Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1916 — Page 1

No. 163.

TONIGHT AT THE GAYETY A George Kleine Feature in 5 parts “The Money Master” Tomorrow Night “OFFICER 666” A comedy drama in 5 parts tn - , 5 and 10c. t. No vaudevill untill Wednesday.

REMINGTON.

Wm. Smalley spent Sunday at Lafayette. Miss Alberta Geier is visiting relatives at Reynolds this week. Miss Anna Lewis spent the weekend with friends at Kentland. Mrs. Nellie Richardson, of Watseka, was a Remington caller Friday. Ollie Wood, of Flora, visited his mother and children between trains Friday. Mrs. A. Decker went to Elkhart Friday for an extended visit with relatives. Arthur Hawn, of Logansport, spent several days last week here with his mother. Miss Laura Peck returned home Friday from a few days' visit at Peoria, Hl. Mrs. Harry Newman, of Rensselaer, spent several days here last week with friends. Misses Dell Yeoman and Gertrude Besse returned home Friday from a week’s stay at Winona. Wm. Corah and daughter, Grace, of Chicago, are visiting relatives and friends here this week.

A surprise party .was given on Robert Stoudt Friday evening by a number of his friends. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Geib spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. McFarland, At Montmorenci. Herman Baxter and daughter, Pearl, returned Saturday from a few days’ visit with relatives at Monticello. Mrs. Joel Zinser and daughter, Josephine, and Mr. John Davitt, of El Paso, 111., are the guests of Mrs; Dudley Tyler. Miss Gretchen Chappell, of Chicago, came Wednesday for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chappell and family. Leonard Foster and friend, Mr. McGee, returned to Chicago Saturday after a several weeks’ visit with Mrs. C. S. Foster and family. Mrs. May Farmer came from Logansport Wednesday to visit Mrs, C. B. Wineland and will visit friends at Rensselaer before returning home. Mrs. Walter Gumm and daughter, Lillian, and Esau Hart returned home Thursday after a month’s visit with —relatives at Washam, Va. Mrs. Jasper Guy entertained a number of friends at her home Friday evening in honor of Mrs. Pearl Reed, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting t here a few days. Richard Nightengale, , Emmett O’Connor and Harold Bowman returned home Friday from Fort Benjamin . Harrison, having failed in the militia examination. Mrs. James Gilbe'rt and Mrs. Jacob Hensler and daughter, Thelma, returned home Friday evening from St few days’ visit with Miss Mertie Ford' at Chicago. Mrs. Carl Somers accompanied them home from Rensselaer.

More Mexicans Than Grin goes At Mercedes.

Monticello Journal. . ' ‘ It is pretty well known now that When Co. C left Fort Harrison ’ast evening their transportation read Mercedes, Texas. Commenting on the town which he visited on his trip through the southwest for the dental supply house for which he was traveling when called to the colors three weeks ago, Claude Atkins 3ays there? may be 2,000 people residing there, but at least 1,800 of them are Mexicans. He was also at Brownsville, and. says that as between that place and Mercedes for a stopping place for any length of time he will take Brownsville. If the Third, regiment is stationed at Mercedes, with practically all of the inhabitants Mexicans, the boys ought to get pretty well acquainted with the language if they don't do anything else. ( t

The Evening Republican.

CONGRESS IS NOT TO ADJOURN YET

Session Will Continue as Many Important Bills Are Yet to Be Passed.

Democrats in congress are uniting their forces to compel early action on the army and navy appropriation hills, the revenue measure and the government shipping bill, which are the most important legislative measures remaining on the administration program. The national defense- appropriations whose totals as they have passed the house have been vastly increased by senate committees are certain to leet stubborn resistance in conference. It is also certain that the shipping bill will encounter persistent republican opposition in the senate. These prospects have upset all adjournment predictions and administration leaders are resigned to the prospect of remaining in Washington if necessary until fall, despite 4 heir eagerness to participate in the national political campaign. When senate democrats in caucus determined to press the shipping bill and amend it in order to satisfy members of their own party who had been in revolt, they served notice on the republicans that their challenge of a filibuster had been accepted. Now that there are assurances of enough votes to pass the bill without republican help, the republican throat of a filibuster is not taken so seriously by democratic leaders. They pred’-t a vigorous fight against the bill, but believe that republican senators will be anxious to get away when they realize the ultimate passage of the measure cannot be prevented. The senate will begin work on the navy bill this week as soon as the agricultural appropriation bill is passed. The administration’s revenue bill, designed to produce $197,000,000 next year from the increased sur-tax on income and taxes on inheritance and on profits of war munitions plants to be passed by the house.

Kniman Boy Makes Good In U. S. Manne Corps.

In an official bulletin issued by Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, appears the name of Edward W. Robertson, of Kniman, this county, as having qualified as a marksman in that most interesting branch of the government service. Edward, who is a son of Robert L. Roberfson, of Kniman, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at its Chicago recruiting station on December 28, 1915, and is now serving at the marine barracks, Port Royal, S. C., awaiting transfer to expeditionary duty, where he will have many interesting experiences and adventures, or to a cruising battleship which will visit strange lands and give the Jasper county youth an excellent opportunity to see the world. Considering the fact that Robertson is scarcely more than a recruit, his performance in gunnery is looked upon by Marine Corps officials as very promising.

Pulaski Trustee Charged With Feathering His Nest.

Action to recover nearly $4,000 alleged to have been obtained illegally from the state by George Stipp, former trustee of Monroe township, of Pulaski county, will be taken through the attorney general’s office as a result of reports of investigations made by the state board of accounts, which were certified by Gov. Ralston. Stipp is accused of having obtained $170.50 in excess salary and with embezzling $3,825.38 in false charges for the construction of school buildings. One item netted $585 in substituting hollow tile for brick, as called for in the specifications, according to the report of the examiners for the board.

Miss Mabie Waymire went to Otterbein today to visit her aunt, Mrs. John Hawkins. Mrs. Clement Studebaker, mother of Clement Studebaker, Jr., wagon and automobile manufacturer, died at her home in South Bend Friday night. Misses Florence and Aileen Allman returned Saturday evening from Lafayette, where they have been visiting since the Fourth. car. During 1915 there were 2,185 automobiles stolen in Chicago, as compared with 411 in New York, where a gang of auto thieves was apprehended some time ago. Only 5fM) cars were recovered by the Chicago police during the year. 7

THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and Tuesday.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916. -

NOTIFICATION OF NOMINATION SOON

Hughes to Be Notified of Nomination Fpr Presidency Either July 24th of 31st.

Charles E. Hughes has decided to have the ceremony of his formal notification of his nomination for the presidency held in New York. It will take place on Monday if possible, probably July 31st, although it may occur a week earlier. The nominee prefers having it in a large hall. Republican and progressive leaders from every section of the country will be invited, if the tentative program is adopted, and hundreds of other invitations will be issued to party workers in New York. Mr. Hughes desires to have the general public admitted if any seats are available. The nominee has stated that he would like to have the notification serve as a get-together meeting of republicans and progressives from every part of the United States. His speech of acceptance, he said, probably would be a long one, as he expected to discuss every issue in detail. Almost immediately after the notification the campaign will open with a four or five weeks’ trip by the Pacific coast. Returning, the nominee will open his eastern campaign in Maine prior to the state election early in September. Not only will Mr. Hughes speak in Maine, but it is likely that both Col. Roosevelt and Former President Taft will be requested to take the stump there. In studying the campaign map, Mr. Hughes has looked with favor on a trip along the northern fringe of the southern states. It is likely that he will campaign in Maryland, West Virginia, North Caorlina, Tennessee and possibly Oklahoma on this trip.

Miss Cecil Rutherford went to Lafayette today. Mrs. B. F. Barties, of Newland, is in Rensselaer today on business. Miss Fannie Taylor, of South Bend, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Barkley this week. Miss Nellie Waymire went to Cleveland, Ohio, today to spend the summer with relatives. Did you know that FIFTY-THREE Deering binders were sold by Hamilton & Kellner in 1916 ? Mrs. C. L. Baldwin, of Danville, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Barkley and family. Harry Roberts, who has been visiting Chas. Blue and family, went to New Boston today in the former’s Carl Allman returned to his home in Huntington today after visiting Leo Mecklenburg and other friends for a week. Miss Mabie Worland returned to Terre Haute yesterday after a brief visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Worland. Mrs. Ben Hanson returned to her home at Anderson today, after visiting her mother, Mrs. James West and family for two weeks. Mrs. Harry Boothroyd and son, Edwin, of Monticello, are here for a ten days’ visit with Mrs. Floyd Robinson and- Mrs. Meell Abbott. Mrs. Blanche Wagenseller and Mrs Brandon, of Texarkana, Ark., have been visiting Mrs. W. H. Barkley and her mother, Mrs. Starr. Miss Phyllis Bishop, who has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Donnelly for the past two weeks, returned to her home in Anderson today. Mrs. C. L. Kellner and son, Lloyd, went to their home at Monticello todays after spending two weeks with, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris. Mrs. Frank Miller went to Brookston today to see her niece, Miss Mildred Rathaway, who was operated on for appendicitis at St. Elizabeth’s hospital at Lafayette. Mrs. J. C. Reubelt and daughter, Miss Julia, have returned to their home in Kentucky after visiting the former’s mother, Mrs. Peter Rhoads and other relatives.

Announcement that the mid summer meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association set for July 20-24, in Michigan City, has been postponed until la x e in August was made Friday by H. B. Wilson, of the Delphi Citizen, acting president of the association. Henry Schricker, of Knox, a member of the Indiana National Guard, is president of the association. The meeting date was changed because of his inability to attend.

ARMED FORCE NOW MARCHING ON U. S.

Body of 1,000 Mexicans Seen Approaching American Border and Believed to Be Revolters.

An armed Mexican force believed to be 1,000 strong, and thought by the United States military authorities to be unfriendly, has reached La Muia pass,. 30 miles south of Ojinga. Friendly Mexicans have reported that the troops vere formerly a unit of the Coahuila division of the Carranza army. They revolted ten days ago, when the first chief ordered the execution of a Mexican general. Military officers assert that here is every reason to believe the former Carranzistas intend to co-operate with the Villista forces reported to be approaching - the border near Ojinga.

Raids by M ex * cans on American ranchers have been reported in the last two days and the outlook is again becoming serious. The Mexican bandits arg stealing American cattle. A band of forty Mexicans were~routed by three Texas rangers Saturday after having attempted to steal some cattle. Fourteen of them were killed by the ranchers and the rest fled. United States troops are still being rushed to the border as fast as possible. They wilj/be used for border patrol. The second infantry from Indiana will leave some time this week, possibly today. Brigadier General Edward M. Lewis of the United States Infantry, was sworn in Sunday as the head of the Indiana National Guard. In speaking of the Indiana troops, Gen. Lewis stated that he did not know just exactly what the Indiana troops will d« with reference to border patrol, but said that it might be possible they will be assigned to guard a stretch of Mexican border. If that is done he suggested that it might be possible that one regiment at a time could perform Such patrol duty while instruction similar to the camps conducted at Fort Harrison each summer could be held for the other troops.

Genearl Lewis said that he realized there are a great many men in the Indiana command who need instruction and training, and he hopes that he may be able to have the three regiments of infantry together in order that the men be able to avail themselves of the opportunity to receive instructions.

A card received this morning from Major Healey stated that they had arrived at Waco, Texas, and were 28 hours from their destination, Mercedes, Texas, where they are to make camp. All mail should be addressed to Company M, 3rd Regiment, 162nd Infantry, Mercedes, Texas. Each soldier before leaving Indianapolis, was supplied with a small aluminum'identification tag suspended from $ tape about his neck. Finger prints were also taken as an extra means of identification in case of accident or death. The finger prints were made when the men took their physical examination.

World’s First Subsea Merchantman Brings Cargo of Dyes to U. 3.

The world’s first subsea merchantman, the German underwater liner Deutchland, anchored below Baltimore Monday morning after voyaging safely across the Atlantic, passing the allied blockading squadron and eluding enemy cruisers watching for her off the American coast. She carries a mail cargo and 750 tons of costly chemicals and dyestuffs, and is to carry back home a similar amount of nickel and crude rubber, sorely needed by the German army. Fifteen days out from Bremerhaven to Baltimore, the submarine reached safetly between the Virginia Capes at 1:45 o’clock, passing in on the surface, covered by a pall of darkness, which settled over the entrance of the bay with the setting of a telltale moon. The underseas liner is 315 feet long and has a thirty-foot beam and is propelled by two great Diesel oil engines.

: Beautiful crepe shifts $2.00. Something new —see west window.—'Hilliard & Hamill. Notice of Change of Location. I have moved my tailor shop from the Odd Fellows building to the remodeled Leopold building on Van Rensselaer street, first door north of Duvall’s clothing store. I am now better prepared than ever to take care of my trade, especially dry cleaning and repairing. A new line of samples of suitings for men received. I take measures for ladies suitings and rain coats. Call and see me in my new location. JOHN WERNER. Dr. Hansson went to Monticello today*

Committee Shaping Plans For Fine Chautauqua.

The committee is getting plans into shape for what they believe promises to be the most successful, most interesting and altogether the best Chautauqua that has been known in this locality. The Chautauqua backers point out that there are a hundred and one things that enter into a really successful chautauqua and they are wording hard to get these numerous things in spick-and-span shape so nothing will stand in the way of the big week’s success. And if you stop one of the<e chautauqua on the street any day now and ask him how things are coming and what’s got to be done first and foremost in importance, he’ll say, season tickets. He will insist that they must be sold. And so the committee is going to drive hard on the season ticket proposition, and feel they are safe in taking it for granted that everything will come out all right if the tickets are sold in sufficient quantities to give the affair a good, solid foundation to rest on. The program is a whirlwind. “A glance at the last of attractions is convincing enough,” said a committeeman today, “but a closer survey of the list gives you a doubly strong satisfaction in believing that it is sure to go big and win an almost unanimous approval on the part of lhe patrons.” The tent will be pitched in Milroy Park, right west of the court house and across the river. It may be that plans will be made for a Farmers’ Day. These are details the committee is working on now. “We trust,” said a committeeman, “that if a Farmers’ Day is planned our good friends W. D. Bringle, John E. Alter, Judson Adams, H. E. Parkison, Frank Alter, W. L. Wood, Jay E. Lamson and John Moore and others among the farmers will make it a point to bring in a good crowd from the country. It will be a grand day for all.”

Indiana Troop Train In Small Wreck In Missouri.

The train bearing Battery A, of Indianapolis, went into v the ditch about a half mile west of Northview, Mo., last Friday evening. The accident was caused by a broken wheel on one of the freight cars used for hauling the tentage of the battery. Two freight cars, one of which contained an automobile presented to Major Robert M. Tyndall by Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, left the rails and turned over on their sides. The automobile was badly damaged. The car used for a mess kitchen stayed on the rails, but the day coach in the rear of the mess car dropped to the ties when the rails spread for a distance of 100 feet.

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MRS. WM. HURLEY TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE

Hysterical Over Husband's Absence, She Shoots Herself in Breast— WiU Recover. Mrs. William" Hurley, who lives with her husband and two children north of the railroad, made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide Sunday evening, when she fired a bullet from a 32-caliber revolver into her breast. It is reported that there has been trouble in the family before. Sunday morning her husband informed her that he was going to spend the day with his folks. Later she was informed that he had gone to one of the resorts on the river to spend the day, and she worried over his absence until she became hysterical and at about 9 o’clock in the evening she fired a bullet from a 32-caliber revolver into her left breast. The bullet passed through the breast below the collar bone, coming out of the chest, qnd passed through a finger of the left hand and skinned the finger next to it. A doctor was called, who dressed the wound, and he says unless infection sets in she will recover. Hurley came home about 10 or 11 o’clock and got the first information of the shooting down town. Upon his arrival home he keeled over and it was some time before he was able to get around. It is reported that he was very much under the influence of liquor and that his collapse was caused by his excessive drinking.

Death of Francis Wolf.

Medaryville Advertiser. Like a flower which has been called from Paradise to this world to remain but a short time and entwine itself into the hearts of a household and tfien again to be wafted back to eternity, Francis N., the baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wolf died at the home in Chalmers, death being caused by spinal meningitis with which the little sufferer was afflicted for about a week before death came to its relief. Francis N. Wolf, son of Albert and Emma Wolf, was born at Rensselaer, Ind., Dec. 17, 1914, and died in Chalmers, July 4, 1916, at 4:30 a. m., aged 1 year, 6 months and 17 days. In addition to the father and mother, two sisters and two brothers are left to mourn this visitation of the grim reaper who spares neither the young or old neither weak or strong, the humble or mighty. Their consolation in this hour of affliction is emhodie 1 in the words of Him who said “Suffer little children to come unto me, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” The remains were taken to Rensselaer Wednesday morning, where the funeral was conducted at St. Augustine’s church. Interment was made in Mt. Calvary cemetery at that place.

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