Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — Page 1

No. 47.

Princess Theatre “Rensselaer’s Quality House” TONIGHT GRAFT NO. 2 Presenting THE TENEMENT HOUSE EVIL Presenting Hobart Henley and Jane Novak Story by Rev. Louis Joseph Vance INSIDE FACTS A Modern Drama presenting Myrtle Gonzales SLIPPERY SLIM COMEDY j Safety “First” and “Last” Admission 10 and sc. ' * • 7-77-T.- . .. -

DAVID R. FRANCIS TAKES RUSS POST

Former Missouri Governor Finally Yields to Wilson’s Offer —Senate and Russia Must Confirm Act.

Washington, Feb. 22.—David R. Francis, secretary of the interior in Cleveland’s cabinet and former governor of Missouri, told President Wilson today he would accept the post of ambassador to Russia to succeed George T. Marve, who has resigned. His nomination will be sent to the senate as soon as inquiry can be made of the Russian government as to whether he is acceptable. The president and Secretary Lansing attach unusual importance to the embassy at Petrograd at present because of questions growing out of the .- the -problem of inspecting the large detention camps in Russia in which are held thousands of German and Austrian prisoners.

Severe Cold Quickly Cured.

“On December first I had a very severe cold or attack of the grip as it may be, and was nearly down sick In bed,” writes O. J. Metcalf, Weatherby, Mo. “I bought two bottles of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and it was only a few days until I was completely restored to health. I firmly believe that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is one of the very best medicines and will know what to do when I have another cold.” Obtainable everywhere. C

Protect Your Purse.

Don’t spend your money foolishly. Buy R. & B. $25 Fashion clothes for $21.75, $22.50 Michaels Stern clothes $19.75, $4 hats for $3. Get Hamillized. It pays.

The Stork Special.

ifiom, Feb. 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Johnson, north of town, a daugh*ter. Born, Feb. 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Orange Criswell, of Milroy township, a daughter. *= Born, Feb. 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Dunlap, southeast of town, a son.

For a Bilious Attack.

When you have a severe headache, accompanied by a coated tongue, loathing of food, constipation, torpid liver, vomiting of partly digested food and then bile, you may know that you have a severe biliofis attack. While you may be quite sick there is much consolation in knowing, that relief £may be had by taking three of Chamierlain’s Tablets. They are prompt and effectual. Obtainable everywhere. .. ®

Box Social.

.The Ladies’ Aid will give a box social at McCoysburg Saturday, Feb. 26. Ladies bring boxes. Tin — - - - . _ -• Spring Shoes Now Ready. Hamillize your feet. Wear Crawford shoes. We have a nice, clean-burning lump coal for $4.00.—D. E. Grow:

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The Evening Republican.

Canadians Refuse to Lift Duty Ban From U. S. Wheat.

Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 23.—Proposals for the free admission of wheat from the United States into Canada were killed for another year in parliament this afternoon. J. T. Tariff ordered a resolution proposing that the Canadian duty of 12 cents a bushel on wheat be removed so that under the countervailing clause of the Underwood tariff law Canadian wheat could have free admission to the United States market, where it now faces a tariff of 10 cents. The government declared against the resolution on the ground that free wheat had been defeated with reciprocity and because free admission of wheat to American markets would deprive the Canadian railroads of traffic. The resolution was defeated 77 to 44, only one government follower voting in the affirmative.

Aims and Purposes of the Parent-Teacher Association.

The first meeting of the ParentTeacher Association win be held in the high school Thursday evening, March 9th. Attorney George A. Williams will be the chief speaker. A good social program will be provided. Some of the aims and purposes of the association are as follows: 1. To make the school “Our school” rather than the public school. 2. Establish closer relations between home and school. 3. To enable the parents and the teachers to co-operate intelligently in the education of the child. 4. To develop a wiser and more efficient parenthood. 6. To unite the home and school in the task of developing good citizens. 6. To rouse the city to a sense of its duty and responsibility _to the whole of child life.

Ex-Senator Burton Becomes Candidate For the Presidency.

Columbus, 0., Feb. 23.—Theodore E. Burton, former U. S. senator from Ohio, today officially became a candidate for the republican nomination for president. Three declarations of candidates for delegates-at-large to the republican national convention filed with Secretary of State Hildebrant, were accompanied by formal statements, signed by Mr. Burton, giving permission for use of his name in connection with the presidential nomination. ~ , ~ Friday is the last day in which candidates for president and delegates to the natioanl conventions of both the republican and democratic parties may file declarations. The pttefliy election will be held April 25.

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

200 bushels more of those fancy, Minnesota sandgrown white potatoes, 30c peck, $1.20 a bushel. 1 lb. can stewed and strained tomotoea 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 sweet potatoes ... .8c a can 3 lb can spinach 8c a can 3 lb can California peeled table peaches .............«10c a can =»==%#= <*i#=Ralfforma aabafftlfttf™-" tips ....10c a can Palm-Olive toilet soap 7c a cake 4 lbs fancy evaporated California- peaches - • .25c ~ JOHN EGER.

! RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1916.

NEW STONE ROAD HELP TO RENSSELAER

T. M. Calalhan, et ai, Petition For Improvement That Will Conned Wheat field and County Seat. No more important road imm-ove-ment has been undertaken in Jasper county than the one recently petitioned for in the commissioners’ court by T. M. Callahan and others. It will connect the S., C. Irwin road, at Gifford with the main stone road south of Wheatfield and give a complete stone road all the way from Rensselaer to Wheatfield, The route most genearlly traveled between these places is via Kniman and Zadoc, but the route via Gifford is a direct one and the building of a stone road to close the unimproved gap will be a great boon to increased travel. Much of the business from Wheatfield and environs that would naturally come to Rensselaer has been going to Valparaiso because of the better roads north of the Kankakee river, but the improvement petitioned for will draw the trsyie in this direction. The exact location of the proposed road is as follows: From Gifford % mile north, thence V*. mile east and thence 3% miles north. Now if some effort will be made to connect up the gap at Viigie, Rensselaer will be connected in good shape with, the north end of the county.

St. Joseph Wins Fast Game From St. Viators 30 to 22.

In an unusually fast game at the college gym Wednesday, St. Joe, defeated St. Viators, of Kankakee, by the score of 30 to 22. The first half endecTln favor of St. Joe 24 to 10, but St. Viators came back strong the secqnd half and displaying more roughness than their opponents, made 12 points to St. Joe's 6. Laiuse, St. Joe’s captain, and Deery at center, were the stars for St. Joe, while Gartlan and Flynn starred for the visitors. Line-up: St. Viators St Joe Flynn rs Leriger Gartlan i If Lause (c) Finnigan c Deery Conroy, Roach If Tremil Pemberton rg Ehrman Field goals: Flynn 2, Gartlan 5, Roach, Pemberton, Lause 7, Deery 3, Leriger. Foul goals Flynn 3, Gartlan 8. Referee F. Haggerty, Chicago. Time of halves 20 minutes.

Miss Irene M. Jungels and Aloysious K. Hart Married.

The marriage of Miss Irene M. Jungles and Aloysious K. Hart took place at the St. Michaels Catholic church at Kniman, Feb. 21, at 10 a. m. Rev. Father H. A. Horstman, priest of the Catholic church, performed the marriage ceremony. Tmey were led to t)ie alter by Miss Sabina Hart as bridesmaid and Mr. Alfred Hart as best man, sister and brother of the groom, where the bonds of matrimony were performed. The ring ceremony was used, with Miss Josephine Peer as carrier. Pink carnations and green ferns. After the ceremony the bride and groom and nearest relatives went to thehbmeof the bride’s pareiits, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jungels, where a bountiful two course dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs, Aloysius K. Hart left the following day for a week’s visit, with relatives and friends in Chicago, after which they will reside at Hammond, Ind. The many friends of the bride and groom will wish them a happy and prosperous life.

Company M. Won Indoor Rifle Match at South Bend.

The Company M rifle team, composed of Lieutenant Garland, Corporal Bissenden, Corporal Wynegar and Pirvates Wilcox and Bums, wort the indoor rifle match at South Bend Tuesday. The team made a total of 642. South Bend was second and Valparaiso was third. Corporal Bissenden was the high man on the Rensselaer team, getting 132 points. Lieutenant Garland wias second with 131.

Selling Onions By Carload Lots—Shipment to Danville, III.

B. Forsythe and D. L. Halstead today shipped a carload of onions to Danville, 111., where they had been sold to dealers. *The market has fallen a little during the warmer days of the past week but it is probable that a good price will prevail through March. The price reported now is $2.75 per hundred.

'the weather. Overcast tonight and Friday; colder Friday. Try our Classified Column.

TRADED FARM FOR FERTILIZER PLANT

Now Seeks to Halt Action Brought By Plaintiff For Fulfillment of the Contract. A case venued here from Newton county is being tried in the circuit court. It is a suit on contract brought by Foster H. Stockton, proprietor of the Main street garage of Lafayette, against John Von Steenberger, a farmer living near Morocco. The plaintiff is represented by Attorneys Slamuel Sims and Allen Bouids, of Lafayette, and the defendant by Attorneys John A. Uurflap and Orth Graves. The facts are substantially as follows: Mr. Stockton owned a fertilizer plant at Wabash. He traded it to Von Steenburger for the latter’s 157 acre farm north of Morocco. The farm was slightly encumbered and Stockton paid a cash difference of S6OO and assumed the mortgage. The terms of the contract were agreed upon and signed Jan. 6th. The deed was to be closed on the 15th of January. Mr. Von Steenburger went to Wabash and took charge of the fertilizer plant, but was displeased at once' and remained only one day, abandoning the plant and returning to the l farm. On Jan. 15th when Stockton appeared to close the deal Von Steenburger declined and offered to return to Stockton the S6OO the latter had paid. The suit followed. TThe defense contends that Stockton was unable to transfer a contract from the city of Wabash to consume the garbage and was thus unable to fulfill the contract. Stockton contends that the condition of the transfer of the garbage contract was merely an assignment of the contract. The case involves about SIO,OOO and is being hotly contested. Expert witnessesi from Wabaah are here to testify as to the value of the fertilizer plant. Mr. Stockton, the plaintiff, -S a son of Cary Stockton, a former treasurer of White county, and a brother of Karp Stockton, the athlete, who a few years ago won the conference basketball championship for Purdue. While teaching school at Whiting Karp’s health failed and he gave up teaching and went to Texas, where he is managing a large ranch. His health has returned and he is prospering in business.

New Teacher at the Monnett School For Girls.

Miss May Robinson, of Lagrange, 111., came today to take a position as teacher in the Monnett School For Girls, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Mary Howard, whose father recently died at •Lamoille, 111.

Cantata Ruth.

The Rensselaer Choral Club will render the sacred cantata “Ruth,” by Gaul, next Thursday evening, March 2nd, at 8 p. m., at the Methodist church. The cantata “Ruth” is based on the Biblical story familiar to everyone and the solo parts will be taken by Miss Padgitt as Ruth, Mrs. E. C. English as Orpah, Miss Wood as Naomi and Mr. Sage as Boaz. The choir consists of about forty voices of the best singers of Rensselaer and they have been most faithful in their practice for their parts. An orchestra of six pieces, Mr. Wagner and Mr. Sindier on violins; Mr. Wood fiff the flute; Mr. Healy and Mr. Beam on comets; Mr. Beam on trombone; Mr. Healy base, and Mrs. M. D. Gwin on the piano, with Mrs. L. C. Sage as director, will serve as an accompaniment throughout the cantata. , The preparation for such an entertainment requires an endless amount of work and the people of Rensselaer ■Kftirld support and encourage this musical organization in its first public performance. The price of admission will be 25 cents.

First Church of Christ. Bible school at 9:30. “Fa# in line,” others are coming! Communion and sermon at 10:45. Evening service at 7. We are counting on you being present Sunday. Don’t disappoint us. The pastor will preach. Mothers, Don't Darn! Hamillize the boy’s stockings. Standard 25c stockings, 2 pair for 25c. Try them. _____ Lyceum Course Dates. March 29—Colombian Entertainers. B. B. or Puritan Egg for the range. Ky. B. or Carbon splint for the heatng stove.-— Harrington Bros. Co. The price of farm -implements is soaring. Call and see us at once if you want to save money.—Hamilton — Watch for the street parade Saturday afternoon at 3:30. Carnival in evening. Try our Classified Column.

TENTH DISTRICT CONVENTION HERE

Tuesday, March 14th, Date Set For County Chairmen to Meet Here to Elect District Chairman. T - . t —-, - , Will H. Hays, republican state chairman, has issued two calls for republican conventions, conforming to the new primary law. The first is for county meetings on Saturday, March 11th, when the committeemen chosen at the primary will gather in the county seats and organize Dy electing county chairmen, secretaries, and treasurers of the organization. The other is for the meeting of the county chairmen to elect a district chairman. The tenth district meeting will be held in Rensselaer, at 1 o’clock p. m., on Tuesday, March 14th. County Chairman McLain has issued his call to the precinct committeemen to meet in Rensselaer Saturday, March 11th, at 1 o’clock p. m., at the court house. None arl affected by this except the twenty precinct committeemen, who will elect a county chairman, county secretary and county treasurer. District Chairman Smith, of Gary, will issue a call for the district convention. It is probable that there will be a number of politicions at this meeting. There are eight counties in the distiict and while only the county chairmen are required to meet under the law, there will be a considerable contest on for the district chairmanship and the two candidates, Dr. Smith, of Gary, and Dr. Bell, of Hammond, and their supporters are expected to gather in their interests. The hour of the district convention is set for 1 o’clock and it's probable that the county chairmen will not come before the morning of the date of the convention and unless there should be a deadlock in the election of a district chairman, the business should consume but a few minutes’ time. The counties in the district are Porter, Lake, Newton, Jasper, White, Benton, Tippecanoe and Warren.

Rensselaer Girls Lost Basket Ball Game to Brook Lassies.

The girls’ basketball team of the high school went to Brook Wednesday evening and met defeat by the Brook girls by the score of 15 to 8.

Public Sale of Household Goods. I will sell at public sale at my residence on Weston street, at 2:30 a. m., on Saturday, Feb. 26, 1916, the following household goods: Good range, wood heating stove, extension table, stands, wardrobe, I>ed room set, 1 set bed springs, 2 safes, 2 carpets, 2 rugs kitchen cabinet washing machine, and other articles. LUCY CLARK. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer.

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Twin Sister Mistaken For v Woman Murdered 30 Years Ago.. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 23.—A story from Logansport that Luella Mair bitt, for the murder of whom Airier Green was lynthed near Flora about thirty years ago, had been seen a few days ago by Herikiah Shank, a man who had known her in her youth, was exploded here today when Mrs. EUi Stone said that she was the woman who had spoken to Shank. Mrs. Stone was a twin sister of Luella Mabbitt. The similarity of their first names confused Shank and caused him to believe he was talking to Luella Maobitt. “For all I know, however,” said Mrs. Stone, “my sister may not have been murdered and may be living today. One night the home folks were awakened by the quarreling voices of Amer Green and my sister downstairs. Green was demanding the return of some presents which he had given and Luella was remonstrating. She had been called out of bed and was attired only in a pair of house slippers and a kimona. Suddenly the voices were quieted and we went back to sleep. The next morning Luella was missing and no trace of her was ever found except the torn kimona. A body found two weeks , later in a creek was not identified.” A mob took Green from the Cass county jail and hanged him to a tree.

Bargains in Overcoats.

S2O all wool Clothcraft overcoats $16.75; sls clothes $12.75; $3 elkskin work shoes $2.50, when you’re Hamlllized.

Ellis Theatre One Week Commencing Monday, Feb. 28 Reberson-Leekios Stock Co. In High Class Plays and —7 : ':'7~T — T ' Up-To-Date Vaudeville OPENING PLAY “A Man of the People” Acomedy drama in 3acts Prices 10, 20, 30c THIS COUPON WILL ADMIT ONE LADY FREE MONDAY NIGHT WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY ONE PAID 30c TICKET, IF RESERVED BEFORE 6 P. M. MONDAY.

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