Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1916 — Page 1

No. 281.

PTHE Q RING S U TONIGHT Triangle Kay-Bee Willard Mack With Enid Markey in ‘Alaha Oe’ -(Farewell to Thee) ' From the Hawaiian Song. 5 Acts. S J* 5 and 10c

Dinner Given In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Brown.

Mr. and Mrs. Clint Brown were the guests of honor at a delightful dinner party given in their honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are to leave the first of December for Huntington, Ind., near which place they will reside on a farm. Mr. Brown disposed of his interests near Surrey some time ago. The guests at the party besides Mr, and Mrs. Brown were: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pefley, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kiplinger, Mr and Mrs Vem Rooinson and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hopkins.

NOTICE. The Pythian Sisters will meet with Mrs. Leslie Clark Friday afternoon, Nov. 24th. Mrs. J. C. Martindale and Mrs. Dila Norman will assist in entertaining. Jarrette has them—Kiddie Cars, Scalaway Cars and Toodle Bikes.

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The Evening Republican.

INDIANA ELECTION PROBE WIDENING

Witnesses Being Called In Many Places Before Federal Grand Jury In Election Irregularities. ' The scope of the investigation of alleged election irregularities in Indiana by the federal grand jury widened considerably Tuesday, when more than a score of witnesses Frankfort and Clinton county were examined. Although Frank C. Dailey, speciel attorney assisting the government, declined to discuss the work of the grand jury, it is understood the office of th<? United States district attorney has received numerous complaints of vote buying in and about Frankfort on the last election day. ' While, the grand jury was busy examining witnesses fron>Clinton county, Frank Ream, deputy United States marshal, visited Bartholomew county carrying a goodly number of subpoenaes, for the witnesses living in or near Columbus, Ind. It is also know that Mr. Dailey, who has general charge of the work of the grand jury in connection with election matters, will pay especial attention to complaints from various parts of the state regarding intimidation a»d wrongful use of money at the polls. Among the witnesses from Clinton county who testified before the grand jury were Charles F. Cromwell, of Frankfort, former county auditor, and toward Harshman, county recorder. Both men were active workers about the polls at the time of election. Eighteen other men in or near Frankfort testified. The corridor fairly swarmed with witnesses and the scene was not unlike the times of 1914 when the federal grand jury was investigating the Terre Haute election fraud cases.

Prayer meeting this evening .at 7:30, and it will be a round table discussion of “Thanksgiving Dinner.” The prayer meeting has been considered the pulse of the church and as such it should -be strong and full. Come to this service and help make religion a progressive thing in the church as well as in your own life.

If Hilliard & Hamill gets your dollar, you get a full dollar’s worth ALWAYS. Your money’s worth —or your money back.

Presbyterian Church.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1916.

Jack London, Famed Fiction Writer, Is Dead.

Jack London, famed fiction author, died at his Glenn Ellen, Cal., ranch, near Santa Rosa, Cal., Wednesday night, a victim of uremic poisoning. London was taken ill on Tuesday nignt and found unconscious by a servant who went to his room to awaken him. Physicians were called, who at first thought he was suffering from ptomaine poisoning, but it later developed that uremia was the cause of his condition. From the timte London was found he never regained consciousness. After midday he seemed to rally, but later suffered a relapse and sank rapidly until the end came. Mr. London would have been 41 years of age on January 2, and is survived by his wife, mother, one daughter and a sister. Jack London, novelist, socialist reformer and amthropologist, began his tempestuous career in San Francisco. He was the son of John London. His parents were very poor and he ran the streets, and at the age of fifteen he spent his pennies for beer instead of candy because he thought it more manly. He became a strong prohibition mover in later life.

The strangeness of his boyhood is seen in his statement that he had no recollection of being taught to read and write, although he could do both at five years of age. At eight he was a ranch boy working long hours. He read Washington Irving’s Alhambra about this time and was disgusted because the cowboys could not be persuaded to become interested also. He gloated over dime novels, stole newspapers. At eleven he was in Oakland, reading so much that he developed a nervous disorder for lack of exercise.

Then a great spirit of adventure came over him. He became an oyster pirate and shipped as a sailor on a schooner and was later a salmon fisher. Turning from a fish pirate to fish patrolman he had many a wild adventure in those lawless waters. Limited space prevents us from printing more of the life of Jack London, but it is safe to say that no one had a more interesting life to read about than this famous author and anyone in search of interesting reading material should secure a book on his life. His best known books are: “The Son of the Wolf,” “The God of His Father,” “A Daughter of the Snows,” “The Children of the Frost,” “The People of the Abyss,” “KemptonWace Letters,” “The Call of the Wild,” “The Faith of Man,”” “The Abyssmal Brute and John Barleycorn,” besides a great many others too numerous to mention.

Waiting too long for anything takes away half the pleasure. Buy your overcoat and suit from Hilliard & Hamill right now. EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW?

Charity Entertainment Program At the Methodist Church.

The charity board will give an entertainment at the M. E. church Friday evening, November 24th. The entertainment is to be given in the interests of the poor of the city and although it will be free, everyone is asked to bring some article of food or money, which will be distributed among the poor of the city fox Thanksgiving Day. The following program has been arranged for the • evening: Hymn: “The Faith of Our Fathers,” By the Congregation. Scripture Reading: Rev. Edward iStrecker. Voice: a “Today”, by Bond. b “The Lamb,” by Densmore. Miss Thelma Martindale. Piano Duet: “Marche Militaire” — Schubert Liszt Rosabel Daugherty, Linnie Bird , Raines. High School Quartette —Miss Cornelia Leonard, Miss Ruth Wood, Miss Wilda Littlefield and Miss Thelma Martindale. Thanksgiving Talk by I, N. Warren. Voice: Villanelle, by Eva Dell’acqua— Miss Esther Padgitt. Piano Solo—Sonata Pathetique, by Bethoven —Miss Florence Allman. Voice: a “Dreams,” by Chipman. b “On the Ocean Blue,” Petrie. Mr. Loren Sage. Violin, “Souvenir,” Drdlt —G. A. Stevenson. Accompanist, Mrs. J. D. Martindale. Reading—Mrs. Fi H. Beard. Prayer, Rev. J. Budman Fleming. Organ—Mrs. M. D. Gwin. v Courtesy is extended to you at Hilliard & Hamill’s whether you go to buy or look. They have the largest and best selected clothing stock in the county and do the greatest volume of business. There’s a reason.

NOTICE. The ladies pf the Presbyterian church will hold a market at Warner’s hardware store Nov. 29th. AH kinds of good things for you* Thanksgiving dinner.

A PUBLIC SERVICE TRUE TO NAME

The United States Employment Service and Its Work For Employer and Employe. In 1913 congress passed an act creating the department of labor. The purpose of this department is set forth in the following words of congress: “To foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States and increase their opportunities for profitable employment.” A natural outgrowth of the development of this new department has been the creation of what is now known as the United States employment service, available to all residents of the United States, citizen or alien. There are eighty employment offices, all free, operated by the government. The postoffices were made local depositories where the employer can secure, upon demand, order blanks for help, and the employe application blank for employment, both of which will be transmitted by the postmaster to the proper headquarters office without expense. The headquarters of Zone No. 10, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, is at Chicago. Blanks used in this work can be only from the Chicago office.

There are four offices in this zone: 845 South Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.; Federal Building, Indianapolis, Ind.; Larned and Griswold St., Detroit, Mich.; Federal Building, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. All of these offices are prepared to handle orders for miscellaneous help of all kinds, skilled or unskilled. Persons lesiring to correspond with these • offices should address the U. S. Employment Service at their nearest office as shown abovi. If you desire to call 'in person the office hours are from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. The United States Employment Service offers its assistance to all residents of the United States. If you are an employer in need of help or a worker in need of employment, write to your nearest office and state your case fully. You will be given every consideration to the end that your needs may be supplied and no fee of any kind will be charged. Farmers will find these offices of much benefit in securing the farm help they may need, either experienced or inexperinced, married, or single.

T. R. Favors Bill to Make Youths Learn War Rules.

Washington, Nov. 22.—Lieut. Gen. S. B. M. Young, retired, made public here today a letter from Theodore Roosevelt, saying: “I most cordially and emphatically approve your efforts, as president of the association for national service, to secure the passage of a law making it obligatory upon every male American citizen between the ages of 18 to 21 to serve six months or a year — as the case may demand —in the field with the colors. I believe no one should be allowed to vote who has not thus served —poltroons and professional pacificists are out of place in a free republic. “There should be education toward military training along the lines, followed in Australia, Argentina, Switzerland and Japan.”

Mr. Hughes Wires Congratulations To President Wilson.

Lakewood, N. J., Nov. 22.—Charles E. Hughes, republican candidate for president in the recent election, tonight sent to President Wilson a telegram congratulating him upon his re-election. In his telegram, Mr. Hughes said: ""Because of the closeness of the vote I have awaited the official count in California, and now that it has been virtually completed, permit me to extend to you my congratulations upon your re-election. Ijdesire also to express my best wishes! for a- successful administration. ;

THAT KNIFE-LIKE PAIN

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President to Give Message To Congress Next Month.

Tuesday President Wilson completed the first draft of the message which he will deliver to congress when it reassembles on Dec. 4. It is comparatively short and recommends only such legislation as Mr. Wilson deems it possible for congress to enact at the short session in addition to passing the regular appropriation bills. The major portion of the message is devoted to advocacy of the legislation supplementing the Adamson law, which the president submitted to congress on Aug. 29, last. He renews his recommendation of such action in virtually the same terms he employed at that time. In addition, the message recommends the following legislation: “Amendment of the Sherman antitrust law to authorize combinations of American manufacturers and producers in the shape of selling agencies abroad to promote foreign trade. “Regulation of the development of water power in navigable streams and on public lands and of oil, coal, and other mineral resources in the' public domain.” The railway brotherhoods, reinforced by 300,000 other railway employes, and backed by the federation of labor, already are lining up opposition in congress to the additional legislation, particularly the bill prohibiting strikes prioir to a compulsory investigation of wage disputes. Unless the president exerts his power in behalf of the public interest organized labor will be able to defeat the strike prevention measure probably.

NOTICE. I am closing up my business and expect to leave Rensselaer in about three or four weeks. I am to vacate the shop on Nov. 30th. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to me are requested to call and settle and avoid the annoyance of having account placed in the hands of a collector. I have some furniture and household goods to sell that you may have at almost your own price. l Dining chairs, rocking chairs, bed springs, dresser, dishes, glass jars, etc. Come in and make me a bid on them. Thanking the people of Rensselaer for their generous patronage extending over a period of more than four years, I remain, Yours appreciatively, —' -■ J. P. GREEN.

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RECOUNT ON VOTE FOR COUNTY CLERK ORDERED

Work of Recount Began This Morning—Expected to Take .Three Days. The petition of Alva D. Hershman for a recount of the vote of Jasper county on the office of clerk came before Judge Hanley again Wednesday, and as there were no objections offered to a recount, the petition was granted. Judge Hanley appointed Moses Leopold, C. C. Warner and J. J. Hunt to make the recount, but Mr. Hunt declining to serve, he appointed J. A. McFarland in his place. The recount began this Thursday morning in the east court room in the presence of County Chairmen J. A. McLain and Frank Welsh, the two candidates, Jesse Nichols and Mr. , Hershman, Attorneys J. H. Chapman, | W. H. Parkinson and A. Halleck. Mr. 1 Beard, the prohibition candidate, and W. S. Day have also the right to be present, but were not present at the recount today. Deputy Clerk Morlan was also present. B. G. Oglesby is acting as sheriff and all outsiders are excluded from the court. It is thought that the recount will take the balance of the week, as there are 3,374 votes to count, and where there are any disputed ballots the progress is bound to be slow. Up to noon Thursday three pre* cincts, two in Barkley and one in Carpenter, had been recounted. Four defective ballots that had been ounted were thrown out, without changing the result, both Nichols and Hershman losing two each. Mr. Nichols has already received his commission but he will not attempt to use it unless the recount Is in his favor.

Proposes Public Meeting Friday Evening at Court House.

John O’Connor has proposed that there be a public meeting held at the court house Friday evening of this week to determine upon what kind of a reception shall be given to the members of Company M upon their return to Rensselaer next month. Mr. O’Connor asks that the public attend this meeting and that each citizen help in this matter and make it a success.

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