Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1915 — Page 1

No. 133.

Tonight , at the Princess ‘The Black Box’ ✓ * • - The lady pianoist will render some late caberet hits accompanied by drums 'etc. ATTHE Gayety a musical treat in addition to 4,000 feet of film. —i: GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS Most Important Events of the Daj Briefed For Republican Readers. Ford Declares Dividend. T“ * The Ford motor car company has announced that it has increased its aiitborized capital stock from $2,000,000 to $100,000,000 and had declared a stock dividend of $48,000,000 payable July Ist.

Monument for Stonewall.

. Veterans of the confederacy braved 'wind and rain Thursday to march through the streets of Richmond, Va., in military fashion and to lay the corner stone of a monument to Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. * The ceremonies marked the close of the 25th annual reunion.

Tim Hurst Dead.

Tim Hurst, former major league manager and one of' the best known sporting men in the country, died suddenly at his home qi Pennsylvania yesterday. Hurst was recognized as one of the best umpires that ever trod a diamond and was a true sportsman. x

Six Killed in Tornado.

Six persons were reported killed and twenty injured as a result of a heavy wind and rain storm in western and northern Kansas. Washouts alog the lines of the Union Pacific, Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroads were reported. A tornado struck Leoti, causing one death and serious injury to a number of 'persons. Property losses aggregating $250,000 is estimated to have been caused by wind and rain in Clark county. w

Police Nab Penman.

Detectives stationed at a mail drop in New York, arrested F.- A. Stillwacharged with sending fourteen’ threatening letters to the officials of the Cunard line, demanding $25,000. In several of the letters Stillwagon threatened to blow up vessels unless his demands were complied with. Immediately after the destruction of the Lusitnania the officials of the line received a letter from Still wagon say-\ ing that he had placed a bomb aboard the vessel before it sailed which was responsible for the destruction_of the boat.

War on Baseball Pools.

A campaign against baseball pools was, begun by Chief of Police Perrott in Indianapolis Friday, when he caused the arrest of Roy McDaniels charged with manufacturing- and operating gaming devices. McDaniels, it is charged, made books for weekly pools on baseball games and distributed them. The arrest of McDaniels fertile first of wholesale arrests to be made by the police. Pittsburg, Chicago, New York and St. .Louis are other cities that have Started proceedings to abolish the pools whish are rapidly becoming the greatest gambling games in the 'country. '*■' : .

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FINE BANQUET AND DELIGHTFUL TIME

Alumni Affair Brilliant OccasionToastmaster and All Toast Responses Promoted Mirth. ■

The alumni banquet Friday evening proved one of the most enjoyable of the many school affairs of a similar kind ever held here and in every respect was a delightful social success. The ball was beautifully decorated, the tables gleamed with china, cutglass and silver, with bouquets of beautiful peonies as center pieces, the Rensselaer orchestra playing inspiring! y, the banqueters conversed merrily. Toastmaster I. N. Warren, former superintendent, introduced the speakers wittily and the toast givers responded brilliantly. It might quite consistently be termed a brilliant function and members of the alumni who failed to attend it missed an opportunity to have their pride in Rensselaer high school revived to a pitch of the greatest delight. The banqueters were 193 in num,ber. Two of the graduates were absent. Miss Gertrude Kannal, who was a member of the class at the time of her misfortune occupiM a place at the table with the class. The graduates’ table was in the center of the large hall and the alumni and guests were arranged at tables seating a dozen or more at each. The table arrangement was excellent and the seating seemed agreeable to the merry participants and a hum of conversation mingled with ripples of laughter marked the happiness that was felt by all and which gave an expression of welcome more eloquent even than the words of President Delos Dean, of the Alumni association, in receiving the graduates into the full fellowship of the association. The trfbles were occupied at about 7 o’clock. Each banqueter found a carnation at their plate and these favors were worn during the -evening. The Methodist ladies planned and served the banquet. It was perfect in every detail and the ladies a/fe being complimented for the splendid menu, which was as follows: Pineapple Gones Passed Chicken Green Beans Creamed Potatoes Hot Rolls Olives Celery Radishes Lemon - Ice Coffee Salad Cheese Sticks Strawberries and Cream White Cake Interspersed with the service of the banquet were the toast responses, the excellence of which added to the splendor of the occasion. Toastmaster Warren gave a short talk before the speakers were introduced. His years as a student and later as th§ superintendent of Rensselaer high school gave him the familiarity needed to the happy applications with which he brought the toast givers _to the floor. He made a record that will be hard for others to approximate m the years to come and kept the large crowd in the very best humor. The toasts were uniformly excellent. The class of 1915 should be inspired by the literary effulgence of the former graduates and doubtless a realization of the mental heights attained by the wise ones who spoke will lead the class to endeavors as higji as those encouraged by the numerous advisors who figured in the commencement affairs. The graduates will no doubt pleased to be in attendance at an affair where good advice was not handed otit in bunches but where the same lesson was influenced by the introduction of living proof. It was Owen Meredith in Lucile who wrote: “Of all the good things in this good world around us, , I The one most abundantly furnished

.. and found us / And which for that matter we least B care about And can best spare our friends, is good counsel, no doubt.” The toast responses were not based upon the proposition that the graduates were any longer in the student class, but in gentle ways they were led to know that life’s higher possibilities are just opening and that a little refreshing play is one of the joys to which the tired student must sometimes revert. The following toasts were given: “Bargains”—Elizabeth Spitler Clark ’ll. “Clubs”—Leo A. Reeve, 08. “Gossip”—Catherine Watson, 14. “Pep”—Kenneth Allman, ’lO. “Follies of 1916”—Harriett Shedd, ’OB “The Home Run”—Russell Warren, ’ls. The officers for the ensuing year were then elected, as follows: Em-, met Ta-Rue, president, Eva Moore, vice-president, Rose Luers, secretary, Clare Jessen, treasurer. A roll call of the years beginning with 1880 brought many responses. E. L. Hollingsworth was the only one -of the 1880 class present. The next clasd was in 1882 and the next in 1885. None of the members of those two classes were present, but of the 1886 (Continued on back page)

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1915.

Bird Killing By Boys Will Not Be Tolerated.

Boys with airguns have been killing birds for the past two or three weeks and two persons have complained to The Republican and also made a protest to the proper authorities and any who kill birds in the future will stand a chance of being arrested and fined. Probably the 'boys dft so thoughtlessly, but it is a violation of law and also cruel. Dr. W. L. Myer had several robins and other birds about his’ premises. The robins were nesting and this morning a boy with an airgun shot and crippled one of the robins and then threw it behid some boxes in the rear of the Methodist-.church, there to suffer until relieved by death. ' Probably it leaves a nest of eggs or young birds also. The name of this boy is known and will be reported to Marshal Robinson and if he is not willing to pledge himself to forbearance in the future he will be arrested. There are others also who are guilty. Parents should have a talk with their boys if they have airguns and notify them that the killing of birds will result in the banishment of the guns. Rensselaer has many song birds and many squirrels and these can be propagated and made more fetrne if they are never given cause for alarm. Let our boys be too manly to kill birds.

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CONTESTS IN CANADA INTEREST FARM BOYS

Jasper Kenton Writes Good Letter From Saskatchewan—Tells of Awards For Farm Results. Alameda, Sask., Can., June 1, 1915. Editors Republican, Dears Sirs: Enclosed find $2 in payment for another year’s subscription to your paper. I am mailing you a marked copy of the Alameda Dispatch, the weekly paper of this town. Note the marked articles on plowing matches and calf competition and sports day, etc. I have attended a few of these plowing matches, and they are a good thing along the line of keeping boys on the farm. About 15 or 20 enter the match here and each class is given a prize of sls, sl2 or SB. There are 4 classes and a special prize for the best plowing outfit and best team. The amount plowed is an acre each and the prize given on evenness of ground, straightness of furrows, best covered weeds and so on. The women folks bring the eatables and a social time is had. In the calf feeding competition, boys of 8 to 15 years are given SSO for first prize for best calf raised by the boy, calf to be halter led and handled by boy at the fair. There is a great amount of wheat sown around here. It is commbn to see one field of 500 or 600 acres. I have 288 acres in wheat and 120 of oats and barley. - There is quite a

Third Blood Transfusion to Be Made for Mrs. Warner.

A third blood transfusion is to be made next Tuesday for Mrs. Grant Warner at the Augustana hospital in Chicago. Dr. C. E. Johnson will give a pint or more of blood provided the test to be made Sunday proves that his blood is compatible to that of Mrs. Warner. It is necessary that the blood be taken from some young and healthy person and that it possess the qulaities tq build up the weak corpusles of the patient’s blood. Mr. Warner had a letter from his wife Friday evening and it contained considerable encouragement. She has gained some in strength and her appetite is much better than it had been before she was taken to the hospital. The surgeon deemed it best to have a third transfusion before tfhe spleen removal operation.

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little corn being painted also, one man having 60 acres, which is considered a large amount here, as this is not much of a corn country. However, last year com of the Minnesota Dent variety matured and is being used for seed this year. I am not far from the line, about 20 miles, and often go over to the U. S. Flaxon and Portal are nearby towns in North Dakota. JASPER KENTON.

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