Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1913 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The arrest of three girls and eight boys, ranging in age from 14 to 18 years, at South Bend Monday, revealed a remarkable gang of youthful thieves operating in that city. Two of 4;he boys, who confessed, ‘said thA girls showed remarkable nerve and not once became frightened before the “job” was completed..

James H. McKenny, for thirty-., three years clerk of the supreme court of the United States, died Monday night at his Maryland home, in the outskirts of Washington, of a complication of diseases from which he had long been a sufferer. His death £nded a service of fifty-five years in the supreme court, beginning as deputy clerk.

The Pullman company is experimenting with a new construction for the end of sleeping cars, that will strengthen them enough to withstand a collision without buckling up. It is designed of “U” shaped steel and is though by experts to solve the safety' problem insofar as the sturdiness of the end construction is concerned.

Mrs. Agnes Haven or, baseball magnate, owner of the Milwaukee American association baseball club, Saturday was married in New York city to A. F. Timme, recently elected president of the Milwaukee clubMr. and Mrs. Timme immediately after the ceremony sailed for Paris, France, on an extended European trip.

Stanley Waterloo, author, and for thirty years one of the best known newspaper men in Chicago, died at 7 o’clock Saturday night at the Chicago Union hospital. Mr. Waterloo was stricken with pneumonia last Wednesday afternoon at the Press Club of Chicago. He was taken to the hospital and continued to sink until the end came Saturday night.

Although credited by Staff Correspondent Blodgett will being an original Wilson democrat, Brother Babcock lias not yet come forth with a line to show that he ever said a favorable thing of the New Jersey governor prior to his nomination at Baltimore, and then he characterized the action of Bryan in hitter terms of denunciation. In fact, the support given the Wilson campaign by The Democrat was so weak that a prominent democrat in Rensselaer addressed a communication to The Republican saying that Babcock had given very scant praise to Mr. Wilson at any time. With this record behind 'him, it is difficult to see where Babcock had any postoffice claim whatever, ‘and Congressman Peterson evidently looked upon it in just that way when he selected Mr. Littlefield for the postoffice, and so did the large number of democrats hereabouts who gave Mr. Littlefield’s application such hearty indorsement.

Democratic editors of the tenth congressional district held another meeting last Suhday, this one at Fowler, as guests of Editor Robey, of The Benton Review. Brother Babcock states that the object of the meeting was to “further discuss the forming of an advertising and newspaper collection association,” presumably to advertise the editors and collect the postoffices. There is indication that Brother Babcock’s recent disappointment for postoffice preferment is'to be made the basis for a vigorous onslaught by the democratic editors of the district on all congressmen and party leaders who have given aid to any aspirant who was not an editor. The Monticello Democrat publishes an editorial saying that “county chairmen and district chairmen have come upon the stage of local polotics, done their little turn and passed out of mind,” and Brother Babcock copies the editorial. ' Evidently these democratic editors are deluding themselves with the idea that they are the “whole” party, and they are probably trying to figure out a congressional candidate to oppose Mr. Peterson, who will not skip a single editor when it comes to passing out the p. o’s. A Classified Atlv. will find- It