Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — Page 1

No. 167.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Alice Coen and Gertrude Jackson went to Mt. Ayr today. Buy your threshing coal of Hamilton & Kellner. W. R. Shesler went to Hammond today to visit with relatives. Deering binders, mowers and rakes for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. Harry G. Wood returned this morning from a business trip to Monon. Before you buy see our buggies. HAMILTON & KELLNER Miss Cecelia Hollingsworth went lo Kokomo today to visit with friends. Mrs. Finney returned to her home in Chicago after spending a few days here. Sandwich-' Perkins’ Windmills. Harry Watson,. Phone 204. Senator, A. Halleck returned yesterday from a business trip to Kankakee. Floyd Hemphill went to Chicago today and will visit over tomorrow with his brother, George. The jiffy curtains are a feature of the R-C-H cars that are meeting with instant favor by the public. Clarence Smith has been home several days from Wanatah, where he was working for his father on a stone road contract. Figures collected by experts in New 'Eork .city show that suicide Is increasing at a rapid rate throughout the United States. L C. Emmons, who has been building a store at Pleasant Ridge for Clifford Parkison, returned today to his home in Frankfort. All accounts that have run longer than four months are now due and a payment on same will we greatly appreciated. I. M. WASHBURN. - Mrs. B. M. Smith and daughter went to Colburn this •morning to visit for a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Marion. Mrs. H. L. Barnes and baby returned to her home in Chicago today after four or five weeks’ visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Rainier. If you are paying more than lg&c for pure country or city lard, yod are paying too much. JOHN EGER. A. C, Frost, H. Boyle a&d H. D. Jones came down from Chicago today and will remain over Sunday as guests of John Duvall at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall. . J. D. Tudor and wife returned to their honie 4n Lexington, Ky., this morning after a, week’s visit her® with his brother, George Tudor, and wife. •i i . Attorney E. P. Honan received a* letter this morning from his son, Edward, who left here Wednesday evening. Ed had reached SL Louis and had found employment. Miss Cooper Howe returned to her home in Wichita, Kan&, after visiting since Thursday with Miss Lizzie Hemphill. They were school friends the Teachers College of Indianapolis. • - V ' . I—“I suffered habitually from constipation. Doan’s Regnlets relieved and strengthened the bowels so that they have been regular ever since."—E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas.

The Evening Republican.

C. Arthur Tuteur and Charles R. McFarland returned yesterday from a week’s fishing trip at Burrow’s camp. Although they made a small eatch, they report that fishing is very dull. This will be your last week to a chance to guess on the jumbo sack of flour. One guess with every sack of the best flour made, “Aristos.” JOHN EGER. x Mr. and Mrs, Ed Duvall and Mrs. John Duvall and son, Edgar, motored to Crown Point in the frmer’s auto yesterday to visit for the day with John Duvall, who is training horses there. There is nothing more refreshing these hot days, than a bottle of “Root” or "Birch" beer, “Ginger Ale,” or “Sarsaparilla.” Large quart bottles. 2 for 26c. JOHN EGER. Dr. Charles Fidler, of Milwaukee, Wis., spent several days herA this week visiting his mother, Mrs. I. N. Hendricks, and his brother, E. L. Fidler. He Vill leave this afternoon for his home. You can secure Mica Special Roofing from any dealer in Jasper or Newton counties. If your dealer doesNpot have it in stock, call me up and I will supply you direct Priceq/the same everywhere. HIRAM DAY, Joe Erbst, the Apperson agent, returned here after a short visit at the factory at Kokomo. He will work this territory for some time, as this year’s machines have been sold, but will leave in a couple of days to work at the Chicago headquarters. Have you noticed the new electric lighting system of the R-C-H car sold by John Knapp? The cars are equipped with 12-inch Bullet electric head lights and double parabolic lens, and 6-inoh Bullet electric side lights with parabolic lens,, Mrs. Beck has purchased of Delos Thompson the residence property on North Van Rensselaer street, which has been occupied for a numbeif of years by J. J. Montgomery. The consideration was SI,BOO. She will take possession November Ist. Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Slaughter left today for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Ben Smith, at Hioopeston, Ilf. After a two weeks’ stay there they expect to go to Lafayette to visit a brother and sister of Mr. Slaughter, whom he has not seen for years. They will probably be gone a month. The R-C-H automobiles, the agency of which has been taken by llohn Knapp, made a hit at once here. He bas ordered a car load to be shipped at once from Detroit. He bas already sold a 6-passeuger touring car to Lee Mauck and has other prospects Ip view. ~ v :

i Don Beam now has his foot on the soft pedal and' is bearing down very lightly with his left pedal extremity. While “smashing” baggage a few days ago he slipped and, Incidentally, fell. It was a severe jolt to his dignity, for, as you all have heard, “pride goeth before a fall.” He was unloading, baggage from the evening Hoosier Limited when, simultaneous with his falling, a trunk in. the baggage car took a tumble to itself. At that psychological moment when Don’s foot was nearest the brick pavement, the trunk, hanging pendulously from the car door, dropped cleanly and forcibly upon his foot, producing that peculiar sandwich effStt. Not to mince matters further and to be d&ect and to the. point, his ankle whs painfully injured and ligaments were severely strained. He was able to be back on duty at the Monon office this morning.

Entered January l, 1897, as class man matter, at ths »oat-ogoe at Xtesssolaer. Indiana, under tl»e act or March 3, 1879.

Over Forty Persons Enjoyed Evening’s Bating, Sumptuous Feast and I Informal Dance. This is a cruel, cruel world Nothing to drink but liquid— Nothing to eat but food! This is the wail of the members of The Jefferson Club who, with their young lady friends, held a picnic. Friday evening at the Nagle grove, southwest of town. Twenty some couples took advantage of the opportunity to hie themselves to the tall grass and woodlands to enjoy a few hours of simple life and to escape the clamor and din of the city. Hayladders and automobiles served as the principal means of transportation. The main event and the headline act on the program was the “feed,” which was furnished by the young ladled. They responded to their part of the occasion in an elegant manner and the feed they put out beggars all attempts at description. In fact, not long after the eating was in progress, Elmer Wilcox choked while trying to tell how well he liked it. After that he busied himself eating and could not be induced to say a word during the remainder of the evening. About 6 o’clock the “eats” were laid out on the greensward and the way the boys “laid to” was an impressive and awe-inspiring sight, one that would make the proverbial Indiana “cornfed” turn green with envy. From the first to the seventy-ninth and last course the air was filled with a wierd mixture of gurgling voices' and the licking of chops. As the shades of evening began -to fall the merry picnickers started to town. A big 38-horsepower machine containing six of the party wandered from the beaten path in the pasture and before they knew what had happened, the machine was down to the running board in the muck, mire, and water of a minature swamp. After various futile maneuyers and one or two hours’ delay, Virgil Robinson unhitched hjs team from the hayladders and towed the swamped machine to solid ground. He was the uncrowned hero of the day. The crowd arrived in town about 9 o’clock and to make a crowning success of the evening a dance was given at the armory. and was attended by most of the picnicers. At the close of the dance about 11:30 all left confirmed in their belief that the evening had been well spent.

Topi Taggart, the Indiana democratic boss Wj.o lesigned as a member of the national committee following the Baltimore convention, has decided to reconsider his resignation and will continue as committeeman until after the election. The entire democratic state committee joined in a demand that Taggart continue,at his post. Taggart’s success in getting all the liquor vote and in fooling the temperance democrats into believing that his henchmen were really for the curtailing of liquor privileges, made him a leader that democratic bosses throughout the state disliked to lose. It is hardly probable, however, that democrats who were so entirely deceived fbur years ago, will permit the oily Tom to deceive them again. Probably a new committeeman who had more honor even if less sagacity, would have been vastly more ing so the better element of the* democratic party.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1912.

JEFFERSON CLUB PICNIC WAR SUCCESS.

Tom Taggart to Continue as Democratic National Committeeman.

Stolen Auto Taken to

Francesville by Young man.

The Warren-Detroit automobile, for which Kankakee officers were search- * ing a few days ago, was taken to Francesville by the thief, a young man named W. F. Edward. He tried to sell the machine in that town at a big sacrifice of its value, and also tried to “beat” a gasoline bill bnt his suspicious conduct prevented him doing either. Editor Fitzpatrick, of the Francesville Tribune, helped to identify the machine as one stolen from Kankakee, but before the officers arrived Edward had left town, after inquiring the way to Monticello and Logansport The officers, who passed through Rensselaer Wednesday, continued in pursuit of thd thief after receiving the information at Francesville. ' ‘ The R-C-H cars are equipped with demountable rims and an Optra rim is furnished without extra charge with each car. This makes it possible for a lady to take • tour alone with pleasure, as she does not,have to worry over the prospect of a blown, out tire. \ .. ...•>.. -v-v-,.

The Tide of Terror

Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Co. CHAPTER IL The Ebbing of the Tide. That night Captain Glenney, true to his old habits, went to, take a glance at the weather before turning in. His cottage overlooked the ocean from a gentle rise of ground; away on his left, to the northward, were the clustered twinkling lights of St. Johns. To the south, out at 9ea, a thin drifting fog hovered over the Banks. The air was heavy with a stagnant, lifeless heat; the sky was still obscured by racing clouds. The night seemed unnaturally quiet, even the breakers beating on thS~ shore were hushed to a hoarse murmer. “If it's coming, I wish it would come!” the captain grumbled. He sniffed anxiously. “I don’t smell rain, but if them clouds don’t mean mischief somewheres, I’m a Chinaman. Well, the Soosun-Ann’s snug and taut, whatever happefis.” ■ He looked down at his boat, dipping and bobbing at her moorings in the little bay; squinted wisely at the clouds, without, however, gaining any further information from them, and went within. Many another skipper echoed the captain’s grumble that night All up and (|own the coast was keen suspense and the strain of the nerve racking anxiety. By all the sighs and portents, something*, ought to have happened; ' that nothing did happen only added to the uneasiness. t Morning broke; a lurid dawn, with an angry sun In a copper sky staring down uponi glassy, heaving waters. The atmosphere was slightly hazy; the humidity was excessive. It was noted by many that on tarred ropes, such as are used for ships’ rigging, etc., globules or resin had oozed out like drops of sweat. Ship’s painters found difficulty in preventing their paints from “slipping,” especially when white lead was used to any great extent. With dawn, since the storm did not break, business was resumed. Merchantmen cleared away from port, warned, however, by the weather bureau to expect trouble. In the cities the atmospheric disturbance was not so apparent; but on the north Atlantic coasts apprehension still lingered. , At six in the morning the tide was high, with the ocean still oily calm, and little motion save for a sluggish ground swell. Captain Glenney, about six-thirty, hoisted sail on the SoosunAnn, and, with scarcely enough wind to move her, crawled out to his fishing grounds as be did every day in the week that the Soosun-Ann could manage it , »• The Soosun-Ann limped shoreward toward the jagged, sharp-toothea rotiks and the strip of clear yellow beach which formed the little bay where her boat house stood. Overhead a pair of_ gulls wheeled and flapped seaward with raucous screaming. The Soosun-Ann scraped her fat side against a sunken rock, and Captain Glenney swore softly. A round blaqk rock, crusted with, barnacles and bearded with floating seaweed, slid past the Soosun-Ann’s counter. The captain gaped at it. “Fifteen years—and I’ve never seen the Porpoise above water before. That’s what I call curious, by Sam!” Subtly the scene had changed; and at first the captain could not tell why nor how. The Ode was low —he realized suddenly that It was very low. It left a wide stretch of sea grass. The murmer of the ocean was scarcely 'audible. The captain glanced at his watch, believing the hour not so late as he had thought But bis nautical instinct of time had not played him false; the hour for the ehange had arrived—but the tide was not coming In. ‘This is what you might call curious, by Sam!” the captain muttered. He shook his watch with violence and held it to his ear; turnfed and squinted solemnly and carefully at the sun. But his watch was going; and the snn was where it should have been. At first he. was merely perplexed. The significance of what he saw did not occur to him. He sat on the gunwale of the boat, staring at the naked shore and the. glassy waters with doubtful eyes. Once or twice he repeated softly: “By Sam!** Presently he marked where the wat-

ers lapped the Porpoise, just covering an under-ledge of the rock. At the end of half an hour, carefully timed, he looked again. The ledge was clearly showing; the waters were falling fast . ... •. -' .. ' Captain Glenney got himself to his feet with a dawning panic in his face. The water, had covered the ledge; it was the hour when the tide should be high; now the ledge was bare. “My God, what’s happening!” the captain exclaimed aloud. He began to be afraid—of what he did not know. Always he was inclined to think the thing a trick, a delusion of sight or senses. That the tides, unvarying in their obedience to the laws of the dead world that governed them, should change, was as monstrous as that the stars should halt in their courses. Inch by inch the tide went down; foot by foot the waters drew back from the sloping floor of sand. Slowly the base of the rocks came into view, where they rose gaunt and black above the receding waters. Now from among pools came forth swarms of small sea-creatures, driven their nooks of shelter; crabs slid sidelong in set-ambling haste over »the slimy weeds. V Along the shore people began to gather in panic-stricken groups. None knew what might happen next; the ignorant and superstitious feared that the end of the world had come. Where the little bay had been was a rocky bottom, stark and bare; the boat house stood high and dry, perched on its p.iers like upon stilts. Mistaken Point, five miles or so south, loomed as a high headland, rock-strewn and desolate. The day drew to a close upon a scene which might have had its birth in the distorted brain of some mad painter. / It was a nightmare scene to the thousands who thronged the coasts to witness what damage had been wrought. Business was convulsed. The question uppermost in men’s minds was, “What will happen if the sea does not return?" Dwellers in seaport towns saw themselves left high and dry even as their stranded ships, their occupations gone, their trade diverted to other channels. It would mean the loss of many millions of dollars to the coast cities; and nobody knew what could be done to remedy matters. The wildest reports were circulated; among others, that all the ships of the United States North Atlantic squadron, which were gathered off Newport for target practice, had been caught in ttye receding tide and left stranded. , Captain Glenney spent the last hours of the day among the* crowds upon the beach. In his absorption he thought of neither food nor rest. Like others, hgrtiad been fairly stupefied by tlje sheer magnitude of the disaster. But toward evening, mentally and physically exhausted by tSe excitement he had undergone, he set out back along the beach toward his cottage, intending to get food and much needed sleep. The sun was climbing slowly down the western sky, intense, brilliant Long shadows began to darken the ocean’s bed. Far out almost at the line where the ever-falling water began, lay the carcass of a shark, with a cloud of gulls hovering over it. The rank smell of the slimy weeds was nauseating. At sight of something half buried in the weeds among the rocks, almost beneath his feet the captain drew back with a startled exclamation. He peered ‘ cautiously, keeping at a safe distance. . v “My Sam!” he exclaimed. “That’s a sea-serpent! In the Lord’s name, how did it get in here among them rocks?" * Something lay stretched before him, round, serpentine, slimy, covered with seaweed 1 and clusters of shells.

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WEATHER FORECAST. Local thundershowers today or Bunday.

The captain poked it cautiously, his stick uncovering some of the staff from its back. It did not mote, bnt still he could not see more than half a,yard of it. “It’s dead, ail right,” he considered, and boldly slashed away the shells and weeds. Suddenly he dropped bis stick as though the thing in truth were alive and bad turned on him. “The cable!” be shouted. “My Sam, the Atlantic cable!” He glanced back toward the roof of a honse visible around the Point Light flashed into his face; he swore with sudden and startling fervency. To any one watching, he must have seemed undoubtedly mad. § “Sandy, by the Lord!" be cried, and slapped the "sea-serpent” in an excess of emotion. "Now we’ll see, matey, what’s become of yon. You wall-eyed toadfiah, this business isn’t doing a thing to you!” He ran painfully up the beach toward the cable station. (To Be Continued.) “— ■-

Heart Trouble Causes Death Of Mrs. B. T. Lanham.

Mrs. B. T. Lanbam, a well liked and respected woman of Marion township, died at one o’clock this Saturday afternoon at her home southeast oi Rdnsselaer. Heart trouble was th, cause of her death. She had been sick for some time and suffered greatly from heart trouble since January. She was born 53 years ago in Hamilton county, near Noblesville, Ind., and came to* this county nine years ago with her husband and family. Besides her husband she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lucy Boone, of Connorsviile, and five children: Clarence, the eldest is married and living in North Dakota. The youngest child is thirteen years old. The funeral will be held at the home Monday at 2 p. m. Services will he conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper, pastor of the H. E. church, and burial in Weston cemetery. The nomination of Andrew F. Gugsell to be'postmaster of Jasper, Ind., is held up in the senate. It is dietastful to many prominent democrats of the Third district, if in' said, and a formal protest against the confirmation pf the nomination will be : made to the senate postoffice within a few days. ,/- '•'■■■•; After having balloted 589 times, the republican judicial convention of the circuit composed of Washington and Orange couqUes, In session at Paolt, nominated James L, Tucker, of Salem, for judge. Arthur Mead, of Paoli, was named for prosecutor. The convention first met in Jane and the delegates, unable to agree, adjourned until Wednesday. 1,1,1 “ 111 1 " y The house of representatives yesterday adopted articles of Impeachment against Judge Robert W. Archbald, of the United States commerce court, by a vote of 222 to 1. Representative Farr, of Pennsylvania, cast the single vote against the bill of impeachment Mr. Farr is a lifelong friend, who has all along voiced confidence in Judge Archbald’s integrity. Some of the features of the R-C-H car are most axle clearance of any car-, Warner auto-meter, tally-ho horn, center control, automatic sparker, straight line drive shaft, Bosch magneto, non-skid jiffy curtains, etc. And best of all, the cqr Is sold for S9OO, fully equipped. This price includes everything. Yon do not buy the car and then have to spend two or three hundred dollars before you are ready to take a trip. If interested ask John Knapp, the local agent, for 1 a free demonstration. .. ;r;

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