Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1920 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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AN UGLY FIRE WAS AVERTED

Monday Afternoon in Rear of the . City Fire Houae. Fire that probably originated from a carelessly thrown cigaret stub, i& nited in a pile of straw and hay in the rear of the city fire house shortly after 1 o’clock Monday aft ernoon, communicating to the wood tower used for drying fire hose, ami made an ugly blaze for a time, although it was soon under controj of the firemen after a couple of streams of water were brought to bear on it. Fortunately there was no wind 01 it is possible that several of the old wood buildings thereabout,* Including the fire house and so-called city hall would have been consumed. As it was, several other places caught fire, one building nearly a block southwest of the burning tower, but not much damage was done aside from the latter. The wobden tower was built inside a metal windmill tower, and this kept the embers from flying far, but the wood tower was completely destroyed together with some 250 fee| of old hose, still serviceable in a pinch.

J. FRANK HANLEY IS KILLED

Former Governor a Victim of Grade Crossing Accident - I Dennison, 0., Aug. 1. —J. Frank Hanly, ex-governor of Indiana anu candidate for president on the Prohibition ticket in 1916, and Dr. and Mrs. C. M. leaker of Kilgore, 0., are dead as a result of an accident at the Philadelphia road crossing on thedß’ennsylvanla railroad, six miles eastof this city, when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by., a freight train at 7:40 o’clock this morning. All three suffered fractured skulls* and crushed bodies, and they failed to recover consciousness after being rushed to the Twin City in this city. Mr. Hanly died at 9 o’clock, Mrs. Baker at । 11:30 and Dr. Baker at 3:30. r Dr. and Mrs. met Mr. Hanlv in Dennison this mornin? and were driving him to their home in Kilgore, where he Intended spending the day. Tomorrow he was to deliver an add res® at a Chautauqua in Carrolton. Dr. Baker had driven his .automobile on the track after an eastbound freight train had passed, directly into the path of a westbound train, which struck the automobile. The machine was carried half a mile on the pilot of th® engine, K is said. Mr. Hanly’s head was badly crushed.

The crossing where the accident occurred is considered a dangerous one and several persons have been killed there. There is a heavy grade and it Is said the freight train that /struck Dr. -Baker’s automobile was traveling down the grade at a high rate of speed. J. Frank Hanly was born April '4, 1863, at St. Joseph, 111., and moved with his parents to Williamsport, Ind., when a boy. He practiced law at Williamsport, after having taught school for several years, and was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1890. He later served two years as congressman from the ninth Indiana district, but was defeated for re-nomination by E. D. Crumpacker of Valparaiso when the state was redistricted, and Warren county became part of the tenth district. He was later a candidate for United States senator, and was elected governor in 1904 by over 80,000 plurality. In 1908 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Following this he traveled all oyer the country lecturing on prohibition and was the nominee of the Prohibition party for president in 1916. For a number of years Mr. Hanly was the g. o. p. idol in Indiana, but his administration as governor, during which he called a special session of the legislature to enact the county unit liquor law —and the last special session, by the way that Indiana has had up to the Goodrich adminsitration —was disastrous to his party and he had been persona non grata with Republicans ever since.

NOTICE C. V. Reauley, district superintendent of the Co-Operative < Society of America, wishes to announce to the readers of the Jasper County Democrat that he will be at the Makeever Hotel, Rensselaer, to explain the workings of this society to anyone interested. This society has 36 stores in operation, several more waiting for fixtures to be installed. The company handles groceries, selling all standard and fancy goods at a low cost to the consumer. A telephone call will give you a personal interview. —Advt. Job printing that pleases Is our specialty.—THE DEMOCRAT.

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. Dolph Day was acquitted in Squire Irwin’s court Saturday of the charge of slapping Mrs. Charles Jacks during an encounter between the two families which occurred recently, as told about at the time in The Democrat. Marriage licenses issued: July 31, Everett V. Parks of Delphi, aged 24 April 25 last, laborer, and Lola G. Edwards of Remington, aged 19 June 11 last, housekeeper. First marriage for eacji. August 2, Lon Bales Freeman of Gary, aged 28 July 21. last, farmer, and Besse Blanche Hewett of Walker township, aged 30 December 2o last, housekeeper. First marriage for each.

A Democratic* county committee meeting will be held at the court house tomorrow, commencing at 10 o’clock. All committeemen and all others interested, both men and women, are requested to come and bring a basket of dinner, as an allday meeting will be held. It is essential that all members of the committee be present as plans will be made to poll all precincts before the first registration day on Sept. 4.*— CHAIRMEN. The county commissioners completed the work of the/regular August session in one day, Monday, and adjourned to meet again in special session on Wednesday, Aug. 25, to appoint inspectors and other members of the registration boards. There will be two registration days for voters this year, and the registrations will be held in the various voting precincts of the county. The first registration will be Saturday, Sept. 4, and the second and last will be Monday, Oct. 4.

Following is a report of the proceedings of the board: B. D. McColly was awarded contract for a new bridge in Walker township over the Delahanty ditch, and one in Wheatfield township over the Delahanty lateral, at SBOO each. Contractor allowed $487 in full for ; bridge in Wheatfield township .over Hobbs ditch. Petitioners were granted permission to substitute gravel for stone in the Henry Amsler road. Supplemental report filed and approved in the Thomas Abbring road, and same was ordered established. The Ray Borgman, Joseph W. Brown, R. Sipkema, Isaac Kight, Richard Grevenstuck and Elmors Barce road petitions were continued for filing report. .Clarence Stalbaum was awarded contract for the Alfred Duggleby road in the northeast part of the county at $19,600. Contractor on the B. W. Ellsworth stone road was allowed SBOO. Engineer ordered to make new estimate of the cost of construction of the Emil Herre and Wlilliam Hershman roads. ' Commissioners filed report and recommended improvement of the Frank W. Henley road, and cause is continued for supplemental report. Expense account allowed as set out in report. Superintendent filed report of completion of, James Lane stone road in Newton township. Contractor allowed balance of $1,430, superintendent discharged and cause dropped. William Morris road, time extended to September term for filing report. , John O’Connor road petition. Supplemental report filed and approved and road ordered constructed. Certificate of completion filed in the Henry Rayburn road and auditor directed to pay contractor balance of $3,420 when claim of S4OO due

A. S. Keene for labor 4s satisfied. Contractor allowed $1,789.60 on the W. O. Rowles stone road. Ed Kanne resigns as superintendent and W. D. Bringle appointed In his stead. Contractor allowed $432 on the G. I. Thomas stone road. Joe Thomas resigns as superintendent of the Joseph E. Thomas stone road and Edgar S. Thornton is appointed in his stead. Certificate of completion filed in the E. S. Thornton road and com tractor allowed balance due of SB,593.35. Superintendent discharged and cause dropped. Contractor allowed $4,793.75 on the G. L. Thornton road. Auditor reports sale of bonds of $7,600 to J. H.

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920.

A POOR JOB OF PATCHWORK

Is the Term Applied to the Tax Curative Law. The way the special session of the legislature patched up the tax tangle leaves It In about the same sort of muddle it was in after the supreme court got through with it. The law, in effect, provides for the county boards of review to be called in special session and fixing the 1919 assessments at the very figures fixed by the state tax board in its horizontal increases, which were declared illegal by the supreme court. This is what the sponsors of the law want and no doubt what will be done in most cases, which will leave the matter just where it is at present. Of course a taxpayer who thinks he was over-assessed can appear before the board and if he can satisfy it that such was the case, the board can reduce such assessment That is all. The meaning of the law, however, is Interpreted differently and is so ambiguous in its language that no two people can arrive at the same conclusions. ' It will have to be threshed out again in the courts, is the opinion of lawyers.

SPECIAL SESSION ADJOURNED

Friday Night Under Compulsion of Q. O. P. Politicians. Governor Goodrich’s second spe- । cial session of the Indiana legislature adjourned sine (Me at about i midnight last Friday night, after a 17-day session. The early adjournment was brought about after Governor Goodrich, State Chairman Wasmuth and a few other of the more prominent Republican politicians had hot-footed back to Indianapolis at an early hour Friday morning, following a “consultation meeting” held at Crawfordsville Thursday night with the Republican editors of the state and at which Warren T. McCray and all the other Republican state candidates and most of the leading Republican politicians of Indiana were present. The Republican editors told the politicians about what the taxpayers were saying in different sections of I the state and the meeting resolved I itself into a house of mourning as ! the editors pointed out to the pollj ticians and candidates the handwriting on the wall.

It was decided that the special session must be stopped p. d. q., and the Governor, Wasmuth and a few others were sent post-haste back to the capital for this purpose, although they were expected to be at Turkey Run for the exercises there on Friday. As a result, the Republican members of the two houses were grabbed by the coat collars and their beads bumped together, figuratively speaking, by the governor and his aides, and a hurried passage of the “tax curative bill” and one or two other measures which had been hanging fire because of a deadlock between the two houses, was put 1 through, and the members went home Saturday morning to await the third special session call of the governor, which many of them are expecting right after the election. Democratic Floor Leader Elsner, during the closing session, criticised the state administration and the Republican members of the legislature, asserting that their leaders had “flayed” them Into line. The Tuthlll-Klper tax bill is “a scrap of paper,” arrived at by Governor Goodrich and Warren T. McCray, Republican nominee for governor, who, he asserted, “belongs heart, soul and breeches to the Goodrich administration.” Senator Elsner said that the provision of the bill legalizing the bonds of units, which have exceeded their constitutional Indebtedness; will be held invalid in court tests. He said the bill was a legalizing bill camouflaged In order to get away from the unpopular word “legalize.” The bill might be used to fool the people but “it will have a hard time getting around the courts, he said. “You’ll find out you again have squandered a lot of the people’s money. You’ve been here 17 day*

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ol the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities and Towne — Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. HOSTILE TO WOMEN’S ACTIVITIES Indianapolis, Aug. 3. —Revelations attendant on the resignation of Miss Adah Bush as chairman of the Republican state womed’s committee add another chapter to the studied hostility of the old guard leaders to the participation of women in Indiana political affairs. Miss Bush’s retirement from the state arena was made voluntarily, according to announcements, in order that she might devote time to the national organization. Coincident with this, however, came uncontradicted reports that Miss Bush’s activity in a non-parti-san character with the National Women’s party at the San Francisco convention was not to the liking oi the old guard circle. In fact, it is charged In many places, that she met such opposition on the part of the party chieftians and that her position became so uncomfortable that she was compelled to resign. dne thing that Is paid to have caused friction between the men’s and women’s departments In the Republican state headquarters was the fact that Instead of the women being taken into the organization on a 50-50 basis, they were obliged to defer at every turn to the men. All orders were Issued by the wellknown Republican machine manipulators and all the activities of the women’s department were forced to go through censored channels before being placed into commission, It Is said. The old guard tactics In this Incident were consistent with their practices in the state convention when they denied women a place on the national delegation. They also followed their llly-dlsgulsed hdstlllty when they had the Republican majority In the special legislature kill a bill designed to give women a right to hold office and to sit on Juries in Indiana.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Eva, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Emerson of Remington, Emeline, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mre. Lop Colton of north of town, and Mrs. Laura Hamilton of Remington had their tonsils removed yesterday morning. Mrs. Joseph Wilson of near Pleasant Ridge entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. Mrs. Charles Pollock of Mofocco entered the hospital Monday for medical attention. Bethel Bougheter of this city had her tonsils removed Saturday. Mrs. Richard Miller of Cleveland, 0., * who had been visiting friends here, underwent a major operation Saturday. Thomas A. Crockett, who has been very seriously sick for some time, was brought to the hospital Friday evening to be cared for. There is no. particular change in his condition, and it is thought he cannot long survive. Clarence Eldridge, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Korah Eldridge of near McCoysburg, who has been very sick with typhoid fever, Is improving nicely now. Mrs. Helen Relddle remains about the same. All other patients are doing nicely.

and didn’t do a thing until the big sticks got after you.”

VISITED BROTHER IN WISCONSIN

Whose Wife Is In Critical Condition of Health. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Brusnahan of Union township returned Saturday from a week’s visit with the former’s brother, T. A. Brusnahan, at Gordon, Wls., whose wife is lying at the point of death, all the children having been called home in anticipation that her death Is only a matter of a very few days. She was operated on several weeks ago, but obtained no permanent relief. The T. A. Brusnahan family form erly resided in Jasper county for many years and have many friends and realtlves here who will be sorry to learn of Mrs. Brusnahan’s condition. While up there Steve and Tom visited Duluth, Minn., where one of the latter’s sons is employed.

A CARD

In leaving Rensselaer we wish to express our sincere thanks for the many kindnesses shown us by the people of this beautiful little city during the several years we have resided here, and may God bless and prosper you all, is our wish. —MR. AND MRS. GEORGE GREEN.

A FORMER MEDARYVILLE MAN

Ride* Bicycle From B*n Diego, C«IW., to Old Home—l* 72 Year* Old. Monday's Indianapolis Star contained the following dispatch from Medaryville concerning a former well-known resident of that place, which will be of Intereat to many readers of The Democrat: Medaryville, Aug. lv —John Warner, 72 years old, a prominent farm owner of San Diego, Calif., Is the guest of his mother, Mrs. Julia Warner, and his sister, Mr*. Albert Belger, here, after traveling 2.200 miles of his journey from the coast on his bicycle. He left San Diego late In May and arrived at Herman, Neb., July 8 to visit a sister and other relatives. While In Herman he learned that his mother, who is 93 years old, was ill, so he decided to make the remainder of his, trip by train. Two years ago Mr. Warner made his second trip from San Diego to Medaryville on bls bicycle, on which he has traveled a total of 30,000 miles. Mr. Wlarner waa bcfrn In Medary ville, served through the civil war In an Indiana regiment, and went to California 30 or 40 years ago. Mr. Warner’s trip from California to Nebraska cost him something like |l9, which Included his food and lodging enroute. Repairs to his bicycle during the time was 15 cents for a patch on hie front tire. Gasoline and oil cost nothing. Room rent cost him just $1.50 for the six weeks. He slept outdoors every night but one. And he cooked every meal for himself all the way from California to Nebraska. Warner carries a unique “kit.” His cooking utensils consist of two little tin pans which fit into each other, a little skillet with a detachable handle, and a canteen for water. His bedding consists of two pieces of canvass, two blankets and a small air pillow. All rolled together his “kit” fits on his handle bars. He sleeps outdoors in rain, snow or moonshine, just the same. "And I’m riding straight toward the 100-year mark,” Warner says. Twenty years ago Warner had tuberculosis and was fast nearing the grave. • “You are walking with one root In the grave,” a doctor assured him. “All right, henceforth I shall cease to walk and I shall ride,” he answered. Warner was a physician hirnself. He had practiced medicine for years and was pretty well off. So he gave up his practice, bought a bicycle, and started out for health. He simply wandered. He had no set place in view but went wherever the notion struck him to go. For twenty years he has followed the same rule. Three times, in that period, he has ridden across the continent. , There Is scarcely a city in the United States In which Warner has not appeared In the last 20 years. But he never sleeps in one when he can get out of it. He will spend the day in the city, but at nightfall, winter and summer, he takes his old

“bike” and rides out into the country perhaps a mile, perhaps 10 miles, rolls up under a tree and goes to sleep. The next morning he rides back into the city, perhaps. Per haps he goes on and sees that city again In four or five years. On his present trip from San Diego he averaged 85 miles a day “But I didn’t ride during the heat of the afternoon,” he explains. “I usually lay off three or four bourn and ride In the cool of the evening.” Along the last of June, while crossing the desert In Nevada, Warner came upon two young fellows who had started walking across the waste of sand without knowing what they were doing. They had no water and were 50 miles from any. They were both about three parts dead and would never have lived to reach water. From his canteen Warner gave the two young fellows a few [swallows each. Their lips and

Vol. XXIII. No. 37

SECOND SESSION ENDS IN FAILURE

Machine Club la Necessary to Fore* Adjournment When Deadlocked Legislator* Imperil Party Harmony. CAMOUFLAGE USED IN . TAXATION MEASURES Indianapolis, Ind.—After beinp in session seventeen days it required the combined efforts of Governor Goodrich, Warren T. McCray and the Republican state organization to break the legislative deadlock over the tax bills and to force an adjournment. It ta worthy of note that th* determined effort to bring about th* end of th* session did not become apparent until after Senator James Nejdl, Republican of Lake county, had exposed th* administration's “big stick* tactics in a speech in the senate and it is declared that it was a fear of further disclosures that resulted in the machine taking direct action. The end come as a result of a conference held at Crawfordsville Thursday night by Goodrich, McCray, Senator New and State Chairman E. M. Wasmuth. It was decided then that the legislature must bo gotten out of the way at once. The net result of the second sp* cial session of the Goodrich regime may be weighed in the balance of political expediency. It was called primarily to patch up the legislative bungling of the Seventy-first assembly, but after convening practically every move of the lawmakers waa dictated by the Republican machine, Goodrich, McCray, Watson, et al. Legislation by Caucus. The legislators wore not allowed to discuss measures on the floor, but were forced into inumorable caucuses where the administration supporters bent them to their will. It is said that no other session of the legislature has ever witnessed a* many caucuses as the one just ended. The session appropriated approximately 11,500,000, part of this being used to refund money Illegally transferred from other sources by Auditor of State Otto L. Klauss to keep th* state Institutions operating. In fact, the assembly was convened in th* first place to avert a threatened scandal in the auditor’s office. It 1* charged, and has never been denied, that if the Seventy-first assembly had not been bent on making a parsimonious economy record, the state would

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The Gangloff 80 acres of wheat, one mile east of town, is reported to have yielded 30 bushels per acre. It waa probably the best field in the county. Taylor Woodflll, on the former J. W. Sage farm, northeast of Foresman, had 50 acres that turned out 27 bushels per acre., But few oats have been threshed as yet and we have been unable to secure much information as to the yield, but they are running all the way from 40 to 05 bushels per acre, It is said.

PUBLIC SALE HOUSEHOLD BOODB As I am going to move to Colorado, I will offer at public auction at my residence at 426 east Washington street, two blocks east of the court house, on Saturday, August 7, at 2 o’clock p. m., the following property: 1 kitchen range, 1 heater, 3-burner oil /stove with .oven, ; oil heater, 1 baby carriage, 1 sideboard, 1 chiffonier, 3 bedsteads, with springe; 2 matresses; 4 rocking chairs; 1 Household sewing machine; 2 rugs, Axmlnster and velvet; dining table and chairs; sewing table; kitchen cabinet; fruit jars; lawn mower; garden tools; Cable - Nelson piano, as good as new, also many other useful articles. Terms—Cash. No property to be removed until settled for. a 7 MRS. MAGGIE SWARTZELL.

tongues were swollen and parched. To have given them as much water as they wanted would have meant death to them. He had to fight them to make them relinquish the canteen. After remaining with them half a day and seeing them strong again, he gave them his canteen of water, knowing that on his bicycle he could make a stream days before they could hope to do so. "The automobile is a wonderful Invention 'but for longevity and health and downright pleasure, give me the pedal-propelled old bike,” says Warner. "I can go anywhere an automobile can gch and can go lots of places an auto can’t touch. And except oil the very best roads I believe I can really make better time than an auto can make. . But I’m not riding to save time. I’m riding for health and pleasure. I’m riding for the century mark.”