Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1913 — Page 1

No. 44.

A TOUCH OF SPRING IN THE AIR Have 70a noticed the bright sunny mornings that we are now having? It means that Spring is on her way. It creates the desire in a man to “spruce up" a bit, and to feel and look his best. And this is the best place to buy your new Spring CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS TRAUB A SELIC: “The flow York Stow"

HELD LATE SESSION IN JUSTICE COURT

Squire BusseU Heard Herr-Johnson Case in Vacant Store Room Before fury of Six. - Squire Bussell transferred the seat of Hanging Grove township’s court from his home to a vacant store room in the village of McCoysburg Wednesday and himself presiding and a jury of six of the township’s most representative citizens, conducted the suit filed by John Herr against William Johnson, a former tenant. W. H. Parkison was the attorney for Herr and J. A. Dunlap was the attorney for Johnson. The suit was on a claim for sll3. It was vigorously prosecuted and 'Justice Bussell was called upon to rule on many points of law, and the attorneys were Very much pleased with ,his decisions, as well N as with the order maintained in his court. While a large crowd was present much of the time, the order was perfect, the court ordering the constable to escort one disturber from the room early in the progress of the trial. The taking of the evidence and the hearing of the argument? required until 1 o’clock this Thursday morning and the jury spent some more time in arriving at a verdict. They finally found for the plaintiff in the sum of $51.17, which is said to be right close to a compromise proposed by the defendant.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The senior reception will be held Thursday night at the home of Edson Murray. The WebsteT Literary Society gave the following program Wednesday afternoon: History of Rensselaer. Isabel Martin Indiana men Feme Tilton' Solo .'..Wilda Littlefield Readings from George Ade.... , v Lee Adams Music ......* Girls’ Quartette Miss Mallory was appointed critic and after her report the meeting adjourned. The date has been set for the high school play “Sweet Lavendar,” and it will be given at the Ellis Theatre Thursday evening, March 6th. The basketball boys are going to Lowell to play Friday evening. The six weeks’ examinations are being held this week. The senior class pins have come and all are very well pleased with them. . Members of the play had their pictures taken Tuesday evening in their costumes. The Northwestern University each year offers prizes for a literary contest, to be open to pupils in the high schools of the United States. This year the subject to be written upon is “Reasonableness of the Demand for International Peace." Florence Ryan, of the senior class, has been chosen from this school to take part in the contest. The states are divided into seven groups and in each group three prizes are offered, $35, S2O and $lO, respectively for the first, second and third best essays. This, is the first year this school has entered the contest but it is hoped to make it a yearly affair from now on. Standing of the Boys’ Basketball League: ’ Team W L Pet. Browns 9 0 1000 Whites 6 4 600 Blacks 5 4 551 Blues 6 4 554 Greens 6 5 546 Grays 4 5 445 Reds 4 6 400 Purples .. 4 6 400 Maroons 3 6 333 Yellows 3 9 250

Marriage Licenses.

Wiley E. Haskins, horn Nov. 8, 1895, present residence Wolcott, occupation fanner, and Blanche M. Harper, born in White county, Nov. 11, 1897, present residence Barkley township, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Clarence Scott Sfaelman, born Bloomington, 111., March 21, 1888, present re#dence Remington, occupation fanner, and Hellen Smeroy Stiller, born Remington, March li 1888, present residence Remington, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Special trouser sale, 20 per cent discount

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The Evening Republican.

BUDGET MEASURE IS PASSED BY SENATE

Senate- Increases Appropriations $23,000 Dollars More Than the * House Approved. Indianapolis,' Feb. 19.—Late today the senate passed under suspension, the regular appropriation bill amended so as to call for expenditure of $23,850 more than had been approved by the house The increases over the amount allowed by the house, amounted to $36,050, but this was deducted by three reductions made by the senate which totaled $12,200. Practically all of the increases were for salaries, though the state normal school at Terre Haute was given an additional maintenance fund of $7,500. To pay the judges of the supreme and appellate courts $7,500 annually will require $16,500 additional revenue per year. - ■ ( Stenographers of the judges were allowed $1,240, instead of SB4O, the assistant clerk of the supreme and appellate courts were increased from $1,200 to. SI,BOO, and the fee clerk was given S9OO instead of $750. Senator R. M. Jackson proposed to keep the salary of the assistant superintendent of public instruction at its present figure,. $2,000, instead of $2,500, as tha house had made it; the deputy superintendent at $1,500, instead of SI,BOO, and a clerk at $1,200, instead of $1,400, but he was defeated. Senator iFarling lost in his effort to increase a stenographer in the same office to S9OO from $720. u Senator G. C. Wood’s motion to make the traveling and incidental expense allowance of the state reference librarians department $5,000 instead of $9,200 was carried. Senator R. H. Jackson’s efforts were defeated when he proposed to maintain the salary of the clerk of the print ing board, which had been raised to $2,500 from $1,500, and to hold the salary of the assistant clerk to S9OO, which has been increased to $1,500. He also objected unsuccessfully to the increase of salary of from $2,500 to $3,500 for the supervisor of oil inspection and an increase of S9OO for clerk hire, which the house had raised from S6OO. Senator Grube, who had been opposing increases asked for and was granted the following increases: SSOO in salary of superintendent of public buildings, SI,OOO more for assistants, $1,200 to re-establish the office of assistant custodian, $1,200 additional for the carpenters and policemen at the state house. The salary of the clerk of the state board of accounts was raised to $3,006 from $2,506. The senate voted against the amendment of Senator G. C. Wood to reduce the allowance for clerical and expert assistants in the same department from SIB,OOO to $15,000. The chief clerk in the state board of health had his salary increased from $1,500 to $2,000 upon motion of Senator W. R. Wood. Five thousand dollars was cut off from the $20,000 item for incidental expenses of prosecutors by the health board. The third saving was cutting $3,000 off the $14,000 which the house had allowed the state board of charities for expenses. Thirteen new bills were Introduced during the day. Senator Cleveland, of Evansville, presented one to per mit the building of a coliseum there at the county’s expense and Senator Carleton, of the same city, one which would limit the tonnage of any train to 3,500 tons. Senator Clarke, of Indianapolis, presented a measure making it illegal to put insane persons in jail while awaiting hearings. The establishment of a rural banking system, similar to that recently adopted by the Virginia legislature, is proposed in a bill by Senator Neal. Under suspension of the rules the house po day passed the Carleton senate joint resolution ratifying the amendment to the federal constitution which provides for the election of United States senators by direct vote Representative Eschbach, the republican floor leader, In explaining his vote for the resolution. said he had voted against suspension of the rules because he saw no reason to hurry the action through the house The following senate bills were passed by the house: Kattmanp, concerning the construction of levees and dykes by incorporated associations, with minor house amendments; Ballou, prescribing a fine ranging from S2OO to SSOO for the pumping of natural gas from wells, and prohibiting oil companies from letting gas pacape from their wdls;

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Six Cases in the Primary Grades, Some of the Children Being Sick in the School Room. The measles, whooping cough and. mumps are all scattered about Rensselaer, and especially are the measles in a large number of families. Six nesw cases were reported from the three primary grades this Thursday morning, all of the children having been in the school room right up to the time of breaking out with the disease and some of them being sick in the school room. It is stated that for some time there has been a very lax enforcement of the quarantine rules and the result is that at this time measles and whooping cough are in every part of this city and two or three cases of mumps are reported. It has arrived at a point where the spread of the disease is certain to go farther and will be difficult to cope with, especially if the schools and public meetings are permitted to continue At the close of the schools this Thursday evening the three primary rooms in which recent casss have broken out will' be disinfected and every precaution taken there to prevent a spread of the disease, but the fact remains that all the pupils in those grades have already been exposed and will not only break out with the disease but carry it to others. While the diseases are comparatively harmless with children from 6 to 15, if they come one at a time, in combination they are very serious and whooping cough is especially hard on tig \ babies and it is feared more deaths will result if babies generally contract the disease. Parents are urged -to take..every precaution and to keep their child ren home from school when they are even slightly sick until the nature of the disease is ascertained. In the meantime the physicians should hold counsel and determine the number of cases and the advisability of closing the schools.

Squire Irwin performed the marriage ceremony Wednesday afternoon of a fine looking Remington couple. The groom was Mr. Clarence Scott Shelman and the bride was Miss Hellen Emeroy Stiller. Each Is nearing their 25th birthday. He is a former and they will make their home near Remington.

two Falkner bills, that corrected errors in the title and legalized salaries paid to St. Joseph county officials under an act passed by the preceding legislature; Stotsenburg, providing that firemen and brakemen have two years’ experience before they are advanced to engineers and conductors respectively; Ratts, reducing the time in which an appeal ean be taken to the supreme and appellate courts from one year to six months; Wood, providing that one general bond he given by county surveyors for all the work they may do. 'House bills that were passed follow: Hawkins, authorizing voluntary associations to take possession of public cemeteries in which no person or association has any equitable interest; Dunham, prescribing that the county surveyor, at the end of his term, shall turn over unfinished work to his successor; Hughes, giving the city of Indianapolis/the right to levy a tax to raise funds to assist in the construction of a coliseum; Van Horn, providing for the payment of the installation of conduits for municipal lighting systems by affected property owners; Bierly, giving cities the authority to enact ordinances to establish municipal commission houses for the sale of agricultural products. The Spencer bill. Increasing the tax levy for the benevolent educational and state sinking fund, was made a special order of business for Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The committee on ways and means which last night decided indefinite postponement on the W. W. Spencer measure to appropriate $28,000 to transport civil war veterans who participated in the battle of Gettysburg to the anniversary celebration in June, tpday presented a report favoring the measure. Representative Spencer explained that the vet rans had requested the committee to report favorably so that the house could take action on it Representative Bands, of South Bend, sent up a bill creating the office of state fire marshal at a salary of $4,000 annually. The first deputy is to receive $2,500 and the second deputy $2,000.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDA7, FEBRUARY 20,'1913.

MANY NEW CASES OF MEASLES REPORTED

Squire Irwin Married Remington Couple Wednesday.

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FORMAL DEDICATION OF NEW HIGH SCHOOL

Edgar O. Holland, Former Teacher Here, Will Be the Speaker— Friday Evening, March 7. ??***'T ■■■£' ,_- v -. •* * r rttaL 'i. l .. - rin ~ r _ The formal dedication of the new high school building will oeeur Friday evening, gMarch 7th. After considerable effort the committee in charge has been able to secure the services of Edgar O. Holland as speaker on that occasion. Mr. Holland was once connected with the schools of Rensselaer, but is now the superintendent of schools at Louisville, Ky. In addition to the address the committee contemplate other features for the program. Full details will be announced later. , An effort will be made to have all the business houses in Rensselaer Closed tdi this occasion, so that every businessman in the city can Attend ther service, hear Prof. Holland’s address and learn more of the great public school system of Indiana. 1

REBUILDING OF G. O. P. FAVORED

Senators Root and Grane Indorse Plan for National Convention Next Fall. i Washington, Feb. 19,—The prospect for a Republican national'eonvention next fall, to revise the rules governing the selection of national delegates and to change the basis of southern representation at regular republican conventions, was Strengthened today through expressions favoring the proposed national gathering by Senator Root of New York and Senator Crane of Massachusetts. ' Demand for a renublican convention has been based upon trie desire to make such changes that states will have the opportunity to select their delegates through primaries or otherwise, and to eut down the number of delegates from states having a light republican vota r ‘T am in favor of holding a republican convention at some convenient time next fall or winter,” said Senator Root, who was chairman of the Chicago convention last June, “for the purpose of doing two things: (1) To make representation in nation convention proportioned to the republican vote—that is, correcting the disproportion in what is spoken bf as the southern representation. “(2) To permit the republicans of each state to elect delegates to national conventions in their own way, so that the choice in each state will be regulated according to the laws of the state. “In order that these changes shall be effective in a convention to nominate a president, they must-he made before that convention and that can be done only by a special convention. The national committee is still bound by the old rules which were adopted by the convention of 1880. They will have to call the next convention just as they did the last one, under these rules, unless a special convention is called to make the changes, which certainly ought to be made.” 4 Senator Grane also endorsed the convention plan. “I am in favor of holding a republican national convention for the purpose of changing the basis of representation in proportion to the republican vote and also to amend the rules for the election of delegates in such manner as may be deemed wise,” Senator Crane said. “History has shown that a change in the basis of representation is not likely to be made at a nominating convention and this emphasizes the necessity of a special convention.” No definite steps have been taken toward issuing a call for the convention. Expression by members of various factions of the party indicate that efforts will be made to bring republicans from all states together within the present year for the revision plans.

COALrCOAL Call No. 4 for all sizes of hard coal; also genuine Jackson Hill and Luhrig for ranges; Pittsburg, splint, smokeless and Indiana for heating purposes. RENSSELAER LUMBER CO. Epworth League Social Postponed. Owing to the (set that the senior reception takes place tonight, the Epworth League social to be held at the home of Mrs. A. A Fell, has been postponed until tomorrow night. A Classified Adv. wtt sell 11

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MICHAEL SCHULTZ CLEARS THE WAY

Deeds Farm to Children, Thus Pacifying Them in Their Objections to His Marriage. - * A deed was recorded this Thurs day morning by Michael Schultz, the aged Union township former whose plans to be married were stalled by his children a few days ago, conveys to his nine children and one grandchild the title to J4O acres of land. The deed is mode to Bertha Schultz, et aL naming the children, but it provides arrangements for settlement by which the four sons are to take the land, paying each of the five daughters SI,OOO and to the granddaughter, Etta Kruger, S3OO. Until these reeeive their mQney the deed provides a lien on the land. Mrs. August Rosenbaum, of Hammond, is one of the daughters. It is not known whether the aged German citizen will now go ahead with his matrimonial plans, but it is probable that the children will now offer no objection.

Tbe deed gives to Mr. Schultz a life income from the form.

NOTICE.

The Canvasback Duck Roofing Co., sole owners of the Canvasback Duck patents and trade marks, issued to Albert E. Kirk, of Rensselaer, Ind., covering Canvasbaek Duck Roofing and Siding, Roofing Mica Special brand, Rubber Top Filler, Auto Body Cleaner, Roofing Paint, Black, Red and Green. Also factory agents for all kinds of roofing and paint from tar to asphalt. We have rented the Leopold building now occupied by Vance Collins and will take possession March L 1913, when we will carry a stock of the Canvasback Du (Si lines and will do a general contracting business in the roofing “and painting line Aside from our own line we will give your figures on any style roofing from slate and tin to wood shingles. We have no agents in Jasper county. When we have any we wHf publish their names.

ALBERT E. KIRK,

DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. W. L. Myer plans to be In Florida from March 4th to 17th. Advance. notice is given In order that patients ean arrange accordingly. New Cream Station At McCoysburg. Low man Bros, will buy cream at McCoysburg commencing Tuesday, March 4th. and will receive cream on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week until further notlee They will pay Elgin prices and guarantee a fair test. The Gordon Players at the Ellis Theatre, three nights, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Opening bill “In the Bishop’s Carriage." Prices 15c-25c-35c. Ladies free if accompanied by one 85c ticket Call Ellis Theatre, Phone 98, for reserves. The nicest large eating potatoes in the eity, 15c peek. ROWLEB * PARKER.

General Manager.

WEATHER FORECAST. - Cloudy, probably followed by rain in the south and'rain or snow In the north portions *late tonight or Friday; colder tonight

* More than 2,000 men in the United States are engaged in the white slave traffic and their names are known to the department of justice, according to a statement made by Stanley W. Finch, special commissioner of the department, who has charge of the government crusade against this violation of the law.

I he El lis Theatre J. H. 8. ELLIS, Manager. THREE NIGHTS, COMMENCING Thurs., Feb. 20 Mr. F. S. Gordon Presents The Gordon Players “It tlx Bishop's Carriage” A four-act dramatisation of the famous novel. Full of comedy, pathos and thrills. Each play fully equipped with special scenery and eleetrieal effects. Singing and daneing specialties between acts. - Not a dull moment during the evening. With each ticket goes a personal guarantee from Mr. Gordon and your local manager of satisfaction or money refunded. We give you more for your money than any company on the-road. —— • -■ . Ladies Free Opening Night Note-A lady win be admitted free on the opening night if accompanied by a paid reserved seat ticket if purchased at the advance sale before seven o’clock. One paid ticket will admit a lady and gentleman or two ladies. PRICES lfio-lfeSfe. Wot Reserve Call Ellis Theatre Phone M, New Depet Redman HOME-MADE BREAD HOMEMADE PIES AMD DOUGHNUTS Lunches, Short Orders, Confections, Cigars, Etc. Orders token for Rolls, Oakes, Etc., for parties. ROOMS 60c. Rn. LURA PENNEL ■" . _JL.'LJi'.'eg Sohatiflt Spill idJutßiMh Remove the cause of disease and the result will be health. JC o £M£?* r Over Rascal Drag Store. Rensselaer. Indiana. Office Days: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and every evening. '

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