Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1916 — Page 1

No. 110.

TONIGHT At The PRINCESS “NEORA” in- 5 parts A Gold Rooster Play / Admission 5 and 1 Oc

MAY FETE TUESDAY IF WEATHER IS FAIR

If It Rains Then the Next Favorable Day—Don’t Fail to Attend This Event. Tuesday, May 9th, is the day selected for the May Fete by the sehofcl children and Milroy Park is the place. Benches are being gathered up from about town to furnish as much seating capacity as possible and the ropes will be stretched so as to make it possible for all to witness the drills and other features. Should the weather be unfavorable the fete will be postponed until the first favorable afternoon. - The following is the program: Chorus: Grammar grade girls, “Welcome, Pretty Primrose.” 1. Pantomime—Awakening of the Seeds—Grade I. i Seeds Rain (Sunshine. 2. Rainbow Flower Drill —Grade 11. 3. Danish Folk Dance —Grades II and 111. 4. Balloon Drill —Grade 111. 5. Hoop Drill —Grade IV. 6. Rose Drill—Grades IV and V. 7. .Crowning of May Queen and May . Pole Dance 8. Flag Drill—Grade V. 4). Medicine Ball Contest and Egg Race —Grammar Grade Boys. 10. Pageant of Seasons —Grammar Grades: Spring: St. Patrick’s Day; April Fool. Summer—June Bridal Party. Fall—Circus; Hallowe’en. , Winter— Thanksgiving; Patriotic Number.

Found, a $5 Bill.

Delphi, May 9.—-Harry Sikes, living four miles south, is chuckling over a $5 bill that he picked up, so to speak, in Hamill & Co’s, store last week when he purchased a S2O suit ■and as 3 hat for $16.75. Harry now feels like a regular financier. Delphi Town Topics.

R. W. Fair, who taught school the pest year at Aix and the year before at Fair Oaks, expects to spend the summer working for the Ft. Wayne Agricultural College, which conducts a course in agriculture by correspondence. Much trouble is being experienced at the Wayne Knitting mills at Ft. Wayne in securing dyes for the use of the big plant. The black dies, which were so hard to get a few months ago, are becoming more plentiful, but the greatest difficulty ip in obtaining navy blue. This color formeily sold for fifty cents a pound, but now retails for SSO for the same amount, and but little can be found even at this price since the German markets are cut off. As a result, the light colored hose will be the most .common during the summer months.

WEATHER. Fair and coolep tonight; possibly light frost .extreme north portion: Tuesday fair. .

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CHAINS TIGHTER AROUND COLLINS

Man Arrested Here With Stolen Ford Gives Name of Accomplice Who * Is Also Arrested. -'r " Richard Collins, the young man arrested here and thrown in jail last Wednesday because of suspicion that the Ford automobile he was driving was stolen, is still in jail ans an accompilce named George Stanley was Arrested in Indianapolis Saturday and is in jail there. Circumstances have continued to build a chain of evidence about Collins that now leads to the belief and to this he has practically confessed that he was operating extensively and was in the “business right.” Sheriff McColly has shown his ability as a detective by following every clew and in this way accomplished the arrest of Stanley, who was stopping at the Linden hotel in Indianapolis. He also visited Loui* ville and Shelbyville, Ky., and has learned a good deal about Collins and Stanley. They are from the south, possibly Tennessee, and have operate I extensively - at>Louisville, where it w_as learned by Sheriff McColly that they had a little work shop in the rear of a place they boarded and. where they used an electrical device to remove every trace of the old numbers from the engine. They would then stamp new numbers on the plate and thus throw off suspicion and the only positive means of identification. When the car was first examined after Collins was arrested, the engine number, which was plainly 999033, was telegraphed to the Ford factory and it was found that the car had been sold in Milwaukee and that the rchaser still had it in his possession. , It was at first thought the"-* might have been two numbers of the same decimals but this idea was only temporary and it was found that the car was turned out from the factory on March 7th of this year and that the engine numbers of this period exceed two million. It was then clearly established that the number had been tampered with.

While Collins is quite smooth he has eased up at times and told a good ileal about his operations. He says that he has stolen 50 automobiles but will not disclose the names of any from whom they were stolen t He refuses to give up any information about the present car except to say that he and Stanley got it together and that he was taking it to Chicago to sell it. Collins had a license card in his pocket issued to Fred J. Calmes at Shelbyville, Ky. Sheriff McColly found that there was no person by that name at Shelbyville, although the license was issued to that name and Jhe Kentucky license number on the stolen car is the same as the number of the card bearing Calmes name. It has been ascertained that Stanley used the name Calmes as an alias and it seems quite certain that he followed the practice of putting the license number on stolen cars, just as he evidently did with the car held here. Detective John A. Hayes, of the Monon railroad, who has been lining up a number of crooks lately, has been giving valuable assistance to Sheriff McColly and Collins has warmed up to Hayes and confided a number of things to him and acting on this information Hayes went to Indianapolis today to talk with Stanley, who is being held there. It is believed that two of the cleverest automobile thieves in the country have been arrested and it is now only a question -of having the owner of this and other automobiles they have stolen identify them.

Put Over a Clever Surprise On Clemens Gangloff.

Clemens Gangloff arrived at the 24th milestone of his life last Friday and his family planned and successfully carried out a very pleasant surprise on him. The guests, largely members of the Knights of Columbus and numbering about 25, spent the evening playing Black Maria, until the refreshment hour, when a splendid supper was served. The event was alike enjoyable to the surprised host and the guests, who departed wishing Clemens many more happy birthdays.

Celebrated Anniversary of Wedding and Birthday.

iSunday was the sixteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Robinson, and was also his birthday. Relatives to the number of about fifty gathered at their home in the west part of* town, bringing baskets of good things to edt, which all enjoyed. A very pleasant day was spent and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson received many nice gifts from their liiany "riHatives present; '

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1916.

DELPHI SWEEPS TRIANGULAR MEET

Home of Contests Wins in Track, Oratory and Reading—Wilson, of Delphi, Individual Star.

In the Rensselaer, Monticello and Delphi triangular contests, Delphi made a clean sweep of everything. In the track meet they made more points than the total compiled by Monticello and Rensselaer. Delphi made 54 points, Monticello 37 and Rensselaer 13. In the evening at the high school building, Miss Margaret Atkinson wop the oratorical contest and Miss Thelma Cowger the reading contest. Dwight Curnick in the oratorical contest and Miss Maude Elder in the reading contest were close seconds and no one in the audience felt sure of the outcome until the judges’ decision was given. By winning the track meet Delplii retained the championship of Carroll, White and Jasper counties. Charles Wilson, of Delphi; was the individual star; capturing first in four events, the 50 and 100 yard dashes, high and broad jumps. Julien, .who was at the first favorite for the premier honors, made 12 points. In the relay Delphi outdistanced its opponents by a good margin. When Basil Dunlap, for Rensselaer, took the stick in the last lap of the relay he was more than 30 feet behind the Monticello man, who was in second place. Dunlap made a wonderful run and not only passed the Monticello man but left him about 15 feet behind at the finish. Leonard Swaim was the only man to take a first for Rensselaer. With Lawrence McLain second, he easily won the low hurdles. Dunlap took third place in the 100 yard dash, 220 dash and 440 run. Lakin took third in the half mile and Gourley won a third in the shot put. Rensselaer hopes took a big slump when Crooks fell in the 440 yard run and suffered a sprained thigh. Capt. Lakin also had the misfortune to strain his back. Even though these disappointments put a shadow over Rensselaer, every man did his best and only lost because they were outclassed and not because they gave up. Summaries of the track meet are as follows:

50 Yard Dash—First, Wilson D, second, Julian D, third, Rothrock M. Time :06 flat. 100 Yard Dash—First, Wilson D; second, Julian D; third, Dunlap, R. Time :10 1-5. 120 High Hurdles —(First, Heath, M. Only man to qualify in this event. 440 Yard Run—First, Goschenour D; second Miller D; third, Dunlap Time :58 3-5. 220 Yard Dash—First, Julian D; second, Miller D; third, Dunlap R. Time :25%7 220 Low Hurdles—First, Swaim R: second, McLain R; third, Kirkpatrick D. Time :31%. 880 Yard Run—First, Trawin D; second, Reid M; third, Lakin R. Time 2:18. Discus—First, Warfel M; second, Rinker M; third, Julian D. Distance 104 feet, 6 inches. High Jump—Wilson and Baird D, tied for first place; third, Vandeman M. 5 feet, 2 inches. Shot Put (First, Ririker M; second, Warfel M; third, Gourley R. Distance 41 feet, 5 3-4 inches. Broad Jump—First, Wilson D; second, Gardner Mr Kirkpatrick D. Distance 18 feet, 9 inches. Pole Vault—First, Fauber M; second, Harrison M; third, Hanna D. One Mile Relay Race—Won by Delphi. Time 4:11%.

Fine Musical Program At College Sunday Evening.

The musicale program at St. Joseph’s college Sunday evening attracted a number from Rensselaer and none were disappointed for the program was of rare excellence. The numbers consisted of band and choir selections, piano and violin solos and various other numbers. Perhaps the greatest hit of the evening was the sextette composed of a base vile, cello, viola and three violins. The setting was that of a studio with the proper lighting effects, now possible in the modern tfieatte constructed m the new gymnasium. Profs. Havorka and Zeigler played a piano duet on two . pianos and this was one of the interesting numbers also. Master John McKahey, the talented young violinist, was also on the program and pleased all with his rendition.

Specialty On Panama Hats.

The large number of people that keep bringing in hats to me to be cleaned have convinced hie that my work is very satisfactory. Because of the work I have on hand I will stay another week, taking special cars of work on ladies’ and men’s panama hats.—Nelson, the hatter.

MAY FESTIVAL

Matinee Musical Program Thursday, May 11, M. E. Church—The Cantata “The Rose Maiden”; Given by Choral Club Friday, May 12,'Christian Church.

Those who heard the “Cantata Ruth”, given by the Choral club in February, well know the splendid work that is being done by this club and will not miss the opportunity of hearing the club again in the beautiful cantata, “Rose Maiden.” “The Rose Maiden,” the large choral work by Frederick H. Cowen, is given by more choral clubs than any other cantata, and the bridal chorus, one of its big choruses, is one of the most beautiful compositions ever written. All the choruses, solos, 'uets and trios are full of melody and the accompaniment, piano and orchestra, are most fitting to the beautiful strains of the entire cantata. The chorus and orchestra have been working diligently on their parts, and the solo parts will be taken by Miss Agnes Farwell as “Rose Blossom,” Miss Clora Belle Spalding as “The Gardener’s Daughter,” Mrs. E. J. Rand’e singing the tenor role and Dr. Myer taking the part of ‘The Spring.” Miss Farwell and Miss Spalding are soloists of wide experience, being church and concert singers in Chicago. Both are personal friends of Mrs. Sage— Miss Farwell being her graduate pupil and later finishing with Mrs. O. L. Fox of the Chicago Musical college; Miss Spaulding also be.ng a medal pupil of Mrs. Fox. Miss Farwell has a beautiful, clear soprano voice of wide range and sings with great style and interpretation. Miss Spaulding’s voice is a large, mellow’ contralto — rich in color and well suited to her part in “The Rose Maiden.” Mrs. Randle has been studying with D. A. Clippinger of Chicago, and Rensselaer audiences w’ell know her. ability. Dr. Myer, who is a pupil of Mrs. Sage, uses his powerful, rich voice to splendid advantage in the difficult role of “The Spring.” Mrs. Sage has worked hard .and faithfully with the club to get the cantata in readiness. The club will consist of 40 voices of well trained singers. The club highly appreciated the large attendance at the last cantata and wants to extend a very cordial invitation to both city mid- country people to be present ut this entertainment. The price of single admission to the Matinee Musical on Thursday night will be 25c. To the cantata Friday night will be 35c single admission. A season ticket for -he two nights may be purchased at Long’s drug store or of members of the club for 50c.

ARGUMENT. The Queen of the Flower Fairies, weary of a life of unbroken calm, prays of the newly returned Spring that he will bestow upon her also the gift of love that hebestowsupon man. He warns her of tne risk she runs, but finally yields to her entreaties by changing her while she sleeps into the form of a beautiful girl. Under the name of Roseblossom, she wanders through the world to find the love that she seeks, and meets with a girl who having been betrayed and deserted by her lover, loses her sense and dies broken hearted. But, undeterred from her search, Roseblossom becomes the wife of a forester with whom she lives for a time with such perfect happiness that she cannot survive his death. The elves bewail the fate of their Queen, and curse love as fatal to peace and happiness. —Advt.

C. C. Warner Joins the 1916 Colony of Home Builders.

C. C. Warner, of the Grant-Warner Lumber Co., is one of the latest citizens to decide to erect a home this year and will let a contract in a few days for the building of a modern home on a lot between the residence of his father, Norman Warner, and his brother, N. Hale Warner. For some years Charles and family have lived in Mrs. I. J. Porter’s property on Cullen street. He will vacate it shortly and during the progress of construction of his new home will live in the house with Mrs. Warner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purcupile. The Porter home is to be occupied by G. B. Porter, who will soon take as his bride Miss Margaret Anne Fitzpatrick, of Francesville.

The Stork Special.

Born, Sunday, May 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. Rex Warner, a son. To Mr. and Mrs. Ross Reed, a son. Saturday, May 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Strawbridge, of Niagara Fails, N. Y., a son, which has been named Robert. Mrs. A. F. Long, TSoLher“dTJofs;"Stfawbndge f "iS‘T?ttiC her daughter and Mr. tong expects to go over there in about two weeks. Born, Sunday. May 7, to Mr, and Mrs. Vem Saunders, a fion.

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ST. JOE FUMIGATES TO ERADICATE GERMS

College Undergoes Complete Renovation to Remove Last Vestige of Scarlet Fever. St. Joseph’s College is just completing the work of fumigation since the .epidemic of scarlet fever. The work has been so thoroughly done that the attending physician thought the public should know how painstaking the college authorities had been, not only in protecting themselves but the community from any further dangers in that direction. A visit to the infirmary of the college and an interview w’ith Father Wagner convinces one that neither w’ork or expense has been spared to make the entire plant as sanitary as possible. The following w’as done in the disinfecting process: All walls were washed thoroughly w’ith oloride of lime. All floors given the same treatment. The cloride of lime was the U. S. army specification. All carpets and mattresses, except hair, w’ere destroyed by burning. The hair mattresses and the feather pillows were soaked in formalin solution 5 per cent. The pillows were then washed in the laundry. The rooms in which the greater number of the lads had been detained during the sickness were carefully washed with lye and the lye permitted to dry on the floor.

After all furniture had been removed from the building and washed with formalin solution the building was fumigated with formaldehyde, one and one-half ounces to the 1000 cubic feet of space for a period of six hours in humidity of 80; temperatuie of 80 degrees. ___________ AH walls were then repainted with frescoe colors and part of them with oil colors. All woodwark was. revarnished. Practically all furniture that was old and not fit to revarnish was destroyed. The total cost of this work to the institution was approximately SBOO, not counting labor and supervision, and if this was included it would be many hundred dollars more. Taken all in all this is the most extensive work of fumigation that has ever been attempted in the county.

Mrs. Delia J. Clevenger Died at Fair Oaks Sunday.

. Mrs. Delia J. Clevenger, wife of B. F. Clevenger, died at her home in Fair Oaks Sunday at about noon. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, 6 sisters and 2 brothers. Her age was 61 years, 9 months and 14 days. Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger had resided in Fair Oaks for about five years. Their daughter, Mrs. Mabie Sharf, lives in Chicago, and came to Fair Oaks to arrange for the funeral, which will probably take place at the M. E. church, of that place, in which she was a faithful worker, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will be shipped Thursday morning to Orland, 111., for burial.

Mrs. Norman Warner Reminded Of Her Eightieth Birthday.

Mrs. Norman Warner was 80 years of age Saturday and her nieces to the number of fifteen gave her a very delightful surprise party that afternoon. On Sunday the family gathered for a family dinner beneath the roof that sheltered all in the earlier days. Mrs. Warner enjoys fair health and was able to enjoy the events in her honor.

If the old painter gives out you can get a new one at Hamilton & Kellner’s.

John Eger, President. Delos Thompson, Cashier. J. H. Chapman, Vice President J. W. Tilton, Ass’t. Cashier. Che State Bank of Rensselaer ■ Report of the condition of the S tate Bank of Rensselaer, a State Bank at Rensselaer, in the State o f Indiana, at the close of business May 1, 1916. _

RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $230,259.06 Overdrafts 2,119.03 U. S. Bonds 100.00 Other bonds and securities 5,806.00 Furniture and fixtures .. • 1,000.00 Due from Banks and Trust Companies ... ?.. r... ..67,268.18 Cash on hand 16,599.27 Cash items 376.00 Total $323,527.54

. • . . ’ •- > ’■ IS T n _7; I, Delos Thompson, Cashier of the State Bank of Rensselaer, do solemnswear that the above statement is true. .y swear um we aouvt: DELOS THOMPSON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Bth day of May, 1916 - Woodhull I. Spitler, Justice of Peace. Money to Loan at Current R ates—Your Patronage Solicited. ?. •. —2 :—;——2... —„— 2 ..L.,- 2- —1 —— —,————? .—... , —r-. : -T . ' -tr - -------rrVrj—*

VILLIST AS BAND AGAIN RAVAGES TEXAS TOWN

70 Mexicans Fofd Rio Grande and Raid Little Settlement of Glenn Falls—Four Are Killed. Alpine, Tex., May 7. —Villa bandits, some seventy in number, forded the Rio Grande Friday night and, sweeping fifteen miles inland on American soil, raided the little settlement of Glenn Springs and attacked a detachment of American cavalry, consisting of nine men of Troop A, Fourteenth cavalry. Three troopers and a little ten-year-old boy were killed, two cavalrymen w’ere wounded and another is missing. He is believed to be a prisoner of the bandits, who are now fleeing southward into Coahuila, Mexico. Two American citizens, J. Deemer and a man named Compton, according to reports received here, were carried across the Rio Grande and reports have it that their throats were cut. A posse of fifty citizens of Marathon tonight are in pursuit of the Villistas. The missing trooper is Private Roscoe Tyree. The little boy is the son of Compton. He was deaf and dumb and the bandits are thought to have, killed him because he could not answer their questions. The tv£o wounded troopers, Privates J. Birck and Frank Defre, were brought here this afternoon badly wounded. Birck’s body was filled with small brass pieces of tacks fired from a shotgun. Defre was burned about the head and shoulders. In a little adobe house, nine cavalrymen made their fight for 'ife against the seventy or more Villista bandits at Glenn Springs. A hail of shot poured fbr more than two hours into the single window of the adobe house. And then the Mexican leader ordered fire balls to be thrown into the room, thickly thatched with candalabia. The blazing weed tortured the soldiers and burned their - heads and bodies. Smashing the door the troopers broke for the open, firing as they ran. Two were shot and killed as they fled. One is missing and it is believed he is dead. Another was killed as he tried to climb through a.window.

Health Preparedness Price of Success

Natural Living and Eternal Vigilance Rewarded. To be physically ready for emergencies is one of the highest duties anyone owes to self or family. Every doctor knows that if there is any royal road to health it is open bowels —and that wrong eating and constipation are the causes of practieally'all diseases. Doctors have long recognized castor oil as the best treatment for constipation on account of its being a nourishing, healing remedy which doesn’t leave any bad after-effects. The only trouble with castor oil has been the fact that physicians have nearly always had a great deal of difficulty in getting patients to take it. But now, thanks to the experiments of a Cleveland doctor, a jellied preparation known as CASTOR-JELL, which is 94* per cent pure castor oil with a delicious orange flavor added has been placed on sale at B. F. Fendig’s drug store. Castor Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Sale of Two Story Frame Dwelling. The two story frame dwelling house known as the Presbyterian manse, situate at the southeasterly corner of Van Rensselaer and Angelica streets in the city of Rensselaer, Indiana, will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on the tenth day of May, 1916, at 2 o’clock p. m. Trustees of the Presbyterian Church.

LIABILITIES. Capital Stock—paid in.... 30,000.00 Surplus 27,000.00 Undivided Profits 2,062.52 Exchange, Discounts and Interest, less interest and taxes paid 7,636.32 Demand deposits rrr Time certificates 31J10.37 Reserve for taxes *- 627.31 Total $323,527.54 *

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