy men in uniform, who acted as pallbearers and flowerbearers. There were 17 of these and among the number was Clinton Hayworth of Morocco, who was one of the pallbearers over in France at the time of the burial of Mr. Biggs there. We were unable to get the names of all the 17 former navy men who formed the pallbearers and escort, but following are those whom we did secure the names of: HHdred Pefley, French and Doris Crooks, Victor Hoover, Raymond Dixie, Russell Warren, Ted Ramey, Robert Loy, William Babcock, Jr., Jack Miller, Howard Ames, Gaylord Long, all of Rensselaer, and Clinton Hayworth of Morocco.

After the services at the court house square the march to the cemetery was taken up in the following order, led by Sheriff Woodworth and Casey Hemphill as mounted marshals; children of the various Sunday schools; Moose Lodge, of which deceased was a member; a drum corp from Monticello, consisting of one soldier each of the Civil, Spanish-American and World Wars; veterans of the Civil war, about twenty-five in number; the Rensselaer band; soldiers of the World war in uniform, perhaps 150; the gun carriage and flag draped casket with escort; the family, automobiles, etc. At the cemetery, where a large crowd had already congregated, the Moose burial service was followed by the military service of the American legion, and the body consigneo to its last resting place. The floral were profuse and very beautiful. Following the burial the Memorial exercises proper of the G. A. R. were carried out with Hon. W. L.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

NO RURAL DELIVERY MONDAY

Made Papers 3 Days Late A Few Miles Away. The packages of Democrat’s for Parr and Parr rural route failed to reach their destination again Saturday. It has become quite the usuar thing for our papers to be from one to three days late In reaching their destinations, and we have sent in complaint after complaint to the postoffie department and get just about as much satisfaction in the replies as one gets from bellowing at the moon. The what-the-devil-are-you-going-to-do-about-it spirit seems to premate all branches of the postal service and apparently about all one can do is grin (also cuss) and bear it. The local postofflce has tried to help us out In numerous Instances, but it gets little farther than our own efforts.

Remember The Democrat carries good quality lead pencils and penholders In stock at all times.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A. TRULLEY

Aged German Farmer a Victim of Heart Trouble. Anton Trulley, aged 75 years last September, died suddenly at his home near Surrey at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, from heart and liver trouble. He only lived about 16 minutes after the attack came upon him. Deceased was born In Germany in 1844, but had resided in this country for many years. He Is survived by a wife and ten children, The children are Mrs. Mary Will of Hammond; Mrs. Matilda Burton and Lena and John Trulley of Chicago; Joseph Trulley of near Plymouth; Mrs. Theresia Jarvis of near Reqdngton; and Frank, Anthony, Emil) and Louise at home. Mri. Trulley was away at the time of her husband’s death, having gone to Vincennes Saturday morning to attend the first mass celebrate by a nephew on Sunday. She was called home by telegram and reached Rensselaer Monday afternoon. Brief services will be held at 6:15 o’clock this Wednesday morning at St. Augustine’s Catholic church and the remains taken on the milk train too Dyer, his former home, where services will be held at 9 o’clock at St. Joseph church, mass celebrated by Father Meinrod Hoffman, a nephew of deceased, just ordained, and interment made In the Dyer cemetery.

UNMUZZLED DOGS WILL BE KILLED A few people have failed to comply with the order to muzzle their dogs after May 15, and the City Marshal has been' notified to kill all dogs found on the streets without muzzles,—M. D. GWIN, Health Officer. J-2

COMMUNITY SALES’REGULARLY At Roselawn (4th Saturday) and Demotte (Ist Saturday) of each month, respectively. Parties having stock, tools or anything else they wish to dispose of are Invited to bring same In and sell it at these sales. Stuff will be sold on reasonable sale terms. —BERT HANAWAY, Auctioneer; H. C. DeKock, Clerk. CEMETERY NOTICE Those who are Interested in the Prater cemetery are requested to come to the cemetery on Thursday, June 3, and assist in cleaning same, as the yard Is in very bad condition. —By Order of the Community, WILLIAM GRATNER, Pres. John Wanamaker, the Philadelphia and New York merchant, says he saved his first hundred dollars out of his wages as errand boy in a Philadelphia book store. Wood as speaker of the day. Mr. Wood made a very appropriate and splendid address which was highly complimented on all sides.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic 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. PROFITEERS ARE FINED $31,000 Weed’s, Inc., Binghamton Clothiers, Found Guilty in U. S. Court. Syracuse, N. Y., May 29. —Weed’s, Inc., Binghamton clothiers, tried in United States court under Justice Martin T. Manton here, were found guilty today on all of eight counts in a federal indictment charging profliteering. The court Imposed a fine of 131,-. 090 on the firm. Six counts covered sales actually made and a fine of 15.0M1 was Imposed for each of them. The charges In these counts were as follows:' Sale of a suit of clothes costing, S2O for S4O; sale of a suit costing $12.10 for S4O, the defense dispute Ing the cost price, asserting it was s2l Instead of $12.10; sale of another suit for $45, the cost price being fixed at $23.30; sale of a suit costing $17.82 ‘for $45; sale of a suit of clothes for $29.50, the cost price of the suit having been $11.75, and sale of a suit costing $23.25 to a millionaire for S6O. The fine, as Imopsed by Judge Manton, is the largest that has been passed in the United States following a conviction for profiteering. Department of justice officials here today declared the conviction was the second obtained against a large and long established concern conducting a prosperous business, in the entire country.

BOND ISSUE FAILS TO SELL

The SIIO,OOO v?orth of fair ground improvement bonds offered for sale by Auditor Foland on Monday went begging for bidders. Not an offer was received, which is the same fate other county bonds bearing four and five per cent have received the past few months. Money Investors are out after bigger game to such an extent that the condition Is alarming and Is holding back public improvements. The fai r ground bonds bear five per cent and were widely advertised among the financial concerns, but the low rate of Interest apparently was not alluring to Investors, even to the fact that the Issue Is non-taxable. It had been hoped that the bonds would sell on Monday and that the Improvement of the fair ground would go forward this summer, but the prospects now do not look at all flattering. —Lake County Star.

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List of Those Who Have Paid Subscription Accounts During Week. Following are the names of thoss who have paid their subscription for The Democrat during the past week and, especially to those received by mall, this publlcatiya shall act as a receipt until the d/te on the label of their paper is changed. Those indicated by an • are new subscribers: Blueford Torbet, Parr, R-l. Della Ritchey, Rensselaer. Mrs. L. E. Harrington, Fair Oaks, R 2. Thomas Walter, Rensselaer, R-l. CT E. Vincent, Deputy, Ind. Mrs. Howard Burr, Parr, R-l. Nancy Payne, Reijsselaer, R-2. Frank Critser, Rensselaer. Bernard Nagel, Collegeville. Mrs. Cora Alberson, Rensselaer. ♦Chas. G. Hammond, Savoy, Mont. Hugh Leavel, Wabash, Ind. Arthur Millspaugh, Swayzee, Ind. Walter Ponsler, Columbia City, Ind. Wm. J. Clouse, Rensselaer. Harry Rlshllng, Lee. IH. W. Marble, Wheatfield. H. W. Wood, Sr., Rensselaer. Guy Hudson, Rensselaer. Russell Morton, Rensselaer. Mrs. J. W. Wllliame, Rensselaer. Mrs. A. C. Farmer, Mlles City, Mont. Albert ilelsel, Thayer. Charles Schleman, Rensselaer.

The people of the middle ages believed the best treatment for a “black eye” was a poultice made from the blood of a tortoise.

Vol. XXIII. No. 19

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR VALPO

Two Chicago People Killed at Grade; Crossing Monday Night. Dr. John Borowik, age forty-five, and Mrs. Gus Benzik, age thirtysix, both of Chicago, were killed Sunday night at Moux's crossing, two and one-half miles north of Valparaiso, when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a west-bound Pennsylvania passenger train. The automobile caught Are following the collision and the two bodies were burned to a crisp. Mr. Borowik’s machine was the last of five in a touring party. They had spent the day at a picnic at Flint lake, and were returning to Chb cago. Dr. Borowik stopped at the crossing while one train passed. When it cleared the crossing he started across and was struck by the passenger train.

INDIANAPOLIS CAR AND DRIVER

Won Big Auto Race Monday at Average Speed of 88.16 Miles. It is estimated that 120,000 people, 10,000 more than ever before, witnessed the eighth International motor race in Indianapolis Monday. Perfect weather and the fact that it was a holiday following Sunday brofight out an Immense crowd. Gaston Chevrolet, an Indianapolis boy, driving an Indianapolis built car, a Monroe, won first over a field of twenty-two other competitors. He averaged 88.16 miles an hour and made 200 complete laps of 5:40:15:14, setting up the second highest record ever made on this track. Rene Thomas, who won the 1914 sweepstakes prize here, finished second in a Ballot, making an average of 87.45 miles an hour. Tommy Milton, who holds the world’s record for straightaway driving, thundered into third place in a Duesenberg, with an average of 86.52 miles an hour, and his teammate, Jimmy Murphy, brought another Duesenberg Into fourth place with an average of 86.52 miles an hour. Fifth place fell to Ralph DePalma, who failed to get away from the fateful jinx that seems to pursue him on every track. DePalma, who was two laps ahead of Chevrolet on the one hundred and eighty-seventh lap, ran out of gasoline as he was coming into the home stretch. His mechanician, Ralph DePaolo, ran a half niilo to the pits and returned with a can of gasoline and the Ballot was again placed in the race. The intrepid driver was cheered as he re-entered the contest, but on the south stretch he again came to grief when his machine caught on fire. The blaze was extinguished and DePalma sent the car Into the grind again. He drove furiously then and, although far behind the field, he slipped Into fifth place. There were no serious accidents on the grounds either among the drivers of the racing cars or In handling the crowds. There were ten regular prizes, aggregating $50,000 and lap prizes of about $25,000. Car No. 4, Monroe, Gaston Chevrelet driver, won first money, $20,000, with lap prizes of $1,300; Rene Thomas, Car No. 25, Ballot, 2d, SIO,OOO, lap prizes $700; Car No. 10, Tommy Milton, Duesenberg, 3d, $5,000; Car No. 12, Jimmie Murphy, Duesenberg, $3,500; Car No. 2, Ralph DePalma, Ballot, $3,000, and $8,300 lap prizes; Car No. 31, Eddie Hearne, Duesenberg, $2,200; Car No. 26, Gene Chassagne, Ballot, SI,BOO, and S7OO lap prize; Car No. 28, Joe Thomas, Monroe, $1,600; Car No. 33, Ralph Mulford, Mulford Special, $1,500; Car No. 15, Tom Alley, Revere, $1,400. Joe Boyer, in Car No. 6, Frontenac, ana Art Klein, in Car No. 8, also a Frontenac, failed to finish but won lap prizes of $9,500 and SIOO, respectively.

POPE BENEDICT BEGS FOR PEACE

Rome, May 31. —Pope Benedict has addressed to the entire worlu an episcopal letter on Christian reconciliation and peace. The pontiff remarks that despite the end of the war ill feeling qtill exists. He begs that all Christians forget these ill feelings with the view to mutual understanding. The pope outlines in the letter the danger to which the world 18 exposed If the various people continue to live In a sta‘o of hostility toward each other.

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