Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1913 — Page 1

No. 91.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO BE REMODELED

Enthusiastic Board Mooting Detides to Proceed at Once. With Rebuilding Plans. , , ' . 'f V-U*' . -r. An enthusiastic meeting of the board of the Christian church was held at the church Tuesday evening and it was the unanimous decision that it was timely to renovate and modernize the church* and a committee of five was appointed for the purpose. The committee'eQljy sists of F. M. Parker, P. W. Clarke, Dr. W. L. Myer, J. N. Leatherman, and D. E. Grow. They weje authorized to proceed at once ; with the work, making all changes that are necessary to modernize the church and provide for the needs that have become so apparent within, recent months. The plans include the throwing out of the present heating plant and the future heating of the building from the city light plant, the making of dining rooms, kitchen, closets, etc., in the basement, changing the north side entrance and making it a basement entrance with inside passageway to the main floor, also for the decoration of the interior. When Rev. W. G. Winn, the pastor, came here a year ago last September he found the church laboring under a debt of considerable size and he said at once, “It must be discharged.” He met ready response and the debt was paid at once. Now hn is meeting the same cheerful resw/nse to the remodeling plans and tne fact that the contemplated improvements will cost at least $4,000 has not created any alarm and the rebuilding movement is meeting with unanimous approbation. It is hoped to have the remodeling completed within ninety days or even sooner.

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PRESIDENT WILSON ADOPTS NEW RULE

Wants to Know About Qualifications as Well as to Have the Senator’s Endorsement. Washington, D. C., April 15.—The Indiana senators have just received a warning that their recommendations as to patronage will not be conclusive with the Wilson administration. Under the old forms-of distributing offices the recommendations of the- Indiana senators would be accepted without question in filling all such offices as district attorney, United States marshal, revenue collectorships, etc. - This rule, under the new dispensation, is set aside and the recommendations of the senators will be accepted only as prima facie - evidence of fitness. This -announcement is authoratative and casts a new and interesting light on tjie patronage policy that will govern President Wilson. After a conversation with Attorney General Mcßeynolds regarding the quailflcations of men'to be appointed, Senator Kern wrote to him asking him whether the recommendations of senators would be accepted without further inquiry, and if not what test would be applied to the solution of the question as to fitness. ' In his answer the attorney general says that he has a very earnest desire to improve the qualifications of the law representatives of the government ahd that they should be trial lawyers of recognized ability, already prepared to take care of the government’s affairs in the courts where it is necessary for them to practice. He adds that the president’s position is that he (President Wilson) will give especial weight to the commendation of senators, but as the responsibility of all appointments must ultimately rest with him, he reserves the right to make such inquiries as will satisfy his o\yn mind.

When Senator Kern was asked if he had received such a letter he admitted that he had, but he declined to discuss what effect it will have as to various candidates for Indiana appointments. It js supposed here that it will eliminate several of -the candidates for district attorneyship. Kern establishes two facts’ of paramount importance. One is that the recommendations of senators and representatives wjll be only prima facie evidence of fitness and in no sense binding upon the president. The other is that jn reference to district attorneyships the president and attorney general have made up their minds that none but lawyers of well-established reputations and entirely familiar with federal court practice need apply. The first proposition has a sweeping application to all government appointments and means that the senators will not be “the whole show” and that if they should recommend men whom 1 the president should deem unfit, he will have no hesitancy in rejecting them.

A Classified Adv. will find it.

Elhtered January 1, 1897, as second class mall matter, at the post-office at Rens-selaer, Indiana,- under the act of March S, 1879.

Rensselaer. Indiana. Wednesday, april is, 1913.

BORNTRAGER DITCH AGAIN ASSAILED

Attorney W. H. Parkinson Seeks to Enjoin Construction on Alleged * Error of Court. Attorney W. 31. Parkinson, on behalf of Benjamin J. Gifford estate, John and Emma Herr, Bennet Lyons, H. E. Parkison and several others, has started- proceedings to enjoin the construction of the Borntrager or Lower Iroquios ditch, the contract for Which was sold to Chas. Sternberg several weeks ago. The suit will be based on ah alleged error made by Special Judge John W. Hanan, of LaGrange, and will set out that the order establishing the ditch was not valid because it occurred at a session of the court that was not legally an adjourned session. The, complaint sets out that on June 22nd Judge Hanan adjourned court without fixing a date for it® reconvention and that this action invalidated any proceeding until after the next regular session of the circuit court. The order made by fudge Hanan r(>ad “Adjourned until blank day of blank month.”, The court did reconvene on July -12th, the complaint sets out, and attorneys for the remonstrance filed a plea in abatement which was., overruled. The complaint further says that when the was finally, established by the court sought to the action by dating an order to June 22nd, setting out that the adjournment was by agreement of the attorneys until July 12th. Attorney Parkinson states that Judge Hanan adjourned court in order to accompany the Marshall boomers to the national convention at Baltimore and that the convention kept him there longer than he had expected and that he did not return to Rensselaer to open court until July 12th. He says that he will be able to show that the attorneys did not agree to the postponement and that the continuance of the action-was in violation of. Law and is sufficient cause for the "injunction asked in the complaint.

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ORDERED EMPLOYE TO TURN OUT LIGHTS

Two Men Visited Rensselaer Plant and Forced Tul Malone to Throw Street Light Switch. \- Y?bat would you do in the middled! the nighblf you were all alone and two men" with burglar masks surprised you and one of them demanded you to throw up your hands and used a big revolver as an argument? You’d do it, wouldn’t you? Ninety-nine .out of a hundred would do the same thing, perhaps nine hundred and ninety-nine out of A thousand. ' i. ,?• Well, Tul Malone, who has. the light plant shift between li o’clock at night and 8 o’clock in the morning, had the experience Tuesday night. He was in the boiler room reading a paper at 10 minutes of 1 o’clock. He sat with his back to the east door, which is the back door of the plant, leading to the alley from the boiler , room. He looked backward, possibly attracted by some noise, and there stood two men with short, black masks and the one in front had a revolver. He did not poke the gun into Tul’s face, but he had it ready as he said: ‘Turn out the street lights.” “Tul thinks he asked, “What’s the idea?” but he is.not. just certain what he said. He does know that the man raised the revolver higher and told him to obey orders,and not ask any fool questions. Tul went into the engine room at the front of the building and the man followed him, holding the pistol at the ready position. Tul turned the switch controlling the street lights and the man said: “Leave them off.” The man with the gun went back through the boiler room and joined his companion and they went out through the alloy. Tul don’t know which way they turned. He didn’t care, just so they went some place. When he thought it safe he tried to call Nightwateh Critser but could not get- an answer at the Makeever hotel: He then called Chester Zea at the fire engine house and Chester awakened Marshal Shesler, Constable W. S. Parks and others. The officers of the town were soon on the job and in a half hour or such a matter Tul had the street lights on again and was protected by two or three officers, \yho were prepared to give the “bad men” a warm reception. But they did not reappear, and a search abouj; town failed to reveal any trace of them. / Tuesday three street medicine men had been in town and they were sleeping at the Barnes flats, over The Republican office. It was thought that two of them fairly well answered'the description given by Malone of his midnight visitors and Officers went to the flat® and got them out.* They were preparing to leave on the early mdrning train for the soufh, any way, and were not seriously inconvenienced, although they were very badly frightened. They-were taken to the light pl&nt and Malone said at once that they were not' the men who had visited him. They went to the depot and departed for the south on the morning train.

Officers and volunteer aids, garrisoned to the teeth, 1 watched all trains, but there nothing occurred that gave a clew to the visitors at the light plant, except an indication that the men were the ones who had robbed the Monqn depot at Hammond ol about S9O at 9 o’clock that evening. When passenger train, No. 3, due here at 11:05, left the South Hammond yards, two men were riding on the top of the baggage ear and they rode there until Rensselaer was reached. Word was sent to Rensselaer and several officers met the train upon its arrival here. The men seemed to suspicion some trouble and had climbed down from the roof of the car and the fireman saw them run ahead and east in the yards near the Harrington elevator. The train pulled out slowly, officers walking on each side to prevent the men from again getting on the train and when the stock pens were reached the signal was given for the train to pull out and it did so, and the men who were supposed to be the robbers did not get on. But the officers could not And any trace of them and Anally gave up the search and had retired when the incident at the light plant occurred. Since no efforts were made to pull off any robberies here it is supposed that the burglars were either scared away or had ordered the lights out because they thouent they might encounter officers and have to Aght their way loose and would sooner do it in the dark. * The incident has occasioned a great amount of talk and concern here, as it is the Arst time in many years that a desperate deed of any kind has been undertaken.

CHEER UP! THE BAND CONCERTS WILL START

Don’t Become Disheartened and Give Up the Ship—Sweetest Music Yet is Promised. That real, sure enough spring is here and the good old summer time on its way, is made sure by the announcement that the Boys’ Band of Rensselaer is going to open the summer concert season Thursday evening of next week, April 24. That the announcement will be received with delight all along the line is certain and if pluvius conditions absent themselves there will doubtless be a large crowd of people out to welcome the return of the concert season. Get your concert rags ready for tfie 24th and save up your nickels for the return of the ice cream soda, popcorn and peanut season.

Article Misstated the Rates Charged by Hitch Barns.

A country correspondent assailed the street hitching order a few days ago and made an appeal for an 'outdoor hitch rack. The Republican published the article because it seemed of yery great importance as affecting the business relations of the merchants and the country people. We were personally ignorant of the rates charged by the hitch barn proprietors and did not know until our attention was called to it that there was a misrepresentation in this respect. The hitch barn men all have the same charge, namely, 10 cents for a “hitch,” whether of a single horse or a team, and not 20 cents as the article stated. In justice to them the correction is made. The hitch barn men, by the way, are in no sense responsible fbr the ord’er not to tie on the main business streets of the town and we have it from the city marshal that there is 'no intention of stopping the hitching on the back streets unless in cases where the horses are neglected or are causing damage to property.

A farmer from Bafkley township called at The Republican office this week to say that he heartily approved the position tken by another farmer and had heard it talked among many farmers. He suggested that a public hitching rack could be established just south of the mill, and that businessmen would make a good investment to rent the ground, put up a hitchrack and -bear the expense of having it cleaned whenever it wgs needed. He suggested another thing and one? that would be much more acceptable, doubtless, and that was that the businessmen form an association and issue checks good for hitching privileges based upon a certain amount of trade. The hitch barn proprietors would accept the checks and the merchants that issue them woyld redeem them. This would doubtless be a very good measure to carry out, not for purposes of business competition, but adopted by all merchants and employed as an inducement to trade in Rensselaer. A businessmen’s organization could accomplish much to head off the eycr-growing mail order business.

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WEATHER FORECAST. * ■ Fair tonight and Thursday.

Some Real Estate Transfers That Hava Been Recorded.

During the past few days several real estate transfers have been recorded, among them the following: Ellis Jones, et al, to R T. Xanham, 80 acres described as follows: south half, of southwest quarter of section 16 township 28, range 6. Consideration $3,500. Dr. 8. H. Moore to Charles R. Weiss and he to E. L. Hollingsworth, 148 acres, being part of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 31, range 6. Consideration named in each deed, $8,660. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. to Franeis M. GofT, part of the northeast quarter of section 33, township 31, range 7. Consideration $3,500.

Couple Married Monday by Rev. Green at Court House.

Rev. J. P. Green was called to the court house Monday afternoon to perform a marriage ceremony. The groom was Russell Edward Morton, a son of Frank P.. Morton, of Goodland, .and the bride was Miss Ella Jane Friend, of Goodland. Russell is now living on a farm near Monon, where they will make their home.

Dance Will Take Place At Armory Thursday Evening.

vA. dance will take place at the armory Thursday evening and It is expected to be one of the pleasant affairs of the season. Indianapolis music has been secured, including the saxophone, and preparations ar£ being made for a large crowd. Invitations were sent out several days ago.

For the newest and best Clothing and Furnishings for Men and Boys see TRAUB & SELIG. REMEMBER, WE SET THE PACE. MJsB Alice Parks returned today from Bain bridge, Ind., where she had stopped on her return trip M. T. Parks. LOST—Ring, probably in or near Presbyterian church or on the street. A gold band ring with C. C. W. on inside. Finder please bring to Republican office. Reward. Drs. E C English and I. M. Washbum and Miss Gertrude Hopkins went to Goodland this morning to attend the funeral of Dr. Pratt. There were sixty autos from out of town at the funeral, whieh was probably the largest 'attended burial service conducted in Newton county for many years. Secretary Garrison of the war department has laid before President Wilson and the cabinet plans for the appointment of a commission of engineers to survey the Ohio flood district with a view to determining the cause and devising means for the prevention of such a flood disaster as that from which the country now is recovering. It is understood that the proposal met with the approval of President Wilson and his advisers.

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