Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1915 — Page 1

No. 182.

AT THE Gayety Tonight * * The Famous Chatham & Dancourt Peerless Southern Singers These people made a great hit last night and are one of the very best teams that have appeared this season. Don’t fail to see them at the Gayety tonight. 5 and 10c *n —r~ r . Vaughn Woodworth, of Nebraska, came Sunday on account of the drowning of his nephew, Delos Woodworth. Mrs. Woodworth is in* lowa and did not get to come with him. Miss Mary Thomas, an elderly lady who makes her home with her brother, Roy Thomas, slipped on the floor last evening, and in the fall broke her right hip bone. The fracture is a severe one and will lay her up for some time. J. P. Hammond received word this noon of the death of his granddaughter, Gene Colvert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Colvert, at Joliet, 111., at nine o’clock this morning. The child had been sick about six months. She was their. oldest child, her age being about two and a half years. The body will be brought here tomorrow for burial, short services being held at the cemetery by Dr. Cumick. Mrs. Colvert, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, is in such a condition that she will be unable to be present.

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The Evening Republican.

Plans Being Made for Centennial Celebration in Indiana.

Plans are being made by the Indiana historical commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the admission of Indiana into the union. George Ade has*been made chairman of the “Home Coming” committee, which will make efforts to get Hoosiers from all over the world to come back to their native state for the celebration. Mr. Ade has also been requested to assist in arousing local interest in Newton county.

p In a letter to the editor of The Republican, which Mr. Ade wrote .before departing for the Pacific coast, he outlines the plans of the committee as follows:

“The plan of the commission is to have a large number of local celebrations throughout the state, these to be followed by district celebrations and then as a climax to have a celebration at Indianapolis in which the whole state will participate. The commission is very desirous that the celebration shall not meerly consist of band playing and speech making and the assemblage of large picnic crowds, but shall be educational and of real interest as revealing the newer generation scenes of the past Indiana. It has been suggested that at each celebration there shall be a pageant or parade, divided into sections, each suggestive of a definite period in the history of the state, beginning with the pioneer period of homespun, saddle bags and prairie schooners and leading up to the modern automobile and other recent devices. To prepare for such a pageant and make it representative and of real interest and value, will involve a lot of preliminary work. It had occurred to me that we could co-oper-ate with surrounding counties and by exchange with them secure the costumes, the vehicles, the weapons and other paraphenalia to be used. Later on this material could be used in the district celebration and possibly in the state celebration.”

“At the suggestion of the committee, I am writing to you so that if we are going to celebrate here in Newton county we may begin planning well in advance and make it something really worth while.”

Mrs. L. T. Tryon and little son, Richard, arrived today from Broken Arrow, Okla., for several days’ visit with her husband’s parents, Mr. and’ Mrs. C. H. Tryon.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915.

Third Regiment of National Guard Begins Practice.

The third regiment, I. N. G. instruction camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, showing a degree of preparedness which is most pleasing to the military critics, went into camp Sunday. The regiment, with a roster of 653 men and officers has about 100 more men in camp than last year, and its efficiency as shown in the preliminary work Monday, has improved greatly. A new organization with the regiment this year is Company L, of Valparaiso, commanded by Capt. Maurice Sisson. The company has 68 enlisted men and three officers. Many of the members are students and graduates of Valparaiso University. The second largest company in camp is Co. K, of Auburn, with 62 men and three officers. Captain Tuteur has the third largest company in the regiment, with 56 men and three officers.

The regiment put in the first day in drill exercises in the forenoon, target shooting in the afternoon and regimental parade in the evening. The third regiment band of Peru gave a concert at regimental headquarters in the evening. “The Third regiment has made an excellent start,” said Capt. John J. Toffey, U. S. A., chief instructor inspector at the close of the first day.

A new innovation at the camp is a motion picture show, showing the activities of the camp and proves of great interest to the guardsmen. Few of the men are asking for passes to leave the camp.

Marriage License.

John Uyri Gustin, born Logan county, 111., May 20, 1893, residence Monticello, occupation farmer, and Myrtle Shell, bom White counity, Ind., October 11, 1897, residence Jasper county, Ind.; first marriage for each.

A local in last night’s paper stated /that Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood had gone to Edgewater club house at Monticello with the crowd of young people. Mrs. Wood called this morning and stated that they had intended to go but postponed the trip until a later date.

WEATHER FORECAST. Thunder showers and cooler Tuesday. Wednesday fair.

IROQUOIS RIVER GIVES UP ITS DEAD

Body of Delos Wood worth Found By Louie Ramp This Morning At Early Hour.

The body of Delos Wood worth, who lost his life Friday afternoon by falling from the creamery bridge into the Iroquois river, was recovered at about 8 o’clock this Tuesday morning. The work of searching for the body, which had been kept up continuously since he was drowned, was resumed this morning. The crew on the raft had made arrangements to bring the raft from the Sapp bridge, near Foresman, back to the Monnett bridge, and work down stream again. Others were intending to use boats again and search the stream this side of that point. Louie Ramp started out alone and had worked down stream in his row boat to a point below the rapids at the Kanne property on the south side of the stream. He then began the search on the north side of the river and was working up stream, feeling under the willows at the bank with his push pole. About a quarter of a mile below the Kanne rapids the north side of the river bank is full of willow stumps and other obstructions and while pushing his boat up stream over this point Mr. Ramp was startled to see a body rise to the surface a few feet in front of him. He pushed his boat to it, and fastened a rope to it and then telephoned to town the fact of his discovery. Undertaker Wright and many others at once hurried to the spot and the body was taken to his undertaking establishment and prepared' for burial. It was in such a condition as to be unrecognizable. The news of the recovery of the jody soon spread and the other searchers were recalled from their work. The spot where the body was found was not searched by the diver. He had just about reached that spot, when he was asked to cease searching there and work further down stream. When he gave up his work Sunday evening he is said to have made the statement that the body would be found between the spot where found and the spot where he quit work. Landy Magee, who knows the river for miles, had this spot in mind this morning and had intended to search it. He started down stream about the time Mr. Ramp started the search, but was called off for a few minutes to do some errands for those engaged in the work further down stream and missed the chance of finding the body. Fifteen minutes later and he would have been at work at that spot and undoubtedly would have found the body. Since the boy fell into the river Friday afternoon the search for the body has been unceasing and everything was done that was possible to be done to recover it. Friday afternoon and nearly all that night the work was kept up. Saturday a professional diver from Chicago was put to work and he searched the river bottom to the clay banks a few miles down stream, giving up the work Sunday evening owing to the muddy condition of the stream at that point. The dragging of the stream from a raft was another method used which should have been successful, but was not The use of dynamite was resorted to Sunday and Monday, but it, too, was unsuccessful. Monday the banks of the stream were searched with motor boats, but without result. The accumulation of gas in the body was responsible for the rising of the body to the surface of the water and the finding of it at this time. The spot where the body was found is about a mile and a half from the creamery bridge and about a quarter of a mile below the rapids at the Kanne property. Owing to the condition of the body it was decided to have the funeral today, and it will be held at the residence on Franklin street this afternoon at 5 o’clock. Rev. G. W. Titus, of the Christian church, who has constantly worked with the searchers in the water since the drowning, will conduct the services.

Masons Take Notice. All members are requested to be present at the lodge hall this evening at 8:00 o’clock. A full attendance is desired. —Harvey Wood, Jr., Secretary.

Excuision to French Lick. The Monon will run a special excursion train to French Lick Springs Sunday, Aug. 15th. Train will leave Rensselaer at 5:30 a. m. Returning it war leave French Lick at 7 p. m. Fare $2 for the round trip. Fine band on train. Advertise anything you have for sale in the Republican Classified coltnnn.

Safety Ford Starter Earie Reynolds has accepted the agency for the Safety Ford Starter for northern Indiana and will make Rensselaer the distributing depot for this dis* trict. SAFETY FORD STARTER sls INSTALLED. We guarantee and will prove that the Ford Safety Starter is more practical, easier to start and safer to handle than any other mechanical starter on the market, bar none. As proof of our assertions we will at any time within two weeks after the installation remove starter without disfiguring your car and refund your money in full if you are not satisfied with the Safety Ford Starter. Mr. Billy Montgomery, president of the Safety Ford Starter Co., and Mr. Lloyd Spencer, general manager of the company will arrive in Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon and will give demonstrations of the merits of this new invention. Their headquarters will be at K. T. Rhoades Electrical Store, opposite the post office. EARLE REYNOLDS, Agent

E. W. Gwin Writes Of South Dakota Home.

Ball, South Dakota. Editor Republican, Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find $1.50 for The Republican for one year, which we cannot get along without. We have been here in the west most seven years, and have not been back home during that time. As I was born and raised near Rensselaer, I will always have a warm spot in my heart for my dear old town (Rensselaer). This country is mostly a stock cuontry. Although we farm a little we do not depend on it entirely for our living. We are 25 miles from the Belle Fourche project, where they farm quite extensively and raise tons and tons of alfalfa hay. We have 320 acres of land here and have a few cattle which do well on this grass. We also have some horses. Our neighbor, H. H. Hayes, also from Indiana, moved on an irrigated farm two years ago and is doing well. He was 400 acres of land here. To be sure, our thoughts go back to our friends and our old Indiana home, but we hope the twice-a-week Republican will keep us in touch with them. If you deem this letter worthy you may publish it, as no doubt our many friends would like to hear from us. Hoping to receive the paper promptly, I am, as ever, Yours truly, i

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Ernest Williams, world's greatest cometist, and wife, known on the stage as Katharine Rankin, the most wonderful woman corneti’St in the world, are visiting with Mr. «nd Mrs. Earle Reynolds, having returned with them from Chicago via auto. Mr. and Mrs. Williams made a tour of the world with Reynolds and Donegan last year. Mr. Williams was for nine years solo cometist with Sousa’s band, having played cornet solos before the King and Queen of England. He is an out and out Hoosier, and formerly came from Winchester, Ind., and was a member of the I). S. army during the Cuban war, having belonged to the 61st regiment of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Williams will spend a few days in Rensselaer as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds. It is probable that Mr. Williams will be prevailed upon to render a selection or two at the band concert tomorrow evening. He has written numerous band marches, while Miss Rankin has been a cornet soloist of the Boston Symphonie orchestra for a number of years, until she accepted a vaudeville tour around the world.

Mrs. Edward Spurgeon left this, morning for Lawrenceburg, Ind., for a visit with relatives for several days. While there she will attend a family reunion.

E. W. GWIN.

World’s Greatest Cornetists Visiting In Rensselaer.

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