Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — Page 1

No. 106.

CRUMPACKER FINED BY JUDGE HANLEY

Hammond Attorney Called Lawyer a Liar—Was Fined $25 for Contempt of Court. Peter Crumpacker, a Hammond lawyer, the first named of the defendants in the Porter race track suit, and one of those against whom the judgment was given in favor of the Manhattan Lumber Co., and other plaintiffs, became angered against the defendants’ motion for a new trial. Crumpacker called Whinnery a liar and Judge Hanley promptly and properly assessed a fine of $25 against the bellicose attorney. (Saturday was devoted to the argument for a new trial. 'The argument continued throughout the day and until late at night. Judge Hanley overruled the motion for a new trial, to whidh the defendants excepted and prayed an appeal. In all probability the case will go to the higher courts. . ~X "7 Circuit Court.

The jury returned on Monday and the case of State of Indiana vs. John Clouse was the first one-set for trial. The ease, however, will go over to the September term of court and in the meantime an effort will be made to place the Kerns woman, who Is still living at the Clouse home, in some institution where she may be properly cared for. The ease of Fenzel vs. Brookie was then called and tried before a jury. The plaintiff was asking payment for bushels oif corn delivered to the defendant at his elevator at Tefft. The defendant did not deny receiving the corn but there was a dispute about j;he price and the number of bushels to be delivered. The defendant contended that the plaintiff agreed to deliver nine or ten hundred bushels at the price of 42 cents per bushel, the plaintiff contending that he did not agree to deliver any stated numbeY of bushels. The testimony was dose and conflicting but the jury decided for the plaintiff and gave judgment for $52. Judge Berry, of Fowler, is here today, Tuesday, to try the case of Jenkins vs. Graves, venued from Newton county. x The case of Erickson vs. Oliver and Zehr is also set tor today. W. H. Hershman, as administrator of . the estate of Joel M. Spriggs, files inventory showing value of personal estate 'to be $1,661.56, less $258.00 taken by the widow, leaving balance of $1,403.56 in hand® of administrator.

Hear the Salisbury Family Of Musicians on May 14th. A treat is in store for music and entertainment lovers. On Thursday, May 14, the Salisbury family of ten musicians will visit Rensselaer and appear at the Presbyterian church. They are very talented and all who hear them are sure to be pleased. The admission will be 35 cents for adults; for children 25 cents. . ..v....—... A refined entertainment, sure to please all who attend it and certain to pack the house. Get tickets early. Tickets for sale at A. F. Long’s drug store. S. F. Bowser, of Ft. Wayne, and many other owners of the twentytwo cottages burned two weeks ago at Winona are rebuilding already. A Tonic That Pulls You Up Gives Ton a Strong, Healthy Grip on Thlaga—*<VAl. DONA” TONE-UP REMEDY, Men and women, just a few days of this exceptional revitalizer! Then you’ll realize what It means to be glad you’re living. All that makes you in this *1 Feel Strong Enough to Tame a Mem Since Taking ‘VAL DONA* TONEDP REMEDY?* world anyhow is your nerved Wake them up with the new tonic, “VAI* DONA” TONE-UP REMEDY. That don’t-eare-a-hang feeling will give way to new get-up-and-do energy. This kind of energy makes you happy all over. And you won’t be fagged even after working hard. You can’t get fagged when nerves are healthy. -VAL DONA” TONE-UP REMEDY builds up the whole body. Then you’ll feel like tackling anything. It builds up blood, and puts grasp in your nerves. Just try It a few days. , “VAU DONA” TONE-UP REMEDY Is free from any injurious or habit-form-ing drugs Remember, there sa “V addon A” article for anything you need, all sold under guarantee or mopey back W «vajL S DONA” TONE-UP REMEDY St 11.00 a big IS-ounce bottle is sold only at all “VAD DONA” Drug Stores. is A. F. Long. Vai Dona Drug Store in Rgnsselasr

The Evening Republican.

ROSSVILLE MAN IN A TIGHT PLACE

Daniel Shaw Drove Auto Into Bakery Wagon, Wrecked It, and Made Fast Getaway. Lafayette Journal. • The automobile speed demons from other towns .who expect to come to Lafayette, violate the law and get away with it, are mistaken. Last Saturday evening the delivery wagon owned by the Lange"bakery and driven by Jack Joyne, was struck, by a reckless automobile driver at the corner of Seventh and Columbia street®. The driver of the •car, did not stop, as is required by law, but continued on his wild ride up Columbia Hill. The horse was knocked down, Mr. Joyce thrown about 25 feet from the wagon, and the shaft and seat on the wagon were broken. The number of the automobile was (learned and William W. Weinhardt, head of the Weinhardt private detective bureau, made a trip to Rossville. He learned that the machine was the of Daniel Shaw, who lives about three miles north of Rossville. Mr... Weinhardt went to the Shaw home and the latter admitted that he was the man sought. He promised to come to Lafayette this morning and settle all damages. The settling of the damages done to the Lange outfit does not eliminate Mt. Shaw from criminal prosecution and it is likeQy that an affidavit will be filed against him for violation of the automobile law. The penalty, if inflicted, carries with it a year in the state’s prison.

Race Track Ordered Sold To Satisfy Part of Judgment.

Judge Hanley has ordered Sheriff Lindall, of Porter county, to sell at sheriff’s sale the Porter race track, in accordance with the decision which the court gave following the protracted trial of the suit brought by the Manhattan Lumber Co. and other creditors. The document sent to Sheriff Lindall consisted /of 36 typewritten pages. It is possible that Chicago parties may buy up the track and again undertake to conduct a race meeting. Two former attempts were Stopped because the national guard was sent to stop the racing because of the gambling that was a part of the sport. Two hundred creditors of the racing association were named in the document sent to the sheriff of Porter county.

So long as I can give you just «s good, perhaps better, and for the same or perhaps less money, stock considered, plants for your gap dens, lawns and porch boxes, why not let me have your orders?. I assure you I will appreciate the same and do my best to please you. Selling plants and cut flowers is the one way I can keep the wolf from the door, as I have beeif confined to my house by sickness the last three years. J. W. King, or The King Floral Co

Haag Circus to Be Here On Wednesday, May 8 th. E. Haag, proprietor of the Mighty Haag Shows, which exhibits in Rensselaer on Wednesday, May 6th, is considered the Circus King ber low the Mason and Dixon line, has decided in his sixteenth transcontinental tour to come north of the Mason and Dixon Una being the first time the big southern circus has ever been out of its own territory. The invasion will be watched by jealous eyes of the big northern kings of circusdom, and a big novelty is in store for the northern people as they will have a chance to see the southerner as he really and truly is in all phases of his life, as the show Is managed, directed, owned and all departments are peopled by southerners only. There will be real southern beauties riding blue ribboned Kentucky bred horses; the southern colonels will be in evidence, with wide brimmed white hats, together with the “yes sah” that has made the ‘southerner famous. Mr. Haag also claims to have the finest sixteen head of Kentuck mules, which are world wide renouned, and will be of great interest to horsemen of this section. Taking it all in all a great treat is In store for the public wherever the Mighty Haag Shows exhibit—Adv.

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Entered January 1, UM, u second class mall matter, at the peatoffice at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the act of March S. IST*.

DEAR PEOPLE.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1914.

PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED AT LOWELL

Mail Clerk Kicked Mail Pouch Into Switch Arm, Breaking It-Passenger Coaches In Ditch

ONE LADY BADLY HURT. Engine, Mail Gar and Baggage Oar Remained On Main Track, While Passenger Coaches Took Siding and Went Into the Ditch, Severely Injuring One Lady and Injuring Several Other Passengers— Tracks Torn Up, Telegraph Wires Down and Block Signal Damaged. Passenger train No. 4, due in Rensselaer at 4:59 in the morning, but which was almost four hours late, had a serious wreck at Lowell, resulting in the severe injury to a lady whose name we were unable to learn, and injuring a half dozen other passengers. The train passed through Rensselaer at about 8:40 and it was about 9:30 when Lowell was reached. The train was running at high speed and as the depot was passed, the mail clerk on the train kicked off a bag of mail. The bag struck the switch arm, breaking the switch and when the engine, baggage and mail cars went straight up the main track, the passenger coaches took the siding, were snapped loose from the mail car and tore down the track reserved for the lumber and coal yard switch. The first street north of the depot is called Commercial avenue. The cars passed over this and went into the ditch at the next street, known as Washington Street. Both the main track and, the siding Were badly tom up, the telegraph wires were torn down and the poles snapped off, while the block signal post west of the

Death of Baby Brought Grief to Mr. and Mrs. Cain.

The death Monday noon of Aileen Mildred, infant of Mr. and - Mrs. Tom was a severe shock to the parents. It was their only girl, their three older children being boys, -and it was only Sunday that the little one seemed iU, and the family physician was called. Pneumonia had developed and the Htlie one sank rapidly into death. Aileen Mildred was bom Feb. 14th, and was pnHy 2 months and 20 days of age when it died, but in that short time it had won its way into the affections of its loving parents, jwho will have the sympathy of all their friends in their affliction. The funeral! will be held at St. Augustine's Catholic church at‘9 o’clock Wednesday morning and burial will be made in jUt. Calvary cemetery.

The RepubMean is pleased to be able to publish in this tissue a very clever, we may say decidedly Ingenious composition entitled "Reminiscences of Rensselaer.” It was written by Miss Beatrict Tilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Til-., ton, who is a member of this year’s senior class of the Rensselaer high school,, and was read by ’her at the literary program given at the high school last Friday afternoon, being one of several numbers which exhibited a great amount of talent that has been developed during the three years since the literary societies have been organized. The composition shows that Miss Tilton is very observing and many of the things and occurrences efae mentions in a highly humorous way will be recognized by most of our readers. We believe that George Ade in his palmiest days as the writer of “Hables in Slang" did not have any the better of Miss Tilton, and feelthatshehasa place in the literary world if ahe wlll follow the style she has so pleasingly essayed in the article published today.

Sol Guth made a business trip to Chicago today. He still has a large force of men cutting timber at his farm southeast of town. He brought a dozen men down from Chicago about a month ago. Only one of the dozen is still working, but the employment agency has been sending men every few days and he has 17 working now. Some are lazy, some work a few days and are overcome by their appetites, we would say by aMotriophagy, but some of our sensitive exchanges would never get over it, and some didn’t want to work-in the first place, but just came down because their fare was paid. The men receive S3O a month and board.

Do not have planter trouble Use the Case planter and fertilizer attachment—Hamilton A Kellner.

track was broken down. The ears left the track, turned on their sides and landed in the ditch. It was expected that many of the passengers were killed or badly injured and Dr. J. W. Iddings and Drs. Peterson and Quincy were called and soon there were many volunteers at work trying to free the passengers from the cars. Investigation proved that only one person, a lady, had suffered severe injury, while a half dozen or more were more or less injured. The lady and some of the others who were injured were taken to the office of Dr. Iddings and he, assisted by Drs. Peterson and Quincy, dressed the injuries and it is understood the lady will reeoyer.

Conductor Mike Hackett was in charge of the passenger train. The telegraph wires were broken to such an extent that no report of the wreck could be made from Lowell. The engine of the wrecked train was sent to the scene to aid in clearing and repairing the track. North bound passenger train, No. 32, due there at 10:46, was detoured via Shelby and North Judson, while the south bound passenger trains, Nos. 5 and 37, were sent around by the Michigan City branch to Monon. No. 33, due here at 2 o’clock this afternoon, was expected to arrive only about an hour .ate. The Monon has had many fortunate’wrecks, the list of injured being small on each oocasibh, while, if we are not mistaken, only one person has been killed in a wreck for many years.

Firemen to Give Benefit Picture Show Thursday Night.

The Rensselaer volunteer fire department will give a benefit Thursday night of this week at the Princess Theatre, the money to go into a fund for the protection of the members of the company should, any of them become injured while engaged in their splendid service for the community. The show will consist of the regular program and in addition the “home folks” movies. The regular lOcent admission will be charged and the members of the fire department will sell tickets in advance and will doubtless receive liberal patronage. It should be remembered that the men composing this organization are taking a great amount of risk and performing a most valuable service and that they have established a fine fire fighting company and placed .Rensselaer in the front rank in -the way of fire protection. It may be your 'house or your place of businese that will need their services next. They wiH be right on the job if needed and if any member of the company should become injured the expense of their care should justly be that of the community. Commendable forethought justifies the building up of a fund for sucih emergencies and* tickdts should be purchased liberally, even if you can not use all that you buy. Remember, that the benefit is Thursday evening of this week and buy a handful of tickets of the first solicitor who visits you.

Electric Vacuum Cleaners. There have been many experiments in the way of electric vacuum efleaners Before really successful ones have .been Constructed. These forineriy sold from S4O to $45. By buying these in lots and selling for a small profit I am enabled to offer them at $22. Ask for a demonstration. Wm. O. BABCOCK, Jr. Mrs. Charles Smith and little daughter returned to Chicago today after a visit of two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner. ®Skia Blemishes Caused By Germs Garas gat anSar tha V • OUT””* # J Antiseptic Salve J X Sana V ■ | ”TaO It By Tka Beß* A For sale by all dealers.

HOME ECONOMICS CLUB HELD GOOD MEETING

Listened to Lecture on “Sanitary Cooking—Makes Some Excele lent Suggestions. XX-x-At the last meeting of the Home Economic® Club the regular program was postponed one month that a lecture on “Sanitary Cooking” by Donald G, Robertson, of the Wear-Ever Aluminum Company, might be heard. The mining and manufacture of aluminum was explained in detcil and the many ways in which 'this metal excels ail others in the manufacture of kitchen ware. He demonstrated the use of different articles, serving pancakes baked on aluminum griddle and percolator coffee. Alfter listening to two songs of his own composition, those present expressed themselves as instructed as well as entertained. The club is heartily in sympathy with the clean-up movement, suggesting the discontinuance of scattering almanacs and patent advertising matter and litter of various sorts 'ah forestalling the slogan suggested by one of our leading periodicals—“ Pick It Up.” Papers blown about over street or lawn certainly shows a disregard for civic neatness.

The Mexican situation grew more thsn a column wide with some newspapers today, when it was reported that' John R. Silliman, the American consul at San Luis Potosi, had been held a prisoner by General Maas for eleven days, and had been threatened every night with execution. Two American newspapermen brought the pews to Vera Cruz. The newspapermen had also been imprisoned for several days, according to their Story. The mediators have dropped Carranza from the peace program and have withdrawn their invitation from the rebel chief to take part in the negotiations looking to an amicable adjustment of the Mexican affairs. The situation at Washington is Quite tense again in view of the hostilities reported near Vera Cruz.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin went to Chicago today to make some purchases tor their new house, now nearing completion on North College avenue, . 4 - ” THE BARKLEY HORSES. '' * - r ■ - The Barkley horses will be at the Will Barkley farm, in Barkley township, near yahna schoolhouse, Monday and Tuesday of each week; balance of time at Hemphill’s barn in Rensselaer. Phone, barn 600; farm, 503-F. Take Our Advice; Thank Us Later On. - Don’t let anyone talk you in to having your porch boxes, baskets or flower beds filled with plants or vines before May 15th to 25th. Many plants taken from warm houses turn yellow, and the leaves fall of! and die when exposed to the cold winds; besides the frost may catch them yet.—King Floral Co.

GASOLINE! OUS! FREE AIR! ALL READY MAY IST. „ —— "" -» ' Will appreciate a share of your patronage. Orders taken for all kinds of auto accessories. . First door east of Republican office. / x -- i i t i,-- I ■ | ' i i ■■ Accessories will be arriving every day until fully equipped. W. J. HOLMES

Triangle Lektrik ■a 1 1 _ Toaster Stove Also Hot Point V Elgostovo. LOW IN PRICE—S2SO. Come to our store and see demonstration of this and other ■ electrical devices that make housework easier.'. HOT POINT IRONS BroSl Were 13.50, now $2.75 Everything! K. T. Rhoades & Co. Electrical Open Evenings I L Phonic 579 1

OVERTOPINC, SURPASSING& ECLIPSINC ALL OTHER TENTED TWENTIETH ANNUAL TOURHV Racing camels 1 TRAINED ZEBRAS LI RIDING SEA LIONS SILVERTON TRIO FLYING FISHERS STJOHN FAMILY PISRS ELSIE DE MOT; > f EQUESTRIENNE ■lr JtoJaSI cn OTHER gr»MBw3UFEATU!?ES THE WONDER SHOW THE LIKE OF WHICH YOU NEVER MeTONC STREET PARADE AT 10AM s| —JX Rensselaer Wednesday, May 6th.

STREET BUILDING HAS BEEN STARTED Nees & Seaman Estimate -That It Wil Take Six Weeks to Complete Washington Pavement. L. W. Seaman, of Frankfort, with a gang of eight workmen arrived in Rensselaer this Tuesday morning to begin work on the brick paving of Washington street from the river bridge to the Makeever hotel This contract to this firm WM let last Jail at a price totaling about $lO,000, which includes the cement curbing. The brick to be used are manufactured at Veedersburg and are known as Wabash paving brick. Mr. Seaman stated that he would gladly give employment to any local laborers but bad been unable to find any so far. He estimated that it will require only about six .weeks to complete the work. George Hurley and Frank Wise man left this momingdor Winnebago, Minn., where the former has for several years been engaged ditching contractor.

CONCRETE CEMENT : WORK A SPECIALTY; ■■" ll ; Sidewalk, cistern, water tank ! and all kinds of cement work ‘ done. All work guaranteed. i j,ssa ! TeL 458 J. J. MILLER

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