Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1915 — Page 1

No. 63.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS t A big Box Office attraction on, this evening “Vengance of the Flames” A 3 Reeler 7-8-9

RAILROAD FARE BILL KILLED

Public Will Continue to Ride For Two Cents Per Mile For . The Present. The railroad fare bill, which was drafted to meet recommendations of Governor Ralston in providing that the public service commission be empowered to grant increases of not more Jihan half a cent a mile over the present two cent passenger fare rate, when proof of the need of increased return was supplied by the petitioning company, met with strenuous opposition. The rate question, which was caucused on by the democrats, was not made a party measure and was killed by a vote of 59 against to 35 for. The subject was discussed generally, the author pointing out that expenditures of the companies had increased and in some instances had doubled, since 1907, when the two cent fare law was enacted. Representative Benz said if “this bill is passed, we might as well pass a measure making the fares straight two and one-half cents a mile.” He declared there are three members of the public service commission who were railroad lawyers. Representative Judkins asked, “I found I made nothing out of my business last year, and who am I going to for relief, the legislature?” He predicted “if increased rates were made possible the increased revenue would be used to raise salaries of officers.”

Members contended that enactment of such, a law would give the steam companies approximately $3,800,000 increased revenue each year, while it was estimated the increase for the electric lines would be no less than $3,300,000. Members who spoke for the bill, said their constituents were anxious they do so in hopes of the increase benefitting business. Representative Wood’s bill concerning petitions asking for elections to aid steam and interurban roads passed the house Wednesday without opposition. Another bill killed in the house was the Krau bill, passed by the senate to permit newspapers to enter into advertising contracts with railroads for mileage. As there is no state law at present forbidding making such contracts such a bill is really unnecessary.

Lebo Ewbank Severely Injured In Runaway Accident.

Lebo Ewbank, a farm hand working for Jerry Branson on the Ed Parkinson fam, west of Rensselae, was severely injured this Thursday morning in a runaway accident. Ewbank was driving a team of'taules from the Ezra Wolfe place and was walking along beside the wagon. The team became frightened and started* to run and in attempting to stop them Mr. Ewbank was thrown to the ground and the wagon passed over him, breaking his right leg above the knee. His left foot was also sprained and his back received slight injuries also. Dr. English was called and Ewbank was brought to town in the ambulance and taken to the home of Joab Branson, who is taking care of him. Mr. Eubank had come to Indiana the day before and had just started to work at the Branson farm. He is a cousin of Webb Jackson. Dr. English was assisted in the care of the unfortunate man. Itwill probably be several months before he can resume work. . +

- The simplest spreader on the market W the John Deere. It to aoid by Hamilton & Kellner. . .

The Evening Republican.

TO RAISE SUGAR BEETS IN JASPER

Big Sagar Company Trying to Interest Farmers in Gifford Region to Put Oat 600 Acres. Newton Stultz, of Huntington, who represents the Holland-St. Louis and Decatur Sugar Co., with factories in Holland, Mich., St. Louis Mo., and Decatur, Ind., is here trying to interest the farmers in the Gifford region to put out at least 600 acres of sugar beets this year. He came here at the solicitation of George Gifford, of Tipton, who thinks the soil of the Gifford region especially adapted to the raising of sugar beets. A meeting is to be held at Gifford this Thursday evening, when the matter will be presented to the farmers of that region. .The company makes a very liberal contract with sugar beet raisers, and agrees to pay a minimum of $5 per ton for sugar beets, and for all over $5.00 per 100 that sugar sells for an additional price will be paid. Therefore, if sugar brings $5.75 per 100 the price they will pay for the beets will be $5.75 per ton, but in no event will they pay less than $5 per ton. The total cost per acre of raising sugar beets is from $20.25 to $35 per acre. The yield is from 12 to 20 tons per acre. The company will attend to the matter of securing the necessary labor, furnish the seed and implements at cost, and in case the farmer desires to retire from the business at any time will take the machinery back at two-thirds the price paid for it by the farmer. In case for any reason replanting is necessay the company will furnish the seed free.

At Morocco contracts have already been made and a big acreage will be put out. Beets can be grown on almost any kind of soil except on muck, which is not adapted for this purpose, but the abundance of other kinds of soil in the Gifford region which at present is not used for onion culture can be used for this purpose. The three factories of the company have a capacity of from 8,600 to 10,000 tons daily. The price quoted is for the beets delivered on the ears. Unlike onions freezing does not hurt the beets and they can be marketed at any time.

The Evidence is at Tour Door. Rensselaer proof is what you want and the statement of this highly respected resident will banish all doufbt. Charles Maldhow, Harvey Street, Rensselaer, says: “Kidney complaint and backache kept me in misery for years. The pain from my back extended through my shoulders and even into my neck. The kidney secretions annoyed me by their irregularity to ptassage and proved that my kidneys were at fault. I got Doan’s Kidney Pills at Fendig’s Drug Store and after taking a few doses, I' knew that I had at last found the medicine I needed. My kidneys were strengthened and the pains in my back were removed. I have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills since then, when having similar attacks and I have never failed to get relief." Price 50c, at all .dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pilto-the same that Mr. Malehow bad. Foerter-!Mil-bum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

So determined is W, S. Dunbar, of Port Stockton, Texas, to hold the Ford mileage record, that he has sent his report to the Ford Motor Company in the form of a sworn affidavit. It is certainly an astonishing record, too. Mr. Dunbar makes regular trips in his Ford between. Fort Stockton and Pecos City, a distance of 65 miles, and carries four passengers. His Model T, purchased in 1909, is still in service, with the same wheels, enfgine and transmission, and has a grand mileage of 150,000 miles. 1 In addition to that, Mr* Dunbar has repeatedly made the round trip of 130 miles, sworn to in his affidavit, on 3% gallons of gasoline or a mileage of 37 1-7 miles per gallon. It isn’t remarkable, perhaps, that Mr. Dunbar should insist upon having these extraordinary figures preserved in affidavit form.

Box Social Ths Pocahontas Council win give a box supper on March 4th in their hall in the L O. O. F. building, to which -they extends cordial invitation to the Red Men, their friends and the friends of the couneD A short program wiU be given.—Adv.

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A Mileage Record For Texas.

BENBBELAEB, INDIANA,' THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1915.

AMERICANS LURED TO EUROPE—TURNED ADRIFT

Hired to Care for Horses On Way to Allied Armies—Promises of Pay Not Kept. London, March 2.—Many Americans have been induced to ship on British steamers as horse tenders, with promises of pood pay and a return ticket to Ameica, only to be turned adrift penniless in England or France. Such vessels run from American ports to England and France with remounts for allie?. The men are engaged to care for the animals on the way over. They are assured they will receive from sls to $35 for their work, and will be supplied with a return ticket or an opportunity to work their way back on another steamer. On arriving they often fail to get the money promised and are turned loose to shift for themselves. Sometimes they receive $2.50 and an order for return .passage on a ship sailing a month hence. Obviously the man can not wait, and often he offers to work his way home for nothing. These men have been appealing for help to American officials in London. Since November 1 more than 100 have made known their distress. The American relief committee can help only Americans impoverished by the war. It can not aid men who have, come over since the fighting began. Hence nothing can be done for these' stranded citizens. American officials in England and France are today making every effort to discourage Americans fom coming into the war zone, lured by promises of shipping agents in America. For years the mistreatment of American seamen coming to Europe on foreign vessels has been the subject of much complaint, but since the opening of the war conditions have become much worse. There are evidences of a general understanding between ship officers and shipping agents to fleece unsuspecting and inexperienced men.

GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Busy Readers Can Thus Keep Abreast of the Times and Not Waste Much of Their Time. New Director of U. S. Mint. Robert W. Wooley, of Fairfax, Va., now auditor for the interior depart ment, was nominated Tuesday by President Wilson as director of the mint to succeed George E. Roberts, resigned. Doctor Arrested as Quack. Dr. W. H. Dings, of Mitchell, Lawrence county, was arrested Tuesday by a deputy U. S. marshal and taken to Indianapolis charged with using the mails to defraud in advertising fake cures for women. Forty-seven years ago Tuesday instruction began in the University of Illinois with three instructors and 57 students. President James Tuesday announced there are 6,004 students and 777 instructors. “Hands Off,” U. S. Attitude. “Hands off” American commerce. This is the attitude of the U. S., determined upon by President Wilson and his cabinet, which will be officially communicated to the allies, as it already has been indicated to Germany.

Anarchist Plot Foiled. An anarchistic plot embracing destruction of property, assassination of wealthy men and a reign of terror under the domination of armed men, was frustrated Tuesday in New York city with the arrest of a self-con-fessed anarchist and an accomplice. School Burns—Children Saved. The lives of more than 300 children and teachers were imperiled on Tuesday afternoon when fire destroy,ed the old Logan school building at LaCrosse, Wis. Although smoke filled many of the rooms, all the children" were hurried from the building by the teachers without a panic. Would Reimburse Cattle Owners. A determined effort will be made before the adjournment of congress by Senator Kenyon and Representative Connolly to have owners of the Chicago dairy show cattle reimbursed for the expense they have gone to in maintaining a quarantine of their cattle during the study of the foot and mouth epidemic in the herd.

Recommends Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. "I take pleasure In recommending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my customers because I have odfrfidence in it. I find that they are pleased with it and call for it when a,gain in need of such a medicine.” writes J. W. Sexson, Montevallo, Mo. For sale by all dealers. C For thte week only, a 3 Ib. can of solid packed spinach, or a 3 Ib.mn us- peeled pe»rires for table orples for 10c, or 3 cans of solid packed sweet potatoes for 25 cents. , JOHN EGER.

TWO SUBSTITUTES FOR CLOVER ARE SUGGESTED

Purdue Bulletin Says Cowpeas and Soy Beans Are Valuable As Fertiliser. Lafayette, Ind., March 2.—An instructive bulletin, presenting the value of soy beans and cowpeas as substitutes for clover, has been issued by the experiment station of Purdue university under the direction of A. T. Wiancko, chief in soils and crops. The bulletin also deals with the varieties and cultural methods applied to the substitute crops. As a result of the experiments conducted on the university farms, it has been found that the soil preparation for soy beans or cowpeas should be much the same as for corn. The crop may be planted with a corn planter, narrowing the rows to three feet if possible, and drilling the seeds about two inches apart in the row, which will equire abqut half bushel of seed to the acre, o<‘a wheat drill may be used, using every fifth drill hole for planting in rows for cutlivation. On clean gound, where weeds are not likely to be troublesome, drilling solid without subsequent cultivation may be practiced. In this case a bushel or seed to the acre should be used.

For cowpeas special inoculation is seldom needed in this state, but wherever soy beans are grown for the first time it is almost sure to be required. The inoculation process is very simple. Thoroughly mix about a gallon of moist, screened, inoculated soil with every bushel of seed as it is put into the drill or planter box. If seed is obtainable directly from farmers, a gallon of sceened soil from the soy behn field should be demanded with every bushel of seed bought Most farmers selling seed are prepared to supply screened soil. Planting should be done right after the best time to plant corn but both of these crops will stand much alter planting if necessary, except in the case of late varieties intended for seed production. Southern seed should be avoided, as they are too late maturing for this state. It will pay well to drill with the seed about 150 pounds of a fertilizer containing 10 to 12 per cent of phosphoric add and 4 to 6 per cent of potash.

For soybean hay production, Sable, Peking, Jet, Black Beauty or Wilson are all good. Ito San and Early Brown will make good hay, but they do not make as large growth. Hollybrook and Mikado may also be used but the stems are coarser and the quality of the hay will not be. as fine. The crop should be cut when the pods are about half grown, put up in small cocks as soon as thoroughly wilter and permitted to stand for several days to cure before hauling. For cowpea hay the Whippoorwill, Clay, Iron and New Era are all good. The Blackeye and Black are less productive for hay. Cowpeas should not be cut for hay until the first pods have turned yellow otherwise the crop should be treated the same as soybeans.

For seed production in northern Indiana Ito San or Early Brown should be used, he seed crop should be cut when the majority of the pods are ripe and about half the leaves have fallen off.

Girl Who Was Hazed Asks Change of Venue.

Lafayette, Ind., March 2.—The damage suit of Mabel Rogers against seven former girl students of Purdue university, whom she accuses of having hazed and injured her when she was a stuednt there, will not be tried jin Tippecanoe county. Her attorney, Frank Kimmel, yesterday afternoon asked for a change of venue, charging that on account of the university’s influence the plaintiff could not have a fair trial. The defendants in the action for damages in the sum of $7,000 are Mary Clark, Ruth Cowan, Agnes Phillips, Esther Kisner, Helen Lee, May Blue and Mary Sheridan. The incident occurred in January, 1914, and all the parties involved in the legal controversy have sinsg left college. In the new paragraph of the answer the defendants aver they compromised the case with Miss Rogers prior to the time of filing the complaint Damages were fully paid, the answer alleges. The case was to have come to trial next Monday.

Acetylene Welding Cash.

March 1, 1915. Alter this date all acetylene welding will be for cash only. Please come prepared to pay.—-Hemphill Bros., Front St.. Rensselaer, Ind.

Box Supper. There will be a box supper at Belle Center school house, 2% miles north of Rensselaer Friday evening, March sthl All are invited.—Addie Harris, Teacher. The Black Eagle the planter the farmers have been looking for. See it at Hamilton A Kellner’s.

HONOLULU PAPER TELLS OF TRIP

John Eilts, Now in Jasper County, Was Interviewed While in Hawaiian Islands. John Eilts, who is visiting his brothers, R. H. and Edward Eilts, of Union township, called at The Republican office Wednesday. The Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, of Feb. 16th, published the following account of the experiences Mr. Eilts and wife experienced in getting away from China: , John Eilts, a civil engineer and architect of Tsingtau, who is a through passenger aboard the Tenvo Maru, accompanied by his wife, en route to San Francisco, said*last night that the British authorities in the Orient were making it almost impossible for Germans to leave China for either the United States or Europe.

Mr. and Mrs. Eilts and a number of prominent members of the local German colony were the guests of Rudolph Heydeurich at the Rathskellar last night. When the war broke out in Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Eilts were in Hainan, in the southern part of China. Owing to his large property interests in Tsingtau, Mr. Eilts made immediate preparations to leave the Chinese province for his home in North China. ‘The first obstacle I encountered,” said Mr. Eilts, “was when I, was told by the British consul at Hainan that I could not leave the country until permission was granted from Hongkong. A letter was written to the authorities in Hongkong asking for this permission, which was not answered for a whole month. Telegrams were exchanged for another week and finally cablegrams were sent to London. “For three months we were held in Hainan waiting for the unraveling of official red tape and finally my wife and I slipped out of the port one night in a Chinese junk. For two weeks we were on this strange craft and after many thrilling adventures with French officers at Hoi-How we finally made the port of Kong-Moon, Which is within seven hours of Canton by rail.

“We were four weeks making the journey from Canton to Nanking, and upon our arrival in Shanghai we found that we had another month’s delay in getting a steamer out of there for the United States, owing to the fact that all ships from the Orient at that time were carrying large numbers of refugees from Tsingtau. We finally secured passage on the Tenyo Maru and without any further difficulty I expect to land in the United States safely within the next week. “OUr experience has been a trying one and at times very thrilling. I will say, however, that the British, with the assistance of the Japanese, are going to convince the German residents of China that the Flowery Kingdom is a good country to stay in.”

A Morning’s Mail at the Ford.

Each succeeding morning-mail is breaking records these days in the sales department of the Ford Motor Company. Amazing figures, even for the Ford, are becoming positively incredible figures. For example, here is a portion of one morning’s mail: Hood & Snyde, of Jewell, lowa, ask that a train-load of Fords be shipped as soon as possible. The Repass Auto Company of Waterloo, lowa, wants a train load of Fords at once. The Brownell Auto Co., of Birmingham, Ala., ask immediate shipment of train load of runabout cars. The Herring Motor Company of Des Moines, lowa, insists that 1000 Fords be shipped immediately. William Warnock & Company of Sioux City, lowa, write for 1500, “or more if we can have them.” The Becker Auto Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., asks for a modest 700 cars immediately. With such mail, day after day, as this, it is small wonder that the 300,000 car production has become a well established certainty.

PROCLAMATION.

Attention is called to section 3271 R. S. 1914: KILLING ROAMING DOG.—“If any dog shall be found roaming over the country unattended by his master or owner, or his owner’s agent, it shall be lawful to kill such dog.” Notice is hereby given that the marshal of the city of Rensselaer from and after this date will kill any dog found roaming the streets of the city of Rensselaer unattended by his master or owner, or his owner’s agent. Done this second day of March, 1915. CHARLES G. SPITLER,

Swift 60 per cent digester tankage and all kinds of feeds tor sale by Hamilton A Kellner.

WILL R. WOOD TO ASSUME DUTIES

First Lafayette Man in Congress Since the Days of Thomas B. Ward. Lafayette Courier. March 3.—When congress adjourns tomorrow at noon Will R. Wood, of this city, will succeed John B. Peterson as congressman from the tenth Indiana district and the gifted Lar fayette attorney will realize one of the ambitions of his life to become a member of the hpuse of representatives. During his extended political career Mr. Wood has served eighteen years in the state senate and now goes to Washington, where his friends aasert he will soon be one of the leaders in congress. While he will begin drawing his salary of $7,500 a year tomorrow, he may not be sworn in until next December, when the new congress will be in session. Mr. Wood will then take the oath of office from the speaker of the house. With the introduction of Mr. Wood into office as a member of the national house it will be the first time that Lafayette has had a congressman of its own since the days of Thomas Ward. Mr. Ward was a democrat of the old school and was elected in 1882 and 1884, Lafayette has had no resident congressman since the new tenth district was formed. Mr. Wood says he does not expect to revolutionize the system of government during his first session as a member of congress, but he will do the best he can to make the country prosperous and will fight hard for the restoration of the tariff. He is of the opinion that the present business depression is caused by the present low tariff. Mr. Wood said during his long term in the state legislature he had always fought hard for Purdue university and that now he will be given power to advocate legislative acts in the house of congress that will be of benefit to Purdue. The new congressman was born at Oxford, Benton county, this state, Jan. 5, 1861, and attended the common schools in his. home town. His parents, Robert and Matilda Wood, still live at Oxford. Mr. Wood taught school two terms in the country and then went to the University of Michigan, where he was graduated from the law department in 1882. After his graduation he located in this city, going at first into the office of the late Judge Wallace, where he remained for two years. He then formed a partnership with Capt. William H. Bryan, which lasted for eight years. He was at one time dominated by the democrats for prosecuting attorney, but declined to run on that ticket. In 1890 he was elected prosecutor by the republicans and in 1892 was re-elected to this office. In 1894 he was a candidate in the old ninth district, the convention being held at Kokomo. Here were five candidates for the nomiation, and Senator Wood came within five votes of being nominated seven different times out of a total of 105 votes. He then threw his strength to Hanly, who was finally nominated and served in congress one term. The state was then redistricted for congressional purposes and Hanly was beaten at the next convention by E. D. Crumpacker. After Hanl/s defeat for renomination Senator Wood formed a partnership with him in this city for the practice of law, which continued until Hanly was elected governor in 1904. In 1896 Senator Wood was elected state senator to fill the unexpired term of William S. Haggard, who was elected lieutenant governor that year. Mr. Wood was re-elected sou different times and holds the record for continuous service in the state legislature.

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