Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1915 — Page 1

No. 166.

SUBSIDY WAS BEATEN BY MAJORITY OF 69

Lafayette & Northwestern Failed to Get Support Here—Many Causes For Defeat. The interurban subsidy for the proposed Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad Co. was defeated at the polls in Marion township Wednesday. The majority against the proposition was 69, the proposition failing in three precincts and carrying in one. In No. 1 the negative majority was 19, in No. 2 it was 14, in No. 3 it was 55 and in No. 4 it carried by 19. (Several things operated to defeat the proposition at this time. The fact that the survey made by the em gineer took the proposed railroad over to the west side of town and that later effort was made to change the route and a contract given to do this, left it open to attack on the ground that the change could not legally be made. The fact that the interurban, if constructed, woudl reduce the business of the livery autos caused the auto drivers to quite unanimously oppose the subsidy. The fact that the rains of the past week had done extensive damage to the crops, threatening a trade shortage in this city, caused many to oppose the inirease of taxes, the fact that an organized opposition was made without an organized support placed its friends at a great disadvantage. Mr. Brown, W. L. Moyer, Charles W. Stockton, Wilbur Stockton and Perry O’Connor, the three last named being all of Round Grove township, White county, worked all day for the subsidy, but there were none here even to advise with them and many men went to the polls prejudiced against the proposition who did not thoroughly understand it. Mr. Brown talked some about trying another election, but decided not to do it unless there are people in Rensselaer who want to take the matter up themselves. He will not again undertake to fight it through as a promoter, but says that if the live citizens of Rensselaer, those interested in its growth and development, are not sufficiently interested, he will drop it permanently and follow other proposed routes. Mr. Brown makes the following statement: “In view of the past elections in Marion township our surprise exceeds disappointment at yesterday’s result. After proving to the people we had arranged for financing and building the line, actually publishing private letters received from banks, trust companies and bonding houses as to the reliability and responsibility of the firm we contracted with to finance and build the line, the progressive people of Rensselaer have seen fit to refuse the assistance asked and there is but one course left open to us—build over another route. We will not pause in our work but will go straight forward and build the line. The route ran be materially shortened between the terminals and even reach populou sterritory, but the proposed route appealed to us because of the immense opportunities for immediate development and its utter lack of railroad facilities. With the other counties having already given their support we feel Rensselaer has lost a rare opportunity.”

Wet Grounds Caused Postponement of Picnic.

The torrent of rain that occurred Wednesday caused the postponement of the Van Rensselaer Club picnic planned to Kave taken place Thursday, July 15th at Kanne’s grove. The grounds committee visited the place where the picnic was to have been held and hung up the “No game; wet grounds” sign. The committee met this Thursday morning and decided to hold the picnic Friday afternoon, meeting at the club rooms at 2 o’clock for transportation. One of the events will be a soft ball contest between l the married and single members, Lelt y Clark will captain the bachelors and **Slim” Wilcox will guide the destinies of the benedicts. Progressive croquet, bridge and other amusements are planned. _____

U. S. to Send Stern Note to Great Britain.

American meat packers Wednesday annealed to the state department to demand, that Great Britain stop interfering with their cargoes consigned toports »*£ 000,000 worth of their products now held in prize courts. British government with the tion of commerce in foodl products between the U. S. and other neutral Wilson and Secre £g Lansing are both studying the text of the latest German note and will lay all the facts before the cabinet at the regular meeting next Tuesday. The situation is considered rather grave although many say ultimate yare is in- sight. .

The Evening Republican.

Committee of Delphi Business Men to Look at Our Lights.

W. S. Margowski, W. D. Wason, Ralph Hill and John Mount, businessmen of Delphi, were here this Thursday morning to investigate our system of boulevard lights. They are about to install lights of some kind in the business district of that city and the council had sent them as a committee, although none of them are members of the council, to see the Rensselaer lights. They started from Delphi Wednesday afternoon but tire trouble started just after they left Monticello and one mishap after another occurred until they abandoned the trip and remained in Monticello all night, coming on to Rensselaer this morning. They were favorably impressed with the lights used here and will probably recommend to the council that this kind be adopted.

Former Athletics to Play Ball With Mt. Ayr.

Mt. Ayr is getting busy for a successful ball season and expects to make all teams with which it engages put up some fine ball if they have a look-in. Next Sunday’s game will be with Thayer at Mt. Ayr and “Lefty” Clark, Harold Clark, Jimmie Eldridge and “Peach” Morgan have been secured for the Mt. Ayr team. All were members of the former Athletics and are good players. It is probable that several cars of fans will witness the games at Mt. Ayr hereafter.

Thaw Sane is Verdict Of New York Grand Jury.

After listening to testimony for nearly three weeks, the jury in the Thaw insanity case brought a verdict of sane Wednesday afternoon. The verdict, given after the jury had been out only 48 minutes, thrilled the court room. Two ballots were taken by the jury. Friday Justice Hendrick will announce if Thaw will be allowed to vacate his cell at the state hospital for the criminal insane in Matteawan and thus allow him the freedom which he has fought for in the courts for nine years.

Al Jennings, Once Bandit, Is Victim of Car Holdup.

Los Angeles, Cal., July 14.—Al Jennings, the reformed Oklahoma bandit, learned the sensations experienced by persons who are compelled at the point of a revolver to yield their valuables. Jennings was a passenger on an interurban electric car that was held up by two masked men. He, with other passengers, quietly yielded money and jewelry amounting to about S2OO.

Cured of Indigestion. Mrs. Sadie P. Clawson, Indiana Pa., was bothered with indigestion. “My stomach pained me night and day,” she writes. “I would feel bloated and have headache and belching after eating. I also suffered from constipation. My daughter had used Chamberlain’s Tablets and they did her so much good that she gave me a few doses of them and insisted upon my trying them. They helped me as nothing else his done.” For sale by all dealers. c California will this year produce 30,000 tons of olives.

- ' I - - '■ Ellis Theatre Tonight The Roily Polly Girls THE GAY DECEIVER ~ was well liked by the audience last evening at the ojfera house, which was given by the Roily Polly Girls and the mixed quartet seems to be a great hit with the theatre patrons. Come tonight and have a good laugh. Don’t fail to see the original Charley Chaplin imitator Friday night Watch for him on the street Entire change of show.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915.

WARREN T. M’CRAY PROPOSED FOR GOVERNOR

Kentland Citizen Endorsed by Tenth District Friends at Big Meeting Held Wednesday. Warren T. McCray, of Kentland, farmer, stockman and banker, was given a big boost for governor of Indiana Wednesday when a representative gathering of political friends from all the counties of the tenth district gathered in Kentland to impress him with a popular demand that he enter the race for the republican nomination. It was a big meeting, big in the sense that every county had sent many who were interested in having as the party standard bearer a business man to whom the people of the state could look with confidence in the management of the great affairs of Indiana. The meeting was an enthusiastic endorsement of Mr. McCray as the man qualified from every standpoint for the important position. He was praised as a businessman, stockman and citizen of the highest type and not only did Kentland republicans show their approval but also the entire population, for democrats and progressives wore McCray badges and gave their impressions of their townsman by saying that he meets up to the requirements in every way.

Large automobiles began to arrive from Lafayette, Williamsport, Valparaiso, Crown Point, Monticello, Brookston, Chalmers, Fowler, Rensselaer and other points before the noon hour and just at noon when it was raining in torrents a procession of automobiles arrived from Brook. It was stated that there were 42 cars. One of the cars was occupied by four stalwart men in their shirt sleeves. There was no top to the machine and the men in the rear seat held the staff to a large flag that floated in the breeze. Rousing cheers from the crowd gathered beneath awnings and in doorways as the procession went through town. A bandstand on the corner of the courthouse square was decorated with flags and bunting and it was from this stand that the speaking started when the storm temporarily suspended. Ray Cummings, chairman of Newton county, took charge and proposed J. B. Lyons as chairman. Mr. Lyons appointed a committee to go to Mr. McCray’s bank and bring him to the grandstand. Three bands, the Kentland, Brook and Morocco, led the way and the committee soon returned and there was a wild demonstration as Mr. McCray mounted the steps and took a seat on the stand. Fred Longiwell, of Brook, made a brief speech giving praise to Mr. McCray as a citizen and to him as the kind of businessman that is needed at the head of the state government. He spoke briefly on political issues and was applauded in every reference to Mr. McCray. There followed brief speeches of endorsement from other counties. Joseph Sleeper spoke for Benton county, C. F. Preston for White county, Dr. J. W. Shafer for Tippecanoe county and Geo. H. Healey for Jasper county. Another shower forced an adjournment to the courthouse, where the meeting continued and where Mr. McCray made a splendid speech, proving his ability in that line to meet all the demands of the position. This speech will be published in a later issue.

Arch Hall, of Indianapolis, followed with a fine address. Then other speeches followed and the meeting closed with cheers of endorsement Not only were the counties of the district represented but also from all over the state. Oscar M. Hadley, former state treasurer, was present and a number of others from Marion county. (Mr. McCray as the undisputed Hereford cattle king of the country is widely known among stockmen and farmers. He also has an acquaintance in all parts of the state that will prove valuable to his candidacy. For eleven years he was a trustee for the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Loganspdbt. He has been the president of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders’ Association and also president of Indiana Live Stock Breeders’ Association and has often talked at the meetings of the association held at Purdue University. Of ideally clean moral life, a Christian gentleman, a deep thinker and a man of unlimited business capacity he seems to possess all the qualities so essential to the standard bearer of the republican party that it is expected his good qualities will spread to every section of the state and make him the nominee of the party when the primaries are held next March. The meeting at Kentland was called a “surprise party” and while it was not exactly that, it was an affair not of Mr. McCray’s but of his friends and was certainly all that could be hoped for 'as the first step in the campaign for the tenth district’s candidate for gover- . - ■ U.I

Another Terrific Rain Adds to Crop Discouragement.

Rain continues to fall in such terrific quantities as to extend the devastation of the terrible storm of last Saturday night. The college weather bureau showed that between the hours of 5 and 6 Wednesday afternoon the precipitation was 2.1 inches. This would be a mighty big rain even if the ground was in a condition to receive it but with the ground saturated to the limit, hundreds of acres of ground already under water and streams running full to the banks the addition of more than two inches has created a condition that will result in thousands of dollars in damage and threatens to extend its loss rather than diminish it, for the ditches are inadequate to carry the water off and it will lay on the ground for many days even if there is no more rain, which seems only a scant hope. Even if there is no more rain for two weeks, it is probable that a 25 per cent loss to wheat, oats and corn has resulted. Two weeks ago or even a week ago there was a prospect of the greatest mid-summer harvest of money giving crops that this county has ever had and in anticipation of the prospect, farmers, businessmen, and all were wreathed in smiles. Now the condition is completely changed, for in any instances farmers have been almost, altogether drowned out and all have suffered more or less. The writer, in company with County Assessor Thornton, Attorney Moses Leopold, George E. Murray and Harry McColly, came from Kentland Wednesday evening during the hardest part of the rain. The worst seemed to be between Goodland and Kentland, where there had been another heavy downpour ait noon and throughout most of the afternoon. Evidently the fall there was greater than here. Every low place in the fields was filled and great lakes of water covered many corn fields. It was reported that the water was running hub deep over the Iroquois river bridge between Kentland and Brook.

In Rensselaer many basements were again flooded and in the east part of town many homes were again surrounded with water. Potatoes are said to be rotting in the ground and one gardener reported having dug three bushels and all were so decayed that they were mushy. The forecast is for more rain and foreboding clouds are hovering overhead at this time.

WHAT BILL DID.

Bill Turner was a farmer, he labored all his life. He didn’t have no schoolin’ and neither had his wife. But Bill was built for business and made the wheels go round, and left a healthy fortune when they put him under ground. He was always taking chances, paid a hundred for a bull. His neighbors called him crazy, but he left a stable full of cows that broke the record making butter by the ton, an’ Bill had his picture printed in the Squeedunk Weekly Sun. He had new fangled notions of making farming pay. He even bought a fool machine to help him load his hay. The neighbors fairly snorted when they saw the bloomin’ thing; said Bill would never make it work. It wasn’t worth a ding! Bill didn’t say a single word, an’ didn’t care a darn 'bout what they said, fer slick as grease his hay went in the barn an hour before a thunder storm came sailin’ out that way and caught his neighbors in a pinch, and spoiled their new mown hay. Bill’s neighbors put their milk in cans, and set ’em in a tank. Bill skimmed his milk with a machine, and turned it with a crank. Smith chops his firewood with an ax. Bill used some gasoline, and saws a hundred cords a day with another blamed machine. Today Bill’s wife rides in a car, and dresses up in silk. Smith’s wife rides in a wagon and keeps on skimming milk. —Enquirer, Taylor county, Ky.

Britain in 1914 exported 59,039,880 tons of coal. Scotland in 1913 mined 42,456,576 tons of coal.

HOUSE PAINTING or INTERIOR DECORATIONS • such as Canvassing, Papering, Stenciling, Staining, Varnishing, Enameling, etc. see H. O. JOHNSON Fer Good Work and Material' Phone 423.

NORTH SIDERS VS SOUTH SIDERS

People on South Side of Track Fill Sewers Up With Sacks and People on North Side Remove Sacks—Latter Triumphant Wednesday night the people on the south side of the track near the stock yards in the east part of town proceeded to the sewers which underlie the tracks and there filled the sewers so the water would not rush through and surround their homes, thus making a miniature Venice. To their surprise this morning the sacks were gone and their houses were rapidly being surrounded by the flow. Women gathered on both sides and threatened each other. Then the “huskies” came and the sacks were replaced, only to be removed again. While the sewer at the east end was being filled, the one at the west end was being thrown open.

• Women and children and the male population all worked in unison and neither side wavered for a long time. Barefoot women groaned under the pain of the cinders on the tracks, and they sent harsh words back and forth while the men labored valiantly at removing and replacing sacks. At last some person showing unexpected mental capacity called the police. Arriving on the scene the police force took the sacks from the sewers and the water gushed through. Not to be outdone the other side complained to the city health officer, Dr. Gwin. He went to the scene, where he was met by a delegation of women who told him he had better see that the unhealthy water was kept from flowing into their homes. Such threats failed to do their work and the health officer ruled that he could not close up a sewer and allow the water to stand until stagnant. So the water gushed on through the sewers and the homes of the south siders are almost inundated. Marion Cooper, on the north side of the track, may now walk up to his front door instead of using a boat; the cattle yards seem to be risiftg out of the water, and no more cement blocks from the tile factory are floating around. On the other hand, the other people reached their homes via the following methods: John Carmichal floated home, using a horse collar as a life preserver; Joe Ellis got almost to his front steps when one of his stilts stuck in the mud and he was forced to swim the rest of the way; Earl Ellis did a slide for life on an electric light wire to a window and climbed in; Frank Rowen just waded to the house (he is still alive). Other homes may be surrounded before nightfall and the boys can go swimming while staying at home. The case may yet come to legal proceedings. The issues may be stated as follows: Since the people’s homes are going to be flooded, have they the right to block up the sewers? Have not the other people a right to open the sewers to clear the land of water? Did the railroad in the first place have a right to build the sewer under the track? In either case the other party has a justified kick.

DON’T WAIT.

Take Advantage of a Rensselaer Citizen’s Experience. When the back begins to ache, Don’t wait until backache becomes chronic; ’Till kidney troubles develop; ’Till urinary troubles destroy night’s rest. Profit by a Rensselaer citizen’s experience. Mrs. F. W. Rutherford, College Ave., says: “My back ached most of the time and I felt languid and had no ambition. I had dizzy spells and headaches and there were many other symptoms of kidney trouble. I got a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills at Fendig’s Drug Store and they brought prompt relief. I am seldom without a supply of Doan’s Kidney Pills in the house and I find that a few doses now and then, keep my kidneys in good working order. Others of my family have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills and in each case the results have been of the best.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pillst —he same that Mrs. Rutherford had. Foster-Mil-burn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

Buggies, Buggies, Buggies, Buggies.—Hamilton & Kellner. Algeria in 1914 exported $388,316 worth of dates. Tokia restricts extra editions of newspapers.

THE WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; probably thundershowers north and central portions. ___

Tonight AT THE Gayety _ f - ... - Fenner & Roberts Acrobatic Comedians in twisting, forward and backward and double sommersault from catapult board. 5 and 10c

Former Monticello Mayor and Wolcott Teacher Arrive Home.

Monticello Herald: T. W. O’Connor, who has been on a trip through the west, and who wts injured in an automobile accident while in San Francisco, returned to his home here Sunday. Mr. O’Connor, in telling of the accident, said that he and Earl Burget, who was also injured, were in an automobile belonging to the Argonant hotel at which they were stopping, and were struck by a big taxi cab. This machine was turned over and only the driver escaped without being injured. Mr. O’Connor does not know how he lost the end of his thumb, but the nail from his finger was found in the tool box. He also had three ribs broken. He still wears all these injured members bandaged. Mr. Burget received internal injuries and was not expected to live, but responded to treatment very rapidly and was out of the hospital three days before Mr. O’Connor, who was there ten days. Mr. O’Connor is still stiff and sore from the accident but feels fine every other way. Mr. Burget was as good as new by the time they had reached Yellowstone Park. .

Mr. and Mrs. Lep Weil, of New Orleans, who have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Nathan Fendig, for the past two weeks, left this morning for Cleveland, Ohio, for a visit of two or three weeks. Her brother, B. N. Fendig, accompanied them as far as Chicago.

SALTS IS FINE FOR KIDNEYS, QUIT MEAT

Flush the Kidneys At Once When Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can 'make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or 'if the urine is cloudy, ocensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and can not injure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications.

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