Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1915 — Page 1

No. 116.

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Some of the Small Taxpayers Who Supported the Interurban.

The Jasper County Democrat in reporting the subsidy elections in White county said that it was reported that a large majority of the heaviest taxpayers are said to have been against the proposition, but the small taxpayers and those who paid almost no taxes at all carried the scheme through. The Republican learns that many of the large land owners were the leading champions of the subsidy proposition and that they not only voted for it but took off their coats and worked for it. The Republican does not try to deceive any of its readers by saying “it is said” or ‘Mt is reported,” but we here give the names of some of the supporters of the subsidy and the number of acres they own: Perry O’Connor, 190 acres worth S2OO an acre, William Diltz, 600 acres, Joseph Jackson, 280 acres, Stockton brothers, 1,000 acres, Jesse Rowe, 300 acres, C. V. Long, 280 acres, Fred Wilson, 200 acres, Miller Brothers, 320 acres, Blume estate heirs, 1,000 acres. There were many -others among those who owned from 80 to 160 acres of land and they supported it just as the forward-looking farm owners in Newton township will support it, because it means oohvenience in marketing and travel and will increase the value of their lands. The writer talked with C. V. Long, of West Point township, last Friday. Mr. Long lives on a beatiful farm 8 miles south of Wolcott. Everything about has premises shows that he is a thrifty farmer. He said that there were only 19 farmers in the west precinct of West Point township voted against the subsidy. That 71 voted for it. The'''township, however, went against it by 4 votes. .The east part of the township extends almost to the Monon railroad and near to the town of Chalmers. There is a market already there and the new road would have meant only an indirect aid to them . The same condition existed in Carpenter township when the Roberts crowd tried to have a subsidy voted there. Farmers who lived in the west part of Carpenter and made Goodland their trading point could not be much benefited by the road and voted against the subsidy. However, the great majority of those who owned real estate adjacent to the proposed it support and the farmers in Newton township, like those in White and Newton counties, should support the subsidy when the election is held on May 26th. It,, will mean a better Rensselaer and greater value to all the farm lands in Newton township. It is a step in advance and that is the way most people are looking.

Reuben Zimmerman Died At Home Near Remington.

Reuben Ziajjmerman, whose age was about 75 years, died Saturday evening at his home on the old Reams farm, west of Remington.

Masonic Notice.

There will be second degree work tonight and a full attendance of members is desired.— Chauncey Wood, W. M. < Mrs. Tom Hayes and Miss Pearl Comer, of Rensselaer, Miss Nile Britt, of Gifford, Mrs. Henry GdlbranBon, of Wheatfield, and Mrs. Wm. Myres and Mrs. Abe Myres, of Pare, went to Indianapolis -today as representatives of their various lodges at the state meeting of the Rebekah lodge. L. L. McCurtain, of Pare, went as the representative of the subordinate lodge. \

The Evening Republican.

When Rensselaer was getting a heavy rain and experiencing a thunder and electrical storm Saturday evening at about 7 o’clock, Remington was having a tornado that resulted in extensive damage to many buildings. Morocco also had quite a storm and various parts, of the country suffered. Silos especially were the victims of the wind and many* are reported down in Barkley township. Remington was frightfully devastated. The business part of the town was hit and considerable damage resulted. C. H. Peck’s big department store had the north front caved in and the -plate glass windows broken out. Also part of the roof torn off. The Durant block, better known as the Austin block and now the property of Jake Hensler, had the roof tom off and carried over to the railroad. Mr. Hensler’s butcher shop and grocery store occupy the building. About 20 feet on the side of the building was broken in by the wind. William Townsend, the druggist, went to the second floor of his store building and climbed a ladder to investigate the damage to his building and was either blown down or fell to the floor below. He was rendered unconscious and remained sd for several hours. Today he is reported better. John Zimmerman’s butcher shop was damaged, as also was Miss Kate Besse’s millinery store, east of Peck’s store. Burdette Porter’s cattle bam in town was blown down and the building carried across three lots, knock-, ing in the rear of Gum Pefley’s residence. John Harris’s bam in the northeast part of town was blown down. The smokestack and a large crib belonging to the Farmers Elevator were blown down. All the building on the old Durant farm were blown down and one horse was killed. The cupola on the Catholic church was blown off and partially wrecked the roof. The M. E. church cupola was also damaged. Trees were blown down all over town and many chimneys were wrecked. A horse belong-ing-to John Bartholomew was killed. Quite a number of persons from Rensselaer visited the scene of the disaster Sunday and reported the town very badly used up. Dr. J. Hansson’s farm west of town was in the wake of the storm and his silo was blown over and his barn damaged. Trees were uprooted and telephone poles broken off. Considerable damage is reported from the neighborhood of Morocco. Wild stories were afloat Sunday to the effect that 25 or more had lost their lives there. The damage, however, proved to be much less than at Remington. A buggy in which Mr. and Mrs. Ben McClaitchey were riding, was blown over and Mrs. McGaltchey suffered a fractured armVernon Hagen was injured but not seriously. One house was unroofed and the old C. & E. I. depot struck by lightning. There was some damage in the country and windmills and silos north of Brook are reported to have been blown down. At the Thompson ranch in Union township a silo was blown down and in the neighborhood of Gifford and Newland John Eger last two, Mrs. S. L. Jordan one, Ed Oliver two, E. L. Hollingsworth one, Dr. Myer one and several others. Frank Hill lost three steers and one hog at his Jordan township farm by lightning Saturday evening. He had no insurance on them. It is said that Remington is well worth visiting' to see the extent of the wind’s devastation.

TERRIFIC STORM VISITS REMINGTON

Store Buildings Damaged, Houses Unroofed, Catholic Church Cupola Torn Off and Other Buildings Damaged. '. - »

MANY SILOS. WRECKED Country North of Rensselaer Visited •And Many Farmers Lost Silos —Dr. J. Hansson Lost One and Suffered Other Damage at His Farm .West of Town—Some Damage Resulted At Morocco and Considerable Between Mt. Ayr and Brook—Storms Reported in Other Parts of the State.

The Junior Aid Society of the Christian church will meet Wednesday afternoon, May 19th, at 2:30 at the church. All are asked to remember that this is the Junior Aid exchange. - ■- ■ \"

■ . WEATHX& - ' ' r Fair tonight with light frost in low places. Tuesday fair and slightly warmer.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1915.

CLEAN UP RENSSELAER; MAKE CITY BETTER

Inspection to Be Made Wednesday— Avoid Red Tags By Having Rubbish Piles Removed. This is clean-up week in Rensselaer. City Health Officer M. D. Gwin wall use members of the high school Wednesday in making an inspection of the city and in red-tagging all unsightly and unhealthy piles of rubbish, etc. Heretofore our peopleNiave shown a most commendable spirit by falling into Line for making Rensselaer more healthful and more beautiful and it is expected the same cheerfulness will be exhibited this year. Get busy with the lawnmower, the rake, the shovel, and show that you want Rensselaer to be the tidiest town in northwest Indiana.

St. Joe Downed City League Champs Sunday 4 to 3.

St. Joe met the Riversides of Lafayette at that place Sunday afternoon and emerged the victors over last year’s champs in a close game, 4 to 3. Ricks was on the hill for St. Joe and pitched a clever game, holding the Riversides to four scattered blows. St. Joe pushed out 8 safeties off the delivery of Newhart. Ricks also led his team in hitting. Maloney put up a classy game at short, covering a lot of ground and throwing accurately. A crowd of about 800- saw the game. St. Joe scored in their half of the first on two hits and a-base on balls, and increased their lead to two in the third on a hit and the wobbly work of the Riverside infield. In the fourth the Riversides evened up the count on several errors and a hit. St. Joe was blanked in their half of the fifth and the Riversides took the lead in their half by waj of a free ticket, a sacrifice hit, an error and a single, pushing one man across the rubber. St. Joe came right back in the sixth and knotted the count again when Newhart’s support went bad and an opportune hit Shoved Maloney across the pan. Both sides were blanked in the seventh and St. Joe pus the winning run across in the eighth, when Jordan kicked two infield bounders and a hit placed St. Joe on top again. Both sides were again blanked in the ninth. St. Joe is putting up a classy article of ball this year and has one of the beet teams in the history of the schoolOn Thursday of this week the St. Ignatius team will play a return game at the college and this should be one of the best games of the season. StJoe was defeated at the Sox park in Chicago recently by this team 5 to 4, and are planning to get revenge in this game.

Obituary of Philip Stucker.

Philip Stacker, whose death occurred in Mt. Ayr on May 10th, was bom an Bartholomew county, Ind., Dec. 4, 1835, his age at the time of death being 79 years, 5 months and 6 days. On August sth, 1860, he was married to Miss Myra Coovert, who has been his faithful wife and companion for almost 55 years. She now survives him, although in very frail health. There are also nine children, as follows: C. H. Stacker, of Mt. Ayr, R. C. Stucker, of Gilead, Ind., Mrs. Mollie Brunton, of Morocco, Elmer Stucker, of Brook, William Stucker, of North Mancheater, Clinton Stucker, of Redlands, Cal., Mrs. Margaret Schanlaub, of North Manchester, Mrs. Lillian Makeever and Oscar Stucker, of Mt. Ayr. All of the children were at the funeral except Clinton, of Redlands, Cal. Others who were at the funeral from a distance* were: Mrs. J. H. Stucker, of Indianapolis, L. H. Blankenbaker, of Sidney, 111., Mrs. J. O. Haskell, of Bluffton, Henry Stacker, of Madison, Ind., Henry V. Childers, of Delphi, George CoovWrt, of Marshall county, and Jesse L. Coovert, of Valparaiso. Mt. Stucker had been a resident of Jackson township, Newton county, since about the close of the war. He' resided on a farm until he retired and moved to ML Ayr. He was an industrious man and exemplary in all walks of life and the community where he had, so long lived held him in the highest esteeem. His body was laid to rest in the North Star cemetery.

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NEW ORGAN DEDICATED AT METHODIST CHURCH

» Large Audiences Attended Both the Morning and Evening Service— Gift of George E. Hosmer. The dedication of the new pipe organ at the Methodist church Sunday morning was a service long to be»remembetred by the members. There were 415 at the Sunday school. The congregation filled the church before the hour to begin. Mrs. M. D. Gwin played the organ in a most beautiful way, bringing out its harmony and power. The program of music was well rendered, including an anthem by the choir, a solo by Mrs. Cumick, a male quartet and a solo by Mr. Cooper, of Chicago. J. J. Hunt made an appropriate address accepting the organ in the name of the church and presenting it to the official board as a gift from George E. Hosmer. Mr. Hunt also made a financial statement showing that the improvements made to the amount of over SBOO were all paid and the debt on the church had all been paid. Dr. Cumick spoke in highest praise of the gift of the organ and expressed the gratitude of the church for this splendid gift of $3,250 for the new organ. The entire congregation arose in a vote of thanks to Mr. Hosmer for his magnificent gift. Mr. Hosmer was in the congergation and was pleased to see this unanimous expression of thanks. Another gift had to the church by Mr. James T. Randle, in the form of a complete and beautiful pulpit set consisting of seven pieces. Dr. Cumick expressed the thanks of the church for that generous gift also. It was a very happy and auspicious hour for the Methodist church and all enjoyed the services and felt that the church was equipped now to do greater and better work than ever before. In the evening a sacred concert of song and organ selections was rendered to one of the greatest congregations ever assembled in the church. The entire building, including the Sunday school class rooms, were filled and many had to stand up along the walls. The program was most entertaining. The anthems by the choir, the solo by Mrs. Dunlap, the male quartet and the organ selections were of great merit. Sunday was a proud day for our Methodist friends and the entire community joins them in appreciation of this great organ, the gift of one of Rensselaer’s citizens, Mr. George E. Hosmer.

Newspapers of Germany Adopt Sympathetic Tone Toward U. S.

America has received no note yet from Ambassador Gerard as to the attitude of the German government toward the recent American note in regard to the sinking the Lusitania. Washington attaches much significanse to the iribimations in diplomatic quarters here friendly to Germany that the latter country in its reply might offer to suspend attacks without wamnig on merchant ships, while the United States renewed its informal proposals for the unrestricted passage of foodstuffs to civilians in Germany.

The whole German press deeply regrets the loss of American lives .caused by the sinking of the Lusitania. The German papers state that the responsibility lies with the British government, which was attempting to starve the peaceful civilian population of the country, forcing Germany in self defense to declare the British waters a war zone. The sympathetic and conciliatory trend of the German papers leads the officials at Washington to believe that the crisis is past and that no more trouble will ensue between the two countries.

Brookston Man Gets Largest Plum On Tree.

The richest and most sought after plums in the state administration were shaken from the political tree late Tuesday when Gov. Ralston announced the appointment of Charles J. Murphy, of Brookston, and Charles A. Edwards as members of the public service commission for four years at a salary of $6,000 a year. Both men are democrats and have been members of the commission. Their terms expired May 1, and since that time there has been much anxiety as to whom the governor would appoint as the successor to Murphy. The reappointment of Murphy came as a surprise because of the opposition to his appointment when the commission was created. Murphy has had almost a continuous fight in his district. With the aid of the Taggart wing of the party he has emerged from all the encounters with control. ' ’ Try our ClaasUlsd Ootamn,

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Must Drink Your Sodas From Paper Cups Hereafter.

The common cup or glass at soda fountains and lemonade stands must go, unless hot water is used to wash pnd sterilize it. This decree has been issued by H. E. Barnard, state food and drug- commissioner. Unless the glasses are washed with hot running water the sanitary paper cups must be used and then destroyed after once used. Mr. Barnard proposes to make an aggressive campaign against unsanitary lemonade stands at county fairs and carnivals. “Employes in ice cream parlors and soda fountains shall be cleanly in person and dress, free from infectious and contagious disease and trained in the conduct of their work,” reads the instructions which are being issued to state, city and county food inspectors and health officers.

Instructions are also being given concerning the cleaning of refrigerators. Straws used in soda fountains must be kept in suitable containers, protected from dust and dirt.

Son of Former Rensselaer Man Appointed to Naval Academy.

President Wilson has appointed two young men to represent the District of Columbia in the United States naval academy, the school for officers :n the navy and the same school from which James E. Brenner graduated two years ago. The young men are Douglas A. Powell and Louis B. Pelzman. The former is the son of Everton Powell, of Washington, D. C., who some years ago lived in this city, Ms father, John Powell, being a former sheriff of Jasper county. Douglas is a nephew of Mrs. Chas. G. Spitler, of Rensselaer. He is 18 years of age and will take the entrance examination for the academy on June 21st.

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Auto Backed Into One Of the New Light Posts.

Tom Stine, son of Barney Stine, south of town, backed his auto against the curbing on Van Rensselaer street Saturday and the top of the machine, which was down, struck one of the boulevard light posts and broke the globe and the inner light bulb. These two parts of the light cost $9. Young Stine was very fair and promised to pay the amount of damage he had caused. The accident was one that is very apt to occur whenever an auto with the top down is backed against the curb in line with one of these light posts which are right at the sidewalk edge and every person should be careful and back their cars to miss the posts.

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