Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1913 — Page 1

Mo. 178.

Che Princess Cbeatre THEO. GEORGE, Prop.

BASEBALL MEETING. v A meeting of all ball players and All stockholders is called for Tuesday evening, July 29th, at the armory, at 8 o’clock. Let all turn out. Obituary of Bernice Iliff. Bernice Pearl Iliff was born Oct 30, 1898, at Chicago Heights, 111. Bernice, who lived and was jpst budding into womanhood, has gone to blossom in a fairer, brighter world than this. She died July' 22nd, at 8 a. m., aged 14 years, 8 months and 22 days, leaving two sisters, a father and a mother to mourn their loss here; also a host of friends. Col. M. W. Lynch arrived from Stroud, Okla, this morning. Attorney A. Halleck made a bus! ness visit to Chicago today. August Busse returned to Cincinnati today after a visit of several days at St. Joseph’s college. Mrs. F. E. Glassooe returned to Chicago this morning after a visit here with the family of John Tilton. Miss Madeline Snyder, of Logansport, is spending a few days here with her cousin, Mrs. Melvin Haas. Miss Margaret Bass returned to Greenwood today after a visit of ten days with Miss Nina Martindale. ; See the beautiful drama, adapted from Bret Harte’s poem, “John Bums, of Gettysburg,” at The Princess tonight. Mrs. M. E. Brainard returned to Chicago today after a visit of several days here with J. W. Childers ’ and family. . r Father Christian Daniels, of St. Augustine’s Catholic church, spent several days last week at the retreat at Cathagenia, Ohio. Junior Benjamin came down from Chicago yesterday to spend the day With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Benjamin. Mr. Gorman Bennett, chief of soliciting department of the Monon, at Chicago, visited Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Beam yesterday. Miss Ida Thlerman returned to Louisvilla Ky., today, after a visit •of two'weeks with her sister, Mrs. Omer Fellmy, at Forssman. r Mrs. Oliver Daugherty and two daughters, of Hammond, came Saturday for a visit of two weeks with their aunt, Miss Ellen Sayler. Miss Victoria Johnson, who has been employed the past- year at VanArsdel’s store, returned to her home near Francesville Sunday. Mrs. Jessie Taylor left for her home In Milwaukee this morning after a visit here with Mrs. Hale Warner and Mrs. W. O. Milllron. Bev. Rudolna Stoltr left today for his home at Sedalia, Mo„ after spending a week here visiting St. Joseph’s college and the Indian school. Mrs. R. P. Benjamin’s brother, C. 8. Magee and wife and her aged father, B. F. Magee, came over from Otterbein in the former’s auto yesterday and spent the day. Chas. J. Murphy and wife and nephew, Ben D. Paul, of Brooston, made on auto trip to Rensselaer Sunday and took supper at the Makeever hotel. Mr. Murphy is a member of the state utilities commission. Louis Jacks passed a very bad day at Lee Sunday, and his death was expected at any hour. He revived some after 2 o’clock in the afternoon and rested better the remainder of the day nd throughout the night He can not last long, so reports say. Mr. and Mrs. A Halleck and daughter and husband went to DeMotte Bunday to see Dr. L N. Wells and found him very much improved from his slight stroke of paralysis and able to be about as ' usual. They brought back to Rensselaer with them, Mrs. 8. L Luce and son, Truman, and Miss Emma Dtekerhofl, of Chicago, who had been visiting'at DeMotta.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHTS PROGAM. ' “Bathe’s Weekly,” including all events of international interest, with Mutt and Jeff in a laughable Stunt. drama. “John Bums, of Gettysburg,” a sterling Kalem drama taken from the Poem by Bret Harte. Tickets every night for the chair. SHOW BEGINS AT 8:00 PROMPT.

WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled; local showers tonight or Tuesday.

Lafayette Young Men to Walk to San Francisco, Cal.

Lafayette Journal. Harry J. Franklin and P. N. Mallney, the Lafayette young men who are going to “hike” to San Francisco, left the court house square at 10 o’clock this morning on their long journey. They expect to reach the coast city in time for the opening of the Panama-Pacific exposition in the'spring of 1915. The Lafayette Retail Merchants’ association has provided khaki uniforms for the young men and in return for this favor Franklin and Maloney will advertise this city all the way to the coast. They will carry on their backs pennants inscribed “Lafayette to ’Frisco,” and will meet all their expenses by selling Lafayette pennarfts and postal card pictures of themselves. They will leave the city by way of Wabash avenue and will make Attica their first stop. From Attica they will go to Danville, 111., St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno and San Francisco. They will carry greetings from Mayor Geprge R. Durgan to the mayor of San Francisco and the president of the exposition. Franklin moved here with bls parents from Gary last April. He was born in Covington, Ky. Maloney came here from St. Louis. They are energetic young men with plenty of enthusiasm for their venture and a determination to succeed, although they realize it means much hard work and many hardships. Both are athletic and sturdy enough physically to withstand the rigors of their long walk.

Brother-in-Law of Mrs. Matt Worden Killed in Train Wreck.

Frank J. O’Connor, of Green Bay, Wis., brother-in-law of Mrs. Matt Worden, of Rensselaer, was killed in a train wreck Saturday at Catline, Wis. O’Connor was the engineer of the wrecked train, the Copper Country Limited, running between Calumet, Mich., and Chicago. A tree blown across the track was the cause of the wreck, which piled engine, express and baggage cars In the ditch, killing four persons and fatally injuring a fifth. The killed besides Mr. O’Connor were little Francis Way, son of the express messenger, of Chicago, who was taking a vacation on the trip with his father; A. Klinesmlth, of Green Bay, fireman; and an unidentified man. Mr. and Mrs. Worden left for Green Bay Sunday on recept of the news of the fatality.

The Constant Advertiser Is Sure to Get Results.

If you meet a person on the street but once or twice a year you usually pass him without noticing him In the least If you pass him every day you will notice him and in a little while begin to speak to him, perhaps. It is the same way with advertising. If you see an advertisement In the paper but once or twice a year you will hardly notice It and will forget It entirely In a little while. If you see it every week it will so impress you that you will be unconsciously drawn toward that advertised store or article, and it will be like meeting a familiar face—you’ll want to get acquainted with IL Do you keep your goods and name before the people every week? J S

Two troops of cavalry, two companies of artillery and all the Infantry companies of the Michigan national guard have beefl ordered north at once to aid In quelllhg the disturbances In the copper country, where 15,000 miners are on strike.

The' American commission on agricultural co-operation, which Is composed of delegates from different states in the union and senators of various states, arrived Friday at New York on the White Star liner Cedric from a three months’ trip abroad, In which they studied the system of cooperative banking and the rural life of Europe along social lines.

Entered January 1, 18>7, aa second claas mall matter, at the poet-offlce at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the act of March 8, ItTfc ' ’

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAT, JULY 28, 1813.

YOUNG GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Regina Burris, Who Claims to Be Daughter of the Late B. J. Gifford, Drank Carbolic Acid at Grandfather’s Home.

MISS REGINA BURRIS. (Photo by Parker).

Miss Regina Burris, who was 16 X ■ years of age on May 3rd, and who is the granddaughter of R. W. Burris, attempted to commit suicide by drinking carbolic acid this Monday morning, and it is not improbable that death will result. The act was committed at the home of her grandfather with whom she has been living. At the time, about 9 o’clock, Mr. Burris was working at the H. R. Grow farm, northwest of town, and Mrs. Burris had gone to the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Richardson, about two blocks away. Mrs. Albert Witham, who lives across the street from the Burris home, heard the girl scream and then call for her, and it was a moment before she could tell from whence the call caiqe. She then hurried to the Burris home and .scented the acid as soon as she entered the house. The girl said she had taken a teaspoon and one-half and Mrs. Witham saw that she was severely burned about the lips. She called for other assistance and Drs. Kresler and English were summoned. The girl was able to talk and told Mrs. Witham that she had tried to kill “herself because of false reoprts about her. Mr. Burris was at home when a reporter for The Republican called. He was unable to tell much about the incident, as he was not at home when It occurred. He said that he had seen nothing unusual about the conduct of his granddaughter, that she had appeared cheerful and had that morning brought him his dinner as he started out to work. He said she was a very resolute girl and was apparently always happy. He said that his son, John Burris, and wife have been living there and that they have been “wrangling” much of the time and that this had troubled Regina some. John and his wife had left earlier in the morning and It is presumed were going to MeOoysburg. •; From other sources it is reported that John and his wife have n</t treated the girl very civilly and that they are the persons responsible for her fit of despondency and that they had told her that there was some very unbecoming talk about her, which is said by those who know her best not to be the case. She Is said to be a very dutiful young lady and to have always conducted herself entirely above criticism. Mrs. Witham, a neighbor, says that the girl was a splendid housekeeper and took great pains In seeing that sweeping and dusting was thoroughly done and that it annoyed her to have things out of place. Another neighbor expressed the opinion that the girl has been Imposed upon by members of the family, but says that

Secretary Houston has announced that hereafter the department of agriculture will send a weekly letter to its 35,000 township and 2,800 county correspondens of the department, giving the latest agricultural Information of value to the farmer. J. T. Figg, of Hoopeston, 111., came today to look after his farm interests at Surrey. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. McCullough and two children, of Terre Haute, are visiting O. W. Clift and family.

both Mr. and Mrs. Burris, her grandparents, treated her well. Oh Sunday afternoon and evening she Was In the company of Fred Kupker a youth from over toward Francesville, who has been working for John Zimmer, and he was called for soon after she tried to take her life and was with her when The Republican reporter called. He sat by her s|de and fanned her. She was on asofa in the living room of the Burris home. The girl’s mother is now Mrs. Mary C, Nutt, of near Kempton, Ford county,’ 111. When Regma was born her mother was Mary C. Burris, and was a girl only about 16 years of age. She had for some time accompanied B. J. Gifford in his drived to his various farms and auring this time became a mother. She was placed in a hospital-fid Kankakee, 111., before the child was born and it is said that Gifford paid all expenses and that lie often said that Regina was his child. The accompanying picture made from a recent photograph, shows a decided resemblance to Mr. Gifford, and no ones seems to doubt that she is really his child and his only offspring. In the Gifford will she was left $5,000. Soon after the will was probated preparations were begun by Miss Burris, through Attorney J. A Dunlap, of Rensselaer, assisted by Emery Sellers, of Monticello, to contest the will on the grounds that Gifford was of unsound mind when the will was executed or that he was unduly influenced by George H. Gifford, who was named the executor of the will. The action has not been filed but. Mr. Sellers was copsuiting Mr. Dunlap here last week and it is said-the proofs are being prepared and the complaint drawn up. Mr. Burris stated to a Republican reporter that his granddaughter was very anxious to have the ease tried and to establish the fact that B. J. Gifford was her father. He alsto stated that a rep resentative of the other beneficiaries under the will had made overtures for a settlement but that he did not know what had been offered. At noon Dr. Kresler made a second call at the Burris home and found the girl resting very well and not suffering very intense pain. Rethought there was a fair chance for recovery unless the kidneys were so affected that they would not perform their proper function. There seemed no serious danger for several hours and possibly the kidney trouble would not develop for two or three days. Mr. Burris had not sent any word to the girl’s mother, Mrs. Nutt, up to noon and said he thought he would await the outcome. The Burris home Is on North Franklin street, one block east of the residence of H. R. Grow.

Direct wireless communication between America and Asia Is now an accomplished fact, the U. 8. Army corps station at Nome, Alaska, having been in nightly communiea tlon since last Sunday with the Russian station at Anadyr, Siberia, 500 miles west of Nome. A good show tonight at The Princess. DeForest Muster returned to Valparaiso today after a week's visit with Ms uncle Louis Muster, and famUy. z

LOST TWO 10-INNING BALL GAMES SUNDAY

Athletics Defeated 8-7 at Remington and Rex-Alls Lost 6-5 Contest to Morocco. Rensselaer drew the short end of two extra-inning contests Sunday, each by the margin of one run. The Athletics after having almost bagged the game at Remington, indulged in" some bush-league playing that gave the contest away. Remington tied the score up in the ninth and won in the tenth by the score of 8 to 7. The Rex-Alls, who played Morocco at Riverside .-Athletic park, also lost a 10-inning contest by the score of 6 to 5. At Remington the Athletics led off with 4 scores on hits by Harold Clark, Swartzell and Elmer Wilcox, and a costly error by Tonie. Remington also scored one in the first. Harold Clark let two grounders get by and Tonie and Maxwell were safe. Chandler flew to Denniston, who pegged accurately to the plate and cut Tonie off. Harris hit safely to left and Elder threw to the backstop, letting Maxwell score. Sells went out from Harold Clark to Swartzell. In the fourth Remington scored again. Harris was out on a fly to Elder and Sells landed on one of Clark’s easy ones for a safety. K. Schlademan hit to Putts, who threw to Parks, apparently nipping Sells, but the umps called him safe. Sells was off the base when called safe and had to run to third, which he reached when Clark intercepted Parks’ throw. Putts threw the ball back to Parks to try to get K. Schlademan and Sells went home. The Athletics scored in the fifth. J. Wilcox drove a fly to Hotaling, who dropped, it. Denniston hit safely. Howard Clark hit to Tonie, who fumbled and threw wild, letting Wilcox score. Elder threw to W. Schlademan, whose good throw to the plate cut Denniston off. Clark tried to steal home and was caught. > The need of coaching was demonstrated in the sixth. Putts was hit by a pitched ball and Sells kept possession of the sphere Until Putts stepped off first. Then he threw to Harris, who -nipped Louie and made the crowd jeer. Harold Clark hit safely, but was caugnt at second when Swartzell hit to Schlademan. Tonie tried to double but heaved the ball to an adjoining pasture and Swartzell went to second. E. Wileox hit to Maxwell, who muffed the ball and Swartzell scored.

In the seventh inning, which had proven so lucky the Sunday before with Monon, the jinx certainly got in its work. Definiston hit safely and Clark was passed. Elder drove a fly to Hotaling in center. He muffed it. Denniston and Clark did a statuary stunt and Elder sat down at the plate. Finally Chandler managed to get Hotaling to throw him the ball and Denniston was out at third. Clark still remained on firsf and Chandler ran to second and forced Clark. If he had continued on to first he would have put Elder out and completed an unassisted triple, but he did not know Elder was still at the plate. No one else realized it except a Rensselaer spectator, who walked up to the plate and induced Elder to run. Tust as he was about to reach first, Fleming, who had the ball, woke up and threw it, but there was no one at first to receive it and Elder went to second. Elder scored a little later when Putts hit safely. Rensselaer had now accumulated seven scores and Remington had five. In their half of the ninth Tonie was hit by a pitched ball and Maxwell and Chandler each hit safely, Tonie scoring. Harris hit to Putts, who did not work fast enough to catch Maxwell at the plate and the score was tied. In the tenth Rensselaer went out in order and for Remington Schlademan fanned but reached first safely when the ball bounced off from the plate. Crandall, a younger brother of Otis and Carl, caught one on the nose and sent it to deep center, scoring Schlademan, winning the game and gathering the bacon. While the Athletics were getting theirs at Remington, the Rex-Alls were playing a hot game with Morocco on the Riverside grounds. The Rex-Alls got, a bad start the Morocco lads getting to Bristow for four straight; hits and three runs In the opening frame. Bristow then tightened up and pitched brilliant ball, striking out ten of .the visitors. Some errors belind him and some rank decisions of the umpire lost him the game by the score of 6 to 5, In the tenth frame. Chupp played a star game In the left garden and Eldredges catching, base running and throwing to seconds were features. Tommy McGlinn, at

WOUNDED SOLDIER DIED IN HOSPITAL

Madison Militiaman Who Was Shot by Sergeant of Provost Guard Died Sunday Morning. Walter Dowell, the Madison militiaman, who was shot last Wednesday night by Sergeant Edwin Ball, while trying to escape after his arrest, died In an Indianapolis hospital Suhday morning. Dowell had gone to Indianapolis and was arrested with a bottle of whisky in his possession. The whisky was confiscated. Later he jumped off the car on which he was being taken to the army post. Ball shot him, a 38-caliber ball passing clear through his body just above the right hip. The bullet penetrated his abdomen. He is a married man, having one child. The coroner took charge of the body and announced that he would conduct an investigation. Ball was arrested by the civil authorities after the shooting and turned over to the national guard officers and has been a prisoner in the guard house. Sergeant Ball is well known to a number of members of the local national’guard company, especially to the riflemen, rs he wag an expert pistol shot and a fair rifle shot. He was personally a very pleasant and nice appearing young man. - There can be no possible excuse for issuing ammunition to a guard at a militia camp and Ball may be less to blame than some superior who ordered ammunition Issued. The Investigation should determine what ordera he was acting under. The private soldier in the national guard is a patriot He enlists for a period of three years and does so at great sacrifice to his business Interests and also to his family needs If he has a family. He attends the summer eamp of instruction as a military duty, receiving less wages than he can make at home. He serves the balance of the year for almost nothing. His tenfl ays’ camp is his only outing for the year and necessarily the camp is run according to strict rules of military discipline. And except Ip cases of extreme danger or where the prisoner had committed a crime of a very serious nature, the issuing of ammunition to a guard who might, as Ball did, use it unwisely, is an act that deserves condemnation and is certain to censure not only Sergeant Ball, but whoever unwsely granted him the privilege of loading his revolver.

Crown Point is certainly lucky with automobiles. Since the first “critters” came into use here, a dozen years ago, and the place has now more than 150 in daily use, not an accident has happened here with local machines, or those from a distance, to do any harm worthy of note, and often 500 foreign cars pass through here on a Sunday. We can say nearly as much for fires tjie past few years.—Crown Point Star.—-—j Try our Classified Column.

short, also played a star garner accepting every chance with ease. Shoemaker had an on day at first, not playing his usual good game. The Rex-Alls are proving themselves able ball players and several of them are certainly comers and with fair decisions they would have won this game, against a combination from Schneider, Shelby, Morocco and other places.

Notes of the Athletics Game.

Dad Swartzell was up six times and got two 2-baggers and two singles. Harold Clark coupled some good hitting with some bad errors. He has it in him, but for some reason don’t seem able to get the fast grounders. Practice wifi fix him. Louie Putts was tried at third. He looks like a possibility but will need practice to speed him up. Dad Swartzell played infallable ball at first, as did Parks at second. The outfield is strong on flies and fast returns, Elder's wild throw marring his record and costing a run. E. Wilcox gets them all at second. The base running was miserable. Denniston should not have been coached to try for home from third on the short right field fly. It was suicide. Practice was needed. Two or three afternoons this week should be used for getting ready tor the next game. Sells, a Fowler discard, played, brilliantly for Remington. His daring base running won the game, while his throwing was a feature. He also pitched two airtight inn-

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