Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1916 — Page 1

No. 13.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS EXTRA EXTRA C -•'-"Ah** 4In addition to a 3 reeler the Pictures from the Famous Players will be portrayed. 7 O'clock ■«: 1 -»r— :

Edgar D. Nesbitt to Be Candidate For Surveyor.

Edgar D. Nesbitt, of Barkley township, has filed hi/s declaration of intention to be a candidate at the primary election on the'republican ticket .'for the office of county surveyor. Mr. - Nesbitt is- weil-Cfaalified- for the_jtosL-. tion, having taken civil engineering--1 course and graduated from Purdue University in 1910, and from' Cornell University in 1911, and for some time he has been assisting County Surveyor P - n the work ol his office. Other republican candidates have filed their declarations, as follows: Sheriff, B. D. McColly; recorder, George W. Scott; county commissioner first district, H. W. Marble; treasurer, Charles V. May. These are the only candidates on anj ticket so far filing their declarations, Candidates have -until February 7th to file their declarations.

New Suits Filed. Charles U. I.akin vs. Daniel E. Lakin; suit on note. Demand SIOO. William F. Barnes vs. Vernon Balcom;* foreclosure of mechanics lien. Demand $lO. " Bad Habits. Those who breakfast at 8 o’clock or later, lunch at twelve and have dinner at six are almost certain to be troubled with indigestion. They do not allow time for one meal to digest before taking another. Not less than five hours should elapse between meals. If you are troubled with indigestion correct your habits and take Chamberlain’s Tablets, and you may reasonably hope for a quick recovery. These tablets strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. Obtainable everywhere. C LYCEUM COURSE DATES January 19—Ralph Bingham. January 28—Tahan. February JL5 —William Rainey Bennett. March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

~ THE WEATHER. Local snows tonight and Sunday; slightly warmer tonight south portion. ;

If it’s Electrical let Leo Mecklenburg doit. Phone 621

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DISAPPROVES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Congressman Wood Introduces Bill to Restore Mail Routes to Former Status. I Washington, Jan. 14.—Representa{tive William R Wood has introduced iin thecongress a bill abolishing every ! motor Vehicle mail route in Indiana, , rescinding the plans for .the estabI 1 Ishment of additional j and directing the postoffice department to restore the status as to rural mail service which existed hefore the department undertook to substitute motor service for service by horse-drawn vehicles. While Representative Wood’s bill Is general in scope, he introduced it for the effect it would have in re-establishing the rural service in Indiana, as it existed before motor service was introduced. Representative Wood- said there is general and justifiable complaint in every community in Indiana where the department has reorganized the rural service. His home county, Tippecanoe, was the first county in Indiana to receive motor rural mail service, and -he sayfe it has proved a great disappointment to many patrons. “I am receiving complaints every day not only from Tippecanoe county, but elsewhere in Indiana, where the service has been reorganized,” he said. “Patrons jvho formerly had the mail delivered at their doors at 9 or 10 o’clock in the -morning write to me that they now get it late in the afternoon and some have to walk a mile to their bdxes. “Rural carriers are. being removed without any warrant of law and in direct violation of the civil service. The whole plan is very obnoxious to the rural people and the department should abandon it and restore the efficient service which existed before the department conceived the mistaken notion that the thing to do was to rip up a service that was well suited to the needs of the public."

January Meeting of The Matinee Musicale.

'. The January meeting of the Matinee Musieale in charge of Mrs. W. I Spitlcr, was very successfully carried out Friday at the Presbyterian church, with the following program: 'Natural Primitive Music—Mrs. E. P. Honan. , Music of Ancient Greece —Mrs. B. Forsythe. Music of Early Christian Church— Mrs. C. E. Prior. Beginning of Our Scale System — Mrs. Geo. A. Williams. Illustrations of Gregorian Chant, I (Old) instrumental, Mrs W. I. Spiti ler. • j Illustrations of Pentatonic Melody, I (New), vocal, Mrs. Paul C. Curnick, 'Mrs. J. P. Hammond, Mrs. Sam Duvall, Miss Waymire.

Veteran of African Campaign Expires At Hammond.

Hammond, Ind., Jan. 14.-William Newton, 60 years old, who had spent years of campaigning in Africa and Asia, died here today after a long illness. As chaplain of the FortySecond, Manchester regiment, Newton was the first man tb enter Khartoum in 1885 after jGen “Chinese” Gordon had been killed. In the next ten years he penetrated central Africa and was with ''Lord Roberts in the Afghanistan campaign. He was wounded twice at the battle of TePEI Kebir. He inherited a fortune of 50,000 pounds, most of which he gave away. He came 'to America several years ago and living in Louisville, Ky., and Chicago. ,

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Most Effectual. “I have taken a great many bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and every time it has cured me. I have found it most effectual for a hacking cough and for colds. After taking it a cough always disappears," writes J. R. Moore. Lost Valley, Ga. Obtainable everywhere. C

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Purdue Coed Hazing Case Set For Trial Feb. 18.

Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 14. —The Purdue? university hiazing case, in which Miss Mabel Rogers, of Shoals, alleges that her nervhus t system was injured when she was hazed by seven young women at Purdue in January, 1914, was arbitrarily set today for trial Feb. 18 in the Montgomery circuit court by Judge JWest. Miss Rogers asks SI,OOO damages from each defendant, alleging that while ill she Ayas thrown in B a tub of cold water, that mucilage was poured down her back, that pins were stuck into her body and that red ink wias smeared upon her body. *One of the defendants, Miss Mary Clark, of Qlarks Hill, died last year. The other defendants are Ruth Cowan, of Chicago; Mary Sheridan, of Attica; Esther Kistner, of Terre Haute; Agnes Philips, of Monroeville; Mary Bine., of Star City, and Helen Lee, of Oxford. The case came here from Lafayette.

Remington Nightwatch Unpopular With Some of the Citizens.

,Since the elean-up at Remington last week in which four prominent citizens pleaded guilty to operating poker games, a certain element are trying to make life miserable for Will Zimmerman, the efficient nightwatch, who, it is said, was responsible for the calling of the court of inquiry which threw the bomb into the poker joints. Friday night, when the question of employing a nightwatch for the ensuing year came up, it is said a number of friends of the victims of the “moral awakening,” appeared before the board to oppose the reappointment of Zimmerman, but when they learned the attitude of the board they kept their silence and Zimmerman is still on the job and for another year, at least, poker playing will he an unknown quantity in Remington.

C. Robert Pollard Is In Race For Congress.

Cari-01l county will have two aspirants for the dembcratic congressional nomination in the 9th district. Mayor Wm. C. Smith, of Delphi, announced himself as a candidate about ten clays ago, and yesterday Charles Robert Pollard filed with the secretary of state his intention to be a candidate for the. nomination. Mr. Pollard is about 34 years of age, and is a son of the nephew of Judge Chas. R. Pollard, of Delphi. He attracted considerable attention to himself at Frankfort recently when he defended Chas. Lawson for the murder of August Scallon.

Robbers at Remington Left Rhyme for Souvenir.

The robbers who entered the elevators at Remington Monday night were evidently quite jovial, and left a small rhyme as a souvenir of the occasion. The writing was very poor and only partly legible, and was as follows: 2:25 p. m. While in the bank your nighbwateh slept, We to the city blacksmith crept. We got the tools and got the mon So if you catch us you’ll go some. The rhyme was signed by the initials “H. D.” and ”“P. H.”

Hon. Daniel McDonald, for many years publisher of fche Plymouth Democrat, is dead at the age of 82 years. He- was well and' favorably known throughout the state as a democrat high in the counsels, a past grand master of the Masonic lodge, and an ex-member of the legislature. He retired from the office a few years ago and made his home in Chicago. The price of land in Benton county seems to have reached a basis where it is fixed on the figure demanded and the amount of money the other man has. James Lawman has purchased the David Callaway farm, just north of Fowler, on the west Goodland road, paying $265 for it. It is a fine farm with splendid improvements.— Fowler Tribune. Home talent at Parr last evening gave the play “Uncle'Eph’s Summer Boarders,” twenty-eight persons participating in the play. The entertainment was given for the benefit of the union Sunday school and netted $20.15. The school house was used for the purpose, a stage with curtains having been erected for the purpose. All those witnessing the play speak in highest terms of the talent displayed by the actors at their first appearance on the stage. j We have a nice, clean burning lump coal at $4.00 per ton. —D. EL Grow.

DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT IN CALIFORNIA

Mrs, Rufus A. Lockwood Dies From Stroke of Paralysis at Redlands, California Monday. j News has been received by relatives here of the deatfi last Monday at Redlands, Cal., of Mrs. Rufus A. Lockwood. Mrs. Lockwood suffered an attack of paralysis about a year ago, from which she never recovered. She 'was the daughter of Grandfather H. M. Babb, a former hotel keeper at Remington and later at Rensselaer, and whose death took place at Reedsburg, Wis., some years ago after his removal from RensseShe was one of the survivors of thirteen children, the other two survivors being Ed Babb, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Frank Thompson, of Reedsburg, Wis. Mrs. Lockwood’s maiden name was Susan Babb and she was maa-ried, to Rufus A. Lockwood, of Remington, in Renss£T*er, forty years ago. They'frkSved ttff California from Remington five years ago last October. Her husband is a son of Rufus A. Lockwood, at one time Indiana’s foremost attorney, who lost his life at sea while returning from a gold searching trip to California. Besides the husband, five children survive: Mrs. Nellie Patterson, Mrs. Hattie Stockton, Mrs. Bernard Se Legue, Ambrose and George Lockwood, all of Redlands. . ....

Mrs, Martha Timmons Died Friday at Manteno, Ill.

Mrs. Martha Timmons, of Remington, died at the home of her son, Washington Timmons, at Manteno, 111., Friday afternoon. The remains were brought to Rensselaer on the IT o’clock train this Saturday morning nad taken to the home of Mrs. Eliza Reed. Her son and wife accompanied the body here. Mrs. Timmons had been a resident of Remington for the past thirty years and was visiting her son when her death occurred. She was the mother of Mrs. Laura Harris, of Rensselaer. , Thefuneral wall be., held at the. Egypt school house in Jordan township at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Curnick, of Rensselaer, conducting the services. Burial will take place at the Egypt cemetery.

Adam Flesher went to Portland yesterday, having been called there oy the death of his brother, George Flesher, who died at the age 9f 44 years. High blood pressure was the pause of death and he had been an invalid for 9 or 10 months. Found a Sure Thing. I. B. Wixon, Farmers Mills, N. Y., has used Chamberlain’s Tablets for years for disorders of the stomach and liver and says, “Chamberlain’s Tablets are the best I have ever used.” Obtainable everywhere. C

Congressman Will R. Wood has introduced a bill providing for one cent postage upon all mail matter of the first class, when deposited in any post office sor f delivery within the limits of said potsoffice delivery district. The' one cent rate applies—toeach ounce or fraction thereof. The Habit of Taking Cold. With many people taking cold is a habit, but fortunately one that is easily broken. Take a cold sponge bath every morning when you first get out of bed—not ice cold, but a temperature of about 90 degrees. Also sleep with your window up. Do this and you will seldom take cojd When you do take cold take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and get rid of it as quickly as possible. Obtainable everywhere. c The Van Rensselaer Club banquet to bfi held next Tuesday evening will be served by the ladies of the Christian church at the dining rooms of the church. Nadel’s orchestra has been engaged for the occasion and for the dance which #lll take place at the armory that evening. The club’s membership has been augmented by about twenty and all of these are expected to be at the banquet, accompanied by their wives or lady friends. The toast program will be shorter than usual. ' London dispatches report that copies of papers siezed by British agents from Captain Franz von Papen, the German military attache who was recently recalled from the U. S., show that he had paid out some $5,000 in January of last yeaj to persons employed to blow up munitions plan**. Of this amount S7OO went to Werner Horn, who was arrested in connection with the blowing up of the Canadian Pacific bridge at ' St. Croix, Me.

DELEGATES TO BE ELECTED AT PRIMARY

ITnder Provisions of New Law Delegates to All Conventions Must Be Elected This Year. Indianapolis, Jan. 14.—-Under the new 1 primary law delegates to the various state conventions this year wtH be elected in a new way. They will nb longer be chosen at pyecinct or township conventions, as m the past, but they will be elected at the primaries by the voters of each party. This means a tremendous amount of work and red tape. Section 32 of the primary law reads as follows: “Such state conventions of each of such parties, shall consist 6? delegates upon the basis of one delegate for each fraction of 100 or more delegates in every county in the state, to be apportioned among the precincts, wards and townships of such county by the board of primary election commissioners as equitable as possible, and so as to give the voters of each precinct of such county representation. Delegates to such state conventions shall be elected at such -March primary as heretofore provided for in this act.” Section 35 of the primary law reads as follows: “All nominations for delegates to such state convention shall be made by petition as hereinafter provided, which petition or petitions shall be filed not less than twenty days before the March primary with the clerk of the circuit court. Any ten legal voters of any one party in any county affected by this act, may file such nominating petition, and tJje names of such petitioners shall be signed in ink and the residence of each petitioner shall be set opposite his name.” One of the big jobs laid out in the primary law is that of the primary election commissioners in dividing up the state convention delegates among the precincts and townships of the county. Placing the names of the candidates for delegates on the primary ballot will increase the length of the ballot very materially, also.

Mexican “General” Killed To Retrieve American Murders.

Friday’s dispatches published under big headlines reported the killing by Carranza soldiers of “General” t Rodriguez, one of Villa’s chief lieutenants. president Wilson ordered Carranza to and punish the men who had killed fifteen Americans. It is admitted that Rodriguez was not among the bandits who committed the deed but the Mexican idea tice is to murder soma one/dven if the right parties can *ot ge found) hence the killing of RoKriguez. Possibly President Wilson will allow himself to be fooled by such reprisal, but the American people as a rule are not so easily deceived.

Building and Loan Shows Good Building Year.

Through the aid of the Valparaiso Building and Loan association, 23 ■new homes were built in that city during the year recently closed, and 48 others were remodeled, rebuilt or improved. It indicates the most prosperous year since the birth of the organization. The annual report just issued for distribution with the public, show’s many more interesting matters. The total loans for the year aggregated $161,000, and the membership roll shows 1,043 members, a net increase over 1914 of 125.

Druggist Can Not Be Convicted Under “Blind Tiger” Act.

Anderson, Ind., Jan. 14. —Judge Pence of the circuit court ruled yesterday for the defendants in the case of Charles Benadum and Luther Flatter, Muncie druggists, charged with operating a “blind tiger.” The case had been brought to Judge Pence on a change of venue. The court held that a bona fide druggist can not be convicted under the “blind tiger” law', as he conducts his business under the jurisdiction of the druggists'- act.'

Sciatica’s Piercing Pain. To nerve pains of sciatica you can always depend on Sloan’s Liniment. It penetrates to the seat of (pain and brings ease as soon as it is applied. A great comiort (too with Sloan’s in that no rubbing is required. Sloan’s Liniment is invaluable for stopping muscular pr nerve pain of any kind. Try it at once if you suffer with rheumatism, lumbago, sore throat, pain in chest, sprains, bruises, etc. It is excellent for neuralgia and headache. 25c at all druggists. (3)

Wrestling EVERETT MARLIN of kensselaer vs WILLIAM REED of Parr at Ellis Theatre t o nTg H T Match starts at 8:30 Price 25* cents Also a good preliminary

Some of the Parker Bank Cases Still In the Courts.

Attorney Frank Foltz went to Indianapolis Friday to appear in the federal court on behalf of clients in cases grow ing out of the Robert Parker bank failure in Remington. The cases are the ones in which Emmet L. Hollingsworth, S'. R. Nichols, Jasper Guy and Mrs. Rollings were defendants, the trustee, W. H. Cheadle, having charged that they were made preferred creditors. It -will be remembered that S. R. Nichols, who was then county treasurer, had a large sum of money on deposit, something like $22,000. E. L. Hollingsworth was on his bond. The night before the Parker ban 3? closed its doors he transferred to Mr. HoHkigsworth the Remington First National Bank. Creditors alleged that this made preferred creditors out of Mr. Nichols and his bondsmen and the suit resulted and has since hung fire. The case affecting Mrs. Rollings gftw .out of a deposit she had in the bank. It amounted to about S7OO. On the morning of the day the bank closed its doors Mr. Parker sent to Mrs. Rollings a note against a well-to-do man living near Remington, telling her that she could have it instead of the deposit slip. Then the bank failed. The note was good and was collected, letting Mrs. Rollings out in full The defense is that she had nothing to do with the transaction and that she was in no wise responsible for it. Mr. Foltz met other attorneys at the federal buildjng this morning at 11 o’clock to discuss matters relating to the suits of the tripee.

A New Coal. An entirely new coal which is fast - displacing all other coals for steam or all around work. *lt is not Kke Anthracite in any particular, but has the Pocahontas fracture but very much harder and therefore has less dirt and duet to contend with. Can be stored in large quantities without the danger of combustion. This coal is a West Virginia product and is certainly an article which is fast gaining favor where it has been tried, especially does it stand the test of the housewife. A trial coder will prove to you that Semi-Anthracite is the cheapest coal you can burn. Sold by Hamilton & Kellner.

To Be No Preaching At Church of God Sunday.

There will be no preaching at the Church of God Sunday, as announced in Friday’s paper.

First Church of Christ.

" Sunday school at 9:30, a class for all' ages. Morning subject: “The Body of Christ.” Service at 10:45. Evening service at 7:00. You ought to attend church.

Methodist Church.

Sunday , school 9:30. Public wonship 10:45. Epworth League 6:00. Public Worship 7.00. Preaching by the pastor, Dr. Paul C. Cumick.

I The Franco-American preparations may be obtained from me. as resident retailer. —Mrs. Myra Casey, Phone Xo. 622-

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