Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1916 — Page 1

No. 165.

TONIGHT AT THE GAYETY The Phenominal Grass ‘The Man and the Midget” Sensational Novelty Hand Balancers and Foot Jugglers, of Human Beings presenting “Lorenz” the world’s smallest Perfectly Formed Acrobat. 5 and 10c.

State Freight Rates to Go Into Effect September First.

The state freight rates which were to go into effect on all the railroads throughout the state on July "sth, have been postponed untiF September Ist, according to an order which has been received by railroad men. The rates were to have been raised considerably and the postponement of the increase is very welcome to the shippers. The privilege to raise the rates was granted some time ago by the interstate commerce commission and practically all preparations for making the change had been made.

Newton County Woman Committed Suicide By Taking Poison.

Shortly after noon Monday Mrs. Elmo Guilford, of Roselawn, 36 years old, committed suicide by a dose of laudanum. A physician was called and everything possible done to save her life, but to no avail. Mrs. Guilford was a resident of Roselawn during almost het entire lifetime. She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband, three children and many other relatives.

Mrs. Ann Peters, Aged 81, Died Tuesday Afternoon.

Mrs. Ann Peters, mother of Alfre-l Peters, died at her hoihe south of Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. She was 81 years of age and had been an invalid for the past several years, suffering from complications of brights disease. The body will be shipped to Chicago Thursday, where burial will be made.

Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Bible school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon by Rev. F. P. Leckliter, of Indianapolis. 7:00 Union vesper services on the court house alwn. The public is invited to all of these services and those who have no church home in Rensselaer are especially invited to worship with us.

Tonight’s Band Concert Program.

March. Overture, The Altar of Genius. Wake-Up, America. Triumphal Polka, baritone solo. Estudiantina, Waltz. Minnehaha, clarinet duet. Cross the Mason Dixon Line. New York Hippodrome, March.

BAND CONCERT SPECIALS Wednesday Evening. From 8 till 8:30 we will sell 8-quart granite pails at 10c each. From 8:30 till 9:00 we will sell 4-quart grey enamel stew kettles at 10c, and from 9:00 till 9:30 we will sell 10-quart milk pails at 10c each. These values are wonderful. JARRETTE’S Greater Variety Store.

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. Hirsh Wickwire and Fashion Park clothes, sold by the best Chicago shops and by Hilliard & Hamill. . .

The Evening Republican.

HINT OF MURDER IN LYON DEATH

Later Developments In Death of Decatur Lyon Indicate That He Was Murdered.

Later developments in the death of Decatur Lyon point to murder and an investigation is being held today to determine whether there are any grounds for the belief that the man was the victim of foul play, Tuesday The Republican contained an account of the finding of Lyon’s body in the deep hole in the Kankakee river at Baums bridge. An inquest was held by Squire John Greve, acting as coroner in the place of Dr. C. E. Johnson, of Rensselaer, who is with the miiltia on the Mexican border. Squire Greve was in Rensselaer Tuesday evening and stated that he had not returned a verdict and that he was working on a clew which he thought might lead to the discovery of evidence that Lyon had been murdered. Officers claimed late Tuesday that they had also discovered a clew that would lead to the arrest of the murderer. The 'body will be exhumed today for further examination. The officers hint that they have proof that Lyon was murdered for money, of whinh he had a considerable amount on his person when he disappeared. Lyon, at the time’ of his death, was said to have been in poor mental health and on July 1 he had borrowed money of his father, Orpheon Lyon, of Kouts, Ind., with which he made a triple Chicago in the hopes of securing employment in Dakota. In Chicago he registered at an employment agency, paying a fee of $2.50, the receipt for which was found on his pei'son. He is supposed to have started home either Sunday or Monday and a small bundle of clothes was found with his hat on Baums bridge July 4. The body was badly decomposed when found and a post mortem held by two Wheatfield doctors showed that there wounds on his head, having probably been caused by striking some object in his leap from the bridge. The lungs were full of water. The following taken from the Kankakee Valley Review, intimates that later developments have led the authorities- to believe that the unfortunate man was murdered: “Information which has reached the authorities leads the officers to believe that Decatur Lyon was murdered. Detectives and officers are working on the casp and it is expected that by the time we go to press that arrests will be made. It is reported that he was given a terrible beating at his home and then taken via auto to the Baums bridge grade and thrown into the deep water hole to cover up the crime. The officers have a clue that will fasten the crime on the guilty parties.” Lyon was a married man, his wife’s maiden name was Brockway and they had three children, and it is reported that one of the children is the possessor of evidence that will show that Lyon was the victim of foul play. Evidence has been produced that there had been some family of late and this may aid in the clearing up of the mystery. Sheriff McColly, Deputy Prosecutor Sands and Court Reporter Wagner went to Wheatfield Saturday afternoon to be present at the inquest that was held at that time. It is confidently expected by the officers making the investigation to be able to return a decision as to the cause of Lyon’s death.

U-Boat to Sail Within Ten Days On Return Trip.

Confident that the effort of the diplomatic representatives of the entente allies to have his vessel classed as a warship and interned will prove unavailing, Capt. Paul Koenig, master of the German submarine, is preparing to leave port on his return voyage to Germany within ten days. Capt. Koenig expressed satisfaction when informed that the American naval officers who Tuesday inspected the Deutschland had reported in effect that not only was it an unarmed merchantman, but was so constructed that it could not be converted into a war boat without virtually being rebuilt. At least eight vessels of the same design, it has been authoratatively learned, now are being built at Kiel, and with these in addition to the Deutschland and the Bremen, already are enroute to America. Germany expects in a measure to be able to reestablish her lost commerce and ma : l communication with the rest of the world.

New Suit Filed. , Abraham Leopold vs. Herman MesAman and John H. Lane. Suit on note. Demand S3OO.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1916.

Carranzistas Beat Off Two Villa Raids—Bandits Scattered.

Two Villa bands attacked Carranza garrisons Tuesday at Rosario and Parral, but in both cases were beaten off w’ith losses, according to official reports. From Rosario the bandits were driven southward toward the Durango line by government troops under Generals Gacito and Hernandez. Other reports to General Trevino indicated that a scouting patrol from Parral had encountered one of the small bands of outlaws, who scattered after the attack on Jiminez, in the vicinity of El Valle, and had driven them into the hills, but no details were given. General Trevino said he had not received details of either of the clashes, but that all reports indicated there were skirmishes more or less minor in character. He said that every effort to force the Villistas to a battle had failed. No doubt remains in the minds of the military authorities that Villa is directing the campaigrf along the Durango-Chihuahua border.

Weather. s(oap Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Thursday. E. G. Warren and family and daughter Grace and child, of Lawton, Okla, arrived last evening for a visit with relatives. They came in their auto, making an average of about 200 miles per day, camping some of the nights by the roadside, carrying a tent for the purpose. They visited various points along the way. They visited Co. M at Indianapolis before their departure for Texas. After visiting relatives in this vicinity they will maze the return trip by auto, but Mr. Warren will return by train, another party from the west making the return trip in the auto in his place. They had no auto trouble on the trip and found the roads as a general thing in first class condition.

Pine Village Planning For Big Football Season.

Claire Rhode, the energetic manager of the Pine Village football team, is already laying plans for next season and expects to have a team in the field that will win new laurels for the town that has showed itself capable of producing a non-beatable aggregation. Jim Thorpe, the world’s greatest athlete, who played with the Pine Village club lasKyear, has been secured for the season. Pine Village has always had a wonderful football team, and the only time that they have been scored on in the past eight years was by the Rensselaer team, which held them to a 13 to 7 score at Morocco two years ago.

Republican Editors of the Tenth District to Meet.

A meeting of the republican editors Of the Tenth district will be held in Lafayette Friday. The meeting has been called by Lawrence Lyons, of Brook, republican chairman of the Tenth district. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Fowler at 1:30 o’clock and plans for the coming Campaign will be discussed. Harry S. New, candidate for United States senator, will be present. The assessment the oiling of the streets of Rensselaer has been made and in the next few days property owners will receive from the city treasurer a notice giving the amount of their assessments. There is considerable dissatisfaction over the oiling of the streets and ic is probable that this will be the last year oil is used here. The oil is a success in laying the dust but is hard on the streets and the oiled streets soon become full of \chuck holes and are much poorer not treated with oil. The new road to the college, which was rebuilt last year, was treated to oil and is already beginning to show the effects. Tarvia. seems to be the material to use on streets. It not only lays the dust, but makes the surface of the road almost as hard and smooth as cement and it wears for several years without further repair*. When putting it on, the street shou'd be given a new dressing of fine stone and the tarvia mixed with the stone and rolled. This kind of road is being built in many sections and it is a pleasure to ride over them and they seem lasting and are not nearly so expensive as some of the materials used in road building. The many thousands of dollars spent each year in trying to keep the roads of Jasper county in repair should be used in making permanent roads or in repairing the ones we have in a manner that would be the most lasting. We believe if the county commissioners would take a week off and take an automobile trip through adjoining states that they 'would learn much in road builds ing that would be of benefit to the roads of Jasper county. Taxpayers should not object to therii taking such a trip at the county’s expense.

$3.50 for an Indestructo Panama hat when you’re Hilliardized. —Hilliard & Hamill.

INDIANA TROOPS IN CAMP AT MERCEDES

Soldiers Find Site at Llano Grande Ideal for Outdoor Life—Within • Mile of Lake.

W. H. Blodgett in Indianapolis News. Mercedes, Tex., July 11.—The first Indiana troops to arrive here were the men of Battery C, of Lafayette. .The battery came with Major Tyndall, in charge of the Indiana artillery, on the headquarters train, and arrived yesterday afternoon. The Third regiment, Indiana infantry, under Col. Kuhlman, arrived here this morning and went into camp. Adjutant VanAukcn reported that the trip from Indianapolis was without event and none of the soldiers sick. The camp of the Indiana troops is at Llano Grande, about 3 miles west of this town, and if they had been permitted to select their own camping site they could not have chosen a better one. The folks back home must not imagine that the Indiana soldiers are wandering about sandy plains, filled with snakes, bushes, spikes and thorns. They are not doing anything of the kind. They are in the lower Rio Grande valley. There are 10,000 acres in the Llano Grande tract proper, of which 350 acres are used by the troops of Indiana and Nebraska. A force of men had been at work for several days clearing away the underbrush. The large trees are left standing, so there is a great deal of shade, more shade than at Ft. Harrison. A big 'building that was originally built for a hotel, but never used as such, is on the ground and has been converted into a hospital. There are also several small houses that can be utilized for living purposes if needed. The Liana Grande lake, the prettiest body of water in southwestern Texas, is within a mile of the camp. This lake is 9 miles long and affords every facility for bathing, boating and fishing. The Llano Grande tract where the Indiana soldiers are in camp is high and perfectly level. The climate is fine but the days are hot. It has registered 127. The nights are cool and pleasant. There are no mosquitoes and not many flies. Typhoid fever is almost unknown and there have been only a few isolated cases of smallpox. There was some malaria and one or two cases of typhus fever have been reported in the last year. The citizens of Mercedes contributed $4,000 to pay the expenses of the piping of water into camp and that work is now goijig on, so it will 'be two or three days before the camp has an adequate water supply. The water is conducted through pipes for about 4,000 feet and as the camp site is considerably higher than the land through which the irrigating canal from which the water is taken runs, it is necessary to pump it. So the friends back home need have no worry. The Indiana troops have a more delightful camp than they had at Ft. Harrison. To be sure, the camp is situated in the bandit district. It is six miles from the Rio Grande which is~ the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. It is 4% miles from Progreso, a village that the Mexican outlaws looted a short time ago. The troops are surrounded on all sides by Mexicans. In the brush two miles from the camp are the whitened bones of eight bad Mexicans and four miles farther on are the bones of nine more. No one knows who killed these seventeen Mexicans. All that is known is that they were shot, piled up and left, without burial. These were outlaws and abettors of outlaws from Mexico and the death of them frightened all the bad Mexicans. Tie outlaws never invaded Mercedes, though they passed over a road on the edge of town. Of course, there is no certainty that there will not be another raid, but the camp and this town are prepared should one come. Besides the Indiana and Nebraska troops three miles away there are two> troops of cavalry and a company of infantry in Mercedes and there are in this city five Texas rangers, and if there is anything that will start a Mexican going, it is a Texas ranger. When the headquarters train left San Antonio the railroad officials warned Major Tyndal that the Mexicans might try to capture the cannon. Under orders of Major Tyndall, Capt. Brockenbraugh placed an armed guard on the flat cars but no attempt was made to interfere with them. Major Tyndall posted a guard armed with ball cartridges about the camp with instructions not to take any chances with prowlers. It had not rained here since last January until ten days ago and it has been raining ever since. The water came down as if the Gulf of Mexico had been turned upside down and the I water poured over the camp. The .*e is not a case of serious illness among the Indiana troops.

Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, Punctures Dem. Revenue Bill.

Representative Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, shot a hole in the democratic revenue bill by offering an amendment just in the nick of time striking out the proposed tax of $1 per thousand dollars on national bank capital, surplus and undivided profits. Bankers all over Indiana have been aroused by this proposed legislation, claiming that it amounted in effect to double taxation on banks, since the bill already levies a tax of 2 per cent on the net incomes of the banks. John P. Frenzel and John H. Holliday, of Indianapolis, wired their strong objections to €fie proposed capital tax. Much to the surprise of those in charge of the revenue bill, Wood’s amendement carried on a standing vote of 167 ayes to 144 noes and when a roll call was forced, carried 'by 202 ayes to 167 noes. All the Indiana democratic members voted against the Wood amendment.

$10,000 Presented to Deutschland Crew By New York German.

Captain Paul Koenig and the crew of the Deutschland were given a token of SIO,OOO for their seamanship, gallantry and matchless courage by August Hescher, of New York city. A check for this amount was sent to Charles Von Helmoit, manager of the North American Lloyd steamship company. —-——

Health Office Suggestions On Infantile Paralysis.

There seems no doubt now that this disease is spread by direct contact with one having the disease, the contagion coming from the nose or throat. Therefore it seems only reasonable that to avoid having your children acquire the infection the following things should be carried out: Keep the children at home and especially away from gatherings, such as moving picture shows, Sunday school and especially from gatherings in small crowds, as they do every day, to play. In other words, have your children stay on your own premises until the scare is over. Pay especial attention to the condition of the bowels, and nose and throat. If you desire, use a douche cup cieasing in nose and a mouth wash. A medicine called “Liquor Anticepticus,” diluted 3 times with water, is good; also, peroxide is fair. Also it seems reasonable that dogs and cats can carry the disease —dogs are a nuisance inside city limits and cats are surely not good playthings. There is no case closer than Lafayette today and it may hot attack any of our children, yet it is not unlikely at all—the infant not yet walking, having the disease in a light foim and the slight paralysis not being noticed, is the usual carrier. In case any case does show in Rensselaer a very rigid quarantine will be kept.—City Health Officer of Rensselaer. Adv.

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SEE Clara Kimball Youn? IN ‘CAMILLE’ At The REX Tonight

Stranger Killed By Monon Freight Train Near Chalmers.

A stranger who was identified by property on his person as E. C. Shaw, of LaCrosse, Wis., was found dead along the right-of-way of the Monon railroad near Chalmers Monday morning between 9 and 10 o’clock. The body was discovered lying on the east side of the track by the crew of the local freight No. 54, northbound, in charge of Conductor Lister. The train was run on to Relnolds, where the conductor wired the dispatcher at Lafayette for orders in reference to the disposal of the body. He was ordered to take it back to Chalmers.

Burnettsville Suffers Big Loss From Destructive Fire.

Burnettsville, a small town near Monticello, suffered a destructive fire loss Monday. A half block of the business section was wiped out. Two large business buildings were completely. destroyed, the State Bank building gutted, with the four tottering walls left standing and two valuable stocks of merchandise were consumed to ashes, leaving no trace whatever of salvage. The section of the town visited is just south of the railroad track. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The estimated loss is placed at $25,000.

NOTICE. There will be an important meeting of the Van Rensselaer club at 8 o’clock Thursday evening. Plaris for the annual picnic are to be discussed and a full attendance is desired.

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