Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1911 — Page 1

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BEECH-Kirr v^SHcetLßXf BEECH NUT SLICED BEEF If I wry convenient food to kavo i* tke home. Fine for luckeoi or iifptr. Try a jar—Hi flavor will pleaao yon. / RHOADS’ GROCERY. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. bur Stock Co. Saturday, Sept. 30. W. R. Brown made a business trip to Monon today. Fred Phillips made a business trip to Chicago today. ■ \2J. - ■ i '• George Turney, of Edinburg, Is visiting A. W< Sawin. Ed Oliver went to Danville, 111., today, on business. Ray BerrM’made a business /trip to today. jfc ' ' S ■fair, and Mrs. George W. Hopkins are spending today in Chicago. HaveyQWHen our new steol wagon? It Is first class. Hamilton ft Kellner. Phone 13 and reserve seats for Hearts of the Blue Ridge, Saturday, Sept. 30. •s ■ ''X-‘ Mrs. Ernest Clark is visiting her paother and family in Delphi this week, and attending the R. of P. carnival. * Let us fill your bins with the best hard and soft coals on the market. HAMILTON ft KELLNER. Mrs. Myrtle Dunn, of Mt. Ayr, went to French Lick Springs today, to continue medical treatment begun there Some time ago. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Moore and children, Eva, Steward and Jake, went to Monon this morning to attend the funeral of his aged mother. -y?J * ' ■■■■■ ■ ■» Miss Maud Zeigler went to Fowler today for a. short visit with friends end to attend the horse show, which wk place tomorrow and Friday. <-3rifr. and Mrs. Chas. Randle returned yesierda,y from Chicago, where he was examined by a specialist. The physician advised against an operation. Logan sport stone masons are at work today on the Methodist church, putting 4fi the new stone trimmings tlgder the windows. They will probably complete the work this week if t|e weather remains "favorable.. g&lis Theatre, Ouc Stock Co. in Rggrts of the Blue Ridge, Saturday, Sept^feb ~ , HE ELLIS THEM J. H. S. ELLIS, Htitftr ONE NIGHT Saturday, Sept W —■—o— —- OUR STOCK CO. buy bmum v “Beam or at DIM Rtdgc” 'i'i,; ■ -V* T-M 0 ? , . Prices, 25c-35c-50c SEATS NOW ON MLE :• *2 'JM ‘vfiftL.w*A'.f* * k JL .j' • *¥!*

The Evening Republican.

v ▼ ▼ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼TT w TONIGHT’S PROGRAM '; ‘' v -': —•- PICTURES. r'- : ; A FAIR EXCHANGE. t Picturesque Comedy Drama of J ' ■ New Mexico. ‘

•! v ... ) - We have a splendid wheat fertilizer for $22 per ton. Hamilton ft Kellner. i..u.' i . I-, • •: ■ This week, Our Stock Co„ on Saturday. Don’t neglect reserving your seats. - The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church will give a 10-cent social and musical at the home of Mrs. Leslie Clark Thursday afternoon of this week. All are invited. Dr. and Mrs. A R. Kresler will go to Indianapolis on the early train tomorrow morning to attend the annual meeting of the state medical society. It will be held at the German house, where a banquet will take place Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rhoades, of Bide Island, 111,, are the parents since yesterday of a baby girl. It was also the birthday of the proud father. Mr. Rhoades is a son of Marsh Rhoades and was raised in Rensselaer. He is the superintendent of the Blue Island Telephone Co. * ; k Tuesday was Mrs. Frank Moore’s birthday and in the evening twentysix of her friends and relatives went to her home with well filled baskets and apent an enjoyable evening. All went home wishing the hostess many more happy birthdays. Mrs. Moore received a number of nice presents. John Kepner bad a bicycle stolen yesterday from the alley where he was working on the brick street Several thefts of wheels have been reported lately and there is an indication that they are committed by boys. It will only be a question of time until some youth lands in the reformatory for this kind of work. Mrs. Mary E. Drake took Mary and Josephine Kiser, aged 4 and 6 years, to a Catholic orphans’ home at Ft Wayne today. Their father is a laboring man atid the mother was recently sent to tab insane asylum and the Catholic church took charge of the two little ones so as to enable the Older girls to go to school. ' »■ - - _ - i'._" ". , y - Mrs. Charles Michel, age 24, committed suicide at her home in Napoleon, twelve miles southeast of Greeneburg, By shooting berself in the left breast with a shotgun. She went to an elderberry popgun, attached it to the trigger of the shotgun, pressed the muzzle against her breast, and sprang the trigger with her foot. " V > ' J We have heard a number say that peaches went to waste because there was no market for them. Many people in Rensselaer would have gladly paid from 60 cents $p $1 for peaches if'they could have secured good bnes. One thrifty farmer’s wife advertised in The Republican and had many calls after her crop wab exhausted. Even now there would be a big market for good peaches if they were to be had. —■■H■ ■ ■ ■ . Mrs. Lena Assaruole, a bride of only ft few months, wife of John Assaruole, an Italian living near Bedford. Is mlsterloualy missing, and her relatives fear that she has met with foul play. Mrs. Assaruole, who is only sixteen years old, left last Tuesday to visit relatives and friends in Cincinnati. She did not meet those who were expecting her, The husband went to Cincinnati and asked (he police to assist In finding his wife. The RsMsslaer woman Cbo cut a few didos wlthli Montlcello Insurance collector still lives here with her husband. He sags that he will continue to live with her for the sake of the children, ’ and says that “She Is wlllings to forgive and forget. If I will, and I guess I will do It” As he was In no wise the offender be might wonder a little what sacrifice his wife Is making, bht he seems content with dropping the matter and taking his chances for the future. The Montlcello couple are said to be reconciled and the threatened divorces will probably not materialise, and the old musket frequently used In eases of this kind. Will not be brought Into evidence. Affection that can take a shock of that sort and stand pat cerfaithfulness for

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1911.

DIVORCE AND ALIMONY JUDGMENT OF THE COURT.

Mrs. Florence Embree, es Rensselaer, Secures Decree of Separation From Wmri H. Embree. The third hotly contested divorce case of the term was fought opt Tuesday and Tuesday night in the Jasper circuit court. The plaintiff was Florence Embree, who for almost two years has heeq jt servant in the home of Mrs. Alfred Thompson. The defendant was Ziari H. Embree, pf Parke county, near Tangier, where he owns a farm of 77 acres, valued at about $1,500. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple were married in 1886 and lived together until about three years ago, when the treatment of the defendant forced her to tak-v her two daughters, Blanche, aged 21, and Minnie, aged 16, and leave the home. The evidence brought out some' queer actions op the part of Embree. On June he got out of bed at about 10:30 o’clock and slipped into his trousers and went to the barn and

spent the balance of the night, and after that he established his regular sleeping quarters in the barn, but he ate his 'meals 'jwith his family. To them he assigned no reason for his conduct, but in testifying in his own behalf Tuesday he admitted that he had slept in the barn for some time and assigned as his v reason that his wife and daughters had annoyed him by talking about the daughters of a neighbor with whom he was. on very friendly terms. He complained that they frequently indulged In gossip about his neighbors and he stood for It a considerable time, but when he had to be waked up in the middle of the night to hear them discussed, he thought it was time to move to the barn where &e would not be annoyed. His defense of his action did not seem to make very much of impression with the court, and those in the Jury room seemed to regard the gossip privilege as a prerogative of women, that a man who had been married a quarter of a century ought to tolerate. Embree seemed to be a good deal of a crank and the evidence was very conclusive that if a woman had to l.ve with him it wo'il.i be up to one or thef other to spend most of the time in the barn. His removal to the barn was really the most considerate thing brought out in the testimony that he did for the comfort of his family.

The plaintiff’s testimony sad that of her daughters showed the defendant to be a sullen and grouchy character. He refused to speak to members of the family for months at a time and during the time he slept in the barn he provided almost nothing for the sustainance of his family and they lived so scantily that they almost starved. Finally he found it too cold In the barn and told them that he wanted to come back into the bouse and wanted a room to himself. He was told to take any room he wanted and he then said he wanted the whole house. Mrs. Embree told him that she would go away and the girls said they would accompany her .and he gave them a few days In which to dispose of some things Mrs. Embree owned. When they started away he told them that he wanted it understood thpt he was not driving them away, but they could hardly understand hts motive If that 7 was not it If he is4he sort of husband and father they pictured him he ought to have to spend the balance of his days in the barn and «at out of the manger, while his .family, who are refined people, enjoy the comforts of life. Mrs. Embree and her daughters have established themselves in the friendship of several excellent families here and their friends were much gratified that the verdict of the court was a divorce ami Alimony In the sum of S6OO, to be paid S2OO each year for three years. The plaintiff was represented by W. H. Parkinson and J. A. Dunlap, while Attorney Ratcliffe, a shrewd lawyer from Covington, represented the defendant

Long Voyage Made by Bottle.

Several weeks ego Waldo Scbram, of Pern, put a note into a bottle and sent It afiomt in the Wabash river. He wrote in the note for the person who found the bottle to address him at his home, 229 West Second street, Peru, Ind. Sunday he received a letter from Joseph J. Barbler, 2800 Domains St. Nsw Orleans, who stated that the note wss found on Shell Island, La.. In the Gulf of Mexico. He enclosed the note In an envelope, and sent it back to Peru. It is considered quite sihftnlar that the bottle would go all the way to j New Orleans without being broken or i

FIRE WARDEN MONTGOMERY AIDS PRETENTION MOVEMENT.

Issues Proclamation After Meeting ot Insurance Men Here Taesday L Night—wm *Yoi Help! The effort to educate people to precaution against fires is a worthy one and the appended proclamation from J. J. Montgomery, fire warden and chief, Qf the fire department, should secure the aid of every reader. Tuesday evening at the Makeever hotel were gathered a numbr of fire insurance men, who are going about the state trying to create as much response as possible to the movement to observe prevention day. Among the insurance men who were here were/J. B. Cromer, Robert McHatton and F. C. Dlggendorf, of Indianapolis, And C. A. Russell and J. S. Kemp, of Chicago. They held a meeting of local agents and members of the fire company and others interested in the forward movement in fire prevention. Mr. McHatton, in discussing the movement from the standpoint of intsurance companies, said that the rates of insurance are absolutely judged by the character of the risk and that a little carelessness on the part of prop-

erty owners or tenants often tends to ..materially increase the premiums. This movement is to bring mep and women of intelligence to understand the essential Importance of care. A little negledt may cause a conflagation that will result in many deaths and in a great loss of property. Insurance companies naturally are taking a. great interest, because their officers realize that precaution means the saving of many losses. Even if the interest of the Insurance companies was an entirely selfish one, It is nevertheless commendable and we should not allow them to take any'more interest in our fire prevention effort than ourselves. The result will be less danger from fires, fewer fires, and eventually a reduction of insurance premiums, and there is where we are looking at it selfishly.

It is a big forward movement for the protection of life and property and it should have the unqualified dppport of every person. ' The following is isuued by Chief Montgomery: Will you be a fire warden and saver of life? Average annual property loss in this country, $260,000,000. - It is estimated that 50% of this Is due to carelessness. Will you join in a movement to reduce this enormous waste of property values and the destruction of life accompanying?

Pledges for the safety of- the store or factory: * * I will see that lamps are not filled by artificial light, or after dark. That coal oil is kept in metal cans and in a safe place. ' ; V ' That no oily rags are left around the premises over night outside of a good metal receptacle. That the furnace or heating apparatus is seen to before closing by a competent person. 1 will remove all waste packing material and rubbish each day that is not properly kept in metal receptacles. Packing material regularly in use for packing or shipping purposes will be kept in metal receptacles or In metal or asbestos-lined compartments, or outside the building. I will not allow sawdust to be used in nor will smoking be allowed in the building during working hours by employes, and only in restricted places at stated times. I will not allow the careless use of matches nor have matches about outside of metal boxes under proper custody.

During the month of October I will cause to have examined all flues of stoves or furnaces by a competent person and have them put in proper condition and repair for winter use. I will not permit open elevator shafts, well holes or stairways in the premise* nor unprotected outside or badly exposed openings, if the same can be closed, thus preventing quick communication of fire, if this can be done without serious injury to my business.

I will not permit the use of cotton or lighted candles for decoration; nor place any inflamable material near open lights. I will not use Inflamable material In building or for repairs, if fire-re-sisting material pan be used. I will enforce neatness and will always hare a scrupulous care for fire prevention. | I will promptly turn In the alarm for any fire that comes to my attention and then will assist in extinguishing it, if my assistance is required. I will be very careful about lighted clears and pipes, • I will remedy or cause to be reported any defect In connection with the heating, lighting, cooking or power L ,:fl f, Y ’ f 'L

Hi Time to Call the Painter AMjf nPHE time to call the painter is when y i A your house needs paint If you wait for cheaper linseed oil, you will lose money. The longer you wait the more paint you will need. Use pure linseed oil and PHOENIX (ECKSTEIN) Pure White Lead V IM now and the high price of oil will mean only about 5 per cent, increase in the fmjtemt' cost a very few dollars at most. Not enough to pay for having a shabby '* i i ’y‘ looking place. ' _ V Ask for Our Free Painting Helps ✓ -W ||| f i •- ljf!a H containing color schemes and miscellaneous All 9 3; f|| painting directions. mm pllllftlßilß FOB SALE BY HH A. F. LONG Mflli

GEORGE BUSH CONVICTED OF CHILD DESERTION.

Newton County Man, Who Has Been In Jail Here, Fined and Sentenced to Jail—Sentence Suspended. . ■/ George Rush*'* who for several months has been confined in the Rensselaer Jail, having been sent here from Nekton county on a charge of child desertion, was sentenced by Judge Hanley this morning to pay a fine of SIOO and serve a year in jail. The court then suspended the sentence during the payment by him of $lO per month tor the support of his invalid daughter, 7 years of age, who is now in an institution conducted by a Mrs. Edwards in Winamac. Rush and his wife have not been living together and no effort was made to punish him tor wife desertion. Their child was frightfully burned when a baby and for some time has toen in Mrs. Edwards’ institution and an object’ of charity.' Rush had failed to do anything for its support, although he had promised to do so. He will now have to pay $lO each month into the court for the child or go to Jail. The state was represented by Attorney Davis, of Brook, while Roy Blue represented the defendant. Rush is said to come from an excellent Pennsylvania family and to trace relationship to the founders of Rush Medical College in Chicago. He is a laboring man and during the time he has'been In the charge of Sheriff Hoover has been permitted to work part of the time.

plants within my control within twen-ty-four hours after discovery. I will encourage the Sane Fourth of July Idea.. V// • . W ' Will you do It?

J. J. MONTGOMERY,

Chief Fire Department

Land Auction! 142V2-ACRE FARM Rensselaer, Indiana MONDAY, OcU -1 p.m. To close out partnership. The 142j4-acre improved farm, known as the Bert 0. Gardner Farm, and located on stone road tkree miles east of Rensselaer, Ind.(county seat), and one-quarter mile west of Pleasant Ridge, a shipping point on the Monon Railroad. This is one of the best located farms in Indiana and will be a genuine bargain for the purchaser. The farm is black loam with clay sub-soil, is thoroughly tiled, has sufficient improvements, and will be sold to the highest bidder, on liberal terms. SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON FARM. : For terms and other information, address J. B. Ackerman, 74 West Washington st., Chicago. Auctioneers: {Fred Phillips, I John Culp, Rensselaer

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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight. Sept. —Sun rises 5:53; sets 5:48.

Reduced Rates to Indianapolis.

On account of the Knights Pythias and Pythian Sisters Grand Lodge of Indiana, Oct. 3rd to 6th, at Indianapolis, the Monon Route will seU tickets at one and one-half fare for the round trip. Tickets will be cm sale Oct. 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and will be good to return until Oct 7th. For further Information call on Monon ticket agent. ii Wanted—l -want a bushel large peaches for capping. See T. H Stephens, at Republican office.

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