Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1916 — Page 1

No. 308.

p the 0 I RINGESv TONIGHT Henry Woodruff with Trusu Aoki # • in "THE BECKONING _ FLUME” 5 and 10c

REMINGTON.

Leonard Foster, of Chicago, spent the holidays with his mother and sisters here. Mrs. 'Luce Bartoo and baby, of Covington, came Tuesday to visit her mother, Mrs. Mary Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Morris and daughter, Miriam, of Wabash, spent Xmas with his sister, Mrs. Homer Lambert and family. Jack Stone, of Gary, spent Xmas here, the guest of Mrs. Pearl Ci4rrens. Mr. and Mrs. Nason Turney, of Brook, spent a few days-heris this week with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bowman. Misses Ethel Smalley, Irene Howard, Daisy Ott, Lola Skinner and Harry Howard, David Bickel, Bruce Peck, who are attending school Bloomington, are home for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Be?.l and daughter, Ruth, of Crawfordsville, spent Sunday iwith relatives here. They were accompanied home by his mother, Mrs. V. Beal, who will spend the winter with them. Fred Parker, of Racine, Wis., came Friday for a visit with home folks. Misses Marie Fournier and Fleta Gray, of Valparaiso, are spending the holidays with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sullivan and family spent Monday with his parents at Wolcott. “ r * — Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardener, of Idaville, are spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Groves, of Monticello, spent Xmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bartee. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lambert and baby, of Kentland, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Griffith Mbnday. ♦Miss Cora Casey, of Rensselaer, is spending the week with her parents. Harold and Eugene of Chicago, are visiting old here. iDr. and Mrs. R. O. Robinson spent Sunday with Goodland relatives. Russell Taylor, who is attending school at Winona, is home for the holidays. Dr. Besser went to Harper, lowa, Sunday evening to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt, of Rensselaer, spent Xmas with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forbes.

Mr. and Mrs. John Kolhoff and JVJr. and Mrs. Joe Kolhoff, of spent Sunday with Mr. and MfsS Mose Sego. Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCoy, of Grand Rapids, Mich., spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Worden and family. Dale Guy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, spent the holidays with home folks. John Donahue has been very sick the last few days. Daniel Lilley, who is attending school at Lincoln, 111., is spending the holidays with his parents. / Mrs. Wm. Rich spent MSnday with her son, Walter, at Goodland. Mrs. Geo. Stoudt returned home Friday from where she has been at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Kate Legg, who has been very sick with erysipelas. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson went to Monticello Sunday for a visit with relatives.

Ghas. Bonner, Sr., is very low at this writing. Ollie Woods and children, of Logansport, came Sunday and spent Xmas with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Samuels, of Fowler, spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. apd Mrs. -Geo. Eck. Mrs. A. Howard, of Bloomington, came Friday and is visiting her daughter, Mrs John Ochs. John Johnson, of Boswell, came Wednesday evening for a few days’ stay. The Fortnightly Club mot Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gumm and /- • .

The Evening Republican.

SUGGESTS MORE BEAUTIFUL RENSSELAER

J. H. Holden Suggests That Merchants Have Washington Street Decorated With Flower*.

• Much praise has been lavished upon Rensselaer and her citizens for her cleanliness and beauty; For years this paper has had much favorable comment coming from the editor ant from others in this regard. Rut not one word too many has been said, nor is there an instance of exaggeration. We have a beautiful city and we do admire and appreciate it. We are justly proud of our beautiful shade trees, of our neatly mowed lawns and the splendid appearance of our. residence and business buildings. Our elegant depot with its beautiful setting of shrubbery and flowers is a mighty fine introduction of our city to the visitor upon his arrival. Our magnificent court house and its beautiful lawn, always so well kept, must be admired by all. The interior condition of this building is always very presentable. Milroy Park with its artistic statue of the noble General Milroy and with its beautiful summer flowers and carpet of smooth green grass, is greatly to be admired. The gardens of beautiful flowers are so well selected and tended and the neighbors - seem to vie with each other to reach nearest the perfectly beautiful. Weston cemetery may have many equals in the magnificence of monuments, but it does not have a superior in the matter of beamiful natural scenery and flower decorations. The artistic mind and hand of J. H. Holden has caused it to blossom as the rose. There are so many things to which we can point with the finger of pride that if we attempted to enumerate them all this article would be entirely too long, but we want to mention our beautifully illuminated streets at night, our elegant church edifices and cur splendid school buildings. ißut all of the above relate themselves to 1916. Soon a new 1917 is to be ushered in upon the scene. What can and will we do to continue to make Rensselaer more beautiful. This suggestion was made to the editor by Mr. Holden and it appeals to us as being jan excellent one, that the merchants of the city each have a very beautiful flower stand in front of their places of business. This has oeen done in a great many places and it has added greatly to the appearance of the otherwise undecorated streets. Also the boxes at the bottoms of the guides in the streets should be made deeper and then planted with flowers. The flowef stands could be made ;“rom barrels with little expense. They should be painted some suitable color and then the right selection of flowers could be made. Many of these stands coiild be placed in front of residences also. Think about this. If it is a good suggestion push it along. If * not, make a better one.

daughter, Lillian, spent Monday with Earl Park relatives. Dr. and Mrs. H. Miller, of Monticello, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hall, of Goodland, Mr. and Mrs. Hackley, of Earl Park, and Dr. Morin and wife,of Fowler, ate Xmas dinner with their parents', Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Morin. Miss Agnes Gilkerson, of Marion, is spending the week with her parents here. Mrs. M. Reeves, of Silver City, la., was called here Tuesday by the serious illness of her father, Chas. Bonner. Miss Iva Brooks went to Fowler Wednesday for a few days’ visit with Miss Hazel Brooks. Miss -Lizzie Parks, of Sandwich, HI., is visiting relatives here. The churches will hold union ‘Watch meeting” at the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening, Dec. 31. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin, of Monticello, spent Monday with his parents, Mr. aiid Mrs. Geo. Griffin. Mrs. Sam Thompson, of Monticello, spent Xmas with her mother, Mrs. S. Rawlings. W. R. Geier returned home from Logan sport Sunday evening, where he had been attending the poultry show, winning all the first, second and third prizes and all the sweepstakes but one, losing it on male bird by a Quarter of a point. The White Rock hen that scored 96 3-4 at the Goodland show scored 97% at Logansport by Judge Dippell, and is said to be the highest scoring hen in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodward, of Richmond, Ind., are spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hartman.

Hazel Scott, of Idaville, Ind., came today to visit her uncle, John Scott, of Barkley township.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, DEC 28, 1916.

WOOD WONT LET ’EM SMOTHER LEAK PROBE

Hoosier Representative Intends to Bring Investigation of Stock Market Cleanup to House.

Washington, Dec. 27.—Representative William R. Wood, of Indiana, stated today that he does not intent that the committee on rules shall smother his resolution providing for the appointment of a special committee to investigate as to whether any high official of the government, or the relatives of any high official, made a“cleanup” in the stock market as a result of the contradictory statements given out by Secretary Lansing concerning the president’s peace note. “I am going to bring this matter up in the house at the first opportunity, which wifi be on Jan. 9,” said Representative Wood. “There is a rule of the House which provides that after a bill or resolution has *been in a committee seven legislatuve days a motion may be made to discharge the committee from further consideration

of it and bring it before the House for action. If a majority of the House, on a roll call, sdys the committee on rules shall be discharged, then the resolution can be taken away from the committee and brought up for action in the house. January 9 is the earliest time when that motion can be made, and if I am alive on that day and the rules committee has not acted I intend to make the motion.” When Representative Cantrill, of Kentucky, who is a member of the rules cojnmittee, was told that Representative Wood has served notice the rules committee can not smother the Wood resolution, he- smiled and said: “Mr. Wood is a new member, le has got a lot to learn. He does not seem to know what the rules committee can do, but he wilj find out m due time.”

Presidential Vote Is Finally Made Known.

Complete returns on the presidential election show that Mr. Wilson received 9,116,296 votes and Mi - . Hughes 8,547,474, a plurality of 568,822 for Mr. Wilson. In 1912 Wilson received 6,293,019, Taft 3,484,956, Roosevelt 4,119,507, The vote for Benson, socialist candidate for president, was 750,000, with eight missing states estimated, as against 901,873 for Debs, socialist, in 1912, and for Hanley, prohibitionist candidate, was 225,101, against 207,926 for Crafin in 1912. The total popular vote for the four candidates iwas 18,638,871, as against 15,007,282 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,631,589, accounted for by the increased population and the woman' vote in, the new suffrage states. Tn Indiana the vote was as follows: HugheT sfiS)5T Wilson 324,063. Hughes plurality 16,942. The smallest plurality was in New Hampshire, which state Wilson carried by 56.

River of Rum Going South.

Baltimore, D?c. 27.-f The holiday demand'for liquors for. the dry states of Virginia, West Virginia and the Carolinas has swamped the express cbmpanies in ‘this city which serve these sections. Two of the companies imposed an embargo on liquor -shipments at noon yesterday until 9 a. m. today, with the’ view of relieving the congestion. The express officials say that for the last week they have been handling 35,000 to 40,000 packages of liquor a day. The packages vary from a quart to several gallons.

European War Summary.

City of Rimnik Sarat, in the Province of Greater Wallachia, Roumania, is captured by the Germanic forces after victory in five days’ battle to the southwest: Danube army also makes important gains. Russians inflict heavy defeat to the Turks in the Caucasus region. Fighting in France is confined to artillery battles, with raiding- and minor local engagements at various points.

COMPARE THE FIT, QUALITY and texture of Hilliard & Ham Ill’s underwear with the other kind and you’ll see why Hilliard & Hamill are selling so much underwear. . Stockholders’ Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The Trust and Savings Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, will be held at the office of said bank in Rensselaer, Indiana, on Wednesday, January 3rd, 1.917,- at 7 o’clock p. m. IF THAT GIFT YOU RECEIVED isn’t the right size, color or shape, Hilliard & Hamill will be more than glad to exchange it. Our county surveyor is in Indianapolis today.

DRY FORCES JOIN HANDS FOR BATTLE

Anti-Saloon League to Take Part In State Federation Program—Combine On One Bill.

.Plans for unified action of the dry forces of the state to work together for state-wide prohibition at the conning session oi the legislature were completed Wednesday at a conference at Indianapolis of the Indiana Dry Federation and representatives of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League. The latter organization became identified with the Dry Federation, although it i& announced the League will be one unit of the general dry movement and that it will-continue to maintain its owu separate organization. An agreement was reached on the selection of a legislative steering committee made up of three members from each order, the six to elect William E. Carpenter, of Brazil, chairman of the committee, and the seven to select two additional members. That would make a committee of nine, with the Dry Federation probably having a majority of the members. It was said that the organizations will foster only onq bill, a prohibitory measure to be drawn and presented in both hdiisesrof the general assembly, which bill probably will bear the names of democratic and republican members. Mr. Carpenter, who was elected president of the Dry Federation at Wednesday’s meeting, is a business man at Brazil. He''has been identified with the dry movement in Indiana for several years and is a stanch advocate of the dry cause. He is superintendent of the Sunday school at Bran zil, which is noted for being one of the largest in the country.

HANGING GROVE.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Hobson will move very soon to their new fruit farm down on the Tippecanoe near Lafayette. Mr. Hobson says he wants to be there and ready to catch the first fish that stars up the river in the spring. His son, Virgil and family, will remain here and continue to run the Fred Rose farm. Mrs. R. L. Bussell and children and Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Parker and family and Chas. Armstrong ate Christmas dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Parker.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bussell, Jr., and Elvin L. Bussell were at the home of Chas. W. Bussell for Christmas dinner. Elvin came home from Chicago Sunday to be with home folks over Christmas. He is employed at the Montgomery Ward store and likes his work real well. The milk train was several hours ate Tuesday morning and the rural route mail was rather short that day. Mrs. Gus Stephens and son, Frank, carhc from Montgomery county Sunday evening and are packing their goods preparatory to moving to Waynetown. Mr. Stephens’ condition remains about the same as when here. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Tow and children arrived home from Kokomo Wednesday, where they had been visiting relatives. A family dinner was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Jordan Christmas, at which all of the children and grandchildren were present except Mr. and Mrs. Snowberger, of Yeoman. Harvey Phillips writes back from Thorpe, Wash., that he is enjoying jpvery moment in the west. They haven’t begun active work in the ice harvest as yet and pending the proper weather condition he is seeing a few of the many sights. He has teen out on the Pacific ocean to the island where the American naval vessels lire stationed. He has also made several land tups to various points, one trip being wth a load of fine apples a distance^ of. 25 miles. The road was over some very rough, hilly country and a number of times he could reach out and touch the tops of pines without moving from his seat on the wagon. Wm. Johnson, of Roselawn, visited Monday night with his daughter, Mrs. Leslie Lowman and family. Mr. Johnson’s trip down here was occasioned by the sickness of his son, George, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lutes on the Rowles & Parker farm. Mrs. Johnson is also at the bedside of her son.

Clarence Cockron is moving into one of the Infield houses in McCoysburg this Week. Verna Ray and a friend from Elwood, visited here over Christmas, returning home Tuesday. Mrs. J. M. Ray and son, Cletus, arrived here Tuesday evening from Elwood. They had intended coming soon after Mr. Ray arrived with the cai of goods three weeks ago, but were unable to drive the machine through on account of snow, so they just stored the machine and came by rail Mrs. Lon Wood and Mrs. N. E. Sunderland called on Mrs. Geo, Parker Wednesday afternoon. 4

STAFF ASKS ARMY FORCE OF 500,000

Universal Service Bill Being Drafted On System Used In Argentina.

Washington, Dec. 27.—Argentina’; military system is serving as a model for the universal service bill now being drafted by a committee of the army general staff. Officers familiar with staff opinion said today that while details had not been completed, the measure woulc follow closely the Argentina scheme, and was designed to keep a half million men under training, with 2,600,000 trained reservists subject to call. It probably will be at least three weeks before the bill and accompanying estimates of costs are ready for submission to the secretary of war. Secretary Baker has not said whether he will approve or disapprove. The main feature of the staff bill will be its provision for one year (X intensive military instruction for all youths subject to its terms. It is expected that exemptions due to physical disqualifications and for other reasons, including possibly the conscription of certain men for work in industrial plants necessary in war times, would leave available for army training between 450,000 and 500,000 of the 1,000,000 boys who reach the age of 18 each year. _ In fixing upon a year as the minimum tfine for training, .the general staff has followed the theory that the United States seeks to provide for an army of defense. It has been stated to the House committee by Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, that although European nations give every soldier at least two years of hard work before turning him into the reserve, because of the geographical position of the country, a year will suffice here. The result when the system had been in operation a number of years would be to giye 500,000 men undei; arms and in progress of training, 1,000,000 more trained, equipped, organized and ready for immediate musr ter as first line troops, and behind these the unorganized but trained reserve numbering more than 1,500,000. This is the basis on which estimates of cost will be made by the general staff committee.

The Average of Life Increased Ten Years.

Residents of Indiana today have a far better chance of living a long life than residents of the state fifteen years ago, according to statistics compiled and furnished the United Press t>y Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state boadr of health. The average duration of life of the state has increased nearly ten years during the last decade and a half, according to Dr. Hurty’s figures. At the same time, the death rate has shown a gradual decrease. In 1909 the average duration of life was 36.3 years, and in 1915 it had increased to 45.7 years, or nearly 25 per cent. “The state board of health does not claim all of this improvement is due to its health work, hut it does claim some ortjthe credit,” said Dr. Hurty. “It has been brought about >y improved methods of living, improved sanitation, better working conditions and by educating the public in health matters.”

Gillam Parties Granted A License to Wed.

County Clerk Jesse Nichols issued a marriage certificate Wednesday to Guy Chester Huston, who was bom Nov. 4, 1895. He is talking his second degree, the first having been dissolved by divorce 'March 3, 1911. He is a farmer and gives hfh residence as Jasper county. The lady as party of the second part of this contract is Evelyn Floris Cassady. She was bom June 15, 1896. This is her first adventure into this sacred realm but she thinks it is a wise thing to do. She is a housekeeper and also asserts that she lives in Jasper county.

Miss Ruth Wood has charge of the Christmas Savings Club for the First National Bank. If she has not already called upon you, phone her at the bank or her home, Phone No. 444.

250 OVERCOATS TO SELECT FROM —Ulsters, pinch backs, boxer, Chesterfields —each the best of its kind. Just at the beginning of the cold winter weather, $lO to $25. —Hilliard A Hamill.

THE WEATHER.*" Thufsday fair and colder; Friday fair. ■ v v.

Delos Thompson, William Traub and Granville Moody are in Chicago today. , t —-- CS Sheriff McColiy went to Hammond today on official business.

TODAY AT THE Star Theatre Kathlyn Williams hi “Sweet Alyssum” Special From the Big 4 Program. Tomorrow The High School Benefit Geraldine Farrar in Marie Doro In a 5 reel att l At 5 and 10 cent* AT THE STAR THEATRE

CARRANZA DEFIES U. S. REJECTS PROTOCOL

Break In Diplomatic Relations Impends As Message From Mexico City is Sent to Lansing. f . The protocol arranged by the commission of American and Mexican del- : egates to govern the relations of the two governments is not satisfactory to First Chief Carranza. A communication containing Carranza’s objections was received in Washington Wednesday night and at once given to translators for the state department. The Mexican embassy declined to disclose the contents or even to admit its arrival. It was stated, however, that the first chief questioned the protocol’s fairness and sought to force a continuation of negotiations, evidently hoping to escure more favorable terms. The administration's attitude has not been learned as yet, but impatience was apparent among state departmen t officials. American commissioners, headed by Secretary of the Interior Lane, openly said that Carranza had reached the limit of this country’s forbearance. The Carranza reply probably wi}l ye turned over to the American com-* mission. The members were opposed to counter proposals made by the de facto government.' They are understood to recommend drastic diplomatic action unless Carranza yields. The president, while recognizing another “crisis,” was not inclined to ook for serious development*. There was a discussion, however, of a complete diplomatic break. The relations of the two countries, however, are conducted entirely through minor officials of the United States and the compelte break would make but little change in the relative positions of the two countries.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION I’M GOING TO START THE YEAR right by buying my clothes and shoes of Hilliard & Hamrll.

NOTICE TO BUILDING & LOAN STOCKHOLDERS. Annual Meeting. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rensselaer Building, I>oan and Savings Association of Rensselaer, Indiana, will be held on January 8, 1917, at 7:30 o’clock p. m., in the west court room in- Rensselaer, Indiana. Said meeting is called for the purpose of electing the directors for the year • 1917 and for the further purpose of hearing the report of the secretary and the auditing committee relative to the business transacted during the year 1916 and for the further purpose of considering other matters of importance relative to the welfare of said association. B. F. FENDIG, President. D. D. DEAN, Secretary.

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