Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1915 — Page 1

No. 247.

Tonight AT THE Princess 5 Reels 5 Reels “The Price He Paid” A great feature by a great writer ELLA WHEELER WILCOX 5 and 10c

Watson-Beeler Wedding.

The marriage of Miss Myra Watson, daughter of Mrs. Kate R. Watson, to Dr. Raymond Cole Beeler, of Indianapolis, occurred at the family residence on Milroy avenue, at 5 o’clock Saturday evening, Oct. 16, 1915. The occasion was beautiful in all its details, the ceremony being witnessed by a number of relatives of the contracting parties and a few intimate friends. There were no attendants. Rev. J. C. Parrett read the beautiful and impressive Presbyterian wedding service, after whicn the bride and groom received the congratulations of those present. The bride wore a gown of pearl satin. Miss Watson was one of the most popular young ladies of the city, and has won a of friends by her charming personality. Dr. Beeler is a young man of sterling worth and character and has already won himself a .place in his chosen profession. The house was tastefully decorated in yellow and white and brancnes of brilliant foliage. Miss Katharine Baech,' of South Bend, a cousin of the bride, furnished music for the occasion. The out of town guests were Mrs. E. C. Beeler, mother of the groom, Mrs. Coombs, a sister, and her little daughter, Margaret, Mrs. James W. Hess and Dr. Wade Laßue, all of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cole, Mrs. Gordon Cole, Dr. and Mrs. Birney Powers, all of Bloomington, Ill.; Mrs. J. W. Paxton, Herbert Paxton, Mrs. Irene R. Baech and daughter, Miss Katharine, of couth Bend; Mrs. C. D. Martin, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Following the ceremony a 6 o'clock dinner was served, after which the bride and groom left for a wedding journey. They will be at home after Dec. Ist, at 3120 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

Jasper County Also Lays Claim to Largest Pumpkin.

In one of the windows of Roth Bros.’ meat market is an Arizona pumpkin that was grown on Indiana soil. Ed Ranton, a short distance northwest of town, secured seed from Arizona and planted it in a feed lot where the ground was very fertile. The pumpkin weighs 94 pounds and would make enough pies to last the appetite of the average Hoosier boy clear over Sunday.

Notice to Taxpayers.

Monday, Nov. 1, is the last day for paying the fall installment of taxes to avoid delinquency and having penalty added. Remember, the county treasurer has no choice ini this matted and cannot favor Anyone. Avoid the rush of the last few days by paying early.— A. A. Fell, Treasurer Jasper county.

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

The Evening Republican.

SCHOOL BOARD ASKS FOR HURTY

Secretary of State Board of Health Asked to Look After Smallpox Cases In This City. The school board of this city, fearihg that the efforts to prevent a spread of smallpox had not been sufficiently rigid,, met Saturday morning and decided to ask Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, to visit Rensselaer. A letter was sent to him that day but no response had been received here up to noon today. However, it is probable that he will answer the request by appearing in person and it is quite probable that he will come this Monday afternoon. On the advice of the attending physicians the cases so far reported had been isolated but a rigid quarantine had not been established. In the ..rst place there was a division of opinion among the doctors as to whether the cases were actually smallpox but gradually it began to “soak in” to all of them that it was smallpox and nothing else. No efforts were made at quarantine except in the case of the home of John W. Marlatt until last Friday when Dr. Gwin, the city health officer, placed smallpox cards on the homes of George H. Healey, Cal Cain and J. P. Hammond. He informed the unafflicted occupants of the house that a rigid quarantine was not intended and that they could continue to go to and from the house as heretofore, provided the cases were isolated in the home. At that time the disease had been in some of the homes for a week or ten days and in one for five weeks. The next order from the health officer came this Monday morning when the requirements were stiffened up some and the liberties of the unafflicted occupants of the house were restricted and the other children in the families were kept from attending school. Dr. Gwin says that he personally does not think this necessary but has enforced it on account of the action of the school board and the criticism of the public. In the case of Editor Healey one daughter is affected at this time and her csyse is more than Jcwo weeks old and the attending physician has said that two more days will probably entirely clear it up and at the end of that time the house will be thoroughly fumigated and there should be no more infection from that source. The cases all came originally from Stewart Short, who, with his face badly broken out, was permitted to run about the streets and visit homes in the town in his capacity of machine repairer. Every case seems traceable to direct contact and it ia doubtful if the disease is carried in any other way. The frightful possibilities of the disease should it become widespread demands rigid action, but this should have been required at the very start and then there would have been no spread at all. Two new cases are reported, one being that of Lou ‘Watkins, a tile ditcher, who is said to have continued to work after breaking out and to have visited public places. The quarantine was placed on his home last Saturday. The other case is .that of Tracy Oatt, a young man who works at the county farm. If Dr. Hurty visits Rensselaer he is apt to institute rather vigorous action, but it is not believed that there will be a general spread of the disease. However, it is the opinion of both the doctors and the members of the school board that vaccination should be indulged in by all who have never been vaccinated or who do not feel certain that they are immune because of previous vaccinations. Every scholar in the city and schools should be vaccinated as a precaution not only of the danger at this time but of the ensuing years. It is the only safeguard against smallpox.

THE WEATHER. Probably cloudy and cooler tonight; Tuesday fair.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915.

WORSTDE FEAT IN SCHOOL HISTORY

Husky Hammond Lads Outweighed Rensselaer Boys—Defeated the Locals 46 to 0. — 1 October 16th, 1016, will be a date that will stand out boldly in.the football annals of Rensselaer high school when one is in a reminiscent mood, for it was upon this date that Rensselaer received the worst defeat at the game at which they have always stood so far above all competitors, in their history. Taking a retrospective view of Rensselaer football history, dating back to the early nineties, we fail to remember of a single game of the very, very few that Rensselaer has ever lost, in which the score has been more than twenty points against them. It will be a date that Rensselaer people will pass over hurriedly when reading of the history of our gridiron battles. When the time-keep-er’s whistle blew for the final time, the result showed that the Hammond lads had .registered 46 points, while Coach Meyers’ proteges had failed to rhftllr up a single marker for the Rensselaer followers. Hammond has a wonderful high school football team, and no -credit should be taken from them, even though the locals did not put up the game of which they are capable. Hammond has a sturdy bunch of football players and their average weight is 148 pounds, while Rensselaer will not average more than 130 at the most. Coach Meade has a team of championship caliber. They have weight, speed, a field general in Miller, and at the open field game they showed to such great advantage that they completely baffled the home team with the deadliness with wnich they executed their plays. In our estimation the team that defeats the upstate aggregation will have a clear claim to the championship title. Coach Meyers has worked hard with the local candidates for several weeks and it is no fault of his that they were unable to make a better showing. Rensselaer showed no fight or staying qualities that characterized the work of former teams of tfa® jrpd and black, and until they show a little more spirit in their work not much can be expected of them. The work of Moore at full and Gourley at center was good, but candidly speaking the rest of the members showed nothing of the playing qualities tnat have been in evidence in former teams. Their tackling was poor and they went into the game with their heads down, a beaten bunch before the whistle blew for the opening. They never had a chance to win and on one expected them to, but they should at least put a little spirit in their play, and do the very best they can. The team is light, in fact, the lightest that has ever represented the school and the weight of their huskier opponents in the future will have to be offset by open filed plays and a little fighting spirit. We are for them even if they lost them all, if they show that they are trying to win. ) ' Max Kepner and L. A. Harmon, in the former’s little road skeeter, and George Reed, James Whited, Joe Davisson, Ross Porter and John Parkison, in Mr. Reed’s Interstate car, left Sunday on the prospecting trip to New York. W. W. Reeve and wife and daughter, Miss Clara, returned borne last Friday from their visit in New York state, where they spent two months with their son, Clyde Reeve and family, near Masonville. Clyde is quite well pleased with his farm investment there, but did not have a very good crop this year, as there was a crop shortage throughout that section. ■■ 'f— Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sink made a trip to Mft. Ayr tiday.

BULBS.

This is the time of year to put them out for the spring blooming. 1 have all kinds and they are fine ones, tulips, hyacinths and others. Order now and have the pleasure of flowers when the snow leaves in the spring. Watch for an opening.— J. H. Holden.

LYCEUM COURSE DATES.

November s—Colonial Band. January 19—Ralph Bingham. January 28 —Tahan. February 15—William Rainey Bennett. March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

M it’s Electrical M Leo Mecklenburg do It. Phene 621

JEMISON IN CANADA WIFE SENT BACK HERE

Sheriff McColly Unable to Get Mute With'Three Children Across Border—To Try Again. ■ jfc Jfy l Sheriff McColly was unable to get Mrs. f»uis Jemison and her three children across the Canadian border and *&er spending jmrt of Friday and Saturday with them in Chicago he brought them here Saturday evening and seht them to the county farm, where -’they will remaih until some plan cin be devised to get them to London* Canada, where Jemison now is. Friday Sheriff McColly was informed by C, J. Broughton, the Canadian government agent in Chicago, that he would let Mrs. Jemison go, provided she was able to show that she had $25 ans have a ticket to London. The sheriff telephoned to Trustee Wood and h$ promised to advance the money. All arrangements had been made and the railroad ticket ordered and the baggage checked, but the next day the agent decided that he could not admit the family unless it was sure that Jemison was there and had some work and would be able to provide for them. The Canadian government has been sending lots of soldiers to the allied army and has all the dependents it wants. Sheriff McColly could not assure the agent that Jemison was there and so brought his unfortunate charges home with him. This Monday morning, however, Stewart Short received a postal card from Jemison. It was sent from London, Canada, and on one side had a colored picture of the flags of Great Britain, France and Belgium and printed below ware the words: “Success to a good cause.” The postcard did not furnish much information. It was mailed last Saturday. Presumably he will write to his wife and if he does he will be told to get a job and that his family will be sent to lum.

FREEMAN ALL RIGHT; COLLECTS FEDERAL TAX

Alarm JEbet - Jftw _ T Had Worked Soft Drink Dealers Was Altogether Fancied. N. W. Freeman, the man who collected internal revenue taxes of Soft drink dealers at Parr, Fair-Oaks, Newland, Gifford and other places, is an authorized agent of the government and the belief of some that he was a swindler and was enriching himself by impersonating a federal tax collector was without foundation. Mr. Freeman is still working in Jasper county and came to Rensselaer from Kniman this Monday morning. He had collected S3O from Rjgbert Bums, the Kiuman soft drihk dispenser, and was after others whose business required the paying of a government tax. The Republican wishes to correct any impression. that may have been caused that Freeman is not authorized by the government. He is authorized and it is probable that any who refuse to come across and pay the sum demanded will be made the defendants in a federal suit that will cost them a lot more than paying the tax:. This scheme of collection, however, is an entirely new one and is evidently a plan of the government to make up for the shortage occasioned by the reduction in tariff revenues. The government collection made by Mr. Freeman is based upon the charge that the so-called “soft” drinks contain more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol • and are consequently not soft drinks at all. Hop ale, dry beer, cream of hops and about every other so-called soft drink are included in the drinks that will not bear the federal analysis of soft and this requires the dispenser to take out a government license, the rate for which is S2O per year, with a provision for a penalty of 50 per cent for no payment in advance. If every soft drink dealer in the county is compelled to take out a license the revenue will probably reach almost a thousand dollars. It is understood that Reuben Gundy, the Fair Oaks dealer, was required to pay $l5O. This, however, was not verified. There are v eight or ten dealers in Rensselaer, several in Remington and Wheatfield and one or two in each of the small towns. As previously stated, if the dealer takes out a federal license to sell liquor, even through he confines his sales to the so-called soft drinks, will be liable to prosecution under the state laws if the product testa more than one-half of one per cent. The revenue derived from this license requirement will bring a large sum of money into the government and help to pay off the indebtedness for which the present administration is responsible, but it will prove mighty expensive to the small dealers and is apt to make a number of converts to the cause of providing revenues for running the government from external instead of ixtternal sources.

CHORAL CLUB STARTS WITH 48 MEMBERS

Will Meet Every Thursday Evening— Mrs. Loren Sage Directress— Officers Chosen. Forty-eight persons joined the Choral Club at the Presbyterian church last Friday evening and the organization of what should prove the greatest musical inspiration for many years was perfected by the election of officers and making plans for a busy season of instruction. Dr. W. L. Myer was chosen president; C. E. Prior, vice-president; Mrs. J, A. Dunlap, secretary; Mrs. EL J. Randle treasurer and -Mrs. Loren Sage directress. The meetings will be held Thursday night of each week and probably at the high school, auditorium and J. D. Allman was made a committee to arrange for the meeting place. The first meeting will be held Thursday evening of this week, Oct. 21st.

GEORGE MINNICUS MET TRAGIC DEATH

Former Resident of This City Killed By Train at Chicago Heights Saturday Night. George Minnicus, aged about 46 years, and for some years a resident of Chicago Heights, was killed Saturday night at about midnight as he was gong to hsi home in that city. He was a plasterer and contractor but for some years at odd times and generally on Saturday nights he had clerked in the cigar store and sporting goods house of Charles Copmyer. He had been there Saturday evening and was going to his home across the, C. & E. I. tracks, over which he had gone for some fifteen years. Just how the accident occurred no one here knows, but word about his death was communicated to his sister, Mrs. John Kohler, here Sunday and some cf the family came here in an automobile and Mr. and Mrs. Kohler and son, Leonard, went there. No word has been received since then, and it is not known whether the body will be returned here for burial or be buried ffiere. ' He is survived by his wJffe and two daughters, one, Mias Blanche, is about 18 years old, and the other a baby only about a year old.

ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIZENS DIED SUNDAY

William Henry Randle Passed Away At Home On Forest St.—Burial Tuesday Morning. mmmm ■■ William Henry Randle died Sunday at about 12:30 o'clock at his home on North Forest St., after a severe illness of only a few days, but a decline of a year or more. He was one of the oldest of the native Jasper county citizens, having been born March 1,1839, in Barkley township. His parents were Thomas and Nancy Randle, who came to this*state from Virginia. His age was 76 years, 7 months and 16 days. He is survived by his wife and five children, namely, Mrs. J. W. McConahay, of Chicago; Mrs. Nora Phillips, and Alfred B. and Charles Randle, of Rensselaer, and Frank E. Randle, of Waynetown, Ind. Two other children passed away, namely, John, who died at the age of two years and Mrs. Charles Hayes, who died in 1898. Two brothers, James and Nelson, of Rensselaer, also survive. There are eleven grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the late residence Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock and burial will be made in the Osborne cemetery in Hanging Grove township. Mr. Rande had lived in Rensselaer for 14 years and -prior to that time had resided in Hanging Grove township for 30 years. He was married March 23,1859, to Miss Mary E. Stiers.

TteflmmarelT THAOC MARK RB6ISTCRCO - 5- . Batteries Inspected Pree of Charge at the WILLARD SERVICE STATION next door to Hamilton &* Kellner’s on Cornelia St. We repair Magnetos, Generators, Starters and E VER YTHING ELEC TRICAL l | ■ Tube and Casing Repairs *r John K. Braddock K. T. Rhoades & Co. ■ ■ in our new garage

RELIEF CORPS IN SESSION AT HOME

Splendid District Meeting Was Held With Many Delegates Present From Eight Counties. A meeting of more than ordinary interest and importance occurred at the State Soldiers’ home Oct. 15th. It was a district assembly of the Woman’s Relief Corps of the Tenth district and every corps was represented. More than 300 representative women and a number of gentlemen, many of them affiliated with the great organization auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic were present and the occasion -will long be remembered as one of the best planned and most enthusiastic patriotic services ever held in hhe county. By a hint sent out through the eight counties comprising the district a majority of the corps of ladies were dressed in white and it is needless to say that they presented a pretty appearance. The hall was tastefully decorated with flags and flowers of the season and all things conspired bo make it an epic making affair in fraternal life. The department president, Mrs. Kate Scott, of Richmond, and the department inspector, Mrs. Robert Strickler, of Frankfort, were present and had a prominent part in the proceedings of the day. Routine work, necessary to a successful meeting, consumed the hours of the forenoon. Col. D. B. Kehler, commander of the home, and the adjutant major, Harry Canfield, busy with many things, gave the keys of the Soldier City to the ladies and, in addition to all this, permitted them to sample the bill of fare in the great dining hall. After dinner and a most pleasant visit, Uasper Packard corps, having nearly 200 members, presented the great feature of the day, a corps at work. Two comrades of the home were the musicians, Francis Kelly, age 70, violin, and J. H. Tyson, age 70, piano. The work was so thoroughly done that the department president, Mrs. Scott, said: “I am just home from the national encampment held in Washington. I have seen much of our work, but must confess that the splendid work of this aftfenwat thing of the kind I have ever witnessed, and the department inspector added her mede of praise. Late in the afternoon officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Mrs. Mary Brown Dewey, state soldiers’ home, president; senior vice, Mrs. Daniel White, West Lafayette; junior vice, Mrs. Sarah Green, Remington; secretary, Martha Johnson, State soldiers’ home; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Poiner, state soldiers’ home: Mrs. Luella Childers, past president, was an efficient helper in the splendid work of the day. iLaura Ingersoll, the loved matron of the home, did everything in her power to bring success to the district session. A great meeting was held at night in the assembly hall. It was a feast of song and speech and reflected great credit upon those in charge. Respectfully in F. C. L., Emily R. Hagins, Rensselaer, Press Correspondent.

Rensselaer Bus Line Between Rensselaer & Remington Fare 75 Cento Leave Rensselaer 7:46 a. m., arrive at Remington 8:30 a. m. Leave Remington 0:06 a. m., arrive at Rensselaer 9:45 a. m. Leave Rensselaer 4:00 p. m., arrive at Remington 4:40 p. m. Leave Remington 6:10 p. m., arrive at Rensselaer 6:46 p. m. Bus starts from Makeever Hotel In Rensselaer, and Fan Handle Depot in Remington, each and every day. Rensselaer Bus Line ■am Dnvall, Prop.

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