Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1916 — Page 1

No. 187.

DR. M. D. GWIN HAS HIS SAFE ROBBED

Safe if Office Robbed of Thirteen Dollars Between 5:00 and 5:30 The safe in Dr. M. D. Gavin’s office was robbed of sl3 between 5:00 and 5:30 o’clock Friday evening. Dr. iGwin has no idea as to he identity of tha thief, but is of the opinion that lit wins probably committed iby some slippery fingered fellow who follows up the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus. Dr. Gwin had placed a S2O bill, two $5 bills and three ones in. the safe about 5:00 o’clock. Before leaving the office, however, he decided to take the S2O bill with him, leaving the rest in the safe. Miss Ellon Gwin, sister of the doctor, left the office about the same time, putting on the d'ay lock of the safe bcfoxc leaving. Wihen the doctor returned about 5:30 he noticed that the other bills were gone, and upon inquiring of his. sister, was informed that the bills were in the safe when she left. As only the' day lock on at the time of the robbery, it was an easy matter for the thief to open the safe and annex the contents. This should serve as a warning to Rensselaer people to see that their homes are securely locked before leaving them during the day, as there are so many strangers in town of questionable character during the circus.

Methodist Church. Sunday school at 9:30. Preaching ait 10:45. Sermon >by the pastor. Epworth League at 6 p. m. Union service at court house lawn at 7 J>. m. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS. We have just installed the wonderful Amiba electric trouble finder. Locates motor, generator, battery and ignition trouble. A time and money saver. No guess work. We your trouble, dear it and prove it to you if you are from Missouri. Come and see us. We can show you. K. T. RHOADES & CO. GARAGE. Baptist Church. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Morning worhsip and sermon at 10:30 a. m. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. J, P. Green. Let us give our former pastor and co-worker a good hearing. James school house: Sunday school at 2 p. m. Preaching at 3 p. m. Union vesper services on court house lawn, Rev. McDaniel preaching the sermion, at 7 p. m. F. H. Beard, Pastor. Chautauqua Tickets. Chautauqua tickets are now on sale at the following places and in the hands of the following persons: B. F. FenvLig’s drug store, A. F. Long’s drug store, Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store, B. F. Forsythe, E. J. Randle, W. S. Day, Edson Murray, B. F. Alter, C. M. Sands, C. E. Prior, W. L. Myer, D. Delos Dean, J. D. Allman, J. N. I/eatherman and Rex D. Warner. Buy your tickets early in order that the local committee may have some - idea of the attendance so that they may prepare for seating, etc. Adult tickets are $2.00; youths, age eight and ever, SI.OO. This is a camammdty affair backed by the business men of Rensselaer and should be patronized by everyone. An excellent program is assured. August 10 to 15. J. N. Leatherman, President. D. D. Dean, Sec. There were five marriage licenses issued in July, against seven for the previous month fed six for the corresponding month in 1915.

Benefit Sale ‘INDIANA’ TICKETS IN CHARGEOF CHARITY BOARD A percentage of the receipts of advance sale to be used locally.

The Eveing Republican.

RENSSELAER IN YOUTHFUL SPIRITS TODAY

Arrival of Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Responsible—Crowd Disappointed At Late Arrival. The spirit of youth prevails in Rensselaer today, and the old as well as young were up early to greet the arrival of the great Hageribcck-Wal-lace circus which arrived via the Motion about 9 o’clock, die three sections being delayed through some fault of the railroad but not on account of a strike as reported. There were 59 cars—loaded with gayly 'bedecked wagons and other paraphenalia, and the sight of these caused joy throughout the city. Young as well as old watched the unloading process. The train was in three sections. The work of unloading was started a Short time after the arrival of the train, as soon as the sleepy workmen could be aroused from their slumbers. The cars were rapidly unloaded and as fast as tlie wagons were rolled t j the ground from the cars, * waiting horses were attached to them and they were -soon rumbling over the city streets to the show grounds at Riverside Park, where a gang of workmen were already at work putting up the white canvas.

At the circus grounds thousands flocked about to catch the marvelous business system wliich prevailed. Towering center poles were pulled into the air by teams of horses. The little steam stake driver hummed ierrily. Over in the circus barber shop the barbers found no idle moments. In the library tent were many performers reading the daily newspapers and magazines. One little English girl was writing to her brother now at the front in France with the allies. Some of the women of the circus found time after breakfast to do a little knitting for the soldiers. The circus school taught by Billy Hart, opened about 10 o’clock. Enrolled were 18 children connected with the sohw. Some of them are sions and daughters of performers, while several are daughters of circus officials. The cttrriculum ranges from the oeginners’ class to Greek and calculus. The first performance was given late this afternoon an the tent wlas packed'. The show was well received and there were a great many new features which won_ the approval of the crowd. The second performance will be given tonight at 8 o’clock and the doors will open at 7.

Big crowds arrived on all incoming trains, while many other t visitors came via automobile. Rensselaer’s circus crowd was probably not as large as it would have been 'had not the circus shown at Kentland and Monticello before coming here. However, the following towns were well represented here during the day: Monon, Wheatfield, Remington, Wolcott, Parr, Fair Oaks, Thayer, Roselawn, Tefft, Surrey, Francesville, Mediaryville, Brook, Foresm'an and Morocco. Owing to the late arrival of the train it was impossible to give a parade and the unloading was not accomplished until afternoon. The last tent was erected about 2 o’clock and it was after three before the performance .began. The streets were crowded with people and those who make it a practice to come to town to see the parade only on circus day were greatly disappointed. The omission of the parade, however, could not be helped. It was one of those unavoidable events that- comes sometime in the life of every circus and had to be endured.

A tv. la F. Turfler, Osteopath. Miss Rachel Stuart returned to her home in Chicago today after spending a two weeks’ visit here with Howard Stuart and family. * Dr. I. M. Washburn defeated Dwight Cumiok two straight sets in their matches in the first round of the tennis tournament. The scores were 7-5 and 6-4. Miss Marjorie Lough ridge defeated .Mass Char otte Kanne in straight sets in the girls’ tournament. Commissioners Sale of Real Estate At Private Sale. The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of ten in township thirty north, range five west, 4'o acres, more or less, in Jasper county, Indiana, being the Hollowell heirs’ land. Address me at Columbus, Ind., with your offer on this land. I will be at the Makeover House, Rensselaer, Ind., on Monday, the 14th day of August, 1916. Chill and see me there. - W. C. DUNCAN, Commissioner, Columbus, Ind.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA,* SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1916. -

News Letter From St. Joseph’s College.

Compared to the work done at the college the past two or three summers, very little has been undertaken this year. The ordinary repairs that are necessary after the close of school are about completed. A system of indirect lighting has been laid out by the Hatfield Electric Company of .Indianapolis for the three large study halls and will very likely be put in this summer. In order to obtain the best effects two of the study halls had to be repainted and the wiring laid out anew. The faculty building has also been repaint#d and rewired. All the wires are now" laid in onduits to reduce the risk of fire. Two large fire escapes will also be erected at the rear of the main building. Th prospects for students for the coming fall term are very good, although it is a little too early to judge. Quite a number of the old -boys have Already reported their return. Father Sylvester Hartman, professor of junior Greek, is spending the summer in the Latin seminar courses at Indiana University., He will continue the same work at the Catholic University of America next year. Father Bernard Condon, C. PP. S., who received the degree of Master of Arts for the Catholic University at Washington,. D. C., in June, will be a member of the college sftaff this "year; also Revs. Theodore Koemn, Leo Spomhauer and James Mclntyre, recently ordained. . Father Justin Henkel, C. PP. S., who held the office of treasurer of the college since June, 1913, recently asked to be relieved, and the Provincial of the Society of the Precious Blood, who was at the college for several days this week, has appointed Rev. Pius Kanney, C. PP. S., in his stead.

The V. Rev. Provincial also reduced the membership of the College Board of Administration from seven members to five. The members for the coming year will be: Rev. Hugh Lear, C. PP. S., president; Rev. Nicholas Grciwe, C. PP. S., vice-president; Rev. Pius Kanney, C. PP. S., treasurer; Rev. I. Wagner, C. PP. S., secretary; Rev. B. Besinger, disciplinarian. Among the visitors at the college during the past week Was Rev. M. Hamburger, C. PP. S., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Father Mark was well known in Rensselaer during the late nineties, as he was at that time a member cf the faculty. He has just completed a new church at a cost of $160,000. It is in Italian Renaissance, and is said to be one of the finest, if not the finest Catholic church in Cincinnati and suberb's. There are about sixty churches in the city. Rev. William Sullivan, of Wabash, Ind., the alumni historian, is at present at the college gathering data for the history of the institution, in as much as there has 3een any made in the past twenty-five years.

New York in Throes of A Street Car Strike.

One thousand additional motormen and conductors of the New York ~u.'lwiay companies voted at 2:40 o’clock this Saturday morning to go on a strike. The hall in which I#o workers had taken a strike vote early in the night was packed with employes of the company at 2 o’clock, Most of the men were in uniform. They had come direct to the hall from the bams after running in their cars. It was asserted when the meeting was called to order that beyond a doubt they would join the strike. Eighty per cent of the motormen are on strike today.

Hughes to Depart On Western Speaking Trip Tonight.

Charles E. Hughes is ready for the trip to the Pacific coast on which he ’Started last night. Hughes’ speaking trip includes a great many of the central and middle western states. He plans to outline his campaign *or this fall in his speeches, and to coint out defects in the present administration. Commissioners’ court meets Monday in regular August session. A petition bearing 700 signatures asking for a local option election at Bloomington, has been filed oy wets of that place. The city is now dry. The Remington Press states hat the threshing rig belonging to Jacob Klaus went through the bridge at the southeast comer of the 'vra last Monday forenoon. The machine was an extremely heavy and powerful one and when it passed onto the bridge the whole structure gave way with a great crash. The machine did not suffer very much lamage, and Mr. Klaus leaped from it and was uninjured. It is the second time that this .bridge has given way. The engine is the same one that went through a culvert west of Wolcott a few years ago and killed Cooney Klaus.. ■■ ■

TO SHOOT OIL WELL AT THAYER

Thayer Oil & Gas Co. Announces That They Will Shoot Oil Well On Thursday, August 10th.

Thursday, August lOtli, will see the community of Thayer, Ind., the center of interest in northern Indiana. The Thayer Oil & Gas Co., announces that on that day, unless the unforseen happens and a delay is necessary, they will shoot the thousand foot well they are at present drilling. Thomas H. Oondon, father of the Parker-Munice oil field, where millions of dollars were made, has the contract to drill three wells on the six hundred acres of land which the company has leased. He reached a depth' of four hundred feet with the first well day. G. J. Cummings, vice president of the company, has established headquarters at Dyer and is supervising the work. The countryside is astir with the new activity and the shooting of the well is sure to 'be an event attended by great excitement. Stockholders in the Thayer Oil & Gas Co. feel confident of the success of the new field. They base their judgment on the fact that oil was drawn from two wells on the six hundred acre tract now under lease for oil and gas privileges. Two hundred and '‘fifty barrels of oil were obtained from one of the wells which farmers put dotvn eight years ago*. Testing some of the oil drawn from the well eight years ago, an expert appraised it as worth $2.60 a barrel. Vice^president Cummings says that the HearsGSelig weekl.es will send a moving picture photographer to take views of the shooting of the well. The glycerine needed to shoot the well has been ordered and a $25 a day expert retained to do the work. “Two hur.drd and fifty thousand feet of gas issues from the well daily,” said Mr. Cummings.

Real Estate Transfers. Emmet L. Hollingsworth et ux to Glenn Overly, July 20, It 5, bl 15, Rensselaer, Weston’s add, SIOO. Lesta Snively to George W. Hopkins, July 22, It 4, bl 1, Rensselaer, Fairview add, SSOO. Robert W. Burris et ux to Arthur Williamson, et ux, June 9, 1915, It 8, 9, bl 6, Rensselaer Weston's add, SI3OO. A. S. Laßue made a business trip to Lafayette today. Mrs. Carrie Hans came today from Idaville to visit Mrs. James Watts and family. Mrs. A. S. Barlow came today from Wheatfield to visit her daughter, Mrs. H. O. Gilbranson. Mrs, J. Applegate and Miss V. Bowman came today from Delphi to visit Del Bowman and family at Newland. Miss Elsie Smith returned from a visit with Mrs. Wm. Wright at Indianapolis and her aunt, Mrs. George Coon, at Delphi. Mr. and Mrs. Heinz and daughter, Dorothy, came today from Chicago today to visit Mrs. Heinz’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. McOolly. Miss Marceline Ulyat of Brook, who has been on a camping trip at Monticello, came today to visit her cousins, Misses Elsie and Zara Smith. 'Miss Sybil Gilmore, who has been visitnig Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Glmore at Fair Oaks for the past month, returned to Indianapolis today. Mrs. W. S.~McOonnell, of Far Oaks, and sister, Mrs. Dave Overton, who has been visiting her, came today to visit their sister, Mrs. Joe Davisson and family. In a leap from a steediner automobile that was being filmed at Baltimore Thursday afternoon, David Dictor, 20 years old, a moving picture actor, sustained a fracture of he skuil and died a few hours later. Monday, July 31st, Sam Robinson completed his eleventh year as rural route carrier on route No. 3. The rouse is 26% miles long and is traveled daily except Sunday. This would rrake for one year’s travel 8,170 mile 3 and for the entire eleven years would be nearly 90,000 miles, or almost four times around the globe.—Morocco Courier. Rensselaer traffic officers have had much just cause for complaint of late concerning the fast and reckless ’riving through the city, streets. They have been very patient with many of the automobile drivers and have overlooked some of the recknessness to an extent, but assert that if the pra tice of the drivers continues they will have to take some drastic action soon if the violations are not stopped.

Marble Ditch Is Changing Course of the Kankakee.

Valparaiso Videttte. The Kankakee river is passing. Already the bed of the famous old stream is nearly dry at Burrows Camp. Now one can walk over from bank to bank, wearing only slippers, for the water is making its way down the Mafible ditch. Leanord Burrows told the story here last night when he drove in for an evening’s shopping trip with his wife, Miss Mary Burnett and Roy Shelton. As the big Williams dredge proceeds westward the water in the old river will recede until there will be but little left except the channel. One of these days the county commissioners will probably take action to eliminate the old bridge near Burrows Camp and provide for arches of masonry that will s iffice in high water times. This is the idea of Mr. Burrows, which he hopes will receive support from the public. The first fine fish, ever caught in the new’ channel was landed yesterday morning by a man named Henry Clink, of Cincinnati, who is occupying the cottage of his son-in-law, George W. Lawton, of Chicago. Mr. Cink’s prize was a pickerel and tipped the scales at 7 pounds, and the fisher was delighted. Mr. Lawton is the man who owned the Chicago auditorium once for ten hours. He bought it in on taxes after the owners had failed to pay the taxes.

Robert Foster and his son were drowned in the river at the mouth of the Monon creek Friday afternoon, according to the Monticello Journal. The father was trying to save the life of the eight-year-old boy when the tragedy occurred.

Neal Woodccx, 55, was instantly killed when a brick wall of the Methodist church at Rochester fell on him whiel he was at work in a nearby excavation. The work on the new hospital is progressing rapidly and the building is taking on an excellent appearance. The wiring of the building is also being rapidly rushed to completion. Eleven head of cattle owned by A. I. Rich, of Noble oumty, were killed by one bolt of lightning when they took refuge under a tree during a shower. The dead animals were ■'ound all in a crumpled heap. Will Sloan’s Liniment Relieve Pain? Try it and see —one application will prove more than a column of claims. Jaihes S. Ferguson, Phila., Pa., writes: “I have had wonderful relief since I used Solan’s Liniment on my knees. To think after all these years of pain one application gave me relief. Many thanks for what your remedy has done for me.” Don’t keep on suffering, apply Sloan’s Liniment where your pain is and notice how quick you get relief. Penetrates without rubbing. Buy it at any drug store. 25c. (3 Try our classified column.

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A New Way of Dodging Arrest.

The path of the man who drives an automobile in a large city is beset with pitfalls. He is a lucky motorist who has never been fined the price of a Ford car for some heinous sin like harboring a smoking muffler. This is the story of the man who erred and didn’t pay: A Cleveland motorist stopped his car in front of a dry goods store and went inside. On returning to the street he was surprised to discover a policeman standing in front of his car and writing something in his notebook—apparently the number of the machine. For a second the motorist was puzzled. Then it suddenly dawned on him tha the had stopped hi 3 car directly alongside a fire plug, and in Cleveland that is punishable with a $25 fine. The automobilist was annoyed; he was also nimble witted. So he walked rapidly past without casting as much as a glance at the automobile and caught a trolley home. Arriving there, he called up police headquarters and announced to the sergeant on the desk that his machine had been stolen. He told the neighborhood from which it had been taken and gave a minute description of the car —not forgetting the number. Later, the policeman waiting in front of the store for the offending motorist to appear, was furnished by headquarters with the description of a stolen car. It exactly fitted the car which he had been watching. He phoned headquarters to the effect,, elated at his cleverness as a sleuth. Headquarters passed the word along to the owner of the car, who soon appeared to claim his property. Deeming S2O sufficient saving on the transaction he slipped the policeman a $5 bill. Everybody was happy, and nobody offended except the well known majesty of the law.

New Methodist Church To Be Built at Remington.

The contract for the new Methodist church which is to be built at Remington has been let to Hodshire and Young, of Monticello. The cost of the structure will be $25,000 and when finished will be one of the finest in this section. The excavation for the foundation walls has been completed and the sub-structure is well under way, and the contractors expect to have the wall raised within sixty days.

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