Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1915 — Page 1

No. 170.

Tonight AT THE Gayety Billy & Ada White In their singing and eccentric comedy dancing * This team appeared before an exceedingly large audience for a Monday night and to state that they are on to the job is no exaggeration. Billy was deprived of the privilege of being seen in the second act by being struck on the head by the curtain pole, but he will reappear this evening in A-l condition. 5 and 10c

NOTICE TO AUTO DRIVERS. There are a few drivers of automobiles in this city who have no regard for the law of the state nor the lives of its citizens, and I hereby request all law abiding citizens to assist the officers in quenching this evel practice by filing an affidavit against any one whom they know to be violating section 10476 c R. S. Ind. revision of 1914. It should not be a license for an industrious man with a family to jeopardise the lives of other industrious men with families. iDone this nineteenth day otf July, 1915. CHARLES G. SPITLER, (Seal) Mayor.

Saturday Markets For One Month.

The Associated Charities, for the purpose of raising funds, have decided to hold a Saturday market for one month, in Warner’s Hardware Store. The people of the town and country are urgently requested to make unsolicited donations each Saturday morning of dressed chickens, salads, baked beans, cottage cheese, candies, home baking, and other culinary articles. Donations of money will also be thankfully received.

Basket Meeting.

An all day basket meeting will be held in John E. Alter’s grove near the Rosebud church in Union township on July 26th. Everybody invited. Bring your lunch. Baptismal service and a union song service afternoon. Revs. Conn and Kreider will officiate. —Committee.

Ice Cream Social.

An entertainment and ice cream social by the Barkley M. E. church will be held Thursday evening, July 22nd, at the home of Jesse Eldridge. All are invited.

SALTS IF KIDNEYS OR BLADDER BOTHER

Harmless to Flush Kidneys and Neutralize Irritating Acids. Kidney and bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted authority. The kidneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the bladder, where it often remains to irritate and inflame, causing a burning, scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the bladder, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer is in constant dread, the water passes sometimes with a scalding sensation and is very profuse. Again, there is difficulty in avoiding it. Bladder weakness, most folks call it, because they can’t control urination. While it is extremely annoying and sometimes very painful, this is really one of the moat simple ailments to overcome. Get about four ounces of Jad Salts from your pharmacist and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast, continue this for two or three days. This will neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally again. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is used by thousands of folkß who are subject to urinary disorders caused, by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is splendid for kidneys and fHnsM no bad effects whatever. Here you have ft pleasant, effervescent lithia-water drink, which quickly relieves bladder trouble.

Roy your threshing coal of Hamilton & Kellner.

The Evening Republican.

LAKE COUNTY BACK OF MAYOR JOHNSON

Crowd of His Supporters Invade Rensselaer and Meet Republicans— In Race to Stay. Mayor R. 0. Johnson, of Gary, and sixteen of his ardent supporters for the nomination for governor, came from Lake county today to meet republicans in this city and remind them that Mayor Johnson is in the race to stay and will appreciate support from this county. Mayor Johnson announced his candidacy to republican newspapermen at a meeting of the editors at Gary several weeks ago. Now he is getting ready to make an energetic campaign throughout the state and his friends believe he has the qualities that would supply the needs of the state when the successor for two terms of democratic failure is chosen. Mayor Johnson is the man who wrenched the city of Gary from the cotnrol of Tom Knotts and his machine crowd at the election a last fall. He had an uphill job'for a time, for it was necessary to fight for every inch of ground gained, and finally to be prepared at the polls to fight for every honest vote. He won a signal victory and after assuming the office of mayor he-fjegan cleaning house. Slot machines, gambling resorts, houses of ill fame and all sorts of vice were put to route and saloons were forced to obey the laws or get out of business. Maybr Johnson has not relaxed in his vigorous fight for a decent city and has followed a policy so consistent that even those who are in favor of granting some latitude to law enforcement are Johfison admirers and supporters. “This is not simply a Gary boosters’ meeting but is representative of all Lake county,” said one of the supporters of Mayor Johnson today, and he continues as follows: “You see Mayor Johnson’s popularity soon spread beyond the bounds of Gary and to all parts of Lake county and wherever he is known there is a feeling that he is the proper man for governor. This meeting was hastily arranged but our crowd is from all over Lake county and they are here to let you know that Lake county will get solidly behind his campaign.” Among those who ware here with Mayor Johnson were the following: Oapt. H. S. Norton, George Manlove, Edward Robson, William Forbis and Homer Carr, all of Gary, the latter the editor of The Tribune; D. E. Boone and W. J. McAleer, of Hammond; L. E. Barnes and John Killigrew, of Hobart; Ernest Shortridge, Charley Daugherty, August H. W. Johnson, John Clauser, E. C. Davis and G. M. Foland, of Crown Point. Mr. Foland is the Lake* county chairman and one of the livest wire politicians in Indiana. Also Newton Hebroff, of Indiana Harbor. Mayor Johnson and party made a call at The Republican office and later went to the court house to meet some of the republicans. Attorney Moses Leopold and Chas. C. Warner helped escort them about the best city in the tenth district and make them acquainted. Mayor Johnson is a large man, with a winning personality and will doubtless cut quite an important figure in the approaching primary for the nomination of a governor for Indiana.

W. J. Wright Buys Out Morocco Furniture Business.

W. J. Wright, the furniture dealer and undertaker of this city, has closed a deal for the purchase of the Knickerbocker furniture and undertaking business in Morocco, including the building it occupies, which belonged tb L. F. Porter, formerly of Morocco, who conducted the business Mr. Wright buys for many years prior to its sale about a year ago to Mr. Knickerbocker, who came to Morocco from Michigan.

Mr. Wright will place his brother-in-law, V. H. Hancock, now of Kansas City, in charge of the! business. He will abandon the Morocco end of the undertaking after his new motor funeral car is completed and handle all of the undertaking business from the Rensselaer end of the busness. The Morocco field is quite an extensive one and considerable undertaking business comes from across the line in Illinois and Mr. Wright and some of his assistants will probably be licensed as erabalmers .n Illinois as well aitf' Indiana. Mr. Wright is spending some of his time in Morocco getting the business in shape for the transfer. Mr. Hancock is the husband of Mr. Wright’s sister, formerly Miss Floss Wright. He has been in charge of a department for a large store in Kansas City.

Attica, July 19. —Mrs. E. M. Ray reached her ninety-first birthday today, having first seen the light on July, 19, 1824, near Lexington, Ky. While this is a good old age and she is well preserved, and in good health, with faculties but little impaired, there are several other ladies in Attica or vicinity who lead her by several years in point of age.

Attica Woman is 91

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915.

FAVORS SWIMMING POOL AND PLAY PARK

H. O. Johnson Also Suggests Cross Town Bus Li ne —Offers to Contribute His Labor. Editor Republican, Dear Sir: Your article of a recent issue in regard to a municipal swimming pool strikes the right chord. Rensselaer» is very deficient in matters of amusement for so large a town and much could be done in this regard to promote the wishes of the amusementloving public. I would say that we should take a step farther than the swimming pool and in conjunction obtain adjacent ground in a suitable locality for a park for that purpose so that such amusements as swings, merry-go-round, slides and various other devices known to such places could be put in for those not using the pool but attracted there for an outing. Kansas City has both its natitorium and artificial lake for both sexes; Chicago has its lake beaches; Indianapolis its big concrete pool as Broad Ripple; Cincinnati its Coney Island, all of which are well patronized by those who wish to get away from the sweltering heat of summer. Judging by the number of swimmers at the bridge lately, the pool of 40x80 feet would be entirely inadequate to accommodate the crowd that would patronize it from this town, to say nothing of those who would be attracted here from the surrounding country. A circular pool, such as the one at the college, sloping to the center with one deep spot at one side would give all, little and big, those who swim and those who splash, a chance to enjoy its enticing water. Also, since we cannot afford street cars, probably a cross-town bus line could be put into service which would be a source of revenue for some one and a means of conveyance for those at a distance who would not walk it. As a starter I am willing to contribute $5 and my labor so far as I can to get is under way. Are there not a hundred others who could contribute that and more to get this, a welcome and healthy resort on its feet. Start the ball rolling, now! _ „

Yours respecfully,

H. O. JOHNSON.

Ross Ramey Fined For Speeding; Others Warned.

Ross Ramey, who delivers gasoline for the Indian Co., was driving the Maxwell roadster that belongs to the Central Garage, Sunday evening, and exceeded the speed limit according to some who saw him. Ross thinks he may have gone as fast as 25 miles an hour but others think he was hitting it up from 40 to 50. Mayor Spitler filed a complaint against him and he was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $9.40. He pleaded guilty to, the charge and paid the fine. Ross contends that he has been made the goat as there are many others who pay little if any attention to the law and this is the case, but since the fault is a common one some start at its correction must be made and this should serve as a warning against all who are inclined to fast driving. Daily reports are made of narrowly averted accidents and the traffic ordinance is violated by a great many who should have respect for the law that is made for the protection of all. It is not uncommon to see machines being driven at night without the lights on, to see cars without tail lights standing in the streets, to see cars standing faced in the wrong direction, to see cars being driven on the left side of the street, to see corners turned the wrong way and to see machines driven at an unnecessary speed through the streets. Now that the prosecutions have begun none should be exempt and full compliance with the traffic ordinance should be enforced, not as a- persecutionary matter but with a view to securing uniform respect for a law that was designed for the protection of both pedestrians and auto drivers. Every citizen should aid m the enforcement of the law by reporting violations, as there is no officer on the job to see that this is done. Mayor Spitler has written about this subject and all should read what he has to say.

Subscribe for The Republican. Good Farms S®le. On reasonable terms. Call at the office of George Gifford, executor of the estate of B. J. Gifford, Odd Fellows Block, Rensselaer, Indiana.

Final Warning Will Be Given Germany, Is Belief.

Washington, July 19.—President Wilson returned to Washington today to give immediate consideration to the note that is to go to Germany probably before the end of the week. The communication, it is believed, will convey notice to the German government that the U. S. will maintain its rights on the high seas as guaranteed by well established principles of international warfare.

The president has entrusted > the writing of the note to Secretary Lansing, who is in complete accord with the aims and purposes of the president, who wrote the former notes. There was every indication today that the president is determined that this whole question of the right of American shipmasters to travel the seas without being molested, as long as the ships they command do not carry contraband, and the right of American citizens to travel on unarmed merchantmen of the belligerent countries, must be settled without further parley. That the new secretary of state has very positive views as to what should be done under existing circumstances is very well understood. .

Interest Taken Towards Getting Swimming Pool.

Quite a little interest is being taken in the proposal mentioned in yesterday’s paper to build a swimming pool. A number of the prominent citizens of the city have expressed their willingness to help out. A subscription paper was started this morning and it is said that if SSOO or S6OO can be raised the city will be willing to furnish a lot which lies back of the residence of F. E. Babcock and they will also furnish water for the pool. The cement can be obtained, it is thought, from some one who is interested at cost. The paper is now being circulated and no one should fail to help in getting a swimming pool which will be a place where both old and young can find pleasure on the hot days. When you look over the subscription paper you will see that the proposition is well supported by men who will see it through.

Basket Dinner Sunday At Barkley M. E. Church.

The third quarterly Barkley M. E. conference will be held at ley M. E. church, Sunday, July 25th. In the morning Rev. A. W. Wood, district superintendent, will preach. At noon there will be held a big basket dinner. Everyone who attends is expected to bring a basket filled with good things to eat. In the afternoon Rev. Cumick, of Rensselaer, will preach. Services will also be held at night, Rev. C. W. Petty preaching. It is expected that a large crowd from the surrounding country will attend the all day conference and basket dinner. Rev. Petty, of the Barkley church, has been making plans and everything will be in readiness to take care of a large crowd. The meeting is not limited to Barkley people and others from Rensselaer and nearby places are invited to attend as well.

B. Forsythe Hard Hit By Loss of Set Onions.

B. Forsythe is one of the hardest hit onion farmers. He had out 24 acres on his farm northwest of town. Of this about 214 acres were for onion sets which were about ready to gather. The sets grow underground and are gathered when about the size of your little finger. A special seed for the sets is used and it is sown very thick. Mr. Forsythe estimates that he had about 1,200 bushels on the 214 acres and all were ruined by the high water. He had made 500 special crates for the sets. They hold 2 bushels each and these he has now rented to Gerald and Emmet Hollingsworth, whose set onions are not seriously damaged. Mr. Forsythe’s other onions were also almost altogether ruined.

GO NO FARTHER

The Evidence Is At Your Door. Rensselaer proof is what you want and the statement of this highly respected resident will banish all doubt: Charles Malchow, Harvey St, Rensselaer, Says: "Kidney complaint and backache kept me in misery for years. The pain from my back extended through my shoulders and even into my neck. The kidney secretions annoyed me by their irregularity in passage and proved that my kidney 3 were at fault. I got Doan’s Kidney Pills at Fendig’s Drug Store and after taking a few doses, I knew that I had at last found the medicine I needed. My kidneys were strengthened and the pains in my back were removed. I have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills since then, when having similar attacks and I have never failed to get relief.” Price 50e, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Malchow had. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y,

OVER 500 PRISONERS AT THE PENAL FARM

Information About Corrective Institution Established by State—Runaways Get Theirs. From The Greencastile Banner we receive some information about the state penal farm that will be of interest to all readers. At this time there are upward of 600 prisoners on the farm. The Banner states that it is not probable that there are not apt to be many more than that as now the expirations of sentence and discharges about keep pace with the new ones received. When the men are discharged they are taken to Greencastle and tickets are purchased to their home towns and the tickets given to the conductor and not to the discharged prisoner. In case any prisoner on the penal farm is recaptured he is sent to the penitentiary. Even if he is sent to the penal farm for only a limited term, say 50 or 100 days and tries to escape he will get a penitentiary sentence of from 2 to 5 years. There are more or less escapes all the time, but as photographs, Bertillian measurements and complete descriptions are made of all prisoners their chance of permanent escape is not very good. Many of the prisoners on the farm are victims of the liquor habit whose constant dissipation has led them into many delinquencies, such as failure to provide, petty stealing, cruelty to members of their families, refusal to work, public intoxication. It is probable that the penal farm will become the most common place for treating habitual drunkards.

It Ss doubtful whether the penal farm is a very desirable thing for a county and The Martinsville Republican states that Morgan county should be glad that it did not get the farm as it is becoming a great annoyance to the farmers who live in the neighborhood. As prisoners are constantly escaping the women are afraid to be left alone on the farms and there is constant danger of thieving. Furthermore, the farm is exempt from taxation and a large acreage is wihdrawn from bearing its proper proportion of taxes. That the farm will work a splendid advantage in the reform of small crime prisoners and prove a healthy place for them there is no doubt, but there are a number of reasons why the farm would not prove a desirable neighbor and The Martinsville Republican says that farm values in that section have depreciated.

Georgia Prison Board Won’t Quiz Frank Case.

Atlanta, Ga., July 19.—The penil tential committee of the Georgia house of representatives late today voted to table three resolutions which would have provided for a legislative investigation of the attack on Leo M. Frank at the state prison farm at Milledgeville. Members of the commitee said that they believed that William Creen, the convict who attacked Frank, alone was involved, and that there was no negligence on the part of the prison officials.

Moose Paper Hits Rocks at Bloomington.

On application of the directors Judge Miers Monday appointed J. F. Schuman receiver for the Bloomington Journal, a progressive daily paper that was started here eighteen months ago. The paper has lost nearly SIOO each week and the total amount will exceed SIO,OOO, but the promoters will settle all obligations, it was said.

Harry Arrives Home

Pittsburg, July 19.—Harry Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, arrived in Pitsburg tonight from Philadelphia, and went at once to the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw at the East Liberty station when he alighted from a Pennsylvania train.

See the Columbia’s $2.00 bargains, before buying your next pair of oxfords. You’ll save money. *

THE WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; cooler extreme south portion tonight.

Little Jobs As well aa large ones. You probably have some electrical work that needs attention; the extension or changing of lights, the repair of irons, fans, etc. Call me at phone 621. Leo Mecklenberg

W. A. Davenport, Post-Office Clerk, Transferred as Carrier.

W. A. Davenport, who has been a clerk in the local postoffice for several years, has received an order transferring him as carrier of Sural ■Route No. 1 out of this city, the change to take place on Aug. Ist. Mr. Davenport made application for the transfer when John Daugherty resigned as carrier several months ago. Since the latter’s resignation Mort Murray has been carrying the route as substitute. The salary as carrier is $1,200 per year, which is better than the clerk salary and permits the carrier to complete his day's work ordinarily-before noon. The vacancy which will exist in the postoffice has not yet been filled and, in fact, there is another vacant clerkship created by the order of July Ist and which will pay a salary of SBOO. An examination was held last spring but the government has not yet reported the result. The successor to Mr. Davenport will receive SBOO per year, not attaining the pay he received until he has worked for some time. The other deputy is Miss Wilda Littlefield, daughter of the postmaster, whose recent illness and operation has left the postoffice force considerably short. It is expected that two new clerks will be named by Aug. Ist.

Obituary of Sylvester Hatton.

Sylvester Hatton, son of Leslie R., and Elizabeth (Slingley) Hatton, was bom in Fountain county, Ind., May 27, 1837, and died at his home in Rensselaer, Ind., July 14, 1915, at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 17 days. He came with his parents to Yellowhead, Kankakee county, 111., in 1840. His father died wfien he was ten years of age and he remained on the homestead assisting his mother in carrying on the farm until she, too, was called from this life in 1852. Then going to Indiana he lived with an uncle until he reached manhood. On Oct. 7th, 1858, he was united in marriage to Martha A. Allhands. To this union were born ten children, two dying in' infancy. The mother died in April, 1903. One brother, W. L. Hatton, of Whittier, Cal., and eight children are left to mourn his departure, viz., Mr.s John Dowsey, of Monticello; Mrs. Albert Witham, of Rensselaer, Ernest, of Idaville, Merritt, of Lowell, Frank of Roselawn, George, of Momence, Mrs. Geo. Chappell, of Grant Park, and Laura, who has always remained at home with the parents, and after the death of the mother, stood faithfully by her father’s side, always ready to administer to his wants, apd to comfort him in his declining years. For two and a half years Mr. Hatton had been in feeble health, but had borne his sufferings patiently. Although not identified with any church, his great heart of love and noble selfsacrifice for the good and comfort of others, has led him to be one of the most faithful of men. His life was so pure, good and noble, and his deeds of love so widely distributed, that all who knew him felt the belssings of his kindness and the uplift of association with him. A good word and good will toward everyone were conspicuous among his many virtues. None knew him but to love him. Faithful to all his friends, a devoted, self-sacrificing and loving father, not only to his children, but all his relatives and friends rise up and call him blessed.

A precious one from us is gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. His funeral was held at Momence Friday at the Baptist church, and was attended by a large number of his old friends and neighbors, who gathered to pay their last respects to one they had loved and honored, both as a neighbor and comrade. Rev. Deer officiated at the funeral service. Interment was made in Nichols cemetery. Undertaker Melby had charge of the burial service. The following men, friends of the deceased, acted as pallbearers: John and George Graves, B. L. Tabler, James Kirby, Frank Massey and Mat Grimes. —Contributed. i

Card of Thanks.

The family desires through this paper to extend their thanks to those who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our father; also for the beautiful floral tributes and to the ladies for the flag service at the home. Their kindness shall ever be remembered by the family.

Local Painter Falls From Scaffold.

While painting Mr. Parker’s new residence yesterday Mr. H. O. Johnson was thrown from a carpenter’s scaffold by a loose board and sustained only a bruised arm. A carpenter working below him received the contents of a bucket of paint.—Adv.

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