Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1916 — Page 1

No. 208.

Tonight At The GAYETY The Celebrated Brinkman & Fatum M ■ In their comedy talking, singing and dancing stunt. Universal Pictures 4 reels - _______ o 5 & 15c.

War Prices.

War prices during a time of peace is the unique experience of our nation today. Commenting on this situation The American Review "of Reviews says: “The heavy buying in the United States of the warring countries, the feverish demand from domestic consumers and the cutting off of transAtlantic competition have brought the prices of commodities in this country to figures not seen since the inflation of the Civil War period." Lloyd’s Weekly, London, commenting upon the food price riots in Germany uses the caption “A Sample of Hell Let Loose in Berlin." Vorwarts. published in Berlin, tells of women fainting in the mobs that strove to get bread at any price. The London Times admonishes its readers of the necessity to practice frugality in the home. “At the present moment the usual vappely optimistic feeling prevails about the rise in prices,” it says. “It is thought to be a temporary inconvenience due to the wickedness of the ‘middleman and not significant of much else. That is a dangerous mistake. It is not a temporary inconvenience and it is full of the most serious significance.” With the warring nations facing starvation, and our own traders growing rich out of their need, our great hue and cry for military “preparedness” sounds just a little forced. If the question had not grown trite witlt usage we might again ask: “Again whom are we to prepare?

Judson J. Hunt has been appointed by the court as administrator of the estate of the late George E. Ilosmer. Owing to the fact that he resided so far away and had business to look after, George E. Seabury, of Clinton, Mass., who was named in the will as executor, did hot wish to serve and Mr. Hunt was appointed in his stead. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lehe went ta Lafayette today for a visit. Mrs. R. P. Johnson returned to Lafayette Tuesday evening after spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. E. L. Clark.

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The Evening Republican.

Embargo Placed On Freight Shipments By N. H. Road.

The announcement Tuesday night by the New Haven railroad tliat, because of the impending strike, it would refuse all shipments of freight which can not be delivered before 7 a. m. on September 4th, brought out the facts that similar action is being considered by other roads entering New York. Alber; T. Hardin, vice president of the New York Central, stated that A. H. Smith, the president, was expected from Washington tomorrov/ and the question of an embargo probably would be gone into. The Delaware, Lackawana and Western officials discussed the subject,, but according to P. J. Flynn, vice president, reached no decision. The Pennsylvania and other roads running into New York,it was said, are undecided as yet, but probably will announce their position in a day or two.

Sunday School Picnic. All departments of the Bible school of the First Christian church will picnic in Mr. Van Hook’s grove Friday. Good dinner and lots of good games and sports will be some of the features of the day. Don’t forgej it. Friday in Mr. Van Hook’s grovu, and it is for you. Mrs. H. R. Kurrie went to Chicago today. Crepe, shirts from JAPAN at HILLIARD & HAMILL’S. Edson Murray went to Sullivan today to visit Russell Thompson. See our line of wagons and extra wagon beds. —Hamilton & Kellner. Mrs. George Robinson returned to Indianapolis today after visiting relatives here. Mrs. Ezra Wolfe and daughter, Viola, went to Delphi today to visit MrsT Aaron lewis and family. Mrs. Richard Shirer went to Laura today to visit her mother, Mrs. Henry Doan, for a week. Chas. O’Malley, whose wife is here taking treatments, came today tojoin her and son. Mr. and Mrs. Van Grant returned Tuesday evening after several days’ visit at Hammond, Milwaukee and Chicago. Mrs. E. B. Lewis and son, James, went to Wabash today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H: Hopkins and other relatives. Mrs. C. M. Thompson and daughter, Miss Olive returned to their home m Lafayette today after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hopkins. A dance was held at the armory Tuesday evening in honor of the out of town guests attending the HowellBrown wedding. # ... Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Porter went to FrancesvilLe today to visit Mrs. Porter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fitzpatric, until Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig returned today after a several days’ visit in Boston, where they attended the Rexall convention. Galen S. Wallick and Mrs. Cyru3 Wallick returned to Cerro Gordo, 111., today after visiting Geo. Spangle and family here for a few days. Mrs. Agnes Sweet who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. I. Hoover and family since Saturday, returned to home in Delphi today. Mrs. Wm. Ulyat, of has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. K. Smith, went to Crawfordsville today to visit Mrs. Ed Nelson and to attend the fair. Mr. and Mrs. E. Adelson and children returned to their home n Chicago today after visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. Blitstein and family, north of town. Elaborate plans are being made at Delphi for the laying of the comer stone of the new Carroll county court house, on next Monday, which is Labor Day and a legal holiday. Uncle John Casey,-formerly of Fair Oaks, came from the state soldiers home at Marion Friday on an eight days’ furlough, for a visit and to attend to some business matters. Governor Crampton, former editor of the Carroll Citizen-Times, is the mo3t popular governor that the home has ever had. In the past few weeks there have been several rumors on the streets to the effect that we have had a few cases of infantile paralysis in Rensselaer, and one of the latest rumors it that a child of B. G. Oglesby had the disease, but these rumors are without any foundation whatever and the city health officer has had no reports of cases and the county health officer likewise has had no reports of cases in Jasper county.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA* WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916.

BEAUTIFUL WEDDING TUESDAY EVENING

Miss Mary Brown Becomes Bride of Mr. Richard Howell, of Butte, Montana, at M. E. Church. • 111 The marriage of Miss JHary Emily Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. MV. Brown, to Richard P. Howell, of Butte, Mont., took place Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 29, at 5:30 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Anne Rector, of Great Falls, Mont., was maid of honor. Ellen Kresler and Jane Myer were flower girls. Little Beulah Brown, sister of the bride, was ring bearer. The bridesmaids were Miss Edith Thompson 'ot- Lafayette, Miss Louise Trull of Chicago, and Miss Maurine Tuteur and Miss Marguerite Brown. Mr. George Vivian, of Butte, Mont., served Mr. Howell as best man. The ushers were Emmet Hollingsworth, Edward Honan, Cope Hanley and Emmet Laßue. , At the appointed hour, Mrs. Albert R. Hopkins, aunt of the hride, as organist, played a beautiful “Wedding Prelude” by Renaud. Following this Mrs. Loren* Sage in a most charming manner, accompanied by Miss Ruth Wood, violin obligato, rendered several songs: “Sacrament” by McDermid, “At Dawning” by Cadman, and “Love’s Coronation” by Halyard. The marriage was heralded by eight young ladies, Mrs. Sage, Miss Padgitt, Miss Leonard, Miss Halleck, Miss Watson, Mrs. George Hopkins, Mrs. B. Forsythe and Miss Wood, entering the church from the east room with stately step and singing the “Bridal Chorus” by Cowen. As they took their respective places the organ softly pealed out that most beautiful inspiration, “Mendelsohn's Wedding March,” and the bridal party moved gracefully down the aisle to the altar. As the bride appeared on che arm of ler father the music drifted into the “Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin. Dr. Paul C. Cumick read the impressive ring service which joined these two young lives, speaking with characteristic dignity, gentleness and affection, and over the entire bridal assemblage stole the tender strains of “Oh! that we two were Maying”, by Nevin. A pretty feature of the service was the reciting of “The Lord’s Prayer” jy the bridal party. The bridesmaids were gowned in yellow silk, with arm bouquets of yellow roses. The little flower girls were in white. The ring bearer in yellow. The maid of honor in yellow with blue over-dress. The bride was gowned in white satin, and lace with veil. She carried . a shower boquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. The church was attractively decorated with sprays of asparagus and baskets of golden-rod, making a soft and effective back-ground for the youthful, happy faces of the bridal party. Miss Brqwn is well known and beloved by Rensselaer people, having lived here for a number of years. She graduated from Rensselaer high school in 1913, latr attending college in Montana. All possible good wishes go with the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Howell left on the evening train for Chicago, enroute to Butte, Mont., their future home, where Mr. Howell is engaged in the advertising business. _ , The out of town guests were, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mauck and family, of Muncie; Miss Ethel Davis, of Greencastle; Miss Hallie Yeoman, of Ambia, and Mrs. Charles Thompson, of Lafayette.

Notice to Auto Owners. I have moved my tire shop from the Main Garage, where I have been located for the past two years, to first door south of Fred Hemphill’s blacksmith shop. Bring me your casings and tubes to be repaired. Prices reasonable. Few supplies carried in stock. Phone 521. HARRY MILNER. Wm. Traub made a fishing trip to the Kankakee river today. Miss Lillian Gumm, of Remington, went to Whiting, Ind., today to visit Miss Carrie Jollett. Mr. and iflrs. W. S. Richards attended the funeral yesterday of Mr. Richard’s brother-in-law, W. H. Waring, at the soldiers home at Lafayette. Trustee Kolhoff, of Jordan township, let some ditch cleaning contracts Saturday as follows: The Galey ditch 326 yards, to Jesse Dunn at 29c per yard. Harry Cook bid 3714 c. The Bullis ditch, 846 yards, to Jesse Dunn at 23c yard. Henry Deno bid 26c. Goodrich ditch, 1,293 yards, to I. D. White at 14c. White was the only bidder on this ditch.

INDIANA SOLDIERS CELEBRATE IN CAMP

Hear Letter Read From Governor Ralston In Which Services On Border Are Praised. Mercedes, Tex., Abg. 25. —The Indiana troops had a celebration at the Y. M. C. A. building last night and enjoyed the exercises very much. Col. Leslie R. Naftzger, of the First Indiana, presided and introduced Briga-dier-General E. M. Lewis, the camp commander, who gave the men a very interesting talk. The general also read a letter from Governor Ralston. In part, the governor said in his letter: “To the Indiana troops, Llano Grande, Tex., greeting: Mr. A. K. Jones, a representative of the Y. M. C. A. of Indianapolis, has been assigned to do duty by his organization with the Indiana troops now iii service on the southern border. He is commissioned to. bear you the good wishes and greeting, not only of this organization, but of all the good people of Indiana. I have* asked him to assure you of my continued interest as governor in the personal welfare of each of you. “The people back home, I would have you know, are eagerly reading the accounts of your doings and if the conditions under which you are living. Judging from what one hears, the people are more solicitous of your immediate welfare than they are for their own. You are rendering a public service for all the people of our beloved country. “The honor and our nation is very largely in your keeping at this critical period in our country’s history, and in these bloodiest days since civilization planted ’ the first touch in man’s halting way. Your task is a serious one, but when it shall have been discharged by you, as it will be, it will endear you and distinguish you in the minds of all right thinking people.” It was reported that Governor Ralston intends visiting the Indiana troops and it is planned to give him a royal reception should he do so. The Indiana men wrote a lot of vivid letters to the home folk about the mosquitoes when "tliey first arrived, and their statements were true, however much like fiction they may have seemed. But the man eaters we found in the mesquite on our arrival were gentle and helpless as compared to the hordes which have attacked the soldiers in the last few days. It is ideal mosquito breeding weather and here are all the natural advantages for mosquito production on a large scale. This crop is a blue ribbon one. Sergeant Clyde McHenry measured the wings of one mosquito and found the wings were three-fourths of an inch long. The air is thick with these biplanes before the sun sets. Orders that all soldiers must sleep under mosquito netting have been repeated. There is some majaria in camp but. not much. j The coyote concerts have decreased. Nobody knows whether Lieut. Johnson’s steel trap, which waits, hungry jawed, for one of the night choristers/, has spread terror through the desert bands, or whether they can not stand the mosquitoes. Lieut. Johnson, by the way, has disposed of his big rattlesnake with which, officers of the Second regiment hoped, he would perform a snake dance after the manner of Miss Ruth St. Deioiis. The snake was late at rehearsal the first morning, and none of the machine gun Company men were willing to play stage hands with alive rattler performing, so the artistic idea was given up and thd rattler was killed. Paul Bailey, of Indianapolis, with the Second regiment hospital staff, thought he had bumped against the limit the other day when a private demanded that Bailey trim his corns. But he decided there was no end to the novelty of and possibilities of a surgeon’s five husky privates called on him last. night and requested to be anointed with some sort of anti-mosquito lotion. “I haven't any,” said Baily. ‘ Bui "if the mosquitoes make you nervous, I will be glad to sit up and read to you until you go to sleep.”

Nelson, the Hatter,

Operates the best equipped plant for blocking, finishing, renovating and remodeling men’s hats in northern Indiana. First das/ work, reasonable charges. All work done in your home town.' Factory at McKay’s Laundry, Rensselaer, Ind. Out of town orders -solicited.

Curtis Cheek.

There will be preaching at Curtis Creek school house Sunday, Sept. >, at 11 o’clock a. m.—W. H. Sayler, Preacher.

Anna F. Turfler, Osteopath. - , • ,_ x ~ • \ ■

DOCTOR PASSES 73RD MILESTONE

A Life of Evidence That It Pays to 'Study to Keep Young.—Event Celebrated. Mt. Ayr Tribune. Hale, hearty and more activg than many men at fifty Dr. Merry, physician and druggist, passed his 73rd milestone in life Thursday, August 24th. •. : The event was celebrated by a dinner for the family and immediate relatives only. The luncheon was a very enjoyable family affair, except for the thought that would occasionally force itself on the- participant’s minds that the worthy old doctor had really passed so many laps on the race track of life. But the fact that he has so well retained his youth and seemed really so far back of his actual age, kept such thoughts dispelled and reference was made to it but few times. In “Harvey’s” old grammar is this sentence for parsing and diagraming: “Everyone would live long but no one would be old.” Truly the sentiment of all individuals. And the theory that where we study to keep young, all else being equal, life is much prolonged, is we believe a fact beyond dispute. In studying to keep young, of course one endeavors to eliminate abuses of the system in all ways. Watchful care of the body, attention to the teeth, abstinence from alcohol and narcotics, are matters in our own control with which we can prolong our lives and :.t all stages appear much younger. Of,course disease, over which we have no control, may come and shorten life, but if we exercise every care possible for our personal welfare, we have done our duty and should feel satisfied to leave the rdst in the hands of our Creator. Dr. Merry is, we believe, a life preserved and prolonged under such conditions. A life free from tobacco, narcotics and stimulants. We find a mind clearer and keener at 73 than the majority at 50. Clean thinking has made the doctor a public spirited man, a man for the betterment of his community in every way. And we believe we voice the sentiment of all who really know him, when we say give all communities more men like Dr. Merry.

Great Fortunes Have . Been Made In OiL ___________ > A SIOO.OO worth of stock bought one year ago of the Farmers Petroleum Co., of Humble, Texas, sold recently for forty thousand Jollars. ,Stock in the Thayer Oil & Gas Co. ran be bought this week, before the shooting of their first well at 25c per share. A small investment in this stock at the present time might mean a fortune to you, as all indications point to the opening of a great oil and gas field in the Thayer district. Act quickly as the price is almost sure to go to par value within a week or ten days. Come to Thayer and investigate for yourself. We can already show you gas in great volume —the finest ever discovered in America. We can convince the most skeptical that both gas and oil are here in great quantities. ——Adv. Auto Truck at Public Sale. I will sell at public auction near the court house' on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 2:30 o’clock, one Buick auto truck, 1% tons capacity, in good condition Terms —Cash or bankable note. C. F. SPAIN. See our corn binders before buying.—Hamilton & Kellner.

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PRESIDENT LEGISLATES TO PREVENT TIE-UP

Wilson Advances Rail Crisis—Cm Proposed Legislation If Passed Prevent Tie-Up? President Wilson, laying the strike situation before congress Tuesday with recommendations for legislation, advanced the crisis to a stage where the next developments depend upon two points. They are: Whether the legislation he proposes can be passed. If enacted, will it be effective o prevent a strike already called, before 7 a. m., September 4th? Neither of these questions could ’;e answered Tuesday night. The brotherhood heads themselves, announcing their intention to fight certain portions of the president’s program, are at loggerheads whether the enactment would prevent the strike. The railroad presidents favorable to President Wilson’s plan in the main would make it difficult for the strike to begin. Meanwhile, although negotiations between the employers and the men were broken off Tuesday by the rejection of the railway presidents' latest proposal for arbitration, President Wilson is continuing his efforts to bring the two sides together on some form of agreement. Efforts which might be described as almost superhuman are being exerted to that pnd.

New Suits Filed.

’.!—■* State Bank of Rensselaer vs. Christ Stoller and John Zehr; suit on note. Demand $250. State Bank of Rensselaer vs. Reuben F. Zehr, Christ Stoller and John Zehr; suit on note. Demand $250.

Marriage License.

Aug. 28. Richard Pickney Howell, of Butte, Mont., aged 22, occupation salesman, to Mary Emily Brown, of Rensselaer, aged 22. First marriage for each.

At Public Auction.

A beautiful bay mare, four years old, thoroughbred, paces i. mile in less than th.ee minutes. For sale at public auction on the street at Padgitt’s livery bam, Sept. 2, at 2 o’clock. Bankable note or cash.—John Casey, National Military Home.

Professional Notice. Our friends and clients will please take notice that Mr. George A. Williams has moved his law offices from the rooms of the First National Bank to rooms just across the stairway in the Odd Fellows Building occupied by Mr. D. Delos Dean, and that Mr. Williams and Mr. Dean will practice law under the firm name of Williams & Dean with offices in the Odd Fellows Building. Renselaer, Indiana, August 26, 1916 George A. Williams D. Delos Dean THE~W EATHER. Generally fair today and probably Thursday. - . M

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