Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1916 — Page 1

No. 176.

Tonight At The GAYETY AIRDOME GEORGE KLEINE presents the 4 reel feature European Armies in Action GASTLEJANCES 5 and 10c.

Boy Scouts Enjoying Camp Life On Iroquois.

Saturday and Sunday were busy days in the Boy Scouts camp. Joel Clifford McDaniel celebrated his Bth birthday on the banks of the Iroquois on Saturday by treating the boys to watermelon and cake. Mrs. Joe Groom contributed to the enjoyment by sending a delicious lemon-custard pic and hot Parker House rolls. Sunday was a very busy day. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Reed and Mr. and Mrs. John R. Merritt rendered valuable service by keeping cama while the Scout master was conducting his morning worship m the city and at Slaughter in the afternoon. All extend to them —the —most —hearty thanks. The following persons visited the camp since last report: W .J. Wright, iMr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson and two daughters, Mrs. Hugh Hurley, Maybell Waymire, Agnes Platt, Merl Freeland, Stella Platt, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Fate, Dwight Curnick, Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Osborne, Miss Fern Osborne, Walter Randle, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Platt, Mrs. W. R. Knowile® and Mrs. Albert Alter, of Forest, Ind., Mss Irene Olds, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman, Mss Mary Leatherman, Miss Helen Leatherman, George Fate, W. Eigelsbach, Orie Pott, Ted Ramey, L. Worland, Boy Scout from Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Poole, Gladys Groom, Marguerite Walters Mr, and Mrs. Joe Groom.

New Cases Filed.

Qhiais. W. Postil 1, administrator estate F. W. Bedford, deceased, v. John Kohler. Suit on mote. Thomas Haywood v. Emmet L. Hollingsworth. Suit .to quiet title.

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The Evening Republican.

Fowler Citizen Files Suit Against Indianapolis Mayor.

Emery Meader, wiho has been in the employ of the Central Union Telephone Co., as a wireman, filed surit in the circuit court Friday for $15,000 damages against Joseph E. Bell, mayor of Indianapolis, and George Tuck, his chauffeur. It is asserted that Bell’s automobile, driven by Tuck, struck Meader when he was riding has motorcycle February 26. It is alleged further by Meader that before the accident Bell and Tuck entered into a conspiracy to have Tu appointed a member of the police force in order that Tuck should receive a policeman’s pay each month but act as a private chauffeur for the mayor. It was necessary, it was said in the suit, to present false claims in order to obtain Tuck’s salary from the city. As a result of the collision it -s alleged Meader’s left leg was broken in such a way that after healing it was short several inches and per—manently deformed. _l—

Lafayette Journal. The children’s friend and patron saint is dead and the sorrow which will be occasioned by his loss will not be confined fco Indiana, but will be felt wherever ther2 are children and lovers of children and the beauties of nature. James Whitcomb Riley has sung his last song and has passed out through the narrow gate that leads straight to eternity. He will find a host of friends out there but we fancy that he will pause occasionally and turn to wave a friendly greeting to those whom he has left behind. The sweetness of his §mile will be borne to us in the perfume of the flowers and the breezes that playfully tease the leaves in the woodland will whisper to each other of the wonderful little man whom they passed out there on the King’s highway. The voice of the sweet singer is stilled but the beautiful things which ht wrote are preserved to us forever and his memory as one of the rich legacies of mankind. It appears to us that fatfe was just a bit unkind to Riley. It would have been fitting if he could have closed his tired eyes “Long about knee deep in June,” when the youngsters were enjoying the first real fun in “Thfe Old Swimmin’ Hole,” or welre trudging “Out to Old Aunt Mary’s”. Riley's genius was baptized in the fountain of love. He possessed the golden key that opened the heart of childhood. He was able to retrace his steps and lead us, a wondering host, along the winding path of you till which we had quitted in those dim distant days when we emerged into the larger life to do each his part. Universally loved, enshrined in countless hearts, the child’s poet will speak to us through all the days of our lives and when the shades of everlasting twilight fall we shall be fortunate indeed if we Shall have deserved even a tithe of the eStoem which has been his without measure. "Good-bye, Jim, take keer o’ yerself.”

Cool silk shirts, thin underwear and sflk hose at Hilliard & Ham,ill’s.

James Whitcomb Riley.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1916.

GETTING ALONG FINE DOWN ON THE BORDER

Interesting Letter From Maj. Healey —'Little Sickness But Plenty of Work. Llano Grande, Tex., July 19, 1916. The Republican: A broken typewriter is my excuse for having permitted a whole week to elapse without waiting a letter for publication. Fortunately, Sergeant James Spate, of Newland, a member of Company M, is an expert at remodeling Oliver machines and having a kit of tool® with him he was able to restore my . machine to good condition after laboring for about six hours. The machine had been packed iii the baggage car with a vast amount of other things and while stored with some care at the start, apparently everything in’ the car was turned topsy turvy by some of the rough bumps received on the trip here. There are a number of typewriters in camp and they come in very handy, even being loaned about half the time.

Kensselaer boys seem to be ’getting alcng very well, although suffering some from the heat and some from home-sickness, which is one of the disagreeable experiences every soldier has to go through with. There have been occasional other troubles but none have proven serious or lasting. Floyd Elder was ill Tuesday and was sent .over to the field hospital but made immediate recovery and came back to the company today. Corporal Jimmie Eldridge,' Who was slightly ill while on the train enroute here, was also complaining some after his arrival but is again back on full feed and ready for any sort of service. General Parker, of Brownsville, who made an official visit here a day or two ago, is quoted to have said that •he wanted a baseball team organized in each regiment, and it is presumed that this information reached Joe and Jimmie and caused their speedy recovery. There was. difficulty for several days in getting ice but the officers of the Rensselaer, Monticello, Plymouth and Valparaiso companies solved this question by hiring a Mexican wagon to haul the ice out from Mercedes and now cool water, iced coffee and lemonade are possible, and this has done much to cheer up every person, for it is hard to reconcile oneself to warm water. The supply of water is secured from the irrigation canals, which get their supply from the Rio Grande river, which is said to be continually muddy". The analysis made by medical officers, however, and also by chemists, declare it to be free from disease organisms and the town of Mercedes gets its waiter supply from the same source and the community is said to be particularly healthful. Northerners, especially from Illinois, whom I have met, say they have had no sickness since coming here. Typhoid, which is always feared, is virtua’ly impossible owing to the fact that the anti-typhoid prophylaxis was administered to every soldier, constituting immunity for a period of two or three years. Malaria, which is common in some tropical countries, is unknown here. It is transmitted by the mosquito. There are ordinarily very few of these pests, but since the rains of last week there have been a great many, but cots and mosquito'netting will be issued to every soldier. There has been some delay in getting everything needed, a further proof of our unpreparedmess, and many Indiana soldiers are Still without adequate, tentage but tents are to be supplied within a few days. There has been no rain since last Friday and in that time our muddy camp ground has been transformed into a well drained and cleanly city of tents. The soldiers are not without love of the beautiful and it was only a day after the rain stopped that landscape gardeners, volunteers from among the soldiers, began setting the grounds, about the camp with large Mexican palms.,sage trees in beautiful purple blossom and other plaints. Officers of my battalion from the cities above named were the first to adopt semipermanent homes. This was done by building floors and frames the size of the tents. The tents were then screened in with wire screen, the front poles dispensed with and screen doors enstalled. Flies, mosquitoes, scorpions, tarantulas, rattlers and the million and one other flying and creeping things that are said to be so frequent in this section are kept out. None should become alarmed, however, about the various varmints as they exist largely in fancy. An old mussel hunter on the Mercedes lake, where our boys go to swim, states that he has been there four years and never saw a rattler, while others have informed me they never heard of a person being bitten by one. Two or three were killed in the making of the camp

Delegation From Rensselaer to Attend Battle Ground Meeting.

A delegation from Rensselaer representing 'the Epworth League of the M. E. church, will be present at the Battle Ground Epworth League institute which opened today and continues through the week. Reservations have been made for more than 400 persons to date and places which have not yet reported are expected to swell the attendance. The first session will be held Monday evening, when Dr. Wilbur Sheri - dan, of Chicago, general Epworbh League secretary, will give the welcoming address and outline the week’s work. The Rev. C. M. Barton, of Greenfield, 111., will have charge of the Bible study; Rev. H. L. Sweetland, of Lake Bluff, HI., will have charge of the morning watch; evengelism, recreation and culture will be an charge of Rev. Petere Jacob®, of Randolph, la., and E. A. LeetSon, of Indianapolis, wall have classes in the Christian stewardship. Recreation in the afternoon will include tennis, baseball, swimming and several hikes.

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and I see by The Republican that one was killed near my tent. I think the distance, 'however, must have been a quarter of a mile away as the only knowledge I had of it was the shouting of the Mexicans, who 'held a sort of pow wow whenever a rattler is killed. Likewise a story in .the Indianapolis New r s related the killing of an armodilla near my tent. This harmless animal was killed about a square away. John Robinson has become a sort of zoological expert since his arrival here and has captured two or three tarantulas, one scorpion, several lizzards and a baby jack rabbit. There was talk of making up a collection of these animals and sending home a window display but it has not materialized. I undertook to profcum a number of botanical specimens with the same intention but I found much difficulty in finding any person who could tell me what the correct names were. Finally when I did find one who could tell me, the specimens had so withered as .to be unfit for sending. In the collection was the mesquite bean, Mexican persimmons, Mexican olives, cats’ claw, sceca, prickly pear, white brush chapparall and wesatch. There are many other kinds and I see new ones every day.

Our daily drills have not been sufficient to endanger the health of any one, lasting only from 7:30 in the morning until 10 o’clock and from 6:30 to 7:30 in the evening, with a school from 4 to 5 each afternoon. There are other duties, to be sure, including road making, water pipe burying and details of various sorts. Also each company catches a tour of interior guard duty every twelve days and a tour of brigade guard about once eaxjh month. Officers of the regular army are being assigned as instructors and other regular army officers are visiting the camp with a view to seeing that we are equipped with everything necessary for field service. Tentage, transport wagons, mules for hauling and mounts for officers are yet to arrive. I am mighty glad I brought a Jasper county horse with me, for it has been a daily pleasure. Since I began this letter almost a day has elapsed, during which time there have been two drills, two conferences, one school for the study of the Mexican language, and many other things to keep me busy, including the making out of requisitions for needed equipment. Last night John Monridh, a member of Company M, was Stung on the head by a centipede. He issued a war whoop that made some think the camp was being attacked. A little iodine was painted over the siting by the regimental doctors and no bad results are expected. Several have been stung but the injury proves no worse than a Sting from a yellow jacket, except as a matter of fright. Colonel Paul, of the sth Nebraska, was stung and was quite ill for several hours. Two deaths have occurred so far. One Nebraska soldier was drowned .wiuie-'swimming in the lake. His body was not recovered for about 40 hours. There were about fifty swimming near him when he was siezed with cramp© but all efforts to save him failed. The other death was also at the lake and the victim was a member of the Fort Wayne company. It is believed he died of heart failure. Our company has been bathing two or three times. The lake is an old river channel and is quite narrow, and many of the men swim over and ■back without stopping, but most of us hover near the bank Where the water is over one’s head only a few feet out. 0 Another night has elapsed since this letter started, but there should be enough of It for this time any way. A new schedule formulated by the commanding general has gone into effect. It makes every person hump from 5:30 a. m. to taps at 10 at night. I shall drop a line when I can. maj. geo. h. Healey.

SMALLEST HIPP WILL BE HERE

Tiny Blood-Sweating Behemoth With the Carl Hagenbeck Wallace Circus. “ , Blood-sweating behemoths of Hoiy Writ were once quite popular with showmen. The tall, slender gentleman in shiny top boots, who cracked their long whips behind the rosinbacks, were once quite enthusiastic in their praise of the animals who, according to the Prophet Job, dnank up a river and tasted not. But now that Little George is fairly launched upon hris first journey in the United States the guaranteed bloodsweaters are in the discard. George will embark from his special car in the Carl Hagenbeck-Wal-lace circus train at an hour when milkmen are ending their rounds circus day. George is the smallest hippopotamus in the world—as far 13 can be learned. He is worth $17,000 — with no discount for cash. George has -been in the United States but a few w r eeks, but from his joyful demeanor bis trainers ha/e concluded that he thoroughly approves of us as a nation. But George is only a part of the circus. There are bareback riders and acrobats, among them the only girl acrobat who can turn a double somersault in the adr. The circus will be in Rensselaer on Satudray, August sth.

The change that has come over the Jasper county crops in the last few days is wonderful. The hot weather of the past three weeks, although it may have been detrimental to the oats crop, has worked wonders with the com and there are but vea*y few poor fields of com in the county, and a bumper crop is expected. Oats cutting is well under way and a few more days will see them all in shock. Wheat thrashing will commence this weak and it is believed the average yield will be between 25 and 30 bushels to the acre. —" _____ . The Rensselaer papers are criticizing an automobile for flying a Dixie Highway pennant while running on the Jackson Highway. We agree with them. The pennant should be used as a pants pad when riding on the Jackson Highway in Jasper, and we believe the Dixie Highway men would be grateful to anyone suggejtingg this if he is Still alive. In fact, we think the Jasper countyites should station a man at each end of that road in the community with air cushions for tourists willing to make a trip through the county.—Brook Reporter.

George R. Nugent, farmer, aged 40, of Lawrence county, was instantly killed Tuesday during a thunderstorm by a bolt of lightning which destroyed a large bam and forty tons of hay.

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POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED

Mr. Faye W: Clarke and Miss Alice Coen Were Married Saturday Evening. Mr. Faye W. Clarke and Miss Alice M. Coen were married at the Christian parsonage Saturday evening by Rev. McDaniel. The wedding was a very quiet one and their many friends did not learn of the fact that they had been married for some time. Mss Nell Meyers was the only one present at the ceremony. The brkle is a popular and attractive young lady and is the daughter of Mrs. Clara Coen, of this city, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Clarke, also of Rensselaer, and is a graduate of Purdue university. Both have spent practically all of their lives here and were both graduates of the 1910 class of Rensselaer high school, and it was during their school years that the courtship which resulted in their marriage began. The young couple left Sunday morning via automobile for Conrad, Ind., where Mr. Clark will manage a farm. Mr. Clarke recently returned from New York state, where he had been helping superintend a large rtock farm. He stated on his return that he “did not like it very veil there,” but it seems that he had some other motive in returning to Rensselaer. The Republican extends congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, and wishes for them a life of happiness and prosperity.

Frank Hill is feeding 800 head of hogs on their Jordan township farm. These were purchased in Chicago, and the last bunch, 500 head, arrived one day last w r eck. While driving them to the farm in the evening one hog was killed by 'a passing automobile, which did not stop, and the identity of the owner of the car is unknown. Mr. Hill paid eleven cents per pound for these feeders r but thinks he can make—money by fattening them and selling at a lower price.

Marriage Licenses.

Hen: / W. Seidel, bom Pulaski county, Ind., April 29, 1860, residence Winamac, Ind., occupation real estate agent, second marriage, first dissolved by death Dec. 12, 1912, and Minnie SChultz, bom Pulaski county, Ind., Oct. 2, 1871, residence Rensselaer, first marriage. Fay William Clarke, bom Lowell, Ind., Sept. 22, 1890, residence Rensselaer, occupation farmer, and Alice May Coen, bom Rensselaer, Ind., Aug. 24, 1890, residence Rensselaer: first marriage for each.

Have you seen the new Ford touring car at Hilliard & Hamill’s?

VOL. IX.