Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1915 — Page 1

No. 92.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS Zudora In the $20,000,000 Mystery An Extraordinary Comedy . In the. larger cities this episode is considered, the best so far portrayed.

New Directors Elected For The Van Rensselaer Club.

The Van Rensselaer Club held its semi-annual election Sunday afternoon and elected an entire new board of directors. They are C. W. Hapley, Chas. M. Sands, Dr. I. M. Washbum, W. J. Wright and G. H. Healey. The directors will meet and elect the officers. A smoker was arranged for Thursday evening, April 22nd, and Dr. C. E. Johnson, John Moore and H. B. Tuteur made a committee on arrangements. The smoker will be held at the club’s rooms in the Shafer building.

Our Specials for This Week Only at the Busy Store.

A No. 3 can of Richelieu Hawaiian pineapple tid-bits, our regular 30c seller, for 20c. A No. 3 can of solid packed black raspberries for 15c. 4 No. 3 cans of sauerkraut, 25c. 4 No. 2 cans of red kidney beans for 25c. 4 No. 2 cans of nice baked beans in tomato sauce for 25c. 1 dozen nice California lemons for 15c. Plenty of Early Ohios, Early Rose, Clark’s Early, Rurals and Burbanks potatoes for seed and table.

A Brief Reply to He Who Believes “Knocking” a Virtue.

• The fellow who claims that “knocking” is a virtue is a hopeless factor in the field of progression. I should rather be a “booster” and to have the criticism of all the “knockers” on earth than to dwell in the sanctum of the “knocker” and his little cluster of progress destroyers forever.

W- D. Sayler returned last week from a two months’ visit in the west, during which time he visited in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Oregoij.

IBM , Catherine Ashley, supported by an all star cast,«will appear at the Ellis theatre next Saturday evening, in that strong emotional drama, “By Right of the Law.” the play, direct from the Princess Theatre, Chicago, ’ deals with a woman’s fight for justice in a court of man-made laws. Miss Ashley will best be remembered by her many friends, as the original star in Madame X. Her great popularity has stimulated an enormous advance sale and there is every indication that her Rensselaer debut will record a sell-out’night at the Ellis Theatre.

The Evening Republican

JOHN EGER.

COMMISSIONERS TO STUDY TAX PROBLEM

Governor Ralston Will Appoint Them In Accordance With Act of the Last Legislature. It is expected that Governor Ralston, within the next few days, will appoint the special commission authorized by the last legislature. This commission, which will be composed of five members, is to make an invesigation of ■ tax conditions in Indiana and is expected to make a report to the next legislature that will recommend specific changes in the system, if it is found that the present general tax is really “out of joint with present economic, and industrial conditions.” ..Z.: ' ~ The last two state conferences have produced strong testimony to the effect that the present system is defective, and these conferences and the work of the Indiana State Tax Association led the governor to support the bill for such an investigation. It is asserted, if not also actually shown, in the conferences that tax conditions *re such that money itself, and people of means are being driven from the state, that capital for hpme use is being made unavailable, is being forced into hiding and into nontaxable forms. The last' report of the state tax commission shows a $5,404,000 drop in listed intangibles, which means a loss of about $200,000 in public revenue annually. Analysis of the 1913 and 1914 tax collections shows that the average tax rate in Indiana cities is now up to 3.82 per cent, that the rate in some cities is above 5 per cent, which would mean the confiscation of all returns on a 5 per cent investment. That the rate is now up practically to 6 per cent at Hammond. That in the country it averages practically ‘LVz per cent, and that the average rate for the state —rural and urban sections taken together—is in excess of 3 per cent. Indiana is not the only state that is to investigate, or that has investigated. Nineteen states are trying to get away from the old property tax system such as Indiana has.

Mt. Ayr Sunday School Growing in Attendance.

The Methodist Sunday School at Mt. Ayr, which is virtually a union school as there is only the one active church there, has a fine Sunday school now,' the attendance being above 75 almost every Sunday. So far the highest mark has been 89. Sunday there were 80 present. A year ago the attendance averaged only 25 or 30. The increase is 215 per cent. A. C. Huntington is the superintendent and is making an excellent one and further growth in the school is expected. Every person should make an effort to attend the Bible school, as it is a help to them personally and an aid to the moral uplift of the community. Be there next Sunday and help the attendance reach the hundred mark.

Renews For “The Booster”; Says: “That’s the Stuff.”

W. Elvin Overton, of Peoria, Hl., under date of April 16th, sent us a draft for another year’s subscription to The Semi-Weekly Republican. He wrote: “I enclose herewith draft for $1.50 for another year’s subscription to “The Booster. That’s the stuff and success be yours.”

Christian Church Cafeteria.

Dinner will be served in the church dining parlors Friday, April 23, beginning at 5 p. m. Menu. Baked ham, horseradish .10c Hot biscuit and chicken 15c Noodles 5c Mashed potatoes . 5c Spaghetti with tomato 5c Potato salad 5c Cabbage salad 5c Bread . le Butter lc Pickles 2c Brown pudding with sauce 10c Pie 5 c Pie a la mode 10c Coffee 5c Jelly. , 7 1 Home-made candy. The public is cordially invited to this dinner.

W. W. Weinhardt PRIVATE rKBCTIVH All kinds of private detective work performed. Special attention to locating missing witnesses and murder eases. Best of refersneM • ATKTTZ, IMDXAMA.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1915.

MT. AYR SCHOOL CLOSING FRIDAY

Four Graduates From 3rd Year High School—Township Exhibit at Schoolhouse—Good Work. The annual commencement of the Mt. Ayr schools and the annual exhibit of the work of the grade schools of Jackson township will take place Friday of this week in Mt. Ayr. The exhibit will be shown throughout the morning and afternoon and the program will take place in the afternoon beginning at 1:30 o’clock. The basket dinner is announced for 11:30.and promises to be a most enjoyable affair and largely attended if the day is an agreeable one. There are four graduates this year from the third year high school, which is as far as the Mt. Ayr schools go, although there is prospect Of adding the other year and securing a commission before many years. The graduates are, Archie Lee, Leota Dirst and Senia and Alsie Benson. Archie will have no part in the program as most of his credits were secured from the Rensselaer school. The three young ladies will each take part in the exercises. The school work has been unusually satisfactory this year and patrons generally praise the work of the faculty, Prof. Lloyd Hopkins, and Misses Jessie Covell, Gladys Murray, Lyda Renwick and Flora Parke.

Mitchell Paper Relates Details of Fatal Accident.

Trustee George Parker, of Hanging Grove township, received a copy of the Mitchell, S. D., Capital of April 15th, which gives an account of the accidental killing of Claw W. Bartee, brief mention of which was made last week.- The young man was the husband of Mary Peregrine, formerly pf this county. She and a baby two months old survive. The tragedy occurred at 2 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon. He and a neighbor named William Gilmore had been working about the farm 11 miles northeast of Mitchell. Bartee had a Winchester repeating shotgun and used it occasionally during the da? to shoot crows that were flying near the bam. A small pig got out of a pen and Bartee asked Gilmore to chase the pig back in the pen while he went to the bam to get the hammer and nails to mend the pen. He did not return to the pen and a search resulted in finding his dead body in the bam. Gilmore had not heard the discharge of the gun, probably owing to the squealing of the pig. The gun lay at Bartee’s side and a hole in his chest showed that the gun was near him when discharged and that death must have been instantaneous. The coroner held an inquest and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Mr. and Mrs. Bartee were married in December, 1913. He was 24 years of age.

Brookston and Chalmers Voted for Electric Lights.

Brookston and Chalmers, two White county towns located on the Monon railroad in the heart of the finest farm land in Indiana, voted last week on the electric light question and decided to have lights. In Brookston the vote was 218 for and 23 against In Chalmers it was 123 for and 6 against. The lights will probably be supplied by the Public Service com* pany which operates at Monticello, Wolcott, Remington, Goodland, Kentland and other places. A transmission line will be run from Reynolds to Chalmers and then Brookston.

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GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Busy Readers Can Thus Keep Abreast of the Times and Not Waste Much of Their Time. Rockefeller Estate to Charity. The will of the late Mrs. J. D. Rockefeller was filed in court recently. She leaves bequests of $500,000 in jewelry to friends and relatives. The rest of her estate, valued at $2,000,000, is bequeathed to charity.

Diver Caught 288 Feet Below.

One of the divers working on the F-4 became entangled 288 feet below the surface of the sea. Another diver was lowered in an attempt to rescue him and two doctors summoned. The diver was fihally rescued from his dangerous position.

Anniversary of Fire Observed.

San Francisco Saturday began a six days observance of anniversary of the fire which destroyed the city in 1908. A military civil parade and formal ceremonies at the exposition was included in the first day’s program.

This Fellow Steals Road.

Steve Chorlek, a laborer of Gary, has been arrested for stealing a gravel road. An officer found steve digging up gravel running parallel to the Gary and Western line, and doing a land-office busmess selling the gravel.

Finds Typhus Vaccine.

Dr. Harry Plotz, a young bacteriologist of New York, has announced that he has found an anti-typhus vaccine. In view of the fact that American physicians are leading in the fight against the disease in Serbia, the discovery is most timely and important.

Girls Ask Right to Smoke.

Girl students of .the University of Cambridge are agitating for the right to smoke. The movement was started by girls who smoke at home. One mother of a girl student said: “The girls take the same examinations as the men and since the men work better when they are smoking, why should the girls be handicapped?”

They’re On Their Way.

Wearing a smile as if he were on his .way for a pleasure trip, Mayor Donn Roberts walked out of the Marion county jail at the head of fifteen men convicted in the election on their first stage of the journey to Leavenworth. The only prisoner to display any emotion was Edward Driscoll, who was leaving a wife and three little daughters behind.

Cruiser to Lower California.

Commander Irwin, of the Cruiser New Orleans, has . been ordered to report at once to Turtle Bay in Lower California, and to report on the naval activities of the Japanese naval forces there. Secretary Daniels has telegraphed the report that the ostensible reason of Japanese activities in Turtle Bay is to salvage the cruiser Asama. The real object of the operations is to occupy the bay and make that their base of operations.

Put a Bet On Him.

Don’t poke fun at the boy who comes in from the forks of the creek, with seed in his hair and mud on his face, patches on the north department of his pants, and just one gallus on. He may look seedy now, but ten years from now he may be president of some bank, pastor of-some church, judge of some court or physician to some people. Just because a boy lives in .town, wears two kinds of socks, parts his hair in the middle, sucks at a cigaret, curls his hair on his mother’s curling tongs, and has a daddy with spondulix to bum, that is no sign that he is going to run this country in the future. We’ll put our money on the sound, sane and sensible boy with the folks on the creek.

Josephine Turck Baker’s production of “By Right of the Law,” which comes to the opera house on Saturday, April 24th, is one.oi the season’s most decided successes, and is a show which has been pronounced by press and public alike as one full of good strong heart interest. The cast is one of special merit and the salaries are much higher than the average of shows playing this city. “By Right of the Law” was initially produced at the Princess theatre, Chicago, where it was viewed by some of the world’s best dramatic critics who were unanimous in their praise of the acting as well as the piece itself. The company carries special scenery and effects for the production of the piece and are sure to please the most skeptical audience.

Our Bimel buggies are here. They are high quality- / " HAMILTON 4 KELLNER.

NEW CRIMES ADDED TO THE LEGAL CALENDAR

Legislature Enacts Some Important Laws For People’s Protection— Keep Them in Mind. Each session of the legislature adds new crimes to the calendar. This is due to two causes—the growing complexity of civilization and aroused moral sentiment. The growth of population makes new condition which must be regulated pnd the growth of conscience demands punishment of offenses which have been tolerated. The recent session of the general assembly made a number of important additions to the criminal law and fixed punishments for many acts which had been formerly ignored. It was made unlawful to impersonate a blind or crippled person for the purpose of securing alms. Hereafter no one may hunt along the highways with searchlights attached to automobiles nor shoot along or across any highway. It was made unlawful to interfere or tamper in any way with railroad signals or equipment—sttangely enough no penalty had been attached before to this species of vandalism and petty theft. Lazy husbands who fail or refuse to support their wives and children are subject to punishment. In order to lessen the Hardships upon the dependents, the county commissioners are directed to put said lazy husbands to work at a specified rate and turn over the wages to the family for its support. No one may hereafter block a private drain without the consent of ail parties interested. If he does he will be subject to a fine for it. Owners of property along highways must hereafter cut weeds along the highway. They receive a rebate on their taxes. If they fail or refuse to cut the weeds, the cost is assessed against them, which amounts to a fine. The business of dealing in trading stamps was prohibited without a license and any person violating the act is subject to a fine and imprisonment. Farmers shipping watermelons must hereafter give correct weight of each carload and the number of watermelons in it. Hotel keepers and lodging house keepers are required under pain of fine to provide sanitary sleeping accommodations, including sheets of sufficient length to cover the entire mattress and a top sheet of not less than 99 inches long and 81 inches wide so as to be folded over the blankets and sheets, and pillow slips must be removed after the departure of each guest. Another health measure provides that owners of premises in which persons suffering from tuberculosis have lived, must disinfect persons suffering from tuberculosis coming under their care. ’

Hereafter anyone packing or shipping rags or paper stock for use in felt making and paper mills is subject to a fine and imprisonment if he knowingly packs any dead animal, stone, wood, metal, minerals, bone, glass, leather, rubber or manufactured articles which contain such substances or which contain water or earth. The legislature also made it a crime to engage in the business of lobbying for hire before the legislatures or its committees unless the lobbyist is registered by his employer with the secretary of state. Public utilities and their officers were made subject to a fine for diverting funds for the purpose of concealing their real condition. The law relating to animal diseases fixes severe penalties for any person who violates the rules and regulations of the state veterinarian in establishing a quarantine against contagious animal disease. All employers are made subject to a fine if they do not pay the wages of discharged employes within 72 hours after discharge. Employers who require letters of recommendation showing qualifications or experience must also give a letter showing the cause of discharge when requested by the discharged employe or be subject to a fine. , The primary election law is safeguarded at every turn with provisions against corrupt practices. Severe penalties are attached to any person who violates in any particular the purity of the primary ballot. Another law requires the preservation of ballots cast in primary or general elections for a period of six months and penalizes any officer who destroys them. The law also, requires that all pencils used in marking ballots be destroyed and any inspector who has such a pencil in his possession is subject to a fine and imprisonment.

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Evanston Divorcees Married In Rensselaer Last Saturday.

Probably it will be a long time before Squire Dean is called upon to marry a couple who are larger in stature than a pair from Evanston, 111., who were granted a license here last Saturday. The groom was Otto Elmo Cagwin, a motorman, and the bride was Myrtle Estelle She was 35 years of age and he was 38. Both had been married before and divorced from their first mates. His divorce had occurred only the Saturday before. He was a very large man, being considerably more than 6 feet in height and large in proportion, probably weighing at least 250 pounds. She was a very large woman, also, and apparently in the 200 class. Either looked as though they should be able to take care of themselves even if the matrimonial voyage proved a rough one. Squire Dean breathed a sigh of relief when he could straighten his neck again after looking up into their faces as they said the “1 do’s.” i

Little Daughter of Earle Reynolds Underwent Operation.

Dr. Gwin, assisted by Dr. Kresler, Sunday operated on Maudie Reynolds, one of the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds, who had been here for several weeks with her grandmother, Mrs. S. R. Nichols. The girt i§ 14 years of age and a bloody tumor was removed from the pelvis. The tumor consisted of fully two quarts of blood. The child had been in a New York hospital before she came here and was in a quite serious condition. Her parents are in Columbus, Ohio, this week and will not arrive here for two weeks.

College Had Greatest Game of Ball in History.

St. Joseph’s College and'the Chicago Knights of Columbus ball teams had the greatest game of baseball Sunday ever played in this part of Indiana. It went for 14 innings and neither side scored. The game was brought to a conclusion to permit the visitors to change their clothes before train time. Otto Ricks was on the rubber for the college and was very effective throughout the game, allowing only 8 scattered hits. For the yisitors, O’Connor, who was given a tryout last year by the Chicago Sox, was in the box. He ,too, was in fine form and allowed the collegians only 6 hits. The game was brilliant in other ways and many pronounced it the best they ever saw.

Methodist Church Notes.

The Sunday School attendance was 304. The second quarterly meeting was largely attended and at the morning service Dr. Curnick was assisted by Rev. John Sebring in the sa<trament of the Lord’s Supper. Mrs. Turfler sang a beautiful solo Sunday morning. Dr. Curnick announced that the carpenters would begin work preparing for the new pipe organ the first of this week. The organ will be shipped by the Kjmball Co., of Chicago, some time this week, and it is hoped to have the installation Sunday, May 16th. Rev. Aaron Wood, district superintendent of the Lafayette district of the Northwest Indiana Conference, preached Sunday evening to a large audience at the church. Rev. Wood has a number of relatives and friends here and they were all pleased to meet him again and hear his splendid sermon. This Monday evening Rev. Wood will hold the quarterly conference of the Methodist church.

Ellis Opera House One Night Only Satur., April 24 B I ’ II 111 . 1 1 * Shorter & Luren ! present the great emotional drama “By Right of Law” featuring Catherine Ashley Supported by an all-star cast — / Reserve Seats on Sale 10 O’clock Thursday Prices 25, 35, 50c

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