Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1916 — Page 1

No. 44./

TONIGHT THE REX THEATRE

Novel by HENRY OYEN “The Outer Edge” A Three Act Drama Presenting Henry B. Walthall and Warda Howard

Comedy Bill or Zula-Land and n Wayville Slumber Party

Eastern Star Club to Meet After Long Inactivity. \ The Eastern .Star Club, which has not met for some time, will meet Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 22nd, with Mrs. Georg 6 Reed, on Van Rensselaer street. Mrs. J. W. Crooks will assist her in entertaining. It had been the plan for the club to meet every fourth Tuesday afternpon in each month, but for some time there had been no meeting and it is hoped that 'all members are present at this meeting. We are now agent for the famous Henderson corsets. —Fendig’s Fair.

HENDERSON CORSET AGENCY I . ; _ •. , • i' v . i* '• , I . We have secured the ; agency for the famous ; Henderson Corset ; fe*/'-' . p are en- ; ' thusi- ; - a Stic ; Smjl line of ; 1 corsets ! vl because j we actu- |. from ' (ii skV reputa- | tion in this vicinity that they ! give the highest of satisfaction \ to the wearer. FENDIG’S FAiR

o. L. Calkin* WorUnd ' CALKINS & WORLAND Funeral Directors Parlors in Nowel* Block across from the poatoffice. New combination auto ambulance and funeral ear. Expert aenrteco guaranteed teaU cases g?*?**”^** |a licensed aa funeral director and embalmcr in both Indiana and Illinois. Phones 25 or 307

The Evening Republican.

Lewis S. Alter Married Last Wednesday In Kokomo.

Lewis S Alter, the oldest native born resident of Carpenter township, went to Kokomo last Wednesday and was married to Mrs. Anna Price and they returned to. their home Thursday. The wedding occurred on the thirty-seventh anniversary of his first marriage. His former wife died three years ago. Lewis ife satisfied that marriage is not a failure. Other interesting news from west Carpenter township follows: Nearly every night now the bellowing of Victor Babcock’s ajnd James Sheldon's hounds can be heard, but so far they have not caught iany game; not even a ’possum. Attending sales, marketing eom, and moving are the principal occupations of the natives here now. Several moves in this neighbourhood: Hine Bokma goes to Dakota; John Alexander goes on Bokma’s farm. We are very glad to welcome out old neighbor, A. A. Fell and wife back among us. We have a good neighborhood and lots of good neighbors but none more highly respected than Brother and Sister Fell. Mrs. Ann Gray moves to Remington.

Chicago Poison Suspect Writes New York Police a Note.

A penciled note, purporting to have been written Saturday night and dropped into a mail box at the Grand Central station by Jean Crones, the fugitive chef accused of having attempted to poison the guests at a dinner in honor of Archbishop Mundelein in Chicago, vtas received by the police Sunday. The note, which was without envelop or stamp, was addressed to the “Chief of Police, New York.” The note said Crones was sorry to be obliged to leave the good city' of New York for his safety’s sake, but added: “You’re really not clever at all. Your detectives are looking for me and no one can catch me.” The Grand Central station has been under surveillance several days but the police there have declared that no one resembling Crones had been seen.

Commencing Monday, Feb. 21st, And Lasting For One Week Only.

200 bushels more of those fancy, Minnesota sandgrown white potatoes, 30c peck, sl/20 a bushel. 1 lb. can, stewed and strained tomotoes for soup 5c a can 2 lb. can standard tomatoes 8c a can 3 lb. can standard tomatoes 10c a can A jumbo can fancy pumpkin 8c a can 3 lb can s,weet potatoes .... 8c a can 3 lb can spinach 8c a can 3 lb can California peeled table peaches a can 3 lb can California asparagus tips a can Palm-Olive toilet soap 7 c a cake 4 lbs fancy evaporated California peaches 25c JOHN EGER.

Box Social. The Ladies’ Aid will give a box social at McCoysburg Saturday, Feb. 26. Ladies bring boxes. Lyceum Course Dates. March 29—Columbian Entertainers. It would be a good plan to fill your coal bin before it thaws out again. We have the kind you want. Call us early Monday momiiig.—Grant-War-ner Lumber Co. We have discovered the ideal range coal. Ask us about it. Phone No. 7. —Harrington Bros. Co. Henderson corsets, front and back lace.— Fendig’s Fair. Try our Classified Column.

COAL For the range Jackson Hill and Bex Egg. For the furnace, Egg Anthracite, Sovereign' Lump and Pocahontas* For the baseburner Scranton Anthracite, Nut and Stove. King Bee, Kentucky Block. Grant-Warner Lumber Co. Phone * .. .

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916.

MRS. KATIE LEE] DIED IN OKLAHOMA

Went There a Few Weeks Ago to Spend Winter With Children— Death a Shock to Friends. Mrs. Katie Lee, mother of Walter R. Lee, of Mt. Ayr, and Miss LaVera Lee, a teacher in the Wheatfiehl schools, died last Saturday at the • home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Yocum, at Checotah, Oklahoma. Mrs. Lee’s home was in Rensselaer and herself and daughter, Miss LaVera, had part of the house in which Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purcupile reside, on Cullen and Rutsen streets. About a month ago she went to Checotah, Okla., near which place she has three married children, Charles Lee, Mrs. W. E. Yocum and Mrs. Jennie Maxwell. The latter has been poorly and is now a patient in a hospital. The body is being shipped to Rensselaer and the funeral will take place here. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian cliureh. It Has-Apt yel been decided whether burial will oe made in Weston cemetery in this city or in the Osborne cemetery in Hanging Grove township. Mrs. Lee had been slightly ill and threatened with pneumonia, but last week had written that she was considerably improved and expected to return home soon. Her daughter, Miss LaVera, came clown from Wheatfield .Saturday to get the home ready for her return. She received a telegram stating that her mother’s condition was very bad and she was making preparations to go at once to Checotah. Then came another message telling her that death had resulted. • Two sisters, Mrs. C. A. Roush and son, of Pe<?ria, 111., and Mrs. Harry Porter, of Pekin, 111., came today, and a brother, R. F. Shepherd of Peoria, will come this evening and remain until after the funeral.

PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED AT FRANKFORT

No. 32 Ran Into Open Switch This Monday Morning—No One Was Injured. Monan passenger train No. 32, due here at 10:36 in the morning, was wrecked south of the depot in Frankfort this Monday morning at about 8:45 o’clock. The engine, mail car, baggage car and combination coach turned over and the day coach left the track. No one was injured. It is believed that thi switch had been thrown open by something dragging on the last train south before the wreck. The train ran into the open switch and was derailed. Two wrecking crews were working on the wreck but it will probably take all day to dear the track so that trains can pass. In thfr meantime, the trains are being detoured by the Vandalia from Frankfort to Colfax, thence over the Big Four to Indianapolis.

A friend hands us a clipping from a Kankakee newspaper which tells of the finding of a body of an infant at Beaverville, 111. It was wrapped in oil cloth and-paper and tied w‘th a string. A string was tied tightly about the infan’t neck, leaving no doubt about that being the method of the murder. The paper wrapped about the child was a copy ,pf the Indianapolis Star of Dec. 19th. It is believed that the child was thrown ,from one of the car windows along the Big Four railroad track. It :s not believed that the baby was born on the train but that the child had been strangled soon after birth and that some one had bundled it up and taken it on the train and then thrown it from the window. It was a girl baby.

Attorney C. M. Sands went to Monticello today, having a case in the White circuit court., The Stork Special. Saturday, Feb. 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayes, of Marion township, a son. Sunday, Feb. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snow, of Barkley townsh’p, a son. ‘ - • • •••. ■' — ••••'•• The Corset Shop. The following celebrated brands: Gossard, Nemo, Henderson and C-B—----complete line in stock.—Fendig’s Fair. Bargains in Overcoats. S2O all wool Clothcraft overcoats work shoes $2.50, when you’re Hamillized. ; Chevrolet motors develop more power per size and weight than any other motor in the world. • '

CIRCUIT COURT.

Platt Estate. " Final report approved, showing John and George Platt, heirs, h?ve received their shares in full and ordered distributed to Ross Platt, $70.33, to Lillie Shields $70.33, to heirs of Robert Platt, deceased, $40.53. John Tillett Estate. Joseph L. Beesley, executor, files report sale of part lot 11 and all of lot 12 in Francesville, Ind., to Sarah E. Freeman for $2,500, and deed approved. William Daniels Estate. Final report approved to distribution ordered as follows: Sarah E. Daniels $109.13; Korah Daniels $36.37; Elmer Daniels $36.37; Pearl Daniels $36.37; Guy Daniels $36.38; Folra Payne $36.38; Mary A. Price $36.38. Christian Wuerthner, by J. M. Sauser, guardian. Current report, showing guardian charges himself with $928 and claims credits of $173.70, leaving balance in his hands of $754.30 and guardian allowed SIOO for his services.

Man At Frankfort Murders Mother After Being Scolded.

Mrs. Alice Oliver, of Frankfort, was shot and killed at the dinner table at her home Sunday by her son, Harry, 29 years -old, because she had reprimanded him for laziness and drinking. After the shooting the son cut his throat with a razor and is now near death at a hospital. An incontrollable temper, which had kept Oliver in almost constant trouble since early childhood, is believed to be responsible for the crjme. When dinner was«ready, after quarreling, Mrs. Oliver remarked: “Come on, Harry, take your place at the table and let’s quit quarreling,” at which Oliver, without replying, jerked a revolver from his pocket and fired point blank at hifc mother, the bullet passing through her head and lodging in a wall. After the shoot 1 ing Oliver walked calmly to the woodshed, where he gashed his throat. He then went into the kitchen, while his terrified father and two sisters watched him write a note, as follows: “Good-by to all. This has Been coming for eight years. Mother can not live and stand it all.” He then went and lay down beside his dead mother.

Mrs. William Rees Died At Home Near Newland.

Mrs. William J. Rees died at her home near Newland Saturday night at the age of 41 years, 10 months and 6 days. She was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Enlow. Her father died when she was 15 years of age and her mother stiff lives at the age of 67 at Lebanon, Ind. She was married to William J. Rees on April 30, 1890, and was the mother of twelve children, all living except one. The children are Letha, Ernest, Mrs. Mary Tow, Russell, Leonard, Harold, Chester, Hazel, Charles, Isabelle and Earle. Mrs. Rees united with the United Brethren church when 13 years of age and always lived a consistent Christian life. Her death is mourned by all who knew her. The funeral was heid this Monday afternoon at the Barkley church .burial at the Barkley cemetery. Calkins & Worland, funeral directors.

Tennis Meeting Tuesday Evening to Arrange Courts.

•There will be a tennis meeting on Tuesday evening at 7:30 in Dr. Gwin’s office. At the meeting new courts for the coming season will be discussed. Some money for the courts has already been subscribed and it is intended to build this spring. All those interested are urged to attend the meeting.

The G. E. Becker property sold at public auction Saturday, the buyer being R. W. Burris and the price paid $1,025. The personal property sold fairly well.

Members of the W. C. T. U. helped the town marshal of Petersburg Saturday in smashing 1,650 bottles of beer, pouring the contents into the gutter. Empty cases taken in a drug store road were used for a bonfire in the street.

Miss Clara Jessen, who is attending optical school in Chicago, spent Sunday at her home here. The Chevrolet motor car company have recently increased their stock to $80,000,000. Phone 273. Call this number when you want coal or feed. Talk to us about your coal: we have something to tell you about our coal.—Harrington Bros. Co. Carl Zacher, who came, from Iron, Minn., to attend the golden wedding anniversary of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zacher, of Newton township, left yesterday for his home. Phone 7 and call for our B. B. range coal. —Harrington Bros. Co.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR UNION TP. ORDERED

Judge Hanley Holds For Plaintiffs In Proceeding Mandating Trustee Hammerton. . The proceeding begun some weeks ago by R. L. Budd and County Superintendent Lamson seeking to mandate Trustee Hammerton, of Union township, to build a high school building in Union township, came up for trial this Monday before Judge Hanley and Attorney John A. Dunalp appeared for the plaintiff and Attorneys W. L. Wood and Geo. A. Williams for the trustee, who objects to the erection of the school house for the reason that a very small per cent of the taxpayers of the township seem to want the building, owing to the great expense of its erection and maiftte/ance and the small number liable to use it.

The law clearly imposes the duty on a trustee to build a high school when there have been a certain number of graduates from the township and’ivhen there is no high school within a certain number of mile*. Union township presents the conditions which the law says require a trustee to erect a high school. The taxpayers have not signified in any that they want a high school until the mandamus proceeding was started by Mr. Budd. Judge Hanley held for the plaintiff and ordered that he proceed to secure a site and erect a high school. The defendant made motion for a new trial and failing in this will take an appeal. It is believed the higher court will declare the law unconstitutional as it leaves the taxpayers or residents of a township no right of remonstrance. The law was one of the freaks of the legislature and should be repealed and probably will be by the next legislature and an appeal will probably not be reported on until after the legislature convenes, so there is not much chance of the taxpayers being burdened by the cost of a new building.

The price of farm implements is soaring. Call and see us at once if you want to save money.—Hamilton & Kellner. If you want a good milk cow attend Ross Porter’s public sale Thursday, February 24th. "" * I 1 ' Protect Your Puree. Don’t spend your money foolishly. Buy R. & B. $25 Fashion clothes for $21.75, $22.50 Michaels Stem clothes $19.75, $4 hats for $3. Get Hamillized. It pays. Chevrolet valve in head motor cars have been built without a single change for three years. What does this go to show? B. B. or Puritan Egg for the range. Ky. B. or Carbon splint for the heating stove. —Harrington Bros. Co. We have a nice, clean-burning lump coal for $4.00. —D. E. Grow. Baled wild hay, timothy hay, wheat and oats straw for sale by Hamilton & Kellner, v Hamill’s SIOO Victrola will ornament somebody's parlor. Get Hamill,ized early. - *■- Suits to Order. •Spring samples now on display. Orders taken far later delivery.— Hamill & Co. Fred Irwin has drawn a penal farm sentence of sixty days. He will be taken to the farm tomorrow. The sentence of “Shorty” Adams expired today.;

WRESTLING: < _ ' < Everett Marlin; ; , ; , ..< VS \ ' r ’-4- 4 Glen Swaim j of Parr , 5 , S . V*- \ • _ * 7 ~ ■ a== < AT ELLBTHEATRE Rensselaer, Ind. SATURDAY, ™UARY2G Good Preliminary. Adnt 25c

PRINCES Q THEATRE 0 Rensselaer’s Quality flense TONIGHT Universal Feature in 3 parts “The Batchelor’s Christmas” A delightful modern drama featuring Ben Wilson and Dorothy Phillips and a Popular Joker Comedy “Dad’s Awful Deed” Presenting Max Asher and Wm. Franey Adm. 10c and sc. 7 O’clock Methodist Notes. The Sunday school attendance was 245. The Woman’s ■Foreign Missionary Society service brought out a crowded house Sunday morning. Miss Voltlander, a returned missionary from India, gave a very interesting address on the conditions in India and the great need of missionary work. The young ladies of she Standard Bearers took up an offering for the missionary and $16.64 was raised. Dr. Curnick preached at night to a good sized congregation upon 'thq subject “The Fellowship of God.” Mrs. John A. Dunlap sang a beautiful solo Sunday morning. The choir will have a practice at the church Friday evening. Miss Elizabeth Kirk led the Epworth League Sunday evening, at which fifty were present. Carl Amott Fell From Bicycle and Broke Leg. Carl, the 7-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Amott, fell or was pushed over as he was ridig nhis bicycle home from school at noon today, Monday. He was near the White Boarding House when the accident occurred. When picked up it was found that he had a fractured leg. He waa taken into the White Boarding House and Dr. English called. He was taken to his home and the bone waa set. The fracture was of the large bone of the leg about half way between the knee and the ankle. There is to be some land-selling activity on the Springer ranch again this year and B. E. Keeney, of Chicago, a selling agent, was here Sunday with four prospectors, who were taken to the ranch by Harve Moore and “Frenchy” Deschand. It is hoped that the land there will be sold at a price that will. be fair to the buyer and give him a chance for success. It is said that pickles will be grown extensively there the coming year and that experiments last year showed a large profit per acre.

NOTICE TO THE. PUBLIC Owing to the fact that I have the agency for three of the Largest and best wail paper mills in the country, I will be able to hang your wall paper and furpish the paper for 15c per roll thia spring. I All work guaranteed. n 7" - ■ ' "i-. i.I —»j ' l-ZZ Phone 331 ZZZ LEE RICHARDS Painter and Paper Hanger If It’s -Electrical let Leo Mecklenburg doit. Phone 621

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