Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1914 — Page 1

No. 315.

ONLY ONE WEEK REMAINS OF THE REPUBLICAN’S AUTOMOBILE AND PIANO CONTEST

Have You Done All That You Should To Win That Ford Touring Car?

Only one week from today .and the largest contest that was ever attempted by a newspaper of this size will come to a close, and there are any number of candidates who are in line for the first honors, and the few remaining days will decide the winners. The race is going to be so close between some of the candidates that in most cases a few years’ subscriptions will win a better prize, and when you consider the amount of prizes we are giving it is enough to make you sit up nights and figure where you are going to get some |nore. votes. It is x possible for any of the candidates in the race from the beginriing to carry off first honors if they will take advantage of the few remaining days and do a little canvassing among their friends for subscriptions. Votes will ivin, and you can’t have too many; better ■.have a few thousand too many than a few hundred too few. Do It Now. If you are going to make the winning plunge and turn in a lot of subscriptions, do it in this week. For goodness sake, don’t wait for the last minute. Strike while the iron is hot and keep it hot by striking. Don’t let up until the contest is over. No one has won as yet, and no one knows who will win until the contest is over and the votes have been tallied by the Judges, who will have charge of the last count of votes and the awarding of the prizes. Are you going to have the honor of beating all your competitors and winning that big touring car, or are you going to be an “also ran?” Will You Be One of the Seven? Have you secured the voting coupons and subscriptions that will give you one of these free prizes? Have you devoted your spare moments getting the coupons and subscriptions? Do you want to get them? Then get busy. In a week you can accomplish wonders. You can show your friends and relatives that you are a hustler Instead of a steady plodder. You can sl>ow them that you are in the class of people who get what they go after in the least possible time. Some men and women have won vast fortunes in a week. Why not you win a car? Here are the prizes you can win One Ford Touring Oar. One S3OO Upright Piano. One S2OO Building Lot. One $65 Domestic Sewing Machine. One $25 Hold- Prize. One S2O Gold Watch. One $5 in Gold. 10 Tier cent to.non-prizfe winners. Below are the nominations and votes cast for publication up to last night: Miss Ruth Callahan 48,175 Paul Beam 68,175

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The Evening Republican.

Miss [Marie Arnold 112,045 Miss Eliabeth Davenport ....139,860 Gravelous Hansson 62,820 Jack Miller 45,200 Miss Hazel Jacks <.26,000 Miss Wilma Peyton 28,175 Byron Hemphill .'80,320 Miss Thelma Tilton 60,220 Wade Jarrette ...50,675 Clifford Wasson .117,205 Miss Helen Duvall ....47,825 i Miss Lucy Healy 49,175 [Donald Rhoades .<..50,175 1 Mrs. Louella Golden, R 4 ...115,540 ! Ray Huff 63,365 Miss Luella Robinson 129,255 1 Miss Ruth Ames, R 4..21,150 I Mrs. True Reeve 14.600 1 Miss Madaline Abbottß6,42o i Miss Esther Padgett 18,650 ’ Miss Beatrice Clift 18,650 , Dewey Cox, R 3.22,155 > Raymond McKay 30,125 Miss Sophie Hudson 62,625 Miss Mildred Parks, R 3 ....32,875 Miss Josephine Thomas, R3..48.125 Carl Worland .18,175 DeMotte, Ind. Mrs. Maggie Fairchild 14,675Mrs. Steve True.... 16,400 I Miss Glen Cobb 36,175 Miss Maggie Hamstra ........18,225 McCoysburg, Ind. William Erb 71,220 Mrs. C. A. Armstrong 53,120 Mis» Ethel Parker ....27,525 Fair Oaks, Ind. Miss Katie Trump 18,275 Miss Ruth Gundy i..... 12,600 Miss Hazel Hurley RR ....—33,175 Miss Florence McKay 6,700 Pleasant Grove, Ind. Cecil R. Rees .43,255 Miss Bessie Boffman ....29,850 Mt. Ayr, Ind. Miss Orpha Barton 28,150 Remington, Ind. Miss Iva Brooks 19,725 Miss Myrtle Sharkey ~..12,650 Miss Freda Wineland 105,175 Miss Margaret McGraw 12,675 Miss Grace dowry 19,925 Wheatfield, Ind. Miss Katie Theis .12,200 Miss Leafle McColl y 61,825 Parr, Ind. Miss May Lowman 70,870 Miss Floss W. Smith ..34,600 Miss Blanche McCurtain 99,290 Mrs. Perry Griffith ...38,155 John Richard 23,175 Surrey, Ind. Miss Ethel Hammerton 14,850 Thayer, Ind. „ Herman DeFries ....15,650 Tefft, Ind. Miss Katie Tresmer ...43,350 Miss Gladys Duggleby 85,120 Goodland, Ind. Miss Helen Welch 43,750 Miss Helen Welch 48,225 Miss Susan Thurston 23,875 Miss Pearl Jay 11,600 Kersey, Ind. Miss Matie Kersey .60,175 (Miss Irma Drenth *...60,145 Lee, Ind. Roy Culp ./.......13,850 Aix, Ind. Miss Mary Comer x. 107,980. Newland, Ind. Miiss Cecelia Spate 54,625 Pleasant Ridge, Ind. Miss Lillian Bailey. Francesville, Ind. Miss Delia Shumaker 76,875 Seattle, Wash. Cecil Ridenour 72,600

Many Present to Witness New School House Dedication.

There was a large crowd of people at DeMotte Wednesday to\ attend the commencement exercises of Keener township and to witness the dedication of the new school building, which they inspected and pronounced a fine structure, where comfort and convenience will attend the pupils and the teachers for many years to coine. The was present and discoursed music during the day and the program of recitations and music was carried out. Dr. George L. Mclntosh, president of Wabash college, at Crawfordsville, was present and gave a fine ad--dress, appreciated alike by the graduates and all friends of education. Superintendent Lamson and Trustee Snip were busily engaged in showing the building and looking after the comfort of all who j were present and it proved a really big day for DeMotte. , “ Attorney A. Halleck and wife, Frank Bruner, Mrs. Mary Troxell, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Waymire and John O'Connor went from Rensso laer to attend the dedication. - Oysters Saturday.—Tate’s Collage Inn.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1914.

Charles Sternberg Failing And Death Seems Certain.

E. G. Sternberg came down from Chicago Wednesday to look after the business of his father, C. H. Sternberg, who is 4ast failing and whose death is not far away. He made a trip during the past month to Mayo Bros.’ hospital at Rochester, Minn., where he was told that his trouble was cancer and he came back to his home prepared for the worst. It is believbd that he can not last more than 60 days at the outside, while even a shorter time seems probable. E. G. Sternberg and wife have been in Kansas City for some time, but nojv expect to locate either in Chicago or Rensselaer.

Sullivan, Sherman and Cannon Are Nominated in Illinois.

The Illinois primaries have resulted in the naming of Roger C. Sullivan as the democratic nominee for U. S. senator. Sullivan is regarded as the everything that is meant by crooked polities and has been opposed to William Jennings Bryari. He won by 65,000 plurality, which indicates that he is either a marvelously maligned man or the people are greatly fooled. The republicans of the Danville district again nominated Joseph G. CAnnon, former speaker of the house of representatives, for congress. His plurality was about 10,000, which shows the “Uncle” Joe’s neighbors have not believed all the wicked things some people have said about him. Senator Sherman was renominated by republicans and William B. McKinley was named without opposition in the nineteenth district.

Selecting Seed Corn.

The proper time in which to select seeds is late in the fall or winter. The reason for requiring this portion of the year for so doing is because there is then no hYirry, and the work can be done better. The common practice of laying the seed corn aside to remain until spring has done great damage to the corn crop, as very often the excess of imperfect grains is such as to cause a failure of germination over the whole field. Every ear of corn should be examined and the inferior grain shelled off. Vegetable seeds also require examination, for insects, dampness and other causes interfere with their safe-keeping. Of course, every farmer is supposed to be careful, with his seeds, but very few farmers know the condition of their seeds until the time comes wlhen they are required for planting, and then the farmers are too much hurried to do anything with them. •

NO DIFFERENCE

The Proof Is Here the Same As Everywhere. For those who seek relief from kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder ills, Doan's Kidney Pills offer hope of relief and the proof is here in Rensselaer the same as everywhere. Rensselaer people have used Doan’s, and Rensselaer people recommend Doan’s, the kidney remedy ,used in America for fifty years. Why suffer? Why run the risk of dangerous kidney ills—fatal brights disease. Here’s Rensselaer proof. Investigate It. Mrs. Henry. Randle, Forest St., Rensselaer, Ind., says: “I had a severe attaint backache, accompanie 4J ) yw®H iiro ugh my loins. It was amSSaKfild do, to work. When I was suffering the worst, one of my neighbors advised me to try Doan’s in fact, gave me a few that shj?had in th® house. I took them And. was so pleased with the results that I procured a further supply at Larsh’s Drug Store. They acted just as represented and in a short time I was free from pain> I think a great deal of Doan’s Kidney Pills and highly recommend them.” Price 50c. at all dealers. Don’t simply ask tor a kidney remedy—g& Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Randle had. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Y. Wagons, extra wagon beds, wood and Steel wheel trucks for saltTby Hamilton & Kdlner.

GIFFORD BRAKEMAN HAD FOYT CRUSHED

Francis Harrington Tried to Kick Coupler Into Place and Left Foot Was Badly Mangled. Francis Harrington, a brakeman on the Gifford branch of the Monon railroad, had his left foot badly mangled Thursday at Newland. The train was shifting the position of the rock cars and just as a coupling was about to be made Harrington saw that one of the coupling bars was out of position arid he tried to kick it in with his foot. The cars came together at just that moment and caught the foot and he fell between the cars. Tom Callahan was fortunately standing right at his side and he pulled Harrington from beneath the cars or he would probably have been killed. He was brought to Rensselaer and then taken on the evening train to Lafayette, where his injury was dressed. It was decided to try to save the foot, but it is possible that it will yet have to be amputated.

Tourists Killed When Auto Went Into Ditch Near Attica.

Attica, Ind., Sept. 10.—While enroute to St. Louis, Mo., from their home in Ann Arbor, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bird were instantly kill ed near here today when their automobile ran off an embankment and upset into the dry bed o*f a small creek a mile below Yeddo. Two of their children, a boy and a girl, were also injured, but a bright eyed baby boy, a year and a half old, was thrown from the car and was unharmed. Bird-and his wife were each about 40 years old. Theparty had stopped at a garage In Attica for gasoline and air and while there remarked that they were on their way to St. Louis to visit a sister of Mrs. Bird. No one knows what caused the accident, but it is supposed the machine was being driven too fast to make the sharp turn in the road. Mr. Bird was driving.

New Class of .Band Boys To Start October 1st.

In order to increase the size of the band and to have trained musicians to take the place of any of the older ones who may find busi-' ness pressure too much to permit them to maintain tj)e band connections, Prof. Otto Braun has started a plan for securing band recruits and a class of twenty is expected to begin practice about Oct. Ist. It is not to be a separate band, although the practices will be separate and all will be beginners. As soon as they have become proficient they will be consolidated with the original boys’ band. The plan is a good one and promises to make our band larger and better for next year’s concert season.

Saw 500 Canadian Soldiers Leave For European War.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Crockett returned Thursday evening from Detroit, Mich., where they attended the national G. A. R. encampment and visited for ten days with their son, Robert Crockett. Mr. Crockett marched witn 18,000 old soldirs in the big parade. After marching for some time he took advantage of an opportunity to ride in an automobile. Thousands of autos were placed at the disposal of the •veterans and the hospitality of the Michigan people was royal. Mr. Crockett says it was the best time of his life. He crossed over to Windsor, Canada, and saw’ 500 Canadian youths leave for the European war, to fight for England and the allied nations against the Germans.

St. Augustine's Church Notes.

Next Sunday, the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, the order of services will be as follows: First mass at 8 o’clock. The St. Rose Sodality receives holy communion at this mass. Immediately after this mass there will be a meeting of the sodality. Rosary, highmass and sermon at 10 o’clock. Chritsian Doctrine, devotional exercises and benediction at 2:30. The Holy Name Society will hold its regular monthly meeting ‘at 7:30 p. m. All members urged to be present as there are many things of importance to • be considered. During the coming week occurs the fall Emberdays. Therefore. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are fast and abstinence days. On Monday the churjch celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It is not a day of obligation but a day of devotion. The present scholastic year began Tuesday and is the most promising since the formation of the school There are eighty-one scholars.

WILSON HEARS PLEA OF RAILROAD HEADS

President Promises to Help Sustain Credits Wherever Possible by Government Agencies. Washington, Sept. 10.—President Wilson responded today to the request of several railroad executives who asked him to call to the attention of the country the imperative need that railway credits be sustained and that the roads be helped wherever feasible by government agencies or by private co-operative effort. The president outlined his views for the country in a letter to Frank Trumbull, chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio board, who acted as spokesman for the railroad presidents who saw Mr. Wilson Wednesday. Although he believe he should advise other governmental agencies which have to do with the railroads as to their action, the president declared he would be glad to confer with any one who wanteu to see him. Various reports have said the call of the railroad men upon the president was preliminary to a request for a raise in freight rates. Western roads already are preparing such increases for submission to the interstate commerce commission. Under the law the eastern roads may not apply within the next two years for increases on rates recently adjudicated by the commission. Eastern lines, however, are preparing to effect the economies the commission suggested by making changes for free services to large shippers and to increase their passenger fares. President Wilson’s letter to Mr. Trumbull reflected his confidence in the integrity and soundness of the American railroads and his view that they should not be the subject of agitation.

Growing Potatoes in Sawduet.

A half ibushel of sawdust, a dash of chemical solution and fifteen potatoes carefully enveloped with the sawdust will enable the average householder to grow a bushel of tubers on his housetop or in his cellar within sixty days. This process, says the Chicago Herald, has been discovered and elaborated. Moreover, the grower will have no potato bugs to contend ‘with, he wyi have no turning over of the soil at certain intervals, and there will be no contest with grubworms. The product of this process is termed the “vineless potato,” from the fact that, grown under these apparently unnatural conditions, there is no surface vegetation. Because of this each potato buried in the sawdust is enabled to produce at least twelve normal sized tubers. Operating on the theory that the presence of surface vegetation was only a method of securing nourishment, and in reality sapped the vitality of the tuber, the discoverer experimented more than six years, and found he could overcome this seemingly natural course on the part of the plant by supplying it artificially with its needs. By employing* sawdust, peat, straw or any other earth product that would permit of the circulation of air, moisture and hept and the application of solutions of various salts, he discovered that a single potato would multiply itself by attaching to itself from twelve to sixteen other potatoes of approximately the same dimensions without throwing off any of its energy above ground. Packed in loosely arranged bins permitting the free access of air and arranged in rows 6 inches above each other, with an allowance of 1 cubic foot of sawdust to the seedling, the discoverer has demonstrated the rapidity of growth and the proportions that the potatoes may attain by showing that within sixty days* fifteen potatoes will produce a bushel. In the character of his experiments and the success that has attended them tihe discoverer has the endorsement of Luther Burbank, the emineflt horticulturist and botanist.

Boy Scout Mooting to Be Held Saturday Evening.

The boy seout meeting announced to be held tonight will be held Saturday evening instead at the Christian church. All boys are Invited to be at the church Saturday evening. It is a non-sectarian movement. The mother of Mrs. Ralph Johnson, east of town, fell down the stairs one day this week and sus- j tained a broken rib and a wound on the scalp. She is quite an elder- J ly lady.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS Allen & Proctor In their comedy singing and dancing specialty, featuring “Miss Kitty Proctor” champion Irish Jig Dancer. Matinee Saturday at 2 and 3:30 p. m. The show begins each evening at 7:15 promptly This is a “25c show for 10 and 5c Moviee, Yes Three ReelS

Sixty-First Wedding Anniversary Celebrated.

On Sept. 8, 1914, the relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Cavinder met with them at their home in Walker township to celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary. Mr. Cavinder was 81 years of age on Feb. 13th, and Mrs. Ctevinder was 81 on Feb, 20th. They have lived together happily for sixty-one years, and are in good health with' the exception of Mrs. Cavinder having had a Stroke of paralysis some time ago, and which will not permit her to be about and tend to her household duties like when she was younger. The young folks made merry on the lawn, while the ladies prepared the dinner, which was served at noon and which every one enjoyed. The men stood around in groups and talked and some of them got young -and played games with the youngsters. Uncle Jake Myers, now 86 years old, was with them and got around pretty spry, saying that he hadn’t had a better time in five years. All departed at 5 o’clock, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Cavinder many more such happy anniversaries, but Mrs. Cavinder was taking a nap so Uncle Johnny got all the thanks and congratulations.

Notice to Cpal Customers. Inasmuch as we must pay cash for all coal we find it impossible to extend credit for more than 30 days. Grant-Warner Lumber Co. Harrington Bros. Co. J. C_Gwin & Co. Rensselaer Lumber Co. Hamilton & Kellner. D. E. Grow. Notice to Customers. Beginning Monday, Sept. 14th, we will begin using the Benson Central Delivery system for all meat deliveries. Please get your orders in so I that they can go out on the scheduled deliveries.—Roth Bros.

PRATER FOR PEACE WHOLE COUNTY WILL OFFER ON OCTOBER 4.

Eternal God, our Heavenly J Father, out of the depths of < our souls we cry unto Thee ' that peace may come speedily < to the people now’ engageci in , unholy war, with its wide des- < olation in the wrecking of ; homes, the breaking of hearts, < robbing the world of its J young men, filling it with wld- < ows and orphans. Intervene, 0 we beseech 1 Thee, with all Thy quickening J and persuasive power, that 1 ’ wisdom, mercy and brotherly ' love may prevail, and we will praise and magnify Thy holy*: name in the spirit of the ' Prince of Peace. Amen. This prayer was written by ’ the Rev. Henry N. Couden, the blind chaplain of the house of 1 representatives, to be offered ; In connection with the peace ’ movement which culminated I in a proclamation by Presi- ; dent Wilson, naming October > 4th as a day for peace services.

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A GUEST.