Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1915 — Page 1

No. 213.

Tonight AT THE Gayety Eaton & Eaton Co. Trick roller skating and comedy dog act, featuring “Buster and Billikin”. Talking, dancing, playing musical instruments, balancing and acrobatic. A big roller skating exhibition. First show 7:45

TENNIS TEAM HAS A GOOD MATCH

Rensselaer Team Will Meet With the Hammond Country Club Team On September 18th. The Rensselaer tennis team has accepted Sept. 18th as the date to play tennis matches with the Hammond Country Club either at the club courts there or in East Chicago. Hammond has some good players and the local players are looking for a hard struggle. The local team is composed of English, Dean, Babcock and Healey. This will be the last time that English, Babcock and Healey will play with the team, as they will leave for -college the day after the matches. The consolation matches of the recent tennis tournament are now being played. These matches are between the players wh*o lost out in the first match they played in the tournament. The Allman-Curnick match was played at about 4 o’clock today.

l lIL Ellis Theatre Friday and Saturday Nights The Willette Taylor Stock Company Friday Night “The Country Boy” By Edgar Selwin WILLETTE TAYLOR As the Country Boy. Saturday Night “Oliver Twist” PRICES 25, 35, 50 cents. You can reserve seats at Fate’s College Inn.

John Eger, President Delos Thompson, Cashier. JH. Chapman, Vice President D. A. Beckman, Asst Cashier. CM Stale Bank of Renutlaer Report of the condition of the S tate Bank of Rensselaer, a State •Rank at Rensselaer, in the State of Indiana at the close of business Sept. 2, 1915.

RESOURCES. Loans and discountss2o2,os2.B7 Overdrafts 1,333.77 U. 8. Bands.... 100.00 Other Bonds and Securities County 1,200,00 Furniture and Fixtures... 1,000.00 Due from Banks and Trust Companies 83,075.93 flash on hand 9,306.91 Cash Items 138.93 Current Expenses 1,533.56 Interest Paid 692.20 Total ..$300,434.17

State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: . . , I, Delos Thompson, cashier of the State Bank of Rensselaer, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true. THOMpsON . BobMriM .nd sworn to bUM. meto My Commission expires December 14, 1915. ftMiy to Leaa at Cemat Bates. , Yew Patronage BelWte4

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FEAR BREAK WITH AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT

Austrian Government Will Back M. Dumba and Probably Consult Germany in Case. Washington, Sept. 7.—Drastic action by President Wilson in the case of M. Dumba, Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States, may provoke serious complications between this country and the Austro-Hungar-ian government, and perhaps Germany. The incident has possibilities, the gravity of which the president and his advisers feel they cannot afford to overlook. According to what Ambassador Dumba told Secretary Lansing his letter was in pursuance of positive instructions received by him from his government. He was specifically directed to advise all Austro-Hungarian subjects that if they worked in factories turning out war supplies to be delivered to the allies they would be guilty of treason, and if they returned to their country would be tried and punished, the penalty being ten or twenty years imprisonment, or hanging. It was the duty of the ambassador to carry out the instructions of his government. The letter he wrote reported on the Arrangements he was' perfecting. Thus the responsibility rests squarely upon the Austro-Hungarian government. It follows that M. Dumba’s action will be wholly supported by his government. In this case, should the president decide to go so far, it will be necessary to request his recall, and if that should be done it is stated positively that the Austro-Hungarian government will hand passports to Mr. Penfield, the American ambassador in Vienna. Thus there arises the possibility that Germany will act in precisely the same fashion. In short, should the matter reach the stage where the United States will demand the recall of M. Dumba and Austria-Hungary hands Mr. Penfield his passports, Germany will dismiss Mr. Gerard, the American ambassador in Berlin, and recall Count von Bemstorff, the German ambassador.

Concert Program For Tonight.

March. Overture, Acion. I’m on My Way to Dublin Bay. Cecile, Walt?. The Troubadore. It’s the Tulip Time in Holland. Yankee Hash. March. Owing to the chautauqua the band concert will start at 7:15 this evening.

BICYCLE BARGAINSI have some fine new and second hand bicjcles that are real bargains and boys and girls should get themselves equipped for school. New $25 wheels for $22.50. New $22.50 wheels for $19.80. Good second-hand wheels from $5 to $7. See me at the old stand on Front street C. B. STEWARD. , The high school boys held their first football practice of the season last night. Only a_few were out, but many more are expected as soon as the weather becomes a little cooler. W. E. Hightower, one of the most sensational quarterbacks in the country, and a member of the Northwestern football team for the past three years, coached them. In one minute a housefly, when in midair, vibrates its wings 21,120 tinjas.

LIABILITIES. Capital Stock—paid in.... 30,000.00 Surplus 27,000.00 Undivided Profits 2,062.52 Emhange, Discounts and Interest 3,118.28 Demand Deposits 194,011.35 Time Certificates 37,163.87 Savings Deposits 4,690.90 Certified checks 10.83 Reserve for Taxes Total $300,484.17

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1915.

CHAUTAUQUA HAS GROWN IN INTEREST

Large Crowds Present Tuesday Both Afternoon and Evening—Fine Music and Lectures. • _ Thursday’s Program. Morning—Junior Chautauqua. Afternoon —Popular concert, Mozart Quartet. Lecture Extraordinary, “Who Was Jesus, Man or God?” by Dr. Lincoln McConnell. Admission, 15 and 35 cents. Children’s Hour, at the playground. Night—Grand musical prelude, by Mozart Quartet. Humorous lecture, “Dead Lions,” Dr. Lincoln McConnell. Admission 25 and 50 cents. Grand! Fine! Best Yet! were some of the exclamations one heard on the chautauqua gorunds after the fine musical program which had been rendered by the Brook’s Symphony Orchestra. The tent was practically filled. The program opened with a grand march by the orchestra. This was followed by overtures, etc. Two of the chief features of the afternoon were a comet solo by Mr. J. O’Donnell and one by Mr. Leo Buckle. But the climax of the musical numbers was reached in the “Hunting Scene,” which was an excellent portrayal of all the happenings incidental to the preparation for and the following of the fox chase. There was the whistling of birds, the crow of the cock, and barking of dogs, the gallop of horses, firing of shots, and death of the fox. This proved to be the most popular number of the afternoon. Dr. Eaton took the platform after the orchestra and in his talk: “Ghosts, Gobline and Witches,” gave a very pleasant hour’s work. Dr. Eaton said in the first part of his talk: “Man’s body is the same as the body of any other animal, and it does not always excell as in animals. But we are like our creator in that we feel, act and think and in the last respect, at least, are different from an animal.”

He made the startling statement that there are ghosts, but they exist only in the mind. We sometimes imagine we see them before us simply because we have them in our mind. The burden of his talk was that the body may be largely controlled by the mind or the mind by the body. Most of the evening program was given over to the orchestra and right merrily did they entertain, with overture, marches, selections from operas and solos. The violin solo by Mr. Crandall and the soprano solo by Mrs. Crandall were greatly appreciated. The chief orchestral features of the evening were a selection of southern folk songs, with “The Star Spangled Banner”. As the strains of this rang out while Old Glory was majestically waved from the platform, the vast audience arose as one person, and cheers rang out. During the evening Dr. Eaton spoke on the Salute.” After giving a brief history of the founding and growth of the chautauqua movement Dr. Eaton said: “The chautauqua is a moral, intellectual and spiritual uplift and not merely entertainment. It means tp give inspiration and truth, aims to contribute toward the ‘Larger Life’ ”.

To those who object to chautauqua because it costs so much, he made them aware of the fact that they can not expect to get somehing for nothing. He said “There are only three things that try to get something for nothing, bed bugs, gamblers and robbers.” He insisted that for the general good of all and yourself, you boost the chautauqua movement. The committee is now taking pledges for tickets for next year. They will cost $2. This increase of price will be more than matched by increase in talent.

PUBLIC SALE. I will sell at public auction on SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1915, at 2 p. m., at Leek’s hitch barn, fifteen head of cattle, consisting of eight milk cows, five with calf by side; one pure bred Shorthorn with calf by side, and two 2-year-old steers. These cows are all young. No property tp be removed until terms of sale are complied with. NICK SCHMITTER. Fred Phillips, Auct. Chas. Spitler, Clerk. CASH. We are forced to request our customers to pay cadh for coal. In no instance can we grant more than thirty days’ credit It is absolutely impossible to handle the coal business on any other basis. Harrington B-oe. Co. Rensselaer Lumber Co. Grant-Warner Lbr. Co. J. C. Gwin & Co. :D. E. GrOW. ' " ' Hamilton & Kellner.

PROCEEDINGS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Business Transacted at the Regular September Term of the Court.

The county commissioners at their regular September term transacted the following business: The contract for the Des Elms stone road in Gillam township was awarded to Thomas Callahan for $13,499. B. J. Moore filed a bid of $13,785. Hamilton Record was appointed superintendent and is required to file a bond of $5,100. The contract for a bridge repair in Barkley township was let to H. Gallagher for $747. W. V. Porter was awarded the contract for a bridge in Marion township for $547 and for one in Barkley at $542. u xv.l The contractor in the John Eck stone road was granted an extension of time to October Ist. A record was made showing that the election for the A. S. Barlow stone road in Wheatfield township carried by the vote of 97 to 17, but that the outstanding indebtedness of the township already exceeds the limit fixed by law, and for that reason the building of the road is continued for the present. f Henry M. Rayburn, petition for stone road. Established and ordered constructed without an election. Geo. A. Williams allowed SIOO attorney s fees, 20 per cent to be withheld until the completion of the road. Alva D. Hershman, petition for stone road. Established and auditor ordered to give notice of letting for October sth. John A. Dunlap allowed SIOO attorney’s fees, 20 per cent to be held back until completion of road. The contract for poor farm supplies was let as follows: Groceries, John Eger, $139.35; dry goods, G. E. Murray Co., $52.10; meat, Roth Bros., sl6. Contractors were allowed the full amount of contracts on the following bridges: Harry Gallagher $224.50, bridge in Carpenter; contractor on bridge in Keener, $599; John Daniels, $299, Union; W. V. Porter, S2BB, Union; E. H. Crowell $662, over Dexter ditch, Union. Contractor J. A. Schrieber allowed $560 on J. B. DeArmond s.one road, Kankakee; Moneyhan & Son, $3,477.60 on R. L. Bussell stone road, Hanging Grove; Taber & Hullihan, $8,300 on Lewis S. Alter stone road, Carpenter. Firman Thompson et al, petition for ditch; Oct. 5 set for docketing. Jesse Nichols, superintendent of poor farm, filed quarterly report for term ending Aug. 31, showing value of all personal property at farm at $5,460. The cash receipts for the quarter were $1,622.54, and expenses sl,167.43, leaving a net balance to the good of $455.11. Included in the erpenses is an item of $305 for extraordinary expenses for i.ew cement wash house. The superintendent s own quarterly salary is also included. There are but ten inmates of the poor asylum at present the lowest number in several years.

FRECKLES.

Great care has been taken by the Broadway Amusement Cd. in securing artists to create the different roles in the dramatization of- Gene StrattonPorter’s famous novel, “Freckles,” which comes to the Ellis theatre Tuesday, Sept. 14th. The most difficult role to fill was that of “Freckles,” as it not only required an exceedingly young, handsome actor, but * one who possessed an excellent singing voice as well. At least a hundred different applicants were interviewed before one was selected. There are very few Scotch artists in America at present disengaged; therefore it was necessary to send to England for actors and singers to interpretate the delightful Scotch characters in this play. The other parts are portrayed by American actors and actresses, all of whom are thoroughly familiar with the types prevalent in the great Limberlost regions of northern Indiana and southern Michigan, the locality where the story is laid.

Notice Moose. II I !■■■■— V. Our first monthly social will be held Thursday night, Sept. 9th, at the armory. Mr. M. M. Mahoney, national director, will be here on this night. Be sure and come.—Ralph O’Riley, Secretary.

If it's Electrical let Leo Mecklenburg do it. Phone 621 '

LAFAYETTE PLANS TO ADOPT PURDUE

Mayor Lining Up Councilmen to Vote For Annexation of University Town Across Wabash.

Mayor Thomas Bauer, of Lafayette, is at the head of a movement for the city of Lafayette to annex West Lafayette. The 27,000 residents of the city are greatly agitated over the suggestion to have an ordinance passed to have the city annex the town and make a greater Lafayette. Lafayette now has a population of 23,000 people and West Lafayette has about 4,000. Attorneys favoring the annexation assert that under a law passed by the legislature in 1913 it would not be necessary for the voters of the two cities to vote on the merging of the two places. They say the annexation could be accomplished by majorities of the council of Lafayette and the town board of West Lafayette voting for the merger. West Lafayette is across the Wabash river and is the home of Purdue University. A majority of the democratic politicians are against the proposition because Lafayette under normal conditions is democratic, while West Lafayette is heavily republican. They also assert that West Lafayette would place a heavy burden upon the taxpayers of Lafayette, as the west side has no water works or fire department The wet element in Lafayette is also greatly concerned, as it might result in “Greater Lafayette” voting dry.

DARKEN GRAY HAIR, LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY

Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens So Naturally That Nobody Can Tell. Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray, also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound”, you will get a large bottle of this famous old recipe for about 50 cents. Don’t stay gray! Try it No one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy. We wish to announce to the people of Rensselaer that we have purchased the stock of E. VanArsdel and will continue the business in the same store room. We solicit your patronage. A. T. PRENTICE. The Willette Taylor Stock Co. opens the season at the Ellis theatre Friday night, Sept. 10, in “The Country Boy,” with Willette Taylor in the title roll. Tickets may be reserved at Fate’s College Inn.

STORAGE BATTERIES Repaired and Recharged Also Magnetos repaired and mag netos recharged. Also Everything electrical. LT. RHOADES '& CO. Phone 579

Gee and Boa Taxi Service Rensselaer’s new Taxi Service is now in operation. AH city drives 10c. Jo the college 15c. Long distance drives at reasonable rates. Phone 360. Location Nowels’ Restaurant E. M. BAKER, Proprietor

JASPER COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION will be held in the Presbyterian Church Wednesday and Thursday September 15th and 16th State Secretary George N. Burnie will be present. Each school in the county should be represented by at least two dedegates and urged to send as many more as possible. The Sunday schools of the city will entertain two delegates from each school. Help make this the best session in the history of the county organization.

Rest of Militia Company Home After Long Ride.

The part of the militia company which was carried to Limedale by mistake arrived home about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, a tired and hungry bunch. Their car was switched at Limedale and they had a long wait there. They could only find enough in the town to feed about six of them. They visited apple orchards and roasted corn in the middle of the railroad track. A couple of the boys put up a hard luck story to one lady and after saying that she had a boy about their age away from home she furnished them with three egg sndwiches apiece. The company had a few rounds of blank ammunition and they shot this off. When anyone asked them where they were going they were told that the boys had been called to Mexico. The blame for the trouble can hardly be laid to any one party but the trainman and conductor on the Vandalia could have prevented the car being taken from the station in Indianapolis if they had acted right. But they thought they knew more than he members of the company and took them along, not listening to any protest

ELLIS THEATRE Tues. Sept. 14 The Great Song Play “Freckles” 7 Big Song Hits A Complete Scenic Production A clean and wholesome play intermingled with comedy and pathos. A perfect assemblage of players. Prices 250-35c-50c-75c. Phone 98.

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