Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — Page 1

No. 18.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS THANHOUSER DRAMA ‘The Turning of the Road” New Service New Pictures Each Night 7-8-9

Dr. Curnick is Re-elected Trustee of Anti-Saloon League.

Dr. Paul C. Curnick attended the annual meeting of the state trustee# of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League at Indianapolis, Tuesday, and was re-elected as one of the trustees and a member of the state executive committee for 1915. Dr. Curnick reports that last year was one of the best in the history ,of the Anti-Saloon League. The annual income was over $30,000. The trustees voted to go before the present legislature for statewide prohibition. Steps will be taken at once to unify all the temperance forces of the state in an effort to have the legisalture pass ; such a bill. ,

Cough Medicine for Children.

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Received 87. Postcards on Occasion of Her Birthday.

Monday was the birthday of Mrs. W. R. Brown and she received postcards from the four corners of he earth. Her husband had planned the affair and it .proved a splendid surprise for Mrs. Brown and she wishes to thank all of her friends who remembered her with the beautifu land appropriate cards. '

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WEATHER. Fair tonight, somewhat colder northeast portion; Friday partly cloudy. .

' Tonight - Tonigbt I 8:40 8:40 o Lyceum Course Lecture | Methodist Church - . < Dr. Parks Cadman one of the world’s greatest j lecturers Admission 35c. Students 25 ■

The Evening Republican.

MERCHANTS ACTIVE FOR CITY WELFARE

Association Confers j With Council and Takes Initial Step For Several Good Things. - I . The Merchants’ Association of Renssedaer held a meeting Monday night and Mayor Spitler and the members of the city council were present and the merchants were informed that the city is unable owing to financial conditions to longer provide for the collection of the garbage from the business district. The merchants proposed to undertake to provide the money .necessary foi this purpose pnd also to take over the proposition of street sprinkling and to give aid to matters of sanitation and beautification of the city. The method the Merchants’ Association proposes to employ is to go to each of the 143 business and professional men of the city and ask them to subscribe to the fund for street sprinkling and garbage collection. It is believed that every business and professional man will be willing to pay more than the cost of sprinkling alone by a considerabe margin, thus making it possible to have adequate garbage collection over the business section. It is probable that many who are not engaged in business but who are interested in the health and appearance of the city will also subscribe to the fund, which will make.it possible to keep the city fire team at all times within a block or two of the fire engine house, thus affording much better fire protection to the entire city. The money collected will be turned, over to the city and disbursed by them for the purpose of street sprinkling and garbage collection. If persons desire that ash piles and garbage be collection from their residences they can arrange to have this done by the garbage team by paying for same at a nominal cost. The counci land the merchants came to a fair understanding and the plan should work out excellently and have the full endorsement of all.

Charley Remmek Goes on Rampage—Whiskey or Dope.

Charley Remmek, who is about 35 years of age, went on a rampage Wednesday evening and with a shotgun threatened his father, mother and sister and drove his parents from their home in the former B. S. Fendig residence. The affair occurred just as the second show at the Princess was out and the scene caused considerable trouble. Some claim that Remmek was intoxicated, others that he was under the influence of an opiate. He refused to let any person enter the house, threatening to kill them, until Dr. Hemphill arrived. He then went to bed and no further trouble ensued. Some time ago Rejnmek armed with a gun chased some man at whom he thought he had a grievance through the Little Indian cigar store and pool room, threatening to kill them and it is reported has used a gun on one or two other occasions. His conduct Wednesday night deserves consideration of the officers, but it should be seen to that he is denied the use of firearms and warned against any further demonstrations? Closing out every suit and cloak in stock, Vt off. Come early. FENDIG’B FAIR.

tmmama Thursday, January si, 1915.

NAVAL LECTURER TO VISIT RENSSELAER

Stereopticon Views of Battle Ships Will Be Seen at Free Lecture On January 27th. A lecture and stereopticon views of the growth and development of the United States navy from the time of wooden yvarships to the present super-dreadnaughts will be given at the Ellis opera house Wednesday evening, Jan. 27th, being entirely free of charge. Arrangements have been made to deliver the same lecture and views at St. Joseph’s college for the benefit of the faculty and teachers in the afternoon of the same day. The officers of the navy league are as follows: General Horace Porter, president; Charles C. Glover, treasurer; Robert M. Thompson, chairman executive committee; Henry H. Ward, vice president; Joshua Evans, assistant treasurer; Arthur H. Dadmun, secretary; Wm. M. Lewis, field secretary Honorary members, Josephus .Daniels, secretary of the navy; Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy; Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo; Henry Watterson, Elihu Root, Rev. Lyman Abbott, James Cardinal Gibbons, Theodore Roosevelt, and scones of other influential men. The navy league of the United States opened its middle western campaign in November and since that time has gained a great amount of enthusiastic support. The Office Men’s Association of Duluth, Minn., joined the league in a body. The students of Illinois University have formed a junior section and scores of other business organizations and institutions rre about to take similar action. - W. M. Lewis, the field secretary, is having more calls to address ffieetings than he can fill, such is the interest in his popular illustrated lecture on the navy. Among his next five weeks’ visits are St. Joe, Mich; Gary, St. Louis, East St. Louis, Omaha and several other, places of importancfe. It should be remembered that the navy league is not a society for the encouragement of war but for the advancement of peace. A fire department does not entirely prevent fires in a city, but it decreases the number of conflagrations wonderfully. A nation with adequate defense may some times be attacked by an enemy, but it suffers far less than a nation unprotected. George Washington once said: ‘To be prepared lor war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” The U. 8. is not a'military nation; our army is small in proportion to our territory and population; and,’ being so situated geographically that any Tear of invasion need be anticipated only from the sea, our main strength must necessarily be concentrated in the navy. With the Panama Canal and a coast line of nearly 20,000 miles to defend, and with colonial possessions separated from us by a great ocean, it is but natural that the navy should be our principal protection. !Mr. Lewis will present over a hundred remarkable stereopticon slides during his lecture in Rensselaer. These pictures give a fascinating history of our navy from the sailing vessels of the Revolution down to the most modern dreadnaughts. Come and see and hear him. The Rensselaer band will furnish the music free. •

Obituary of Mrs. David Shumaker.

Mrs. David Shumaker was born April 14th, 1873, in Jay county, Ind. She died January 18, 1915, aged 42 years 11 months and 15 days. She was united in marriage to David Shumaker of Jay county, Ind., on April 14th, 1891. To this uni n were born eight children, all of wKom survive her. They ane as follows: Harry Elwood, at home, Cecil Monroe, at home; Hazel May Stein, of Jasper county; Dorothy Beatrice, Ernest Lincoln, Vera, Grape Helen. The youngest, Helen, is four years of age. Mrs. Shumaker united with the Christian church in Jay county, Pleasant Hill. She has lived a very earnest and consistent Christian life and there are many who will mourn their loss. The family have the deepest sympathy of all her many friends, who have loved her and appreciated her worth. The funeral was held at the Christian church of this city Wednesday. The family desire to thank the many friends for their sympathy during her illness and death of this loved pne. ♦• - . Some fine, fresh fish Henry Nevill. :

The Kind of Registration Law They Have in Montana.

Edward F. Mills, of near Hamilton, Mont., son of Mrs. Anna Mills of this city and a graduate some years ago of Purdue University, has left for his western home after a visit of four weeks here, the first visit he had made to his old home since he located in the west six years ago. Mr. Mills has taken an interest in the politics of his state, not from the standpoint of party but as an individual and he believes that many of the laws there are wholesome and might be adopted with profit in other states. The registration law there is so framed as to be inexpensive, of convenience to voters and somewhat safer than the method employed in this state, and we believe the present legislature might adopt a similar one here. There, registration may be made during a fixed time with the county clerk, and the time covers a period of several months. If voters are unable to get in to the court house they can file their registrations by making affidavit before any notary public or justice of the peace. After registering and voting at any general election it is not necessary to register again unless one fails to vote at a general election. The direct primary law in Montana, according to Mr. Mills, has proved a good thing, although it has only been in operation a short time. The power of corporations, which had been very detrimental to the best interests of the state, has been eliminated by the primaries, Mr. Mills believes, and the law makes it practically impossible to secure support by corrupt practice, as candidates for county office are limited to the expenditure of SIOO during the campaign. Last summer in the primaries there were as many as 25 announced candidates for some office. The voter does not have to declare his party affiliation as’ is required in many states having primary laws but if there are four tickets in the field he is given all four tickets when he enters the 'booth. He selects the one he wishes to support in the nominating primary and marks the ones for whom he wishes to vote and returns it to be voted and the other three back to the poll clerks to go into another box and be destroyed. The plan worked quite satisfactorily, although it is rather expensive as the tickets required are necessarily four times as many as the number of voters, while the large number of candidates make large tickets essential. We believe that the expensive registration law now in force in this state should be -annulled and a new law passed by which the expense of registration would be greatly reduced. In fact, in the less densely populated counties, like Jasper and its neighbors, we do not believe that registration is necessary at all. As a matter >f fact there have been practically no election frauds in any of these counties, while the registration lequirement has made many honest voters lose their right of suffrage because they happened to be away or were unable to get to the registration booth. l

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ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER JOINS SILENT ARMY

Larkin Potts Passes Away at Age of 77 Years—Served In the 9th \ and Also the 99th. Larkin Potts, aged 77 years; a veteran of the civil war, passed away at his home in the northwest part of this city this Thursday morning at H o’clock. Death followed a stroke of paralysis which occurred Monday evening. Mr. Potts was the last of the resident members of the three months’ service in the 9th Indiana regiment, having gone out with General Robert- H. Milroy, when he organized Company G, of that regiment in Rensselaer. He later served in the 99th Indiana regiment. He is survived by his wife. The funeral arrangements have not been made at this time.

Christian Church Services.

A good sized audience was again present at the Christian church revival last evening, and a splendid service resulted. There was one more accession. The music was again enjoyed, especially a solo rendered by Elizabeth Davenport. For the service of Friday evening great things in a musical line are being arranged. Prof. Altheide and the chorus have promised to make this as oig a musical feast as has ever been offered in any church. The sermon of the evening was on "The Un pardonable Sin.” The speaker said in part:

These words, of JJsus were spoken in the ears of his critics, fault-find-ers, and those who were seeking to destroy his work. Constantly they were rejecting and spurning Him and accusing Him of working His wonders through the power of the evil one. These hearts had become so hard and their souls so withered that Jesus could make no impression whatever upon thgm. In His mind they had committed the sin for which there was no forgiveness. I have come to believe that there comes a time in one’s life when it is impossible for any pleading of Jesus or His ambassadors to make any impression upon the heart, and then it is that the soul is past beyond all redemption. Every time one rejects the love and mercy of the Saviour of the world it makes it that much easier to reject Him again. The awfulness of the whole matter is that there will come the day when God will withhold His offer of pardon and mercy because we have continually and persistently refused Him. I do not believe strongly in deathbed repentance. I would not say that it is wrong; and that God fails to hear the cry of the penitent soul in its last hours, but oh, how mean, and how unjust to burn the candle of life low and offer God the last flicker. No soul can ever enjoy its abode in God s Eternal City if it creeps through the “gates of gold” by means of a death-bed repentance, for as we gaze upon the old heroes of t'le kingdoms and of the cross, we would cry out with shame because of our little service and accomplished good. There is so much danger of people here in our own city falling under this terrible condemnation year in and year out, week after week, and night after night Christ comes to you and knocks at your heart’s door for admittance. How often you refuse Him, and turn Him back. Friends, I plead with you as a. minister of the Gospel of the one who loves you, beware lest God become weary of His entreating and pleading, and allow you to go in your own way. You believe in Him. You arMwilllng to admit He is worthy of your service, love and devotion, then why turn youi\back upon Him Come to Him tonight and give Him your manhood ,and your trust womanhood. The service tonight will begin at 7:15 and will continue until 8:20.

INDIANA DAY IN HISTORY. January 21 From Indiana Society Calendar. David A. Noyes born. Sounded several notes that he has never been able to reach since. ...d « • d

WHAT THE WISE ONE SAID As® ' - Scit uti foro. * ....... ...., ......

TONIGHT Christian Church “Driving Like Jehu” .7:15—8:20 You can attend this meeting and be in plenty of time for the lecture. Come

Wife’s Plea Saves Former Pastor From Penitentiary.

John Paris Cox, a fomer Methodist minister, who has led a checkered career, was recently arrested at Carmel, Ind., charged with having committed forgeries aggregating |1,500. Cox was at one time pastor of the M. E. church at North Judson, later he became an evangelist in Minnesota and later an insurance agent at South Bend, where his trouble increased. He is charged with having signed the name of his father-in-law to the bond he furnished the insurance companies and also to have forged checks on which he procured money. He was in jail at South Bend, unable to give bond, but his wife and children pleaded for his release on the ground would starve if they did not have him to provide for them. He was released, but there is considerable indignation because of the action and he may be returned to jail to await his trial.

Judge Vurpillat Accepts Chair at Notre Dame.

North Judson News. The University of Notre Dame has offered to former Judge Francis J. Vurpillat, of Winamac, the chair of resident professor of law and ludge of the moot court. The judge has accepted the offer and as soon as he can arrange his personal and business matters, will move to South Bend to be near the university. The position is permanent and pays a handsome salary and Notre Dame is noted as one of the greatest seats of learning in the United States. 1,200 students are enrolled at the university and 150 students are in the law department. Judge T. E. Howard, late of the supreme court of Indiana and chief instructor Col. Hoynes are to retire from the corps of instructors and Judge Vurpillat being on the reserve list to succeed either of them,, may eventually land the highest position in the department.

thus giving every one the opportunity of attending the lecture as it will not begin until 8:40. The theme will be “Driving Like Jehu.”

The Daily Inquisition. < Good Evening. < ■ Did you meet the Charity < Board request with a spirit J of willingness?

WHAT THE WISE ONE |g| MEANT „• J . My love works in a greenhouse. -D. A. Noyes. ■.« . • A

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