Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1917 — Page 1

No. 30.

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Weekly Church Activities

From the Presbyterian Bulletin. The weekly round table and prayer service ,will be held at the manse on Thursday evening at 7:30. The pastor will give a Bible reading on Seven Attitudes of the Believer— Leaning, Lying Down, Sitting, Standing, Walking, Running, Mounting Up.

Tefft Couple Married At the Court House.

Elmer Morgan Davis, son of R. -E. Davis* trustee of Kankakee township, and Miss Rilla Marie Mycrs. of Tefft, were united in marriage by Squire W. I. Spitler in the clerk’s office m the court house 'Monday at Toon. The groom’s ent at the ceremony.

Probably Heaviest Sale Year In History.

The present season is probably the heaviest o ie in history in regards to public sales of farm stock and implements. So far this season there have been a great many sales held and the present month has already passed any previous month SHE this respect. Practically every day m the present m inth is given over to sales and in some instances there are two sales booked so rthe same day.- lhe Republican had orders for five sets of sale bills in the office tod%y to be printed for future sales.

Indianapolis Week .

Th sixteenth annual automobile show under the auspices of Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association will be in session this week. This will be the biggest show ever staged bv the Indianapolis association. lhe •number c : cars and the beautiful decorations will far surpass any previous attempt. It will rank next to the exhibitions given by Chicago and New York. Over $2,000,000 worth !of cars will be shown, ranking m value from $360 to $6,000. . State a id city officials will participate in the show. Governor GoodSi and Mayor Bell will both make speeches at the opening. All state and city officials and members-of the state legislature have received invitations.

Too Much Petty Thieving Going On In Rensselaer.

Almost every day some one complains to The Republican that some Lair has been at their home or place of business. Milk vs taken from doors, coa and the lutes., report is a flag from the fiont of a business house. Some time Igo aimther flag was taken from thu Sa Our** people should not have to tolerate that and steps should be taken to punish the offenders. No other dty is cleaner morally than Rensselaer We have but few drunks, less scandals and all things considered a mighty fine home city. We think the officers cs.n and should stop this petty thieving.

Vocational Talks.

Attorney J. A. Dunlap will speak to the Rensselaer high school pupils Friday morning on the subject of “raw.” This is one of a series oi talloi on vocational subjects. The following Friday morning Rev. j b Fleming will give a talk, his subject being “The Ministry 1 ” . I

WEATHER. For or snow tonight and probably Wednesday; warmer tonight. , ... ~i

About 25 tons of food ensilage will be sold at the Lee- Myres public sale on the Infield farm Friday, Feb. lfi, 1917.. Just received a car of genuine Pocahontas lump coal,—D. E. Grow.

The Evening Republican.

SOME PRICES OF SIXTYTHREE YEARS AGO

Fort Wayne Paper Digs Up Some Interesting Items of History. Like leaves from the book of time are the worn pages of a grocery ledged which City Engineer Frank Randall picked up from the mud of j the gutter on South Barr street a few days ago, says a Fort Wayne paper. The yellowed sheets tell of living conditions in Fort Wayne as the storekeeper, whose name does not appear, found them in 1853, ffl years ago. j There are pages which follow through the month of Januar*' eight years .before the civil war. They are penned in the graceful style of that day when penmanship was high art. Here is the story they tell: Eggs were 8 cents a dozen. Butter was sold at 8 cents a pound. Coffee was 10 cents a pound. Vinegar was 10c a gallon. House rent in Fort Wayne was $2 a month, as least for the dwellings from which the grocer collected toll. A barrel of whiskey of four and a half gallons sold for $10.38. Every page told of several whiskey orders. Selling of liquor wa sone of the staple trades of the grocer of that day. Wood sold at $1 a cord at that time when the primeval forests were being felled with a reckless hand. Half of the cost was for floating the logs down the canal or one of the streams. A dollar bought 16 pounds of sugar for Mrs. Henry Jones, one torn page reveals. Sale of three pair of shoes shows the foot gear to have Teen retailed at $1 tq s2jso per pair,. Mittens were 13 cents a -pair. Two pounds of tobacco cost 8 cents. Molasses was 50 cents a gallon. Hats, we cannot tell what kipd, sold at sl. The storekeeper paid $19.85 for 35 bushel, of oats. He 'bought- hay at $6.60 a load. He sold gingham at 20 cents a yard. Starch was two pounds for a quarter. There were many orders for dried apples and salted flash. According to the ancient pages these were staples of food in that early day. Taking it al! in all, with the canal 'boats and ague thrown in, we would rather take our place in the'commercial world of this H. C. of L. day whose record is just being made, says the exchange.

TOO MUCH AMUSEMENT.

iHerrh tis» kota, raises a voice of protest against American extravagance. 3he high cost of living, he believes, is due in large measure to the nation’s lavish' expenditures for amusements. In the course of a single year, he said, the public spends $13,000,000,000 for liquor, tobac:o, automobiles and “other amusements.” • 4 This revelry in extravagant habits this continuous mental intoxicants is undermining the sturdiness of out younger generation. Die American people seem obsessed with the idea that the main thing in life s amuse r .ent, play, entertainment. ’ . Senator Me Cumber is not alone in this opinion. Not long ago a well known educator, head master of a boys’ school, declared that amusement and diversion are seriously menacing the welfare of the country’s youth. Teachers in public schools, 'both in the grades and in high school, and professors teaching in colleges and universities return the same verdict. From juvenile courts and corrective institutions for .both boys and girls the same warning issues.' 'So gradually has this habit of amusement grown upon us that few realize to what extent it centrals us. It is only when we pause to compare the opportunities for amusement enjoyed by the boy or girl of 25 years ago with those enjoyed by the boy or girl of today that we can understand how great the change is. The automobile and the movie alone, to say nothing of other diversions, have revolutionized conditions in this respect. The one has made distant amusement of every sort* accessible; the other has brought amusement to our doorsteps. If we do not seek amusement, amusement seeks us. We are not likely to reform ourselves overnight. It is not- likely even that we shall be quickly impressed with the need of reform. But Senator McCumber’s warning, backed a# it is by the sober, well-considered warnings of others, is well worth pondering. “The sturdiness of our younger generation” is something we can not afford to neglect.

' Mr. A. L. Clark, who formerly was interested in several telephone plants about here, was in town Thursday, talking electric lights. We did not get to talk to Mr. Clark personally but understand that hia.plan is to build a plant and buy the' current of the Utilities company, whose line comes within four miles of us already, being to the grain station, Julian, south of us. We overheard Mr. Clark make the statement that copper wire was extremely high, which fact we already knew, but he did not talk as iT thfs woiild make the project impossible. We are very glad that someone from the outside has seen enough in the proposition to become interested and this should cause our “own people to begin a more concerted effort to arrive at somethipg definite. If it is a good thing for outsiders to come into our town and erect an electric plant, there should be people here to whom it would mean mote. Of course, we are mighty glad to have Mr. Clark taking hold lof it and will Welcome him in the field, but it is promptly conclusive of the lethargy that surrounds us if we allow’ outsiders to come in and promote our enterprises. -

MORE ELECTRIC TALK.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY,' FEBRUARY 6, 1917.

Congress Stands Ready To Fill Nation’s War Chest.

Senator Simmons, ehairman of the finance committee, was .summoned to the white house Sunday and conferred with President Wilson on means of raising sufficient revenue in case of hostilities with Germany. Senator Sammons assured the president that Congress would move promptly whenever money is heeded, and that there would be no opposition to any revenue requests from the government. While no specific sum was mentioned at the conference, Senator Simmons recalled that at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war a bond issue of $500,000,000 was authorized by congress, and a direct appropriation was made, its expenditure bein£ placed in the hands of President McKinley.

Doings of the Legislature.

Indianapolis, Feb. s. l —When Senator Van Aiuken exercised the perogatiVe of asking that all senate bills not already printed or indefinitely postponed be printed, 1 he intimated this afternoon that there “bill factory” in operation in the upper chamber. His remark brought out a general discussion and it was hinted that certain stenographers had been copying senate bills, not printed, and selling them to interested parties. The result was that Lieut.-Gov. Bush named a committee to make an investigation. Senate amendments to the prqhi-i bition bill were recalled from the house this afternoon and later returned, -but Speaker Esahbach decided not to hand the amendments down for action until tomorrow. An effort will also be made tomorrow to pass the partial suffrage bill to engrossment. The senate adopted unanimously a resolution offered by Senator Grant, pledging the state’s resources to the federal government in event of war against' Germany. The Dobyns road bill, amended almost to conformity with the Duffey house biLL providing for the creation of a state highway commission, was sent to engrossment. It was a subject of a republican caucus following adjournment, but it was said no agreement had been reached. The republicans also considered the administration’s conservation measure. The senate received eighteen bills, chief of which were the following: Hagerty: To require liability insurance companies to establish a reserve and conform to—lndiana "insurance lews. Metzp-er: That fees now paid to all state officers except penal, benevolent, correctional and educational institutions, be paid into the state treasury. Simmons: Amending the compensation act so as to exclude railroaders operating trains. Spaan: Providing that the public service commission shall fix rates for utilities so as to yield them five per cent net, all making oyer that being prohibited from distributing balance as dividend, but being required to apply balance for reducing valuation, upon which rates are based.

Miss Loretta Putts Married In Chicago Last Friday.

Miss Loretta Putt is now Mrs. John 'B.' Pinsche. She and Mr. Pinsche were married in Chicago Friday, February 2, 1917, at 6 o’clock in the evening at the St. Leo church. Mr. Pinsch is a department manager for Marshall Field & Go. He was a student at St. Joseph college about six years ago. Mrs. Pinsche arrived from Chicago this Tuesday morning for a short visit with home folks. Her mother, however, is not at home but is with her other dough ter, Mrs. Russell Hatton, at Earl Park, taking care of a fine big grandson that arrived Jan. 26th. Mrs. Pinsche had been a nurse in the St. Mary’s hospital at Fort Wayne for some time.

FEED CALVES NO OATS.

It is the purpose of this paper to help its readers in every way conceivable, and as our attention has been directed to the loss attendant on feeding oats to calves, we hasten to sound the word of warning. We think we have seen something on the subject in farm papers but when, demonstration of losses strike home in our own locality it sets us to thinking more seriously. Charley Fleming has discovered after losing some three or four head of his fine Fairfax calves that the cause thereof is oats, of which Charley is a liberal feeder. We understand that Fletcher Smith has also lost a cow and he attributes the cause to oats given as feed. All know that the cow is differently constituted than any other animal and the hulls of the oats do not allow the food to comer up for second mastication. The bats swell, resulting very often in the loss of the animal by death. Therefore if you wish to feed oats to your calves or even to cows, have them ground. The progressive farmer has learned too that a mixture of corn in the grinding and the two well seasoned with oil meal really makes the ideal calf feed, and one on which calves push right along to maturity perhaps better than with any other kind of feed. At any rate do not feed much whole oats to your calves. To do so may eventually result in a loss to you.

Marriage License.

Elmer Morgan Davis, b«m Jasper county, Indiana, July 13, 1896, resident Tefft, farmer, and Rilla Marie Myers, bom in Indiana, Oct. 21, 1897, residence Tefft; first marriage for each. I

PEOPLE STAND UNITED BEHIND WILSON

No Word or Deed to Deserve Reproach Asks Executive of American People—Nation United. ’ - While the United 'States stands before the world court of public opinion in the anxious waiting period which will determine peace or war with Germany, President Wilson is determined that there shall be no word or deed to merit a reproach, even from Germany herself. . ‘Nothing is to be done that is not fully justified by the laws of nations or humanity, nothing is to be done for expediency, nothing is to be done which is not legal or just. With a hope for peace and a readiness to meet war if must be, the president has made it clear to officials that‘the course of the United States, difficult as it is, must be entirely beyond criticism. To that end, German rights and property in the United States are to have full protection of law, and the president wishes every American citizen to forbear from any thought or act which might lead this country nearer to war.

Hope that at the last moment Germany might modify her declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare was almost dissipated Monday by news dispatches from Berlin which gave the word that the high German officials that there would be no turning back. With that hope American officials now only await actual demonstration of how the new decree will affect American rights. The news of the killing of an American seaman in the shelling of thq. boats of the British steamer Eavestone is not now rgarded as the feared overt act. It will be further investigated -before it will be assigned to its propr place as a factor in the situation. Meanwhile, Austria’s case is still undetermined. While it is known that the dual monarchy has officially adhered to Germany's declaration as it now stands before the state department, her announced intentions are somewhat different from Germany’s but it is doubtful if there can be a real distinction. Rupture of relations with Austria seems-no less certain than it did, but the situation must go through definite processes before i. decision is announced. Although engrossed in the task of preparing the country for any eventuality, President Wilson has not lost sight of trier participation of theneutrals must have in the terms of peace —term® which he fondly hopes will insure the world against further conflagration. There are intimations of thoughts of a conference of neutrals may ask when the time comes. It is known that this suggestion is being pressed by at least one of the neutral European nations which has*been among the chief sufferers from the war, and it is believed President WilsPn has regarded it with favor. . ______ The newspapers of the country, without exception, are sanctioning the policies of President Wilson in the handling cf the tense situation. Every German paper printed in this country likewise stands behind the president in the present grave crisis. The way the American people have come forward offering aid in every possible way in this darkest since the present conflict across the seas started, is reassuring arid President Wilson realizes that he has the united American people behind him in whatever move he deems it advisable to "MSIER " : ‘

New Suit Filed.

Feb. 1, 1917. —Eli Gerber asks for an order restraining Nels Pierson from hauling the manure from the Gerber farm to the Pierson farm, both located in Keener township. Gerber also asks to be given judgment for manure already hauled away. Gerber has contracted for the sale of this farm to George Hamstra. Attorneys Spitler and Laßue represent the plaip'tlff,

Husband Says Wife Is Strong

Helpmate is Better Every Way Sine* Taking Tanlac, Thomas Smock Asserts. InT&rapolis, —Thomas ?m>k, a m li foreman, employed by tne Maas Neumt; ei Lumber Company, of this eity, and who lives at 2045 Cornell avenue, recently testified for his wife as follows: _ “For some, time my wife has bean in an extremely run-down condition. She suffered with headaches and nervousness and she complained of. a, pain in her forehead over her eyes. Her appetite was very poor. “Since taking Tanlac her 'headaches have been relieved entirely and she feels piuch ibetter and stronger in every respect. Her appetite is much better. The nervous condition also is greatly relieved. Tanlac acted a 3 a general tonic in her case.” ... Tanlac is an excellent tonic, building up weak, run-down people to health and happiness. It also is especially beneficial for stomach, liver and kdiney trouble, catarrhal complaints, rheumatism, nervousness and tbe like. Tanlac is now sold exclusively in Rnesselaer at Larsh & Hopkins’ drag store.

Abundance of Money.

I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate is 5 per cent and my limit is SIOO per acre.:P. D. Wells. Morocco, Indiana.

Jasper Co. Has First Hospital Built Under the New Law.

In the Indianapolis Nejys issued February 2,*1917, there is an article and a cut of the‘new county hospital at Columbus, Ind. In this article.. Columbus claims to have the first hospital built in the -state of Indiana under the new law. Bartholomew is just a little late, as that honor belongs to Jasper county as will be noted by reading the account of the hospital at that place which we here publish. The Jasper county 'hospital will cost very close to $20,000 when thoroughly equipped. It has fifteen beds. Nine in private rooms and six in two wards. In the basement are the kitchen, dining room, laundrv room, cook’s room, two storage rooms and toilet. On the first floor arc four private room's and a three-bed men’s ward. The superintendent’s office and living rooms, toilets and a supply room. On trie third floor are a three-bed woman’s ward and five private rooms. Tite operating room, the anaethetizing room, supply room and toilets. Trie building is equipped with a first class Otis automatic elevator and with 'a dumb-waiter. Each room is well finished and supplied with buzzers and other modem conveniences. The beat is furnished by the plant that heats the court 'house and this will be a very great saving in the maintenance of trie building. The movement to build the hospital was start®! by Judge C. W. Hanley and a petition asking that the same ae erected was largely signed by the taxpayers of the county. That the institution will be of the greatest usefulness to Jasper countv there can be no doubt. It is not as large nor as well situated as the Bartholomew county ho pital, but in usefulness and in economy of administration, it will be ideal. r _Jasper county hospital was opened for business on Friday, January 19, 1917, and the Bartholomew hospital opened on Tuesday, February 6, 1917. The following is the article taken from the Indianapolis News: Columbus, Ind., Feb. 2. —The new Bartholomew county public hospital, built and equipped at a cost of approximately SIOO,OOO, will be opened in this city next Tuesday. Visiting

physiciansanrt surgeonswho have inspected it declare it to be one of the most modem and best equipped bos-* pitals they ever saw. It is the first to be built in the state under the law giving counties the right to erect pubfic county hospitals on petition of the requisite number of taxpayers. D. H. Bohlen & Son, Indianapolis, architects, executed the plans for the hospital, and it was built by Dunlap & Go., local contractors. The hospital is situated in a tract of virgin timber, just across Hawcreek, which forms the eastern boundary line of this city. A public park, including several acres, is to be contributed to the city by William G. Irwin, local banker and one of the hospital trustees. While the park has no connection with the hospital, the park boundary will touch the hospital grounds. Thus all that part of che city will be beautified. There are five trustees for the hospital. The law does not permit them a penny of salary. , The most interesting featurq in connection with the new hospital is the fact that it really is bililt as a monument to the skill of a Columbus surgeon, Dr. Alfred P. Roope. As far as Dr, Itoope is concerned, a newspaperman wastes his time in trying to get him to talk about himself. One who knows him well says: “In' the first place he does not think it is ethical and in the second place it never seems to occur to him that lie has done anything out of the ordinary. But it happens that some of the people who know of his work are not so tight-lipped and the whole county knows why it so readily agreed to spend the money for a new hospital here. •. , _ “When the fact came out that Dr. Roope believed the county should have a modem hospital, where a wider range of work might be done for the people of the community, thete ( was hardly a dissenting voice. In a day’s time several times the required number of signatures were obtained. 'Bhe cotin.y. council voted an appropriation of SIOO,OOO. “The law provides that no particular physician shall have any more to do with a county hospital than any other physician. It is an institution open to all, and this rule will be strictly adhered to here. It is not Dr. Roope’s hospital, yet in *a sense it is,, because the people would not have thought of it had he not been here. Dr. Roope was a pioneer in Indiana against fee splitting. His work throughout this state has sprear to other states and now it is getting to be an absolute rule that the fee spliter is barred from reputable institutions,”

Brushwood Church Notes.

Revival meeting at Brushwood church at Aix beginning Feb. 11. The pastor will preach Sunday morning and evening. . „_T Morning serviceJLl:oo. subject Divine—Human Partnership. # Evenirg service. 7:30, subject, The Glory oi the Cross." Monday evening Rev. Miss Laura B. Cline, of Syracuse, will have charge of the service. ‘ _ Service each evening beginning at 7:30. Day meeting at 1:30 on Tuesday, ' Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of each week.

I will have 20 tons of good timothy hav in barn at my sale at the Infieh farm, Feb. 16, 1917.—Lee Myres.

TODAY AT THE » t . Star Theatre I WOMANS WAY’ 5 Reel World Feature With Ethel Clayton and Carlyle Blackwell. WEDNESDAY Mary Piekford in “RAGS” Also BiHy Burke in Gloria’s Romance. Two performances every afternoon. Adults 10c, Children sc. Adults 10c, Children sc.

Crook Who Operated In This Vicinity Dupes Kansas Town.

Probably many local people will remember Morgan W. Cozart, who was in this vicinity about three years ago. Cozart organized various stock companies in. this section of the state, with the result that several were victims of his He is a slicker from start to finish and since having, left here has operated with equal success in other places. His latest ex pipit was in Kansas. Cozart was the organizer of the Tishimingo Tie Co. also, which as a result of his dealings was forced into the hands of a receiver. The following is taken from the Indianapolis Star: “Equaling the operations of ‘Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford,' of fiction fame, Morgan W. Cozart, want**throughout the United States on numerous charges, and who operated extensively in Sullivan and this section of the sta e three years ago, new disappears f:«m Wellington, Kans., after pullin ' a slicker on the citizens there. The operations in Kansas opened with his joining a Baptist church in Wellington, subscribing $15,000 to the building fund, buying a fine home there, giving the name of W. G. Russell, and selling stock in an oil company, which he organized among Wellington men. He was the town’s idol because of liberality with money, paying bookblacks $1 for shines, paying fines cf both parties when he had two fights and contributing to everything. He refused newspapers his picture. A banker learned his churdi introduction was a forgery _ and the Mississippi Federal authorities located him. While he was in the height of his glory and while his wife and child were just east of Sullivan visiting, Coazrt, alias Russell, disappeared from Kansas. * “It is thought he is in Canada. His wife is there waiting for him. It was said he took thousands of dollars from in and aiound Wellington. Many charges are filed in different sections of the country against him, but he appears too slick for conviction. “Cozart wnt to Sullivan three years ago, giving C. W. Morgan as his name. He sold insurance. He was apprehended, arrested by federal authorities from Mississippi on the charge of using the mails to defraud. He gave bond, returned to Lafayette, organized the Tishimingo Tie and Stone Co., sold stock with marvelous ease, erected a small plant at Merom; proposing to manufacture cement ties for railroads. The Tishimingo Tie and Stone company was thrown into the hands of a receiver and it will be operated by other parties in, the spring.

PERFECT CONFIDENCE

Rensselaer People Have Good Reason For Complete Reliance. Do you know how— To find relief from backache: To correct distressing urinary ills; To assist weak kidneys? Your neighbors know the way— Have used Doan's Kidney Pills; Have proved' their worth is ma«g t«6StS« 1 —• —'■ ——-p— —■—— Here’s’ Rensselaer, testimony. Mrs. J. C. Bckman, Van Rensselaer St., Rensselaer, says: “Judging fw*» my own experience witn Doan s lUd,fcv Pills, I gladly recommend them as a reliable medicine. They hove always relieved me of backache and other symptoms of kidney disorder. Price 50c, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney Pil s—the sar TL e . Mm Beckman had. Foster-Milbum Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

GRAIN MARKET.

Feb- 16.—Market stronger. Prw*s here today are, corn 91c, oats 50c wheat $1.55, and dye $1.15. '

NOTICE. All persons are warned net to trev pass uVm the lands of J. J Lawler in Jasper ami Newton counties.jWltnout written permission. Dbey tms warning and ovoid prosecution. James Walter, Ranches.

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