Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1916 — Page 1

N. 203.

Tonight At The GAYETY 3 PEOPLE 3 Cockelberg, Cleary & Lewis FUN MAKERS ■ » . If any trio can pull off an amusing l stunt these people are strictly on to the job. The game of base ball is alone well worth the price. A Smoothe Picture in addition this evening. 5 & 15c.

KAIL HEADS FRAME NEW PROPOSALS

Secret Conference Drafts Reply to Wilson’s Plan for Averting Strike. Washington, August 23. —An important conference at which the railway executives may commit themselves to a definite line of action was in progress tonight continuing the session of presidents and managers held this morning. No conclusions regarding acceptance of President Wilson’s plan to avert a nation-wide railroad strike had been reached, according to a statement by President Holden, of the Burlington, and chairman of the committee of eight.. The feeling prevails in the capital that the next twenty-four hours will bring a definite decision from the rail chiefs as to whether they will concede the eight-our day as demanded by the brotherhoods or will insist that the whole dispute be submitted to a board of arbitration. The railroad employes committee showed such marked signs of unrest today at the delay of the negotiations between President Wilson and the railway executives that the leaders of the men were alarmed and openly axpressed fear of their ability to hold them much longer.

An employes’ meeting this morning was thrown into an uproar by speeches of a minority which demanded immediate action unless the roads accept the president’s plan. But the leaders succeeded in adjourning it before any vote could be taken on any of the various proposals. They said afterward that while the pressure for immediate action came from a minority it was strong, but they believed the majority would be willing to give the president a little more time. Some of the men urged that most of them go home, leaving the brotherhood heads with authority to call a strike if the railroads do not accept the president’s plan.

Try a dish of French nor gat ice cream at the Corner Case. Pictures of quality for ladies of quality at Burchard’s 5 and 10c store Saturday, 10:30 a. m. , Our prices on all wool suits for men and young men is always the lowest. Come in, look over our line, we can save you money at Rowles & Parker’s. ■ .. i. i ■-r Cakes like you bake at home received twice a week at McFarland’s.

LAWN FETE Catholic Church Lawn Thursday Evening, August 24 Beginning at 5 o’clock CAFETERIA LUNCH Chicken Sandwiches .... 10c Potato Salad 5c Cabbage Salad. 5c Pickles lc Jelly lc Coffee 5c Bread and Butter Sandwiches .... 5c Ice Cream and Cake .15c UTILITY BOOTH J Many useful articels on sale. — 4— BAND CONCERT AMUSEMENTS Try the new Pitching Game, Doll Rack, Etc. Come and Spend a Cool Evening

The Evening Republican

FIRE COMPANY CALLED OUT

Three Baras Completely Demolished By Flames at About 11:30 This Morning.

The fire company was called to the Fred Yeiter home this morning, one block north of the railroad tracks, when a bam caught fire. Two other barns were also, destroyed—one belonging on the Fred Tyler place and the other to Robt. Burris. The fire is supposed to have ongfnated in the hay loft of the Yeiter bam, but the origin of it is unknown. Owing to the dry condition the flames had gained so much headway before the fire company arrived that there was nothing left for them to do but put it out and save the adjoining buildings in the neighborhood. The fact that there was but little wind blowing is probably the only reason that other buildings in the vicinity were not daamged. The barns were filled with hay, which was all destroyed. One hog in the Yeiter bam was burned, another was so severely burnt that it had to be killed and another w; s so badly burnt that it will be necessary to kill it too. Some poultry was also killed. John Burris had been living in one of the barns .which he had fixed up for the warm summer months, but had started to move his household goods the day before into a house on the north side of the lot. Some of his goods which had not been moved were destroyed. Mr. Yeiter had some insurance on his barn, but is unable to say at this time how much loss he suffered.

SISTER LUCA SCHEDLER DEAD

Passed Away at St. Joseph’s College This Morning at I:3o.—Death Due to Cerebral Hemorrhage). Sister Luca Schedler passed away at St. Joseph’s College this Thursday morning at 1:30. Her death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. She was about fifty-two years of age, and has been at St. Joseph’s for several years. j .* Sister Schedler had been feeling ill for some time and complained nhon<five o’clock Wednesday afternoon of having a headache and she went to her room, where she was found in an unconscious condition. A physician was summoned and although her condition was quite serious, her death was unexpected. Deceased gained consciousness for a short time, but almost immediately lapsed into an unconscious condition again and passed away a few hours later. The body was shipped on the 10:36 train this morning for Rome City, Ind., where burial will be made.

G. O. P. Speakers Announced By Congressional Bureau.

Speaking tours for many* senators, and representatives in the republican campaign in doubtful states were announced Wednesday by Representative Slemp, acting as chairman of the speakers’ bureau of the republican congressional committee. The speaking tours runs from the middle of September to the first week of No 1 vember. Senator Borah opens the campaign in New Jersey on September 14th, beginning a tour which covers twenty-three states. Senator Hardin will speak in eighteen states and Senator Cummins in fourteen. The states where the men will speak will be mostly those that are considered doubtful of being in the G. O. P. ranks this fall.

g Halibut, catfish, yellow pike, herring white fish.—Osborne Floral Co. Phone 439.

Mrs. Christina Van Lear went to Chicago this morning to visit her son, Herman Van Lear, and other friends. Mrs. G. F. Cramer, of Barkley township, went to Yeoman today to visit friends and will also visit friends in Monticello before returning home. Msr. George Burk and mother, Mrs. Wlibur Matthews, of Delphi, came today to visit the latter’s sister, Mrs. George Morgan, and family. Mrs. Ben Smith who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. M. Y. Slaughter, and sister, Mrs. Kenton Blankenship, here, returned to their home in Valdoseta, Georgia, this morning. Mr. and Mrs. George Davidson, former residents of Rensselaer, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Saunderson and son, all of Negley, Ohio, drove through from Ohio in the former’s auto and are visiting relatives in Indiana. The 4 former at Goodland aud the latter at Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson were visiting friends here today.

FRESH FISH

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916.

Fountain Park Assembly to Close Next Sunday.

Next Sunday will be the closing day of the Fountain Park Assembly at Remington. Everyone has been pleased with the program to date am the attendance has been fair considering the extreme heat and the busy time on the farm. It was estimated that 4,000 people attended the K. of P. day program furnished by the various lodges of the district. Those attending Fountain Park next Sunday will be tseated to a double program, which will be by far the best of any one day. In the forenoon Dr. DeWitt Jones will preach on “Crowns,” and at 2 p. m. there will be music by the Suwanee River Quartet (colored). At 2:30 o’clock John Temple Graves will lecture. There will be concerts in the evening. v

Sub-Liner Deutschland Anchors in German Port

A wireless from Berlin to Bayville, N. Y. states that the merchant submarine Deutschland arrived at the mouth of the Weser on August 23, according to the Oversea News Agency. All on board were well. The Deutschland arrived in Baltimore on July 9 with a cargo of dyestuffs and mails. Her arrival was hailed in Germany as the beginning of a regular submarine merchant service between the United States and Germany, which would be able to defy the British blockade. It was reported that the Deutschland would be followed by the Bremen, a sistership. The Deutschland left Baltimore on August 1 with a cargo of rubber and metal.

Obituary of Robert Bruce Porter.

Robert Bruce Porter was bom in Jasper county, Indiana, June*l, 1852, and died August 7, 1916, at his home five miles southeast of Mt. Vernon, South Dakota, thus making his age sixty-four years, two months and six days. He was the youngest of a family of thirteen children, of whom all but three sisters have passed away, of these Mrs. Ella Kresler, of Rensselaer, Ind., Mrs. Jennie Wishard, of Renssealer, Ind., and Mrs.' Mary Mayhew, of Red Bluff, California, survive. He was married to Evelyn Parkinson on February 6, 1877. To this union were bom five children, namely: Mrs. W. F. Clark, of Mitchell, S. D.: Mrs. E. S. Mills, of Mun'cie, Ind.; Mrs. A. G Skidmore, of Fenton, Mich.; Mary and Bruce Porter, who live at home; also four grandchildren: Porter, Evelyn, Osborne and Paul Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Porter began their married life on a farm where Mr. Porter was bom, and lived there until 1896, during which time he cared for his aged mother until her death in 1895.

In 1896 Mr. Porter was eletced to the office of county recorder. He took up his residence in Rensselaer, Vhere he held the office of recorder for eight years and then served as deputy treasurer for two years. For the following two years he was assistant postmaster. In 1909 he removed with his family to his present home. Mr. Porter united with the First Baptist church of Rensselaer, Ind., in 1889, whejre he remained a member until the past year when his membership changed to the First Baptist church of Mitchell, S. D: During these years he was faithful to his church and acted as superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. In home life he was a most devoted husband and -self sacrificing father. Endeared to his friends, and they were all who had the pleasure of knowing him, by his genial disposition and generous hospitality. An open house and a wholesome welcome was always to be had in his home which will ever be Remembered by those who have come under its influence. He won a place in the heart of the community through his acts of kindness and devotion, which will long be remembered and greatly missed. His sudden death comes as a great shock to all as his sickness was of a short duration. The funearl was conducted by his pastor, Rev. Robert Lincoln Kelley, of Mitchell, assisted by Rev. W. T. Ferguson, of the Mt. Vernon Methodist church.

Automobile Painting.

We can make your automobile look like new. All work guaranteed. We use the best of paint or varnish. —H. R. Lange Music Store.

Anna F. Turfler, Osteopath.

McFarland receives three shipments of fruits and vegetables each week. Try them. j "

— See our line of buggies and carriages.—Hamilton & Kellner. w..

WEATHER. Fair tonight and Friday ; wanner.

INDIANA WILL LOSE BATTERY BY ORDER

War Department Edict Relieving Students Would Reduce Troop Outfits to Skeletons. Mercedes, Texas, August 23.—The war department has notified Brigadier General E. M. Lawis, camp commander at Llano Grande, to make an investigation of the number of men that will be effected by the order relieving individual students and student bodies from military service on the border, that they may return to their studies; also to ascertain what effect the sending away of the students will have on the different units.

It was found that Indiana would lose one entire battery, twenty-eight out of fifty in one company of infantry, an entire band and a large number from different units—so large that some of the Indiana outfits would je almost skeletonized. Colonel Lesie R. Naftzger, of the First; Colonel J. R. Coulter, of the Second, and Colonel Aubrey L. Kuhlman, of the Third; Major R. H. Tyndall, of the field artillery, and the commanding officers of the ambulance and signal companies, all urged that the order )e revoked and that only men with disability and men who have dependent relatives be discharged.

This request of the war department is taken to mean that the students, because they are students, may not be sent home, because it will weaken the outfits and in a way will interfere with recruiting. The discontent against the student order still continues and if the students are discharged for no other reason than because they are students, the effect on the Indiana troops will be demoralizing. This is all.set forth in the recommendations of the different commanders. The discharge of men on account of disability also will deplete the Indiana units. It is understood that in the First Indiana there are forty who will be discharged for disability. Should all the students, all who have dependent relatives and those who are disabled, be discharged, there will bs about enough left for one full Indiana regiment of infantry. Major Dreisbach, of the Second Indiana headquarters, and Captain G. A. Monninger, of Company B, from Terre Haute, who wont to Santa Maria to arrange for the placing of Companies A and B, Second regiment, on river guard duty, have returned, and such a return it was. They were caught in the hurricane and suffered hardships that hardly can be described, the least of which was pushing their automobile through the mud, in the terrific downfall of rain, to Rabb's ranch. There they remained all night and started back the next morning. For more than five miles the officers had to push their car while three cowboys towed the machine with their, ponies. When they reached the camp, Major, Dreisbach had no hat or coat, and was plastered from head to foot with the sticky Texas gumbo. Captain Monninger did not even have a piece of a shirt, and the men had to give him a blanket at the edge of the camp so he could get to his quarters. General Lewis says that it will be some time before the companies go in army trucks atifeh4he roads are impassible for the big machines.

While Captain Monningcr was away, Company B was in command of a sergeant. The first time such a thing has happened in history of the Indiana national guard. Lieutenant Talbott left on recruiting duty and Lieutenant Collins was assigned to supply company No. 1, thus leaving First Sergeant Jesse Moore in command of the company in the field. The men of the company fixed up a sort of throne for Sergeant Moore and Sergeant Bridges, acting as orderly for him, brought him cigarettes on a tray made from a frying pan and a detail took turns fanning the king. The company cook, private Vaile, celebrated the event with the announcement of “seconds” on everything. The camp authorities are making an investigation of an assault made on Sergeant Butts, of the Fifth Nebraska, who has been acting as camp police. He has been exceeding arbitrary and was especially so with the Indiana artillery outfit, many of whom he put in the guardhouse without the least cause. Monday morning about 3 o’clock Butts was found unconscious behind a cook shack bleeding from a severe wound in the head, inflicted with a pop bottle. He is in the hospital, but it is not believed that he is injured fatally. The investigation so far has revealed that no Indiana soldiers were involved in the Assault, and it is believed that Butts './as struck by a soldier from his own outfit. Colonel Leslie R. Naftzger, of the First Indiana, saw a huge tarantula measuring it sway along the ridge , pole of the tent and called for his or- | derly. Private Craig, orderly for:

W. L. Roach, Former Carroll County Sheriff, Killed.

William L. Roach, fifty-two years of age, former sheriff and one of the best known men 'in Carroll county, was killed when a Wabash train struck his automobile in Delphi Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Roach was well known by Rensselaer people and had made frequent visits to this city. Mr. Roach was driving slowly at the time of the tragedy, but a cut of cars obstructed his view of the track arid also obstructed the view of the crossing flagman of the street. Stephen Hall, the watchman, declared that he did not see Roach approaching until he was almost on the tracks and then could not stop him. Several witnesses asserted that they did not see Hall at the place of duty until after the accident.

Roach made a frantic effort to jump from his car, but was unable to do and was carried more than a block on the pilot of the engine amid the mass of the automobile wreckage. The body of Roach dropped to 1 the side of the track about 100 feet from the spot where he was struck. He was breathing when picked up, but expired in a few r minutes. Roach was a partner in the real estate business with W. A. (Deacon) Roach, republican chairman of the Ninth district. He is survived by Kis widow and a sister, Mrs. E. Wachstatter, of Indianapolis.

Miss Edith Adams to Be Married To Mr. Harry Bell.

Miss Edith Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion I. Adams, will be married to Mr. Harry Bell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 6th. The wedding will occur at the Adams home. The young couple will make their home at California court, Tenth and Boston streets, Tulsa, Oklahoma, after October 15th. Miss Adams was formerly a teacher in the schools at Tulsa.

PROFIT BY THIS

Don’t Waste Another Day. When you are worried by backache; By lameness and urinary disorders— Don’t experiment with an untried medicine. Follow Rensselaer people’s example. Use Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here’s Rensselaer testimony. Verify it if you wish: Mrs. Guy Hudson, Clark St., Rensselaer, says: “I had spells of backache and was nearly worn-out by the dull, incessant ache across my Doan’s Kidney Pills, which wt get at A. F. Long’s drug store, always give fine relief from the trouble. I certainly think they are a very good medicine.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Hudson had. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

Removal of Junk Business.

I have rented a business room onehalf block north of Bacock & Hopkins' elevator, facing the Rensselaer Lumber Co., where I-will hereafter carry on my junk business, paying the highest market price for rags, paper, iron, rubber and all kind.* of metal, copper, brass, zink, aluminum, lead, copper wire, light copper, copper boilers, etc. Bring me your junk at my new place of business or if notified I will call and get it in my motor truck. Phone 577. SAM KARNOWSKV

Dental Notice. '* I will be absent from the city until August 28, and my office will be closed during that time. My patients and those desiring my services will please take notice. DR. W. L. MYER. - Notice. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs andAheir friends wishing to attend CFdd Fellows Day at Fountain Park Friday, August 25, or those who have conveyances and care to take one or more who have n_> conveyance, call or phone to Geo. E. Collins, No. 429. —Committee on Arrangements. Get a shirtwaist for $1 or $1.50 this week.—R< v/les & Parker.

Major Frank W. Foxworthy, responded and clubbed the life out of the tarantula, at the same time apologizing to the colonel for making so much noise in doing so. The Indiana soldieis are all telling their experiences, but none of them had the thrills that came to private Lawrence, of Company A, from Indianapolis, in the storm. Lawrence was on the mule picket line in water above his knees and expecting every moment that the mules would stampede, in-Which evlnt he would have been trampled to death. But he is a good soldier, and all he said was: “It was rather inconvenient at times.”

TONIGHT AT THE REX ♦ “The Senator” A Five Reel Story of Washington High Life. Friday Matinee and Night Mary Pickford in “THE FONDLING” REGUAAA ADMISSION.

Democratic Record.

An obtuse supporter of President Wilson wants to know why the republican party in control of the government most of the time from the civil war to the present, had not built uo national defense, and why it had not eliminated such outrages upon the republic as the pork appropriations. If the majority of the voters in the United States are slightly simian and intend to mark their ballots with their feet, these questions are complete estoppel of republican argument. If the booths are to be filled by men and women, standing and not hanging from some convenient horizontal bar by appendages furnished by provident nature for such purpose, such questions will be fat in the fire of republican criticism. When the democratic party was given control of the United States, the United States navy, the first line of defense* was ranked second in the world’s lists. Only one power could hope to penetrate this first line and that power, Great Britain, could do so only by so weakening its home defense that it would be dangerously exposed to attack by an ambitious continental .nation. Germany was an ambitious continental nation. Great Britain did not dare enter a controversy with the United States which would employ her great sea force so long as the powerful German navy was on he:- flank and so long as German ambitions were waiting watchfully for opportunity. The United States in second naval strength was safe. The United States, after three years of democratic administration. is in fourth place, and unsafe.

Until 1914 the nation had a rigth to think that behind an adequate navy its frontiers could be protected by a small professional army. Sentiment throughout the nation, however badly formed, was determined against a larger military establishment. August, 1914, changed every prospect. The lesson was taught when the democratic party was in power. For two years, with every European country suggesting our dangers to us, the democratic party rolled the pork barrel and ignored national necessity. It dredged creeks and put money into small towns. It had all the little pigs of the pork family in at the trough, and it told the nation to go around in the back yard where the grass -was longer. For two years, full cf danger and threat, the records of the democratic party shows no accomplishment for the safety of the nation. Now democracy, after hundreds of thousands of citizens had protested, Is tumbling over itself to get away from a political danger. Such a government! Two years of neglect to be repaired in two weeks of political panic. Do the people want a government such as this. Do they want a government which will act only when it is scared sufficiently politically ? And the pork barrel. A republican president gave a democratic congress a budget system. The democratic congress rejected it. A democratic president has not mentioned it. A democratic president has signed every pork bill presented to him. Enough, except for voters who will vote hanging from horizontal bars.-*-Chicago Tribune.

Those 25c pictures are sold 10c under the as;n.l wholesale cost. Our good fortune shall be yours Saturday, 10:30 a. m.' and 8 p. m.—Burchard’s 5 and 10c store. ' Wagons aand extra wagon beds for sale by Hamilton A Kellner.

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