Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — Page 1

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Intonstlng Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL Legal News Epitomized — Together With Other Notes Gathered by Us From the Various County Offices. L. H. Hamilton and Miss Florence Ryan, home service secretary for | Jasper county, went to Cincinnati Thursday to attend a Red Cross meeting. Marriage licenses issued: Sept. 8, Paul O. Blunk of Detroit, Mich.,' aged 37 Sept. 8, occupation clerk, and Ethel Marie Harris of Remington, aged 25 July 20 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. - New suits filed: No. ,9233. State bank of Otterbein vs. E. Grant Sutton estate; action on disallowed claim. Demand $104.07. Na 9234. State bank of Remington vs. E. Grant Sutton estate; disallowed claim. Demand $114.87. No. 9235. State bank of- Chalmers vs. E. Grant Sutton estate; disallowed claim. Demand $177.93. No. 9236. Roy L. Harris vs. E. Grant Sutton estate; disallowed Claim. Demand S9BO. :— Following is the registration of Sept. 4 complete in Jasper county: F Men W T 1 Barkley, East 51 * 22 73 Barkley, South :63 44 107 ( Barkley, West .60 ,29 83 Carpenter, East 146 161 307 । Carpenter, South ...... 13?, 137 274 Cgjxienter, West ........ 117 78 195, -----— 66 54 120 (Hanging Grove 74 59 133 Jordan 94 53 147 Kankakee 1 — 9l 46 137 j Keener X 1 23 76 199 Marion No. 1 187 192 379 Marion No. 2 _ 249 241 490 Marion No. 3 153 116 269 ( Marion No. 4 .2:. 183 181 364 Milroy _ - 26 20 56 Newton 69 56 126 Union, North 73 42 115 Union, South 88 55 143 Walker 78 42 120 Wheatfield -141 109 Totals 2269 1823 4083

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Harriet, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, got hold of and swallowed some aspirin tablets Thursday and was brought to the hospital for treatment. No serious trouble resulted, however, and she was taken home yesterday. A son was born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pafkison. Mrs. Milo Miller of Wheatfield entered the hospital Thursday for medical attention and possibly an operation later. Mrs. Maggie Griffin entered the hospital Thursday and will undergo an operation in a few days. Dorothy, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Donnelly, had her tonsils removed Thursday. The three-months-old son of Mrs. Theodore Bulken was brought to the hospital Wednesday evening for treatment. - Mrs. Belle Knapp of Wheatfield underwent a minor operation Thursday. George Antcliff’s condition remains about the same. All other patients are doing nicely.

WANTED TO PROTECT LOOEY

Statement Regarding Cox Meeting at South Bend Was Garbled. Thomas Grant, who is one of this community’s straight-forward, thoroughly honest and greatly respected citizens, is very much Incensed at being called a liar and especially having the same printed in a newspaper. . t Mr. Grant is with the Paxton Lumber company of South Bend, but spent a few days here with his family, returning to that city Monday evening. . x While here he called at the Re. publican office and insisted that his statement that about one-third of the people who were in the audience at South Benji during the speech made by the Democratic candidate. Millionaire Cox, left. His compan/on, who was a Democrat, suggested he was disgusted and did not approve of the abuse being used in the address. After Mr. Grant and his companion left the hall ths companion remarked that at least a third of the people were leaving. Mr. Grant says that he heard a number of people complain of the abuse resorted to by Millionaire Cox.

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MARRIED IN ST. JOE SATURDAY

Joseph Kendall and Miss Bessie Gowland Are Wed. „ Joseph Kendall of east of town, on the Pleasant Ridge road, and Miss Bessie Gowland, daughter of Henry Gowland, formerly of norih of town but now residing near Dayton, Mich., were married at Si. Joseph, Mich., last Saturday. They returned to Rensselaer Tuesday and took up their residence on the groom’s farm. Mr. Kendall is a prosperous farmer and moved here frors near Wolcott onto the former Joseph Larsh farm, which he purchased, a year or two ago. This is his second marriage, his first wife having died before he moved here. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall extend congratulations.

DANCE AT KNIMAN There will "be a dance at Kniman Saturday evening, September 11. Music by Clark’s 4-piece orchestra. All invited. —Advt.

ALL FIVE WERE SOON IN JAIL

Bunch of Chicago Young Toughs Break Into Murray Store. Five young men were landed in the county jail Wednesday morning charged with breaking into the G. i E. Murray Co. grocery store about; 4:30 o’clock that morning, after the nightwatch had gone home. The young robbers were heard by; Mrs. Zern Wright, who was sleeping; on a sleeping porch in the rear and ’ on the second floor of their res-! taurant room. She immediately । called her husband who was sleeping inside, on account of being bothered' with rheumatism, and word was telephoned to Sheriff Woodworth andj others. The young men had driven ( their car up close to the building in the rear of the G. E. Murray gro-; eery—the former A. F. Long drug store building—and breaking the ( upper glass in the window so they Id unfasten the catch, entered the room and helped themselves to some pennies and nlckles kept for change in the show case, also some cigars, cigarettes, etc., and quickly made their getaway while Mr. Wright was telephoning the authorities, evidently being afraid to take more. Mr. Woodworth immediately telephoned all the surrounding towns to be on the look-out for them, and shortly after 6 o’clock received a telephone call from Wolcott that such a car as he had described with five young men were being held until his arrival. He at once drove to Wolcott, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Wright, who had both had a good look at the fellows and also the car, and who said they could easily Identify them. On reaching Wolcott they saw a car parked there which both Mr. and Mrs. Wright said at once was the one they had seen in the rear of the store. It was a Pan-American touring car and bore an Illinois license number. The young men had stopped at Wolcott to get something to eat, their bill amounting to $1.75, but they only had SI.OB in nickles and pennies—the identical money supposed to have been taken from the cigar case in the Murray store —and the restaurant man is still holding the sack for 67 cents, as they had no other money. Mr. and Mrs. Wright immediately picked out four of the five young men among several others who were in the restaurant, they having seen butfour men back of the store, one evidently remaining in the car or acting as a lookout some place, but all five having gonq to Wolcott together. The young men —all were quite young, ranging in age from 17 to 21 years—denied their guilt, one claiming to be a newsboy in Chicago and that this accounted for the nickels and pennies they had spent in the restaurant. They were put under arrest however and brought here and placed in jail, while the sheriff got in communication with the Illinois authorities and learned Wednesday that the car, which Is 'an expensive one, had been stolen in Chicago Tuesday night. No money waa found on their persons nor any weapons, neither were any cigars or cigarettes, which It was thought had been taken from the Murray store. One of the boys, who gave his name as Freddie Hackney of Chicago, said the car -belonged to his uncle, A- Hackney, of 8069 Calumet avenue, Chicago. The other boys gave their names as

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1920.

DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OPENS

in Jasper County Next Monday Afternoon and Evening. The Democratic campaign will be opened in Jasper county Monday, Sept. 13, by three meetings In various parts of the county, two In the afternoon, at 2:30 at Wheatfield, with Elmore Barce of Fowler and Mrs. Hortense Trapp Moore of Rockville, as speakers; and at Remington with Judge Barnett, Democratic candidate for congress, and Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch, state chairman woman’s section of the state committee. Dr. McCulloch, candidate for governor, and U. S. Senator Owen of Oklahoma, who was one of the “favorite son” candidates at the Sau Francisco convention, will be the speakers at a mass meeting at the Ellis opera house at 8 p. m. Every person interested in hearing the issues discussed In an able manner should take advantage of this opportunity to hear some of the best speakers in the

BLAIR ADMITS THE BIG DRIVES

Upham’s Assistant Tells of G. O- PPlans to Get Money. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Admission that Governor Cox understated the actual facts when he said that the Republican national organization had formulated plans for drives to raise quotas for the g. o. p. campaign chest in 51 of the largest cities of. the country was made to the senate investigating committee by Harry, M. Blair, assistant to the Republican national treasurer. Mr. Blair said the actual number of cities for which the drives were planned was 54. The plans were formulated early in July, he said. This was shortly before the slush fund charges were by the Democratic nominee. He said that since that date his organization has been using every endeavor to carry the plan into effect and that drives of this character have already been launched in Chicago, Cleveland and a number of other cities, while Intensive fundraising campaigns will be started soon in St. Louis, Kansas City and other places. While he planned drives in 54 cities, Mr. Blair said. It was found impossible to carry out the program because of local conditions in some places. He mentioned Minneapolis, St. Paul, Dallas and Houston as citfes as where the drives were anandoned because It was “not expedient” he said, to start them. “You did, though, contemplate organizing drives In 54 cities?” Senator Reed asked. “Yes, sir.” “So If Governor Cox or any other man charges you had plans for organizing In 51 cities he simply understated, didn’t he?” “Yes, sir.”

PLEASANT BARKLEY SURPRISE

A surprise was planned and 1 carried out Sunday on Mr. and* Mrs. John Klmberlin of Rossville, DI., who are here erecting a new house on their' farm in Barkley township. About 30 relatives, and friends gathered at the noon hour and spread a fine dinner of fried chicken, salads and everything good to eat, also plenty of watennelon. Those attending were Marion Brown and family and Miss Emma Copper of Valparaiso; Amos Davisson and family and Glenn Norman add tamttly of Parr; Emily Long, Miss Carolyn Baker, Bruce Baker and Mr. and Mrs. George Kimberlin. ••

DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING U. S. Senator Owen of Oklahoma Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch Nominee for Governor of Indiana Will Speak al the New Ellis Theatre In Rensselaer nn MONDAY, SEPT. 13,8 pm. There will be other speaking at Remington and Wheatfield Monday afternoon, as announced elsewhere on this page.

Best job work at Democrat office.

TAX LEVY FIXED AT 32 CENTS

Which Is 5 Cents Higher Than Last Year, on a Higher Valuation. F - The Jasper county council fixed the tax levy for 1920 at Its meeting this 'week at 32 cents on each SIOO valuation. The county levy proper is 18c; court house bonds 3c; gravel road repair 11c; making the total 32 cents. This is 5 cents higher than last year’s levy and on a much higher valuation. The raise of 5 cents is in the gravel road repair levy. The council also made an appropriation of $1,500 for putting tn a heating system In the nurse’s residence just south of the county hospital and also made some other additional appropriations for 1920. In Newton county th®, tax levy for county purposes proper was fixed at 12.3 cents on each SIOO valuation; 8c bond levy, and 15c for gravel road repair,

YES, WE’VE HEARD OF DAVIES

So Has the State Board of Accounts, It’s Publicly Stated. Ora J. Davies, Republican candidate for treasurer of state, attended the big rally here Friday. Mr. Davies spent the day meeting the voters and talking to them face to face. He makes a fine Impression and is a splen .id candidate. Mr. Davies was highly pleased with the enthusiasm and interest which Republicans of White county are taking this campaign.—Monticello Herald (RfP) This is the same gentleman whom the state board of accounts found short some $3,806, it Is openly al leged, in his accounts as treasurer of Howard county and of the city of Kokomo, and whose nomination was put over by the Wataon-McCray crowd in the Republican state convention over the protests of many Republicans, who thought that he would be a load for the tlck< t tc carry, It has been charged. Numerous protests were made by Repub'i'’ans all over the state over his remaining on the ballot, but backed by the Watson-McCray bunch lie has stood pat. At a tenth district meeting held at Lafayette some time after the state convention, several Republicans spoke against Davies’s retention on the ticket, among whom was Chairman Leopold of Jasper county, who expressed himself very plainly that he thought Davies should “get off” But he Is still “on,” and the Watson-McCray crowd will try their best to put him over.

FLEASE CALL AND SETTLE

All who , know themselves Indebted to C. Earl Duvall are requested to please call and settle same at once with C. W. Duvall, In whose hands these accounts have been left for collection. He may be found at The Democrat office for such settlements. —C. W. DUVALL. ■!«

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

A Soldier View of Republican ProGerman Vote-Getting Scheme. Many people are considerably disturbed over the question of the league of nations. t A fog of political dust has been stirred up until clearvisioned men and women can hardly see which way to go. These people have reposed confidence In some supposedly great man, thinking he Is a statesman. His exposition of many subjects have been according to their way of thinking. They conclude they cannot be led very far

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MT. AYR HORSE WINS IN RACE

Jap Wright’s Hercules Rune Five Furlongs In 1:06 at Laporte. The Leporte Argus of last Saturday had the following mention of Hercules, a horse owned by Wright & Brown of Mt. Ayr, which run In the races held there last week: Hercules, a three-year-old phenom owned by Wright & Brown of Mt. Ayr, ran a spectacular race In the five-furlong brush, the first of the running events. Blalock handled his mount in masterful fashion, having to fight ©very step of the way with Viola Gaffney and Vulvalnas. A blanket could have covered the three of them the entire distance and in the last few hundred yards they fairly flew, with Blalock just getting Hercules’s head in front at the wire. It was the best finish of any of the running races of the meet. Hercules looks like a comer and Mr. Wright, half owner, who is an elderly gentleman, was tickled pink with the colt’s work. First race —Five furlongs—3-year-olds —Laporte county stake —Won by Hercules (BlaloclQ; Viola Gaffney (Wlnnear), second; Vulcainas (Evert), third; L.\T. Perkins (Hall), fourth. Time—l:o6.

VOTERS MUST GIVE RIGHT AGE

State Election Board Decides Against Against the “21 Plus’’ Idea. Indianapolis, Sept. 10. —Women and men who registered last Saturday as being “21 years old, plus/’ instead of giving their specific ages, will be ineligible to vote In November unless they correct their statement on the next registration day, Oct. 4. This was the decision of the state election commissioners, one a Republican and one a Democrat, who met yesterday and prepared an Interpretation of the age feature of the registration law on request from several counties where many women and some men, ticklish about their age, went on record as being “21 plus.” Th® ©pinion is given by W. W. Spencer, Democrat, and William H. Thompson, Republican, who with the governor as the ex-offlclo member, comprise the state boartf of election commissioners. Maurice E. Tennant, as a member of the state board’s legal committee, also concurs In the opinion. It is the holding of the commissioners that the law requires each voter to give his or her exact age. They contend that the purpose of the requirement is to establish Identification of the voter as well as to ascertain that the voter Is of legal age. They assert that the giving of the wrong age might permit fraudulent voting. Should a man or woman of 50 years, for example, register as “21, plus,” it might be possible, suggest the commissioners, for some young voter to go to the polls and vote in the name of an older person who had given his or her name Incorrectly.

NO EXPLANATION IS OFFERED

By Manager of Raub Elevator, Who Returns, After Disappearance. Lafayette, Sept. 9. —Lee Kelley, formerly manager of the Raub Grain company elevator at Raub, who disappeared two months ago, leaving the books of the company In confusion, Is now with his wit© and children at the home of Bert Ogle, his brother-in-law, at Forest, near Frankfort. He has made no explanation of his long absence, but he Insists that he did not, misuse the Raub company’s money. Lemuel Shipman of Fowler, who is auditing Kelley’s books, sald z Wednesday that the Raub company was out at least $50,000 as a result of grain deals made by Kelley. He said that the Sawers Grain company of Chicago, of which Warren T. McCray, Republican candidate for governor, Is vice-president and a heavy stockholder, and the McCardle & Bright Grain company of Indianapolis, with whom Kelley did business, have claims aggregating $50,000 against the Raub company, the Sawers. claim being for some $45,000 on board of trade speculations of Kelley. - : “The courts will have to determine who shall stand this loss,” Mr. Shipman said. “Kelley, it is said, contends that he lost the money In legitimate transactions. The company has taken no steps to prosecute him or to recover from him the money that has been lost. The whole question of liability will have to be decided by court proceedings which will determine who must stand the losses sustained.”

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• Vol. XXIII. No. 48

ITALY IS ROCKED BY NEW QUAKE

Heavy Loss Is Reported In the Provinces In Emilia Area. THIRD DAY OF DISTURBANCE Terror Grows as Temblor Region Spreads—Relief Work Handicapped—San Jose, Calif., Feels Quiver. Rome, Sept. 10.—Another violent earthquake occurred in the Emilia district nt\2:3s In the morhlng. causing the- 4pss"pf lives and important damage. * J The shock Ws more violent than that of last Tuesday. The communities suffering the most were Reggio, Ospedalettl, Bussnna, Toano and Cavola. The Emilia embraces the district between the Apennines and the River Po, and Is divided into the eight provinces of Piacenza, Parma, Reggio, Modena, Bologna, Ferrara. Ravenna and Forll. It covers an area of some 7.920 square miles, and has a population of approximately 2,500,000 persons. Relief Work Handicapped. More than 300 persons perished in the earthquake disaster which shattered cities and villages nprth of Florence on Tuesday morning. Governmental nnd private relief agencies are engaged In the work of aiding the survivors and searching the ruins for any victims who may still be alive, but the work is seriously handicapped by the difficulty experienced In reaching many of the ruined towns, which are situated In the mountains and are almost inaccessible. Electric light wires have been broken and work in the ruins must stop at nightfall. New shocks, but none of them of the intensity of the one which caused the widespread destruction early Tuesday, have been felt In Florence and in the neighborhood of that city. These have shaken down tottering structures, however, and have still further delayed the work of rescuers. MassaCarrara, in the center of the earthquake sone,' was cut off from communication with the outside world Wednesday night, but it is not believed a new castrophe has occurred there. The upheaval’was especially terrific in the famous quarry district of Carrara, from which comes the finest specimens of marble. Great rocks, dislodged by the shock, rolled down steep roads leading up into the bills, crushing everything in their path. Death List Grows. Florence, Sept. 10. —The number of dead from Tuesday’s earthquake is steadily growing, as additional reports come in. The latest advices from Flvlzzano bring the total of dead there alone up to 432, while in Vlgnatta 124 are dead and about 1,000 injured. In nearly three-score towns and villages, serious damage was done and a total population of more than 10,000 rendered homeless. Signor Michell, the minister of agriculture, is visiting the outlying mountainous districts and giving all the assistance possible. Quake Shakes San Jose, Cal. San Jose, Cal., Sept. 10. —An earthquake, the heaviest in years here, was felt at 8:57 a. m. According to the Lick observatory, on Mount Hamilton, the direction of the quake was from east to west. No reports of damage had been received soon after the shock.

GOV. COX TALKS FOR LEAGUE

Dedare* U. 8. Looked Upon as a Natlon of "Quitters.” Helena, Mont., Sept. 10.—Arguments in behalf of the League of Nations adapted to affairs or the West were presented here by Governor Cox, Democratic presidential nominee. He outlined what he declared were practical, material benefits to flow from the league. Governor Cox told his audience that the United States is looked upon "as a nation of quitters, self-prosperous rfnd self-satisfied, while our associates as well as our enemies in Europe are starving to death.” ' ( “America cannot enter into the period of prosperity to which we are entitled," he said, “until the doubt and* distrust and the growing hatred 1 against us, created by the apostles of hate in the senatorial oligarchy, have been removed.” He also inveighed against a separate peace with Germany and urged world disarmament.

CATHOLIC FORESTERS, ATTENTlt>N! Foresters are requested to be pres ent Sunday evening, Sept. 12, at their hall. Important business must be transacted. Refreshments will be served. —Advt. k . • • —* «Am>>