Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1915 — Page 1

No. 215.

Tonight AT THE Gayety The Famons FORRESTER & CLYDE In their cuassy comedy singing and talking stunt. Fun galore this evening. Pictures up to the limit. First show 7:45

Ne. 8651. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE first national Bank At Rensselaer, Indiana, ■ —--—•—— —— ~ At the close of business, September 2nd, 1915. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts kA U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) $25,000 U. S. Bonds pledged to secure postal savings (par value) $7,000 Total U. S. Bonds ..... •••.•••• •••• •7 •; 32,000.U0 Securities other than U. S. Bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged • • ••• • • •••••■• -? 1 ’ 300 1,300.00 Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank . .$4,800 Less amount unpaid $2,400 2,400.00 Banking house $8,000.00 c’nSoo Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank b,oou.vu Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago and St. Louis ......$19,010.35 Net amount due from approved reserve agents m other reserve cities .•$ 9,698.15 28,70».bu Checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting • •••••••••■•••• ••••••••••• W. 40 Outside checks and other cash items kiisoiß Fractional currency, nickels, and cents 101.82 Notes of other national banks Federal Reserve notes •' eo ' u Lawful money reserve in bank: Total coin and certificates Legal-tender notes •• • 8,755.00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than 5 per cent of circulation) WMW Due from U. S. Treasurers 600.00 - 650.00 Bills lading in transit Total $477,947.81 LIABILITIES. Total capital and surplus iAiW/nco 80,000.00 Undivided profits f?Aii 4 ni 63 st9R kri M Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid .......$3,009.56 23,571.98 Circulating Notes $25,000.00 Less amount on hand and in treasury for redemption or in transit $600.<» 24 ’?M Due to banks and bankers .$184.36 184.36 Demand deposits: Individual deposits subject to checks3oß,B2o.3o Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days .. .$ 17,595.09 Postal savings deposits $ 5,368.63 Total deposits «31,784.02 Time deposits (payable after 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice): Certificates of deposit .....?.$18,007.45 18,007.45 Total '. $477,947.81 State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss: I, J. N. Leatherman, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. N. LEATHERMAN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Bth day of September, 1915. GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, Notary Public. Correct —Attest: R. A. PARKISON, GEORGE E. MURRAY, EDD J. RANDLE, Directors.

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The Evening Republican.

LONDON RAIDED BY GERMAN ZEPPELINS

Twenty Killed Aa Aircraft Sends Bombs Into Business District of British Metropolis. ’ • ’ - ——- ■■ *■ • —jr Twenty were killed and 86 others were injured when London was visited by German Zeppelins Wednesday night. The German vessels not only attacked Landon but also eastern counties of England. Other aircraft raided France. A London dispatch says the Germans Thursday farced French lines in the Argonne district, capturing oyer a mile of trenches, also 2,000 prisoners, 48 machine guns and 64 bomb throwers. The French admit a partial success for the Germans but contend that it was at a (great loss of life. The official Petrograd dispatches do not claim a victory at any point but ell of heavy fighting and . claim that the Russian lines are holding. The college students have about all arrived and school opened Thursday.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915.

CHAUTAUQUA CLOSED WITH GREAT CROWD

Pledges and Backing of Committee Assures Visit of Company Again Next Year. The third annual visit of the Lincoln chautauqua closed Thursday evening with one of the largest crowds of the six-day session. It can not be said that the public appreciated the rendition of “Faust” very heartily, grand opera being a little too strong for the average person, but the lectures by Lincoln McConnell were heartily appreciated. Mr. McConnell is strong on mimicking and ■story telling and his lecture was an inspiration or should be at least to any who feel that it is too late in life to reform. His evening lecture was entitled “Dead Lions,” and had its Biblical foundation on the story of Sampson and the lion. This year there were 620 season tickets sold and in addition to this the cash receipts amounted to $304.40. The local backers of the chautauqua broke quite a little ahead and there will be a considerable sum in the treasury as a guarantee for next year. The requirements for next year is the sale of 550 season tickets at $2 each. Less than 400 were pledged but it is expected that there will be no serious difficulty in selling the 'balance and 49 citizens of this city signed the contract for next year. The higher price charged for next year is jased upon a somewhat higher priced talent. .The public gave hearty applause to the many numbers introduced during the session and the community should je generally benefited by the influence it renders.

Jemison Feeling Better Since Arriving at Jail.

Louis Jemison, the man accused of beating his wife and who was shot >y Officer Childers when he escaped after his arrest, was brought to the jail Wednesday. Thursday he passed a bad day, having refused to eat and being in considerable pain in his injured foot. Drs. Hemphill and Kresler dressed the foot Thursday afternoon and it was found that a flaxseed poultice which Dr. Hemphill had put on the day before had greatly helped the -injured member. There iSj quite a big role just above the heel, where the bullet entered the foot. It ranged upward and evidently must have strusk some other object before it hit Jamison’s foot. The ball was taken out from the top of the foot, having passed between the bones without injuring them. A piece of leather and a piece of sock had been carried into the wound by the bullet and these had been removed by Jemison before the doctor saw him the first time. At first Jemison refused to let the doctors attend him Thursday evening but after a time he allowed them to dress his foot. He would not talk but mumbled and gave the impression of an insane man. He asked that his wife might come to the jail to see him. After the injured foot was dressed Jemison ate a good supper and talked with 1 other prisoners and seemed to 'be about all right again. He was given a preliminary hearing in the jail on the charge of assault and battery on his wife. Justice Dean bound him aver to the circuit iourt, placing his bond at SSOO and committing him to jail pending the securing of the bond. T. D. Conaghan, a farm owner in Milroy township, testified that Mrs. Jemison worked with her husband at timber clearing, that she worked one end of the saw right along with him and came to the woods barefooted and that she also kept house, took care of the three little rhildren and got the meals. He said that one day while they were at work Jemison struck her across the arm with the handle of-the crosscut saw. She cried out with pain and said, “broke, broke,” and Mr. Conaghan feared that her arm was broken. He also said that she had bruises on her other arm where he had struck her. A little while after striking* her with the saw handle, Jemison went a short distance away where the children were playing and taking a belt from about his body severely whipped his little 4-year-old boy, striking him across the back brutally. Jemison informed Dr. Hemphill that he served in the Russian army during the Russian-Japanese war and was wounded at the battle of Mukden, receiving shrapnel wounds on his legs which left ugly scars. Jemison is regarded a bad man by those who know him best and it is believed by them that he is insane. He will probably be tried next week when court convenes. The w body of Francis M. Remmek, accompanied by the widow and two children, Charles and Dr. Rose, was taken to Peru today for burial. The family will return here Sunday.

Claim to Be Filed Against Vandalia By Militiamen.

The Vandalia ralroad will have tc settle individually or collectively with the members of Company M who were hauled out of the Union station in Indianapolis by a Vandalia train and left for twelve hours at Limedale sdetrack wthout knowing when they were to be taken away many of them without money and no place where they could procure food if they had •been supplied with the money to purchase it with. ; ' IMaj. George H. Healey has taken the matter up on behalf of the soldiers and procured evidence from Lieutenant Edward L. Watson and Quartermaster-Sergeant John Morgan, who-protested with the trainmen against being hauled to Limedale. ■They informed the trainmen that they were from Rensselaer and were not to leave the Indianapolis station until 1:45. The trainmen said they knew what they were doing and the protests went for naught. 'When the train was almost to Limedale the conductor came to Lieutenpretty pickle.” Watson said: “Yes, pretty piikle.” Watson said: “Yes, we are and it’s up to you. What do you propose to do about it?” The conductor said: “I can’t do anything.” There is a tower for the passing track there and an operator is on duty. Watson appealed to him. He was a substitute and it was a long time before he could get any information watever to the Quartermaster-General at Indianapolis. Watson and Morgan walned to Greencastle, a distance of two miles, and then walked back carrying sandwiches and other food for the hungry men. The blunder was inexcusable and many of the young men of the company were to have gone to work the day they were spending at Limedale or traveling home and there is every reason why the railroad company responsible for the blunder should pay each a full day’s wages. The claim will be filed through the quartermaster-general and if he can not secure a settlement then action will be started against the railroad through a local attorney.

White County Farmer Hanged Himself in Barn.

(Larkin A. Byrkell, a Jackson township, White county, farmer, hanged limself in the barn at his farm home. He was 55 years of age and prominent in that community. IU health and business worries are assigned as the cause of his suicide. Wednesday he seeed fairly well and in the evening ate a hearty supper and then helped his wife clear up the dining table and carry the dishes to the kitchen. He then left the house and when he did not return as soon as expected his son went to the barn and found his father hanging from a rafter in the mow. He tried to raise the body to loosen the rope about his neck but could not do so and noUhaving a knife with which to cut the rape went to the house and notified other members of the family. The 'body was taken down and every effort made to restore respiration but without avail. Later it was decided that his neck was broken and that he had jumped from some place in the barn after adjusting the rope to his neck.

Who Gets the Money?

North Judson News. Several years ago—to be exact, just seven years, Minor DeCamp paid Otto Fraas $7 for a veal calf by check. Nothing strange about that, but the said check has just been found uncashed in the Catholic cemetery. Nothing so very strange about that, because it was no doubt lost by some one, but the $7 check passed through several hands when it was first issued, and several people paid accounts with it and no money has so far changed hands, yet all of the holders of the check feel satisfied that they have been fully paid. DeCamp first issued the check to Frajj-a, who in turn turned it over to A. J. Meyer for an account, and Meyer later indorsed it over to some one else and so on until seven years afterward it was found in the cemetery, still good for $7 at the bank in which it was drawn. A question arises—who should get the money if the loser is not found the fellow who found it is not entitled to it. Neither are any of the indorsers who had value received when it was along down the line. At any rate, the check has paid several bills and no money has been passed. It may develop into a case of “How old is Ann ?” DeCamp is satisfied because he knows he got the calf.

L The Stork Special. Born, today, Sept. 10th, to Mr. ‘am Mrs. Garry Snedeker, a son. Born, today, Sept. 10th to Mr. an< Mrs. John Borntrager, northwest of town a daughter. . Band concert tonight if it don’t rain. Father George Sideder returned to Vincennes today after a visit with hie brother, Father George, at the college.

DUMBA NO LONGER DESIRED IN AMERICA

Envoy From Austria-Hungary to Be Recalled at U. S. Request For His Secret Acts. Dr. Constantin Dumba, ambassador to Washington from Austria-Hun-gary, is no longer wanted in the United States and Secretary of State Lansing cabled our own ambassador to Vienna instructions to inform the government there that the recall of Dumba is expected. How serious the result will be none here know. Dumba admitted that he had been concerned in an effort to cripple the munitions plants in this country as a means of preventing the shipment of ammunition and other munitions of war to the allies. Evidence had been secured of circumstantial nature for some time and last week a messenger .bearing a detailed account of the plans Dumba was making was intercepted enroute to Vienna. The letters from Dumba were confiscated and were the basis for the demand for his removal. Dumba planned to cause strikes in munition plants. Dumba was not in Washington when the information that his recall iad been asked was given out. It was reported that he had gone to Lenox, Mass., the summer headquarters of the embassy, but he was not Sound there. Others in the embassy expressed doubt of the authenticity of the statement that he was to be recalled, but were later convinced. It was then found that Dumba was in York, registered at a hotel. An American correspondent named Archibald had secured passparts in order that he visit the war zone. He was searched by British secret service men and found in possession of. the messages to Vienna from Dumba. The employment of an American to >ear a message of this kind and the securing of passports on a false statement are serious offenses and ft is probable that Archibald will suffer punishment ff a law covering his act can be found.

Reason Why Knox Has Failed to Get 'Library.

The Francesville Tribune assigns the fallowing reason why Knox has not secured a Oarnegie library: “The Starke County Democrat wants to know why It is that Winamac, Francesville and Culver have secured Oarnegie libraries, while Knox people have not manifested any interest in the matter. That’s easy. The majority of Knox people spend too much time trying to maintain in its community the prosperous business interests of the Radeke and Ft. Wayne Brewing companies. Where people’s minds naturally run to lager and pretzels it is hard to encourage an uplifting institution like a library notwithstanding the fact that a New York millionaire is willing to donate the money. All it requires to get a library 4n Knox is for some citizen to make' application to the Carnegie Foundation Society, New York; then secure the site and follow the details set out until completed.”

A Child of Misfortune.

An undertaker’s war in a California town brought the price of funerals down to 1 cent. If anything like that should occur in Houston it would be our luck for the doctor to tell us we were eligible for twenty-year life insurance. —Houston Post.

Card of Thanks

■We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the many friends and neighbare who aided us so kindly in our recent sad affliction, in the death of our mother, Mrs. Marguerite Wagner. —The Children. Rev. Arthur Harmon will preach at the First Baptist church morning and evening oa Sunday, Sept. 12. All are cordially invited*

CBB and Bee Taxi Service Rensselaer’s new Taxi Ser- . vice is now in operation. All city drives 10c. To the | . college 15c. Long distance drives at reasonable rates. Phone 360. I -oration Nowels’ Restaurant E. M. BAKER, Proprietor ; g

JASPER COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION will be held in the Presbyterian Church Wednesday and Thursday September 15th and 16tb State Secretary George N. Burnie will be present. Each school in the county should be represented by at least two delegates 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.

Mrs. George M. Besse Died in Remington Friday P. M.

Mrs. George M. Besse died at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon at her home in Remington. She had been an invalid for some time with asthma and heart trouble. She was the stepmother of Mrs. George Iliff, south of town. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the house and burial will be made in the Remington cemetery. <

Band Concert to Be Held Sunday Afternoon.

The band boys are surely very liberal with their music and they have decided to hold a band concert here Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. It will either be held at the court house or at Milroy Park. The public is encouraged to turn out and swell the crowd.

Calling cards at The Republican.

• 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.

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