Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1916 — MEN AND MATTERS [ARTICLE]

MEN AND MATTERS

Vincent Astor will build a clubhouse for nurses in New York city. The Cossak population of Russia amounts to roughly 2,500,000 men and women, and tney cui * some 146,500,000 acres of Russian terrltSper George, a member of the Pawnee Indian tribe, located in Oklahoma has received over a million dollars in royalties from the oil lands which he owns in that state.

Oscar Hammersteln, Impresario and theatrical maanger, once a cigarmaker, through his inventive mind patented several devices for improving the process of manufacturing cigars, one of which netted him over Before becoming head of the United States Steel corporation, Elbert H. Gary is said to have received the largest yearly retaining fee of any lawyer in the United States. » Forty-six thousand citizens of Chicago paid income tax last year.

If Roumanla Is drawn Into the present war its army will be commanded by the crown prince. Secretary of the Interior Lane worked as a newspaper reporter to secure funds to study law. A rabbit canning factory has been started in Argentina in the hope of ridding some portions of the country of a pest In a profitable way. -‘■Operated by an alarm clock, a poultry feeder patented by a Californian opens doors at a set time and permits grain to fall into a trough.