Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1915 — Page 1

No. 281.

Tax INCREASE FOR DEFENSE PROGRAM

Secretary McAdoo Favors More InX ternal Revenue In Preference to Issue of Bonds.' Washington, D. C., Nov. 26.—Cost of tihe administration's defense program for tihe first year would be met by an increase in international taxation if congress gives its approval to Secretary McAdoo’s suggestion. In a formal announcement Mr. McAdoo declared hds belief that an increased tax levy was preferable toa bond issue, adding that it could easily be borne by the American people. He would raise the necessary revenue by lowering the income tax exemptions and assess various commodities. Secretary McAdoo’s Statement was issued in connection With, an estimate of the federal government’s revenue and expenditures up to the close of the next fiscal year. ‘He places the amount of additional revenue required for the expenditure for 1917 at $112,806,394, including ,$93,800,000 for new measures for national defense. This estimate is based upon the assumption that congress will continue in effect the present emergency tax law and customs duty on sugar. It is explained that while the proposed army and navy appropriations in 1917 would represent an increase fol preparedness considerably in excess of the $93,000,000, a part of the expenditures authorized actually would not be spent during that year. That amount, it is stated, would cover the increase for Which additional revenues muSt be found by the next con•gress.

All Members of Van > Rensselaer Club Attention.

All members of the Van Rensselaer Club are asked to meet at the club rooms promptly at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon and attend the funeral of James H. S. Ellis.—W. I. Spitler, President.

Attention Knights.

All members of the local Knights of Pythias lodge are requested to meet at the lodge ball at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon to attend tihe funeral of Brother J. H. S. Ellis. A.TI sojourning brothers are asked to join us.—George E. Collins, Chancellor Commander.

Baptist Church.

Sunday School at 9:30. Treadling by the new pastor, Rev. Beard, morning and evening. All are invited to attend these services.

Christian Church.

Sonday school 9:30. Preaching at 10:45 and 7:30. Rev. Asa Mcpaniel, of Dayton, Ohio, will preach at the morning and evening services.

Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Dr. J. Budman Fleming will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Everyone should hear Dr. Fleming.

TWO-SEVEN-THREE—Phone this number when in need of good coal.

If It’S Electrical let Leo Mecklenburg doit. Phone 612

Cars Washed and Polished Charles Rhoades, Jr., will do the work right at K. T. Rhoades Garage.

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SHERIFF WHITTAKER COMPROMISES FOR $1,OOO

Suit For Damages Brought By Anthony Nomansen Resulted In Settlement of Case Here.

The damage suit brought by Anthony Nomensen against Henry Whittaker, sheriff of Lake county and his deputy, Fred Friedlcy and two Saloonkeepers, R. Hughes Graham, of Crown Point, and Robert V. Russell, of Cedar Lfike, and which was called for trial here Friday, -was settled by compromise, the defendants paying Nomertsen $1,(500 and all the coSts of the trial. The sum asked for was SB,OOO.

As related in a former issue of this paper, Nomensen and Nick Minhinger, of Lowell, stopped in tihe Russell Saloon at Cedar Lake on July 13th._ Sheriff Whittaker and his deputy and Russell and Hughes were in the saloon. Minninger was charged with, having made a statement against Whittaker during the campaign the fall before, when Whittaker was a candidate for sheriff. Minninger was knocked down and kicked and Nomensen asked tihe men to desist but they did not do so and finally assaulted him, knocking him down and breaking As' left arm, Ms nose and otherwise severely bruising him up. The suit for damages resulted. It .was sent here for trial. The defendants and plaintiff were represented by able attorneys and what looked like a big law suit came to a sudden close when the terms of settlement were agreed upon.

Attorney George E. Harshman, of Crown Point, was one of the attorneys for Nomensen. He is a Jasper, county boy and for some time practiced in this city. Peter Nomensen, brother of Antihbny, came over from Dwight, 111., to be here during the trial. He says that his family has never been in trouble, that his brother is a temperance man and that while the trouble occurred in a saloon it was only an accident that he bad stopped in there. He was very much pleased that tihe case was settled by compromise. ' Other court house happenings fob lOw:

Kight v. Roorda. Cause dismissed, each party to pay one-half costs. A large number of hunters’ licences have been issued this fall and especially in the last few days, many per* sons taking out a license in order to hunt on Thanksgiving day.

Boukje Stapel, of Keener township, was adjudged insane in justice court of John Greve before Drs. Rice and Hewitt and her admission to the asylum as Logansport will be asked by County Clerk. She is a married woman and 56 years of age 'but has no children. Her husband is Cornelius Stapel.

Shock Absorber Man Has Invented a Farm Tractor.

A. P. Hawn, of Goodland, who was one of the manufacturers for Some time of tihe H. & D. shock absorber, has with the assistance of Laporte parties, perfected a small farm tractor which is regarded as the thing practical for farmers in this section. He demonstrated the machine at Goodlfand last week.

Select Your Xmas Gifts Now!

We will hold them for Xmas deliveries. We have a full line of pianos, player pianos, organs, scarfs, benches, stools, violins, mandolins, guitars, banjos, flutes, accordians, French harps, etc. Easy terms. Old pianos and organs taken in trade. Prices reasonable. Piano and organ repairing and tuning.—H. R. Lange & Son, phene 566.

Start in the day right by eating cakes made from Early Breakfast self rising buckwheat flour. Ask your grocer or phone the Mill, 456.

Motor Service Co. General Overhauling Accessories Service station for Overland, Studebaker and Buick. We install and repair ignition, starting and lighting syAems. Bring us your trouble—Satisfaction or no charge.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915. *•

MEDARYVILLE MAN NEARS CENTURY MARK

William B. Nicoles Was 99 Years of Age On Sept. 14th—Older Than State of Indiana. Pulaski County Democrat. William, B. Nicoles, the aged Medaryville gentleman whose proximity to the century mark has been mentioned in these columns, will celebrate his OTje-hundredlfh i anniversary a couple of mon'.L.s ahead cf Indiana’s centennial if he lives until the 14th of next September, which seems altogether likely alt this time. From hds son, Sam, of Monticello, the White County Democrat learns these points: Mr. Nicholes was born in Highland counity, Ohio, and came to Indiana in a very early day, locating at Peru, where he Worked as a journeyman tailor. Considering his extreme age he enjoys reasonably good health. Except for a deficiency in eyesight and a partial deafness years do not bear down very heavily. • Recognizing tihe fact that he h'as long overlived the alloted time of life, and having enjoyed living, Mr. Nicoles takes a very philosophical view of tihe future, and sarys he is ready to answer the summons whenever it comes. However, he is very anxious to round" but a hundred years of life, and is praying that he be spared until after he has celebrated his one hundredth birthday.

He has long been a member of tihe Masonic fraternity, and one of tihe requests he has made is that after he is gone tihe members of that fraternity have charge of putting him away. There is every indication that Mr. Nicoles will live to see tihe dawn of his one hundredth birthday, and certainly that is tihe wish of his friend®. If his health permits then, it would be a fitting thing to have him take part in the celebration of tihe centennial of tihe State in which he has lived so long.

SAYS HOT WATER EACH DAY KEEPS DOCTOR AWAY

Drink Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast to Wash Out the Poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to live well, eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well, look well. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy it is if one will only adopt the morning inside batih. Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breatih, acid Stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the whole of the internal poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning, before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limertone phosphate in it tio wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting hwre food into the Stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and give's one a splendid appetite for breakfast. While you are enjoying your breakfast tihe water and phosphate te quietly extracting a -large volume of water from tihe blood and getting ready for, a thorough flushmg of all the inride organs. . The millions of. people who are bothered with constipation, bilious spelts, stomach trouble, rheumatism; others who have sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store which will coSt very little, but is sufficient to make anyone a pronounced crank on the subject of internal enitiation.

Attention Redmen. Lodge will convene next Monday night, Nov. 29, at 7 o’clock, after which a Thanksgiving program will be held. To this exercise Redmen and their families and all Pocahontas are cordially invited to be present. — SACHEM.

Not the Liberty Belt But a bell to attract your attention that am making my weekly Saturday morning rounds, collecting rags, rubber, paper, magazines, old iron and all kinds of junk. Have it ready and listen for the bell every Saturday.—Your friend, Sam Karnovsky.

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature.

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JAMES H. S. ELLIS DIED IN ST. LUKES

Former .Mayor .and Business Man Passed Away As Result of Infection Which Poisoned Blood.

The funeral of James H. S. .Ellis will be 'held at tihe late residence on Front street at 2:30 o’'clock Sunday afternoon, being in charge of the Delphi Oommiaardery Knights Templars, of the Masonic order.

James H. S. Ellis, proprietor of Ellis theatre, former mayor and for mlany years associated with George E. Murray in the mercantile business, passed away at about 7:45 o’clock Friday evening at St. Luke’s hospital in Chicago, to which place he had been removed Tuesday from tihe home of his son, Dr. John D. Ellis.

JAMES H. SI ELLIS.

The news of his death came as a terrible shock to the entire community, for in appearance he had been in the most robust health and many had not learned that he was in a condition that wa)s at all alarming. The Republican of Friday evening furnished tihe firSt indication that he was not getting along as wefll as was desirable, but it was not until that afternoon at 3 o’clock that he took a marked change for tihe worse. Dr. C. E. Johnson, who had been caring for Him here, was notified earlier in the day and hastened to Chicago and was witih Mr. Ellis when the end came. Mrs. Arthur H. Hopkins, sibter of Mr. Ellis, was notified in tihe afternoon that there had been a marked failing and she went to Chicago on tihe everting train, due here at 6:45. The train was a half hour late, however, and it was after 9 o’clock when she reached the city. Her brother had died soon after she had left Rcrtooc laer.

Undertaker W. J. Wright went tio Chicago on tihe early train this Saturday morning to prepare the body for return here and it will arrive this Saturday evening. Mrs. Hopkins returned here on the 1:57 train today and Dr. John D. Ellis and James, Jr., will come Sunday noon.

Life of Deceased.

James H. S. Ellis was born Feb. 12, 1858, on a farm in Oarroll county, about half way between Monticello and Delphi. His father was John B. Ellis and his mother was Mary Ellis. When he was quite a young boy his parents moved to Kokomo to educate their children and his mother died there in 1875, leaving four children, namely, Sarah, Elmer, James and Tude. Jim grew to manhood there, learning the plumber’s * trade while employed by the gas company. Later he enAtaoked tin the show business, Which he followed for some time and which he always found great pleasure in. lit whs m 1883 that he .pd George E. .Murray after making a trip to the wedt, where they expected to locate, came to Rensselaer and decided to engage in business here. Their partnership continued until 1900, When Mt. Ellis retired from the firm of Ellis & Murray and George E. Murrey organized the company that has conltisued the business in his name. Mt. Ellis was mayor city flor nine years, having succeeded John Eger in 1901 and being -succeeded by George F. Meyers in 1910. He conducted his theatre business for a number of years and looked after his busuness property in which B. N. Fendig’s dhtoe rtove and H. W. Kiplinger’s cigar store are located. Several weeks ago he werit with the Willett Taylor Stock Co., as manager and spent Some time in southern Illinois. It was after his return from there that he developed a nasal trouble and local treatment fan ling he went to Chicago and consulted a specialist. After making several trips there he decided to remain art; his son. Dr. John D. Ellis’s home, in order to be nearer his doctor. He soon took to his bed and an infection from the nose created a poisoning that entered the blood, musing blood poisoning. He failed gradually and the absorption caused a delirium a conrideratole part of the time. Finally his condition became such that it was decided to remove him to the hospital and he

Paroled Girl Reported Running Loose In North End.

It is reported that a girl whose sentence to the woman’s prison was suspended on good behavior, has been causing considerable annoyance in the north part of the county and that tihe better class of people in the towns in that section believe tihat tihe only rescue for tihe girl is to serve her sentence. Later it was learned tihat tihe girl was in Wheatfield one night and tihat a deputy sheriff informed her that if she did not leave he would lock her up and she cried and promised to go tio her home and left on tihe train for Fair Oaks.

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was there only a little more than three days when death came. Mr. Ellis was left a widower ’n June, 1901, and the rearing of his two sons had been his devoted duty from that time on. He had always kept the home, and his boys lived with him until they entered college. Dr. Ellis graduated from Chicago University College of Medicine and entered practice in Chicago, and James, Jr., is now a Student in the same univeristy. For many years Mr. Ellis and his sons boarded at tihe Makeever hotel, sleeping at their home on Front street. Mr. Ellis had told close friends that in respect tio Ms wife he would never close the home or alter it in any manner. His devotion tio her memory was often remarked by those who realized how completely he was bereft by her death.

Mr. Ellis was usually called “Major” by those who knew him best. This title was acquired on one occasion when he accompanied *he local militia company to the camp ground near Indianapolis. Mr. Ellis possessed a keen sense of humor and as he was an honorary visitor at the camp, at tihat time being mayor of Renoelaer, it was proposed that he be called the “Major,” the rank next higher than “Captain,” and 1 this was done and tihe title always clung to him. As mayor of the city he gave the cloaert attention tio the business affairs of the city and many of the substantial improvements of the city, notably the macadamizing of practically all the Streets, were accomplished whale he was tihe chief executive. He had a kindly disposition, a tender heart, a broad mind and was a booster for every enterprise tiHat looked to be valuable for Rensselaer and these qualities had made him many, many friends. He was flor many years a member of the PreSbyterian church and one of the deacons in ti.sit religious institution. He was also proinent as a Mason and a Knight of Pythras. His funeral will be under tihe charge of tihe Delphi commawdery of Knights Templar, and burial will be made beside tihe grave of Ms wife in WeSton cemetery.

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DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST PURDUE DISMISSED

Judge Throws $25,000 Damage Suit Against Pardue for Death of Student, Out of Court. Judge Cald*well in the Tippecanoe circuit court Tuesday dismissed the $26,000 damage suit filed against Purdue University several mouths ago by Abraham L. Obenchain, of South Whitley, Ind. Übenchain’s son was killed in a tank scrap at Purdue in September, 1913, and the suit grew out of this incident Purdue University was named as a corporation in the complaint and Judge Caldwell held that the institution is not a corporation and was not such as the date young Obenchain was killed. The death of the young man was caused from a broken neck received in the annual tank scrap that has since been discontinued.

Benton County Corn Is Falling Short of Estimate.

Benton Review. Reports from the different parts of the county say the corn this year is very light and will fall short from 10 to 20 bushels per hundredweight by weight of the measurement. John Bowdrs, who owns a large tract of land, living seven miles southeast of town, made a test the finrt of the week and found by taking 75 pounds to the bushel, that this corn would fall short of measurement at least 10 bushels to the hundred. The average yield over Benton county will be between 40 and 50 bushels per acre. On account of the latte season and shortage of buskers, fully two-thirds of the com is yet in the field, something unusual 1 for the courtty, as in a normal season the majority of the corn is in the crib by Thanksgiving.

Another great crowd heard the evangelist preach and sing at the MethJodiiirt church Friday night. Rev. J. McD. Kerr preached upon the subject: “Seeking God,” and showed how important it was-for all men to seek God and become Christians. The evangelists will preach and sing tomorrow at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. These will be great meetings and the public is invited to attend. Sufferer from Indigestion Relieved. “Before taking Chamberlain's Tablets my husband suffered for several years from indigestion, causing him to have pains in the stomach and distress after eating. Chamberlain’s Tablets relieved him of these spells right away,”' writes Mrs. Thomas Casey, Geneva, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. C We have a nice, clean burning coal at $4.00 per ton. —D. E. Grow.

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