Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1915 — Page 1

No. 173,

AT THE Gayety Tonight 3 PEOPLE 3 Three Harmony Scamps Comedy Singing, Talking and Eccentric Dancing and Musical Entertainers These people haVe been playing big time but their plans of touring the European countries were frustrated in consequence of the war. This promises to be a performance greatly surpassing anything of the kind ever seen on a vaudeville stage in this section, and we are positive that no one will regret their visit to the Gayety Air Dome tnoight, as anyone dissatisfied with this stunt will be reimbursed ait the box office. 5c and 10c

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

Swimming Pool. The writer would say to the “contributor,” thanks for the little favors he offers in favor of the swimming pool, but he seems to have turned his back on the public at large and 'has • narrowed his pool to the confined of the school children. We would heartily commend him for his views for the physical and mental development of the school child. God bless them! They are the men and women of the tomorrow. Let them have all the physical appurtenances of the school, that the body may balance the mind, but let them also be reminded that cleanliness is Godliness and cannot be obtained in the school grounds. The attendance of the schools is constantly increasing and additions to the buildings will soon be necessary and play grounds to go with them, so that the city could not afford to destroy what little space they have for a public utility of the kind he mentioned. The swimming season is short and when it comes the ardent swimmer is going to find a place to go. All swimmers are not children, nor boys as the contributor would readily recognize if he had ever been about a beach or swimming pool of larger cities. So we cannot afford to be sefish in this one public amusement which will be beneficial to all and which does not at present tap the public funds, but is being fostered by a liberal public from their own pocket and who believe that it will be a safe and sane place for the boy or girl who can be protected there and not stray to the dangerous and uncertain holes of the river. Let us hear from the committee in whose hands this has been intrusted and hope that they are acting wisely in this matter in which all free minded Rensselaer citizens should be interested. —A Subscriber. %

Wabash Railroad Sold For Eighteen Millions.

The first step in a plan for reorganizing the Wabash railroad and taking it out of the hands of receivers, was carried into effect in St. Louis Wednesday nthen the purchasing committee of the joint reorganization committee of the road’s creditors, bought the entire $220,000,000 system with all its assets and liabilities for $18,000,000.

JULY EXTRA SPECIALS' ■■ mm 200 pair men’s shoes and oxror men fordßiy AW $9 OO weie $5.00 and $4.00 WOW For Women Waiju q;i no oxfords, were $3.50 and $3 - For Boys and Girls jairs oxfords, shoes and pumps, 1 .OO were $2.50 and $2 ”“ w ■ Liberal Reduction On All Summer Footwear Fandiff’s Exclusive Shoe Store Opera House Block * * -

The Evening Republican.

Tess Marshall Has Another Good Story in the Argosy.

The August Argosy contains a story written by Tess Marshall, son of George Marshall, former editor of The Republican of this city, and now a resident of Medford, Oregon. Many people will remember Tess, who attended the public schools of this city prior to his moving to Oregon, and while a student here gained considerable reputation as a public speaker and short story writer. Young Marshall has written several stories now for the Argosy and they are all deserving of commendation. v The title of his last story is “His Own Handiwork. 7 His first story published in the Argosy was entitled, “When the Fire Went Out,” and was well received, assuring him a permanent position on the staff of the magazine’s writers. Rensselaer people will be pleased tp hear of his success and wish him well in his chosen field of work.

Will Ade Back Home And Is Feeling Very Well.

Newton County Enterprise: Will H. Ade is back in the harness sound and well. He came home from Chicago last week and took up his work where he laid it down several months ago. His case was peculiar. After laying at the point of death for weeks he was removed to a hospital in Chicago as a last resort. Specialists were called in and x-ray examinations were made from head to foot. There was no organic heart affection, but his heart was prevented from performing its functions by a disordered stomach. After the best medical skill of Chicago experimented for a couple of weeks Mr. Ade wa§ literally dragged from his couch and told to get out and hustle. The stomach trouble had been corrected and the heart beat with new buoyancy. Mr. Ade lost some weight while under treatment, but looks well and is feeling fine.

Monon Ice Cream Co. Doing Good Business.

This week’s Monon News has an article which would indicate that the Mack & Co. ice cream and soft drink manufacturing company, are proving to be a good thing for that town. The company is known for a great distance and is doing a big business during the summer months. Ray Holtzman, a traveling salesman for the company, visits 75 towns a week, making the trips in an automobile. The distance covered each week is about 500 miles. A salesman like that ought to make any company money.

Why Not a Baseball Game in Rensselaer?

While Rensselaer is tljibking about a swimming pool and other things the other nearby towns are having a good time. We are not knocking the swimming pool in the least for we want it badly, but can’t we live in the present as well as in the future? We have not had a baseball game here since school closed. Delphi is enjoying the great national sport by games held by the Sunday school league each week. Monticello recently put up an exhibition of the leans against the fats and soon the business mens league will play the doctors and lawyers in that town. On Wednesday of next week Monon will suspend business, the occasion being a game between the fats and leans of that town. These games furnish mudh amusement for those who play as well as the observers. Rensselaer might play a game of this kind and then play with some other town or have another home game, the proceeds to go towards a swimming pool.

Mrs. James ■Campbell went to Union City today for a visit with relatives and friends.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1915.

WILLIAM BRANDENBERG AGAIN IN THE TOILS

jVfan Sent to Reformatory Four Years Ago For Forgery Commits Same Crime at Attica.

William Brandenberg, alias William H. Smith, was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Rice Porter and L. A. Harmon Thursday noon at a farm northeast of Zadoc, where he was working with Henry Hendrickson’s thrashing gang. The officers were accompanied to the scene of Brandenberg’s arrest by Moe Nathan, of Attica, who had cashed a check for S2B in Nathan’s clothing store at Attica. The check was drawn in favor of Willipm H. Smith and signed “Lars Anderson.” It was one of four forged checks cashed at Attica the same day and all bearing the forged signature of Anderson. One of the checks was for $6 and was cashed at Pete Redman’s restaurant, one was for sl2 and was cashed at Hugh Sheridan’s saloon and the third was for $8.50 and was cashed by Jacob Shankayles. The checks totaled $54.50.

Brandenberg is said to be the man who committed the forgeries and to have cashed the checks. He is the same Brandenberg who was sent to the reformatory from this county some five years ago for having passed a forged check at Wheatfield. He served three years of his indeterminate term and says that he was discharged. Although the forgeries were committed over a month ago Brandenberg had escaped arrest until Thursday. He had been working on a farm near Attica and on the 17th of June went to Lewis Nathan’s clothing store and selected a suit of clothes priced at $13.50. He paid Moe Nathan, the clerk, 50 cents to put the suit away for 'him until the next day and then went in to get it. He had a check for S2B and got the suit of clothes and sls in cash. The other forgeries were committed the same day. Brandenberg is supposed to have come to this county at once qnd at the time of his arrest was working for Hendricks, who needed his services and who offered to pay the sum of the checks if Brandenberg could be released, and the deputy officers brought a check to town with them to cover the total of the forgeries but the officers of a county can not serve as a collection agency and the- check was returned to the man who had offered to make good the check swindles.

The manner in which Nathan learned of the whereabouts of Brandenberg is interesting. An Attica newspaper had told of the forgeries and described the man who had committed them. One of the papers reached a subscriber at Kniman who thought certain that the description fit Brandenberg and who went to Attica to inform Nathan of his suspicions. Nathan came to Rensselaer Wednesday and without either a warrant or the aid of Rensselaer officers went to Kniman to try to compel Brandenberg to make the checks good. He could not locate his man at Kniman and the justice of the peace to whom he applied told him that lie could not issue a warrant for the man’s arrest. He then came to Rensselaer and procured a warrant and accompanied Deputies Porter and Harmon on a search for the alleged forger. Brandenberg was so certain that the plan to make good the checks would release him that he came to town feeling that he would soon be released, but when Mr. Nathan called the prosecutor at Attica he was informed that Brandenberg would have to answer the charge of forgery even though he reimbursed those who had lost by cashing the checks. Sheriff Reuben Beamer, of Fountain county, came today to get Brandenberg and take him back tb Attica to answer the charge of forgery and he will doubtless get a long sentence. He is a big man and capable of hard work hut it is said he is not mentally very well balanced.

Former Governor of Indiana to Publish Paper.

J. Frank Hanly, former governor, is to he the editor in chief of the National Enquirer, a weekly newspaper to he published in Indianapolis. The paper will advocate prohibition. The first issue will appear in two months. Associated with Mr. Hanly will be Oliver Wayne Stewart, former member of the Illinois legislature, as associate editor, and William M. Conrad, formerly of the editorial staff of the Washington Star, as managing editor.

Misses Florence and Aileen Allman went to Michigan city to attend a house party at the home of Miss Joy Carson. All the girls in attendance at the house party are students at Western College at Oxford, Ohio. They will remain for several days. Babeerib» far The Repohlkan.

BUSINESSMEN MAY ASK FOR THE SUBSIDY

Investors Who Have Confidence in L. & N. W. Called Meeting to Discuss the Project.

Marion township may vote again on the subsidy proposition for the Lafayette & Northwestern Railroad Co. Ed Collins, of Lafayette; Perry O’Connor, of White county; W. A. Lux, of Wolcott, and E. G. Perrigo, of near Donavan, 111., all stockholders in the Brown company, came to Rensselaer Thursday and called a meeting of the businessmen at the court house. Quite a number went to the meeting and the representatives of the road stated that the proposition was open to the businessmen and citizens of Rensselaer as to whether anything further should be done to secure the subsidy that would result in the building of the road, that if the businessmen cared to take the proposition up and carry it through the road would be built this way but if -they did not and would say so then

DUVALL’S Quality Shop C. EARL DUVALL Rensselaer’s Only Up-to-Date Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter Beginning Saturday, July 17, and Lasting to August fst We will sell all men’s, boys’ and children’s clothing, shirts, hats, caps, wash suits, rompers, suit cases, traveling bags, trunks, and everything in our line at big reductions. It will pay every man, woman and fhild to attend this sale as it means money in your pockets. The following are a list of prices:

Men's Suits All $25 Suits - - $16.45 All *22.50 Suits - - $15.45 All S2O Suits - ; $13.45 All $lB Suits • $12.45 All $16.50 Suits - - 310.98 All sls Suits - • $9.95 All sl2 Suits - - $7-45 AH $lO Suits - - $6.98

SAME PRICE ON YOUNG MEN’S SUITS

Boys' Norfolk Knickerbocker Suits Boys’ $lO Norfolk suits for $6.98 Boys’ $9 Norfolk suits for $6.45 Boys’ sß.soNorfolk suits for $6.00 Boys’ $7.50 Norfolk suits for $5.48 Boys’ 6.50 Norfolk suits for $4.98 Boys’ 6.00 Norfolk suits for $4.48 Boys’ 5.00 Norfolk suits for $3.45

Everybody should come &nd purchase some bargains as they are all new and seasonable goods. Remember the date: July 17th to August Ist C. Earl Duvall ■ v

Rensselaer would be left out of consideration and steps taken to build the road in another direction and it was indicated that Carpenter township would vote a subsidy to support the road provided it would go through that township and not come to Rensselaer. Several businessmen expressed themselves as confident that Marion township would favor the proposition if brought up to them again and it is probable that steps would be taken to secure another election. If the matter is brought up again it will have the support and endorsement of the businessmen and an organization behind the campaign that will push it for all there is in it. One important correction will be made. The road will be surveyed to come through the business section of the city and the citizens are to decide on the route which the road promoters agree to accept. A meeting will be held at the court house this evening and every citizen of Rensselaer is urged to attend. Come out and let’s do whatever seems best for the welfare of our community.

THE WEATHER.

Fair today and Saturday.

Men’s Hats Stetson Hats, $4.00 grade - $3.25 Stetson Hats, $3.50 grade - $2*75 Kingsbury Hats, $3 grade - s2*ls Panama Hats, $7 grade - $5.45 Panama Hats, $5 grade - $3.50 Sailor Hats $3 grade * - $2.00 Sailor Hats $2 grade - $1.38 Sailor Hats, $1.50 grade - SI.OO

Shirts In order to lower our shirt stock we will sell all shirts at great reduction. $4.50 silk shirts - $3.25 $3.00 silk shirts * $2.25 $2.50 silk shirts - sl«7§ $2.00 shirts - - - 1.50 shirts - - * $M* 1.00 shirts - -79 c 50c shirts - ~ 39c

COME OUT TO THE R. R. MEETING TONIGHT

Everyone Interested Should Attend And Give Voice to Your Thoughts. Let everyone attend the railroad meeting at the court house this evening. The matter of securing an interurban railroad for Rensselaer is of advantage and you should help to encourage the matter by your presence. Come out and hear the matter discussed and presented for your consideration.

Program of the Sunday Evening Band Concert.

March. Overture, Mignonette. Seranade, Dream of Youth. Sermon by Rev. J. P. Green. Seranade, Evening Thoughts. Dream of Heaven, Waltz. Operatic Mingel. Banner of Peace.

Mrs. F. A. Turfler went to Monticello on business today.

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