Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1914 — Page 1

No. 143

THE GAYETY 3 PEOPLE 3 Famous Carr Trio Singing, Talking and dancing, featuring Master Clifford Carr, America’s greatest boy monologist. ” ■—. J ' i /.I i .i ~~ « !■■■ This event is the most interesting and pleasing of this season’s booking up to date.

GOODLAND HAS BEST LEAGUE IN DISTRICT

Presented With Beautiful Silk Flag -—Best Convention Ever HeldNext at Brook. The Epworth League convention of the Hammond district closed Tuesday night amid much enthusiasm and a large congregation. Dr. G. R. Grosse, president of DetPauw University, made the address, after which Dr. A. T. Briggs, of Valparaiso, presented the new district officers to the convention. This was one o! the largest Epworth League conventions ever held (by the district and 167 delegates registered from out of town. One of the Interesting features was the presentation of a beautiful white silk banner to the Epworth League of Goodland for being the best league in the district. Rev. T. P. Woodson, of Brook, invited the convention to his church next year and jt was accepted. The committee on resolutions brought in a report thanking the church, the Epworth League and the homes of Rensselaer forrtheir kind Hospitality. The report also thanked the newspapers of the city for their splendid assistance in reporting the convention. It was the unanimous opinion of all the delegates that the convention was’never better entertained than it was heye. Rensselaer has a fine reputation for .its hospitality and it has proved again that our people are grand hbsts and entertain conventions in the spirit of kindness. It took splendid leadership and the co-operation of 1 many persons and committees to arrange for the convention, and Trinity church, with its fine Epwbrth League officers and members, and church helpers had everything ready to take care of the large , crowd which came. The decorations were elaborate and were by far the finest ever made at the Epworth League convention. All such gatherings of people from out of the city is a help to Rensselaer, as it brings the best class of people to - our town, which always makes a good impression upon strangers. The delegates were made up of a fine class of young Methodists and they brought'with them the spirit of Christian loyalty, and enthusiasm and took away with them the (best wishes of the many friends they had made in our city.

We have put a new Ford In the livery business and-will engage in advance pleasure drives for Sunday ( atternoona—The M|in Garage Grinding promptly dope. All kinds of feed for sale by Hamilton ~ & Kellner.

Teams Wanted! Will pay 45 cents per ’ hour for plow teams. Nees & Seaman, cony tractors. Phone 170 or see superintentendent on brick street job. . / < ■ **• ."7 ..•-’’-f’' 'vT, Ml—ll ■ II Hl- 1 .4 ___ _ _

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ST. JOE GRADUATES AND THEIR AWARDS

Degrees Conferred On the ThirtyFive Students Who Have Completed the College Course. Since the brief report of the St Joseph’s College commencement was published The Republican has been furnished with the following additional facts. The degree of bachelor of arts with the distinction “Summa Cum Laude” was conferred upon Maximilian J. Walz, of Defiance, Ohio. The degree of bachelor of arts with the distinction “Magna Cum Laude” was conferred upon Victor P. Studer, of Norwalk, Ohio. The degree of bachelor of arts with the distinction “Cum Laude” was conferred upon Lawrence I. Farrell, Lebanon, Ind.; James J. Fitzgerald, Kokbmb, Ind.; Edward A. McGinty, Chillicothe, Ohio; John A. Brunswick, Ft. Recovery, Ohio; Albert F. Kaiser, Cedar Grove, Ind. The degree of bachelor of arts was conferred upon Roman J. Burger, New Washington, Ohio; Henry H. Beuke, and Herman J. Goldschmidt, Germany. Diploma for the successful completion of the classical was awarded to Albert Ci Pessefall, Defiance, Ohio; Herman C. Daniel, Sandusky, Ohio; Charles J. Bauer, Charles J. Beuche, Germany; Anthony H. Pax, Celina, Ohio; Otto R. Weber, Frank J. Krull, Herman H. Schweitzer, Germany. A diploma for the successful completion of the normal course was awarded to William B. Eilermann, Munstoh, Ohio; Aloysius R. Dues, Coldwater, Ohio.

A diploma for the successful completion of the commercial course was awarded to Benedict F. Dusek, North Judson, Ind.; Edward R. Fuetterer, Lisle, III.; John R. Gabel, Niles Center, HL; Leo T. Hemmelgarn, Burkettsville, Ohio; Norbert R. Holthouse, Decatur, Ind.; Vincent A. Kanney, Laporte, Ind.; Rowland F. Kreutzer, Peru, Ind.; Wilfred Lynch, St. Marys, Ohio; Raymond A. Maher, Greenville, Ohio; John R. Mattingly, Paris, Ill.; Yale G. Meyer, Celina, Ohio; Joseph P. Nordenforock, Burkettsville, Ohio; Leo C. Schweitermann, St. Elizabeth, Mo.; Bernard J. (Smith, (Mishawaka, Ind.; Richard G. Zeigman, Fostoria, Ohio. A gold medal for the highest honors in the classical department was awarded to Maximilian J. Walz, donor The Rev. Lawrence Eberle, Chesterton, Ind. Next in merit, Victor P. Studer, Lawrence I. FarrelL ‘ A gold medal for the highest honors in the normal department was awarded io William B. Ellermann, donor, The Rev. Frances J. Koch, Reynolds, Ind. Next in merit, William R. Dues.* ,A gold medal for the highest honors in the commercial department was awarded to John R. Mattingly, donor, the Rev. John Cogan, Piqua, Ohio. Next in merit, Raymond A. Maher, Norbert Holthouse, Edward R. Fuetterer. . - - A gold medal for the best English essay was awarded to John J. Zelier/donor, the Alumni Association. A gold medal for the -second best English essay was awarded to Victor P. Studer, donor, the Alumni Association. Next! in merit, Max Walz, Carl Beuche. The gold medal for the highest honors In the fifth classical was awarded to Charles LeJeune, donor, The Rev. Edward Mungoven, Arcola, Ind. Next in merit, John Zeller, Isidore Oberhouser, Joseph Pirola. ■ The gold medal for the highest honors in the fourth classical was awarded to John Cherry, donor, The Rev. James Connelly, Lebanon, Ind. Next Ln merit, John Schall, Cornelius Smith, Frances Martin. The gold medal for the highest •honors in the third classical was awarded to James Stewart, donor, The Rev. Edward G. Werllng, Wanatah, Ind. Next in merit, Ak>yslus Fddhouse, Glenn Walker, Victor O'Donnell. The gold medal for excdlence ia piano was awarded to Camillus Leutkemeier, donor, Miss Louise Brule, Kankakee, Hl. > The Conroy oratory medal was awarded to John Zellar, donor The Rev. Thomas Conroy, Crawfordsville, Ind M A silver medal for the second best in the oratory contest was awarded to Theodore Fettig, Donor, Miss Louise Brule, Kankakee, lU. Next in merit, Edwin Kaiser, Aloysius Cook.

Will Pay Ono Cent Above Elgin—Gash Every Day. The plan of making butterfat payments every two weeks has been abandoned and we will hereafter pay th?caSh every day and will pay one cent above the Elgin quoter tion The price this week is 28% cents.—W W Dexter t . W.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1814.

INTEREST GROWING IN CANADIAN EXCURSION Several Making Arrangements to Take the Trip July 7th and Will Probably Invest in Land. Mr. Hill, general passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific, and Mr. Thompson, general traffic agent of the Soo line, were here this week making arrangements lor the Canadian excursion, which will leave Rensselaer July 7th. On the evening of July 6th the large Pullman car, ‘Calgary,” will be put on the siding here and passengers can board the car here and make the entire trip in this magnificent car. Meals will be served on the car in the diner. This is, also a combination observatory car, and a fine view of the country can 'be had while traveling through it. The round trip from Rensselaer to Cat gary will be $49.50, with a charge of $4.50 for upper and $3.60 for lower berth, but if two persons occupy a single berth the cost for /berth will be only half of the above for. each person. Those intending to take the trip must make it known to the agent not later than June 30th, as the railroad people must know by that date in order to get the car here. The money for tickets will be collected and deposited in the First National Bank and the tickets purchased in a bunch. The berth tickets can be paid for on the train. Please be prompt and report io the agent if you intend to make the trip, as the- capacity of the ear is limited.

Mr. Topping, representing the Canadian Pacific, delivered an illustrated lecture at the armory Monday night and at Remington Tuesday evening, and several expressed their intention of taking the trip with the Object of settling in that country. Canada is at its best now and all who can should make arrangements to take the trip at this time. There will be a congenial crowd on the trip and a good time is guaranteed to all on this 3,200 mile trip. The Canadian Pacific's instruction to all its agents is not to exaggerate and conditions there will be found even better than represented. Canada is being settled from the United States at the rate of 100,000 per year and in the past ten years over 1,000,000 have located in that country from the United States, each settler investing on an average of fronv $2,000 to $3,000. The southern and central portions of Alberta and Saskatchewan will be found to be as well improved as the United States. The climate is ideal and the winters are not severe and there is but little snow to contend with, the winters being but little colder than in this section of the. United States, although somewhat longer. The cities and towns have had a marvelous increase in population in the last few years, such cities as Alberta and Saskatchewan having grown from 10,000 to nearly 100,000. Mr. Top ping, in his lecture, stated /that any one investing in land now can rest assured that within three or four years the land yrill double in price. Those not being m a position to move to that country but desiring to invest can do so by placing a tenant on' the farm, and the natural increase in the value of the land will net a nice profit and the crops should pay the interest on the investment, and perhaps more, after the tenant receives his pay. In the United States the average yield of oats is about 30 bushels per acre, in Canada 75 to 80; wheat in the United States does not average over 30 bushels, and In Canada it yields as high as 60 to 80 bushels. On the experimental farms in Canada as high as 130 bushels of oats per acre has been raised, and as much as 100 bushels of wheat. Compare these crops with that raised on the SIOO to S2OO land in the United States and figure the difference. If interested in improving your condition see Theodore George, the local agent, and have him explain the Canadian proposition, or ask for illustrated literature and do not fail tb read the'big page ads that are being published in The Republican.—Adv.

Notice to Telephone Patrons. The book of the company Is now at the new office over Roth Bros.’ meat market Pay your rentals there Collectors will call for all rentals due If not paid at office on or before June 25 — Jasper County Telephone Co. p-?X- Presbyterian Church. Rev. Leo Lake, of Chalmers, will preach next' Sunday morning on the subject, “life in Turkey ” Mrs. George Reed will sing a solo. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present at this service.

BROTHER OF MISSING WOMAN WAS ALARMED

Feared That Sister May Have Been abouts a Mystery. The Republican has been unable to* secure any Important now information concerning the mysterious disappearance a month ago of Mrs. “Larsh” Thomas. We have been able, however, to learn somewhat mere concerning the visit here of her brother, whose name is Mace. Also that he came here believing that his sister may have been foully dealt with and that he secured the services of Sheriff Hoover and made inquiry of neighbors to ascertain whether Mrs. Thomas had been seen since the date of her reported disappearance. Mr. tMace stated to Sheriff Hoover that Thomas had written a letter to relatives informing them of his wife’s disappearance. The letter, however, was not written until she had been gone some three weeks. This aroused the suspicions of relatives, who had been informed by Mrs. Thomas some time ago that she had cause to be jealous. They believed that she would come to them in case of further trouble and when the letter from her husband was received stating that she had been missing for some time they naturally ■ became very much alarmed and imagined all sorts of -things. Mr. Mace was informed by neighbors that Mrs. Thomas had left her home on the date reported by Mr.

Thomas, namely, May 20th, and that she had taken a suit case and had apparently gone away on the train. She had not talked with any of them, however, and they did not know where she had gone. No one at the depot was able to say whether or not she had gone It is understood that one woman scored Thomas bitterly to his wife’s brother, informing him that he had associated with other women and that her jealousy was well founded. After interviewing neighbors the sheriff accompanied Mr. Mace to a local bank where Mrs. Thomas kept an account and it was found that she had drawn S3O on the date of her disappearance. She had other money tn the bank and it is expected to learn something about her whereabouts in this way, if indeed, she has not committed some rash act while mentally irresponsible. It was known that she was terribly depressed upon the occasion of her first departure, when neighbors had told her things about her husband to make her jealous and there is therefore ground for fear that she may have taken her life. Before her marriage Mrs. Thomas has been employed in restaurants in this city. She was a most exemplary woman, being a church worker and a woman of intelligence. She owns a farm not far from Sheridan and was not compelled to work, but did so through choice. The Republican reporter did not get to interview Mr. Thomas, who has ,been working in the country. It is not necessary at thils time to mention the name of the woman with whom the is charged with associating. But it is a very important matter to find out where Mre. Thomas has gone, and whether or not she is now living. There is a mystery in her continued absence and her failure to let her relatives know where she is that can only be solved by learning where she is at this time. Jealousy whether well founded or not might cause any woman to commit a rash act, while clandestine love affairs are sometimes responsible for the most horrible crimes and the absence of Mrs. Thomas constitutes sufficient cause to warrant a sweeping investigation.

Man Charged With Wife Desertion Arrested Here

Marshal Chester Wednesday arrested Alva Blackman on a charge of wife desertion. Blackman left here a year ago last January, according to his wife, who is a daughter of Mrs. William Martin. He says that she virtually drove him away from home and that he him been living at Monon and caring for. his mother.

Must Gut Weeds and Tall Grasa All weeds and tall grass must be cut from the streets and vacant properties during the week of June 15th to 20th. Those who fail to look after this matter are hereby notified that it will, be done under my direction and assessed against the property. Please look after it youreeit—W. R. Sheerer, City Marshal. We we headquarters for step ladders, straight ladders and extension ladders. J. C. Gwin Lumber Co., Phone &

MONONO OFFICIALS VISIT RENSSELAER

A. _ _ f and Want Over Route-Mr. ~ Karrie’i Quests. ~ A ■ - H. R. Kurrie, general attorney for the Monon railroad, went to Shelby this morning and from there to Kersey, to attend the stockmeeting of the Gifford railroad. President F. A. Delano, Assistant to the President J. L.l White, and Secretary-Treasurer Byron Cassell, will compose the balance of the official party. It is probable, that some of the other Stockholders of the Gifford road will be present There were some who did not sell to the Monon at the time the sale of the B. J. Gifford estate holdings was made. It is understood that these are in sympathy with the program to improve the roadbed and to make the extensions as planned. The first official trip over the road will be made from Kersey to McOoysburg, where Mr. Kurritfs Marmon auto will meet the party and they' will be taken to Wolcott. If the roads are such that the trip can be made directly from McCoysburg to Wolcott it will be done, but unless the roads, are good the trip will be

made via Rensselaer and Remington. The inspection toward the south has no immediate significance, as the northern extension will be taken up before anything is done toward the south, but it in, dicates that there is a contemplated program to build toward tpe south at some future time. The party Will return from Wolcott to Rensselaer, probably reaching here at about 6 o’clock and will dine with Mr. Kurrie at his beautiful home -on Grace street. They will leave for Chicago at 7:06 o’clock. Mr. Kurrie had hoped to have time to acquaint President Delano with a number off Rensselaer businessmen, but the brevity of the visit will probably make this impossible. The official information has been given out that the roadbed of the existing road is to be put into condition at once and the ties and rails are being rushed to th? scene for this purpose; This will be excellent news to the towns along the route, McCoyaburg, Pleasant Grove, Newland, Gifford, Laura and Kersey and to the farmers in the surrounding country, and especially to stock shippers, who will use the branch extensively. The northern extension will be taken on after the present road is put into condition for travel. It is not definitely decided whether the connecting point with the main line of the Monon will be south of Cedar Lake or north of it. In fact, the northern extension of the road from Dinwiddle seems about as indefinite as at any time since the purchase. Some of the officials are reported to favor building into Crown Point. The decision will be reached, however, before the existing road is put into good condition and the extension is quite sure to be taken up in the early spring if not yet this fall.

To Pay All of the Debts Contracted by Purtelle.

Joseph Hays, who is associated with the Roberts-Zimmerman crowd in the promotion of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co., has been engaged for the past two or three weeks in going over the route of the Purtelle survey listing the accounts contracted by Eugene Purtelle, the original promoter. Mr. Hays is presenting each with a typewritten form which sets out the amount of the claim, and acknowledging the responsibility of the Indiana Northwestern Traction Co. for the settlement and asking that the creditor sign a statement that a year’s time will be allowed for the payment of the account. Mr. Hays is a very pleasant gentleman' and he has surprised a number of creditors who had presumed that their claims were worthless. The claims he has encountered so far total $16,628. A few of the larger ones have been settled on a fifty per cent basis, but the majority of the smaller ones are to be paid in full. Included in the list are all cheeks given by Purtelle and which were not paid for lack of funds. There were twenty or more creditors in Rensselaer, including C. Earl Duvfil and the Geo. E. Murray Co., who had cashed ehecks for workmen. This thoroughly frank action of the present owners of the former Purtelle holdings indicates the confidence the promoters have in the construction of the interurban and is very pleasing not only to the creditors but also to all who are interested in the future of Rensselaer.

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WEATHER. ______ ’ Partly cloudy and warmer today and Friday.

Annual Commencement at Monnett School sos Girls. ' J ■ The closing exercises of Monnett School will occur next week. On Monday a school picnic will be held in the woods. ■' Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 the members of the graduating class will appear in a class day program at the school, to which everyone is invited. The commencement program will be given at the M. E. church Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Dr. James L. Oardiner, pastor of St. Paul M. E. church at South Bend, will give the address. Dr. Gardiner has recently come to Indiana from New Jersey and is highly spoken of as a popular lecturer. The school chorus will give several numbers. The following class will be awarded diplomas: Dorothy D. Richards. Frances J. Eby. Anna M. Pieper. Twila M. Shrigley. Charlotte C. Schaefer. Pauline E. Mfller. The citizens ot Rensselaer are invited to attend these exercises. PROGRAM. ‘ Piano Solo—Miss .Waymire. June—Girls Chorus. Prayer—Rev. J. C. Parrett. Solo—“ That’s What I’d Do”—Dorothy Kemoban. j Address—Dr. James L. Gardiner. “Voices of the Woods”—Giris’ Chorus. 'j Presentation of Diplomas—Dr. Paul C. Curnick. Benediction. - z Union Vesper Service. The first union vesper service of the season will be held next Sunday evening at 6:30 on the south steps of the court house The serSon will be preached by the Rev. r. Lindsay, pastor of the Church of God. The general public is earnestely invited to be present at this service. ■ Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for the many kindnesses shown following the death and in making the funeral arrangements for our beloved son and brother, Elmer 8. Burr.—Mrs. M. J. Burr, Mrs. Claud Williams. . St. John’s Day. ■ ?■ Prairie Lodge No. 125, F. & A. M., will hold St. John’s Day memorial services at the Masonic hall on Sunday afternoon, June 21st, commencing at 3 o’clock. Rev. Oumlek ? will deliver the address and a musical program will be rendered. The general public is invited. . ,37 Marriage License. Wenceslaus Havorka, born New Prague, Minn., Sept. 28, 1886, residence Collegeville, occupation music teacher, and Irma Hebard, born Mondovi, Wis., July 17, 1886, residence Minneapolis, Minn., occupation trained nurse; first marriage for each. '' 1111 ■ ■ : ' Senator Newlands, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, Tuesday reintroduced his bill for the federal incorporation of railroads. He first Introduced it In 1909Deering Standard twine Mid

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