Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1916 — Page 1

No. 239.

TONIGHT PTHE Q RINCESU ' f TANGLED , HEARTS” h With Louise Lovely, Lon Chaney, Agnes Vernon and Hayward Mack. S - ■ ■ JM* ——— ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS.

Congress Also Should Be Republican.

Indianapolis Star. The indications, are. that, the great silent vote in the United States is proposing to play safe. The trend of sentiment' seems to be toward Mr. Hughes and the republican party as giving best assurance of capable, consistent handling of the country’s business in the trying days that will follow, the and the reconstruction of industrial Europe. Very few in this country are fooling themselves regarding, prosperity. The people know it is artificial, warmade. It can not last. Nothing is more apparent to the aveiage voter than that we must be prepared to cope with unprecedented complications after peace has been established. The public has not forgotten the dissatisfaction the Underwood tariff was giving when its defects arid limitations w re submerged in the flood of war business. It knows that law is not what we require and it has little confidence in the ability of the democratic party to give us what we need. The people will- feel safer with tjie republican party, and the' tide of sentiment has set in toward Hughes and Fairbanks. But, a republican president without a republican congress to support him could do little. It is not only important, but it is imperative that he should be backed by republican senators and representatives in congress Don’t elect a man to serve you in a crisis and then tie his hands so that he can do nothing.

--j ■ ■ . Is there anything like having good, COMFORTABLE and STYLISH gloves HILLIARD & HAMILL have GENUINE FULL MOCHA dress gloves, $1.25 to $2.

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The Evening Republican.

BAD AUTO SMASHUP WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Rhoades Garage Ford Crashes Into Buggy and Hayladder=-Mule Killed and Occupants Injured. One mule killed, a buggy badly demolished, a Ford touring car severely damaged and three men injured slightly was the toll an an accident that occurred on the east gravel near the old Bedford estate at about 7:45 Wednesday night. The car which caused the damage was a Ford touring car belonging to C. W. Rhoades, driven by his son, Charles. At the time of the accident the automobile driven by Rhoades was going east. Young Rhoades had driven from Rensselaer and was going to the John Duvall residence at the time on an errand, but no light at the Duvall residence decked not to stop and was going on down to the Gangloff bridge to turn around. When near the Bedford estate Rhoades passed another Ford and a buggy, taking, the side of the road. Immediately after passing these he turned back up into the main road,

and owing to the dust that had been raised by the two vehicles which ne had just passed was unable to see another buggy, driven by L. C. Hooker directly in front of him, in time to avoid striking the buggy. Rhoades, however, managed to pull the car over sufficiently to avoid striking the buggy squarely, hitting the left front wheel of the Hooker buggy and tearing it off, and upsetting the buggy into the ditch, and throwing the ocslight wounds, a cut behind the ear and over the "Tip, and one arm injured. Rhoades righted the car, but had not slowed down sufficiently to keep, from running into a hay ladled loaded with tile, which was coming directly behind the Hooker buggy. The car struck the left front wheel' of the hay ladder, and one of the mules hitched to the hayladder, breaking its leg, necessitating the killing ofthe animal. The mule belonged to J. J. Lawler. On the hay ladder were eight or nine farm hands of Lawler’s, but none of them were injured. After striking the hayladder the Ford swerved around and turned over on its side, facing south when stopped. Rhoades received a few slight cuts and bruises about the head, and Dwight Curnick, who occupied the front seat with him, was thrown through the windshield and suffered cuts about the hands and body and had one ankle pretty badly sprained and his side wrenched. The Rhqades car was badly damaged, the body being smashed, the left front fender bent back, the front axle bent, one light broken, the windshield broken and the radiator bent. The damage to all concerned was considerable, and the expense will be heavy, the most of which will probably have to be borne by Rhoades.

Commissioners’ Court Proceedings.

John Daniels was awarded the contract for the. repair of the Burk’s bridge grade at the north end for the sum of $1,097. , . The contractor, F. M. Williams, was granted an extension of time to Nofor the completion of the Lamson bridge. Contracts for bridges in Carpenter township were awarded as follows: C. A. Hensler, $250; Thomas Beasey, $267.50; John Daniels, ‘ $795 for repairs to the Bullis bridge over Carpenter’s Creek. No bids were filed for the construction of the J. W. Hitchings and Maurice Gorman stone roads and the auditor was directed to re-advertise for bids. The contract for the Henry M. Raybum stone road was awarded to Orvis Salrin for $10,309.42. A. S. Willever was appointed superintendent of construction. James Lane et al, petition for stone road in Newton township. Robert A. Mannan and John T. Biggs appointed viewers and Myrt B. Price engineer. Cary L. Carr et al stone road petition. Same action as above. John J; Bomtrager et ah Petition for stone road. Same action as above. Robert J. Yeoman et al. Petition for stone road. Same action as above. Frank Cavindish was appointed constable for Barkley township.

Do you know where to gb for that shirt you want to buy ? Try our store, now. In the future you won’t heed to stop and .think. It’ll be a habit for you to go to HILLIARD 4 HAMILL’S. Our customers are always “repeaters”. Ask them. We will offer you for this week only 156 bushels of fancy Jersey sweet potatoes at less than you can buy Irish potatoes, for 3c a pound or $1.50 a bushel. JOHN EGER.

* RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916.*

Grand Jury Finds No Truth or Foundation For Charges

State of’lndiana, County of Jasper, ss: In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 1916. In the matter of the petition of John Hurley and twenty-seven others, asking that a grand jury be impanele<l to investigate the charges against D. S. Makeever and Jesse Nichols, relative to com being hauled from the county farm during the year 1915 to the farm of D. S. Makeever. We, the undersigned grand jurors, called to investigate the charges in the above entitled matter; beg leave to submit the following report; after being duly impaneled, all persons desiring to testify in said matter, were invited to appear before us, and after hearing all the evidence submitted relative to said charges we report that there is no truth or f oundation for the charges that the teams of D. S. Makeever and the teams of the county farm hauled corn from the said county farm to the home of the said Makeever, at any time during the year 19.15, and we exonerate them from such charges, and we ask that this report be spread in the records of the Jasper Circuit Court. . - Foreman. JOHN SCOTT, ■ O DAVID ZEIGLER, CLIFFORD BEVER, WM. SCOTT, PETER SHIDE.

Jury Returns Verdict of “Guilty” in Morlan Case

The case of the state vs. Ernest L. Morlan, charged with perjury, came to an abrupt close Wednesday evening after a week of one of the most hotly contested battles in the hisftry of the local court. The case was turned over to the jury at'3:so Wednesday afternoon, which returned verdict of “guilty” at about 7:45. The verdict of the jury was in substance: “We, the jury, find the defendant Ernest L. Morlan, guilty as charged in the indictment, and that he is forty years of age. We recommend that the court, if it be within his power to do so, grant leniency io the defendant.” Elmer Pullins, Foreman. Thus the final chapter, with the exception of the passing of sentence by Judge Hanley, of one of the most sensational cases in the history of the Jasper circuit court, came to a close Wednesday evening after a trial that had been contested every inch of the way by both sides. The attorneys in the case were Prosecutor Reuben A. Hess, Deputy Prosecutor Sands and Attorneys Leopold, Williams and Parkinson for the state, and Attorneys Lowrey, Halleck and Irwin for the defense.

At 2:25 Wednesday afternoon the last' state witness was examined and Atty. Williams Pf' the state started the closing for the state. Tlie court room was packed when Mr. Williams started his appeal, which consumed about half an hour, in which he touched upon every point made by the state, asking that the jury carefully consider the situation thoroughly and weigh the evidence that had been presented to them throughout the trial and urged them to take their time in making a decision. Mr. WiK liams made a powerful, forceful speech, and his argument, so it was said by men w-ho knew, was one of the best ever heard in the local court,

A HISTORY OF THE CASE.

The State Board of Accounts in February, 1916, which gated the parges against Makcever and Nichols at the solicitation of Jay W. Stockton, exonerated Makeever and Nichols. • The grand jury at the April term, 1916, which indicted Stockton and Morlan, found that these men had perjured themselves, thereby exonerating Makeever and Nichols. On the petition of John Hurley, Jay W. Stockton, Ernest L. Morlan and twenty-five othdrs, $ grand jury was called in-special session on Monday of this week to again investigate the charges against Makeever and Nichols for the purpose of indicting them if the charges were found true. After exariiinnig witnesses, the grand jury Wednesday evening filed their report completely exonerating Makeever and Nichols. Their report is published elsewhere. This report was filed in open court before the petit jury returneel their > verdict in the Morlan case and was unknown to them. The. petit jury returned a verdict against Morlan, finding him guilty of perjury. The perjury case against Stockton has not yet been tried.

Mrs. Ida Benjamin is doing considerable remodeling at her home across the river. A kitchen and bath room are to be added and'the upstairs changed, making the house a two story one, and another room or so added to the upstairs also. The interior of the house will also be rearranged, so as to make it modern and convenient in every way. While the remodeling is going on Mrs. Benjamin and family are living in the B. S. Fendig house on Front street. Call phone 273 for coal, wood and feed. _

and it was evident that his talk had made considerable impression upon the jurymen. opening argument, by Atty.-Williams.,..the„.d£r. sense waived their right to argument, and argument on both sides automatically dropped. Judge Hanley gave instructions to the jury and emphasized to them not to render a vendict if there was cause for any reasonable doubt in their mind connected with any points presented by either side. The instructions were absolutely neutral and complete in every detail. It was not expected that the case 'would reach the jury until some time Thursday, as it was thought that Thursday afternoon would ~*be given over entirely to the closing arguments of both sides*, and when the defense refused to argue, it created considerable surprise among the spectators. The jury filed out of the jury box and went to the jury rJOifi at 3:50, and after several hours had passed and a decision had net yet been reached it was the general opinion that a decision would not bo reached. Judge Hanley will not pass sentence on Morlan until Saturday morning, and will weigh the matter carefully, in his mind before passing final judg-. ment. It is probable that the defendant will ask for a new trial, although it is not known whether- this will be the case or not. If the verdict of the jury is accepted by the court, the sentence will care with it a term of imprisonment of from two to twentyone years and a fine of from SSO to SI,OOO. The court has it within its power to suspend sentence. The trial of the state vs. Jay W. Stockton, on a similar charge, will not come up this term of court, owing to the fact that there are but three more days left in this term, which closes October sixth. .

STETSON Hats—new fall styles. —HILLIARD & HAMILL. Mrs. J. W’. Leach and children left for her home in Geddes, S. Dak., today a/ter visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Eldridge here. Hex ste ter, Miss Bertha Eldridge, accompanied her. IF ENTHUSIASM were wateTanir we had soine freezing weatl er, our store w’ould be a skating rink. SOCIETY BRAND Clothes are responsible for this. —-HILLIARD & HAM* ILL.

Grand Jury Returns One Indictment. The* grand jury which was called on the petition of John Hurley and Twenty--seven others to investigate the com hauling matter, made its report Wednesday. The report, which completely exonerates Commissioner D. S. Makeever and County Farm Superintendent Jesse Nichols of the charge of hauling com from the county farm in 1910, is published elsewhere. The grand jury-also made the foilowing report on the county farm and county jail: „ _ "Wc, thegrand jury, called for the .September term, 1916, hereby report that on October 4, 1916, we visited the county poor farm and the county jail of Jasper county, Indiana, and found the same in first class condition throughout, and we have no sug--gestiens or recommendations to make concerning their management or condition. — W. O. NELSON, Foreman. JOHN SCOTT, . DAVID ZEIGLER, CLIFFORD BEAVER, WM. SCOTT, PETER SHIDE. One indictment was returned, but as the arrest has not yet been made, “thn name 6f"tfie"party"or oiten.-eTias' not been made public.

Goodrich at Lafayette Flays Democratic Administration.

James P. Goodrich, republican candidate for governor of Indiana, was greeted by a large and enthusiastic audienre at the Victoria theatre at Lafayette Wednesday, where he delivered a powerful speech on the shortcomings and mismanagement of the democratic administration that has been in power for the past years, _, ■ : _ -- ' Mr. Goodrich’s, talk was of .a statistical nature and he gave many figures showing the difference between democratic inefficiency and republican efficiency. The address was confined to state issues and Mr. Goodrich showed more familiarity with the management of the state’s affairs than some governors who have gone out of office. In referring to the speeches of John A. M. Adair, his democratic opponent, Mr. Goodrich attacked the claims made by the democrats of giving the people‘the direct vote for United States senators and the liberal pension law for old soldiers. He declared them both *o be republican measures.

REMINGTON.

John Taylor and daughter, Stella, 1 autoed to Warsaw Wednesday f>r a week’s visit. Miss Blanch Gurrems went to Rensselaer Wednesday for a few days’ visit. — —7' Mrs. F. J. Harris,”of Lafayette, spent several days here this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J._ Donahue. Mr. and Hallihan and daughter, Vera, and Uncle John Hart autoed to Indianapolis Tuesday to spend the week with her sister, Mis. Cecil McCane. Miss Beatrice Britton, of Monti cello, visited her cousin, Budd Moore and family "Sunday. Wm. Payne and son, of New York, are visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Shuey and family. The Fortnightly Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Geo. Hascall. Mr. and Mris. Edgar Fell, of Chicago, are visiting relatives -here. Mrs. Chet Besse, of Wolcott, was a Remington visitor Wednesday. Hartley Coover, who has been taking treatment at the sanitarium at Attica, is home for a few days’ visit. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Treanor : pent Wednesday in Wolcott. Dexter Jones and daughter, Alice, who have been spending the past month in Pennsylvania, retiimed home Wednesday evening. The fire company was called out Wednesday morning, the fire be: the part of the Lyric in the old Austin block. The cause of thejjre is unknown. Mr. arid Mrs. F. Howard returned home Wednesday from a few days’ visit in Chicago.

You can appreciate good shirts and hose when you have had an example of the “other kind.” WJLSON BROS, label is a protection agairist the “other kind,” and HILLIARD & HAMILL have them. We will unload Friday and Saturday a carload of nice, ripe, sound potatoes in- g. bushel bags at $1.60 a bushel. Mrs. Adin Nordyke, ,of Chalmers, spent Wednesday with her sister and brother, Opal and Chester Sigman, other friends here. Down goes the price of potatoes. We will unload a carload of nice, sound potatoes Friday and Saturday at $1.60 a bushcE r . JOHN EGER.

TONIGHT PROGRAM . AT Star Theatra Arthur Donaldson and Beulah Poth* ter appearing” in a five reel World Production. - ~ “The Hearts of Men” Second showing of this by Request. FRIDAY ‘TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE” A Paramount Picture and a Weil* Known Story. AT THE STAR THEATRE Admission 10 5c

Notice to Jasper County Poultry Association. A meeting of the J. C. P. Association will be held at the effice of A. E. Wallace’s produce market, on Friday evening, October 6, 1916, at 7:80 o’clock, to arrange for a poultry show to be held in January, 1917. All officers and members are requested to attend mooting. , J. M. SAUBER, Pres. J. H. Webber, Secy. Mr. and Mrs. Bently Brick returned to their home in Crawfordsville today after visiting Rev. C. W. Postill and Will Postill and other relatives here and at Chicago. There are many good dressers who come into otrr store for BRADLEY SWEATERS. They consider the «i» of our stock justifies they’re coming here. Are you one of them?—HILLIARD & HAMILL.

THE WEATHER. • • Fair Thursday and probably Friday; cooler Friday.

I j/ ® s g I can eat ’em all they won’t hurt me! That’s g cause they’re made with Calu- K I met and that’s why they’re ■ I pure, tempting, tasty, whoie-.B some —that’s why they won’t hurt any lud/* J Received Hitheat Awards Ntw Ctti BmS Fru—St tut P*nd Cm.

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