Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1915 — Page 1

No. 176.

AT THE Gayety Tonight Lessik, Anita & Co. ■This stunt opens with singing and dancing by the candy store girl, a handsome blonde. After the opening song and dance a canary will be heard warbling while the music is being rendered on the mandolin. Surprising feats too numerous to mention, this evening. While this is an exceedingly costly act we are running it at the same old price 5c and 10c

S. W. Hamilton, of Wheatfield, First to Register Machine.

S. W. Hamilton, of Wheatfield, was the first Jasper county citizen to register his automobile at the state house this year. He has a Ford. Mrs. E. W. Overocker registered her Imperial last week, making a total of 641 cars in Jasper county. There are now 83,000 cars registered in the state, which is 18,000 more than last year. Fords lead other cars in the state and show a total registration of 30,000.

Our Citizen Soldiers.

Indianapolis Star. The Indiana National Guard is now beginning its annual period of special military instruction at Fort Benjamin Harrison and more than usual interest centers in the event because of the possibility, perhaps not seriously considered in former years, that these soldier may yet see active service. Apparently there is a growth of interest among the men themselves, for the companies of the regiment now on the ground show a large increase in enrollment—a sign that a healthy military spirit is not lacking in the community. The National Guard is a military body of importance. In part sustained by the states, in part by the general government, it is an organization of serious purpose and soldierly training. Its work at the encampments which are being held in many states at time is hard and exacting—just such drill as the regular army is accustomed to—and a week of this training, in addition to the home practice at regular intervals during the year, goes far to fit these soldiers for practical duty in case of need. These militia regiments, in Indiana at least, are made up of representative men of all classes —picked men of their several communities. This is well, for the National Guard as a whole will form the nucleus of a volunteer army in case of war and since its ranks now include men who served in the Spanish-American war and in the regular army it will be able to supply many who are well equipped to serve as officers—the greatest first need in a volunteer service. Indiana may well take pride in its militia. It is not a large body, but large enough to keep alive a manly soldier spirit, a will and a purpose to protect our country's interests at the risk of life if need be. Honor is due to our National Guard.

ECHOES FROM MONTICELLO

Monticello Happenings Always Interest Our Readers. After reading of so many people in our town who have been cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills, the question naturally arises: “Is this medicine equally successful in our neighboring towns?” The generous statement of this Monticello resident leaves no room for doubt on this point. Mrs. George Howell, N. Main St., Monticello, Ind., says: “I suffered off and on for two or three years from attacks of kidney and bladder complaint. Sharp twinges often darted through my kidneys and sides and were followed by a dull, nagging ache in the small of my back. The kidney secretions were unnatural and I had headaches. I finally got Doan’s Kidney Pills and they quickly relieved me, toning up my system. I have since then enjoyed good health.” Price 50c, a* all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mia. Howell had. FosternMilburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Nineteen sixteen Model Maxwell touring car $655; self-starter and all modem; at the Main Garage. Call and see it

The Evening Republican.

MEN ASSOCIATED WITH 0. L. BROWN HERE

Claim Misrepresentations of Hearing and Express Confidence in Railroad Building.

Perry O'Connor, farmer in White county and an investor in the O. L. Brown promoted railroad company, and H. E. Shellhouse, the engineer, came to Rensselaer today to discuss with businessmen the plans to hold another election for the proposed subsidy. They claim that there has been nothing irregular in the promotion methods of Mr. Brown and say that the men who, have put up money for the surveys and the other promotion expenses have no kick , coming except the objection made by those in Remington who became interested when that town was on the line of the proposed road. Mentioned in the investigation of the stock sales by Brown was the statement that Ban O’Connor had sold to the aged mother of Charles Stockton SIO,OOO of worthless stock. O’Connor was also mentioned as having tried to sell stock for the Brown railroad company and thus an undesirable relationship was shown. Perry O’Connor said that the transaction of the sale of worthless stock to Mrs. Stockton was as crooked as could be but that it had no connection with O’Connor’s employment with the railroad as a salesman and that he was not now employed with the railroad. Mr. O’Connor feels that Rensselaer should go ahead with its plans to hold another election, but was advised that until the Public Utilities Commission had made a ruling on the investigation and Brown had cleared up the things pertaining thereto that seemed to be irregular it would be useless to call the election. Mr. O’Connor said that he does not hold that view but feels confident that Brown’s road will be built if the subsidies are voted and he wants to go ahead with the election. Mayor Spitler and the editor of The Republican, who are friends to any plan for railroad construction that holds out any hope of building a road very frankly informed Mr. O’Connor and Engineer Shellhouse that the calling of an election at this time would be useless and that it was very doubtful if a petition would be signed if circulated. If Mr. Brown comes out of the investigation with clean linen then there will be time to take up the subsidy proposition but no one cares to do so at this time.

Starting Investigation Of the Steamer Eastland.

A coroner’s jury started an inquest today of the sinking of the steamer Eastland. The jury will be assisted by federal and state departments. One new point has been brought forth, which, if it proved true, will have a good deal of weight. It is said that detectives have seized tickets from passengers which prove that the ship had more passengers that was allowed. The ship was allowed under the ruling 2,500 passengers. It is said the tickets numbered 2,550 and these did not include the musicians and children, which would probably bring the total up to 2,800 or more. The lessees of the ship asserted that 2,480 passenger tickets had been collected. Up to the present time 826 bodies have been identified. Probably from 200 to 500 bodies are dead under the ship. Expert engineers say the ship cannot be raised for from 10 to 30 days. A relief fund of $200,000 has been raised in Chicago for the sufferers from the disaster. The Western Electric company, which was giving the excursion, will add SIOO,OOO to this. Pictures of the great Eastland disaster are being shown in Indianapolis and other large cities all this week. In all probability the picture will be in this city soon. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Merschrod and family returned to their home in Wheeler yesterday after visiting with their son, George, at Newland. The Chesterton team won a 14-inn-ing game from Lowell Sunday 1 to 0. Edmonds, pitching for Chesterton, allowed two hits in the 14 innings and struck out 25 men.

THE WEATHER. Partly cloudy south and probably showers north portipn tonight and Wednesday.

Good Farms for Sab. On reasonable terms. Call at the office of George Gifford, executor of the estate of B. J. Gifford, Odd Fellows Block, Rensselaer, Indiana.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1915.

Receiver Asked For Another Monticello Firm.

Monticello Journal: A suit that makes demand for $6,000 and the appointment of a receiver was filed in the circuit court against the Chicago Thread Manufacturing Company, and the Thread Mills Company, the former the predecessor of the last named concern. The plaintiffs in the case are Hubbard Brothers, of New York. George Kassabaum, of this city, and Fickle & Arthur, of Logansport, are attorneys for the plaintiffs. The complaint alleges that the defendant company executed a note to the plaintiffs for the stun of $5,654.36, of wlrch amount only $2,000 has been paid. That when the new company was organized in 1910 the note was not paid, and up to the present time the company has for unknown reasons refused to assume the obligation. The complaint alleges that the reorganization of 1910 was not made in good faith but for the intention of defrauding and hindering collection of debts. Another complaint was filed by Attorney KaSsabaum, the plaintiff being Chas. W. Hutton, and the defendant the Shultz Manufacturing Co. Action is for the cancellation of a note for SSOO executed by the plaintiff to the defendant company. He says he was to receive stock in the company to the amount named, but that the same has never been issued to him.

Members of President’s Cabinet Delighted With “Our Navy.”

Official Washington observed Washington’s birthday in a way that was unique. It was also patriotic and appropriate. Still more than that it was very instructive. Remembering that the Father of his country had adjured his successors “In Time of Peace, Prepare for War,” they took advantage of a remarkable opportunity to ascertain just how the government was fulfilling the unwritten law of preparedness. It was the first apportunity of the kind that ever presented itself, and, by a strange coincidence, it came at just the time when the question “Are We Prepared?” is more momentous than at any time in the nation’s history. The opportunity consisted of a special exhibition starting at 11 a. m. at the Columbia theatre in Washington, when Lyman H. Howe presented the remarkable films depicting every phase of the U. S. navy of 1915 from submarine to super-dreadnaught including arms and armament which he will exhibit at the Ellis theatre on Tuesday, August 3. Just how enthusiastically Howe’s absorbing film was viewed by members of President Wilson's Cabinet and other officials of state, is best expressed in the following telegram sent to Mr. Howe immediately after the exhibition by Mr. Fred G. Berger, manager of Washington’s leading theatre: “Your special exhibition for official Washington this morning was a splendid success. Cabinet officers including Secretary Daniels and their families were in the very representative audience that crowded the theatre. Everyone was greatly delighted with the navy and other subjects in your new program. This afternoon we have th elargest audience your Travel Festival has ever attracted at a matinee in Washington. Congratulations.—Fred G. Berger.”

Two Ladies, Two Gents and a Trained Monkey at Gayety.

The event which will be pulled off at the Gayety Airdome this evening resuires the efforts of two ladies, two gents and a trained monk. The affair opens with singing and dancing by a handsohle blonde, who is surely an adept. From the oral cavity of a cranium several feet in circumference a trained monkey appears and ascends an extended metal pole to its summit in mid-air, where he leaps fearlessly and alights on the shoulder of the patiently waiting lady who seems anxious to rescue and shield the little fellow. Never before has an act of this character been seen here and never again will this stunt be seen within this corporate limits. To those fortunate enough to view this, one of the greatest acts in existence and find it to be otherwise than as advertised, the management is submitting a request herein that you gratify us by calling at the box office for a rebate. No advance in prices.

Beveridge’s Pen Produces War History Contribution.

A new book has come forth entitled “What is Back of the War.” The book is written by former Senator Albert J. Beveridge and printed by the Bobbs-Merrill Co. His present volume is made up of letters contributed by him to the American Review of Reviews, the Saturday Evening Post and Collier’s Weekly. These have been revised and new material added. The letters are dated from The Hague, German west front, Russian Poland, England and other places. Mr. Beveridge has not attempted to TnaVp a war history but to set down a bare record of facts.a* he has found them. It is said that he is slightly pro-German.

COMPANY M READY FOR ANNUAL CAMP

Captain Tuteur Has Issued Orders For Tour Which Begins Sunday And Lasts One Week. The annual camp of the Indiana National Gu|trd is being held (separately by regiments this year and the third regiment to which Company M, of Rensselaer, belongs, will be at Fort Benjamin Harrison from next Sunday until the following Sunday, a tour of eight days or two days less than for many years past. Captain Herman B. Tuteur, who has been in command of the company since last fall, has an enlisted strength of about sixty at this time and has issued orders that every man shall attend the camp. This week they are being equipped with clothing and they will depart for the camp on a special train that will leave here at 6:30 Sunday morning. Captain Tuteur has been working diligently with his company and since securing the old armory quarters in the K. of P. building has been getting excellent results. He has also been developing his men in rifle practice and expects to make a good showing in the company team match which is to be a part of the instruction camp. In his company are two of the best riflemen in the 'country, First Lieutenant Garland and Private Edward L. Clark. Both have competed in the national matches and have been well to the front in the most important military matches ever held. Several other excellent shots in the company lead Captain Tuteur to believe that he will capture the company team match and land several men on the team that will represent Indiana at the national matches which are to be held at Jacksonville, Fla., this year. The Newland contingent has fired .but one time at the Parr range, but several members made a splendid showing. A number of changes have been made this year in the non-commis-sioned officers of the company. James W. Spate, of Newland, is first sergeant; John Morgan is quartermastersergeant, Harry Hickman, who returned last year from an enlistment in the coast artillery, is a sergeant. Grant Wynegar and Earl Hemphill are corporals. At the drill Monday night a formal guard mount was held for the purpose of instruction and proved an interesting diversion. The jattalion staff has its headquarters irre and the adjutant, First Lieutenant Arthur Tuteur, and Don P. Warren, the sergeant-major, who also served an enlistment in the army, took the parts of their respective offices in the ceremony, which is regarded one of the most spectacular military features of the army. It is probable that a guard mount might be arranged in connection with the band concert some evening after the company returns. Attention is invited to an article in this issue of The Republican which appeared in the editorial columns of The Indianapolis Star and which pays a deserving tribute to the militia organizations of the state. The service is an important one and honor is due the young men who enlist and secure the training that may prove very valuable to the state and the nation at any time. In case this country should become involved in any great conflict every citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 would be subject to draft. Without the training they would be at great disadvantage, for the training includes instruction in self-pro-tection, taking advantage of cover, the use of the rifle and the bayonet, camp sanitation, personal hygiene, the cooking of food and a regard for discipline that makes obedience second nature. Every parent should be glad to have their sons take the training provided in an enlistment in the National Guard, for it may develop in him the ability to serve the country with greater ability in case he is ever called upon. Captain Tuteur will be glad to accept a few more recruits before the camp and will enlist them at his place of business or at the armory any day or evening. Major Healey and his staff, composed of Lieutenants Arthur Tuteur and George W. Healey and SergeantMajor Don P. Warren, will also attend the camp, going at the same time the company does except that Lieutenant Healey, who is battalion quartermaster, goes one day ahead to assist in the establishing of the camp and the issuing of the property to the four companies in the battalion, which are M of Rensselaer, C of Monticello, I of Plymouth and Los Valparaiso. .

Mrs. Edward L. Clark went to Chicago yesterday to spend a week with her parents. Dr. Johnson reutrned this morning from Cedar Rapids, lowa, where he had been called by the illness of his mother, whom he left somewhat improved.

Principal C. M. Sharp to Teach Chemistry at Shortridge.

The school board last week received the resignation of Prof. C. M. Sharp, of Springfield, Ohio, who for the past two years has been principal of the Rensselaer high school and whose intelligence and bearing marked him as an able school man and educator. Prof. Sharp taught chemistry here and his reason for resigning is to teach the same study in Shortridge high school in Indianapolis. Last spring in discussing his return to his old position here with the school board he asked an increase in salary, stating the amount desired. The board made him a counter proposition but later accepted his own figures and the position was regarded as filled when his resignation was received. Althought resignations cause some inconvenience to the school board it is recognized that opportunities for advancement must be taken by teachers when they present themselves, and the board will be on the lookout foT a successor for Prof. Sharp. His many friends will be pleased to know that he has received a position in a school like Shortridge and prophesy for him further and speedy advancement. Miss Grace Norris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Norris, of this city, who has been a teacher in the high school at North Vernon for the past three years, has been employed as a teacher in the Rensselaer high school.

Ministers Enjoyed Visit To George Ade’s Hazelden.

Dr. Cumick and Rev. J. C. Parrett attended the bi-monthly Pan Handle Ministerial Association at the Presbyterian church Monday. About 25 ministers of different denominations were present from Wolcott, Monticello, Idaville, Kentland, Reynolds, Brook and other towns. Rev. Parrett read a very able paper on the subject “The True Standard of Excellence.” After dinner at the hotel Hie ministers were taken in autos to the George Ade farm, where they spent a very jolly two hours. They were guests of Mr. Ade and had the privilege of the swimming pool, the [>athing suits being all ready and the bath house open. A number of the ministers enjoyed this feature. At 3 o’clock Rev. C. D. Royce, a former pastor of our Methodist church, read a paper on “How to Accomplish Greater Things in the Church.” The day was greatly enjoyed by all the ministers and such meetings help to bring the different denominations into a better spirit of fraternity.

German U-Boat Sinks Ship Leelanaw.

The American ship Leelanaw was sunk on July 25, forty-eight hours after the German foreign office had received the latest American note. The work was done by a German submarine off the coast of Scotland. All the crew were saved. The ship was carrying flax and was bound from a Russian port to Belfast, Ireland. The German commander said that the flax was contraband and immediately ordered the crew off the boat and then sunk it. Washington has been shocked by the news but no immediate action will be taken. It is said that the Germans could have thrown the flax overboard if it was contraband and still have saved the ship. For the other ships lately destroyed by Germans they have promised to pay, but the U. S. does not want its ships destroyed with simply a promise to pay.

GLASS OF SALTS IF YOUR KIDNEYS HURT

Eat Less Meat If Yon Feel Backachy Or Hare Bladder Trouble. Meat forms uric acid which excites and overworks the kidneys in their efforts to filter it from the system. Regular eaters of meat must flush the kidneys occasionally. You must relieve them like you relieve your bowels, removing all the acids, waste and poison, else you feel a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the hack or sic kheadache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine » cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get irritated, obliging you to get up two or three times during the night. ~ To neutralize these irritating acids and flush off the body’s urinous waste get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts is made from the adds of grapes and lemon juke, combined with lithia and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless and makes a delightful effervescent lithiawater drink which millions of men and women take now and then, thus avoiding serious kidney and bladder diseases.

WANT ANOTHER SEWER FOR NORTH SIDE

Petition Presented to Council For a Sewer On Walnut and Vine Streets to River. The city council met in regular session Monday evening, with all members present except Councilman Warner. B. Forsythe and others presented a petition asking for the construction of a large sewer from the east corporation line on Walnut street to the Harrington elevator, then south to Vine street and along Vine street west to the river. The drainage matter was discussed at length but no conclusion was arrived at. The Forsythe petition was referred to the sewer committee. Water and light ordinance No. 168 and fire works ordinance No. 169 were passed to third reading. The ordinance for the vacation of a part of Elm and Sumner streets was passed. A basis for furnishing current for lights at the county farm was agreed upon. The county is to build the line from the corporation limits to the farm, the line to become the property of the city, which is to maintain same without further expense to the county, the current to be charged at the regular raes, and the city to have the right to furnish other patrons with lights from the line. The city attorney was directed to ask the public service commission for permission to furnish current outside of the city. The usual number of claims were allowed.

Mrs. M. B. Carr, of Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer yesterday on business. Tuesday, August 3 ELLIS THEATRE ABOAPDOUR RATTIESffIK 1 ■: tijjjmjL L Prices 25, 35, 50c* Phone 98

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