Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — Page 1

No! 259.

U THE 0 I RINGESU TONIGHT Frank Keenan and Charles Ray' IN ‘The Coward’ Triangle Plays Thomas H. Ince production 5 and 10c

Suggests That Rensselaer Hold A Hallowe’en Demonstration.

C. B. Steward Vas a caller at Tha Republican office this Saturday morning and made a suggestion which we think should meet with the general „ approval of the people, the small Doy excepted, perhaps, for a public demonstration Halowe’en night. Mr. Steward’s plan is to have some sort of a public demonstration at the court house square on this evening in which the merchants and city band take part; in 'other words, to turn over to the people the public square for the evening, who may use it as they see fit for a celebration on —“ghosts and goblin night.” A masquerade would be a good idea. Prizes could be awarded to the best costume. The affair would bring everybody downtown, and the kids would .be so busy watching the masquerade festivities that they would forget all aibout painting some citizen’s house red, white or blue, or throwing it in the river. No extra cost would bq imposed on the cijjf for extra policemen on this night if some sort of celebration was held. Property damage would be greatly lessened from the vandal-like methods of some of the younger generation that has heretofore marked hallowe’en. We believe Mr. Steward’s suggestion a good one and should receive some consideration.

How Catarrh is Contracted. Mothers are sometimes so thoughtless as to neglect the colds which their- children contract. The inflammation of the mucus membrane, at first acute, becomes chronic and the child has chronic catarrh, a disease that is seldom cured and that' may prove a life’s burden. Many persons who have this loathsome diseaes will remember having had frequent colds at the time it was contracted. A little forethought, a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy judiciously used, and all this trouble might have been avoided. For sale by B. F. Fondig. C

Presbyterian Church.

9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Public worship and sermon, subject: “The Gospel of Good Cheer.” 7:30 A service of song, or “Sacred Concert,” by the Presbyterian chorus. Spend the Sunday in the House of God and you are better fitted for any other service and at any time.

Methodist church Notes.

The pastor will preach both morning and evening at the Methodist church next Sunday. The tliemes will be “The League of Pity”* and “Our Common Life.” The Sunday school will meet at 9:30 and the Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. The best way to build a church is to attend the services regularly.

Baptist Church.

Sunday school 9:30. Morning worship and sermon, subject “Thou Hast No Part With Me” 10:45. James school house at 2, preaching at 3. Evening worship and sermon, subject, “Choosing and Refusing” 7:30. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:3'0. The Ladies Industrial society will meet with Mrs. Crooks Friday afternoon at 1:30. Parr, Sunday school at 10 a. m. The • new church building will be dedicated Sunday, Nov. 19th. The program and further details will be announced later. j __

THE WEATHER. Fair Saturday, wanner north portion; Sunday partly cloudy.

The Evening Republcan

Morocco High School Claims Northern Championship.

iMorocco high school is claiming the championship of northern Indiana this year and state'lbat they already have this honor cinched. They evAi make it stronger than this and say that there is but Tittle doubt but that they will pick off the state honors as well. So far Morocco has played four games with the following results: Morocco 25, Kentland Englewood 13, Morocco 13; Morocco 6, Gary 0; Morocco 40, Westville 0. Morocco has played neither East Chicago, Hammond or Rensselaer and we can not see wherein they have a claim for the title on their above record, any more than some of the other teams of this district. Morocco ridicules the idea of any other team in this section having a claim to the title, and say that none of these teams have the ability to defeat their is probable that Morocco will be secured for the Thanksgiving game here, when they will get a setback that will end their championship dreamt.

$1,000,000 Set Aside For Winter Quarters for Troops on Border.

" Fan Antonio, Tex., Odt. 27. —iMoie than £1,066,000 has been made availab'e by the war department for provid;ng winter quarters for troops on the border. Southern department headquarters was advised to this effect today and ordered to proceed to work at once. Cantonments are to be erected for troops of the regular army engaged in border duty and provision has been made for framing and flooring the tents of national guard troops. In authorizing the expenditure the war department relied on recommendations submitted by Gen. Funston. The expenditures provided for by the appropriation aggregate $1,140,200, as follows: Cpntonmeptp for regular troops, $670,000; framing and flooring tents, $246,550; barracks and quarters, $62,450; inclosing mess shelters for militia and regulars $123,600; hot water bathing facilities for regulars and militia, $57,500.

Monon Girl is Injured When Car Leaves Road.*

Monon, Ind., Oct. 27.—(Miss Oakle Smith, who was riding in an automobile with Frank Agen, of Wolcott, had a narrow escape from death last night when the machine went into a ditch and she was thrown through a barbed wire fence. The accident happened about a mile south of this place. Mr. Agen was blinded by the lights of another car and drove off the road. Miss Smith’s face was badly lacerated and her Jhroat was cut, the jugular vein being exposed. She was taken to the office of Dr. Reagan in this city, and twenty stitches were taken to close the gaping wounds.

State Chairinan Hays Says Indiana Is O. K.

A telegram from State Chairman Will Hays this morning says: “Word continues to come to the state committee that the' democrats are pursuing a carefully planned campaign of deception as to Wilson’s alleged strength in Indiana. There 1? absolutely no doubt that the republicans will carry Indiana by a good majority, if the voters of the state keep busy until election day.”

NOTICE. Now is the time to buy your tailor made suit. We have on display 2,000 samples to choose from and the values are great. Have your measure taken today. We guarantee to fit you perfectly. $15.00 to $45.00. —— —TriormTmivAiLfr „ Butcher Shops Will Be Closed On Sunday. After this date our shops will be closed on Sunday and meal will be sold only on week days. ROTH BROS. J. J. EIGELSBACH. CASH BUYERS for poultry, eggs and veal. Call and get my prices. Phone 477.—H. A. Quinn. Sell Your Junk While Prices Are High. Farmers, bring in your old iron, rags and rubber and get the highest market price. Now is the time to clean up your junk while the market is high. I will call and get your junk either in the country or city, if requested, and will pay the highest market? prices at all times. SAM KARNOWSKY.* Phone, Business, 577. Phone, Reiidence, 559-Black. Racine flannel shirts will keep you warm. You must see this line, for they are fine. All sizes. „ , C. EARL DUVALL.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916.

Congressman Wood Sweeps Through Co.

Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, republican congressman from the Tenth District, arrived in on the milk train this morning, where he was greeted at the depot by several automobile loads of republicans, who were to accompany him .upon his campaign tour of the county today. A drumt corps y/as on hand also and enlivened the party with their music. The party left Rensselaer at* about 7:45 and proceeded to Wheatfield, which was scheduled as the first stop of, the day. The party was brim full of confidence, which was shared by all the audiences at which stops weremade, and the local committee plans to make the final days of the campaign the busiest yet and are not leaving a thing undone which might help their chances at the coming Section. The final drive of the republicans is gdfng to be a hard one. Mr. Wood was greeted by good crowds at every place along his route this morning, and the fact that bis talks were at such early hours wasprobably the only reason that a great many more were mot on hand, Mr. Wood, by reason of his. being a congressman, was fully prepared to give the voters an insight into the weakness of the policies of the present administration. • Mr. Wood’s talks Were forceful and straight to tftc point, and, while not lengthy, owing to limited time, ho covered the ground very thoroughly for his admirers. The first stop was made at Wheatfield at 9:30, and even at this early hour there was a good sized crowd on hand to hear him and applaud. From

Reasons Why Hughes Should Be Elected

BECAUSE he stands for Protection, Prosperity, Preparedness and Patriotism. BECAUSE he will not permit partisanship to triumph over Patriotism. BECAUSE his speech of acceptance expresses his desire to co-operate with labor for its advantage, not to exploit it for his own. BECAUSE he will command the respect of Europe and Asia and win the friendship of Latin-America. * BECAUSE he will never by proclamation deny the right of Americans to pursue their business in other lands under the protection of the American flag. BECAUSE he will not repudiate the American flag in any land. BECAUSE he will not put action into words, but words into action. BECAUSE, as Theodore Roosevelt well says, he has high sentiments of justice and dignity, is upright and straightforward, is an incontestable master of judicial matters, and always translates his words into deeds. BECAUSE he is a strong, sure, courageous man, with a clear-cut pro- , gram before him and with the courage, intelligence and determination' to carry it out and bring to our country self-respecting peace and world-wide respect. BECAUSE as Governor of New York he has. already proved that he dared to do the right thing, tfnd is prepared to further do and dare when called into a wider field. BECAUSE he is not a dreamer and not a quitter. BECAUSE he is a firm friend of prepareduess for the United States and not for preparedness through political expediency. BECAUSE he will not burden us with war taxes in time of peace. BECAUSE we need a tariff not founded upon free trade, nor for “revenue only/’ but to protect American labor and American industry from the deadly competition of the foreigner. BECAUSE he is a red-blooded American. Eis policy will be “America first, America efficient.” BECAUSE he can be depended upon to keep platform pledges. BECAUSE he will protect this country against being flooded with the cheap manufactures of Europe after the war. BECAUSE he is the chosen head of a party which has long fathered all great constructive legislation which experience has proved to be wise and which has invariably been opposed by the Democratic party. BECAUSE a business man is going to be especially needed in the next few years. In consequence of the European war a tremendous readjustment of the world’s business is ahead. The United States must • be economically ’prepared. It must not, as now, be~Xelt It must not have a President with an untrained business changing. Mr. Hughes made a remarkable reeortl as a business Governor of New York. He has extraordinary ability to see all sides of a question. Not from him, as from Wilson, will be heard any declaration that he business men ‘ffiigh as Haman” if they do not agree with him. BECAUSE he is a man of forward vision, of practicability and firmness, not a mere rhetorician and theorist. BECAUSE he stands for the protection of American lives'and property abroad as well as at home. BECAUSE through him the whole'nation will be in the Government, v It will not be ruled by one section, nor by one man. BECAUSE he is for an not an unsound and sham system of , r jvrora! ereditp to help the farmer and for a wise conservation of natural resources. BECAUSE he is for a Federal workingmen’s compensation law suitable for the employees of the Government and those employees engaged . in interstate commerce and subject to the hazard of injury. BECAUSE he favors investigating before legislating.

Real Estate Transfers.

Josiah Davisson, et ux to Benton Frosythe, Oct. 18, part 5% 35-32-5, 285 acres, Kankakee, sl. A. R. Kresler et ux to Eugene Hasty, Oct. 20, lot 7, bk 17, Rensselaer, Weston’s addition, $800." Frank G. Kresler et ux to Josiah Davisson, Oct. 25, lot 14, bk 9, Rensselaer, Leopold’s addition, $2,000.

Wheatfield the party proceeded to DeMotte, where another hearty ‘reception awaited them. Here he gave another short out-door address, reviewing Wilspn’s record in the Mexican trouble and his course in the socalled eighthour law. At DeMotte he was interrupted by a drunken socialist who was visiting there from Gary. He interrupted his address long enough to answer his question and when the heckler again attempted to interrupt him the socialist was escorted from the crowd by the indignant citizens, who were not in sympathy with the sentiments expressed by the interrupter or by his party. Next stop at Parr at 11:30, where the morning tour ended, after which the* party returned to Rpnsselaer for dinner. At l':30 the tourists were on their way again, with Remington as an objective point, where the congressman was to make his last speech of the dav with th&-£xccptioa-of the one scheduled for here at the Ellis Theatre at 8:00 o'clock this evening. No one Should fail to hear this able speaker, and it is expected that a packed house will be at the Ellis this evening. The Young Men’s Republican Club banquet will be- held at the dining room of the Methodist church at 6 o’colck tonight, and Mr. Wood will also be present at this banquet and wilb probably make a short talk. This club i composed of about fifty young republicans representing every township in Jasper and with few exceptions all will be in attendance at Jhe banquet.

Marriage License.

Oct. 25. Edwin Larson, of Rensselaer, age 22, occupation farmer, to Fay Marlatt, of Rensselaer, age 18, occupation housekeeper.' First marriage for each.

Mrs. S. W. Williams, of Kniman spent today in Rensselaer.

WAS WIFE KILLED BEFORE HUSBAND?

$50,000 Hangs On This Question — Echo of Hincher Disaster Near Shelby- -Made Joint Will. \ ' * . The following article appeared in today’s Chicago Herald relative to a joint will made by J. W. Hincher a ’. wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hincher were killed near Shelby in an automobile accident recently, at which time The Republican contained an account of their deaths: “Among whom should, the estates of James Ward Hincher and his wife, Mrs. Marie Hincher, both of whom were killed in an automobile accident near Shelby, Ind., Oct. 18, he distributed? This question was raised Friday when their wills were filed for probate and it was found that the entire estate of each, involving $50,000, was bequeathed to the other. There are no children and Attorney Fred W. Kraft, representing the estates, has advertised for heirs.

‘ Under -the conynon law, according to several attorney.-', it is .presumed that when husband and wife meet death in the same accident, to which there are no witnesses to testify which live dthe longer, the former, under the supposition that he is the stronger, is the last to die. “If this theory is allowed by the court the estate of the wife would go to her husband and their combined e.states be distributed among his heirs. “Attorney Kraft, however, declared that he did not believe the presumption would* be applicable in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Hincher. ‘That presumption is of the middle ages,’ he said, ‘and as I understand the law' today it would have no effect in this case. There were no witnesses to the accident, and both husband and wife were dead when the accident was discovered. My belief is that the estates, will be distributed among the respective heirs of Mr. and Mrs. Hincher.’ ”

Hunters Urged to Watch for Bands On Ducks to Aid Federal Dept.

Washington, Oct. 27. —If you kill or capture a wild duck bearing an aluminum band around one leg, havnig a number on one side and on the other the statement requesting that the U. S. department of agriculture or the Biological Survey be notified, you are requested to send this band at once to the Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. This band, if accompanied by a statement as to date, place and circumstances under which the bird was taken, will be of service to the survey in its efforts to determine the longevity of individual ducks and the routes of migration of the species. The bands are being attached to considerable numbers of wild duck of several species which have been cured of the duck sickness prevalent around Great, Salt Lake, Utah, and there released. The department is particularly anxious to secure reports from these birds to determine their complete recovery from this malady, which has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in Utah.

117 Deaths in Jasper County January 1st.

According to the August bulletin of the Indiana State Board of Health, just circulated, there were 2,235 more birt'.s than deaths in tne state dur-r-$r month. Britas were 5,258, of which 2,725 were maie l and 2,533 females. Typhoid fever was the most prevalent infectious disease, but the greatest number of deaths resulted from tuberculosis. In Jasper county since January 1 et, there bave been 117 deaths. ..

Big Dredge Out of Sight of Baum’s Bridge.

Those who havt just f>aid visits to Baum’s bridge state that the big Williams dredge is now out of sight >f that point, and the whole landpcape bears a marked change.* The water in the big ditch runs swiftly. Two wooden bridges in this county, are being eliminated by “fills,” with the dirt being-hauled from the ditch bank.

When You Take Cold. With the average man a cold is a serious matter and should not be trifled with, as some of the most dangerous diseases start with a common cold. Take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and get rid of your cold as quickly as possible. You are not experimenting when you use this remedy, as it has been in use fort many years and has an established reputation. -It contains no "pinni or other narcotic. For sale by B. F. Fendig. C New Suit Filed. Hulda Rosenbaum et al vs August Shultz et alt foreclosure of lien. Demand $3,000. and interest thereon from March, 1916.

j TODAY’S PROGRAM AT Star Theatre m, —mmmmmmm S* KITTY GORDON in “HER MATERNAL RIGHT” By Willard Alack Arthur. A society drama of startling sensationalism. A good story well told. The S-R-O sign will be out on this play. Better start early. First show at 7 o’clock. MONDAY 4 PARAMOUNT DAY 4 Dustin Farnum in “Ben Blair. Monday at the Star. + Admission 10c and sc.

Secretary Baker Refuses to Disclose Reason For Charges.

Washington, Oct. 27.— Secretary Baker left for Wilmington, Ohio, tonight to continue his campaign speaking without revealing either the sources or the exact nature of the information which impelled the war department yesterday to issue a statement saying it had knowledge ‘that an attack on the border or on American troops in Mexico wfc* being planned by enemies of the administration’s policy toward Mexico. was learned, however, that the suspicion was aroused here some days ago reports of an alleged raid cosnpiracy appearing in certain American newspapers were transmitted to the border for investigation. Agents of the treasury are supposed to have made the inquiry, although there are intimations that General Funston was advised as a matter of information. Reports reaching Washington yesterday less than an hour, before Mr. Baker left for West Virginia to'deliver a campaign address led the war secretary to confer with Secretary Lansing at the state department and issufe the statement. * Suggestions that the statement was so worded as to virtually charge American political opponents of the administration of conspiring with the bandits caused both Secretary Bqker and Secretary Lansing today to re-, iterate the latter’s statement of last night that there was no intention to do such a thing. - Both said it was impossible to conceive that any American could be Involved in such an enterprise and that Mexicans now in the United States were responsible for the plot, wishing to embroil the United States and Mexico to the end that the defacto government might be overthrown.

First Christian Church.

Bibie school at 9:30. Communion and sermon at 10*45. Slaughter school,* preaching at 3. Evening worship at 7:30. Meet your friends at the church at the above hours. Seats are free. A* Only a few days remain in which to pay your fall taxes without the added per cent which falls to the lot of the delinquents.

FOOTBALL SUNDAY. OCT. 20 Hammond Maroons ys St. Joseph’s College — . i ' on College Grounds 3:00 P. M. s , ........ ADMISSION 25c

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