Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1916 — Page 1

No. 51.

DRINCESQ I THEATRE 0 ■' ' ■■■ - '■ * * Rensselaer’s Quality House TONIGHT ■— ... 2.131 “When Rogues Fall Out” Prize railroad drama in 8 parts Featuring the beautiful, daring young actress, Helen Holmes. z -A picture so full $f real thrills that you will rememlber it for days to come. See Helen climb to the top of a big bridge to pick out a nice dangerous spot to drop to the top of a fast express ‘when it passes beneath. NESTOR COMEDY With Billie Rhodes & Ray Gallagher in ‘Her Speedy Affair’

RALSTON GREETS EGG ASSOCIATION

Governor Goes Into Subject of Good Roads in, Address of Welcome — Directors Are Elected. Indianapolis, Feb. 29.—Governor Ralston made the address of welcome • at the opening session of the convention of the Indiana Egg and Poultry association here today. The' governor produced statistics showing that fowls valued at $202,000,000 were marketed in 1914 in the United States. Egg production was valued at $306,000,000 he said. Gov. Ralston also went into the subject of good roads briefly, declaring the United States already is sipending enough money each year to insure improved highways, but that tthe money is not being spent for proper materials or for the .ight kind of men to oversee the work. ‘T'know of no puttie improvement,” he said, “in which high class engineers are more greatly needed than in roal building.

Pension Roll May Be Augmented By Some Millions of Dollars.

Washington, Feb. 29.—Pensions of not less than S2O a month for all Union Civil War veterans 70 years old or more, and eligible for the penz sion roll, are proposed in a bill favorably reported to the ‘house today. The measure also will increase from sl2 to S2O the pension of every widow who was the lawful wife of a soldier during his services in the civil war, restore to their former pensionable status widows of civil war soldiers dropped from the rolls because of their marriage to other persons, and who are again widows or divorced, on their own application, and amend by making the date 1905 and act of 1890, providing that women wh,o married civil war veterans after that date should not be entitled to pensions upon becoming widows. No official estimate of the amount the bill would add to pension appropriations had been made, but the total would be some millions of dollars.

Burlie Harrod and Wife Now at Colorado Springs.

Under date of Feb. 26th Burlie Harrod writes as follows from Colorado Springs: . “Will encolse my address so that you can send me the paper and will at the same time tell you how we are getting along. We arrived here the 21st and have rented a house on a high hill overlooking Colorado Springs and Manitou. We can not see much of the latter as it is at the foot of the mountains. Can see Pike’s Peak from our house. It is certainly •great scenery for us to look at. The weather is surely grand. They tell me there was only one snow this winter and that didn’t amount to much. We can see snow on the mountains, however. This leaves wife and myself getting along nicely and always anxious for the Jasper county news.

Horses Wanted Saturday, March 11th.

We will be in Rensselaer Saturday, March 11th, in the market for horses and will treat you good.—D. Gleason & Son.

Hats Cleaned.

You can have yftur Panama, Ban- “ kok ghd ed and reblocked by a practical hatter in your home town. Here for a few days only. Call at McKay s Laundry or Phone 340. <■?

We have a nice, clean-burning lump coal for $4-00. —D. E. Grow.

The Evening Republican.

PURDUE SECURES LAND FOR ARMORY

Acquisition, of Several Lots On University Street Provides Site For the New Structure. Lafayette Journal. The transfer of several lots on the east side of University street, West Lafayette, to the-state of Indiana, for Purdue university, is the initial ste£ for the construction of a new armory to replace the old building destroyed by fire last week. The need of a new and up-to-date armory was keenly felt at the university for some time, and before the fire steps nad been taken by President Stone for ttye purchase of a strip of land adjoining Stuart field on the west, and facing University street, with the view of some day erecting a substantial building for the housing of the arms of the militia companies and the tery at Purdue. The old building was' entirely too small and would not accommodate the field pieces of the battery. . „ . .... —-—-----

Roberson Leekins Stock Co. Pleasing Patrons at Ellis.

If the attendance at the Ellis theatre 'Tuesday night had been commensurate, With the production offered by the Roberson Leekins Stock Co., every seat w’ould have had an occupant. That beautiful and inspiring play, “Polly of the Circus” made famous by Mabie Taliaferro and Ida St. Leon, was the offering and was presented in a most excellent manner. Mr. Roberson in the role of the young minister, had a part that admirably fits his style of acting and his support in-every-part was strong and perfect. Miss Claudia White, as “Polly,” played with strength and emotion, While Ethel Ramsdell as Sarra was admirably done. Carrie LaMoine, Waneta Wallace, Harry Dougherty, L. E. Bingham, Lois Ramsdell and Chas. Leekins complete the cast. As a matter of fact, the company, which is quite deserving, has not received the patronage it has merited during the engagement thus far. The company hs a whole measures qp to the best and far excells the average repertoire company playing this section. The class of plays presented, mostly royalty productions, rank much higher than the usual week stand offerings. There is such a thing as merit going unrewarded and it is quite evident that an illustration in point is the lack of appreciation on the part of local theatre goers of the capable efforts the Roberson Leekins company has been making to please. ————■ — Tonight the favorite old play “St. Etoo” will be presented, and such plays as “Little Lost Sister,” *"1688 of the Storm Country,” “Nobody Home,” and a Saturday matinee of Hal Rield’s famous sucecss, “A Homespun Heart,” will follow.

POSTOFFICE BILL PASSED IN HOUSE

$321,000,000 Appropriated to Run the Service Coming Year—'Provides Space Basis Payment on Mail. Washington, Feb. 28.—Over bitter and persistent opposition the house tonight passed the annual postoffice appropriation bill with its provisions for substituting a space basis for the present weight system of paying railroads for carrying mails and prohibition of any increase in existing limit of fifty pounds on parcel post packages. The measure carries appropriations aggregating $321,000,000 to operate the postal system during the coming year. The fight against the space payment plan, long advocated by the postoffice department and vigorously opposed by the railroads, was led by Representative Cannon. His proposal that the matter of rate adjustment be left to the interstate commerce commission was defeated 79 to 54. Representative Lewis, of Maryland, contended to the last for a 100 pound limit for parcel post. He declared the limit of 50 pounds would “hog tie” the postal service and send up the stocks of the express companies. The bill finally passed without a record vote. A motion to send it back to the committee was voted down, 174 to 139.

Leslie Clark Sells Two Of His Tenant Properties.

Leslie Clark has closed two deals this week for the sale of properties he had been renting. One was the house on Angelica street irt which Sam Duvall lived for some time. N. C, Shafer was the purchaser and himself and family will occupy it as a residence, moving there at once. The other’ was the property on Smith Weston streetoccupiedby.Joe Jeffries. The purchaser is Tlarve J. Robinson, linotype operator at The Republican office. Mr. Jeffries will continue to occupy it until fall.

We can order your engraved calling cards at this office. /

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CALDWELL CASE IS SETTLED NOW

Court Approves Final Compromise— Some of the Land Will Be Sold and Home Established.

Fowler, Feb. 28. —The celebrated Caldwell will case was finally settled Saturday, February 26, 1916, when Judge Berry of the Benton circuit court, approved the contract of settlement made by all the parties and their attorneys. By the terms of the settlement, Mrs. Katherine Hames received 500 acres in fee simple, in full for ..er life estate in a section of land and for her life estate in one- , third of the net ’ncome. Mrs. Follansbee gets her annuity of $5;000, her daughter, Mrs. Florence Butler, and Anna Eckstadt get their annuity of $2,000 a year. Nellie Fowler and Freeland B. Caldwell get their annuity of SI,OOO each. All* these an- - nuities are secured 'by a lien on the property instead of merely oin the income. No appeal will be tak6n from the decision of Judge Vinton sustaining the compromise. The Charles Fowlqr "children and widow receive their section of land as provided in the will but get no rent for the two years that the estate was managed by the receivers. All back annuities are paid in full without any .nterest, all other devisees will get their legacies in full. It is the trustee’s intention to sell enough land in the near future to pay all claims against the Caldwell estate, including the $250,000 to be paid the plaintiffs. This will leave from 2,500 to 3,000 acres clear, out of which the annuities of $9,000 a year will be paid, leaving SIO,OOO to $15,000 a year for the home for mothers and their sick babies. The trustees hope to be able to open this home within a short time and it will eventually have a yearly net income of from $20,000 to $30,000, and will be one of the best endowed charitable institutions of the state.

FAIRBANKS TO BE KENTUCKY CHOICE

• Eight Delegates to Be Instructed to Support Hoosier Favorite and Others Will Favor Him. Lcuisville, Fan. 29.—Indications tonight were that vhe republican state convention here tomorrow would elect eight delegates at large with one-half vote each, instructed for Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, to support his name before the Chicago convention as long as there is i possibility of him securing the republican nomination. tin district conventions held yesterday and today, three districts elected uninstructed delegations: three districts instructed for Fairbanks and three, while choosing uninstructed delegates, adopted resolutions dec la--ing in favor of Fairbanks for the nomination. In the two remaining districts supporters of Eairbanks declare men known to favor rhe former vice-president were elected.

Game Tonight Closes Home Basket Season For Rensselaer.

Rensselaer will close her home basketball season tonight with a game with the' five from Reynolds. The locals anticipate little trouble in defeating their opponents in the bout this evening. Following this game a stiff practice will be followed in preparation for the district meet at Gary March 10 and 11. < Thirteen teams are to compete at the steel city for the honor of representing this district at the meet in Bloomington the latter part of the month for the state title. Five teams are conceded to have the bast chances of winning the district meet at Gary, as follows: LaPorte, South Bend, East Chicago, Valparaiso and Emerson high school of Gary.

Henry Meyers and John Karch, of Walker township, were Rensselaer visitors today. Mr. Karch is a fine appearing young man and feels that an injustice was done him in the published statement that he and others forced an entrance to the school house to hold Sunday school. He says that he is the superintendent of the Sunday school but that when he appeared on Sunday morning the door to the school house was opened. He says that the statement that four or five hundred rocks were thrown at the School house last week while Miss Lulu Nelson was teaching, is preposterous. From another source... the statement is made that there was only one rock thrown and that it struck on the step and caused no damage. Another citizen of the township says that the reports that have gone out about the trouble have been greatly magnified and that there is only one sensible thing to ‘do and that is to forget it and go right along with the school and Sunday school just as they were doing before the rockthrowing incident was reported.

UNCLE SAM SUES FIRST BORROWER

Effort Will Be Made to Reqover Money Loaned Americans Stranded *in Europe. New York, Feb. 29.—The first of the government suits to recover money loaned to Americans who were stranded in Europe when the war began, was begun today at the instigation of Secretar/of the Treasury McAdoo, by U. S. District Attorney France, of Brooklyn. He brought suit against Walter A. M'anice to recover $67.83.

The money was paid to Manice out of the fun of $2,750,000 appropriated by congress from which Americans stranded abroad could borrow to satisfy their immediate needs. Many thousands of citizens availed «hemselves of the use of the funds and notes were taken for sums, varying fiorfi one dollar to one thousand dollars. Many of the borrowers made good their obligations soon after returning hpme, but a great number neglected to do so. The names of Z,OOO of these according to Mr. McAdoo, were the least justified in delinquency, were finally made public by him and late/ he announced that restitution suits would be brought.

CIRCUIT COURT.

Albertus M. Yeoman, Adm., v. Jasper Makeever et al. Cause submit? ted to the court for trial and defendant, Francis M. Makeever, requests the court to make a special finding of the facts. State v. Graham. Two cases, continued for the term. J. I. Case Co. v. Herr,Venued to Newton county. State v. Weiss. Two cases, set for trial March 2. State v. Ralph Sprague. Defendant enters plea of guilty to assault and battery and is fined $5 and costs. American Agricultural Co. v. Herr. Complaint filed returnable March 10, 1916. C. M. Sands, attorney - for plaintiff. Faylor v. Faylor. Complaint filed returnable, April 10, 1016. G. A, J¥illiams, attorney for palintiff.

.8. H. Moore v. Estate Patrick Hallagan. Continued for the term. • Ancel Pruette, guardian of Ruth Pruette. Final report filed showing $515.11 paid ward for which ward files her receipt and guardian is discharged. Firman Thompson, guardian May F. Thompson. Sale certain real estate in Parr reported to Rensselaer Lumber Co., and deed approved. William H. Hershman, executor of Joel F. Spriggs Estate. Final report approved and distribution made to the heirs, and executor discharged, said estate being fully settled. Mary Clark Estate. Albert S. Keene appointed administrator. Ida Fisher, guardian of Jeanette Fisher, files petition to sell certain real estate in Remington, Ind., and Geo. L. Hascall and C. H. Peek appointed appraisers. Appraisement filed and sale ordered at private sale without notice* ~~~~ - Warren W. Sage, guardian minor heirs of Chas. Sage, deceased, authorized to join with adult heirs in procuring loan of $3,500 on certain real estate in Jordan township, said money to be used to discharge a certain mortgage of $2,000 and balance tb be usod to pay claims against estate of said Chas. Sage, deceased. " U. M. Baughman, guardian of Clin-, ton Ricks, files current report showing balance on his hands of SI,OOO. c.P. HermailSon“appoiTrted administrator of Herman Hermanson and said adminitsrator files report of sale of personal property in amount of $1,891.61.

Tickets for the cantata tomorrow ovenjng may be procured at J. J. Montgomery’s news stand, Thompson & Waymire’s case, and Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store. With the present high price of butter, we would like you to try our fancy butterine, for this week only, 18c a pound. ■» P JOHN EGER. Miss Anna Anderson, of Piper City, 111., ie visiting Miss Nellie O’Connor, with whom she was a classmate m Notre Dame Academy at Bourbonnais, 111. Mr. Elmer Charles, of Urbana, Uh, came today to visit them. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Soffer, who were married a week ago at Herscher, 111., returned to their home today after a visit of a few days With Eugene Kirk and family in .Barkley township.

Comrade Fox still carries the mail. He resigned two or three months ago and fully expected to get relieved by the first of February but did not, although 'bids had been received for cqmp firnp, . No»canQ-ther mpnth has gone by and Comrade is still carrying the mail, paying a high, price for corn and oats and wondering f he [will 'have to carry it. at starvation wages all year. This seems to be 'about the only case of—democraticeconomy in the country.

CHARIVARI CROWD SHOCKED NEIGHBORHOOD

Houses lit Rensselrter Trembled When Charge Was Set Off in Country Tuesday Night. • A few moments before 11 o’clock Tuesday night there was a loud explosion that shook the houses of Rensselaer and vicinity and caused all who were awake to believe that there had been an explosion at the Aetna Powder Mills in Lake county. It was not ascertained what had hap pened until this Wednesday morning, when it w-as learned that the shock was caused by the discharge of five pounds of dynamite near the C. E. Waling farm residence southeast Of town. About two weeks ago Mr. Waling’s daughter, Edith, was married to John A. Shields. Tuesday evening their friends gathered to give them an old fashioned “belling” and the dynamite was a feature. It was discharged in a field some distance from the house, it is said, and no damage resulted, but the shock was very pronounced*here and is said to have been felt at Monon. Squire C. W. Bussell states that he felt it plainly at his farm home in Hanging Grove township.

The shock was different from a number felt here when explosions at the powder mills occurred. In most cas.es persons thought that the jar occurred within their houses and seveirail fathers got out of bed to search the premises. Many who had children thought that the little ones had fallen out of bed. It was really very fortunate that there was no damage at the point where the explosion took place.

The Republican tried to learn* by talkingjto persons over the telephone, the details of the, affair, but persons seemed unwilling to talk about it. The prank was meant in the most harmless manner and those who perpetrated it evidently did not realize that they were going to shock a big section of Jasper county.

Mother of Mrs. O. M. Peek Died at Age of 84 Years.

Mrs. Laura A. Sprague, whose age would have been 84 on the 20th of the coming July, died at 8:40 o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. M. Peek, at the north edge of town. She was a native of New York state but had lived in Illinois for many years and her husband, Harlow Sprague, died there eleven years ago and was buried at Huntley, 111., to which place the re/ mains of Mrs. Sprague will be taken Thursday morning on the 10:36 train. Mrs. Sprague had been in fair health until a week ago last Sunday when she suffered a stroke of paralysis. She sank rapidly after that time. She is survived ’by three children, Mrs. Cora Edna Lawshe, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Harley F. Sprague, of Chicago, and Mrs. Peek, of this city, with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband. They had lived in Jasper cdunty for the past five years, coming here from Blackford, 111.

M. E. Church Dairy Lunch. Dinner will be served in church dining pari ors, Tuesday, March 7th, beginning at 5 p. m. t Menu. Baked ham, horseradish 10c Roast pork, baked apple 10c Creamed chicken . • • • .10c Scalloped oysters ... 5 c Mashed potatoes, gravy 5c Noodles .5c Baked beans 5c Fruit salad 5c Cold slaw 5c Rolls '....2c Brown or white bread l c Butter T.7LE ......... ZZ7IE Pickles or olives lc Harvard beets 1c Brown pudding 5c Ice cream 5c Cake ‘ 5c Coffee ..........5c Home-madetcandy. - The public invited.

Public Safe of Household Goods. _ Sale postponed until Saturday, March 4th, in the afternoon at court house square. The following articles will be sold: Good range, wood heating stove, extension table, stands, wardrobe, bed room set, 1 set bed springs, 2 safes 2 carpets 2 rugs, kitchen cabinet, washing machine and other art, tides. * Fred Phillips, Auctioneer.

/ THE WEATHER. snow tonight and Thursday; colder Thursday.

THE REX THEATRE Thursday, March 2 Mary Miles Milter ii “Barbara Frietchie” A FIVE REEL “Metro Feature A WAR DRAMA Without a Battle Scene. On a Big Scale With Superb Acting A Throbbing Story Clearly Told. - Matinee and Night Thursday, March 2 At The Rex Theatre

Jasper County Gets Some More Auto Tax Money.

The state automobile department for the last six months of ?915 collected $59>882.80, which includes sl,896.80 interest. The ffum less expenses of the department is distributed among the counties of the ;tate and Jasper county gets 0419.52. Newton county gets $416.74 and- Benton j county gets $505.09. The expense of supplies was $5,731.08 and the salaries amounted to $7,354.18. The cost of collection was therefore about 15 per cent of the amount collected. The Republican has always believed that the tax should be collected right in the counties by the county treasurers, thus saving the salaries and the big expense incurred in the Indianapolis office and leaving all the money collected available for road repairs.

Quincy A. Myers, Candidate For Governor, Loses Home. Indianapolis, Fefy 29. —The home of Quincy A. Myers, candidate for the republican nomination for governor, was gutted by fire here today. The loss is estimated at from $5,000 to St. Joe Five to Play At Lafayette Tonight. The St. Joe basketball five will go to Lafayette this afternoon to meet the Y. M. C. P. team of that place in a game tonight. The St. Joe aggregation trimmed the Lafayette team earlier in the season. NOTICE. The Gleaners class of Hie Presbyterian church will hold a market at Warner. Bros.' store Saturday morning, March 4 th, Residence Property At Public Auction. * . - ’ The Leech property on West Vine street will be sold at public auction to settle the estate, on Saturday, March 4, at 2 p. m., at said residence. Possession can be given at once. Terms will be made known on day of saIe.—FRED PHILLIPS, Auctioneer.

ELLIS THEATRE TONIGHT £ The Roberson-Leekins Company in ST. ELMO Prices 10, 20 and 30 cents Curtain at 8:30 » , ■' -J’.’- .• ' sharp

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