Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1916 — Page 1

No. 296.

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CITY COUNCIL MEETS.

At the city council meeting Monday night the following business was transacted: Petition of G. E. Murray to change name of Juno street. On motion the prayer of the petition was granted and the city attorney was instructed to prepare ordinance changing the name of said street to Home Avenue. Petition of J. C. Gwin et al for street light on Vine street was referred to the light committee. Superintendent light plant, on motion, was instructed to extend line to Matthew Nesius upon the payment' of $37.50 and said Nesius to have credit on light record for said amount. In the matter of sewer on Dayton street. Comes now the city engineer and files amended assessment roll. On motion the said assessment roll was approved by the council and the clerk was instructed to certify the same over to the city .treasurer for collection as provided by law. The usual number of claims were allowed. Council will meet Dec. 23, 1916, at 7 p. m. .

Christian Women’s Board of Missions Has Interesting Meeting.

Mrs. F. R. Lidell, of LaPorte, Ind., district secretary of the Christian Women’s Board of Missions, spent Sunday and Monday with the ladies of that organization of this city. Sunday evening the local city had charge of the service? at the church and Mrs. Lidell gave a most excellent address. She reviewed the work being done by this organization, both at home and abroad. Her talk here will result in added interest in missions by the local church. Monday afternoon the ladies held a very interesting session and Mrs. Lidell again gave a talk.

High Priced Indiana Cattle.

The Trout Live Stock Commission Co., of Chicago, sold on this week’s market. 36 head of Indiana cattle weighing 1419 lbs. at $12.50, making an average of $177.37 per head. This is' the highest priced two carload lot of cattle ever sold on the Chicago market with the exception of show cattle. • Indiana is one of oar leading live stock producing states and the above prices offer encouragement both to the breeder and feeder.

Your friends can buy anything you can give them but your photograph. Have it taken at Parker’s.

Ellis Theatre Dec. 14. Blanchard Amusement Co. offers A Rea! Musical Comedy “Who’s Little Girl •Are You?’ with a Dancing and beauty chorus. A laugh a minute. A world of catchy tunes. A sure curetfor the blues; Prices 25c, 35c,50c, 75c. A guaranteed attraction. Admission refunded if it fails to please.

The Evening Republican.

COW GREAT CHEMIST DECLARES DR. HURTY

State Health Secretary Puts His 0. K. On Ice Cream As Food. — w Indianapolis, Dec. 7. —“Ice cream is one of the very best of foods,” Dr. J. N.- Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, said Wednesday at the convention of the Indiana Ice Cream Manufacturers’ association here wheh discussing the food value of the delicacy. <ln part he said: “The cow is a great chemist. It makes milk, a wonderful food, especially for growing children, and i; makes cream, a wonderful delicacy and an excellent food for young and old. The, things that can be m'ade from milk and cream have taxed the ingenuity of chefs and cooks, ice cream makers and food fans since tims out of mind. Yet the cow that makes this wonderful product doesn’t know anything about it, .and us human beings, the chemists and such smart fellows, who know all about how milk is made, can’t make it.

“Ice cream is one of the very best of foods. Yet it is a food we must eat in moderation. That is true of any food. If we eat immoderately of ice cream we are very apt to suffer in proportion. Probably the best thing I can say for ice cream is that it should be eaten at meal time. Though it is one of the tnost nourishing foods, it is one of the most enjoyable. In Our Puritanical habit of thought, we think that a thihg that is palatable and delicious must necessarily be under ban as a food. When a food is both nourishing and delicious, then it is an ideal food. Ice cream is particularly good for growing children, and from what I know of growing children they will be particularly good for ice cream.” s JU <Dr. Hurty then said he knew of one case of illness in which a woman was kept rtlive for two years on ice cream.

“HIS” XMAS GIFT IS IN HILLIARD & Hamill's window. Come in our store, as we can not put all of our stock in our windows. Our Xmas display is something to be remembered in Rensselaer. Everything classy for the men and boys. Duvall’s Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL. Fur caps will be fine for Xmas gifts in seal and coneys, at Duvall’s Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL.

Bargains In Pianos. I have decided to do furniture repairing, upholstering and painting automobiles. Will sell my entire stock of pianos at cost price to-make room for this work. Pianos will be sold for cash or on easy payments. »■. Open evenings from now to Christmas H. R. LANGE, ’hone 576. The Tribune is glad to say that Major Healey is not going back to “Hoosierdom” to die. After several months on the border and a thorough investigation of the opportunities here he has decided to cast his lot with people of this section and transformitjr from a “Hoosier” into a “long horn.’ Major Healey is from Rensselaer, Ind., where he -was publisher of the Daily and Semi-Weekly : ’epublican. He is a man of fine character and possessed of those qualities that attract and hold friends. He will be a most valuable addition to the citizenship of the VaL ley and of Texas, and we are glad ne is coming back. —Mercedes (Texas) Tribune, of Dec. 7th. INDIAN, ' TFRRY~ AND BEACH bath robes. $4 up. -See them, in our windows. —Hilliard & Hamill.

FIRE CHIEF HAS FOUND NEW AID

Frank Willetts, ‘of Andrews, Tells How Tanlac, New Medicine, Helped Wife. Huntington, Ind.—Fire Chief Frank Willetts, of Andrews, Ind., west of this city, pra'ses Tanlac, the Master Medicine, because of good his wife derived through its use? Fire Chief Willetts recently said: “My wife has had rheumatism for the lust seven months. She couldn’t sleep because of the pains., She .lost weight until her clothes hung from he/lik* loose sacks. "The first bottle of Tanlac did Mrs. Willetts a lot of good. She has taken two more bottles of the medicine now and is as well as she ever was in her life. She has regained all her weight.” Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is especially beneficial for stomach liver and kidney trouble, catarrha complaints, rheumatism, nervousness, less of appetite and the like and is a fine body builder and system cleanser and strengthener. Tanlac is now sold exclusively in Rensselaer a" Larsh & Hopkins’ drug store.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1916.

BENJAMIN HARRIS A PUBLIC BENEFACTOR

Gives $75,000 For a Home For Widows and Orphans on Site of Old Spitler Property. The last will and testament of Benjamin Harris was probated Monday. It was written by Attorney Abraham Halleck, and witnessed by John O’Connor and Judson J. Hunt, on March 11, 1916. The will contains one of the most magnificent bequests ever made by a citizen of Rensselaer. On the large, beautiful of land known as the Spitler property, Mr. Harris provides for the erection and maintenance of an institution to be known as the “Benjamin Harris Home for Widows and Orphans.”

The will provides for $5,000 to be available immediately and SIO,OOO as soon as. the money is paid into the estate. * He bequeathed $8,624.34 to the sons of his sister, Mrs. Michael Halstead. Item 1 of this will provides for the payment of debts for his late sickness and funeral, also, all other obligations owing by him. Item 2 reads in part: “To my beloved wife, Emily Jane Harris, and to my dear daughter, Flora Ellen Prior, I give and bequeath, share and share alike, all my personal property of every kind and description, remaining after bequests hereinafter enumerated have been fully paid therefrom. I also give and bequeath to my said wife and daughter during the term of tjieir lives and to the survivors of them during the term of their lives, the use, rent and profits of a|l real estate of which I may die seized, except the land known as the Spitler or Martindale property.

Item 3 gives to his son-in-law, Charles E. Prior, the home property during his natural life. Item 4 is the gift to the Halstead J>oys mentioned above. Item 5 names Abraham Halleck, Edward J. Randle, Robert A. Parkison, Flora Ellen Prior and Ida Jane Burton, parties to whom the $5,000 and SIO,OOO gifts mentioned above are to be paid. Said parties to act as trustees of the Henjaihin Harris Home for Widows, "and Orphans. Item 6 describes* and bequeaths the Spitler property to said trustees and also that all lands other than mentioned above .become the property of the trustees after the death of his wife and daughter. Item 7, provides that his wife may elect to inherit under the law instead of under the will.. Item 8 nominates his wife and daughter to be executrixes. The codicil provides That: Item No. 1. In the administration and management of “Benjamin Harris Widows’ and Orphans’ Home” provided for in my will, all applications for admission, aid or relief in said Home shall be considered solely on their merits and no preference shall be given or relief denied to any applicant on account of religious beief or affiliation.

Item No. 2. In any event that either of the male members of/the trustees named in the will for any cause shall fail to qualify and act, it is my desire that Delos Thompson act in his place and stead. Item No. 3. It is my desire that an arch be erected at the entrance to ;he residence of the superintendent jncharge of the provided for in the will, and that the following inscription'Be placed thereon: “Widows’ and Orphans” Home, Founded By Benjamin Harris in 19...” Item No. 4. I direct that tombstone be erected over my grave and that the folio ing inscription be placed thereon “Benjamin Harris, born April 2nd 1838, died 19.. Founder f Widows* and Orphans’ Home, nsselaer, Indiana, 19..

The bequest of this institution to is the greatest gift ever given to the city «< d this final act of gencrousness on tje part of the donor is but one of many that he did during his lifetime Mi. Harris gave generously, altho, h not pretentiously, and any rthy object was generally a recipie of aid from him. Mr. Harris spen* practically his entire lifetime in th s county and for the past twenty-tVo years was a resident of Rensselaer, and during this time the people of this community have learned to love and respect him. The gift of this institution to the city of Rensselaer will serve to keep the name of Benjamin Harris immortal and the institution itself will be a testimonial to the generousness arid sterling characted of this fine man.

FOR YOUR SWEETHEART.

A KNITTED SILK MUFFLER, $1.50 to $4. Beautiful Neckwear, 50c tp $2. Belts with Silver Monogram Buckle $1.50. Silk Umbrellas. Glqves. All packed in pretty gift boxes. —Hil-, Hard & Hamill. *

MET TRAGIC DEATH BY MONON TRAIN

Unidentified Man Killed In Monon Yards at Monon Sunday; Arms and Legs Were Cut Off. An unidentified man, dead and horribly mangled, was fohnd early Sunday morning by the night switching crew in the Monon yards at Monon. Both of his legs and his right arm were severed and death was instantaneous. He had the appearance of being about 25 or 80 years of age. That Whiskey may have contributed td his death is surmised by the fact that he had two flasks on his pefson, one of which was broken when he was killed. \ The other was full and intact.

From’ the evidence deduced at an inquest by Coroner Gable, who went to Monon early Sunday morning, it appears that the man was killed by the southbound train that passes through this city at 1:38. Whether he was riding the train or was struck by it while he was on the track will always probably remain a mystery. There was very little of value in the man’s pockets and nothing by which he could be identified. Inside the shoes which were on the severed feet there was a dealer’s lable, which indicated that the shoes had been purchased in LaPorte. Using this crew, the coroner telegraphed to LaPorte a description of the man to the chief of police to see if he could be identified, but as yet he has not been. Indications were that the felloe was a painter.

Daughter of Col. Ed Oliver Married Monday Afternoon.

Miss Juhia Elizabeth*Oliver and Clarence Bowman were married at the Barkley M. E. church Monday afternoon by Rev. Cramer. The bride is the youngest daughter of Col. Ed Oliver, of Chicago, and the groom is one of Barkley township’s hustling farmers. A large number of friends gave the newly married couple a reception at their home last evening. They will reside in „he palatial home on the farm owned by Mr. Oliver at Newland. The Republican jdins their many friends in wishing' them a happy voyage on the journey of wedlock.

NOTICE. ♦ WE BEG TO NOTIFY THOSE OF our customers fpr whom we are holding gift purchases, that wte will endeavor.to deliver all of such (via "The Ford”) if they will but notify us as to time and place. This service is entirely FREE. HILLIARD & HAMILL. Small pockets for valuables, intended to be fastened to linings of shoes, have been patented. MAMMOTH WREATH. MR. J. H. HOLDEN, AFTER TWO weeks’ work, has just completed for progressive clothing firm of Hillard & Hamill, the largest wreath ever displayed in Rensselaer. Hilliard & Hamill will have Mr. Holden place it in their beautiful and spacious show windows at once. Allen H. Jordan, of Upper Gloucester, Me., has taken thirty large pumpkins from a single vine. GENUINE HUDSON~SEAL CAPS for father’s Xmas present. $5-$6. —Hilliard & Hamill. See the swelllsportfcoats for Xmafe at Duvall’s Quality Shop.' C. EARL DtJVALL. Of the 43,000 persons employed in the Swiss hotels, it seems strange that only 30,000 are Swiss. A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF jewelry for men—packed in pretty gift Ibexes. —Hilliard & Hamill. Mothers, buy the little fellows some sleeping garments for Xmas. They are just as warm as toast. At Duvall’s Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL.

A project has been started at Winnipeg, Can., for the manufacture of starch from potatoes. IMPORTEDNBCKWEAR (JAPAN). Beautiful color combinations, sl, $1.50, $2. Packed in pretty gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. Swell pinch back overcoat makes a swell Xmas present for the men folks. At Duvall’s Quality Shop. * C. EARL DUVALL. A gold medal has been awarded a French inventor for a shock absorber for ordinary wheelbarrows. A TRAVELING BAG OR SUIT CASE always rriakeg a pleasing gift. All sizes, all agices, made from all leathers^ —Hilward & Hamill. ** « ' We are now showing swellest line of hduse or smoking jackets for Xmas in alij colors at Duvall’s Quali- „ ty Shop. C. EARL DUVALL.

Gary Post Advises Clean-Up Of That City—Gets It.

For the past several \yecks the Gary Post has been advising the clean-up of the city. The paper has been very active in denouncing Mayor Johnson for not ridding the city of vice. Sunday an early morning raid was made on the editdrial room of the Post, resulting in the arrest of City Editor Tom Plant and four other employes of the paper who were caught in an alleged poker game. The newspaper men were taken to police headquarters, but were released under bond furnished by the business manager of the Post. Employes of the Post charge the mayor with overlooking real gambling games ant stopping a social affair. , A special from Gary states that there was no Sunday closing of' saloons and the lid was not clamped down on other undesirable activities.

Case of State vs. Icenogle Being Tried.

The case of the State against James Icenogle for practicing veterinary surgery without being registered, oc-. cupied the attention of circuit court and jury at Monticello Monday. The case was venued to Monticello from Jasper county. Attorneys in the case are Attorneys Sands ant Leopold, of Rensselaer, and Prosecutor. Brockway, of Monticello, for the state, and Sills and Sills, of Monticello, and John Dunlap, of Rensselaer for the defense. After the state hai presented the evidence the plaintiff pleaded guilty and was fined jn the sum of $lO and costs.

11 SHOPPING DAYS Until X’mas. PLEASE don’t ’wait until the last moment. Our stock is now entirely complete and ready for you. Come early, you can now take your leisure and have complete assortments to choose from at Hilliard & Hamill’s. TONE—THAT’S WHERE IT EXCELS. THE VICTROLA AT FENDIG’S. 1 A floating gauge to indicate the height of fluids in fire pails that are hung on racks has been patented. HAND MADE (IMPORTED) JAPanese crepe shirty in beautiful color combinations. $2 up.’ —’Hilliard & Hamill. A large glass of pure strawberry preserves 15c. ROWLES & PARKER. WILL THERE BE A VICTROLA IN YOUR HOME THIS. CHRISTMAS?—B. F. FENDIG. With no other preparation than cleaning, the inside bark of’a tree is used for blankets in Ecuador. KID, FRENCH MOCHA, BUCK AND Capeskin gloves. Silk and wool lined. $1 to $3.50. Packed in pretty gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. A No. 2% can of new pack prunes, something extra fanoy, and in sanitary cans, per can 30c. ROWLES & PARKER. DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY. HAVE IT PUT AWAY TODAY. THAT VICTROLA AT FENDIG’S. Wool 13 inches has been shorn from a Merino stfeep which had been lost in the wilds of Australia. ; KNITTED REEFERS AND SILK mufflers $1 to $3.50. Packed in pretty gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. / Genuinb russet apple cider,in quart can! at, per can, 15c. ROWLES & PARKER.

Look at the swellest silk neckwear in the city at Duvall’s Quality Shon. C. EARL DUVALL. An Australian is the inventor of a recording target which, shows the course of bullets in relation to both stationary and moving objects. 'THE INTERIOR OF THE HILLIARD & Hamill store resembles an Oriental Shop, being beautifully decorated with Japanese Shirts, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, Lounging Robes, etc. “HIS” XMAS GIFT IS IN HILLIARD & Hamill’s window.

Mattresses and pillows used in the United States navy will in the future be filled -with Kapok, a vegetable fiber which is light and buoyant. yk(S” XMAS GT FTCS IN HILLIARD L & Hamill’s winaovV. hear carusoT McCormack, MELBA, SCHUMAN-HEINK. PADEREWSKI, ALMA, - GLUCk, AT FENDIG’- REXALL DRUG STORE. Traveling bags, traveler’s .sets, pocket sets.makefine gifts /or Xmas. At Duvall’s ..j C. EARL DUVALL. tr Venezuela’s imports front tfye U. S. in the fiscal year 1916 were 50, per cent more than in 1914, amounting to $15,000,000.

WEEKLY PROGRAM , AT THE »z Star Theatre Monday, Dec. 11th John Barrymore in “The Red Widow” And the Ford Weekly. * Tuesday, Dec. 12th < William Elliott in “Woman and Wine” A Brady Picture. Wednesday, Dec. 13th Macklin Arbuckle in ‘lt’s No Laughing Matter” A Paramount Picture. Also the winsome little Billy Burke. Don’t miss this number. AT THE STAR THEATRE Matinee Daily. 10c and sc.

Villa Says That All Americans Must Go Or Suffer.

Details of the personal appeals to Francisco Villa for consideration at his while he was iacontrol of Chihuahua City, are recited in a letter received from Mrs. Barnett Danis, whose husband is owner of a general merchandise store. The! letter to her son, a Los Angeles attorney, asserts that Villa was given one million pesos after he had threatened to burn Chihuahua City if the silver was not forthcoming. Villa also ifcade threats, the letter says, to relieve Americans in Mexico of all their property and valuables. ‘Three times I went to Villa’s headquarters and asked him personally that he not disturb at least our household effects,” Mr. Dannis said. “Villa threatened me with utter contempt. He said everything Americans possess now livihg in Mexico would be taken by the Mexicans, and that orders had been given his men that what could not be taken should be destroyed. We stayed in hiding for six days. After looting the city and making away with about $400,000 worth of hierchandise, destroying and burning property that belonged to foreigners, Villa demanded one mil- ! ion pesos in silver of the»residents under threat of burning the city. He received the money. “Chinese and Mexicans were killed »y the scores. Dead are strewn all over the eity.”

KNITTED REEFERS AND SILK scarfs (imported), $1 to $3.50. Pack; e<j in pretty gift boxes.—Hilliard & Hamill. INSTRUMENT YOU MAY CHOOSE WILL PLAY ANY MUSIC YOU WISH TO HEAR ON THOSE VICTROLAS AT FENDIG’S. The size of Schulze’s loaves of bread have not been made smaller. Better than home made bread. A trial will convince you of the difference in size and quality. ROWLES & PARKER. Bolivian railways are substituting wood for coal, owing to higher prices of coal, resulting from the difficulty of obtaining ocean ~ transportation from the United States. LOUNGE ROBES AND SMOKING jackets in beautiful color combinations, $4.50 up.—Hilliard & Hamill. At the present price of materials *t it cheaper to buy bread than to bake it. Schulze’s famous potato bread is making many new friends daily. ROWLES & PARKER. BELTS WITH SILVER MONOGRAM buckles, sl*so. Packed in- pretty gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. After more than sixty-there hours’ continuous piano playing., E. J. Leach, of Knoxville, Tenn., claimed the world’s record at San Antonio, Tex. The former» record was sixty-two hours and fifty-nine minutes. LINED LEATHER AUTO GLOVES in pretty gift boxes.—Hilliard & Hamill. , It s-ctieaper to buy bread if you buy Schultze’s, . the bigger and better loaf. Potato, butternut and Big Dandy bread received fresh daily. ROWLES & PARKER. INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS. 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c. Packed in pretty gift boxes. —Hilliard & Hamill. Greatest tine of bath robes in the city for Xmas at Duvall’s Quality Shop. : - f 4 Qi EARL DUVALL. SILK CREPE DE CHENE (TMPORT■ed Japanese) handkerchiefs. 50c.— Hilliard & Hamill. <

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