Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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CHAUTAUQUA MADE NO MONEY

Return* Were Very Disappointing to the Guarantor*. The attendance 'at the Mutual Chautauqua, whiah closed a five-day engagement here Sunday night, was disappointing to the Rensselaer friends of this class of entertainment. The guarantors had sole) but 372 of the required 400 season tickets in the guarantee, and rather than put up the cash for the $56 lacklpg, each one took another season ticket, making the required 400 at $2 each. The Chautauqua company was to pay all its own expenses, including drayage, entertainment, etc., and the local committee was to receive onehalf of all season tickets sold in excess of 400 and one-half of the gate receipts in excess of S3OO. As only 400 season tickets were sold and the admissions at the gate were less than S3OO there was nothing coming to the local committed, and it is not likely that we will have any Chautauqua next year unless some company wishes to come here without any guarantee.

WHEAT THRESHING HAS BEGUN

Also Some NewTSits Were Brought to Market Monday. So far as The Democrat is able to learn, Frank Kanne, on the former S. E. Sparling farm just west of St. Joseph college, and Al Kanne, on the Mrs. Reiddle farm northwest of town, Henry Toben op the John Bill fam in southwest Marion and Ernest Beaver on the Lawler farm west oT'towt, are* the first to begin wheat threshing in this vicinity, commencing Monday. The wheat thua * far threshed is of very good quality, grades No. 2 and weighs out about 58 pounds or better to the bushel. We were unable to learn the yield in each instance, but Fir nk Kanne s wheat is reported at only 16 bushels to the acre, it being quite thin on the ground. Frank also is threshhis oats, and two loads brought TC* the Farmers’ elevator were of 4ood quality and tested 31 pounds to the bushel. He had not completed threshing at this writing and we are unable to report the yield.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Hartley Irgang, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Irgang of Remington; Irene, l»-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Rishling of northeast of Rensselaer, and Mrs. C. E. Prior of this city had their, tonsils removed yesterday morning. Miss Pearl Perry, 11-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Perry of Fowler, underwent an operation for appendicitis yesterday. Miss Violet Motte •of Remington entered the hospital Monday evening for medical attention. Mrs. Winfords Lafoon of Jordan township underwent a major operation Monday. Cie pence, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mra. Korah . Eldridge of near McCoysburg, was brought to the hospital Sunday suffering with typhoid fever. He is very sick. t Daniel Cuinerford, who has been a patient in the hospital for several months, is in a very critical condition. Mrs. Joseph Nagel and baby left thb hospital yesterday. John Moosemiller, Sr., of this city underwent an operation on his bone yesterday. Frank Trulleywas able to return to his home yesterday. Rev. W. H. Sayler returned to his home Monday, but Mrs. Sayler will remain for a few days yet.

BOY INJURED BY OATS BINED

Carl Shellhart, nine-yeer-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shellhart of Milroy township, got quite a gash cut on one of his ankles Saturday by an oats binder. It seems the binder had become clogged with stalks and an older brother who was driving the binder called the little fellow to assist In disposing of the stalks. While In front of the slcklaf the horses started, cutting a gash/about three inches long in his ankle and but for the throwing himself over on the h ivas it might have entirely severed both . his feet. x ,

NOTICE TO FARMERS We handle thp Rumely Une tractors, threshing machine* Ing implements; also Mid-West UfilItor, one-horse tractor, at White Front Garage. —KUBOSKE & TER. ' *

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal New* Epitomized — Together With Other Note* Gathered by Us From the Varfou* County Office*. The county commissioners will mjeet in regular monthly session next Monday. Attorney Jasper Guy of Remington was a business visitor tn the city Monday. “Commodore” John O’Gopnor of Kniman a visitor in the city Saturday. 9 ***• • * The annual estimates of expenditures and tax levies of the various township trustees should be published next week. Attorney W. W. Lowrey of Indianapolis came up Monday to represent the Makeever estate In the hearing of the A. K. Yeoman ditch case. New suits filed: No. 9219. Edward J. Randle, adm., vs. ftabel R. .Forsythe; petition to sell real estate. No. 9220. George A. Williams, adm., vs. Emma Rhoads et al; petition to sell real estate. Special Judge William Isham of Fowler came over Monday to take up the hearing of the objectors in the A. K. Yeoman ditch in Newton township, which had been set at the last regular term of the Jasper circuit court to be heard at an adjourned term. By agreement of parties Judge Isham went over ‘the line of the proposed ditch Monday afternoon and will render his findings on Tuesday of next week. Special Judge William Isham of Fowler rendered his findings in the Williams ditch case at an adjourned term of the Newton circuit court last Thursday, adjusting the assessments to the satisfaction of all concerned, it is said, and ordering the establishment of the proposed im-i provement, which is a continuation of the Kankakee river drainage scheme through Newton county to< the Illinois state line.

Yielding to the protests of garage! and business men, It is understood. that Prosecuting Attorney Murphy has ceased operations against the drivers of “In Transit” oars passing through Rensselaer, after having prosecuted 20 such drivers for failure to have the regulation dealers’ , license plates displayed on such • cars. Quite a number of new. cars have been driven through here dur-| ing the past several, days bearing ( only the “In Transit” card, and none of them was molested. Mjs. Charles Jacks filed an affidavit Monday against Dolph Day, charging' the latter with assault and battery. The Day and Jacks families live neighbors in the east part of town, and the children of the two families are alleged to have got into a squabble Sunday evening in which the parents later took a hand. Mrs. Jacks alleged that Mr. Day came over in the yard of the Jacks home and slapped her a couple of times and grabbed her by the arm and twisted and pinched it hard enough to make it black and blue, wherefore she filed an affidavit in Squire Irwin’s court in the name of the state of Indiana. ' The warrant was curved on Dolph Day Monday eyening, on his return from Monon where he is doing some, work, and the case continued on his own recognizance for a few days until he finishes up . the Moppn job. Marriage licenses issued: July 24, •Lionel F. Cavendish of Gary, aged 23 May 5 last, moulder, and Beulah Marie Walker of Gifford, aged 18 Meh. 4 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. July 24, Don Williams of Indianapolis, aged 25 May 8 lai , painter, and Alice Adeline Dewey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dewey of jordan township, aged 28 Aug. 18 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. July 24, Charles V. Johnson of Remington,, aged 20 Sept. 9 last.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1920.

MRS. ED DUVALL IS STRICKEN

With Paralysis, Her Entire Left Sid* Being Affected. Mrs. E. J. Duvall suffered a paralytic stroke early Saturday morning, her entire left being affected. Mrs. Duvall had been about as usual Friday, although she suffered considerably from the Intense heat, and on attempting to get up from hir bed at 3 o’clock Saturday morning found that she was partially paralyzed. She was in a very serious condition Saturday and Sunday, but yesterday was reported better, and her ijiany friends hope that she may fully Recover from the stroke. Her two sisters, Misses Louise and Ray Blanke, of Chicago are at the Duvall home helping to care for her.

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J.K. DAVIS BURIAL AT WOLCOTT

Former Resident of Rensselaer Die* In Indianapoli* Hospital. Word was received here yesterday ' morning by brother Masons that J. K. (King) Davis would be buried at Wolcott, probably today, but the exact time would be telephoned over from Monticello later. It was ex-i pected to bring the body to Monti- ' cello yesterday on No. 32, but for dome reason they could not make this train arid were to bring it on one of the afternoon trains and it would be taken overland tb Wolcott was inferred the funeral would be held today. I Mr. Davis died in a hospital in Indianapolis Monday, it is understood, but no details of his trouble i Were learned. He was about 65 years of age and is survived by a wife and two or three children. The ' family resided in Rensselaer for । some time, leaving here perhaps lv 'years ago and moving to Greencastle, where they have since resided. Wol'cott was their former home, before 'coming herd, and the burial is made there, where most of Mr. Davis’s life *was spent. .—

WILL SERVE NEW WARRANTS

If Automobile Thieve* Succeed in Securing Bond. The Kentland Democrat states that Sheriff Gardner of Newton county received a check for S3OO the last of the week as cash bond for i Lester Manis, one of the pair of J automobile thieves charged with the theft of Arthur Cooper’s automobile at Morocco July 5 and who are held in jail here as prisoners of Newton 1 county. The Democrat also adds that: “The officers are fortified with warrants for both Kasper and Mannis on more serious charges, and should they become able to supply the present required bonds for purpose of securing their release, the new warrants will be served on •them before their liberation and they I held without privilege of giving bond —for indications are that they 'are ‘bad eggs’ and need most careful attention." ,

OPEN DEMOCRAT HEADQUARTERS

Established for the Campaign in the Old Clerk’s Office. The Democrats have leased the old county clerk’s office building on the east side of the public square for headquarters during the campaign, and the rooms are now being made ready ror occupancy. This will make a good, comfortable place for the Democrats to meet, both jnen and women, and the latter will have charge of same, which insures its being kept in apple pie order at all times.

laborer, and Rebecca L. Pauley, also of Remington, aged 18 May 4 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Male being under age hi, mother, Mrs. Rosa Johnson, gave consent to issuance of license.

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CULLINGS FROM POLICE COURT

Cast .gainst Earl Park Man Was \ Dismissed Saturday. There was no trial of the case against Mike Kuboske, set for hearing in Squire Irwin’s court last Saturday, Mr. Kuboske having agreed to enter a plea of guilty to the charge of driving a car without license plates and take the $1 ami ’costs, penalty, or $9.35 in all. The case, against James E. Crane of Earl Park, on the ’charge df having given intoxicating liquor to a minor—one of the Allee girls, on affidavit filed by the girl’s mother, mention of which was made in Saturday’s Democrat —was dismissed in Squire Irwin’s court Saturday on motion of Prosecuting Attorney Murphy, who thought after interviewing the Allee girls that it would be quite difficult to make out. a case against Crane.

LEGISLATURE IS DEADLOCKED

Over Measures to Correct Incompetency of Last Regular Session. The so-called “blue sky” bill passed both houses of the legislature last week and will no doubt be signed by the governor: The law is to take effect Aug. 1, and, while not entirely fool-proof, it Is expected that it will greatly assist In preventing the gullible Investors from buying stock in fake oil companies and other promotion schemes, as all companies must make a sworn statement of their business to the state officials that will pass muster before they are allowed to peddle their wares (stocks) in Indiana. The war memorial bill which passed the house, appropriating $2,000,000 and the grounds of the Indiana school for the blind and St. Clair park for a world war memorial building In Indianapolis, was amended in the senate to make the appropriation $3,000,000. The house baa asserted very positively that it will not; concur in this increase. Representative Wood is a member oM the house committee appointed to caucus on this bill, and he asserted herb Sunday that hl* committee would,stand pat on the $2,000,000 appropriation. The so-called Kertper tax curative bill as originally presented in the senate had many good points and seemed the most common-sense of any of the numerous bills to rectify the difficulties presented the unauthorized horizontal increases in assessments made by the state tax board and which were recently held void by the supreme court, and also the most equitable to taxpayers, but this bill has been amended to such an extent that most of the good features have been eliminated and by its passage the taxpayers who were affected by the increases held Illegal by the supreme court are going to get it in the neck good and hard, as it will cost them more to hire an attorney to get back the amounts they have or vHll overpay than the individual sums will amount to. This bill has been released by the senate to the house, yesterday’s papers stated, but the memorial, home rule and county unit measures were still in conference, pad it was not believed the session would be able to adjourn until the latter part of the week. In the meantime this second special session of Governor Goodrich’s to correct measures passed by what the governor termed “the best legislature in 50 years," is costing the taxpayers of Indiana $1,2’00"' per day, and the session started July 12, too.

PLATFORM DANCE JULY 31 There will be a platform dance at Duggins’s grove, 2 miles north of Virgie, Saturday night, July 31. Good music and a good time assured. Come. —Advt. * J3l Yesterday’s local egg and butterfat prices: Eggs, 40c; butterfat, 57c.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Manj Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* In the Nearby Cities and Town*—Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localitie*. 2 SAYS RATIFICATION IS CERTAIN Suffrage Leader Think* Tennessee Will Act Favorably. Nashville, Tenn., July 26. —Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage association, announced here last night that sufficient pledges had been obtained by her organization and other suffrage leagues to insure ratification of the federal suffrage amendment by the special session of the .Tennessee legislature, which Governor Roberts has announced he Will call for Aug. 9. Coincident with Mrs. Catt’s announcement, Foster V. Brown, former attorney-general of Porto Rico and an advocate of woman suffrage, issued a statement contending that ratification of the amendment by members of the legislature elected at the last election would be contrary .to the Tennessee constitution. Department of justice officials at Washington recently gave an opinion to the contrary.

WOMEN ARE NOT SATISFIED

National Party Demand* More Positive Action by Harding. Marlon, 0., July 25.—Representatives of the national Woman’s party who called on Senator Harding yesterday for add In completing ratification of the suffrage amendment, announced that they were not satisfied witty hjs reply, and would continue their demand that he take more direct action. “Suffragists can feel only dissatisfaction,” said Alice Paul, head of the party, “with Senator Harding’s refusal in his reply to the Woman's party delegation, and in his acceptance sp*«ch, to take a positive stand for the carrying out of the suffrage plank in the Republican platform. “If Senator Harding refuses to live up to the suffrage plank and contents himself merely with ‘earnestly hoping 1 and ‘sincerely desiring,’ how can he expect the country to take seriousfly the other planks in his platform? “The national Woman’s party will continue to demand that Senator Harding carry out his platform by securing a unanimous vote in/ support of ratification from’ the Republican delegation in the Tennessee legislature when it meets next month.”

WANT FATHER DANIEL TO STAY

St. Augustine’s Catholic church people are trying to have the ordef transferring Rev. Fr» Daniel to Sedalia, Mo., rescinded, and several telegrams of local Protestants alsq were sent the bishop Monday, asking that Father Daniel be continued here. Just what effect, If any, this will have remains to be seen. If the order is not rescinded it is reported that the priest stationed at Winamac will come here.

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Vol. XXIII. No. 35

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

The common council met in regular session Monday evening with all members present-except Councilman Wood. The city attorney was directed to notify J. M. Healy, Rice Porter, Wil-< Ham Frye, Robert Drake, John Poole, Mrs. T. W. Haus and A. Leopold to repair sidewalks in front of their properties where same are broken. Resolution No. 148, praying the Judge of the circuit court to appoint appraisers to appraise lot 6, block 2, was Introduced and passed under suspenslion of rules. The committee reported the purcbase of ,a 'second-hand Republic truck 'of IV4 tons < capacity of D. W. Waymire for |1,600, and the council approved the purchase of same. Th® usual number of claims were allowed.

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CHRISTENSEN RAPS HARDING

Calls Harding’s Acceptance Speech at Marlon “Bunk." Salt Lake City, Utah, July 24.— The speech of Senator Harding accepting the Republican nomination for president is "bunk,” Parley P. Christensen, candidate for the same office on the ticket of the FarmerLabor party, declared In a statement here. Christensen ridiculed the Republican nominee for accepting a nomination which he declared was tendered to him in a Chicago hotel room early In of June 12 last. Christensen said Washington and Lincoln were defenseless before the "charge” made by Senator Lodge in notifying Senator Harding of his nomination that “you are imbued with the spirit of Washington, Lincoln and Roosevglt.” “Senator Harding's address is an enlightening exhibition of the high and manly art of shadow boxing. The league of nations Is dead yet be lunges at bis ghost and shouts to the onlookers, ‘lt's alive —it’s alive. I tell you it’s aljve./ “As to the vital issue beforA the people, issues involving their deliverance from economic bondage and political servility, the senator from Ohio pours forth'a sea of words signifying nothing. He who but a tew years ago sullenly said the working man should be satisfied with fl a day and the fanner contented with fl a bushel for wheat, has become so progressive as a candidate for the ( presidency as to admit labor is entitled to a better wage than that, but adds that ‘labor must give its full measure of service for high wages if this- country is going to avoid Industrial and economic chaos. “That Is a contemptible Insult to the sincerity of the American worker and a groveling guaranty to big bust nes» that It has nothing to fear from Harding, if he is elected.” He declared Senator Harding’s address convinced him that the Ohioan was dominated by the “will of or-t ganlzed capital; that' if he were elected economic chaos and a nation of soup kitchens” were inevitable. "Senator Harding talks much and says nothing,” the Farmer-Labor nominee said. "There is not a redblooded American sentence in his addreWg. Those who have felt the lash of the profiteer and the industrial autocrat, felt the of high price® and inadequate Income can find no ray of hope in it. The soldiers are sick of the ‘generous expression of gratitude’ that Senator Harding promises them. Farmers look In vain for a definite pledge of relief from the burdens Imposed upon them. Organized finance ;alone can find joy In the address; for organized finance* Harding Is a good candidate.”

LIEUT. COM. JAMES E. BRENNER

And Family Will Visit Old Friends in Rensselaer, Lleut.-Commander James ,E. Brenner, who has been at Long Island, N. Y., since the war, with his. wife and two children will be in Rensselaer Thursday to visit old friends. They are now visiting his brother, Bert Brenner, in Valparaiso. From here it is understood they will go to California to visit his mother at Santa Crus. Jim is off on a sick leave at present.

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