Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1914 — Page 1

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NORTHERN INDIANA CHAMPIONS COMING

East Chicago to Play Our High School Football Team Saturday ' —Team' in Fine Fetter. • 0 East Chicago high school is pitted against R. H. S. for a gridiron battle at Riverside Athletic park tomorrow afternoon. The visiting team is so far regarded the northwestern Indiana champions. Much thus depends on the result of this game and Coach Parker and Captain Eigelsbach have been leading the husky squad a merry clip for the past fortnight. The great improvement shown following the defeat by Watseka, which made possible the defeat of Morocco, has continued and .it is expected that Rensselaer will be in the very pink of condition for the game. The line-up will be practically the same ( as it was in the Morocco game.| Gourley Will be out of center and, Harry Moore will also be out of the game. Harry was playing a fine, game at half bacli, his interference for offensive play being especially strong. ‘Rensselaer lost its first twoj games but the high school players, and rooters feel that the defeat of East Chicago will wipe the first two defeats of the season off the slate. Last week Morocco defeated Wat-j seka, which proves the great superiority of Rensselaer over both Morocco and Watseka, although both teams had formerly defeated' us. Come out tomorrow and help us win the Northwestern Indiana championship.

s '.Now is the time to put awayj your winter potatoes before they; get frosted and at a cheap price. l 2‘A bushel sacks at 55c a bushel. I A car of nice Michigan winter apples at $2 and $2.25 for a 3-bushel barrel. 20c and 25c a peck. i JOHN EGER. J

L - No. 6651. REPORT OF THE C ONDITION OF THE first Rational Bank At Rensselaer, Indiana, At the close of busine sjj, Oct. 31st, 1914,

RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts..... .$380,122.84 jverdrafts, secured and un- < secured 2,433.11 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 25,000.00 U. S. Bonds to secure Postal 1 Savings 7,000.00 Bonds, Securities, etc 1,600.00 Banking House 8,000.00 Due from approved Reserve Agents in Central - Cities $24,5,36.65; in other Reserve Cities 24,536.65 ‘Checks and other Cash Items ■ 1,543.45 Fractional Paper Currency Nickels and Cent5.,.,.169.27 Lawful Money Reserve tn Bank, viz: Specie $8,122.55 Legal-tender notes 8,691.00 16,813.55 Bills in Tran5it.........*.. 4,670.60

Tata] 472,839.47 Total • 472,839.47 State of Indiana, County of Jasper, as: J" • \ I J N Leatherman, Cashier of the above-named bank, do so • ,he abo ' e .. Correct—Attest: ~ . > R. A, PARKISON, » ’ ‘ GEO. E. MURRAY, ... EDD J. RANDLE, >. ~ Directors. , Subscribed W d eworn to Won, day otjov, (Seal) My commission expires June 19, 1915.

Cbe State Bank of Rensselaer Report of the condition of the S tate Bank of Rensselaer, a State Bank at Rensselaer, in the State o f Indiana, at the close of buslnes. on Oct. 3J, 1914.

RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts.... .$209,198.11 Overd rafts 2,061.07 U. S. Bonds 100.00 Other Bonds and Securities 3,460.00 Furniture and Fixtures... 1,000.00 Due from Banks and Trust Companies/ 77,643.43 <Oftsh on Hand 21,540.51 Total Resources $315,003.12

'State of Indiana, County of Jasper, as: ’ I t Delos Thompson, Cashier of the State Bank of Rensselaer, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true. , .soiemiuy DELOS THOMPSON, Cashier. , Subscribed and sworn to before mfe this sth day of November. 1914. b MAUDE E. SPITLER, Notary Public. My Commission expires Dec. 14, 1915. * Meaey U Loan at Current Bates. Tetr Patronage Solleltoi.

The Evening Republican.

Young Men Who Were Sent To Reformatory Are Pa.oled.

Quite a number, /especially some of the young people, will remember two young men who spent the summer of 1913 as guests of Sheriff Hoover in the county jail. Their names as given were Jack and Dick Montrose. They had robbed a jew elry. «tore at Kentland and stores at several other places and were arrested at South Bend and sent to the reformatory in October, 1913, from Kentland. Their sentences were for 1 to 8 years. They had confessed to Sheriff Hoover that they were under assumed names and had fallen into bad company and engaged in burglary. They were about twnety years of age and showed refinement. They told Mr. Hoover their correct names and that they lived at Gates, N. Y. Sheriff Hoover a few days ago received a letter from James Forbes, father of Armond Forbes, one of the'boys, asking that clothing they had left here be sent to them at their former home, Oates, N. Y., and the clothing and some other things were sent today. The, boys have been paroled to their fathers and quite probably wilL turn out to be good men. It was fortunate for them that they were caught before they had become deeply steped in crime.

Special Meeting of the G. A. R. Saturday Afternoon.

A special meeting of the G. A. R. will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, when the plan to organize a Sons of Veterans camp will be discussed J. W. Childers has been working on this organization for some time and there will probably be forty or fifty charter members. The approval of the G. A. R. Post is desired. Let every old soldier turn out.

Apple sale starting Saturday, Nov. 7 th.- Extra fancy Pippins, Baldwins, Wagner, King,'Tallman, sweet Northern Spys.—The G. E. Murray Co.

LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid ins 60,000.00 Surplus fund. 20,000.00 Undivided Profits, less expenses and Taxes paid.. 22,903.03 Reserved for Taxes...... 1,329.80' National Bank Notes Outstanding 24,700.00 Due to State and Private Banks and Bankers 675.29 Individual deposits subject to cheek 259,607.89 Demand certificates of deposit 6,342.68 Time Certificates of deposit payable within 30 days. 42,804.03 Postal Savings deposits.. 4,476.75 Bills payable, including obligations repiesenting jponey borrowed 30,000.00 s' ■ ■ .’ . v • ■ k

LIABILITIES. Capital Stock—piid in.... 30,000.00 Surplus 25,000.00 Undivided Pr0fit5..,.,.1,384.58 Exchange, Discounts and Interest, less current expenses and interest.... 2,818.95 Demand Deposits.) 221,927.43 Time Deposits 32,295.22 Reserve for Taxe5........ 1,576.94 Total' Liabilities $315,003.12

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1914.

SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE EMPHATIC STEP

Will Mete Out Punishment to Boys Who Engaged in Two Book , Stacking Escapades. On Wednesday, evening, Oct. 28th, > the books of the- high school were “stacked” in a miscellaneous heap. The names of the perpetrators were not disclosed and the incident might have passed off without serious consequences had the same thing not been repeated Tuesday evening of this week. In an effort to place the responsibility on the right” parties and to break up permanently the destructive practice and rebellious spirit of the boys, who performed the acts Superhtendent Dean and the faculty, after disetrssing the matter with the school board, decided to cancel all athletic events and all , social functions of the high school, such as class parties, etc. This would have prevented the football game this week. Realizing what their act might do the young men who had part in the escapade decided to make complete confession and they did so, first telling Dr. Curnick, of Trinity M. E. church, and then going before the school board and members jjf the faculty and laying bare their deed. Those who did this and made confession were Dwight Curnick, Paul Worland. Harry Moore, Floyd Hemphill, Charles Rhoades and Gaylord Long. None of them are regarded as bad boys and they explained that the escapade followed some bantering. That they felt very penitent was plain for tears were shed and vows made that they would never again take part in any rebellious act.

ThA school board and Superintendent Dean want to do the right thing by all concerned. The welfare of the great body of students, the respect and authority due the teachers, the humiliation of the parents and the welfare of the boys themselves all are to be taken into consideration and the punishment, whatever it finally is, will, be given with a view to breaking up the practice. From SBOO to SI,OOO worth of books were thrown in tfie stack, Including pencils, pens, notebooks, etc, .. Many of the pupils who had worked diligently in the preparation of their school work had their notes lost, thus resulting in irreparable damage. Every parent in Rensselaer and every friend of the schools should stand firmly' with the school board and faculty in breaking up this insubordination and not so much by way of criticism of the boys themselves but by impressing them With the ingratitude of their act should all combine to stop this thing in our schools. -The school board in building the fine new high school provided a splendid gymnasium for the boys and girls, .not so much because it helped the students in their school work but because they wanted to interest the boys ..and girls and keep them in school for thein own good. This ingratitude can not be described in words and the most exemplary conduct on the part of the boys who were so unruly will pnly suffice tp* appease their deed. It is certainly to be hoped that the matter epn be adjusted so that all can rpmaln in school and that there will be none so unmanly as to engage in an .act of this kind again.

Baby Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mills by Surgery.

A Capsarean operation was performed by Dr. Peter piark, specialist, of Chicago, assisted by Drs. Loy and English, Thursday afternoon,’for the birth of a baby girl to Mrs. Howard Mills,. The operation was entirely successful, although Dr. Clark remained until this morning to be near at hand in case Mrs. Mills did not rally properly from the operation.,' Indications point to the complete Success of the operation and the mother and baby- are doing splendidly. This was the first for a long time, if mot the first altogether. Caesarean birth ih this city.

Old Glory Will Be at Half Mast In Honor of Gen. Chaffee.

The body of General Adna R. Chaffee, retired some tep years ago as the commanding general of the United States army, will be buried Saturday in Arlington cemetery, near Washington. Old Glory will fly at half mast from the flag pole in John O’Connor’s yard on Cullen street. 9

Butter! Butter. Butter.

Gold Bar Butter at 34c per lb. this week.—W. H. Dexter Creamery.

ELECTION RESULTS IN OTHER COUNTIES

Jasper County Not the Only One That Swept the Flatter Clean— Newton County Split. ** ■ ’ The, results in neighboring ebunties will be interesting: Carroll county elected the entire democratic ticket by pluralities ranging from 67 to 572. Shively beat Miller 303.- Two years ago Ralston defeated Durbin 787. Beveridge's vote fell from 896 in 1912 to 533. In White county the republicans elected the recorder, clerk, sheriff, assessor, commissioner of the second district and tw’o of the county councilmen. The democrats elected the treasurer, coroner, surveyor and five of the county councilmen. The commissioner of the third district tied with 1935 votes each. Shively carried the county by 84, Jackson beat Cook 6, Wood beat Peterson 15, Hays beat Logan Wood 1. Beveridge received 704 votes. In 1912 he received 943. In Benton county republicans landed every office except sheriff. Pluralities ranged from 85 to 452. Beveridge received 539 votes. Miller defeated Shively 81, and Jackson defeated C<sok 220. Wood defeated Peterson 123.

In Lake county the entire republican ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 2,500 to 3,000. Among the winners was Henry Whittaker, formerly a resident of Wheatfield, who was re-elected sheriff. Mat J. Brown was elected treasurer. He was formerly a county commissioner, and a mud-sling-ing campaign was carried on against him.' Lake county, with its wonderful vote, holds the key to the tenth district and gave Will R. Wood a plurality of more than 3,000. The New Era newspaper at Crown Point, which was founded to fight the progressive cause, suspended publication without getting out a paper to tell the result of the election. The Daily Courier, founded recently at East Chicago, ■is said to be about to suspend. Starke county was split up. Republicans elected the clerk, recorder and assessor; the democrats elected the sheriff, treasurer, surveyor, coroner and two commissioners. Pentecost defeated Judge Vurpillat in both*Stark6 and Pulaski counties. The Knox Republican says that many democrats voted the straight republican ticket in order to be certain that they voted for Pentecost. He carried Starke county by 109, while oth. r republicans carried it only 19 to 52. Republicans were successful in Porter county all officers being elected bv pluralities ranging from 380 to 909, f

Pulaski county also climbed into the republican column on most of the local offices. Shively, however, defeated Miller by 255. The republicans elected clerk, auditor, sheriff and two commissioners. Democrats elected treasurer, coroner, surveyor and assessor. Beveridge received 384 votes. This was Judge Vurpillat’s home and he lost 'the county by 37. James R. Guild, of Medaryville, republican candidate for joint representative, carried the county by 275. He was defeated, however, in Fulton county and his democratic opponent elected. In Newton county only two democratic candidates were elected, Rich for treasurer and McCurry for clerk.

Logan Wood Wishes to Thank Friends For Support.

Joint Representative-elect Logan Wood has been crippled up all fall and since the election has been unable to get out, but he expects to come to Rensselaer one of these days and thank personally many of his friends for their support. He called The Republican by telephone today and asked us to express his thanks through this paper to all who supported him and to say that he will make every effort to give White and Jasper counties efficient representation in the joint assembly.

Expert Tree Surgery.

A thorough inspection of your trees entailing no charge is offered by thfc tree expert. Trees are often deceptive in appearance. A fine locking specimen may be entirely hollow. A split tree apparently in good condition may at any time be the cause of trouble in many ways. Decay once admitted, progresses fast. It would be wise to give your trees some skilled attention before it Ms too late. There comes a when a tree eannot be saved. Phone or write Homer W. Hodges, expert tree doctor, Comer House, this city. j

Information Wanted of Missing Huntington Boy.

MarslffH Shesler received a postal curd this morning from Huntington with a printed description of Morris or (Harold! Randall, 15 years of age, who is missing from his home. He is 5 feet tall, weighs 110 pounds, has dark hair and eyes. Whefi he left home he had on a gray suit, red sweater coat, blue serge cap and tan shoes. Information should be conveyed to Marshal Shesler. Mr. Shesler reports that he is receiving many inquiries these days about missing persons. In a good many cases about persons who have gone from one place to another and left Unpaid obligations. From some place in North Dakota comes an inquiry about Andrew J. Charles, who formerly lived south of this city. The letter does not state for what reason Charles is wanted, but says he left that town last March’ and can not be located. The writer thought he might have returned to Jasper county. Inquiry is also made for Roscoe Reader.

Shively Has Big Plurality For United States Senate.

With the practically complete vote received in Indianapolis Benjamin F. Shively has a plurality for United States senate of 44,475. According to the returns consolidated in Indianapolis Shively has 268,167 votes, Miller 224,608 and Beveridge 107,181. v 1 The democrats will have 38 in the senate and the republicans 12,. In the lower house the democrats will probably have a slight majority. Homer Cook seems to have defeated Ed Jackson for secretary of state about 29,000.

Van Rensselaer Club May Secure the Former Armory.

J. H. Shafer, of Plymouth, inhere to figure with the Van Rensselaer Club about renting to them the entire second floor of the K. of P. building, and the trustees of the club met Mr. Shafe rand a mechanic Thursday evening. The club informed him what changes they would requine and, he was asked to submit to them his rent proposition. The Van Rensselaer Club is an organization of mefi that has proven the leading sbeial club of the city and the. plan of its present membership is to' extend its numbers and to develop into a club of considerable prominence. The charter of the club has just been re--ceived, papers of incorporatiqn having been taken out.

Obituary of John Coen.

John Coen was born on a farm in l Knox county, Ohio, March 14, 1824, and died at Rensselaer, Ind., Oct. 22, 1914, aged 90 years, 7 months and 8 days. .* ■ He jvas one of nine children born to John and Asenath Coen, only one of whom is still living, namely, William S. Coen, of Rensselaer. The family removed to Marion county, Ohio, and from thei to Fountain county, Ind. There the subject of this sketch lived until 1852, when he came to Jasper county, which place has since been his home. On December 26, 1844, Mr. Coerr was. married to Sarah To this union eight children werc| born, four of whom died in infancy.; One, Mrs. Rose Kerr, died in early 4 womanhood and the other three remain to mourn their loss. They are, Mrs. Jennie Saylor, of Washington , state: Mrs. Harriet Ferguson, De-| Kalb, 111., and Mrs. Tirzah Van-' natta. of Rensselaer. While still a j young man Mr. Coen gave his heart: to the Lord Jesus and joined the Presbyterian ehureh. After coming to Rensselaer, on May 9, 1853, he j united with the Presbyterian church of Rensselaer, and for overi 61 years he was faithful ,to every; •rust as a member of the church ■ He served the church as a ruling' elder for 60 years, and until age deprived him of strength he wasj active in the performance of every, duty. He also served the church; as superintendent of the Sabbath; school, choir leader and when 6c-> easion would arise as- janitor and preacher. He was one of the small group of faithful members to whom ( the Presbyterian church owes its existence, and while he has gofie to the Saviour whom he loved and served so faithfully, the memory of his faithfulness should inspire all who knew slim to better service in the common cause. Fresh received twice each week. Our stock is always clean'j and fresh. Buy your groceries of a sanitary department. We Guarantee ours.

ROWLES & PARKER.

Typewriter ribbons for all makes of machines for sale at The Repub- j lican office. ,

VERY CLOSE CALL FOR ED OLIVER

Prominent Farmer and Real Estate Dealer Dragged by Train He Tried to Board. Ed Oliver missed a horrible death this Friday morning simply because it was the rear end of the last coach of thei 10:46 train and not the front end which he tried to board. The train was puling out at rather a lively rate when Mr. Oliver arrived at the depot in his auto. He jumped from his machine and grabbed the hand bar of the rear end of the last coach with his right hand. His body swung about and lie was dragged a short distance along the brick platform, feet extending out over the track. He released his hold just in. time to keep* from crashing into the big trunk truck. Mr. Oliver's trousers were torn and he was .slightly bruised.. The train pulled out, the crew being without knowledge of the effort he had made to become a passenger.

Not Much of a Trick to Ride Cycle in Motordrome.

Ross Hufford informs us that a carnival company went broke at Frankfort this year and left their motordrome standing. About all the natives in that part of the country who owned motorcycles wanted to try to ride them in the motordrome, and found it a very simple task to do so. It was not long until many of the dare-devil spirits of that city were riding the motordrome at a pace that would have made some of the show riders look like they (were standing still.

File Election Expanse Accounts Within 10 Days.

All elected candidates must file their election expense accounts within ten days after the election, otherwise they can not be issued certificates of election and are liable to prosecution. These expense accounts should be filed by Thursday, Nov. 12th, but to be sure you don’t forget do it right away. Defeated candidates as well as those elected are required to file these accounts. We did not receive our ear of potatoes as soon as we expected last . week and will sell you nice Wisconsin sand-grown potatoes this week In 2y 2 bushel sacks at 55c a bushel. Michigan winter apples in 3-bushel barrels at $2 and $2.25. 20c and 25c a peck. Nice Tolman sweet apples at 25c a peck.

Any $2.50 shoe In the store Saturday, Nov. 7, at $2.19 per pair. ROWLES & PARKER.

An Ad f'or Women I The social season will soon be with us and you will be ring something in the jewelry’ line. Or perhaps you have something "that needs repairing, or cleaning, or polishing up; bring it in and let us tell you what it needs, and how little it will cost. And while in the store just look over our stock and see If that other piece you are wanting is not waiting here for you. We want you to see our new goods and prices, for we have arranged some excellent values. P W.ClarKfi 'R.enjselae Ind. NORTH SIDE CAFE Fresh Oysters, Choice F ruits, Ice Or earn, Confectionery, Tobacco and Cigars. f resh meats delivered any place in the city. Groceries. | Lewis Nichols.

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JOHN EGER.