Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1915 — Page 1

No. 54.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS “The Great Secret” A story brimful of heart throbs A White Star drama in 3 parts 7-S-9

Funeral of Oscar Bullis Will Be Held Friday A. M.

The body of Oscar Bullis, whose death occurred in Minnesota, arrived in Rensselaer this Friday morning on the 11:05 train, accompanied by his mother, two brothers, one sister and his uncle, Edward Bullis. The remains were taken to the home of the young man’s father in Jordan township, where the funeral will be held Saturday monring at 10 o’clock, being conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, of the Presbyterian church. Burial wih be made in the Welsh cemetery. Oscar was 22 years of age instead of 20 as incorrectly stated when the first notice of his death appeared in this paper. He went to Minnesota in May of last year and took out a claim. His brothers and uncle also took claims. He was getting along well until he conttacted typhoid fever and after three weeks he "was forced to give up the struggle and passed away. He is a nephew of Louis and Ben Welsh, of this city, and was a young man of exemplary- habits and with many friends to all of whom the news of his death was a great shock.

Freckle-Face Now is the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots. Do you know how easy it is to remove those ugly spots so that no one will call you freckle-face? Simply get an ounce of othine, double strength, from your druggist, and a few applications should show you how easy it is to rid yourself of freckles and get a beautiful complexion. The sun and winds of February and March have a strong tendency to bring out freckles, and as a ■result more othine is sold in these months. Be sure to ask for the double strength othine, as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove the freckles.

PUBLIC SALE. On the south side of the courthouse square Saturday afternoon, March 6, at about 2 o’clock, I will sell at public auction a number of farming tools, consisting of cultivators, planters, harrows, etc. It will pay you to see these articles before you buy. TERMS—Cash. GEORGE COFFMAN. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer.

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COLUMBIA LUNCHEON A BOOSTER MOVEMENT

Editors Guests of Indianapolis Club Which Desires to Have Membership Over State. About forty republican editors throughout Indiana were guests at an enjoyable luncheon given by the Columbia Club of Indianapolis Thursday noon. The invitations sent out by President Hamilton and Secretary Ewbank stated that the Columbia Club desired to become a greater factor in the republican party in the future and wanted the co-operation of the republican press of the state. ’Hie gathering was quite representative, editors being there from all over Indiana* Following the luncheon, President Hamilton introduced several speakers, among them Charles W. Miller, William L. Taylor and George B. Lockwood. .It was explained that the Columbia Club, which at present has a membership of about twelve hundred, largely confined to Indianapolis, wished to extend the membership, increasing it to two or three thousand and to have as non-resident members republicans from all over Indiana. The republican papers were asked to present the invitation thus given to prominent republicans of their respective cities and counties and make all feel that the doors of the Columbia Club are swinging wide open and that they will find a cordial welcome within. The club has plans to increase the size of its very handsome quarters on the circle and to do this makes the added membership very desirable and will make it a most convenient and hospitable home for republicans who are frequent or even occasional visitors in the state capital. Sleeping accommodations can be procured at the club, a more satisfactory thing than to stop at hotels. Most of the large business men of Indianapolis and the leading politicians of the state hold membership there and one is always certain to find many at the club who will make their entertainment and stay in the city agreeable. Businessmen who spoke ' pointed out that soup houses made necessary this year in Indianapolis to take care of the unemployed were the first that had been necessary there since the last Cleveland administration. They also spoke of the business depression, the closed factories, the struggle of many institutions to keep free from bankruptcy and said that to restore business and the confidence that is necessary to •accomplishment of real progress it would be necessary to again place capable republicans at the head of the lawmaking bodies of the state and antion. The speakers were greeted with applause and the meeting had the appearance of a first great effort to the accomplishment of the restoration so desirable to all. Besides the speakers mentioned, all three of whom are capable and are possible candidates for United States senator, there was present Harry New, whose father in the long-ago years of the political newspapers in the big cities, conducted The Indianapolis Journal. Mr. New was himself connected with the paper for many years. He, too, is a possible candidate for United States Senator. Among the editors was Samuel E. Boys, of Plymouth, who ran his newspaper as a progressive organ during the campaigns of 1912 and 1914. Mr. Boys is back in the republican party and will be active in encouraging it to a forward step in law making. Another former Bull Moose editor present and one who is quite well known in Rensselaer was Henry A. Roberts, of Carmel, who is back in the ranks. Mr. Roberts is a traveling salesman, and has been coming to this city for

Loans Wanted S2OO on chattel mortgage. S7OO on city property. $1,500 first mortgage farm loan. ♦

RENSBELAXR, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1916.

GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Busy Readers Can Thus Keep Abreast of the Times and Not Waste Much of Their Time. Anarchy in Mexico. The populace of Mexico City is suffering from famine and lack of communication with the outside world. Carranza has taken charge of affairs and is inciting the peopel to loot and take the law into their own hands in an effort to force the male population into his army. The port of Progreso has been closed, and American manufacturers of binder twine are unable to ship their fiber to this country. A note’ of protest has been sent to Carranza but remains unanswered.

Narcotic Law Having Effect.

The new federal anti-narcotic law is having the effect on the habitual drug users. Mrs. John Spangler, of Frankfort, committed suicide Thursday when refused morphine at a number of drug stores. Hundreds of suicides will probably be recorded in the United States, caused by the new law prohibiting its use.

Strike at Monticello.

Several workers in the dye room of the thread factory at gone on a strike. They objected to working with a dago and when one of them was ordered to work next to the Italian he objected. He was discharged and seven more fellow workmen quit out of sympathy.

German Submarine Sunk.

The German submarine U-8 was sunk by destroyers belonging to the Dover flotilla. The crew was taken prisoners by the English. These German submarines have proved to be the most effective fighters in the German navy.

Horse Stolen at Monon.

A good horse was stolen from the bam of Harry A. Gale, west of Lakeside, near Monon, Tuesday night. Surrounding towns were notified but no trace has been obtained. With the means of communication and number of detective associations it is difficult and see how the thief can escape capture.

Mine List Grows.

Rescue crews continued their search in the Minton mine disaster in Virginia ahd 20 more bodies were recovered Thursday. It is probable that the list will reach 180. The bodies have to be carried almost a mile to the mine entrance, where the relatives of the missing men are waiting.

Football Player is Fire Fighter.

Frank Blocker, Purdue -football star and captain of next year’s team, played the hero role in a fire in West Lafayette Thursday. W. G. Ogborn, a Lafayette boy, was assisting ’in fighting the fire in the second story of a house and was overcome. Blocker rushed into the house and carried the unconscious lad from the house. He was in a serious condition for some time. About 500 students were present and gave the Purdues captain a rousing cheer. Blocker’s home is in Hammond.

Notice of Opening. On and after March Sth our store will be opened evenings. ROWEN & KISER. For this week only, a 3 lb. can of solid packed spinach, or a 3 lb. can of peeled peaches for table or pies for 10c, or 3 cans of solid packed sweet potatoes for 25 cents. JOHN EGER.

fifteen years. Mrs. Roberts and a hired man publish the paper, except on Saturdays when he is at home and himself dabbles in the ink. He was a great friend of Albert J. Beveridge and in 1912 held the view of many traveling men that the election of Roosevelt was a possibility and seemed more hopeful than the election of Taft. Last year, affected by the democratic administration tariff measure and recognizing the depression all over the country he got back into the republican party, arguing that it was better to follow a party than a man and proclaiming his determination to activity in the welfare of his old political organization.

WOOD BILL KILLS SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE

Law Bearing His -Name Amended With His Approval Will Practically Kill Tax Aid. Representative Wood, of White and Jasper counties, aided by Senator Bellou, of Lagrange, has contributed to the defeat of an interurban project through Jasper and White counties in a way almost as effectually as though he had had a single vote in determining whether townships had a right to vote tax subsidies and had transferred his vote to Frank E. Babcock, editor of the Jasper County Democrat, who has always opposed the voting of subsidies and who recently even argued that the construction of an interurban railroad would not be of material aid in the development of Rensselaer.

We are not certain that Representative Wood realized fully the effect of his measure. Frequently representatives who introduce bills at the request of others are unaware of the purpose the laws are expected to carry out. That Representative Wood knew that Marion township had always favored the voting of subsidies as a means of inducing the building of a railroad and that he proposed his measure with the enthusiastic endorsement of- Editor Babcock of The Jasper County Democrat and that he used The Democrat on the floor of the house in support of his measure is true, and also that v he did this in the very face of the fact that Marion township by a vote of six to one supported the last subsidy measure offered. Also that it was done at the very time when a project for a road through White, Jasper and Newton counties was pending and which he knew would ask subsidies in Marion and Newton townships in this county and in Princeton, West Point and Round Grove townships in White county. The measure as passed provides that before the county commissioners can order a subsidy election a petition must be filed signed by 75 resident freeholders of a township, who must themselves give bond for the expenses of the election. It is not probable that there are 75 resident freeholders in Newton township, but if there were two hundred or three hundred it would mean that the boosters who undertook the matter of aiding their township by this means would have many days of hard work for which they receive nothing and then would have to give a bond for the election expense. An effort was made to have the provision for the bond changed so that the railroad or beneficiary under the subsidy should give it instead of the petitioner but this was not done on the ground that the railroad could protect the petitioner by bond, a very roundabout way and still leaving the petitioner, who is essentially a booster for his neighbors, still liable. The idea of a majority ruling in any matter affecting the public is one quite thoroughly woven into the general fabric of our laws and completely into the honest opinions of our people, but in securing the passage of his measure Representative Wood has ignored the fact that in Marion township it was the will of six-sevenths of all the voters that tax aid be given an interurban project. By the passage of the Wood bill, if there were 200 people living in a township and every one of them desired to support a subsidy proposition they would have no choice to exercise their will unless there were 75 freeholders to sign a petition. As originally framed the Wood bill provided that only 25 petitioners were necessary and this would not have been out of the way, except that the bond for the expense of election should have been required of the railroad seeking the subsidy instead of the petitioners. In the senate, however, an amendment was offered by Senator Bellou to require 75 petitioners and no one being advised of the purpose of the measure, the amendment carried. The bill then went back to the house for concurrence and Representative Wood, still failing to appreciate the fact that only onein seven in Marion township had voted against the last subsidy proposition, moved that the house concur

Elbert M. Antrim Married To Chicago Girl Wednesday.

Elbert Manley Antrim, for several years a resident of Chicago, where he holds a responsible position in the tariff department of the general freight offices of the Burlington railroad, was married Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock to Miss Georgianna Gillespie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gillespie, who have sent out announcement cards. Mr. and Mrs. Antrim have gone for a short wedding trip to Florida and after their return to Chicago will take up their residence at 6621 Lafayette avenue, where they will be at home to friends after June Ist. Mr. Antrim is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Antrim, his father having been recorder of this county a number of years ago. He is a close friend of the family of I. N. Hemphill and has many other friends in Rensselaer with whom The Republican joins in extending heartiest well wishes.

Obituary of Oscar Bullis.

Oscar Leroy Bullis, son of James and Josephine Bullis, was born Jan. 9, 1893, at the homestead in Jordan township, and departed this life March Ist, 1915, at Flag, Minn, being 22 years, 1 month and 22 days old. Oscar lived with his parents in this county until May, 1914, when he went to Esplee, Minn., and while there filed on a claim. Since last November he has lived on his claim and was there taken sick with a serious cold on his lungs, about six weeks ago, which developed intotyphoid fever, from the effects of which he was unable to recover. His two brothers, two sisters and an uncle were with him during his sickness. He leaves to mourn this loss a father, mother, five brothers, four sisters and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a brother and sister, both dying in infancy some years ago.

in the amendment. O. L. Brown, the promoter of the Lafayette and Northwestern railroad, had expected to ask subsidy elections in Newton and Marion townships, in this county, and in Princeton, West Point and Round Grove townships in White county. It is quite certain that the Wood law’will defeat a possibility of subsidy elections in any of the townships named, unless it should be in Marion township and Rensselaer and so far as the effect is concerned it would have been practically as well to have passed a bill entirely repealing' the subsidy law. If it was the intention of Mr. Wood, as it was of Editor Babcock, to defeat the general plan of subsidies, thus ignoring sixsevenths of the people of communities like Rensselaer, it would have been even better to have killed the subsidy provision by a direct blow than to have made the legislation purely class by making it impossible for people in sparsely settled townships to have anything to say at all about their own business. The booster has been given a rebuff, majorities have been ignored and Representative Wood has assumed a guardianship over people who should have a fair degree of knowledge relating to their own business and their own desires.

Butter! Butter! Butter! Gold Bar Butter is without an equal. The only butter sold in Rensselaer that is made of whole milk cream. The milk is hauled to our creamery at New Troy, Michigan, by the farmer, and separated at the creamery; the cream is thensent to our factory at Chicago, and made into butter. This butter is in the pound prints within 24 hours from the time the milk is taken from the cow. Our prices this week in 5 pound lots 29c; under 5 pounds 31c. W. H. Dexter Co.

Delicatessen Saturday Special A fine, fresh lot of delectable early spring vegetables, such as Leaf Lettuce Head Lettuce Radishes Onions New Tomatoes Fine Florida Celery Also some fine fresh fruits, including Oranges Bananas - Grapefruit All kinds of cheese. Sun- • kist brand of canned fruits Dressed Poultry Purdue Butter Jacks & Robinson Telephone 472

Acetylene Welding Cash. March 1, 1915. After this date all acetylene welding will be for cash only. Please come prepared to pay.—Hemphill Bros., Pront St, Rensselaer, Ind. Union Service to Be Held -At the Presbyterian Church. All of the churches will unite in a union service at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening. Dr. Curnick will preach the sermon. All invited to these services.

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