Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — Page 1

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THE REX THEATRE TONIGHT Kathlyn Williams in the “Sultana of the Desert” A Magnificent Oriental Production in two parts “The Corporal’s Daughter” An Edison Drama in One Part A Snappy George Ade Comedy “The Fable of the Statesman Who Didn’t Make Good” Promptly at 7 o’clock. Adults 10c. Children Sc.

Anson Cox Takes Up New Work—Meeting With Success.

Z. A. Cox, better known as Anson Cox, for a number of years engaged in contract construction work, is now following architecture almost exclusively and meeting with excellent success. The Lake County Times of Feb. 2nd mentioned favorably his plans for a fine new residence for William Kuhn, of Hammond. The fooußC is to consist of ton rooms ant be modem in every respect. Mr. Co> went to Hammond from here anc built a number of houses, including one for Dr. Albion Miller, formerly of this place. He underwent a sur gical operation some time ago am I i.iis temporarily unfitted him for carpenter work and he has since then occupied himself almost altogether with architectural work.

We have a nice, clean burning lump coal at $4.00 per ton.—D. E. Grow.

If it’s Electrical let Leo Mecklenburg do It. Phone 621

zz for ;; » SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC | INSTRUCTION Republican State Convention April 6,1916 . j E Horace Ellis ji A. M. PH. D. Vincennes, Indiana The Second District’s Popular Candidate Graduate of Indiana University and Butler College : Dr. Ellis was the Republican nominee 1914. ; He asks a second nomination upon the Record he made in that Campaign and upon his rank as an . educator. P n n II * 000 fl I li) Hntyf*"* I **'***** 4 * o. u cdidZ ~~ zttzt CALKINS & WORLAND ’ Funeral Directors Parlore in Noweto Block aCTO “ r»lHns b licensed as funeral director and embalmer tn both inoiana and Illinois. Phones 25 or 307

The Evening Republican.

RED MEN HOLDING DISTRICT MEETING

Delegates Come From Various Cities Hereabouts .and Are Holding Enthusiastic, Meeting.

About one hundred Red Men from out of town and a similar number who are members of the local Pinkarnink tribe, are gathered in Rensseaer today, Monday, in a district meeting. Among those here are sveeral from Monticello, Delphi, Kentland, t Logansport and other places. The great sachem, Frank McConneghey, of Franklin, and the great chief of records, Arch Hobbs, of Indianapolis, are • the most distinguished of the visitors. The sessions are being held this afternoon and evening. The afternoon session will be devoted to business and the evening session to lodge work, two Rensselaer candidates being initiated.

Commencing Monday, Feb. 7, and for one week only, taken from our regular stock of 10c canned goods, and every can guaranteed; 1 can of a kind or assorted: 4 cans sweet corn ' 25c 4 cans string beans 25c 4 cans sweet tender peas 25c 4 cans baked beans in tomato sauce 25c 4 cans Snyder’s tomato soup 2oc 4 cans hominy 25c 4 cans sauerkraut 25c Try some of our nice smoked Finnan Haddies. JOHN EGER - - - Pho ne 54 -

Rensselaer, Feb. 5, 1916. In the early part of the winter the Health Department and physicians urged vaccination, especially for the school children. This was only partially complied with,. _ there for now an outcropping among the small children. Vaccination is the only mean? of preventing a spread of smallpox because there is sure to be some mild case go around unnoticed, the person having it ofen perhaps not realizing that he has a contagious disease and thus spread it about setting at naught strict quarantine. Rensselaer is no exception to a great many other towns in Indiana, which are having the same experience. It may be that an order wil be issued in a few barring al from school who have not been vaccinated. City Health Officer.

Among the many noteworthy Bradford, England, municipal enterprises for children’s welflare is the juvenile employment bureau. By an admirable system of co-operation between teacher, medical officers and employers the mental and physical capabilities, as well as the pre-dispositions of the boys and girls, are considered in connection with the* opportunities offered in office or mill.

VACCINATION URGED.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916.

NIGHT BLAZE HAD START ON FIGHTERS

Mrs. Beam’s Millinery Stock Seriously Damaged and Williams-Stock-ton Block Endangered. As Lester Rich was going to his home at about 11:10 Saturday night “he saw flames in the rear of the Wil-liams-Stockton building, one room of which is occupied by Mrs. W. H. Beam’s millinery store. He hurried to the store of J. J. Montgomery, the fire chief, and an alarm was turned in and the department was soon on the job and succeeded in making a successful fight without great ’oss. Defective wiring is thought to be responsible for the blaze; which started in the rear of the large room and was blazing at a lively clip when discoveerd. The heat was so intense that some of the glass windows and doors in the front part of the store were cracked and the paint on the doors blistered. Fire Chief Montgomery and his aides found the fire a rather mean one to fight, owing to the fact that the orom was so filled with smoke. They' took no chances of a spread and used plenty of water and in about a half hour had the fire subdued. Mrs. Beam’s millinery and notions stock suffered materially, all being damaged. She carried S6OO insurance. The damage to the building was only about S3OO. Had the fire gone 15 minutes longer undiscovered the entire block, including the Roth Bros, and Horton buildings, would have been jeopardized. =====

Telephone Hearing to Take Place Tuesday Morning.

The telephone rate hearing is set to take place Tuesday morning, Feb. Bth, at 10 o’clock, at the court house. The telephone company has beenmakTng plan§ to preseht their case as effectively as possibel to the commission, which will be represented here by Charles J. Murphy. It is understood that a number of telephone men from other towns will be here to support the claim of the local company for a rate increase and there will be some talk of high figures. Since telephones are under the charge of the commissidh there is no chance for competition and* a fine chance for stockholders in ~ utility to feather their nests with 8 ver cent investments on a guaranteed basis and another 5 per cent placed in a sinking fund to guarantee them against loss. The only thing the poor public can do is o make a protest and await results Every subscriber who can is urg to be present at the hearing Tuesday morning.

Union Service.

The union service at bhe Christian church was well attended last night. The main audience room was well filled with earnest Christian peopleWhile we would have been p eased )f both rooms had been filled, the value of the service to the community cannot be determined by numbers. All the resident pastors were and Rev J. Budman Fleming, of the Presbyterian church, preached a very mIteresting and appropriate sermon. It was fitting that at the first, of a seneo of union meetings our attention j should be so helpfuly called to the great thought of union ln a Christiandom. The audience, followed the thought of the sermon with.helpful reactions. The offering of the evening was given to the chanty board and the people responded with a iberal sum for this worthy community service. ,

Rather Than Become a Leap Year Groom Hullihan Paid $200.

James Hullihan and Gladys Hough, residents of Gillam township, met Saturday afternoon and the girl who Was a plaintiff in a paternity suit against Hullihan agreed to accept S2OO and release the young man. T e money was paid and also. the .osta in the case. The girl is only 16years of age. The settlement will have to be approved by the court in view of the that the girl is under agt

THX WIATHBR. Fair tonight and Teusday; colder in east and south portions tonight and slowly rising temperature Tuesday. * “ • '

COAL For the range Jackson .Hill and Rex For the furnace, Egg Anthracite, Sovereign Lump and Pocahontas. For the baseburner Scranton Anthracite, Nut and Stove. King Bee, Kentucky Biock. . Grant-Warner lumber Co. Phone 45£

BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT CAUSES DEATH

Defendant Shot Himself In Side and Died After Girl Sought Damages Amounting to $20,000. James Whipple, 23 years of age, of Romney, died in the Home hospital in Lafayette Sunday morning as a result of a gunshot wound in his left side, said to have been inflicted with suicidal intent. . “ ~ " On Sept. 10 an action was brought in the Tippecanoe circuit court by Miss Helen Berry, of Brazil, who aleged that Whipple was guilty of a jreach of promise and who demanded >20,000 damages. She had as her attorneys Justin J. Maloney, of Crawfordsville, and Bernard Robinson, of Brazil. Whipple had employed McAdams & Jones, of Lafayette, to deend him. The original complaint set out that Whipple had courted the plaintiff during the year 1914 and that they had become engaged but that he then ceased to call on her or to write to her. Monday of last week an additional complaint was filed, setting forth the allegations .more specifically and asking that an order be made requiring the defendant to answer the amended complaint. It is presumed that the suit weighed on the young man’s mind and caused him to commit the rash act. The deed was committed at Romney Saturday afternoon and the young man was rushed to the hospital where Drs. Throckmorton and Van Reed performed an operation in an unsuccessful effort to save his life. He was regarded as a fine young man ancwas held in the highest esteem at Romney, where the body was taken Sunday to the home of his mother, Mrs. Anna Whipple.

Headquarters For . Dodge-ana Cneviotet

Agencies will henceforth be locatei at Renselaer garage. Call and see them.

A very nice lot of Cyclomen plants that formerly sold at SI.OO, are now priced at 50 cents each to make room for Easter plants. —J. H. Holden.

Phone 7 and call for our B. B. range coal. —Harrington Bros. Co.

A FURNACE WITHOUT PIPES We now have on display in our show window, a warm air furnace that can be installed in your house j without any warm air pipes in the basement. In fact you need no basement, just a small room, below first floor, large enough for heater alone. This is a “real” furnace, not a cheap heater, but one built to stand the expansion and contraction produced by heat. We do not recommend this type of furnace for all houses, as it would be unsatisfactory in some. But there are a number ©t \houses that can be heated nicely with the pipeless furnace. If you are interested in a heating system, come in and have the proposition explained to you. ■ E. D. RHOADES & SON e - ' ■ h .. ,

Mrs. Elizabeth Alter Injured By Bad Fall.

Mni. Elizabeth Alter, mother of Mrs. H. J. Kannal, received a severe fall On the pavement near the post office last Friday and since then has been confined to her bed and is so sore, especially about one limb, that it is feared she has sustained another broken bone. Her other lower limb was broken by a fall several years ago. Mrs. A. Halleck had a severe fairnear die same place the same day, but fortunately sustained nC serious injuries.

Charles Campbell Died At Parr Home Sunday P. M.

Charles Campbell, a decrepit old gentleman of Parr, died Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. He lived in a little shack on the south side of the railroad. His age was about 60 years and he had been a widower for four or five years. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at Aix and burial will be made at the Praeter cemetery.

Dr. H. J. Kannall to Lecture At Veterinary College.

Dr. H. J. Kannal, secretary of the state veterinary board, went to Indianapolis today, Monday, t oattend a meeting of the board. From there he goe sto Terre Haute to lecture to the students at the veterinary college.

According to a parliamentary committee that investigated, the production of all of London’t electric power in a few large stations would save 6,000,000 tons of coal a year and greatly reduce the smoke nuisance.

German scientisits are said to have found substitutes for nearly all the' commodities in demand, the supply of which has been cut off by the war. According to a recent consular report, German manufacturers have found a way of making willow-herb take the place of jute and hemp, which grows profusely in that country and in the United States. In Germany encouragement is now. being given to the cultivation of this plant, which has been heretofore regarded as a weed.

WRESTLING Ed Longstreth of Parr vs Vic Michaels Ellis Theatre Thursday, Feb. 10 8:30 p. m. Admission 25c

This Looks Like a Bout That Will Draw a Crowd.

'Lhe wrestling game, which, has been a bit dull for the past two or three weeks, is to receive a new start Thursday night of this week when Vic Michaels, who recently wrestled for two hours with Everett Marlin without a fall, will meet a new applicant for mat honors, Ed Longstreth, of Parr. The men are about equally matched in size and both have neighborhood reputations for great strength. Longstreth has placed himself under the training of Harvey My res, who was a former county champion, who says that his man will be the big surprise of the year. The card looks like a lively one and Ellis theatre will doubtless have a large audience to witness the bout.

Lyceum Course Dates.

February 15—William Rainey Bcnnett. March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

DENTAL NOTICE.

During my absence in Florida my office will be closed. I expect to return about Feb. 20th. —H. L. Brown, Dentist.

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