Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1912 — Page 1

No. 128.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Fresh strawberries every day at John. Eger’s. Walter V. Porter has purchased a Ford 5-passenger touring car. Try our new, mild, full cream and brick cheese. JOHN EGER. Mrs, I. N.~ Hemphill and Mrs. M. E. Troxell went to Parr to visit with relatives today. ...v... . 777 Mrs. Mark Sayler, of Beunna Vista, Col., is expected here for a visit with B. L. Sayler and family. ' Miss Rose Remmek went to Indianapolis today to visit for the remainder of the week with her parents. Hot weather beverages: root beer, birch beer, sarsaparilla and ginger ale. Large quart bottles, 2 for 25c at John Eger’s. Harry Brown, the Kniman merchant and postmaster, is quite sick as the result of kidney trouble. He is now thought to be on the road to recovery. Constipation causes headache, indigestion, dizziness, drowsiness. For a mild, opening medicine, use Doan’s Regulets. 25c a box at all storea Mrs. Lyman Barce, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Grant Rlshling, of near Surrey, for about a month, went to Fowler today. A fine and refreshing rain fell last night and it was generally welcomed. More is threatened and forecasted for tonight. See our standing seam slate roofing in red and green for use on fine residences. laid without cement and the handsomest ever invented. HIRAM DAY. Mr. and * Mrs Charles E. Nowels came from Longmont, Col.; Sunday to attend the funeral of her father. Holdridge’ Clark. They will return to their home Friday. Never can tell when you’ll mash a finger or suffer a cut; bruise, burn or scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely on Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil. Your druggist sells it 25c and 50c, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Alter has purchased a Franklin roadster, which is probably the most attractive twopassenger auto ever owned in Rensselaer. It is said to have cost about $2,000. I want all property owners to know that the Usona roofings are entirely different and superior to anything else on the market and are guaranteed to you for 10 years with a guarantee that means something. HIRAM DAY. - Mrs. Geprge Cooley and two Bons weriPto Brookston today to visit her mother-in-law, Mrs. Marion Cooley, for a few days. She will also visit in Lafayette and Battle Grond before returning home. The committee on temperance and prohibition of the Methodist conference at Minneapolis, decided to recommend that the headquarters of the M. E. Church Temperance Society be located at Topeka, Kans. Janies T. Randle was taken quite sick Saturday at the home of bis brother, Henry, on North Forest street, and on the advice of his physician, Dr. English, will remain in bed and rest up for several days. C. E. Kersey came down from Kersey today. There is nothing new in those parts that he could think of. Farmers have been busy and have accomplished a world of good work in the past ten days. The male quartet that will sing patriotic songs at tiie cemetery Thursday will be composed of G. E. Prior, J. P. Hammond, W. L. Myer and Harry Jacobs. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be recited by Cope Hanley. ■ / G. L. Thornton and family, of Surrey, took an auto trip Sunday, visiting Templeton, Fowler and Goodland. He found upon his return that he had traveled 120 miles and used six gallons of gasoline, just 20 miles to the gallon. I am now ready to take contracts for all new roofing on any kind of residence or business property. Also painting and repairing old iron, tin er felt roofings, or will furnish first class material and you can do oar own work. HIRAM DAY. James George is feeling much better §nd was able to be up and . about the house for the first time in over . a week* The doctor thinks he will be able to be out by the end of the week, although it will be some time before 'll6 c&Q rot urn to worlc

The Evening Republican.

WEATHER FORECAST. Showers tonight; Wednesday generally fair.

All members of Rensselaer Lodge, Np. 89, Knights of Pythias, and all visiting Knights, are asked to meet at the lodge room at 1:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon to march to the cemetery in the Memorial Day parade. W. A DAVENPORT, Chancellor Commander.

Mrs. Mary E. Lowe was in Monon on business yesterday. Mrs. Rice Porter is visiting in Goodland with her father. - Rev. F. A Morrow wept to Winamac on business/ today. Miss Harriett Shedd is home from Northwestern University for the summer vacation. Mrs. Chas. Jouvenat came from Chicago yesterday to visit for about a week with Mrs. Charlotte George. John Medicus went to Brook today, where he has a few plastering jobs on work contracted by Chas. Parks. Miss Alice Shedd, who has been teaching at Otterbein for the past year, returned here last week for the summer vacation. Orville Warne, son of E. Warne, the drayman, has been sick with the fever for two or three days. He will be but in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rhoades left this morning on a four days’ auto trip to Crown Point, South Bend, LaPorte and other places. Mr. Smith has jobs of stone road building in that part of the state and is looking for other contracts. Marshall Phillips returned to Monticello today, after having been here to attend the funeral of J. P. Warner, his nephew, Mr. Phillips is a brother of the late Harvey Phillips and is a well preserved man, being quite hale and hearty in his eightieth year. Let me cite you to a lot of new jobs and some several years old ones, done with Mica Special Roofing and hear what the owners have to say about it. Any contracts for roofing taken by A E. Kirk will be carried out by me. HIRAM DAY. Mrs. F. M. Sawin, who has'been visiting with her son, A W. Sawin, for the past week, and who was here to attend the graduating exercises of her granddaughter, Nell Sawin, returned to her home in Edinburgh today. Miss Grace Sawin, of Hope, Ind., who also has been here for a week, accompanied her as far as lndlanapolls.

Our roofing paints in red, green and black are strictly pure asphalt paints and not tar dope with which the market is flooded at low price. The real stuff costs only slightly more and you get a paint that will preserve your roof instead of eating it up. See me or A E. Kirk about that rusty roof. HIRAM DAY. Three large automobile trucks passed through Rensselaer today en route, to Fort Sheridan, 111., from Washington, D. C. They were Of three different makes, the White, Packard and Sampson, but all of about the same appearance, being covered with khaki colored cloth. They are being tested by the U. S. army to ascertain their practicability for use by the army. ■ Dispatches frbm Washington, D. C., state that the report of the senate committee on commerce on the investigation of the Titanic disaster embodying a severe condemnation of the conditions under which the vessel was allowed to steam off the Newfoundland banks and recommending remedial legislation, will be presented to the senate Tuesday. I am carrying in stock a full line of the Usona Mfg. Co.’s prepared roofings, that good kind you have heard about, for which A B. Kirk is the traveling salesman. Do not fail to see our Mica Special before buying. It is absolutely fire, lightning and water proof, and adapted to all classes of buildings. ' HIRAM DAY. Otto Brawn came down from Lowell today to hold band practice tonight He states that they are having' a big’time in Cedar Creek township, in which Lowell and Shelby are located. A township option election is being held there today and a hot fight is on between "dry s’” and “wets.” Cedar Creek township went “dry” two years ago, but from all indications it seems that there wHI be a "wet” victory. A Classified Adv. will sell it

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Attention Knights.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1912.

MANY FINE AUTOS GOING TO THE RACES.

Rensselaer on Official Chicago-Indian-apolis Route—Not So Many Cars As Last Year. Rensselaer is on the official ChicagoIndianapolis auto route and many fine cars passed through here today, enroute to Indianaplois. to attend the Speedway races on May 30th. It seems quite probable that there will not be nearly so many cars pass this way, however, as there were a year .ago, owing to the fact that many who are going from Chicago to attend the races are going by rail. They have secured sleeper and dining car accommodations and will thus be able to avoid the hotel holdup in Indianapolis. Most of the cars that go through are large, powerful and expensive ones. Their occupants are usually men bf wealth or chaps who don’t care for expenses. When gasoline is purchased every fellow in the car usually offers to pay. The driver of a large Locomobile stated that he had undertaken to go by the George Ade route, but had encountered bad roads and finally gave it up and kept to the Rensselaer road. There are a good many fellows who express disappointment when they find Rensselaer to be a dry town. They ask how far it is to the next oasis and groan when Informed that it is almost fifty miles. F. C. Deming, a wealthy lumber dealer, and E. F. Johnson, an insurance agent, of Hammond, passed through Rensselaer en route to the races this morning. , ’

Lots of Trouble at Monticello In Selection of Superintendent.

The Monticello school board, the patrons and the public generally are engaged in an embarrassing mix-up about the selection of a new school superintendent to succeed J. W: Hamilton, who recently resigned after several years at the head of the schools of that city. It seems that Mr. Hamilton served a year or two too long for best results and that the school discipline the past year became very poor. Thpre may have been some embarrassment to the superintendent caused by the ambition of a subordinate. The Democrat of that city issues a word of warning “to those who seek to make our schools the instrument for venting personal grievances or reaping personal gain.” Ambitions and petty jealousies by a coterie of persons who seek to reward friends and punish enemies are conditions alleged in a Democrat editorial as existing. That paper wisely recommends: “Clear the desks, gentlemen, and look after the interests of the school.” Rensselaer, fortunately, has no differences like this to contend with and the school board seems to be unhampered by medlesbme people* on the outside. This year a large number of new teachers are to be hired and the board has started early and hopes to secure the best corps of instructors it has ever had. ■/ ' .

Obituary of John Phillip Warner.

John Phillip Warner was born in New Britton, Conn., January 31, 1837, and died May 25, 1912, at Rensselaer, Ind. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1844, with his parents. The family then moved to Jasper county in 1850, where he has since resided. He learned the carriage making trade in Lafayette, when a boy of 18. He worked as an apprentice then for three years. He was considered one of the best carriage builders in the state. He worked at his trade in various parts of Indiana, finally locating in business in Rensselaer in 1858. He enlisted in Company I, Sixth Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, November 5, 1862, and was discharged from the service August 14, 1865 at Pulaski, Tenn., by reason of a rupture, received while on duty, a horse falling on him June 15, 1864. On October 27, 1867, he was married to Julia E. Bedford, of Lafayette, to which union two children were bonn Mrs. C\as. Pefley, of Remington, and D. J. Warner, of Rensselaer. Besides the widow and children he leaves two brothers, Norman and Marsh, of Rensselaer, and one grandchild, HUdred Pefley, of Ttemingtnn.

Primaries Today In Jersey; Nomination Fight Nearing End.

- Both republicans and democrats are holding primaries today in New Jersey. The fight between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt continued energetically up to the last 'There are 28 delegates to be selected. It is generally believed that the result of this primary will about settle the nomination scrap. South Dakota will follow and then the remaining southern staes. . :• L. M

CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION.

(hie Hundred Dollars Appropriated to Rensselaer Band For Summer Open-Air Concerts. The city council met in regular session Monday night, May 27, with all members present. The petition of Thad H.’ Stephens for a sidewalk on Weston street was granted. • The city engineer was instructed to prepare a plat and map for district sewer on College Avenue. The city advertised two weeks ago for bids for hauling coal from the railroad to the city light plant Jesse Gates was the only bidder for the job. He filed a bld for hauling the coal at 35 cents per ton. This is 10 cents higher than his contract for the preceding year. The council rejected the bid and Clerk J3has. Morlan was directed to readvertise for bids for the next meeting. The finance committee were instructed to investigate the matter of installing an adding machine in the treasurer’s and to report findings at next meeting. Conrad Kellner was awarded the contract for building the sewer on Franklin and Plum streets for the sum of $674.96. The council passed an ordinance appropriating SIOO to the Rensselaer Band for concerts to be held on the streets each week. The city teamster was directed to move the bandstand from the street as soon as the band concert is over each Thursday night. The following claims were alloWed: Corporation Fund. George Mustard, spl marshal.. $30.00 Frank Critser, sal nightwatch. .25.00 H. L. Gamble, serv engineer...- 2.00 Sherman Parks, assist same... 1.00 Laban Wilcox, same ■ 1.00 Ray D. Thompson, freight paid .77 Road Fund, Chester Zea, sal teamster 30.00 Park Fund W. M. Ooffel, work 4.00 Electric Light Fund. C. S. Chamberlin, 5a1.50.00 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same 30.00 Terrance Thompson, work line 23.75 Jesse Gates, hauling-coal 21.25 General Elec. Co., sup. 45.80 Illinois Elec. Co., same 54.71 Western Elec. Co., same 91.80, Ray D. Thompson, freight paid 3.85 Water Fund. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00

Rensselaer Boy Individual Star In Sunday School Meet.

John Morgan, son of George Morgan, of this city, for the past year a student of Butler college and their all-round athlete, carried off honors in the Marton county Sunday school meet, held at Indianapolis Saturday. The following account appears in the Indianapolis News of Monday: Pete Morgan, Butler’s half back and all around athlete, proved the individual star in the Marion county Sunday school track meet, held on Irwin field, Saturday. Morgan took first in the high jump, crossing the bar at five ffeet, nine ®ftiches. He broke the Sunday school record in the pole vault, in which event he also holds the state high school record, making it at ten feet, eight inches. He also won first in the shotput and in the broad jump, with a distance of twenty-one feet, three Inches. His discus throw of eighty-five feet, six inches won a second place for him. The Central Christian Sunday school, of which he is a member, easily carried off the honors of the meet with 53 points; Irvington Presbyterian, second, with 40 2-3; Central Avenue, third, with 33 points; Friends church, fourth with 28 1-3 points. Friends church was winner in the mile relay with the Irving Presbyterian second, and Central Christian third. Bronze medals were given the winners of first places, and the three churches having the highest number of points were awarded a silver cup apiece.

John W. Poole is Gaining Health at Penitentiary.

John W. Poole, convicted of the murder of Joseph* Kemper and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Indiana state prison at Michigan City, from the Tippecanoe county court last winter, is at the present time doing light work about the prison yard and seems to be taking his confinement philosophically, according to Warden Edward J. Fogarty. When Poole left Lafayette for the penitentiary he made the statement that he was ill and would not be able to Hve in the prison for six months. Much of the time be has been there he has been in the hospital but his physical condition now is very satisfactory. 7-■7--,-7- . '•.'.Aa.

NORDYKE GOT $50 FINE AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL.

Bootlegger Handed Same Sentence By Newton Court That His Pal Received in Rensselaer. “Bill” Nordyke, who took a change of venue from Jasper county to be tried for “bootlegging,” did not fare any better in Newton county that his fellow bug juice dispenser did in Rensselaer and the court sentenced him to 30 days in jail, fined him SSO and ordered the liquor confiscated at the time of his arrest destroyed. Nordyke was brought back home to lay out his sentence, also his fine and costs and $lO extra for the job of destroying the liquor. Prosecutor Fred LongweU, assisted by Attorney J. A Dunlap, represented the state and Attorney A. Halleck defended Nordyke. Marshal Mustard and Officer Critser, of Rensselaer, County Clerk Preston, of White county, and John G. Brown, of Monon, were witnesses at the trial. The officers told of their experience with Nordyke in Rensselaer and Clerk Preston furnished the records to show his conviction in White county. The jury was out but a short time and returned a finding of “guilty,’’ and after the court had rendered the verdict the liquor, several bottles of rotgut whisky, was destroyed, the bottles being broken and the liquor being poured in the sewer. Nordyke will be a guest of Sheriff Hoover for a hundred days or more, making about 150 days in all. Messenger is serving his sentence also at the expense of the county. It is really a pity" that there is not some labor that these criminals can be made to perform. Messenger is a former murderer and Nordyke has been twice convicted of boot legging and it is unfortunate that their punishment can not' include abouKslx months* labor on a rock pile. The conviction will prove quite expensive to Jasper county and we hope in the future Monticello will keep such trash at home and board them in their own Jail.’ The conviction of these men is a victory for law enforcement and it would have been a sad miscarriage of justice if either had gone free. There are probably some other cases of bootlegging that need attention and the officers should note the offenders whenever , sufficient effort to convict can be procured. -i

A fire at Rossville, Carroll county, early Monday, morning, cau&ed a loss of about $50,000. The fire started in Randolph & Shriner’s store and spread to adjoining buiidiugs, the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows buildings both being burned. Appleton’s hardware and implement store, the Klrcheral dry goods store were destroyed and others suffered extensive damage. The Frankfort fire department was called out and made the trip to Rossville in automobiles, reaching there 35 minutes after the call was made and doing effecteive work with chemical fire extinguishers. In the account of the automobile pccident, appearing in the Monday issue, The Republican erroneously stated that Orris Ballard, a member of the automobile party, was a cousin of George Scott of this city. Mr. Scott informs us that a relationship of no kind exists between them, and he expressed some indignation that he should be coupled up with a fellow who had been involved in such trouble without having been given a chance to deny it George is a candidate for county recorder and don’t want to lose any votes because of unfortunate relationship. Upon deliberation he admitted that Ballard was a grand nephew, of his stepmother or something about that far away and The Republican is willing to do all it can to extricate him from tbe embarrassment of our careless and entirely erroneous, publication. We believe, however, that George’s qualities of excellence are so well known that he will not be seriously damaged by the blunder. The Republican does not believe that any man is responsible for the conduct of another and probably any of us or all of us have cousins, first, second or more distant, that have committed worse blunders than Ballard. Any person that would blame George for what some relatives might have done is crazy with the heat and we believe George is mistaken in thinking that they might The Republican never claimed to be infallible and if we get some of our people coupled up a bit wrong in relationship, we are glad to back track in order to spare their feelings and we trust this statement tally relieves George of any suspicion of relationship with Ballard. Butter wrappers, any quantity. Plain or printed, may be had at ths Republican office.

Miss Naomi Gregg Will Take Delightful Summer Trip.

Miss Naomi Gregg, who successfully completed the term of Miss Louis Kelfer as teacher of German in the local high school, departed Saturday for her home in Greencastle. She, with six young lady friends, has planned a delightful trip for this summer that will serve a purpose -of education as well aa an outing. On June 17tb they will go to Philadelphia where they will board the S. S. Prince Adelbert and sail for Germany. They will go to Hanover, a village near the University of Heidelberg, where each will live during the greater part of the summer with a German family. They are planning to take numerous jaunts throughout the province. On leaving Germany they expect to touch Italy, Spain and France, where they will remain in Paris for a few days before they start home on August 20th, The school board here has been fortunate in securing her services as German teacher next year and the students will profit much from the experience she gains in her trip abroad.

Dr. F. A. Turfler Guest of New England Osteopathic Society.

The fame of Dr. F. A Turfler for his skill in Osteopathy is becoming more widespread every year. He returned Sunday from a trip to Boston, where he was incited by the New England Osteopathic Association to make a demonstration of his methods. That his presence at the convention was desired and valued was evidenced in the fact that they paid all expenses Involved in the trip. He spoke to the convention Saturday afternoon and gave demonstrations of his methods from four different subjects. He was the chief man on the program Saturday afternoon, his work lasting about two hours. There were about 400 present that day. Before leaving Boston he was invited to make a similar demonstration before a convention of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Association, to be held at Pittsburg, June 21st The Doctor intended to visit for a day with relatives in Orange county, New York, but the condition of his son’s'health necessitated his immediate return. . ' '

Funeral of Enolia Retherferd This Tuesday Afternoon.

The body of Enolia Retherford, who was killed near Rensselaer Sunday afternoon by an automobile turning over, was brought here at 12:40 o’clock Monday afternoon and was placed in charge of Herman H. Evans, who took the remains to the home of William E. Retherford, the girl’s father, in Happy Hollow. The body was accompanied from Rensselaer to this city by Mrs. May Jolly and Miss Rose Cooper, of this city, and Charles Frank, John Ballard and Scott Lari, nan, of Medaryville, who were with Miss Retherford when the auto turned over. A large crowd of curious people collected at tlje depot to see the funeral party. The funeral was held this Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment made in . Grandview cemtery. The Medaryville members of*the party remained here to attend the obsequies.

John R. Vanatta Injured By fall on Door Steps.

John R. Vanatta, retired harness dealer, fell this Tuesday morning at his home on North Cullen street and severely injured himself in the back. He had started out of the back door with a pan of water for his chickens and slipped on the steps, falling Hl such a manner as, to strike a corner of one of the steps .with his back. He was renderel helpless and neighbors assisted him into the house. Dr. English was called and found that he had torn the muscles of the back but that no bones were injured. Mr. Vanatta has been suffering some from lumbago, which made the shock considerably worse. He will probably belaid up for several days.

Card of Thanks.

By this means we wish to express our' thanks to all the neighbors and friends who assisted us in many kindly ways following the death of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. Holdridge Clark and Children. I• ■ -

Music Lessons.

We can give music lessons during the summer months to several pupils at the Monnett Home and Watts de Peyster School. Phone No. 447.

When baby suffers with eczema or some itching skin trouble, use Doan’s Ointment A little es ft gore M long way and R is sate for children. 50c a box at aU stores.

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